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.


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.


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


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."


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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Pope Francis to name first cardinals in February


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


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


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.

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


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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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.


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.


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


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.


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.


"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.


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


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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public office is about public service.


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.


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.


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.

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hoarding on the Bechtle plot painted


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


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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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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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


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.


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


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


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


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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the post is hardly ever emptied on Sundays


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.


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


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.


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).


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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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.


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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worker falls from ladder: seriously injured


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.


sentence: the victim later died as a result of the serious injuries.

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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.


sentence: for 14 hours, doctors battled to save the life of the victim, ultimately in vain.

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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.


sentence: 16,000 joints of meat per week speak for themselves.

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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.


here the standard of private television production is presented in its purest form.


nonetheless, it is worth watching.


the viewer sees that joints are still carved by hand.


sentence: after all: black Forest ham traditionally arrives on the shelf boneless.

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sentence: the secret of the ham is the mix of herbs combined with salt.

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sentence: the appearance of the smoking tower and furnace remind Jumbo of a submarine.

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sentence: the trick: here fir branches in the smoker provide the special flavour of Black Forest ham.

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sentence: after 20 days in the smoke, the ham is finally almost black.

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"and now the slice will disappear inside Jumbo," he said, announcing his sampling of the product.


sentence: "that is really delicious," said the TV star in conclusion.

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all those involved will be happy with that evaluation.


thought travel agents were a thing of the past thanks to the internet?


sentence: flight Centre seem to be bucking the trend.

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sentence: the company has upgraded its full year profit forecast and is looking to record earnings from holidaymakers in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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sentence: the travel company now expects its full year underlying profit before tax to be between $325 million and $340 million, compared with the $305 million to $315 million it previously forecast.

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sentence: if the current guidance is achieved it will represent a 12 to 17 per cent growth on the record $290.4 million profit it achieved in 2011 / 12.

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sentence: managing director Graham Turner said Flight Centre had made 8 per cent profit in the first half and had started the second half strongly especially in Australian and UK non-business travel.

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sentence: "year-to-date, our 10 countries are profitable and several are on track for record full-year earnings before interest and tax contributions," he said.

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this includes Australia and the United Kingdom, which are typically our largest profit generators.


sentence: in Australia the leisure business rebounded during the second half which offset a slightly weaker domestic corporate travel market.

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sentence: similarly in the UK, Flight Centre's leisure business performed well while corporate clients were spending less.

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sentence: its US business had recovered its losses during its seasonally weaker first half and was expected to deliver its third consecutive full year profit.

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sentence: flight Centre shares were up 3c at $38.20 yesterday.

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sentence: schools urged to focus more on maths, spelling and grammar

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sentence: English literature courses will require pupils to study at least one Shakespeare play, a 19th century novel, Romantic poetry and contemporary British fiction from 1914 onwards.

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sentence: the exam will also feature "unseen texts" to encourage wider reading;

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sentence: a combined English literature and language course will be scrapped.

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sentence: from 2015, pupils will be required to take a standalone GCSE in language, with strong incentives to choose English literature as a separate qualification.


sentence: the Department for Education is due to release the new syllabuses in English and maths tomorrow - the first subjects to undergo a radical overhaul.


sentence: it will make changes in other core subjects next year.


sentence: in a separate move, Ofqual, the exams regulator, will unveil a shake-up of the structure of GCSEs, with a new grading system and less coursework.

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sentence: speaking in the summer, Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, said there was a "widespread consensus that we need to reform our examination system to restore public confidence," insisting GCSEs would be "more challenging, more ambitious and more rigorous."

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sentence: studies show that English schools devote less time to maths - 116 hours a year or three hours a week during term time - than in most countries.

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sentence: by comparison, Australian schools provide an average of 143 hours a year and pupils do around 138 hours in Singapore.

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sentence: while there will be no formal requirement to devote more of the timetable to maths, Coalition sources said the extensive maths GCSE - combined with more weighting for the subject in league tables - was likely to encourage schools to provide extra teaching.

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sentence: the syllabus will place a greater focus on "real world problems," including financial mathematics.

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sentence: beautiful animals and delicious tarts entice

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sentence: the most beautiful rabbits of various breeds and colourings will be presented at the District Exhibition this weekend in the community centre.

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the evaluations were already made on Thursday.


sentence: once again, the W514 local association are organising this large exhibition.

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sentence: here breeders from the clubs in the District of Soest will be exhibiting their best animals, while young private individuals from Wickeder are also showing their rabbits.

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sentence: on Thursday, six adjudicators assessed the numerous rabbits and were able to assign awards to the exceptional animals.


sentence: the visitors to the show will be kept well informed, with the evaluations of all animals posted on their cages.

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sentence: Mayor Hermann Arndt will be officially opening the exhibition at 14: 30.


sentence: the rabbit show will, however, be open to all visitors from 10: 00 a.m. on Saturday and from 10: 00 a.m. until 3: 30 p.m. on Sunday, which will be followed by the prize ceremony.


sentence: guests are also invited to take part in a tombola with impressive prizes and to sample some delicious food from the cafeteria.

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Pamela Anderson chops off those iconic blonde locks, debuts dramatic new pixie cut.


sentence: PAM's blonde locks were made famous by her role in sexy TV show Baywatch.

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sentence: Pamela Anderson is the latest celebrity to shock fans with a dramatic new hairdo.

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the ex-Baywatch babe has ditched her long blonde locks in favour of a platinum pixie crop.


sentence: the 46-year-old actress revealed her latest look while out and about in LA on Wednesday and shared a snap on her Twitter page.

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sentence: it's the first time in 20 years that the blonde beauty has had short hair, and we're loving the demure change.

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sentence: what do you think about Pammy's hair?


sentence: share with us your thoughts in the comments below.

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SALEM: Johanna Rahner at the Ecumenical Discussion Forum


sentence: at the next Ecumenical Discussion Forum on Monday 21 October, in the Neues Museum des Schlosses (New Castle Museum), the focus will be on the topic of "To hell with Hell - Theological reflections on how we now approach the notion of end times."

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the speaker will be Johanna Rahner.


sentence: the Ecumenical Discussion Forum is an initiative of the Catholic and Protestant churches in Salem, the Salem Castle and the Lake Constance District Cultural Office.

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sentence: at the forum, Johanna Rahner wants to address the question of how people today view the "end times" after death.

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sentence: while people in past centuries were overly conscious of it, focusing on the pictures of heaven and hell "that up until now have defined our ideas," contemporary prophetic teaching on the hope of consummation is characterised more by a certain bashfulness, or even speechlessness.

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"the greater hope has been well and truly cast out of Christians by religious critics," said the speaker.


they have "provided us with so many question marks, that we seem to have lost our exclamation marks."


sentence: Johanna Rahner continued: "however, the crucial challenge to this remains fear of death."


sentence: associated with this is the matter of that longing, "that dreams that everything will be good at the end."

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Johanna Rahner, born in 1962 in Baden-Baden, studied Catholic theology and biology from 1982 to 1989 at the Albert Ludwig's University in Freiburg.


in 1997 she graduated as a doctor of theology, also in Freiburg.


a post-doctoral lecturing qualification in fundamental theology and ecumenical theology followed in 2003 at the Westfalian Wilhelm's University.


since 2010, Johanna Rahner has occupied a Chair for Systematic Theology in the Institute for Catholic Theology at the University of Kassel.


Geislingen: more than 100 young Catholics from Kleiner Heuberg stand together in the confirmation of their profession of faith


sentence: in two services, 101 15 and 16-year-olds from the Am Kleinen Heuberg pastoral care unit were confirmed.

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sentence: in the morning, the service was accompanied by the Laudato-Si Group, while the afternoon service featured 'The Spirit' youth choir.

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sentence: upon receiving the confirmation sacrament, the young people accepted their baptism and asked for the power of the Holy Spirit.

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sentence: over recent months those being confirmed, under the direction of Deacon Reiner Dehner and the assistance of several church members, have been preparing for the special day.

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sentence: in various projects, they learned of the different tasks involved in Christian church life and attended the Youth Day in Untermachtal together.

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Illmensee: second mountain bike race enthuses participants


sentence: in fantastic weather, 214 cyclists came to Illmensee to take on the circuit, over the hills and around the lake.

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this was announced by Ulrich Knobel of the organising Illmensee Sports Club.


sentence: among the participants there were also numerous amateur cyclists who wanted the chance to practice their hobby in a competitive environment, in particular over the short distance of 15 kilometres with a 300 metre climb.

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sentence: two top-class junior cyclists were also in the starting line-up for the competition: Felix Bader from Bad Waldsee and Pascal Treubel from Aach-Linz came with the recommendation of having achieved good positions at the German Championships.

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sentence: the pair managed to break away from the field in keeping with expectations.

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as was the case the previous year, Felix Bader managed to hold on to a small lead right to the end and defended his title as the overall winner of the short distance race


once again, Pascal Treubel took second place.


in the ladies' race it was Theresa Duelli of Team Albtraum who managed to take top place on the podium.


in second and third places were Anne Adel from Illmensee and Leonie Treiber from Owingen.


sentence: the increasing number of riders that live or work in the area is a fantastic development.

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and it was not only about top performance - the entire range of athletic ability was represented.


sentence: participants' ages were also wide-ranging, with the youngest starters at ten years old up to the oldest at over 70.

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sentence: this year, there were even more absolute top athletes at the starting line for the main race.

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four cyclists managed to break away from the top regional racers.


these included Philipp Pangerl, a semi-professional mountain biker from the Black Tusk Racing Team.


sentence: together with a team mate, Pangerl has already twice been crowned World Champion in the 12-hour race.

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sentence: this year he became European Champion in this special discipline.


also competing was Roland Ballerstedt, who has already claimed two German duathlon championships.


sentence: after 45 kilometres and a climb of 900 metres, the leading riders were neck and neck on the final straight in front of the Drei-Seen-Hall.


Pangerl sped over the finish line in first place.


only one second later, the experienced Ballerstedt managed to take second place in the overall standings.


Hermann and Warthmann then reached the finish line simultaneously to take joint third in the overall standings.


in the ladies' race, Christiane Cohsmann achieved the fastest time in the main race.


Areane Blersch from Binzwangen took second place, ahead of Natascha Werner from Stuttgart.


sentence: athletes and assistants seemed very satisfied with the smooth and well-organised running of the event.

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sentence: trekking through mud, rivers and jungle to provide free medical care

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Dr. Georges Bwelle is bringing free health care to rural villages in Cameroon


sentence: Bwelle and his team spend almost every weekend seeing hundreds of patients

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sentence: there aren't many doctors in the west African country; just one for every 5,000 people

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cast your vote here or through your mobile device


Dr. Georges Bwelle is one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013.


you can vote for him, or any of the other top 10 Heroes, to be CNN Hero of the Year.


that person will receive $250,000 to continue their extraordinary work.


sentence: for 21 years, Georges Bwelle watched his ill father slip in and out of consciousness, traveling to hospitals that weren't equipped to help him.

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sentence: Jamef Bwelle was injured in a 1981 car accident near Yaounde, Cameroon's capital.

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sentence: he suffered only a broken arm at first, but an infection developed and spread to his brain, creating a hematoma that would affect him for the rest of his life.

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"there were no neurosurgeons in Cameroon," Georges Bwelle said.


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sentence: instead, Bwelle spent years escorting his father to overcrowded clinics and hospitals, getting whatever treatment they could get.

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"it's not easy," Bwelle said.


sentence: you can leave home at 5 a.m., running to the hospital to be the first, and you are not the first.

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sentence: there are a lot of patients.


some people can die because they are waiting.


sentence: the situation hasn't changed much since Bwelle's father passed away in 2002.

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sentence: in Cameroon, there is only one doctor for every 5,000 people, according to the World Health Organization.

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sentence: for comparison's sake, the ratio in the United States is one doctor for every 413 people.

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sentence: and even if they could see a physician, many Cameroonians couldn't afford it.

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sentence: two out of five people in the country live below the poverty line, and nearly three-quarters of the country's health-care spending is private.

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sentence: "the only problem they have is poverty," Bwelle said.

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sentence: and with poverty, they cannot enjoy their life.

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sentence: seeing his father and so many of his countrymen suffer, Bwelle was determined to do something about it.

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sentence: Dr. Georges Bwelle and his team of volunteers have performed 700 free surgeries in the past year.

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sentence: he became a doctor himself, working as a vascular surgeon in Yaounde's Central Hospital.


and he started a nonprofit, ASCOVIME, that travels into rural areas on weekends to provide free medical care.


since 2008, he and his group of volunteers have helped nearly 32,000 people.


sentence: almost every Friday, he and up to 30 people jam into vans, tie medical supplies to the roofs and travel across rough terrain to visit villages in need.

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their luck doesn't always hold out.


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sentence: but when they arrive, they receive a true heroes' welcome: a feast, singing and dancing, and the best accommodations the community can offer.

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sentence: in these villages, free medical care is truly a cause for celebration, and Bwelle -- with his big smile and boundless energy -- is more than happy to join in the fun.

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sentence: the next morning, the team begins meeting with hundreds of patients.

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"we are receiving 500 people in each trip," Bwelle said.


sentence: they are coming from 60 kilometers around the village, and they're coming on foot.

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each of these weekend clinics provides a variety of medical care.


sentence: many people are treated for malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition, diabetes, parasites and sexually transmitted diseases.

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sentence: others might receive crutches, a pair of donated eyeglasses or free birth certificates -- documentation that's required for school but that many impoverished families simply can't afford.

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sentence: in the evenings, the team will do simple surgeries with local anesthesia.


sentence: operations are usually done in a schoolhouse, town hall or home; after the procedure, patients get up and walk to the recovery area to make way for the next person.

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sentence: with the group's generator lighting the operating room and sanitizing equipment, Bwelle and his volunteers work into the early hours of Sunday morning.

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sentence: it's a backbreaking pace, but village musicians usually help keep the team motivated.


sentence: "they are beating drums all night to keep us awake and continue our work," Bwelle said.

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sentence: on Sunday, the team heads back to the city, tired but proud of their work.

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sentence: the group -- a mix of Cameroonian doctors and foreign medical students -- has performed 700 free surgeries in the past year, and they know that their help can make a world of difference to those they help.

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sentence: one man explained that the free hernia surgery he'd received will allow him to work again.

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sentence: "this will change my future with my family," the man said.

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sentence: in addition to holding these weekend clinics and working as a hospital surgeon, Bwelle also works nights at private medical clinics around Yaounde.

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sentence: it's this second job, he said, that funds about 60% of his nonprofit; the rest is covered by private donations.

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sentence: "I'm not sure when he sleeps," said Katie O'Malley, a second-year medical student from Drexel University in Philadelphia and volunteer with Bwelle's group.


sentence: he is always either at the hospital or trying to make money for the organization so he can go on these campaigns.

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sentence: for medical and nursing students such as O'Malley, who come from the United States and Europe to join Bwelle on his missions, it's a hands-on opportunity they'd never get at home.

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sentence: "we've been able to scrub in on surgeries where we help blot blood away or hold tools for Dr. Bwelle," O'Malley said.

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sentence: that's not something you'd ever get to do in America as a second-year medical student.


sentence: the student volunteers usually pay their own way to Cameroon, often arriving with donated medical supplies.

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but once they arrive in Yaounde, their board, transportation and instruction are covered by Bwelle.


sentence: "he's a hero, without a doubt," O'Malley said.

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sentence: he gives his life to this organization, and his desire to help the Cameroon people is everlasting.

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for Bwelle, the near-constant workload isn't a hardship.


sentence: helping others live happier lives, fulfilling a promise he made to his father, is something that brings him great joy.

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"I am so happy when I am doing this work," Bwelle said.


sentence: and I think about my father.


I hope he sees what I am doing.


to make people laugh, to reduce the pain, that's why I'm doing this.


sentence: check out the ASCOVIME website and see how to help.

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mastering the struggle to perfection.


sentence: the role of Santiago, the old man in Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea," is perfectly suited to Horst Janson.

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sentence: Janson is an old hand himself when it comes to his profession, the art of acting.

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sentence: the old man, Santiago, is the best there is when it comes to fishing.


as such, the pair complement one another superbly.


sentence: you almost think that you can see the folds in the old man's neck, of which young fisherman Manolo speaks.

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sentence: when Santiago sits arched over on the chair, tired of life, this is a genuine emotion for Janson.

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sentence: furthermore, the role of the old fisherman is a character role, through and through, which Janson masters excellently.

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sentence: Hemingway told the story of a fighter, a courageous man who doesn't give up and who ultimately wins the battle against the fish as a result of his knowledge and his strong will.

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sentence: for long periods, Janson is the only performer on the stage.

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sentence: he manages to focus the audience's attention on himself, with the result that his monologues never become boring, not even for just a moment.

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sentence: his efforts to finally pull the fish to the surface of the water are so genuine that members of the audience forget that the sea in question consists merely of water bottles, illuminated in blue.

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sentence: Director Jens Hasselmann has the old man in the boat perform in front of Fischerdorf.

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sentence: during the course of the performance he has the respective active scene illuminated. Santiago's cabin and the bar of singer Marie-Luise Gunst, who sings of the Cuban lifestyle, with your songs and beautiful voice.

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sentence: the four musicians accompany with Cuban rhythms and guests at the bar at the same time.

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sentence: tourism: descent to the Romans

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sentence: beneath Cologne, a sewage channel from Roman times, measuring around 120 metres in length, has been preserved.

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anyone visiting Cologne cannot miss the cathedral.


sentence: the two towers, measuring around 157 metres, extend into the heavens, making it Europe's second tallest church building.

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sentence: however, only a few visitors who marvel at the two ornate church towers realise that there is much to discover beneath the cathedral.

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sentence: Rainer Schulze is an expert when it comes to the Cologne underworld.

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the meeting point for his tours is the Cologne Tourism Service Centre, right at the cathedral.


the tour begins in a somewhat unspectacular fashion: "we begin in the underground car park," says Schulze.


sentence: in the 1970s, the city fathers wanted a car-friendly city, and therefore the only sections of the old city wall that remain are those that were not too tall.

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sentence: the majority of the users of the parking garage therefore now hurry past the Roman relics and simply drop off their car.

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however, anyone who takes a closer look on parking level D2 will discover an archaeological site, cordoned off by metal railings.


sentence: ruins measuring five metres tall, made from stones around the size of the palm of your hand, are waiting to be discovered.

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sentence: "these are remnants of the Roman city wall, which was built in the second half of the first century A.D," explains Schulze.

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sentence: before returning to daylight, Schulze has participants take a glance into a dark, 15-metre shaft on the upper parking level.

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this is the well of the old cathedral, which is barely noticed at all these days.


sentence: the next stop on the tour is the Praetorium, where participants once again descend to the depths.

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sentence: here we find the residence of what was once the most powerful man to the north of the Alps, the Praetor of the CCAA.

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one visitor wants to know what CCAA means.


sentence: "the abbreviation stands for" Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, "which is basically amounts to" City under Roman Law and City of the Agrippinians, founded under Emperor Claudius at the Site of the Altars for the Imperial Cult. "

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and the Praetorium refers to the former Governor's Palace and the centre of power of the Roman Empire on the Rhine.


sentence: from the exhibition vestibule, a tunnel leads to the preserved Roman sewer, measuring around 120 metres in length.


sentence: "if you want you can take a peaceful stroll along a section of the so-called Cloaca Maxima," says Schulze, encouraging the guests.

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sentence: Schulze has one more surprise.

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sentence: once he has collected the key from the information desk, he leads the group to a 16-metre, accessible shaft.

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"we are now in the Mikwe, a ritual Jewish bath," he explains.


sentence: the Jewish congregation built their bath deep into the ground in order to reach the groundwater essential for ritual washing.

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sentence: to this day the differing water levels caused by the varying levels of the Rhine can be read at the lower end of the Mikwe, the origins of which trace back to the eighth century.


sentence: the Mikwe is to form part of an archaeological area at the Town Hall Square, on which construction work is set to begin shortly.

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sentence: however, it will be a few years before it is complete.

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sentence: leg almost hacked off: rocker retrial

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sentence: a bloody attack within the 'Rocker' scene is to be re-investigated after more than four years.


proceedings for attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and material damage, brought against two 30-year-olds have begun before the Frankfurt District Court.


they are being accompanied by strict security precautions.


the accused initially remained silent.


they are said to have been active within the Rocker scene and to have at the time belonged to the bandidos.


sentence: the Public Prosecutor accused them of having stabbed and beaten three men in a car in Finowfurt, together with unknown accomplices.

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sentence: all the victims were seriously injured, with one man almost losing a leg.

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sentence: the victims were said to have belonged to the competing gang, the Hell's Angels.


sentence: one is said to have been a high-ranking member from Berlin.

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sentence: it seems that the attack was preceded by a car chase involving several cars.


sentence: according to accusations, this was part of a turf war and represented a demonstration of power.

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the two accused were acquitted in an initial trial at the beginning of 2012.


sentence: at the time, a speaker for the court said that it could not be proven that the men had actually been involved in the bloody feud.

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sentence: the assailants had worn masks and had not been recognised.

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the Federal Supreme Court repealed the verdict following an appeal by the Public Prosecutor's Office and referred the case back to the District Court for a re-trial.


one of the accused is currently serving time in an open prison on account of another offence.


sentence: proceedings initially mainly involved the reconstruction of the series of events on the night of the crime.

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sentence: the police inspector responsible at the time was invited as a witness.

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sentence: the central point of focus was on mobile phone conversations between the accused and third parties, which the police had intercepted.

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sentence: what makes things difficult is that Rockers almost always observe what they consider to be complete silence appearing before the court - they say absolutely nothing.

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sentence: this also applies in the case of the victims.


sentence: in the first trial, only one of the victims spoke out.


when asked, Public Prosecutor Stefan Golfier of the Frankfurt (Oder) Public Prosecutor's Office said that new evidence had come to light since the previous trial.


a further eleven days of proceedings have been scheduled for the trial.


the throwaway society does not think


sentence: the night was long, the music loud and the atmosphere good, but at some point everyone has to go home.

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sentence: except: in the stomachs of those in the passenger and back seats, hunger strikes.

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sentence: of course, this may be down to the odd cocktail or glass of bubbly!

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so what could be more natural than to casually pull into the next drive-through to pick yourself up a little treat?


I admit, I am right with you with it comes to picking up some fast food late at night, or early in the morning as the case may be.


sentence: a few chips, a coke, a burger - and then straight home and into bed!

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sentence: however, on the way home the clear differences between me and other hungry clubbers become evident.

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what is wrong with people who continually throw their fast food bags out of the car window?!


at the weekend in particular, discarded paper bags can be found at the side of the road and in car parks.


"why is this?" I ask myself.


sentence: are the people too stupid to take their bags home or throw them into the nearest rubbish bin?

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after all, waste paper does more than spoil the landscape.


sentence: bags have also been seen covering transport facilities such as crash barriers, thus causing accidents.

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however, the so-called "throwaway society" does not think about such things. they probably do not even know what the term even means.


sentence: if you are often out and about in the evening, more often than not with several people in the car, you will know what a back seat can look like after having partied through the night: clothes, bottles and other rubbish begin to pile up.

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sentence: a few bags won't make much of a difference there - in contrast to on the street where no-one wants to trample through other peoples' leftover food.

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sentence: I can see the day coming when towns and municipalities will get fed up clearing up - and the fast food chains will have to operate a deposit scheme for their bags.

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Obama's Health Care Walk Back


sentence: amid a firestorm of criticism, President Obama yesterday walked back his oft-repeated, unambiguous promise that "if you like your health plan, you can keep it."

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sentence: with hundreds of thousands receiving cancellation notices from their providers, Republicans have slammed the president in recent days for misleading the American public.

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yesterday, Obama tweaked his original pledge.


sentence: "for the vast majority of people who have health insurance that works, you can keep it," he said in a speech in Boston.

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