Stress at Work
It can be said that stress situations too easily appear at the work place nowadays. Over several decades there has been little change or variation in the way that people used to work. People started to work after they left the school and continued at the same job or at least the same company until they retired. It was, in fact, a job for life. Moreover, people used to work more or less the same hours, mainly at workdays. Now, on the other hand, there are more challenges and changes in career, and people often change from one job to another. Also, there is a big issue about stress.
Stress, a real source of tension and frustration may arise through a variety of related influences on behavior, including the individual, group, organizational and environmental factors. Recently, a survey has been led about attitudes to work and 1,000 randomly chosen workers was asked to specify the biggest problem at work. The second most common response after poor pay ( 18%) was stress (17%). This support the argument that stress was a problem from the nineties till now. The causes of stress are numerous and complex. Stress is also a very personal experience, because each individual has different 
attitudes toward work and different beliefs about how best to cope with the causes and the effects of stressful situations. Although stress is considered as a negative impact, a certain amount of stress may be seen as positive and even as a good thing, which helps and promotes a high level of performance. Keeping the balance is a challenging task of management.
There are several situations that are most commonly considered as stressful:
- Responsibility for the work of others – conflicting objectives of groups and organizations, groups and individuals, self and superiors.
Solar Facade System
The well known and largely used energy resources of the planet, due to the increasing exploitation, are rapidly consumed. The world is already in a hectic search for alternative energy sources and technologies that can enable their implementation. Thus, the mass production of hybrid cars is announced , bio-fuel is already heavily used, as well as systems for the exploitation of wind energy, solar energy.In this manner, there is also a product that can help in the process of protecting the planet.
Kreuzroither Metallbau GmbH is a company from Austria which also tries to contribute to energy savings with a product called Heliopan BIST. What is actually Heliopan? It is the “energy facade” that differs from conventional solar panels in that it offers a range of solutions in the choice of colors, shapes, sizes, and therefore many architectural features. It can heat buildings, provide domestic hot water, power and at the same time improve the insulation and overall appearance of buildings. They are convinced that the Heliopan are building facades of the future. Heliopan energy panels, built-in blocks of glass and aluminum, all sizes and shapes, enable the efficient utilization of solar energy. They provide cooling in summer, winter heating, patented that can produce and store 
electricity. These panels are manufactured in 11 different colors, which all together give architects the opportunity for countless marvelous designs. The base of this facade system are very delicate solar hot water collectors which are directly integrated into the shell of a building through aluminium glazing or structural glazing and become part of the building shell.
The advantages of these panels , with their energy potential, and the diversity of sizes, shapes and colors, and their exceptional applicability in construction. They can be used in the construction of office buildings, shopping centers, industrial buildings, hospitals, houses, training centers and so on. Preserving and restoring energy, this board, according to the Austrian company, returns the investment in less than seven years. Moreover, their environmental contribution should not be neglected: every kilowatt of produced energy reduces the emission of carbon dioxide into
The Billionaires of Future
Along with the extreme increase in the number of poor in the world, the list of enormously rich people also rise. According to Forbes list, the richest man in the world is Carlos Slim, followed by Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Last year, the fastest-enriched was Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook.
The wealth of the world’s billionaires has increased by 25 percent, to 4.5 trillion dollars, which exceeds the gross domestic product of Germany. Their average wealth was increased to 3.7 billion. According to Forbes estimate, the number of superrich women increased to 102 from 89 in the previous year. It is interesting that in China the number of billionaires has doubled and now there is 115. In Russia, there are 101 billionaires. Moscow has more billionaires than 79 (compared to New York City which has 58). India has increased its number of billionaires in 
six and now has 55, but their wealth on average is higher than the wealth of Chinese billionaires. 30 billionaires live in Brazil. Brazil, Russia, India and China “produce” the half of 214 new billionaires in the world.
The number of nouveau riche in the Asia-Pacific region last year was 105. The region now has 332 billionaires, significantly more than the previous year when there were 234. For the first time in the last ten years there are more billionaires in Asia( 332) than in Europe (300).
Bacteria Electricity
We really can not ignore anymore all the innovations that scientists have found in order to encourage the use of alternative energy solutions. There are possibilities to live in energy efficient houses, to drive vehicles that use less fuel and less pollute, to harness the sun, wind, heat, water.. even to harness plants! Yes, flowers, fruit or vegetables can in fact create enough electricity to illuminate the garden where those plants grow. It may sound incredible, but the realization of this idea is perfectly possible.
Dutch scientists came up with this idea. There is being led an unusual experiment on the roof of a research institute of the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands. There are 12 plastic containers filled with water and mud in which scientists grow various plants. However, plants are not in the lead role. The significance is in the relation between plants and bacteria that work together. The formula is simple: the 
plants produce carbon through photosynthesis and roughly 40 per cent of organic matter is carried into the soil where there are many micro-organisms – bacteria and fungi. The biologists have settled so-called bio-battery into the soil. These are two electrodes in which the growth of bacteria can produce electricity.
You Don’t Have to be a Multimillionaire to Go Green!
Dreaming about winning a lottery? We don’t blame you — most lottery jackpots are pretty big. So even though you might be playing Euromillions numbers in hopes that you’ll be able to build a green paradise that will be the envy of all of the neighbors, the reality is that you don’t have to wait until you’ve got millions in the bank to be a steward of the environment. Yes, it’s true — there are things that you can do right here, right now to make your mark on the environment without hurting it.
One of those things is to make sure that you’re actually taking the time to replace the energy sources in your home with more energy-efficient materials. This can be as easy as changing out your light bulbs for CFL bulbs. These compact fluorescent darlings can actually save you a lot of 
money on your power bill over time, because they really do use less energy. You will also want to make sure that you’re using the lights only when they are really necessary. It’s tempting to think that you should just run the lights all the time, but you should have enough daylight during the day to get things done without turning on the lights. Try it out and see your energy bills go down!
Another area that usually makes a difference is the sealing up of all windows and doors in your home. You might not realize it, but those tiny cracks in your windows and doors let out a lot of power. You don’t want the electricity you pay for to cool and heat your home going right out the door, do you? Definitely not! That’s why proper insulation is an absolute must.
Paper Recycling
Along with the increase of the industry production and the population’s living standard, there is more and more waste. However, thanks to the awareness of some environmentalists people have recognized that waste can be used as a raw material for industry which less pollutes. At the same time, the raw material is cheaper and less energy is used during processing . With the growth of the population, the amount of waste will rise. But people have the opportunity to avoid further pollution and fully exhaustion of raw material sources. This opportunity is recycling. Among materials that can be again used in order to decrease the consumption of precious resources, to reduce water and energy consumption as well as to reduce air pollution is paper. It can be recycled, which includes collecting, processing and making again usable material. Paper is a product that is composed of interwoven cellulose fibers, but in the paper industry in addition to cellulose, other raw materials also can be used (mainly of mineral origin), depending on what kind of paper has to be made. Paper is the basic raw material in the graphic industry, where various types of paints and finishing are used. Colors are 
produced on the base of organic compounds (polymerised nylon) or inorganic compounds (metals, nonmetals and their compounds).
Paper can be divided into:
-stationery (office) paper
-newspaper
-tissue paper
-cardboard
-other types of paper
