4 days 9 hours ago
“Though conditions in the state and the nation have improved from a huge spike over the holidays, the coronavirus is still spreading rapidly in Texas. The state has been averaging about 7,600 new cases a day recently.
(…) Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston and the top elected official in Harris County, Linda Hidalgo, both Democrats, wrote to Mr. Abbott on Tuesday before his announcement, asking the governor not to end the mask mandate and calling such a move “premature and harmful.””
Texas is ending its mask mandate and will allow all businesses to fully reopen.
The Coronavirus OutbreakliveLatest UpdatesMaps and CasesRisk Near YouVaccine RolloutNew Variants TrackerAdvertisementContinue reading the main storyCovid-19 Live Updates: Biden Says Vaccine Doses Could Be Available for All Adult Americans by End of MayTexas is ending its mask mandate and will allow....
1 week 3 days ago
[Deutsche Version unten]
We miss you all, dear friends and partners.
💙💛💙💛💙💛
We miss the get-togethers, visits to and from our Transatlantic friends, music nights, exhibition visits the board reunions. Despite everything that’s going on at the moment, we are trying to making the best of it. We recently re-read the fabulous anniversary brochure by the city of Leipzig on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the sister city agreement. It was written by Stephanie von Aretin and contains lots of interviews, accounts and reports on quarter of a century of Transatlantic friendship.
Check it out below (link leads to the pdf in German and English).
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Liebe Freunde und Partner, ihr fehlt uns!
💙💛💙💛💙💛
Uns fehlen die Treffen, Vorstandssitzungen, Besuche von und zu unseren Transatlantischen Freunden, Musik- und Kulturabende, Ausstellungsbesuche u.v.m.
Wir lassen uns aber nicht unterkriegen, trotz all der aktuellen Geschehnisse.
Wir haben uns neulich mal wieder mit der Broschüre gemütlich gemacht, die die Stadt Leipzig zum 25-jährigen Städtepartnerschafts-Jubiläum publiziert hat. Die von Stephanie von Aretin verfasste Broschüre enthält wunderbare Interviews, Berichte und Rückblicke über ein Vierteljahrhundert Transatlantische Freundschaft. Ihr findet sie in deutscher und englischer Sprache im Link unten.
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1 week 4 days ago
The Texas Republican said the trip was “obviously a mistake” after returning home to Houston on Thursday.
2 weeks 6 days ago
Millions of Texans are without power at the moment. We hope y’all make it safe and sound through this winter blast! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Millionen von Texanern harren aktuell ohne Energieversorgung in einem ungewöhnlichen Wintereinbruch bei starken Minus-Temperaturen aus. Wir denken an euch und drücken euch die Daumen!
Repost by Visit Houston
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2 weeks 6 days ago
“In Texas, 2.8 million customers were without electricity as of 1:30 p.m. (…). For the first time, the entire state of Texas was placed under a winter storm warning Sunday.”
Stay safe out there, friends!
Extreme cold snap shuts down central U.S. Texas is ground zero
Nearly three million customers have lost power in Texas, as record-setting cold and snow and ice paralyze region.
3 weeks 4 days ago
Did we mention the SNOW? 😎 Our member Secilia made the right decision: Public transport or the car weren’t an option, so she just got her cross-country skis 🎿 out and off she went! Watch the video to see her “take off”. 😉😍
3 weeks 5 days ago
So much snow! 🌬❄️☃️
The winter holidays may have been canceled 🦠, but Leipzig and Central and Northern Germany are covered under a thick blanket of snow these days. Public transport may be disrupted, cars and trucks may be stuck in the powdery snow, but faces are all smiley (not to speak of the red cheeks!). We see so many lucky children on sleighs pulled by their folks, or people going to places on their skis. 🎿 The sun also made an appearance today, but don’t be fooled, we expect temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit!!) tonight. 🥶🥶
Hope y’all are safe and sound. 💙💛
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4 weeks 7 hours ago
Das Willkommen in Leipzig-Projekt der VILLA Leipzig ist in Gefahr, nachdem die öffentliche Finanzierung recht kurzfristig weggebrochen ist. Dem größenteils ehrenamtlich arbeitenden Team der Villa gehen die Mittel für ihre wunderbaren Bemühungen aus, nicht Deutsch sprechenden Neu-LeipzigerInnen die Ankunft hier etwas einfacher zu gestalten (Sprachunterricht, das EInleben vor Ort, das Kennenlernen der Kultur).
Der Artikel ist auf deutsch, nur die Zusammenfassung oben ist auf Englisch.
4 days 2 hours ago