Bullion coins are popular with investors right now because of their reputation for protecting against high inflation. But there is now bad news, especially for collectors of silver coins: the price of many valuables has gone up by around eleven percent in one fell swoop. The reason for this is a decision by the Federal Ministry of Finance that abolished a tax break. According to reports from precious metal portals, the ministry informed the highest financial authorities of the countries...
Of course, as a child and teenager I knew about the Passionsfestspiele, especially since we often spent our holidays in the neighboring Allgäu, but Oberammergau was taboo for us, somehow disreputable, an expression of Christian anti-Judaism or anti-Semitism, which my parents condemned and which, the older I got, I got , became more and more suspect. I finally saw them at the end of August, encouraged by the many positive press reports - and found it disappointing. However, I then...
This year, in November or December at the latest, the green needled tip of this year's Christmas tree will once again protrude from countless open trunks. Of course, you don't just buy any tree. The height is estimated - does it really fit in the living room? The tip is examined - is it really straight? And of course the entire tree should be fitted with needles as evenly as possible.But finding the perfect tree could soon become even more...
In November 1941, Joseph Goebbels reviewed the first volume of the diaries that Ernst Jiinger was later to publish under the title "Radiations": The author of "Steel Thunderstorm" had "spun himself completely into a fruitless philosophizing". His "literacy" would become "intolerable in the long run".The verdict was unequivocal, but even the Minister of Propaganda only allowed himself to think about the consequences for the highly decorated World War II hero in the subjunctive: "It might be a good thing if...
How fortunate that the 20th century is over. In the 20th century, mobilization in Europe was almost always the penultimate stage of escalation, it was the step that almost inevitably led to the great war. The best, striking, frightening example of the mechanism set in motion or accelerated by mobilization is considered to be the summer of 1914. In the age of mass armies, which arose in the 19th century with the introduction of conscription, that state had the advantage...
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Millions of Britons have dreamed of the Queen surprisingly showing up to their tea. At least that is what a study that has been happily cited in Great Britain for decades says, according to which the royal tea visit was once the most common dream content of the British. A phenomenon that Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys inspired his song "Dreaming of the Queen" in 1993. A pipe dream and stress dream at the same time, which became...
The really big decisions in life often fail because of the incompatibility of heart and brain, body and mind.Elise's dad knows that too, as he once wished that his daughter would study law in a middle-class way. Of course in vain. As a lawyer, she can strain her brain and not her body, she can practice a trained profession all her life and does not have to worry about the transience of her own beauty and strength. says the father.But...
The demand for space coolers is growing - in Germany alone, according to the Federal Statistical Office, by 28 percent between 2019 and 2020. "A/Cs" (air conditioners) have become indispensable in the Mediterranean region and the United States anyway. With fatal consequences for the environment: According to an estimate by the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR). 20 percent of the electricity produced worldwide is consumed by refrigerators, air conditioners and other refrigeration units, releasing 2.3 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide annually....
A basic rule of crisis communication is that you should openly address things that are going wrong. One institution that has taken this to heart is Deutsche Bahn. Whether the beer in the on-board bistro runs out shortly after Hanover or the train has to make an unscheduled stop at the Königs Wusterhausen signal box - rail passengers are informed by announcement whether they are interested or not. The success seems to be moderate. Anger about the train determines a...
