Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Women of the Future: Powerful, Stressed
"Women are gaining economic clout, but they’re also feeling overburdened, a survey of 12,000 women in 21 countries finds. Women spend some 70% of consumer dollars globally and are set to produce 70% of household income growth in the next 5 years. . ."
Microsoft's Gates gets Indira Gandhi Prize
"Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Saturday received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development from India's president, a government statement said.
The prize recognizes his work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is awarded annually to individuals or organizations for creative efforts that promote peace, development and a new international economic order."
The prize recognizes his work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is awarded annually to individuals or organizations for creative efforts that promote peace, development and a new international economic order."
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics, Dies at 88
"Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled who founded the Special Olympics, died Tuesday, the Special Olympics said. She was 88."
Khmer Rouge Chief Asks for 'Harshest Punishment'
Kaing Guek Eav was the "former head of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center" but later became an evangelical Christian. Now he is repentant and asks that he receive a very harsh sentence for his crimes.
"'I accept the regret, the sorrow, and the suffering of the million Cambodian people who lost their husbands and wives,' the defendant said. 'I would like the Cambodian people to condemn me to the harshest punishment.' Up to 16,000 were tortured under Duch's command. Later he became an evangelical Christian and worked for international aid organizations, but he says his crimes were 'like the death of an elephant which no one can hide with only two tamarind tree leaves.'"
"'I accept the regret, the sorrow, and the suffering of the million Cambodian people who lost their husbands and wives,' the defendant said. 'I would like the Cambodian people to condemn me to the harshest punishment.' Up to 16,000 were tortured under Duch's command. Later he became an evangelical Christian and worked for international aid organizations, but he says his crimes were 'like the death of an elephant which no one can hide with only two tamarind tree leaves.'"
People Power's Philippine Saint: Corazon Aquino
"The arc of Corazon Aquino's life lent itself to maxims, but two hard-nosed ones seem particularly worth pointing out. First, political sainthood is a gift from heaven with a Cinderella deadline — once past midnight, you are a pumpkin. Second, personal virtues are never a guarantee of effective or successful governance. What was truly shocking about Aquino's tumultuous six-year term as President of the Philippines was that those maxims proved untrue. Midnight always threatened Aquino but never struck; and she was a good woman whose goodness alone, at the very end, was what proved enough, if only by an iota, to save her country."
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Women of the Future: Powerful, Stressed
"Women are gaining economic clout, but they’re also feeling overburdened, a survey of 12,000 women in 21 countries finds. Women spend some 70% of consumer dollars globally and are set to produce 70% of household income growth in the next 5 years. . ."
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