sentence: he conceded the YMCA's opening statement to the commission was also inaccurate in claiming "there have been external audits of the YMCA that have recognised the YMCA as being at the forefront of child safety."

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sentence: evidence before the commission is that YMCA was notified that it received the second lowest of four possible ratings in a Department of Education and Communities quality audit in August this year.

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sentence: Mr Hare, who started with the YMCA when he was 21, conceded management "from myself down" failed by recruiting Lord and failed to make sure staff were clear about their obligations to report child safe policy breaches.

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sentence: earlier this year Lord was convicted for sexual offences against 12 boys during the two years he worked at the YMCA.

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sentence: he was jailed for a minimum of six years.

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sentence: but Mr Hare rejected the suggestion the YMCA had a cultural problem which prevented staff from reporting Lord's breaches of child safety.

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sentence: staff gave evidence they observed breaches including Lord being alone with children, babysitting them privately, having them sit on his lap, saying he loved one and letting them play with his mobile phone.

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sentence: Danielle Ockwell, who was supervised by Lord and asked for child protection training because she was concerned about his behaviour, testified she found the YMCA Caringbah children's services manager Jacqui Barnat who supervised Lord "very intimidating and hard to approach a lot of the time."

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the CEO said he did not accept staff's evidence that they were uncomfortable with reporting upwards to their managers.


sentence: rather, he said, their friendships with Lord clouded their judgements about reporting him.

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sentence: Mr Hare said he had provided his view to the YMCA NSW board that the lesson for the organisation from the "Jonathan Lord incident" was "not about reporting" by staff, and the board agreed with him.

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sentence: Mr Hare said the decision to get staff to sign confidentiality agreements soon after the allegations emerged was made by YMCA general manager of children's services Liam Whitley.

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sentence: he said it was intended to avoid contamination of evidence but was "overzealous" and poorly executed.

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sentence: YMCA NSW was not a child safe organisation at the time Jonathan Lord was employed between 2009 and 2011, child sex abuse expert Professor Stephen Smallbone of Griffith University told the commission.

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sentence: he said there were "serious problems" in recruitment, screening, induction, training and supervision of staff.

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sentence: the hearing adjourned until December 20.

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sentence: Tony Blair said he'd seize the chance to return as Britain's prime minister - but acknowledges a comeback is unlikely.

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sentence: in an interview overnight to mark the fifth anniversary of his departure from office, the 59-year-old aired his views on various domestic policies.

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sentence: since he stood down in June 2007 after a decade as leader, Mr Blair has largely avoided discussing British politics, confining most of his comments to foreign affairs and his role as envoy to the Quartet of Middle East peacemakers.

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sentence: asked if he would return to the post of prime minister, Mr Blair was quoted by London's Evening Standard as saying: "yes, sure, but it's not likely to happen is it, so..."

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sentence: as crowds of horse-showing experts gathered in Cardiff to battle it out for Horse of the Year, they knew the competition would be tough.

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but nobody was quite ready for three-year-old Fenton Kirkland.


sentence: not yet in school and just months on from taking his first steps, the toddler and his pet Shetland pony Toffee trotted through the three rounds with ease to take the top prize - leaving their 30 adult opponents trailing behind.

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sentence: the inseparable pair - who are the same height - were commended for appearance, behaviour and style at the annual contest run by Sunnybank Equestrian Centre, in Rudry near Cardiff.

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sentence: taking to the stage against men and women in smart bowler hats, he tipped his flat cap at a jaunty angle and paraded two-year-old Toffee around the ring.

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Fenton was lauded by judges for natural handling skills well beyond his years.


sentence: and Toffee received top marks for his appearance and personality.

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sentence: Fenton was given Toffee as a third birthday present last March and has practised with the Shetland pony every day since.

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sentence: his mother Donna, 30, said: "Fenton and Toffee are a great double act."

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sentence: they were up against all comers but the two of them walked off with the gold cup and rosette.

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it was only the second time he had competed with Toffee and we were all ecstatic when he won.


complete strangers in the arena all thought he was so phenomenal they wanted photos taken with him.


sentence: the youngster, from the village of Nantyglo, near Ebbw Vale, South Wales, is following in the footsteps of his aunt Sharon Howells, who has been showing horses for more than 10 years.

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Mrs Howells said: "the whole place was electric and everybody was cheering and clapping."


sentence: he was running on sand down the full length of the arena and even though he looked so tiny he did a marvellous job.

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sentence: Fenton is animal mad - he loves horses, tractors and farms and has got two chickens which he looks after.

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the way he has started he'll be at the Horse of the Year show before long - and I'm sure he'll do well.


sentence: a spokesman for the annual horse show said: "Fenton is only three but he knows how to handle his pony."

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sentence: they are a great team together.

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the judges marked Fenton and Toffee on how well they were turned out and the way they presented in the show ring.


sentence: they look for good teamwork between the pony and the handler - Fenton and Toffee were the best in the ring.

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sentence: I'm sure Fenton was helped by his cute clothes, he really looked the part.

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sentence: China plea paper 'to be overhauled'

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sentence: a Chinese newspaper that made a front-page appeal for the release of a reporter accused of defamation is to be overhauled, a press regulator says.

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sentence: the Guangzhou-based New Express made a rare public plea for the release of journalist Chen Yongzhou.

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sentence: but Mr Chen subsequently admitted on television that he had taken bribes to fabricate stories about a part state-owned company.

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sentence: now the New Express is to undergo "full rectification," the regulator said.

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the "rectification" order came from the Guangdong Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television.


sentence: a preliminary investigation showed that Yangcheng Evening News Group's New Express had published several untrue reports about listed company Zoomlion in the period of September 2012 to August 2013.

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sentence: "new Express's editorial management was disordered," the regulator said in a statement.


sentence: it said it had decided to "impose an administrative penalty on Chen Yongzhou by revoking his reporter's license."

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it had also "instructed Yangcheng Evening News Group to undertake a complete rectification of New Express, and recommended they investigate the relevant responsible persons at New Express and immediately revise New Express's leadership team."


sentence: Mr Chen wrote several articles for the New Express alleging financial irregularities at a construction-equipment company called Zoomlion.

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sentence: after he was detained, his newspaper published two front-page appeals for his release, saying it backed his journalism.


but Mr Chen then appeared on state television admitting he had published false stories for money.


sentence: "in this case I've caused damages to Zoomlion and also the whole news media industry and its ability to earn the public's trust," he told state broadcaster CCTV.

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sentence: I did this mainly because I hankered after money and fame.

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I've realised my wrongdoing.


sentence: following Mr Chen's apology, New Express issued a front-page apology, saying it had failed to properly check his reports.

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sentence: several high-profile suspects have made televised confessions recently.

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sentence: experts say confessions are still routinely coerced, despite a change in the law earlier this year banning the authorities from forcing anyone to incriminate themselves.

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sentence: us-Mexico drug tunnel with its own railway found

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sentence: one of the most sophisticated drug smuggling tunnels between the USA and Mexico has been found, complete with its own lighting, ventilation and electric rail systems.

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sentence: us authorities described the four foot by three foot tunnel as one of the most sophisticated secret passages they have ever discovered.

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sentence: the tunnel, which zigzags the length of nearly six football pitches, links warehouses near Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, USA.

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sentence: the area is filled with nondescript warehouses, making it easier to conceal trucks being loaded with drugs.

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sentence: the tunnel was shut down before any drugs made it through undetected, authorities said.


sentence: authorities seized eight-and-a-half tons of marijuana and 327 pounds of cocaine in connection with the tunnel's discovery, according to court records.

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sentence: three men who authorities say worked as drivers were charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute.

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sentence: they face prison sentences between 10 years and life imprisonment if convicted.

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sentence: in Nogales, Arizona, smugglers tap into vast underground drainage canals.

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sentence: the tunnel is the eighth major passage discovered in San Diego since 2006.


sentence: some of the largest tunnels have been discovered after central Mexico's marijuana harvest in October, which presents drug cartels with a challenge of how to quickly get their product to consumers.

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sentence: in 2010, authorities found a roughly 700-yard passage equipped with rail tracks that extended from the kitchen of a Tijuana home to two San Diego warehouses.

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Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr still love each other


sentence: actors Orlando Bloom and Model Miranda Kerr want to go their separate ways.

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sentence: however, in an interview, Bloom has said that he and Kerr still love each other.

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sentence: Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom are parents to two-year-old Flynn.

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sentence: actor Orlando Bloom announced his separation from his wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr.

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sentence: in an interview with US journalist Katie Couric, which is to be broadcast on Friday (local time), Bloom said, "sometimes life doesn't go exactly as we plan or hope for."

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he and Kerr still love each other, emphasised the 36-year-old.


sentence: "we're going to support one another and love each other as parents to Flynn."


Kerr and Bloom have been married since 2010. their son Flynn was born in 2011.


sentence: according to dictionaries, veganism is a sub-category of vegetarianism, yet the two do differ considerably.

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sentence: for while vegetarians allow themselves to consume cream tarts, ice cream or a strong Edam, these indulgences are off the menu for vegans.

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sentence: milk, cheese, egg - alongside avoiding meat and fish, vegans refrain from eating all products of animal origin - even honey is not permitted.

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you might ask what is left, however, upon closer inspection the world of vegan nutrition is characterised by great resourcefulness.


sentence: "spreads are very popular," explained Ute Henkelmann the owner of the local health food store, which provides a host of special products for vegans.


sentence: Reuben Proctor also likes to visit the store on "Domgasse."

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sentence: the New Zealander has been vegan for 13 years, and in Lampertheim he can find (almost) everything that he needs to get by. "in 1997 I adjusted my diet and became a vegetarian."

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sentence: at the turn of the millennium I took the next step and became vegan.

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sentence: "however, it wasn't just the diet that convinced me, but also my choice of shoes," said Proctor, who prefers artificial leather over normal leather.

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sentence: he realised that you can also overcome all other daily concerns without animal products.


first and foremost, being vegan is a matter of ethics.


sentence: "I don't want animals to have to die for me," said Proctor, expressing the maxim of vegans, which applies to all their consumer behaviour.

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sentence: rather than missing burgers, scrambled eggs or gummi bears, the vegan has quickly discovered entirely new products that really inspire him.

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sentence: "it is a double bonus," says Proctor now, "in actual fact being vegan is not about doing without, it's not about asceticism, but rather it is an enhancement." regarding the assumption that when you convert your diet you are reducing your choice of meal options, Proctor puts this down to force of habit.

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sentence: and it is precisely this conditioning that results in many a well-intentioned attempt failing.

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sentence: "the temptation factor is a decisive factor in causing many to quickly give up, similar to with smoking," says Proctor, providing a comparison.

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sentence: and he argues: "certain flavours are not linked to animal produce."

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sentence: often it is the herbs or the type of preparation that provide the flavour.

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sentence: "you can, however, create the same effect in other ways," explains the vegan.

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sentence: for example, when attending a barbecue party, Proctor brings aubergines, mushrooms and also a few vegan sausages.

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sentence: he ensures a balanced, varied diet, whereby everything should also have a good hearty flavour.

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of course you want to have something with a bit of bite, that is fair enough.


sentence: "it should be tasty, but this doesn't necessarily mean animal-based food," said Proctor.

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sentence: he has not suffered any damage to his health or eating disorders - another wide-spread assumption.

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converting has had a positive effect for me.


sentence: I do not consume any foreign cholesterol and have increased my vitamin intake.

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there are top athletes who also have an exclusively vegan diet.


"my blood values are excellent - I have myself checked on a regular basis," revealed Proctor.


sentence: many critics of veganism warn in particular of the lack of vitamin B12.

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sentence: "because animals are fed on fodder instead of grazing, it is dubious whether the vitamin B12 content in meat sold in freezers is actually high," commented Proctor.

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sentence: for vegans there is also the option of taking the co-enzyme in the form of tablets.

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"my B12 values are fine," he explained.


Proctor does not have to travel far to buy food.


sentence: there are basic foodstuffs available everywhere, and every supermarket now has soya milk and other products.

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I can find everything I need locally.


I only purchase special items now and again.


sentence: "many people overlook the fact that even though ready-made vegan products are expensive, it is well-known that this is also the case for" normal "ready-made products.

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sentence: in any case, the preparation of vegan dishes is much cheaper and less time consuming than commonly assumed.

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sentence: "in home cooking, there is much to be discovered - with a few minor tweaks you can achieve good, if not sometimes better results," said Proctor.

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sentence: margarine in place of butter, a little more baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in place of egg - Proctor has even managed to astonish his in-laws with his vegan cheese cakes.

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sentence: the vegan adds new spice to family parties.

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when you cook together there is a certain dynamic - cooking takes on new value.


sentence: "the situations that may arise are as varied as the people themselves," said Proctor.

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of course he has already met with scepticism.


sentence: do you not like my food any more?

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sentence: "should I feel bad now because I drink milk?" - as a vegan you have to be tactful in such matters.

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sentence: "I do not disapprove of people, I am part of this society," said Proctor, explaining that he was not choosing a life of isolation.

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sentence: and on closer observation, the everyday world does not appear quite so 'un-vegan' - and vegans are not quite as limited in their everyday lives as is commonly assumed.

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fast food is also permitted.


sentence: chips are available everywhere!

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sentence: "many doner kebab houses offer falafel, or even vegetarian yufka," says Proctor.

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sentence: in a pizzeria he avoids pasta dishes or just orders a pizza without cheese, all just a question of habit.

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sentence: restaurants are slowly adapting to things.

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sentence: "when I began eating a vegan diet 13 years ago, things were even more difficult," says the New Zealander, and he points out: "you have to talk with people, make them aware."

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"if enough requests are made, they will perhaps be inclined to expand their menus," he hopes.


sentence: there are vegan restaurants opening up, such as the Kombüse in Mannheim or Café Vogelfrei.


sentence: Proctor hopes that other restaurants will also have at least one vegan dish on the menu.

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sentence: essentially, vegan dishes are for everyone.

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sentence: anyone can eat them, they are the exact opposite of exclusive.

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sentence: "meat dishes, on the other hand, are exclusive, in the truest sense of the word, as they rule others out," assessed Proctor.

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sentence: "if you want to avoid food scandals, veganism is a safe way to rule out the majority of scandals from the outset," says Proctor.

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sentence: however, purchasing vegan products can be difficult to start with.

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sentence: OInce you come to understand that peanuts, in particular, may also contain animal additives as a colourant, people seem to quickly lose courage when following a code of ethics with so many hurdles and pitfalls.

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sentence: therefore, for this reason and others, Reuben Proctor and Lars Thomsen have written a book. "Veganissimo - Tierische Inhaltsstoffe und ihre Alternativen" (Veganissimo - Animal Ingredients and their Alternatives) explains the many ingredients hidden in both foodstuffs and cleaning agents.

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sentence: "you gradually develop an internal scanner and you know which symbols and logos you have to look out for." Proctor has learned that "it is sometimes better too take small steps rather than to stand still or stumble."

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veganism is an important moral compass, which has an effect on your consciousness.


perhaps he won't manage to help you break old habits altogether, but at least he manages to teach consumers to critically question their habits.


sentence: stock exchange operator Nasdaq OMX keeps its customers on tenterhooks.

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sentence: trading at the Nasdaq Options Market was interrupted on Friday afternoon, German time.

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sentence: in an announcement, the operator cited technical problems as the reason.

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sentence: on the other eleven options markets, including two also operated by Nasdaq OMX, business continued as normal.

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the most recent incident is the latest in a series of both small and large breakdowns suffered by the stock exchange operator.


sentence: as recently as last Tuesday, the Nasdaq indices were not calculated for one hour due to data transfer errors.

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sentence: in August of this year there were two breakdowns in a single week.

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sentence: first of all, US investment bank Goldman Sachs sent large quantities of incorrect purchase orders to the options markets due to technical problems.


sentence: as a result, the stock exchange operators required almost an entire day to look through and delete the orders.

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sentence: two days later, half of all stock dealing in the USA came to a standstill for several hours, due to a computer failure in the Nasdaq exchange.

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sentence: furthermore, last year the listing of Facebook on the stock exchange caused quite a furore.


sentence: the Nasdaq systems could not cope with the flood of purchase and sales orders, the Exchange Supervisory Authority established at a later date, imposing a record penalty of 10 million dollars on the company.

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sentence: Konstanz: cyclist knocks over 63-year-old man

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sentence: according to the police, the accident occurred on Thursday evening at around 10: 00 p.m., when a 26-year-old man was cycling illegally, on the left footpath of the Bahnhofplatz in the direction of Marktstätte, on a ladies bicycle.

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sentence: according to police, when a 63-year-old man suddenly stepped out of a pub onto the footpath, the cyclist was unable to brake in time.


sentence: during the subsequent collision, the pedestrian was thrown against the wall of the building, and then fell onto the ground, suffering a laceration to the head that measured around 15 centimetres in length.

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an ambulance team brought the injured man to the clinic for medical treatment.


sentence: British police serve Assange with extradition notice


sentence: Btitish police served an extradition notice today on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and requested asylum.

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Scotland Yard said they had served a "surrender notice" on the 40-year-old Australian requiring him to appear at a police station, adding that failure to do so would make him further liable to arrest.


sentence: Assange faces extradition to Sweden over sex crime allegations, having exhausted his options under British law when the Supreme Court overturned his appeal against extradition earlier this month.

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sentence: fearing Stockholm would pass him on to the US, he sought refuge at Ecuador's embassy in London on June 19, asking the South American country for political asylum.

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sentence: Scotland Yard has "served a surrender notice upon a 40-year-old man that requires him to attend a police station at date and time of our choosing," a spokesman said.

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sentence: he remains in breach of his bail conditions.

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sentence: the embassy declined to comment on the serving of the police notice.

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Assange fears he will be extradited from Sweden to the United States to face possible espionage charges, after releasing more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website.


sentence: driver speeding at 130mph with hot drink between legs fined £1,000

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sentence: a motorist has been fined £1,000 for driving at up to 130mph (210km / h) with a hot drink balanced between his legs.

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Andrew Howie, 35, of Tiptree, Essex, was spotted driving his Mercedes Benz on the A120 at Braintree on 27 May.


sentence: when police stopped him they discovered the takeaway drink between his legs.

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sentence: at Colchester Magistrates' Court Howie admitted a charge of driving without due care and attention.

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sentence: seven points added to his licence resulted in him receiving a six-month driving ban.

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sentence: Howie was also ordered to pay costs of £90 and a victim surcharge of £100.

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sentence: tax on foreign property owners to burst London's bubble

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sentence: the Treasury have provisionally costed out the CGT measure but are awaiting a final decision from Mr Osborne, who, in the 2012 Budget, introduced a 7% rate of stamp duty for homes costing more than £2m and annual charges for buyers who choose to hold homes in a company rather than as individuals.

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sentence: already the stamp duty take for residential property in the boroughs of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, which stood at £708 million in the 2012 / 13 tax year, exceeds the combined total for Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber put together.

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sentence: Mr Cook said: "following increases in stamp duty of high value homes and the introduction of associated anti-avoidance legislation, it is very difficult to argue that high value property is under-taxed irrespective of the effect of the out-dated council tax system."

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sentence: "but this move could make some foreign investors reticent to buy property in London or current owners reluctant to sell," he added.

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sentence: Prime property - the top 5% to 10% of the housing market by price - in the affluent south-west London belt, which stretches from Fulham to Wimbledon, has increased by a record 11.8% over the past year.

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sentence: prices in central London continued to show steady year-on-year growth of 5.6% but were overshadowed by a burgeoning "domestic market" with the city's south west, north (7.4%) and east (6.5%) all experiencing an uptick, according to research from Savills.

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sentence: scientists have shed more light on how the movements of a dog's tail are linked to its mood.

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sentence: earlier research had revealed that happy dogs wag their tails more to the right (from the dog's point of view), while nervous dogs have a left-dominated swish.

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sentence: but now scientists say that fellow canines can spot and respond to these subtle tail differences.

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sentence: prof Georgio Vallortigara, a neuroscientist from the University of Trento, said: "it is very well known in humans that the left and right side of the brain are differently involved in stimuli that invokes positive or negative emotions."

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sentence: here we attempted to look at it in other species.

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sentence: he added that just as in humans, for dogs the right side of the brain was responsible for left-handed movement and vice versa, and the two hemispheres played different roles in emotions.

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sentence: to find out more about how dogs react to the lop-sided tail wags of other dogs, the researchers monitored the animals as they watched films of other dogs.

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sentence: they measured the pets' heart rates and analysed their behaviour.

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sentence: it will probably not be long before we understand why their tails sometimes go one way, sometimes the other


sentence: prof Vallortigara said: "we presented dogs with movies of dogs - either a naturalistic version or a silhouette to get rid of any other confounding issues, and we could doctor the movement of the tail and present the tail more to the left or right."

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sentence: when the animals saw an otherwise expressionless dog move its tail to the right (from the tail-wagging dog's point of view), they stayed perfectly relaxed.

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sentence: but when they spotted a tail veer predominantly to the left (again from the tail-swishing dog's point of view), their heart rates picked up and they looked anxious.


sentence: prof Vallortigara said he didn't think that the dogs were intentionally communicating with each other through these movements.

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sentence: instead, he believes that they dogs have learned from experience what moves they should and shouldn't feel worried about.

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sentence: he said: "if you have several meetings with other dogs, and frequently their tail wagging one way is associated with a more friendly behaviour, and the right side is producing a less friendly behaviour, you respond on the basis of that experience."

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sentence: the researchers say the findings could give owners, vets and trainers a better insight into their animal's emotions.

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sentence: dog behaviour expert John Bradshaw, a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol's school of veterinary science, said this was not the first study to examine whether left and right were important to canines.

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sentence: last year a team from the University of Lincoln found that dogs turn their heads to the left when looking at an aggressive dog and to the right when looking at a happy dog.

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sentence: and in another research paper from the University of Victoria in Canada, he said: "dogs were more likely to approach a robot dog when its' tail 'was made to wag left rather than right, rather than becoming anxious - the opposite way around to the Italian study."

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sentence: he said the differences could be because the dogs in the different studies were not fully interpreting the animals in the films or robo-dogs as canines.

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sentence: a study of how dogs responded to real dogs could help, he explained.


sentence: "while there is considerable evidence from many different mammals that the two sides of the brain are used for different purposes, much of the detail still has to be hammered out - and dogs are no exception," he said.

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sentence: however, given the ease with which their behaviour can be recorded, it will probably not be long before we understand why their tails sometimes go one way, sometimes the other.

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sentence: Arctic Monkeys postpone Glasgow gig due to Alex Turner's illness

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sentence: rock band the Arctic Monkeys have postponed a gig in Glasgow after their lead singer was diagnosed with laryngitis.

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the Sheffield group were scheduled to perform at the Hydro venue in the city on Friday.


sentence: however, lead singer Alex Turner's illness has forced them to reschedule the show.

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sentence: the band's announcement came after they were forced to similarly postpone a gig at the LG Arena in Birmingham on Thursday.

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sentence: in a statement on their official website, the Arctic Monkeys said: "following the decision to postpone the show at the Birmingham LG Arena tonight and after seeking medical advice, Arctic Monkeys must also postpone the show at the Glasgow Hydro on Friday, November 1."

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sentence: "Alex Turner has been diagnosed with laryngitis and is regrettably not able to perform."


sentence: the show at the LG Arena in Birmingham will now take place on November 20 and the show at the Glasgow Hydro will now take place on November 21.


sentence: all tickets remain valid for these shows.

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sentence: we wish to apologise to all ticket holders for any inconvenience this has caused.

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sentence: please contact the customer services at the box office you purchased your tickets from for any further assistance.

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sentence: Pope Francis to name first cardinals in February

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sentence: Pope Francis will create new cardinals of the Catholic Church for his first time on February 22, the Vatican announced Thursday.


sentence: Cardinals are the highest-ranking clergy in the Catholic Church below the pope, and they're the ones who elect popes, so Francis will be appointing his first group of men who will ultimately help choose his successor.

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sentence: there are now 201 cardinals.


sentence: however, once a cardinal reaches 80 he is no longer permitted to participate in the election of a pope -- this falls to a group of 120 "cardinal electors."

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sentence: in a statement announcing the news, Father Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, said a meeting of all the existing cardinals would be held before the ceremony to elevate the new cardinals, known as a consistory.

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sentence: "Pope Francis has decided to communicate his decision to convoke February's consistory in advance in order to facilitate the planning of other meetings involving the participation of cardinals from different parts of the world," Lombardi said.

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sentence: Jack Valero of Catholic Voices said that by February, the number of cardinal electors was likely to have dropped.

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sentence: he said usually a pope would name as many cardinals as was needed to raise the number of cardinal electors back to 120 and as many cardinals aged over 80 as he wanted.

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sentence: next year's consistory would be significant because it would be the first since Francis was elected in March this year, Valero said.

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at the moment there is a sort of bias towards Europe and especially towards Italy.


sentence: "it will be interesting to see whether the new Pope will nominate cardinals from the rest of the world to restore the balance," he said.

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sentence: forty percent of Roman Catholics are in South America, but they have a tiny number of cardinals.

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sentence: the cardinals will also be the first to be chosen since Francis formed the Council of Cardinals, a group of eight cardinals from around the world tasked with looking into ways to reform the church.

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sentence: in the past the Pope decided everything on his own.

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sentence: "now Francis has selected these eight cardinals to help him," Valero said.


sentence: he said it was "quite possible" that Francis would ask the cardinals for advice.

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sentence: but we've not been in that situation before -- it's all completely new.

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sentence: Valero said popes typically elevated bishops from large places to the position of cardinal but that Francis was "full of surprises -- so we don't know who he'll name."

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GM recalls some new pickup trucks in U.S. to fix seatbacks


sentence: general Motors Co is recalling nearly 19,000 of its all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks to repair a problem with the manual reclining seatback, according to a notice from U.S. auto safety regulators on Friday.

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sentence: on some of the trucks, the front seats may have a defect in the reclining mechanism.

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as a result, the seatbacks fail to comply with federal auto safety standards on head restraints.


sentence: "if the vehicle is struck from behind, the head restraint may not properly protect occupants, increasing the risk of injury," according to the notice posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website.

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sentence: the recalled models were built between August 1 and September 10.

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sentence: GM's truck roll-out began in June and represents the most important vehicle launch for the No. 1 U.S. automaker since its 2009 bankruptcy restructuring.

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sentence: GM told truck owners about the defect in the first half of October.


NHTSA could not review the owner notification letter due to the 16-day government shutdown, which tempered auto sales growth in October.


sentence: sales of the Silverado and Sierra trucks, which were redesigned for the 2014 model year, were up about 20 percent during the first 10 months of the year, GM said on Friday.

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in October, GM sold 42,660 Silverado and 16,503 Sierra pickup trucks.


sentence: GM shares were up 1.4 percent at $37.47 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday afternoon.

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sentence: an Obama voter's cry of despair

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sentence: I voted for President Obama twice, sharing hope in possibility of change

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he says Obama has had worthy efforts thwarted by GOP obstructionism


sentence: obstructionism can't excuse Obamacare website woes, drone attacks


sentence: Obama's 2008 campaign memoir is a sad reminder of what might have been

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sentence: Nathaniel P. Morris is a second-year student at Harvard Medical School.

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sentence: I'm reading a terribly sad book these days.

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sentence: it's a book that I thought would uplift me during the doldrums of second-year medical school, and renew in me a sense of hope.


sentence: it's called "The Audacity to Win," and it's a memoir of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.


sentence: when I'm finished with my patient write-ups at night and get into bed, the book returns me to a time when politics inspired millions and speeches could take your breath away.

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sentence: the election turned out to be a landslide, and news anchors paused to reflect on the historic nature of the hour.

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sentence: my classmates cried with joy, and my parents saved every newspaper they could find.

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sentence: a young team of visionaries was headed for the White House, and the nation was ready for change.

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sentence: during Obama's transition to office in 2008, he had an 82% approval rating.

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sentence: and then I close the book.


sentence: cutting to the present is a rude awakening, like snapping out of a dream.

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sentence: it's hard to remember those days of optimism -- they seem a distant memory, a sad reminder of opportunities gone by.

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sentence: change indeed happened, in the years since I cast my first ballot.

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it was simply nothing I could have imagined.


sentence: I credit Obama with great and varied accomplishments, from the passage of the Affordable Care Act to our military exit from Iraq, the end of "don't ask don't tell," to the killing of Osama bin Laden.

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sentence: moreover, I believe that partisan obstructionism has upended too many efforts to push our nation forward: immigration reform, a public option for health care, and closing the base at Guantanamo Bay, among others.

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sentence: but, after the countless times in which I have found myself defending the Obama administration to colleagues and peers, I've reached a limit to the explanations that I can provide.

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sentence: I've reached a point of political despair.

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sentence: Republican obstructionism cannot explain allowing the bugging of foreign leaders, nor having drones strike innocent children overseas.

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it cannot explain having the National Security Agency collect data on the private lives of Americans, nor prosecuting whistle-blowers who reveal government wrongdoing.


it cannot account for assassinating Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, without a trial, nor shirking public funding and spending limits during presidential campaigns.


sentence: it cannot justify the findings of a report that says the White House's efforts to silence the media are the "most aggressive... since the Nixon Administration."

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sentence: and, most recently, it cannot excuse the failure to design a simple website more than three years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law.

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I don't know if this is what I should have expected.


if, at 18 years old, I was supposed to figure out that governance may contradict the political campaigns that precede it.


sentence: obviously, elective office isn't a predictable course, as the opposing political party and random events, such as the Newtown massacre, will shape our public conversation.

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sentence: yet, of all of the examples that I have listed above, they largely seem to be of the administration's own choosing.

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that is what troubles me most of all.


I voted for Obama again in 2012, but not because I was excited by his candidacy.


sentence: Mitt Romney presented a confusing and unrefined alternative who could not seem to lock down his policies or his positions.

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sentence: I felt that a second term for Obama, free from the pressures of future elections, would fulfill the hope that we had heard of for so long.

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sentence: still, as Obama's approval rating sank below 45% this week, returning to 2008 through that book has become that much harder.

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sentence: it makes me yearn for the many promises that disappeared.

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sentence: this week I was reading the portion of the book describing how Obama suffered a huge loss to Clinton in the Pennsylvania primary.

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sentence: at a post-mortem campaign meeting, he told his staff that they needed to get back on track and stay true to the purpose of their cause.

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"I want us to get our mojo back," he said.


we've got to remember who we are. '


sentence: it's five years later, Mr. President, and I couldn't agree with you more.

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sentence: the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Nathaniel Morris.

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Clive Palmer claims PM Tony Abbott has conflict of interest over parental leave scheme


sentence: billionaire MP Clive Palmer says Prime Minister Tony Abbott has a conflict of interest over his parental leave scheme because his daughters might get pregnant and benefit from it.

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sentence: the mining magnate, who is in a dispute about paying a $6 million carbon tax bill, made the claim as he tried to brush off questions about whether he had a conflict.

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the Palmer United Party could control up to four votes in the Senate that may be crucial in deciding if the carbon and mining taxes are axed.


sentence: but Mr Palmer claimed it was only ministers who could have a conflict of interest and said Mr Abbott's daughters stood to personally benefit from policies.

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sentence: "he's got a major conflict of interest when it comes to paid parental leave because if any of those daughters get pregnant, he'll have a direct interest whether they get leave or not," Mr Palmer said.

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sentence: two months after the election, the electoral commission officially declared Mr Palmer the winner of the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax by 53 votes, after a recount.

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Mr Palmer called for overhaul of election counting to speed up the process.


sentence: Tony Abbott's daughters Frances and Bridget.


sentence: should this election be decided two months after we stopped voting?

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sentence: "we need to have a better system," he said.

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sentence: why is it that we shouldn't have a system where you can walk in, punch your details into a computer, vote immediately and have a result at 6.30 that night?

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sentence: Mr Palmer also criticised the use of pencils to mark ballots.

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sentence: is it because they can rub out the result if someone doesn't like it?

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sentence: in this day and age having a pencil seems extraordinary.

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sentence: the Electoral Commission has been studying options for electronic voting and recently released a joint discussion paper with New Zealand.

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sentence: Mr Palmer, 59, said his policies included an international airport for the Sunshine Coast and he would take "very seriously" his new job.

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sentence: public office is about public service.

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sentence: "we seek no reward, except the reward of history that we can at a critical time serve this community," he said.

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RBS suspends two forex traders


sentence: Royal Bank of Scotland has suspended two traders in its foreign exchange division according to two people familiar with the situation, in another sign that the global probe by regulators into the suspected manipulation of the currency market is rapidly gaining traction.

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sentence: some of the world's largest banks, including UBS, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and RBS, have confirmed they are co-operating with regulators in investigations into the world's largest financial market, where $5.3tn changes hands each day.

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sentence: the two traders would be the first RBS employees to be suspended in the widening probe that echoes the Libor interbank lending manipulation scandal.

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sentence: the bank, which declined to comment on the suspensions, confirmed this month that it has received requests for information from regulators.

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sentence: "our ongoing inquiry into this matter continues and we are co-operating fully with the FCA and our other regulators," the bank said two weeks ago.

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sentence: last month, people close to the situation said that RBS had turned over records of emails and instant messages to the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, sent to and from a former trader.

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sentence: this trader, Richard Usher, left RBS in 2010 and is understand to have be given leave from his current position as European head of forex spot trading at JPMorgan.

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sentence: Rohan Ramchandani, head of European spot trading at Citi, went on leave this week, while Matt Gardiner, a former senior currencies trader at Barclays and UBS, was suspended by Standard Chartered this week.

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sentence: none of these traders have been accused of any wrongdoing.


sentence: Mr Usher's instant message group included bankers at Barclays and Citigroup, people close to the situation said.

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sentence: UBS said this week it had taken action against some of its employees after the Swiss regulator, FINMA, said it was investigating suspected manipulation of the foreign exchange market at a number of Swiss banks.

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sentence: at least six authorities globally - the European Commission, FINMA, Switzerland's competition authority WEKO, the FCA, the Department of Justice in the US and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority - are looking at allegations that bankers colluded to move the currencies market.

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sentence: HSBC, Citigroup, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse have also launched internal probes or received requests for information from regulators, said people familiar with the situation.


sentence: banks are scouring through years "worth of instant messages and emails to search for instances of wrongdoing.

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sentence: news about the probes has rattled traders in an area that has been one of the bigger profit drivers of investment banks' trading units in past years but which has been challenged this year as low volatility in currencies cuts opportunities for speculators.

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sentence: some bankers have tried to play down the affair by saying the vast and highly liquid foreign exchange market is almost impossible to manipulate, but senior traders are saying this is not necessarily true.

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sentence: a senior trader said that despite the huge volume of daily foreign exchange trading, the fragmentation of liquidity between different trading platforms and banks "increasing use of their own internal platforms meant that" you can start to get an impact on the market at quite small ticket prices. "

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sentence: the news came on the same day as Credit Suisse announced it had dismissed a trader at its London exchange traded funds desk this week after he had caused a nearly $6m loss late last year.

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sentence: the bank promptly notified the relevant authorities and has been co-operating with its regulators.

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sentence: "we are confident the trader acted alone and that the matter has been contained," Credit Suisse said.


sentence: hoarding on the Bechtle plot painted

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sentence: a group belonging to the "Schweizer Wiese" citizen's initiative has given the hoarding on the Bechtle plot on the spa promenade in Bad Herrenalb a face-lift.

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sentence: in addition, they have cleaned and widened the footpath, a press release announced.

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sentence: the planned covering of the dilapidated house to the rear of the plot was not permitted for safety reasons, as the premises were at risk of collapsing.

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sentence: Alfred Abel, who currently manages the site, arranged the 'face-lift' in cooperation with his colleague, Reinhard Domke, from the citizen's initiative.

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sentence: before the citizen's initiative project, a banner with the message "We are in favour" was put up.

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sentence: however, this did little to distract the 20 or so members of the citizen's initiative from their project.

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sentence: their motto, on the large billboard stated "We are against unfinished buildings."

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sentence: in so doing they wanted to point out the danger of even bigger ruins on the Schweizer Wiese - should the huge project one day fail.

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sentence: chatting with many people passing by the "construction site," it became clear that many citizens believe the execution of the project would make things much better for the town, although many have the same questions as the citizen's initiative regarding the scale of the planned project.

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sentence: however, they are beginning to resign themselves as the town continues to stall in providing answers, said a statement from the citizen's initiative.


we have now been told that the public statements made by the Mayor are also having an impact.


sentence: in May, in the meeting of the Town Council, he said that he feared for the outcome of the spa should the population vote against the plans for a spa and wellness complex on the Schweizer Wiese in the local referendum.

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sentence: some appear utterly frightened by it, others perceive it as a "blatant attempt to blackmail" the population, continued the press release from the citizen's initiative.


the citizen's initiative thanked those who donated paint and all those who lent a hand.


Rangnick scolding for refs: mane is no diver


sentence: as satisfied as Ralf Rangnick is with the present winning form of the Austrian Bundesliga table-toppers, Red Bull Salzburg, the Sporting Director of the "Bulls" expressed equal disappointment with the referees.

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"there is currently a dangerous trend, with Mane and Alan being dubbed as' divers'," he said at a press conference in Salburg on Thursday, in defence of the two tricky offensive players.


sentence: the most recent cause for Rangnick's criticism was the yellow card for Mane at 3: 0 against Grödig last Sunday, whereby the Senegalese striker was penalised for supposed play acting - admittedly this was not justified, as shown by TV footage.

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"a blatant wrong decision," commented Rangnick, who referred to Harkam as being "completely out of his depth."


sentence: Harkam also played "his part" in the escalation between Salzburg Coach Roger Schmidt and Grödig Trainer Adi Hütter after the game.

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sentence: he firmly defended his German compatriot: "in each individual situation I would have behaved in the same way as Roger Schmidt."

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sentence: Schmidt himself did not wish to have any contact with his colleagues after the skirmish with Hütter.

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I do not know why.


"after all, I was the one who was insulted," emphasised the 46-year-old.


however, with regard to the winning run, Rangnick sang his team's praises.


sentence: "there are only two words for it: really good," he stated.

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there is not a lot you can criticise.


sentence: most of all, the manner in which the team is playing is impressive.

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we must stay composed and keep it up.


sentence: there will hardly be any squad changes in the winter transfer window.

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sentence: there is no major reason to change anything.

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sentence: "unless a player comes forward and expresses the desire to leave the club," explained Rangnick.

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Supreme Court upholds Obama health care law


sentence: in a major victory for the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court today ruled Barack Obama's signature health care law is constitutional.

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sentence: by a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate - which requires citizens to buy health insurance by 2014 or else pay a penalty - was constitutional under the taxing power of the government.

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sentence: chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four more liberal members of the court while Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Kennedy dissented.

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sentence: the court also upheld the remaining sections of the 2700 page law, and further held that the health care law's requirement that states increase Medicaid eligibility or else lose all federal Medicaid funding is not unconstitutionally coercive.

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sentence: the suit to block the law was brought by 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business.

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sentence: the law was vigorously opposed by each of the major Republican presidential candidates during the 2012 primary season, including presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.


Norway: Norwegian village lights itself up with huge mirrors


sentence: using huge mirrors, the residents of a Norwegian village have brought light to their dreary valley.

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sentence: due to the low level of sunshine, from autumn until spring the village of Rjukan in the Vestfjord valley normally languishes in the shadows of the surrounding mountains.

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sentence: with three gigantic mirrors, each 45 metres tall, a centuries-old dream came true on Wednesday.

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"finally! ', raved Mayor Steinar Bergsland at the inaugural ceremony, televised by broadcaster TV2.


some valley residents lay back on sun loungers, while others safely put on their sunglasses.


sentence: up until now, those hungry for sunshine in the winter had to travel to a nearby peak by cable car.

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sentence: ten years ago, local artist Martin Andersen presented the proposal of directing the sun into the valley using mirrors.

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sentence: however, this basic idea had been talked of in the location since 1913.

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sentence: after several years of debate, the Town Council finally approved the project, which cost 5 million krone (around EUR 615,000).

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sentence: a similar construction has provided sunshine to the Italian alpine resort of Viganella for a number of years.

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sentence: the post is hardly ever emptied on Sundays

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sentence: "many citizens will not yet have noticed that red dots indicating a Sunday post collection are still to be found on many post boxes in the town centre and its districts. however, if you read the small print on the yellow boxes operated by Post AG, you will quickly find out that the boxes are no longer emptied on Sundays and holidays," announced the FDP.

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an inquiry by the FDP confirmed this.


only the post boxes in front of the post office building at Ernst-Ludwig-Straße 36 and at Jakob-Müller-Straße 1 in Hüttenfeld are still emptied.


whether there are still Sunday collections in Hofheim and Rosengarten is not addressed in the inquiry by the FDP.


sentence: the FDP spokesperson for social and youth-related affairs, Fritz Röhrenbeck wants to dig deeper into this.

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the Sunday collection is an important postal service, especially in the case of scheduled post.


sentence: "the company is radically and unacceptably cutting back on this, despite the price increase for letters in January 2013.

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sentence: Thomas Bittner, Liberal Party Parliamentary Group and Municipal Association Chairman, is supporting his fellow group members: "what annoys me, is the fact that the collection times have been changed or cancelled on the quiet here."

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in so doing, the postal service is miles off the mark when it comes to public accessibility.


"at least the post boxes in the districts of Neuschloß and Rosengarten must still be emptied on Sundays," said Bittner and Röhrenbeck in unison.


it is also the case for the town centre that those citizens in particular who are not mobile must also be able to access a post box with a Sunday collection on foot.


sentence: in the Town Parliament, Röhrenbeck asked whether the Town Council was planning discussions with the postal service regarding this matter.

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Mayor Erich Maier responded that the postal service had not communicated with Lampertheim.


sentence: to the best of his knowledge, however, there is a Sunday collection in Hofheim.

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sentence: their party has spoken out in favour of privatisation.

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"decisions will then be made elsewhere," said Maier.


Frankfurt parking fees to increase dramatically


parking in Frankfurt could soon be noticeably more expensive.


the City Magistrate today discussed a submission by the head of the department for transport, Stefan Majer (Green Party).


according to the proposal, parking fees are to be increased by 50 per cent.


sentence: this increase will not, however, be the result of raised prices, but rather the fact that time interval permitted by parking meters and ticketing machines will be reduced from 30 to 20 minutes.

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the City Council must reach a decision on this in December.


sentence: the Retail Committee of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce believes that this is "not a good idea."

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sentence: the option of parking right outside their businesses is "an advantage to smaller retailers that must not be underestimated.."

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sentence: the Verkehrsclub Deutschland (German Traffic Club) is of the opinion that an increase after two decades is "completely appropriate and actually long overdue."

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local public transport will also become more expensive.


sentence: Freudenstadt: quick moves take hosts by surprise

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with a slender squad, the TSV Freudenstadt Herren I team (Men's First Team) stepped into the Schiller School Gymnasium in Reutlingen to face TG Gönningen of the Swabian Alb region.


sentence: the Alb men stood on the other side of the net with what was undoubtedly a more experienced team.

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however, it soon became evident that, due in part to their age, they could not really keep up with the fast pace of the Freudenstadt team.


Gönningen found it extremely difficult to cope with the hard and well-positioned offensive moves.


sentence: they repeatedly missed the passes and attacks coming cleanly over the net from Simon Schenk and Eduard Schulz and their blocking game was not up to scratch.

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clear victories in the first two sets clearly demonstrated the superiority of the Freudenstadt team in all areas.


sentence: faced with this overwhelming and match-determining performance, the third set was won following a somewhat tame and spiritless performance, for a final score of 3: 0 (25: 13, 25: 14, 25: 22).

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sentence: on 2 November, when they play TV Baiersbronn, who managed a clear victory in Nagold, they will step onto the court to face a much stronger opponent.

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TSV Freudenstadt I: Dominik Bäuerle, Yannik Büchle, Sebastian Dölker, Felix Pälchen, Stefan Räller, Simon Schenk and Eduard Schulz.


sentence: in the B Class, two teams from Baiersbronn and Freudenstadt faced off in the Murgtalhalle in Baiersbronn.

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they produced a hard-fought two-hour match.


sentence: nerves on both sides, particularly when receiving the ball, resulted in errors and lost points; there was even a lack of passing at times and at some critical moments overeagerness saw potential points wasted.

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sentence: however, in this evenly matched game, the great physical effort of Marcus Blasutto's TSV team proved decisive in spite of tremendous commitment by both teams.


maintenance day at the small 'Engländerhütte'


sentence: for what was then the fifth maintenance day in the follow-up to the Natura 2000 project in Upper Hotzenwald, a group of dedicated participants met at the small Engländerhütte (Englishman's Cottage) in Ibach

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sentence: following suggestions from the population, the of the valley in the area of the cottage was to be cleared, said Mayor Helmut Kaiser.

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sentence: according to Kaiser, many hikers refer to this area as the showpiece of the Schluchtensteig, where the landscape provides the ideal framework for fantastic views.


sentence: he thanked those present for their willingness to cooperate and emphasised that the maintenance day is a suitable instrument through which to strengthen the connection between people and nature,

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sentence: he is offering every citizen the opportunity to focus on nature itself.

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sentence: at the same time as the tourist aspect, environmental aspects should also be taken into consideration.

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sentence: this environmental aspect was explained by Friederike Tribukait of the Department of Nature Conservation of the Freiburg Regional Council, following the greeting by Regional Councillor Tilman Bollacher, who had taken on the role of patron and wished the campaign every success.


sentence: according to Tribukait, the tourist objective of the vision coincided with the goal of preserving the now extremely overgrown old Allmend grazing pasture, with its specific protected habitats, through its opening and connection to the still existing grazing land.

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sentence: certain species, such as rare butterflies or grasshoppers, cannot get past barriers in the form of forest areas.

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they require these clear pathways in order to preserve their species.


Tribukait said that she did not want to fail to use this opportunity to say a word in defence of the planned biosphere area.


the current measures do not integrate seamlessly into these plans.


sentence: a biosphere area offers the chance for sustainable economic and ecological development on the basis of the internationally recognised Unesco status, and thus offers an extension to what has been achieved thus far with the Life Project and the previous care days.

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sentence: after the various statements, forest ranger Christoph Wehle and Life Project manager Cornelia Bischoff divided the helpers into groups.

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sentence: the larger trees had been cut down in advance, although forest tractors were on-call if required.

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sentence: one group of helpers were to take care of the clearance of juniper bushes and the maintenance of a dry stone wall.

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sentence: the objective was to create a clear view at the viewpoint.

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sentence: Löffingen: Köpfler still the only candidate

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sentence: information online: although Löffingen, the small town of Baar, with its 7,514 residents, can be described as having an intact infrastructure, forward-looking school, youth and senior citizens policies and its own municipal energy companies, thus far no-one has registered as a second mayoral candidate.

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sentence: so far, the only candidate to succeed Mayor Norbert Brugger, who is no longer running on account of his age, is 46-year-old banker and business economist Dieter Köpfler from Löffingen.


the deadline for applications is Monday 11 November, at 6: 00 p.m.


sentence: Google, Samsung, Huawei sued over Nortel patents

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sentence: the group that owns thousands of former Nortel patents filed a barrage of patent lawsuits on Thursday against cell phone manufacturers including Google, the company it outbid in the Nortel bankruptcy auction.

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sentence: Rockstar, the consortium that bought the Nortel patents for $4.5 billion, sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, HTC Corp, Huawei and four other companies for patent infringement in U.S. District Court in Texas.

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Rockstar is jointly owned by Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson and Sony.


Google is accused of infringing seven patents.


sentence: the patents cover technology that helps match Internet search terms with relevant advertising, the lawsuit said, which is the core of Google's search business.

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sentence: representatives for Samsung, Huawei, HTC and Rockstar could not immediately be reached.

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Samsung, Huawei and HTC all manufacture phones that operate on Google's Android operating system, which competes fiercely with Apple and Microsoft mobile products.


sentence: in 2011 Google placed an initial $900 million bid for Nortel's patents.

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Google increased its bid several times, ultimately offering as much as $4.4 billion.


sentence: after losing out to Rockstar on the Nortel patents, Google went on to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, a deal driven partly by Motorola's library of patents.

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sentence: "despite losing in its attempt to acquire the patents-in-suit at auction, Google has infringed and continues to infringe," the lawsuit said.

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Rockstar is seeking increased damages against Google, as it claims Google's patent infringement is willful, according to the complaint.


sentence: Egypt swears in first freely elected president

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sentence: Mohamed Morsi takes the oath of office but his day of triumph is unlikely to mark end of political strife in Egypt.

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sentence: Islamist Mohamed Morsi promised a "new Egypt" as he took the oath of office to become the country's first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

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sentence: at his inauguration before the Supreme Constitutional Court, Morsi also became the Arab world's first freely elected Islamist president and Egypt's fifth head of state since the overthrow of the monarchy some 60 years ago.

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sentence: he took the oath before the court's 18 black-robed judges in its Nile-side seat built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple.

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sentence: "we aspire to a better tomorrow, a new Egypt and a second republic," Morsi said during a solemn ceremony shown live on state television.

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sentence: "today, the Egyptian people laid the foundation of a new life - absolute freedom, a genuine democracy and stability," said Morsi, a 60-year-old US-trained engineer from the Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist group that has spent most of the 84 years since its inception as an outlawed organisation harshly targeted by successive governments.

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sentence: hundreds of soldiers and policemen guarded the building as Morsi arrived shortly after 11am local time in a small motorcade.

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sentence: only several hundred supporters gathered outside the court to cheer the new president and, in a departure from the presidential pomp of the Mubarak years, traffic was only briefly halted to allow his motorcade through on the usually busy road linking the city centre with its southern suburbs.

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sentence: derided as the Brotherhood's uncharismatic "spare tyre," his personal prestige has surged since his victory and his delivery of a Friday speech that tried to present him as a candidate not just of Islamists but of all those who want to complete the work of the 2011 uprising against the authoritarian Mubarak.

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sentence: "Egypt today is a civil, national, constitutional and modern state," Morsi, wearing a blue business suit and a red tie, told the judges in the wood-panelled chamber where he took the oath of office.

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Morsi later travelled to Cairo University where he was to make his inauguration address.


he was given an official welcome by an army band that played the national anthem as he stood to attention.


military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi was in attendance.


sentence: his arrival was greeted with chants of, "The army and the people are one hand," from the hundreds gathered in the university's main lecture room.

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sentence: established in 1908 as a bastion of secular education, Cairo University later became a stronghold of Islamist student groups in the 1970s.

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sentence: Morsi took a symbolic oath on Friday in Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that ended Mubarak's authoritarian rule last year, and vowed to reclaim presidential powers stripped from his office by the military council that took over from the ousted leader.

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sentence: but by agreeing to take the official oath before the court, rather than before parliament as is customary, he is bowing to the military's will in an indication that the contest for power will continue.

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sentence: Morsi's speech in Tahrir Square was filled with dramatic populist gestures.

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sentence: Falkenberg club makes for two wonderful evenings.

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sentence: the new season in the Falkenberg "Blue Velvet" club has begun.

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sentence: this Friday evening, the "Pump this party" event will be taking place, while one day later, on Saturday evening, festivities will continue with an over-25s party.

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sentence: fat beats and cool sounds are of course promised by the organisers on both nights.

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sentence: worker falls from ladder: seriously injured

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sentence: on Thursday, a 51-year-old worker in Eggelsberg fell from a ladder while replacing a broken external sensor and was seriously injured.


sentence: the man from Lamprechtshausen wanted to replace a broken heating sensor on the external facade of a guest house.

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sentence: as he was climbing the ladder, which was resting on the roof guttering, it slipped away and the man fell onto the concrete below.


he suffered serious injuries and was taken by the "Christophorus 6" rescue helicopter to the Salzburg Regional Hospital.


sentence: rapist in South Africa: two life sentences

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sentence: nine months after the brutal rape and mutilation of a 17-year-old girl in South Africa, the perpetrator was condemned to two life sentences on Friday.

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this was reported by broadcaster SABC.


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sentence: Johannes Kana had already been found guilty of the crime at the start of the week.

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the crime had caused nationwide horror.


the then 21-year-old had raped anene Booysen in February in an industrial estate in Bredasdorp, near Capetown.


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the sight of the young girl was so horrific that the carers and nursing staff required psychological support.


sentence: during the trial, Kana admitted to having been in a bar with Booysen on the night of the attack.

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sentence: he also admitted to beating and raping her, however he denied being responsible for the death of the girl.

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sentence: the police had initially assumed that there were multiple attackers, however, they released two suspects from custody as the evidence against them was insufficient.

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during the proceedings the public prosecution also emphasised that they were convinced that Kana was alone at the time of the attack.


sentence: rapes are almost part of everyday life in South Africa: there are around 64,000 reports of sexual assault every year.

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this is almost ten times as many as in Germany, although with a population of 82 million people, Germany has a much higher number of residents than South Africa (50 million).


sentence: police and women's associations in South Africa, however, estimate the number of unreported cases of sexual assault to be 10-25 times as high.


Jumbo visits the home of Black Forest ham


sentence: Jumbo on the search for the "world's best ham": for the TV programme "Galileo," the Pro7 star visited Bonndorf.

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sentence: the presenter established one thing right from the outset: the most important thing when it comes to ham are the legs of pork - turbo fattening does not provide a good basis for this.

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sentence: can ham bought in a supermarket be as good as a quality product?

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sentence: Uli, boss of the large ham factory in Schwarzwald, explained to Jumbo how the Bonndorf company, "Adler," operates.

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sentence: "Germany's most-loved ham," said Jumbo, presenting the Black Forest ham.


sentence: he could only enter the factory when wearing hair protection and a white coat.

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sentence: Jumbo also had to first disinfect his hands before he could reach for the microphone.

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Jumbo seen getting something to keep him going at a fast food restaurant in Waldshut


"here they work with huge quantities," commented the television producers, astonished by the mass production of Black Forest ham.


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sentence: weight, fat content and colour: Uli explained what was required for the best quality.

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sentence: the majority of the pigs are slaughtered at six months old.

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sentence: television with standards?

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sentence: even specific details such as the pH value of the meat play a role.

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sentence: the darker the meat, the higher the pH value.

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"I would be curious what would happen if you were to measure Roberto Blanco," said Jumbo cynically.