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...generation ago, a young couple like this might have simply tried to leave India in search of a better life. Avishek and Soma plan to do something more radical. They will vote in the national elections - which began April 16 and are staggered over five weeks - in a conscious effort to hold their government accountable. The Chakrabortys are part of India's youth vote, a demographic that is too large for any political party to ignore. Of India's 1 billion citizens, 40% are under 18; 70% are under 35. In the cities, voting rates among younger citizens...
MUNICH Socially conscious foodies store their sharpest tools in Ekobo's Mikoto bamboo knife block...
...Casas de Experanza,” a micro-enterprise project aimed at helping develop the slums of La Prusia, near Grenada, Nicaragua, by giving them the means to support themselves in an independent, sustainable way. “I’m researching environmentally conscious kiln options and developing a business model,” he says. “As of now, it’s basically 200 families living in shacks of tin and wood on the side of dirt paths, but that is beginning to change.” Upon graduation, Tischfield is going to continue...
...Sylvia Lafair, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology whose book Don't Bring It to Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success (Jossey-Bass) was released in March. Lafair's research shows that, much as we like to believe that our behavior is entirely rational and governed by our conscious mind, our thoughts and actions are often driven by the roles we learned in our families as children. And under pressure, we tend to revert to old patterns. That fellow standing at the watercooler telling tasteless jokes at the top of his lungs, for instance, probably comes from a family...
...Obama administration’s stimulus efforts, cautioning that the American public must be patient. “They are rebuilding confidence, but lending must start to move,” Dinkic said. Throughout his lecture, Dinkic spoke with a sustained optimism. At one point a self-conscious laugh about the controversial former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s “irresponsible spending” drew a ripple of chuckles from the room. Dinkic’s cheery attitude also appeared to help him avoid controversy on issues such as Serbia’s trade agreement with Iran?...