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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

It is a school – but it is much more than that obviously!
The Thomaner – they are a Boys Choir and a School built upon religious beliefs, singing and music and education. They call it a ‘tradition of unity for 800 years’!
To see a schedule of all the events this week in Leipzig please see – http://www.thomana2012.de/programm/festwochen
The beginning of this long and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Bach (and his beer cellar) in Leipzig, bach in berlin, bach leipzig, Bachfest Leipzig 2011, boysoloist.com, CBC Radio 2, Festwoche der Thomasschule, leipzig bach, leipzig berlin, liszt bachfest leipzig, mahler bachfest leipzig, mini biography JS BACH, thomana2012.de
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Thursday, September 13th, 2012

Adorno-Preis 2012. Judith Butler, in der Frankfurter Paulskirche – foto Wikipedia – source- author’ Dontworry’
The American gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler received the Adorno Prize in Frankfurt yesterday – the prize was a deserved one and brought out the usual rabble of pro-Netanyahu Israel supporters – because she is a principled outspoken Israel critic.
There was an equally vocal number of supporters [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: <> or Truth Conquers All!, American gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler deserved winner of the Adorno Prize, arrogant and odius Netanyahu, deutsche welle, dw.de, mondoweiss.net, observer.com, Theodor W. Adorno Prize
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Monday, September 10th, 2012

‘ILA – Berlin’ is one of the world’s major air shows, not as large as Farnborough or Paris but equal in regional importance to other shows like Dubai and Singapore. It is certainly the oldest – the original Berlin air show was in 1909 and a special anniversary was held in 2009 to celebrate the 100th anniversary.
The new ILA-Berlin grounds are to be [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport delayed, Berlin airport delayed, From 11th to 16th September, ILA 2012, ILA 2012 Berlin, ila--berlin-berlin-air-show, ila--berlin-berlin-air-show-in-2012, the world’s longest-running air show, www.dw.de, ‘ILA – Berlin’ - Berlin Air Show 2012
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Sunday, August 26th, 2012

The fiftieth anniversary season of the German Bundesliga -which was founded in 1963 – started this weekend with Bayern München making an immediate positive impression.
With impressive performances from new signings Mario Mandzukic, Xherdan Shaqiri and world class Dutch star Arjen Robben seemingly back in form, it seems under their new general sports director Matthias Sammer, that Bayern München have made the correct signings [...] Continue Reading…
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Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

The planned and much discussed 2013 Germany / Switzerland tax treaty could still be scuppered before it takes effect next year.
This treaty, which is still scheduled to come into effect on January 1st, would in effect force Swiss banks to automatically deduct German taxes from the accounts of its German customers who have conveniently parked their money there in the past specifically [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .taxjustice.net, deutsche welle, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany / Switzerland tax treaty, Germany-Greece .Bail-out Game -, global super-rich elite, Is Germany/Greece a €/ EURO Grudge match?, tax evasion, tax evasion in EU, tax evasion in Germany, thelocal.de, UK Guardian, Wolfgang Schäuble, ‘Tax-evasion’ vs Tax-avoidance
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Monday, July 2nd, 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is now 22 days old – we are at the final game and anything can happen! Spain or Italy………well it ended up being SPAIN and in a big way! I have now written a daily blog article with the salient features of all the games. Please send us your thoughts and comments on the form [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .brazil-world-cup2014.com/, Balotelli 2 - Germany 0, Daniel Taylor in Warsaw writing for the Guardian UK, EURO 2012 - Daily Report - DAY 21, EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Poland & Ukraine, euro-2012-blog.com, http://www.brazil-world-cup2014.com/, kicker de, Meanwhile Iniesta is correctly names as the best player of the tournament, OTA-Berlin Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro poll vote, SPAIN in boring game progress after beating FRANCE 2-0
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Saturday, June 30th, 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is now 22 days old – we are at the finals and anything can happen! Spain or Italy………who knows? I have now written a daily blog article with the salient features of all the games. Please send us your thoughts and comments on the form below. – Filip v d Plas-
Historic opportunity looms [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Balotelli 2 - Germany 0, Daniel Taylor in Warsaw writing for the Guardian UK, EURO 2012 - Daily Report - DAY 21, EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Poland & Ukraine, euro-2012-blog.com, http://www.brazil-world-cup2014.com/, kicker de, OTA-Berlin Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro poll vote, SPAIN in boring game progress after beating FRANCE 2-0
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Friday, June 29th, 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is now 21 days old – we are at the first of two semi-finals and anything can happen! I will be writing a daily blog article with the salient features of all the games. Please send us your thoughts and comments on the form below. – Filip v d Plas-
GERMANY - ITALY – 0-2
Germany [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Balotelli 2 - Germany 0, Daniel Taylor in Warsaw writing for the Guardian UK, EURO 2012 - Daily Report - DAY 21, EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Poland & Ukraine, euro-2012-blog.com, kicker de, OTA-Berlin Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro poll vote, SPAIN in boring game progress after beating FRANCE 2-0
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Thursday, June 28th, 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is now six days old and for the 2nd time we will see teams play thier 2nd set of games. There has been a lot fo good exciting football – we have now seen all the teams and groups in action. I will be writing a daily blog article with the salient features [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Bert van Marwijk is no longer coach of the Dutch national football team the the Dutch football federation - KNVB announced earlier today., Dutch Coach first EURO 2012 casualty, Dutch coach resigns, EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Poland & Ukraine, euro-2012-blog.com, mario gomez, OTA-Berlin Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro poll vote, Pig Funtik, transfermarkt.de, useless goofy Dutch defensive duo of Mathijsen and Heitinga, van Marwijk resigns, vote on EURO 2012 poll, who will win Euro 2012?
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is now 20 days old – we are at the first of two semi-finals and anything can happen! I will be writing a daily blog article with the salient features of all the games. Please send us your thoughts and comments on the form below. – Filip v d Plas-
SPAIN - PORTUGAL – game [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: EURO 2012 - Daily Report - DAY 20, EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Poland & Ukraine, euro-2012-blog.com, kicker de, latest Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro poll vote, Perhaps Spain’s very best chance came late in the 100th minute when Arbeloa overlapping with Navas passed to him and his shot from just beyond the right-hand corner of the six-yard box was saved brill, pratergarten.de, Roy Hodgson, Sam Wallace writing from Kiev, Spain beat Portugal in lottery shoot-out, SPAIN in boring game progress after beating FRANCE 2-0, vote on EURO 2012 poll, who will win Euro 2012?
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Monday, June 25th, 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is now 19 days old – we are at the end of round one -and there has been a lot fo good and exciting football with 2 more teams through to the next phase . I will be writing a daily blog article with the salient features of all the games. Please send us your [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cesare Prandelli, ENGLAND succumb to the ‘shoot-out’ lottery, England vs Italy at EURO 2012, EURO 2012 - Daily Report - DAY 19, EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Poland & Ukraine, euro-2012-blog.com, John Terry and Joleon Lescott, kicker de, latest Euro 2012 poll, Mario Balotelli, OTA-Berlin Euro 2012 poll, OTA-Berlin Euro poll vote, pratergarten.de, Roy Hodgson, Sam Wallace writing from Kiev, SPAIN in boring game progress after beating FRANCE 2-0, vote on EURO 2012 poll, Wayne Rooney, who will win Euro 2012?
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