The Trinity of the Earth's Soul Forces: The Three Daughters of Mother Easter
Anthroposophia [Hecate] The conclusion of "The Cycle of the Year as Breathing Process of the Earth. Lecture 3 of 5." Rudolf Steiner, Dornach, Switzerland, April 2, 1923: "...But when anyone follows the whole course of the year, when he sees how the “three” is organized, how the spiritual and the phy ...
Thinking about WW1 - home from home and Ypres
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post looks at ways to remember the many people who died in WW1 - especially in the area around Ypres, Belgium. Words from Nicola Baird (see www.nicolabaird.com for more info about my books and blogs). My m ...
Acid Rain and Aquatic and Forest Ecosystems
There are two kinds of acid deposition, wet and dry, acid rain falls within the wet category and is defined by precipitation that removes acid from the atmosphere and deposits it on land. Acid rain is defined as any precipitation with unusually high levels of hydrogen ions, normal rainwater has a PH ...
Expectant parents’ play with doll predicts later parenting behavior
Having expectant parents role-play interacting with an infant using a doll can help predict which couples may be headed for co-parenting conflicts when their baby arrives. Researchers videotaped 182 couples in the third trimester of pregnancy while they played with a doll that they were told represe ...
Twitter Expands Its Ad Program To Twelve New Countries
Twitter has added twelve new countries to its advertising network, called Twitter Ads, with most markets in Central and Eastern Europe. The new countries include: Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Portuga ...
Burger King might flip its tax burden to Canada with proposed merger – August 25, 2014 12:20PM ET
Burger King was in merger talks Monday with Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons. A successful deal could help the American fast-food giant reduce its U.S. taxes through a process called “inversion,” in which companies can transfer money earned overseas to the parent company without paying U.S. taxes. ...
Switzerland postpones Russia visit of minister, business leaders
ZURICH Aug 26 (Reuters) - A four-day visit to Russia in October by Switzerland's economy minister and high-profile Swiss business representatives has been postponed until next year due to the crisis in Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Switzerland's Pictet reports results for first time in its 209-year history
A 209-year-old Swiss bank publicly disclosed financial results for the first time in its history on Tuesday, underlining the sea change in the country's traditionally secretive banking sector. Geneva-based Pictet Group published its results because a ...
