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Remarks by Fulbright Austria Executive Director Dr. Lonnie
Remarks by Fulbright Austria Executive Director Dr. Lonnie Johnson at the Celebration of 65 Years of Fulbright Exchanges at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City on April 5, 2016 I would like to briefly introduce you to Ambassador Kathryn Walt-Hall and Craig Hall, whom we want to acknowledge this evening. Kathryn Walt-Hall is a grower of fine wines today and her career as a vintner actually began back in the 1970, when her family purchased their first vineyard. She has had a multifaceted career as a successful businesswoman, attorney, community activist, and, as you know, she served as the United States ambassador to Austria from 1997-2001. Craig Hall is the chairman and founder of the Dallas-based Hall Financial Group. He always has been a passionate entrepreneur, and he is a businessman and investor with a wide range of interests. I will never forget the story he once told me about the beginning of his entrepreneurial career at the University of Michigan, when he, as a student, figured out that based on the rents that he and his roommates were paying in their off-campus housing he could buy the house they were living in. And he did. During her tenure as US Ambassador to Austria, one of Ambassador Hall’s many responsibilities was serving as one of the two honorary co-chairs of the binational Austrian- American Fulbright Commission – along with the Austrian Minister for Science and Research, a position that happens to be filled by the Austrian Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner today. She was an enthusiastic advocate of educational and cultural exchange and all things Fulbright, and the annual receptions she and her husband hosted at their residence for the incoming US Fulbright grantees as well as the homecoming Austrian Fulbright grantees were always memorable experiences for all parties involved. -
Florian Raxendorf 2015 Jahresbericht Der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Raxendorf INHALTSANGABE
www.feuerwehr.raxendorf.at Florian Raxendorf 2015 Jahresbericht der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Raxendorf INHALTSANGABE Inhaltsangabe .................................................................................................................... 2 Impressum ......................................................................................................................... 2 Vorworte ............................................................................................................................ 3 Totengedenken .................................................................................................................. 4 Chronik - Das Jahr 2015 im Rückblick ................................................................................. 5 Bewerbswesen ................................................................................................................. 21 Sachgebiet Feuerwehrgeschichte ..................................................................................... 22 Sachgebiet Ausbildung ..................................................................................................... 24 Organisation .................................................................................................................... 25 Jahresstatistik .................................................................................................................. 27 Vorschau 2016 ................................................................................................................. 28 IMPRESSUM Herausgeber: -
Flood Action Plan for Austrian Danube
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Die Demographische Und Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Der Leader-Region Kultur- Park Eisenstraße-Ötscherland1
Ramon Bauer/Elisabeth Gruber/Martin Heintel Die demographische und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der LEADER-Region Kultur- park Eisenstraße-Ötscherland1 Einleitung Die österreichische Bevölkerung wächst. Allen voran sind es die Bundes- hauptstadt und deren Umland sowie andere Agglomerationsräume, die durch internationale Zuwanderung eine positive Bevölkerungsentwicklung erfahren, und denen auch in Zukunft Wachstum prognostiziert wird. Auch das Bundesland Niederösterreich wächst, wobei hier große regionale Unter- schiede zu beobachten sind. Zudem wird die österreichische Bevölkerung älter werden. Davon sind so gut wie alle Regionen dieses Landes betroffen. Abseits der Wachstumsregionen gibt es auch im österreichischen Kon- text Regionen und Gemeinden, deren Bevölkerung rückläufig ist. Gerade in ländlichen Gebieten hat dieser Prozess weitreichende Folgen für die Raum- und die Gesellschaftsentwicklung. Weniger Bevölkerung bedeutet weniger Steuereinnahmen, weniger Nachfrage nach Infrastrukturen und Dienstleistungen und weniger wirtschaftliches Potenzial im Bereich des Unternehmertums. Das Reagieren auf Wachstum und Schrumpfung sind also wichtige Handlungsfelder für Bund, Länder, Gemeinden und Regionen.2 Eine weitere Herausforderung, die auch unter dem Aspekt der Wettbewerbsfä- higkeit diskutiert wird, bildet eine geringer werdende Anzahl von jungen Erwerbstätigen und eine steigende Zahl von älteren Arbeitnehmern. Für die erfolgreiche Gestaltung der Gegenwart und der Zukunft kann das Monitoring der demographischen Situation eine wichtige Komponente -
Full of Bright Minds
Full of bright minds. AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION GESCHÄFTSBERICHT 2015/16 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 DAS AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION BOARD: FULBRIGHT AUSTRIA 6 PARTNERINSTITUTIONEN 8 DAS FULBRIGHT PROGRAMM: EINE KURZFASSUNG 9 DIE FINANZIERUNG DES FULBRIGHT PROGRAMMES IN ÖSTERREICH 10 FINANZIERUNG 2015/16 (BASIEREND OF DEM JAHRESABSCHLUSS) 11 TEILNEHMERINNEN AN DEN PROGRAMMEN NACH STIPENDIENKATEGORIE: 1951/52–2015-16 12 FACHGEBIETE DER TEILNEHMERINNEN 2015-16 13 FULBRIGHT STIPENDIATINNEN UND US FREMDSPRACHENASSISTENTINNEN 2015-16 15 © AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MISSION STATEMENT: LEITBILD Fulbright Austria fördert den wechselseitigen Wissenstransfer und institutionelle Zusammenarbeit, Kultur- und Wissenschaftstransfer zwischen die grenzüberschreitend und völkerverbindend ist. der Republik Österreich und den Vereinigten Seit 1951 hat Fulbright Austria mehr als Staaten von Amerika. Als Teil eines weltweiten 6000 österreichische und US-amerikanische Netzwerks von Fulbright Programmen bieten wir Studierende, FremdsprachenassistentInnen, seit über 60 Jahren aufstrebenden und kreativen Lehrende, KünstlerInnen, ForscherInnen und österreichischen und US-amerikanischen WissenschafterInnen unterstützt. Zudem hat Studierenden und WissenschafterInnen aus die Kommission seit 1962 mehr als 3000 US- verschiedenen Fachrichtungen die Möglichkeit, im amerikanische Fremdsprachenassistentinnen an jeweiligen Partnerland zu studieren, zu lehren und Sekundarschulen in ganz Österreich -
Niederösterreich Landesübersicht
Haugschlag AMT DER NÖ LANDESREGIERUNG Reingers Tschechien Litschau Waldkirchen an der Thaya Kautzen Eisgarn Eggern Dobersberg Karlstein an Gastern der Thaya Heidenreichstein Pfaffen- Raabs Brand- Thaya schlag bei an der Nagelberg Amalien- Drosendorf- Waidhofen Thaya Zissersdorf NIEDERÖSTERREICH dorf- Aalfang a.d.Thaya Hardegg Langau WAIDHOFEN Waidhofen an LANDESÜBERSICHT AN DER der Thaya-Land Schrems THAYA Dietmanns Japons Geras Groß-Siegharts Ludweis- Aigen Hoheneich Windigsteig Otten- Weitersfeld Retz- GMÜND Wildendürnbach thal bach Vitis Großdietmanns Hirschbach Göpfritz Retz Drasenhofen Waldenstein an der Schratten- Schwarzenau Neudorf Wild Irnfritz-Messern Pernegg thal Al- Unserfrau- Seefeld- im Weinviertel bern- Altweitra Kirchberg am Walde Haugs- Kadolz Echsenbach dorf dorf Schrattenberg Moorbad Pulkau im Laa an Falken- Harbach Sigmunds- Weitra Pernersdorf Pulk- Hadres der Thaya stein Herrnbaum- St. Bernhard- herberg Allentsteig Brunn an au- garten der Wild Frauenhofen Zellerndorf tal Unter- Bernhardsthal Schweiggers HORN Mailberg stinken- Meiseldorf Röschitz Großharras brunn St. Martin Röhrenbach Staatz Poysdorf Altlichtenwarth Rabensburg Großschönau Altenburg Eggenburg Guntersdorf Großkrut Stronsdorf Pölla Gaubitsch Fallbach Bad Rosenburg-Mold Wullersdorf Großpertholz Sitzendorf Straning- Haus- Haus- an der Neusiedl Hohenau an ZWETTL Burgschleinitz- Grafenberg Nappersdorf- kirchen brunn Verwaltungsgrenzen Schmida an der der March Kühnring Kammersdorf Grabern Zaya Paltern- Gars am Gnaden- Wilfersdorf dorf- Krumau Kamp St. Leonhard -
Global Austria Austria’S Place in Europe and the World
Global Austria Austria’s Place in Europe and the World Günter Bischof, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Anton Pelinka, Alexander Smith, Guest Editors CONTEMPORARY AUSTRIAN STUDIES | Volume 20 innsbruck university press Copyright ©2011 by University of New Orleans Press, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to UNO Press, University of New Orleans, ED 210, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA, 70119, USA. www.unopress.org. Book design: Lindsay Maples Cover cartoon by Ironimus (1992) provided by the archives of Die Presse in Vienna and permission to publish granted by Gustav Peichl. Published in North America by Published in Europe by University of New Orleans Press Innsbruck University Press ISBN 978-1-60801-062-2 ISBN 978-3-9028112-0-2 Contemporary Austrian Studies Sponsored by the University of New Orleans and Universität Innsbruck Editors Günter Bischof, CenterAustria, University of New Orleans Fritz Plasser, Universität Innsbruck Production Editor Copy Editor Bill Lavender Lindsay Maples University of New Orleans University of New Orleans Executive Editors Klaus Frantz, Universität Innsbruck Susan Krantz, University of New Orleans Advisory Board Siegfried Beer Helmut Konrad Universität Graz Universität -
The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding Honoring Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Award Ceremony January 28, 2019 Berlin, Germany J. William F ulbright Prize | 1 The J. William Fulbright Prize for Evening Program Peace and Understanding 6:00-8:30 pm The Fulbright Prize was established to honor the largest and Performance by Fulbright Jazz Ensemble, featuring Sara Decker, Julian Hesse, most significant educational exchange program in history, as Hagen Möller, Tom Berkmann, Martin Terens, and Matt Jacobson. well as the career and spirit of its creator, the late Senator J. William Fulbright. The Prize recognizes and rewards outstanding 6:00 pm – Awards Ceremony contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to Welcome — Manfred Philipp, Past President, Board of Directors greater understanding of others. The Fulbright Prize was initially supported by a generous grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation. Remarks — Oliver Schmidt, Executive Director The Prize is now supported by the J. William Fulbright Prize German-American Fulbright Commission Endowment, a fund created with a bequest from the late John B. — Fulbright Alum Hurford, a former Fulbright Association officer and director. The Prize event is supported by sponsorships and contributions from Video Message — Renée Fleming, Soprano, Fulbright Alumna, and Fulbright alumni and friends around the world. Lifetime Achievement Awardee Prize Remarks — Mary Ellen Heian Schmider, Prize Committee Chair The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding inaugural winner was former South African President Nelson Introduction of Prize Laureate — Christiane Amanpour, Journalist Mandela (1993). Four recipients of the Fulbright Prize, Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, and Martti Ahtisaari, were Presentation of the J. -
Genetic Evaluation of the Self-Sustaining Status of a Population of the Endangered Danube Salmon, Hucho Hucho
Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-016-2726-6 PRIMARY RESEARCH PAPER Genetic evaluation of the self-sustaining status of a population of the endangered Danube salmon, Hucho hucho S. Weiss . T. Schenekar Received: 6 October 2015 / Revised: 1 March 2016 / Accepted: 2 March 2016 Ó The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract A new multiplex microsatellite protocol Keywords Huchen Á Microsatellites Á Stocking Á was developed for population screening of the endan- Parentage analysis Á IUCN Á European habitat directive gered Danube salmon (or huchen) Hucho hucho. Allelic variation was screened at five newly cloned and four previously published loci in 246 samples to help evaluate the self-sustaining status of an urban Introduction population of huchen in the framework of a contro- versial environmental assessment in the Mur River, The endangered Danube salmon Hucho hucho (Lin- Austria. The loci revealed 78 alleles (mean = 8.6), naeus, 1758), or huchen as commonly known in and in the Mur River an average expected heterozy- Central Europe, is among the largest salmonid fishes in gosity of 0.668. We inferred that the huchen popula- the world. Endemic to the Danube basin, huchen have tion in and around the city of Graz is self-sustaining lost, according to Holcˇ´ık(1990), two-thirds of its based on the following evidence, which includes both global distribution and up to 90% of its original habitat genetic and non-genetic sources of information: (1) in particular regions, such as Austria (Schmutz et al., there is little to no current stocking; (2) presence of 2002). -
Let. to Melissa Petersen 7/9/95
1 PETER I. ROSE Sophia Smith Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology Senior Fellow, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 Education 1950-1954 Syracuse University A.B., magna cum laude 1954 1954-1958 Cornell University M.A. 1957 Cornell University Ph.D. 1959 Academic Appointments 1953-1954 Syracuse University: Teaching Assistant 1954-1958 Cornell University: Teaching Fellow (1954-1957); Research Supervisor (1957-1958) 1958-1960 Goucher College: Instructor in Sociology and Anthropology 1960- Smith College: Assistant Professor (1960-1963) Director, Social Science Research Center (1961-69, 1972-73, 1977-78) Associate Professor (1963-1967) Professor (1967-73) Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology and Anthropology (1973-2003) Appointed Sophia Smith Professor Emeritus, 2003 Chair of Department (1967-74) Chair of Division, History and Social Sciences (1971-1977) Co-Director, American Studies Diploma Program [for foreign graduate students] (1969-1972) Director, American Studies Diploma Program (1972-2003) Jean Picker Fellow (1991-1992) Danziger Fellow (1999-2002) Organizing Fellow and Director, Project on “The Anatomy of Exile,” Kahn Institute (2000-2001) Senior Fellow, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute (2001- ) 1961- University of Massachusetts: Lecturer in Sociology (1961-1963); Associate Professor (1965-1966); Professor (1971-1972); Part- time appointments. Member of the Graduate Faculty since 1961. 1964-1965 University of Leicester, England: Visiting Senior Lecturer and Senior Fulbright Lecturer 1966-1967 Wesleyan University: Visiting Associate Professor in Public Affairs 1968 University of Colorado: Visiting Professor (Summer) 1968-1969 University of Leicester, England: Visiting Professor (October; April-May) 1969 University of California at Los Angeles: Visiting Professor (Summer) 1969-1970 Yale University: Visiting Professor, part-time appointment. -
American Expatriate Writers and the Process of Cosmopolitanism a Dissert
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Beyond the Nation: American Expatriate Writers and the Process of Cosmopolitanism A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the Requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Literature by Alexa Weik Committee in charge: Professor Michael Davidson, Chair Professor Frank Biess Professor Marcel Hénaff Professor Lisa Lowe Professor Don Wayne 2008 © Alexa Weik, 2008 All rights reserved The Dissertation of Alexa Weik is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Chair University of California, San Diego 2008 iii To my mother Barbara, for her everlasting love and support. iv “Life has suddenly changed. The confines of a community are no longer a single town, or even a single nation. The community has suddenly become the whole world, and world problems impinge upon the humblest of us.” – Pearl S. Buck v TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page……………………………………………………………… iii Dedication………………………………………………………………….. iv Epigraph……………………………………………………………………. v Table of Contents…………………………………………………………… vi Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………. vii Vita………………………………………………………………………….. xi Abstract……………………………………………………………………… xii Introduction………………………………………………………………….. 1 Chapter 1: A Brief History of Cosmopolitanism…………...………………... 16 Chapter 2: Cosmopolitanism in Process……..……………… …………….... 33 -
The World of Tomorrow?
15 / EVN Full Report 2014 EVN Full Full Report 2014 /15 EVN Future Lab @ EVN_Future_Lab The world of tomorrow? # We_have_answers Full Report 2014 /15 Future Lab Designing the future with its many different facets is the central subject of this full report. EVN is actively and consciously addressing the accom panying challenges. In order to identify and systematically examine the many different future scenarios, EVN founded the future lab – an internal think tank – in 2014/15. The objectives of its analyses were to pinpoint possible development trends, determine the company’s current position and develop futureoriented business models. This full report provides an overview of the processes used by the EVN Future Lab and the results achieved to date. At this point, we would like to thank all the contributors to the future lab for their dedication and commitment! Key figures +/– 2014/15 2013/14 in % 2012/131) Sales volumes Electricity generation volumes GWh 4,882 4,395 11.1 3,332 thereof from renewable energy GWh 2,106 1,868 12.8 1,181 Electricity sales volumes to end customers GWh 19,263 19,317 –0.3 20,403 Natural gas sales volumes to end customers GWh 5,241 5,383 –2.6 6,475 Heat sales volumes to end customers GWh 2,038 1,991 2.4 1,911 Consolidated statement of operations Revenue EURm 2,135.8 1,974.8 8.2 2,105.9 EBITDA EURm 583.2 184.1 – 540.0 EBITDA margin2) % 27.3 9.3 – 25.6 Results from operating activities (EBIT) EURm 268.2 –341.4 – 242.2 EBIT margin2) % 12.6 –17.3 – 11.5 Result before income tax EURm 207.9 –373.3 – 170.7 Group net