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...more than €1.1 million now in its coffers, the Scheubeck-Jansen Foundation has enough to fund its initial project: the first professorship in sensor technology at nearby Regensburg University of Applied Sciences. "We wanted to do something for the region, to set a cornerstone for a new industry cluster," says Scheubeck, 54, who chairs the foundation and serves as managing director of the family holding company. Until recently, such generosity would have been unusual - unwanted even - in Germany. By tradition it was taxpayers, not foundations, who funded university chairs. But Germany is cutting back its spending on higher education...
...traditional archery competitions held in the snow-swept Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, women play a crucial role. But it's not as athletes aiming bamboo bows strung with lengths of stinging-nettle vine. Instead, Bhutanese women cluster near the male archers and take sole responsibility for keeping them from piercing the bull's-eye. "We distract them by singing rude songs," says Tshering Chhoden. "It's all part of the game." Adds her fellow Bhutanese Dhruba Kumar Chhetri: "The best thing to say is that the archer's wife has been sleeping around. That makes his concentration slip a little...
...perform some physical feats of your own, you could get into shape by taking a hike. A trek up to the Byzantine monasteries of Meteora will earn you no medals, but the scenery alone is ample reward. Located on the plain of Thessaly about 350 km from Athens, this cluster of monolithic rocks became a religious center for the Greek Orthodox Church inthe 14th century, when monks seeking to get closer to God built a monastery on the summit of the Great Meteoron. For hundreds of years, the only way for pilgrims to reach the monasteries was to be hauled...
...favorite place to stay is the Agistri Club Hotel, tel: (30-229) 709 1242. KOUFONISSIA Miss the boat and you may have to spend another couple of days in paradise. Small, rugged and surrounded by sea-lashed rocks, Ano and Kato Koufonissia are part of the Cyclades, a tiny cluster of islands beloved by the Greeks but often left off tourist itineraries. Separated by a slim waterway from its sister island, Kato Koufonissi is virtually uninhabited. But the cognoscenti swear by its crystal-clear waters, coarse sand, craggy coves and the single taverna that serves up savory Greek dishes. Blue...
...close friends. It's not like her"... [The political wife] becomes public property, an extension of the public man, subject to unending scrutiny, judgments, accolades and criticisms. She is often used and then abandoned or ignored or forced to turn the other way as "power groupies" cluster around the Big Man. She must sparkle to help her husband but beware of outshining him. She must know the issues and the arguments for and against. She must often maintain two homes without really living in either. Many such women want out. And yet, for all the pressures and drawbacks, quite...