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Der 1960 in Rom geborene und in Berlin lebende Autor von Fernseh- und Filmcomedys (z.B. mit Hape Kerkeling: "Total normal"und "Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!") reist mit der Bahn von Düsseldorf nach Hamburg um einen Fernsehproduzenten von seinem neuen Drehbuch zu überzeugen. Als der Zug 6 Stunden auf der Strecke liegen bleibt, nutzt er seine missliche Lage, um über sein Leben und Arbeiten in Deutschland zu resümieren. Zugleich beschreibt er humorvoll die Bahnfahrt, das Chaos bei der Deutschen Bahn und seine Mitreisenden, die die Zeit mit Polonaisetanzen und Freibiertrinken im Bordrestaurant ausfüllen. Es sind zahlreiche Szenen aus den Drehbüchern des Autors eingefügt, die den unkundigen Leser jedoch mehr verwirren als unterhalten. Auch der Grund für die angehängten, sicher leckeren, italienischen Rezepte erschliesst sich nicht. Witzig ist die Beschreibung seiner Schwierigkeiten mit der deutschen Sprache. Vor allem beschäftigt sich die kleine Satire aber mit der Film- und Fernsehwelt und der Deutschen Bahn und kann als leichte Lektüre, zum Beispiel für eine Eisenbahnfahrt, angeschafft werden

As Amartya Sen has, in exemplary manner, documented in his study on the rationalist and skeptical tradition in Indian culture, there is, in ancient and subsequently in modern India, a particular understanding and practice of pluralism, tolerance and recognition of the other. In short, Indian democratic traditions testify to the fact that concepts such as rationality, freedom, dissent, dialectics, as well as interreligious debates, do not constitute a Western prerogative. It is thus legitimate to speak about a line of thought that has its ancient roots, in the councils of early Buddhism and in their inter-religious openness, paradigmatically inscribed by Aśoka in his famous edicts carved in rocks and pillars, dating back to the third century BC which preached respect for all faiths. This tradition of interreligiosity, adhered to by Akbar in Mughal India, was inherited by personalities such as Tagore, Gandhi, and Sen. The intention of the article will be to elucidate, albeit briefly, the genealogy of this interreligious tradition. ; Come ha esemplarmente documentato Amartya Sen nel suo studio sulla tradizione razionalista e scettica nella cultura indiana, c'è, nell'India antica e poi moderna, una via peculiare al pluralismo, alla tolleranza, al riconoscimento dell'altro, alla democrazia, capace di mostrare che concetti quali razionalità, libertà, dissenso, dialettica, discussione, anche in direzione interreligiosa, non costituiscono una prerogativa occidentale. Al punto che è lecito tracciare un'ideale coordinata che rinviene la sua remota ascendenza, oltre che nei concili del primo buddhismo, nella loro apertura interreligiosa, in Aśoka, nei suoi celebri editti scolpiti sulla roccia, risalenti al III secolo a. C., ispirati al rispetto di tutte le fedi, e che, passando per Akbar, nell'India dei Moghul, giunge fino alle figure di Tagore, Gandhi, e dello stesso Sen. Intento del saggio è di delucidare, pur sinteticamente, questa coordinata, assumendo come poli di riferimento queste tre figure esemplari, che ...

Erasmus student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+ and clearly popular with an increase in student uptake from 3,000 in 1987 to over 300,000 today. Recent studies show that students from lower socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to study abroad than better-off students, thereby benefitting less from improved employment opportunities and language competences often associated with mobility. Unequal uptake is generally explained by students' choices: disadvantaged students hold lower social capital which leads them to decide against mobility. However, not much is known about the importance of students' selection into universities and fields of study. Using multilevel logistic regressions, this article examines whether social segregation in universities and field of study matters beyond individual characteristics for explaining unequal Erasmus mobility uptake. The study exploits rich population data of around 200,000 UK first-degree graduates of the year 2014/2015 deriving from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data. Results show that while student characteristics like ability and social status are important predictors of Erasmus mobility, they only explain one part of unequal uptake. In addition, social segregation of universities and fields of study contribute to the unequal mobility pattern found. Student mobility is less common for students enrolled in fields of study and universities attended by disadvantaged students conditional on student characteristics. This implies that student mobility could become more inclusive if grant funding and incentives targeted universities attended by a high proportion of disadvantaged students.

AbstractWe estimate the effectiveness of a government‐led anti‐domestic‐abuse campaign launched in the midst of the covid‐19 pandemic on the number of calls to the Italian domestic violence helpline. In the week after the start of the campaign, we document a sharp increase in the number of calls. By exploiting geographical variation in the exposure to the campaign ads aired on public TV networks, we find that greater exposure is associated with an increase in the number of calls after the launch of the campaign. However, the effectiveness of the media campaign is hindered in areas where gender stereotypes are stronger.

Exploiting high-frequency data from the Italian anti-violence helpline and a unique geolocalized dataset on killings of women, we show that the news coverage of a femicide triggers an increase in calls to the helpline. The effect is detectable in the week following the news and in the province where the femicide has occurred. These findings are consistent with a model in which the news of a femicide increase expectations about future intimate partner violence in case no call is made.

HERMES-TP/SP is a constellation of six 3U nano-satellites hosting simple but innovative X-ray detectors for the monitoring of Cosmic High Energy transients such as Gamma Ray Bursts and the electromagnetic counterparts of Gravitational Wave Events, and for the determination of their position. The projects are funded by the Italian Space Agency and by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 821896. HERMES-TP/SP is an in orbit demonstration, that should be tested in orbit by the beginning of 2022. It is intrinsically a modular experiment that can be naturally expanded to provide a global, sensitive all sky monitor for high energy transients. On behalf of the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP collaborations I will present the main scientific goals of HERMES-TP/SP, as well as a progress report on the payload, service module and ground segment developments.