AC/DC and DEAFNESS/POSTPONE
Australian rock band AC/DC has to postpone the rest of their US tour after singer Brian Johnson was warned he is going deaf. That is how it ends, when you are the noisiest band on the planet which concerts could…
Northern Europe Best for Working Women
For The United Nations’ International Women’s Day today, we have a chart which shows where women have the best chances of being treated equally at work. It combines information on education, labour-force participation, salaries, child-care rates, maternity benefits, business-school students…
Armstrong, Gay, Maradona, Sharapova and Who Else?
Former WTA Ratings leader Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. It is as surprising as annoying. A few months ago it was discovered that Russian athletes were using forbidden substances and disregarded regulations.…
How do Social Entrepreneurs Make The World Better ?
They started in 2004, three years before the global crisis. Even though the economic situation in many European countries was better back then, the organisation called Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) had a lot to do anyway. Now, in the times…
Make Place for a New Workplace
Our job usually steals about 9 hours a day from us. It is more than we sleep or spend with our family or friends. That’s why it is very important to make the workplace as comfortable as possible. Here are…
The War of Independence
There are only few countries in the world which didn’t have to fight for their independence. They are born under a lucky star but with thinner history books. In 1919, a war called the War of Independence began against…
Tricks for more creativity
A screwed off doorknob or Picasso’s ‘stay-home-day’ – many big thinkers and artist are not only genius but also have rituals to gain space for creativity. Everyone could learn from this. You didn’t leave behind a painting like Picasso? Your…
New Exhibitions in the Irish National Gallery
A new exhibition about Irish history is now possible to view in one of the most interesting cultural locations in Dublin. It is about “the 1916 Rising” as well as the Irish migrational past. Pathos of distance “In early 2015,…
What have Gandhi and Silvio Berlusconi in common?
The ex prime Italian minister announced that he is becoming vegetarian. Corriere della sera underlined the similarity between him and other famous vegetarians like Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is well known as the leader of Indian independence, the inspirer of civil…