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
"Ex-UK MP Andrew Bridgen says a whistleblower from Ukraine's Security Service claims that Ukrainian escorts were gathering information on senior politicians " ..🤔
The Trump administration has ordered that Anthropic’s latest systems, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, be cut off from non-Americans, including those based in the US. "..🤔 archive.is/JPQVO
During the Second World War, the Special Operations Executive (SOE)—Winston Churchill's secret "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare"—maintained deep, highly covert connections to London's vast manufacturing and industrial sectors, including Park Royal. ..
Rather than standard military bases, the SOE embedded its clandestine workshops directly into regular commercial zones, leveraging London's industrial heartlands to disguise their operations.
Vessels traveling between the Strait of Otranto and the Kerch Strait are directly linked as part of a continuous shipping route. This critical maritime corridor connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov ..
For shipping logistics, a vessel moving between these two points must navigate a specific chain of interconnected waterways:
1. The Strait of Otranto: The starting/ending point that connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea
2. The Mediterranean-Black Sea Transit: Ships must travel through the Aegean Sea and then navigate through the Turkish Straits (the Dardanelles and the Bosporus), which are tightly regulated chokepoints.
GG : " Located right inside the Alpha Centre at 7-11 Minerva Road, this event caterer lists Kosher cuisine as one of its multicultural menu specialities ..
Raj Food Ltd. - Located just down the street at 56B Minerva Road, this large-scale public sector food supplier primarily manufactures Halal meals, but partners with Hermolis (a major UK kosher brand) to distribute Kosher meals to hospitals and schools .". belmontsynagogue.org.uk/uploads/2/9/7/…
The main hubs for dedicated Kosher supermarkets, bakeries, and manufacturers in North and West London sit slightly further north in areas like Golders Green, Hendon , and Stamford Hill .. "..