The riverside spa district is home to several colonnades with columned walkways. The modern Hot Spring Colonnade houses the Pramen Vřídlo geyser, which spouts up to 12 meters high.
Tag Archives: July 2023
News: Ukraine F-16 Fighter Jet Training, Guatemala Election Interference
The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 14, 2023: Russia analyst Stephen Dalziel on the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in Romania.
Plus: international concern over threats to the electoral process in Guatemala, aviation news and Andrew Mueller’s weekly round-up.
The New York Times – Friday, July 14, 2023
F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
The move could significantly expand access to contraception. The pill is expected to be available in early 2024
Prosecutors Ask Witnesses Whether Trump Acknowledged He Lost 2020 Race
Jared Kushner was questioned before a federal grand jury as prosecutors appeared to be trying to establish if the former president knew his efforts to stay in power were built on a lie.
This Agency Was Created With a Terrorism Focus. Now It Also Has to Care for Migrants
Customs and Border Protection was set up after 9/11 amid the fight against terrorism. Its responsibilities have ballooned with the influx of asylum-seeking migrants crossing the southern border.
Actors Join Writers on Strike, Bringing Hollywood to a Standstill
The dual walkouts pit more than 170,000 workers against old-line studios like Disney and Sony, as well as tech juggernauts like Netflix and Amazon.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – July 14, 2023
A machine-intelligent world
Huge strides have been made in the development of machine-learning algorithms to generate what is commonly called artifi cial intelligence (AI). Looking to the forefront of how AI is being used in science and society reveals many benefi ts, as well as grand challenges, that must be addressed.
Leveraging artificial intelligence in the fight against infectious diseases
Despite advances in molecular biology, genetics, computation, and medicinal chemistry, infectious disease remains an ominous threat to public health. Addressing the challenges posed by pathogen outbreaks, pandemics, and antimicrobial resistance will require concerted interdisciplinary efforts.
News: NATO Summit Ends, Ukraine’s Security, Iran President Tours Africa
The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, July 13, 2023: Journalist Lili Bayer brings us the latest from the Nato summit in Vilnius and Petri Burstoff is in Helsinki ahead of the US-Nordic Leaders’ Summit.
Andrew Walker flicks through the day’s papers and Monocle’s Natalie Theodosi tells us about a new sustainable fashion scheme in France.
The New York Times – Thursday, July 13, 2023
Inflation Cools Sharply in June, Good News for Consumers and the Fed
The Consumer Price Index climbed far more slowly in June, a relief for shoppers and a hopeful — though inconclusive — sign that America might pull off a “soft landing.”
Biden Braces NATO for Long Conflict With Russia, Making Cold War Parallel
Concluding a NATO summit focused on the war in Ukraine and other fast-changing challenges, President Biden vowed that the alliance would oppose Russian aggression for as long as needed.
G.O.P.’s Far Right Seeks to Use Defense Bill to Defund Ukraine War Effort
The group’s proposals have no chance of passage, but they have further mired the military spending bill in a partisan fight and highlighted Republican divisions over the war.
To Help Cool a Hot Planet, the Whitest of White Coats
Scientists at Purdue have created a white paint that, when applied, can reduce the surface temperature on a roof and cool the building beneath it.
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – July 13, 2023
How ancient monkeys rode the waves to the Americas — and survived
Analysis suggests that three types of primate made the transoceanic journey to South America from Africa millions of years ago.
Some of the first primates to reach South America might have been tiny, insect-loving monkeys that had been swept out to sea.
Great bolts of lightning foretell Earth-warming clouds
Coverage of wispy cirrus clouds is linked to episodes of electrical activity.
Lightning is typically seen when imposing cumulonimbus clouds fill the sky. But new research shows that these bolts of electricity can also be used to forecast thin and wispy clouds that warm the world by reflecting heat back to the surface.
Retirement Plans: How To Retire Better Financially
Video timeline: 0:00 Difficulty mapping a retirement plan 1:01 What retirees wish they did differently 2:38 Relationships and retirement 4:43 Message for future retirees
Travel & Design: Dwell Magazine – July/Aug 2023
Dwell – July/August 2023 issue: The Travel Issue: Destination Homes From Bhutan to the Beach; Perfect Perches: High-Design Hiking Cabins in the Italian Alps…
How Airstream Became an American Icon
Tracing the unconventional route of the all-aluminum trailer that’s an emblem of road trips and 20th-century style.
In the Shenandoah Valley, a Mountain Home Channels the Spirit of the Aegean
Architecture firm Schaum/Shieh designed a white home with walls that play with light and shadow for a retired professor and a playwright.
By Samuel Medina – a day ago
Swiss Views: Riding The Brienz Rothorn Railway
Video timeline: 0:00 Starting our journey in @brienzamsee 0:20 @brienzrothornbahn8299 is taking us through the village 0:50 Steam train with different Locomotives 1:09 Geldried 1:25 Planalp Middle station 2:36 Arrival at Brienzer Rothorn 2:58 Meeting the Ibexes 4:01 Ibex Knowledge 5:00 Sunrise 5:27 Ibexes again 7:07 Going down again with @brienzrothornbahn
The railway is 7.6 kilometres long, is built to 800 mm gauge, and uses the Abt double lamella rack system.
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