Tag: World

LEGO Systems Debuts Largest-Ever Collection of Building Sets to Inspire Builders of All Ages at American International Toy Fair

NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL TOY FAIR – LEGO Systems, Inc. debuts its largest collection of new building sets ever—313 new products—at the American International Toy Fair. Among the new offerings is LEGO® Classic – a collection of basic bricks and special elements designed to inspire and encourage open-ended and creative building fun.…

February 22, 2015
Brilliant Invention Brings LED Sunshine To Windowless Rooms!

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February 21, 2015
EarthSky News: Betelgeuse will Explode Someday

By Larry Sessions There has been a lot of excitement this month about the supernova in the distant galaxy M82. It is the closest supernova in many years, despite the fact that it’s some 11-12 million light-years away. On a January or February evening, come to know the red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion.…

February 19, 2015
Inaccurate ideas about food lead to bad policies says Food Police author

By Helen Metella “I’m not against local foods, I’m against bad arguments for local foods,” said food economist Jayson Lusk during the recent Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture. In his address to more than 200 ALES students, faculty, alumni, donors and members of the public, the Oklahoma Sate University Regents Professor and Willard Sparks Endowed…

February 18, 2015
EarthSky News: For you, Valentine: Top 10 reasons we fall in love

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February 14, 2015
The Advertising Research Foundation Announces 2015 David Ogilvy Award Winners

Winners Include College Football Playoff, Starbucks & The Voice and Toyota Award Tiers to Be Announced at The ARF’s Annual Re:Think NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Feb 11, 2015) – The Advertising Research Foundation (The ARF) today announced winners for The 2015 ARF David Ogilvy Awards for Excellence in Advertising Research. Named for advertising legend David…

February 14, 2015
Staples, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Office Depot, Inc.

Combined Company Better Positioned to Serve the Changing Needs of Customers and Compete Against a Large and Diverse Set of Competitors FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & BOCA RATON, Fla.,–(BUSINESS WIRE)-–Wednesday, February 4, 2015–Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) and Office Depot, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODP) today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Staples…

February 4, 2015
New NSSF Report: More Women Owning Guns, Going Target Shooting and Hunting

‘Women Gun Owners’ report and new infographic highlight fastest growing segment in shooting sports LAS VEGAS, Nev. – More than half of women (55.6 percent) participating in a new study commissioned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation said they intend to purchase at least one firearm in the next 12 months. That finding and many…

February 4, 2015
Mayor Naheed Nenshi awarded the 2014 World Mayor Prize

By Tann vom Hove, Brian Baker and Jonas Schorr Naheed Nenshi, the Mayor of Calgary, Canada, has been awarded the 2014 World Mayor Prize. First runner-up Daniël Termont, Mayor of Ghent, Belgium, will be conferred the World Mayor Commendation for Services to European Cities. Second runner-up Mayor Tri Rismaharini will receive the World Mayor…

February 3, 2015
Happy Groundhog Day!

By Tracey Walshaw, staff According to Punxsutawney Phil (in Pennsylvania) and Shubenacadie Sam (in Nova Scotia) those areas will see six more weeks of winter but Wiarton Willie (Ontario) and Balzac Billie just North of Calgary (who is not a real groundhog) predicted early spring. By the way did you know that the first…

February 2, 2015
AccuWeather: Do Animals Possess Instinctive Ability to Sense Impending Storms?

By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer Animals may possess an innate ability to react to weather quicker than humans, but don’t count on their behaviors determining how much snow is expected for winter or how severe a hurricane season could become. That is because while there are indications that animals do have advanced capabilities to…

January 31, 2015
Rt Revd Libby Lane Consecrated at York Minster

The Rt Revd Libby Lane has been consecrated as the first female bishop in the Church of England in a packed service at York Minster today attended by more than 100 bishops from the Church of England and women bishops from across the Anglican Communion. In a statement shortly after being consecrated, Bishop Libby said she had been…

January 29, 2015
Statement by the NDP official opposition on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

NDP leader Tom Mulcair made the following statement on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Today we mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. “On January 27th 1945 – soldiers of the Soviet Union’s Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates and liberated the prisoners of the…

January 27, 2015
Statement from Premier Jim Prentice on United Nations International Day of Commemoration for Victims of the Holocaust

Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement as Albertans mark the United Nations International Day of Commemoration for Victims of the Holocaust: “The Holocaust stands as the largest example of genocide in modern times. Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime murdered six million European Jews – men, women and children. The Holocaust claimed another five million lives…

January 27, 2015
Statement by Liberal Party of Canada Leader Justin Trudeau on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

OTTAWA – Liberal Party of Canada Leader, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau: “Today, as we commemorate one of history’s darkest periods, we honour the memories of the more than six million victims of the Holocaust and pay tribute…

January 27, 2015