In Eastern Europe and Central Asia there are significant pressures for residential energy tariffs to rise, as government budgets are increasingly stretched and cannot afford to pay large energy subsidies. Further pressures for tariffs to rise come from environmental concerns, as the tariff levels that households now face do not cover the social costs of energy production. Because reforms that would increase energy tariffs are likely to affect significantly the poor and the middle class, their political feasibility may be questioned unless appropriate ways of cushioning the impacts can be...

"The Heart That Never Breaks" is a collection of poetry in the various themes of Peace, Love, Unity, and Spiritual Devotion. The book contains 108 poems, (traditional styles and haikus), that provide a glimpse into the author's ongoing journey to cultivate an awareness of the intuitive heart. Anthony Paul Moo-Young, spiritual teacher affectionately known by his students as Mooji, once said during one of his discourses, "Trust your Heart. Value its intuition. Choose to let go of fear, and open to the True and you will awaken to the freedom, clarity and joy of Being." It is in these basic...