Europol reported on Friday about the campaign, which follows on from the "EU Most Wanted" advent calendar from the winter.

Europol berichtete am Freitag von der Aktion, die auf den "EU Most Wanted"-Adventkalender vom Winter folgt.


Experience has shown that many fugitives hide out in holiday destinations, was the word from Europol.

Die Erfahrungen hätten gezeigt, dass sich viele Flüchtige an Urlaubsdestinationen verstecken, hieß es seitens Europol.


21 postcards for sought-after criminals from 21 EU countries have been assembled.

Man habe 21 Postkarten für gesuchte Verbrecher aus 21 EU-Ländern zusammengestellt.


The website www.eumostwanted has existed since 2016, and has been visited more than 2.5 million times.

Seit 2016 gibt es die Webseite www.eumostwanted, mehr als 2,5 Millionen Mal wurde diese angesehen.


It has so far been possible to arrest 36 of those being sought online; at least 11 of these are due to tips following publication on the internet site.

36 der Online-Gesuchten konnten bisher festgenommen werden, zumindest elf davon aufgrund von Hinweisen nach der Veröffentlichung auf der Internetseite.


A Quinnipiac poll in Iowa last week found that 60 percent of Republicans there had a favorable view of Trump.

Eine Quinnipiac-Abstimmung in Iowa hat letzte Woche festgestellt, dass 60 Prozent der Republikaner eine gute Meinung von Trump haben.


It was agreed with the club that they had a free hand to manage the money, but they were not permitted to run up any debts.

Mit dem Verein sei vereinbart worden: Sie können das Geld frei verwalten, es dürfen nur keine Schulden gemacht werden.


He will be examined by Dr. James Andrews, who performed surgery on Sanchez's shoulder back in 2007.

Er wird von Dr. James Andrews untersucht, der die Schulter von Sanchez in 2007 operierte.


The bodies of 29 of the worshipers killed when a crane crashed collapsed at Mecca's Grand Central Mosque were carried through the streets

Die Leichen von 29 Betern, die getötet wurden, als ein Kran durch die Große Zentralmoschee Mekkas stürzte, wurden durch die Straßen getragen.


Omar was a member of the "White Helmets", a civil protection group which, according to Bild newspaper, had saved the lives of 60,000 people.

Omar war Mitglied der "White Helmets", eine Zivilschutzgruppe, die laut Bild-Zeitung bisher knapp 60.000 Menschen das Leben rettete.


Croatia: "Widespread options for border control"

Kroatien: "Umfassende Möglichkeiten zur Grenzkontrolle"


The planet likely featured more dry regions than Earth, but once had enough water and geographical variability to host life and guard against rapid evaporation.

Der Planet wies vermutlich mehr trockene Gegenden als de Erde auf, aber hatte einst genug Wasser und geographische Variabilität, um Leben zu beherbergen und vor schneller Verdunstung schützte.


The new data is helping astronomers understand why stars in the cluster spin at varying rates, as well as how rotation periods relate to planet formation.

Die neuen Daten helfen den Astronomen zu verstehen, warum sich Sterne im Sternenhaufen zu unterschiedlichen Raten rotieren sowie in welchem Zusammenhang die Rotationszeiträume mit der Planetenentstehung stehen.


Fifty towns have the chance to experience this flair on the almost 3000 kilometre-long tour.

50 Städte auf der knapp 3 000 Kilometer langen Tour können dieses Flair nun erleben.


At least one Bayern fan was taken injured from the stadium.

Mindestens ein Bayern-Fan wurde verletzt aus dem Stadion transportiert.


The contracts have a 12-month termination period so they will actually finish in 2017.

Die Verträge haben eine 12-monatige Kündigungsfrist, sodass sie 2017 enden werden.


In an accident on the stairs in his brother's house in the USA after midnight, he fell on a water glass he was carrying in his left hand, reported the "Wirtschaftswoche" on Wednesday.

Bei dem Unfall auf der Treppe im Haus seines Bruders in den USA sei er nach Mitternacht auf ein Wasserglas gefallen, das er in der linken Hand getragen habe, berichte die "Wirtschaftswoche" am Mittwoch.


At the time he considered the city to be a degenerate hotbed of vice.

Er empfand die Stadt damals als verkommenes Sündenbabel.


"I think sometimes it can be filling a void or having material possessions as some kind of comfort," Wez says.

"Ich denke, manchmal kann es das Füllen einer Leere oder der Besitz materieller Besitztümer als eine Art Trost sein," sagt Wez.


So far in September, Sunrise is averaging 349,000 viewers to Today's 314,000.

Bisher im September steht Sunrise bei durchschnittlich 349.000 Zuschauern zu 314.000 bei Today.


In south Alabama, a flood watch was in effect Friday as rain continued in the Mobile area.

Im Süden Alabamas wurde am Freitag ein Flutfrühwarnsystem eingesetzt, während es im Gebiet Mobile weiterhin regnete.


This was no longer kept since an audit in which everything was properly assessed, they explained.

Diese seien nach einer Betriebsprüfung, in der alles als korrekt beurteilt worden sei, nicht mehr aufbewahrt worden, erklärten sie.


Compared to the first six months of the year, turnover (721.2 million euros) had shrunk by 3.4 percent.

Bezogen auf das erste Halbjahr schrumpfte der Umsatz mit 721,2 Millionen Euro um 3,4 Prozent.


He accepted the searches were made by him on the computer but said it was because he wanted to pretend to be a police officer to scare paedophiles.

Er gab zu, dass die Suchen auf dem Computer von ihm durchgeführt wurden, sagte aber, es sei geschehen, weil er behaupten wollte, ein Polizist zu sein, um Pädophile zu erschrecken.


FedEx Corp. said that it expects to earn between $10.40 and $10.90 for the fiscal year that ends next May, down 20 cents from an earlier prediction.

FedEx Corp. sagte, einen Gewinn zwischen 10,40 $ und 10,90 $ im Geschäftsjahr zu verdienen, das im nächsten Mai endet, 20 Cent weniger als bei der früheren Vorhersage.


At each stage, Alexandra Burkhardt and Heidi Faller were responsible for creating a delicious, nourishing dinner and breakfast.

An den Etappenzielen sorgten Alexandra Burkhardt und Heidi Faller für ein schmackhaftes wie auch stärkendes Abendessen und das Frühstück.


Additional reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh; Editing by Jonathan Oatis

Mit Beiträgen von Kevin Drawbaugh; bearbeitet von Jonathan Otis


Coach Luis Enrique has so far refused to make a clear decision either way, allowing Bravo to wear the jersey in league games, but giving it to Ter Stegen in most of their other matches.

Coach Luis Enrique verzichtete diesbezüglich bisher auf eine klare Entscheidung und ließ Bravo in der Liga, dafür aber Ter Stegen in den meisten übrigen Bewerben den Vortritt.


So some such ministers may even be planning to make deliberately unhelpful remarks, SNP-style, during the UK's 2017 referendum campaign to hasten the Brexit process, my pal suggests.

Daher planen möglicherweise einige solche Minister sogar absichtlich nicht hilfreiche Anmerkungen, ganz im SNP-Stil, während Großbritanniens Referendumskampagne 2017, um den Brexit-Prozess zu beschleunigen, vermutet mein Freund.


From here, there is only a single lane of traffic over the motorway bridge.

Ab hier wird der Verkehr nur einspurig über die Autobahnbrücke gelenkt.


On the previous evening, Father Storost set the pilgrims off with a small celebration in St. Anna, blessed the pilgrims' cross and the pilgrims.

Am Abend zuvor sandte Pfarrer Storost die Pilger in einer kleinen Feier in St. Anna aus, segnete die Pilgerkreuze und erteilte den Pilgersegen.


Louis Galicia said Frank initially stayed in hostels, but recently, "Things were finally going well for him."

Louis Galicia gab an, dass Frank zunächst in Hostels lebte, aber dass, "die Dinge für ihn endlich bergauf gingen."


The eviction was hailed by relieved neighbours who said their lives had been made a living hell.

Die Delogierung wurden von erleichterten Nachbarn bejubelt, die sagten, dass ihr Leben zur Hölle gemacht wurde.


On the one hand, import taxes started to have an impact on imported steel, on the other, economic prospects in China brightened up.

Zum einen zeigen verhängte Einfuhrzölle auf Importstahl Wirkung, zum anderen haben sich die Wirtschaftsaussichten in China aufgehellt.


The Jena-based medical technology company wants to cross a turnover threshold of one billion euros this year, said its Board of Directors.

Der Jenaer Medizintechnik-Konzern will in diesem Geschäftsjahr die Umsatzmarke von einer Milliarde Euro übertreffen, bekräftigte der Vorstand.


The Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic explains, "They may pass through and we are preparing ourselves for this possibility".

Der kroatische Ministerpräsident Zoran Milanovic erklärte: "Sie können durchreisen, und wir bereiten uns auf diese Möglichkeit vor."


In order to prevent the symptoms becoming chronic, early treatment is necessary, explained Munz.

Um zu verhindern, dass die Symptome chronisch würden, sei eine frühzeitige Behandlung notwendig, erklärte Munz.


Law are constantly being passed in the name of anti-terrorism.

Ständig wird im Namen der Terrorbekämpfung an Gesetzen geschraubt.


According to the Munich Lions, the diagnosis means "probably a four week compulsory break".

Laut Münchner Löwen bedeutet die Diagnose "voraussichtlich vier Wochen Zwangspause".


We were appalled and shocked by the incident.

Wir waren von diesem Ereignis entsetzt und bestürzt.


It's not calm advertisement for the actual matter at hand.

Das ist keine betuliche Werbung für die eigene Sache.


Since the construction site was moved southwards on Monday, and the Aspegstraße in Ofterdingen was reopened, and the link to Rottenburg was re-established, the traffic situation within the town has improved.

Seit die Baustelle am Montag nach Süden gewandert ist und auch die Sperrung der Aspergstraße in Ofterdingen aufgehoben wurde und damit auch die Verbindung nach Rottenburg wieder besteht, hat sich die Verkehrslage innerhalb des Ortes entspannt.


We set an Olympic record in the final and beat the world champions.

Wir haben in der Endrunde einen Olympiarekord aufgestellt und die Weltmeister besiegt.


Workers have begun to clean up in Röszke.

In Röszke begonnen Arbeiter damit aufzuräumen.


They closed Tuesday down 11 percent for the year and 17 percent below a record high on June 11.

Am Dienstag schlossen sie mit 11 Prozent Verlust für das Jahr und 17 Prozent unter einem Rekordhoch am 11. Juni.


There is no clear consensus on where they can seek common ground on Syria.

Es liegt kein eindeutiger Konsens darüber vor, wo ein gemeinsamer Nenner zu Syrien gefunden werden kann.


For the last decade, it has been one Africa's most stable nations, a solid Western ally with a fast-growing economy.

In den letzten zehn Jahren war es eines der stabilsten Länder Afrikas, ein solider Verbündeter des Westens mit einer schnell wachsenden Wirtschaft.


On the flip side, 47 percent of Republican voters say they would be "dissatisfied" or "upset" if establishment favorite Jeb Bush becomes the nominee.

Auf der anderen Seite sagen 47 Prozent der republikanischen Wähler, dass sie "unzufrieden" oder "verärgert" wären, wenn Jeb Bush, der Favorit des Establishments, der Kandidat würde.


He is expected to be charged with failing to stop at an accident, failing to render assistance, and other traffic offences.

Er wird voraussichtlich wegen Fahrerflucht und unterlassener Hilfeleistung und wegen anderer Verkehrsdelikte angeklagt werden.


They live in the north of Munich, in one of the few decentralised accommodation centres in Bavaria for refugee women and their children who have made the journey alone.

Sie leben im Münchner Norden in einer der wenigen dezentralen Unterkünfte für alleingeflüchtete Frauen und ihre Kinder in Bayern.


"It's highly concentrated alcohol," Dr. Stephen Thornton, medical director of the poison control center at University of Kansas Hospital, told Fox 4 in Kansas City.

"Es ist höchst konzentrierter Alkohol", erzählte Dr. Stephen Thornton, medizinischer Direktor des Giftnotrufzentrums im Krankenhaus der Universität von Kansas, dem Sender Fox 4 in Kansa City.


The two-time champions will have to face up to the defeated Cup finalists and reigning Europa League champions without Neymar, who is playing in the Olympic football tournament for Brazil.

Der Doublegewinner muss im Kräftemessen mit dem unterlegenen Cupfinalisten und regierenden Europa-League-Champion unter anderen auf Neymar verzichten, der mit Brasilien das olympische Fußball-Turnier bestreitet.


"The bomb attacks bear the same signature," said Army General Danai Kritmethavee to journalists early on Friday morning.

"Die Bombenattentate tragen dieselbe Handschrift", sagte Armeegeneral Danai Kritmethavee Freitagfrüh vor Journalisten.


"I'm not saying that we should stop our tests," he went on to explain.

"Ich sage nicht, dass hier die Kontrollen eingestellt werden sollen", erklärte er weiter.


Liu Hong (20km walking, China): The world record holder and favourite to win gold tested positive as far back as May, but will still be on the start line in Rio.

Liu Hong (20 km Gehen, China): Die Weltrekordlerin und Goldfavoritin wurde erst im Mai positiv getestet, darf aber trotzdem in Rio starten.


Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, remains under the control of the Islamic State.

Mossul, zweitgrößte Stadt des Irak, bleibt weiterhin unter der Kontrolle des Islamischen Staates.


On Thursday night, Bam opened the scoring in the first half with a backhand shot from close in.

Am Donnerstagabend eröffnete Bam den Torreigen in der ersten Hälfte des Spiels mit einem Rückhandschlag aus dem Nahbereich.


When she came home, he stabbed her twice.

Als diese in die Wohnung kam, stach er zweimal auf sie ein.


What we don't know is how long all of that will take and how long it will last.

Was wir nicht wissen ist, wie lange das alles dauern und wie lange es anhalten wird.


But instead of famous naked people, they're setting out to find the next generation of top models for their 2017 NU Muses calendar.

Aber anstelle berühmter nackter Menschen möchten sie für ihren NU Muses Kalendar für 2017 die nächste Generation von Topmodels finden.


But apparently there are problems with obtaining approval.

Doch gibt es offenbar Probleme mit der Genehmigung.


However, the largest challenge and most difficult shift was when the pipe broke on the Kirchlauter elevated tank on 3 January one year.

Die größte Herausforderung und der schwierigste Einsatz waren aber der Rohrbruch am Hochbehälter bei Kirchlauter an einem 3. Januar.


He doesn't tell me what to write, and I wouldn't do it even if he did.

Er sagt mir nicht, was ich zu schreiben habe, und ich würde es nicht tun, selbst wenn er es tun würde.


Swiss-based mining giant Glencore, hit by collapsing commodities prices, on Wednesday raised $2.5 billion via a shares sale as part of its vast debt-slashing plan.

Der in der Schweiz ansässige Bergbau-Riese Glencore, der von einstürzenden Rohstoffpreisen betroffen ist, sammelte am Mittwoch 2,5 Milliarden $ durch einen Aktienverkauf als Teil seines riesigen Schuldentilgungsplans.


Marcus Gildner (44) studied microsystems technology in Regensburg and initially worked in environmental analysis.

Markus Gildner (44) studierte Mikrosystemtechnik in Regensburg und beschäftigte sich zunächst mit Umweltanalysen.


This is the highest value in years (since June 2012) and the first one above zero since October of last year when a positive 0.2% was posted.

Dies ist der höchste Wert (seit Juni 2012) und der erste über Null seit Oktober letzten Jahres, als positive 0,2 % verbucht wurden.


The association is expecting output to increase over the next few months thanks to an improved situation in terms of orders.

Der Verband rechnet in den kommenden Monaten dank einer verbesserten Auftragslage mit einem steigenden Ausstoß.


True, journalists are permitted to watch executions in America and because there are often more applications than seats available, a macabre lottery takes place to decide who will be chosen.

Es stimmt, dass Journalisten Hinrichtungen in den USA sehen dürfen, und da oft mehr Bewerbungen als Plätze zur Verfügung stehen, findet eine makabere Lotterie statt, um zu entscheiden, wer gewählt wird.


The Thai media also wanted to see a pattern in the attacks that was typical of Islamic separatists in the south of the country.

Auch thailändische Medien wollten bei den Anschlägen ein Muster erkennen, das für die Bombenattentate muslimischer Separatisten im Süden des Landes typisch ist.


Here are the different ways to send in your contributions:

Hier sind die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten, Ihre Beiträge zu senden:


When talks over the TTIP free trade agreement can be concluded was still unclear on Wednesday.

Wann die Gespräche über das Freihandelsabkommen TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) abgeschlossen werden können, blieb am Mittwoch weiter unklar.


Now the plans for a new holiday home development on the Kleines Meer near Emden are in the open.

Nun liegen die Pläne für eine neue Ferienhaussiedlung am Kleinen Meer nahe Emden auf dem Tisch.


On the "Piazza Martin Lutreo" he is now recognised as the "German theologian of the Reformation".

Auf der "Piazza Martin Lutero" wird er jetzt als "Deutscher Theologe der Reformation" gewürdigt.


But I believe there is a strong probability that he is not guilty of murder.

Aber ich glaube, dass eine starke Wahrscheinlichkeit besteht, dass er nicht des Mordes schuldig ist.


Since 2015, according to Vitronic, the trailer has been tested in various federal states and is now also used in them.

Seit 2015 wird der Trailer nach Angaben von Vitronic in verschiedenen Bundesländern getestet und mittlerweile auch eingesetzt.


"Without Timo we have the disadvantage of no longer being the clear favourites," declared individual European champion Dimitrij Ovcharov.

"Ohne Timo ist das Nachteil, wir sind jetzt nicht mehr so ein klarer Favorit", erklärte Einzel-Europameister Dimitrij Ovtcharov.


The shooting stars are the Perseids: some of the quickest shooting stars, travelling at 216000 kilometres an hour.

Bei den Sternschuppen handelt es sich um Perseiden, die mit 216000 Kilometern pro Stunde zu den schnellsten Sternschnuppen gehören.


United States' Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday.

Die Amerikanerinnen Simone Biles turnt auf dem Schwebebalken während des Einzelmehrkampffinales der Frauen im Kunstturnen bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen in Rio de Janeiro 2016, Brasilien, Donnerstag.


Britten went first completing the challenge on time, making him the first-ever athlete to complete American Ninja Warrior's grueling stage 4, however, Caldiero finished the challenge a full three seconds faster making him the winner.

Britten beendete die Aufgabe innerhalb der Zeit, womit er der erste Athlet war, der die anstrengende Phase 4 von American Ninja Warrior vollendete. Jedoch beendete Caldiero diese Herausforderung volle drei Sekunden schneller, was ihn zum Sieger machte.


And, we will do so again by creating opportunities for local people and firms close to Heathrow.

Und das werden wieder erreichen, indem wir für Ortsansässige und Firmen in der Nähe von Heathrow neue Möglichkeiten schaffen.


These celebrities are not relatives of famous people, or reality stars, or kids these days who know how to make a good Snapchat video (although Jenner is all of these things).

Diese Berühmtheiten sind nicht mit berühmten Personen verwandt oder Reality Stars oder Jugendliche von heute, die wissen, wie man ein gutes Snapchat-Video dreht (auch wenn davon alles auf Jenner zutrifft).


It's not a big meeting, it's not a Royal Ascot - it's a mundane Friday night with 20,000 people.

Es ist kein großes Treffen, es ist nicht Royal Ascot - es ist ein banaler Freitag abend mit 20.000 Leuten.


Olympics: Brazen cheating in doping tests

Olympia: Dreister Betrug bei Doping-Test


The Bieber building: their idol, whose face appears on huge numbers of posters in Szczecin, has been staying here since Monday evening.

Der Bieber-Bau: Hier wohnt ihr Idol, dessen Poster zuhauf in Stettin hängen, seit Montagabend.


Experts believe shoppers could be holding off making purchases ahead of the event, which takes place on the last Friday in November .

Experten glauben, dass Käufer ihre Einkäufe vor diesem Ereignis, das jeweils am letzten Freitag im November stattfindet, zurückhalten.


"And also, Radio 3's commitment to finding new music and commissioning new works I think is also really important," he said.

"Und das Engagement von Radio 3, neue Musik zu finden und neue Werke in Auftrag zu geben, halte ich auch wirklich für wichtig", sagte er.


Managing Director of the postal service Jürgen Gerdes said that there was always demand from tradesmen.

Post-Vorstand Jürgen Gerdes hatte gesagt, es gebe immer wieder Nachfragen, etwa von Handwerkern.


The border with Croatia, as the external border to the Schengen area, is however already heavily controlled.

Die Grenze mit Kroatien sei als Außengrenze des Schengenraums hingegen bereits stark kontrolliert.


With reference to his "flabby stomach", the British tabloid "The Sun" mocked his "Dad Bod".

In Anlehnung an einen "Wohlstandsbauch" machte sich das englische Boulevardblatt "The Sun" mit "Dad Bod" über ihn lustig.


Related: Manchester United suffer Luke Shaw blow in defeat at PSV

Hierauf bezogen: Manchester United erleidet den Verlust von Luke Shaw bei der Niederlage beim PSV


No, not in the Otmar Alt Bible, which has now been issued with magnificent pictures.

Nein, nicht bei der Otmar-Alt-Bibel, die jetzt mit prächtigen Bildern erschienen ist.


Despite this, he believes they are achievable, and is not demanding anything that has no chance with the coalition partner.

Er halte dies trotzdem für zumutbar und fordere auch nichts, was beim Koalitionspartner ohnehin keine Chancen habe.


In large towns over the last few years, the number of square metres per head has decreased for the first time.

In den Großstädten sei die Zahl der Quadratmeter pro Kopf in den vergangenen Jahren erstmalig wieder gesunken.


After the official part, the illustrious gathering wandered to the show-jumping stadium, where the Lavazza Prize was underway.

Nach dem offiziellen Teil wanderte die illustre Gesellschaft ins Springstadion, wo der Lavazza-Preis lief.


Lord Paul Deighton is chairman of the Heathrow Board and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury

Lord Paul Deighton ist Vorsitzender des Heathrow Boards und ehemaliger Commercial Secretary to the Treasury


The third driver noticed too late and tried unsuccessfully to swerve left at the last moment, according to police.

Der dritte Fahrer bemerkte es zu spät und versuchte vergeblich, im letzten Moment nach links auszuweichen, wie die Polizei mitteilte.


Officials said 158 people remain in hospital.

Beamte sagten, dass 158 Menschen im Krankenhaus bleiben.


But that does not mean that it will be impossible to reach a compromise.

Was aber nicht heißt, dass nicht doch noch ein Kompromiss gefunden werden kann.


FC Eintracht Bamberg moved into the last 16 with their victory against district league no. 1 FC Oberhaid (3:1) and at home against regional league no. 1 FC Schweinfurt 05 (3:2).

In die Runde der letzten 16 Mannschaften zog der FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 durch Siege beim Bezirksligisten 1. FC Oberhaid (3:1) und zu Hause gegen den Regionalligisten 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (3:2) ein.


Hemoglobin A1c is best kept below 7 percent, the researchers write.

Hämoglobin A1c wird am besten unter 7 Prozent gehalten, schreiben die Forscher.


Intercultural journey: Cultural programme for schools

Interkulturelle Reise: Kulturangebote für Schulen


They're spinning as fast as they ever will.


Both Clinton and Trump want to invest in infrastructure and prevent the TTP trade agreement.

In Infrastruktur investieren und das Handelsabkommen TTP verhindern - das wollen sowohl Clinton als auch Trump.


Due to the slump in the housing market, young adults of necessity live longer in "Hotel Mama".

Junge Erwachsene blieben wegen der Flaute auf dem Wohnungsmarkt unfreiwillig länger im "Hotel Mama".


Illegal torture equipment - right on your doorstep!

Illegale Foltergeräte - direkt vor Ihrer Haustür!


On Monday evening, a good week after start of the programme, €184 million – more than half of the around €300 million which had been made available – had already been requested.

Eine gute Woche nach dem Start war am Montagabend mit 184 Millionen Euro bereits mehr als die Hälfte der zur Verfügung stehenden rund 300 Millionen Euro abgerufen worden.


She missed out on the 2008 Olympics when she did not make the cut for the final roster.

Sie verpasste die Olympiade im Jahr 2008, da sie sich nicht für den Kader qualifizieren konnte.


Researchers said the worms demonstrate the power of a new procedure, dubbed sonogenetics, in which ultrasound can be used to activate a range of brain, heart and muscle cells from outside the body.

Die Forscher sagten, die Würmer zeigten die Macht eines neuen Verfahrens, genannt Sonogenetics, bei dem Ultraschall verwendet werden kann, um eine Reihe von Gehirn-, Herz- und Muskel-Zellen außerhalb des Körpers zu aktivieren.


It's still to early to say whether mildly obese people with diabetes live longer after weight loss surgery than those who receive non-surgical treatments, however.

Es ist noch zu früh, um zu sagen, ob leicht übergewichtige Menschen mit Diabetes nach der Gewichtsverlustchirurgie länger leben als diejenigen, die nicht-chirurgische Behandlungen erhalten.


Swansea striker Michu, linked with Celtic during the transfer window, has dropped hints that he could retire when his contract with the Swans is up.

Swansea-Stürmer Michu, mit Celtic während der Transfer-Periode im Gespräch, hat angedeutet, dass er sich zurückziehen könne, wenn sein Vertrag bei den Swans ausläuft.


Annika Deuschle has been the Commissioner for Refugees for Urbach since July.

Seit Juli ist Annika Deuschle die Flüchtlingsbeauftragte für Urbach.


Although Bayern is used to playing a dominant game, Piraeus were able to needle them.

Obwohl die Bayern ihr gewohnt dominantes Spiel aufzogen, konnte Piräus Nadelstiche setzen.


Photo Mr. Rodriguez said he wanted to experiment and introduced new ingredients to the menu.

Foto Rodriguez sagte, er wollte experimentieren und neue Zutaten in das Menü aufnehmen.


The German Secretary of State for the Economy, Matthias Machnig (SPD), on the other hand, referred to the plans as major progress.

Der deutsche Wirtschaftsstaatssekretär Matthias Machnig (SPD) bezeichnete die Pläne hingegen als großen Fortschritt.


On the contrary: depending on the respective themes, they can appear to be thoroughly gloomy.

Im Gegenteil: Den jeweiligen Themen angepasst, kann das durchaus recht düster wirken.


Because of this, Alhay does not want to reveal how much meat and how many potatoes the spit holds.

Wie viel Fleisch und wie viel Kartoffeln der Spieß enthält, will Alhay deshalb nicht verraten.


However, some have been affected more than others.

Allerdings sind manche mehr und manche weniger betroffen.


There are couples in their 70s, tourists taking photos, teenage boys and middle-aged women.

Es gibt Paare um die 70, Touristen, die Fotos machen, Teenagejungs und Frauen mittleren Alters.


8 Poll Numbers That Show Donald Trump Is For Real

8 Umfragewerte, die zeigen, dass Donald Trump ernst zu nehmen ist.


Burberry shares were 0.9% higher following encouraging news from rival luxury goods group Richemont.

Burberry-Aktien waren nach ermutigenden Nachrichten vom Konkurrenz-Konzern für Luxusgüter Richemont 0,9 % höher.


An open, industrial loft in DTLA gets a cozy makeover

Eine offene Industrieloft in DTLA erhält eine gemütliches Makeover


Norris is 1-1 in four starts with the Tigers since being acquired in a trade for LHP David Price on July 30.

Norris mit 1-1 bei vier Starts mit den Tigers, seitdem er im Austausch mit LHP David Price am 30. Juli erworben wurde


Professional thieves at Dusseldorf airport

Professionelle Diebe am Flughafen Düsseldorf


Chilli-powder condoms, firecrackers boost Tanzania elephant protection

Kondome mit Chilipuder, Feuerwerkskörper fördern Tanzanias Elefantenschutz


It is true that evolutionary biologists had long thought that Greenland sharks had been around for a very long time.

Zwar vermutete der Evolutionsbiologe schon lange, dass Grönlandhaie steinalt werden.


The presumed perpetrator then led the police to a canal in Rockenhausen, where the body was found.

Der mutmaßliche Täter führte die Polizei dann zu einem Kanal in Rockenhausen, wo die Leiche gefunden wurde.


Rodriguez paid this back in terms of playing performance long ago.

Als Spieler zahlte es Rodriguez lange Zeit mit Leistung zurück.


And some are holding out for an implosion.

Und manche warten auf einen Zusammenbruch.


McInnes said: "There's not a team out there who has won anything, whether it's cups or leagues, who haven't won games like that."

McInnes sagte: "Es gibt keine Mannschaft, die alles gewonnen hat, in Pokalspielen oder Ligen, die Spiele dieser Art auch mal nicht gewonnen haben."


Man kann es mit seinen Kollegen gewinnen.


Travellers negotiate trench, return to 'Millionaire's row'

Reisende verhandeln über einen Graben und kehren zurück zur 'Millionärs-Reihe'


Some of the West Midlands' wealthiest homeowners are again at loggerheads with determined travellers who have negotiated a council-dug trench to reclaim a field outside their mansions.

Einige der wohlhabendsten Hausbesitzer der West Midlands stehen wieder mit einigen entschlossenen Reisenden auf Kriegsfuß, die einen von der Gemeinde gezogenen Graben ausgehandelt haben, um ein Feld vor ihren Herrenhäusern zurückzufordern.


The travellers have parked their 20 caravans in a field outside a prosperous street of Solihull dubbed 'millionaire's row'.

Die Reisenden haben ihre 20 Wohnwagen auf einem Feld außerhalb einer wohlhabenden Straße von Solihull geparkt, die die "Millionärs-Reihe" genannt wird.


Bringing horses, babies and an army of vans, they have returned after being kicked out only in May, undeterred by a moat dug by the council to prevent their incursions.

Sie haben Pferde, Babys und eine Armee von Transportern mitgebracht, nachdem sie erst im Mai herausgeworfen wurden, ohne jedoch von einem vom Rat ausgegrabenen Graben abgeschreckt worden zu sein, um ihre Einfälle zu verhindern.


The tactful group found a gap in the defences, squeezing their vehicles though a section left unbarricaded to accommodate a pathway.

Die taktvolle Gruppe fand eine Lücke in den Verteidigungsanlagen und drückte ihre Fahrzeuge durch einen Abschnitt, der unbehindert blieb, um einen Weg zu finden.


Furious residents have savaged Solihull Council saying it was 'useless at dealing with the problem'.

Wütende Bewohner haben den Rat von Solihull bedrängt, der sagte, dass es "nutzlos sei, sich mit dem Problem zu befassen".


One anonymous resident said: 'They moved there on Monday night after being moved on from Bentley Heath where they were throwing rocks at passers by.

Ein anonymer Bewohner sagte: "Sie sind am Montagabend dorthin gezogen, nachdem sie von Bentley Heath weitergeschickt wurden, wo sie Steine auf die Passanten geworfen haben.


The council needs to be shamed into action as they are useless at dealing with the problem.

Der Rat muss durch Scham zur Umsetzung in die Tat gezwungen werden, da er beim Umgang mit dem Problem nutzlos war.


The travellers were there in May, were moved on and now they are back again.

Die Reisenden waren im Mai dort, wurden weiterbewegt und sind jetzt wieder zurück.


More arrived last night, probably even more today.'

Mehr kamen gestern Abend an, wahrscheinlich heute noch mehr."


She added: 'Birmingham council knows how to deal with this by getting long injunctions to protect their parks.

Sie fügte hinzu: "Der Rat von Birmingham weiß, wie man damit umgeht, indem man lange Unterweisungen hält, um ihre Parks zu schützen.


I live on Streetsbrook road and I'm not happy to continue paying my council tax when the council can't even stop this.'

Ich wohne auf der Streetsbrook Road und ich bin nicht glücklich, weiterhin meine Gemeindesteuer zu bezahlen, wenn der Rat das nicht einmal stoppen kann."


One local resident who did not wish to be named said: 'It is ridiculous, we have only just seen the last round of these travellers leaving, only to be blighted by another round.

Ein Anwohner, der nicht genannt werden wollte, sagte: "Es ist lächerlich, wir haben gerade erst die letzte Runde dieser Reisenden gesehen, nur um von einer anderen Runde geplündert zu werden.


The numbers have increased this time and a horse has even been seen grazing on the parkland.'

Die Zahlen haben sich diesmal erhöht und man hat sogar ein Pferd im Parkbereich gesehen."


A spokeswoman for Solihull Council said: 'We are aware of an unauthorised encampment on land off Streetsbrook Road and working alongside Solihull Police, we are undertaking the necessary legal actions to move them on as quickly as possible.

Eine Sprecherin des Rates von Solihull sagte: "Wir sind uns eines unbefugten Lagers auf dem Land jenseits der Streetsbrook Road bewusst und arbeiten mit der Polizei von Solihulls zusammen. Wir ergreifen die notwendigen rechtlichen Schritte, damit sie so schnell wie möglich weiterziehen.


To support our evidence gathering it is very important that as many local residents as possible report any anti-social or criminal behaviour to the police by calling 101.

Um unsere Beweissammlung zu unterstützen, ist es sehr wichtig, dass möglichst viele Anwohner ein anti-soziales oder kriminelles Verhalten bei der Polizei melden, indem sie 101 anrufen.


This helps build a picture of the situation for the court to consider when we present our case to them.'

Dies trägt dazu bei, ein Bild von der Situation zu schaffen, in der das Gericht prüfen muss, wann wir unseren Fall vorlegen."


The former Hotel Birkenhof is being turned into the Waldhotel Luise.

Aus dem ehemaligen Hotel Birkenhof wird das Waldhotel Luise.


The house just outside Freudenstadt is currently being renovated and should be opened again on 1st March next year.

Das Haus vor den Toren von Freudenstadts wird derzeit renoviert und soll am 1. März nächsten Jahres wieder eröffnet werden.


Das sind gute Nachrichten für die Stadt.


For when the Hotel Birkenhof was closed by former operating company Ambiente Betriebsgesellschaft mbH on 13th April 2014, at the time around 30,000 overnight stays per year were lost, and with that, the income from the visitors' taxes.

Denn mit der Schließung des Hotels Birkenhof durch die damalige Ambiente Betriebsgesellschaft mbH zum 13. April 2014 gingen seinerzeit rund 30 000 Übernachtungen pro Jahr verloren und auch Einnahmen durch die Kurtaxe.


In the autumn of 2014, in the face of dramatically increasing numbers of refugees who were coming into the rural district, the hotel building was offered to the district administration as collective housing, which sparked controversial discussions.

Im Herbst 2014 wurde angesichts dramatisch steigender Zahlen von Flüchtlingen, die in den Landkreis kamen, das Hotelgebäude dem Landratsamt als Sammelunterkunft angeboten, was für kontroverse Diskussionen sorgte.


The city prevented the accommodation of asylum seekers by preparing development plans to secure the area as a hotel location.

Die Stadt verhinderte die Unterbringung von Asylbewerbern durch die Aufstellung eines Bebauungsplans, um das Gebiet als Hotelstandort zu sichern.


The decision passed in the municipal council back then without controversy.

Die Entscheidung war damals im Gemeinderat nicht unumstritten.


Yet Freudenstadt's lord mayor, Julian Osswald, in particular, defended the hotel location and already back then spoke of serious interested parties in the establishment.

Doch vor allem Freudenstadts Oberbürgermeister Julian Osswald verteidigte den Hotelstandort und sprach schon damals von ernstzunehmenden Interessenten an dem Haus.


The Luisenhotels Group, with Managing Director Birgit Scherer, based in Bad Bergzabern, acquired the former Hotel Birkenhof at a voluntary auction in Berlin and wants to return it to being an establishment in the three-stars-or-more category, under the name Waldhotel Luise.

Die Gruppe Luisenhotels mit Geschäftsführerin Birgit Scherer mit Sitz in Bad Bergzabern hat das ehemalige Hotel Birkenhof bei einer freiwilligen Versteigerung in Berlin erworben und will es wieder zu einem Haus der Drei-Sterne-Plus-Kategorie unter dem Namen Waldhotel Luise machen.


The group has four establishments including the Freudenstadt property.

Die Gruppe hat mit dem Freudenstädter Objekt vier Häuser.


Two of them are in Bad Bergzabern, and one is in Bad Herrenalb.

Zwei davon in Bad Bergzabern und eins in Bad Herrenalb.


They are called Hotel Luise, Luisenpark, Parkhotel Luise and, now, Waldhotel Luise.

Sie heißen Hotel Luise, Luisenpark, Parkhotel Luise und jetzt Waldhotel Luise.


There has been a skip standing in front of the entrance to the former Hotel Birkenhof for a long time now, and when you enter the building, it becomes clear just how extensive the refurbishment works are that are being undertaken.

Am früheren Hotel Birkenhof stehen schon seit längerer Zeit Bauschuttcontainer vor dem Eingang, und wenn man das Haus betritt, wird deutlich, welch umfangreiche Renovierungsarbeiten vorgenommen werden.


The floors have been ripped out, ceilings partly dismantled, old bath tubs taken out of the rooms.

Die Böden wurden herausgerissen, Decken zum Teil abgebaut, alte Badewannen aus den Zimmern entfernt.


The entire hotel building is one big construction site.

Das gesamte Hotelgebäude ist eine einzige Baustelle.


There is still a lot to do before March.


"It is truly a beautiful hotel," says Thomas Scherer in conversation with our paper.

"Es ist eigentlich ein schönes Hotel", sagt Thomas Scherer im Gespräch mit unserer Zeitung.


Everything is to be redone in the Black Forest style.

Alles soll im Schwarzwaldstil erneuert werden.


The rooms are being kitted out with large, walk-in showers, the entrance foyer is being revamped, new windows are being installed.

Die Zimmer werden mit großen begehbaren Duschen ausgestattet, der Eingangsbereich wird umgestaltet, es werden neue Fenster eingebaut.


Everything should later become "beautifully in touch with the people", is how Thomas Scherer expressed it.

Alles solle später "schön bürgernah" werden, wie sich Thomas Scherer ausdrückt.


"Wir wollen ein Schmuckstück draus machen."


Swimming pool, wellness area and a meeting room are part of the facilities.

Schwimmbad, Wellnessbereich und ein Tagungsraum gehören zu der Ausstattung.


One doesn't want to position oneself at the high level of the hotels in Lauterbad, but still at an elevated downtown level, stressed Scherer.

Man wolle sich nicht auf dem hohen Niveau der Hotels in Lauterbad positionieren, doch schon auf einem gehobenen Innenstadt-Niveau, betont Scherer.


The Waldhotel Luise, with its roughly 60 rooms, wants to set itself up for a broad audience, explains Scherer further.

Das Waldhotel Luise mit seinen etwa 60 Zimmern wolle sich breit aufstellen, erläutert Scherer weiter.


Individual holiday-makers, groups, and business people, should all feel at home in the hotel.

Sowohl einzelne Urlauber, Gruppen oder Geschäftsleute sollen sich in dem Hotel wohlfühlen.


Scherer said that he had already had conversations with Lord Mayor Julian Osswald and Director of Tourism Michael Krause.

Gespräche mit OB Julian Osswald und Tourismusdirektor Michael Krause habe er schon geführt, so Scherer.


The city's expectations are said to be in line with those of the hotel group.

Die Vorstellungen der Stadt seien deckungsgleich mit denen der Hotel-Gruppe.


Asked about the level of investments, Thomas Scherer doesn't want to commit himself precisely.

Nach der Höhe der Investitionen gefragt, will sich Thomas Scherer nicht genau festlegen.


A little under a million euros, he reckons.

Knapp unter einer Million Euro, rechnet er.


The outside facilities are also being revamped – that can already be seen.

Auch die Außenanlagen werden auf Vordermann gebracht, das ist bereits deutlich sichtbar.


In an inner courtyard, a large terrace is taking shape, which will be accessible from the restaurant, which is public.

In einem Innenhof entsteht eine große Terrasse, die vom Restaurant, das öffentlich ist, zugänglich sein wird.


Thomas Scherer is optimistic: "Freudenstadt is a good market."

Thomas Scherer ist optimistisch: "Freudenstadt ist ein guter Markt".


Russia affair: US Special Counsel convenes grand jury

Russland-Affäre: US-Sonderermittler setzt Grand Jury ein


In the Russia affair surrounding US President Donald Trump, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is said to have convened a so-called grand jury, according to one report.

In der Russland-Affäre um US-Präsident Donald Trump soll Sonderermittler Robert Mueller nach einem Bericht eine sogenannte Grand Jury eingesetzt haben.


The panel started work in recent weeks, wrote the "Wall Street Journal", relying on sources intimately acquainted with the matter.

Das Gremium habe in den vergangenen Wochen die Arbeit aufgenommen, schrieb das "Wall Street Journal" unter Berufung auf mit der Sache vertraute Personen.


The newspaper judged the step to be a sign that Mueller has broadened and intensified his investigations.

Die Zeitung wertete den Schritt als Zeichen, dass Mueller seine Ermittlungen ausgeweitet und intensiviert habe.


The broadcaster CNN reported that the panel has already issued its first subpoenas in connection with a meeting between Trump's oldest son and a Russian lawyer.

Der Sender CNN berichtete, es gebe bereits erste Vorladungen des Gremiums im Zusammenhang mit einem Treffen zwischen Trumps ältestem Sohn und einer russischen Anwältin.


US secret service has long been accusing the Kremlin of purposefully interfering in the 2016 presidential election campaign.

US-Geheimdienste beschuldigen den Kreml seit längerem, sich gezielt in den Präsidentschaftswahlkampf 2016 eingemischt zu haben.


Mueller is investigating whether there was any collusion between Trump's campaign team and Moscow.

Mueller untersucht, ob es dabei Absprachen zwischen Trumps Wahlkampfteam und Moskau gab.


Several men who acted as Republican advisers during the election campaign are said to stand at the centre of the investigations.

Im Fokus der Ermittlungen sollen mehrere Männer stehen, die im Wahlkampf als Berater des Republikaners agierten.


According to reports, Mueller has been subjecting Trump's private and business circles to more and more scrutiny.

Berichten zufolge nahm Mueller auch mehr und mehr Trumps privates und geschäftliches Umfeld unter die Lupe.


The "Washington Post" wrote a few weeks ago that the Special Counsel has personally shifted the centre of focus onto Trump and is investigating the charge of whether or not the President could have obstructed the course of justice during the affair.

Die "Washington Post" schrieb vor einigen Wochen, dass der Sonderermittler Trump persönlich ins Zentrum gerückt habe und den Vorwurf untersuche, ob der Präsident im Zuge der Affäre möglicherweise die Justiz behindert habe.


It is the main task of the grand jury to review the available evidence in cases of possible felonies and to decide whether charges should be brought.

Die Hauptaufgabe von Grand Jurys ist es, vorliegende Beweise in möglichen Verbrechensfällen zu prüfen und zu entscheiden, ob Anklage erhoben werden soll.


Grand juries are for this reason also called prosecution chambers.

Grand Jurys werden daher auch Anklagekammern genannt.


They are usually engaged for major and controversial cases.

Zumeist werden sie eingeschaltet, wenn es sich um größere und kontroverse Fälle handelt.


The procedure always takes place behind closed doors.

Das Verfahren erfolgt stets hinter verschlossenen Türen.


The panel may also be engaged by the public prosecutor's office to subpoena people for questioning under oath.

Das Gremium kann zudem von der Staatsanwaltschaft eingeschaltet werden, um Personen zur Vernehmung unter Eid vorzuladen.


According to the broadcaster CNN, subpoenas have already been issued in relation to a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer.

Laut dem Sender CNN wurden bereits Vorladungen ausgestellt, die sich um die Begegnung zwischen Donald Trump Jr. und einer russischen Anwältin drehen.


People who had been involved in this meeting had been summoned to give evidence, the report said.

Personen, die an dem Treffen beteiligt waren, seien zu einer Aussage aufgefordert worden, hieß es in dem Bericht.


They were also supposed to make documents available.

Zudem sollten sie Dokumente bereitstellen.


In addition to Trump Jr., Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and his former campaign manager Paul Manafort were also present at the meeting.

Neben Trump Jr. waren auch Trumps Berater und Schwiegersohn Jared Kushner sowie sein damaliger Wahlkampfchef Paul Manafort bei dem Gespräch dabei.


Legal experts said on US television on Thursday evening that the convening shows that Mueller will not let himself be intimidated in his work and that he is willing to act quickly, should that be necessary.

Rechtsexperten sagten am Donnerstagabend im US-Fernsehen, dass die Einsetzung zeige, dass Mueller sich in seiner Arbeit nicht einschüchtern lasse und dass er, wenn es nötig sein sollte, schnell handeln wolle.


However, this does not necessarily mean that the grand jury is ultimately being engaged in order to decide whether to bring charges.

Es müsse aber nicht zwangsläufig heißen, dass die Grand Jury am Ende eingeschaltet werde, um über die Erhebung einer Anklage zu entscheiden.


Nevertheless, the convening of the panel signals the beginning of a new phase in the investigations and gives President Trump a new cause for concern.

Dennoch sei die Einsetzung des Gremiums der Beginn einer neuen Phase in den Untersuchungen und ein neuer Grund zur Besorgnis für Präsident Trump.


In the midst of these new revelations, the President took advantage of a speech in West Virginia on Thursday evening in order to portray the Russia affair as a campaign of his political opponents.

Inmitten der neuen Enthüllungen nutzte der Präsident am Donnerstagabend eine Rede in West Virginia, um die Russland-Affäre als Kampagne seiner politischen Gegner darzustellen.


"The Russia story is a total fabrication," said Trump.

"Die Russland-Geschichte ist eine totale Erfindung", sagte Trump.


He said the subject gives Democrats an opportunity "to feel better when they have nothing else to talk about."

Das Thema gebe den Demokraten eine Möglichkeit, "sich gut zu fühlen, weil sie nichts anderes haben, über das sie reden können".


His special adviser Ty Cobb explained in a statement that he knew nothing about the convening of a grand jury.

Sein Sonderberater Ty Cobb erklärte in einer Stellungnahme, er wisse nichts von der Einsetzung einer Grand Jury.


But it usually operates in secret, he stressed.

Diese arbeite aber auch üblicherweise im Geheimen, betonte er.


The White House supports any measures that speed up the work of the Special Counsel in a "fair" way.

Das Weiße Haus befürworte jegliche Maßnahmen, die die Arbeit des Sonderermittlers auf "faire" Weise beschleunigten.


Former head of the FBI James Comey said three times that the President was not under investigation, he said.

Der frühere FBI-Chef James Comey habe drei Mal gesagt, dass nicht gegen den Präsidenten ermittelt werde.


There is no reason to presume that anything has changed, his statement continued.

Man habe keinen Grund anzunehmen, dass sich daran etwas geändert habe, hieß es in der Erklärung weiter.


However, Mueller was only engaged after Trump had fired Comey.

Mueller war aber erst eingesetzt worden, nachdem Trump Comey gefeuert hatte.


Due to the sacking, accusations were raised that he wanted to obstruct the course of justice.

Wegen dieses Rauswurfs waren Vorwürfe gegen Trump laut geworden, er habe die Justiz behindern wollen.


Comey stated before a Senate committee in June that Trump had asked him to put an end to the investigations into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Comey sagte im Juni vor einem Senatsausschuss aus, Trump habe ihn um eine Einstellung der Ermittlungen gegen den damaligen nationalen Sicherheitsberater Michael Flynn gebeten.


The President was under a lot of pressure because of the investigation.

Der Präsident steht wegen der Untersuchung unter großem Druck.


As the US media portrays it, the White House gathered materials against the Special Counsel and his colleagues.

Nach Darstellung von US-Medien sammelte das Weiße Haus Material gegen den Sonderermittler und seine Mitarbeiter.


This gave rise to speculations about whether Trump wanted to dismiss Mueller.

Das löste Spekulationen darüber aus, ob Trump Mueller entlassen wolle.


Unlike an independent Special Counsel of Congress, such as, for example, in the Watergate scandal concerning President Richard Nixon, who later stepped down, Mueller is in a position where, in theory, he could be fired by the justice department if the President pushed for it.

Anders als ein unabhängiger Sonderermittler des Kongresses wie etwa in der Watergate-Affäre um den später zurückgetretenen Präsidenten Richard Nixon, hat Mueller eine Position, in der er theoretisch auf Drängen des Präsidenten vom Justizministerium gefeuert werden könnte.


However, various senators, from both parties, want to avoid such a move.

Mehrere Senatoren beider Parteien wollen einem solchen Schritt aber vorbeugen.


Two groups of Republican and Democratic senators proposed draft legislation on Thursday that would make it no longer so easy for the Special Counsel to be dismissed.

Zwei Gruppen von republikanischen und demokratischen Senatoren stellten am Donnerstag Gesetzentwürfe vor, nach denen der Sonderermittler nicht mehr so einfach entlassen werden könnte.


Antarctica: Gigantic iceberg drifts into the Antarctic

Antarktis: Gigantischer Eisberg treibt in der Antarktis


In the West Antarctic, a gigantic iceberg almost seven times the size of Berlin has detached from the ice shelf.

In der Westantarktis hat sich ein gigantischer Eisberg von der knapp siebenfachen Größe Berlins vom Schelfeis gelöst.


The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven communicated this on Wednesday.

Das teilte das Bremerhavener Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung am Mittwoch mit.


The over a trillion-ton-heavy and 5800-square-kilometre-big colossus is now drifting to the north and will probably need two or three years to melt.

Der über eine Billion Tonnen schwere und 5800 Quadratkilometer große Koloss treibe nun nach Norden und werde wohl zwei, drei Jahre brauchen, bis er geschmolzen sei.


With a length of 175 kilometres and a width of up to 50 kilometres, it is one of the largest ice giants that researchers have recorded in the last three decades.

Er ist mit 175 Kilometern Länge und einer Breite von bis zu 50 Kilometern einer der größten Eisgiganten, die Forscher in den vergangenen drei Jahrzehnten registriert haben.


Eine Gefahr für Menschen geht von ihm nicht aus.


The extent to which climate change had a part to play in the iceberg breaking off is unclear from the research scientists' findings.

Inwieweit der Klimawandel eine Rolle beim Abbruch des Eisberges gespielt hat, ist nach Forscherangaben unklar.


Nevertheless, altogether, there have been a series of unusual collapses of ice shelves in the region for around 30 years now, writes the US research centre for snow and ice (NSIDC) in a background fact report.

Insgesamt gebe es jedoch seit rund 30 Jahren eine Serie ungewöhnlicher Zusammenbrüche von Eisschelfen in der Region, schreibt das US-Forschungszentrum für Schnee und Eis (NSIDC) in einem Faktenhintergrund.


Many researchers believe this could be connected to global warming.

Nach Meinung vieler Forscher könne das mit der Erderwärmung zusammenhängen.


The now detached colossus was previously a part of the Larsen C ice shelf.

Der nun abgebrochene Koloss war bislang ein Teil vom Larsen-C-Schelfeis.


Shelf ice floats on the sea and is fed by large glaciers.

Schelfeis schwimmt auf dem Meer und wird von großen Gletschern gespeist.


It thereby grows out ever further into the sea and regularly breaks off.

Es wächst somit immer weiter ins Meer und bricht regelmäßig ab.


The Larsen C ice shelf is located south of South America, almost at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Das Larsen-C-Schelfeis liegt südlich von Südamerika fast an der Spitze der antarktischen Halbinsel.


The equilibrium between growing and breaking off became disrupted north of this ice shelf a few years ago.

Nördlich dieses Schelfeises war das Gleichgewicht von Wachsen und Abbrechen vor einigen Jahren gestört.


An entire ice shelf crumbled there, writes AWI researcher Daniela Jansen.

Ein komplettes Schelfeis sei dort zerfallen, schreibt AWI-Forscherin Daniela Jansen.


There is some evidence that the Larsen C ice shelf is in danger too, for the front edge has never retreated so far back as it currently is.

Es spreche einiges dafür, dass auch das Larsen-C-Schelfeis in Gefahr sei, denn die vordere Kante habe sich noch nie so weit zurückgezogen wie derzeit.


What is more, the ice sheet is under tension and could crumble if a piece breaks off at a key point.

Zudem stehe die Eisplatte unter Spannung und könne zerfallen, falls an einer Schlüsselstelle ein Stück abbreche.


The melting of shelf ice and icebergs do not raise sea water levels, since they float on the water and ice displaces as much water as it itself produces after melting.

Das Schmelzen von Schelfeis und Eisberg erhöht den Meeresspiegel nicht, da sie auf dem Wasser schwimmen und Eis so viel Wasser verdrängt, wie es nach dem Schmelzen selbst ergibt.


However, the loss of the ice shelf leads to the glaciers feeding directly into the sea, and being able to flow out much faster than before.

Allerdings führt der Verlust des Schelfeises dazu, dass die Gletscher direkt ins Meer münden und viel schneller abfließen können als vorher.


The could potentially raise sea water levels, though only to a small degree, writes the British research project for monitoring the Antarctic (Midas).

Das könnte den Meeresspiegel eventuell erhöhen, allerdings nur im geringem Maße, schreibt das britische Forschungsprojekt zur Beobachtung der Antarktis (Midas).


According to information from the AWI, the Larsen C ice shelf, at almost 50,000 square metres, is the fourth biggest ice shelf in Antarctica.

Das Larsen-C-Schelfeis ist nach AWI-Angaben mit fast 50 000 Quadratkilometern das viertgrößte Schelfeis der Antarktis.


It is up to 700 metres thick where it meets the mainland, and around 200 metres at the front edge to the open ocean.

Am Übergang vom Festland ist es bis zu 700 Meter dick, an der Vorderkante zum freien Ozean rund 200 Meter.


"Although this is a natural event, and we’re not aware of any direct link to climate change, this puts the ice sheet in a very vulnerable position," says Martin O'Leary from Britain's Swansea University.

"Obwohl es ein natürliches Geschehen ist und uns keinerlei direkte Verbindung zum Klimawandel bewusst ist, kommt das Eisschild nun in eine gefährdetere Position", sagte Martin O'Leary von der britischen Swansea University.


"This is the furthest back that it has been since records began," he also confirmed.

"Das ist der weiteste Rückzug seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen", bestätigte auch er.


There is disagreement among scientists as to whether the Larsen C ice shelf will now grow again or whether it is receding long term and possibly collapsing, said his colleague Adrian Luckman, adding: "Our models say it will be less stable."

Unter Wissenschaftlern sei umstritten, ob das Larsen-C-Schelfeis nun wieder wachsen werde oder langfristig zurückgehe und möglicherweise zusammenfalle, sagte sein Kollege Adrian Luckman und fügte hinzu: "Unsere Modelle sagen, dass es weniger stabil sein wird".


Aber diese Entwicklung werde Jahrzehnte dauern.


Even if these researchers do not attribute the break-off of this gigantic iceberg to climate change, nevertheless, very many ice shelfs in the Antarctic Peninsula have crumbled in recent decades.

Auch wenn diese Forscher den Abbruch dieses gigantischen Eisbergs nicht auf den Klimawandel zurückführen, so sind in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten doch sehr viele Eisschelfe der Antarktischen Halbinsel zerfallen.


This long tail of Antarctica stretches towards South America.

Dieser lange Zipfel der Antarktis erstreckt sich Richtung Südamerika.


According to data from the research programme the British Antarctic Survey, the ice surface area of the Antarctic Peninsula has declined by 28,000 square kilometres since the 1950s.

Nach Daten des Forschungsprogramms British Antarctic Survey ist die Eisfläche der Antarktischen Halbinsel seit den 1950er Jahren um 28 000 Quadratkilometer zurückgegangen.


The rise in temperatures has contributed to this decline.

Zum Rückgang habe der Temperaturanstieg beigetragen.


The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed up by around three degrees in the last 50 years and is amongst those areas where temperatures are rising most quickly.

Die Antarktische Halbinsel habe sich in den vergangen 50 Jahren um rund drei Grad erwärmt und zähle damit zu den Gebieten, in denen die Temperatur am schnellsten steige.


CDU want in-house wage agreement for staff


Since it is getter ever more difficult to fill the positions that become available, the CDU is calling for secession from the employers' association, so as to become more attractive.

Weil es immer schwieriger wird, frei werdende Stellen zu besetzen, fordert die CDU, aus dem Arbeitgeberverband auszutreten, um attraktiver zu werden.


Shortly before the Summer recess, the district assembly rubber-stamped 41 new posts in the administration.

Erst kurz vor der Sommerpause hat der Kreistag 41 neue Stellen in der Verwaltung durchgewinkt.


More than 1100 permanent staff members and officials work for the district administration in Mettmann.

Mehr als 1100 Angestellte und Beamte arbeiten für die Kreisverwaltung in Mettmann.


Now another 17 trainees once more have their first working day behind them.

Jetzt haben noch einmal 17 Auszubildende ihren ersten Arbeitstag hinter sich.


The apprenticeship positions at the district are apparently very coveted.

Die Lehrstellen beim Kreis sind offenbar sehr begehrt.


There were around 620 applications recorded for the places on offer this year.

Rund 620 Bewerbungen waren für die in diesem Jahr zu vergebenden Plätze zu verzeichnen.


However, the district is lacking additional personnel which it needs to overcome growing demands and duties.

Dennoch fehlt dem Kreis weiter Personal, um die gestiegenen Anforderungen und Aufgaben bewältigen zu können.


Currently there are 50 positions at the district of Mettmann that are still unfilled.

Derzeit gibt es beim Kreis Mettmann nach wie vor 50 nicht besetzte Stellen.


Sought after are, among others, doctors and engineers as well as general administrative staff.

Gesucht werden unter anderem Ärzte und Ingenieure sowie Kräfte der allgemeinen Verwaltung.


The CDU, together with the FDP and the UWG, now wants to seize the initiative in the district assembly and counter the dearth of skilled workers in the administration.

Die CDU möchte im Kreistag nun gemeinsam mit der FDP und der UWG die Initiative ergreifen und dem Fachkräftemangel in der Verwaltung entgegentreten.


The administration is to "work out a plan for acquiring and developing staff," in line with the wishes of the parties.

Die Verwaltung soll nach dem Wunsch der Parteien "ein Konzept zur Personalgewinnung und Personalentwicklung erarbeiten".


The plan is not only to satisfy short-term demand in skilled workers, but, with a view to the future, to counteract the shortage of applicants, it is reported.

Ziel ist es, nicht nur kurzfristige Bedarfe an Fachkräften zu decken, sondern zukunftsorientiert der Bewerberknappheit entgegenzuwirken, heißt es.


The entire concept should focus internally and externally, demonstrate concrete measures for lateral entry employees, and include a training offensive, demand the CDU, FDP and UWG.

Das Gesamtkonzept sollte sich nach innen und außen orientieren, konkrete Maßnahmen für Quereinsteiger aufzeigen und eine Ausbildungsoffensive beinhalten, fordern CDU, FDP und UWG.


Well that does sound like a good approach.

Das hört sich schon mal nach einem guten Ansatz an.


For the district has staffing problems, the likes of which it has not seen before.

Denn der Kreis hat es mit Personal-Problemen zu tun, die man früher so nicht kannte.


Other cities poach good officials and staff members and offer attractive conditions.

Andere Städte werben gute Beamte und Angestellte ab und bieten attraktivere Konditionen.


The talk is of a downright "contest between public employers".

Die Rede ist von einem regelrechten "Wettbewerb der öffentlichen Arbeitgeber".


In addition, a large number of employees are leaving service due to illness or age.

Dazu kommt eine hohe Zahl von Mitarbeitern, die krankheits- oder altersbedingt aus dem Dienst ausscheiden.


High time to act then, so that not even more positions remain unfilled.

Höchste Zeit zum Handeln also, damit nicht noch mehr Stellen unbesetzt bleiben.


Yet Klaus-Dieter Völker, parliamentary group leader of the CDU, is, with his party, going even beyond the joint request.

Doch Klaus-Dieter Völker, Fraktionschef der CDU, geht mit seiner Partei noch über den gemeinsamen Antrag hinaus.


Just recently he caused a huge surprise in the district assembly when he publicly called the staff capping into question and startled the other parties.

Er sorgte unlängst schon im Kreistag für eine faustdicke Überraschung, als er die Personalkostendeckelung öffentlich in Frage stellte und die übrigen Parteien verblüffte.


Völker wants all avenues to be examined that enable a secession from the municipal employers' association.

Völker möchte, dass alle Möglichkeiten überprüft werden, die einen Austritt aus dem kommunalen Arbeitgeberverband ermöglichen.


"If we don't reach a satisfactory solution in the short term, the district administration should strive with the unions – perhaps also in collaboration with the district's towns – to secure an in-house wage agreement," said Völker.

"Falls wir hier nicht kurzfristig zu einer befriedigenden Lösung kommen, sollte die Kreisverwaltung mit den Gewerkschaften - vielleicht auch in Zusammenarbeit mit den kreisangehörigen Städten - einen Haustarif anstreben", so Völker.


The CDU are thereby attempting to pay the permanent staff and officials better than the pay-scale for public sector workers actually allows for.

Damit versucht die CDU, die Angestellten und Beamten besser zu bezahlen, als es die Tarifordnung für den Öffentlichen Dienst eigentlich vorsieht.


Salaries are currently prescribed exactly, and there are only raises or more money when moves into a more senior level, which is based on years experience.

Die Gehälter sind derzeit exakt vorgeschrieben, Erhöhungen oder mehr Geld gibt es nur, wenn man in eine höhere Stufe wechselt, die sich an Berufsjahren orientiert.


Yet the district's tasks have expanded more and more in recent years.

Doch die Aufgaben des Kreises sind in den vergangenen Jahren immer mehr gewachsen.


For the first time a few weeks ago, new premises had to be erected for staff to tackle the provisions of the new Prostitutes Protection Act.

Erst vor wenigen Wochen mussten neue Räume eingerichtet werden, in denen sich Angestellte um die Bestimmungen des neuen Prostituiertenschutzgesetzes kümmern.


Not least because of the growing number of applications for asylum, County Commissioner Thomas Hendele and District Director Martin Richter have a problem: they have too few staff.

Nicht zuletzt durch die steigende Zahl von Asylbewerbern haben Landrat Thomas Hendele und Kreisdirektor Martin Richter ein Problem: Sie haben zu wenig Personal.


"Even in purely non-religious terms, homosexuality represents a misuse of the sexual faculty.


It is a pathetic little second-rate substitute for reality -- a pitiable flight from life.


As such, it deserves no compassion, it deserves no treatment as minority martyrdom, and it deserves not to be deemed anything but a pernicious sickness."


That's from Time magazine in 1966, when I was three years old.


And last year, the president of the United States came out in favor of gay marriage.


And my question is, how did we get from there to here?


When I was perhaps six years old, I went to a shoe store with my mother and my brother.


And at the end of buying our shoes, the salesman said to us that we could each have a balloon to take home.


My brother wanted a red balloon, and I wanted a pink balloon.


My mother said that she thought I'd really rather have a blue balloon.


But I said that I definitely wanted the pink one.


And she reminded me that my favorite color was blue.


The fact that my favorite color now is blue, but I'm still gay -- -- is evidence of both my mother's influence and its limits.


When I was little, my mother used to say, "The love you have for your children is like no other feeling in the world.


And until you have children, you don't know what it's like."


And when I was little, I took it as the greatest compliment in the world that she would say that about parenting my brother and me.


And when I was an adolescent, I thought that I'm gay, and so I probably can't have a family.


And when she said it, it made me anxious.


And after I came out of the closet, when she continued to say it, it made me furious.


I said, "I'm gay. That's not the direction that I'm headed in.


About 20 years ago, I was asked by my editors at The New York Times Magazine to write a piece about deaf culture.


I had thought of deafness entirely as an illness.


They lacked hearing, and what could we do for them?


And then I went out into the deaf world.


I saw performances of deaf theater and of deaf poetry.


I even went to the Miss Deaf America contest in Nashville, Tennessee where people complained about that slurry Southern signing.


And as I plunged deeper and deeper into the deaf world, I become convinced that deafness was a culture and that the people in the deaf world who said, "We don't lack hearing, we have membership in a culture," were saying something that was viable.


It wasn't my culture, and I didn't particularly want to rush off and join it, but I appreciated that it was a culture and that for the people who were members of it, it felt as valuable as Latino culture or gay culture or Jewish culture.


It felt as valid perhaps even as American culture.


Then a friend of a friend of mine had a daughter who was a dwarf.


And when her daughter was born, she suddenly found herself confronting questions that now began to seem quite resonant to me.


She was facing the question of what to do with this child.


Should she say, "You're just like everyone else but a little bit shorter?"


Or should she try to construct some kind of dwarf identity, get involved in the Little People of America, become aware of what was happening for dwarfs?


And I suddenly thought, most deaf children are born to hearing parents.


Those hearing parents tend to try to cure them.


Those deaf people discover community somehow in adolescence.


Most gay people are born to straight parents.


Those straight parents often want them to function in what they think of as the mainstream world, and those gay people have to discover identity later on.


And here was this friend of mine looking at these questions of identity with her dwarf daughter.


And I thought, there it is again: A family that perceives itself to be normal with a child who seems to be extraordinary.


And I hatched the idea that there are really two kinds of identity.


There are vertical identities, which are passed down generationally from parent to child.


Those are things like ethnicity, frequently nationality, language, often religion.


Those are things you have in common with your parents and with your children.


And while some of them can be difficult, there's no attempt to cure them.


You can argue that it's harder in the United States -- our current presidency notwithstanding -- to be a person of color.


And yet, we have nobody who is trying to ensure that the next generation of children born to African-Americans and Asians come out with creamy skin and yellow hair.


There are these other identities which you have to learn from a peer group.


And I call them horizontal identities, because the peer group is the horizontal experience.


These are identities that are alien to your parents and that you have to discover when you get to see them in peers.


And those identities, those horizontal identities, people have almost always tried to cure.


And I wanted to look at what the process is through which people who have those identities come to a good relationship with them.


And it seemed to me that there were three levels of acceptance that needed to take place.


There's self-acceptance, there's family acceptance, and there's social acceptance.


And a lot of the time, people who have these conditions are very angry because they feel as though their parents don't love them, when what actually has happened is that their parents don't accept them.


Love is something that ideally is there unconditionally throughout the relationship between a parent and a child.


But acceptance is something that takes time.


One of the dwarfs I got to know was a guy named Clinton Brown.


When he was born, he was diagnosed with diastrophic dwarfism, a very disabling condition, and his parents were told that he would never walk, he would never talk, he would have no intellectual capacity, and he would probably not even recognize them.


And it was suggested to them that they leave him at the hospital so that he could die there quietly.


And his mother said she wasn't going to do it.


And even though she didn't have a lot of educational or financial advantages, she found the best doctor in the country for dealing with diastrophic dwarfism, and she got Clinton enrolled with him.


And in the course of his childhood, he had 30 major surgical procedures.


And he spent all this time stuck in the hospital while he was having those procedures, as a result of which he now can walk.


And while he was there, they sent tutors around to help him with his school work.


And he worked very hard because there was nothing else to do.


And he ended up achieving at a level that had never before been contemplated by any member of his family.


He was the first one in his family, in fact, to go to college, where he lived on campus and drove a specially-fitted car that accommodated his unusual body.


And his mother told me this story of coming home one day -- and he went to college nearby -- and she said, "I saw that car, which you can always recognize, in the parking lot of a bar," she said. "And I thought to myself, they're six feet tall, he's three feet tall.


Two beers for them is four beers for him."


She said, "I knew I couldn't go in there and interrupt him, but I went home, and I left him eight messages on his cell phone."


She said, "And then I thought, if someone had said to me when he was born that my future worry would be that he'd go drinking and driving with his college buddies -- " And I said to her, "What do you think you did that helped him to emerge as this charming, accomplished, wonderful person?"


And she said, "What did I do? I loved him, that's all.


Clinton just always had that light in him.


And his father and I were lucky enough to be the first to see it there."


I'm going to quote from another magazine of the '60s.


This one is from 1968 -- The Atlantic Monthly, voice of liberal America -- written by an important bioethicist.


He said, "There is no reason to feel guilty about putting a Down syndrome child away, whether it is put away in the sense of hidden in a sanitarium or in a more responsible, lethal sense.


It is sad, yes -- dreadful. But it carries no guilt.


True guilt arises only from an offense against a person, and a Down's is not a person."


There's been a lot of ink given to the enormous progress that we've made in the treatment of gay people.


The fact that our attitude has changed is in the headlines every day.


But we forget how we used to see people who had other differences, how we used to see people who were disabled, how inhuman we held people to be.


And the change that's been accomplished there, which is almost equally radical, is one that we pay not very much attention to.


One of the families I interviewed, Tom and Karen Robards, were taken aback when, as young and successful New Yorkers, their first child was diagnosed with Down syndrome.


They thought the educational opportunities for him were not what they should be, and so they decided they would build a little center -- two classrooms that they started with a few other parents -- to educate kids with D.S.


And over the years, that center grew into something called the Cooke Center, where there are now thousands upon thousands of children with intellectual disabilities who are being taught.


In the time since that Atlantic Monthly story ran, the life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has tripled.


The experience of Down syndrome people includes those who are actors, those who are writers, some who are able to live fully independently in adulthood.


Do you wish your child didn't have Down syndrome?


And interestingly his father said, "Well, for David, our son, I regret it, because for David, it's a difficult way to be in the world, and I'd like to give David an easier life.


But I think if we lost everyone with Down syndrome, it would be a catastrophic loss."


And Karen Robards said to me, "I'm with Tom.


For David, I would cure it in an instant to give him an easier life.


But speaking for myself -- well, I would never have believed 23 years ago when he was born that I could come to such a point -- speaking for myself, it's made me so much better and so much kinder and so much more purposeful in my whole life, that speaking for myself, I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world."


We live at a point when social acceptance for these and many other conditions is on the up and up.


And yet we also live at the moment when our ability to eliminate those conditions has reached a height we never imagined before.


Most deaf infants born in the United States now will receive Cochlear implants, which are put into the brain and connected to a receiver, and which allow them to acquire a facsimile of hearing and to use oral speech.


A compound that has been tested in mice, BMN-111, is useful in preventing the action of the achondroplasia gene.


Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism, and mice who have been given that substance and who have the achondroplasia gene, grow to full size.


There are blood tests which are making progress that would pick up Down syndrome more clearly and earlier in pregnancies than ever before, making it easier and easier for people to eliminate those pregnancies, or to terminate them.


And so we have both social progress and medical progress.


I believe the social progress is fantastic and meaningful and wonderful, and I think the same thing about the medical progress.


But I think it's a tragedy when one of them doesn't see the other.


And when I see the way they're intersecting in conditions like the three I've just described, I sometimes think it's like those moments in grand opera when the hero realizes he loves the heroine at the exact moment that she lies expiring on a divan.


We have to think about how we feel about cures altogether.


And a lot of the time the question of parenthood is, what do we validate in our children, and what do we cure in them?


Jim Sinclair, a prominent autism activist, said, "When parents say 'I wish my child did not have autism,' what they're really saying is 'I wish the child I have did not exist and I had a different, non-autistic child instead.' Read that again. This is what we hear when you mourn over our existence.


This is what we hear when you pray for a cure -- that your fondest wish for us is that someday we will cease to be and strangers you can love will move in behind our faces."


It's a very extreme point of view, but it points to the reality that people engage with the life they have and they don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated.


They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be.


One of the families I interviewed for this project was the family of Dylan Klebold who was one of the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre.


It took a long time to persuade them to talk to me, and once they agreed, they were so full of their story that they couldn't stop telling it.


And the first weekend I spent with them -- the first of many -- I recorded more than 20 hours of conversation.


And on Sunday night, we were all exhausted.


We were sitting in the kitchen. Sue Klebold was fixing dinner.


And I said, "If Dylan were here now, do you have a sense of what you'd want to ask him?"


I'd want to ask him what the hell he thought he was doing."


And Sue looked at the floor, and she thought for a minute.


And then she looked back up and said, "I would ask him to forgive me for being his mother and never knowing what was going on inside his head."


When I had dinner with her a couple of years later -- one of many dinners that we had together -- she said, "You know, when it first happened, I used to wish that I had never married, that I had never had children.


If I hadn't gone to Ohio State and crossed paths with Tom, this child wouldn't have existed and this terrible thing wouldn't have happened.


But I've come to feel that I love the children I had so much that I don't want to imagine a life without them.


I recognize the pain they caused to others, for which there can be no forgiveness, but the pain they caused to me, there is," she said.


"So while I recognize that it would have been better for the world if Dylan had never been born, I've decided that it would not have been better for me."


I thought it was surprising how all of these families had all of these children with all of these problems, problems that they mostly would have done anything to avoid, and that they had all found so much meaning in that experience of parenting.


And then I thought, all of us who have children love the children we have, with their flaws.


If some glorious angel suddenly descended through my living room ceiling and offered to take away the children I have and give me other, better children -- more polite, funnier, nicer, smarter -- I would cling to the children I have and pray away that atrocious spectacle.


And ultimately I feel that in the same way that we test flame-retardant pajamas in an inferno to ensure they won't catch fire when our child reaches across the stove, so these stories of families negotiating these extreme differences reflect on the universal experience of parenting, which is always that sometimes you look at your child and you think, where did you come from?


It turns out that while each of these individual differences is siloed -- there are only so many families dealing with schizophrenia, there are only so many families of children who are transgender, there are only so many families of prodigies -- who also face similar challenges in many ways -- there are only so many families in each of those categories -- but if you start to think that the experience of negotiating difference within your family is what people are addressing, then you discover that it's a nearly universal phenomenon.


Ironically, it turns out, that it's our differences, and our negotiation of difference, that unite us.


I decided to have children while I was working on this project.


And many people were astonished and said, "But how can you decide to have children in the midst of studying everything that can go wrong?"


And I said, "I'm not studying everything that can go wrong.


What I'm studying is how much love there can be, even when everything appears to be going wrong."


I thought a lot about the mother of one disabled child I had seen, a severely disabled child who died through caregiver neglect.


And when his ashes were interred, his mother said, "I pray here for forgiveness for having been twice robbed, once of the child I wanted and once of the son I loved."


And I figured it was possible then for anyone to love any child if they had the effective will to do so.


So my husband is the biological father of two children with some lesbian friends in Minneapolis.


I had a close friend from college who'd gone through a divorce and wanted to have children.


And so she and I have a daughter, and mother and daughter live in Texas.


And my husband and I have a son who lives with us all the time of whom I am the biological father, and our surrogate for the pregnancy was Laura, the lesbian mother of Oliver and Lucy in Minneapolis.


So the shorthand is five parents of four children in three states.


And there are people who think that the existence of my family somehow undermines or weakens or damages their family.


And there are people who think that families like mine shouldn't be allowed to exist.


And I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones.


And I believe that in the same way that we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.


The day after our son was born, the pediatrician came into the hospital room and said she was concerned.


He wasn't extending his legs appropriately.


She said that might mean that he had brain damage.


In so far as he was extending them, he was doing so asymmetrically, which she thought could mean that there was a tumor of some kind in action.


And he had a very large head, which she thought might indicate hydrocephalus.


And as she told me all of these things, I felt the very center of my being pouring out onto the floor.


And I thought, here I had been working for years on a book about how much meaning people had found in the experience of parenting children who are disabled, and I didn't want to join their number.


Because what I was encountering was an idea of illness.


And like all parents since the dawn of time, I wanted to protect my child from illness.


And I wanted also to protect myself from illness.


And yet, I knew from the work I had done that if he had any of the things we were about to start testing for, that those would ultimately be his identity, and if they were his identity they would become my identity, that that illness was going to take a very different shape as it unfolded.


We took him to the MRI machine, we took him to the CAT scanner, we took this day-old child and gave him over for an arterial blood draw.


And at the end of five hours, they said that his brain was completely clear and that he was by then extending his legs correctly.


And when I asked the pediatrician what had been going on, she said she thought in the morning he had probably had a cramp.


I thought, the love you have for your children is unlike any other feeling in the world, and until you have children, you don't know what it feels like.


I think children had ensnared me the moment I connected fatherhood with loss.


But I'm not sure I would have noticed that if I hadn't been so in the thick of this research project of mine.


I'd encountered so much strange love, and I fell very naturally into its bewitching patterns.


And I saw how splendor can illuminate even the most abject vulnerabilities.


During these 10 years, I had witnessed and learned the terrifying joy of unbearable responsibility, and I had come to see how it conquers everything else.


And while I had sometimes thought the parents I was interviewing were fools, enslaving themselves to a lifetime's journey with their thankless children and trying to breed identity out of misery, I realized that day that my research had built me a plank and that I was ready to join them on their ship.


Italy toughens tone on NGO migrant rescue boats

Italien verschärft den Ton zu NGO-Migranten-Rettungsbooten


Italy has warned NGOs operating migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean they will not be allowed to continue if they do not sign up to new rules governing their operations.

Italien hat NGOs, die Rettungsboote für Migranten im Mittelmeer einsetzen, gewarnt, dass sie dies nicht fortsetzen dürfen, wenn sie sich nicht an neue Regeln für ihre Operationen halten.


"If NGOs do not sign up to a new code of conduct, it is difficult to see how they can continue operating," Interior Minister Marco Minniti said in an interview with Turin daily La Stampa.

"Wenn NGOs keinen neuen Verhaltenskodex unterschreiben, ist es schwierig zu sehen, wie sie weiterarbeiten können", sagte Innenminister Marco Minniti in einem Interview mit der Turiner Tageszeitung La Stampa.


Minniti's warning came a day after Italian authorities impounded a boat operated by German aid organisatiion Jugend Rettet on suspicion its crew effectively collaborated with people traffickers in a way that facilitated illegal immigration.

Minnitis Warnung kam einen Tag, nachdem die italienischen Behörden ein Boot der deutschen Hilfsorganisation 'Jugend Rettet' beschlagnahmt hatten, weil deren Mannschaft effektiv mit Menschenhändlern in einer Weise zusammengearbeitet hatte, die die illegale Einwanderung erleichterte.


The aid organisation, which has only been operational for a year, declined to comment on the substance of detailed allegations made against it by Italian prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio.

Die Hilfsorganisation, die erst seit einem Jahr in Betrieb ist, lehnte es ab, sich zu ausführlichen Vorwürfen des italienischen Staatsanwalts Ambrogio Cartosio zu äußern.


"For us the rescue of human life is and will be our top priority, so we are very sorry we will not be able to operate in the search and rescue zone at the moment," the organisation said in a statement on social media.

"Für uns ist und bleibt die Rettung des menschlichen Lebens unsere oberste Priorität. Es tut uns also sehr leid, dass wir im Moment nicht in der Such- und Rettungszone operieren können", sagte die Organisation in einer Stellungnahme zu den sozialen Medien.


"We can only assess all the accusations currently being made after we have gathered all the information and can assess the situation."

"Wir können alle Anschuldigungen, die derzeit erhoben werden, erst beurteilen, nachdem wir alle Informationen gesammelt haben und die Situation beurteilen können."


Italian authorities had been monitoring Jugend Rettet's boat, the Iuventa, since October.

Die italienischen Behörden hatten das Boot von 'Jugend Rettet', die Iuventa, seit Oktober überwacht.


Its crew is suspected to taking on board dinghy loads of migrants delivered directly to them by people traffickers and allowing the smugglers to make off with the vessels to be used again.

Es wird vermutet, dass seine Besatzung Schlauchboot-Migranten an Bord nimmt, die ihnen direkt von Menschenhändlern geliefert werden, und dass die Schmuggler abfahren können, damit die Schiffe wieder benutzt werden können.


At least one such meeting allegedly took place only 1.3 miles off the Libyan coast, according to the prosecutor's file, the contents of which were published by Italian media.

Mindestens ein solches Zusammentreffen fand angeblich nur 1,3 Meilen vor der libyschen Küste statt, laut der Akte des Staatsanwalts, deren Inhalt von italienischen Medien veröffentlicht wurde.


The crew are suspected of having flouted the authority of the Italian coastguard, which oversees rescue operations in the zone, out of humanitarian zeal rather than for any other motives.

Die Besatzung wird verdächtigt, sich über die Autorität der italienischen Küstenwache, die Rettungseinsätze in der Zone aus humanitären Gründen und nicht aus irgendwelchen anderen Motiven überwacht, hinwegzusetzen.


Under the code of conduct, boats like the Iuventa would notably have to have an Italian police officer on board monitoring their activities.

Unter dem Verhaltenskodex müssen Boote wie die Iuventa vor allem einen italienischen Polizeibeamten an Bord haben, der ihre Aktivitäten überwacht.


Only three of the nine NGOs involved in search and rescue operations have so far agreed to abide by the code: Save The Children, Malta-based MOAS and Spain's Pro-Activa Open Arms.

Nur drei der neun NGOs, die an Such- und Rettungseinsätzen beteiligt sind, haben sich bisher bereit erklärt, sich an den Code zu halten: Save the Children, MOAS aus Malta und Pro-Activa Open Arms aus Spanien.


The latter said on Thursday it regarded the new rules as unnecessary but acceptable as they would not involve any "significant change or impediment" to its rescue operations.

Letztere sagte am Donnerstag, dass die neuen Regeln als unnötig, aber akzeptabel angesehen würden, da sie keine "wesentlichen Änderungen oder Behinderungen" ihrer Rettungsaktionen mit sich bringen würden.


Among those who have refused to sign is the Nobel Prize-winning organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

Unter denjenigen, die sich weigern zu unterzeichnen, ist die Nobelpreisträger-Organisation Ärzte ohne Grenzen (MSF).


Minniti meanwhile said a sharp fall over recent weeks in the number of migrants arriving in Italy following rescues was an indication that efforts to beef up the Libyan coastguard and cooperation with local mayors was bearing fruit.

Minniti sagte mittlerweile, dass die Zahl der Migranten, die nach den Rettungsmaßnahmen in Italien ankamen, in den letzten Wochen stark zurückgegangen sei, was darauf hindeute, dass die Bemühungen um die Stärkung der libyschen Küstenwache und die Zusammenarbeit mit den örtlichen Bürgermeistern Früchte getragen habe.


"In recent days we have begun to see light at the end of the tunnel," the minister said.

"In den letzten Tagen haben wir begonnen, Licht am Ende des Tunnels zu sehen", sagte der Minister.


He revealed plans for further talks this month with Libyan mayors on economic development initiatives and with Chad, Niger and Mali on measures to reduce the number of migrants leaving those countries in the hope of reaching Europe.

Er gab Pläne für weitere Gespräche mit libyschen Bürgermeistern in diesem Monat über wirtschaftliche Entwicklungsinitiativen bekannt und mit Tschad, Niger und Mali über Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung der Zahl der Migranten, die diese Länder in der Hoffnung verlassen, Europa erreichen zu können.


The high cost of fuel may begin to squeeze the tourism industry.


Our high cost of fuel may begin to squeeze the tourism industry.


"The popular opinion was that it didn't."


"Her popular opinion was that it didn't."


The criminal investigation is separate from the ongoing custody case.


Their criminal investigation is separate from the ongoing custody case.


The American stockmarket had its worst day since late February 2007.


Our American stockmarket had its worst day since late February 2007.


"The only issue now is the swelling around his eye.


"Her only issue now is the swelling around his eye.


"The entire country is beginning to hate Georgians."


"My entire country is beginning to hate Georgians."


Even the local stock market seems affected by the nasty weather.


Even our local stock market seems affected by the nasty weather.


The young engineer was found guilty of identity theft.


His young engineer was found guilty of identity theft.


The new direction for D & D isn't risk free.


Your new direction for D & D isn't risk free.


The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a rocket squad in northern Gaza.


Our Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a rocket squad in northern Gaza.


The whole experience was life altering for me.


Their whole experience was life altering for me.


He said the overall militant toll was 25.


He said our overall militant toll was 25.


The central government is then obliged to hold the vote within 15 days.


Your central government is then obliged to hold the vote within 15 days.


The 28-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving.


Their 28-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving.


The new box is 50 percent larger than the current flat-rate boxes.


Your new box is 50 percent larger than the current flat-rate boxes.


The paneled room emptied into the marbled halls of power.


Their paneled room emptied into the marbled halls of power.


The same thing that happened here should not be happening there either.


Her same thing that happened here should not be happening there either.


The final report was scheduled to be released Wednesday afternoon in Jerusalem.


Their final report was scheduled to be released Wednesday afternoon in Jerusalem.


The prenuptial agreement will be optional.


Her prenuptial agreement will be optional.


The annual award is given to the best in all of sports.


Your annual award is given to the best in all of sports.


The full programme will be announced on Wednesday.


Your full programme will be announced on Wednesday.


The current record price for a Watteau is $4.75 million.


His current record price for a Watteau is $4.75 million.


Whichever way you look at it, the immediate outlook is not promising.


Whichever way you look at it, my immediate outlook is not promising.


And the financial crisis has boosted the chance of recession.


And your financial crisis has boosted the chance of recession.


Only the French overseas territory of French Guiana was not involved.


Only my French overseas territory of French Guiana was not involved.


The second period was marred by several fights.


My second period was marred by several fights.


The unnamed Middle Eastern developers approached the consortium a year ago.


Her unnamed Middle Eastern developers approached the consortium a year ago.


"The Indian mind-set prefers light skin.


"Our Indian mind-set prefers light skin.


"The social impact of this is going to be huge.


"Her social impact of this is going to be huge.


The new statement did not appear to clarify the situation.


Your new statement did not appear to clarify the situation.


The only exception to this general corporate rule is deals.


Her only exception to this general corporate rule is deals.


He did not specify what support the federal government would give.


He did not specify what support their federal government would give.


The left-wing Colombian rebel group, Farc, has released four high-profile hostages.


Her left-wing Colombian rebel group, Farc, has released four high-profile hostages.


The new law gives the government more latitude to eavesdrop without court approval.


Your new law gives the government more latitude to eavesdrop without court approval.


The criminal complaint was dated Tuesday.


Their criminal complaint was dated Tuesday.


On YouTube, the strange tableau takes on a life of its own.


On YouTube, your strange tableau takes on a life of its own.


The Ethiopian government has routinely rejected such claims.


Her Ethiopian government has routinely rejected such claims.


The huge crowd applauded and waved American flags.


Your huge crowd applauded and waved American flags.


Sarkozy said the financial meltdown required a bold response.


Sarkozy said our financial meltdown required a bold response.


And the physical aspect of Bucharest confirms this impression.


And his physical aspect of Bucharest confirms this impression.


The Israeli military had no immediate comment.


Their Israeli military had no immediate comment.


The new snapshot of layoffs was worse than economists were forecasting.


Our new snapshot of layoffs was worse than economists were forecasting.


The Spanish mission in Geneva declined to comment.


Our Spanish mission in Geneva declined to comment.


The Iranian leadership certainly thinks it is winning, however.


Our Iranian leadership certainly thinks it is winning, however.


The seventh annual event takes place July 16-19.


My seventh annual event takes place July 16-19.


"We hope and pray that the Russian government will respect it."


"We hope and pray that his Russian government will respect it."


At the same time the campaign was masterful at getting out the vote.


At their same time the campaign was masterful at getting out the vote.


The average person has 10 pints of blood.


Your average person has 10 pints of blood.


There is lots of racism and the Asian community does suffer.


There is lots of racism and her Asian community does suffer.


He's not, "the former first lady snapped.


He's not, "my former first lady snapped.


Not easy, but certainly the right thing to do.


Not easy, but certainly his right thing to do.


But the good thing was I was one hundred percent mentally.


But my good thing was I was one hundred percent mentally.


As the situation escalated, the British government imposed direct rule in 1972.


As the situation escalated, their British government imposed direct rule in 1972.


Police said the worst-hit area was the Stewartry district.


Police said his worst-hit area was the Stewartry district.


"The magic price was anything under $15," he said.


"Their magic price was anything under $15," he said.


And Obama is not the only one who wants him.


And Obama is not my only one who wants him.


The next chance is today's African Union summit in Egypt.


Your next chance is today's African Union summit in Egypt.


The classical tradition needs to be kept up.


Your classical tradition needs to be kept up.


JACKSONVILLE, Florida: 'The American dream has gone'


JACKSONVILLE, Florida: 'Your American dream has gone'


The Taiwanese director expressed dismay at the move.


Her Taiwanese director expressed dismay at the move.


The Pakistani government responded harshly to the incursion.


Her Pakistani government responded harshly to the incursion.


The geopolitical marketplace will decide which will lead the 21st century.


Their geopolitical marketplace will decide which will lead the 21st century.


"Their only problem is that my feet hurt.


The only problem is that this is reality, or at least sport.


Your only problem is that this is reality, or at least sport.


The stinking cell had never seemed so welcoming.


His stinking cell had never seemed so welcoming.


The Swiss penchant for movement is not limited to walking.


Their Swiss penchant for movement is not limited to walking.


The federal government also doesn't recognize such unions.


My federal government also doesn't recognize such unions.


The only way to do that is to legalise the trade.


Her only way to do that is to legalise the trade.


The clinching match lasted 4 hours, 45 minutes.


Their clinching match lasted 4 hours, 45 minutes.