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THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

A husband happily eats lunch with his wife and kids when suddenly, he complains of a severe headache. A week later, he’s got a bandage on his forehead, covering a depression caused by a hole in his skull. He’s suffered brain aneurysm, and he’s been back to the...

THE FOUR COMMANDMENTS OF CITIES IN THE FUTURE

In 2007, seven cities around the world made the longlist of the potential hosts for the 2016 Summer Olympics. These were Baku, Chicago, Doha, Madrid, Prague, Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro. Following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) analysis of the countries’...

WHAT IF MAYORS RULED THE WORLD?

‘Ideas worth spreading.’ That’s the slogan of Canadian-based TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), a media organization known for its TED Talk. In its early years, TED only featured prominent people in tech, consistent with its roots in the Silicon Valley. Bill...
THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

A husband happily eats lunch with his wife and kids when suddenly, he complains of a severe headache. A week later, he’s got a bandage on his forehead, covering a depression caused by a hole in his skull. He’s suffered brain aneurysm, and he’s been back to the...

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WHAT IF MAYORS RULED THE WORLD?

WHAT IF MAYORS RULED THE WORLD?

‘Ideas worth spreading.’ That’s the slogan of Canadian-based TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), a media organization known for its TED Talk. In its early years, TED only featured prominent people in tech, consistent with its roots in the Silicon Valley. Bill...

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SARANGGOLA

SARANGGOLA

“This is not the day I was looking forward to. I certainly did not expect that it would end like this because I’m not good at saying goodbye. Downhill, I was desperately trying to hold back tears. I had been taken in as an employee without any expectations of what...

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LETTERS TO A WOMAN IN THE FIRE

LETTERS TO A WOMAN IN THE FIRE

For Mrs Eleanor Pal-a Telva Mapangdol. I miss you everyday, mama. I love you so much.   It has been six years since the wastelands stopped burning. Its blackness is evanescent of the historic menace that made her life tragically a stole and its remnants gave rise...

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