tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9894850641204188542024-03-07T09:46:03.760+01:00Based in Villigen<i>Photos from Villigen, Switzerland and surroundings</i>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03348318649247181165noreply@blogger.comBlogger1354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-32824462573711439702018-10-07T17:22:00.000+02:002018-10-07T17:22:07.134+02:002018 week 40: A beautiful morning in Villigen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_h03jgzPGLOQuYoFURNnNPKQil-A1HcT26mpXyZWTDT0rjjLPXKaa30pyb_41Un23gO8H9Yw4jabzC1nyu8izxDatUAYgLxDFleCxEUJEoVaIy8P5u6eEy0W9onrHmNw7SfUepWb-k0H/s1600/biv-2018week40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_h03jgzPGLOQuYoFURNnNPKQil-A1HcT26mpXyZWTDT0rjjLPXKaa30pyb_41Un23gO8H9Yw4jabzC1nyu8izxDatUAYgLxDFleCxEUJEoVaIy8P5u6eEy0W9onrHmNw7SfUepWb-k0H/s400/biv-2018week40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lost track of time and missed four weeks of posts. The weather is changing now and we've had some lovely mornings.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-51192217069207583982018-09-09T16:30:00.000+02:002018-09-09T16:30:02.772+02:002018 week 36: Fantoche<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewoeqrkv_8J4aeBI9iV1qIzMw3DZNwAdvEhzF49wB3uWg7kL5pzuXrhRHxU5wH_l5Vn8W-uSrCSRGlHhzQliZqnlJQjzYZGn9LXq_MINZr-lepIaNgWGoKr3VfAjJKV13JibwQACh7J5C/s1600/biv-2018week36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewoeqrkv_8J4aeBI9iV1qIzMw3DZNwAdvEhzF49wB3uWg7kL5pzuXrhRHxU5wH_l5Vn8W-uSrCSRGlHhzQliZqnlJQjzYZGn9LXq_MINZr-lepIaNgWGoKr3VfAjJKV13JibwQACh7J5C/s400/biv-2018week36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year I finally made it to a couple of screenings during <a href="https://fantoche.ch/en" target="_blank">Fantoche</a>! Both were a collections of shorts, one was a session of the international competition and the other a session of the Swiss competition. There were some gems in there, e.g. <a href="https://fantoche.ch/en/film/enough" target="_blank">Enough by Anna Mantzaris</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-82545814166481944122018-09-02T16:08:00.003+02:002018-09-02T16:08:50.799+02:002018 week 35: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1bAMabQhBEAYOBxqlledDrvTUjNVw38F1ANcUATr1vShkbvS2ZP-Q9_HhaT1P721LRMyU4PLiSdCNhkd3JHQ2WPJ2_5Hi7VLlcbbXhrt8l0MJrTlxbxp2hhEqsDU7J1m45C6tvDuBzq2/s1600/biv-2018week35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1000" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1bAMabQhBEAYOBxqlledDrvTUjNVw38F1ANcUATr1vShkbvS2ZP-Q9_HhaT1P721LRMyU4PLiSdCNhkd3JHQ2WPJ2_5Hi7VLlcbbXhrt8l0MJrTlxbxp2hhEqsDU7J1m45C6tvDuBzq2/s400/biv-2018week35.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After many hot, dry weeks, Fall has made an appearance. Cooler temperatures, and stormy weather. </span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-10111703328205624762018-08-26T11:40:00.002+02:002018-08-26T11:40:34.604+02:002018 week 34: A view from the hill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBuxSKgzEw0wW9O3yfFLgMtaHTG1dekflHXGkck77BSaOJHghBqLwpfkQaoZJo8y132FgzESEru4RT3bda9m_AwYyEXwL0QyqkARqMwWb7ENWE7TkuFKxMmEJEpW-w0kLfY8nsRhqYL0s/s1600/biv-2018week34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBuxSKgzEw0wW9O3yfFLgMtaHTG1dekflHXGkck77BSaOJHghBqLwpfkQaoZJo8y132FgzESEru4RT3bda9m_AwYyEXwL0QyqkARqMwWb7ENWE7TkuFKxMmEJEpW-w0kLfY8nsRhqYL0s/s400/biv-2018week34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a few days off, so among many other things, I walked up the Villigen hill after a long, long time. Here's one of the photos I took.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-61990661690083085722018-08-05T17:56:00.000+02:002018-08-05T17:56:45.201+02:002018 week 31: Flumserberg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQmiSldE3ctDaTBsRm3IUt-h-dzoENvwFD8vN3BTJTcP7tIF_auyz0CCQbU01BVaSlmBWBeZmvffk83WNrf68yjYZjySlh_sp5wospbxTr2GBiNZNXsjgfnc6V8VWfzeSVWDRQzM5vBmC/s1600/biv-2018week31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQmiSldE3ctDaTBsRm3IUt-h-dzoENvwFD8vN3BTJTcP7tIF_auyz0CCQbU01BVaSlmBWBeZmvffk83WNrf68yjYZjySlh_sp5wospbxTr2GBiNZNXsjgfnc6V8VWfzeSVWDRQzM5vBmC/s400/biv-2018week31.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first of August is the Swiss national day. I didn't take any photos this year, and because of the general drought conditions, I didn't find myself in a celebratory mood anyway. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We did go for a hike in Flumserberg this week and this is one of the photos I took there. The backdrop is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churfirsten" target="_blank">Churfirsten</a>.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-37943170175279781782018-07-29T09:23:00.000+02:002018-07-29T09:23:04.022+02:002018 week 30: Resting sheep, peek-a-boo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBvZood1br-8_whr6utpXlHd_ELkvP8fhvKlgK-guyL319qPNV-eON5Y6efFS1uH7fTjITIzpAwkmVV797SbzrcvEGeLiBcdQInCthqF5p4XSjlkTfVurK_eF-NQydcJaapBdPRaoxzcn/s1600/biv-2018week30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBvZood1br-8_whr6utpXlHd_ELkvP8fhvKlgK-guyL319qPNV-eON5Y6efFS1uH7fTjITIzpAwkmVV797SbzrcvEGeLiBcdQInCthqF5p4XSjlkTfVurK_eF-NQydcJaapBdPRaoxzcn/s400/biv-2018week30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These guys graze all day and night and I caught them as they were taking a little break.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are experiencing a prolonged dry spell this summer -- the infrequent rain has been too short in duration and too little in quantity. I just read that many farmer are sending their cows to slaughter early because there's not enough grass to graze on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-81448313459692403942018-07-22T10:57:00.001+02:002018-07-22T10:57:23.941+02:002018 week 29: Grazing cows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1tU4K5R9MEg-vNy5QduLgdkPtnsb0ne3__ib3-rgvQaKslCetRXNSt5gKT1WPDs3lDjcN2Vzu64Cup-nnAjS3uIjXgL7KaZcdDOMWrRW2uc5Sf0bjllheSPvQabadpk3u3YX_3m43oCO/s1600/biv-2018week29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1tU4K5R9MEg-vNy5QduLgdkPtnsb0ne3__ib3-rgvQaKslCetRXNSt5gKT1WPDs3lDjcN2Vzu64Cup-nnAjS3uIjXgL7KaZcdDOMWrRW2uc5Sf0bjllheSPvQabadpk3u3YX_3m43oCO/s400/biv-2018week29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A very faded Swiss flag, and some cows on the pasture. If I'm not mistaken, these are the Wagyu cows that Chlopfi's farm raises.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-46174777571552367992018-07-08T15:48:00.002+02:002018-07-08T15:48:46.959+02:002018 week 27: Summertime!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4PsSTVYHVOf1RPByG4jEsv7d-OpxefrzujXq9zPHQnQ5zMiJDjBKXHWxARl6mKn7pJMKkUscnmfleR6eu0G3nJ7Nyb4khHl114CHCqXcRl87X6Nup9cYvxY2-LSMIM6WDNoKrsvy1Qsq/s1600/biv-2018week27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4PsSTVYHVOf1RPByG4jEsv7d-OpxefrzujXq9zPHQnQ5zMiJDjBKXHWxARl6mKn7pJMKkUscnmfleR6eu0G3nJ7Nyb4khHl114CHCqXcRl87X6Nup9cYvxY2-LSMIM6WDNoKrsvy1Qsq/s400/biv-2018week27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is definitely summer.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-13620479761733386292018-07-01T17:30:00.000+02:002018-07-01T17:30:16.662+02:002018 week 26: Enjoying the new sun shades<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3echLP312H9CRh3CAlonLtv2DjJjYVU-rC6ANhhJJ6GNWiqAgIal3MIwFrF6CRuDjodIIBRnp4ynLcVbO27yjDfLMqhOejl1f1ahuDgCmln9XdfeZfppAMTKslcjZ9MAF1qErQwns7CBy/s1600/biv-2018week26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3echLP312H9CRh3CAlonLtv2DjJjYVU-rC6ANhhJJ6GNWiqAgIal3MIwFrF6CRuDjodIIBRnp4ynLcVbO27yjDfLMqhOejl1f1ahuDgCmln9XdfeZfppAMTKslcjZ9MAF1qErQwns7CBy/s400/biv-2018week26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the fiasco with the previous sun umbrellas that were destroyed by a storm, there are now new ones at the Sechseläuten Platz in Zürich (the opera house is visible in the background). These ones can handle upto 90 km/h winds (roughly 56 mph).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We enjoyed them ourselves recently.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-78601954437633966712018-06-24T16:52:00.002+02:002018-06-24T16:52:43.977+02:002018 week 25: The bus stop at the Gemeindehaus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2rXJVC-WUVxKDDT7dYkFcNgZJtgCgizz9HU_41jFhJdao5V40NpINVyhzSFN8KoJDNK0dDBOik0C9bVAux68fLlCVCe-hcWX6iSBX0phkCQD68sN_PO1fJxs9ERqWGKcilyjipXyuZ7Z/s1600/biv-2018week25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2rXJVC-WUVxKDDT7dYkFcNgZJtgCgizz9HU_41jFhJdao5V40NpINVyhzSFN8KoJDNK0dDBOik0C9bVAux68fLlCVCe-hcWX6iSBX0phkCQD68sN_PO1fJxs9ERqWGKcilyjipXyuZ7Z/s400/biv-2018week25.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a photo of one of the three bus stops in the village, this one opposite the Gemeindehaus ("town" hall). On weekdays, the bus comes by twice an hour in both directions. On weekends it's once an hour.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-42945074688683260782018-06-17T18:23:00.001+02:002018-06-17T18:23:41.287+02:002018 week 24: Worker safety<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQCFfJrAituvJ5TGehS1I4k3tLxCvMmx0-_aU_e4vuWWytGRf1dnzsiSVxZyAJMIl47N02z61Zrv6TjGd896i7NOjZOuwqp2QIjP7juBrDukg3uQJIZ-OuYTSrgmq1mtSy4c95V13yKDK/s1600/biv-2018week24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQCFfJrAituvJ5TGehS1I4k3tLxCvMmx0-_aU_e4vuWWytGRf1dnzsiSVxZyAJMIl47N02z61Zrv6TjGd896i7NOjZOuwqp2QIjP7juBrDukg3uQJIZ-OuYTSrgmq1mtSy4c95V13yKDK/s400/biv-2018week24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you look at the larger version of the photo, I hope you'll be able to make out the two men doing maintenance work on the roof near the green-roofed red cupola. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This photo is actually from a few weeks ago, taken in Zürich. When I was taking the photo I was thinking about worker safety. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just recently, the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suva_(insurer)" target="_blank">SUVA</a> -- Wiki entry) ruled that from 2019, construction workers and others who work outdoors in the sun will be required to wear sun protection. Actually, if I undersand it correctly, they've decreed that the employers have to enforce that their workers use sun protection (which the employers must also provide). I'm curious to see how that will work out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some numbers, according to SUVA: Every day in Switzerland, three people are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma directly attributable to their occupational activity. As such, the treatments for these cases are paid for by SUVA.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-1552557767155638782018-06-09T12:32:00.000+02:002018-06-09T12:32:00.161+02:002018 week 23: Slated to be torn down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJ_SamCKhA2KxYUalyOpZ4rSe7ovuV20pdd3LcwSFyUBwrsHldXxjjC-ReXyr2vqHahFNCFocCyGgcR_ZN8IYie-MPFSHqSCly7ICJMcSUIg4ScZ-wAV9wzFUiSl0A0SeHATEDcoGEMuI/s1600/biv-2018week23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJ_SamCKhA2KxYUalyOpZ4rSe7ovuV20pdd3LcwSFyUBwrsHldXxjjC-ReXyr2vqHahFNCFocCyGgcR_ZN8IYie-MPFSHqSCly7ICJMcSUIg4ScZ-wAV9wzFUiSl0A0SeHATEDcoGEMuI/s400/biv-2018week23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many older buildings in a state of disrepair around this region are torn down and new buildings are put up in their place. Renovation is just too expensive in many cases. This building is/was in Baden.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-6342717910317516942018-06-02T16:23:00.000+02:002018-06-02T16:23:13.857+02:002018 week 22: Vote!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1csgBlj7v1qe1eV4H22h1Y7v0i04UvinjKpgDkK83zg_klaucST9_gVzEZQjhcG9xqsZ7GwYTQqMMFUdLOso9Cm5lEcOkFs3gPAYDhWXZUAEGqLzxctr_pW-BV63UelE6iP2pbCoUf58/s1600/biv-2018week22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1csgBlj7v1qe1eV4H22h1Y7v0i04UvinjKpgDkK83zg_klaucST9_gVzEZQjhcG9xqsZ7GwYTQqMMFUdLOso9Cm5lEcOkFs3gPAYDhWXZUAEGqLzxctr_pW-BV63UelE6iP2pbCoUf58/s400/biv-2018week22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another voting period is upon us. At the federal level there are two issues this time, sovereign money and online gambling rules. At the local level, once a year there's a public meeting to discuss the budget and other things. I think this word must be one of the longest that is commonly used around here: Einwohnergemeindeversammlung, roughly translated it means <i>meeting of the residents of the commune.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-9980738694442612562018-05-27T07:36:00.000+02:002018-05-31T16:20:48.868+02:002018 week 21: Carla del Ponte at the FHNW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsTAGZEcybrsVq99EmoL0bNUq7FQaQwODHOQaW4b2W0HAy7GB_4NMWwsW-vX3-usVlLvcjYef6tb_H6VJnp0Gl8xGKa03Lge2QZb97wGb1J6mr1F5-uIqM32wKJv3vh6bdq2kZMdks00e/s1600/biv-2018week21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsTAGZEcybrsVq99EmoL0bNUq7FQaQwODHOQaW4b2W0HAy7GB_4NMWwsW-vX3-usVlLvcjYef6tb_H6VJnp0Gl8xGKa03Lge2QZb97wGb1J6mr1F5-uIqM32wKJv3vh6bdq2kZMdks00e/s400/biv-2018week21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last Wednesday, Carla del Ponte, f<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Del_Ponte" target="_blank">ormer Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals</a>, gave a talk at the <a href="https://www.fhnw.ch/en/startseite" target="_blank">Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz</a>, in Brugg-Windisch. The main theme was war crimes in Syria, however her keynote also contained anecdotes about her vast experience in prosecuting everything from money laundering to war crimes. The target audience were the students in a course about international conflict, and I'm glad that the general public was also given the chance to attend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-16872409209380783082018-05-20T18:00:00.000+02:002018-05-21T07:32:01.978+02:002018 week 20: Jubla camp<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGTVWvZApZ975aZlRUYiDgcxtJyBzreTk7IvBo8koPbVqlTCdnuUEnBXdIRuOWTV78GgBNwWY4l8gWIE2Eaq29IbRLw7_5niXJYhz4GtpsCwbr17ELS72CT-gGEJvftiCdlOWkJXlHSCi/s1600/biv-2018week20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGTVWvZApZ975aZlRUYiDgcxtJyBzreTk7IvBo8koPbVqlTCdnuUEnBXdIRuOWTV78GgBNwWY4l8gWIE2Eaq29IbRLw7_5niXJYhz4GtpsCwbr17ELS72CT-gGEJvftiCdlOWkJXlHSCi/s400/biv-2018week20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's summer camp time! A local chapter of the <i>Jungwacht Blauring</i>, a catholic youth group (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungwacht_Blauring" target="_blank">Wiki article here</a>), set up a weekend camp on one of the meadows in Villigen.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-7244611278769328352018-05-13T17:31:00.001+02:002018-05-13T17:31:49.898+02:002018 week 19: Cat, prey and wildflowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaOLpE6dIi-PpTvB8oFkcKN4nuKj1VNpamJ_eBQf5vi2nAspad5QVJ4wzBO1TxrqNPTVa9MLMZjyhFb15f9HnYY8OJ5mUD4WbY14kOoGLd4RZHEt8A0rBJ05y44iGTZpt6FoRvZqc4Vfp/s1600/biv-2018week19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1000" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaOLpE6dIi-PpTvB8oFkcKN4nuKj1VNpamJ_eBQf5vi2nAspad5QVJ4wzBO1TxrqNPTVa9MLMZjyhFb15f9HnYY8OJ5mUD4WbY14kOoGLd4RZHEt8A0rBJ05y44iGTZpt6FoRvZqc4Vfp/s400/biv-2018week19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, I admit, the prey isn't visible in the photo. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a good week to enjoy being at home.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-22710321441290924402018-05-06T16:52:00.000+02:002018-05-06T16:52:48.482+02:002018 week 18: Pro Specie Rara seedling market at Schloss Wildegg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ocsi5nKzuutYLtOmcgQXUyfbISU-K41fvt39Z04QQ38f7WZdkq9EU9enVp5yLgD4_qaDQRaN2rt8H5lMV-q_hcnOZGnd3tJZXnArH-0hywxvS-0FSasX_uUnnWxotseIq2vOYS_CUYDN/s1600/biv-2018week18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ocsi5nKzuutYLtOmcgQXUyfbISU-K41fvt39Z04QQ38f7WZdkq9EU9enVp5yLgD4_qaDQRaN2rt8H5lMV-q_hcnOZGnd3tJZXnArH-0hywxvS-0FSasX_uUnnWxotseIq2vOYS_CUYDN/s400/biv-2018week18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every spring, usually the first weekend in May, there's the <a href="https://www.prospecierara.ch/de/veranstaltungen/detail/prospecierara-setzlingsmarkt" target="_blank">Pro Specie Rara seedling market at Schloss Wildegg</a> near by. I was a little surprised to see so many people there at 09:00 am on a Sunday. I guess gardeners wake up early! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I picked up a few tomato plants and a couple of herbs. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Are you growing anything this summer?</i></span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-64521565728258957212018-04-29T11:16:00.000+02:002018-04-29T11:16:49.753+02:002018 week 17: Finsterarhorn and Eiger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjQvix9cEQCbF7Mh4i8ITxFhfvlAwLDEeV6qpWPd4YkxuZ0P2GdaCs5OgtgueA0FEVBTtvSD3YYZhQSuDgytOiTrANr9CP5frmTXUjvFYnU-gpGqFv_Nvo6fC8E3nxPoQXQQDMLCAHBnV/s1600/P4240097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjQvix9cEQCbF7Mh4i8ITxFhfvlAwLDEeV6qpWPd4YkxuZ0P2GdaCs5OgtgueA0FEVBTtvSD3YYZhQSuDgytOiTrANr9CP5frmTXUjvFYnU-gpGqFv_Nvo6fC8E3nxPoQXQQDMLCAHBnV/s400/P4240097.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsteraarhorn" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Finsterarhorn</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger" target="_blank">Eiger</a> (the north face) are visible here. Please let me know if I'm wrong, so that I can make the necessary corrections!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Shot this from the (economy seat) of a plane as I was returning from a work trip. The window glass was pretty scratched up.</i></span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-63729383537241879062018-04-18T18:00:00.000+02:002018-04-29T11:08:45.260+02:002018 week 16: Peek-a-boo Urania Observatory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorna1oo_6qhNWB5wseJKNnU9YUR0G0wjGAzFcYmGpP91funZ5xk70gtkVZv6JBbL7aUvqmwViw1AB39zLc0r2QretZKcz5mbv_Y1KDNj-EzUIPbPIInISw_eB0h9zEuke-a62Aq8h4tIz/s1600/P4180008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorna1oo_6qhNWB5wseJKNnU9YUR0G0wjGAzFcYmGpP91funZ5xk70gtkVZv6JBbL7aUvqmwViw1AB39zLc0r2QretZKcz5mbv_Y1KDNj-EzUIPbPIInISw_eB0h9zEuke-a62Aq8h4tIz/s400/P4180008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urania Observatory in Zurich. I really must get around to going on a tour.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.urania-sternwarte.ch/" target="_blank">Urania Sternwarte</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I took this photo in week 16 but didn't manage to upload it then because I was busy with work related activities so I'm back-dating this post.</i></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-71686743378728730452018-04-15T16:50:00.002+02:002018-04-15T16:50:25.159+02:002018 week 15: Springtime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy6e2gpos4AfaDlv2Bdce0oTofpCPIWW4HH6FyLnx-rH19ohe8HISNOjOroer8wgd4E8jtWd2JkXPTClyDNuhL0teuRgUttvZ8Y_lds18EMgLjWpjkNYzMvNhDdFlbB21LFYvfbki5Cdm/s1600/P4140014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy6e2gpos4AfaDlv2Bdce0oTofpCPIWW4HH6FyLnx-rH19ohe8HISNOjOroer8wgd4E8jtWd2JkXPTClyDNuhL0teuRgUttvZ8Y_lds18EMgLjWpjkNYzMvNhDdFlbB21LFYvfbki5Cdm/s400/P4140014.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm enjoying the spring weather. The vibrant green. The bells on the sheep across the way. The twittering of birds. I wish you all something nice to enjoy, and a good week ahead.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-15152091123099332152018-04-08T12:21:00.000+02:002018-04-08T12:21:22.335+02:002018 week 14: Mud flats of Lake Gruyere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YfS3mSzhghW9Obj3Vmep5LtfWNhUSQmKY8RzVbcvjt8kjassr0fjLYsBMOyprP8ngjJyTUlVXdb2DUT2Hp9XMCvt2HMoutcGqsjwDCvoY4bYtkk-Jw4-Z8mB4Ap8LzOwFIOryzLMmzPA/s1600/P4070025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YfS3mSzhghW9Obj3Vmep5LtfWNhUSQmKY8RzVbcvjt8kjassr0fjLYsBMOyprP8ngjJyTUlVXdb2DUT2Hp9XMCvt2HMoutcGqsjwDCvoY4bYtkk-Jw4-Z8mB4Ap8LzOwFIOryzLMmzPA/s400/P4070025.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Gruy%C3%A8re" target="_blank">Lake of Gruyere</a>, a manmade reservoir in the canton of Fribourg, is drained every spring to accommodate rising water levels from the melting snow as the temperature rises. This photo I took on Saturday shows the lake bed as it is currently. I'm guessing this is mud that is deposited as sediment by the water washing down the mountains.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year the snowpack is thicker than usual, and there are concerns about flooding.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Rossens Dam</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Year: 1947</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Type: Arch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Height: 83 m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Reservoir</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Length: 13.5 km</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watershed: 954 km2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Volume: 220 mil. m3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Links:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For some excellent drone shots, search for the following terms: greyerzersee flauraud</span><br />
<br />blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-19306878362339143942016-03-28T17:41:00.002+02:002016-03-28T17:41:44.928+02:00Week 13: Alphorns by the lake in Zurich<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BYoiysknDPAHCOOnnJaAyyapxbnfC0_wVGfgjvpBbgEbUPFPbUQsyaBeG4ChpXb7_eg0jk6ydbaKA2Dz_OFQhfGGkC4HhMX4kSZIYRiGcc7yIlIXg2dg5HTQNtlbrcjUyb4tt8IqYFfP/s1600/P3260003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BYoiysknDPAHCOOnnJaAyyapxbnfC0_wVGfgjvpBbgEbUPFPbUQsyaBeG4ChpXb7_eg0jk6ydbaKA2Dz_OFQhfGGkC4HhMX4kSZIYRiGcc7yIlIXg2dg5HTQNtlbrcjUyb4tt8IqYFfP/s400/P3260003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday morning of week 12, these two young women were entertaining the crowds with their alphorns. Gratuities (placed in the basket on the left) were acknowledged with the cow bell activated via a string. I thought it was pretty cool.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-28912120560582399222016-03-13T14:08:00.000+01:002016-03-13T14:09:08.691+01:00Week 10: zum Hirschen wins Mini Beiz, dini Beiz favorite of the week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAd1DQfv0RvUjoViNXck8hg-cUJMuPl6jRwNKqnNxVCpNpmttIuvfwsGxFACqOEnf0nQj2fNIPax8F4-RJ81o8m6qRe111EKaK-t0YU8xHBlAe_F_wBG6LcW7BKq7VweGN1xkz6jYBhZU/s1600/P3120008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAd1DQfv0RvUjoViNXck8hg-cUJMuPl6jRwNKqnNxVCpNpmttIuvfwsGxFACqOEnf0nQj2fNIPax8F4-RJ81o8m6qRe111EKaK-t0YU8xHBlAe_F_wBG6LcW7BKq7VweGN1xkz6jYBhZU/s400/P3120008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Mini Beiz, dini Beiz</b> (loose translation: My tavern, your tavern) on Swiss TV SRF is a reality show where a group of people visit each others' favorite local eateries and vote on them. Our very own <i>zum Hirschen</i> was featured last week, and won the people's favorite. Well done!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below is a link to the episode. I have no idea if it is accessible from outside Switzerland. If it is, please drop me a note to let me know, thanks!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/mini-beiz-dini-beiz/kanton-aargau-tag-3-restaurant-zum-hirschen-villigen</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-6920390218849579132016-02-29T07:07:00.000+01:002016-03-28T17:46:37.279+02:00Week 9: Repair Cafe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmcZXswvn8CSAGDjwekQOhuihar0YCkkgsJI17Nb1ckH0x712VEH2rkKULqsZEjlpmgXwhT05xYI8QiBE6gf1b4Tjpx_oejlTIoYXfYTLxRo2iTXL7AeBdC1Z45jfWNoPqPZLH8SxXcXZ/s1600/P2270003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmcZXswvn8CSAGDjwekQOhuihar0YCkkgsJI17Nb1ckH0x712VEH2rkKULqsZEjlpmgXwhT05xYI8QiBE6gf1b4Tjpx_oejlTIoYXfYTLxRo2iTXL7AeBdC1Z45jfWNoPqPZLH8SxXcXZ/s400/P2270003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this throwaway society of ours, there is now a movement afoot in which people are fighting back against short-lived consumer goods. In fact, there are many different groups, all over the world, organizing events where people can bring in broken items to have volunteers take a stab at repairing them. Last Saturday there was one such event in Windisch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A full list of the upcoming Repair Cafes all over Switzerland can be found here:
https://www.konsumentenschutz.ch/repaircafe/schweizer-repair-cafes/ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The concept was formalized in the Netherlands in 2010. You can read about it on Wikipedia, among other places.
Have you ever visited a Repair Cafe?</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989485064120418854.post-25756417618685022472016-02-22T07:03:00.000+01:002016-02-22T07:03:16.614+01:00Week 8: Park Innovaare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoefZ5cOu8NdakdGaTX89x_R5gzOTyo5kDDLO3KsAlUfkQrqNCQinoo3QnmGI9dYMYceFhwD-jTU8g_Jt06_GlYEA1aItzwGnguergiXX2NSD1YXWkYU1NSPSKvSYnB3eGBDKpG76EZ7sH/s1600/P2070003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoefZ5cOu8NdakdGaTX89x_R5gzOTyo5kDDLO3KsAlUfkQrqNCQinoo3QnmGI9dYMYceFhwD-jTU8g_Jt06_GlYEA1aItzwGnguergiXX2NSD1YXWkYU1NSPSKvSYnB3eGBDKpG76EZ7sH/s400/P2070003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've mentioned the PSI many times before -- the Paul Scherrer Institute, which is the largest Swiss public research facility. It is a couple of kilometers down the road from the center of Villigen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, a chapter of the <a href="https://www.switzerland-innovation.com/home" target="_blank">Swiss Innovation Park</a> was approved next to the PSI. It is a public-private effort</span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>to unite cutting-edge research and entrepreneurial innovation</i>. (Source: http://www.axpo.com/axpo/ch/en/engagement/innovation/innovaare.html)</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few start-up companies have already signed on. Construction on the main site has not started yet, but when all is said and done, some scenes such as the one in this photo [http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.ch/2013/08/grazing-cows.html</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">] will be replaced by buildings and, ahem, nerds.</span>blogger tsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017150788513666687noreply@blogger.com0