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Swedish “sticky” chocolate cake (Kladdkaka). Happy fika (coffee hour)!

Halli-Hallo! How's your first week of winter quarter going? Anything you'd like to share?

Happy second of Advent!
In many European countries, people light one candle on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.

BBC News - Merkel picks German punk singer Hagen for last serenade

Nina Hagen started out as a Schlager star and used her knowledge of stage presence and performance to move into the more overtly provacative punk scene. The move paid off. Publicly avant garde, she is one of the most recognized and cited figureheads of alternative culture around the globe.

Hildegard Knef, with her raspy, sultry voice, delivers the marvelous stuff of dreams gone by. This is the place where being and time meld.

These remarkable women stand in good company: the third piece selected is an 18th century hymn.

Merkel picks German punk singer Hagen for last serenade Nina Hagen's song will be played during a military ceremony in the outgoing chancellor's honour.

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Filmmaker Fred Kuwornu and Prof. Frank Wilderson in conversation at UC Irvine.

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Translation is a beautiful thing

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Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words — NPR Germans have a knack for stringing lots of words together to create new words. From Mundschutzmode to Coronamutationsgebiet, the pandemic has spawned a plethora of them.

Two worlds collide and it’s amazing!✨🚀🧜
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Werner Herzog ~ Part of Your World In this video I sing a selection from the great Film, the kleinstes Mermaid. When I first saw the film, I was being tortured by a group of partisans in what ...

It's normal to feel stressed by the news coming out of our nation's capital. These UC Irvine Counseling Center tips from the 2020 election are relevant to the current situation: https://bit.ly/3olRGdL

A few tips:
-Focus on tasks that are within your control
-Connect with friends and family for emotional support
-Opt out of unproductive conversations

Why we should learn German | John le Carré To help make the European debate decent and civilised, it is now more important than ever to value the skills of the linguist