Quotaion Of The Week # 8

'Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.'
Leonardo da Vinci

Quotation Of The Week # 7

'We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves'

Galileo Galilei

Quotation Of The Week Special Edition: Italy's 150th Anniversary 17.March

'I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.'

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Enda Kenny in Washington; Barack Obama surprises

Enda Kenny met with Barack Obama at the White House during the St.Patrick's Celebrations. After performing friendly exchanges Obama confirmed his intent to visit Ireland in May this year. What an eventful month this is going to be since the English Queen Elizabeth II will also come to town. The former will receive an enthusiastic and warm welcoming from the local crowd, the latter less so. He will be loved, she will be respected.

Japan: Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Disaster

I keep watching the broadcasts from Japan. I see the pictures. I read the reports. But I am still struggling to comprehend the extent of the disaster. Many lives have been lost. For all advances in research and technology human beings remain vulnerable creatures when nature flexes its muscles. Earthquakes and tsunamis are natural phenomenons that we can predict with some certainty but not prevent from happening.

Quotation Of The Week # 6

'Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day'
Charles Kingsley

General Elections Ireland 2011 - Results and Opinions

See: results

The dust has settled. The Irish electorate voted for change. Fine Gael (FG) and Labour (LAB) have formed a coalition government. Fianna Fáil (FF) and the Greens got a hammering. That are the facts. But what are the implications?

Quotation Of The Week # 5

'Advice is seldom welcome, and those who want it the most always like it the least'
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

Quotation Of The Week # 4

'Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim'
George Santayana