Recommended reading: The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Atlantic /April 2015 This is an article that will make a lot of people unhappy and others uncomfortable, as the author seeks, and doesn’t find, any scientific grounding for the 12 principles of AA. She’s not for or against, so much as a questioner, and the answers, […]
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Hans Erni, Farinet vineyard artist, dies age 106
Hans Erni, artist from Lucerne, has died, age 106 – a painter and sculptor who was still at work daily, to the end. In 2014 he created and donated a “Colombe de la jeunesse”, or youth dove metallic fountain, which was erected near the Farinet vines, the smallest officially registered vine parcel in the world, […]
Pollution level rises, Geneva speeds drop
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Allow more time to drive around Geneva on its ring road, where authorities have just put the speed limit down to 80 kph due to pollution levels. Monday the lower speed was recommending but Tuesday it was officially restricted, as fine particles in the air reached 50 micrograms per cubic metre. Geneva […]
EPFL researchers caution over antiobiotics
More study into impact on cell mitochondria (“powerhouses”) called for LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Researchers at Swiss and Dutch universities are calling on fellow scientists to look more deeply into the impact of a group of antibiotics on our cell mitochondria – cells’ “powerhouses”. Tetracyclines, widespread, should be used with greater caution, according to a report […]
It’s Guinness or nails with good wine
My Irish-American roots can’t resist St Patrick’s Day and the greening of the world. In my wilder youth I had green beer (not good). Less wild, better taste: I went for Guinness. Yet more taste: I went for good Guinness, in pubs in County Clare or Galway. I can’t do that today, but my heart […]