I love all my wives equally, says polygamous Zuma Jan 31, 2010
Snow causes German traffic chaos ... Heavy snow hits Germany ... Heavy snow hits Germany. (BBC News -- Africa)
benevolent hackers kill bank security to save it Jan 30, 2010
The "Classic" version of the card is used to carry small amounts of credit - one German bank allows up to 150 to be stored on the card - or for public-transport tickets, such as the Oyster travel card in London ... Now a group from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, has built on that work to develop a quick and straightforward method to alter the credit stored on some types of the card ... and colleagues studied the codes on one set of the cards currently in use, which are being used as... (Harper's Magazine)
London Afghanistan Summit Glosses Over the Cracks Jan 29, 2010
The premature release of the communiqu; by German officials before the daylong conference even broke for a lunch of goat's cheese and sea bass underlined how little would be decided at the conference itself ... For example, Germany, the third largest contributor to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, had been under pressure from its allies to boost its troop commitment, but two days before the London summit it announced an increase of only 500 extra soldiers plus a so-called "flexible reserve"... (Time.com)
* Taiwans debt deserves attention Jan 29, 2010
Germany is another country weighed down by debt. The German federal government responded to the financial and economic crisis by injecting relief funds of 1 ... Following last years general election, the Free Democratic Party, a minor party that favors making big tax cuts to stimulate investment and consumption, joined German Chancellor Angela Merkels government as a coalition partner, intent on carrying out its campaign promises. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Screen dreams Jan 29, 2010
The award-winning documentary directed by German filmmaker Marcus Vetter followed the story of Palestinian Ismail Khatib ... The German government has contributed 170,000 euros ... "There'll be none of that this time," laughs projectionist Franz Macher, who's over from Germany to train young Palestinian projectionists. (BBC News -- Africa)
At these Olympics, Canada wants to win, not just host Jan 29, 2010
Germany won 29 medals in the in Torino, followed by the USA with 25 ... A useful though inexact barometer for what we might see in Vancouver are the various 2009 world championships, in which Canada won 29 medals to 28 for the USA and 27 for Germany ... "We're looking over our shoulders at you guys," Rudge says, referring to the USA. "We thought it was going to be the Germans. Now we think it's the United States that's the greater threat.". (USA Today -- Sports)
Greeks Taking Bribes Thwart Papandreou's Efforts to Resolve Debt Crisis Jan 28, 2010
As investors fled, the between Greek 10-year bonds and German bunds, Europes benchmark government securities, widened to as much as 356 basis points on Jan. 27, the most in more than 11 years. (A basis point is 0. (Bloomberg)
Holbrooke Says U.S. to Back Taliban Reintegration Jan 28, 2010
On Tuesday German Chancellor Angela Merkel put the total cost of the program at $500 million over five years, but Holbrooke said it was too early to put a price tag to the fund ... Meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Karzai said that "Afghanistan does not want to be a burden on the shoulder of our allies and friends". (Newsmax)
AD: Nickell Robey probably not going to sign with Georgia Jan 27, 2010
German Shepherd Dawg ... German Shepherd Dawg. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
What's our national dish? Jan 25, 2010
It's part german (schnitzel) and part italian (parmagiana, which is traditionally served on eggplant), it is an improvement on both originating dishes, and has been made great by it. It also symbolises what's great about this country; that we improve with the additional of other cultures (as opposed to what many might). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The trip of a lifetime (110) Jan 25, 2010
I traveled a total of four weeks and saw nine different countries: England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland ... Metzger said she was able to enjoy traditional foods from across Europe and the United Kingdom including Belgian waffles, German bratwurst, Austrian schnitzel and Swiss hot chocolate. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
US firemen rescue dog from river Jan 24, 2010
At least 50 firefighters had responded to reports that the German shepherd was stuck in the Los Angeles river. Officials said the male dog, nicknamed Vernon after the Californian town where he was found, was fine. (BBC News)
Switch to football shows how game is failing the young Jan 24, 2010
CHARISMATIC Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga delivered the knockout blow to German Tommy Haas's Australian Open campaign. WHEN Samantha Stosur toppled Serena Williams in California last July, ending a nine-match winning streak for the world No.1, Williams reflected that her opponent had gotten lucky. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Black Eyed Peas denied win Jan 24, 2010
German band Tokio Hotel were the real victors, it was announced. Rihanna accepted the award for best international female after slipping off the stage following her performance. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Thrashers pending UFAs Sign em or ship em? Jan 24, 2010
The 6-3, 230-pound German does seem to fit in well with Andersons system as hes a defender who loves to join in the attack. In fact, if need be, Schubert can fill in on the wing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Manufacturing blues: Another one bites the dust Jan 22, 2010
In the aggregate, however thanks to a long tail of dozy firms manufacturers in Britain score badly against their American, Japanese, German and Swedish counterparts. Measured for accepted management best practice, such as performance-tracking, target-setting and manager appraisal, they lag behind the others, according to studies since 2006 by McKinsey, a consulting firm, and John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. (The Economist)
Zap! Was Romanian election loser victim of occult? Jan 22, 2010
" At first Romanians mocked their ex-foreign minister saying he was a bad loser. Basescu himself jokingly dismissed the allegations. But the recent publication of photos showing well-known parapsychologist Aliodor Manolea close to Basescu during the campaign has caused Romanians to ask whether the president really did put a hex on his rival. The photos show Manolea, a slightly built, bearded man with a round face and cropped receding hair, walking yards (meters) behind Basescu ahead of the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
ND cancels Innsbruck program Jan 21, 2010
Notre Dame will continue to provide a German study abroad opportunity at its site in Berlin, which was initiated in 2001, assistant director of OIS David Younger said ... Innsbruck was the main German program at the time ... Some students may choose to stay in a German dormitory, find roommates or even stay with a host family. (The Observer, IN)
Learning Arabic Jan 21, 2010
Language teaching in today's high schools has remained essentially fixed in the same framework it was in in the fifties, that is kids can study French, Spanish, maybe German, possibly Russian or Latin, but very few languages outside indo European languages are offered ... Other languages, like Italian and increasingly German are regional languages of a specific culture and place ... German also, although spoken by few people as a first language, even fewer than French, is useful as a second... (Suite101.com)
Afghanistan's talking cure Jan 21, 2010
Germany and France may even withdraw ... German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has proposed talks with "moderate" Taliban groups and has suggested that a new NATO strategy should make greater distinctions between insurgents in Afghanistan ... Meanwhile, the number of Germans who oppose the Bundeswehr's mission to Afghanistan is increasing. (Asia Times Online)
IRAQI AMERICANS: Christian sect struggles to keep culture Jan 20, 2010
Charles Haberl, director of the Middle East Studies Center at Rutgers University, said that while Arabic and German translations of Mandaean holy scripture are available, the young Mandaean-American community is cut off from its texts because most cannot read Iraqi Arabic even though they speak it. "When you grow up as a Christian, you know the story of (Christianity). We can't even read the Ginze," the central Mandaean religious text, said Mais Mandwee, 21, of Kalamazoo. (USA Today -- News)
Japan Air Files for Bankruptcy as Government Ends Unconditional Bailouts Jan 19, 2010
Mesa Air Group Inc., a U.S. regional carrier, also sought bankruptcy this month, while German discount airline Blue Wings AG halted flights Jan. 13 because of financial difficulties. Delta sought court protection in September 2005 with $28. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
The Yugo in context: Junk box Jan 19, 2010
Aficionados of communist-era automobile disasters remember with fondness the East German Trabant, whose sputtering two-stroke engine and resinated papier-m ch; bodywork barely deserved the devotion lavished on it by that country s frustrated car-lovers. But even the Trabant was a luxury sedan compared with the Soviet Zaporozhets, a parody of a proper car notable for its gnat-sized and fire-prone engine. (The Economist)
Apple readies "latest creation" Jan 19, 2010
The online economy is about the size of the German economy. And it's based on a default price of zero. (Salon)
It was as if everybody I loved had died Jan 18, 2010
Likewise, German Jews deserved Hitler, Russian dissidents deserved Stalin, Cambodian peasants deserved Pol Pot, and on and on ... Do I blame my modern day German friends for Hitler. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bihar set to join carbon credit club Jan 18, 2010
And the help has come from German agency GTZ, which would help Bihar in adopting ways for earning carbon credits and its subsequent trading ... New buildings apart, the German agency would also help the state government in suggesting certain changes in the existing buildings of Patna Museum and city's Moinul Haq Stadium for reducing the energy consumption thus qualifying for being declared as green buildings. (India Times, India -- Community News)
New Fusion Center in Waltham capitalizes on free office space and common goals Jan 18, 2010
7Solar has acquired some photovoltaic manufacturing equipment from Schott Solar, a German company that last year shut down a facility in Billerica. 7Solar has plans to occupy office space in Woburn by the end of January. (Boston Globe)
Battle over Kafka’s letters and notebooks takes surreal legal twist Jan 17, 2010
It is a legal dispute pitting Israel against the heirs of Kafka s literary executor and putting the nation in competition with a German archive in a battle that comes with mystery, including tales of a secret Swiss safe ... Government archivists in Israel want to inspect the papers and, they hope, eventually possess and keep them out of the hands of a competing German archive, which is seeking to purchase them from Brod s estate. (Boston Globe)
A foosball primer Jan 16, 2010
1962 Table soccer arrives in the United States, imported from Germany and trademarked here as foosball, after the German word for football. 1970 The first American-designed table hits the market. (Boston Globe)
Life on a farm Jan 16, 2010
The barn is part of an organic farm in Raklern, about two hours drive north-east of Munich, somewhere deep within the Bavarian state of Germany ... Nothing beats breathing in the cool, fresh air as we stroll through green meadows, past flowing streams and quaint German houses ... Its nice to sit down for meals with a German family as you learn about their culture and eat what they eat. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India Jan 16, 2010
At least this is what the Germans and Dutch believe ... The game fails to cash in on them, in terms of nurturing talent or creating a buzz for hockey, quite the way the Dutch, the Germans and Malaysians do at the moment ... Former Olympian Jagbir Singh, who had left India dejecte 00004000 d after the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (where India finished seventh), found himself in an altogether different world when he joined a German club soon after. (India Times, India)
Women on the Way Festival helps female artists Jan 15, 2010
This year's program includes the work of Amy X Neuburg and award-winning a cappella ensemble Solstice in an engrossing and poignant song cycle, "Fill as Desired," which will be sung in English, German and Czech. Neuburg's original songs, complemented by live looping electronics, are inspired by actual recipes collected by women in the Terezin concentration camp. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Germans Are Coming: Volkswagen's Drive to Succeed in America Jan 15, 2010
The Germans Are Coming: Volkswagen's Drive to Succeed in America ... Jacoby was about to become the most recent in a long line of Germans bearing promises ... Well, Germans evidently. (FastCompany)
Air Force Officers Learn Languages Jan 15, 2010
The instructors here are teaching eight languages via classroom instruction: Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Farsi, Swahili, Chinese and Russian. Although most of the emphasis is on Spanish and French because of the high number of people around the globe who speak these languages, the instruction of Arabic, Farsi and Swahili has increased in importance, said Lt. Col. Brian Smith, deputy director of the language department at the AFCLC.. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Missing 500-Years of Loggias, Porticos Described Jan 14, 2010
Sexton argues that they returned to prominence because different ethnic groups used them "to display their judicial systems." As court proceedings were held outdoors, "they used different styles to frame that." At times there was German law and at other times, Roman law, and certain loggia announced each style. "In this competitive kind of culture, they start to use the portico again," Sexton said. (Science Daily)
Body and Soul Jan 14, 2010
Rohmer was a professor of French and German literature and a writer of fiction before he became a filmmaker, and he often grouped his movies into themed series that were like (and were sometimes based on) short-story collections"Moral Tales," "Comedies and Proverbs," "Tales of the Four Seasons.". But this emphasis on Rohmer as a literate and literary director, the academic dean of the Nouvelle Vague, risks making him sound like a born writer who just happened, through some accident of... (Slate)
Will more troops change things? Jan 13, 2010
The German government has indicated an additional 3,000. Leadership of this sort by the larger European nations could prompt smaller nations to bolster their stakes in the "strategic bargain". (BBC News -- South Asia)
Chemistry? Some Convincing Required Jan 13, 2010
Im just giving you a little something to make your ears perk up like a german shepard cause you heard that dog whistle in the distance. Now you wanna go see where the whistle is coming from and who has the whistle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Rock legend: Jan 12, 2010
His childhood in Papakura, in the southern suburbs of Auckland, was sedate, enlivened by the presence of British, Dutch, German and Yugoslav immigrants and the nearby forest, where he and the neighbourhood kids played. He later recreated the suburban idyll in his 1974 painting House at Beach Road with Kirk's Bush. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Ihor Sevcenko, 87; professor, scholar of Byzantine era Jan 11, 2010
Dr. Sevcenko could offer observations in English, French, German, Italian, Greek (modern or ancient), Turkish, and Latin, his daughter said, but claimed to be defeated by Arabic. As for the languages of his youth, he was the only person I knew who could speak Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian and be taken as a native in any one of them, said Oleg Grabar, a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Usually people speak with an accent. (Boston Globe)
Do we need to say our prayers? Jan 11, 2010
BBC News - Do we need to say our prayers. Page last updated at 10:51 GMT, Tuesday, 5 January 2010. (BBC News -- Science)
Decade brings huge change to Leander ISD Jan 10, 2010
For example, what if a group of students wanted to learn German. There's no reason why they couldn't team up with students in Germany who were learning English. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Speakable and Unspeakable About the Copenhagen Climate Summit Jan 10, 2010
I also recall efforts to explain to myself and colleagues the virtue of setting good examples during long vacations with the U.S. Army in Japan and Germany ... One thing I learned when I was stationed in Germany, but which is overlooked by historians, is that Hitler made it clear that if he had his way, the average German would work less ... (They also knew that they could stand up to the Russian army, and when the time came to take on the Germans. (Energy Pulse, CO)
10 memorable wines Jan 10, 2010
They are made with indigenous yeasts (a rarity in German Riesling) and no additions beyond a bit of sulfur dioxide. In a lean vintage that left some bottles too nervous and fragile, Adam's wines feature electrifying fruit and dense minerality. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Capello: Man of mystery Jan 10, 2010
He scares you - in a 'respect' way," he told the BBC. Capello grew up near Italy's border with Slovenia. He was born in 1946 in a rural region that had been ravaged by the Second World War and was still full of tension. His father had arrived home after suffering in German prison camps following the Italian army's withdrawal from its alliance with Germany during the war. Capello met his wife, Laura, on a bus when they were teenagers Gabriele Marcotti, Fabio Capello's biographer, says Capello... (BBC News -- Europe)
Harvard Film Archive to show 14 Alain Resnais films Jan 10, 2010
What remains most absorbing about the film isn t the way Emmanuelle Riva s character braids the identity of her Japanese lover (Eiji Okada) with her memories of the German soldier she loved during the Nazi occupation of France. It s the supremely confident inquisitiveness with which Resnais s camera acquaints us with a city everyone has heard of but hardly anyone has seen. (Boston Globe)
the books coming in 2010 Jan 10, 2010
In January, Archipelago Books will publish a translation of Ernst Weiss some 70 years after the novel s appearance in German. Enthusiasts of German-language literature have compared Weiss favorably with his contemporary Thomas Mann and his friend Franz Kafka, but he has remained something of an unknown on this side of the Atlantic ... Most recently he wrote The East German setting of , and its uroboric epistolary structure starting late in the story, slowly filling in the background made... (Harper's Magazine)
Flashback: Obama in '02: 'The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent... Jan 10, 2010
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Europe fights Google's book plans Jan 10, 2010
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)
Managing for Success Jan 10, 2010
When Wal-Mart expanded in Germany in 1997, it hoped that Germans, like Americans, would scoop up its low-priced items. By July 2006, Wal-Mart had closed its German operations and absorbed $1 billion in losses, according to Managing Across Cultures ... The Wal-Mart exec who led the thrust lacked global experience and didn't adjust to German culture, said Schell. (Investors Business Daily)
Publix calendar snafu Jan 10, 2010
Cologne, Germany; and New York City, where he covered crime and mayhem for the venerable New York Daily News ... By they way - did we allow German and Japanese immigration DURING WW2. (The Palm Beach Post)
The Muppets achieve viral video stardom Jan 10, 2010
The Jim Henson Company was purchased by the German media company EM.TV & Merchandising AG in 2000, but EM.TV, beset by financial difficulties in 2003, sold it back to the Henson family ... In a sign of how much the Henson Company's value had decreased during its time as a ward of EM.TV, the German company bought the property for $680 million and sold it for a mere $78 million just a few years later. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
