HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’S “POWER WOMEN, POWER TOOLS” EVENT
June 24, 2007 | Filed Under Social Service | Leave a Comment
Actress Julie Bowen (left) and executives from Los Angeles-area entertainment firms build walls for a family’s future home during Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity’s “Power Women, Power Tools” event on Saturday. (Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles)
Assembly Progressing on Boeing 787 Dreamliner
June 23, 2007 | Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
LE BOURGET, France, June 23, 2007 – Progress continues on the final assembly of the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This picture, taken June 13, shows the horizontal stabilizers attached to the tailcone with the vertical fin in the background. Mike Bair, 787 vice president and general manager, told media at the Paris Air Show that installation of both these assemblies is now complete. Final assembly of the first 787 began on May 21 at the Boeing facility in Everett, Wash. The Dreamliner is on schedule to roll out on July 8, 2007.
Al Gore and Luciano Benetton at the Milan Triennale
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment
Al Gore and Luciano Benetton at the Milan Triennale
Photo: © Alessandro Russotti
The former vice president of the USA was the guest speaker for Fabrica as part of the exhibition “Les yeux ouverts”.
Treviso, 13 June 2007. The changing planet, the warming climate, the mistakes of humanity, and possible ways of responding to this global crisis: these were the issues addressed by Al Gore, former vice president of the United States, who was talking with an audience of young people, researchers, and business leaders at the Milan Triennale on 14 June, as guest speaker for Fabrica, the communications research center of the Benetton Group.
Photography: Oil Will Never End
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
Oil Will Never End
Photo: © Lorenzo Vitturi / Fabrica
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Ashtray (2007)
Photo: © Marian Grabmayer / Fabrica
BENETTON COLORS EXHIBITION
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Media | Leave a Comment
Colors Notebook (2006-2007)
Photo: © Santi Caleca
Longines, official partner and timekeeper of the CHIO Rotterdam
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Saint-Imier / Rotterdam, 20th June 2007 – Swiss watch brand Longines continues its involvement with equestrian sports, this year as official partner and timekeeper of the CHIO Rotterdam, set to take place from 20th to 24th June 2007. Longines will present the prestigious Longines Grand Prix Port of Rotterdam, and will judge its fourth stage (after La Baule, Rome and St. Gallen) for its unique prize: the Longines Press Award for Elegance. A jury drawn from the equestrian and sporting press will elect the most elegant male and female riders.
Sorry Fellas, This Motorcycle Garage Is for Ladies Only
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Photo: Harley-Davidson communications manager Leslie Prevish demonstrates motorcycle features to aspiring riders at a women’s only Garage Party in Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 21 — Harley-Davidson is opening the metaphorical garage door to thousands of women interested in motorcycling. Over the past decade, women have increasingly embraced the sport of motorcycling — seeking the freedom and empowerment associated with riding solo on the open road. Women represent 10% of the U.S. motorcycle population, and nearly 12% of new Harley-Davidson purchasers are women. The Garage Party events are one way that Harley-Davidson reaches out to women to encourage them to learn more about motorcycling.
LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS SCIENTIST
June 21, 2007 | Filed Under Adventure | Leave a Comment
Lindblad Expeditions houses scientists from Oceanites, an Antarctica-focused non-profit organization seeking to gather information on resident penguin populations and the impacts of tourism, on their ship National Geographic Endeavour. Photo courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions.
ZOOM AIRLINES NY LONDON FLIGHTS
June 21, 2007 | Filed Under Travel | Leave a Comment
Zoom Airlines Lands in the U.S. Offering New Low-Cost New York to London Flights. (PRNewsFoto/Zoom Airlines)
Zoom Airlines Ltd., the UK sister company to Canada’s premiere low cost, full service, transatlantic airline, announced today that it is landing in the United States. The low-fare, full- service airline will operate daily flights from New York’s JFK Airport to London Gatwick for $199.00 each way, excluding taxes. And, as a special promotion, flights departing from JFK between June 22 - July 13, 2007, will be offered for $99.00 one way, with taxes included.
