Google honors Josef Frank

Josef Frank is an Austrian-Swedish architect and designer, who was known for his innovative designs and distinct patterns. Born July 15th 1885 in Baden bei Wien he helped found the Vienna School of Architecture.
July 15th Google Doodle is an artistic tribute to Josef Frank’s 125th birthday. To celebrate one of Frank’s patterns, The Vegetable Tree, [...]

Giles Hoyt Receives Germany’s Highest Civilian Honor

Giles Hoyt, Professor Emeritus of German and Philanthropic Studies and past Director of IUPUI’s Max Kade German-American Center in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI is the recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Federal Cross of Honor, which is the Federal Republic of Germany’s highest tribute for services to the nation.
Dr. Hoyt has been [...]

“Oh nein” dear Octopus!

Can it be that Paul, the octopus was right? Spain wins against Germany 1:0 and Paul will learn that Spaniards love to eat FRIED SEAFOOD!
Paul, the octopus from Oberhausen Germany has had a 100% correct prediction rate of the Soccer World Cup’s results so far. But now he is shocking Germany, because he “predicted” Spain [...]

Fit and Slender Through Summer with a German Trainer

Fitness trainer Christian Klugmann reveals the best tricks.

Summer is here and with it our concerned gaze into the mirror to see if we have gained another few pounds over winter. Many then immediately launch a week of fasting to detox and lose weight, start a long-procrastinated diet, buy new anti-cellulitis lotions, or book a few [...]

Schwarzenegger at Journalism Gala

Watching Gov. @Schwarzenegger deliver remarks at the Southern California Journalism Awards Gala – at http://tweetcast.in/1348
It was a dream come true for myself as a journalist because I am the first Austrian Journalist to win the “International Journalism: News Feature” Award in the 52 year history of the Southern California Journalism Awards. Furthermore I won two [...]

Andreas Beckett at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

Unbuttoned, the solo show co-written and performed by Andreas Beckett, has been chosen to have its World Premiere at the first-ever Hollywood Fringe Festival. A musical dramedy is Beckett’s true story of his quest for love, one woman at a time. Born and raised in the Bavarian Alps, as a young boy in [...]

How Germany and Austria caused final games to be played at the same time

You might be wondering why the final games in a group are played at the same time? It is all due to a game played between West Germany and Austria at the 1982 World Cup.
The way the groups are set up one could start using the order in which the games are played as a [...]

Hop Schwyz! Worldcup: Switzerland beats Spain

Switzerland beat Spain 1:0 in the Worldcup – Some of the best images and read a walkthrough of the whole game on yahoo
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Lukas Schwarzacher: What A Rolleiflex Can Lead To

From the front lines of war to fine art photography
The first camera the Viennese photographer Lukas Schwarzacher ever laid hands on was his grandfather’s Rolleiflex, which he discovered in the attic of his family’s summer home on the Danube River. He turned 16 that year.
Following graduation from the University of Vienna with a Master’s degree [...]

German painter Sigmar Polke dies

German Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick, chaos-provoking painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades of contemporary painting, died yesterday in Cologne, Germany. He was 69; the cause was complications of cancer, according to Gordon Veneklasen, a [...]

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