Thursday, December 1, 2011 Today saw Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopen following a two-and-a-half-year, £17.6m (US$27.4m) refurbishment. Conversion of office and storage areas sees 60% more space available for displays, and the world’s first purpose-built portrait space is redefining what a portrait gallery should contain; amongst the displays are photographs of the Scottish landscape—portraits of the country itself. First […]
China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 total Chinese exports reached US$1.2 […]
Using Totally Free Coupons For Groceries To Stretch Your Family’s Monthly Meals Budget
Here’s An Opinion On: Bird Control Australia Submitted by: Eadie Dynah The regular family’s month to month foods spending plan can get up as a lot as a third of the total property whole spending budget. That is a great deal of income. Unfortunately, foods costs proceed to go up and are reaching document highs, and families are searching for […]
Cloned cattle’s milk and meat seem safe, according to new study
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 A National Academy of Sciences report (.pdf) last year said that while the milk and meat from cloned animals would not likely make anyone sick, more research should be performed. Now, a new US-Japan study published in the April 11 online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that milk and meat […]
Train derailed by collision with semi in Saskatchewan, Canada
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Twenty-four cars of a west-bound Canada Pacific train were thrown from the tracks after the train collided with a semi tractor-trailer in poor weather and visibility near Regina, Saskatchewan around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning. The driver was rushed to hospital. The accident took place on a level section of Highway 46 just north of Highway 1, […]
Canada increases oil production to assist U.S.
Monday, September 5, 2005 The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board of Alberta, Canada, will increase oil output by between 18,000 and 30,000 barrels a day to help the U.S. in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This is being done by temporarily suspending limits on oil production. The increase was requested by Alberta’s Premier, Ralph Klein. The comparatively small size of […]
Education Requirements Of Dentists
Here’s An Opinion On: Behaviour Change Campaign Sydney For a dentist to become a dentist, there is quite the long list of dental schools, dental exams, and dental practice licenses that are required! Knowing about all the requirements dentists have to fulfill helps me to feel better about going to the dentist. First, an aspiring dentist must take some pre-med […]
Kosovo independence ruled legal by International Court of Justice
Thursday, July 22, 2010 Judges from the United Nations International Court of Justice ruled Thursday that Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was not in violation of international law. Despite protests from Serbia, which claimed that Kosovo’s independence threatened its sovereignty and was illegal under international law, ten of the ICJ’s fourteen judges supported the non-binding motion declaring […]
US Basketball: Jazz win, maintain Northwest Division lead
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Mehmet Okur scored 12 of the last 14 points for the Utah Jazz in the final minutes of their game against the Chicago Bulls on Monday night, propelling the Jazz to a 100-95 win against the Bulls. Okur finished with 20 points and was the high scorer for the Jazz, who now have won three in […]
Chinese stock markets plunge after tax increase
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 In trading Wednesday, the Chinese stock markets plunged after the government tripled a tax on securities transactions. The so-called stamp tax was raised from 0.1% to 0.3% in an effort to cool the rapidly rising market. The Shanghai Composite Index of A-shares fell 6.5%. The CSI 300 fell 6.8%, with over half of the listed companies […]