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Dankeschön to our PATRON Members:
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What to do in Alabama
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August 4-7
Fort Payne
August 5-28
Wetumpka
August 6, 13, 20, 27
Birmingham
August 6
Gulf Shores
August 6
Orrville
August 12-21
Alabama
August 13
Jacksonville
August 19-20
Ozark
Please note that the dates are shared to the best of our knowledge. If you plan to attend any of the events - please make sure to check information directly with the host of the event. Thank you!
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August 4, 11, 18, 25
Tuscaloosa
August 5, 12, 19, 26
Birmingham
August 9
AGP German Business Committee
TBD
August 18
AGP Board Meeting
Huntsville
August 18
Huntsville
August 23
Birmingham
Please note that the dates are shared to the best of our knowledge. If you plan to attend any of the events - please make sure to check information directly with the host of the event. Thank you!
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Dankeschön to our SUSTAINING Members:
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German Word
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"Hitzkopf"
It may be hot outside, but the word Hitzkopf has little to do with outside temperature. Instead, it refers to a person whose blood may be boiling a little bit too often - someone who's angry all the time. Does that ring any bells?
The word Hitze means "heat" and Kopf means "head", so the term translates to "hothead" - someone who easily gets angry and tends to act out. This person's body temperature may rise when they get angry and you may want to tell them to cool down. A Hitzkopf may be someone with a short temper - someone who lashes out at others or makes nasty comments when he or she is upset. Most likely, that's not someone you want to be around, because small things could cause them to lash out at you for no reason.
The term exists both in English and German. While Elizabethan English had the words "hot-brain" (1600 AD) and "hothead", Germans were using the word Hitzkopf. This indicates that for hundreds of years, heat has been associated with bad tempers throughout Europe.
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German Idioms
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""Jemandem einen Bären aufbinden"
Literal translation: "to tie a bear on someone." The closest English equivalent would be "to put one over someone" - or to bamboozle them. When you've just moved to Austria, you'll most likely be the subject of this phrase.
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AGP Member News
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Latest News From:
German companies: please send us your news link to director@alabamagermany.org
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Events & Seminars Offered by AGP Members
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August 11-12 Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
August 17-18
Alabama Technology Network
August 18-19 AAMA
October 24-28
German American Chamber of Commerce
GACC Business Delegation to Mexico
Are you a corporate AGP member in good standing that would like to share an event or seminar hosted by your company?
Please e-mail us a link to the event.
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AGP
Executive Committee
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Chairman
Warren McCullars
Alagasco
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Dr. Anne-Katrin Gramberg
Auburn University
VP Education
Dr. Wolfgang Kneer
SWJ-BREILMANN U.S. LLC
VP Business Development
Brian Hilson
Birmingham Business Alliance
VP German Business
Albert von Pelser
REHAU Automotive, LLC
VP Communication
Devin Dolive
Burr & Forman LLP
VP Culture
Dr. Thomas Fox
University of Alabama
Secretary
Kirk Atkinson
Adah International, Inc.
Treasurer
Arnold Servo
Rödl & Partner
Immediate Past Chair
Bryan Winter
Winter McFarland, LLC
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AGP Affiliates
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Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Detlev Ruenger Marquis Two Tower Suite 901 285 Peachtree Ctr Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 934-5474
Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for the State of Alabama Michael Johnson Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Phone: (205) 328-0480 German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States Martina Stellmaszek 1170 Howell Mill Road Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30318 Phone: (404) 586-6800
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| Biergarten benefitting AGP | |
Come on out to support AlabamaGermany Partnership on Thursday, August 18, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center has chosen AGP to be the featured nonprofit organization at their German Biergarten. They will make donation to our organization by contributing a portion of food sales the evening of August 18th.
This is a great opportunity to network with not only AGP's board and members; but also AGP member AAMA's (Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association) members as we join forces for this event.
The Biergarten is in the Saturn V Hall in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and features authentic German cuisine. Enjoy the festive atmosphere with imported and domestic beers and delicious wines from the German region.
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Expansion for Eissmann Automotive in Pell City
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By Made in Alabama
A Pell City auto supplier is undergoing a $14.5 million expansion that will eventually bring 200 new jobs.
German supplier Eissmann Automotive will build a new 130,000-square-foot facility for a new production line.
When complete, Eissman will have 850 employees in St. Clair County. It currently has 650.
Eissman makes car interiors, shifter modules and other parts for auto makers like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Jeep and Volkswagen.
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| AGP's New Member Reception | |
Join us in welcoming our new members who has joined AlabamaGermany Partnership during this past year:
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The World Business Center in Birmingham
Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments while uniting with old friends and making new connections. We will introduce all the new members.
Sponsorship opportunities are available - e-mail us for more information. |
| "Disappointed" Löw questions future as Germany manager | | |
By thelocal.de
Germany coach Joachim Löw refused to commit himself to stay beyond the next World Cup campaign as he picked through the wreckage of the country's Euro 2016 exit.
Antoine Griezmann scored twice in Marseille on Thursday to guide France to a 2-0 win and a place in Sunday's European Championship final against Portugal.
The world champions crashed out, but Löw said Germany had been the better team on the night. "We were the better team, we invested a lot [in the match]," said Löw.
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Summit for Sustainability in Materials & Manufacturing hosted by AAMA
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Learn how effective ecological efforts, from global policies to small-scale tactics, create a more viable industry and a prosperous planet. August 18-19, 2016 U.S. Space & Rocket Center
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
Protecting and sustaining the environment has evolved into one of the most significant priorities for today's corporations. Due to new and ever-changing government regulations and directed local initiatives, it is increasingly important for leading manufacturers and material suppliers to encourage their organizations to implement sound environmental practices that promote sustainable resource stewardship.
The purpose of the Summit for Sustainability in Materials & Manufacturing is to identify current changes in environmental and sustainability standards, and to inform manufacturing leaders and decision makers of best practices, smart solutions and innovations available to their organizations. Conference programming will focus on strategic resource management and address opportunities to implement cost savings due to sustainable practices.
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GACC Business Delegation to Mexico
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The GACCs are excited to offer a business delegation trip to Mexico from October 24-28, to provide companies interested in entering or expanding their presence in Mexico's automotive industry an exclusive chance to exchange views with the industry's local experts and market players.
VISIT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Expert Round-table with the Mexican Association for the Automotive Industry (AMIA) and National Auto Parts Industry (INA)
- Exclusive tours at VW, Audi, Draexlmaier, Continental Tire, and more
- Meetings with local experts
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Secretary Kerry's Remarks at 2016 SelectUSA
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Secretary Kerry delivered remarks at the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, D.C. on June 21, 2016.
In his speech (14:49 in video), US Secretary of State John Kerry said: "So when Germany's Berghoff Group decides to build a manufacturing plant in Auburn, Alabama, the company isn't just creating a hundred high-skilled, well-paid jobs; it's creating a new link between the United States and one of our strongest and most trusted allies." The Berghoff Group announced their investment in Auburn, AL earlier this year at SELECT USA at the Hannover Fair in Germany. Click here for transcript.
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| John M. Horack joins Ohio State as inaugural Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy | | |
Congratulations to AGP Board Member Dr. John M. Horack!
The Ohio State University College of Engineering and John Glenn College of Public Affairs announce that Dr. John M. Horack will hold a joint appointment with both colleges as the inaugural Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy. He also will be a tenured professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
"It is a tremendous honor to join The Ohio State University in the capacity of the Neil Armstrong Chair," Horack said. "Since John Glenn and Neil Armstrong led the pioneering of human spaceflight in the United States, space has become an ever-more indispensable part of our lives. It is among the most interdisciplinary of all human endeavors, literally at the edge of our collective capability, and requires deep interconnections and synergies between the technical and policy communities. "Ohio State's comprehensive aerospace, science, public policy, and other assets make it a unique environment in which to lead the pursuit and realization of a more relevant and more productive set of global space activities, across the civil, commercial, and security domains."
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| German Teacher in Alabama | | |
Erika Hille Rinker,
Assistant Professor of German, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Erika Hille Rinker is responsible for all sections of German offered at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and advises all German minors. Both in the language classroom and in her role as the facilitator of Stammtisch, Erika looks for opportunities to share her interests in her discipline, especially the intersections of twentieth-century German and Austrian literature, culture, and popular medical discourses. In an effort to expand opportunities for UAB German students to study abroad, Erika maintains a relationship with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen that grew out of her participation in the 2010 Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies. As a result, intermediate German students from UAB may affordably complete their minor in German through the Spring Intensive Program at Universität Tübingen.
In addition to growing the German program at UAB, Erika has regularly offered English-language courses required by the Foreign Language Major Common Core. Among these courses, she found most enjoyable the design and teaching of the Foreign Language Capstone Seminar based on the representations of gender and war in film adaptations of early- and mid-twentieth-century texts. Recently she has also offered a service-learning option for the FLL 120 Foreign Cultures course by partnering with UAB's English Language Institute to pair Foreign Languages and Literatures students with international language partners. This partnership creates opportunities for international students to speak freely and spontaneously and to receive respectful and immediate feedback on their English from FLL 120 students. This service is matched in kind by the opportunities the ELI students offer FLL 120 students to engage in first-person, cross-cultural dialogues related directly to expected learning outcomes of the course.
The 2015 - 2016 academic year has been especially good to Erika. With the support of Douglas Lightfoot, Associate Professor of German and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama, Erika was awarded the 2015 Goethe-Institut / American Association of Teachers of German Certificate of Merit; with the support of her students and Julian Arribas, Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at UAB, she was awarded the 2016 Provost Award for Faculty Excellence in Education Abroad. At home, Erika and her husband, John, divide their time among the many activities of their children, from Clara's singing with the Birmingham Girls Choir and musical theater through UAB's ArtPlay to Klaus's Homewood All Star baseball. Erika and John are very much looking forward to hiking along Minnesota's North Shore at the end of June while Clara and Klaus take their first German immersion plunge at Waldsee in Concordia Language Villages!
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AGP Membership 2016
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Still not an AGP member? Please consider joining our organization today and enjoy the many benefits that comes with AGP membership.
In order to continue to grow our program, we hope you will renew/sign up for membership for 2016. Your support will help us keep provide new programming and our ability to connect businesses, organizations, governments, and individuals.
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