Sources:http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-02-24/39740/Honest_homeless_man_moves_into_his_own_apartment
Friday, February 24, 2012
Austria
The article I read was about a homeless man in Austria. In which the homeless man named Hermann Schleichert an ex con and man declared mentally ill found 7000 Euros and did the noble thing and turned the money into the police. I feel that was very honorable and you can’t really judge somebody by their past. Not to mention many would keep the money for themselves. After turning in the money to its rightful owner and meeting the guy who was named Mario Berisha in which thanked the guy after which Schleichert began receiving donations and even job offers. This finally allowed him to get off the street and into his first home and even have a job. Schleichert said that he was happy to live alone and have his first apartment and job.
Sources:http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-02-24/39740/Honest_homeless_man_moves_into_his_own_apartment
Sources:http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-02-24/39740/Honest_homeless_man_moves_into_his_own_apartment
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Current event Karneval
Karneval is the equivalent to Mardi gras in the United States. It’s a huge celebration held in which there is partying drinking and just acting silly. There are many floats which show comical versions of import people on them. Though it is now more sort of a religious holiday it didn’t start off that way. Ancient civilizations such as the Romans and Egyptians celebrated it after the harvest in December. Later on in the middle ages it was performed to create a great crop yield. In the past the church had rejected it and called it pagan but it continued so the churched adapted is so it became a time of self-indulgence before lent in which the church dictates you are supposed to make sacrifices. This tradition of dressing up and partying is shared with the United States in the city of New Orleans which is famous for Mardi Gras. However I was surprised to see that there are guild, clubs and even special days set up for major events. Were it seems the United States version is just a bunch of partying and nudity. The floats that I think will appear this year would be Germanys Prime Minister Angela Merkel and other high office officials. Overall it’s interesting to see just how much Karneval has changed since its original start in ancient civilizations.
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