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The German Plum Cake – An Authentic German Recipe !

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Ingredients:

  • Italian plums ,cut into quarters, pits removed : 3 pounds
  • Warm milk : 1 cup
  • Dry active yeast : 1 1/2 tbsp
  • All-purpose flour : 4 cups
  • Sugar : 150 g
  • Salt : 1/2 tsp
  • Butter : 120 g
  • Eggs : 2 nos
  • Pure vanilla extract : 1 tsp

For the Streusel:

  • All-purpose flour : 1 cup
  • Sugar : 1 cup
  • Ground cinnamon : 1 tsp
  • Butter : 1/2 cup

Preparation:

Dissolve the yeast in 3/4 cup warm milk and keep it aside for about 5 to 10 minutes till it becomes frothy. Take a bowl and add into it the flour, sugar and salt. Add the yeast mixture, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract into it.

Stir it initially for combining and then attach a dough hook and knead it on the bread setting (“2”) for 4-5 minutes, adding the remaining 1/4 cup milk as necessary. Loosely cover it with a plastic wrap. Keep it in a warm, draft free place to rise for an hour or until about doubled in size.

Butter well a German Backblech extended to full length or a large jelly roll pan. Spread the dough out across the full length of the pan, pressing it up against the sides. Put the plums in rows over the whole length of the dough on the sheet pan. Arrange the plums closely. Put the pan in a warm place and let it rise for up to another hour.

Making streusel:

Put all the ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and set it all together. Combine it well till it forms a rough sand and clumpy texture. Sprinkle the streusel over the top of the cake. Bake the cake in a preheated oven (350 degrees for 30-35 minutes). Let the cake sit for about 10 minutes before slicing for the liquid to set. Slice it into square pieces and serve!

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Bracelet to test drinks for date-rape drug developed by German Inventors

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The German inventors have developed a bracelet for reducing the terrible practice of drink spiking. The drink spiking, which intents in assaulting, robbery or sexual assault have always been a fear of many clubbers.

This bracelet needs just one drop of liquid to be applied on it to identify the presence of “date rape drugs”. The band is available at German healthcare shop dm-drogerie markt. It is white in color and resembles the ribbon used to enter many clubs.

There are two green circles in the band which turns blue if the result is positive for the drugs. The bracelet also intends to deter potential offenders when they see someone wearing it as well as serving as a reminder to the wearer to be mindful of the crime.

Drink spiking is illegal and is banned in the UK, with punishment of maximum 10 years in prison. If an assault, rape or robbery has also taken place, the sentence will be higher.

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British police has arrested Julian Assange at Ecuadorean embassy

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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks was arrested on Thursday by British police. He was carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy, where he has been holed up for nearly seven years, to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.

Police said, “Julian Assange, 47, has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador”.

Police said that Assange was arrested after being “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorean government’s withdrawal of asylum.”

The arrest’s video showed a gray-bearded Assange being pulled by British police officers down the steps of the embassy and shoved into a waiting police van. In the video, Assange was found to be resisting the police physically.

The UK will be taking decisions whether to handover Assange, in response to allegations by the Department for Justice that he conspired with former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to download classified databases.

If convicted on the charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, he faces up to five years in US prison.

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Greece witnessed the birth of a ‘Triple parented’ baby !

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‘Three-person’ baby boy was born in Greece on Tuesday. The baby boy had a born weight of 2.9kg (6lbs). Doctors said that the mother and baby are in good health condition.

This magical birth was actually an experimental result, carried out in order to overcome a woman’s infertility, by the fertility doctors in Greece and Spain. The doctors said that the baby was born from three people! They are referring this as “making medical history” which could help infertile couples around the world. The procedure is reportedly known as ‘mitochondrial replacement therapy’.

Some experts in UK are not supporting this as it raises ethical questions and they are saying that this should not have taken place. As per doctors, this is an experimental form of IVF treatment that uses an egg from the mother, sperm from the father, and another egg from a donor woman.

Severe mitochondrial diseases, that could have been transferred from mother to baby can be solved by this procedure. The patient here was a women of age 32, who had undergone about four unsuccessful IVF cycles.

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Brexit delay agreed by EU until end of October

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European Council president Donald Tusk said that the UK and EU agrees to delay Brexit until 31st of October.

Mr Tusk, after speaking about 5 hours at an EU summit in Brussels has said that his “message to British friends” was “please do not waste this time”.

PM Theresa May said that UK will still aim to leave the European Union as soon as possible.

The deal of summit in Beussels in the early hours of Thursday meant Britain will not crash out on Friday without a treaty to smooth its passage. But, if got a clarity regarding when, how or even if Brexit will happen, as May struggles to build support in parliament for withdrawal terms agreed with the EU last year.

Leo Varadkar, the Irish Taoiseach said that UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Theresa May, had earlier told the leaders that she wanted to extend the exit date of UK from this Friday to 30 June, with the option of leaving earlier if her withdrawal agreement was ratified by Parliament.

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The German taxi drivers to demonstrate nationwide against Uber

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On Wednesday, the German taxi drivers are planning a protest against Uber. They are saying that this will help in generating unfair competitions from taxi-sharing services.

BZP, The German Taxi and Rental Car Association have urged the taxi drivers in around 30 German cities to take up protest plans to liberalize the taxi market.

BZP said that a rally in Berlin was the largest action in Germany. In this 5,000 taxis are critisized to drive at walking speed from three starting points – Tegel Airport, Olympisches Dorf and Ostbahnhof – to the Brandenburg Gate, reported the Berliner Morgenpost.

Newspapers reported the words of a taxi driver as “I’ve done my job for 20 years and I would like to do it for another 20 years, but I’m skeptical about whether that will be possible with the current situation”.

BZP demands that every person who commercially transports people with their vehicle should be qualified verifiable to do so. Also they demands commercial passenger transport vehicles must have coloured vehicle registration plates, for identification. The electronic central register for goods and passenger transport companies by bus should also be included to taxi and rental car operators.

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After 140 years, the Wolves are back to Netherlands

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According to ecologists, the wolves returns to Netherlands after 140 years. Out of many European countries, the wolves were hunted, over a century ago. But they are gradually migrating back across the continental mainland.

The researchers found out that the wolves aren’t just passing by through months of tracking and collecting DNA samples. These wolves are back as permanent residents.

Reports said that occasional wolf sightings have been arranged in the Netherlands since 2015. Ecologists had been following two females in the Veluwe area. They are collecting the wolf prints and scat (droppings) from which they can identify DNA.

Mirte Kruit, an ecologist said, “It’s like Tinder. It can say if it’s a male or female, are they single and looking for a mate and about their family”. A male wolf had also been identified in the area.

A cohabitation plan had been formed by the French Government in February last year set a target wolf population of 500 by 2023. It is supposed that this number may be reached or surpassed by this Winter. If that is confirmed, France is proposing to increase the cull rate from 12% to 17%.

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Brexit delay to be agreed by EU under conditions

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The leaders of EU had taken decisions to grant permissions to Theresa May for Brexit delay. France urges for conditions to limit Britain’s ability to undermine the bloc.

Prime Minister Theresa May dashed to Berlin and Paris for a meetup with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to ask for permission to allow UK to put off its divorce from April 12.

It is not yet clear about what Merkel and Macron had agreed with May. A draft seen by reuters read, “The United Kingdom shall facilitate the achievement of the Union’s tasks and refrain from any measure which could jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives”.

A Brexit delay to June 30 was asked by May to the EU. But the draft left the end-date blank pending a decision by the other 27 national leaders on Wednesday evening in Brussels.

May had said that she fears Brexit might never happen as she battles to get a divorce deal ratified by a divided parliament, more than a week after Britain was originally supposed to leave the EU.

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Kasespatzle : A German Delight

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Ingredients:

  • Eggs : 3 nos
  • Milk : 1 cup
  • Flour : 3 cups
  • Nutmeg : ¼ tsp
  • Salt : 1 pinch
  • Pepper : 1 pinch
  • Water : 2 qt
  • Butter : 1 tbsp
  • Swiss cheese, shredded : ½ cup

Preparation:

Beat well the eggs and milk with a fork or beater. Add into it salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add the flour gently into it in small amounts and mix well with a fork. Add the whole flour till the mixture becomes thick and elastic. Let stand for 5 minutes while bringing a 3 qt pot filled with water to boil.

Add the prepared dough into a spatzle maker and press through.
Let the dough hang into the water (be patient, it will fall off by itself, no need to cut it off). 

When the noodles rise into the top, the recipe is ready. Strain it well. Transfer it into a bowl. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a large pan. Add chopped onions into it and simmer for 7 minutes. Add spatzle and sprinkle swiss cheese on top. Stir well until all cheese is melted. Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Theresa May to seek for Brexit Delay to Merkel and Macron

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PM Theresa May will be meeting Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to have a discussion for Brexit delay while her ministers hold crisis talks with the opposition to try to break the deadlock in London.

May’s proposal for Britain to leave the EU had been declined already. But, Theresa May is asking for yet more time as she courts veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, whose opposition Labour Party wants to keep Britain more closely tied to the bloc after Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn, ahead of further talks between his team and government ministers have said, “The prime minister has not yet moved off her red lines so we can reach a compromise”.

May is due to visit Berlin and Paris ahead of an emergency EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The UK lawmakers are planning to hold a 90-minute debate on her proposal to delay Britain’s EU departure date to June 30 from April 12.

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