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...Traditional activism revolves around conflict," says Schulkin, 28, a San Francisco-based activist turned entrepreneur. "Boycotting, protesting, lawsuits - it's about going into attack mode," says the former Googler and onetime game developer. "What's unique about a Carrotmob is that there are no enemies." The focus is on positive cooperation, using the power of the casual consumer to help save the planet. (See pictures of a grocery-store auction...
...Europe is in this schizophrenic mode in which we're trying to create partnerships without creating them too much, and trying to undermine Russian influence without challenging Russia," Liberti notes. "At the same time, Germany and Italy sign long-term bilateral gas contracts with Russia that increase their dependency...
...Rosenthal ’59, director of Harvard University Health Services, the survey shows the power that mass media has to either spread panic or reduce concern. “It’s interesting to see how quickly people went from fear to a sort of relaxed mode,” said Rosenthal. He added that people “should not let their guard down” even though the flu outbreak has been less severe than anticipated. “[The flu] could come back more virulent in the fall,” Rosenthal said...
...easy choice, particularly for companies in layoff mode. But executives believe the arts are a good investment, a relatively inexpensive brand polisher, as well as a community-development engine and a key in promoting a region as a good place to live and do business. So sponsorships, cash gifts, in-kind service offerings and other donations are still being given. "Companies need to market themselves ... so there's always opportunity out there," says Gail Bower, a sponsorship and marketing consultant in Philadelphia...
...poetry, according to Davis, is especially important in a university setting where students are taught specific methods of thinking. “Poetry is a permanent place for questions to reside, free of all the answers we receive,” she says. “It is a mode of thought that allows us to become reunited with a more essential way of thinking.” —Staff writer Anita B. Hofschneider can be reached at hofschn@fas.harvard.edu...