a feud escalated in Brugg: two men shot from a car
another threatened people in a café - now all three are in custody
threats and a car accident last weekend in Brugg AG
three men are in custody: all incidents are linked to a violent feud
The conflicts between two groups of people have been going on for some time: Despite ongoing proceedings and previous escalations
the parties involved continued their arguments last weekend
the Aargau public prosecutor's office announced on Friday
two people fired shots from one car at another
They injured a 31-year-old man in the process
there was an accident between two vehicles
a 35-year-old Kosovar man is said to have made threats in a café
This man and the two suspected shooters are now in custody
according to the chief public prosecutor's office
Brugg Pipes has delivered two double-walled stainless steel corrugated pipelines for use in a mobile LNG production platform in the Gulf of Mexico
each 220 m long and weighing 42 tons including the drum
were developed to the client’s specifications and certified according to the EN 1474-2 guideline for the safe transfer of liquefied natural gas
They are now in service transporting production between the LNG production platform and floating storage units
Using the stainless steel corrugated pipes
the liquid gas produced is transported from three offshore drilling units to the ship and from there to the rest of the world
Brugg’s vacuum-insulated pipe systems
feature pressure sensors in the vacuum chamber to enable early detection of pressure drop
ExpandRovanco Piping Systems business partners and cousins
which is rung whenever there is a million-dollar sale
Chad Godeaux and Todd Stonitsch are fulfilling a dream of their fathers in a joint venture between their company Rovanco Piping Systems and a Swiss business as they partner to build a pipe manufacturing plant in the Joliet area
Rovanco is a company that has worldwide influence but with an infrastructure product that goes unrecognized by the people who depend on it
Motorists on Interstate 55 can see the new plant going up next to Rovanco operations along a stretch of the highway south of the Route 59 interchange
Rovanco engineers and manufactures pre-insulated piping systems that can be found on all seven continents
One of its primary uses is for district heating
systems that use insulated pipe to distribute heat generated from a central location to residences
“We steam heat all of Boston,” Godeaux said
providing a glimpse of the company’s reach
“The whole city is heated by Rovanco pipe.”
Rovanco Piping Systems President Chad Godeaux talks about the company’s pre-insulated pipes at Rovanco's plant just outside Joliet
The pipe engineered and manufactured just outside Joliet is used in Saudi Arabia
it is part of a heating system for a military base
Rovanco pipe is used to heat Cornell University
It’s used for public schools in the city of Los Angeles
It’s a product not likely to ever become a household name
but one used for a fundamental human need to stay warm when temperatures drop below tolerable levels
The whole city is heated by Rovanco pipe.”
Rovanco has teamed up with Brugg Pipesystems
a Swiss company that also has worldwide reach with a unique flexible pipe product named Rhinoflex
“We’ve been importing the product from Switzerland for 25 years,” Godeaux said
“My dad’s dream was to make the product here
Rovanco has been a North American distributor of Brugg pipe products since 1998
when Godeaux and Stonitsch’s parents ran the company
Rovanco will partner with Brugg to make its product for the first time outside of Europe
Rovanco Piping Systems' main office building sits just outside Joliet
A manufacturing plant is being built in a joint venture with Brugg Pipesystems in the background
In a news release announcing the joint venture
Brugg said that the Joliet-area plant will speed up delivery of its product in North America
Aside from the business potential of the venture
the sons of Rovanco’s founders take some satisfaction in fulfilling an ambition that their fathers had for the company
Godeaux’s father was the late Larry Stonitsch
is vice president of operations for Rovanco
they are partners in the business that they acquired in 2018
“We find ourselves in the position of realizing the dream and aspiration of our fathers,” Todd Stonitsch said
The joint venture with Brugg continues the growth of the business that their fathers started when they recognized a need for pre-insulated pipe systems that was going unmet
“The evolution of the company has never ceased to continue,” Todd Stonitsch said
“It was a focus of both Richard and Larry to provide new and better products
always being focused on quality and customer service
Rovanco employs 75 people at its facility, which is located in unincorporated Will County near Joliet city limits.
The Rovanco operations spread through several buildings totaling 150,000 square feet on a 13-acre site.
Rovanco Piping Systems manufactures pre-insulated pipes and for years has been a distributor of flexible pipes produces by Brugg Pipesystems. The two companies in a joint venture will manufacture Brugg products at Rovanco's plant just outside Joliet. (Gary Middendorf)
The joint venture with Brugg will add another building and 12 jobs.
In a news release announcing the project, Geri Wirz, head of international business at Brugg, said the new plant will allow the company to deliver its flexible piping systems more quickly to customers in North America.
“As the leading provider of pre-insulated piping systems in the U.S. and our exclusive partner in this market for many years, Rovanco plays a key role in this partnership,” Wirz said in the release.
The manufacturing plant is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2025.
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Brugg - - Roberta “Bobbi” Brugg died at home in Chevy Chase
Maryland surrounded by family on March 10,2022 after a battle with cancer
She was born to Sol and Lillian Corenthal on September 14,1950 and raised in New York City
Bobbi spent summers at Camp Wahconah/Potomac in the Berkshires where she formed lifelong friendships and graduated from Syracuse University
where she was an active participant in the community
Bobbi was a past co-president of the Stamford Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women and for years served as a volunteer reading partner in the Stamford public schools
Bobbi is survived by her husband Alan; children Allison and Ben Bawden (Bethesda
New Jersey); and her brother Warren Corenthal and their mother Lillian (Tamarac
Her greatest joy was her grandchildren: Samuel and Elena Bawden
with a dry wit and a genuine love for history and an appreciation for different cultures
She had an amazing cackle that brightened your day
She was an avid reader of books and magazines
and would never pass up a good art exhibition or museum
She had a passion for travel and eagerly shared her extensive itineraries with her family and friends. She also enjoyed playing mahjong and could be found at the Lakeside Diner most mornings enjoying breakfast with Alan
She read the New York Times from cover to cover daily and completed the crossword puzzles
As a loyal friend who would always tell it like it is
she will be greatly missed and loved by many
A memorial service will be held in Clarksburg
donations may be sent in her name to the National Council of Jewish Women or Trip of a Lifetime
which will provide students from New York the opportunity to travel
Online condolences may be left for the family at https://www.sagelbloomfield.com/
Two Swiss companies - Cavotec and Brugg eConnect - unveiled at the Bauma trade fair in Munich
Germany their Megawatt Charging System (MCS) connector
The MCS was officially launched by CharIN at the EVS35 in Oslo, Norway in June, and was recently introduced also in North America
although the industry still has to wait until 2023 for the first pilot stations and until 2024 for the first commercial fast charging stations
The MCS has been designed to carry up to 3,000 A at up to 1,250 V
which translates into a theoretical power output of 3.75 MW (3,750 kW)
which is needed for heavy-duty electric vehicles
the presented MCS connector is the first system that achieved a sustainable current of 3,000 A for 3 MW power level (at 1,000 V)
“MCS enables the safe and quick connection of heavy-duty vehicles and ships to electrical power in a reliable
MCS significantly reduces typical charging times
The first thing that caught our attention is the size of the plug
which makes the CHAdeMO plug look kind of small and surely impressed visitors
There is even a special handle because due to size and weight
We guess that lower-power units (for 350 kW or 1 MW) will be smaller than the 3 MW version) - at least the demonstration prototypes were
The plug has a triangular connection to the charging inlet
with some additional communication pins and an active cooling system for the cable and the connector (plug side)
Cavotec and Brugg eConnect is using a water-glycol solution as the cooling fluid
The inlet side has a passive cooling system
and as we understand - the vehicle manufacturer must prepare its own passive or active cooling for the on-board cable between the charging inlet and the battery pack (which probably in almost all cases of heavy-duty vehicles has its own liquid cooling system)
functional prototypes will be available for order from January
so the charger manufacturers will be able to perform their internal tests ahead of launching MCS DC fast chargers
Here are additional images posted by Brugg eConnect:
We are very curious about the Tesla Semi Megawatt charging connector because potentially it will be compatible with the CharIN's MCS
The Tesla Semi is just around the corner, while the first stations are already installed in a few locations
Ionna's EV Charging Network Doubled In Size Last Month
Waymo Is Far From Done With The Jaguar I-Pace
How The Lucid Gravity Became A Fast-Charging Monster
Ford Isn't Slowing Down Mustang Mach-E Production
Walmart Opens Up About Its EV Charging Network: Charge Better
The 2025 Chevy Silverado EV Work Truck Is America’s New Range King
Kia’s Fast Charging Network Just Doubled In Size
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Brugg AG, a Swiss industrial group, is set to establish a joint venture in Ukraine with local manufacturer Terpolimergaz to produce PEX plastic pipes for local and district heating systems. The project will be launched immediately after the end of martial law, according to Dmytro Kysylevskyi, Member of Parliament and Deputy Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Verkhovna Rada.
Kysylevskyi emphasized that despite the ongoing war, Ukrainian industrial companies are actively negotiating foreign investments into innovative production projects, many of which are awaiting post-war implementation.
The Terpolimergaz–Brugg joint venture, based in Ternopil, will involve a €7 million investment, with new production equipment to be installed in a 4,000 sq. m facility. The project will bring to Ukraine the advanced PEX technology, which involves temperature-resistant internal insulation for plastic piping.
Currently, Ukraine meets 100% of its PEX pipe demand through imports.
Terpolimergaz produces plastic pipes with diameters ranging from 16 to 1600 mm, along with fittings and connectors. The company employs around 100 workers and increased production by 20% in 2024, reaching 12,000 tons of pipe products. 40% of the output is exported to EU markets.
Brugg Group specializes in district heating technologies, natural hazard protection systems, process management solutions for utilities (water, gas, electricity, and wastewater), steel wire ropes for transport and cable architecture, elevator and lifting systems, and cable technologies for e-mobility.
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Large rolls of wire rope net are loaded onto a truck at Geobrugg in Algodones
a global leader in fence and safety protection
has been awarded state economic assistance to double its footprint in New Mexico
add 60 jobs and create a North American manufacturing hub at its Sandoval County location
moved to Algodones from Santa Fe in 2011 and expanded in 2018
It has now outgrown its 25,000-square-foot facility and purchased an additional 13.5 acres for offices and manufacturing capacity in New Mexico
The company constructed its first installations made of wire rope net in 1951 as protection systems against avalanches in Switzerland
its products protect against a range of natural hazards around the globe
as well as the impacts experienced from mining
A growing segment of the business is safety protection at motor sports events — all Formula 1 tracks are required to use homologated fencing such as Geobrugg
and the company recently provided fencing for the Formula 1 race in Miami and the 4th of July NASCAR event on the streets of downtown Chicago
The state pledged $500,000 for the expansion from the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job-creation fund
with the award paid out as Geobrugg achieves economic development benchmarks
The company will invest $8.8 million in the New Mexico project
“Geobrugg has identified its New Mexico location as a strategic hub in its global operations,” New Mexico Economic Development Department Deputy Secretary Jon Clark said
and New Mexico’s business climate is driving manufacturing growth in the state
Geobrugg and other companies are seeing these advantages and choosing New Mexico to expand operations.”
“North America is a key market for Geobrugg products to protect people and infrastructure from geohazards,” CEO Geobrugg Group Andrea Roth said
Geobrugg has been committed to produce its solutions directly in the United States with our manufacturing hub in New Mexico
The planned expansion in Sandoval County will give us the potential to meet the growing demand in the market and offer possibilities for other products from the BRUGG Group such as EV charging cables or wire ropes for cable cars.”
Geobrugg’s expansion encompasses a new 20,000-square-foot factory building to increase production capacity and 4,195 square feet of office space
Geobrugg is expected to break ground this month with project completion by the end of 2023
Sandoval County is serving as the fiscal agent for the project
“Geobrugg North America has grown to over 100 employees in four years and will continue to have a major economic impact on Sandoval County,” said Dist
“It is important to invest in projects located in the rural areas of Sandoval County
The Geobrugg North America expansion in Algodones will have a positive impact there and throughout the county,” added Dist
In addition to providing for Geobrugg’s current and five-year manufacturing growth needs
the expansion will also provide space for Geobrugg’s sister company
which makes DC (direct current) fast-charging system solutions for electric vehicle charging stations
now with facilities in Poland and Switzerland
to begin manufacturing in the United States
providing products for our rapidly growing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station market
addressing the needs of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Ninety percent of Geobrugg employees are New Mexican residents living in Sandoval and Bernalillo Counties
The location is an easy commute from nearby Pueblos
and the employee base includes members of the Santo Domingo
Staff earn between $36,000 and $300,000 annually
This expansion will continue to offer wages of $16 to $80 an hour
The Sandoval Economic Alliance has provided the company technical assistance during its expansion planning
“Sandoval Economic Alliance is proud of our long-term relationship with Geobrugg and Pierce Runnels
We have enjoyed watching and assisting them grow over the years
Each time we meet with them we learn more about their international presence and are proud to have them in our community,” said Sandoval Economic Alliance President/CEO Fred Shepherd
“They are yet another world-class manufacturing gem in Sandoval County and were the initial manufacturing anchor in Algodones which has now seen additional manufacturing companies establish operations there.”
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Woman to Watch: Betsy BruggROCBetsy Brugg considered staying in Washington
after graduating from Georgetown University's law school
married and began work at a small law firm
She soon started concentrating on real estate development
a focus she maintains today as an attorney and partner at the law firm of Woods Oviatt Gilman
to obtain government approval of real estate projects
"The end result of my work might be a new business opening up
It's rewarding to be part of making a development become a reality
and to see our community grow and thrive."
and the ability to stand on her own two feet are lessons she learned from her immigrant parents
She not only applies these traits to her practice but to volunteer work
"One of my children has autism," Brugg says
"I put a lot of time and energy into working to improve the quality of life and opportunities for kids with autism to grow to their maximum potential in life
They grow up quickly and need services to help them throughout their lives."
She has learned many lessons as a result of being a parent of a child with special needs
"So many skills that developing kids typically learn without any effort are monumental efforts for kids with autism," Brugg says
While real estate is the primary focus of her law practice
advocacy on behalf of families with special needs is something she incorporates into her practice
"It is rewarding to be able to help other parents address the tough legal issues often faced by families with special needs children
Whether it is with planning for the future
addressing educational challenges or other issues
it's a great feeling to help parents find some much needed peace of mind," Brugg says
Community activities: Vice president of the board
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester
My favorite thing to do in Rochester: I love to watch all the growth and change that our city is experiencing — this is an amazing city
Biggest challenge I've overcome and how I did it: Life has been full of tough challenges
One thing I've always wanted to do but never have: I would love to learn to paint
If I could change one thing about myself it would be: I should probably learn to slow down
since I am constantly on the go and always try to squeeze in that one more phone call
respond to just one more email or finish one more task before the day is over
The talent I would most like to have: I would really love to be able to tell a joke
I just can't tell a joke without messing up the punch line
The one thing I can't live without: My family
One of my favorite sayings is: I don't have a favorite
"Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today." I like to stay a step ahead
A person who has inspired me (and why): I am inspired by the memory of my father
My father was a survivor of the concentration camps of the Holocaust
and worked tirelessly to give their kids a future
Swiss cable maker BRUGG eConnect has announced a new high-performance charging cable
that can deliver DC electricity at 1,000 volts and up to 850 amps
The company plans to launch the cable in early 2020
Today’s conventional cables typically max out at 550 amps
the PURWIL Connect 850+ Cooled was able to manage currents of up to 1,000 amps under laboratory conditions at an ambient temperature of 40° C
The cable’s core is a strand arrangement in which finely-layered hollow structures allow the flow of coolant
The water-based cooling fluid is non-toxic and largely biodegradable
Utilizing a newly-developed CCS2 connector
the coolant can be routed directly to the contacts
The cooling system allows cable lengths of up to 7 meters
BRUGG eConnect says that employing this active cooling in both the charging cable and at the contacts permits a massive reduction in charging time
The fast-charging capability opens up the opportunity to charge next-gen high-capacity EVs within 8 minutes or less
conventional 125-amp fast-charging stations can take up to an hour to charge 80% of the same battery
BRUGG eConnect Manager Albert Martinez said
“Thanks to the innovative cooling technology
our charging system delivers twice as much power as previous high-performance cables – with higher flexibility at extremely low weight
The Alligator-HPC is ready for the powerful new generation of e-vehicles.”
Source: Brugg Cables
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When Americans were flocking to cinemas to see Dustin Hoffman star as Raymond Babbitt
repetitive soliloquies confined him to the fictional Walbrook Institute
Betsy was a senior at Rochester dating junior Marc Brugg ’90
And I’m still a year ahead of him,” she quips
Betsy and Marc parted ways for law school—she to Georgetown and he to Temple
In 1993 they married and returned to Rochester to be close to Betsy’s family
she displayed more telling signs of a problem
At the age when most babies begin to show interest in faces
Around the time when most babies begin to babble
“She used to cry and scream any time we went to social gatherings
and I would spend the evening in the kitchen or in the back bedroom with a screaming child,” Betsy says
“We learned she had sensitivity to noise.”
“But we were concerned.” The Bruggs took Gabby to the Andrew J
Kirch Developmental Services Center at the University’s Golisano Children’s Hospital
where she was diagnosed with autism at age 17 months
Rob ’93S (MBA) and Christina (Chris) Walker Hilton ’93S (MBA) grew concerned about their firstborn child early on
began making unusual and increasingly repetitive gestures and movements
would be diagnosed with autism at the Kirch Center
though his route to that diagnosis would prove more complicated than Gabby’s
Peyton was diagnosed first with epilepsy—as up to a quarter of children with autism are
he underwent a partial hemispherectomy at the University’s Strong Memorial Hospital
but we knew he was going to have developmental issues,” Chris says
the Hiltons took Peyton to the Kirch Center
where he was diagnosed with autism at age 2
One misconception about people with autism that remains frustratingly pervasive
is the idea that people with autism are not interested in making connections with others
who at 13 is a teenager deeply attached to her parents and to her younger sister
And she’s kind—someone who will approach a child who is crying to ask if he’s OK
What’s missing is not the desire for connection
Betsy uses the analogy of “the spaces between.” The spaces between
you put the marble in the cup.’ But it’s the little spaces between the marbles that’s missing
That’s not something that’s easy to teach.”
A nationally recognized clinician in the field of developmental disabilities
Hyman chairs the autism subcommittee of the American Academy of Pediatrics
don’t rule out the possibility that autism is becoming more common
she believes the increasing rates of autism are mostly due to better recognition of the condition
and we’re better because parents and teachers are more informed about identifying concerning symptoms earlier,” she said on the program
In the Golisano Children’s Hospital’s neurodevelopmental and behavioral pediatrics division
Hyman oversees a staff of more than 80 health care providers
clinicians diagnose and treat children with many developmental disabilities in addition to autism
But of the approximately 3,000 patients seen in the Kirch Center per year
the largest single group—about 1,200—is children with autism
making the center the state’s largest provider of autism diagnoses and treatment outside of New York City
treatment for autism has been a mix of judgment calls and trial-and-error approaches that left many parents feeling rudderless
she and Rob “went through a year of pretty much black and white decisions
When you’re dealing with a more well known ailment
there’s a protocol.” But when Peyton was diagnosed with autism
“there were just tons of different ways you could go and people to see
Their goal is to develop a model of treatment that’s uniform
and reflective of the overall physical health of patients
“It turns out that people with autism often have other medical problems that may be related to the underlying biology.” About a quarter of patients
is to leverage the resources of large medical centers such as Rochester’s so that “primary care doctors who are practicing away from academic centers know what they need to do to provide the optimal care.”
The network includes families in the decision-making process through a family advisory committee of which Chris Hilton is a member
Hilton quit her job as a controller at Xerox to take care of Peyton and his younger brother
She’s a founder of the 1,000-plus member Upstate New York Families for Effective Autism Treatment
and Hyman are all board members—that offers programs to people with autism and their families
She knows from her own experience and that of many other parents what patients and their families go through and the kinds of questions and dilemmas that arise
Hyman codirects Rochester’s Autism Treatment Network site with Tristram Smith
an associate professor of pediatrics and a psychologist
There are few people more recognized in the field of autism treatment than Smith
“Many people around here don’t realize this,” says Hyman
“but if there were rock stars in autism research
Smith began his career as a graduate student of the late Ivar Lovaas
a psychologist at the University of California at Los Angeles who’s a household name among a sizeable sector of the autism community
Smith was working with Lovaas on what became a landmark study on autism treatment
The study suggested that intensive behavioral therapy
could result in dramatic improvements in communication and functional skills among some of the youngest children with autism—those under 4
“There were earlier studies suggesting that one could teach specific skills to individuals with autism,” says Smith
“But this was the first to show that one could alter the course of the disorder.”
who has conducted many follow-up studies and kept a close watch on the many replication attempts conducted around the globe since 1987
“there have been some improvements in regard to these studies
I think we’ve shown that that finding is for real.”
Smith helped develop a model of the so-called Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
chief of the Autism Interventions Research Program at the National Institutes of Health
“He and his colleagues demonstrated that EIBI
which had previously been evaluated in a specialty clinic setting
could be effectively implemented in public school special education classrooms,” she says
And because EIBI has become the most widely recommended treatment for autism
“this is critical to the autism community.”
Smith describes a typical regimen matter-of-factly
“The child needs to understand that we’re going to ask him to do things
he’s going to get rewarded for that,” he says of the first step
The therapist might ask the child to place a block in a bucket
but “what he doesn’t know is how to interact with the teacher and deal with an instructional situation.”
the therapist will move into teaching new skills
“A key area at that point is imitation,” Smith says
which lays the foundation for learning a whole range of new skills
she moves onto various levels of communication
with the ultimate goal of teaching the child to interact with another child
There are many ways to perform behavioral therapies for kids with autism
but the key is “we’re very systematic in trying to break down skills
By working on a whole bunch of different skills in that way
we help the kids catch up to other kids by the time they’re ready for school.”
The consultation program has also played a key role in placing the University on the forefront of autism research
Through the relationships the program’s directors have established with schools
Smith and Hyman have been able to recruit many local children with autism to participate in clinical studies
“nearly 90 percent of children with cancer are enrolled in clinical trials
contrasted with only 5 percent of children with autism.” That disparity is a major reason
why researchers still know far less about autism than many other chronic conditions
Smith came to Rochester from Washington State University in 2000
Rochester was already among a small number of sites the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had designated as a center for autism research
the University had become one of 10 sites for the NIH’s Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism initiative to support research into the causes of autism
Because autism affects higher functions such as social and communication skills
it was long assumed that it must originate in late gestation or early infancy and childhood
when significant brain development is taking place
Rodier demonstrated that autism’s roots appears to be much earlier—in fact
when the central nervous system is just beginning to take shape
research associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
no was talking about the embryology of autism.”
But two insights that Rodier had gleaned from other studies directed her attention to early embryonic development
found a far higher than normal rate of autism among a group exposed to thalidomide—the popular morning-sickness remedy in the 1960s that had been linked directly to multiple physical birth defects—very early in gestation
Rodier examined a preserved brain stem of a woman who’d had autism
She discovered the brain stem lacked two components
both arising from the same part of the neural tube
which gives rise to the central nervous system
Rodier had seen brain stems like this one before—in mice
in which researchers had deliberately blocked the expression of a gene called HOXA1 to study its role in brain development
Rodier had decided to test the hypothesis that toxins
She exposed an experimental group of pregnant rats to valproic acid—an anticonvulsant used in treating epilepsy and long known to lead to birth defects in both humans and rodents and suspected of a role in autism—during precisely the time HOXA1 would have been forming the brain stem
then just out of graduate school in pharmacology at the University of Kansas
To pursue this research through the NIH’s Collaborative Programs for Excellence in Autism
Rodier brought together experts at Rochester
“And all of us were asking the same question: What causes autism
But we were all coming at it from different angles.”
as it invariably does in the search for the origins of autism
Presence of the gene variant increased the likelihood of autism
And many people with autism did not have the gene variant
Stodgell followed up with a study on the interaction of valproic acid and HOXA1 gene expression
in which he found that not only did exposure to valproic acid have a significant effect on HOXA1 gene expression
also played a role in how the gene behaved
whether HOXA1 was “turned on”—the colloquial phrase referring to when a gene expresses itself—or turned off
we’ve gone on to looking at other genes and that’s some of the work that’s going on now,” he says
He adds that researchers in the global effort to identify relevant genes have identified more than 250 that play a role in autism
An expert in neurotoxicology in addition to genetics
he suspects the reasons may be environmental
He points to a 2011 Stanford-led twin study that made a big impact in the research community by suggesting the environment inside the womb has “a much greater impact than previously thought,” he says
“A lot of the funding right now is going back into treatment and phenotyping and characterizing
Parents and schools have immediate concerns to deal with
the NIH awarded Rochester a Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment grant
one of only eight such grants in the United States
making the University one of eight “STAART centers” in the nation
the University accelerated its work on an additional dimension of autism treatment
Stodgell notes that when researchers have studied the genetic makeup of individuals diagnosed with autism
they’ve grouped together a pretty heterogeneous population
“Not all socialization deficits or repetitive
even though they get lumped into a number in the diagnostic algorithm,” he says
he says a better approach is to study subjects who share particular behaviors that are correlated with autism—behaviors such as restrictive eating habits
or sensitivity to certain textures and sounds—and to study the genetics of the particular traits
“She was studying cranial nerve dysfunction in autism,” Bennetto says of Rodier
which controls the muscles used in facial expressions
because many people with autism have abnormalities in the nerve
which develops from the brain stem very early in gestation
“I was studying nonverbal communication in autism including gestures and facial expressions,” says Bennetto
“I started collaborating with them,” she says of Rodier
and others in the lab “and it turned out to be a great collaboration.”
Bennetto has led multiple studies on sensory processing
particularly the processing of taste and smell
as well as unusual responses to tastes and smells—either hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity—are among the most common traits of people with autism
She works on characterizing these traits—or what’s called the phenotype of the study participants—while Stodgell studies the genotype of participants and their families
looking for gene variants that might be associated with particular traits
Building on an earlier finding that children with autism process taste and smell differently from their typically developing peers
the two are looking at restrictive eating behaviors among children with autism and asking: To what degree are restrictive eating habits due to the patient’s processing of sensory information such as taste and smell
To what extent are they merely another instance of the patient’s general insistence on rigid
Do the traits run in families or are they particular to autism
Bennetto notes that eating involves many senses
“If children with autism have trouble integrating that information
it’s going to affect their food preferences.”
how do these underlying sensory difficulties drive our ideas about treatment?” she adds
who are looking to develop new treatment regimens based on the preliminary findings of Bennetto’s and Stodgell’s and other similar studies
the key to progress has been collaboration— collaboration among researchers
“have really opened up dialogues that are not present at a lot of other places
It’s a true example of how translational research occurs.”
She says there are many issues that remain to be addressed
and in terms of access to what the research has provided
Throughout their college journey, Lafayette students have a dedicated resource in the Gateway Career Center
From organizing alumni panels and career fairs
to coordinating internships and externships and helping students chart their future paths after Lafayette
career counselors at Gateway are there every step of the way
See what’s next for some of the members of the Class of 2023
Natalia Baez ’23 (economics; anthropology and sociology)
Destination: Analyst with Goldman Sachs in Texas
Involvement on campus: Posse Scholar
Baez also started the Hispanic Finance Association at Lafayette
“I came into college with a community and a network
including Posse mentor Wendy Wilson-Fall,” Baez says
“Lafayette has supported me through my whole journey.”
Path: Baez found her path after taking Intro to Economics her first year
“I never in a million years thought I’d be an econ major,” she says
I got a chance to work at a law firm but decided it wasn’t for me.”
Connecting with Gateway led to internships at Bank of America and Goldman Sachs
the latter of which led to a full-time job offer
she’s connected me with alums and resources,” Baez says
Having someone who understood me—being a first-generation college student—was a great experience to have
I think Lafayette has been one of the best experiences of my life
I’ve learned so much—in and out of the classroom—during my four years here
and it was the right choice for me—not too far from home
but far enough that I could be independent
Anna Kunz ’23 (biology; minor in religious studies)
Destination: Med school at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University St
Kunz joined Running Club and played violin in the chamber orchestra for seven semesters
She served as a TA for Molecular Genetics for two semesters
“I loved meeting with students and helping them
This work also solidified my knowledge in the field.”
Kunz’s interest in emergency medicine led her to the EMS Club
which she was a member of during her first two years on campus
Members volunteer as EMTs alongside Easton Emergency Squad
Kunz was hired as an EMT last summer and continues to balance her schoolwork with her role on the squad
knowing I wanted to go into the medical field,” she says
and this was a great way to get involved in the community that has given me so much.”
Gateway helped Kunz line up an online externship shadowing a pediatric doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital
I love her and couldn’t have made it here without her,” Kunz says
“She always has the most amazing ideas and is so caring
She is the most helpful presence on campus.”
Kunz says Gateway and the Health Professions program provided support as she prepared applications for med school
and the courses and clubs that challenged her
“The rigor of the courses here has taught me how to study and manage a heavy workload
I was very well prepared for the MCATs because of my professors.”
Mikias Stewart ’23 (international affairs)
Stewart says one of the best things about being at Lafayette is being around people who are always open to learning
He says being at college is like building your community
with everyone growing and learning together
We keep each other accountable to achieving our goals
We’d always text each other job opportunities and events happening at the College.”
Path: “When I came to Lafayette I was a computer science major
but I was struggling—I wanted to find something I was passionate about,” Stewart says
saved my life and helped me get on the path I am today
and encouraged me to explore while at Lafayette.”
Stewart could explore different career paths and opportunities
finding a way to combine his love of technology with a degree in international affairs
He also utilized the resources available to him through Gateway Career Center
“Alana (Klass) has been one of the best mentors ever
She’s been helping me since freshman year,” Stewart says
Stewart found an internship working as a developer with Noblis
He also made LinkedIn an everyday activity and connected with someone who works for IBM
That connection led to a summer internship and later
After graduation he’ll apply his skills in a data analytics role
Claire Fedor ’23 (government and law; history)
Destination: Joining Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s class of 2026 in the fall as a Vattel International Law Scholar
Involvement on campus: “I committed to be on varsity track and field at Lafayette as a senior in high school
and have grown immensely in the sport over the years—not only as an athlete but also a leader of the team,” Fedor says
She balanced her classes amid a 20-hour-per-week training and competition schedule
she served as the Oaks Leadership Academy (OLA) fellow
vice president of NCAA Legislation and Student-Athlete Experience for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
and vice president of operations for Lafayette’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) club
Fedor served on search committees, participated in EXCEL Scholar and Gov Lab research
worked as a notetaker for Academic Resource Hub
and volunteered as a political theory paper consultant
She also took part in the Orientation Program
first as an orientation leader sophomore year and later a commons captain her junior year
helping to design and facilitate the program
“Each of these experiences allowed me to give back to the Lafayette community either as a student
I am aware of the unique ability to pursue my many passions here at Lafayette
a distinct experience that I know I would not have been able to achieve at another institution
I am honored and grateful to be a Lafayette student
Path: Fedor connected with Gateway her first year at Lafayette and says she’s grateful for the exceptional opportunities she was able to access
Melissa Schultz helped her to apply for a winter 2021 externship and a summer 2022 internship with Frantz Ward LLP in Cleveland
“Both Melissa and Maureen had a positive impact on my life and in helping me plan for my future beyond Lafayette,” she says
Fedor adds that getting involved through activities in multiple areas of campus life helped her develop lasting connections within the community
“Giving back and involvement has held immense value throughout my experience
and the day-to-day conversation with peers
and administrators is what drove me to seek out opportunities to advance and grow our school,” she adds
Seo-Hyun Park and Helena Silverstein inspired her to push herself in academia
“They demonstrated a passion for teaching and the material they shared with their students.”
Fedor says she also had the privilege of working alongside Prof
Bruce Allen Murphy as an EXCEL Scholar and through independent study on the partisan nature of the current Supreme Court
and is a significant reason why I have confidently chosen to pursue a Juris Doctor degree.”
Fedor worked alongside assistant athletic director Carly Riepenhoff through Oaks Leadership Academy and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
“Her commitment to Lafayette Athletics inspired me to work hard within the positions I held in an effort to continue to better and grow the Lafayette Athletic Department.”
“A core tenet of my experience has been to serve members of Lafayette and demonstrate active citizenship on campus
and I’m grateful for the many opportunities I’ve had to do so.”
Anastacia Negron ’23 (anthropology and sociology; women’s
Destination: Analyst for Spencer Stuart in NYC
Involvement on campus: Negron was involved with the Mar-Keys a cappella group (three years), McKelvy Scholar program (three years)
she worked in a variety of roles including onboarding and serving as a tour guide and a senior interviewer
Negron says getting involved with organizations on campus helped her refine time management skills
Path: “I never saw myself going into the field of executive search,” Negron says
“The one piece of advice I’d give to other students is to really step outside your comfort zone
Negron applied for an externship at Spencer Stuart through Gateway Career Center her junior year
who introduced her to the career possibilities within the field
and he connected me to so many people in different departments,” Negron says
and Gateway makes it easy to connect directly with alumni.”
Negron says Gateway has been an amazing resource
with “Alana (Klass) just a phone call away.”
“The Gateway staff are very helpful and attentive—and the faculty and staff are also great resources
and they want to help you build your network.”
the winter externship led to an internship that summer
“I was really grateful to have that externship experience that exposed me to that field and a job I enjoy,” Negron says
“It’s great to know I have a support system here at Lafayette and beyond.”
Involvement on campus: “I came in with an open mind
and thought ‘I’m going to make this place my home,’” Njoku says
He joined the Caribbean African Dance Club his first year and remained active throughout his time at Lafayette
but that club helped me step out of my comfort zone,” Njoku says
“The classes and clubs I got involved in helped me transform into this more versatile human being.”
He served as co-event coordinator for the African Caribbean Student Association
I came in already knowing 79 other Posse Scholars,” Njoku says
“I’ve realized the importance of going to a school like Lafayette and really getting to know your professors
Njoku met Alana Klass and Holly Akers at Gateway Career Center
“They believed in me and have been in my corner
They suggested he try the Finance Career Track—an incentive Lafayette provides that sends students for three days to visit different sites in the career field of their choosing
“That changed my life,” Njoku says of the experience
he was able to take a broad range of classes through the liberal arts curriculum
“I was able to learn how to build a tech startup
Lafayette is a place where they don’t exactly say ‘no.’ Either someone helps you or connects you to the next person who possibly can
Aidan Tai ’23 (computer science; economics)
Destination: Financial analyst for Amazon at its headquarters in Seattle
Involvement on campus: In addition to being a track and field athlete
Tai held roles as a computer science peer mentor and an RA
“It forced me to challenge myself physically
and learn how to balance all my responsibilities as a student-athlete,” he says
“It allowed me to reflect on my successes and failures in my years at Lafayette and impart impartial guidance to someone who will undoubtedly experience difficulties in their years as all students do
and being able to provide insight to help someone else struggle just a little less is a phenomenal opportunity.”
Path: Tai learned to be a creative problem solver and to work through challenges
Tai is thankful for the many Leopards he had the pleasure of meeting
Tai found professors who were truly passionate about what they were teaching
who connected him with resources and tools to help build his career
“Gateway provided so many opportunities and platforms to engage with Lafayette’s vast and connected alumni base,” Tai says
adding they provided the tools he needed to be successful
Danielle Lemisch ’23(chemical engineering; minor in biotechnology/bioengineering
Involvement on campus: “Throughout my four years at Lafayette
I have had the opportunity to get involved in many different clubs and organizations,” Lemisch says
Lemisch competes on the swimming and diving team
and is a mentor in the Engineering Department
She also serves on the executive boards of Lafayette’s chapter of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
“All these different experiences have really allowed me to find many different groups of friends all around campus and have helped me to create the best memories from college,” she says
Path: Lemisch says her professors served as great mentors
helping her to understand difficult concepts and introducing her to career paths in chemical engineering
“They really made studying chemical engineering an exciting and rewarding experience,” she says
Lemisch also connected with Melissa Schultz at Gateway Career Center to explore opportunities
“I really enjoyed participating in the winter externship and Career Tracks programs where I was able to network with alumni and learn about many different industries
I was able to experience what working in a cosmetic manufacturing site was like and see the real world applications of the chemical engineering concepts we learned about in my chemical engineering courses
This experience really showed me how exciting the world of manufacturing is
and I’m excited to begin my career in food manufacturing.”
“I think Lafayette has prepared me for life by really allowing me to embody the ‘Cur Non’ motto of the school,” Lemisch says
she competed at the collegiate level in swimming
had the opportunity to research and present her findings at a national conference
That’s what makes Lafayette so special—the fact that you can be involved in
so many new things that you otherwise never would have thought you would do
and meet so many different people along the way
Sara Vaca ’23(international affairs; Spanish; minor in religious studies)
Destination: Full-time Spanish I teacher at IDEA Yukon in Odessa
Involvement on campus: In her time at Lafayette
She worked as a Skillman Library circulation desk assistant and student supervisor
Vaca served as the president of Model United Nations (2020-2021)
vice president of Spanish Speakers of Lafayette (2021-2022)
and was an e-portfolio mentor in the Languages and Literary Studies Department
“These activities and experiences have shaped my journey by letting me stay close to my cultural Latina identity being away from home
and exploring new fields of which I would not have been aware and part of otherwise,” Vaca says
adding it was all while “working on my passions such as teaching
and coaching people in any/every way I can.”
Vaca says Lafayette prepared her with a holistic
while providing a family and community-like environment
“It has been a life-changing experience and of extraordinary influence to me to be surrounded by
and to work alongside wonderful people from staff
and getting to know and learn from them,” she says
and Gateway counselors helped me reach my goals by making me aware of a wide variety of opportunities and resources on campus such as research
and events such as the EXCEL Research Scholar program
The connections made at Lafayette helped her to discover her passions and aspirations
having a support system such as the one I found at Lafayette via my professors and Gateway counselors
allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and empowered me to take on new experiences and get involved in positively challenging environments.”
Vaca gained real-world experience through internship roles with IDEA public schools
first at Rio Grande Valley Regional Headquarters
and later with two internships at Austin Regional Headquarters prior to her full-time job offer at IDEA Yukon
Vaca is an IDEA Frontier (RGV Region) 2019 alumna
“Having constant support from IDEA and IDEA Alumni Affairs to get to and through college was very meaningful to me
and having been enrolled at IDEA and coming to Lafayette were literally very similar environments
a reason which led me to choosing Lafayette,” she says
Vaca says she’s grateful for the support received at Lafayette and the resources made available to her
“Words cannot emphasize enough how grateful I am to Lafayette as an institution and community (family) for all that I have accomplished thus far and is yet to come
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Belgian Pro League Season Ends With Club Brugge ChampionsClub Brugge are Belgian champions for the third time in five years after the Pro League season was officially ended.Belgium's Pro League has voted to end the season and crown Club Brugge as champions
A General Assembly met virtually on Friday and clubs ratified last month's decision from organizers to end the 2019-20 season, which has been halted since March amid the coronavirus pandemic
All 16 teams in the top-flight had played 29 regular-season matches before the campaign was stopped
with Brugge 15 points clear of Gent at the top of the table
The league season has now been declared over and no playoffs will be played to determine final positions
as is usually the case in Belgium's top division
It is Brugge's third title in the past five seasons and they will directly enter the group stage of next season's Champions League.
Gent go into the third qualifying round of Europe's premier club competition by virtue of being one point clear of third-placed Sporting Charleroi when the league was halted
Despite the league being brought to an end
the general assembly concluded they would "try to play" the Belgian Cup final "during the last weekend authorized by UEFA and before the start of the regular competition for the 2020-21 Pro League season"
Antwerp are fourth in the league but will gain automatic entry to the Europa League instead of Charleroi if they are able to play
If Brugge triumphs in the final or the match cannot be held
Antwerp will instead have to go through Europa League qualifying along with fifth-placed Standard Liege
with Charleroi going straight into the group phase
as they sat two points adrift of KV Oostende in the standings
The basis for this task is a strategically structured process that clarifies the company's positioning and sharpens its brand
Brugg Cables describes itself as an innovative Swiss cable and fittings manufacturer with an extensive range of services in power transmission and distribution
The company was founded over 120 years ago by Gottlieb Suhner and developed into a [...]
What are global infrastructure leaders worried about
Keeping a step ahead of the pace of change
Managing increasingly complex projects and heightened consumer expectations
These were the responses from the ten CEOs or chairs of infrastructure companies from Asia
and North America that Spencer Stuart interviewed; in addition
it surveyed more than 100 senior executives from around the world
asking where they saw the industry advancing with respect to growth
Their answers revealed a number of common elements
there was consensus that new digital technologies
are bringing the “paperless building site” close to reality
means investing in new equipment and training; electrical and mechanical engineers could become as important
Respondents mentioned budget constraints as a major trend
Because of declining public expenditures in many markets
infrastructure companies are developing new business models that enhance the role of the private sector
most notably through the increased use of public–private partnerships
Noted one American CEO in the aviation sector
“We are moving from a public infrastructure/government mind-set to a strong business mind-set.”
A general concern was that as projects become more complex—and there was no dispute that they are—planning horizons are longer
as is the time needed to recoup investment
“Positioning the right infrastructure at the right time is quite challenging,” one CEO said
“How do you do it in an environment where the future demands you are planning for could be quite unpredictable?”
All this is made even more difficult because infrastructure companies must deal with an increasingly diverse and demanding set of stakeholders
These stakeholders can quickly mobilize for or against major infrastructure projects
Leaders must therefore be attuned to public opinion and be able to engage hearts and minds
This includes knowing how to communicate effectively through social media and other platforms
the sector is becoming more consumer oriented
That is an acquired taste for many leaders
but one that they are going to have to get used to
it is very hard to win more customers,” one chairman told us
“but easy to lose them if you slip in a minor way in delivering a service
Invisible excellence is taken for granted.”
the question of who is at the helm is more important than ever
Successful leaders need to be consumer savvy
while also being mindful of financial and regulatory concerns and adept at meeting the needs of partners and other stakeholders
They must be able to unlock knowledge and capabilities across the entire organization and to lead cultural change that places consumer awareness and social impact high on the agenda
And they need to do all this while working with people across a multitude of disciplines
and while not every chief executive can have all of them
these do need to exist at different levels of the organization
Given the increasing number of functions and disciplines needed to govern the business
CEOs must build a skilled and agile senior team
And yet our survey found that across the board
leaders have difficulty attracting and retaining talent with the right mix of leadership and technical skills
The shortage of skills is broad and includes a need for skilled engineers
attracting new talent is the top human-capital priority; retaining it is second (exhibit)
Here are several approaches that can help:
Infrastructure companies tend to promote from within the industry
But because the sector is facing change on so many fronts
executives also see a need to strategically recruit from outside the sector
Engineering skills will always be critical
Bringing in talent from outside can help revitalize companies—but that also means competing against top banks
will raise the talent bar across the board
When it comes time to hire or make appointments
even if the intent is to promote from within
we often do exhaustive external benchmarking to determine if this person is the best for the job relative to someone outside,” one CEO told us
Benchmarking acts as a safeguard against excessive insularity
Cultivating a blend of skills and expertise is necessary
but so is addressing particular pain points
a pressing concern involves the pipeline of engineers
who are on the front lines not only of operations but also of managing technology change
to find construction engineers who are used to working in the digital sphere (or vice versa)
Encouraging people to move beyond their core skills is important to foster an adaptable and engaged workforce
To address talent shortages and to compete with other kinds of companies
infrastructure companies must build and communicate a solid value proposition
Building infrastructure is inherently exciting; it also carries a profound sense of purpose
“The best way to attract people is to have great projects,” said one executive
but the best people want to work on the best projects.”
The global infrastructure industry faces both internal challenges
such as keeping pace with technology advancements
That is easier said than done—but it can be done
Arnaud Despierre and Hugh Thorneycroft lead Spencer Stuart’s initiatives in the global infrastructure industry; Jordan Brugg
and York von Wangenheim are members of Spencer Stuart’s global infrastructure group
Ardon Jashari could leave Club Brugge this summer to join Italy's elite team
This was reported by the Belgian website “voetbalnieuws.be” on Monday
Atalanta is ready to spend 20 million euros for the midfielder of the Swiss national team
because Manchester City and Liverpool have expressed great interest
Jashari will not leave Club Brugg in January
The club's people are asking for 20 million euros for Jashari
who has a contract until June 2028," writes the Belgian site
The 22-year-old Jashari joined Club Brugge in the summer of last year
He has played 27 games in all competitions for the Belgian elite club
scoring two goals and contributing four assists
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EnergyWeek
The most significant international networking and sales event for the energy sector in the Nordic countries will take place on 21-25 March 2022 and is expected to attract thousands of visitors
guests and speakers from more than 20 countries
The venue for EnergyWeek will be Vaasa City Hall
All EnergyWeek seminars will be held in English
and some will also be broadcast live online
Researchers and experts from the University of Vaasa will be involved in a variety of ways
The event will start on Monday 21 March with the Energy & Environment seminar
where a panel discussion on "Uudet innovaatiot ja järjestelmätason kehitys mahdollistamassa Suomen päästötavoitteita ja uutta vientiä" (New innovations and system-level developments enabling Finland's emission targets and new exports) will include Minna Martikainen
On Tuesday 22 March, the Research Exhibition of Energy will be held at the Vaasa Art Hall (Senaatinkatu 19)
The exhibition will feature a number of our university's research projects and the chance to talk to our researchers about their research topics
The exhibition is organised by the University of Vaasa's research platforms VEBIC
On Wednesday 23 March, the Energy Transformation seminar will be moderated by Raine Hermans
Dean of the School of Technology and Innovation
Among the speakers will be Marcelo Godoy Simões
our Professor of Flexible and Smart Power Systems
will be entitled "Artificial intelligence in control of renewable energy system"
Electric aviation is an interesting opportunity for the Kvarken region. The FAIR project is organising a seminar on this topic at Wednesday morning
Among the speakers will be our researcher Antti Mäenpää
The topic is Electric aviation - a new industry in Kvarken
We will also participate in the Wednesday afternoon EnergySpin Forum & Innovation Awards event on "Energy startup landscape in Europe and TOP30 most promising energy startups"
On Friday 25 March from 9-15:30, The Nordic Energy Storage (NES) event will take place for the first time
NES is an international networking event for energy storage and battery industry customers and experts
This year there will be over 50 exhibitors
as well as interesting talks at the event's seminar
Participation is free of charge for guests
NES is organised by the University of Vaasa in cooperation with ABB
The Energy Academy will also be presented at noon on Friday
The Energy Academy is a new model for joint action by universities and companies to further increase the attractiveness of the region for students and graduates. Hannu Laaksonen
Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Vaasa
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Water Solutions
In Les Sables d’Olonne – about 100 kilometers south of Nantes in France – an innovative district heating network is being developed
The pipes for building were delivered by Swiss company Brugg
von Hilde Lyko | 23.04.25
According to a study by the University of Aalborg
district heating networks will need to supply around 48 percent of the EU’s heat demand by 2050 in order to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement
Heat suppliers in such networks often include fired power plants and combined heat and power units
recovering energy from lake or seawater has not been considered so often so far
These resources have an enormous potential for clean
seawater is pumped and sent to filters to remove any impurities which could damge the heat exchangers
It then progresses to the titanium heat exchangers which transfer this energy to the refrigeration cycle of the heat pump
The latter supplies the infrastructures it is allocated to with heat and/or cold
In Les Sables d’Olonne warmed freshwater is transported through a network entirely separate from the seawater intake and redistributed within the town center
The piping systems were transported from Kleindöttingen in Switzerland to Les Sables d’Olonne via special haulage
Further information is given at Ecoplage and Brugg
Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen: Mit steigenden Temperaturen nehmen extreme Gewitterregen deutlich stärker zu als bislang angenommen
Eine bisher theoretische Annahme wurde nun durch reale Messdaten bestätigt
Die Studie könnte weitreichende Folgen für den Hochwasserschutz und die Stadtplanung haben
Das Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Hamburg Wasser und die Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW) haben ihr gemeinsames Forschungsprojekt zur Entfernung von Medikamentenrückständen aus Abwasser abgeschlossen
PFAS gelten als gefährliche „Ewigkeitschemikalien“ – das EU-Projekt PROMISCES untersucht ihre Verbreitung und entwickelt Strategien zur Vermeidung
um Quellen zu identifizieren und Belastungen zu verringern
Erste Ergebnisse aus Berlin und anderen europäischen Regionen zeigen konkrete Handlungsoptionen auf
Spain and Portugal experienced one of the most significant power blackouts in European history
with electricity interrupted for up to 23 hours in some areas
The outage left millions without power and caused widespread disruption to essential services
Der März und April 2025 brachten ungewöhnlich wenig Regen und belasten Böden
Der BUND warnt vor den Folgen der Frühjahrsdürre und fordert mehr Klimaanpassung durch die Bundesregierung
Besonders gefährdet sind Ökosysteme wie Wiesen
die als natürliche Wasserspeicher dringend geschützt und gestärkt werden müssen
um die Auswirkungen der Klimakrise abzumildern
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a farmer found his luck when he discovered some 4,000 Roman coins that are 1,700 years old in his fields
The farmer found the coins while he was hoeing soil in his field among cherry trees and saw some objects shining in the soil
Archaeologists said that in normal circumstances when excavations are carried out in an archaeological site they do not find more than 2,500 coins
but the Swiss farmer discovered 4,166 in a single place
the archaeologists said some of the coins go back to the time of Emperor Aurelius in the year 274 AD
Unfortunately the farmer cannot keep the coins as they will be passed to the Vindonissa de Brugg museum in Aargau
However the farmer may receive a substantial sum of money for his discovery
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Venus Angelic is one of the most unique and polarising YouTubers. She became famous because of her doll-like appearance, which has attracted people from all over the world. What happened with Venus Angelic? Read on to learn more about her biography and life.
The Swiss YouTuber smiling for a photo. Photo: @venus_angelicSource: InstagramShe became an online sensation, known as the living doll, after her 2012 YouTube video, 'How to look like a doll'. So far, her channel has over 1.79 million subscribers with over 300 videos.
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Her current residence is in Japan. She had first moved to London for a while, then lived in South Korea, before permanently relocating to Japan
The YouTube star was born on 8 February 1997
Is Venus Angelic Asian? No. The YouTube star was born to Swiss and Hungarian parents
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with her most famous being 'How to look like a Korean Girl'
The young entertainer's career started when she was just 13 years old
Venus Angelic’s mom Margaret quickly caught on that her daughter's kawaii content was gaining popularity
she mostly does streams with occasional videos about her life in Japan
Manaki Okada was born in the year 1991 and is currently 30 years old
Details of how Venus and Manaki met or started dating are not yet known. The man's sudden appearance (and disappearance) in Palermo's life has left her fans puzzled. They, however, tied the knot in 2015 but the marriage did not last, as the two parted ways.
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A selfie of the YouTuber. Photo: @venus_angelicSource: InstagramSince she did so well as a YouTuber, it is no surprise that Palermo has become a social media influencer with a massive amount of followers on other platforms
Palermo wanted to undergo a weight-loss surgery despite only being 53 kilograms at 21 to achieve her desired look
out of the 50 doctors she contacted to do the surgery
which included sewing shut a portion of her stomach and removing 120 cm of her intestines
According to an interview with Daily Mail, the procedure was a success, and she was able to maintain her weight. However, things went south a year later after she got sick and could neither eat nor drink. She was admitted to the hospital after her weight went down to 38 kilograms.
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so the food went to the closed parts of the stomach
and she needed emergency surgery to repair the damage
If you look Venus Angelic’s before and after photos
especially considering the amount of editing that goes into her posts
she has deleted a lot of the photos where she was at the hospital
Her body eventually healed, but she regretted having the weight loss surgery in the first place and was angry at the doctor who accepted to perform the procedure. She said,
Palermo, who is famous for her makeup tutorials, has now changed her content focusing more on adult content, including the promotion of her OnlyFans account. Fans who noticed this change criticized her for making inappropriate content for her younger fanbase.
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Venus was managed by her mother with whom she went to all functions and interviews
Fans noticed Margaret's control over her daughter and called her out for it
Palermo got away from her mother's grip after she got married and moved to Japan
Margaret no longer appears next to her and has since moved back to Switzerland
She used to post frequently about alleged shortcomings of Venus
how her child ran away from her and stole the YouTube channel they both worked on
However, her most recent Instagram post makes it seem like Margaret has given up on trying to reconnect with her daughter. Her own YouTube channel still has videos featuring Venus, including a 'deep dive' into their falling out
How tall is Venus Angelic? She stands at 5 feet and 7 inches which is 170 centimetres. Also, she weighs about 44 kilograms or 97 pounds. Her eye and hair colours are hazel and brown, respectively.
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Despite sharing a lot of her personal life online
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and fitness trainer with a large fan base across Instagram
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