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  • The Ultimate Health Club

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:30 am
    Imagine the world's biggest gym, bounded not by walls but by mountainsides, with blue sky as a ceiling and all the facilities you could imagein, but on the grandest of scales. Imagine no more - Montafon, in Vorarlberg, has it all, including probably the longest piece of fitness equipment in the world... and what a view!

  • Non-Stop Thrills

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:28 am
    There's nothing more refreshing than a break that involves a pure adrenaline rush, In Saalbach Hinterglemm, you'll find an array of activities to get your pulse rate going, and soothing spas to ease you back down again.

  • High-Altitude Health Kicks

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:26 am
    It's the greatest tonic in the world: peaceful relaxation amid the Alpine meadows, gentle exercise in the form of mountain walking, enhanced by some of the purest drinking water you'll ever find, while based in some of the prettiest villages Vorarlberg has to offer.

  • The Natural Kitchen

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:22 am
    The Zillertal is one of Austria's culinary heartlands. This deep valley's warm summers and lush pastures give rise to hundreds of indigenous herbs, fabulous local speciality dishes and some of the best restaurants in the Alps. Even the cheeses are special. And the scenery's pretty good too.

  • High Culture

    29 Jan 2010 | 8:10 am
    Where in the world combines cutting-edge opera, contemporary art and world-leading architechture with views across one of Europe's great lakes? Lake Constance, in Vorarlberg, that's where.
 
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  • Burgenland is the home of the most eager blood donors in Austria

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    8 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm
    Austrias most eastern province of Burgenland is the home of Austrias most eager blood donors. Every year the people from Burgenland give more than 10.000 litre blood. 5 percent of all Burgenlanders are regular blood donors. Austrias Red Cross tries to get blood donors with slogans like “Give blood, save lifes”, or “If you want to help, roll up your sleeves.” Inhabitants from Austrias eastern province of Burgenland are very accessible for such invitations. They are Austrias number one blood donors.

  • 79-year-old woman killed by two rottweilers

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    4 Feb 2010 | 10:46 pm
    The Lower Austrian district of Gänserndorf was the scene of a tragical incident. A 79 year-old woman was killed by her two rottweilers. The rottweilers were on duty as watch dogs. The reason for the deadly attack is not clear. There was only one single incident in 2006. Usually the two dogs were quite calm and obedient. The victim was found by a 30-year-old woman who wanted to feed the rottweilers. She has seen the dead woman laying bathed in blood in her garden. The 79-year-old woman was running a roofer enterprise with her 55-year-old son. Yesterday between 6:00pm and 7:00pm happened the…

  • Apeiron receives 200 million Euro

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    3 Feb 2010 | 9:37 pm
    Viennas bio enterprise Apeiron receives 200 million Euro from the British pharmaceutical giant Milestone. The reason for such a money rain is an agreement about a partnership between both enterprises. The female vice mayor, finance, as well as economy councilwoman of Vienna, Renate Brauner, was the first one who sent her congratulations for that success. Viennas government likes to support such companies with many sponsorships. Without that, the setup and development of the bio enterprise would have been much more difficult. “The success of Apeiron confirms our policy”, said…

  • 12 months prison for Viennese poet?

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    2 Feb 2010 | 9:43 pm
    Austrias Broadcasting Corporation ORF reports a 56-year-old poet from Vienna who is accused of smirching slabs in the Viennese Museumsquartier, which is known as the eighth largest cultural area in the world. The trial is going to start on the 18th February. A twelve months imprisonment could be possible. The passionate poet spreads his works on small sheets in publicly accessible spots since 35 years without asking for permission. He denies the misdeed in the Museumsquartier, but the police claims that he is the guilty one for defilement of 14 stone slabs. The damage amounts 3.900 Euro. His…

  • Austrian Railways: every third long-distance train has delay

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    1 Feb 2010 | 9:23 pm
    Austrian rail riders should never be in a hurry. Last year every third long-distance train arrived delayed. The reason of such a disastrous result is the high amount of construction zones. The situation debases from year to year. In 2008 more trains arrived punctual. 2009 had an increase of 10 percent more delayed long-distance trains. A spokesman of the Austrian Federal Railway tries to calm down the raised tempers. “Our railway network is in a general reconstruction. This is going to be a very nice rail network for many decades”, he promise. The situation should improve very…
 
 
 
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  • Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/8/2010

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:53 pm
    Due to the climate change crisis here at Schloss Bodissey, a number of excellent tips were left by the wayside, so this is a truncated version of the news feed. With luck we will return to normal tomorrow night.Last year it seemed obvious that the first major currency to collapse would be the U.S. dollar. Then it was sterling that seemed to teeter on the brink. Now it’s the euro, and Greece is simply the first eurozone country to keel over, with more ailing euro-economies to come.In other news, a death caused by heroin-related anthrax has occurred in Germany, apparently caused by the same…

  • An End to the Little Ice Age

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:32 pm
    Our power finally came back on this afternoon, much to our relief. This was a particularly nasty interlude, since our phone went out shortly after the electricity, which meant that we were truly cut off. If a medical emergency had struck, there would have been no calling 911 — we would either have dug the car out and driven away from here, or not.Before you tell me about cell phones: yes, we have one. The only problem is that they don’t work in our neighborhood. Our corner of Beyond is so far from the cell towers that signals can’t be detected out here.What laid us low this time was not…

  • In the Cold and Dark

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:38 am
    Our electricity went out last night a while after midnight. I am typing this on the battery using dialup, so I must be brief.We are huddled up under a lot of covers waiting for the power to be restored. The electric company says there are 11,000 like us in the same pickle. So who knows when we'll get another cup of hot coffee?Needless to say, posting will be light.[Nothing more until the thaw]

  • Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/5/2010

    5 Feb 2010 | 8:40 pm
    In Germany two outlaw motorcycle groups, Hells Angels and the Bandidos, routinely vie for supremacy, often violently. In an unprecedented move, a number of Bandidos, including several prominent leaders, have renounced their former club and joined Hells Angels. The reported reason is that some Bandidos clubs allow immigrant members, and make tactical alliances with immigrant bikers. Hells Angels, in contrast, allow no foreign members.The Lap Bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has reportedly ratted out his former mentor, the American-born Yemeni Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. Abdulmutallab is…

  • The Hitler Comparison

    5 Feb 2010 | 7:22 pm
    No topic makes Godwin’s Law swing into action more predictably than that of Geert Wilders. In any given article about Mr. Wilders the Nazi comparisons are likely to pop up before the end of first paragraph — or even the first sentence.Our Flemish correspondent VH has translated a piece by Afshin Ellian about Peter R. de Vries, a TV crime-show host who was made internationally famous because of the Natalee Holloway case (which, according to some people, he misused for his own benefit) and who has blasted Bram Moszkowicz for defending Geert Wilders. Now Mr. De Vries has joined the vast…
 
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    Euro Like Me

  • Variations on a Mall

    6 Feb 2010 | 12:59 pm
    The girls and I are just back from four days in the the snowiest mountain village I have ever seen, and I will post pictures from that soon. But right now I want to tell everyone in Vienna (and anyone else who can see ORF 2) that a film by my brilliant wife will be showing on Austrian TV tomorrow night, the 7th of February, at 23.05. It's called The Gruen Effect, and it's about Victor Gruen, the inventor of the shopping mall. It's a great, smart, groovy movie and if you watch it you might even learn something! Here's a synopsis, and be sure to tune in tomorrow night!The Gruen Effect (52…

  • thought for the day

    30 Jan 2010 | 5:27 am
    Do kids in the US play with little plastic colored beads that can be fused together into elaborate shapes with a common household clothes iron? Do you know the German for "common household clothes iron?" It is "bügeleisen." Now you know how I'm spending my Saturday with my girls.I wonder if Captain Beefheart knew this. Then he could have changed the words to one of his songs every time he played Dusseldorf: "I'm gonna bügeleisen ya, baby!"

  • in the neighborhood tonight

    29 Jan 2010 | 11:32 am

  • Girls and Boys

    26 Jan 2010 | 11:12 pm
    What the hell happened to the rock?So I'm sitting there last night, glazing over in front of GoTV (our MTV), and it's all whiny boys singing within the lines, thinking inside the box. Vampire Weekend (channeling the Feelies), Tocotronic (aping Bryan Ferry, sort of) and Girls (conjuring up the ghost of Evan Dando, for gawd's sake!)--who gives a rat's ass?! It doesn't seem to matter where they're from--Austria, the US or England--a creeping suckieness has attacked all the dudes with guitars.The only video and song I liked was Florence + the Machine's "You've Got the Love." It's pretty retro…

  • A Hunkpapa in Vienna

    26 Jan 2010 | 11:19 am
    Sitting Bull has been appearing all over town. A late period photograph of him--red eyes burning through the viewer--adorns a poster for a new exhibit at the Museum of Ethnology Vienna. The show is called Sitting Bull and His World. A few weeks ago, we decided we would like to see it. Then our friends Andy and Ursula, who also adopted their daughters, Teresa and Emily, from Ethiopia, decided to join us.The other day, I mentioned our plan to Rosa, our radical history student babysitter, and she shook her head. "You know that's a bad museum, right?" she asked. She told me that this Museum of…
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    Die Murmeltierjahre im Land des Fruhschoppens

  • The Day the Music Died

    2 Feb 2010 | 11:05 pm
    On February 3rd, 1959, 51 years ago, a small plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa. On that day, a solitary cornfield was the only witness to the deaths of three rock and roll legends: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Later on, others would even call them the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.As Holly, Valens and the Big Bopper "took the last train for the coast", an American period was coming to an end, a time of great hope in the future, distinguished by a feeling that everything was possible and within reach, a period of innocent (and maybe even childish)…

  • Groundhog Day

    2 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    Today is Groundhog Day.As an interested party, we from this blog celebrate this beautiful tradition, imported to North America from Central Europe, where it does not exist any more, and we are curious about what do Phil and the others predict for this year: are we going to have an early spring or do we still have to go through six more weeks of winter? Die Murmeltierjahre im Land des Frühschoppens by Toni Palau is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If you are reading this on a location other than http://murmeltierjahre.blogspot.com it might have been copied!

  • Goldberg, Tureck & Gould

    22 Jan 2010 | 7:34 am
    I don't use to listen to music at work, but on the first days of 2010 I have been writing a paper and I needed to isolate myself from my colleagues' conversations. At first I started with jazz music but some days ago Mar told me that she took a CD with J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations from the public library. "Bach, what a great idea!", I thought, because I hold that no music is apter to foster concentration than Baroque counterpoint. After an internet search for the Goldberg Variations I came across Glenn Gould...The Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) for keyboard were first published on 1741 and…

  • Christmas Day

    25 Dec 2009 | 4:49 am
    Die Murmeltierjahre im Land des Frühschoppens by Toni Palau is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If you are reading this on a location other than http://murmeltierjahre.blogspot.com it might have been copied!

  • New York Impressions

    15 Dec 2009 | 12:14 pm
    3rd AveJ Train on Williamsburg BridgeHotel PennsylvaniaReclaim the streetsChryslerJoyRock AtlasDomino sugarTim Burton Die Murmeltierjahre im Land des Frühschoppens by Toni Palau is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If you are reading this on a location other than http://murmeltierjahre.blogspot.com it might have been copied!
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    Music & Politics in Vienna

  • Around the Universe in 40 Minutes – The ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra and Wayne Marshall’s ‘Planet-hopping’

    Matthias Wurz
    30 Jan 2010 | 8:26 am
    Conductor Wayne Marshall working with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Photographs: Matthias Wurz (rehearsal pictures) & Geert Langelaar (interview pictures). “The first thing to remember is this…,” Wayne Marshall, British conductor, dressed in casual all-black, took a seat in the Green Room. The afternoon rehearsal on Jan. 12 with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna (RSO Wien) had just ended a few minutes ago. Located at Vienna’s fourth district at the Austria Radio, the Grosser Sendesaal serves as main concert venue of he Radiokulturhaus, but it is also the home of…

  • All’s Well That Ends Well or The Art of Talking Much and Saying Little

    Matthias Wurz
    13 Dec 2009 | 5:20 am
    A photo essay of a political show.  Photographs: Matthias Wurz Austria’s Social democratic Chancellor Werner Faymann felt the need to celebrate on Dec 2, 2009 at the imperial Hofburg. Österreich.Gemeinsam (Austria Together) was the title of  Faymann’s speech, the occasion was the first anniversary of the current Austrian government, led by Faymann since December 2008 at the time of economic crisis. The message was simple: all is well at home. Faymann’s skill as public speaker was impressive, evidently inspired by U.S. President Barack Obama in its delivery. But…

  • Living All Over Again – A Moving Portrayal of Death in Black/White

    Matthias Wurz
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:27 pm
    Credit: Matthias Wurz “The idea came to me when my mother died – she was 89,” Walter Schels’ thoughts rested for a moment, his eyes glanced at the audience and then smiled gently. The 73-year-old award-winning German photographer, dressed in all-black and his camera hanging casually from his left shoulder as he speaks. “Unlike my sister, I could not get myself to stay the night when, as it turned out, she passed away. But I had photographed her before I left that evening.” You could not help but to be moved; and yet Schels’ inability to confront his own fear about dying…

  • The Rooster in Brussels or Austria’s Twitter ‘Evolution’

    Matthias Wurz
    31 Oct 2009 | 1:21 pm
    Photo: Students protesting in the streets of Vienna, Oct. 29. Photo Credit: Cremer / Der Standard. “I feel already well-equipped, and speaking English daily will hopefully not cause me to forget German,” Johannes Hahn – the last name Hahn translated into English means rooster or cock – replied confidently in his first public interview with the daily Der Standard of Oct. 28, when asked about his English language knowledge after his surprise nomination as Austria’s EU Commissioner. The current Federal Minister for Science and Research, in office since January 2007, will be…

  • Paying Peanuts for Monkeys

    Matthias Wurz
    18 Oct 2009 | 11:41 am
    Photos: Boris Bergant chairing the discussion / Erhard Busek opening the session / Zoe Schneeweiss debating. Credit: Matthias Wurz “It is most frightening to realize that history has not taught us a lesson ,” Boris Bergant uttered the words softly. The Slovenian radio and television journalist, current Vice President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), addressed a distinguished audience of media professionals from Central and South-east Europe. His voice seems pressed and slightly nervous, but full of emotions. Before he could continue, however, his remarks were interrupted by…
 
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  • Can I whine just a little?

    5 Feb 2010 | 10:42 am
    Is it the weather? It's February 5th and I can hardly believe Christmas was only 6 or so weeks ago. Time is craaaawling and I feel, well, not depressed exactly, just a little fed up with the winter and in need of some soft sunshine and coffee on a warm terrace -no gloves, boots or hats to be seen. Ahhh, that would be nice.It's grey and cold and Spring as well as the baby's arrival seem to be forever away. Meantime my winter coat no longer zips up (I've found an alternative in a shorter jacket with poppers that will have to do until the temperatures deign to improve), it takes me forever to…

  • Emma update: two and a half

    29 Jan 2010 | 11:08 pm
    Emma is 2 1/2 today. Here are some facts and figures about Emma:Physically:measures about 94cm but wears clothes for 3-4 year olds as she is wide around the shoulders and hipsshoes size 26still not a vast amount of hair but we have it trimmed every 2 months or so - it looks neater and it might just help it thickencute as a button - but hey, I'm her Mum, what do you expect?!Speech: We're not in the "Why?" stage yet but Emma is asking LOTS of questions quite relentlessly such as:Qu'est-ce c'est?/c'est quoi? or What's this? when she sees something she cannot identify or wants to know what the…

  • Emma's new love

    26 Jan 2010 | 12:21 pm
    Emma's new love is her turquoise pouf which is in fact one of my breastfeeding/maternity cushions hidden under a Sit Fix cover. Pretty neat "recycling" huh? Check it out here Pheew! We have an appointment to get her hair trimmed tomorrow after kindergarden! Oh and on a more serious note of "love", last week Emma told me she was going to kiss W. a boy in her kindergarden group she seems to like. Here he is on Emma's right as they wait for the other children to get ready for the snow.I definitely agree with her, he is the cutest boy in the kindergarden!

  • Baby/preggie update week 28

    22 Jan 2010 | 11:02 pm
    So on Thursday I had my routine checkup at my gynae's and got my glucose test results and blood test results. In a nutshell:I don't have gestational diabetesI am anemiceverything else is fine; in fact even my low lying placenta seems to have moved up but we'll still go for the final confirmation on that one during week 34unfortunately, no cool baby pics this time. As for the baby, he now measures 35cm (!!) and weighs 1284gr. (Seems big to me!) According to the measurements, the calculated EDD (estimated delivery date) reads out to be April 14th-16th confirming my feeling (or hope!) that he's…

  • Big girl bed

    18 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am
    Emma slept in her big girl bed for the first time last night. It took her ages to fall asleep but I think that had more to do with a long afternoon nap than the bed - at least I hope so. This is excellent news mainly because it was becoming really hard for me to lift her into her cot with my belly and her weight. She seemed quite pleased and kept saying "Emma a grand lit" (Emma has big bed). It also means that I can now sit on her bed next to her for our bedtime stories which she quite liked. (Hopefully there won't be too much climbing out!)Another piece of good news; we're nearly done with…
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  • Brrr Cold Horses and an Annoyed Jack Russell

    22 Jan 2010 | 5:22 am
    Wicked cold today. So cold, the horses were running around just to keep warm. That crying/whining/whimpering noise you hear is Remi the Jack Russell---upset because she wanted to be with them, instead of in the car with me. (FB viewers, click "View Original Post" to see video)

  • Snowhenge, Austria

    22 Jan 2010 | 4:48 am

  • Backstory: Carlos Perez, Donna DeCesare, and our interview in Vienna

    21 Jan 2010 | 12:48 pm
    I have an article in Smithsonian Magazine, February issue (out now, or out soon), featuring a former Guatemalan gang member who is now a successful artist and teacher in Vienna. The magazine section takes a well-known photographer's iconic portrait and runs a "where are they now" story. This article features Carlos Perez, a former 18th Street Gang member in Guatemala who not only turned his

  • If You're in the Market for Elves....

    14 Jan 2010 | 3:08 am
    ...this Czech store might be a good place to start. (FB: Click "View Original Post)

  • Timeless Prague

    13 Jan 2010 | 5:08 am
    (FB Friends, click "View Original Post" to see photo) This was taken from the Charles Bridge, looking down onto the snow-covered street below. I could look at this photo endlessly--I imagine someone standing on the bridge 200 years ago, looking down and seeing the same scene
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  • Coffee Milk in Vienna

    Britta
    31 Jan 2010 | 10:38 am
    In one of my first blog posts, I wrote about the coffee culture in Vienna here Coffee in Vienna Just to add to this post I want to talk about coffee milk. It’s milk that you can buy in every grocery store that is specially designed to be added to coffee. What makes this particular milk so special you ask? Why the percent of fat in it of course! Try a whopping 12% fat. Yes! In case you’re interested in this oh so special milk for your coffee, you can pick up the original from Austrian food company Maresi at any grocery store. Coffee Milk in Vienna Share on Facebook

  • Friendship in Austria

    Britta
    22 Jan 2010 | 9:40 am
    One of the things that I find frustrating in Austria is starting friendships with Austrians. They seem to have an attitude of, “What the hell do you want?” when you show some interest and extend an invitation of some sort. I often feel rebuffed when making a light inquiry like going to coffee together. I think that was one of the reasons for the Starbucks success in the United States. When starting a new friendship in Los Angeles, an invitation to meet up at Starbucks was clearly understood. It read, “I like you and might be interested in a friendship. Let’s see if we are…

  • Competition

    Britta
    16 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm
    I’ve been kicking this theory around in my head for quite awhile now, and am finally ready to write about it. It comes back to the topic of people asking me how I could possibly leave L.A. in favor of Vienna. I always say it’s because I like it here. They always ask what it is exactly that I like. This is one of the things that I really like about Vienna. People here are a lot more mellow than they are in L.A. Los Angeles is populated with the best and brightest the world has to offer. Think about it. People all over the world have a fascination for L.A. Those who are the most…

  • Energized by Vienna

    Britta
    7 Jan 2010 | 11:24 am
    I don’t know what it is about this Vienna, but it energizes me in a way Los Angeles never did. In L.A. I was always tired. Maybe it was the fast pace. Maybe it was the tough competition. Maybe it was sitting in traffic all the time. I don’t know, but LA just sucked energy from me. Here in Vienna I feel like I can just go and go and go. Like the energizer bunny. Just not pink. Maybe it’s because I move more in Vienna. I use the public transportation all the time and I walk a lot. Maybe it’s being among people rather than caged away in my car. Maybe it’s being out…

  • Thoughts from an Austrian

    Britta
    2 Jan 2010 | 3:53 am
    One of my favorite readers just sent me a personal email in regards to the thoughts my blog and other expats have inspired in him. I’ve posted his thoughts in the past on my blog because I think he makes really good points. Also, I think it is fair to post an Austrian view point. Below you’ll see his comments. Helimax, his user name, is making a reference to my first ever blog post Fashion – Or the Lack Thereof The rest of his thoughts seem to be something he just wanted to share with us. Hi Britta! I was just talking to a friend about Austrians and I thought I should…
 
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    The Practice Room

  • Affäre Osterfestspiele

    7 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am
    At the end of the week, the Austrian news outlets reported that eight people have been formally accused in the criminal activities over at the Salzburg Easter Festival: former director Michael Dewitte and former technical director Klaus Kretschmer, both abruptly fired last month, were at the top of the list and accused of "grave professional deceit and betrayal", Dewitte being singled out for

  • Brennero - Brenner

    5 Feb 2010 | 6:38 am
    What was I thinking? I hopped on the regional train to the Italian border at Brenner, to take in a little Italian atmosphere and maybe some shopping at the new-ish designer outlet mall there. But this is winter, and the border is at the continental divide, and it's high up there (over a thousand meters above sea level), so it shouldn't have surprised me to arrive during a snowstorm.For those not

  • Reality Meets Opera

    3 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm
    I should be writing about the recent news coming out of Salzburg regarding the Easter Festival, but I haven't got the full story yet (it's still developing.) The story so far is that the CEO of the Easter Festival (a separate entity from the Summer Festival, but basically the same offerings — operas and concerts with top names from the classical music world) pocketed large sums of money over the

  • Erik Schinegger, cool guy.

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am
    When I posted about Gretel Bergmann and Dora Ratjen, I came across another name from closer to home — Erika Schinegger, who was a shining star in the women's downhill ski races in the mid 60s. Last night ORF aired a 2005 documentary film about Schninegger — Erik(A) — and the events of 1967, when the Austrian Olympic hopefuls submitted to medical testing by the IOC and it came out that Schinegger

  • Fun With Sitemeter

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:02 am
    I have opened the Sitemeter link (that little green-and-white square near the top of the sidebar) so readers can see the stats. Just because. If you're curious, I get on average about 30 visits (and 40 page views) a day, mostly from people who were searching for something via google, and around 200 per week.Recurring search topics: FKK (nudist) areas in Innsbruck (all from Italy, oddly), "(stereo
 
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  • Griechen wollen Finanzmärkte mit Sparpaket beruhigen

    DiePresse
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am
    Griechenland kündigt im Kampf gegen das Staatsdefizit die Anhebung des Pensionsalters an. Gehälter sollen eingefroren werden. "Wir ändern das Sozialsystem, um es lebendig zu halten", sagt der Sozialminister.

  • Strafen für Lawinen-Auslöser? "Hysterische Reaktion"

    DiePresse
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:27 am
    Wer Lawinen lostritt, ist in Österreich nicht strafbar, allerdings für Schäden haftbar. Italien prüft derzeit Haftstrafen für Verursacher. Eine "hysterische Reaktion", meint Reinhold Messner.

  • Neue Kommission vom EU-Parlament gewählt

    DiePresse
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:21 am
    Das neue EU-Kommission-Team von José Manuel Barroso ist mit deutlicher Mehrheit vom Europäischen Parlament bestätigt worden. Die europäische Volkspartei, Sozialdemokraten und Liberale stimmen pro.

  • Uni-Administrator erpresst Studentin wegen illegaler Downloads

    DiePresse
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:11 am
    Der Angestellte hatte bei einer Studentin illegale Downloads registriert. Anstatt sie zu melden wollte er Geld, um "die Sache verschwinden zu lassen". Die Polizei schaltete sich ein und verhaftete den Mann.

  • Nazi-T-Shirts und Hitlergruß im KZ Mauthausen

    DiePresse
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:08 am
    Das Verfassungsgericht befasst sich mit Nazi-Vorwürfen gegen die Welser Bürgerliste "Die Bunten". "Bunte"-Kandidaten sollen mit Nazi-T-Shirts und Hitlergruß die KZ-Gedenkstätte geschändet haben.
 
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