Green Burial and Other BusinessWeek Stories

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(1) Eric Spitznagel, The Greening of Death; Eco-friendly services are a small part of the $12 billion funeral industry, but they're ready for their moment in the sun. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov 3, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... estyle+channel_etc.
(alkaline hydrolysis: liquefying human remains with potassium hydroxide and 300F heat; Cemeteries and funeral homes across the country have been offering eco-friendly death care, from biodegradable caskets to formaldehyde-free body preparation, for much of the past decade)

Quote: "One explanation for this rise in interest [in green burial] could be the price tag. According to the National Funeral Directors Assn., the average cost of a funeral is around $6,560—and that doesn’t include a cemetery plot, tombstone, and miscellaneous items such as flowers and hearses. 'Going green can be half to two-thirds the price [of a conventional burial]'

Note: For "dip line" in the caption of the third illustration from the last (showing a tree), see strike and dip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_and_dip
(The strike line of a bed, fault, or other planar feature is a line representing the intersection of that feature with a horizontal plane; The "dip" gives the steepest angle of descent of a tilted bed or feature relative to a horizontal plane)

It is hard to understand. But here is a sketch (there is only one, besides PHOTOS) demonstrating both strike and dip:
http://web.mit.edu/12.114/03_fall/www/lectures/compass.htm

(2) Nina Burleigh, Italian Jobs, Chinese Illegals; An influx of Chinese immigrants is transforming Italy’s economy and sparking a cultural backlash. Is this Europe’s future?  Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov 3, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... channel_top+stories
("Over the last 15 years, according to local officials, 40,000 Chinese immigrants have moved into the Tuscan town of Prato, population 188,000")

Note: Prato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prato
(Historically, Prato's economy has been based on the textile industry; Prato is Tuscany's second largest city and the third largest in Central Italy, after Rome and Florence [capital of Tuscany]; The history of Prato itself begins from the 10th century, when two distinct villages, Borgo al Cornio and Castrum Prati (Prato's Castle), are known)

(3) Nadja Brandt, Why Frank Gehry Is Looking to Asia; With major architecture projects all but dead stateside, the East—and especially China—beckons. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov 3, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... 26amp%3b+industries

Quote:

"China this year announced plans to build or expand four major state museums by 2015, including a massive new art museum to be constructed near Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium. 'There’s an art explosion in China,' Gehry says.

"One challenge of designing on the mainland is the lower pay for projects, Gehry says. Architects get paid a percentage of construction costs, which in China are about a third of those in the U.S., he says. 'If you take a percentage and you work with Western salaries, you can’t make it work,' explains Gehry. 'So it almost forces you to open an office in China and work with local people.'

Note:
(a) #159 Chau Chak Wing, in China's 400 Richest. Forbes, Sept 13, 2011.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011 ... Chak-Wing_12NK.html
(Net Worth 940 ($mil); Age 57; Company Kingold Group; City Guangdong)

(i) Dr CHAU Chak Wing  周 泽荣 博士
(ii) Kingold Group  侨鑫集团
http://www.kingold.com/english/Default.aspx
(b) Frank Gehry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry
(born Frank Owen Goldberg on February 28, 1929, in Toronto; In 1952, still known as Frank Goldberg, he married Anita Snyder, who he claims was the one who told him to change his name, which he did, to Frank Gehry)

(4) Adam Satariano and Peter Burrows, Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers; The iPhone maker spends lavishly on all stages of the manufacturing process, giving it a huge operations advantage. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov 3, 2011.
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... l_news+-+technology

My comment:
(a) Read only the last paragraph.
(b) iMac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imac
(a photo caption: "The original 'Bondi Blue' iMac G3 was introduced in 1998."
(c) Earlier in the report: "Mike Fawkes, the former supply-chain chief at Hewlett-Packard."


--------------------------------Separately
China Toy Sales Seen Surging to $9 Billion With Princess: Retail. Bloomberg News, Nov 3, 2011.
http://www.businessweek.com/news ... rincess-retail.html

Note: I can not find Chinese for Princess Secret or China Focus (Yiwu) Ltd.