This non-American Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
We were this close to going away for the weekend, but in the end decided to stick around and check out the hundred million things going on in Munich. We just got back from a day at the Tollwood Festival out at the Olympiazentrum. Tollwood had been described to us as kind of a hippie festival gone commercial, and that was about what it felt like. The fairgrounds contained a mix of shopping, a variety...
Shades of Grey (Free subscription) | yesterday
At last wek’s school show, the first half closed with a performance of M’s Pop Muzik starring science teacher Dan Heaney and dancers from year 11. It was a deliberately camp performance, opening with a phone conversation discussing not being able to go out that evening due to having been waxed… When we asked what David [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Munich - A Munich court has agreed to try an 89-year-old former German officer for the 1944 Falzano massacre in Italy, two years after an Italian court sentenced him in absentia to life in jail, court officials said Friday. Fourteen Italian civilians...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Munich - At first glance, the EeePC and the MacBook Air do not seem to have much in common. But on closer inspection, both portable computers use solid state drives (SSD) or one that has no moving parts and significant advantages over traditional dri...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
D.C. United midfielder Marcelo Gallardo and defender Gonzalo Peralta had hernia operations this weekend in Munich, Germany, and both players are expected to need two to three weeks to recover.
within the crainium (Free subscription) | yesterday
An interesting piece of art at the BMW Museum in Munich....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Berlin - German war-crimes prosecutors have been asked to trace survivors of a 7,500-man Nazi military unit accused of some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War in Poland, the German news magazine Der Spiegel said Saturday. Polish historia...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Munich- Siemens, the German engineering group, may shut down one of its transportation-division plants in the Czech Republic with a loss of 1,000 jobs, sources said Saturday in Munich. They said the rolling-stock plant in Prague had been earmarked fo...
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Germany fears PKK attack on top minister, magazine says Posted July 19th, 2008 by Sahil Nagpal Kurdish TribeMunich - Police analysts in Germany fear that Kurdish rebels in Turkey may try to assassinate Germany's interior minister, the news magazine Focus reported in Munich on Saturday. Focus said the assessment, by the BKA federal police agency, was based on the fact that Kurdish media had been blaming...
ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is hoping to sign a new deal with the German champions.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
AFTER NEARLY three decades of writing for the Guardian from London, Jerusalem and Delhi, the journalist Eric Silver, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 73, decided to make his home in Israel.
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Jay has been assisting me in analyzing small foreign contributions to Obama's campaign that Atlas reader Laura sent me. It appears to be, after cross checking FEC documents, a list of the Obama For America Contributors. On its face, the list (under 500 pages) is suspect. So many foreign addresses giving money to the Presidential campaign. There are numerous individuals who are "bundling" contributions,...
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Darren I can’t believe I’m commenting on a six year old article. The band with the somewhat thankless task of opening for Return to Forever was Nordic Connect, a west coast fusion of trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and her sax playing sister Christine. This brings us to Spielberg’s Munich. In other words, [...]
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF), which made no secret of its displeasure when the Calcutta-based Bengal Peerless hosted German soccer giants Bayern Munich for an exhibition match last May, has now welcomed the Government's efforts to bring Real Madrid to India.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Interlaken Switzerland. It's raining here too.We took a train from Munich to Zurich Zurich to Bern then Bern to Interlaken. After however many hours we finally arrived at this gloomy mountain city.It's pretty touristy. There isn't that much to do here. Wait. There is a lot to do here but all the extreme sports cost over 150 bucks. Holy crap. And it's gloomy. And raining.We went to get dinner.
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vedha | 01/17/2008
The year 2006 appears to be an exceptional year for global insurance industry as a whole, with a few catastrophe losses, double-digit profits and renewed investor interest in insurance stocks. The financial and underwriting performance of the property/casualty insurance industry in 2006 was strong. Insurers face a variety of challenges unrelated to catastrophe losses; these challenges include increasing...
hrishikesh | 12/22/2007
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Spring/Summer 2008 PDF Format Fabrics for spring and summer 2008 are “quieter”, are toned down in colour, and have less embellishment than in previous seasons. Unusual blends of fibres are being used to create fabrics with new and original looks and handles. Natural fibres are being mixed with synthetics to create so-called “techno-naturals”—fabrics which combine...
hrishikesh | 12/21/2007
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2004/05 Most of the fabric fairs for the autumn/winter 2004/05 season were characterised by a relatively upbeat and optimistic mood. After several seasons of economic sluggishness and severe price competition from imports, European fabric makers are beginning to see signs of a recovery. At Moda In, held in Milan, there was a notable increase in...
