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Natalie Lampert

Stories from Natalie Lampert

Jesse and Céline
Wien: A Romantic Interlude
In Before Sunrise, Vienna has the starring role
Natalie Lampert
01/10/2010

New Years’ Day, 1979. In the middle of a snowy walk through Vienna, my father leads my mother into the cozy lobby of the Hilton, warms her hands between his, and in a burst of emotion, proposes.

Sixteen years later, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) step off a train in the opening sequence of Richard Linklater’s magical film Before Sunrise and experience Vienna in one spontaneous night out of time, 24 hours of intimate conversation and mutual discovery.

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Stammtisch at Café Anzengruber
When the tourists fill the top tables, the locals shrug and head back to the neighborhood
Natalie Lampert
01/10/2010

This summer, Europe was plagued with an unstable Euro, disastrous floods, and sweeps of volcanic ash that have left stranded travelers in its wake.

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A Different Kind of Vienna
To a young expectant visitor, Austria’s capital is an endlessly variable urban stage
Natalie Lampert
01/09/2010

Vienna this summer did not always bask under a cloudless sky, but as a place to be, it was a summer paradise of a different kind.

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Summer of Extremes
After the hottest decade in 1,000 years, many are still clinging to the hope that it is all chance - a view now hard to sustain
Natalie Lampert
01/09/2010

This summer has been one of weather-related extremes in Russia, Pakistan, China, Europe, the Arctic – you name it. But does this have anything to do with global warming, and are human emissions to blame?

While it cannot be scientifically proven (or disproven, for that matter) that global warming caused any particular extreme event, we can say that global warming very likely makes many kinds of extreme weather both more frequent and more severe.

02 Patricia Monteiro
AIDS: Closer to a Cure
Recent breakthrough research brings new hope for more effective treatment
Hannah Stadlober
Natalie Lampert
01/09/2010

It was a windy evening in July, Vienna’s summer sky was precariously dark, and there was a fly floating in the wine. We were having dinner at the Naschmarkt with Dr. Lokesh Agrawal and Dr. Olivier Ducoudret, two of the 25,000 doctors in Vienna in July for the 18th International AIDS Conference. They were from RAPID Laboratories, Inc., a peptide-based research facility located in Maryland, U.S. and headquartered in Switzerland.

12 train track in Auschwitz
Navigating the Rails
As a foreigner, one can feel anxious on trains. But if the journey itself is home, we can´t let train rides pass us by...
Natalie Lampert
01/07/2010

Sitting on a hard plastic seat on a train taking me from Vienna International Airport to the city center, I think about all the trains I’ve been on and the various circumstances that have characterized my rides. Looking around, I notice how everyone seems to know exactly what they’re doing, where they’re going, and how to get there. I think back to the years I lived in Germany, where my relationship with trains and public transportation was born, and suddenly, I am seventeen again, and memories of train rides come rushing back.

Can Ghana Do It?
All of Africa’s hopes now rest on the `Black Stars´, the continent’s best hope
Natalie Lampert
01/07/2010

When Ghanaian football striker Asamoah Gyan scored the winning goal in the third minute of extra time against the U.S. last week, history was made. It’s not only Ghana, though, who desperately wants to see their team, the Black Stars, continue to make history in the 2010 World Cup; it’s most of Africa.

Having beat the U.S. 2 to 1 last Saturday night, Ghana, in their second World Cup appearance, is the only African team to have advanced to the 2010 quarterfinals – keeping the hopes of the entire host continent alive as high morale sweeps across the borders of Africa’s fifty-four nations.

After last weekend’s win, Accra exploded in celebration. “We’ve made everybody proud,” Gyan said, in an Associated Press article. “Not Ghana alone, but all of Africa.”

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