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No Brotherly Love in Deutschland

March 2, 2007

On CNN International this evening, there was a report about a German brother and sister who, after growing up apart with no knowledge of each other (the brother grew up in a foster home), met as young adults and fell in love (they did know they were siblings when they met). They have four children [...]

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Does anyone else find this frightening?

February 18, 2007

Growing a Brain in Switzerland: A network of artificial nerves is growing in a Swiss supercomputer — meant to simulate a natural brain, cell-for-cell. The researchers at work on “Blue Brain” promise new insights into the sources of human consciousness. It’s just one step closer to Skynet… “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do [...]

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More search terms

February 17, 2007

Normally I wouldn’t subject you to blog stats again so soon, but some of these search terms are too funny/strange not to share: 1. berlin deutschland 2. american expats germany 3. ausländeramt hamburg foto 4. berlin rapes american soldiers 5. verliebt in berlin tv serie in version english 6. charlie geyer 7. germany babies skeletons [...]

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UNICEF report on child well-being in rich countries

February 15, 2007

Yesterday, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre released an illuminating report entitled “An Overview of Child Well-Being In Rich Countries.” Germany generally falls in the middle for all six measurements, but what is sad is that the USA and the UK are typically near the bottom of the lists, below poorer eastern European countries. The report [...]

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Lange Kerls und kleine Amis

January 18, 2007

Hamish over at FiF recently posted a link to this New Yorker article discussing why on average Europeans are getting taller, while Americans haven’t had an increase of average height in 50 years. The Netherlands, as any European can tell you, has become a land of giants. In a century’s time, the Dutch have gone [...]

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My trash floweth over

January 18, 2007

Before our current apartment, we always lived in high density areas where our trash was collected in dumpsters. So I am only now experiencing the true pressure of living in a pro-recycling country. Before, we separated paper, plastic, and glass (brown, green, clear), and took drink bottles back to the supermarket for refund, but down [...]

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Two wrongs don’t make a right

January 11, 2007

So this week I was wrong about two things. First, according to my baby book (so technically, I’m not the one that was wrong), the sex of the baby becomes discernable sometime around 10-12 weeks, so I assumed my super-duper ultrasound at St. Hedwig’s hospital today would reveal the sex. Leider nicht. The doctor says [...]

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