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How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...based cuisine is widespread) and thus was a mostly empty sign looking for a meaning. Referring to it as a euphemism isn’t entirely accurate though. After all, it’s not being used as a less explicit alternative for something else. There is no literal icon for ‘penis’ in this instance. To talk about sex via emoji you have to get creative. And the eggplant has now...
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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...based cooperation with local partners with prior approval from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. The regulation not only bolsters the legality of the Great Firewall, a mechanism that blocks overseas websites, but also raises the threshold for foreign media companies that want to enter the Chinese market. Foreign tech companies...
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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...based on what we now know, is that simple life may well be common – there are probably billions of Earth-like planets out there, so it is almost inconceivable that life has only evolved on one of them. However, intelligent, communicating life may well be extremely rare – either because it doesn’t arise or because when it does, it gets wiped out fairly quickly. This...
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Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
Money & Business

Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?

...base and innovative skills. Foreign appetite for gilts, unquenched by the triggering of Article 50, might endorse the government’s view that the UK will emerge stronger from Brexit. Against this, bond demand may have been bolstered by more negative, less stable factors. Yields have been held down by the Bank of England’s “quantitative easing” (QE): a programme of...
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Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...based shock to the economy. In the case the former, the Windsor Framework of the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) has been preserved the special position of NI within the UK to some degree. Consequently, there are several possibilities for some sectors to take advantage and break out underdevelopment traps. Revitalising the NI Economy? In the last decade or so there have...
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...based LGBT-inclusive magazine My.Kali organized a small event in central Amman for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), where members of several European embassies and the US embassy unofficially attended the event as a show of support, sparking condemnation of the US ambassador by Jordanian authorities. IDAHOT was nevertheless...
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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...based on a panel discussion recorded on 24 January 2024. The panel was comprised of: Caroline Gibb (Community Development Lead at the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care); Dr Chantal Meystre (Director of The Omega Course) and Dr Guy Peryer (Lecturer and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England Palliative and End of Life Care Research Fellow). The...
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Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...based settings. Our team are also contributing to this literature by reviewing the available outdoor therapy interventions for older adults who have experienced traumatic events and we hope to be able to provide an update on this exciting area soon. And what about doing walking therapy in our everyday lives? Well whilst it’s recommended that you seek professional...
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