Beat Hefti has taken over the management of the outdoor pool in Herisau in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden for the coming summer season He won a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi (Russia) While Beat Hefti (47) will take over as team leader of the swimming pool in the Appenzell Ausserrhoden capital his wife Sheena will become the new tenant of the Badi restaurant The municipality of Herisau confirmed a corresponding online report in the "Appenzeller Zeitung" on Wednesday Hefti is also still looking for young athletes for the Swiss bobsleigh association Swiss Sliding and is involved in the bobsleigh events in St as explained to the Keystone-SDA news agency He also works as a push athlete coach for Liechtenstein he can look back on a successful top-class sporting career as a bobsledder His greatest success was winning the gold medal in the two-man bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Hefti finished in second place behind the Russians Alexander Zubkov and Alexei Voevoda and initially won the silver medal Zubkov was subsequently convicted of doping and ultimately banned for life by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Hefti and Baumann moved to the top of the rankings they were not officially allowed to call themselves two-man bobsleigh Olympic champions until 2019 - five years after the Olympic Games - when the IOC awarded them the gold medal The medals were presented by Swiss Olympic on June 28 2019 in the Appenzell home of the two athletes Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts End consumers do not fully appreciate the benefits of quality and short supply chains Clothing/​Footwear, Industrial Marking the end of a chapter in Swiss textile history AG Cilander is to close its doors by the end of August 2024 at the latest due to the increasing challenges it has faced in operating from the high-cost country Schilander has specialised in the finishing of clothing fabric and technical textiles with an annual production of around 16 million running metres at three Swiss plants at its headquarters in Herisau as well as in Flawil and Lützelflüh “Switzerland is an excellent location for development and production and our customers and business partners value the quality origin and sustainability of our products,” said CEO Dr Burghard Schneider it is clear that the end consumer may not fully appreciate the benefits of quality and socially sustainable business practices which can result in higher costs and prices It is important for all of us as end consumers to rethink our priorities because otherwise our customers will lose their businesses too Without the business of our loyal customers Cilander is not able to sustain its operations the Central European textile industry is losing another important player “We would like to take this opportunity to thank our long-standing and loyal customers and suppliers and we would also like to thank our employees committed and empathetic individuals.” www.cilander.com Restoring drinking water supply in downtown Amsterdam the senior national team will begin its preparations for the World Championships in Herning and Stockholm Coach Patrick Fischer has called up 26 players for the first of four weeks of preparation Under the motto “Join our journey to Herning,” the men’s national team faces its World Championship 2025 mission parallel to the decisive phase of the National League playoffs Kloten will be the training base from which Switzerland will depart for scheduled test matches at home and abroad.To kick off World Championship preparation Patrick Fischer and his coaching staff have named three goalkeepers nine defenders and 14 forwards from playoff and playout teams already eliminated.With Leonardo Genoni the lineup includes five players who were part of last year’s silver medal-winning team in Prague and Ostrava Loeffel (156) and Genoni (132) are the two players with the most international experience and the most caps.Rookies on the roster include Rodwin Dionicio drafted by the Anaheim Ducks last June and recently playing in the AHL for the San Diego Gulls and Biel since late January 2025 Head Coach Patrick Fischer is looking forward to the highlight of the season and the upcoming World Championship preparations: “We have nominated an exciting mix of experienced players and promising prospects for the first week of preparations it’s all about developing our game with hard work and full energy and anchoring our system in a targeted manner Every player has the chance to recommend themselves for the next phases with commitment the new head coach of the U20 national team as well as Marcel Jenni and Rikard Franzén – assistant coaches at Genève-Servette HC and most recently on the coaching staff at the U20 World Championship in Ottawa – will support Patrick Fischer as assistant coaches at the 2025 World Championship in Herning and Stockholm Tommy Albelin is not part of the staff this time due to his commitment in the NHL with the New York Islanders former Swiss national player and Stanley Cup winner with the Montréal Canadiens will be on the ice as a skills coach in the first few weeks His focus will be in particular on the development of finishing strength and goal-scoring efficiency Preparation match schedule and ticketsIn the first week of preparation Switzerland will play two home games against Slovakia on Thursday This will be followed by two matches with France in Marseille in the second week before two clashes with Latvia in Riga in the third week of preparations.A special highlight awaits on Thursday when the breakout game of the Czech Betano Hockey Games against Sweden will be played in the SWISS Arena in Kloten.Switzerland’s preparation schedule is as follows: Herisau: Switzerland – SlovakiaFriday Marseille (France): France – SwitzerlandSaturday Marseille (France): France – SwitzerlandThursday Riga (Latvia): Latvia – SwitzerlandFriday Kloten: Switzerland – Sweden (breakout game)Saturday Brno (Czech Republic): Switzerland – FinlandSunday Brno (Czech Republic): Czech Republic – Switzerland Goalies (3): Stéphane Charlin (SCL Tigers), Leonardo Genoni (EVZ), Ludovic Waeber (EHC Kloten)  Defense (9): Iñaki Baragano (SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers), Tim Berni (Genève-Servette HC), Giancarlo Chanton (Genève-Servette HC), Rodwin Dionicio (EHC Biel-Bienne), Tobias Geisser (EVZ), Ludvig Johnson (EVZ), Roger Karrer (Genève-Servette HC), Romain Loeffel (SC Bern), Dario Wüthrich (HC Ambri-Piotta)  Forwards (14): Thierry Bader (SC Bern), Attilio Biasca (EVZ), Luca Fazzini (HC Lugano), Grégory Hofmann (EVZ), Marco Lehmann (SC Bern), Marco Miranda (Genève-Servette HC), Tyler Moy (SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers), Mischa Ramel (EHC Kloten), Fabian Ritzmann (SC Bern), Dario Rohrbach (SCL Tigers), Sven Senteler (EVZ), Axel Simic (EHC Kloten), Dario Simion (EVZ), Jonas Taibel (SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers) Ein Beitrag geteilt von EVZ (@official_evz) You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Rachel Cockerell and Lili Anolik in conversation Online Only Nell Zink He was two years older and more or less out of his mind I recall the solemnity with which I told my mother I would love him forever Two things stayed with me from that first reading: something about a Grand Inquisitor and a crush on the youngest Karamazov brother In September a cheap paperback of the new Pevear/Volokhonsky translation caught my eye at Heathrow but I was due for a long train ride: a tour of southern Germany and Austria via Switzerland Successive readings from the German translation of Mislaid would take me to opposite ends of Lake Constance Between them lies Canton Appenzell-Ausserrhoden where Robert Walser was nominally a citizen (his father was born in Teufen) entitling him to live out his days at the public insane asylum in Herisau for free I’d traveled nearly everywhere Walser ever lived I’d never even been to the Swiss side of the lake If you’re not rich enough to regard all money as play money your only option is to work there earning Swiss francs and pretend they’re worthless I had hundreds—roughly equivalent to dollars—left over from doing festivals during the summer I committed them to financing my pilgrimage to Herisau Spending too much money on things important to me that I have dreamed of doing for years always puts me in mind of the same depressing scene I was riding the Central Park carousel alone in the rain while the calliope played “Walk Away Renée,” and the lonely carousel keeper told me that the best carousel ever is the Derby Racers at Rye Playland with horses that move forward and backward as well as up and down Soon after that I got myself all the way out to Rye Playland There was no way to buy a ticket separately so you had to buy a book of tickets for all these other lame rides I think soon after that it broke down or caught fire or something [Brief pause to look it up] I was about to clinch the case for why when other people say “YOLO,” I say “Derby Racers,” but the internet claims the ride works fine the one in Rye is not the only extant exemplar I could ride Derby Racers in Blackpool tomorrow Rather than “You only live once,” the message seems to be one of resurrection and eternity given that I had dates at both ends of Lake Constance three days apart and CHF 800-plus in stiff I was going to walk the Robert Walser Path (RWP) come hell or high water Otherwise the opportunity would arise daily for the rest of my life and beyond—in other words I had remembered the Grand Inquisitor material as being profound and difficult From the perspective of a person no longer 18 it’s a gratuitous caricature of Catholicism But I’d still be a fool not to marry Alyosha—winningly handsome sole heir to his murdered father’s many rubles and a model of virtue whose studied outward innocence belies an all-consuming sex drive Dostoyevsky calls it “sensuality.” People in the book call it “Karamazovian,” because it’s the defining feature of a Karamazov she tells him about her recurring fantasy of watching a little boy die nailed to a wall She slams a door on her finger to watch it bleed and swell The two older brothers and the dad—while he yet lives—are out of the closet she is thoroughly persuasive as a fully realized human because she makes no sense I could tell from the RWP brochure I had picked up at the RW Center in Bern that Herisau wasn’t much of a town Still I booked two nights at a comfortable-sounding hotel Arriving from my lakefront reading venue Bregenz via Sankt Gallen in a storm It was a tedious climb through residential neighborhoods There was little to be seen on the hillside where Walser had a heart attack on Christmas day in 1956 I was more disappointed than moved—there’s always something disappointing about people dying—but glad to have seen it I could have descended straight into town and dried off but instead I struck off across the valley to his grave It stands alone at an odd angle under a tree in the municipal cemetery a black granite headstone bearing his early poem “Beiseit” (“Out of the Way,” translation by me): I take my walk; It goes not particularly far And home; then without a sound Or a word It takes a pretty solid knowledge of German to appreciate Walser see Ben Lerner’s annoying introduction (“the quick shifts between ebullience and subjugation  inevitably evoke the imminent cataclysms of European fascism”) to A Schoolboy’s Diary and Other Stories an NYRB Classics edition of selected short prose in which he cites (I know this only because Amazon put it online) a passage that begins “Colors fill up your mind too much with all sorts of muddled stuff “Farben erfüllen das Gedächtnis mit allerlei krausem Zeug Farben sind nur ein zu süßer Wirrwarr,” which might be construed as “Colors fill one’s recollection with variegated frizz Colors are but too sweet a tangle of confusion.” Or not but offhand I believe it’s fair to say that in the work of Damion Searls I fantasize about translating Walser myself for the benefit of my friends I feel a vicious joy at the exclusion of Ben Lerner from legitimate enjoyment of his work The self-styled poet manqué got a MacArthur “genius grant” for (I guess) preciosity in dissemblance so it feels good to see him flail around praising an author he’s never read Note to geniuses: Life in the German welfare state is like getting a dingbat grant every day Enjoy your war machine and your mass incarceration It’s not considered nice to fault translators not even a worm (there’s a great Primo Levi story about literary tapeworms Yet the translation community is so notorious for mutual loyalty and outward vindictiveness that I feel like an underdog There’s something self-destructive about this essay and I’m grateful to the London Review of Books for rejecting it The next day I returned to the death site via the psychiatric hospital where Walser spent his retirement reading according to forms filed annually by caregivers and a wall of snowcapped rock lined the eastern horizon I had read his sister Lisa’s letters to its director about how happy she was to see him in such a nice place but I was never sure whether she wasn’t buttering up the staff to get him better treatment but the hospital encircles a hilltop beneath wooded mountains Six silent men were trimming the edges of a walkway on their knees by hand formerly the “House for Calm Men,” faces a pen with chubby pygmy goats A handsome young patient sat on the veranda rolling a cigarette under a plaque dedicated to Walser He told me he’d read Carl Seelig’s memoir of Walser just the week before “Goaties!” I said to myself as I walked away but only on the rare occasions when you see goaties Our hero transferred to the Herisau facility in 1933 His tiny penciled drafts on scrap paper—the “micrograms” first deciphered in the 1970s—weren’t late products of institutionalization or madness; they even rate a mention in his first novel an editor who befriended him in 1936 and ended up as his legal guardian and right around 1933 the market sort of dried up The official diagnosis was paranoid schizophrenia Or at least that’s what he told the doctors Seelig reports an initial mistrust followed by brisk hikes and intense debates on literature and politics He made fun of the psychiatrists for wanting feedback on their literary ventures which he found so poor that the only possible tactful response was to feign catatonia Having reprised his fatal final constitutional yet again I made for a nearby off-RWP meadow with views of Lake Constance twelve miles away Flocks of migrating songbirds skimmed over the rippling terrain I recognized greenfinches and yellowhammers I was on the hilltop called Lutzenland for at least an hour moving from bench to bench and occasionally devoting a moment’s bemused frown to recollections of Dostoyevsky’s description of its murderous villain’s habit of “contemplation”: would have said that his face showed neither thought nor reflection The painter Kramskoy has a remarkable painting entitled The Contemplator: it depicts a forest in winter a stray little peasant in a ragged caftan and bast shoes; he stands as if he were lost in thought There are plenty of contemplators among the people I had felt unreserved pride in my ability to contemplate inspired by Adalbert Stifter’s novel Indian Summer I knew from reading Adorno and other thinkers that thinking is somehow better A Stifter character can get three hours out of a hilltop easy My newfound pride in contemplation was somewhat tempered by Dostoyevsky’s implication that I am a loosely wound peasant His monumental autofiction (he once remarked that all his work taken together made up a vast mosaic autobiography) suggests a talent for downtime and mindless hikes reminiscent of my own and we share a certain rebelliousness—no sensitive person can get through life without it—and succumb to similar temptations (mannerism We’ve met enough intellectuals to know they’re not like us The plot of The Brothers Karamazov defies summarization I was reminded of Dwight Garner’s complaint in a review of Nicotine in The New York Times that plot for me is “there when she needs it to shuttle her characters around.” Only now did I perceive the indelible early influence of the master Mislaid closes with a courtroom scene whose origins I had always insisted lay in Viennese operetta but it’s obvious to me now that I borrowed the idea from Dostoyevsky I never even heard of an operetta with a courtroom scene The plot: the aforementioned contemplator bludgeons the evil dad and hangs himself pinning the crime on the ne’er-do-well eldest Karamazov brother The truth—that a contemplator could plan something that complicated—is known only to the middle brother that no one in court believes a word he says The accused is sorry-not-sorry in a particularly intense way The 100-page courtroom scene rehashes the events of the novel in detail On first delve it threatens to be a huge bore Then it launches into an unexpected critique of contemporary American literature “Psychology prompts novels even from the most serious people and quite unintentionally,” the defense attorney points out and what if the thing went quite differently what if you have created a novel around quite a different person But you yourself were shouting that Karamazov is broad you yourself were shouting about the two extreme abysses Karamazov can contemplate His critique of narrative anticipates The Interpretation of Dreams (1900); the abysses in which Freud expands his short roster of drives (Eros) to include the death drive (Thanatos) The defense attorney calls them “love” and “unrestrained carousing.” Aficionados of Dostoyevsky will know that “unrestrained carousing” can range from the casual slaughter of social inferiors to sex with 12-year-olds I read a bunch of Freud once because Philip Rieff best known for having married Susan Sontag spent a semester at William and Mary in 1984 to teach a course on film This was around the time Freud’s letters to Wilhelm Fliess came to light unmasking Freud’s imposition of what became Freudianism on his patients’ memories of sexual abuse as a ploy to keep perpetrators (older male family members) paying his bills The discovery lent a new piquancy to the feminist critique he was still sifting through his patients’ disjointed (“hysterical”) minds via free association in search of their histories and Rieff taught us to read films that way—motif by motif narrative fosters untruth by culling reality of inopportune facts Through the details chosen to flesh it out not unlike that of the characters in a bestseller successful novelists identify final causes—“desires”—and work backward As Tolstoy observes in his last novel Resurrection (1899) They wish they could live as purposefully as fictional characters constructed around all-consuming psychological motivations So they consume distractions until their mitral valves fail or whatever it’s coincidence that shocks the protagonist out of his hypocritical groove and conscience that keeps him from falling back in Only after he falls in with like-minded idealists—a cohort of political prisoners en route to Siberia—can he relax and give in to peer pressure like a normal person Walser’s way of rejecting the primacy of individual desire is different He doesn’t approve of it (emotional dependency is unworthy of a man for him testing the limits of societal tolerance as boldly as the children reunited with their mother in Kipling’s story “Baa Baa Black Sheep.” That’s not necessarily something a grown man should be doing He’s at his best in his tortuously discreet accounts of unrequited love and other symptoms of poverty “Not everyone is capable,” he writes in a posthumously published piece “of coming to such excellent terms with the aridities of his character and the bleaknesses it likely contains as for example me when with mannerly condescension I regard the impatient fidgeting of my own renunciations from the heights of my ability to maintain a good mood appearing to rule over them with playful effortlessness.” where I went to see a painting I had remembered fondly since 1985 without knowing its name: St In my recollection it hangs high in a stairwell near a vending machine that dispenses coffee for two schillings in small white paper cups In real life it dominates a gallery wall facing plush sofas near the museum’s soaring belle-époque cafe The archangel wears ostrich feathers on his helmet Selfish Satan stands on lesser devils’ shoulders His diminutive bat wings wouldn’t take his weight even if he got past the sword An explanatory plaque notes the painting’s affinity with the “crass realism” of Ribera My first thought on seeing it anew was: “What is up with Satan’s dick?” Knee-length and thick as a dachshund Attention to the narrative revealed that it’s a fig leaf (figuratively speaking) and properly pertains to the kraken hiding behind Satan’s ass which of course would be a disturbing image—the penis as tentacle—if it weren’t for the lurking kraken that makes it all okay a psychologically motivated kraken that avows its desires No way its tentacle would get caught wandering around loose and wrote an email to my agent saying that I should write a biography of Walser but it’s usually journalists who write popular biographies anyway I’m pals with the director of the RW Center one of them a literature expert fluent in Walser’s dialect at least in the construction of his bon mots.) I’m heavier into Gottfried Keller than anyone I know (Walser was heavy into Gottfried Keller.) An adequate presentation of his failings might cost me substantial agony while persuading no one but my desire to write the book would carry me through My agent’s response was swift and unambiguous It wasn’t that she follows current developments in central European literature in translation but that The New Yorker had just announced—in a piece of dance criticism—an upcoming biography by Susan Bernofsky Bernofsky runs Columbia’s MFA program in literary translation and will get God’s own reviews Wikipedia says she’s best known for introducing Walser to the English-speaking world (as she points out in various interviews so maybe you think it’s odd that I’d never heard of her I bought the first—a Reclam Kleine Wanderung that weighs one ounce—in 1986 after he was brought to my attention by Max Brod who describes him as giggling while reading Walser aloud I looked for a sample of Bernofsky’s work online An excerpt from the collection Looking at Pictures had been published in The Guardian “a little motherkin and her child stood still.” “The Forest by Diaz” is an obscure posthumous piece but it only took me one look at “motherkin” to know she had been stumped by Mütterchen the word translators of Kafka habitually render as “little mother” in his famous observation on Prague (“This little mother has claws”) common decency forbids all portmanteaux involving munchkins I was reminded of a passage in my prescient 1998 novel Sailing Toward the Sunset by Avner Shats: “I’ve stopped recommending him to people who don’t read German .” (The one I can recall now is a potential landlady’s telling the narrator Fortunately I don’t want accuracy from translators You know who used to put out readable translations I stand in awe of the East German Eugen Onegin Drafted decades before under the forbidding regime of the Wilhelminian Empire its sparkling verse blends the wit and power of Byron with the grace of Heine whose characters pursue “romantic assignments” because the translator doesn’t know assignations are a thing The GDR seated unwitting dissidents on gamma ray sources that gave them cancer the best writers couldn’t publish their own stuff Imagine if the Confederacy had won and Paul Beatty had to get work translating Paulo Coelho after she liberated me from economic oppression that it was like eating snot-covered baseballs There’s no compromise between getting it wrong and never trying in the first place In this way it resembles all worthwhile endeavors—peace You can approach it with a mix of laziness and demoralization because only non-trivial problems admit of solutions that can be simultaneously applauded and deplored whose protagonist classifies mankind as “ungrateful biped.” Soon after I hung out in his hotel room while his wife lounged on the bed He asked me whether I’d like to be his graduate student I had a C+ average from a second-rate college There was no way I was ever getting into grad school I took revenge by writing him some satiric fiction in the transgressive style of the films he’d been showing us I think the theme was incestuous pedophilic homosexual rape about a lonely diatom stuck at the bottom of the ocean Like them I abstained from sex and violence in my fiction when a situation similar to the one with Rieff arose and I wrote The Wallcreeper (dead baby in the first sentence date-rape scene six pages later) in response to overly inchoate offers of help from Jonathan Franzen Where would you place literature on this carousel of cause and effect Was my antisocial literary behavior in some sense Dosteyevsky’s fault Did I fall in with the wrong like-minded idealists Are they the target audience for this essay I was so happy during the week or two when I was becoming convinced I’d soon be living with Walser (what it takes to write a biography) impossible to scare off—just the kind of friends I like best It’s only feeding us avocados to fatten us up first Sorrentino’s endings are sometimes as abrupt as those life gives us Part of Mahfouz’s achievement is its sheer extent I take a lot of pleasure in our correspondence n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature We also post new online-only work several times each week and publish books expanding on the interests of the magazine Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy a smaller store in Herisau will be selling at night and on Sundays without staff with the help of surveillance technology Migros has submitted an application for its first supermarket in Switzerland to operate continuously the store on Alpsteinstrasse in Herisau will sell goods seven days a week and also at night the store will continue to operate with sales staff a self-service store will be operated with the help of access and monitoring technologies Cashless payments will then be made at the self-checkout tills and the store will be monitored by video and sensors The sales area in Herisau is 295 square meters there is a need for additional shopping facilities in highly frequented locations especially for everyday products that are available regardless of store opening hours," comments Samuel Bauert Head of Supermarkets at Migros Eastern Switzerland even on Sundays and public holidays: retailer Migros is planning the first Migros supermarket in Switzerland with non-stop opening hours in Herisau The company submitted a corresponding application to the municipality as announced by Migros Ostschweiz on Monday test operations at the store on Alpsteinstrasse are set to start in summer 2025 The store will remain open during normal opening hours the supermarket will switch to self-service mode Customers will then be able to access the self-service store using a debit or credit card and Cumulus code Payment is made at self-checkout tills or via the Migros app the store is monitored by video and sensors The system is designed to detect and raise the alarm if someone suffers a medical problem or has an accident in the store The pilot project is Migros' response to the increasing demand for flexible shopping options Following the "successful and popular" small store format Teo the company now wants to go one step further a spokeswoman for Migros Eastern Switzerland told the news agency AWP on request The Migros branch in Herisau is the first 24/7 store in Switzerland to be equipped with Teo technology These are vending machines with a sales area of 50 to 100 square meters in wooden buildings and interiors where customers also have access around the clock Migros now operates eight such self-service stores The Migros branch in Herisau is also a rather small store The range comprises around 7000 items on 295 square meters Most recently there were eight employees working there The store shelves are replenished by staff during staffed opening hours customers have to wait until the store is stocked again The store for the trial operation is located on a highly frequented road that connects a rural region with the city It is also located in the Alpstein tourist area Migros needs a permit for the trial operation it wants to make structural changes to the existing store and adjust the opening hours or temporarily switch to vending machine operation The legal requirements for this vary from canton to canton and municipality to municipality Once the approval process and technical implementation have been completed 24/7 operation is due to start in the summer Migros will announce a specific date once the planning has been completed Migros recently suffered a setback with sales on Sundays The Zurich Administrative Court ruled that the operation of the Migros Daily store on Zollstrasse in Zurich and the Gooods store on Bahnhofplatz in Winterthur on Sundays was illegal The trade union Unia had filed a lawsuit for violation of the ban on Sunday sales Migros' competitors also rely on 24-hour stores The kiosk operator Valora runs round-the-clock stores at service stations under the Avec label it also operates autonomous stores where customers can access them 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Project Galileo, a joint satellite initiative of the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) with global connectivity supplier HUBER+SUHNER on-board Switzerland-based HUBER+SUHNER is supplying radio-frequency components to the project Following an extensive testing period and 17 years of development, the Galileo system went live last week with the goal to supply the world’s most accurate satellite navigation technology Galileo is designed to provide enhanced positioning navigation and faster detection of emergency beacon signals helping rescue teams when every minute matters Users around the world can now benefit from an accurate guaranteed global positioning system (GPS) under civilian control HUBER+SUHNER supplies more than 4,500 radio-frequency components to Thales Alenia Space in Italy for a number of the Galileo satellites which use HUBER+SUHNER adapters to connect the antennas to the active satellite components The adapters have an MMBX standard connector at one end and special HUBER+SUHNER customization for direct soldering onto the antenna at the other end HUBER+SUHNER is providing connectors that are capable of transferring the highest power level required send position data to Earth that is then used to pinpoint the location of individuals or objects “The ever-growing importance and dependence of satellite navigation applications for both businesses and European citizens makes the potential disruption of a satellite navigation service unacceptable,” says Patric Keller aerospace and defense market unit manager at HUBER+SUHNER “To ensure that all components could withstand the harsh environment of space they had to pass a wide variety of vibration We subjected adapters to temperature cycles ranging from -120°C up to +120°C over several months to ensure the required performance level could be achieved.” With 18 Galileo satellites in orbit and the supporting ground infrastructure Galileo is now available for use by public authorities The project is also mutually compatible with American GPS and the Russian Glonass navigation system The first services to be offered by Galileo include the Open Service The Open Service is a free mass-market service that can be used by Galileo-enabled chipsets in smartphones or in-car navigation systems The Search and Rescue Service is Europe’s contribution to an international emergency beacon locating system that can help to rescue people in distress The Public Regulated Service is fully robust and encrypted to provide service continuity for government users during national emergencies or crisis situations “Galileo going live is excellent news for anyone who wants to benefit from the improved accuracy availability and coverage that Galileo satellites are bringing,” Patric adds “Quality products were understandably the highest priority for the ESA and our aerospace industry expertise and many years of experience made us a natural fit for the project ESA’s endorsement of HUBER+SUHNER is a clear demonstration of the company’s quality development and manufacturing process.” is a globally active developer and supplier of components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity and systems in the three key technologies of radio frequency the company serves three markets: Communications Its products are set apart by their excellent performance HUBER+SUHNER has a global production network and provides local customer support via branch offices and representatives in over 60 countries Search the Aerospace & Defense Buyer's Guide Connect with Intelligent Aerospace on social media: Twitter (@IntelligentAero), LinkedIn,Google+, and Instagram after years of experimenting with different ways to use his artistic interests to expand the potential of psychoanalysis created a series of inkblot drawings that reveal the unconscious mechanisms of a patient’s brain just before the inkblot test became an international phenomenon Rorschach’s inkblot test has become pop-cultural shorthand for both Freudian psychology and the depths of the human mind It has become an inescapable reference in art author of the first-ever biography of Rorschach explains how our application and understanding of the test diverge from Rorschach’s intentions you’ll also find Organist fan fiction from author Elizabeth McKenzie and the winner of the Sarah Awards’ Very Very Short Short Audio Fiction contest 1910.Pictures credit: Archiv und Sammlung Hermann Rorschach FLASH SALE: Snag The OG Black Zip-Up designed by LA artist Chuy Hartman— inspired by the 24/7 service we provide to the LA community ends tonight Get the latest from KCRW in your inbox 3x a week. Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies, a French global specialised interlining manufacturer, has signed a binding agreement to acquire two business units of Cilander, a Swiss company renowned for its expertise in the supply of high-end textile fabrics and finishing services for complex textiles used in various applications including in the fashion, interior design and sports industries, among others. Cilander was founded in 1814 and is based in Herisau and Lützelflüh, Switzerland. The company has a unique expertise of providing “Made in Switzerland” textile surfaces and finishing technologies and counts yearly revenues of approximately €20 million. Under the agreement, CFT PCC plans to acquire the company’s shirt fabric business, which mainly comprises the Alumo brand, founded by Karl Albrecht, joined by Robert Morgen in 1941. For over a century, Alumo has been offering fine and high-quality cotton fabrics for men's shirts. The company is an appreciated supplier of prestigious tailors and specialised luxury brands worldwide, also relying on an efficient e-commerce platform. Cilander also owns the Planofil brand offering high-performance textile fabrics for outdoor use, particularly in the nautical world. 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In no way affiliated with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League the national team will play in Switzerland twice Robert Hradil / RvS.Media The 2025 IIHF World Championship is coming closer and closer there are preparation games on the schedule the Swiss national team is playing six of those in addition to the Czech edition of the Euro Hockey Tour the Betano Hockey Games (which takes place at the start of May) Switzerland will face Slovakia twice in Herisau travel to Marseilles to play against France on April 18 and 19 and then head northwards to Riga for two games against Latvia on April 24 and 25 Patrick Fischer's squad will play against Sweden on May 1 before heading to Brünn for a game against Finland (May 3) and host Czechia (May 4) Huber Fenster is proud to announce that it has been awarded the highest distinction in the Red Dot Award: Product Design, the Red Dot: Best of the Best for the MINI lift and slide door. The features of the MINI lift and slide door from Huber Fenster in wood/metal include its clean design and the dimensions that have been reduced to a minimum. Sophisticated casement frames with a visible profile width of 51mm, the recessed rosette handle and stainless steel door stops make the door appear even slimmer. The fixed glazing is integrated directly into the ground sill, which was developed in-house, and the precision track completes the product. The jury of approximately 40 independent designers, design professors and specialist journalists tested, discussed and assessed each individual product awarding the Honourable Mention for a well-conceived detail solution, the Red Dot for high design quality and the Red Dot: Best of the Best for ground-breaking design. In total, the competition received more than 5,500 entries from 54 countries in this year. Huber Fenster AG is an independent, medium-sized family company with a manufacturing facility in eastern Switzerland. It specializes in the development and production of high quality windows and cladding components made of wood, wood/metal and wood/architectural bronze. The company, which was founded in 1883, is successfully managed with lots of passion and skill – now already by the fifth generation of the family. One has to mention “well organised”, as it is far from easy gathering more than 100 journalists from all over the world to the north-east of the country, accommodating them in what is not really much more than a village, and making the five-day occasion really worthwhile. Appenzell is in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, which alongside French, Italian and Romansh comprise the offical languages of the country. The area became independent of the Abbey of St Gallen in 1403 and entered a league with the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1411, becoming a full member in 1513. It has since been divided into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden, which are Catholic and Protestant respectively. We travelled first to Zurich on Swiss Air and from there caught an intercity train to Gossau, with a simple change to the local Appenzell service. The three-day Swiss Flexi Pass entitles travellers to unlimited first class travel on railways, boats and most alpine post buses. There is a 50 percent reduction on privately-owned funicular and mountain railways and free entrance to 450 museums and attractions. Appenzell is a delightful Swiss picture postcard mountain village with a car-free high street and a collection of specialist shops, traditional craft workshops, family-run hotels and cafés. It is sited 239m above sea level, with the mighty peak of Santis towering 2,500m above. A cable car takes you right to the top, where you can enjoy lunch at the summit restaurant and see below to Lake Constance and Liechtenstein. It was a truly remarkable view when not engulfed in cloud. Appenzell Innerrhoden is very much an agricultural area, devoted primarily to livestock breeding and dairy farming. The cheeses from this part of Switzerland are legendary. Cow’s milk is used producing a herbal brine, sometimes incorporating wine or cider. Appenzeller has a documented history of at least 700 years. Today, about 75 dairies produce cheese, each with a different recipe for their brine wash. Most of the recipes are trade secrets. The cheese is straw-coloured, with tiny holes and a golden rind. It has a strong smell and a nutty or fruity flavour, which can range from mild to tangy, depending on how long it is aged. The best is over six months old. Appenzell has its own tourist card, which includes free travel in the region, admission to the major museums, a one-time use of the indoor tennis court and swimming pool (there is an outdoor one in the summer), a trip on the Jakobsbad toboggan run and again one time, an electric bike ride. Golf is available, too. If you fancy the wonderful views, there are no fewer than six aerial cableways in the region, a number of which are included in the Appenzell Pass. For those who prefer hiking, some 20 themed routes are provided, ranging from just two hours and 10km, to a full day alpine march, perhaps staying at a mountain hostelry for an overnight stay. Try the different cuisine (and of course, cheeses). There is also the Joke Trail to try with children in mind. There is no other region in Switzerland where tradition and customs are experienced as intensely in daily life as in the Appenzellerland. The locals wear a Kranzrock (traditional skirt), cameo jewellery and Mailändertuch (Milanese scarf) to perform the Stobete, the traditional dance with a string music ensemble. All year round there seems to be one excuse after another for a party. In closing, I must mention the annual gathering of the Landsgemeinde (Parliament). It takes place in the open air, where citizens vote directly on major issues instead of trusting elected officials to make decisions for them. (Only men were allowed to take part in proceedings until 1991, when the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that excluding women was unconstitutional.) Voting is done by a show of hands and it seems to work. Switzerland has a long history of armed neutrality – it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 – and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Appenzell perhaps typifies this outlook, with its peaceful and restful surrounds. And it’s not too expensive to enjoy a stay there, either. 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The Swiss national ice hockey team started their World Championship preparations with a win. Coach Patrick Fischer's team beat Slovakia 4:3 after overtime in Herisau. In the last two years, the Slovaks were the Swiss team's first opponents in their World Championship preparations. Both times they lost with a clean sheet. In general, efficiency is a big issue when Fischer has to make do without the NHL stars. That's why Paul Di Pietro is part of the coaching staff for the first three weeks; the Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens (1993) is supposed to promote finishing power. This seems to be paying off, at least with four goals to show for it. Dario Rohrbach scored the winner after 2:18 minutes of overtime; the SCL Tigers' top scorer was successful for the first time in national dress. The draw after 60 minutes was just right. The Swiss made up for a deficit three times. The hosts' goals in regulation time were scored by Marc Marchon (25), Sven Senteler (37) and Dario Simion (48). Two of the three goals conceded were unnecessary. The 0:1 by Matej Kaslik (4.) was preceded by a mistake in his own zone by 21-year-old Rodwin Dionicio, one of two debutants in the Swiss team alongside 18-year-old Ludvig Johnson. Marc Marchon lost the puck in the neutral zone before the 2:3 (46.), which was also scored by Kaslik. For the Slovaks, it was their first defeat of the season after ten wins. The two teams will meet for a second time on Friday in Herisau. Switzerland - Slovakia 4:3 (0:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1:0) n.V. Herisau - 2056 spectators. - SR Hürlimann/Hungerbühler; Urfer/Humair. - Goals: 4. Kaslik (Lantosi) 0:1. 25. Marchon (Karrer, Moy) 1:1. 31. Minarik (Cajkovic, Kukuca/Exclusion Karrer) 1:2. 37. Senteler (Karrer) 2:2. 46. Kaslik (Kristof) 2:3. 48. Simion (Senteler) 3:3. 63. (62:18) Rohrbach (Moy, Chanton) 4:3. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Switzerland, none against Slovakia. Switzerland: Genoni; Dionicio, Geisser; Karrer, Berni; Baragano, Chanton; Wüthrich, Johnson; Simion, Senteler, Lehmann; Rohrbach, Moy, Marchon; Fazzini, Bader, Biasca; Miranda, Taibel, Ritzmann. Slovakia: Rybar; Ziak, Ivan; Laurencik, Hlavac; Romanak, Petrovicky; Kralovic, Golian; Lantosi, Kristof, Kaslik; Cajkovic, Minarik, Nemec; Fasko-Rudas, Roman, Hrehorcak; Kukuca, Petrovsky, Krajcovic. Remarks: Switzerland without Loeffel (injured), Hofmann (personal reasons), Charlin, Simic, Ramel (all unavailable) and Waeber (substitute goalie). - 1st international caps for Dionicio and Johnson. - Shots: Switzerland 37 (15-13-8-1) Slovakia 30 (9-8-13-0). - Powerplay output: Switzerland 0/0; Slovakia 0/2. Herisau, Switzerland – March 27, 2025 – Qlupod AG (www.qlupod.com) is pleased to announce that after extensive testing and further optimization, its three innovative apps – QluApp, QluDoc, and QluCare – are now officially available in the Android and Apple Stores. These three apps, which were completed at the end of 2024, enable users to monitor and share their health data in real-time. With this, Qlupod takes another important step forward in "The availability of our apps marks a significant turning point for Qlupod," said Nikola Trajanov, Interim CEO and Partner of Qlupod AG. "After the intense testing phase, we are excited to not only drive the sales of our devices but also invite doctors and care facilities to take advantage of the benefits of our apps for patient care." With the launch of the apps, Qlupod AG will now focus on further expanding and enhancing the app's features. "We see great potential in continuously developing our apps to better meet the needs of doctors and care facilities. These institutions need to optimize their workflows while ensuring the highest quality care for their patients – this is exactly where our solutions can make a difference," Trajanov continued. New Customer Care Center for Better Service To accommodate the growing demand and ensure optimal support for new users (including doctors and care facilities), Qlupod AG will establish a Customer Care Center. This will be an essential component for customer service, offering both end-users and medical professionals direct and efficient support. The center will make the transition to digital health monitoring with the QluPod even easier for all users. QluPod as a Solution for Preventative and Therapeutic Applications Qlupod AG emphasizes that the QluPod, a medically certified and tested device, can measure the key vital signs typically checked during a physical examination by a general practitioner: temperature, pulse, EKG, blood pressure, and blood oxygen levels. This makes the device an important solution for both preventive health monitoring and ongoing care for "Whether for preventive measures or managing ongoing treatments, the QluPod provides a flexible and accurate way to monitor health data and share it directly with the attending doctor or caregiver," explained Nikola Trajanov. "We believe that integrating the QluPod into existing health systems can offer significant added value for all parties, especially in terms of reducing costs and improving patient care." Partnerships with Health Insurers and Healthcare Providers Qlupod AG sees significant potential in collaborating with health insurers and healthcare providers. The QluPod, in particular, could serve as a technological bridge between patients, doctors, and care teams, improving communication and care delivery. "Our solution could play a key role in enhancing the quality of patient care while simultaneously reducing costs in the healthcare system," added Trajanov. "We invite all interested health insurers, Spitex services, and care facilities to reach out to us and explore the possibilities of integrating our solution into their systems."Future Outlook With the successful launch of the apps and the expansion of customer service, Qlupod AG is now at the threshold of a new growth phase. "We are confident that our products and services will make a significant contribution to digital healthcare. The next big challenge will be expanding our partnerships and establishing our solutions more widely in the market," Qlupod AG is a start-up company in the field of telemedicine and develops innovative solutions to make patient care efficient and cost-effective. With the QluPod device and the associated software, the company is endeavouring to shape the future of healthcare. The offering is aimed at hospitals, care facilities, medical professionals and private individuals who want to monitor For more information about Qlupod AG and our products, please visit our website at This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities. Insofar as this document contains forward-looking statements, these do not represent facts and are characterised by the words "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "aim", "assume" and similar expressions. These statements express the intentions, opinions or current expectations and assumptions of Qlupod AG and are based on current plans, estimates and forecasts which Qlupod AG has made to the best of its knowledge, but do not claim to be correct in the future. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of Qlupod AG. It should be noted that actual events or developments may differ materially from the events and developments expressed or implied Der neue SBB-Fahrplan ist da: Das sind die wichtigsten Änderungen in der Ostschweiz Der SBB-Fahrplan vom 9. Dezember 2018 bringt den Reisenden in der Ostschweiz und im Raum Zürich etliche Verbesserungen. Was ändert sich konkret? Wir haben für Sie sämtliche Änderungen in der Ostschweiz zusammengetragen. Im neuen Fahrplan rückt die Ostschweiz insgesamt näher an Zürich. Während der Hauptverkehrszeiten unter der Woche verkehren zwischen Zürich und St. Gallen neu vier Fernverkehrszüge pro Stunde und Richtung. Zudem beschleunigen bauliche Massnahmen die Reise. S-Bahn und Fernverkehr Zürich–Wil–St.Gallen–Rheintal Die vor drei Jahren eingeführte schnelle Verbindung zwischen den Städten St.Gallen, Kreuzlingen und Konstanz verkehrt neu stündlich. Die Linie wird bis Herisau verlängert. Aufgrund des geänderten Fahrplankonzepts im Kanton Thurgau verschieben sich die Abfahrten um jeweils etwa 15 Minuten. Die Bahnhaltestelle Gübsensee mit zuletzt noch drei Ein- und Aussteigern je Tag kann ab dem Fahrplanwechsel nicht mehr bedient werden. Mit der Einführung des neuen Angebotskonzepts im Kanton Thurgau verschieben sich die Abfahrtszeiten der S8 St.Gallen–Romanshorn und S7 Rorschach–Romanshorn um 15 Minuten. Die Ankunft und Abfahrt der S2 St.Gallen–Altstätten verändern sich in Altstätten im Minutenbereich. Die Busanschlüsse Richtung Oberriet–Rüthi sind weiterhin gewährleistet. Das städtische Busnetz in St.Gallen wird neu nummeriert und erhält neue Linienführungen und Verknüpfungen. Punktuell wird das Angebot ausgebaut. Die Abfahrtszeiten der Regionalbusse werden an die geänderten Bahnfahrpläne angepasst. Dank überlagerten Linien erhalten Tübach und Steinach einen Viertelstundentakt Richtung St.Gallen. Die Abfahrtszeiten der S5 ändern leicht. Neu hält jeder Zug am Bahnhof Arnegg. Die Buserschliessung von Andwil wird angepasst und ausgebaut. Für die Gemeinde Waldkirch verändert sich die öV-Verbindung in Richtung St.Gallen. Anstatt via Engelburg bestehen neu in Wittenbach Anschlussmöglichkeiten auf die S-Bahn und den Stadtbus. Appenzeller Bahnen und Appenzeller Vorderland Das Busangebot zwischen Uznach und Gommiswald wird ausgebaut sowie systematisiert: Die Buslinie 632 wird zu den Hauptverkehrszeiten Montag bis Freitag zwischen Uznach und Uetliburg, Giegen zum Halbstundentakt ausgebaut. Die Linien 632 und 633 verkehren abends länger. Dafür wird der heutige Abendrundkurs 634 eingestellt. Im Abschnitt Wattwil–Wildhaus werden bei der Buslinie 790 die Abfahrtszeiten angepasst. Neu besteht am Bahnhof Nesslau ein schlanker Anschluss zur Bahn. Somit verkürzt sich die Reisezeit zwischen Wattwil und dem Obertoggenburg um rund 9 Minuten. Die Abfahrtszeiten der Buslinien werden an den neuen Bahnfahrplan angepasst. Punktuell wird das Angebot ausgebaut. Die Buslinie nach Gähwil verkehrt neu bis 23 Uhr im Halbstundentakt mit Zusatzkursen von Montag bis Freitag zur Hauptverkehrszeit nach Kirchberg. In Flawil und Uzwil ergeben sich grössere Veränderungen bei der Buserschliessung. Die Haltestelle Maestrani wird neu im Halbstundentakt bedient. Die Stadtbuslinien 701 bis 704 werden von Montag bis Freitag tagsüber auf den durchgehenden Viertelstundentakt ausgebaut. Damit können am Bahnhof Wil alle Anschlüsse an die Züge gewährleistet werden. Die Fernverkehrszüge IC8 Zürich–Romanshorn werden beschleunigt. Die Umsteigezeiten in Romanshorn Richtung Rorschach und Richtung Kreuzlingen werden kürzer. Daraus resultiert ein Reisezeitgewinn von rund 15 Minuten. RE Konstanz–Kreuzlingen Hafen–Romanshorn–St. Gallen–Herisau verkehrt neu von 6 bis 21 Uhr stündlich. Die Fahrzeit Romanshorn–St. Gallen beträgt nur 18 Minuten. Der Zug wird neu bis Herisau geführt. In Rorschach besteht ein guter Anschluss von der S7 an den IR13 nach Chur. Daraus resultiert ein Reisezeitgewinn bis zu 15 Minuten. S7 Romanshorn–Rorschach verkehrt um 15 Minuten verschoben. S7 Rorschach–Romanshorn–Weinfelden verkehrt ab Romanshorn nach Weinfelden neu nur mit Halt in Amriswil. S10 Wil SG–Weinfelden–Romanshorn verkehrt Montag bis Freitag von 5 bis 20 Uhr durchgehend im Halbstundentakt mit Halt an allen Bahnhöfen. Übrige Zeiten im Stundentakt. S8 Schaffhausen–St. Gallen verkehrt um 15 Minuten verschoben. S8 Schaffhausen–Romanshorn–St. Gallen fährt alle 30 Minuten direkt weiter als S1 nach Gossau, Flawil, Uzwil und Wil. 80.200 St. Gallen–Wittenbach–Arbon: Das Fahrplanangebot wird sonntags von 8 bis 18 Uhr zum Halbstundentakt ausgebaut. 80.931 Münsterlingen–Langrickenbach–Amriswil: Schrofen, Oberaach, Engishofen und Kümmertshausen werden neu durch die Linie 931 bedient (bisher durch die Linie 944). Das Fahrplanangebot wird Montag – Freitag zum Stundentakt ausgebaut. 80.940 Amriswil–Romanshorn–Arbon: Das Fahrplanangebot wird Montag-Freitag bis 20 Uhr zum durchgehenden Halbstundentakt ausgebaut. 80.941 Amriswil–Arbon: Die Buslinie 941 verkehrt neu über den Bahnhof Steinebrunn und hat dort gute Anschlüsse an die S8 Richtung St. Gallen. Das Fahrplanangebot wird am Abend bis 23 Uhr und am Freitag und Samstag bis 24 Uhr ausgebaut. 80.943 Amriswil–Bischofszell: Das Fahrplanangebot wird Montag-Freitag bis 19 Uhr zum durchgehenden Halbstundentakt ausgebaut. Während der Hauptverkehrszeit verkehren zwischen Zihlschlacht und Bischofszell zusätzliche Busse mit einem guten Anschluss an die S5 Richtung St. Gallen. 80.944 Amriswil–Dozwil–Sommeri: Die Linie 944 wird neu bis nach Obersommeri geführt. Schrofen, Oberaach, Engishofen und Kümmertshausen werden neu durch die Linie 931 bedient. Erlen wird halbstündlich mit der S10 bedient. Die Fähre Romanshorn–Friedrichshafen verkehrt um 15 Minuten verschoben. Damit kann in Romanshorn der Anschluss an die Fernverkehrszüge deutlich verbessert werden. Im Fahrplan 2019 starten auch die Ausbauarbeiten am Zugersee welche aber zunächst zu einer verlängerten Reisezeit auf der Nord-Süd-Achse führen Daneben unternimmt die SBB weitere Bau- und Unterhaltsarbeiten vor allem in der Nacht In der Westschweiz dünnt sie deshalb das Angebot auf den Strecken Lausanne-Genf Flughafen und Lausanne-Brig von Sonntag bis Donnerstag in den Randstunden ab 20 Uhr aus