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If you were going to write a book, what would you write about?

I´d write a book about a way of life I named the "Star Taler´s Principle". This means: always give a little bit more than you think to own, be it time, consolation or money, and you will be generously rewarded. I made this experience very often and I won´t be afraid any more, not to get what I need. I trust in this higher justice that pays back (not only) in love and happyness everything you did for someone else. You shouldn´t forget about yourself, but life becomes better, if you live it partially for others: It´s worth to try it out!

From the design to the features, what should the perfect kid-friendly laptop include? What would you leave out?
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Yesterday I heard about a new software that, when installed, sends out a signal, if someone else tries to log in, e.g. in the case that the notebook was stolen. That sounds quite nice!

Mallorca is the favorite island for German tourists. Recently, a group of students returned from a kind of
"school-is-over-trip" and some of them showed serious symptoms of the so called swine flu (caused by H1N1).
Especially in a holiday situation, where people stay very close together, drink too much alcohol and often don´t care for hygienic basics, the virus can easily spread. Physicians are warning now that careless tourists could bring H1N1 with them as an "infectious souvenir" and help the disease becoming epidemic.

You might read the following article for more information:

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090714-20583.html

Are you afraid of the new flu? What do you personally do to protect yourself?

When is okay to lie?

That´s a difficult question! I suppose that there are so called "white lies", lies that make another person feel better. Perhaps there are even lies that can save lives, e.g. if you are kidnapped or in another very dangerous situation.

It also isn´t always a good idea to say everything you know. I want to be as honest as possible in essential things and as honest as necessary in the little things. I wouldn´t lie without a very good reason, but also I wouldn´t stay honest whatever it may cost, because a relationship is always more important than truth for truth´ sake.

The guideline for the answer to this question has to be humanity.

In honor of Bastille Day, we'd like to know: What's your favorite thing to come out of France?

I am a confessing lover of everything French! I really don´t know where to start with my list:

Paris (where I passed some wonderful weekends!), Chanel No. 5, French fashion, the chansons of Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, croissants, café au lait, Marguerite Durras, André Gide, Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Stendhal, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Auguste Rénoir, Claude Monet, Paul Degas, the French language, "savoir vivre", the "cinéma noir" ...

I think, I have to stop here, before I decide to move to Paris!

Travelling by plane is always a risk, but the accidents that happened during the last few weeks were really shocking, especially at the start of the holiday season. Why do miracles sometimes happen, and sometimes, the plane crashes, leaving only death and desperation. I think, we all have heard about the teenage girl Yamenia, traveling with her mother and earning some unwanted fame by being the only survivor of a terrible crash. She could´t hardly swim, but she managed staying alive with the help of a part of the wrack, that allowed her to rest from time to time.
When she was rescued and in hospital, she called her father and told him, what she could remember.
Here is the touching story, taken from the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/01/yemen-plane-crash-only-survivor

I would like to know from my readers, if you are afraid to fly, and if you find it acceptable to let teenagers travel on their own. What do you think is important to teach the youngsters before sending them on a holiday trip?
I´m looking forward to your ideas and comments!

What do you tend to worry about in the middle of the night?

I seldom wake up in the middle of the night. It strange, but true: The more I am worried and sad, when I go to bed, the better and deeper do I sleep! Sometimes, when I wake up after such a night of sweet paralysation, I would have hoped that all was a nightmare and over and gone. Then, it´s very hard to face the new day! Sometimes, I wake up with a new hope, a new perspective that has secretly grown during the night. Then, I wipe the rest of the dried tears out of my eyes and smile about the totally different face, the world shows to me this day.

How could you better “green” your life? What’s holding you back?
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Unfortunately, it´s sometimes the price that holds me back from buying "green". If more people would buy ecologically and e.g. prefere Bio-food, these things wouldn´t be as expensive!

On the other hand: If we don´t realize in our purse, what food and water and other resources are worth, would we appreciate them sufficiantly?

How to face this financial crisis? Is there a medicine which could cure this global disease that started as a harmless cold? In London, the G-20, the world ´s twenty most important nations discussed this themes and, once more, different attitudes came to light concerning the balance between governmental stimuli and the self-regulation of the market. One astonishing  (if not frightening) aspect was the formation of a "Franco-German alliance" of Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy against every kind of additional financial stimulus packages. The economic frontline Merkel/Sarkozy versus Brown/Obama found its manifestation in an utterance of Mr. Sarkozy of the kind that he would "succed or leave". Even if one has no idea how to prevent the global financial breakdown, I am sure: This wasn´t the way!

Here you can read more about the G-20 summit:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,616963,00.html

If you were sent to prison for an undefined amount of time, what would you miss most?
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I would miss most having the possibility to go wherever I want whenever I want. Freedom, be it intellectual or physical, is something you only can define by its absence.