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		<title>MISSING: Afonso Tiago</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2009/01/20/missing-afonso-tiago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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If you look at the map as of where he went home, this is especially disturbing since most of us have been there and followed his steps not knowing what could happen. Anyway, these people need help &#8212; please post, feel free to download the poster from their blog and put it up!
There is also [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://findafonsotiago.blogspot.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1370" src="http://img.metblogs.com/berlin/files/2009/01/afonsotiagomissing-214x300.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>If you look at the map as of where he went home, this is especially disturbing since most of us have been there and followed his steps not knowing what could happen. Anyway, these people need help &#8212; please post, feel free to <a href="http://findafonsotiago.blogspot.com/2009/01/precisamos-de-toda-ajuda-em-berlim-para.html">download the poster</a> from their blog and put it up!</p>
<p>There is also a phone# to call in case you&#8217;ve seen him: <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%">+491783315244</span> </strong></span></p>
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		<title>Freie Wahl?</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2009/01/16/freie-wahl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Im Prinzip bin ich immer dafür die freie Wahl zu haben &#8212; wieso auch sollen Menschen zu etwas gezwungen werden was sie nicht wollen? Im Fall der Initiative &#8220;freie Wahl&#8221; bin ich dabei diesen Standpunkt zu überdenken.
Nachdem die christlichen Wurzeln meiner Familie bei mir auch nach der Konfirmation nicht fruchten wollten, habe ich mich selbst [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im Prinzip bin ich immer dafür die freie Wahl zu haben &#8212; wieso auch sollen Menschen zu etwas gezwungen werden was sie nicht wollen? Im Fall der Initiative &#8220;freie Wahl&#8221; bin ich dabei diesen Standpunkt zu überdenken.</p>
<p>Nachdem die christlichen Wurzeln meiner Familie bei mir auch nach der Konfirmation nicht fruchten wollten, habe ich mich selbst in der 8. Klasse dafür entschieden aus dem Fach Religion in das Fach Ethik zu wechseln. Eine aus Sicht eines Schülers eigentlich richtig dumme Entscheidung.</p>
<p>Während Religion aus &#8220;singen und absitzen&#8221; bestand, war Ethik richtige Arbeit.</p>
<p>Denn im Gegensatz zum Religionsunterricht war die Welt in Ethik nicht schwarz und weiss. In Ethik lernte ich eine Vielfalt kennen, die es im Religionsunterricht nicht gab. Ganz einfach weil es in Religion um den christlichen Glauben geht — je nach Landesteil geht es in die katholischen oder evangelischen Untiefen — während alle anderen ungläube Sünder sind.</p>
<p>Überrascht bin ich, wenn mir Günther Jauch im Radio etwas über Vielfalt vorsäuselt. Anscheinend war sein Religionsunterricht ganz anders, woran ich aber zweifele. Auch die Argumentation des Vereins &#8220;Pro Reli&#8221;, dass Menschen aus dem Glauben moralische Grundsätze ableiten wollen, überrascht.</p>
<p>Auf die Gefahr hin zu polemisieren frage ich mich wieso Religion in den Top 3 der Gründe für zwischenmenschliche Auseinandersetzungen weltweit zu finden ist. Obwohl so tolle moralische Grundsätze daraus abzuleiten sind.</p>
<p>Generell halte ich den Anspruch verschiedenster Religionen auf altägliche Weisheiten gefährlich. Denn auch wenn es vielleicht zu einfach klingt, braucht niemand irgendwelcher Götter und Bücher damit er seinen Mitmenschen keine Grausamkeiten und Leid anzutun.</p>
<p>Ich bin der festen Ansicht, dass in der Schule eine möglichst breite Bildung vermittelt werden sollte. Schlußendlich geht es um Inspiration, wie findet ein junger Mensch sonst heraus was er möchte denn nicht umsonst mußten wir uns alle sowohl mit Physik, Biologie und sonstigem vermeindlich unwichtigen Themen zu Schulzeiten qäulen.</p>
<p>Dazu gehört es auch andere (Glaubens)Richtungen kennenzulernen, und eben dieser Aspekt kommt in Religion zu kurz. Die Schule sollte nicht einengen, sondern zum Denken erziehen oder anregen und das passiert nur wenn Vielfalt gegeben ist.</p>
<p>Am Ende bestimmen die Eltern und das famili&auml;re Umfeld in welche Richtung sich das Kind entwickelt. Und dadurch verengt sich das Sichtfeld im Leben früh genug! Für Christenlehre, Koranschule und sonstige Einrichtungen ist auch nach der Schule zeit.</p>
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		<title>Vattenfall</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/12/01/vattenfall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace (Germany) labels Vattenfall to be the most environmental unfriendly producer of energy in all Germany. Greenpeace&#8217;s study claims that Vattenfall issues 890g (gramm) CO2 per KWh (kilowatt-hour).
Greenpeace says that Vattenfall&#8217;s East German brown coal power plants are alone responsible for a total of 53.8 million tons of CO2 per year. And because Vattenfall is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greenpeace (Germany) labels Vattenfall to be the most environmental <em><strong>un</strong></em>friendly producer of energy in all Germany. Greenpeace&#8217;s study claims that Vattenfall issues 890g (gramm) CO2 per KWh (kilowatt-hour).</p>
<p>Greenpeace says that Vattenfall&#8217;s East German brown coal power plants are alone responsible for a total of 53.8 million tons of CO2 per year. And because Vattenfall is <em>improving</em> its infrastructure in Boxberg, Hamburg-Moorburg and Berlin-Klingenberg, it will add to those 53.8 another 18 million tons (of CO2) per year in the future.</p>
<p>Now take a deep, deep breath &#8212; and then head over to <a href="http://www.swr.de/report/presse/-/id=1197424/nid=1197424/did=4246488/1jjmmkg/index.html">reportmainz.de</a> (upper right, in German, &#8220;Schwarzbuch Vattenfall&#8221;) for the study.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.swr.de/report/presse/-/id=1197424/nid=1197424/did=4246488/1jjmmkg/index.html">via</a>]</p>
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		<title>No sleep all weekend?</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/09/17/no-sleep-all-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I noticed that in almost three months it hasn&#8217;t gotten any better around Ostkreuz. In fact, I think it&#8217;s gotten only worse. There are more constructions, more blocked roads, it&#8217;s louder and I it sure as hell doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s over any time soon.
Now, it sounds like people living around the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The other day <a href="http://twitter.com/klimpong/statuses/922157612">I noticed</a> that in almost three months it hasn&#8217;t gotten any better around Ostkreuz. In fact, I think it&#8217;s gotten only worse. There are more constructions, more blocked roads, it&#8217;s louder and I it sure as hell doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s over any time soon.</p>
<p>Now, it sounds like people living around the Ostkreuz construction site get super lucky the following weekend. I got a nice flyer yesterday, which told me that there is gonna be all day and all night construction work. They probably would not announce that if it wouldn&#8217;t mean &#8220;loud&#8221;.</p>
<p>Some people living here, were lucky to score a <em>Ersatzschlafraum</em> (which is probably a hotel), for the rest &#8211; it&#8217;s over on Sunday by 6 AM. Until then, go out and party. Or something. Can&#8217;t? Sucks to be you!</p>
<p><a href='http://img.metblogs.com/berlin/files/2008/09/pechgehabtdanke.pdf'>pechgehabtdanke</a></p>
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		<title>Tempelhof!</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/04/25/tempelhof-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Straight to the point:
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post&#8217;s poll.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Straight to the point:</p>
<p>Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post&#8217;s poll.</p>
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		<title>still waiting</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/04/24/still-waiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Thirteen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
when will MUJI open at Hackescher Markt? The city waits and wonders while MUJI assembles the workforce.
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when will MUJI open at Hackescher Markt? The city waits and wonders while MUJI <a href="http://www.muji.de/ueber-muji/jobs/jobs125.html">assembles the workforce.</a></p>
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		<title>Umweltplakette &#8211; the stats</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/04/11/umweltplakette-the-stats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I called the office of the city of Berlin and after being re-routed from office (PR &#62; Umweltamt &#62; PR &#62; Verwaltung für Inneres &#62; Ortnungsamt Neukölln &#62; Bürgertelefon der Polizei (4664-4664) &#62; PR der Polizei) to office for a while, I got ahold of someone who gave me a few numbers on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I called the office of the city of Berlin and after being re-routed from office (PR &gt; Umweltamt &gt; PR &gt; Verwaltung für Inneres &gt; Ortnungsamt Neukölln &gt; Bürgertelefon der Polizei (4664-4664) &gt; PR der Polizei) to office for a while, I got ahold of someone who gave me a few numbers on the overall usage of the Umweltplakette (&#8221;environmental sticker&#8221;) in Berlin.</p>
<p>In case some of you don&#8217;t know/remember &#8211; starting from 01/01/2008 you need a sticker for your car to drive inside the S-Bahn ring. There are four different kind &#8211; one, two, three and to the four (!). All designated your &#8220;level of access&#8221; to the designated zone. Currently only 2 (red), 3 (yellow) and 4 (green) are allowed in the inner circle and there are some set dates such as 01/01/2010 from which on only 4 will be allowed in the city. So this is how it works.</p>
<p>Now the stats&#8230;</p>
<p><span id="more-1220"></span></p>
<table border="1" width="317">
<tr>
<th>description</th>
<th>totals</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td># of cars registered in Berlin</td>
<td>1.2 million</td>
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<tr>
<td># of cars without a sticker (02/01/2008 &#8211;  04/08/2008)</td>
<td>10,873</td>
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<tr>
<td>&#8220;parked&#8221; (of the previous)</td>
<td>~600</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>fine</td>
<td>40 EUR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>total fined</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>434,920 EUR</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>In addition to the fine, you also score 1 point at the register for traffic offenders in Flensburg.</p>
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		<title>BVG back in service, but not a 100%!</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/03/16/bvg-back-in-service-but-not-a-100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From around 4:30 AM tomorrow (Monday, 17th March 2008) buses, subways and trams will continue to operate and service will be provided more regulary. According to bvg.de the administrative office and the repair shops of BVG are still on strike, which is why they cannot yet guarantee 100% regular service.
Subways will run at least every [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From around 4:30 AM tomorrow (Monday, 17th March 2008) buses, subways and trams will continue to operate and service will be provided more regulary. According to bvg.de the administrative office and the repair shops of BVG are still on strike, which is why they cannot yet guarantee 100% regular service.</p>
<p>Subways will run at least every 10 minutes. Huge improvement over last week &#8211; if you ask me.</p>
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		<title>Impressions of a strike</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/03/13/impressions-of-a-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No subways, trams and buses are running in Berlin:
&#34;bvg+streik&#34; @ Flickr
[via]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No subways, trams and buses are running in Berlin:<br />
<a href="http://flickr.com/search/show/?q=bvg+streik">&quot;bvg+streik&quot; @ Flickr</a></p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.hauptstadtblog.de/">via</a>]</p>
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		<title>More Berlin slogans</title>
		<link>http://berlin.metblogs.com/2008/03/13/more-berlin-slogans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
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Many people were not convinced with &#8220;Be Berlin&#8221;, some even started a counter-movement (including nifty little poll). Head on over to Berlin Bewegt (&#8221;Berlin moves&#8221;) and cast your vote.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://img.metblogs.com/berlin/files/2008/03/berlin_bewegt.jpg" alt="Berlin Bewegt" /><br />
Many people were not convinced with &#8220;Be Berlin&#8221;, some even started a counter-movement (including nifty little poll). Head on over to <a href="http://www.berlin-bewegt.de/">Berlin Bewegt (&#8221;Berlin moves&#8221;)</a> and cast your vote.</p>
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