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...alexander, sidecar, brandy stinger, pisco sour and brandy flip. History is an essential part of the syllabus. As Weber mixes a brandy alexander - a smooth drink made of brandy, crème de cacao and cream topped off with freshly ground nutmeg - his colleague, Beate Hindermann, tells us why German brandy cannot be called cognac. "It was prohibited in the Treaty of Versailles," she says. "And so German brandy will forever remain what it is - French cognac's little brother." By the end of the night, after absorbing Weber's instruction and concoctions, we leant a bit more heavily...
...commentary. So why not try public transport? It's cheap, it's fun to sit among the locals, and certain bus and tram routes are so scenic they could have been set specifically with sightseers in mind. Here's a roundup of the best routes: Berlin: Journey through recent German history on the No. 100 double-decker bus as it crosses from the former West Berlin to what was once East Berlin. Catch it at the zoo, and look for the bomb-damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Church tower, left as a reminder of the horrors of war. After passing the House...
...students finished high school with three-year training contracts in hand. Historically, more than two-thirds of the trainees end up with permanent job offers by the time those contracts are up. And despite increasing pressure from globalization and a shrinking labor market at home, 23% of all German companies continue to offer apprenticeships, a remarkable statistic, given that it takes into account every one-man shop as well as every megacorporation...
...Even more impressive: businesses don't get tax breaks or other subsidies to help foot the bill. All the German government pays for is the two days a week apprentices spend in vocational school. So what's in it for the companies? According to a recent survey, 90% of the firms that offer apprenticeships say they do so because skilled employees simply are not available on the job market...
...That's why the German model has occasionally been exported, if only on a local basis, to nations that also suffer shortages of trained workers. For instance, when BMW decided ten years ago to open a factory in central England, the enginemaker struck a deal with the British government to jointly finance a German-style apprenticeship program. Likewise, in 1995 a small consortium of manufacturing companies in North Carolina - that now includes firms headquartered in Germany, Switzerland and Austria - approached high schools and community colleges in the Charlotte area to develop Apprenticeship 2000, a four-year program for students interested...