sentence: he wandered the grounds and the ruins of the old castle, talking to rangers, gardeners and sometimes the artists at work on his book's illustrations.

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then at night, he'd "drink whiskey and get writing."


sentence: the intimate history of Scotney is relatively unknown, as the National Trust had only gained full access in 2006 when the final heir, Elizabeth Hussey, died.

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sentence: when Rhodes arrived a decade later, staff were only starting to tackle the archive, which he describes as "hundreds of years of aristocrats going: 'Oh, stick it in the loft'."

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sentence: diaries, letters from the days of the English empire, maps outlining who owned what: "you'd think land disputes would be boring," says Rhodes, "but there was this one birch tree two families were fighting over.

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just let it go, guys! "


sentence: some of the stories in the collection use the castle as a jumping-off point to delve more broadly into English history, including The labourer, which follows a man who leaves the newly built castle to join the 1381 Peasants' Revolt.

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"there is a record of a riot happening at the castle in 1380, in this book called the Knightly Families of Kent and Sussex," says Rhodes.


"the Peasants' Revolt started in that area and I thought, a riot is a good place to start.


maybe the two are connected? "


sentence: other stories are rooted firmly in the history of the castle - such as The Priest, which tells the tale of the Jesuit priest whom the Darrell family hid for seven years during the English Reformation.

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sentence: or The Smuggler, which features 18th-century contrabander Arthur Darrell, who is thought to have staged his own funeral by filling a coffin with rocks (a discovery made years later when his coffin was unearthed).

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sentence: the Darrells are Rhodes's favourite Scotney family: "the gentlemen seemed to be quite roguish, always getting into debt and spending money on things they couldn't afford.

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sentence: different generations of Darrell men solved their debt crises by marrying rich old women - I imagine them as a bunch of handsome guys, with a knack for wooing heiresses. "

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sentence: with his assignment in the castle over, Rhodes is on the hunt for other singular writing experiences.

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sentence: he has completed a two-week stint in the Finnish wilderness for a graphic novel about Elämänmäki, the site of an early 20th-century sanatorium that has since been reclaimed by nature.

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but Scotney holds a special place for him.


"I was sad to leave," he says.


sentence: "it was like: 'AH, I've got to go deal with fucking real life now.'"

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campaign launched: over 300-year-old Lady Chapel in Rhöndorf encased


sentence: by encasing the 301-year-old Lady Chapel in Rhöndorf, the town of Bad Honnef launched their campaign to introduce a new umbrella brand (Thursday's Rundschau).

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sentence: Mayor Otto Neuhoff and his marketing team, led by Nelson Artz, want to keep the logo and slogan a secret still, until Thursday.

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sentence: at the end of August, as the climax of the campaign, there is to be a festival on the island of Grafenwerth.

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"too beautiful for us,


sentence: are you? "the campaign authors have been asking this, on posters on the Rhöndorf chapel, since yesterday.

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sentence: "we don't really think that (of course!)," they write on their website, activated yesterday.

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sentence: "but we are using this initiative to get your attention.

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and to bring home that some things are better than they seem.


sentence: in actual fact, we are firmly convinced that we, as residents of Bad Honnef, are well aware of the beauty and attractiveness of our town. "

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sentence: the initiative is about more than "just" a logo and a slogan, it continues.

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"a stand-alone pledge has to be formulated, one that lends the town an unmistakable unique selling point."


sentence: ultimately, it is in competition with other municipalities.

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the town of Bad Honnef has given itself a moderate five-figure amount for the costs of its new umbrella brand and the campaign.


sentence: military reform in Turkey - Erdogan's fear of the army

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sentence: every year in Ankara at the beginning of August, the highest military council (Yas) advises on retirements and promotions in the officer corps.

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sentence: so too this week.

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at first glance, a normal procedure.


sentence: but nothing is routine in the Turkish armed forces one year after the coup attempt.

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sentence: the meeting was no longer held in the general staff building as previously, but rather in the Prime Minister's official residence.

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sentence: taking part in the discussions chaired by the head of government were now also the five vice premiers, as well as the ministers for defence, the interior, justice, and foreign affairs.

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sentence: the civilians were thus in the majority in the Yas.

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sentence: the government is tightening the reins on the military.

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sentence: chief of Staff Hulusi Akar remains in office, but the commanders of the army, the air force and the marines were removed.

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sentence: since the failed coup, head of state Erdogan has fired 169 of the 326 generals and admirals.

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sentence: over 10,000 soldiers were removed from the ranks of the army - mostly due to alleged connections to the movement of exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen, whom Erdogan sees as the mastermind behind the coup attempt.

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sentence: as of this week in Ankara, trials are being held against 486 people who are said to have been directly involved in the coup attempt.


sentence: already on the day after the coup, Erdogan described the attempt at overthrow as a "gift from God," since it gives him the opportunity to "completely cleanse" the armed forces.

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but does Erdogan really have control over the army?


sentence: at the end of February, the newspaper "Hürriyet" published an article with the headline "unease in the military headquarters."

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sentence: there are concerns among the general staff of an increasing "Islamisation" of the army, which manifests itself, among other ways, in the lifting of the headscarf ban for female soldiers, wrote the paper.

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the big clean-up of the army and the security forces is continuing anyway.


sentence: in the middle of July, Erdogan fired, by decree, an additional 7395 public servants, among whom were 2303 policeman and 546 soldiers.

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sentence: in doing so, it seems as if Erdogan has tamed the military.


sentence: previously, the generals were deemed the true authorities in the country.

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sentence: three times they staged a coup, invoking their role as guardians of the secular state order.

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after an election victory in 2002, Erdogan has been pushing back the strength of the military bit by bit, not least by invoking the reform guidelines of the European Union.


sentence: former officers say that Erdogan is purposefully promoting Islamisation of the armed forces.

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sentence: in the magazine "Vocal Europe," an unnamed officer, who sought asylum abroad after the attempted coup out of fear of persecution, warned that the Turkish army would be "full of extremists and Salafists" in a few years.

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if that is true, Nato would not be able to be indifferent to such a development.


sentence: in any case, after the purges, there is doubt in the alliance concerning the Turkish army's readiness for action.

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sentence: the governance structures and operational capabilities are "weakened," say Nato diplomats.

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Washington Changes the Green Card Rules


sentence: there is going to be new US immigration plan to modify Green Card rules, President Donald Trump said, quoted by the media.

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sentence: it envisages reducing legal immigrants to 50,000 per year, stricter rules for obtaining temporary work visas and restrictions on family-oriented visas.

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sentence: the new rules are proposed by the Republicans and are supported by the president.

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the draft law is due to be discussed in the two chambers of Congress.


sentence: "this law will reduce poverty, raise wages and save billions of dollars for taxpayers, and will do this by changing the way the US issues Green Cards to citizens from other countries.

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sentence: the law will reduce chain migration and replace the current scheme.

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sentence: this new application process will benefit candidates who speak English, have financial resources to support themselves and show skills that will benefit our economy, "said Trump, quoted by the American media.

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Minister wants line renovated for Rennsteig shuttle


sentence: in recent months, there have been constant arguments about the future of the Rennsteig shuttle - now it is said to be moving very quickly.

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sentence: there are plans to build on the dilapidated stretch of track, on which the tourist trains travel, before the end of the year still.

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sentence: in order to ensure the long-term future of the Rennsteig shuttle, construction works should begin on the line this year already, according to reports from the Ministry of Transport.


sentence: "in taking the decision to continue to commission and to renovate the Ilmnau-Rennsteig line, the state acknowledges that this is an important connection, above all for tourism," stated Transport Secretary Klaus Sühl on Friday in Erfurt.

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sentence: he estimated the costs for the repairs to the line to be around 2.5 million euros.

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sentence: the state is taking on 75 per cent of this amount.

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sentence: the contract, on the basis of which, the shuttle is to be commissioned by the state in the future as well, is currently being finalised, explained Sühl.

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the ministry and Süd-Thüringen Bahn, as operators, are said to already be in agreement over the technical details.


sentence: "the timetable, the vehicles used and the quality standards have thus been negotiated," said Sühl.

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sentence: the planned contract between the ministry and the train company is being concluded for a period of eleven years.

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the Rennsteig shuttle should therefore be commissioned as normal from December 2017.


sentence: the Rennsteig shuttle is a train connection between the stations of Ilmenau and Rennsteig, beloved above all by tourists.

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sentence: in past months, as part of a pilot operation, there were tests to see whether the line gets used by a large enough number of people for it to continue to be commissioned as normal in the future.


the line is very run-down in places.


sentence: the rise of sex robots is real, and we should be concerned

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sentence: just when you thought 2017 couldn't get any weirder along comes a new report on the technological developments in the sex robot sector.

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yep.


sentence: sex robots are a big deal right now.


sentence: recently, the Foundation for Responsible Robotics (frr) released a report looking at the development of sex robots over the next five to 10 years.

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sentence: according to Noel Sharkey, emeritus professor of robotics and artificial intelligence at the University of Sheffield and co-founder of the frr, we need to start taking their rise seriously.

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sentence: customers can choose the robot's eye colour, nipple shape and fingernail type.

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sentence: "people snigger about them, but the companies are actually shipping quite a lot and we are going to see them a lot more," Mr Sharkey said at the launch of the new report.

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sentence: modern sex dolls have evolved out of their blow-up counterparts into robots with a silicon skin that is warm to the touch - with deliberately human-like responses achieved by artificial intelligence.

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sentence: the user can also "customise" their robot to suit their persuasions, choosing everything from the robot's eye colour, nipple shape to fingernail type or colour.

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sentence: but it gets even more disturbing, with many of the robots possessing "personalities" that would make a Stepford Wife look progressive.

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sentence: modern sex dolls have evolved into robots with a silicon skin.


sentence: the RealBotix robot, for example, allows users to customise their robots according to the traits they find appealing, such as shyness.

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sentence: then there are the Roxxxy Gold sex robots, developed by True Companion, which come with pre-programmed personalities, including "frigid Farrah" that gives the impression of shyness and "Wild Wendy" with an "adventurous" personality.

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sentence: "Roxxxy Gold has a personality which is matched as much as possible to your personality," the True Companion website enthuses.

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so she likes what you like, dislikes what you dislike, etc.


sentence: she also has moods during the day just like real people!

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she can be sleepy, conversational or she can 'be in the mood'! "


sentence: there are many disturbing aspects to the rise of sex robots - not least of which is the replacement of real, human relationships - but the subservient female traits, the rapey connotations of making a move on frigid (read: resistant) Farrah, are the most concerning.

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sentence: on its website, True Companion likened Roxxxy to a vibrator, but for men.

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sentence: "if woman (sic) can have a vibrator, why can't men have a Roxxxy?" the website states.

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sentence: however, these sex robots are not a mere fetish or just another sex toy.


sentence: their emergence and increasing sophistication points to something darker and deeper within our culture, a retreat from the ideal of gender equality toward a desire for sex with subjugation as an optional add-on.

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sentence: most men, naturally, are not going to keep sex robots, and while the frr noted their increasing popularity, they remain, for now, on the outskirts of consumer culture.

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but what seeps in from the fringes can be highly instructive as to the tenor of the era we're living in.


sentence: and many people aren't weird or offensive until the free market gives them the permission to be so.

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sentence: there is little coincidence that these sophisticated sex robots have emerged at a time when women's rights are under threat across the globe, when there is a president in the White House who has bragged about sexually assaulting women.

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sentence: the most chilling aspect of the TV series The handmaid's Tale isn't the graphic imagery, the noosed bodies and gouged eyes, but just how realistic that vision feels.

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the Republic of Gilead is a leap, but, right now, it doesn't feel like a large one.


sentence: the aim behind these sex robots is to create as much of a physical likeness to actual women (albeit with porn star proportions) as technologically possible.

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sentence: their creators want them to feel human to the touch, for them to mimic the movement of a real body.

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sentence: but, pointedly, when it comes to their "personalities" the robots do not represent real women.

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they cannot break up with their companion, or walk out.


sentence: they have no agency or back-story, nothing to suggest independence or anything that may disrupt the fantasy of total servitude.

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sentence: they are pleasant slaves, in other words.

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or to put it into 2017 parlance: handmaidens.


sentence: Trump's great feat?

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making Mitt Romney seem the epitome of common sense


sentence: it has become a truism of the Trump era that the political divisions that have polarised the US electorate have, on a micro-scale, torn families apart.

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sentence: around Christmas and Thanksgiving, newspapers in the US abounded with advice columns on how to deal with the horror of Trump-voting relatives.

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we are all supposedly straining to burst our filter bubbles.


sentence: less remarked on is the power of Trump to bring families together.

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sentence: I mention this because my cousin, a left-leaning poet who lives in Chicago and who's long been at loggerheads with Republicans in our family, has been visiting me in New York this week.

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sentence: she reminded me that unity against a common enemy can have a powerful effect.

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sentence: with Trump in the White House, everyone she knows, including the Republican sibling she had been bickering with about politics for decades, is suddenly and peculiarly on the same side.

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sentence: around the dinner table this is surely a good thing; but it strikes me that, in a broader context, it carries significant risks.

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sentence: the left has been invigorated by Trump, but the warping effect of his presidency has the power to push us all rightwards.

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sentence: when we talk about "normalisation" and Trump, we are referring to the scary possibility that his antics may one day cease to appal.

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sentence: there is an even scarier long-range scenario, however, in which what Trump "normalises" are rightwing Republicans who, held up against his standards, suddenly seem the epitome of reasonable.

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sentence: I find myself actively nostalgic these days for Mitt Romney's quaint version of crazy - the dog on the car roof, the 14% income tax (but at least we knew what his tax return looked like) - both of which, compared to Trump, seem very mild offences indeed.

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sentence: when Trump goes, the next Republican candidate will merely have to be sane to qualify as an immeasurable improvement.

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sentence: while my cousin was in town, we took our kids to the carousel in Central Park, the biggest of the carousels run by the New York parks department, and the best three bucks you can spend in the city if you don't require caffeine.

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sentence: the horses are thunderously huge, the fibre-glass designs on the central cylinder - all gurning clowns and animals twisting to look over their own shoulders in terror - utterly sinister, and the tinkling music oddly transporting.

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sentence: so many of the cliches of a city disappoint: views from tall buildings get old, skylines grow too familiar to offer much of a thrill, and the reality of the city doesn't live up to the dream.

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sentence: thirty-five years later and I'm still not entirely over the day I discovered Swiss Cottage is not, in fact, a Swiss cottage - the theme pub, Ye Olde Swiss Cottage, doesn't count - but a large roundabout in north London.

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sentence: the Central Park carousel, however, is still a weirdly magical experience, to the extent that two two-year-olds, an 11-year-old and two women in their 40s can go on it and all have a great time.

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sentence: if I could have rated the carousel I would have given it full marks, but thankfully nobody asked.

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sentence: in a department store this week, on the other hand, I was required, before swiping my credit card, to rate my transactional "experience" on a scale of one to five stars.

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sentence: in the coffee shop at the corner of my street it's the same thing, plus the option to match the rating with a 15% tip - this for buying something over the counter.

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sentence: the effect of this is not only to slow down what should be a neutral exchange, but to put pressure on the server to inject personality into a situation where none is required.

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sentence: the poor woman in the department store stood grinning apologetically while, wearily, I gave the experience of handing her my credit card five stars.


sentence: Oscar Pistorius taken from jail to hospital with chest pains

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sentence: this is the second time Pistorius has left jail for a hospital visit.


sentence: last year he was taken to the hospital for treatment to cuts on his wrists, which prison authorities said he sustained after falling in his cell.

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sentence: Pistorius was convicted of murder after an appeal by prosecutors against an initial manslaughter verdict.

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sentence: he killed Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013 by shooting her multiple times through a toilet cubicle door at his Pretoria home.

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sentence: Pistorius claimed he mistook his girlfriend for a nighttime intruder hiding in the cubicle.

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sentence: prosecutors have announced their intention to appeal again, this time against Pistorius' six-year sentence, which they say is too lenient.

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sentence: the National Prosecuting Authority said it will appeal to South Africa's Supreme Court, and the appeal could be heard this year.

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sentence: Pistorius faces having his sentence increased to 15 years if prosecutors are successful.

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there is no death penalty in South Africa.


sentence: when farmer Arnold found a curious egg

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sentence: as the last amongst the schools in Blumberg, the fourth graders from Fützen and Epfenhofen were let go for the holidays and sent forth for secondary schools.

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three of the graduating students will be going to the Gymnasium secondary school, and four to the Realschule.


sentence: school headteacher Angelika Sitte greeted parents and public representatives in the Biesental community centre in Epfenhofen on Tuesday evening.

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sentence: as a symbol for the school graduation, the 29 students from the fourth grade, under the leadership of Sophia Schumacher and Regine Meder, chose an eagle that is growing up in the chicken yard, but will be then released into the wild.

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sentence: added to this, the lively bunch performed a musical with the title "The Eagle in the Chicken Yard."

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sentence: farmer Arnold found a curious egg and had his chickens hatch it.


sentence: instead of a chick, a small eagle emerged.

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sentence: yet hopes of making a chicken out of it were dashed; the eagle spread its wings out on a high mountain and vanished.

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sentence: afterwards, grades three and four performed a chicken dance, staged by Yvonne Frank.

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the hens danced in competition with the young Roosters, who were wearing top hats.


sentence: the eagle stands for integration, said headteacher Angelika Sitte.

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sentence: the young animals may well be different from the other young animals (chicks), but belongs amongst them.

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sentence: though it will never be like a chicken.

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it is its destiny to be free.


sentence: she wished for every fourth grader that he / she would feel accepted in his / her new school.

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there followed a word of thanks to her colleagues, the former headteacher Michael Müller, who is always filling in when there are teacher shortages, and the parent representatives.


the time as chicks is now over, explained class teacher Sophia Schumacher.


sentence: she releases her students only very reluctantly, after two years of teaching, for it has been a really fantastic time.

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in the end, she was able to depend on the fourth graders.


sentence: to close, all the students raised a song, with Summertime and Holiday Time.

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sentence: that brought out a lot of joy from the children.

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there are already eight first graders registered for the new school year.


two Bulgarians Were Detained For Illegal Camping in Greece


sentence: two Bulgarians were detained for illegal camping in Greece, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced, quoted by bTV.

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sentence: a group of illegally camping people, including the two Bulgarians, was detained by the police in Sithonia in the morning of August 1.

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the same day they were released, while an investigation is currently underway.


the ministry of foreign affairs reported bTV that Bulgarians were later released.


sentence: the Greek authorities have tightened control over free camping and are already imposing serious fines on anyone who is caught resting in a place not intended for the purpose.

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sentence: checks will continue throughout the season.

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sentence: the ministry said that the court may impose a fine.

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sentence: software update for diesel vehicles: what those affected now need to know

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sentence: how exactly is the software update taking place?


sentence: do diesel drivers have to take part in the initiative?

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the most important questions and answers at a glance.


sentence: at the Diesel summit, BMW, Daimler, Opel and the VW Group offered software updates for around 5.3 million cars in total.

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sentence: they are intended to improve exhaust emission properties for cars classed under Euro emissions standard 5, and, some under Euro 6.


sentence: euro 4 diesel or worse are excluded.


Anja Smetanin from ACE Auto Club Europa gives her assessment:


is the new initiative compulsory?


sentence: no, the brokered software updates are voluntary.


sentence: "the compulsory updates prior to this apply only to vehicles that have emissions test scamming software," says Anja Smetanin.


the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has ordered that they be retrofitted.


sentence: how and from when are customers being notified of updates?

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sentence: the manufacturers have announced that there will be swift implementation in the coming months, but have not specified any precise deadline yet.

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Daimler has advised those affected to write to them.


sentence: if an inspection is due anyway, this will be settled during the course of that.

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how long are the retrofittings likely to drag on for altogether?


"difficult to say," says Smetatnin.


sentence: it depends on the commitment of the manufacturers and political pressure.

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sentence: "for we have seen that thus far, car manufacturers have not been acting of their own accord when it comes to matters of the environment."

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how long should the update last?


sentence: the retrofitting itself could last only three to four hours in the garage.

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it could be more laborious getting an appointment.


sentence: what do car drivers do who don't drive a car by BMW, Daimler, Opel or the VW Group?

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the ACE advises waiting.


sentence: foreign manufacturers would apparently follow suit, said Smetanin.


sentence: is there now the threat of a massive price collapse in Euro 4 cars?


the ACE fears that.


sentence: but just in those regions where there are threats of driving bans.

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sentence: in rural areas, there have as yet been no drops in value for older diesel cars.


the ACE advises still waiting before selling.


sentence: ll Cool J receives Kennedy Center honours

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the Kennedy Awards Gala is one of the most glamorous events in Washington.


the first honours ceremony under President Trump promises to get political.


one of the award winners does not want to come - out of protest.


ll Cool J (49) is the first rapper to receive one of the coveted awards of the renowned Kennedy Center.


as the cultural establishment announced on Thursday, singers Gloria Estefan (59) and Lionel Richie (68), as well as choreographer Carmen de Lavallade (86) and the TV producer Norman Lear (95) are also among those being honoured.


sentence: the awards are handed over at the beginning of December.

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sentence: as is tradition, US President Donald Trump will host a reception and will take part in the presentation of awards, together with his wife Melania.

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for this reason, the award-winner Lear, made famous by a series of TV shows, already announced that he would not be attending the gala.


sentence: he said to the "New York Times": "this presidency has decided to completely turn its back on the arts and human rights - even take funding away from them - and that upsets me."

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sentence: the 59-year old Estefan stressed that she would use the conversation with Trump to make her point of view clear.

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sentence: the Kennedy Center, named after former president John F. Kennedy, is the biggest cultural establishment in the US capital.

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former prizewinners include Meryl Streep, Aretha Franklin, Robert De Niro, George Lucas, Tom Hanks and Sting.


sentence: we're making the city liveable

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sentence: Roland Wacker, municipal architect in Haslach, is going into retirement next year.

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sentence: the post has already been advertised - suitable applicants, though, are few and far between.

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sentence: WACKER has been municipal architect for 31 years.

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sentence: and he still finds the work a lot of fun, as he conveys in the press meeting.

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he reports of varied, but also demanding, tasks that await his successors.


sentence: at the same time, it surprises him that up until now no application has satisfied the job profile.

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sentence: the city is looking for an architect or civil engineer at the earliest possible opportunity.

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sentence: this should then allow enough time for induction training - observing usual notice periods.

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as Haslach serves as the lower board of building regulations for the joint association of administrations, applicants have to hold appropriate qualifications.


for the town wants to maintain this role at all costs.


if it could no longer fulfil it, citizens would have to travel to Offenburg for advice.


but accessibility for citizens is important to the town and to him too, says Wacker, who reports of a good working atmosphere and a cheerful mood between authorities and citizens.


sentence: in more than 30 years in office, Wacker has amassed several significant projects that he looks back on with pride.

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sentence: "we're making the city liveable," is something he is certain of, re: the building authorities and his colleagues.


sentence: but in the future too, there are diverse projects on the agenda: the redesign of a former Hukla plot and of the Niederhofen carpark, for example, have been initiated.

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sentence: the Kinzig bridge between Bollenbach and Steinach is being renovated, and refurbishment of the stadium is still a topic.

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the latter alone will cost as much as 1.5 million euros "if we do it properly," estimates Wacker.


sentence: "all in all, there are great tasks awaiting my successor.

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the work here is fun. "


there is a lot of scope for creativity for a municipal architect.


with Haslach's own building yard and garden nursery, there is a lot that can be responded too with a high level of flexibility.


sentence: "one can affect a lot," says Wacker, and the design of the green spaces is often mentioned with praise by citizens and visitors.

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since the old town as a whole has protected building status, it is important "to have an eye for what fits in" if new buildings are approved, stresses the outgoing municipal architect.


sentence: in any case, the municipal architect bears a lot of responsibility.

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sentence: he is master of construction: "in the end, everything here passes by my desk."

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sentence: for support and coordination, he can count on years-old colleagues: Markus Neumaier (building construction) has been there ten years, Manfred Schöner (civil engineering), already 15 years.


sentence: WACKER also hopes that his successor will stay a long time: "we are looking for someone who really identifies with the post and wants to stay."


sentence: for continuity is important not only for a good working atmosphere, but also for the future design of the city.


sentence: anyone who wishes to take over from Roland Wacker should, according to the city of Haslach, be able to demonstrate completed studies as graduate engineer or a bachelors degree with a specialisation in architecture and should have good specialist knowledge in the fields of building regulations and planning laws.

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sentence: the municipal planning and building control office is in charge of building construction and civil engineering, urban land-use planning, land acquisition affairs, management of municipal property, the municipal depot with building yard and city nursery, and the lower board of building regulations, including preservation of sites of historic interest.

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sentence: bicycle thrown onto cables: southern railway closed

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sentence: according to police, the as-of-yet unknown perpetrator had thrown the blue bicycle onto the cables from the railway track overpass in the area of Leobener Straße (B116).

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these were so badly damaged in the course of this that the approaching freight train had to be stopped.


investigators are proceeding on the assumption that there were two male perpetrators and have been looking for them since last night.


a pink scooter and bicyclist were observed near to the scene of the incident by witnesses.


sentence: "this goes far beyond a roguish prank," said ÖBB spokesman Christoph Posch to the APA.

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sentence: the perpetrator or perpetrators put themselves and the rail traffic in great danger.

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sentence: in addition to the damage to the locomotive and facilities, as well as the time in delays and the costs for the rail replacement services, the perpetrators could also be faced with railway customers' penalty fees.

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sentence: altogether, one can expect a "considerable" sum, said the spokesman.

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the damage was repaired on Friday afternoon and the rail traffic on the southern railway stretch was able to be operated without obstructions.


almost ten passenger trains were cancelled on Friday afternoon, two of them were long-distance trains.


freight trains were not cancelled, although they were delayed.


sentence: according to ÖBB spokesman Christoph Posch, around 200 metres of overhead lines had to be replaced.

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sentence: insulators and masts were also damaged.

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sentence: red meat, dairy, and chocolate could help relieve IBD

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sentence: red meat and chocolate may sound like a nightmare for your digestive system.


sentence: but a new study claims quite the opposite: a diet rich in meat-based protein and dairy treats could help relieve symptoms of sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease.

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sentence: the incurable condition, which affects around 1.3 million in the US and 300,000 in the UK, causes stomach cramps and bloating, recurring or bloody diarrhea, weight loss and extreme tiredness.

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sentence: while sufferers are usually advised to dodge meat and dairy to soothe their symptoms, researchers at Washington University found protein's essential amino acid tryptophan helps develop immune cells that foster a tolerant gut.

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sentence: lead investigator Dr Marco Colonna explained immune cells patrol the gut to ensure that harmful microbes hidden in the food don't sneak into the body.

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sentence: cells that are capable of triggering inflammation are balanced by cells that promote tolerance, protecting the body without damaging sensitive tissues.

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sentence: when the balance tilts too far toward inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease can result.


sentence: in experiments it was found a kind of tolerance-promoting immune cell appears in mice that carry a specific bacterium in their guts.

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sentence: and the bacterium needs tryptophan - one of the building blocks of proteins - to trigger the cells' appearance.

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sentence: Professor Colonna said: 'we established a link between one bacterial species - Lactobacillus reuteri - that is a normal part of the gut microbiome, and the development of a population of cells that promote tolerance.

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sentence: the more tryptophan the mice had in their diet, the more of these immune cells they had. '


sentence: he suggested if the same works in humans, a combination of L. reuteri and a tryptophan-rich diet may foster a more tolerant, less inflammatory gut environment.

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sentence: postdoctoral researcher Dr Luisa Cervantes-Barraganwas studying a kind of immune cell that promotes tolerance when she discovered that one group of study mice had such cells but another group of the same strain but housed separately did not.

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sentence: she suspected the difference had to do with the mice's gut microbiomes - the community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that normally live within the gastrointestinal tract.

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sentence: the guts of the mice were DNA sequenced and it was found six bacterial species present in the mice with the immune cells but absent from the mice without them.


sentence: mice reared in a sterile environment so they lacked a gut microbiome and do not develop this kind of immune cell were given L. reuteri and the immune cells arose.


sentence: to understand how the bacteria affected the immune system, the researchers grew L. reuteri in liquid and then transferred small amounts of the liquid - without bacteria - to immature immune cells isolated from mice.

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sentence: the immune cells developed into the tolerance-promoting cells.

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sentence: when the active component was purified from the liquid, it turned out to be a byproduct of tryptophan metabolism known as indole-3-lactic acid.

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sentence: when the researchers doubled the amount of tryptophan in the mice's feed, the number of such cells rose by about 50 percent but when tryptophan levels were halved, the number of cells dropped by half.

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sentence: Dr Cervantes-Barragan explained people have the same tolerance-promoting cells as mice, and most of us shelter L. reuteri in our gastrointestinal tracts.


sentence: it is not known whether tryptophan byproducts from L. reuteri induce the cells to develop in people as they do in mice, but defects in genes related to tryptophan have been found in people with inflammatory bowel disease.

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sentence: she said: 'the development of these cells is probably something we want to encourage since these cells control inflammation on the inner surface of the intestines.

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potentially, high levels of tryptophan in the presence of L. reuteri may induce expansion of this population. '


Jose Mourinho thinks Manchester United have signed a 'genius' in Nemanja Matic


Manchester United have signed a "genius" in Nemanja Matic, believes Jose Mourinho, after the midfielder made his debut against Sampdoria on Wednesday evening.


sentence: the £40m signing from Chelsea started the 2-1 win in Dublin, United's final preseason game before the Uefa Super Cup against Real Madrid on Tuesday, and impressed in the holding role as the likes of Paul Pogba and Andreas Pereira marauded forward at will.

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sentence: however, having been left out of the Blues' preseason tour of Asia, Matic was severely lacking match fitness and only managed 45 minutes, something Mourinho admitted needed to be improved before the start of the Premier League season.

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sentence: "he needs time but his experience, intelligence, a genius in the way he thinks - he thinks football," Mourinho said.

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"we will help him to be ready sooner rather than later."


sentence: as well as Matic, fellow new signings Victor Lindelof and Romelu Lukaku also started the game at the Aviva Stadium as Mourinho started to shape his starting XI for the start of the season.

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sentence: the Independent revealed this week that Mourinho still wanted another three signings but he insisted that the club had already done a "fantastic job" of delivering three of his four priority signings.

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"to get three out of four I thank the club for that," he added.


"I will be happier if they get me four of four but they did a great effort for me."


sentence: Boeing "paints" Dreamliner in the sky

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sentence: the US aeroplane manufacturer Boeing has painted the silhouette of a Dreamliner in the sky.


sentence: the pilots departed from Seattle in the US state of Washington, but the outline began in Marquette in the US state of Michigan and drew the shape of a Dreamliner over the USA - that's thousands of kilometres.

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sentence: the campaign lasted 18 hours and one minute.

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sentence: the shape of a Dreamliner could be seen on radar screens.

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sentence: the whole thing was an endurance test for new engines.

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sentence: Boeing hat already carried out such a promotion before.

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sentence: the number "787" was painted in the sky, along with the Boeing logo.

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sentence: new low blow for Martin Schulz - Hanover, we have a problem

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sentence: how the wind changes: when Sigmar Gabriel was still SPD leader, Social Democratic Prime Ministers always looked, with a certain alarm, to Berlin before elections.

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no disturbances from party headquarters, no opposing winds from the state - that was the campaigners' biggest wish.


sentence: since Martin Schulz has been leading the party, that has fundamentally changed.

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since then, employees from the Willy-Brandt house have been observing the events in the SPD-governed state capitals with growing horror.


sentence: what Schulz has got from there since the beginning of the year, you couldn't even begin to describe as an opposing wind.

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those were low blows.


and one after the other at that.


sentence: after the surprising end to the red-green majority in Lower Saxony, the federal CDU sees a general sign of a move away from coalitions of SPD and Greens.

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"this once again shows that Red-Green simply can't govern reliably," said CDU General Secretary Peter Tauber to Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).


sentence: the surprise resignation of a Green representative plunged the government of Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) into a stark crisis.

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sentence: five months ahead of the state elections, his red-green coalition thus lost their one-vote majority over the opposition made up of CDU and FDP.

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the national head of the Greens, Michael Kellner, has called on defecting Green representative in Lower Saxony Elke Twesten to give up her seat.


the cross-over to the CDU represents a clear distortion of the voters' will.


Elke Twesten must immediately give up her seat, "said national head and campaign leader for the Greens to RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND).


"it just can't be true," sighed an SPD campaigner, when the bad news reached party headquarters on Friday afternoon.


Stephan Weil, SPD Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, is left without a governing majority after the cross-over of Green representative Elke Twesten to the CDU.


sentence: it is the present crisis in a long line of big and small disasters in SPD state associations.


and no-one knows what is coming next.


sentence: the misery began with the unexpectedly decisive defeat in the Saarland election in March.

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a black eye, no more, his comrades contented themselves at the time.


after the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia, everything was going to be different.


and it was too - in fact, everything was significantly worse.


sentence: the defeat in Kiel brought the SPD into a tailspin, and the Düsseldorf washout bowled the party clean over.


sentence: their peers then picked themselves up again in the weeks afterwards, with some effort.

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sentence: then, just as they had regained new faith, came the G-20 summit in Hamburg.

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and with that came the next low blow.


sentence: Mayor Olaf Scholz, the last strong SPD regional leader, lost his halo that weekend because he was sitting in the Elbe Philharmonic hall while his city was burning.

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and because in the crisis talks afterwards, he pretty much did everything wrong that you can do wrong.


sentence: since then, Scholz has been fighting for his political survival.

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and now Stephan Weil too.


sentence: thanks to the VW emissions scandal and his role on the supervisory board, the Lower Saxony Prime Minister had already been facing criticism for some time.

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lousy poll results added to that.


sentence: despite that, or perhaps precisely because of that, Weil has been attempting ever more strongly in the last few weeks to make a mark in the federal government.


sentence: the former mayor of Hanover's attempts to build up his power in Berlin have not gone unnoticed by peers in Martin Schulz's entourage.

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sentence: they used to let him do as he liked, since they expected Weil to be a stabilising force for the party.

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sentence: now, just the opposite may happen.

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in actual fact, Weil is not to blame for the Lower Saxony Greens' party-internal strife.


and Schulz is certainly not.


for the time being, therefore, their peers are taking pains to keep their ranks closed.


sentence: their anger is directed towards the Greens, and above all, at the defecting parliamentarian Twesten.

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"it is unacceptable and harmful to democracy how Ms Twesten places her own career interests above the interests of all others," says Matthias Miersch, head of the left wing in the SPD parliamentary group, to RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND).


sentence: Ms Twesten was voted into parliament not for her person, as a direct candidate, but on a Lower Saxony Green Party ticket, continued the Lower Saxony member of parliament.

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the logical conclusion would be for her to give up her seat.


Thomas Oppermann, head of the SPD parliamentary group, deplored the "undemocratic manoeuvre."


sentence: "the will of the voters four years ago was clear: the people made Stephan Weil Prime Minister," said Oppermann, who as frontrunner is leading the Lower Saxony SPD into the Bundestag elections, to the RND.

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"now the personal career notions of a future CDU representative is distorting the electoral result," continued Oppermann.


he called for light to be shed on the circumstances surrounding the matter.


I want to know whether there was anything more there, or if additional commitments were made to the Lower Saxony CDU.


grant money for Town Centre III


sentence: anyone who wants to renovate their outdated house will soon be able to get support from the state.

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Mayor Albert Schindler and three representatives for STEG urban development provided information about this on Wednesday in Empfingen.


at the beginning of the information session, Schindler once more cast a glimpse back to what has been the case so far.


since 1991, there have been regeneration areas in Empfingen.


back then, in regeneration area I, from 1991 to 2004, the state of Baden Württemberg still took on two thirds of the grant amount.


from 2005 to 2016, in regeneration area II, the subsidy still lay at 60 per cent.


for Schindler, the refurbishments up until this point have been a "successful project" - it is ultimately important to support interior development too, and not only develop new construction areas.


on 4th April, word was received from Karlsruhe regional council that there will be a regeneration area III.


sentence: the grant amount is 833,333 euros, of which, 500,000 euros is to come from the federal state, the rest, from the municipality of Emfingen.

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how does a regeneration area come about?


sentence: one will investigate, explains Schindler further, where the "truly old" houses are.

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sentence: what also comes into play, however, is whether there is even any interest to renovate in the planned area at all.

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if necessary, the area boundaries can also then be shifted again.


STEG was represented on Wednesday evening by Martin Keller, Gaby Pietzschmann and Sarah Gotzel.


sentence: Keller presented the content of the government and federal state "Soziale Stadt" programme, within whose scope the refurbishments would then be implemented.

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sentence: the core of the programme is the revitalisation of town centres, the improvement of living and working conditions and preservation and expansion of infrastructure.

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the measures would be implemented on a property-specific, that is, per-premises, basis.


the regeneration area would then ultimately be laid down as statute.


the appropriation period for the subsidies has been running from 1st January 2017 and will continue to do so until 30th April 2026.


sentence: first, however, stocktaking will be carried out until September of this year, as part of which, those with a stake in the regeneration area will receive a survey to fill out.

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sentence: the resolution should preferably follow in November or December, so that refurbishments can be begun next year.


Pietzschmann then explained that every community must carry out the aforementioned preliminary studies.


it's about assessing the shortcomings in the urban design and deciding what will be renovated and to what extent.


a renovation comment will then be recorded in the land registry for each premises.


Pietzschmann will come to Empfingen again himself and get an idea of the location, he promised.


sentence: Gotzel stressed that the participation of those involved is an essential factor for the project's success.

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sentence: that is why there will be surveys, which will be sent to citizens by post in the coming weeks and can be filled out until the end of the summer holidays.

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sentence: the yellow survey is the "building and property survey," which is about, among other things, the structural condition and the intentions for refurbishment.

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sentence: in the grey survey, the "budget and housing survey," information can be provided on the size, breakdown and residents of a living space.

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sentence: the blue "business survey" is only filled out if business premises operate in the building.


it should be noted, however, Gotzel pointed out, that a filled-out survey is not at the same time an application for grant money.


what is more, new building initiatives are not eligible for funding.


Schindler also stressed that funding would be allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis - the early bird gets the worm.


it is not possible to "reserve" grant money for later.


sentence: to conclude, photos of the "Town Centre II" project were shown, to "sell" the idea of refurbishment to those present.

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sentence: British inventor microchips himself to get into house and car with a wave of hand

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sentence: a British inventor has become the first in the country to be fitted with a microchip so he can open his front door, access his office and even start his car with just a wave of his hand.

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sentence: Steven Northam, 33, had the tiny chip implanted between his thumb and finger and is now offering the service to businesses and individuals who want to simplify their life with technology through his company BioTeq.

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sentence: he has teamed up with Dr Geoff Watson, a consultant anesthetist at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, Hants, to ensure the implant procedure is carried out to a medical standard.

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sentence: the technology is similar to a microchip implanted for cats and dogs, and takes just 30 seconds.

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sentence: Mr Northam's company will also alter locks on houses and cars so they are compatible with the chip, for a cost of £300 each lock.

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sentence: the married father of one now has technology fitted to both his home and his BMW Z4, which starts when his hand is on the wheel.

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sentence: white House Prop Cost Taxpayers Thousands

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sentence: the White House's decision to fly a Marine helicopter to the South Lawn for an event highlighting American manufacturing last month cost taxpayers as much as $24,000, according to military records released to TIME.

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the green-and-white Sikorsky VH-3D, known as Marine One when the President is aboard, was the centerpiece of the July 17 event at the White House showcasing American construction programs.


sentence: President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and senior White House officials toured manufacturing products from all 50 states.

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sentence: the Connecticut-made helicopter was displayed alongside a yacht from Maine, a fire truck from Wisconsin, and a forklift from Mississippi.

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sentence: the White House Military Office requested the helicopter's presence in a fragmentary order, or FRAGO, barely 36 hours before the helicopter landed on the South Lawn for the "unusual" event, according to the records of Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), the unit responsible for operating the helicopter.

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sentence: "I just wanted you to make sure you were aware because it's such an unusual high visibility event," the commander of HMX-1 emailed his superior, the Marine Deputy Commandant for Aviation, the day before the event.

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sentence: the message indicated the helicopter would arrive on the South Lawn at approximately 7 a.m. on July 17 for the 3 p.m. event, and remain until the lawn was cleared between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. that evening.

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the note adds that should the departure from the White House be delayed, a second aircrew would be needed for the return flight due to duty-hour restrictions.


sentence: the original flight crew was with the helicopter during the event, while unit security personnel remained with the aircraft while it was the ground.

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it was not clear from records provided to TIME whether a second flight crew was ultimately required.


the Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from using government property for political purposes.


sentence: records indicate that HMX-1 inquired about whether the event might violate the provision.

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sentence: "one question we asked was if it was a violation of the Hatch Act and were informed it was not," the commander wrote.

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"sounds like you are locked," the Deputy Commandant replied.


the "Made in America" event was designated an official event by the White House, and would not have been covered by the Hatch Act.


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sentence: at the event, the President made a push for healthcare reform efforts then underway in the Senate and touted efforts to rein in government regulations.

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using the aircraft known as Marine One or Air Force One for politically advantageous purposes is hardly a new phenomenon.


Presidents are required to use them for travel.


sentence: but requisitioning their use solely for a photo-op is unusual.

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sentence: Trump drew scrutiny in February when the presidential airplane taxied to the backdrop of his first campaign rally in Melbourne, Fla., and his Twitter account is flush with messages complaining about his predecessor's use of the presidential aircraft.

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sentence: "the White House is thrilled with the 'Made In America' showcase that featured products from all 50 states that are made by American workers with American materials," said White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters.


sentence: HMX-1 crews frequently perform training flights around the Washington area and at the South Lawn to practice depositing the President of the United States at the White House with inches of precision.

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sentence: when Trump was at the G-20 summit in Germany in early July, HMX-1 conducted 58 practice landings at the White House.

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sentence: the flight for the Made in America event counted toward the aircrew's training requirement for the month, an official said.

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sentence: unit helicopters also flew an additional 11 hours that day for "non-presidential support missions."

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the White House said taxpayers did not pick up the burden for any of the other props featured at the event.


sentence: a spokesperson for Sikorsky said the company was not involved in arranging for the helicopter to be displayed on the South Lawn.

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sentence: HMX-1 doesn't maintain budgetary records for presidential flights, and determining the precise cost incurred by the event is difficult.

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but according to Department of Defense hourly rates for fiscal year 2017, the DoD reimbursement rate for the VH-3D is $24,380 per flight hour.


sentence: unit records record the aircraft flight time as 30 minutes each way from its home base at Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico in Virginia.

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sentence: the White House argues the true cost of operating the helicopter is well below that rate.


sentence: "to place a cost to taxpayers based on the reimbursement rate estimates is highly misleading," Walters said.

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sentence: "these rate estimates include personnel, maintenance and many other sunk costs that are included in annual appropriations."

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sentence: according to a 2015 RAND study, DoD reimbursement rates do not include the cost of personnel, but do account for fuel, maintenance, and contracting costs.

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sentence: at the time, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended the use of the helicopter for the event.


sentence: "the idea is to showcase this week things that are made in America," Spicer said.

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sentence: "and I know Sikorsky and the state of Connecticut are very proud of the fact that they contribute to our national security, that there are, I assume, hundreds if not thousands of people whose job depends on that.

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sentence: and I think, like most Americans, we're all proud of the helicopter and other military equipment that so many Americans worked tirelessly to do.

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so, of course, it's appropriate to highlight that. "


sentence: it wasn't clear whether Trump interacted with the helicopter as he toured the South Lawn for the event, but he did step into the driver's seat of a fire truck.


sentence: inside the White House, Trump addressed Sikorsky representatives, joking with the media about his own fleet of company products.

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"I know Sikorsky very well," the President said, "I have three of them."


TC BW Neuss faces tricky task


front runner of the second tennis Bundesliga is competing at third-in-table Suchsdorfer SV.


TC Blau-Weiss Neuss is competing tomorrow in Kiel, from 11am, at third-in-table Suchsdorfer SV.


despite still flawless results after five matches, the front runner of the second tennis Bundesliga is maintaining a sense of reality.


sentence: team boss Marius Zay has respect for the opponent at any rate.

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sentence: "this is a compact team that always plays in very similar formation.

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sentence: in the back positions, in particular, I find the team very good. "


sentence: it is above all the imports from the high north that bring class and stability to Suchsdorfer SV.

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"their Danes and Finns can even point to Davis Cup appearances.


and they are also strong in doubles, "says Zay, referring to Harri Heliovaara (Finnland), Andre Göransson (Sweden), Sören and Esben Olesen, Martin Pedersen, and Andreas Bjerrehus (all Denmark).


"it will be difficult for us, as always.


sentence: you need a good dose of luck as well. "

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sentence: the Neuss team for the trip to the high north is practically set.

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Maxime Janvier could give his debut for Blau-Weiß.


sentence: if the Frenchman, currently still active in the challenger tournament in Italian Biella, does not make it to the Bundesliga match, then Zdenek Kolar (Czech), who is playing in the tournament in Liberec in the Czech Republic, will be called into action for the first time this season.

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sentence: the as yet undefeated Chilean Hans Podlipnik-Castillo was still hitting balls with Belarusian Andrei Vasilevski at the ATP tournament in Kitzbühel yesterday.

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he should also be there in Kiel though, just like Botic Van de Zandschulp, Niels Lootsma (both Netherlands) and the Belgian Julien Cagnina.


sentence: after his two victories last Sunday against the Club an der Alster, Máté Valkusz could also move back into the team.

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if that's not enough for the 18-year-old from Hungary, who in January 2016 was still number one in the junior world rankings, someone from the coaching staff around Marius Zay will fill out the squad.


how America can harm OMV


sentence: Donald Trump didn't exactly look happy on Wednesday evening as he placed his signature under a bill that would see sanctions against Russia strengthened.

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sentence: "in its haste to pass this legislation," Congress packed in some "unconstitutional provisions," he griped.

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the reaction from Moscow, too, was as sharp as expected, and even Brussels seethed at the US motion.


sentence: after all, the bill plans to penalise European companies that help Russians build gas pipelines into the EU.

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sentence: ever since, investors in Austria's OMV, which together with other European companies has co-financed the construction of Russian Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2, have been accordingdly perturbed.

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the threat is enormous.


sentence: nevertheless, it is too early to gauge the consequences, according to the official statement from the Oil group.

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in reality, Donald Trump would still have to put the sanctions into being himself through an executive order.


sentence: he has twelve weapons to choose from here.

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"the press" has set out to see what the group could fight off and what could really do it harm.


narcos season 3 trailer: with Pablo Escobar gone, the Cali Cartel take centre stage in Netflix's hit series


despite season two of narcos revealing Pablo Escobar's killer, Netflix's series is far from over.


sentence: season three and four have already been confirmed by the streaming service, the former receiving its first trailer, teasing the show's upcoming villains.

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sentence: with season three, the DEA has turned their attention towards the richest drug trafficking organisation in the world: the Cali Cartel.

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sentence: led by four powerful godfathers, they operate "like a Fortune 500 company" just with more government bribes and violent actions.

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sentence: Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela (Damian Alcazar) is the cartel's leader, Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela (Francisco Denis) being the brains, Pacho Herrera (Alberto Ammann) running the Mexican connection, and Chepe Santacruz Londono (Pepe Rapazote) based in New York.

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sentence: the newly released trailer sees Pedro Pascal return as Javier Peña, the character enlisting American and Colombian law enforcement to help with the war on drugs.

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sentence: other new actors include Matias Varela, Michael Stahl-David, Matt Whelan, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Kerry Bishe, and Arturo Castro.

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season three of narcos will debut 1 September.


sentence: roll back in time: the city employs 46 kitchen assistants

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sentence: the city is once more organising the nursery lunch itself.


sentence: with designated contact persons for the children and place in the team.

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sentence: the clock is being turned back in the city's nurseries.

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sentence: on the 1st September, the city of Krefeld is once more taking the catering in the city's nurseries (Kitas) into its own hands.


for Sonja Pommeranz, deputy head of the youth welfare services department, this is good news: "we were all delighted."


the cooking is still done off premises: a caterer takes care of this task and delivers freshly cooked, chilled food.


sentence: the city operates 46 nurseries in the district of Krefeld; in 44 of these, the children get a warm meal at midday.

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sentence: in the last nursery year, 2800 children sat at the tables in each case, and demand is growing steadily.

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sentence: "by now, it is not only children who are cared for 45 hours a week that eat in the Kita at lunchtime," explains Pommeranz.


sentence: "the service is also available for the 35-hour care option, when children stay until 2pm."

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sentence: 46 part-time staff are on kitchen duty on 1st September: they warm up the delivered meals, supplement them with salad, crudités and fruit, put the meals into individual portions, hand out the food, clear up, wash up and clean the kitchen.

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"the workers are assigned to a fixed Kita," says Pommeranz.


sentence: the size - there are two-group and seven-group establishments - dictates the number of hours worked.

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"the kitchen assistants now firmly belong in the Kita team," says Pommeranz contentedly.


"that way they are much more closely involved, and it is easier for the nursery head to put educational concepts in place."


because it's about this too: a healthy diet and cooking lessons.


sentence: "the children should help prepare the food."


sentence: directly linking the kitchen staff to the team makes sense then.


sentence: for the children too.


"they have a known staff member in the Kita, someone who is familiar to them, and not people who are continuously changing."


sentence: this continuity is important for the children.


sentence: the cleaning of the nursery rooms - up until now also a task for the kitchen staff - will in future be taken care of by special cleaning personnel.

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sentence: this option - the separation of cleaning and the kitchen service - not only improves the quality of the kitchen's output, but also has the appeal of having turned out to be the most economical option for the city when comparing costs between in-house and outsourcing, said the press office.

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and that is despite 46 new part-time staff being employed.


"but these hours don't have nearly so much impact for around 750 people in the education sector," says Sonja Pommeranz.


sentence: Afghan democracy depends on political role for women, U.N. says

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sentence: elections can only be representative if all members of society, including women, play a role, the head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

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sentence: Nicholas Haysom, acting head of the U.N. Assistance Mission said hundreds of women are running in provincial council elections, three women are running for vice president and more than 30 percent of the newly-registered voters are women.

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sentence: "the role of women cannot be overstated," he said in a statement Wednesday.


sentence: elections can only be truly representative and credible when women fully participate and are included in all parts of the electoral process.

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sentence: Afghan provincial council and presidential elections take place April 5.


sentence: the Taliban has issued threats against an election process that coincides with the transition of international combat operations to an advisory role.

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sentence: this year's elections mark the first time power is handed peacefully from one democratically elected government to the next.

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sentence: Haysom said a strong role for women will add to Afghanistan's democratic success.


sentence: the Afghan Independent Election Commission reports 1.2 million women are registered out of 3.6 million total registered voters.


walking tour to mark gymnastics club anniversary


sentence: to mark 110 years in existence, Kaiseringen Gymnastics Club is inviting people on a small walking tour, followed by coffee and cake.

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the walk starts on Sunday 9th July at 1pm in Frohnstetten, by the water reservoir in Amerikastraße.


sentence: from there, it is travelling to the airfield, to the Natter interceptor and over Waldhof farm, then back to the water reservoir.

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sentence: the walk will last about an hour and a half.

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sentence: afterwards there will be coffee, cakes, cold drinks, Viennese sausages and cheese rolls.

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sentence: for anyone who needs a lift from Kaiseringen to Frohnstetten, the meeting point is in Kaiseringen, at the school.

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sentence: men attempt to mug 13-year-old girl

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sentence: two young men, aged 19 and 23, are said to have attempted to rob a 13-year-old girl on Thursday.


sentence: according to information from police, the men approached the 13-year-old girl, who was staying with friends on Kolpingstraße, at around 2.55pm, because they wanted to use the girl's mobile to make a phone call.

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sentence: the 13-year-old refused their request and carried on walking with her friends.


sentence: one of the perpetrators then attempted to snatch the mobile and the girl's necklace, but was unsuccessful.

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the duo then fled without their loot.


sentence: both young men were later arrested by the police.


investigations are underway.


sentence: GMB concern over investment at McVitie's Glasgow factory

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sentence: a union is seeking reassurance from managers at biscuit maker McVitie's over its long-term commitment to production at its factory in Glasgow.

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sentence: GMB Scotland said the company had been silent over the future of investment at the Tollcross site.

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sentence: more than 500 people work at the plant, which produces Hobnobs and Rich Tea biscuits, among other products.

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sentence: McVitie's owner Pladis said it had invested more than £5m at the site in the last few years.

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it added employees and union representatives "will be the first to know" if there were any changes to its operations.


sentence: in a letter to the company's site manager, GMB Scotland called on McVitie's to "address concerns that funding is not being brought forward for the modernisation of production lines."

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sentence: GMB senior organiser Drew Duffy, said: "the fact that we cannot get clarity from the general site manager over the business needs and investment plan for the future of Tollcross is deeply concerning our members.

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sentence: generations of families have worked here and the workforce is highly concentrated in the local community and the greater Glasgow area, a crucial pillar of decent employment in an area of high unemployment and social deprivation.

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sentence: so, from the perspective of jobs, pay and prosperity, and against the backdrop of Brexit, rising cost of living and chronic manufacturing decline, the east end of Glasgow desperately needs a thriving manufacturing presence at McVitie's. "

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sentence: a spokeswoman for Pladis said: "the site manager at Tollcross received a letter from GMB Scotland only yesterday and the company will be responding directly as we value ongoing engagement with employees and union representatives.


sentence: we had a regular meeting with employees and GMB representatives at Tollcross two months ago at which a number of issues were discussed openly.

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sentence: we discussed with employees then that like all companies operating in an extremely competitive and uncertain economic climate, we review our operations on an ongoing basis - and that applies across our all our businesses and sites - in order to remain competitive.

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sentence: she added: "in recent years, we have invested over £5m in our Tollcross site, notably on production lines and operational improvements.


we fully recognise the heritage of Tollcross as a manufacturing site and should there be any changes to our operations at the site, employees and their union representatives will be the first to know. "


sentence: did PSG warn Barcelona about move for Neymar three years ago?


sentence: la Liga side may rue their interest in Marco Verratti

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sentence: Paris Saint-Germain will not let up in their pursuit of Neymar after lodging a £189m offer to trigger his release clause, but did they warn Barcelona of the world-record raid three years ago?

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sentence: the sensational approach has lit up the summer transfer window, with the Ligue 1 club ready to break the world transfer record by more than double the previous mark, which saw Paul Pogba return to Manchester United last season for £89m.

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sentence: once completed, the move will see Neymar become the world's most expensive player and also the highest-paid professional sportsman in the world, with PSG offering wages of over £500,000-a-week after tax.

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sentence: Barcelona are known to be furious with the manner of the approach and the way that Neymar has forced his way out, despite a source close to the Catalans' board insisting that the club have always done their best to look after him since his arrival from Santos in 2013.

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sentence: but was the football world warned of this prospect three years ago by the PSG president?

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sentence: when Manchester City expressed an interest in signing Blaise Matuidi in 2014, Nasser Al-Khelaifi had a stern warning for any club looking to sign one of PSG's best players.

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sentence: "I am not worried because they know that if they touch one of our players, then we will be in opposition to them, we'll contact their players," Al-Khelaifi said.


"we respect all clubs.


sentence: but if they try to sign one of our players, they'll face consequences. "

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sentence: Barcelona appear to have crossed this line, with the Spanish club expressing an interesting in PSG midfielder Marco Verratti earlier this summer.


sentence: PSG made it clear that they would not allow the Italy international to leave under any circumstances, and Barcelona could well be feeling the repercussions of that interest by losing one of their prize assets in Neymar.

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scooter knocked over and damaged


sentence: in the night from Friday to Saturday, an unknown perpetrator deliberately knocked over a scooter parked in the Königsfelder Straße outside residence number 30, thus causing material damage of over 200 euros to the fairing of the vehicle.

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sentence: Schramberg police, telephone 07422 / 27 01-0, are appealing for leads.

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sentence: police are seeking witnesses in relation to an accident on the B 215 between Stolzenau and Leese

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sentence: because a car was coming towards him in his lane, the driver of a VW Touran had to swerve and grazed the crash barrier.

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on Thursday evening, at around 7.55pm, the 34-year-old from Rehburg-Loccum was en route in his VW on the B215 coming from Stolzenau in the direction of Leese.


sentence: in the region of the Stolzenau bypass, a passenger car came towards him in his lane, so he had to swerve to the right.

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sentence: in doing so, the Touran driver grazed the crash barrier.


the car suffered material damage.


sentence: the driver of the oncoming car, a Mercedes Benz, had overtaken a lorry and continued his journey without concerning himself with the traffic accident.

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sentence: according to information provided by the victim of the accident, it may well be that the Mercedes driver had not noticed the accident at all.


sentence: the police are now appealing for witnesses of the incident as well as the driver of the vehicle that caused the accident to get in touch with Stolzenau Police Station via the telephone number 05761 / 92060.

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sentence: interview: "Domspatzen report exonerates Pope brother Georg Ratzinger"

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sentence: the Regensburger Domspatzen report on cases of abuse exonerates Pope brother Georg Ratzinger.


sentence: that is what author and historian Michael Hesemann says.

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the final report on the abuse scandal at the Regensburger Domspatzen is still causing debate.


sentence: after its publication, Christian Weisnder, spokesman for the reform movement "We are Church," explained to the German press agency that he was expecting an apology from the former Bishop of Regensburg and current Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller as well as the cathedral's Master of Music, Georg Ratzinger, the 93-year-old brother of the emeritus Pope Benedikt XVI.

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it would be of great service to the reputation of the Catholic Church if Müller and Ratzinger were to express their deep regret over their own failures or their false assessments of events back then.


sentence: the Vatican paper "Osservatore Romano," on the other hand, criticised the fact that the coverage was measuring violence at the Domspatzen using "double standards."

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sentence: with respect to the assaults in Regensburg, no-one doubts that these were "disgraceful and shameful acts" that must be punished and prevented in future; however, what was striking was the "level of media manipulation," according to the author Lucetta Scaraffia, historian and member of the Italian National Bioethics Committee.

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sentence: "the habit of denoting the Catholic Church as the source of all evil is now a part of our everyday experience and sets up public opinion for considering that as normal," writes Scaraffia.

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