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University of Florida Students Showcase Work from Berlin

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June 19, 2014 admin Travel & Culture 0

PHOTOS: Germans Celebrate World Cup Win Over Portugal

  Germany defeated Portugal 4-0 Monday in the Group G tournament of the 2014 World Cup. I may be wrong, but it looks like the fans are enjoying the shutout in Munich’s Olympic Park, where the game was televised. Enjoy! [...]

June 16, 2014 admin Sports, Travel & Culture 0

PHOTOS: Signs of Judaism in Today’s Berlin

(Scroll over each photo for explanation) The key marking of the Third Reich’s brutality was the systematic discrimination and eventual genocide inflicted on millions of European Jews. Today, much reverence is paid in respect of their suffering, and during my recent trip to Berlin, this was abundantly apparent all over the city. [...]

June 14, 2014 admin Travel & Culture 0

VIDEO: Jumping Off Buildings Ain’t No Big Thing in Germany

If you’re ever in Berlin and you catch a falling person out of the corner of your eye, don’t fear for them. Their harness should give a yank just before impact. “Base flying,” as it’s called, is offered from more than 400 feet in the air from the Park Inn hotel [...]

June 11, 2014 admin Travel & Culture 0

In Berlin, It Pays to Recycle

Being smart about waste has never been so green…environmentally and monetarily speaking. On the sidewalks of Germany’s capital city, Berlin, you’ll see women and men peering into trash bins with flashlights or pushing around buggies rattling with glass and plastic. Some also proactively ask for bottles and cans right from people’s hands (it’s legal to consume alcohol [...]

June 11, 2014 admin Business, Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture 1

What Netflix, Hulu and Other Sites Say in Countries Outside the U.S.

While abroad and after a long day of sightseeing, don’t expect to get caught up on Orange is the New Black or rock out to Phish radio. Licensing and copyright constraints keep big hitters of online entertainment—like Pandora, Hulu and Netflix—off international IP addresses. While most YouTube videos work, some [...]

June 6, 2014 admin Business, Tech, Travel & Culture 0