GenevaLunch » safety http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +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 The age of reason on the slopes is NOT from 26-45http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/27/the-age-of-reason-on-the-slopes-is-not-from-26-45/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/27/the-age-of-reason-on-the-slopes-is-not-from-26-45/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:28:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69614 GenevaLunch.com Foreign non-residents lax when it comes to safety gear BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Safety Council’s latest figures for the use of safety equipment on the country’s ski slopes and off-piste show good use up to age 17, then a dip after age 25 until age 46, when skiers and snowboarders suddenly put on their [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/27/the-age-of-reason-on-the-slopes-is-not-from-26-45/feed/ 0 Migros recalls shrimp packetshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/migros-recalls-shrimp-packets/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/migros-recalls-shrimp-packets/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:31:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66886 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Migros is recalling shrimp packets after an internal safety check found traces of the bacteria listeria. Customers are urged to not eat the products, which can be returned to a Migros store for a refund. The item concerned is 500 gr packets of “Tail on” pre-cooked shrimp with the following dates, sold [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/migros-recalls-shrimp-packets/feed/ 0 Secure web pages: industry alarmed by EPFL reporthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/16/secure-web-pages-industry-alarmed-by-epfl-report/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/16/secure-web-pages-industry-alarmed-by-epfl-report/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:42:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66732 GenevaLunch.com Rush is on to get owners of encrypted pages to switch to new keys LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A very high percentage of secured web pages, those “https” URLs we look for when we make payments, for example, are indeed secure, 99.8 percent. But the assumptions behind the SSL certificates system may be ill-founded, a group [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/16/secure-web-pages-industry-alarmed-by-epfl-report/feed/ 0 Leysin’s Avalanche Training Center has free safety lessonshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/14/off-piste-skiing-safety-first-in-leysin/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/14/off-piste-skiing-safety-first-in-leysin/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:30:09 +0000 Marie Joséphine Guillet http://genevalunch.com/?p=66338 GenevaLunch.com The temptation to ski off-piste is great when the powder is fresh, but skiers, hikers and mountain-lovers should know how to use avalanche victim rescue equipments. Leysin, in canton Vaud, has a popular Avalanche Training Center at the top of the Aï chairlift. Eight markers that are hidden in the snow play avalanche victims and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/14/off-piste-skiing-safety-first-in-leysin/feed/ 0 Migros recalls moose baby slippershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/migros-recalls-moose-baby-slippers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/migros-recalls-moose-baby-slippers/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66022 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Migros is alerting the public to blue and white baby slippers with a moose head decoration that it is recalling for quality problems: parts on the moose head can come loose and pose a safety risk to small children. The slippers have been sold since July 2010. Article number: 8923.023, price CHF12.90. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/migros-recalls-moose-baby-slippers/feed/ 0 Swiss nuclear reactors get EU resistance ok, but gov’t wants seismic checkshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:53:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65116 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – A European Union team of specialists has given the all-clear to Switzerland’s nuclear reactors for resistance, reviewing them on 37 points established in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima accident in 2011, but he Swiss government says it wants further reviews on 8 additional points. The IFSN (Federal Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety) says [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/feed/ 0 Chinese mine blast: 4 dead, 50 missinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/chinese-mine-blast-4-dead-50-missing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/chinese-mine-blast-4-dead-50-missing/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:25:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63211 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four miners have died and 50 are missing in a coal mine explosion in Sanmenxia in Henan province. Reports about how many miners managed to escape, but at least 14 men made it out and 7 have been pulled out, injured. It appears that a small earthquake had hit the area shortly [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/chinese-mine-blast-4-dead-50-missing/feed/ 0 Geneva to have additional night copshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/geneva-to-have-additional-night-cops/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/geneva-to-have-additional-night-cops/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:33:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60981 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva will have more police on the streets, particularly in “hot” parts of town at night, Isabel Rochat, Geneva councilor with responsibility for the police announced late Wednesday 24 August. A restructuring will allow the city to have an extra 200 police officers who belong to mobile patrol units available for patrolling [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/geneva-to-have-additional-night-cops/feed/ 0 Swiss bank deposit protection becomes permanent lawhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/swiss-bank-deposit-protection-becomes-permanent-law/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/swiss-bank-deposit-protection-becomes-permanent-law/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:44:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60950 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Bank account holders in Switzerland in 2008 saw their deposits legally protected, as a temporary measure, up to CHF100,000 as part of the political fallout of the Swiss governments bailout of UBS. A series of measures were signed urgently and temporarily into law to better protect consumers. Wednesday 24 August the Swiss [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/swiss-bank-deposit-protection-becomes-permanent-law/feed/ 0 17-yr-old mugging in Geneva grabs world attentionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/17-yr-old-mugging-in-geneva-grabs-world-attention/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/17-yr-old-mugging-in-geneva-grabs-world-attention/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:39:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60665 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old was mugged in Geneva in mid-July, reportedly sustaining fractures and bruises. In most major cities, the news would have barely made the inside pages of the local paper. But the victim was the child of a US diplomat to the United Nations, and Geneva is a small city, widely considered [...]

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