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Traffic Solutions for the Future

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.24.2012

After decades of urban and suburban infrastructure designed by traffic engineers who've delivered tangled and ever-slowing meaning to the word oxymoron, Audi is turning to the architecture community for new solutions.

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Biker Caught Speeding 26 Times Gives Police The Finger

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Video, Middle Finger, Speed Cameras, Crime News, Crime, Germany, Motorcycle, Munich, Germany Crime, Biker Caught Speeding 26 Times, Biker Arrested, Slidepollajax, Crime News

A German motorcyclist who repeatedly gave a traffic enforcement camera the finger because he thought he would not get caught has been outwitted by law...

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WATCH: Ornate Tattoo Captures Year Of World News

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Tattoo Calfskin Poster, Tattooed Poster World News 2011, Art, Video, Tattoo Calfskin Poster World News, Chaos Crew Tattoo Studio, Germany, Munich, Tattoo Poster World News, Tattoo Poster, Tattooed Poster, Culture News

The Chaos Crew Tattoo Studio in Munich, Germany loves to show off their incredible artistic talent. And what better way to achieve that than with ...

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Instagram Spotlight On American Technicolor

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Instagram, Video, Arts News, Instagram Photography, Webstagram, Ohio, Photo Galleries, Purposeofenvy, Munich, Amateur Photography, Female Artists, Slidepollajax, Instagram Spotlight, Iphone Photography Apps, Arts News

Pablo Picasso reportedly once said, "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." With this in mind, we are ...

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The Incredible Lightness Of Munich

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Instagram, Webstagram, Slidepollajax, Munich, Amateur Photography, Female Artists, Instagram Spotlight, Iphone Photography, Sonja May, Arts News

Pablo Picasso reportedly once said, "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." With this in mind, we are ...

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Chilling On A Hot Vacation

Patricia Rust | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Munich, Battling Jet Lag, Travel, Cosmetic Surgery, Travel Tips, International, International Travel, Travel News

I am in one of the most exciting cities in the world and where am I in this scheme of things? Stuck in my hotel room.

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PHOTOS: The 10 Coolest Subways Around the World

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Sweden, Germany, Beijing, Hong Kong, Subway, United States, Travel, China, New York, Japan, Paris, France, Munich, Stockholm, Madrid, Moscow, Public Transportation, Russia, Tokyo, Spain, North Korea, Subways, Travel Blogs, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Subways aren't just a means of getting from point A to point B. The dark nether regions that swallow millions of people daily are often bright and creative spaces to be explored.

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Plane Slides Off Munich Runway

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Munich Airport, Munich, Munich Airport Runway, Singapore Airlines Accident, Singapore Airlines Boeing, Germany, Munich Airport Accident, Singapore Airlines, World News

BERLIN — A spokesman for Munich airport says a Singapore Airlines flight with some 200 passengers aboard slid off the runway just after landing ...

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Germany Drinks Up for Oktoberfest 2011 (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Photography, Photos, Germany, Alcohol, Beer, Munich, Oktoberfest 2011, Exposure, Oktoberfest, Culture News

Thousands of beer lovers flocked to Munich, Germany to take part in the yearly tradition of heavy beer consumption. To see more great photogr...

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From Munich To Sarajevo: A Pilgrimage For Peace

Katherine Marshall | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Munich, Angela Merkel, Community of Sant'Egidio, President Christian Wulff, Andrea Riccardi, Pope John Paul II, Sant'egidio Munich, Wolfgang Schauble, Religious Tolerance, 1986 Assisi Meeting, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Interfaith Engagement, Interfaith Dialogue, Inter-Religious Engagement, Religion News

The meeting was a message of hope: Despite the realities of violence and economic crisis, peace, prosperity, and a rich and meaningful culture are within our grasp.

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Get Thee To Munich For Oktoberfest!

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Foodie Travel, International Destinations, Germany, Germany Travel, Beer, Oktoberfest 2011, Munich, Oktoberfest, Europe Travel, Destinations, Oktoberfest Munich 2011, Travel News

It's Oktoberfest time again in Germany. Strap on your lederhosen and lace up that dirndl. The Oktoberfest tradition began in October 1810 to celeb...

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Hollywood and Israel

Dovid Efune | Posted 10.29.2011

Since its founding in 1948, the relationship between America's royalty in Hollywood and Israel has been temperamental.

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Hanging Ten In Munich, Germany’s Surfing Capital

SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG/Worldcrunch | Christian Helten | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Munich, Germany Surfing, Germany, Eisbach, Eisbach River, Surfing, World News

MUNICH -- Things go pretty quickly with Tao Schirrmacher. His surf board glides smoothly across the water as he jumps and turns. One maneuver succeeds...

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Media Mogul Dead At 84

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Leo Kirch Dies, prosiebenSat.1, Axel Springer, Germany, World Cup, Death & Dying, Leo Kirch Dead, Munich, Media Mogul Dies, German, Media News

BERLIN — Leo Kirch, a German media mogul whose television-based empire unraveled in a spectacular bankruptcy nearly a decade ago, died Thursday....

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Thai Prince's Plane Seized In Germany

AP | JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Munich, Prince Plane Seized, Thailand, Germany, Thai Crown Prince, Thai Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, World News

BERLIN — A plane being used by Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been impounded in Germany as part of a long-running battle with t...

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The Sensual Steel Sculptures Of John Chamberlain

Alexander Adler | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Curvatureromance, Abstract Expressionist New York, Summer, American Abroad, Museums, Sculpture, Slidepollajax, Munich, Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionism, Travel, John Chamberlain, Minimalism, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News

Although the art world is ready to embrace a new generation of enthusiasts, artists, and collectors, there is simultaneously an aspect of rediscovery ...

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X-Men: First Class: Reviewing Magneto and the Super Jews

Omer Rosen | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Holocaust, Professor X, Michael Fassbender, Palestinians, X-Men: First Class, X-Men, The Debt, Nazis, Defiance, Jewish, Munich, Magneto, Inglorious Basterds, Identity, Sebastian Shaw, Israel, Movies, Movie Reviews, Arts News

Strong, athletic, violent, handsome -- something separate from the bookish, weak, nerdish, neurotic construct that shaped me -- they are Super Jews.

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Bavarians Mark 125th Anniversary Of 'Fairytale' King's Death

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Munich, Lake Starnberg, German Fairytale King, Bavaria, Germany, Fairy Tale King, King Ludwig II, World News

BERG, Germany (AP) -- Hundreds of Bavarians have gathered for a Mass to mark the 125th anniversary of the death of King Ludwig II, the 19th-century mo...

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German Insurance Company's Office Sex Party

BBC | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Orgy, Weird Animals, Germany, Munich, Munich Re, Ergo, Budapest, Sex-Orgy, Hungary, Weird News News

Munich Re, one of the biggest insurance companies in the world, held a party for salesmen where they were rewarded with the services of prostitutes. ...

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Surfer Madness: Filmmakers Chronicle Totally Awesome Waves Dude

George Heymont | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Bjoern Richie Lob, Munich, Film, Bruce Brown, Malik Joyeux, Hawaiian Triple Crown, Surfing, High Water, Dana Brown, Endless Summer, Step Into Liquid, Keep Surfing, Eisbach, Arts News

For me, the appeal of a surfing documentary isn't about the music or the surfers hanging out on the beach. It's the thrill of being able to watch spectacular film footage captured by someone willing to take the kind of risks that make my blood run cold.

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Revolutionary Cake Shop?

Crane.tv | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Deutsche, Cafe, Bake, Revolution, Mix, Tradition, Design, Baking, Munich, Activist, Cake, Greenpeace, German, Arts News

Fuck the Backmischung! It is plastered in pink on the windows. Unless you speak Deutsche, I'm sure you have on...

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WATCH: Photographer Christopher Thomas Takes On The 'City That Never Sleeps'

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photo, Abandonment, Architecture, Photographer, City, NY Around Town, Wapping-Project, New York, Art, Black and White, Christopher Thomas, NY Culture, Brooklyn Bridge, Munich, crane.tv, Gallery, Book, Cityscape, Sleep, Arts News

30 large-scale cityscapes, devoid of people: tranquil, cryptic. Elusive glimpses ...

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Mad For Munich: State Of The Arts In Berlin's Sister City

Trisha Andres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Munich, Crane Tv, Design Liga, Mirko Borsche, Stephan Urbaschek, Berlin, crane.tv, Cafe Kubitscheck, Sammlung Goetz, Ayzit Bostan, Armin Stegbauer, Trisha Andres, Arts News

Often touted as the pretty but conservative sister of the much sexier Berlin, Munich fails to generate the same kind of buzz that its edgier sibling d...

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PHOTOS: Top 5 Public Metros In Europe

OneTravel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, Paris, Munich, Europe, Metro, Slidepollajax, Copenhagen, Bilbao, Travel News

Public transportation is a necessary part of most trips. During my travels through Europe I, like many others, have experienced the good, bad and ugly...

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To The Unhappy Couple: A Toast

Joel Dovev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Special Olympics, Divorce, Nicky Hilton, Lederhosen, Champagne, Oktoberfest, Brunch, Speeches, Separation, Marriage, Rick James, P.F. Chang's, Munich, Wine, Richard Burton, Toast, Weddings, Divorce News

I have always wanted to hear the unhappy, separated couple toasted after all the communal property has been divided.

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