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Help make a Million for The Prince’s Trust

May 6, 2010 by lexicatalk

The Prince’s Trust is currently looking for enterprising people in the region to help raise funds for their work with young people.

Just like in The Apprentice, teams get initial seed funding and will then have the task to grow that generate that into a profit of around £10K. The regional will have the opportunity to meet VIPs at the national finals. For further information about the initiative and how you can join it as an individual,through your business or your university, visit The Prince’s Trust Website – click here.

Across the UK, the Prince’s Trust hopes to raise a total of £1 million pounds. To find out more, the local branch of the Prince’s Trust has organised two information events on Thursday, 6 May and Wednesday, 12 May from 4 – 6pm at the offices of Muckle LLP in Time Central.

For further information or to attend, call Miranda Heron on 0191 497 3215 or email miranda.heron@princes-trust.org.uk.

 

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German Choir at Durham Cathedral

May 6, 2010 by lexicatalk

The Suedwestdeutscher Kammerchor Tuebingen will play at Durham Cathedral on Friday, 4 June at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15 and the proceeds will go to the Percy Hedley Foundation, which supports disabled children and adults throughout the North East.

For tickets, contact Sheila Coltman on 0191 238 1321 or email s.coltman@percyhedley.org.uk

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The Digital Age in Germany and the UK

May 6, 2010 by lexicatalk

It is interesting to compare the public’s concerns relating to social media such as  Facebook in both the UK and Germany.

In the UK, Facebook came under pressure to find ways how to protect young people from potential paedophiles. In Germany, however, consumer groups and the German government put pressure on Facebook to improve its data protection and even advised Germans not to use the social media platform.

Germany’s equivalent to Which magazine – Stiftung Warentest – also published a special edition in April and surveyed the various social media platforms. It also gave bad marks for data security. Click here to subscribe the test edition.

And Google’s Street View is in trouble as Germans are up in arms about having their property on the internet without their permission. People now seem to have the opportunity to opt out of the service before it goes online.

One of our fellow Stammtisch members also  forwarded us a letter that was sent to an MP on the new Digital Economy Bill. If you take into consideration that the Minister for Digital Britain (or his staff) does not seem to know the difference between Intellectual Property and Internet Protocol, it might be worth looking at what that Digital Economy Bill is all about  http://meeb.org/post/505849844/i-wrote-to-my-mp-two-weeks-ago-regarding-my-shock.

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German Rail Connections

May 6, 2010 by lexicatalk

You are probably aware that in April Deutsche Bahn started its operation of the Tyne & Wear Metro. At the end of last month DB also announced its successful £1.59bn bid for Sunderland based bus and rail firm arriva, strengthening the German transport operator’s market position in the UK.

A long time before DB came to the UK, Newcastle used to export its rail expertise to Germany. This year  Nürnberg celebrates 175 years of train travel. The first German train – the Adler (the eagle) – travelled between Nürnberg and Fürth and was designed by rail pioneers George and Robert Stephenson and built here in Newcastle. Nürnberg, of course, is also the home of the German railway museum – the DB Museum – where you can see a replica of the Adler.

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Easter Stammtisch – 12 April

April 7, 2010 by lexicatalk

Our Easter Stammtisch will be on Monday, 12 April, starting at around 6.30pm, with food arriving at 7pm. The Easter menu will follow in due course – any suggestions for typical food for this season, let us know! The venue is again the Hilton at the Quayside in Gateshead.

The Stammtisch group is constantly growing and we expect another great turnout – make sure you let us know that you’re coming so we have enough food! Email: info@lexica-communications.com.

50 einfache Dinge, die einfach deutsch sind gives you an insight into Germans – for example their obsession with sitting outside, trying not to be typical German or avoiding fellow Germans when on holiday. It covers the ‘Fräuleinwunder’, our politicians, ‘Modern Talking’ and so on. One of our Stammtisch regulars has a copy, if somebody wants to have a peek on Monday.

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German Films in the North East

April 7, 2010 by lexicatalk

The Forum in Hexham will show The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) on 18 April. For further details, visit the Forum Website.

The next German film to be shown at the Tyneside Cinema will be Run Lola Run on 20 May at 9pm.

It’s now also 80 years ago that Josef von Sternberg’s ‘Der Blaue Engel’ had its premiere in Berlin, launching a Hollywood career for its star Marlene Dietrich. Maybe another film worth seeing in 2010?

If there are any films (recent or classics), Stammtisch members would like to see here in Newcastle, please let me know and we can maybe arrange a special viewing.

One of those might be Plastic Planet, a new documentary, that examines the impact that the material has on our life, health and the environment. The Austrian director Werner Boote, whose grandfather himself was the MD of a plastics company, travelled around the world to find answers. If you want to find out more about what he discovered, visit http://plastic-planet.de/index.html for details, news and a trailer (part German/part English).

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Easter Stammtisch – 12 April

March 5, 2010 by lexicatalk

I hope you are all well and that those who were unlucky enough to bite into one of the ‘mustard’ doughnuts last time have by now recovered from the shock!

We thought that April will be a good time to meet again and we’ll have an Easter Stammtisch organised now for Monday, 12 April at the Hilton in Gateshead.

Felix, who organised our previous events has now moved on to bigger things at a Hilton in London, but will come up to join us. David and the German chef are still here to look after us, so apart from having possibly some French influences, there will be no change (we might even have a chocolate fountain at the next event). Also you might want to know that since January this year, all of the hotels in the Hilton Group are dog friendly.

Therefore for your diary: 12 April, Stammtisch start around 6.30pm, food arriving at 7pm and cost will be again £15/head for the food. Further details about the event will follow in due course.

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A bit of Bavaria in Glasgow

March 5, 2010 by lexicatalk

Just over three and a half years ago, Petra Wetzel from Bammersdorf near Forchheim opened in Glasgow the ‘West Brewery, Bar & Restaurant’.

Her house beer, St Mungo, is still brewed according to the German Reinheitsgebot (purity law) and besides typical local food, West also serves Gulaschsuppe, Schnitzel, Bratwurst, Apfelstrudel etc – just check out their Specials Menu.

Petra is also the initiator of the current Scottish Draught Craft Beer Festival, which will run until next week Thursday, 11 March. If there’s interest from some of the Stammtisch group to do a trip up north one day, let me know – in the summer West apparently also has a very nice beer garden!

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Battle of the Beers

March 5, 2010 by lexicatalk

There’s always been a bit of healthy competition between the Germans and the English – which we will no doubt experience again in a few months’ time when the football teams play in South Africa.

But now the Scottish have also moved in on the act, but this time it’s all about the beer!Glaswegian BrewDog recently launched their controversially named ‘Sink the Bismarck’ and claimed to have now the world’s strongest beer with 41% alcohol content – beating their German rivals Schorschbock by 1%.

If you want to find out more about BrewDog and their ‘beer’, just watch their video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blxE8SEkqwM

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Little Harle Stables

March 5, 2010 by lexicatalk

I would like to introduce you today to one of our local business owners – Henri Plag from Stuttgart – who is also a member of our Stammtisch group.

Henri is a qualified horse trainer and riding instructor and runs her own riding school in Kirkharle, Northumberland. She combines both natural horsemanship principles with correct German dressage training.

Henri offers lessons on her horses and for owner riders plus various other training workshops and demonstrations.

You can visit her website for further information – Henri Plag – or chat with her at the next Stammtisch.

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