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Temperature Of +23...+25 C, Intermittent Rain In Kyiv On Wednesday
08.07.2008 06:19
ukranews.com
Ukrainian News learned this from the weather center.
Ukraine
Social Life
New Portable Charging Station for Apple iPhone Gives Blast of Power
08.07.2008 05:38
prweb.com
A new Apple iPhone charger has hit the market providing portable power when you need it most. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/iphone-charger/portable-iphone-charging/prweb1073624.htm
World
Zoos
New Microchip Technology Reduces Hydrocarbon and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions, While Boosting Fuel Economy.
08.07.2008 05:38
prweb.com
EnviroChip™ is new microchip technology that is creating a buzz in the "Green" space. Utilizing proprietary energy signatures and patented technology, this cutting-edge device is said to reduce vehicle hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide emissions by as much as 75%, while simultaneously boosting fuel economy by as much as 100 miles per tank. Advanced Bio Technologies, the exclusive reseller of EnviroChip™, plans to sell their product directly to consumers starting on July 8, 2008. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1076814.htm
World
Ecology & Environment
Treasure returns to Ukraine
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
Until recently, visitors to St. Sophia Cathedral saw that in the central part of the cathedral where the iconostas is, below the Oranta (Mother of God), there were no Royal Gates, as required by church canon to symbolize the unity of the heavenly and the earthly. During the last century Soviet functionaries cut them into pieces for further melting. They may even have stolen parts of the gates, since this masterpiece of ecclesiastical art contained over 100 kg of gilded silver.
Ukraine
Social Life
Wheres our carriage?
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
Emmerich Kalmans The Violet of Montmartre (Das Veilchen vom Montmartre) stands out from the rest of his works. The dialogue of this piece of light opera is somewhat dull and the operetta was not exactly popular with audiences, although music critics called it the operetta version of Giacomo Puccinis opera La Boheme . Kalman, a Hungarian composer, once admitted, I know that half a page of a Liszt score will overshadow all my operettas.
Ukraine
Social Life
Trypillian entertainments at ecocultural festival
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
The two-day 2008 Trypillian Circle Water Festival took place on the outskirts of the village of Rzhyshchiv in Kyiv oblast, in a huge field that was divided into two main areas: a tent village for overnight guests and a fair for those who love to shop. The shopping area featured an array of sale items, including Ukrainian embroideries, coral beads, CDs of ethnic music, and various earthenware items.
Ukraine
Social Life
How we saw off Princess Anna to Paris
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
Artistic happenings that take place in Ukraines national parks and museums are among the new ways of communicating with audiences. Organizers of such events say that the main thing is to spark interest, especially among young people, in our history, traditions, and ancient art. The latest Night in a Museum took place in one of the most outstanding and revered historic sites of Ukraine-St. Sophia Cathedral, whose Royal Gates were recently restored by Polish specialists.
Ukraine
Social Life
The main thing is to be a person
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
During his lifetime he was known as a great healer, a brilliant surgeon, and the author of a number of outstanding discoveries that marked the beginning of a new era in medical science. Mykola Pyrohovs innovative works on pedagogy, particularly his indefatigable efforts to reform the education system in the Russian Empire in the mid-19th century, won him wide acclaim but also served to expanded the ranks of his vicious enemies- those who envied him, as well as the intriguers and soft-headed reactionaries who, above all, despised freedom of thought.
Ukraine
Social Life
Collections of porcelain and crystal to be transferred from factories to museums
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
ZHYTOMYR OBLAST Samples of unique decorative pieces of porcelain of the Polissian school may soon be lost to posterity. Some porcelain factories in Zhytomyr region were no longer operating even before their privatization, and no one showed much interest in the precious collections of chinaware, figurines, and decorative and household items that had been amassed over the decades. Plans were even afoot to sell them off.
Ukraine
Social Life
Well-known music specialist and educator Maryna Cherkashyna-Hubarenko celebrates her 70th birthday
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
The birthday celebrations consisted of several outstanding events, including the launch of the just-published book We Are from Berezil (Theatrical Reminiscences) by Roman Cherkashyn and Yulia Fomina. On the same day, the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (NMAU) hosted an international conference The Contemporary Opera House and Problems of Opera Studies, which was attended by music scholars from Ukraine, Russia, France, Belgium, and Greece.
Ukraine
Social Life
When both form and meaning are important
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
For the first time in the history of The Days Library Series a book has won a prize for its design rather than its content. Klara Gudzyks Apocrypha consists of seven chapters: Ecclesiastical Affairs at the Turning Point, Social Mosaic, A Flashback to Historical Moments, A Few Portrait Studies, The Wind of Travels Far and Near, Seasons of the Year, and Fables of The Day. They reflect the spiritual simplicity and refinement of Ms. Gudzyk, who does creative work because she lives.
Ukraine
Social Life
Barriers on way to grain paradise
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
Ukraine has reaped the first million tons of the new harvest grain. Although the harvesting campaign has just begun, Minister of Agrarian Policies Yurii Melnyk is already reporting: We are gathering 32 centners per hectare and expect a harvest of almost 40 million tons. But will the statesmen be able to make proper use of the golden bounty?
Ukraine
Social Life
Synchrocyclotrons are wailing like lions, or Future Shock in a country of average achievers
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
My grandmother, who was a professor of organic chemistry, used to say that a student must outdo his teacher so that the latter can have somebody to learn from. This philosophy requires teachers, as bearers of certain knowledge who have duly studied and reconsidered an array of source texts, to be responsible for the quality of education in an emergent nation. They should be aware of this goal: not only to ensure the successful learning of information but also to encourage their students to make a qualitative breakthrough in their studies.
Ukraine
Social Life
Canadian millionaire funds construction of new building for Ostroh Academy
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
The truism that genuine patriotism is not bound by geography alone has been confirmed by the steps taken by Ukrainians in the Diaspora who, as fate decreed, left their fatherland during the terrible years of war and repression. In their adopted homelands they dreamed of a free and independent Ukraine with its own language and clear-cut national idea.
Ukraine
Social Life
Why does President Yushchenko have so few supporters in eastern Ukraine?
08.07.2008 05:37
day.kiev.ua
President Viktor Yushchenko has undertaken the extremely complicated task of trying to obtain international recognition for the Holodomor of 1932-33 as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people and immortalizing the memory of its victims. During the presidency of his predecessor Leonid Kuchma, the Holodomor was quietly broached once a year. These days President Yushchenko talks about it on an almost daily basis.
Ukraine
Social Life
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