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Are the Boomers Are Heading for the Barn?
When the April figures on unemployment were released May 4, they were more than disappointing. They were deeply disturbing. While the unemployment rate had fallen from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent, 342,000 workers had stopped looking for work. They had just dropped out of the labor market. Only 63.6 percent of the U.S. working age population is now in thelabor force, the lowest level since December 1981.
WANDERLUST
Eurostar Eyes Frankfurt Link
Eurostar is to extend its high speed rail service to link Frankfurt and Cologne via the Channel Tunnel to London within the next five years, according to a British newspaper report on Monday.
GERMERICANA
Digging into German Culture in Pennsylvania
By Chris Sholley
During the past year, a group of Lebanon Valley College students poured over German documents at the Lebanon County Historical Society of Pennsylvania as part of an advanced course in the language. They made interesting discoveries about the lives of German immigrants.
AKADEMIA
Learning and Teaching German
With the free German courses from Deutsche Welle, you can choose the learning style that suits you best: e-learning at the computer, with short videos, audio courses or podcasts, or with texts and worksheets you can print out. For DW's website, please click HERE
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New Ulm Announces Oktoberfest
Sun, 09/25/2011 - 19:19 — Walter
Serving as the Parade’s Grand Marshal is the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Christa Tiefenbacher-Hudson (photo). The annual event is sponsored by the German-Bohemian Heritage Society. Parade Chairwoman is Pat Eckstein.
Locals who plan to attend are asked to make a sign with the famlly name and the year in which the familiy arrived in America and/or New Ulm.
New Ulm is an extraordinary little town with a lot of history. Nestled just 90 miles southwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul, and named after the city of Ulm in Southern Germany, New Ulm was founded in 1854 by German immigrants.
In 2002 the U.S. Census Bureau released a report showing New Ulm has 65.85% of population with German ancestry, more per capita than any other city in the U.S. It’s easily the most German city in America.
New Ulm’s Oktoberfest has been celebrated the first two weekends in October since 1981. There are other annual events here celebrating German traditions and culture through food, music and, what else, beer!
Bock Fest, often scheduled concurrently with Fasching, has been celebrated since 1987 at the local August Schell Brewing Company. The current summer festival, Bavarian Blast, was created as a recent re-interpretation at New Ulm’s longstanding festival, Heritagefest.
New Ulm is worth a trip not only for it's German-American Fests. History buffs can have a field day in this prairie town of 13,500 as well.
Among the many historic attractions is the famous Hermann Monument with a total height of 102 feet. Inspired by a similar monument called Hermannsdenkmal near Detmold, Germany, it served as a symbol for members of the New York-based Sons of Hermann, a fraternal society of German-Americans.
A 2000 years anniversary took place in New Ulm in September 2009, commemorating the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in which Hermann successfully led a group of Germanic tribes against the Roman Legions under Varus in the year 9 AD.
The 106th United States Congress (2000) designated the Hermann Monument in New Ulm to be an official symbol of all citizens of German heritage.
Another historic event that took place here is the Dakota War of 1962 when the city was burned by Chief Little Crow and his band of Sioux warriers.
New Ulm is also becoming known as the "Christmas City" with its many Christmas traditions held each year. The season kicks off with a parade of lights, held the Friday after Thanksgiving.
For questions, phone the Parade Chairman Pat Eckstein (507) 359-2333 or George Glotzbach (507) 354-2097.
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KULTUR
Celebrating Gustav Klimt
Vienna's art trade will be marking the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s birth in style. A series of special events in 2012 will pay tribute to the artist, who was a leading light in the Vienna Secession movement and a pioneer of modernism.
DAS KINO
Portrait of Wally - The Movie
A documentary about Austrian painter Egon Schiele's famous portrait of his mistress "Wally" opens Friday, in New York's Quad Cinema III. It traces the legal and emotional drama surrounding the oil painting. The following review is by Chuck Bowen of Slant.
DER STAMMTISCH
Gertrude Stein's Strange Views
By Mark Weber
Scholars of the life of Gertrude Stein were recently startled to learn that in 1938 the prominent American writer Gertrude Stein had spearheaded a campaign urging the Nobel committee to award its Peace Prize to Adolf Hitler.
FUSSBALL
