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- 1Kida Khodr Ramadan: A Portrait of Berlin's Prolific Actor▼Kida Khodr Ramadan – „In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum“ (2020) Für über 100 TV- und Kinoproduktionen hat Kida Khodr Ram
A 2020 profile revisits the career of Kida Khodr Ramadan, one of Germany's busiest actors, who has appeared in more than 100 TV and cinema productions over the past 20 years. The piece traces his path from very small supporting roles to wider recognition, framing him as a distinctly Berlin figure — as the title says, no orange tree grows in Berlin.
- 2NJ business group warns firms over independent contractor rules▼Siekerka Urges NJ Businesses to Check with Lawyers Regarding Stringent Independent Contractor Rules
New Jersey Business & Industry Association leader Michele Siekerka is urging businesses in the state to consult lawyers about stringent rules governing the classification of independent contractors. The warning comes amid concerns that tough classification standards could expose companies to legal liability, and the business community is being told to review how they engage contract workers before the rules catch up with them.
- 322,000 skeletons buried beneath St. Pölten cathedral square●Was Skelette über die Vergangenheit erzählen und warum 22.000 Menschen unter dem Domplatz von St. Pölten gelagert waren
In Austria, journalist Florian Klenk and Vienna forensic professor Christian Reiter discussed what the bones beneath St. Pölten's Domplatz reveal about the past, and why around 22,000 people came to be buried under the square. The conversation covered what skeletons can tell experts about earlier lives and deaths, drawing on forensic medicine and autopsy findings.
- 4Brown bears in Finland: hidden forest dwellers●Braunbären verbringen einen großen Teil des Jahres verborgen im Wald und sind vor allem in der Dämmerung aktiv. Die finn
Brown bears spend much of the year hidden in the forest and are active mainly at dusk. In Finland, people have developed a pragmatic relationship with the animals: they are seen as part of the ecosystem and are protected, though encounters between humans and bears do occur. The topic is drawing attention as interest grows in how Finland coexists with its large predator population.
- 5The Thing: the passive wooden plaque that spied on the US●Random musings de jour… The Thing is an absolutely ingenious completely passive and unpowered wooden plaque that is a fu
The Thing, a Soviet listening device hidden in a carved wooden plaque gifted to the US ambassador in Moscow in 1945, is being recalled as a masterpiece of espionage. It contained no battery or electronics — just a resonant cavity and antenna, activated by external radio waves, making it a fully passive microphone that eavesdropped on the American embassy for years.
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