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		<title>Ponsblog says goodbye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for a change: We are approaching 2010 and PONSblog will be taking some time off to develop a new creative concept for this website. PONS therefore hopes to introduce new ideas to you soon and surprise you with lots of new functions! I really enjoyed writing this blog for the last year and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=390</link>
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		<title>Multilingualism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The more languages you know, the more of a person you are.&#8221; The European Commission uses this slogan to express its committment to multilingualism in our society today. I guess most of you would agree with the fact that people who speak many languages are &#8220;more of a person&#8221;. But what exactly does that mean? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=387</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Trendy&#8221; English: My best friend&#8217;s boyfriend*</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; read this text if you&#8217;re interested in learning some words you won&#8217;t be able to find in a normal dictionary: Let me tell you something about my best friend&#8217;s boyfriend: She loves him 24/7. &#8220;You make my day!&#8221; is what she tells him practically every day of the year. When people see them together, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=385</link>
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		<title>Ai Weiwei: So Sorry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Totalitarian regimes originate from denying individuals the value of their lives, avoiding reality, and refusing responsibility. This is tantamount to saying that life is petty and low, as worthless as it is hopeless.&#8221; It is China Ai Weiwei is talking about here. The Chinese artist is attacking the totalitarian regime in his country and has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=383</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s all become veggies!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Vegetarian diet is better for the planet!” was the title of an article in the Guardian this week. Being a vegetarian, this made me feel great I must admit! It is argued that not eating meat helps reduce global carbon emissions (I discussed this environmental issue in a previous article: &#8220;Cows: the cause of global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=381</link>
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		<title>Green Tea: A Miracle?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Coffee, latté, cappuccino, hot chocolate with cream, or rather a frappé? Why not have some green tea instead? Because it tastes bitter and I simply don’t like it. That’s what most people answer to this question. The funny thing is however that it’s just bitter because they killed the tea leaves by pouring boiling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=378</link>
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		<title>Angie the bee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy like a bee she must be! &#8220;Angie, Angie, Angie!&#8221; is what people, or her supporters rather, were joyfully shouting when the final results of Sunday&#8217;s general election in Germany were released: 33.8% for the CDU/CSU (i.e. the Christian Democrats) in combination with 14,6% for the FDP (the Free Democrats) &#8211; their coalition partner. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=376</link>
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		<title>Same same but different</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this after my short trip to Thailand. It was my second trip and I found that it had changed quite a bit in comparison to what it was like eight years ago. But many things are still: same same … Arrival at Bangkok airport: Taxi driver: Where you go? Me: New Siam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=374</link>
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		<title>Film Review: State of Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you into TV serials? If yes, how about watching a six-part English thriller to have fun and improve your English? The first part begins with two seemingly unrelated killings. A teenage boy gets shot by a hit man, and young lady falls to death on the London tube. Was the boy involved in drug [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=353</link>
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		<title>Hen Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, before women get married, it is common for girls to have a fun day out with the bride-to-be to celebrate her last day and night of freedom. I think it used to be mainly men having stag parties before committing themselves to the woman of their dreams for life. But that has long changed. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponsblog.pons.eu/?p=354</link>
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