German Phrases News
- A quest for man’s best friend Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 10:44AM By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer Nick Doiron is 12 years old and he wants a dog. Maybe a Golden Retriever, a German shepherd or a Labrador; something big. Unlike other boys, though, Nick doesn’t want a dog just to have a playmate, while that might be an added bonus. This dog would be a service dog. read more
- Brahms?s Earthy Passion Upstages Somber Messiaen Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 12:48AMOf all the artists James Levine has had as concerto soloists for the Met Orchestra concerts, few have energized him and the players as much as the brilliant German violinist Christian Tetzlaff.
- Live: Lou Reed, Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun Sunday, October 5, 2008 @ 10:29PMThe Velvet Underground rocker hones his creative legacy with help from saxophonist Krieger and 'electronic alchemist' Sarth Calhoun.
- Should we extradite Holocaust deniers? Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 7:13PMTwo strands of the Fredrick Töben affair trouble me
- Family Filmgoer - October 2, 2008 Thursday, October 2, 2008 @ 9:27AMBETTER FOR 8 AND OLDER
- Tokio Hotel's Bill Kaulitz Immortalized -- In Wax -- At Madame Tussauds In Berlin Wednesday, October 1, 2008 @ 12:35PMA wax figure of Tokio Hotel frontman Bill Kaulitz was unveiled at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin.
- Foreign languages benefit lifestyles Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 12:44PMPeople often underestimate the power of language. Language can help define a culture. It is how we express ourselves—our feelings, our desires and our way of looking at the world. In an era of globalization, language has become an even more important aspect of our lives.
- Family filmgoer column Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 2:06AM A guide to current movies and whether they would be appropriate for your kids.
- Entertainment briefs Friday, September 26, 2008 @ 2:28PMThe NyE Communities Coalition and St. Martin's in the Desert Episcopal Church will host a teen night 6-9 p.m. Sept. 26 at Seemoore's Too! Middle school through high school students are invited for an evening of karaoke, free food and games.
- Drink More Riesling and Become a Better Person: Elin McCoy Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 1:34PMAug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- After three days of tasting rieslings from half a dozen countries, my mouth still tingles from all the bright, zippy acidity the wines are famous for.
- Family Filmgoer - A guide for parents Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 8:49AMBETTER FOR 8
- Tokio Hotel Worry Their English Isn't 'Cool' But Plan To Translate Next LP Anyway Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 8:46AMGerman group Tokio Hotel say they're already working on a new album and will translate it into English, like they did with Scream.
- Facing down our newest cyberthreat. Really? Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 3:16AMDepartment of Homeland's new mantra (or whine): Stay the course. But there's a reason why critics are increasingly fed up with the glacial progress on cybersecurity.
- Facing down our newest cyber threat. Really? Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 3:15AMDepartment of Homeland's new mantra (or whine): Stay the course. But there's a reason why critics are increasingly fed up with the glacial progress on cybersecurity.
- Facing down our newest cyber threat. Really? Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 3:01AM What really drives me crazy about our government--and it applies to Republicans and Democrats alike--is the blithe insouciance of empowered apparatchiks who run their respective fiefdoms as if they have all the time in the world to get things done.
- Where Change Is Underfoot, and Overhead Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 5:10PMWhile Yorkville?s skyline has changed, many residents take solace in its vibrant street life.
- Nagano's finale a thing of beauty Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 3:06PMBerkeley Symphony Orchestra music director bows out with emotion-packed program of Mozart and Bruckner
- SHQ Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 2:07AMIf it were possible for painting and poetry to incorporate bebop in a crazy sort of rhythmic gymnastics, or if it were possible somehow to meld revolutionary body politic with dramatic performance then this record would be Paul Klee-meets-Bird—or, for that matter, Frank Zappa-meets-Vaclav Havel.
- Two new semantic engines: Cognition and Eeggi Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 8:45PMComing soon, perhaps: Cloud-based engines that will understand the queries you send them.
- At Akron Art Museum: Fighting Nazism with art Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 11:05AMHow many ways are there to fight the enemy? In the Stone Age, cavemen probably confronted their adversaries with sticks and stones; today we have “graduated” to nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction.
- From Peshawar to Swiss pastures Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 5:24AMMucking out the milking shed is not everyone's idea of a holiday but life on an alpine pasture is just what appealed to Pakistani human rights expert Sher Zaman.
- Magic touch: German pianist Lars Vogt Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 7:16PM If you met Lars Vogt at a party, you might think he was a sportsman rather than a pianist. Chunky, amiable and articulate, he seems blissfully free of the neuroses that plague his breed, and he's refreshingly down-to-earth about the perils and pressures of his calling. Yet this German virtuoso is the man whom Sir Simon Rattle has described as "one of the most extraordinary musicians of any age ...
- German A-level essay writing phrases Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 6:10PMA detailed list of useful expressions for A-level essays and coursework. Hope it can be of use to somebody!
- With Wall Street crisis, now it's official: The sky is falling in Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 12:26PMThe Chicken Little Contingent has been given a hearing in these electronic pages on more than one occasion. In response to yesterday's news of the collapse of the financial-services company...
- Nigeria: NPL Assures Fans of Safety Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 8:30AMNigerians have been assured of adequate security at all venues of the Globacom Premier League, which kicked off with matches last Saturday and Sunday across the country.
- What the Russian papers say Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 12:10PMIt would not be correct to view Russia's military action in the Caucasus as an attempt to foil Europe's plans to develop alternative energy routes, a Russian analyst writes.
- A place in the world to be Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 9:58AM by Pam Houston It wasn't money that Harner was after, as much as a place in the world to be. He'd been kicked out of several places in his short life, the first one being his father's gentleman farm just outside Scottsbluff, Neb., which, he would be the first to admit, had never been a comfortable fit, not even when he was a baby. After his mother died of influenza the winter Harner turned ...
- Ike's legacy: Hunkering down? Friday, September 12, 2008 @ 10:40PM Fortunately, the media has embraced a new buzzword to replace — or at least temporarily displace — "hockey mom" . Unfortunately, that buzzword (buzz phrase?) is none other than hunker down . Houstonist had used "hunker down" in conversation about Hurricane Ike over the past week, but the first official reference to hunkering that we noticed came yesterday, when Harris County Judge Ed ...
- Crossword creators cross paths Friday, September 12, 2008 @ 2:42AMPLEASANTVILLE - Oliver Hill insists that meeting one of his idols was "not particularly romantic."
- At Akron Art Museum: Fighting Nazism with art Thursday, September 11, 2008 @ 10:05PMHow many ways are there to fight the enemy? In the Stone Age, cavemen probably confronted their adversaries with sticks and stones; today we have “graduated” to nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction.
- Many Arab-Americans Still Perceived As A 'Problem' Thursday, September 11, 2008 @ 12:00PMThe aftermath of Sept. 11 was a particularly difficult time for Arab and Muslim-American children in the U.S. Author Moustafa Bayoumi talks about some of the challenges chronicled in his new book How Does it Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America .
- Das Wetter Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 5:50AMGerman PowerPoint introducing present tense weather phrases, backed up by animated pictures.
- Start-ups for kids at TechCrunch50 Monday, September 8, 2008 @ 1:50PMA growing number of youngsters want sites of their own. Here are four start-ups happy to oblige.
- ECB HOLDS INTEREST RATES, SLASHES GROWTH FORECASTS Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 1:05PMFRANKFURT, Sept 4, 2008 (AFP) - The European Central Bank kept its key lending rate unchanged on Thursday and slashed its growth forecasts for this year and next, sending stock markets and the euro into tailspins.
- Letters: Housing crisis Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @ 7:31PM The free marketeer, Gordon Brown, has exacerbated the mess that is housing in this country by years of sitting on his hands, and now he seeks to save his job by setting up a scheme which persuades first-time buyers to buy in a declining market. It's government-sponsored negative equity. You couldn't make it up.
- Nigeria: Where is the President? Monday, September 1, 2008 @ 9:13AMIn the last one week, the nation has been left bewildered as to the health or ill-health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. Speculations concerning the president's true state of health began shortly after he travelled penultimate Thursday.
- Sleepthief Monday, September 1, 2008 @ 2:13AMListen, this is true. With Sleepthief , Ingrid Laubrock—since mid decade amongst the most interesting saxophonists and bandleaders on the British scene—has made an album so exceptional that it positions the German-born, London-based player as perhaps the most daring and exciting saxophonist anywhere in the world in 2008. It really is that extraordinary—and momentous—a release.
- Where is the President? Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 8:21PMIn the last one week, the nation has been left bewildered as to the health or ill-health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Speculations concerning the president’s true state of health began shortly after he travelled penultimate Thursday.
- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results Friday, August 29, 2008 @ 9:00AM ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 29, 2008 -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. , a leading regenerative medicine company, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
- Drink More Riesling and Become a Better Person: Elin McCoy Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 1:22AMAug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- After three days of tasting rieslings from half a dozen countries, my mouth still tingles from all the bright, zippy acidity the wines are famous for.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:43PMLonely Planet’s Audio Phrasebooks for iPhone and iPod touch are now available for sale on the Apple App Store in all territories, providing travelers with mobile access to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook content in 10 languages.
- Make Ourselves Miserable Now Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 9:15AMThe local Swiss press carried a summary of a report compiled by a panel of so-called "experts" of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Science (SATW) under the startling rubric that motor gasoline "should" henceforth be priced, by fiat, at no less than four francs per liter — roughly double the current market price and representing what, to an American, must seem like the eye-watering equivalent of ...
- Holdrege nurse Cheryl Reed makes jewelry to soothe her soul and others' Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 2:05PMHOLDREGE — Nurse Cheryl Reed spends her days helping others, but her own therapy lies in making jewelry.
- OU student expelled for plagiarizing Wikipedia Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 3:34AMAn Ohio University student was left to find her own way home from Greece after being found guilty of plagiarism on a study abroad program at sea. Allison Routman, an Ohio University senior from Minnesota, along with a student from California Baptist University, were expelled from Semester at Sea, a program sponsored by the University of Virginia, for plagiarizing from Wikipedia.
