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Wendt says that when he chants, "the stress melts in my body and I feel this opening in my heart." But whether he is actually practicing kirtan is a matter of debate. Georg Feuerstein, founder of the Yoga Research and Education Center near Redding, Calif., says kirtan is an exclusively Hindu practice in which believers praise gods to whom they are devoted. He contends that although non-Hindus or those who do not understand what they are chanting may experience a quasi-religious feeling, "the traditionalist would want to know why divine Hindu names are being used for that purpose...
...private rail-freight operators. Mario Monti, the E.U.'s tough antitrust Commissioner, made it clear at a rail conference last year that he won't tolerate merely shifting the monopoly; he warned state-owned flag carriers that they "do not have blanket immunity from the competition rules." Rolf Georg is testing to make sure. He owns a four-person firm, based in Frankfurt, that runs an overnight sleeper service between Berlin and Malmö, Sweden. When DB charged him what he says were exorbitant prices to lease one of its engines, he took the case directly to Monti in Brussels...
...hill that gave the district its name in 1921. From the monument to the Wars of Liberation of 1813-15 at the top you have a sweeping view of the city and can relax to the sound of the waterfall tumbling down to Kreuzbergstrasse. Composer Giacomo Meyerbeer and philosopher Georg Friedrich Hegel were two of many historical figures who took their beers in Viktoria Park on the Kreuzberg. Centuries earlier medieval Christian knights known as Templars cultivated vineyards on the hill - a practice revived by the local horticultural office in 1968. At the bottom of the hill follow Kreuzbergstrasse east...
...last year had a financial surplus of €7.2 million, will be obliged to transfer its savings to the cash-strapped Komische Oper. Many fear that the plan may save money only at the cost of quality and diversity. "I hope we don't have three weak operas," says Georg Vierthaler, managing director of the Staatsoper. "Berlin needs one strong opera that has the power to compete with London and Vienna." But first Berlin's three opera houses will have to learn how to compete among themselves. As far as sponsorship goes, the relationship between culture and corporations is most...
...absolute majority. Big business has been a vocal critic of Schröder ever since he started hinting that higher taxes are necessary. "We are on the wrong path," says Ulrich Schumacher, ceo of chip maker Infineon. "I do not know anyone who is not worried." Ludwig Georg Braun, president of the Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, attacked Schröder's reforms. "Emergency repairs are not enough to get the economy working again," Braun said. "The government must show willingness for comprehensive reforms that break Social Democratic taboos." Business has been particularly alarmed that sdp state governments...