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Mar 19, 2010
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Formula One fan Reiner Ferling watches Michael Schumacher compete in Bahrain. Fans gathered in the Jahnhalle in Schumacher's hometown of Kerpen to watch Schumacher's performance on the big screen.
The Witches of Werningerode
Kevin Dolgin picks the Harz Mountains town of Werningerode as the first German destination ever in his McSweeney's column, "Kevin Dolgin Tells You About Places You Should Go." Dolgin marvels at the quaint perfection (do city workers sift through the autumn leaves and leave the most perfect ones lying on the ground?) and the mayhem of the Walpurgisnacht, when witches cavort on the top of the Brocken mountain.
Walpurgisnacht
Plattenbau Recycling
German architect Norman Hose is recycling Germany's shoe-box shaped apartment complexes leftover from communism into modern, stylish homes, while also saving energy and money.
Norman Hose
King of the Mountain
Vanity Fair offers a brief portrait of Klaus Obermeyer, the German-born alpine apparel entrepreneur who lives the good life in Aspen but is the antithesis of a ski-bum.
Klaus Obermeyer
Your Tools are Part of You
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger's theory that people's tools become part of their consciousness has been proved true using computer mice. If you have trouble putting down your iPhone or taking out your bluetooth headset, this may explain some things for you.
Heidegger and Tools
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