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Personal-Care Firms Uncover New Markets
German consumer-goods maker Henkel AG is touting its new Gliss Restore & Refresh shampoo as the world's first hair-care product to address problems caused by the lack of ventilation under a head scarf, including split ends, itchy scalp and unpleasant odor. British-Dutch rival Unilever UL 0.65% PLC is also targeting the market with its Sunsilk shampoo. And hair is just the start.
Can science fiction predict our economic future?
Self-driving cars, 3-D printers and robots are just a few inventions first hinted at in science fiction that later became a reality. That's one reason why companies are visiting the small town of Wetzlar, Germany. Wetzlar is home to what's called the Fantastic Library — a large public collection of fantasy and science fiction literature. From the outside, the Fantastic Library looks fairly ordinary.
Can science fiction predict our economic future?
Self-driving cars, 3-D printers and robots are just a few inventions first hinted at in science fiction that later became a reality. That's one reason why companies are visiting the small town of Wetzlar, Germany. Wetzlar is home to what's called the Fantastic Library — a large public collection of fantasy and science fiction literature. From the outside, the Fantastic Library looks fairly ordinary.
Clue, Battleship, Ouija and now...Catan? Hollywood tries its luck on board games
What do actress Mila Kunis, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Colts quarterback Andrew Luck have in common? They're fans of the German board game Catan, which deals in trade and economics. Players represent tribes who have landed on the island of Catan. They jockey for the best position to collect resources, grow settlements and beat their opponents.
Clue, Battleship, Ouija and now...Catan? Hollywood tries its luck on board games
What do actress Mila Kunis, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Colts quarterback Andrew Luck have in common? They're fans of the German board game Catan, which deals in trade and economics. Players represent tribes who have landed on the island of Catan. They jockey for the best position to collect resources, grow settlements and beat their opponents.
Clue, Battleship, Ouija and now...Catan? Hollywood tries its luck on board games
What do actress Mila Kunis, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Colts quarterback Andrew Luck have in common? They're fans of the German board game Catan, which deals in trade and economics. Players represent tribes who have landed on the island of Catan. They jockey for the best position to collect resources, grow settlements and beat their opponents.
Clue, Battleship, Ouija and now...Catan? Hollywood tries its luck on board games
What do actress Mila Kunis, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Colts quarterback Andrew Luck have in common? They're fans of the German board game Catan, which deals in trade and economics. Players represent tribes who have landed on the island of Catan. They jockey for the best position to collect resources, grow settlements and beat their opponents.
Pump Up Your German With Podcasts
Podcasts can be a great way to practice German while getting on with the normal business of your day. Subscribe to one of these podcasts, watch a video on your computer or download a language app to keep German language learning fun and relaxing. Here are a few suggestions: Pukka German has short podcasts that cover everything from street slang to jokes. It’s a fun way to augment your regular German learning and to add a few snappy phrases to your vocabulary.
The Artist Visa: How to Live as a Foreign Artist in Germany
By some estimates, Berlin is home to more than 60,000 artists. The creative flare and somewhat affordable rents attract designers, photographers, and painters from around the world. After experiencing Berlin’s hot arts scene in person, many decide they want to unpack their bags and stay. But that decision can't be made lightly. For non-citizens, a visa is required. Jovanny Varela went through that experience a few years ago.
Turning mine pits into lakes in Germany
If you look at an aerial view of Lusatia, it's like Swiss cheese pieces of land and then gaping holes. The holes are where East Germany harvested almost all of its energy in the form of brown coal or ignite. After the Berlin wall fell in 1989, East Germany collapsed, and most of the mines were abandoned. Mining of any kind scars the landscape. When the mines close down, regions are often left without vegetation, wildlife, or an economic future.
There was a real Frankenstein castle. Yes, they dress it up for Halloween
Germany doesn't offer many options for those who want to get spooked on Halloween, but there are at least a few locations that promise a proper scare. For those living near Frankfurt, the choice is clear — they'll drive about 20 minutes south to the crumbling ruins of Castle Frankenstein. Once home to a mad scientist, the castle now creakily opens its doors at Halloween. The ruins of Castle Frankenstein sit high on a hill surrounded by dense forest.
Documentary 'This Ain't California' Looks at East Germany's Skateboard Culture
Southern California may be the birthplace of skateboarding culture, but the sport also flourished thousands of miles away. In the 1980s, teenagers in Cold War East Germany fell in love with skateboarding. They mostly got their information about it from word of mouth and in magazines smuggled across the border. A new documentary called "This Ain't California" documents that time.
For a scare at Halloween you can visit the real Frankenstein's castle in Germany
Germany doesn't offer many options for those who want to get spooked on Halloween, but there are at least a few locations that promise a proper scare. For those living near Frankfurt, the choice is clear — they'll drive about 20 minutes south to the crumbling ruins of Castle Frankenstein. Once home to a mad scientist, the castle now creakily opens its doors at Halloween. The ruins of Castle Frankenstein sit high on a hill surrounded by dense forest.
Leaving Syria's war zone to start a new life
The Syrian Civil War has been going on for more than two years now. Most of the 2 million refugees cross the border into Lebanon, where they try to find space in cities and refugee camps that are already crowded. Lebanon has asked the international community for help. Germany says it’ll host 5,000 refugees for two years, but leaving a war zone to start a new life in one of Europe’s richest countries isn’t the easiest transition. Friedland is a sprawling refugee complex in central German.
Germans on Twitter say 'ja!' to Nein Quarterly
Here are a few Nein Quarterly quips: “What's so awesome about nihilism? Nothing.” “You call it happiness. I call it Acute Despair Deficit syndrome.” “My Doppelgänger wants to start resembling other people.” The man behind the Twitter feed is Eric Jarosinski, a German professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Jarosinski grew up in a small town in Wisconsin.
Flight attendant turned record label owner spins songs of 1970s Ghana
Samy Ben Redjeb grew up in Tunisia. He moved to Senegal to deejay and teach diving. And he spent his free time hunting for rare records all over Africa. “After doing that for five, six years, I started feeling a kind of a pressure because I was spending all my money on traveling and I remember a friend of mine came to see me and he said, 'You know what Samy?
Why Germans Like to Reenact US Civil War Battles
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