Medical and nursing students’ intentions to work abroad or in rural areas: a cross-sectional survey in Asia and Africa
Source: World Health Organization Country: World, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Developing countries should enroll medical and nursing students from rural areas – Ebola outbreak in western Africa exacerbated by health worker shortages Geneva, 1 October 2014. Nearly one third of medical and nursing s ...
The Gospel for All 3
2014-40.3 1 Corinthians 3:6 Wednesday, October 1, 2014 The Swiss train story The Bernina express in Switzerland LAURENCE Singlehurst tells this story of how for many people ‘less is more’ when we seek to share the Gospel. “I was travelling on a Swiss train and had bought a piece of chocolate cake an ...
Cioccolato (Venice 62)
Think of great chocolate and you tend to consider Belgium, or Switzerland. Italy isn’t a nation of chocolatiers in most minds, and yet one of the worlds most successful confections is Italian. Little balls of chocolate and hazelnut wrapped in … Continue reading →
Ski & Winter Sports Posters on Sale in San Francisco
Some 35 vintage ski and winter sports posters remembering the golden age of travel from the Twenties through the Fifties will go on sale at PosterConnection in San Francisco on October 25. The small collection features striking and stylish advertisements of ski resorts and destinations from around t ...
A day in my life on a road trip – WIAW#78
You requested, I deserve. Here is ‘A day in my life-style’ – WIAW. Be prepared. It was a LONG day. Big probs to Jen for hosting! So. I present you past Friday. Friday is my day off when I can do whatever the fuck I please. Since I have a cleaning lady, I don’t even need to clean. #spoiledbratt I act ...
Pound Sterling (GBP), Swiss Franc (CHF) Exchange Rate Forecast: UK PMI could Bolster Pound
The Swiss Franc could experience movement later today following the publication of Switzerland’s SVME Manufacturing PMI. The gauge of manufacturing is expected to have fallen from 52.9 to 51.9 and a disappointing result may cause Swiss Franc losses.
Fresh Air Will Do You Good When Warding Off Armageddon
“As a piece of theater,” the play “is the aesthetic equivalent of Switzerland,” Frank Rich wrote in The New York Times about the 1988 Broadway production. True. Despite the enormous topic, there’s only a light dusting of tension onstage, and few ...
Champions League: Basel fans baffled by coach Sousa's switches as they gear up for Liverpool
Sousa's most controversial decision was to substitute Fabian Schaer after only 36 minutes during the 3-1 defeat at Grasshoppers earlier this month, leaving the Switzerland defender and club favourite humiliated and close to tears. Schaer was clearly seen ...
Swiss envoy visits HCCI
HYDERABAD: Consul-General of Switzerland Emil Wyss visited the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) on Tuesday and held a meeting with members of the chamber. The consul-general, who was accompanied by Jordan James Din, head of commercial ...
Switzerland chairs panel handling MILF's past atrocities
MANILA – Switzerland is now fully involved in the Mindanao peace process as it chairs the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) that will deal with past atrocities committed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Philippine ...
Switzerland rejects single-payer in landslide, keeps its version of Obamacare
Swiss voters resoundingly rejected a proposal to move the country to a single-payer system on Sunday. Instead, the country will keep its private health insurance system, which looks a whole lot like Obamacare. Two-thirds of Swiss voters opposed creating a ...
Switzerland's KOF Leading Economic Indicator Falls in September
ZURICH—Switzerland's KOF leading economic indicator dropped in September, as the faltering recovery in the eurozone dragged on exports of Swiss goods. The index fell 0.5 points to 99.1 in September from an upwardly revised 99.6 in August, data released ...
Switzerland rejects single-payer, will keep its own version of Obamacare
Besides our own health-care system, Switzerland's may be the one that gets the most attention in America because of its similarities to the Affordable Care Act's new coverage scheme. So it seems worth noting that 64 percent of Swiss voters rejected a ...
Switzerland's Prescription Drug Tactics Should Make Americans Jealous
When it comes to developed countries, no country within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has higher per-capita health expenditures than the United States. As of 2013 and including the 34 OECD countries, according to the World ...
Calls for a cowbell ban in Switzerland could mean an end to tinkling bovines
Could there be fewer cowbells in Switzerland? A recent study suggesting that cowbells worn by Swiss cows could hurt their hearing has raised calls to end the time-honored tradition of tinkling bovines. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...
