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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany

...become a popular part of Christmas festive events from Europe to the United States. Image: Joana Petrova under Creative Commons license Die Laugenbrezel Distinctly knotted 'pretzels' are popular throughout Germany with many regional variations. Laugenbrezel is a Swabian speciality 'pretzel', with a unique crisp brown crust and lovely soft centre. How did it acquire this...
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Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...becomes. Platforms are hungry for words and have written algorithms that encourage us to continuously feed them by looping news and media that personally resonates. More broadly, platform capitalism’s business model has mobilised the gig economy, which valorises casual and temporary contract work. One of the advantages of the gig economy to business owners is that it...
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Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...becomes a way of life obviously, but you do have to look into it to appreciate the sort of finer points. Ann It brings in the business of forgiveness. So if in a marriage you can bring that into it, because we’ve all done wrong things, and forgive one another, that is a bedrock for that sort of enduring love relationship. By the grace of God we have kept a marriage...
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COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice
Society, Politics & Law

COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice

...become apparent. Walking through the streets, you will see many are covered with graffiti, litter, fly-tipping, dog excrement, vandalism and weed growth. For 17 years, the charity ‘Keep Scotland Beautiful’ has monitored these environmental degradation indicators, and reported in 2020 that the poorest areas demonstrated the highest levels of each
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Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
Money & Business

Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?

...becomes the least worst option. US and German debt issues are proving similarly popular at rock-bottom yields. Some see more positive forces driving up demand for Treasury debt and keeping its costs down. Booming bond sales, say supporters of chancellor Philip Hammoond, may be a vote of confidence in Britain’s prospects for long-term growth and low inflation, bolstered...
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Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...becoming, or later when it was suggested that she was going mad: even this campaign, which she felt drove her out of her position in Northern Ireland at a pivotal point in the peace process ... She refused to let it rile her. Mo never gave up and fought till the very end for what she believed in. She wasn't a saint: she got angry, she snapped at people, she cried and she...
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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

...become disconnected from these high-value sectors. Both are closely related to all-Ireland markets and beyond. Agri-food sector’s importance to the NI economy goes beyond is nominal size in that it is not only a large employer, but it is part of a key Global Value Chain (GVC) within an All-Ireland market that’s cuts across Great Britain and international markets. It...
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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?

...becomes not one of should communities be expected to help, but rather why should communities not be expected to help? This Open Learn article is 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)...
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