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Das Zitate-Portal im Internet
Damit Sie sich auch hier schnell zurecht finden, müssen Sie allerdings mehr als 140 Zeichen lesen. Sie sind über ein "Zitat des Tages" auf uns aufmerksam geworden und möchten den entsprechenden Kom...
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mashable
HTTP Status Cats: Hilarious Motivational Posters [PICS]
When the talented Tomomi Imura sets her mind to illustrating http status messages with cats, she’s not kidding around. Here we present “HTTP Status Cats,” a series of motivational posters showing c...
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Technology
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TIME
Vaclav Havel, Czech Playwright and President, has Died
(PRAGUE) Vaclav Havel wove theater into revolution, leading the charge to peacefully bring down communism in a regime he ridiculed as "Absurdistan" and proving the power of the people to overcome...
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mashable
Top 8 Mashable Comments This Week
We’re back with another weekly roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week. In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We always look for thoughtful comments that engage t...
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Technology
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cnnbrk
Vaclav Havel, Czech dissident, playwright, politician dead at 75
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN updated 6:35 AM EST, Sun December 18, 2011(CNN) -- Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, one of the leading anti-Communist dissidents of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at...
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CBSNews
Czech playwright, ex-president Havel dies
Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright and leading member of the Czechoslovak opposition Civic Forum, is pictured addressing demonstrators in Prague, December 10, 1988. At the end of 1989, Havel wa...
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TheEconomist
The coalition after the veto: State of the union
AS A government adviser in the 1990s, David Cameron watched from the inside as feuds over Europe sapped the authority of a Conservative prime minister. He has always been anxious for his own premie...
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guardiantech
EU cookie laws could cause unwary firms to get their fingers burnt | Technology
The Cookie Monster from The Muppets. Many websites do not yet appreciate what the new rules on cookie consent require. Photograph: Ben Hider/Getty Images Feeling bored and listless? Well, try this....
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Technology
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TheEconomist
Christopher Logue | The Economist
PACIFISM was Christopher Logue’s creed. He marched to Aldermaston against Britain’s bomb in 1958, armed only with sandwiches. Three years later he served time in prison for inciting anti-nuclear de...
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TheEconomist
France’s presidential election: Toi aussi, Dominique?
De Villepin grandly steps forward THIS week’s conviction of Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy’s predecessor as French president, for diverting public funds and abuse of office as mayor of Paris in th...
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DanielaSchultis
Informationen für Betriebsräte zum Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz » -BR-Info-im-Internet
Es bleibt eine Frage der VernunftEine gehobene Aus- und Fortbildung für den Betriebsrat ist anspruchsvoll und zeitintensiv. Besonders die Qualifikation neben den arbeitsvertraglichen Aufgaben erfor...
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wikileaks
Gingrich ramps up objections to judicial power
Newt Gingrich is giving fair warning to judges and courts across the country: If he becomes president, the judiciary won’t reign supreme.The former House Speaker and current Republican presidential...
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USArmy
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war – USATODAY.com
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait (AP) – The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of j...
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World
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ForbesTech
Managing Talent: The Dilemma of the High-Tech Innovator
Image via WikipediaThe only sustainable competitive advantage today is the ability to change, adapt and evolve—and do it better than the competition. John Marrioti Change is far more radical than ...
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Business
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USArmy
Soldiers who smoke have increased injury risk, reduced muscle endurance | Article
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND (Dec. 15, 2011) -- Nearly one-third of active-duty service members smoke, and that figure increases among troops in a combat zone, according to the 2008 Department of Defens...
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Health
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jeffjarvis
Cellphone ban would be a distraction
It is not uncommon to drive up to a light and discover several vehicles still immobile because no one has yet noticed the green. A horn tap will cause the procession slowly to restart, as drivers, ...
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Education
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jeffjarvis
Vaclav Havel, Dissident Playwright Who Led Czechoslovakia, Dead at 75
PRAGUE — Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, h...
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nytimes
Taking a Step Forward
“WE should sign up for dance classes at the high school,” I said to my husband. It’s the kind of thing spouses say to each other when the marriage is not going well. That, and “let’s ma...
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nytimes
In Philippines, Fleeing Floodwaters in the Middle of Night
MANILA — Just after 1 a.m. Saturday, Mary Ann Melancio became concerned about a co-worker. He had sent her a text message saying that he was trapped by floodwaters in his home with his wife and 10-...
World
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FAZ_Topnews
Zum Tode von Václav Havel: Der Dissidentenpräsident - Ausland
© Reuters Vaclav Havel als Präsidentschaftskandidat während eines Interviews in Prag am 19. Dezember 1989Seit November 1996, als ihm ein bösartiger Tumor und die Hälfte des rechten Lungenflügels en...
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