Born on August 18th 1830 in Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Franz Joseph would have been 180 years today. He reigned during difficult times and his passionate marriage to Empress Elisabeth filled countless books and inspired movies. […]
Al Gore posted the following comments on his blog and wrote that the failure of Congress to act is already costing our nation billions of dollars: “Alternative energy investment prospects have shriveled in the United […]
Angelina Jolie and August Diehl at the German premiere of “SALT” in Berlin August 18th 2010 Also read our previous article: August Diehl plays Angelina’s husband
Demi Moore is 47, but certainly does not look like it. So what are her secrets? Well one of them is Austrian. She admitted to talk show host David Letterman a while back that: “I […]
Almost everybody knows Trader Joe’s, but few know that the offering basic not super-processed, affordable food, pushing their own brand, passing savings on to the consumer by concentrating on fewer and more essential products supermarket […]
A new event is being planned to raise funds for the Jasper High School Student Exchange Program. Oktoberfest 2010 is being presented by Sister Cities of Jasper, Inc. as a way to explain the exchange […]
In this little book, linguist David Crystal usefully sums up the history of the the thing that sets the homo sapiens apart from all other animals, language. Written with a younger and non-linguist audience in […]
Nothing beats ice cream on a hot summer day. I don`t care how many calories this desert has, it is just simply the most delightful “meal”. I am one of these people who cannot eat […]
The Austrian writer Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895) made his living in the 19th century by writing lots novels and novellas according to “sex sells” principle. He also wrote under the pen names Charlotte Arand […]
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 […]
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