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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

10,000 Birds

Now, that is an attitude I have to respect, just ask any former worker in car and other industries whose management went after the short-term profit and moved production to Asia, and you’ll know why. Swarovski, categorically rejected the advice and decided: factory stays in Austria, and the prices will only go up!

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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

10,000 Birds

Ears filled with birdsong and no industrial hum? Many moons ago, when I used to work in the (supposedly) booming petrochemical industry in Trinidad, most of my time was actually spent birding. A Lineated Woodpecker banged its head against a dry branch. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery.

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