<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from ashleyadm.blog-city.com</title><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 ashleyadm.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:37:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from ashleyadm.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Postcards from Germany: 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_20_years_after_the_fall_of_the_berli.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_20_years_after_the_fall_of_the_berli.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5F20%5Fyears%5Fafter%5Fthe%5Ffall%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fberli</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While Germany still battles the divisions created by what Washington Post journalist Anne Applebaum calls "invisible walls", celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall drew everyone's attention this past week.]]></description><category>berlin wall</category><category>mauerfall</category><category>berlin</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>east germany</category><category>west germany</category><category>cold war</category></item><item><title>German writer Herta M&#xfc;ller wins Nobel Prize in Literature</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/german_writer_herta_mller_wins_nobel_prize_in_literature.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/german_writer_herta_mller_wins_nobel_prize_in_literature.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=german%5Fwriter%5Fherta%5Fmller%5Fwins%5Fnobel%5Fprize%5Fin%5Fliterature</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Romanian-born German Herta Müller is the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.  The academy describes Müller as a writer "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."]]></description><category>nobel prize in literature</category><category>herta mueller</category><category>literature</category></item><item><title>&quot;The Berlin Wall: what really made it fall&quot; by Elizabeth Pond</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/the_berlin_wall_what_really_made_it_fall_by_elizabeth_pon.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/the_berlin_wall_what_really_made_it_fall_by_elizabeth_pon.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fberlin%5Fwall%5Fwhat%5Freally%5Fmade%5Fit%5Ffall%5Fby%5Felizabeth%5Fpon</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Germany - and the world - prepares to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, journalist Elizabeth Pond discusses the central role of East German civil courage in bringing about political change.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>berlin wall</category><category>cold war</category><category>leipzig</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: German National Elections</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_german_national_elections.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_german_national_elections.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fgerman%5Fnational%5Felections</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Germans prepare to elect the next leader of their country this weekend, there's no talk of mavericks, Joe the Plumber or "lipstick on a pig".  Germans view elections very differently than Americans with around 78% turnout.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>german national elections</category><category>bundestag</category><category>angela merkel</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Dutch-German, German-Russian, or Russian Mennonite?  How Europe – and wheat – came to the American Plains</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_dutchgerman_germanrussian_or_rus.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_dutchgerman_germanrussian_or_rus.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fdutchgerman%5Fgermanrussian%5For%5Frus</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You'd never know it from my decidedly English-sounding name, but one of the many reasons for my interest in Germany is my Dutch-German heritage.  This is the story of how Mennonites, swiebocks, faspa and wheat made it to the Midwest.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>russia</category><category>prussia</category><category>holland</category><category>the</category><category>netherlands</category><category>mennonite</category><category>amish</category><category>wheat</category><category>plains</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>kansas</category><category>swiebocks</category><category>faspa</category></item><item><title>Tough decisions ahead as PC manufacturers deal with Chinese censorship</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/tough_decisions_ahead_as_pc_manufacturers_deal_with_chinese_.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/tough_decisions_ahead_as_pc_manufacturers_deal_with_chinese_.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tough%5Fdecisions%5Fahead%5Fas%5Fpc%5Fmanufacturers%5Fdeal%5Fwith%5Fchinese%5F</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My new article about Chinese internet censorship and American PC manufacturers for Mainstreetok.com is up here.  If you're interested, have a read!]]></description><category>china</category><category>internet</category><category>censorship</category><category>hp</category><category>dell</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: July 4th and &quot;authentic&quot; German potato salad</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_july_4th_and_authentic_german_pota.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_july_4th_and_authentic_german_pota.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fjuly%5F4th%5Fand%5Fauthentic%5Fgerman%5Fpota</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've seen healthy -- and sometimes heated -- debates on American recipe websites about what "authentic German potato salad" really is, but one genuine version doesn't exist, just like most things "authentic", including Americans.]]></description><category>4thofjuly</category><category>indepedenceday</category><category>potatosalad</category><category>kartoffelsalat</category><category>authenticity</category><category>culture</category><category>america</category><category>germany</category><category>mexico</category><category>china</category><category>fortunecookie</category><category>chimichanga</category></item><item><title>New articles on Mainstreetok.com</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/new_articles_on_mainstreetokcom.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/new_articles_on_mainstreetokcom.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Farticles%5Fon%5Fmainstreetokcom</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As of this week, I've begun writing articles for the Daily Oklahoman's online newspaper for the Oklahoma Panhandle, Mainstreetok.com.  The first is a feature piece on traveling to North Korea.]]></description><category>northkorea</category><category>travel</category><category>oklahoma</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Birthdays in Germany</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_birthdays_in_germany.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_birthdays_in_germany.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fbirthdays%5Fin%5Fgermany</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After attending several birthday soirees in Germany, I started wondering whether German kids wished for the same things that I did as a kid and found a whole new set of birthday traditions and "rules".]]></description><category>birthdays</category><category>germanbirthdays</category><category>birthdaygames</category><category>geburtstag</category><category>geburtstagkind</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Schloss Neuschwanstein, or &quot;The Disney Castle&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_schloss_neuschwanstein_or_the_disn.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_schloss_neuschwanstein_or_the_disn.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fschloss%5Fneuschwanstein%5For%5Fthe%5Fdisn</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As home to the western world's most popular children's storytellers ? the Brothers Grimm ? it should come as no surprise that the world's most famous fairytale castle is found in Germany.]]></description><category>schlossneuschwanstein</category><category>neuschwanstein</category><category>sleepingbeautycastle</category><category>disneycastle</category><category>alps</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category></item><item><title>Inglorious, indeed.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/inglorious_indeed.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/inglorious_indeed.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 20:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=inglorious%5Findeed</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Am I the only one bothered by trailers for Tarantino's mysteriously misspelled latest, Inglourious Basterds?]]></description><category>tarantino</category><category>inglouriousbasterds</category><category>ingloriousbastards</category><category>antisemitism</category><category>germany</category><category>wwii</category><category>america</category><category>greatbritain</category><category>england</category><category>ireland</category><category>india</category><category>reservoirdogs</category><category>killbill</category><category>heinrichboll</category></item><item><title>Mandated German Religion Courses Voted Down in Berlin</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/mandated_german_religion_courses_voted_down_in_berlin.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/mandated_german_religion_courses_voted_down_in_berlin.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mandated%5Fgerman%5Freligion%5Fcourses%5Fvoted%5Fdown%5Fin%5Fberlin</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Although many Americans see Europe as largely atheist, you'd be surprised at the level of influence that both Protestant and Catholic churches have in many parts of Germany.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>lifeingermany</category><category>protestant</category><category>catholic</category><category>berlin</category></item><item><title>The lines a German won&apos;t cross: German stereotypes about rules</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/the_lines_a_german_wont_cross.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/the_lines_a_german_wont_cross.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flines%5Fa%5Fgerman%5Fwont%5Fcross</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My German friends and students might laugh at stereotypes about Germans and rules, but only because they are willing to admit that they actually DO wait for the green light to cross the street in the middle of the night even when there's no traffic.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>rules</category><category>stereotypes</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Easter Traditions in Germany</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_easter_traditions_in_germany.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_easter_traditions_in_germany.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Feaster%5Ftraditions%5Fin%5Fgermany</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As with Christmas stockings and trees, many of the American holiday traditions surrounding Easter have their origins in Germany.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>easter</category><category>oster</category><category>easterbunny</category><category>osterhase</category><category>lindt</category></item><item><title>Making schnitzel, German-style</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/making_schnitzel_germanstyle.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/making_schnitzel_germanstyle.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=making%5Fschnitzel%5Fgermanstyle</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People who know me know that I love food, so I'm sharing the rather shallow "wealth" of my German food knowledge.  Today, schnitzel.  Coming soon ... Käsespätzle!]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>food</category><category>schnitzel</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Faschingsdienstag (Fat Tuesday)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_faschingsdienstag_fat_tuesday.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_faschingsdienstag_fat_tuesday.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Ffaschingsdienstag%5Ffat%5Ftuesday</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The rowdy Mardi Gras crowds in New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, might just have to give it up to the Germans for their Fat Tuesday celebration, called Faschingsdienstag (Fasching Tuesday), Fastnacht or simply Karneval.]]></description><category>mardigras</category><category>fattuesday</category><category>fasching</category><category>faschingsdienstag</category><category>fastnacht</category><category>karneval</category><category>carnival</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: No love for neo-Nazis</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_no_love_for_neonazis.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_no_love_for_neonazis.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fno%5Flove%5Ffor%5Fneonazis</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Forget rose-colored visions of romance.  This Valentine's Day was less about love and more about neo-Nazi violence in eastern Germany's Dresden.]]></description><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>valentinesday</category><category>neonazi</category><category>npd</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Winter Weather Blues</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_winter_weather_blues.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_winter_weather_blues.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fwinter%5Fweather%5Fblues</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We've all seen them at craft fairs and on colleague's desks: the horses' behinds with tails made of rope that predict the Oklahoma weather.  I wasn't in Germany long before I realized that if in no other way, this is how Bayreuth is like Guymon.]]></description><category>winter</category><category>weather</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: Christmas Markets</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_christmas_markets.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_christmas_markets.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fchristmas%5Fmarkets</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With the new year just beginning, it may seem strange to be dwelling on the holidays, but in Germany the closing of the country's famed Christmas markets is good reason for a longing look back.]]></description><category>christmas</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>christmasmarkets</category></item><item><title>Tele-Gym in Bavaria</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/telegym_in_bavaria.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/telegym_in_bavaria.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=telegym%5Fin%5Fbavaria</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yes, this fitness program actually exists in Bavaria.  There's English, so no worries.  Just enjoy!]]></description><category>bavaria</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category><category>telegym</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: The St. Nikolaus Christmas Tradition</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_the_st_nikolaus_christmas_tradition.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_the_st_nikolaus_christmas_tradition.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fthe%5Fst%5Fnikolaus%5Fchristmas%5Ftradition</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Americans eagerly anticipate the end of Thanksgiving turkey leftovers and all that extra refrigerator space, German children are looking forward to something else entirely – putting their boots out for St. Nikolaus' visit this weekend.]]></description><category>stnikolaus</category><category>stnick</category><category>santa</category><category>santaclaus</category><category>christmas</category><category>christkind</category><category>weihnachtsmann</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Germany: An American Election in Europe</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_an_american_election_in_europe.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_an_american_election_in_europe.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=postcards%5Ffrom%5Fgermany%5Fan%5Famerican%5Felection%5Fin%5Feurope</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Although Germans would have elected Obama in a landslide if the election were held here, Tuesday's winner seemed to be less important than the fact that Bush would finally be gone and that U.S. foreign policy would be more cooperation-driven.]]></description><category>bush</category><category>obama</category><category>biden</category><category>election2008</category><category>germany</category><category>deutschland</category></item><item><title>America really is beautiful!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/american_really_is_beautiful.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/american_really_is_beautiful.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=american%5Freally%5Fis%5Fbeautiful</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stop and think about it. I'm still trying to fathom the significance, to be honest.]]></description><category>obama</category><category>election</category><category>biden</category></item><item><title>Republican Economic Policies&apos; Real Results -- 760,000 Jobs Lost This Year</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/republican_economic_policies_real_results__760000_jobs_l.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/republican_economic_policies_real_results__760000_jobs_l.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=republican%5Feconomic%5Fpolicies%5Freal%5Fresults%5F%5F760000%5Fjobs%5Fl</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John McCain sets out to continue a failed GOP worldview as he plans to tax medical benefits, provide almost no relief for the middle class, and shift a lion's share of the tax benefit to already-prosperous upper-income Americans.]]></description><category>obama</category><category>mccain</category><category>election</category><category>biden</category></item><item><title>Healthcare - Some reasons to vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/healthcare__some_reasons_to_vote_for_barack_obama_on_tuesda.htm</guid><link>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/healthcare__some_reasons_to_vote_for_barack_obama_on_tuesda.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=healthcare%5F%5Fsome%5Freasons%5Fto%5Fvote%5Ffor%5Fbarack%5Fobama%5Fon%5Ftuesda</comments><dc:creator>Ashley Moore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Facts about the current state of healthcare in the US with solutions from Barack Obama and Joe Biden.  Also, John McCain's very scary plan that encourages businesses to stop providing insurance for employees.]]></description><category>election</category><category>barack</category><category>obama</category><category>mccain</category><category>biden</category><category>president</category></item></channel></rss>