Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
BERN.- Subsequent to the "Mahjong" exhibition (2005), efforts were made to organize an artists' exchange with China. As of 2007, with the help of the Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei an apartment-studio was set up in Beijing and made available for six months at a time to young Swiss artists. Over a period of two years, the GegenwART foundation and its patron Dr. h.c. Hansjörg Wyss supported...
Swisster (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Investigators are still seeking answers as to why a mentally disabled man jumped into an enclosure at Bern's recently opened bear park, where he was seriously mauled by Finn, a four-year-old bruin. An official with the tourist office at the Swiss capital defends the security arrangements at the 26-million-franc facility, while conceding that "anyone who is determined" can enter the enclosure....
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
BERN, Switzerland - Swiss tax authorities said today they have notified the first 500 clients of Swiss bank UBS AG whose names they want to hand over to the United States...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
MADRID.- Thomas Hirschhorn, a Swiss artist resident in Paris, presents an exhibition entitled "The Subjecters", which features a series of vitrines containing mannequins and two installations. According to the artist, every work is a "commentary" on the "complex, chaotic, cruel, beautiful and wonderful" world we live in. The work of Thomas Hirschhorn (Bern, 1957) is a...
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The 25-year-man climbed onto a wall surrounding the BärenPark (Bear Park) in the city of Bern, Switzerland, before falling 13ft into the enclosure, police said.
View from an Alp too (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
just on the news that a mentally disturbed man got over the fence and into the new bear enclosure in Bern today. The bear Finn attacked him, naturally enough, and was shot by police The man is out of danger now, but the bear is badly injured. Comments
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The third and final part of Fjordman’s history of geology and planetary science has been posted at Atlas Shrugs . Part one can be read here and part two here . Large sunspots may under certain conditions be seen by the unaided eye, but the modern study of them began around 1610 with the introduction of the telescope. Sunspots are strongly magnetic and appear darker because they are slightly cooler...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
BERN, Switzerland - A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
BERN, Switzerland -- A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com Salvation Army hopes for strong kettle campaignAustin HeraldThe Salvation Army officially kicked off their red kettle drive for the 2009 holiday season Friday, as the first $4000 earned in the drive was posted on a board along Main Street outside the Mower County …Salvation Army kicks off local kettle campaignNew Bern [...]
Miss604's Canuck Life :: A Vancouve (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Copyright © 2009 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2009/11/switzerland-lausanne-to-bern.html.Waking up this morning in Lausanne, Switzerland my group headed over to the International Olympic Committee headquarters for a tour. We saw the top secret meeting rooms, the VIP meeting rooms, the grounds, the buildings, and even some protesters outside. However, I’ll...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Artist who created the 2005 Central Park installation The Gates and other large scale 'wrapping' projects around the globe with her husband Christo Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation The Gates and other large scale 'wrapping' projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died last night at a New York hospital from complications...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he spoke...
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Beatrice Wilkinson Welters is President Obama's nominee for ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. No surprise, her husband Anthony Welters, is an executive with UnitedHealthGroup which brought in $200,000-$500,000 in campaign donation for the election and another $100,000 for the Obama crowning inaugural. American Embassy - Paris Beatrice Welters donated $4,600 to the Obama campaign in each of the years...
Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Division of Conservation Biology at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland, offers:1-2 PhD position(s) (3 years) for a conservation biologist/restoration ecologistwho will work in an applied research programme co-funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, entitled:Grassland management: designing tomorrow's farmland for biodiversityThe successful
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qwikwin | 31/08/2009
Betting is one of our basic characteristics. The thrill of win/lose, the surprise factor the chance to get something in non-linear way where you get it for less than its worth – all of these are part of our nature. Countries that forbid free gambling are actually hide behind their will to collect the benefit of this crave on behalf of moral. In those places, the state takes over the control over gambling...
mirolino | 28/05/2009
The setup of a platform for IT applications and its adaptation to company requirements are very costly. Thanks to Universal Information System (UIS), Waldimiro Rossi, an Italian-born computer science consultant, settled in Bern , and owner of the Swiss Impact company, opens a brand new perspective to business. His solution completely modifies the development of applications, offering huge benefits...
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