GenevaLunch » Feature http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 06:43:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swine flu numbers rise rapidly, but story behind the statistics more complexhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/15/swine-flu-numbers-rise-rapidly-but-story-behind-the-statistics-more-complex/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/15/swine-flu-numbers-rise-rapidly-but-story-behind-the-statistics-more-complex/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 11:44:32 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=16966 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a 16 percent increase in 24 hours in the number of A/H1N1 (swine flu) cases worldwide, from 6,497 confirmed cases Thursday 14 May to 7,500 Friday. During the previous week, the increase was 200 percent. The statistics hide a more complex picture than the dramatic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/15/swine-flu-numbers-rise-rapidly-but-story-behind-the-statistics-more-complex/feed/ 1 Swiss Red Cross pitches in to help Italian quake victimshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/swiss-red-cross-pitches-in-to-help-italian-quake-victims/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/swiss-red-cross-pitches-in-to-help-italian-quake-victims/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 21:58:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=16837 GenevaLunch.com By students at Collège Voltaire, Geneva Although the Swiss Red Cross has already sent help to the victims of the Italian earthquake that devastated the town of Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy 6 April 2009, Italy still needs donations. The Swiss association sent 200 tents and CHF 300,000. The Italian Red Cross is well organized and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/swiss-red-cross-pitches-in-to-help-italian-quake-victims/feed/ 0 Take a walk on Geneva’s wild side!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/take-a-walk-on-genevas-wild-side/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/take-a-walk-on-genevas-wild-side/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 09:19:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=16820 GenevaLunch.com By T.C-M.H, Collège Voltaire In Geneva, spring is here and with it lively, animated Geneva streets. Everybody knows the main tourist places, the Jet d’eau, the St Pierre Cathedral, and so on. But do young people want to go there? There are many other less well-known spots that are more appealing but which remain unexplored [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/take-a-walk-on-genevas-wild-side/feed/ 0 Swiss Mother’s Day is right around the cornerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/06/swiss-mothers-day-is-right-around-the-corner/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/06/swiss-mothers-day-is-right-around-the-corner/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 18:20:45 +0000 Jillian Hudson http://genevalunch.com/?p=16220 GenevaLunch.com Lake Geneva region, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Mother’s day in Switzerland is coming up on Sunday 10 May. Many special activities will be taking place over the weekend that could be ideal for celebrating. The CGN lake boats company offers a special Mother’s day lunchtime cruise on Lake Geneva where mothers are the guests of honour. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/06/swiss-mothers-day-is-right-around-the-corner/feed/ 0 Kerekes “Cooking history” – recipe for food, war and inspirationhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/04/kerekes-cooking-history-recipe-for-food-war-and-inspiration/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/04/kerekes-cooking-history-recipe-for-food-war-and-inspiration/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:36:24 +0000 Jared Bloch http://genevalunch.com/?p=16478 GenevaLunch.com By Jared Bloch What happens to the war effort when the Army chef spoils the food? As one character in Peter Kerekes “Cooking History” proclaims, “there is no war without food.” And maybe no successful war campaign without good food. The premise for this alternately wry and sobering movie evolved out of a conversation between [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/04/kerekes-cooking-history-recipe-for-food-war-and-inspiration/feed/ 1 Happy birthday to you, Calvin!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/04/happy-birthday-to-you-calvin/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/04/happy-birthday-to-you-calvin/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 14:07:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=16457 GenevaLunch.com by Sofia Pereira and Melanie Miranda Geneva, Switzerland (Collège Voltaire student newspaper) – In 2009 there are some important birthdays and events to celebrate them: the 500th birthday of John Calvin and the 450th anniversary of the Collège de Geneve. Can you imagine them being so old?! Let’s go back in time: during the 16th [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/04/happy-birthday-to-you-calvin/feed/ 0 Swine flu: Danger from Mexico (Chappatte)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/02/swine-flu-danger-from-mexico-chappatte/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/02/swine-flu-danger-from-mexico-chappatte/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 07:09:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=16340 GenevaLunch.com Danger from Mexico © Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission. Ed. note: If you subscribe to the GenevaLunch news feed you don’t receive Genevan Patrick Chappatte’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/02/swine-flu-danger-from-mexico-chappatte/feed/ 0 Growing up: a conversation with filmmaker Shen Ko-Shanghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/02/growing-up-a-conversation-with-filmmaker-shen-ko-shang/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/02/growing-up-a-conversation-with-filmmaker-shen-ko-shang/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 06:57:33 +0000 Jared Bloch http://genevalunch.com/?p=16347 GenevaLunch.com Film reviews from Visions du Réel For writer and director Shen Ko-Shang, character development is fundamental to movie making. “I have seen many nice films here [at the Visions du Réel Film Festival] but for me to really like a movie, the characters have to have heart,” Ko-Shang explained through an interpreter. Shen Ko-Shang, whose documentary [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/02/growing-up-a-conversation-with-filmmaker-shen-ko-shang/feed/ 0 Beaujolais deserves the limelight at Arvinis – and weekend touristshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/26/beaujolais-deserves-the-limelight-at-arvinis-and-weekend-tourists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/26/beaujolais-deserves-the-limelight-at-arvinis-and-weekend-tourists/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:49:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=15624 GenevaLunch.com A group of 15 top winemakers from nearby Beaujolais in France are the guests of honour at the Arvinis wine fair in Morges, Vaud (22-27 April). GenevaLunch paid a visit to two of the producers, part of this group that was recently organized to raise awareness of the best of Beaujolais. We looked at the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/26/beaujolais-deserves-the-limelight-at-arvinis-and-weekend-tourists/feed/ 3 The American greening of Geneva: switch flipped for magnetic levitation coolinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/23/the-american-greening-of-geneva-switch-flipped-for-magnetic-levitation-cooling/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/23/the-american-greening-of-geneva-switch-flipped-for-magnetic-levitation-cooling/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:18:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=15788 GenevaLunch.com Updated 16:30  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Wednesday was the 39th annual Earth Day in the US, which explains much of the flurry of talks, blogs and activities designed to get us thinking along greener, cleaner lines. The Huffington Post carried blogs by filmmaker Robert Redford on taking a stand, and author Michael Pollen, who praises [...]

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