Author Megha Bahree travels extensively through India reporting on the country’s transformation from a traditional agrarian economy to an industrial one. She is currently a freelance reporter, and was formerly on staff at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. New Delhi: 6 am and it’s already crossed 90F, the sun’s golden light getting hotter by […]
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Tagged Forbes, heat, India, jogging, Lamborghini, Mercs, New Delhi, Rolls Royce, street life, Tata Nano, Temple
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February 23, 2014 – 5:21 pm
By Halyna Klymuk Chomiak, Maidan citizen journalist Now that Yanukovych has fled Ukraine, one might ask who is running the country. The answer is simple the Ukrainian people are. The people who ran an organized Maidan since November 2013. The people who barricaded themselves for protection, who bore no arms, and who asked for Yanukovych to please […]
January 5, 2014 – 9:50 pm
By Halyna Klymuk Chomiak, Maidan citizen journalist Many people think that EuroMaidan began the day after people realized that Yanukovych was not serious about reaching an agreement with the EU. They became fearful of a regression and a union with Russia and Putin. They began to do what Ukrainian people do when there is confusion, danger, and […]
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Tagged Culture, European Union, famine, history, Holodymor, language, Maidan, protest, Russia, Stalin, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Viktor Yanukovych, Vladimir Putin, Yanukovych, youth
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September 24, 2013 – 7:06 am
Activist Karolina Nadolska proposes a new vision for society’s economic development. PICTURE IT: December 2040 AD. The automatic truck just delivered my grocery ordered by my refrigerator. Upps … I forgot to send it a reminder about our Friday Steak Party. I wanted my refrigerator to order six T-bones from the nearby lab that specializes […]
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Tagged Basic income guarantee, Charles Murray, European Union, France, Leadership, Milton Friedman, social change, UBI, United States, universal basic income
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November 24, 2010 – 10:23 am
Image by zeug via Flickr Global Markets spoke with Andrew Frey, creator and founder of DawnTown, Miami’s annual architecture competition. The winner will be awarded next week during Art Basel in Miami. Global Markets: DawnTown, Miami’s annual global architectural competition, is in its third year. How has the competition grown over the past two years? […]
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Tagged Andrew Frey, Art Basel, Arts, DawnTown, Design District, Miami, Miami Design District, Miami-Dade, South America, United States
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Oil & Gas consultant and a sports commentator Adebisi Osunneye writes about his soccer passion and what it means to have the World Cup in Africa. For more of his soccer reflections see: http://nigeria.worldcupblog.org In Football, or soccer as called in the US, the FIFA World Cup which holds every 4 years is the biggest tournament […]
Author Megha Bahree travels extensively through India reporting on the country’s transformation from a traditional agrarian economy to an industrial one. She is currently a Staff Writer at Forbes magazine, and blogs at megha.me. India is the world’s seventh largest consumer of electricity and is set to overtake countries like Canada and Germany as its […]
April 28, 2010 – 11:10 am
by Roberto Salas, GrupoNueva’s Chief Executive Office and General Manager of MASISA Nowadays, sustainability in the business environment must be seen as an opportunity for companies. These companies must get involved inside the economic, social and environmental trends offering opportunities through: Business management innovation and efficiency. Commitment and participation inside the social issues that affect our […]
I’ve been writing a book examining climate change and energy policy from a Christian perspective. The book, Jesus Wants US to Stop Global Warming, relates climate and energy issues to values Christian Americans hold dear: increased national security, personal and national financial prosperity, America’s continued supremacy as a global superpower, and, of course, the teachings […]
Virlana Tkacz writes: Theatre makes the past present, alive at the moment that you are witnessing it. The characters as well as the texts, poems and songs breathe with new life, and so a new future opens up for them. I am interested in creating theatre that is rooted in little-known or appreciated cultures of […]