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Something about me

• I love greek food.
• I'd like to be able to speak Russian.
• I've already been on the TV with Philipp Lahm.
• I like going on horseback, watching football, going to the cinema.
• My favourite colour is not red but blue.

Just for fun

1. Spottschau Härringers Spottschau

The election in Germany

• I think "Schwarz-Gelb" would not be that good for Germany, especially because of their nuclear atom policy.
• Maybe it's going to be a "Große Koalition" again.
• No matter who is going to win this election - he will have to deal with a lot of problems mainly because of the economyic crisis, I suppose.

Barack Obama

1. Obama@MySpace Obama at myspace.com, some comments from different people
2. Nationalreview Article: Obama - The Great American Hope?

Hispanics about Obama

1. Hispanic Business Magazine Underrepresentation of Hispanics in federal agencies
2. VOA News Expectations and hopes of Hispanics concerning Obama and his government

Summaries of the two texts above:

Article 1 (Hispanic Business Magazine):

• Hispanics are underrepresented in federal employment → President Obama wants to change this.
• Obama has already appointed many Hispanics to "high level administration positions".
• The text also mentions two examples of Hispanics living the "American Dream": Ken Salazar and Hilda Solis - the first Hispanic woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet.

Article 2 (VOA News):

• Many Hispanics voted for Barack Obama.
• They want Obama to be fair and to pay attention to the requests of the steadily growing Hispanic population in the US.
• They for example want Obama and his government to offer them the opportunity to get a good education and to put an end to the war in Iraq, where also many Hispanic soldiers fight for the US.
• Furthermore the Hispanics stand up for a immigration reform.

Queen's (King's) English

1. Wikipedia Definition of the "Queen's English"
2. Queen's English Background & Features of the "Queen's English"
3. YouTube.com The Queen's speech at the French State Banquet

• The "Queen's or King's English" is the kind of English the British monarch speaks.
• Today the British Royal Family basically speaks "Standard English".
• Nowadays the "Queen's English" is very similar to the "Received Pronunciation".

Poetry

Edna St. Vincent Millay: I shall forget you presently, my dear

• rhyme scheme: four lined stanzas (abab, ...); the last two lines build a couplet (gg)
• metre: 5-footed iamb (exception: "whether or not" in the penultimate line)