Seagull poo posing problem at Dublin beach
DUBLIN — A surge in seagull droppings is fouling up the water at a popular Dublin beach, Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday.
Harper Lee created the Greatest American Hero
By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg View
SOME YEARS AGO, I added To Kill a Mockingbird to the syllabus of my course on Ethics in Literature. I teach in a law school, and the students in the seminar were as hard-bitten and hypercritical as one would expect. Most of the works we read they trashed from one end to the other, often with the easy-going savage hauteur of the young intellectual. But not Mockingbird. They treated the classic with a respect bordering on awe. Prompting them to criticize it was as successful as prompting an Evangelical to criticize the Bible.
Spanish island gets no high from hit song ‘I took a pill in Ibiza’
BARCELONA — A song about taking drugs in Ibiza has become a smash hit in Europe and the United States, annoying the Spanish holiday island, which is desperate to ditch its reputation for debauchery.
Where have all the competent salespeople gone?
Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull
THREE YEARS AGO, I was asked to hire a competent sales team. At the time, I thought it a somewhat a daunting task. After all, the company I was doing this for, sells specialty products and materials. I felt it unlikely that finding the right people would be an easy task.
In transit
By Zsarlene B. Chua
SOUTH KOREA’s Incheon Airport and flag carrier, Asiana Airlines, have announced “special transit tour packages” for transit passengers who choose Korea (and Asiana Airlines) as stopover on their way to their ultimate destination.
One-stop shop for all things diabetes related
By Zsarlene B. Chua
BF HOMES in Parañaque is the site of the country’s first store dedicated to the management of diabetes. The straightforwardly named The Diabetes Store (TDS) aims to provide for the needs of patients, from diabetic-friendly ready-to-eat meals to medicines and medical equipment.
Stone Age humans brought deer to Scotland by sea
PARIS — Stone Age humans populated the Scottish islands with red deer transported “considerable distances” by boat, said researchers on Wednesday who admitted surprise at our prehistoric ancestors’ seafaring prowess.
Mom’s Knorr influence stretches far beyond home
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
THERE IS A 2-minute digital advertising produced by Ogilvy One Worldwide for Unilever’s Knorr Bouillon Cubes that captures one’s attention. There is good abruption in this online material where we are first led to believe that this must be some war movie.
Last Motorhead recordings to become live album
NEW YORK — Motorhead’s last live recordings before the death of the hard-charging metal band’s frontman Lemmy are being turned into a live album.