Goethe.mobi: Mobile site of Germany's Globally Operated Cultural Institution.

[domainitrix]

http://www.goethe.de/bilder3/logos/z-gilogo.gif

http://goethe.mobi/

Surfing the web on the move with 'goethe.mobi'

The large variety of information on goethe.de is now also available while you are on the move. Access http://goethe.mobi with your mobile phone or PDA. In no time you have access to the mobile optimised web services of the Goethe-Institut:


information about Germany from the fields of arts, society and knowledge


event calendars and contact information of the Goethe-Institutes


information on our range of services for students and teachers of German


From their main site (http://www.goethe.de/mbl/enindex.htm)


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The Goethe-Institut (GI) (Goethe Institute in English) is a non-profit German cultural institution operational worldwide, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and relations. The Goethe-Institut also fosters knowledge about Germany by providing information on German culture, society and politics. This includes not only the exchange of films, music, theatre, literature, and the like, but also the values of civil society. Goethe cultural societies, reading rooms, and exam and language centers have played a central role in the cultural and educational policies of Germany for close to 60 years.

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe-Institut)
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* Sorry Blitzpotz, I have never visited one before (* Atlanta, Boston,Chicago, San Francisco,LA,NYC & Washington Goethe Institute in USA--they're everywhere around the globe!). But, this must be the German equivalent of what Alliance Française is for Francophiles :coo2l:

Great mobi site!

Anyway, came across it today.

[blitzpotz]

Wow, this is great find. As the Goethe Institute is related to the German Federal Foreign Office I wonder how much time it takes until the whole Federal Government of Germany goes mobi.

[Scandiman]

I'm delighted to see something positive associated with the name Goethe for very local reasons. Sacramento area businessman and philanthropist Charles Goethe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goethe) founded Sacramento State University back in the 40's following WW2. Those receiving the funds conveniently overlooked Goethe's passion for eugenics and white supremacy, but his past finally caught up with him as the local govt weighed the political correctness of naming public places honoring someone whose beliefs and dealings are completely contrary to the cultural and ethnic diversity of the region. So after years of idle talk the govt finally took action this year (a rarity) and removed his name from a major local park and a middle school. But the funds of course were kept, the lesson being that the money of a racist is welcomed but kindly keep your name.

/end rant and thread derailment lol

Goethe.mobi is yet another .mobi website being promoted. Europe continues it's embrace of .mobi and this time the reach is global. Great stuff!

[GijsZePa]

Another great find from one of our favorite mobility ladies.. :adore:

Martin

[vikrantjain22]

Good Find Trix, repped

[domainitrix]

Wow, this is great find. As the Goethe Institute is related to the German Federal Foreign Office I wonder how much time it takes until the whole Federal Government of Germany goes mobi.:five:
That'd be great!

Isn't this institute named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The writer of Faust?


I'm delighted to see something positive associated with the name Goethe for very local reasons. Sacramento area businessman and philanthropist Charles Goethe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goethe) founded Sacramento State University back in the 40's following WW2. Those receiving the funds conveniently overlooked Goethe's passion for eugenics and white supremacy, but his past finally caught up with him as the local govt weighed the political correctness of naming public places honoring someone whose beliefs and dealings are completely contrary to the cultural and ethnic diversity of the region. So after years of idle talk the govt finally took action this year (a rarity) and removed his name from a major local park and a middle school. But the funds of course were kept, the lesson being that the money of a racist is welcomed but kindly keep your name.

/end rant and thread derailment lol

Interesting. Ironic to the liberal & open cultural tradition of the region.
Quality derailment Scandi!

Thanks Martin & Vik!

[Pred]

nice find trix, cant rep u anymore



I'm delighted to see something positive associated with the name Goethe for very local reasons. Sacramento area businessman and philanthropist Charles Goethe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goethe) founded Sacramento State University back in the 40's following WW2. Those receiving the funds conveniently overlooked Goethe's passion for eugenics and white supremacy, but his past finally caught up with him as the local govt weighed the political correctness of naming public places honoring someone whose beliefs and dealings are completely contrary to the cultural and ethnic diversity of the region. So after years of idle talk the govt finally took action this year (a rarity) and removed his name from a major local park and a middle school. But the funds of course were kept, the lesson being that the money of a racist is welcomed but kindly keep your name.

/end rant and thread derailment lol

Goethe.mobi is yet another .mobi website being promoted. Europe continues it's embrace of .mobi and this time the reach is global. Great stuff!

must be bad genes. remeber amon goeth? the nazi butcher. if you have seen schindlers list you will know the name. he was camp commandant at Plaszow :mad2:

[domainitrix]

nice find trix, cant rep u anymore

That's cool.
Ya know, it isn't gonna make or break my day getting the rep and stuff.
But, I must say, this excuse is lame :dontknow:, you can rep someone else--> come back and rep me ( by then system will let ya). Problem solved.


cant rep u anymore But, you sayin it like a huge impairment or something :laugh::embarassed::biggrin:

[blitzpotz]

nice find trix, cant rep u anymoreOh, it honors me to rep her as your deputy.


Isn't this institute named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The writer of Faust?Don´t ask so much as Scandi could cost us another half dollar :mad2:
Well, he is, of course. If you are interested in this author I recommend Die Leiden des jungen Werther. This early work describes Schizophrenia (eventually bipolar disorder) long before it had been discribed as a disease, so it´s very "modern" including the elements love pangs and suicide.
Personally I prefer Friedrich Schiller when reding German classics. He is less genious, but more revolutionary than Goethe. He represents early democratic efforts after the revolutions in the US and in France (while Goethe was rather integrated in the political system). Main works of Schiller: Don Juan and Maria Stuart, recommended to read.

[noonoo1]

Another great find from one of our favorite mobility ladies.. :adore:

Martin

I agree 100%:biggrin:

Rep

[domainitrix]

I recommend Die Leiden des jungen Werther. This early work describes Schizophrenia (eventually bipolar disorder) long before it had been discribed as a disease, so it´s very "modern" including the elements love pangs and suicide.

Read it, even now, I imagine that there are many high teens around the world who'd read it and imagine themselves to be in Werther or Lotte's shoes. This is so that age 17,18,19 yr old sensitivity...great novel.


Personally I prefer Friedrich Schiller when reding German classics. He is less genious, but more revolutionary than Goethe. He represents early democratic efforts after the revolutions in the US and in France (while Goethe was rather integrated in the political system). Main works of Schiller: Don Juan and Maria Stuart, recommended to read.

I have not directly read Schiller's works per se, and I should, But Carl Jung in his Analytical psychology works quoted his works a lot ( him and Goethe).
I 'd imagine that a person can study, comparative literature between Weimar classicism and Analytical psychology and spend good chunk of their life doing so.

Thanks Noonoo!

[Pred]

Oh, it honors me to rep her as your deputy.

Don´t ask so much as Scandi could cost us another half dollar :mad2:


rofl :laugh:

but, yeah, someone nail his hands to the desk lol :biggrin:

[domainitrix]

@Pred & blitzpotz:

PSSSST,

Since we have started this Post-a-thon inspired, I want RESULTS!
http://www.naturalnews.com/gallery/comstock/Man-tie-breaking-pencil.jpg

Now, during the duration while we have this " thon", we have anointed Scandiman to be our achiever.
He will get a fitness trainer, stylist plus bodyguards to protect his saintly fingers, so that he can be all that he can to " produce" & type freely!

That's right, he will get the Hollywood star treatment for his saintly hands.

You are not to hassle him in anyway in any threads and hinder him from typing.
As a matter of fact, you're to refer to his fingers as HRF (His Royal Fingerness).

And I will personally see to it that this is achieved!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2530643092_b92ed5ff1e.jpg?v=0

[Scandiman]

@Pred & blitzpotz:

PSSSST,

Since we have started this Post-a-thon inspired, I want RESULTS!

Now, during the duration while we have this " thon", we have anointed Scandiman to be our achiever.
He will get a fitness trainer, stylist plus bodyguards to protect his saintly fingers, so that he can be all that he can to " produce" & type freely!

That's right, he will get the Hollywood star treatment for his saintly hands.
saintly hands? :laugh::laugh::laugh: (My agent dropped me as a hand model because I kept changing my own oil)

http://www.tuffact.com/images/greasy_hands.jpg


You are not to hassle him in anyway in any threads and hinder him from typing.
As a matter of fact, you're to refer to his fingers as HRF (His Royal Fingerness).Trix, I'm gonna refrain from posting the first image that comes to mind here :embarassed::laugh:


And I will personally see to it that this is achieved!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2530643092_b92ed5ff1e.jpg?v=0Stand back boys, Kitty's got a gun :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[blitzpotz]

You are not to hassle him in anyway in any threads and hinder him from typing.
...

[gogo]

Fascinating point Scandi, so will the Rhodes scholarships be renamed in view of Mr Rhodes imperialist racist history? They could name them the Zimbabwe scholarships...

Goethe was a famous ladies man, so why not advertise that classes at the Goethe Centre offer a chance to meet people? Their offices in London and Paris are super places.

In the UK we have some throat lozenges called Werthers... I always wonder if they are meant to induce (manic) depression or cure it.

rep+

[Scandiman]

In the UK we have some throat lozenges called Werthers... I always wonder if they are meant to induce (manic) depression or cure it.
You've lost me on this one, We have candy's here called Werther's Original, is this the same thing you're referring to and what is the connection to mental illness (besides the mind altering impact of sugar ... don't knock it, it was a successful defense in a murder trial in SF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White)

[jaybee]

Great find d.trix!

[domainitrix]

We have candy's here called Werther's Original, is this the same thing you're referring to and what is the connection to mental illness

Have came across this vid.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkRbTPieBms


it was a successful defense in a murder trial in SF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White)
Wait so this guy name D.J. White in SFO back in 1970s killed a mayor plus a city supervisor named H. Milk and later confessed to wanting to also harm a person name Silver. And he blamed Twinkie ( pale looking snack with creamy white filling) and got a manslaughter rather than murder.

Notice how the names are very pale sounding, chromatically; Silver, White and milk. Even the snack in question is pale kind...Twinkie
Ironic! stranger than fiction

I don't think it was the sugar in Twinkie but, perhaps the preservatives in it that caused him to snap. :embarassed:

.

[Scandiman]

Wait so this guy name D.J. White in SFO back in 1970s killed a mayor plus a city supervisor named H. Milk and later confessed to wanting to also harm a person name Silver. And he blamed Twinkie ( pale looking snack with creamy white filling) and got a manslaughter rather than murder.

Notice how the names are very pale sounding, chromatically; Silver, White and milk. Even the snack in question is pale kind...Twinkie
Ironic! stranger than fictionWhat can I say other than it is San Francisco.

I wonder what Sacramento's late Charles Goethe would think about SF's Bay to Breakers "run".

http://vortis.com/blog/archives/2005/may/BayToBreakers.jpg


I wonder if the Goethe institut in SF participates? http://goethe.mobi/7val.fit/s_9d6975798af5d37a33faba0dd176a840/513/8571fcaf3761e569d4e290f358d24b30

(How's that for a thread derailment? :laugh::embarassed:)

[domainitrix]

^



(How's that for a thread derailment? :laugh::embarassed:)

Arrgh! :rolleyes2:
They probably do that under "empowering women" yadda, blah, blah.

If it was a male version of the costume, I'd think he/dudes are bunch of freaks. And I feel the same way about these!

To all who are tempted to elaborate about above pic and make me & the ladies even more uncomfy- go ahead! I will deep fry you! :mad2:

[Scandiman]

If it was a male version of the costume, I'd think he/dudes are bunch of freaks. And I feel the same way about these!The degree of freak depends on the participants, some like to conceal their package...

http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252999c6f21900d414334b13685e-500pi

and some are less bashful...:eek2:

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/05/22/ba_breakers049_ward.jpg

(Think of it as a mankini minus the kini :laugh: :embarassed: :laugh: :embarassed: )

In a frail attempt to make this relevant to the thread, it looks like the SF offices of the Goette Institut is only a few thousand feet from the starting place for the Bay to Breakers run... what an opportunity to market their mobi.

http://www.vagablond.com/images/baytobreakers-start.jpg

[Pred]

me and scandi have changed identity for the week trix, in an attempt for pred to keep scandis posts down. dont you see the difference in personality change?

:angel:


cheers,
Scandi :biggrin:

[domainitrix]

me and scandi have changed identity for the week trix
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cheers,
Scandi :biggrin:

LOL,:laugh:

Doesn't add up...

Talk about semantically challenged. You ain't foolin nobody with that Pred!!
Me(*Pred) + Changed identiies for a week? 'Cheers, Scandi'!?

Do your country a favor/favour; next time when Scotland Yard is hiring for abled body(and mind) officers, don't volunteer. Cuz, they need help and not comedy. :biggrin: The crime rate dictates it can only recruit someone with tad bit of polish. They might have better luck hiring someone from Royal Shakespeare Company than you Pred.

Eh hem,

In the meantime...

This
To all who are tempted to elaborate about above pic and make me & the ladies even more uncomfy- go ahead! I will deep fry you!

still stands!

http://fats-oil-grease-software.com/picts/deep-fryer-lg.jpg

TSSSSST

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[gogo]

Trix if you want to seriously deep fry a guy in mobi you need to get co jones dotmobi and do it right LOL

I was going to say all those nude male running photos are degrading to men, promotes the stereotype that men just want to run around showing off their kit.. don't you think they'd rather be at home changing nappies or fixing the car or knitting?

[Pred]

lol
never could lie trix :embarassed:

[amueller]

great find, thank you!