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		<title>Comment on Giving Thanks by ira2</title>
		<link>http://sibylleandmark.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/giving-thanks-for-a-wonderful-life/#comment-111</link>
		<dc:creator>ira2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love it :) :) :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love it <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Mark&#8217;s new passion by ira2</title>
		<link>http://sibylleandmark.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/marks-new-passion/#comment-109</link>
		<dc:creator>ira2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>:) :) :)</description>
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		<title>Comment on Getting old by ira2</title>
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		<dc:creator>ira2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wondered back then how you did that :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wondered back then how you did that <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Exercise by ira2</title>
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		<dc:creator>ira2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>:) :) :)  Beautiful.  Yes, the colorful leaves against the sky too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Beautiful.  Yes, the colorful leaves against the sky too.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Perfect Saturday by ira2</title>
		<link>http://sibylleandmark.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/the-perfect-saturday/#comment-99</link>
		<dc:creator>ira2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perfect :)  Beautiful :)  Just - lovely :)  Thank you for this glimpse into your life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perfect <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Beautiful <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Just &#8211; lovely <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Thank you for this glimpse into your life.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ugly German by lettersfromeurope</title>
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		<dc:creator>lettersfromeurope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It does happen, but it is a shock every time. Thanks for pointing out this story in your comment at 
http://lettersfromgermany.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/ferienzeit-the-times-they-are-a-changing/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It does happen, but it is a shock every time. Thanks for pointing out this story in your comment at<br />
<a href="http://lettersfromgermany.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/ferienzeit-the-times-they-are-a-changing/" rel="nofollow">http://lettersfromgermany.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/ferienzeit-the-times-they-are-a-changing/</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Physics by mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As Sibylle said in her posting, immediately after the accident there were numerous people on their phones presumably calling 911.  A group of teenage boys came running down the sidewalk and then to the median strip.  They were shouting and laughing with each other and all were holding cell phones obviously taking pictures.  

Our 24-hour-a-day media onslaught coupled with surrealistic video games has had a profound impact on how these young people view life.  In that moment, my perception of them was that this was just another scene in a video game.

As Sibylle noted we were just seconds away from being involved in the accident ourselves, which is only part of the reason why I shouted at the youths, telling them that &quot;this wasn&#039;t something cool.&quot;

I wonder if someone had been hurt or killed if their enthusiasm for the &quot;live action drama&quot; in front of them would have been any less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Sibylle said in her posting, immediately after the accident there were numerous people on their phones presumably calling 911.  A group of teenage boys came running down the sidewalk and then to the median strip.  They were shouting and laughing with each other and all were holding cell phones obviously taking pictures.  </p>
<p>Our 24-hour-a-day media onslaught coupled with surrealistic video games has had a profound impact on how these young people view life.  In that moment, my perception of them was that this was just another scene in a video game.</p>
<p>As Sibylle noted we were just seconds away from being involved in the accident ourselves, which is only part of the reason why I shouted at the youths, telling them that &#8220;this wasn&#8217;t something cool.&#8221;</p>
<p>I wonder if someone had been hurt or killed if their enthusiasm for the &#8220;live action drama&#8221; in front of them would have been any less.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Breakfast over Paris &#8211; more or less by Flying Delta, and starving &#171; Sibylle and Mark&#8217;s Journey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Flying Delta, and starving &#171; Sibylle and Mark&#8217;s Journey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] - 2:20 p.m. Kansas time) which makes this flight almost 10 and a half hours long, I have revised my high opinion of Delta&#8217;s feeding strategies: on our transatlantic flight two weeks ago we were inundated [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &#8211; 2:20 p.m. Kansas time) which makes this flight almost 10 and a half hours long, I have revised my high opinion of Delta&#8217;s feeding strategies: on our transatlantic flight two weeks ago we were inundated [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Dolomites by Vera</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Südtirol by Vera</title>
		<link>http://sibylleandmark.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/sudtirol/#comment-59</link>
		<dc:creator>Vera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There was an article in Stern Reisen that touches on the multi-cultural/political aspect:
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,567904,00.html

Quote:
[...] Gern erzählt er den Fremden über das komplizierte Verhältnis der überwiegend deutschsprachigen Südtiroler zum italienischen Staat, zu dem die Region gehört. [...]

[...] &quot;Die Italiener sind eigentlich feine Leute. Nur, dass sie unser Land besetzen, das geht halt nicht.&quot; Dass Italien seine Heimat im Jahre 1919 - nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg - annektierte, hat Psenner bis heute nicht verwunden. Noch weniger, dass die Faschisten unter Benito Mussolini versuchten, Südtirol zu italienisieren: Der Diktator siedelte Italienischsprachige aus anderen Landesteilen in der Region an. Er verbot Deutsch an den Schulen und als Amtssprache.

Inzwischen profitieren die Südtiroler von einer weitgehenden Autonomieregelung mit der Regierung in Rom, aber das ist für Psenner nur eine Zwischenlösung – sein Ziel ist die staatliche Unabhängigkeit. [...]
End Quote.

On the subject of roadside shrines... that almost makes me cry with longing for - I don&#039;t even know how to word it. I was thinking that a roadside shrine wouldn&#039;t make it a week over here before someone either stole the stuff or sued the county or somebody for religious discrimination. Or whatever.

It&#039;s good to have a reminder once in a while that things aren&#039;t the same in different parts of the world :o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was an article in Stern Reisen that touches on the multi-cultural/political aspect:<br />
<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,567904,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,567904,00.html</a></p>
<p>Quote:<br />
[...] Gern erzählt er den Fremden über das komplizierte Verhältnis der überwiegend deutschsprachigen Südtiroler zum italienischen Staat, zu dem die Region gehört. [...]</p>
<p>[...] &#8220;Die Italiener sind eigentlich feine Leute. Nur, dass sie unser Land besetzen, das geht halt nicht.&#8221; Dass Italien seine Heimat im Jahre 1919 &#8211; nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg &#8211; annektierte, hat Psenner bis heute nicht verwunden. Noch weniger, dass die Faschisten unter Benito Mussolini versuchten, Südtirol zu italienisieren: Der Diktator siedelte Italienischsprachige aus anderen Landesteilen in der Region an. Er verbot Deutsch an den Schulen und als Amtssprache.</p>
<p>Inzwischen profitieren die Südtiroler von einer weitgehenden Autonomieregelung mit der Regierung in Rom, aber das ist für Psenner nur eine Zwischenlösung – sein Ziel ist die staatliche Unabhängigkeit. [...]<br />
End Quote.</p>
<p>On the subject of roadside shrines&#8230; that almost makes me cry with longing for &#8211; I don&#8217;t even know how to word it. I was thinking that a roadside shrine wouldn&#8217;t make it a week over here before someone either stole the stuff or sued the county or somebody for religious discrimination. Or whatever.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s good to have a reminder once in a while that things aren&#8217;t the same in different parts of the world <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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