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ODEG

Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn VBB Grammar | Credit phb What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? When people are rude and agressive, I tend to think first, then speak! From Germany kindly yours Peter H Bloecker (Retired) On the Move again and learning about DB and D Ticket and more. ODEC The ODEG (Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH) operates several regional train lines (RB and RE) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Hbf), including the RE8 line which is part of the RB Netz system. 🚆 RE8 Line Overview (ODEG) Route: Wismar ↔ Wittenberge ↔ Berlin ↔ Flughafen BER ↔ Elsterwerda / Finsterwalde Berlin Hbf Connection: The RE8 travels through Berlin Hbf via the Nord-Süd-Tunnel, connecting northern and southern Brandenburg and parts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern A. Frequency:• Northern section (Wismar to Flughafen BER): Hourly service Southern section (Berlin to Elsterwerda/Finsterwalde): Hourly during peak times; otherwise every two hours A Train Type: Double-decker trains with around 400 seats A You can explore the full ODEG line network and schedules or check the RE8 route details and updates for any construction-related changes or service adjustments. Swimming | Credit my brother Jens Bad Kleinen may be small, but it’s surrounded by charm and history. Here’s how you can make the most of your visit: Gutshaus Niendorf: This beautifully restored manor hosts cultural events and exhibitions. It’s a great spot to soak in local heritage and architecture. Tourist-Information…

Severance

Culturebook | Credit phb This book review was generated via Copilot by Peter H Bloecker. I am reading the German Translation. New York Ghost Here’s a polished, blog‑ready review of Ling Ma’s New York Ghost that you could publish as‑is or adapt into your own voice. I’ve written it with a layered, reflective tone that bridges literary analysis with cultural context—something that aligns beautifully with your legacy‑minded storytelling style. Ling Ma’s New York Ghost: Capitalism at the End of the World When a novel about a mysterious pandemic, global supply chains, and the quiet rituals of urban life appears years before COVID‑19, it’s tempting to call it prophetic. But Ling Ma’s New York Ghost (German edition of her acclaimed debut Severance) is more than eerie foresight—it’s a scalpel‑sharp dissection of how we live, work, and dream in the machinery of late capitalism. A Premise That Feels Uncomfortably Familiar Candace Chen, a young Chinese‑American production coordinator for a Bible‑publishing company in Times Square, is so devoted to her daily routines that she barely notices the city emptying around her. A fungal infection—Shen Fever—has arrived via cheap, mass‑produced goods from China, spreading with quiet inevitability. Victims don’t die immediately; instead, they become trapped in endless loops of their last habits, folding laundry or brushing their teeth until their bodies give out A B. The image is grotesque and tender at once: a zombie…

Brücke Museum Dahlem, Berlin

Credit phb 🌍 Irma Stern German Expressionism:• Stern’s early influences came from the Brücke group in Berlin, who rejected academic realism in favour of raw emotion, bold colour, and distorted form. She absorbed their intensity but applied it to African and Mediterranean subjects, creating a hybrid style. South African Modernism:• In the 1920s–40s, South Africa’s art world was still dominated by conservative, European‑style landscapes and portraits. Stern’s work was radical in both style and subject matter — she painted African sitters with dignity and individuality at a time when colonial attitudes often reduced them to stereotypes. Global Modernist Networks:• Exhibited in London, Paris, and Berlin alongside other modernists. Her travel journals and paintings brought African imagery into European galleries, influencing perceptions of the continent’s cultures. 🔍 Why Her Work Still Resonates Cultural Bridge: She navigated — and sometimes clashed with — the tensions between European modernism and African identity. Art Market Impact: Stern’s paintings remain among the highest‑selling works by African artists at auction. Contemporary Relevance: Modern curators revisit her work to discuss representation, colonial history, and the role of women. More here soon … Brücke Museum Dahlem in Berlin. Published by Peter H Bloecker, StD im Ruhestand Linked Updated Fri 5 Sep 2025. Brücke Museum Dahlem Linked

Berlin 2025

Two friends meeting again in Berlin: Credit phb We both studied at the John F Kennedy Institut FU Berlin from 1972 on, meeting whenever possible. We both worked as High School Teachers and have retired in 2015. Credit phb Heute in Berlin Mitte und Alt Rudow, unweit vom BER. Biergarten im Sept 2025. Das alte und das heutige Berlin. Berliner Luft. Gestern am Fährhaus Caputh, wo Albert Einstein auf dem See ein kleines Boot hatte. Unweit Potsdam. Wunderschöne Wald- und Seenlandschaften. Historische Bilder aus Berlin. Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Kaiserhof | Credit phb Das alte Berlin | Credit phb

Education

This Blog post delivers a copilot generated and then edited Report on my Blogging activities since retirement in Aug 2015. The author and Blogger Peter H Bloecker has retired at the Gold Coast in Queensland. Linked Podcast Peter Hanns Bloecker Strukturierte Übersicht der Blogs von Peter H. Bloecker zum Thema Gymnasium in Deutschland Vorbereitung auf ein Vollstudium in internationalen Hochschulen mit dem Ziel einer systemischen Optimierung durch Feedbackverfahen und mehr. EinleitungDie vorliegende Analyse widmet sich der systematischen Erfassung und kritischen Reflexion der Blogging-Aktivitäten von Peter H. Bloecker im Themenfeld Hochschulbildung. Ausgangspunkt ist der ursprüngliche Blog unter bloecker.wordpress.com, ergänzt um die aktiven Seiten phbloecker.wordpress.com, peblogger.com und bloeckerblog.com. Die Perspektive ist geprägt durch die langjährige Tätigkeit des Autors als Sprachberater des Goethe-Instituts in Queensland, Australien, sowie als Direktor Of Studies und Lehrer in Deutschland, Namibia und Australien. Seit dem Jahr 2015, nach seiner Pensionierung, entwickelt Peter H. Bloecker auf verschiedenen Plattformen einen umfassenden Diskurs, der sich sowohl an Fachkräfte der Bildung als auch an eine interessierte Öffentlichkeit richtet.Ziel dieser Übersicht ist es, die thematischen Schwerpunkte, die Entwicklung und Diversifikation der Blogstruktur sowie die Qualität und Reichweite der Inhalte zu beleuchten. Besonderes Augenmerk gilt dabei der Frage, wie auf den verschiedenen Blogplattformen reflektierte Perspektiven zur Qualität von Hochschulbildung, zu Hochschuldidaktik und zur Rolle von Lehrkräften ausgestaltet werden und welche Beiträge sie zur aktuellen Debatte über digitale, interkulturelle, didaktische und politische Herausforderungen im Hochschulbereich leisten.Ursprünglicher Blog: bloecker.wordpress.com (2012 -2015)Der Ursprung der…

ChatGPT & AI

Am following mostly the discussion about Higher Education. 75 % of young people in most 1st world countries are using AI Tools. Staff at High Schools and Unis are trying to cope, but are mostly failing, according to their own judgement & perceptions. High Schools and Unis are not prepared at all. The problems are more or less ignored. Reading Harari or following his general campaign about Aliens (Metapher) raises serious concerns, however! Credit phb Gist of my own understanding: The Gap is growing between Ignorance and smart use of AI. It is in short not a question of using AI or not: It is a question of HOW young students are using AI. Linked Updated by Blogger P H Bloecker Thu 14 Aug 2025.

Sorry

What is a word you feel that too many people use?words A word once spoken, cannot be called back. So my first choice would be sorry. However the context and situation are most important. Why? In some countries, the word sorry has become part of the culture. The effect is, people say sorry not to apologize or fix a problem or relationship, it is just a word to get away with what they did or what happened. Just an unimportant incident, that would not need a sorry in other cultures / countries at all. In some relationships the word sorry does not exist! The hardest word for some men. (Elton John) In short: The cultural use of sorry in NZ and Australia is generally said an act of being polite, instead of rude. Which countries - in your mind - stand more for being rude, not polite? What happens, when education fails? When adequate behaviour is not learnt? More here soon to come! #culture #gaps https://videopress.com/v/oA3AEs4a?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Line Dance Country | Credit phb From Candlelight to Boot‑Scoot: Two Rooms, One Rhythm of Belonging I. Jena, Winter 1799Snow fretted the panes of Caroline Schlegel’s home, muffling the town beyond. Inside, the room was an orchestration of voices — Goethe’s measured cadences, Novalis’ luminous musings, Caroline’s deft interjections that kept the air alive. Around the table, thought moved like a dance: philosophy circling poetry,…

Tweed Heads

This area has its own charme along the Tweed River Mouth with trawlers and river views from the hills above the Twin Towns. Sunday Hinterland Trip from the Gold Coast. Another hidden gem, indeed! Like an old Harbour Town. Along the Northern River Coast of New South Wales, you will find more River Fishing old Settlements with very special Communities. Try our near Yamba the township of MacLean and Woodridge area and the small town of Evans Head. Screenshot Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Updated Sun 10 Aug 2025 by Author and Blogger Peter H Bloecker. Linked Tweed River Marina | Credit phb Rivers along NSW Evans Head | Credit phb Maclean NSW | Credit phb Maclean NSW | Credit phb

Leonardo

🖋️ Leonardo da Vinci: A Tuscan Tapestry of Light and Inquiry observing Nature and people in action.A revised Blog Vignette by Peter H Bloecker (Retired) Watch the SBS Film Leonarda da Vinci Ahead of his time ... Linked Copilot prompted by phb Nestled in the folds of olive-silvered hills near Vinci, Tuscany, a boy traced bird wings in the dirt. His fingers, smudged with fig sap and curiosity, would one day redraw the contours of art, science, and imagination. Leonardo da Vinci’s story began in Anchiano—amid the scent of sun-warmed thyme and cicada hum. 🎨 Apprenticeship in Florence: Where Light Met HandAt fifteen, Leonardo entered the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio. Marble dust settled into the creases of his palms as he carved alongside masters, each chisel stroke an invitation to precision and grace. The studio swelled with the aroma of linseed oil and plaster, the quiet scratch of charcoal on canvas. It was here he painted a single angel—luminescent, gentle—he watched and observed, fascinated by nature. Eager to learn. 🌿 Nature as Archive and OracleTuscan summers taught him anatomy in the curvature of leaves, flight from swallows chasing the horizon. He studied vines as vascular systems and dragonflies as engineers of air. The bitter tang of olive oil on rustic bread became a meditation; Tuscany fed him not just meals, but metaphors. He was not only curious, he asked why…

Lamington NP

A very special Day, indeed … Great day with Blanche & Sven at Binna Burra after a long rainy Sat Jul 2025. Tweed Gallery first: Dancing Spiders … Dancing Spiders } Screenshot phb Patterns of the Rain Forest | Credit phb With Sven O | Credit phb Binna Barra NP | Credit phb Final Stop Hinze Dam. Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Credit phb Not my Jaguar | Credit phb

Royals

Published by Author Peter Hanns Bloecker (Retired). The Teacher and his Books | Credit #phb Peter Hanns Bloecker is blogging on Higher Education from the Gold Coast in Australia. Linked This site explores the connections of German and British Royals and Families: Hannover Herrenhausen (Castle) Braunschweig and Celle and Lueneburg Jacobite Rising Act of Settlement 1701 and Its Implications in British History Historical Context and Passage The Act of Settlement was enacted by the English Parliament on 12 June 1701 against the backdrop of the Glorious Revolution (1688–1689) and the prospect of a Catholic monarch returning to the throne. With William III childless and Anne’s only surviving child deceased, Parliament moved to secure a Protestant succession and curb royal prerogative. Key Provisions It limited the succession to “the heirs of [Electress Sophia of Hanover] being Protestants,” barring Roman Catholics or anyone who married one from inheriting the crown. It required the monarch to join in communion with the Church of England. It forbade the sovereign to leave England, Scotland, or Ireland—or to wage war for territories not belonging to the English crown—without Parliament’s consent. Judges were to hold office “during good behaviour” rather than at royal pleasure, laying groundwork for judicial independence. It disqualified foreign-born individuals (even if naturalised) from holding high office, seats in Parliament, or Crown grants, reinforcing the primacy of native parliamentary authority. Immediate Outcomes The throne was…

Welfen

#phb at Herrenhausen Hanover Lower Saxony The Teacher and his Books | Credit #phb Peter Hanns Bloecker is blogging on Higher Education from the Gold Coast in Australia. Linked This site explores the connections of German and British Royals and Families: Hanover Herrenhausen (Castle) Braunschweig and Celle and Lueneburg Jacobite Rising Act of Settlement 1701 and Its Implications in British History Historical Context and Passage The Act of Settlement was enacted by the English Parliament on 12 June 1701 against the backdrop of the Glorious Revolution (1688–1689) and the prospect of a Catholic monarch returning to the throne. With William III childless and Anne’s only surviving child deceased, Parliament moved to secure a Protestant succession and curb royal prerogative. Key Provisions It limited the succession to “the heirs of [Electress Sophia of Hanover] being Protestants,” barring Roman Catholics or anyone who married one from inheriting the crown. It required the monarch to join in communion with the Church of England. It forbade the sovereign to leave England, Scotland, or Ireland—or to wage war for territories not belonging to the English crown—without Parliament’s consent. Judges were to hold office “during good behaviour” rather than at royal pleasure, laying groundwork for judicial independence. It disqualified foreign-born individuals (even if naturalised) from holding high office, seats in Parliament, or Crown grants, reinforcing the primacy of native parliamentary authority. Immediate Outcomes The throne was settled…

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