We need to eat less meat - and the G8 should say so
Source: New Statesman
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-14 09:05:53 -0700 | green-news
In Davos this April, David Cameron outlined his priorities for the UK's presidency of the G8 this year. He talked about advancing trade, ensuring tax compliance and promoting greater transparency, all with the goal of creating "lasting global prosperity".
Can Captain Sunshine Save the Israeli Electric Car Dream?
Source: National Public Radio
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-14 01:01:29 -0700 | political-news
Captain Sunshine wears a yellow yarmulke, yellow T-shirt and a bright-yellow cape held around his shoulders with a silky red ribbon. At a recent rally of about 200 electric-car owners in Israel, he called out questions to the crowd. "We're...
Narrowing the competitiveness gap in Asean - key for AEC realisation
Source: The Nation
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-05 04:59:20 -0700 | business-news
Outlined in 2007, the AEC vision is for Asean to become by 2015 "a single market and production base, a highly competitive economic region, a region of equitable economic development, and a region fully integrated into the global economy."...Since 1979,...
Reforming Myanmar courts investors at Asias Davos
Source: Myanmar News
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-04 15:57:22 -0700 | business-news
Hundreds of world leaders and industry chiefs meet in Myanmar Wednesday for Asia's answer to the World Economic Forum, as the fast-changing nation woos foreign investors after the end of junta rule.Some 900 delegates from more than 50 countries will...
Maki: What does Dan Bylsma do now?
Source: The Globe & Mail
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-04 15:59:13 -0700 | sports-news
They could barely skate Monday night without bumping into one another...First, Tomas Vokoun was beaten soundly and driven from the net, then his replacement, Marc-Andre Fleury, came in and proved no better...He took a drink of water then said the...
Bulgaria's Maxim Behar: US Backs Balanced Middle East Policy
Source: Novinite
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-04 14:40:03 -0700 | political-news
Behar is an official delegate of the annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee in Washington DC . He says Kerry had been adamant the Obama Administration was a firm supporter of two separate States Israel and Palestine . "The...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn embroiled in new sex scandal as it is claimed he tried to assault Italian ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-03 09:52:20 -0700 | political-news
3 June 2013 0 shares 0 View comments Dominique Strauss-Kahn was today embroiled in a fresh sex scandal, as claims emerged that he tried to assault an Italian television journalist in the late 1990s. Myrta Merlino was forced to fight...
T Magazine: In Conversation | Perry Chen and Theaster Gates on Community-Driven Creativity
Source: International Herald Tribune
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-30 07:29:47 -0700 | entertainment-news
In Conversation Perry Chen and Theaster Gates on Community-Driven Creativity Photographs by Van Sarki Perry Chen and Theaster Gates. The Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen understands how communities can fuel creativity. The artist Theaster Gates knows how creativity can invigorate a...
Online Education: No Longer Lost In Translation
Source: Forbes
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-27 22:19:41 -0700 | business-news
Learning remotely through educational resources associated with top universities Udacity, Coursera, and edX among the leading providers has become very popular...For those who live in various parts of the globe Eastern Europe, the Middle East or Africa online is the...
Aliens are invading, annoying and abducting women in This Week's DVDs!
Source: io9
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-27 16:01:19 -0700 | entertainment-news
Extra-terrestrials are dominating this week's DVD and Blu-ray releases, and they're not all good. Honestly, the only nice one is the Doctor, and since he mostly abducts hot young Earth women, even that's arguable. Doctor Who: Series 7 Part 2...
Solar names new execs
Source: Inquirer.net
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-26 14:55:38 -0700 | business-news
PhilippinesCable network Solar Entertainment Corp. recently appointed two officers to manage its broadcasting and cable businesses. Manuel Quiogue was named chief commercial officer while Maria Theresa Borromeo was appointed chief operating officer. As Solar's CCO, Meckoy will oversee the...
SPECIAL REPORT: Florida's delegation one of most well-traveled
Source: Herald Tribune
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-11 13:43:19 -0700 | political-news
Florida's delegation one of most well-traveled Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 4:24 p.m...More than half of Florida's delegation to the House of Representatives flew overseas in 2012 at taxpayers' expense, making it one of the most well-traveled contingents in...
Six 'Megatrends' That Will Shape the Future of Digital Media
Source: Forbes
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-01 09:01:25 -0700 | technology-news
But the Forum also works year-round through its network of over eighty global agenda councils, which address a diverse range of topics including biotechnology, climate change, energy security, and youth unemployment. Since last year, I've been a member of the...
Five Essay Prompts for Game of Thrones 3×5: ‘Kissed by Fire'
Source: The New York Observer
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-04-29 07:30:53 -0700 | political-news
These questions regard last night's episode of HBO's Game of Thrones...Sometimes Ygritte acts tough and independent, and others she is erratic and even immature, as when she steals John Snow's sword like a schoolgirl with a crush. Based on her...
Is Belstaff the new Berghaus? Eagle-eyed BBC viewers spot two reporters wearing i¿½550 biker jackets ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Davos :: Switzerland | updated 2013-04-25 03:36:15 -0700 | entertainment-news
25 April 2013 The BBC once again faces questions over product placement of top clothing brands on news programmes after two presenters were seen wearing the same 550 jacket in the same bulletin. Both Jeremy Bowen and Ian Pannell sported...
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