Friday, December 31, 2010

Should I Buy My Son A Dummy Phone

Latest News 2010: NEO is Latvia's European of the Year! Latvian-Estonian

seems almost forgotten in view of the comprehensive Wikileaks releases that also Latvia last year, major data leaks Extent and subsequent publications had exhibit. published under the name NEO Ilmārs Poikāns , a scientist at the Institute of Mathematics and computer science at the University of Latvia, the Latvian financial records office, which he found by chance has become available.
special interest among the public while lists of recipients of excessive bonuses and premiums, individual public servants, employees of the national utility company and also in the police force, despite officially announced by the Government of tough austerity personally secure knowing. While the bankruptcy of the Parex Bank had to be collected by the state, whose top officials are authorized - as it unveiled NEO - still five-figure salaries.

Ilmārs Poikāns is Latvia's European of the Year 2010. This was decided by a public vote of Latvian European Movement . "Democratic and European values" Poikāns in Latvia have been trying to defend its activities. 45 candidates were nominated for the election, which this year for 13.Mal of Latvian European Movement was carried out.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Print E Ticket With Pnr Number For Jetlite



I do not know how to do it other Latvian friends, me personally is the artificially by a German advertising agency with German investors money in Latvia launched "Christmas tree" campaign rather on the nerves. Basically it is a conscious attempt to "like putting cart before the horse" that, if anything because the stupid Germans already know about Latvia, then they'll s just flooded with headlines that they are familiar. Why then should we begin only in complicated-to-understand Latvian traditions to tell? With the alleged invention of the Weihnachsbaums in Latvia, we would then also finally arrived again in the spheres of the German upper classes, had so many centuries established themselves in Latvia and much of the history given - alternating with the Russian, Swedish and Danish. Now also reported good, Estonia and Latvia had agreed "at the highest level," the Christmas tree is neither in Estonia yet been established in Latvia at first, but "in Livonia. Bravo! Main, the exciting thing is that the (tabloid) media also reported (BBC News , tt-com , ORF, Berlin Online ). The "Rheinische Post " come immhin doubt on this legend processed for commercial purposes. An intelligent story on this topic FAZ has researched: In Denmark Latvian seasonal workers from preparing the Christmas trees for use in the United Kingdom and Germany.

What discussions are actually running between Latvians and Estonians can, for example by means of the contribution of the portal APOLLO read this week from Tuesday. There is again
time to read a report from the region Valka / Valga. "Estonians promise benefits and draw the Latvians" there is the issue. In just a few weeks 15 Latvians had transferred their residence on the Estonian side and registered there. Ivars UNTS, mayor of the Estonian Valga have prompted work on the Estonian side, to register as residents of Estonia.
"It's scandalous!" express their different Latvians against Latvian newspapers. The number of readers' letters and opinions to the internet is high. 'll promise
a good and cheap health care in Estonia and lower income taxes. Asked about the reasons why they move across the border to Latvians also have answered: there are more support for the children, the minimum wage is the equivalent of 190 lats, and better shops, and pharmacies almost the front door - and you do not need more extra to go to Valmiera for it. The age pensions subject therefore higher in Estonia.

other Latvians in turn laugh at such stories. "They have probably the Estonian kroon exchange rate - € still not entirely understood," we conjecture, "if now in January they'll see how much they get less tickets in hand."

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Merilyn Sakova صور

pressure the Baltic

While so far only about Latvian media have speculated could be the nature of the documents under the Wikileaks could affect publications including Latvia, to be read since yesterday at Spiegel online for small details. More specifically, the SPIEGEL belonged from the beginning to the Wikileaks media partners, which data were available in advance. So we are (being) in this case rely on the summaries prepared by the Spiegelanern Elect of the vote.

Wikileaks salad
from "pressure from the Baltics" is because the speech - an unusual formulation, most often in the course of history was indeed more pressure on Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians exercised until submission of annexation. It is about the armed conflict in Georgians 2008th Given here of the dossiers of the U.S. diplomats, according to the Baltic States had successfully Georgia during the conflict with Russia, a NATO military strategy called for in the event that Russia and applying military means on Baltic territory. The U.S. ambassador in Riga noted: "The Latvians are wondering whether their membership in NATO and the EU offers the security that they have hoped," and "they look and think to Georgia. That could happen to us"
An extension of NATO security guarantees had been made a condition that the three Baltic NATO members of a common EU strategy towards Russia agreed to. Less the representation of persons acting in the first place is so präkant (as emphasized in many publications on German politicians like), but the fact itself that here at all "pressure from the Baltic States" could be effective. NATO's secret plans against Russia So?

German interest in the Ost-West diplomacy
the rates, which are attributed to Germany in this context. Quote SPIEGEL "writes The U.S. Embassy in Berlin. Germany considers the emergency plan to protect the Baltic against Russia ... as counterproductive and unnecessary"
But then allegedly found the solution should come from the German spring. Quote: ". It is still possible that the defense would the Baltic part of the defense of Poland, this idea of the German NATO ambassadors have brought forward in an interview."
"Russia destroys over 20 years, developed here, the trust," Merkel is in view of the events in Georgia, said in an interview with the then Lithuanian President Valdis Adamkus. Even the accession of Ukraine to NATO is to Merkel - have supported over the Baltic states - contrary to the publicly stated from the German government opinion.

details that sound in "normal language" probably less sensational. In detail, there are insights into the U.S. construction-European internal communication - if we do not report the DIENA of 4.12. read have - supposedly on the same subject and on the same documents. There is "pressure from Russia to Lithuania in the case of support for Georgia," the speech. However, it seems on closer reading of this paper as if anyone here reports the French newspaper "Le Monde" is the relationship described here nacherzählt.Ausgiebig Lithuania to Russia, with the support of Lithuania, Georgia and the "orange revolution" in the Ukraine was coined.

The Germans were the ones who take the fastest, the arguments of Russia and spreading - the supposedly wrote U.S. diplomats, in this case carefully looked up from a commentator on Latvian Radios . Latvia and Poland were 2008, the hot-blooded supporters of Georgia, and had - in the office at that time was the Secretary Riekstiņš - Sanctions on Russia, the Olympic boycott to the exclusion at the G8 meeting, called for

Who does here. to whom?
use therefore - despite the alleged "brutal facts" of the Wikileaks documents - once again the media of each country of the adopted public opinion rather than truly new knowledge to prepare the way? Also a contribution to the Latvian portal APOLLO this suggests. Described here is the same process: the American promise of protection ("Eagle Guardian") and the NATO for Poland will be extended to the Baltic States. Only the title is obviously not a quote: "Wikileaks reveals Russian threats of attack against Latvia." Where is fetched? Finally, no Russian diplomats are quoted, but here it's all about what should have written U.S. Ambassador. The Latvijas Avize even goes a step further, citing the same post on the one hand the alleged threats against Lithuania and then the other, to say hastily, Wikileaks serve with his publications on terrorism (facts mixed with comments - in LA is not the first time ).

might have to apply the conclusion: no matter whether truth or fairy tale serves as a raw material - politics is politics.


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Post Gallbladder Surgery Heartburn

silver pot keeper wants to be Tiger Trainer

an echo of the 25.Jahr the Bremen city partnership with Riga on Nov 17, offered in Berlin. The premises of the Bremen office in Berlin were good enough to give the newly appointed Latvian Honorary Consul Lutz H. Peper more than 300 guests on the eve of the Latvian national holiday to provide a forum for a "maiden speech".
In Bremen itself, the Senate press office had been given only to the date of delivery of the certificate of appointment known (13.11., 16:40 to 16:50 Clock) - neither the press nor in the context of the partnership active initiatives know so far very much about the new paid tribute to honor diplomats - in the various Latvian-related events in Bremen saw Peper been rarely (if the purely business-house events times excludes).
A trained industrial business Peper, the first in the timber trade, was active in this profession at SIEMENS and the WILL BROCK handling (with the latter company, he now holds a majority stake), 2007-2010 president of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and formerly sometimes even chairman of the Bremen Sparkasse was his Berlin audience by surprise with some unusual theories. If some have hoped Latvian friends in Bremen also point out the remains of the Riga silver treasure, the store still in Bremen, finally returning at least as a permanent loan to Riga to be able to (they could even while remaining in private ownership) - will these dreams of modern times probably with Pepers office. Amazed, we were able to hear that not crusaders and missionaries for a long time more violent than "German upper class" in a legal special role in Latvia liked (and could get for centuries the Latvian women and Latvians their own cultural heritage only through oral transmission from generation to generation) - are now even able Baltic German institutions such as the "company of the Blackheads" are now as common foundations "(German-Latvian?) interpreted. It nezinu, vai tas ir Latvieši saprotams. In 25 years in the city of Bremen itself by the way never an event on the occasion of Latvian national holiday offered. The layman and is amazed, they say well. But read and see for yourself:
"Dear Mr. Ambassador, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. I am very pleased today to be able to stand here tonight and with you to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Bremen-Latvian friendship Rigans cities, on the day of the Latvian National Day. This is a great honor, and the response today shows that this is on your side also saw Sun The history of Bremen and Riga has a long tradition, the common foundation in 1201 leads to that the parallels were carried into the Hanseatic League in the present day and the partnership for 25 years, has again revived. The fact that these ceremonies were to 25.jährigen anniversary so intense and so human heat shows that the twinning is not just on paper, but that it actually incurred by the People are living on both sides, and I think that's the best thing you can say about a city partnership. In politics, much can be imposed from above, but the story lives out of itself, and partly, and partly also from history. I am glad that I have as a member of the Companie of the black heads a particularly intense relationship with Riga. The companie was founded in 1201 with yes and therefore the oldest fraternity in the world, a quality that very few cities have in common only can, and shows once again - as they live out Companie then yes - how intense these relationships. I can personally tell you that I have of the Ambassador have witnessed Klava addressed economic development in recent years as an entrepreneur in Riga as well. I know that violent strikes did exist, and so far I'm happy if I can contribute in my new job a little to train the Baltic to fit again. . In this sense, I must thank you for your attention and wish you a pleasant evening "

way: For any queries the new Latvian Honorary Consul on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings between 10 und 12 clock in the Senator Bömers Street 1 in Bremen responsive.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

What Does Megan Good Do To Her Hair

Political Roulette

The anti-corruption authority is not in the headlines. A letter from the staff is now demanding the dismissal of the Chief Normunds Vilnītis. After the government responded hesitant and wants to call a "conciliation committee", now the two deputy Juta Strike and Alvis Vilks have announced that after six months of the compromise being sought to leave when the boss is not replaced. However, it was expressed by various sides of the suspicion that the employee had signed under pressure from their department head.

Juta Strike was several times in recent years as a candidate for the leadership of the authority in discussion was, to prevail among the delegates occupying that position by choice, never.

This occurs against the backdrop that the coalition list of Latvia's Way / Latvia's First Party and the People's Party has just lost a lawsuit against a decision of the Authority several years ago before the Administrative Court. Both parties had to ninth in the elections failed Saeima 2006 against the rules to cap campaign spending. Instead of the permitted 279 000 lats had been issued more than 700,000. The excessive amount of calls, the anti-corruption agency would have to pay the parties to the Treasury.
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explained for a good call Latvia-border coalition list to dispose of this sum, what says that the party has received donations since the elections no single Santims. There is no state funding of political parties in Latvia still does not. But apart from the two parties now claim that they were not legal successor of the two parties occurred in 2006. That's right legally formal in so far as to promote greater transparency in party financing, a recent transfer of all political forces had been called upon for a good Latvia may therefore be regarded as a new political force.

First has appealed for a good Latvia to appeal against the verdict. The court stated, however, that is being waged in this way the sense of transfer of absurdity.

After the elections of 2006, was guided by the Popular Party government at odds with the Anti-Corruption Authority and Prime Minister Kalvitis had its director, Andrejs Loskutovs, want to sell. This was in autumn 2007, the rise of the so-called Umbrella Revolution, when held for the first time since the time of change towards the end of the Soviet Union, mass demonstrations, which the then Government to retreat from his step or finally to resign from office prompted.

A the demands of the Regenschimrrevolution was the dissolution of parliament and new elections. That was only possible on the initiative of the President, had lost a referendum in case of non-his own office. That the election results had come because of violations of the law reached, however, would have resulted in the legal way to be cancellation of the election results are. Had made a decision to the Supreme Court as well. Since this was however until more than two years after the election, which it may have no effect on the European level.

Loskutovs was due to irregularities but discontinued the following year and now sits on the largest government party in Parliament.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Images Of A Women Cervic

complexity to form a government

After the party system in Latvia with the election of 2010 had more or less stabilized, was also confirmed in record time a new government. The old new Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and is transferred to the intensive discussions on various types of partnerships to a coalition of two parties.
Nevertheless, there were several events at the beginning more or less momentous.
Foreign Minister Valdis Kristovskis Ģirts had probably shared with a friend, a doctor by e-mail in which the party adversely über Russen äußerte, die er nicht gleich behandeln könne wie Letten. Kristovskis hatte irgendwo geschrieben, er stimme den Positionen zu ohne dabei genau klarzustellen, welche Argumente er damit im Detail meinte. Als dies bekannt wurde, forderte die Opposition nur einen Tag nach der Vertrauensabstimmung im Parlament seinen Rücktritt. Kristovskis überstand jedoch wie erwartet den Mißtrauensantrag.
Die vom Wähler als Abgeordnete nicht mehr ins Parlament gewählte Linda Mūrniece, die dennoch weiterhin Innenministerin sein darf, erneuerte den Vorschlag, ein Pädophilenregister zu erstellen.
Im Falle des Verteidigungsministers Artis Pabriks wurde dessen Unzufriedenheit mit der Departmental allocation discussed as well as the lack of understanding on the position of Deputy Prime Minister. The task was assigned him to the Präsidentur the European Union in Latvia in 2015 to prepare. At the same time it was called, a task which he receives no income, and despite the title, he will conduct in the absence of Dombrovskis no cabinet, so Dombrovskis itself came
cross shot well from Ventspilser Mayor Aivars Lembergs, the eminence grise behind the coalition partners, which during the coalition negotiations had stayed abroad and thus to comment until after the completion of the cabinet list this began. He put Kristovskis close to the resignation.
represents the light of these events, the question of who currently holds the reins in Latvia's politics after the balance of power within the coalition lists, especially the election winner consensus has shifted. It is worth noting also that President Valdis Zatlers in his speech in which he called Dombrovskis as a candidate for the office of the Government, the policy suggested to overcome the ethnic divisions and made it clear that all in Latvia Russians living the "Ours" be.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Victorian License Template

image problems

Latvia does not make first image problems Concerns. From the current policy on tourism to the world of work.

junior outside right
Ex-Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks a possible involvement of Latvia's young radical nationalists in the new government worried. In a joint list with the "veteran" Tevzemei un brivibai "(For Fatherland and Freedom - TB), especially some young nationalists of the" Visu Latvijai "(" Everything for Latvia "- VL) in Parliament" has been purged. " Pabriks apparently feared from them, they could still Russians "back home" want to deport or to force the government to once again debates SS-old fighter -. in accordance with the already published comments of the VL for years activists
As well as a founding member of the "Vienotiba" which then "Pilsoniskās savienība ( PS was formed), the "Jaunais Laiks" (JL) and the " sabiedrība citai Politikai (SCP), laid the SCP and Pabriks even vetoed the inclusion of the extreme nationalist-oriented parties. Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, now head of the PS, was himself once an ex-member Tevzemei Verteidigungsminster and is the self-appointed defenders of their country so nearer than his colleague Pabriks.
said Pabriks same time publicly expressed the hope that in Latvia in the future, once a government without the newly rich "oligarchs" could be formed - this was apparently too much for the internal peace in "Vienotiba. instead to reinforce the powers of the former Foreign Minister and former Defense Minister Pabriks Kristovskis, Prime Minister Dombrovskis rehearsing now apparently castling. While Pabriks will the Latvians have to explain what actually Latvian soldiers in international missions such Kristovskis is that sometimes even "military discipline" for the Riga City Council, called for now Außenminster. Whether the loss of image here corrected, or the seeds of new embarrassment was set, it is remains to be seen.

crisis protects against shady business not
Because of this week, newly released " corruption index " of " Transparency International (TI) to provide the Latvian journalist Karlis Streips and is also in the "Topics €" quoted: "This is a bad value and also less than a year ago .... was it bribery scandals with us a lot but what was the reaction of politicians among us..? said no. This is the rating by Transparency International in Latvia a shame and all the more when we consider that Estonia has long passed by us. "More is more than the usual envy of their northern neighbors, that the southern neighbor stands now better . Whether which, however, it is - like " Respublika writes that during the economic crisis less money because i st, and (it translates as" € Topics ")" where there are fewer people and less money there, may be less flow into the wrong pockets, "but there may be a question mark to be set. The opposite conclusion could mean, Lithuanians and Latvians, would come with their own prosperity is not clear ...

Image, nostalgic
worry about a too-Soviet-style image of Latvia makes the portal " Finance.net ", and refers to " Travelart . lv. Why the English language " Best in Travel - Yearbook 2011 " is from the series " Lonely Planet ", in which Latvia Although happen, but recommendations were made to places of interest only in the direction of special Soviet-romance: the ex-Soviet prison in Karosta / Liepaja, or the ex-Soviet bunker in Līgatne.
are not quite sure they Latvian Tourism seller, however, whether it is a sign of quality if the neighbors Estonia and Lithuania appear in the top list at all this time.

Public Employment Service
worried about Latvia's image in Europe is becoming the portal " Delfi.lv . Also in Latvia appears at the same bliebend high unemployment now break out the discussion about whether people without jobs are willing to work at all. The "1-euro jobs" hot in Latvia adequately "100-Lat-jobs". Supported by the European Social Fund here -Time Jobs Land offered for unemployed . Shall set the city of Riga such workers preferred to cemeteries and cleaning of city-owned land one - who is surprised that cleaners return of late no more with the best broom, but with fresh but frail-looking colorful plastic broom - and this is probably the EU money . thanks And then starts the discussion of whether the unemployed are really interested: 100 lats (about 150 € a month, which is 50 lats less than the state minimum wage actually) for 40 hours work a month, that's enough, not even in Latvia (over-) life, but for the envy of the neighbors. Since then, the portal provides Delfi movies into the portal, such as "Simtlatnieki" (100-Lat-ler) filmed at work - and are caught early exit from the workplace. What probably does more harm to the reputation of Latvia? The weariness of cheap laborers, or the zeal of envy?

Image re-invented to try to invent
the completely new "Office for the Development of the Riga-tourism" seems (Rīgas birojs Tūrisma attīstības "RTAB) the image of the Latvian capital. Although now tourists in Riga continue to prefer Laima chocolate or black Balzams, "and the tour guide praise the Art Nouveau and the legends of the Middle Ages.
But 2009 was awarded the contract to "re-branding" of Riga to the German advertising agency "Embassy" in Berlin, and in the presentation this new "message" was allowed to Vice-Mayor Šlesers yet at the same time keep his campaign slogans ("a thousand new jobs"). The new slogan in Berlin seems to be: not only build on proven. And so the nerves do not only Riga Campaigner with oversized triangular Christmas trees, but it shines even more often, the corporate colors of the airline "airBaltic" (the part owner of the RTAB) is due. Recently, a line of Riga souvenirs presented at the Baltic similar to the new bike bicycle promotion pretty much greenish comes along. Good that appear after the great crisis of increasing numbers of success almost guaranteed ...

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Mounting Window Rod In Door Frame

Once Lette Lette forever?

Citizenship is a hot issue in Latvia - have been ever since independence in 1991. In 1998, the last change, moreover, virtually by referendum with a complicated question of a double negation, that hardly any voter has the time really well understood. Meanwhile, he is member of Latvia are European Union, in which the other Member States, many Latvian citizens "emigrated". This raises the question of dual citizenship is now very different.

It earlier dropped about whether in exile grew Latvians it should have a right and it looks like the immigrants of the Soviet era in the country, so it is now about which bind to expatriate Latvians at their home in some form.

for dual citizenship are therefore just a few older people, call themselves as an example of returnees, as the representative of the unity Uldis Grava. The competent authority points out that even now, children, the Latvian citizenship regardless of whether they live abroad or have another citizenship granted. The former head of the Naturalisation Board defends itself but on the other hand, to grant foreign-born nationals, who themselves or whose parents do not have that applied immediately after independence, claiming that these individuals did not possess any real connection to Latvia, not speaking the language and sometimes do not even know where to find the land. These people need in their view in fact just another citizen of one EU member country. The bill does not require knowledge of Latvian. It considers it unjust to about 70järhigen people who were born in Latvia, for the naturalization of a language text . Impose

According to the authorities, there are currently 30,000 people with Latvian nationals who live abroad and also hold the citizenship of their country of residence. These are mostly refugees and their children who have left Latvia during the Second World War and applied for up to date 1995, the Latvian citizenship. Who this event has to pass, but can be still Latvian citizen, but only loss of his former nationality. This would remove the amendment.

The Authority is however pointed out that in 1998 the practice of only one nationality worldwide the standard, but was given a higher mobility and numerous mixed marriages more and more states not only the dual nationality but tolerate even multiple citizenship. Of course, this raises many questions. No one can decide whether he wants to be around by letter, or even Canadians. This would be in the case of crime and convicted of interest when it comes to where to connect the sentence is. Of course, that, in certain cases a State may declare its willingness to engage in a prisoner with him. Another issue would be the military service, which has been abolished, but in Latvia almost four years. The question of military conflict is the time being not to Latvian citizens - and that will hopefully remain so in the 21 Century, the authority.

Within the European Union but it must now be possible to adopt the citizenship of the host country, we fulfilled the conditions, without compromising that of the country of origin.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Tiberium Wars Wizard Was Interrupted

difficult to form a government

Although the two major parties have won the previous minority coalition of Valdis Dombrovskis in Latvia with 55 of 100 seats in a clear majority, since 2 October in Latvia in order to form a new government haggled.
are in this country Gentlemen Agreement unknown, according to which in the absence of the opposition coalition MPs random minorities prevented. Rather than engage the opposition in the parliamentary work with have been here so far monopolized the post of the coalition factions.
offers to the Russian-dominated Harmony Centre provided for discussion and speculation in the formation of a government which fell mainly on the disunity of the list of coalition unity government. Some stood across to the inclusion of the Russians and the others put their veto on the participation of the nationalists, until the last moment.
The same animosity provided for hard-departmental award. Not only that the Union should take on the Greens and farmers all seem difficult in the social sector ministries such as, but the forces of unity could not agree. This led to some somewhat surprising decisions.
So it finally came to the proposal, the former Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks be entrusted by the relatively small company for a different policy with the Ministry of Defence and to compensate with the title of deputy prime minister, is to be while former Defense Minister Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis foreign minister.
This former Minister of various Governments and EU member was in the past twenty years, a typical example of Fraktionsnomadentum, finally he came out of the now dramatically reduced from nationalist party For Fatherland and Freedom, after he was not there elected chairman. continue
Their work should also Interior Minister Linda Murniece, which was not by the voters with a parliamentary mandate. Murniece is in her office regularly struck with items that tend not to be in line with European values, their draconian response to the occupation of a bridge in Bauska as a protest against the closure of the local hospital.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Testicles For Earrings

Freaky Decade


Szenenfoto from "Freak Orlando" in the book by Ulrike Ottinger (Berlin 1981)


During occurred in the seventies, "Freaks" in this country possibly even in the form of the inevitable dwarf Auguste in large circuses in the show staging area in appearance, seemed they have practiced at this time a special fascination for artists and intellectuals to. Example of this may be the then emerging popularity of the photos by Diane Arbus, or the rediscovery of Tod Browning film "Freaks".

The standard still used today on the subject, "show freaks and monsters" appeared 1974th David Levi Strauss is the author herein before the famous "show freaks" of old and interesting statements leads to the concept and the "psychology" of the "Freaks" and defining the supposedly "normal" from "Ab-normal" on. At the end of the book refers to a page with an empty frame: The reader has to glue the possibility of his own likeness.
The pictures are from the artists and collectors Felix Adanos in the mid-70s with his "Panopticum 1900" an acclaimed exhibition on "Rrrrrraritäten, curios, limbs and Athletes" presented.

Many examples of artistic engagement with the issue always provided André Heller. Especially in the film industry were "freaks" very present, so with Ulrike Ottinger its really bulky film "Freak Orlando" in 1981.
enjoyed great popularity, however, the great films of Federico Fellini and of course the film version of "The Tin Drum" with the "freak" Oscar Matzerath as a main character.

prevailed in the '80s, the "Poltical Correctness," the "Freak" was primarily regarded as a disabled man whose "exceptional" or "specificity" to see as was aware. One example is the criticism of the involvement of "Little Helmut" at Circus Roncalli in 1983, which was not finally continued: "The little man is suffering severely from his expulsion, young Helmut is expelled from the Kingdom of the jester, where he was for many years King . No one from all the fashionable critical (...) intellectual, all questioning scene members asked him whether he has made his work much. " (Bernhard Paul Roncalli and his artists, Cologne 1991, p.135)

present a new desire seems most bizarre, "abnormal" pay, then toured as the group "Tigers Lillies' success with their "freak show" by the country ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeuJoTs6MT8&feature=player_embedded ) and the actress and clown-wife Catherine Witerzens presented in her new solo program "show booth" and others as "dwarf princess Perla" and as "the ugliest woman in the world" ( http://www.theatersolo.de )
- perhaps indicative of the beginning of a new "Freaky Decade "...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Diagram Of Ship's Bottom

Spidora

                                                                                                 (c) Stefan Nagel

The logo for my latest show booth posting this time is not an American Sideshow Banners borrowed, but B-movie posters of the horror, science fiction and crime division in the 50s. It fits in nicely with the other classic sideshows illusions, the Spinnenweib "Spidora" or "Arachna," as she was often in this country. The black-haired Marilyn
after the famous Warhol-image personifies the female spider that their partner after mating the same again, "nibbled" where are intended to strengthen the bones that lurid aspect.

These mirrors illusion of a giant spider woman with a talking head who once was widely used in sideshows and the viewer must often make a big impression. Intermediate attempts to revive this show back position, was not convincing because of the generally miserable, amateurish reactions so right.

(For more information about this and other illusions are found in the same chapter www.schaubuden.de.)
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

How To Make Insecticides Out Of Acacia Seeds

Daumenkinographie

or "learn to walk images by being carried around."

                                                                                                Source: www.daumenkinographie.de

The days when men peep through the country subjected to the common people for little money through the lenses of their boxes to provide insights into the world beyond their poor pictures, limited habitat are long gone.
The artist Volker Gerling, however, traveled today to walk through the land to the people "side of the road and over the garden fence," to "village fairs and markets," as well as in pubs its images on a vendor's tray with the label "Visit my traveling exhibition" to present. From the "symbolic outlet" that the "visitors to the exhibition in throw a jar of honey can be screwed on, he earns his living during the long wanderings through Germany.
His works seem at first glance not very spectacular: Volker Gerling photographed faces. He exposed a whole 36 small film camera with a motor - 12 seconds to tell a lot about the so-amazing person portrayed by Gerling presents the developed images of a film as fascinating flick.
on his interesting website www.daumenkinographie.de is more about the concept of "Daumenkinographie" to learn - and dates of its most entertaining lectures.

The operation of the flip corresponds to the way of the Mutoskops a peep to see through to before the advent of film through a lens "living pictures" were. By turning the handle was attached to a roller series of images in motion. At the height of the lens was a stop that lasted the picture for a moment. In the succession of rapid succession, paused briefly images gave the impression of a running film.
Mutoskope were showmen until the mid-20th Century demonstrated - often with "spicy" content.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Milena Velbamilk Streaming

you run and run and run ...



last of a fascinating old carnival tradition, which actually still "acting positions" contained in the literal sense, the three remaining in this country drop-offs. The operation of such a show is hard work, something that not only more time is meant the day held parades and daring ideas: Shops, Hugo Dabbert "Moto-Drom" dates from 1928, consist of many, sometimes very heavy items and there a lot of work the wood boiler, the stairways, the audience and the panel facade with the parade podium building.
The shows are still old Indian motorcycles of the type "Scout" to see who delight in the leg drop off riders because of their reliability and low center of gravity has always been extremely popular. The machines were built in 1920, the improved "Scout 101" 1928-1932. Motorcycle enthusiasts will be at the sight of motorcycle legends, however, only partially into raptures: Due to tough conditions for many decades and numerous "modifications" in view of the special conditions, these machines are different but very different from its original state ...
Not much younger than the Indian Motorcycles is the bedrock under the steep wall of drivers: Hugo Dabbert, who is now well over 70 and has suffered dozens of broken bones, began in 1959 and continues to this day.

photos (Nagel): Indian scouts from the vertical walls of Dabbert and flower

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Hypothesis For Dancing Raisins Science Experiment

Affenweib

(c) Stefan Nagel

This show booth posted in the style of American Sideshow Banners is to Tintoretto's "Susanna and the Elders" ajar. I had a great difficulty, Susanna turn into a real "Affenweib" - hence the stubble instead of a thick hide. In fact, the body hair of many "human hair" was not as pronounced as it would make believe the advertising. In such case when entering the booth out to be less spectacular attractions REPRESENTATIONS often these are enhanced with additional performances, as in this example by the display of a giant snake. "

the other hand, there were people who really strong due to a genetic disorder, to an animal coat reminiscent Überbehaarung had and became real stars in show business. The best known of them "Lionel, the Lion Man" was. Even Julia Pastrana pointed at the whole body has a lot of hair, was also in contrast to many other "ape women," their physiognomy ape-like features. For more information on "hair and animal people" are found in the "anomalies" in www.schaubuden.de.

In the U.S., such "Monkey Women" also known as "Gorilla Girls", while the catchy description in our region usually remained limited to a formerly quite widespread illusion show, "Girl to Gorilla Show", limited to:
http://schaubuden.blogspot.com/2008/04/schaubusenbesitzerinnen-und.html
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Dirt Patch Between My Breast

"God preserve him on the substantive times New


The wonderful text, "The South Seas in carnival and circus" in "The Principle of Hope" by Ernst Bloch was one of the essential impetus for further study of the shindig at the fairs of the past. A quote from this is the first published since the initial version of www.schaubuden.de. ". Mannheim friendly reminder"
Also in his article of 1931 Bloch knows the unique magic of the carnival show positions in all their diversity to portray in a particular way - although he is not the clear signs of her fading overlooked: "(...)
Bude six rows are situated on the long course, they show how big the world is. Here is a booth as a ship's hull and howl, the horrors of the Orinoco, in itself, the shell rattle to juke and mermaids with their chains. There are `rare` people and their art: a cowboy throws his lady from head to sing at the feet with knives, hermaphrodites, Egyptian gold women glow, live aquarium frogs swallow and spit them wriggling out again. At the conclusion of the stage flailing themselves of people from which a magician has made hypnosis, he also says, as the ancient Egyptians and Brahmans in their temples and `extra 'warehouses. Africa and Asia have driven at anchor, but as we are the savages, which is Europe. A somewhat vulgar picture sheet spreads out there, sure, but wealth alone distinguishes him from his southern German unimaginative Prussian fairground, the very reason early mechanization. Instead, the Mannheim was still a piece of Baroque carnival of the little man, `` Curiöses congregating, together with the fortune-telling bear the magician Salandrini and never geheuren wax figure. Gave her a lot more trash for the Mannheim fair, God preserve him on the substantive time.
(...)" (Vol. 9 of total output, Frankfurt / M. 1965, S.405f)
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Tiberium Wars Wizard Was Interrupted Solve

on the flying carpet of the extraordinary to the banalities of the world on

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abound in many of the fantastic films Terry Gilliam's whimsical figures of it. So also in "The Cabinet of Dr. Parnassus" by 2009, with this cabinet is externally a mixture of baroque and touring stage show booth.

The affinity to the sideshows freaks also explains biographically. As an adolescent helped Terry Gilliam once into a freak show. His memories also provide an interesting insight into the idiosyncratic narrative of this great filmmaker:

"It was just for a day. I helped with putting up the tent for the Monstrositätenkabinett The circus world - especially the stalls - I had always been enthusiastic, and I was fascinated ar of the extraordinary bodies that nature, especially in the most mysterious and untamed most parts the earth produces: rubber man from Borneo, Congo residents, half man, half-crocodile, pointed heads of Siam - or Sealo, the seal boy from the Arctic to the posters they seemed exotic, sexy and scary, and that day I looked for the first time behind the scenes. . There, there was no magic, everything was very profane - after setting up the tent I could wander through the camp before the audience came and meet the strange figures who earned their money as freaks. Although they did not look normal, but to my disappointment, they behaved quite boring, played cards, washing their clothes, smoked, cursed the weather - just like normal people with whom I had to do every day. They were not at all like the fascinating, bizarre, magical monsters on the posters. I was confused - I desperately longed for the exotic, but was also relieved that humanity and normality but probably rule the world. Since then, I'm torn between the desire on the flying carpet of the extraordinary rise and to demystify it and at the same time back in the mundane world. "
(Terry Gilliam Python, Python. The autobiography of Monty Python. Dt. Cologne 2004, S.60f )

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