Le Corbusier is a controversial figure. Some of his urban planning ideas have been criticized for their indifference to pre-existing cultural sites, societal expression and equality, & his ties with fascism, antisemitism and the dictator Benito Mussolini
"In January 1937, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) awarded Benito Mussolini an honorary doctorate. A group of Vaud politicians on Tuesday called for the academic title to be revoked."
- Swissinfo, March 2022
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89col…
The EPFL-Pavilions buildings:
>archives from the Montreux Jazz Festival
>a space for museum experimentations
> DataSquare: the HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT and the VENICE TIME MACHINE
"Driverless Vehicles, the Venice Time Machine, the Human Brain Project and MOOCs at EPFL
They traveled from the Human Brain Project to the Rolex center, where the MOOCs lab is located.."
- US Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
"A complicated character, David Icke was born in Leicester and worked for the Leicester Mercury and BBC Radio Leicester before going on to be the sports presenter on Newsnight and a Breakfast Time presenter."..
"In 1991, he went on Wogan (the Graham Norton Show of its time) warning the world was about to end, prompting a lot of laughter from the studio audience and some criticism of the BBC for letting the show be broadcast."
"It was a mild, windless night, sometime before dawn on 1 September 2022, when a large grey wolf trotted out of the woods beside Beinhorn, a hamlet of old barns and graceful wooden houses in the German state of Lower Saxony."..
"The keen nose of the male wolf almost certainly scented that Dolly, a pretty chestnut pony .. was vulnerable. The 30-year-old pony, kept in a paddock close to stables and a farmhouse.. It was an easy kill." theguardian.com/environment/20…
"Unluckily for the wolf, and perhaps for the entire wolf population of western Europe, Dolly was a cherished family pet belonging to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.."
Les Weinstein serves as a mediator and arbitrator, with a focus on technology, internet, competition law and intellectual property disputes. advantageadr.com/judgeresumespa…
"Les Weinstein is also a panel member of the following ADR sponsoring organizations: AAA/ICDR, CPR, CIAdr, WIPO and IAA." 🤔