Teachers sew masks

In the past few weeks, the teachers and staff of the GGSD vocational schools for childcare and food and care in vierzehnheiligen have been sewing makeshift mouth-nose masks in addition to preparing teaching materials for home lessons during their free time. Under the guidance of the home economics teachers, a large number of masks have already been made for the students and staff of the education center.

When school starts up again in a while, the vocational colleges want to be well prepared not only in school matters but also in terms of infection protection. The teachers hope that their action will help to keep the infection rate low, while complying with and expanding the hygiene measures that were already practiced at the vocational schools before the corona crisis. Even though wearing the makeshift masks can only protect oneself and others from infection to a limited extent, they are still useful. Because when they cough, sneeze or speak, droplets are released that may contain viruses.

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Shift to the left in the czech republic: zeman wins presidential election

shift to the left in the czech republic: zeman wins presidential election

Zeman thus unexpectedly beat conservative challenger and incumbent auben minister karel schwarzenberg (75) by a clear margin. The nobleman scored only 45.19 percent, as the statistical office in prague announced on saturday.

The previous incumbent and fierce EU critic vaclav klaus was not allowed to compete again after ten years on prague’s hradcany hill. In contrast to klaus, zeman calls himself a "euro federalist. Communists and social democrats had campaigned for the left-wing populist.

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Gut Holz Zeil is looking forward to the adventure

The rough day jerks for the 1. SKK gut holz zeil ever closer: for the first time in the club’s history the 1. Team this saturday a match at the national league level. More precisely, it goes for the team around veteran holger jahn in the 2. Bundesliga to hesse to KSC 1950 hainstadt.

The first day of the match is therefore a journey into the unknown. But the hessians are not completely unknown to the zeilers: there has already been a meeting with hainstadt – together with zeil, the KSC realized its dream of promotion to the 2nd division in april. Bundesliga north/ center. As champions of the hessenliga the sharks qualified for the promotion games in goldbach in hesse. After two games they ended up with scores of 3224 and 3330 cones behind the zeilers (3270, 3331) and followed the 1. SKK in league 2.

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When gunter grass brought kronach into the literary spotlight

On the brown wooden table, one black-and-white picture follows another. Preparing for the interview with has ingo cesaro once again rummaged deep in the photo box. He doesn’t even have to search his memory: as soon as the 76-year-old writer picks up a picture, the right anecdote pops out of him – and black and white suddenly turns to color.

The 70s were the birth of numerous movements. Be it for the environment, peace or women’s rights. With what memory did the decade begin for you??

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When red helmets say firewood

When red helmets say firewood

At the summer festival of the volunteer fire department, the reundorf youth fire department held a gala performance march under the leadership of tobias habermann on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.

Seven fire department youth groups of four people each from buch am forst, michelau, redwitz, schwurbitz, uetzing and reundorf (two teams) took up the challenge and completed the seven required stations that were set up along a 1.7-kilometer course.

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In court: “cat food” as code word for drug orders

"Cat food" as a code word for ordering narcotics: that was for the presiding judge of the 8. Gross criminal division of the wurzburg regional court, konrad dopfner despite many years of professional experience with drug trafficking just as new as for the criminal defense lawyer klaus spiegel and other trial participants. While monitoring the telephone of a 51-year-old woman from kitzingen, who had not been convicted of hard-earned income, the police came across this code word.

From her apartment, the woman is said to have operated a heavy trade in marijuana last year, first together with her former companion and later alone, after he had been arrested. When searching their apartment, the police found 116 grams of marijuana, 3000 euros in seem, near the drugs a switchblade knife and a loaded pistol of terror.

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A word of power from the head of the dosb on the mudslinging in speed skating

A word of power from the head of the dosb on the mudslinging in speed skating

DOSB head alfons hormann demands consequences from the german speed skating community after the mudslinging with claudia pechstein by national coach erik bouwman.

"The fact that a reigning national coach is making such a quality statement against a team member on the day before the world championship makes me wonder," hormann told the german press agency. "The associated interference in the personnel reorganization of the prasidium of the DESG is unacceptable. We very much hope that the current leadership of the association will immediately bring about an appropriate clarification," demanded hormann, who is following the developments with concern.

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Salary affair probably also overshadows csu party convention

salary affair probably also overshadows csu party convention

Overshadowed by the job affair in the bavarian state parliament, the CSU will today (friday/18.00) nominate your party leader horst seehofer as top candidate for the state elections. The CSU invited 1500 participants to the event in munich’s postpalast – more than to a party convention. The affair about the employment of relatives mainly affects CSU deputies, including half a dozen cabinet members.

State parliament president barbara stamm (CSU) wants to publish as quickly as possible all names of deputies who still had spouses or children working for them after the law was tightened in 2000. Recently, prominent members of the government came under fire – including justice minister beate merk and agriculture minister helmut brunner, according to a survey of all 187 members of parliament conducted by the bavarian radio station.

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Bundesbank: german economy continues to grow

Bundesbank: german economy continues to grow

"The german economy was allowed to continue its strong expansion course in the third quarter of 2017, albeit probably with somewhat less momentum than in the first half," states the monthly report for september published by the central bank.

In the industrial sector, the – presumably temporary – lack of large-scale orders has caused a slowdown, but "the continuing high influx of orders in the industrial sector (…), the continuing extremely brisk construction activity, the extremely good consumer sentiment and the sustained strong increase in employment all point to a very good economic situation," states the bundesbank.

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