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  • Articles of Faith: Are Human Rights Still Relevant?

    The Vienna Review - Modern Times
    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:33 am
    Human rights campaigner Aryeh Neier believes in the power of popular opinion, but is agnostic about the Occupy movement Stephen Doyle As Syria’s resident Bashar al-Assad continues his bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in defiance of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the question of the human rights movement’s political force is as timely as ever. read more

  • A War of Words Waged from the Windows

    The Vienna Review - Scenes of Vienna
    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    Above trendy bars and food stalls, Armin Bardel’s words call out to a society just out of reach Peter Quince Imagine Linke Wienzeile 22 – a plain 1850s egg carton of a building – as a giant refrigerator with 24 magnetic letters you can rearrange to catch, or attack, the world’s fancy.read more

  • The Taming of the Cold

    The Vienna Review - The Arts
    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    The KHM explores how artists bridled the wildness of past winters – a feast for the eyes Roxanne Powell The days are growing shorter. It is already getting dark as I leave the office; the air stings my face and I wrap up my woolly scarf tighter as I head down the street toward my tram stop on the Ringstrasse. It’s almost winter; what did I expect?read more

  • Where Internationals Meet

    The Vienna Review - On the Town
    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Vienna Circle: Dec, 2011 Thomas Faria Charity work is a choice to give personal time for the benefit of others. But for the members of the United Nations Women’s Guild, helping the needy is just one positive factor.  Through the organization, members learn language and practical skills that help them to adapt to life in a foreign country.  read more

  • Discovering Sinai: A Welcome Retreat From Winter’s Cold

    The Vienna Review - Sports and Travel
    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 6:07 am
    Just a stone’s throw from home, Egypt’s picturesque Sharm el-Sheikh provides a refreshing Red Sea respite for the whole family Philip Ellison When the wind blows and the rain feels coldWith a head full of snow...read more
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    The Vienna Review - Modern Times

  • Articles of Faith: Are Human Rights Still Relevant?

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:33 am
    Human rights campaigner Aryeh Neier believes in the power of popular opinion, but is agnostic about the Occupy movement Stephen Doyle As Syria’s resident Bashar al-Assad continues his bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in defiance of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the question of the human rights movement’s political force is as timely as ever. read more

  • Breaking Down Prison Walls

    oliver
    27 Jun 2011 | 6:47 am
    Speaking in Vienna, Philip Zimbardo reveals the devil and the hero in each of us Laurence Doering We’re going on a journey,” Philip Zimbardo warned his audience, convened by the Webster University Psychology Department at the Amerikahaus May 31, before embarking on a meandering, two-hour lecture.read more

  • Ministering Mental Health

    oliver
    23 May 2011 | 5:04 am
    Austrian Orders of Merit awarded to 12 psychologists who worked to professionalize the work of understanding and healing the psyche Krista Rothschild To most people, mentioning the words “Vienna” and “psychology” in one sentence quickly leads to a conversation about Sigmund Freud, or perhaps Alfred Adler, C.G. Jung, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein or Viktor Frankl, or even the assiduous work of Karl and Charlotte Bühler between the wars.read more

  • Healing Abuser and Victim

    oliver
    25 Mar 2011 | 7:15 am
    Psychologists at Männerberatung reach out a helping hand to victims of physical and sexual abuse; however they do so not only for them, but for the perpetrators as well Anni Surenian One of the first things psychotherapist Jonni Brem learned about domestic violence was that what a man considers violent may be quite different from what is experienced by a woman. So at Vienna’s Männerberatung they always begin by hearing the story from both sides.read more

  • The Best Afternoon Possible

    oliver
    8 Feb 2011 | 7:19 am
    Integration Wien attempts to help young people become independent - despite their handicaps and disabilities Hannah Stadlober read more
 
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    The Vienna Review - Scenes of Vienna

  • A War of Words Waged from the Windows

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    Above trendy bars and food stalls, Armin Bardel’s words call out to a society just out of reach Peter Quince Imagine Linke Wienzeile 22 – a plain 1850s egg carton of a building – as a giant refrigerator with 24 magnetic letters you can rearrange to catch, or attack, the world’s fancy.read more

  • Crossing the Threshold of Painful Memory

    oliver
    28 Oct 2011 | 9:37 am
    A recently re-opened memorial preserves the evidence of 50,000 victims of the Vienna Gestapo in shocking original records Christopher Anderson The doors of Vienna conceal many pleasant surprises: a Baroque courtyard, a fountain or a Renaissance arcade. Others, like those at Salztorgasse 6, reveal a history of nightmare, one that takes time to tell, and sometimes even longer to set in stone.read more

  • Notes from Nature

    oliver
    28 Oct 2011 | 9:31 am
    Up, up and (not far) away R.S. Hughes Until a few minutes ago, the roar of motorcyclists snaking around the hairpin bends of local roads had echoed about the valley, but after an hour or so of steady hiking, we’ve finally left the tread more

  • Fire at the Ringtheater

    oliver
    17 Oct 2011 | 6:49 am
    How the burning of a theatre led to a change in the way the doors of Vienna are opened Duncan J. D. Smith Babylon Burningread more

  • Nights like Days

    oliver
    11 Oct 2011 | 11:47 am
    A quarter life crisis – in Viennese dark corners when you sometimes realize you’ve reached the point of no return Cristina Rotaru Long and tenebrous are the hours you chase after your potential. Much like anticipating dawn from between the shielded four walls of an afterhours bar on Schnbrunner Strasse; overcrowded and suspicious, you turn yourself in to whatever comes your way, secretly hoping that this time maybe it won’t be a Jägerbomb. Just like the venue itself, tonight you have no name, no past, no memory of how on earth you got there. Among urban clustered chic and piled up…
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    The Vienna Review - The Arts

  • The Taming of the Cold

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    The KHM explores how artists bridled the wildness of past winters – a feast for the eyes Roxanne Powell The days are growing shorter. It is already getting dark as I leave the office; the air stings my face and I wrap up my woolly scarf tighter as I head down the street toward my tram stop on the Ringstrasse. It’s almost winter; what did I expect?read more

  • Screening Sigmund

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:55 am
    The father of psychoanalysis has played many roles, but few have broached his contradictory personality Laurence Doering The grainy black and white image flickers uncertainly on the screen. It shows an elderly man in a three-piece tweed suit, settled comfortably into a garden chair, his head resting on a heavy, ornamentedread more

  • Gallery Weekend: Art Week’s tour of Vienna’s prime spaces

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:04 am
    Lauren Brassaw Slaven Tolj is a former-Yugoslav with a face reminiscent of iron. He is also an artist and the director of Lazareti in Dubrovnik, Croatia.read more

  • Fashion Abducted!

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 6:46 am
    Art engages the gender aesthetics of fashion at the Kunsthalle Gina Lee Falco With its latest exhibition, “No Fashion, Please! – Photography Between Gender and Lifestyle”, the Kunsthalle Wien boldly ventures where established fashion fears to tread. Tossing convention aside, artists explore brazen alternatives while questioning the relationship between body and clothing.read more

  • Artworking With You

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 6:31 am
    For “Collective Works,” the innovative Vienna-based duo mischer’traxler was dubbed Designer of the Future 2011 Boris Kostadinov They create “radical” design, without ever seeming radical. Their youth may just be the necessary prerequisite for their special insight into the material world. They are quiet.read more
 
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    The Vienna Review - On the Town

  • Where Internationals Meet

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Vienna Circle: Dec, 2011 Thomas Faria Charity work is a choice to give personal time for the benefit of others. But for the members of the United Nations Women’s Guild, helping the needy is just one positive factor.  Through the organization, members learn language and practical skills that help them to adapt to life in a foreign country.  read more

  • Too Nice to the Austrians

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:50 am
    Discovering make-your-own culture with travel writer and ‘non-expert’ Nicholas Parsons Dardis McNamee Sometimes the truth about national character is easier for a foreigner to see than a local.  It was with this in mind that, years ago, I put some hours of careful study into a little book called the Xenophobes Guide to the Austrians, by one Louis James, part of an engaging series of revelatory tomes intended as cultural “user’s manuals” for the bewildered traveller. read more

  • The Wisdom of the Wool

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:30 am
    Social bonding, political activism, and relaxation – all excellent reasons for the on-going knitting renaissance Michaela Holler It’s dangling from a hook in my hall wardrobe: 155x25 cm of fluffy burgundy, pink and turquoise, with specks of orange, a knitted comforter that will keep me cosy in the cold months. This labour of love is the result of some 12 hours of needlework, accomplished one dull rainy weekend at my mother’s in the Styrian countryside. read more

  • Banish the grey, go for colour!

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:09 am
    Treasure Hunt: Dec, 2011 Stephanie Winkelbauer The perennial “high fog” of Vienna’s winter weather calls for a powerful antidote! So here are some shops in cheerful colours offering a wide selection of tempting goods from the luxurious to the sensuous for all ages and all pocketbooks.read more

  • Exploring Beethoven’s Bastion with Harry Lime

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 6:59 am
    In a space scarcely larger than a tennis court, the Mölker Bastei is a quiet oasis of a past era in a busy part of town Duncan J. D. Smith It’s winter, and only the hardiest souls are out exploring Vienna’s back streets. With many content to stay indoors, perhaps now is the time for a little crowd-free urban exploration – and the place to go is Mölker Bastei.read more
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    The Vienna Review - Sports and Travel

  • Discovering Sinai: A Welcome Retreat From Winter’s Cold

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 6:07 am
    Just a stone’s throw from home, Egypt’s picturesque Sharm el-Sheikh provides a refreshing Red Sea respite for the whole family Philip Ellison When the wind blows and the rain feels coldWith a head full of snow...read more

  • LA: Louder Than Life

    oliver
    30 Aug 2011 | 7:04 am
    Where there are people, there is noise. And in Los Angeles, there are a lot of them Ana Tajder In a sense, Los Angeles can be said to be a surprisingly quiet city. This is because it is so suburban – a patchwork of quiet neighborhoods with a shopping mall or a collection of restaurants and shops splashed every now and there. The City of Angles sleeps a lot. It goes to sleep early and gets up late. Bars and restaurants will empty around nine or ten and so will the streets. The hum of an 18-million-person city will turn into mysterious peace just occasionally disturbed by a stranded…

  • En Voyage

    oliver
    30 Aug 2011 | 6:54 am
    Taking off in an old Peugeot to discover France in Summer: le camping et les callanques Stefanie Wolff Maybe it was not the brightest idea to choose the month of August for traveling. But I always feel a strong need to go on an adventure in the summertime. Dreams of swimming, walking and discovery filling my head, I find myself turning the pages of my old school atlas and imagining travel routes through Europe. I like the special atmosphere of August, when everybody is on holidays and a lot of the shops are closed – it’s like the silence of Sundays.read more

  • On Board the Majestic

    oliver
    11 Jul 2011 | 2:21 pm
    Riding Through the Wachau on the Emperor’s Train: Rediscovering the Pleasures of (Affordable) Luxury Train Travel Dardis McNamee It was 15:40 at the Heiligenstadt Station on a Thursday afternoon in early summer. On the platform of Track 4, a scattering of well-dressed people mingled in threes and fours; one checked a watch; a cell phone rang. A young Austrian man in a well cut black suit came striding up the steps to be hailed by three others, in a hubbub of laughter, two-cheek greetings and hearty slaps on the back. Then three Japanese, two men and a woman, also in dark suits, stepped off…

  • Harvest of Blood Oranges

    oliver
    23 May 2011 | 7:26 am
    Joining a group of WWOOFers in Sicily; these volunteer organic farmers trade their labor for an off-beat holiday Christian Cummins The working day doesn’t start too early at La Casa delle Acque, a small organic orange farm at the foot of Mount Etna in Sicily.read more
 
 
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  • Hair of the Dog

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am
    All over the news, we read how people are trying to capture “in a nutshell” what is really going on in Europe. While I doubt that there is any nutshell way of putting the situation, the attempts are impressive. read more

  • My Teacher Told Me ...

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:42 am
    The recent Education Reform Initiative (Bildungsinitiative)has raised sharp debate about overhauling Austria’s educational system. Although its goal is admirable – better, more equal education for all – its approach may be overzealous.read more

  • Lying for Santa

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:39 am
    The holiday season is upon us, and 99% of us are protesting bankers, big business and bonuses. At this time of year, people living in countries with Christian traditions are battered into submission by call centre infomercials collecting money for the hungry, the orphaned, the blind – anything, really. We save up all our goodness for one time of year, when some of us get extra Christmas pay, or we just want to up our deductibles. Or maybe we really do feel like doing good.read more

  • Lying for Santa

    Vienna Review
    4 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am
    The holiday season is upon us, and 99% of us are protesting bankers, big business and bonuses. At this time of year, people living in countries with Christian traditions are battered into submission by call centre infomercials collecting money for the hungry, the orphaned, the blind – anything, really. We save up all our goodness for one time of year, when some of us get extra Christmas pay, or we just want to up our deductibles. Or maybe we really do feel like doing good.read more

  • Die Zeit: Is Day X Coming?

    Vienna Review
    9 Dec 2011 | 11:16 am
    The solution to the European debt crisis is near. Or the collapse. Bernd Ulrich At the moment, Germany is the strangest country in the world, or at least in Europe. Due to the debt crisis, the entire continent is focusing on Germany, yet the country itself isn’t in a crisis.read more
 
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  • Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/27/2012

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:51 pm
    The Dutch cabinet has now approved a burka ban, and as soon as Parliament gives its final approval the ban will become law. The Netherlands thus becomes the third European country to ban the burka, after Belgium and France.In other news, Treasury Secretary says that the United States is willing to back increased funding for the IMF’s euro-rescue capability, provided that Brussels goes first, and bolsters its own emergency bailout fund.To see the headlines and the articles, open the full news post.Thanks to Caroline Glick, Fjordman, Gaia, Insubria, JP, KGS, Nilk, Steen, The Stonegate…

  • Marine Corps Terrorist Wannabe Gets 25 Years

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:34 pm
    Lance Corporal Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a series of incidents in the fall of 2010 when he fired shots at Washington-area military installations.Cpl. Melaku, a naturalized US citizen originally from Ethiopia, videotaped himself shouting “Allahu akhbar!” after firing shots at the US Marine Corps museum, and attacked other sites, including the Pentagon. He wasn’t caught, however, until the following June, when he was picked up acting suspiciously at Arlington National Cemetery. He fled from police, and during the chase dropped…

  • Norway Renames Itself

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:24 pm
    Can you guess the most popular name for newborn “Norwegian” boys in Oslo and environs? Hint: It’s not “Erik” or “Bjørn”.Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer sends his translation of an article about the latest trend in baby names. The translator includes this note:Here’s some more statistical data that confirms what most of us have known for a long time: Norway is undergoing demographic change at breakneck speed. Some people apparently find this fact very pleasing.The translation from Human Rights Service:Mohammed now also the most popular name in Romeriket27.01.12:…

  • The Shafia Case Goes to the Jury

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:24 pm
    The murder case against Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and his son Hamed has been going on for several months in Kingston, Ontario. The three defendants are charged with four counts each of first-degree murder for an “honor killing” that took the lives of Mr. Shafia’s three teenage daughters and his other wife in a polygamous marriage.The case has finally been wrapped up and is about to go to the jury. The report below from FOX News gives an overview of the Shafia trial, and includes extensive comments by Michael Coren.Many thanks to Vlad Tepes for uploading this video:

  • Dubious Privileges for Islam in Hamburg

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:53 pm
    The city of Hamburg is the first federal administrative unit in Germany to make a treaty with its Muslim community.The analogue for the action is the relationship between the German government and the state church. However, as the commenters on the article below point out, the arrangement between the government and German churches was never intended to be, nor should it be, a model for dealing with an alien political ideology that is hostile to the German government, culture, and people.Many thanks to JLH for translating this piece from Citizen Times:Muslim Organizations Press for…
 
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  • Yummy cupcakes

    18 Jan 2012 | 1:23 am
    Ok, fine, the only yummy thing about cupcakes is the topping and sometimes only the look of it -but the kids loved the idea of going out for cupcakes and it was freezing outside so it was a good option. The only backlash was the sugar buzz we had to work off at the park before driving back home.Next time I have to film William's unique way of eating them - head down straight into the icing!

  • William's new love

    18 Jan 2012 | 1:12 am
    William and his wheeled backpack

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    12 Jan 2012 | 1:32 am
    In high school, one of my ex-boyfriends used to help a group of us study for history exams but then consistently got the worst grade whereas we all came through with flying colours.  In French we say, le cordonnier est toujours le plus mal chaussé of which the English equivalent is apparently "It's always the baker's children who have no bread". Well in my case, it's always the cook who is not fed. Let me explain; Emma is going through a horribly picky phase with food. And by that I mean that she will only eat bread, some cheese, yogurt, hard boiled egg, pasta, sandwiches, salami,…

  • new doctors and William at 20 months

    6 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am
    One of the key things to find when you move especially if you have any sort of medical condition and kids - are good doctors.  Hopefully I have started tackling that mountain. Yesterday I saw 3 doctors!!! It just so happened that I got some references and my act into gear and appointments all bunched up.The first was a gynaecologist; he was lovely as well as German, fluent in English, married to a Greek woman pediatrician, father of 3 kids, trained in Munich and ready to take the time to explain all possible contraception that might work for me. I nearly had the impression I had…

  • Food glorious food

    4 Jan 2012 | 1:57 am
    Just skimming over the last couple of posts here and realized that after having announced the holidays in one pic it was over by the next. So what did we actually do over the past two weeks here with the kids?Christmas and palm trees - what a change from Christmas in Vienna!We did a lot of drawing and crafts, made some Christmas drawings and cards, some bicycling, lots of going to parks (indoor and outdoor), we read and played and got dressed up in party skirts and shoes.William at kindergarden    William wearing his new helmet on our street (they have nearly finished -…
 
 
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