Sideline Stories
Par for the Course
by Alexa Pozniak
30 Jul 2008 at 11:53am
SOUTHPORT, England Some random thoughts on covering my first golf event, as I sit in an airport terminal, polishing off one final helping of fish and chips?. Leave it to a woman to descend upon one of the biggest events…
The Buzz from the Bee…
by Alexa Pozniak
30 May 2008 at 10:56am
WASHINGTON, D.C. It?s 6am here in Washington, D.C, and the warm, spring sun is slowly starting to rise above the nation?s capitol. The windows of the White House are dark, and the leader of the free word is, no doubt,…
Teams Go Green…
by Alexa Pozniak
22 Apr 2008 at 11:49am
BRISTOL, Connecticut Whenever the word ?green? was mentioned in the realm of professional sports?. it used to revolve around the substantial number of dollar bills being doled out to athletes. Now, it?s a two pronged term. Yes, teams still overpay…
American Gladiators
by Alexa Pozniak
8 Jan 2008 at 4:16pm
BRISTOL, Connecticut On Saturday night, I kicked back on the couch with a bowl of buttery popcorn, and turned my attention to the television, where I was about to witness an all-out battle. Over the course of four, grueling hours,…
State of the Skate
by Alexa Pozniak
6 Nov 2007 at 9:48am
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec Covering the ?Skate Canada? international figure skating competition this past weekend, I broke away from the action one night to stroll along the quaint, cobblestone streets of Quebec City. It wasn?t long before it dawned on me…
An Ode to Boston
by Alexa Pozniak
24 Oct 2007 at 12:59pm
BRISTOL, Connecticut Yesterday’s New York Times declared October, 2007 as “Heaven in New England.” And to tell you the truth, I couldn’t agree more. In the interest of full-disclosure, I must admit to the fact that I am a lifelong…
Boys Behaving Badly
by Alexa Pozniak
17 Sep 2007 at 2:01pm
BRISTOL, Connecticut Cheating is bad. But losing is worse. That?s a common sentiment shared by many teams across the spectrum of professional sports these days. Athletes once claimed they played for the love of the game. And we believed them….
A Different Kind of “Team”
by Alexa Pozniak
6 Aug 2007 at 1:13pm
BRISTOL, Connecticut I consider ?sport? to be a metaphor for ?life.? All of us face opponents, both big and small, at any given time. Some we tackle solo, while others involve a team effort. And in the end, there are…
Do the “Queue”
by Alexa Pozniak
5 Jul 2007 at 6:25am
WIMBLEDON, England I hate waiting in line. It?s as painful as listening to Paris Hilton give an interview?guaranteed to make me insane in under a minute. With that being said, you can imagine the look on my face as I…
WIMBLEDON STEPS UP SECURITY
by Alexa Pozniak
2 Jul 2007 at 9:45am
WIMBLEDON, England There’s nothing like an attempted terrorist attack - or two - to wake the world of Wimbledon from its sleepy hollow. With the security-status in England now being classified as ?critical,? the All Englad Club has taken major…
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The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) in Berlin is one of the primary landmarks that comes to mind when thinking of Germany. The Brandenburg Gate is the nationalized representation of the country, and German past was made here - many different times. It has had a large influence in German’s history and continues to do so as millions visit every year just to see this amazing monument.
The Brandenburg Gate became notorious in the Cold War, when it was the sad symbol for the split of Berlin and Germany: The Gate stood between East and West Germany, becoming part of the impassable Berlin Wall. Commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm, the Brandenburg Gate was created by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans in 1791. It was the splendid entry to the avenue “Unter den Linden”, which led to the palace of the Prussian monarchs. The Gate’s design has remained essentially unchanged since its completion even as it has played different political roles in German history. After the 1806 Prussian overcome at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris, France.
The design of the Brandenburg Gate was motivated by the Acropolis in Athens. The attraction is crowned with the figure of the Quadriga, a four-horsed chariot driven by Victoria, the winged goddess of victory. In the course of German history, the Brandenburg Gate contained many different roles; it represents the country’s turbulent history and its peaceful achievements like no other attraction in Germany. In the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, after the French powers overcame the Prussian army, Napoleon’s troops grabbed the monument of the Quadriga to Paris as a conflict award. The Prussian army reclaimed it in 1814 with their victory over their French counterparts. More than a century later, the Nazis would use the Brandenburg Gate for their own reasons . In 1933, they marched through the gate in a martial torchlight procession, celebrating Hitler’s rise to power and introducing the horrifying phase of German chronicle. When the Nazis came to control they used the Gate as a party symbol. The Gate survived World War II and was one of the few structures remaining in the Pariser Platz ruins in 1945 (another being the Academy of Fine Arts). The gate was dreadfully damaged with holes in the columns from bullets and nearby explosions. Following Germany’s submission and the conclusion of the war, the governments of East Berlin and West Berlin restored it in a dual effort. The holes were patched, and were visible for many years following the war.
The Brandenburg Gate survived World War II with serious damages; in the Cold War, squeezed between East and West Germany, it became the site for ideological disputes. When John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate in 1963, the Soviets hung huge red banners across the gate to prevent him from looking into the East.
After the peaceful reunification of Germany, the Brandenburg Gate was refurbished in 2000; today, it is one of the most visited sites in Germany and in Europe. As such millions go to Berlin just to see the famous monument within Germany. So why do you get out there and make experience the stunning attraction that will definitely leave you in amazement.
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Everything seems to revolve around money in modern times and there is nothing that anyone can do to stop the circle and flow of materialism. In this type of situation there will always be people who have problems with money that fall so far in debt that they may need a Utah bankruptcy attorney or a Utah bankruptcy lawyer. Debt is obtained when one uses a credit card and is then not able to pay off the money that they have technically borrowed. When this money accumulates into a large amount, debt is created and people are unable to pay it off entirely, let alone the minimum amount.
Credit cards and credit card companies are responsible for offering this sort of option to the people, but it is the responsibility of the people to be responsible when it comes to giving away money that they do not have. A credit card allows you to purchase something that you do not have enough money for and then it allows you to pay it off at a later date. In a perfect world, this would be a simple circle of borrowing money and then paying it back, but it never really works out as easy as that.
The best way to manage your money is to realize what you do have and what you don’t have and then determine limits and budgets. Unfortunately, in this lifetime, credit cards are required for a lot of different things, so adults are almost impelled to get one. If people were offered the chance to simply spend and save the money that is definitely theirs then credit would not be such a large issue. Consumerism has taken over our financial lives and the saying is always “Buy! Buy! Buy!” or “Sell! Sell! Sell!” It is time to become financially stable and take control of spending and saving.
Borrowing money from a credit card company is like borrowing money from a friend; they are always going to want you to pay them back. The credit card companies are a little more forceful though, so it is better to not be set in that trap, simply waiting for a chance to pay off your debt is not the way to go. Instead of stressing about credit card bills that you cannot pay, it is better to buy what you can afford and save up for what you are unable to afford yet. Always owing money does not feel good and it stinks to have to regularly pay off bills.
Credit cards are somewhat awful and tend to lead people in very bad directions. There are even serious cases of shopping addictions and bankruptcy in large amounts that eventually send people to jail. You should simply live by a rule where you do not allow yourself to buy anything that is out of your league, unless you can pay for it. You do not want to be paying off bills for the remainder of your life. Savings are very important, so if you can put away more and spend less, you will be in very good shape.
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