A newspaper affiliated to the top anti-graft body on Saturday published a report detailing how corrupt officials tried to outwit graft-busters but still failed in the end. The report cited 11 cases in which corrupt officials fabricated lies, agreed with others not to give away each other, colluded with others to devise a consistent story,…
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Street Art for Hope and Peace
Born in France to Tunisian parents, eL Seed delights in juggling multiple cultures, languages and identities. Not least in his artwork, which sets Arabic poetry in a style inspired by street art and graffiti. In this quietly passionate talk, the artist and TED Fellow describes his central ambition: to create art so beautiful it needs…
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Monica Lewinsky: The price of shame
In 1998, says Monica Lewinsky, “I was Patient Zero of losing a personal reputation on a global scale almost instantaneously.” Today, the kind of online public shaming she went through has become a constant. In a brave talk, she takes a look at our “culture of humiliation,” in which online shame equals dollar signs —…
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Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night
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8 wonderful places to escape summer heat
Nanxi River, which is located in North Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, is famous for its clean water,rare rocks,waterfalls and ancient villages. The place isdubbed as the cradle of Chinese landscape painting. Out of all the four seasons, summer has the most to offer to nature lovers. From beaches to bamboo forests, the outdooroptions are endless. Here…
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Elvis Presley, Born to Music
The Great White Whale when it comes to forming new habits, for most people, is exercise. Along with eating your vegetables, meditation, getting good sleep and quitting smoking, exercise is probably the most important habit change anyone can make. And yet, most people struggle with creating a lasting exercise habit. The solution is to replace…
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Do you like Nirvana?
I think most of us have a tendency to do as much as we possibly can. But doing less might be better. When we go to a great restaurant, we want to try all the dishes, eat as much of the delicious food as we can. And we leave overstuffed, sometimes painfully so, and our…
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World's best restaurant: El Celler de Can Roca
The recently crowned world’s best restaurant, Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca, basesits success on combining culinary traditions of Mediterranean people and continuousinnovation and creativity. The Roca brothers founded this restaurant in 1986 inGirona, Catalonia, in northeast Spain. This restaurant was chosen early in June asthe best in the world by the prestigious British magazine…
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Boston College Acquires 24 Acres in Chestnut Hill Owned By Boston’s Oldest Synagogue
Boston College is set to acquire 24 acres of land nearby its main campus in Chestnut Hill from Congregation Mishkan Tefila (CMT), Greater Boston’s oldest Conservative Jewish synagogue.
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