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From sumptuous engravings to stick-figure sketches, Passover Haggadahs − and their art − have been evolving for centuries

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The Jewish festival of Passover recalls the biblical story of the Israelites enslaved by Egypt and their miraculous escape.

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The Jewish festival of Passover recalls the biblical story of the Israelites enslaved by Egypt and their miraculous escape.
Every year, a written guide known as a “Haggadah” is read at the Seder table.
The core text comprises a description of ritual foods, the story of the Exodus, blessings, commentaries, hymns and songs.

An illustrated classic

One of the greatest examples our library has of this blending of cultures was printed in Amsterdam in 1695.

The Amsterdam Haggadah was illustrated by Abraham Bar Yaakov, a German pastor who converted to Judaism.
In addition, he incorporated a pull-out map of the route of the Exodus and an imaginative rendering of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The text, traditionally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, included instructions in Yiddish and Ladino, the everyday languages for Jews in Europe.
The Amsterdam Haggadah proved to be incredibly influential on later versions, with its illustrations copied into the modern era.

A Haggadah for everyone

Modern Haggadah illustrations also reflected developments in the art world.
In 1920s Berlin, a Jewish art teacher, Otto Geismar, reinterpreted the story of the Exodus using plain, black-and-white, modernist “stick figures” – another Haggadah in our collection.

Geismar even injected elements of humor: A child is shown asleep at the table, and in another scene a family of stick figures is engaged in animated conversation and debate.
In his depictions of ancient Israelite slaves, stick figures appear especially burdened with heavy loads on their backs.

Wine – and coffee

Meanwhile, some suppliers sensed an opportunity to adapt it for their own needs.
Owner Sam Schapiro savvily linked his products to the Seder, during which participants drink four small cups of sacramental wine.
Wine, seen at this point as a luxury item, also symbolized freedom.

Schapiro’s Haggadah fulfilled the commandment to relate the story of the Exodus for a new generation – but the opening pages also provide a tribute in Yiddish to Sam Schapiro’s 40-year-old company.
Here Schapiro’s is praised for being the place where religious men and intellectuals alike could get together over a good glass of wine.

Rebecca J.W. Jefferson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

The Beautiful Game: a film about the Homelessness World Cup that’s a testament to how football can change lives

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Starring Bill Nighy as coach Mal, it follows the England team as they prepare for the Homelessness World Cup in Rome.

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Starring Bill Nighy as coach Mal, it follows the England team as they prepare for the Homelessness World Cup in Rome.
The Homelessness World Cup is a real football tournament and the film was made by the foundation responsible for the annual games.
We did so by focusing on how the Homeless World Cup and Street Soccer (Scotland) have affected the lives of some people.
Football can contribute to non-football outcomes, such as reducing homelessness and building other skills such as team work and communication.

Monetary asmmetries without (and with) price stickiness

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Friend breakups: why they can sometimes feel as bad as falling out of love

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Though we tend to think of bad breakups as the end of romantic relationships, losing a friend – especially one who has been close to you – can be just as hard.

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Though we tend to think of bad breakups as the end of romantic relationships, losing a friend – especially one who has been close to you – can be just as hard.
In a recent session of a personal development group I run, several participants in their 20s and 30s got talking about being dumped by a friend.
Most thought things were okay, then received a long text in which the friend explained they were unhappy and wanted no further contract.
This is part of our genetic design, readying us to grow up and build adult lives independent of our parents.

This article is part of Quarter Life, a series about issues affecting those of us in our 20s and 30s.
The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
Research shows that the most common method of ending a friendship is by avoidance – not addressing the issues involved.

Why friendships break up

A serious romantic relationship or starting a family means the time and focus given to the friendship will naturally decrease.
Friendships don’t have to end over changes like this, if you can try to empathise with what your friend is going through rather than judging them or taking it personally.
Long friendships will naturally go through fluctuations, so it’s normal if sometimes you feel closer and other times further apart.

This can cause your feelings of closeness to suffer.
Even worse, the friend could try to make you feel bad about yourself – guilt-tripping you for developing other relationships or interests.

How to cope

You can help yourself get through such waves by practising diaphragmatic breathing, which is evidenced to reduce stress.
Discussing the situation with someone else can help, and might allow you to see what you can learn from it.
When coping with any type of breakup, traits of resilience (optimism, self-esteem and grit) will help you adapt.

Sonja Falck does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Many suicides are related to gambling. How can we tackle this problem?

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Whether you’re watching TV, attending a footy game, or eating a meal at your local pub, gambling is hard to escape. Although the rise of gambling is not unique to Australia, it has become normalised as a part of Australian culture. While for some, gambling might be a source of entertainment, for others, it can lead to significant harms.Gambling and mental illnessIn many cases, harms associated with gambling lead to poor mental health.

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Whether you’re watching TV, attending a footy game, or eating a meal at your local pub, gambling is hard to escape. Although the rise of gambling is not unique to Australia, it has become normalised as a part of Australian culture. While for some, gambling might be a source of entertainment, for others, it can lead to significant harms.

Gambling and mental illness

In many cases, harms associated with gambling lead to poor mental health.
But people experiencing mental illness are also at greater risk of experiencing gambling problems.
A person might not have a diagnosable gambling disorder, however they still may face problems in their life as a result of gambling.

Gambling and suicide

Research from different countries has shown that among people receiving treatment for problem gambling, between 22% and 81% have thought about suicide, and 7% to 30% have made an attempt.
Some 44% of Australian veterans experiencing gambling problems have thought about suicide, while almost 20% have made a suicide plan or attempt.

Gambling-related suicides were more likely to affect males (83%) compared to total suicide deaths in Victoria over the same period (75%).
This is because, unlike for drugs and alcohol, at present there’s no systematic way gambling is captured as a contributing factor in suicide deaths.

Gambling is inherently risky

Evidence shows pokies alone are responsible for more than half of all gambling problems in Australia.
Casino table games are equally risky, but in the general population they contribute much less to problem gambling because fewer people play them.

What can we do?

She suggested health professionals could make it part of their routine practice to ask simple questions like “in the past 12 months, have you ever felt that you had a problem with gambling?”.
Or, “has anyone commented that you might have a problem with gambling?”.

In June 2023, a cross-party committee presented a report with 31 recommendations to reduce harms from online gambling in Australia.
Read more:
Celebrities, influencers, loopholes: online gambling advertising faces an uncertain future in Australia

Advice for people who gamble

For people who do choose to gamble, it’s important to be aware of the risks.
If you choose to gamble, set limits on the amount of money you’re willing to loose, or the amount of time you will spend gambling.

gamble no more than 2% of your take-home pay
gamble no more than once a week
take part in no more than two different types of gambling.
If you notice you’re thinking about gambling more and more, or that it’s causing problems in any part of your life, seeking help early is key. Speak to your GP about how you can get some extra support, or visit Gambling Help Online. If this article has raised issues for you, or if you’re concerned about someone you know, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Anastasia Hronis does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Frank Elderson: “Know thyself” – avoiding policy mistakes in light of the prevailing climate science

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Stock market development and familiarity (language and distance) are considered key determinants for home bias.

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Stock market development and familiarity (language and distance) are considered key determinants for home bias.
The literature neglects however that investors often invest in foreign funds domiciled in financial centers.

Isabel Schnabel: The future of inflation (forecast) targeting

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Stock market development and familiarity (language and distance) are considered key determinants for home bias.

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Stock market development and familiarity (language and distance) are considered key determinants for home bias.
The literature neglects however that investors often invest in foreign funds domiciled in financial centers.

How the ‘Mexican miracle’ kickstarted the modern US–Mexico drugs trade

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The flow of cheap and deadly fentanyl over the border into the US has also fuelled an opioid epidemic that has killed over 1 million Americans since 2000.

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The flow of cheap and deadly fentanyl over the border into the US has also fuelled an opioid epidemic that has killed over 1 million Americans since 2000.
It is a dark side to the so-called “Mexican miracle” that transformed the country’s economy between the 1940s and 1970s.
Stimulated by the Mexican and US governments’ promotion of infrastructure improvements and mass migration, the drug trade fuelled further lawful economic development throughout the country.

Cops, cartels and cash crops

Many of Durango’s battled-scarred and poverty-stricken former miners adapted to the national and global turbulence by turning to opium poppies, a profitable (and since 1920, illegal) cash crop.
Sap from opium poppies provides the raw material for drugs like morphine and heroin.
In response, US officials like Harry J. Anslinger promoted a “crusade” against the drug trade on both sides of the border.
In 1944, a joint US–Mexican expedition uncovered the largest opium plantation ever discovered in Mexico: the size of 325 football pitches.

Cold war Mexico

As the second world war gave way to the cold war, Latin American countries (often with US financial assistance) promoted urbanisation, industrialisation, infrastructural expansion, population growth and transnational economic integration.
Between 1950 and 1970, Mexico’s one-party state invested massively in public services and industrial and agricultural development.
But they helped connect the poppy fields of Durango to the rest of northern Mexico and the US border too.

The ‘heroin highway’

It consolidated Durango’s importance as a Mexican drug-production centre and transformed Chicago into the biggest heroin-trafficking hub on the continent.
The cash that trafficking organisations earned wholesaling heroin in the US was reinvested locally in everything from cattle ranches to construction companies and even an airline.

Instead, these were completely intertwined with the economic growth, infrastructure development and mass migration that characterised the Mexican miracle.
The story of the modern US–Mexican drug trade is not just about brutal violence and lives cut tragically short.

Nathaniel Morris received part of the funding for this research from the Leverlhulme Trust. He is affiliated with the Mexico & Central America Program of Noria Research.

Stop asking me if I’ve tried keto: Why weight stigma is more than just being mean to fat people

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People may think weight stigma only manifests as rude comments, is harmless or can even do some good.

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People may think weight stigma only manifests as rude comments, is harmless or can even do some good.
But the reality is that weight stigma is often insidious, and pervasively entrenched into our society and environment.

Fat microaggressions

The impacts of microaggressions have been described as “death by a thousand cuts,” referring to how seemingly minor incidents, when repeated cumulatively, contribute to real harm.
With combined input from reports of lived experiences, expert testimony and large studies with diverse samples, we identified four main types of fat microaggressions.

Think fat jokes, unintelligent, gross, and/or unattractive fat characters on TV and in movies (like “Fat Monica” from Friends or Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in Shallow Hal), and thin friends complaining they “feel fat” in front of a larger person and commenting on how much they hate their bodies.
Our data confirm that indirect microaggressions are the type most experienced by fat people — they invade every aspect of daily life and remind fat people that they are not viewed as OK.

Clothing exclusion

One type of direct microaggression that emerged as its own category in our analysis was clothing exclusion.
It is also common to see clothing in stores with claims that “one size fits all,” that really don’t.
Fat activists have also long recognized that clothing exclusion acts as a proxy for other societal forms of erasure, in that the more standard options fail you, the more you are likely facing other forms of everyday oppressions.

Benevolent weightism

You would be hard-pressed to find a fat person who has not tried multiple weight-loss methods, only to end up unsuccessful and feeling worse about themselves than ever.
Indeed, the most likely outcome of weight-loss attempts is weight regain, and usually, weight rebound above your initial starting point.
Studies that show otherwise are often methodologically flawed and frequently misleading in their headline messaging.

Why fat microaggressions matter

Across four studies, we established the prominence of fat microaggressions in the lives of fat people and linked experiencing fat microaggressions to poorer mental health, such as greater stress, anxiety and depression, and worse self-esteem.
Fat microaggressions were even associated with discrimination-related trauma symptoms, including feeling on edge or constantly on guard, fearing embarrassment or feeling isolated from others.

How you can help

Greater awareness and recognition of fat microaggressions is an important first step to confronting them.
If you really are concerned about health, do not tell fat people they need fixing; these microaggressions make people’s health worse, not better.
Challenging anti-fat attitudes when they manifest in these other ways is key to a more inclusive and less harmful world.

Angela Meadows has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Megan Lindloff and Rachel Calogero do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

EQS-News: Bike24 Holding AG: Strong double-digit growth rates in localized markets and full-bike segment but ongoing weak consumer sentiment in core markets during FY 2023

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Bike24 Holding AG (BIKE24) recorded a revenue decline of 13 percent to EUR 226 million during FY 2023, a year with unprecedented challenges for the cycling industry.

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Bike24 Holding AG (BIKE24) recorded a revenue decline of 13 percent to EUR 226 million during FY 2023, a year with unprecedented challenges for the cycling industry.
Double-digit growth rates for the full-bike segment as well as the localized markets could not offset the depressed consumer sentiment in the core markets DACH throughout the year.
During FY 2023, the decline of 19 percent in the PAC (parts, accessories and clothing) segment was partly offset by strong growth of 25 percent in the full-bike segment.
By geography, the Benelux markets (+41 percent) outperformed all other localized markets which recorded a combined growth of 18 percent during FY 2023.