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To be or not to be? - Silliness in todays society
Welcome to the year 2011. Just this minute a pigeon has realised, that it has become addicted to Starbucks frappuccino with extra-big choc-chips and a nine year-old girl named Courtney is walking down the street with an Iphone in her hand, which probally...
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"Frauen in der einen Welt"-the women's museum in Fuerth
Note: project for the "Frauen in der einen Welt"-museum in Fuerth. Their current exhibition "La Bonne" takes a look at the life of maids throughout the century and beyond political borders. The main topic is the immigration of young women from the developing...
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Win a voucher for the most alternative café in Ireland!
In the middle of the tourist-filled busy Killarney, you might end up losing your way in one of the many alleyways and suddenly find yourself on a nearly-empty car park. All along the left hand side, a range of the most peculiar-looking garden furniture...
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Aliu Gonzalez Rivero
The Cuban artist Aliu Gonzalez Rivero makes flowerpots and other pottery in the shape of old Cuban houses and AEG coffee machines. His work is a must for any fan of the romantic "antique" flair of Cuba. He currently owns a pottery-studio called "El Fanguito"...
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Toys worth buying
These are a couple of toy-suggestions I put together, for everybody, who has to get the kid next-door a present, but has no idea what to give. Quelle: marisa-toys.de Ever found it hard to defend yourself against your older brothers as a girl? Then this...
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benebon's boutique
After spending my last few days staring at walls and looking like a total psycho to any person near me, I have f i n a l l y built up the courage, to put my pictures on an online-art-selling-site named artflakes.com This may give everyone who finds a...
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bene-plants
Visiting the botanic-gardens in the picture-perfect student-town Erlangen, I stumbled over a couple of pretty bizarre-looking plants. The plants looked so extraordinary, that they could have been designed by some super-euphoric graphic-designer called...
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Sophia's fabulous bookshelf
Paul Auster Mann im Dunkel „Das Leben ist enttäuschend, aber ich will trotzdem, dass du glücklich bist!“ August Brill lebt mit seiner Tochter und seiner Enkelin zusammen in einem Haus voller Schwermut und in dem Schlaf sehr kostbar zu sein scheint. August...
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Sophia's fabulous bookshelf
My dear friend Sophia, an excellent writer and an ongoing student of German literature, has offered to present to us her personal favourites of the current literature-world. Ernest Hemingway’s “Indian Camp“ Quelle: obit-mag.com “She lay in the lower bunk,...
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Womens football world-cup!
At last the womens football world-cup has arrived again! Whilst the last few years women haven't seemed that fussed about cheering for their teams, a group of young football-lovers has arisen to crowd the streets and send out the message. All this with...
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
This is a free newspaper I picked up in the Russian supermarket around the corner. I can't help but admit, that looking at the frontpage-picture I feel like the Russians know about something we don't know about. So to prevent me having constant nightmares...
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Sophia's fabulous bookshelf
My dear friend Sophia, an excellent writer and an ongoing student of German literature, has offered to present to us her personal favourites of the current literature-world. This is the first series of "Sophia's fabulous bookshelf". Enjoy. Der Duft der...
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Back again! - The gallery
Visiting Ireland has been a great experience, I do not want to have missed. That's why I want to give you an insight into what is in store for you when visiting Ireland! Starting off with my first of three "Back again!"-posts: The gallerie Dingle - Reiki...
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What would you work as, if you didn't have to worry about money?
This is one of the main questions standing behind the idea of a so-called "Grundeinkommen". "Grundeinkommen" means, that everybody, from whichever age-group or background, should get payed a specific amount of money, without being forced to give something...
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Are you an artist?
Do you have loads of ideas but simply don't have the money to make them come true? Well then crowdfunding could be the answer to your sleepless nights! The idea of crowdfunding is simple: You present your idea on an online-platform and anybody who likes...
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Discount for charity-work
If you're currently living in Germany and are involved in any charity-work, you are entitled of receiving a so-called "Ehrenamtscard". With this card, doing charity-work can pay off beyond the pure joy of helping, as it allows you too shop for less in...
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Earn money by cycling around Germany!
For everybody, who can't wait to hop on to their bikes and spend their summer-holidays travelling through all sorts of cities and landscapes, www.fahrradwege.de has an interesting offer: By simply taking photos of your cycling-route and putting in a description...
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We all fall down
Vivien
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Christopher Street Day in Nuremberg
This exotic-looking lady was only one of the many participants of the Christopher Street Day Festival, which took place on the 6th of August, in the usually rather shy seeming Bavarian town Nuremberg.
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Als Katharina das Zimmer verließ - As Katharina walked out of the room
"Your socks are lying under the bed"
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Our Street-Jay of the week!
Kristin is our Street-Jay of the week. She is a very bubbly girl, who apart from knowing all the latest newcomer-bands also likes spending her free time organizing small concerts.
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doodle 1
a rhyme without rhythm
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In Ireland...
...back on the 18.7. Lots of Love, benebon
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Getting packed
This is a picture of my suitcase I packed the day before. Today I have arrived in Glasgow and miss Nuremberg and the people more than I ever thought I would.
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i-kiwi
An ipod with extra-vitamins