Company Directors Vote on 130% Raise as Victims Suffer

A look at how James Hardie Industries is trying to give its board members a 130% raise while victims of the company are fighting a 3 year battle for compensation for their deadly and debilitating injuries.

Corporate Greed Driving India Farmers to Suicide by the Thousands

This morning I read an article in the New York Times which revealed Indian government figures showed 17,107 of India's farmers committed suicide in 2003. Two major contributors to this national disaster were unsupportable debt and crop failures. One of the major contributors to the debt was multinational corporate agriculture. A wise Indian government will outlaw this plague before it blankets the nation.

Asking for Car Donations

There are many organizations that are in need of a car donation. A car can be used in so many different ways by non-profit organizations, which are always in need of money to run their affairs. A car donation can be sold as a whole or sold off for its parts. They can then use the proceeds of the sale to fund job training for those who need it, as well as employ disabled people and help them become efficient members of the workforce.

Police Car Donations

When people donate a car they are creating a significant difference in the lives of the poor and afflicted. The donations can help and do reach out in places where scarcity, disease or natural disaster has caused widespread desolation.

Canadian Immigration and Citizenship

For most immigrants, especially to developed countries, it is their hope that they become citizens of their adoptive countries, so that they can enjoy the rights and privileges of being a citizen including the right to vote. However, the process may take a long time, since there are certain requirements that immigrants must have before they are considered for citizenship. In Canada, the process of becoming a Canadian citizen involves going through a process before immigrants can gain Canadian citizenship.

How to Design a Lunar Base Station; Practice Online

To promote space exploration with the next generation NASA is indeed stepping up its efforts to get kids interested in math and science and this is a positive step as our next generation will take us to new worlds for sure. NASA announced its new Program

Ten Important People Of The Twentieth Century

Some of the leaders, entertainers, builders, scientists and icons of the 20th Century include Einstein, Henry Ford, Churchill, Estee Lauder, Mother Terasa, Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali, Rachel Carson, The Beatles and Margaret Thatcher.

My Struggle to Explain 9-11

Pundits, Politicians, and average people remember the terrorist attacks on 9-11 but can anyone really explain the true lesson that must be learned? As a journalist, I struggled with this question.

The Declaration of 9/11

A testimony on the five year anniversary of 9/11

September 11th, 2001 - A Troubling Metaphor

At the time I watched the towers crumple from the sudden strike of the previously unimagined, I did not realize I was watching a metaphor for the great promise their soaring human achievement beaconed to the world. It is five years later, and I see the vast optimism our nation once promised the world at the tipping point.

911 Attack Smoke Plume an Issue

Currently many scientists are studying the smoke plume, which occurred during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York. You see, not only were due to workers affected by the smoke and debris from the fires and collapse of the buildings.

The Media As Big Mother

In the global village of the age of information, the chief hut belongs to Big Momma and no one is safe from her influence.

Steve Irwin: The Passion We All Want

Steve Irwin was an incredible person. His passion for animals and nature was unrelenting. Most people live lives nothing like that. A man to follow in life though he is no longer here.

Change Management at Ford Motor Company

At Ford Motor Company there are some big changes happening, namely Bill Ford is stepping aside the CEO position to Alan Mulally who is a former Boeing Commercial Airline Division CEO. In fact Mulally is credited for turning around Boeing as it flew out of one of the biggest down turns in commercial aviation manufacturing. So, he understands advancing technology and re-designing factories, dealing with labor unions, getting the job done while pleasing Wall Street.

Since September 11, America Has Caught a Break

The five year anniversary of September 11 is nearly upon us. The media will ask lots of questions. Are we safer that we were before? Are we closer to smashing our terrorist foes, or have they multiplied so much that they pose a disproportionately larger threat than ever before? In one way, I believe America caught a break, according to Dr. Gary S. Goodman, top speaker, best-selling author, and Fortune 1000 consultant.