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The Ukrainian Market – A Struggle To Survive

Info Source

Although typically known as the industrial base of the Soviet Union, agriculture is a large part of Ukraine’s economy. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest agricultural producers and exporters and is known as the breadbasket of Europe. Food and other agricultural products (worth $13 billion), metallurgy ($8.8

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Examples of sustainability: How new efforts are shaping the environmental future

IBM Big Data Hub

The United Nations’ Brundtland Commission once defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sweden, for example, aims to be fossil fuel-free by 2040, while in Denmark, over 40% of electricity is generated from wind turbines.

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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Educational Exchange and Cultural Diplomacy in the Cold War.” In the aftermath of the Second World War, the U.S. 9 March 2013.

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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

We believe making these connections can revolutionise the ways people think about place, community and belonging in the present. This was acknowledged when they were included in our 2022 submission for the Times Higher Education Awards ‘Outstanding Library Team’ which we went on to win. What we miss is the crucial connections.

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

The original promise of my next book is pretty simple: I’m trying to paint a picture of the kind of digital world we’ll likely live in one generation from now, based on a survey of where we are presently as a digital society. Here’s one example that might bring the concept home: The Fitbit. Why, indeed, yes we could.

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

The original promise of my next book is pretty simple: I’m trying to paint a picture of the kind of digital world we’ll likely live in one generation from now, based on a survey of where we are presently as a digital society. Here’s one example that might bring the concept home: The Fitbit. Why, indeed, yes we could.