'It's Orwellian': Everyone in UK could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'... Nov 14, 2009
" Now if you wanted to know how to unseat The Great 0 and all of the US Congress as well, go to: www.rickhyatt.freeservers.com and find out what former East German Stasi General Markus Wolf has in common with this economic "Manchurian Candidate ... Before the Berlin wall came down, the almost complete travel ban was one of East Germany's most unpopular state laws ... And what about the poor Germans and their kraut if this nonsense spreads East. (The Drudge Report)
Blow the whistle on union's scoring Nov 14, 2009
Germany's Lothar Matthaus: ''This may sound a little cocky but after Franz Beckenbauer I am the second-most famous German soccer personality around the world. Germany should be ashamed of the way it treats such an idol. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Let our children cherish our root culture Nov 14, 2009
As the Romanian-born German poet Herta Muller said, "You can't build a future if you don't have a past." Tradition is the cornerstone of the future. Children should be encouraged to feel, understand and cherish their root culture. (Xinhuanet, China)
A sad day for Indian democracy Nov 14, 2009
Rubbishing the claims made by politicians who portray themselves as the fathers of German reunification , Walesa argues that "they were... forced into action by the masses". Christian Caryl agrees in a November 6 piece in Foreign Policy. (India Times, India -- Community News)
New Italian museum has eye toward arts future Nov 14, 2009
Among the 1,500 visitors strolling Friday through the three-story museum were several German tourists, including Karla Gogel, who described herself as a great supporter of art that represents the present ... Hadid is best known for her tram station in Strasbourg and her Vitra fire station in Germany, which was cited by the Pritzker jurors in awarding her the 2004 prize, architectures most prestigious honor. (MSNBC -- International)
Wildcat Caf at Weymouth High School gets German flavor Nov 14, 2009
Wildcat Caf at Weymouth High School gets German flavor - Weymouth, Massachusetts - Weymouth News ... Wildcat Caf at Weymouth High School gets German flavor ... If Weymouth High School senior Ben Abbenesenio visits Germany, he won t be obliged to give a restaurant waiter a tip that is typically given in American eateries. (Weymouth News, MA)
Reading rights Nov 14, 2009
The German Chancellor believes copyright should be protected online ... In October, German Chancellor Angela Merkel attacked Google in her weekly video blog by saying that copyright must be protected on the internet. (BBC News -- Technology)
Greece's 50th Thessaloniki Film Festival opens Nov 14, 2009
The 50th Thessaloniki Film Festival will be attended by big names like German director Werner Herzog who will be honored with a prize for his contribution to art, actress Jane Birkin, the Oscar-winning producer of the Last Emperor, Jeremy Thomas and Jim Giannopoulos, producer and president of 20th Century Fox. Greece's Minister of Culture and Tourism Pavlos Geroulanos speaks during the opening ceremony of the annual film festival in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Nov. 13, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
The future looks at the past Nov 14, 2009
In our small parish alone, there are people from French, Spanish, Italian, African and German descent, Schexnayder said. The lifestyle and food traditions that are so strong in our area have been influenced by all of these cultures, and with the help of these talented cooks and artists, we are showing these students what it means to be a part of the Cajun and Creole heritage. (L Observateur, LA)
Albion's Folly Nov 13, 2009
But British officials knew better: the war to defeat German militarism was also an opportunity for imperial expansion and for keeping competitors not least of all the United States from horning in on the strategically vital Persian Gulf ... Indeed, when war erupted once again in Europe, most Arabs in the lands nominally controlled by Great Britain tilted toward Germany. (The American Conservative)
OperaHub performs ‘Goethe Your Hand Off My Heine’ tomorrow in Boston Nov 13, 2009
German art songs meet reality TV at OperaHub s Goethe Your Hand Off My Heine. This cabaret-recital with some pop culture thrown in is a program of German lieder (songs composed to romantic 19th-century German poems) delivered by a trio of Boston-area singers who will also show off their comedy skills: soprano Nina Moe, tenor David Wilson, and baritone Darien Worrell ... You can meet them after the performance at a reception with German-inspired treats. (Boston Globe)
Nu-Roc News: New traditions begin in October Nov 12, 2009
He arrived in traditional German clothing. We danced, laughed, and munched on special treats. (Forest Republican, WI)
Soprano family values Nov 11, 2009
A bear in a German zoo mysteriously goes nude. Take a look at the days the earth stood still. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
A mother's guide to drinking Nov 11, 2009
Even during that whole long semester last year when he was studying abroad in Europe, where the drinking age varies between 0 and 16, all he had was one glass of red wine and a pitcher of German beer. And yet in our country, where the drinking age is 21 in most states, drinking is THE rite of passage: In some cultures, you become a man by going off into the wilderness alone for six months. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
What I Ate in Barcelona: Triumphs, Tragedies, and Travel Advice Nov 11, 2009
we finally got a table and ordered from the international menu: They'd translated the dishes into Chinese, Arabic, German, and English. Not a good sign. (Epicurious.com)
The Gospel according to Joe Nov 11, 2009
Rudd wrote articles saying Labor not concede the religious arena to the conservative side of politics, and an acclaimed article for the Monthly about his admiration for the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed by the Nazis ... Observe that where Enlightenment principles were abandoned, such as Nazi Germany and the USSR, it was the ethics of self-sacrifice which came to the fore once more. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Schnapp Drink Recipes Nov 11, 2009
The term schnapps originated from the German word Schnappen, to snap, and usually refers to a mixture of brandy, gin, vodka or other liquor. In the United States, the term has come to refer to a new generation of flavored alcohols. (Suite101.com)
The Beer Nut: Less is the best at High & Mighty Nov 11, 2009
" That gave him the inspiration for the name, Shelton said. The idea behind the brewery was not to just brew what everyone else was making but rather to brew unique beers. "What I'm doing is, in general, is trying to brew beer that, for the most part, doesn't exist," Shelton said. The brewery's first beer was Beer of the Gods. The beer is a hybrid of German and American brewing styles, Shelton said. A fan of German beers, he finds a lot of them lack the hop flavor he really enjoys. Shelton... (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Spanish Teens Fight For Rights to Party Nov 10, 2009
A steep decline in demand and prices could move production to Asia and away from more expensive German manufacturers. Cristina Mateo-Yanguas - - August 24, 2009 08:27 ET. (Newsmax)
Glee brings joy to beleaguered music industry Nov 10, 2009
A German television show goes Gaga, Kristen Stewart takes a walk for charity, Hayden Panettiere cheers on the Lakers in L.A. and more. more photos. (MSNBC -- Music)
After the Wall Tumbled Nov 10, 2009
In Washington, German Chancellor ... The majority of the news focusin Germany, Poland, and Hungary as well as in the United Stateshas been on the persistence of Eastern poverty, on the perception of Western indifference, on the "invisible walls" that still divide people ... Angela Merkel has said that she thought it was ridiculous even to speculate on the possibility of a united Germany, so absurd did that idea seemeven after the fall of the wall. (Slate)
Russias Conquering Zeros: The strength of post-Soviet math stems from decades of lonely productivity, Masha Gessen, The Wall Street Journal Nov 10, 2009
Three weeks after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Soviet air force had been bombed out of existence ... In 1859, the German mathematician Bernhard Riemann discovered that a function known now as the Riemann zeta function (expressed in the graphic above) appeared to give signposts to where primes lie in the great field of numbers. (Harper's Magazine)
Comfortably dumb Nov 10, 2009
"I grabbed my axe, because as a fireman, one thing you learn is, when you go in something, you have to be able to get out." Then he gets to the sad part: He lost his German shepherd, Rocky, to the flood ... "I never lived in New Orleans, I'm not a fireman, I've never even had a German shepherd," Russell tells the camera afterward. (Salon)
Gorbachev Hailed for Fall of Berlin Wall Nov 10, 2009
On Anniversary of Wall's Demise, German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thanks Former Soviet Leader for his Role in Historic Moment ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cross the Bornholmer Bruecke, Bornholm bridge in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989 ... From left, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former... (CBS News -- World)
Funeral in Berlin of freedom Nov 10, 2009
East German citizens climb the Berlin Wall, November 10, 1989 (Photo: Reuters) ... After the EU constitution was democratically rejected in referenda by the electorates of France and the Netherlands, it was during Germanys tenure of the EU Presidency in 2007 that the period of reflection was formally ended and the Berlin Declaration resurrected the project under the thin disguise of a treaty ... Survivors of the East German dictatorship have recently testified that the greatest... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Three anniversaries Nov 10, 2009
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Communist dictatorship in East Germany, following weeks of protests, allowed the citizens of East Berlin to enter West Berlin. Ever since its construction began in 1961, the wall had symbolized the division not only of Germany but of Europe as a whole between the dreary, tyrannical Soviet bloc and the imperfectly democratic and vibrant West ... Over the decades several hundred East Germans had been slaughtered by their own government as they tried to escape to freedom in the... (Salon)
West Germans liberated mentally by fall of Berlin Wall Nov 9, 2009
As a child, Constanze Stelzenmller saw the barrier as a symbol of Germany's punishment ... Constanze Stelzenmller, a senior transatlantic fellow at the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund, grew up in West Germany ... I came from a vaguely left-of-center environment, where there was a widespread assumption that in some ways maybe in more ways than one would care to explore the other Germany was perhaps a better Germany, because it was less tainted. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
READ THE REVIEW (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED) Nov 9, 2009
Kandinsky s clamorous orchestrations of modernistic signs and symbols and Klee s roughly textured, fine-lined reveries, including his evergreen Twittering Machine (1922), channel influences of German Expressionism, Russian Constructivism, and Dada. Strong essays by the curators Leah Dickerman and Barry Bergdoll in the show s superb catalogue acknowledge the dated, unattractive aspects of the Bauhaus as a projection of Utopia marked by mechanistic views of human nature. (New Yorker)
'I was there' Nov 9, 2009
I was sitting in a West Berlin apartment playing Trivial Pursuit with some British friends when I saw the news that travel restrictions had been eased for East German citizens ... Later I crossed the border into East Berlin, greeted by the incongruous sight of East German border guards standing on top of the wall, while ordinary Berliners, souvenir hunters and black-clad anarchists hacked away with pick axes at the concrete below. (BBC News -- UK)
The Righteous Nov 9, 2009
a journey that started in Germany ... A few months later, little Johanna and her parents were gone, leaving Germany for good ... But on this day, Johanna's journey won't take her back to Germany. (CBS News)
Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Victory for Europe Nov 9, 2009
On Nov. 9, 2009, Germany will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ... German by birth, I was a student in Scotland (thanks to the EU at that time the EEC), and I saw the events from an outsider's perspective: On Nov. 9, 1989, following many weeks of unrest, the East German government authorized private travel to the West ... At home, we regularly collected items such as clothes, school materials, and toys to send to East Germany. (BusinessWeek)
Traveling exhibit tells unknown story of German POWs Nov 9, 2009
By the end of World War II some 425,000 German, Italian and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) found themselves imprisoned in over 660 base and branch POW camps in almost all of the then-48 United States and the territory of Alaska ... The roughly 372,000 German POWs held in U.S Army-operated camps across the United States were sent out to harvest or process crops, build roads and waterways, fell trees, roof barns, erect silos, work in light non-military industry, lay city sewers and construct... (Alva Review Courier, OK)
A higher education worth having Nov 9, 2009
This pernicious German mystic imagined that he possessed empirical objective knowledge of the spiritual world and the human soul. He was vehemently opposed to intellectualism and ridiculed academics. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Wall Fell, and Freedom Sang Nov 9, 2009
He had landed in Bucharest on October 26, 1959 to solicit Romania s support for grabbing West Berlin, which had become the escape-hatch through which millions of East Germans were fleeing westward, draining East Germany's already shabby economy. At the time I was running Romania s intelligence station in West Germany, so as the country s German expert I attended most of the discussions ... The orchestra and choir were from both East and West Germany, as well as from the United Kingdom, France,... (Human Events Online)
Nostalgia for life behind the wall surfaces in Germany Nov 8, 2009
EISENHUETTENSTADT, Germany - In this fading factory town, built more than a half-century ago to honor Stalin, the former East German dictatorship still generates fond memories. As Germans prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - a spontaneous burst of freedom that led to the collapse of communism in Europe - the country remains divided in its memories of the old days ... Many residents of the former East Germany resent what they say is an unfair characterization... (Boston Globe)
DJ van Dyk bridges Berlin divide Nov 8, 2009
Paul van Dyk: It's very difficult because I think if I was trying to describe it, it would be very unfair on a lot of people because not all East Germans are alike, nor are all West Germans the same ... I'm an East German in West Germany, living quite an international life. (CNN -- International)
Historic vote looms on Capitol Hill today Nov 8, 2009
Those cooperatives became what are now called sickness funds in Germany ... To Otto von Bismarck, the so-called Iron Chancellor of Germany, it seemed that the only way to stop the growth of communism was to take the wind out of its sails by giving low-income people the things they craved health care, education and a social safety net in general ... The R.V.O. still governs German health care, although its had a thousand amendments in the meantime. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
I Like to Watch Nov 8, 2009
" (This was particularly interesting to me, because my boyfriend grew up in a close-knit Italian-American family in New York, in which the family tradition was for children to live at home, often through their 20s and early 30s, until they were married or bought a house. Both of us had always assumed this came out of the New York immigrant tradition, but it was fascinating to think that the roots might go even deeper than that.) In this, Italian parents differ dramatically from parents in other... (Salon)
Ladies' night Nov 7, 2009
German band Tokio Hotel won best group. It was fitting, then, that Tokio Hotel - one of Germany's most successful bands of all time - took best group ahead of the international competition. (BBC News -- Europe)
How readers gotpieces of thewall Nov 7, 2009
9, 1989: NBC's Tom Brokaw reports from West Germany ... 9, 1989: From the day the Berlin Wall was built, Germans struggled to overcome the symbol of oppression ... University students in West Germany dig a tunnel under the newly constructed Berlin Wall. (MSNBC -- International)
Niklas Birkenheier Nov 7, 2009
German student enjoys U.S. stay ... rttemberg state in the south of Germany, Birkenheier is visiting the United States as a part of an Education First study abroad tour ... His transition from student life in Germany to studying in the United States was not easy at first, but Birkenheier has become acclimated to the school system, which is very different here. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Hip Berlin: Europe's Capital of Cool Nov 7, 2009
Three years ago, he moved to Berlin from Milan with his wife and young daughter, and though his German is rudimentary, he's reveling in the city ... Germany has a lot of fine qualities, but being hip isn't usually thought to be one of them ... During the Cold War era it was a magnet for young West German gays, punks and pacifists who got out of doing military service by moving there. (Time.com)
The other Paris Nov 7, 2009
Belgium, Germany and other European countries have been criticized by the U.S. State Department for labeling Scientology as a cult or sect and enacting laws to restrict its operations ... Afterward, this sentence fueled long discussions among the members of the German delegation ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel was so impressed by Obama's statement that she rushed to tell her finance minister, Peer Steinbr. (Salon)
Babies have accents Nov 7, 2009
French newborns tend to cry with rising melody patterns, slowly increasing in pitch from the beginning to the end, whereas German newborns seem to prefer falling melody patterns, findings that are both consistent with differences between the languages ... However, when scientists recorded and analyzed the cries of 60 healthy newborns when they were three to five days old 30 born into French-speaking families, 30 into German-speaking ones their analysis revealed clear differences in the melodies... (Harper's Magazine)
Berlin Buzzing as Anniversary Festivities Under Way Nov 7, 2009
But beyond the party there is real life, and the question about where things stand for Germans today looms in the minds of many ... Maybe we are halfway there, because of course when you look at opinion polls or even data on industrial development, you see there is a certain difference between east and west Germany, said Dr. Jens Gieseke of the Center for Contemporary History in Potsdam, the Berlin suburb where the Soviets and the other Allies used to exchange their spies, on a bridge ... All... (Fox News)
Novartis Cell-Based H1N1 Vaccine Gets German OK Nov 6, 2009
ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG (NVS) Thursday said it received regulatory approval to sell its cell-based swine flu vaccine in Germany, marking an important milestone in gaining acceptance for newer rapid ways of producing vaccines ... "Overall the German approval of this cell-based vaccine is good news, as it demonstrates the ability of the healthcare regulators to rapidly understand cell-based vaccines," said Andrew Weiss, analyst in Zurich with Swiss bank Vontobel, who has a... (SmartMoney)
East Germany 20 Years After Reunification Nov 6, 2009
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, some areas of eastern Germany are thriving while others suffer from depopulation and high unemployment ... After the Berlin Wall was pulled down 20 years ago, the former East Germany's society and economy had to be reimagined ... Altogether, about 14,000 companies in East Germany were closed or privatized in the five years following German reunification, resulting in the loss of about 4 million jobs. (BusinessWeek)
Opel U-turn sparks German strikes Nov 6, 2009
Opel workers in Germany are attending a mass rally outside US parent company General Motors' (GM) headquarters ... The IG Metall union now fears GM will close plants in Germany and cut more jobs than Magna would have ... German workers were less sanguine. (BBC News -- Europe)
Japanese technology: Invisible but indispensable Nov 6, 2009
Germany s Mittelstand, the closest Western equivalent of the chuken kigyo, also boasts many smallish world-beaters ... For instance, Carl Zeiss, a German company, made precision lenses. (The Economist)
German student enjoys U.S. stay Nov 5, 2009
Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:10 PM CST For 16-year-old German foreign exchange student Niklas Birkenheier, it was not the American customs or the culture that surprised him most upon moving to Port Lavaca in late August ... rttemberg state in the south of Germany, Birkenheier is visiting the United States as a part of an Education First study abroad tour ... His transition from student life in Germany to studying in the United States was not easy at first, but Birkenheier has become... (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Contest for minority languages Nov 5, 2009
Malde is addressing a theater audience in Friesland in the northern Netherlands where he and his bandmates are about to perform in their native Low German dialect at Liet International, a song contest for European minority languages ... Languages at LietLanguages represented at Liet International and their estimated speakers: Asturian 150,000 Frisian 350,000 Friulian 600,000 Irish Gaelic 658,000 Karelian 20,000 Latgalian 150,000 Low German 4,800,000 Occitan 610,000 Sami 18,000 Sardinian... (CNN -- World)
German fury over GM Opel U-turn Nov 5, 2009
General Motors' (GM) decision to hang on to its European car unit Opel, including Vauxhall, was welcomed in the UK but met with anger in Germany ... But unions in Germany said workers would begin walk-outs from Thursday in protest at GM's decision ... The German government, which had backed the sale of Opel, demanded GM repayment of a 1. (BBC News -- Americas)
Great (Overlooked) Books -- A Symposium Nov 5, 2009
Wheeler-Bennett was the real thing, someone who had spent much time living in Weimar Germany, where he traveled in the circles of the high Prussian aristocracy ... Perhaps his best book was the formidably titled The Nemesis of Power: The German Army in Politics, 1918-1945, published in 1954 ... But what Wheeler-Bennett possesses, in contrast to many of his successors, is the ability to transform the corruption of the army by the Nazis into a beautifully written, tense drama, complete with... (The American Conservative)
Strasbourg Gives Bad Marks to Crucifixes in Italian Schools Nov 5, 2009
Over the past decade, the quaint city of 273,000 near the German border home to the European Parliament and other key international bodies has been the site of a series of repeated slap-downs to those fighting to hold onto the Old Continent's fading religious impulses. Related. (Time.com)
Science's greatest modern achievement named Nov 5, 2009
Search brisbanetimes. November 5, 2009 - 7:56AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Newsweek: Berlin hasn't recovered from wall's fall Nov 4, 2009
Before you rises the massive Chancellor's Office (into whose lobby a good part of the White House would fit) and the remodeled Reichstag, Germany's parliament ... On the contrary, today's younger generation of Germans takes pride in the way their country has faced up to its terrible past ... Cold-War history is a little harder to findafter 1989, Berliners were eager to erase the city's divisionbut includes and a stunning that documents the creative ways desperate East Germans tried to make... (MSNBC -- International)
Jill Lepore: Why is American history so murderous? Nov 4, 2009
The United States has the highest homicide rate of any affluent democracy, nearly four times that of France and the United Kingdom, and six times that of Germany ... Spierenburg attributes this long decline to what the German sociologist Norbert Elias called the civilizing process (shorthand for a whole class of behaviors requiring physical restraint and self-control, right down to using a fork instead of eating with your hands or stabbing at your food with a knife), and to the growing power of... (New Yorker)
Freed British coup-plotter says he regrets role Nov 4, 2009
One of the original 91 defendants, a German, died in his first days of custody after what Amnesty International said was torture. Mann's family members said they were "overjoyed at the prospect of finally welcoming Simon home after 5; long years away.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Ticket to ride: High-end bicycles ride into India Nov 4, 2009
Merida is a German brand of bicycles and operates in India through an exclusive Indian distributor. Over 2,000 high end bikes are being sold every month. (India Times)
Blowing jobs to China Nov 4, 2009
The countries that dominate turbine production: Spain, Denmark, Germany, and soon, China, all made substantial government commitments to support renewable energy development long before the U.S. got around to realizing that this could be an important strategic goal ... And here is where the story moves to Wisconsin, specifically the German and Polish farmers who settled in the hills of Marathon County ... Could you imagine if the Russians were hegemonic, or the Chinese, or the Germans -- that... (Salon)
Egypt-Israel frictions complicate peace efforts Nov 4, 2009
More recently, Egyptian and German mediators brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to exchange 19 Palestinian women prisoners for the first video images of Israeli soldier Gilled Shallot since he was captured in Gaza in 2006. The deterioration of relations poses another obstacle to the Obama administration's plan for Egypt and other Arab countries to forge a regional peace deal. (MSNBC -- International)
romantic exoticism Nov 4, 2009
Beginning in Germany and England in the 1770s, by the 1820s it had swept through Europe, conquering at last even its most stubborn foe, the French ... Some of the earliest stirrings of the Romantic movement are conventionally traced back to the mid-18th-century interest in folklore which arose in Germany--with Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm collecting popular fairy tales and other scholars like Johann Gottfried von Herder studying folk songs--and in England with Joseph Addison and Richard Steele... (Harper's Magazine)
Why Do So Many Baseball Players Chew Tobacco? Nov 3, 2009
But tobacco chewing faded quickly among the general population over the next decade, after German microbiologist Robert Koch showed that spitting contributed to the spread of tuberculosis. Major cities passed anti-spitting laws and removed spittoons from public places just before the turn of the century. (Slate)
Arabian nights and adventures in Gelman Nov 3, 2009
Many of the volumes are English translations of sacred or classical texts, while others are written in their original languages such as French, German, Turkish, Arabic and Farsi. Most of the collection consists of geography books or travelogues, and covers topics on architecture, religion, politics, literature, history and culture. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
NY-23 And The End Of The GOP Nov 3, 2009
And German business had no interest in Lebensraum, there were only honest capitalists who believed in a consensual, free trade agreement in those days. And Korea. (The American Conservative)
