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...DIED. ULRICH INDERBINEN, 103, legendary Swiss mountain guide known as "King of the Alps," who summited the 4,478-m-high Matterhorn some 370 times; in Zermatt, Switzerland. Inderbinen, who retired at 95, once said he was "the third most photographed attraction in Zermatt, after the Matterhorn and the goats...
...like being on a reality-TV show: no one knows who will get voted out next. In the past month alone, London-based SSL International, maker of Durex condoms and Scholl foot products, replaced its CEO. German tech company Infineon unexpectedly lost its blunt-speaking CEO, Ulrich Schumacher. He said he was leaving for "personal reasons," but it's clear that the board and shareholders were dissatisfied with the company's performance. An interim chief, Max Dietrich Kley, now runs the company. A revolt by French shareholders led to the ousting of Eurotunnel's chief executive, Richard Shirrefs...
...followed by a walk in a nature preserve. The second group sat in a windowless room and then strolled through an urban setting. The group exposed to greenery had decreased blood pressure and elevated mood, some in just a few minutes. Studies by Texas A&M University's Roger Ulrich have found that surgical patients in hospital rooms with landscape views recover faster than those without...
Such benefits provide the basis for horticultural therapy (HT), a field with deep historical roots that is blossoming anew in light of research like Ulrich's. Ancient writings show that the Egyptians thought gardening activities to be beneficial, says Nancy Easterling, president of the 700-member American Horticultural Therapy Association. In the modern era veterans' organizations used gardening as physical and emotional therapy for soldiers returning from World Wars I and II. But only since the 1970s has horticultural therapy emerged as a distinct discipline used in hospitals, rehabilitation centers and even prisons. Many public gardens, arboretums and conservatories...
...every interview for this story, I asked everyone what they would do if they had two weeks to make the most of college. Phillips Professor of History Laurel T. Ulrich, a former professor of mine, enthusiastically mentioned museums (“I’m high on museums” were her exact words). Dean Gross wrote in an e-mail that if he had just two weeks he “would attend all the talks and exhibits that take place here. Not to mention the Mather Lather.” Most people suggested some version of the same...