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SAC-Hütten im Umbruch ORIGINAL

This content was published on Aug 16, 2012 Ohne diese Modernisierung kann die Strategie vieler Hüttenwarte, vermehrt auch auf Tagesgäste aus dem Unterland zu setzen, nicht aufgehen. In den Bergen aber ist vieles Mangelware, bisweilen gar das Trinkwasser. Ursache sind Gletscherschmelze, aber auch veraltete Infrastruktur. Den meisten der 153 Hütten des SAC steht bei der Trinkwasserversorgung der grosse – und kostspielige – Schritt…

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Back in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 16, 2012 During the Second World War camps were set up for young and destitute Swiss coming home in an effort to occupy them, but also to keep them away from the strained labour market. As part of a medical check-up at the border they were put in quarantine for up to three weeks. Those without relatives…

One in 40 young Swiss shows online addiction

This content was published on Aug 15, 2012 Presenting a report on Wednesday, it said the average Swiss child or adolescent spent two hours – and up to three on days off – surfing the internet or playing video games. The government added that there were large variations: while some spent just a few minutes a day online, others would stare at the…

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The shape of chocolate to come

This content was published on Aug 15, 2012 New consumers have different tastes while established markets are riddled with health concerns and a fad for individualised products, according to a report from management consultants KPMG. “Many companies are battling to stay on top of a rapidly shifting marketplace,” the report reads. “The requirement to offer local, highly tailored and increasingly diverse products represents…

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The man who walks through minefields

This content was published on Aug 14, 2012 On a table in Thun military barracks, Sergeant Roman Wilhelm shows us two plastic boxes – two containers of death. Inside are different types of landmines: anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, ones made of plastic and metal, round ones and long ones. Some are designed to explode at the slightest pressure, others need a chemical reaction…

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Rejoicing and regret after the London Olympics

This content was published on Aug 13, 2012 “London 2012, gold medal for the Olympics,” says the French-language Le Temps, while the German-language Neue Zürcher Zeitung, under the headline “The Party is over”, calls them “Games to remember”. A commentator in Le Temps praises not only the efficiency with which the Games were run from day to day, but also the way in which London…

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The creative schizophrenia of Aloïse

This content was published on Aug 13, 2012 On the occasion of two key exhibitions dedicated to Aloïse this summer in Lausanne, the question of whether her creativity would have survived modern medication has surfaced. Antipsychotic drugs and antidepressants relieve the distress of innumerable individuals, but they can also switch off creative drive. The debate has taken on new relevance since the publication…

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When talent outshines handicap

This content was published on Aug 13, 2012 The atelier Creahm is tucked away behind the École de Cormanon in a suburb of Fribourg. Bright and spacious and rented for a song from the local parish, it is the workplace of 18 artists who spend one to three days a week there. It encloses a subtle disorder of easels, tables, paint pots and…

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Aloïse’s World

This content was published on Aug 13, 2012 She produced hundreds of works in different shapes and sizes (individual drawings and paintings, notebooks, scrolls several metres in length). She used black lead, coloured pencils and wax crayons, and liked to cover the entire surface of both sides of whatever material she was using.

Raw exuberance

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SAC-Hütten im Umbruch ORIGINAL