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Trachtenchor Heiden: E gmüetlichs Stöndli

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011 Bi üs im Appezellerland Trachtenchor Heiden

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Summit of Ambition

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011 It had rained all night and was still drizzling in the morning. To add to the foreboding, the night before we’d been heavily warned by a drunk Swiss mountain guide that going up Dolent with a group was not only dangerous but foolish – perhaps even criminal. He told me directly and forcefully that I…

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1954 World Cup star dies

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Ballaman got two goals in the highest-scoring match ever at a World Cup tournament, among his 18 goals in 50 appearances for Switzerland from 1948-61. Host nation Switzerland lost 7-5 to Austria in a 1954 quarterfinals match in Lausanne that was played in searing temperatures. Ballaman opened the scoring with a powerful long-range shot and…

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Vein: Plays Porgy & Bess

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Summertime Vein

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The circle completed

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 I have walked, climbed, biked, and paddled completely around Switzerland. Right out there -in those high white peaks to the southwest – I can see the French border where I started, the place where I fell in 2010, and the peak where I just finished. Connecting those points – where I broke my feet and…

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Federer heads down under for Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Team manager Daniel Monnin confirmed Federer’s participation at a media conference on Tuesday, saying he was due to arrive in Sydney on Wednesday. Stanislas Wawrinka, who is carrying a leg injury, told reporters he was hopeful of being fit to play. Stéphane Bohli and Marco Chiudinelli will make up the third and fourth members of…

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Uefa verdict keeps Sion out of Europa League

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Celtic say they will face Atletico Madrid in the group stage on Thursday in Spain. The appeals panel verdict of European football’s governing body came hours after Sion claimed it was reinstated by a Swiss civil court’s provisional ruling. Sion can challenge Uefa again at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The panel upheld a…

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ART: Gregory L. Blackstock

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 American artist Gregory L. Blackstock (1946) is autistic and an artistic savant who creates meticulously accurate hand-drawn illustrations from memory. His drawings show various groups of things, for example leaves, trains, beetles, clowns, dogs, ladies’ and men’s shoes, vegetables. The Blackstock exhibition is a premier in Europe.

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Coming full circle

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 The images in this gallery give a small taste of Harlin’s countless ups and downs, climbing, paddling and cycling the entire Swiss frontier. There were many highs, and a few lows. (unless indicated, all photos by John Harlin)

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