Free screening

Since the 1. January the forchheim clinical center participates in the "freder1k study, an early detection screening of newborns that analyzes genetic components. In this unique europe-wide project of the institute for diabetes research at the helmholtz center, parents have the opportunity to have their child tested free of charge for the risk of developing type 1 diabetes in connection with regular newborn screening.
The test uses two drops of blood from the baby’s heel or umbilical cord to determine whether risk genes are present. Children who carry these risk genes and develop diabetes usually have no relatives with diabetes. That means the disease can affect anyone. The screening is suitable for children up to the age of four months.
The forchheim clinic sends in the blood drops. Parents receive no notification if test results are normal. The screening is voluntary. 92 percent of those born in january 2018 take the exam.

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Rene lezard, a premium fashion manufacturer based in schwarzach, announced last week that it would be laying off 47 of its 107 employees. The layoffs, cushioned by a social plan, are to be completed in the first half of 2019.

A development with highs and lows

Mayor volker schmitt has mixed feelings about the development of the company, which has been reeling for years. The reduction of almost 50 percent of the jobs in schwarzach is a serious cut, but on the other hand, they are glad "that the location will be preserved. Sometimes shrinking is healthy, too, says schmitt. Rene lezard has so far been the second-largest employer in the market town, explains schmitt, looking ahead to the next few months. The only major company is the munsterschwarzach monastery, which employs more than 300 people.

Rene lezard is also significant for schwarzach because many local people work there. The company is looking back on its 40th anniversary this year, and some employees have been working there for more than 30 years.

Hopes pinned on new investor

Schmitt had hoped that the upcoming entry of a turkish investor in rene lezard would change the development of the schwarzach fashion company for the better. But the mayor was well aware that the current managers already had their work cut out for them. Before the takeover by the new majority owner yasar esgin of cemsel tekstil, they had to restructure the company, which had been in crisis for years, and above all avert a new insolvency. And for schmitt, especially important: the preservation of the location.

In the meantime, the mayor has also spoken with some of the burghers affected by the announced layoffs. Various age groups are affected, including employees from administration, logistics and production. Despite all the tragedy: schmitt sees good chances for them to find a place on the job market again. Currently, the district of kitzingen has an unemployment rate of 1.9 percent. The economy is booming. "We have full employment," says schmitt. That’s why he hopes that even workers over 45 will be employable. Schmitt has noted a fundamental change in companies in this regard: experience and know-how now pay something again, and not just the age of an employee.

Good development in the commercial area

The development in the schwarzach industrial area was also encouraging. All the land there has been sold, she says; company relocations are imminent. Craftsmen and other skilled personnel were sought everywhere. "Even people from the administration are in demand", so the mayor has heard.

What is rene lezard up to??

What is rene lezard planning? As reported, in the future the company will rely on a complete purchasing of goods and services instead of a division of labor between the schwarzach site and external suppliers. Consequently, product development, production and delivery of the collections were no longer done in schwarzach, but outsourced. Let the stores remain unaffected. The changeover affects only the head office, and there mainly the areas of production/logistics, returns/customs, CAD/composition and purchasing. After job cuts, around 200 employees will still work in schwarzach and the rene lezard store in germany.

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The look at the wine label should no longer leave consumers at a loss: federal agriculture minister julia klockner has presented the draft for a new wine law to the cabinet, which is intended to improve the business of german winegrowers and offer wine lovers more orientation.

The CDU politician said in berlin that the core of the project was to raise the profile of the origin of german wines. The wine producers are internationally respected, but have been losing market share in international comparisons for years, and domestic demand is also "rather sluggish.

Among other things, a "pyramid of origins" for wine is to provide a remedy. At the top are wines from individual vineyard sites, at the bottom is country wine from germany, without more precise origin information. The pyramid stands for the principle: "the smaller the origin, the higher the requirement and thus the quality," said klockner, who herself grew up on a vineyard in the rhineland-palatinate wine village of guldental. The idea behind this is that a layer wine expresses in a special way the particularities of a vineyard and its soil, known in the trade as "terroir".

Many winegrowers have already introduced the distinction between layer wine, local wine and estate wine, following the example of the verband deutscher pradikatsweinguter (VDP). The new wine law thus also brings german law into line with the provisions that have been in force in the EU since 2012. This includes the distinction between "protected designations of origin" (g.U.) – which is roughly the association of a place name with the designation of a vineyard site – and the broader "protected geographical indications" (g.G.A.) – this could be the name of a growing region such as the pfalz.

For the final version of the wine ordinance, some points of contention, such as the handling of the so-called coarse layers, are reportedly not yet finally clarified. Coarse vineyards have names that look like a single vineyard site, but comprise completely different vineyards. For example, the mosel wine "piesporter michelsberg" comes from 37 individual vineyards in nine different communities. In the future, the name of the village should no longer appear on wines from such coarse vineyards. The details are still to be clarified in talks with winegrowing associations.

The new wine law, which came into force in december after the conclusion of the parliamentary procedure, also stipulates that new plantings of vines will be limited to 0.3%. In concrete terms, this means that around 300 hectares of vines per year could be added by 2023, explained klockner. This is in the interest of all winegrowers.

In addition, the marketing of german wines is to be improved. France and italy are already making "enormous efforts," the minister said. "Germany is now following suit." From 500.000 euro, the funds for the federal agency for agriculture and food were increased to two million euro. In addition, 37 million euros for the federal states came from an eu pot, which has not yet been used by all the states.

Winegrowing associations in germany are now faced with the task of redefining their specific requirements for quality wines. With the new wine law the general framework is given. Producers can develop specific profiles for their growing areas, including the determination of permitted grape varieties and specifications for hectare yields or residual sugar content. "This will be a relatively complicated matter," expects the president of the rheinhessen winegrowers’ association, ingo steitz.

Protective associations were founded last year to develop profiles for local and regional wines, for example. Previously, this was exclusively the subject of state ordinances. In addition to the winegrowers’ association, the wine cellars and winegrowers’ cooperatives are also represented in the rheinhessen protection association.

"It’s a matter of working out individual qualities," said steitz. Thus, the information on the wine label should correspond to the expected taste image. The requirements for wines with a special label, such as kabinett or spatlese, as well as flavor specifications, such as "dry," are to be developed and defined in the regions.

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Doctors, nurses and caregivers often have little time in their daily hospital routine – hospital staff have too many responsible tasks to perform. All the more touching and unusual is the action made possible by the staff of the palliative care unit of the hospital in furth.

Together with the wittinghof riding stable, they fulfilled the last wish of a terminally ill MS patient last week and committed a gross abuse in return. According to the hospital in furth, the critically ill 58-year-old had wished to be able to pet her favorite horse once again.

"Actually, the plan was to take the patient once again to the stable where she had spent a lot of time", reports josef rauch, team leader of the palliative care unit at the hospital furth. But then her condition had deteriorated very quickly. So he thought: "if we can't get to the horse, maybe the horse can come to us"."

Stable owner rita froschauer did not think twice about it. There was "no question at all about doing it", says the 51-year-old. She knew the whole family of the woman. "Horses were her life." For years she had her own horse. When the horse died, the 58-year-old took over the care of dana. "As far as her health allowed, she took care of her, fed her and cleaned her. She always made sure she was with the horses." So she put the mare in the trailer and drove with her to the clinic, about 15 kilometers away.

A resounding action by the hospital in furth

The hospital staff, in turn, brought the seriously ill woman in her bed to the gate of the hospital, where she was able to pet the animal once again in the presence of her family.

How the hospital in furth compares to infranken.According to the statement, the woman died last sunday, two days after her heart's desire was fulfilled.

The situation was not easy for the owner of the stables. But she is proud of her horse that made this special moment possible. "Dana is not a normal horse, she is something special."

Froschauer found the idea of the clinic "just great". "If such a thing is possible – I would do it again and again." The action has also moved many others. Almost 12,000 people have already liked the hospital's post on the social network facebook, many have shared it. A user wrote: "class action, more of it!!" And a user: "even without knowing a single contributor personally… If there is such a thing as heaven, then one day you will have earned the fluffiest cloud. Such people are worth their weight in gold."
 

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The 71-year-old made a crucial mistake: he played his system ticket with his customer card in the kiosk where he works and which, according to hessen lotto, belongs to his wife. However, according to the state treaty on gambling, neither the owners of sales outlets nor their employees are allowed to do so.

Around 24.According to his own information, henning had won 000 euros with this ticket. Now he gets instead the 36,25 euro stake refunded again. First the "bild"-zeitung had reported about it.

Henning himself says: "had i known that i would not be allowed to play here, i had not done so after all."Lotto hessen has a clear opinion on the case. The man "had to know what he was allowed to do and what he was not allowed to do," said press spokeswoman dorothee hoffmann. That owners and also employees were not allowed to play in their own outlet was part of the training that everyone received. "In this individual case it is very unfortunate", but the intention of the legislator is that owners and staff do not play themselves uncontrollably.

201 players were part of the virtual betting community that hit the right "6 out of 49" at the beginning of november with their lottery ticket. 3.2 million euros was the total winning amount according to lotto hessen. Each tipper receives a corresponding profit in a so-called system chance according to his purchased shares – "between 7500 and 75.000" had been the number in this case, said hoffmann.

Henning bought, according to his own words, three shares, which are about 24.000 euros had been worth. And in the process, as hoffmann also explained, it had been enough if henning had simply played in another outlet.

This is what the 71-year-old now wants to do in the future as well. Because after many years of lotto experience, he can not be dissuaded from continuing to type every wednesday, friday and saturday. Because henning is convinced: "you learn from your mistakes."

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The oberaurach burger project "burgers help burgers" invited a few days ago to an extraordinary sound event in the "sternstubla" in trossenfurt. The speaker, sound therapist ursula diroll, took the listeners into the world of sounds. She informed about tibet, the country of origin of the singing bowls, and how the secret knowledge was passed on from the monasteries. She also explained the importance of sound, its effect on the human body, and its potential for use in the private sphere as well as in social institutions and in the health sector. She explained that sound is energy that moves from cell to cell through the body.

Introduction to the instruments

Afterwards ursula diroll presented all the instruments used in this form of sound therapy and talked about their variety of tones and the importance of the overtones. To the remarkable equipment numbers: cymbal and temple bell, which free the mind; 13 different coarse singing bowls, which are set up and played according to the human energy system; furthermore a sound couch strung with piano strings and a monochord; the male tam tam and the female feng gong, which do a remarkable job; a whole body bowl, in which the sound moves upwards in a spiral form through the body of the person played on, and existing blockages gradually dissolve. An impressive sound experience followed for the women. For this purpose, the participants lay down on the couches provided to facilitate deep relaxation, which was not difficult for them. Because the sound carpet that spread in the room had a very soothing and harmonizing effect.
At the end, the listeners, now noticeably balanced and decelerated, spoke about their experiences. Organizer anita amend summed up that they have successfully entered a new terrain. There have already been many lectures on orthodox medicine at "burgers helping burgers" given. The women made the experience that sound therapy can be regarded as a health precaution, since pollutants are eliminated by the newly stimulated cell vibration and therefore each cell is detoxified. Ursula diroll emphasized that sounds cleanse the body and activate the metabolism.

Further events

"Burgers help burgers" offers further events until the summer break: on monday, 18. June, michael oppel from untersteinbach informs at 7 pm about bread and healthy food. Wolfgang hohensee from trossenfurt will give a lecture on friday, 27th. July, 7 p.M. On the topic of "funeral provisions – one less thing to worry about".

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When everything revolves around sausage – as the people of coburg and upper franconia know – life can become existential. Social life, especially club life, was very active in the. Because the sausage is so important, the tennis club does not hesitate to spend a few thousand dollars on the XQ 3010. Unanimously decided at the members’ meeting, which the theater visitors listened to directly on their beer benches in this both funny and profoundly funny indoor riding arena production. Chairman heribert brasemann (thomas straus) kept a tight rein on the agenda. And off to the buffet. –

Denkste! It’s all about the sausage, the "turkenwurst". The hard-naked melanie (solvejg schomers) insists on buying a barbecue for the only muslim member of the club, erol (florian graf), because neither he nor his sausage should breathe pig’s vapor for religious reasons. Erol – lawyer, best tennis player in the club, what’s the point of all this talk about integration – he doesn’t want any extra sausage. But that doesn’t prevent the members of the association from getting involved in a "discussion" that is as ludicrous as it is revealing about everything and anything, being german, staying turkish, enlightenment, images of god, head kerchiefs, nazis, man and woman in themselves, male competition.

Does the word grillwurst appear in the koran at all?? How long did erol actually hug melanie, the wife of the obsessively funny pseudo-clearer torsten (nils liebscher), after the last victory?? "Germany is an oasis for ladylike kanaks and parasites", at some point, it is not the nazi-despicable, ever stinking matthias (frerk brockmeyer) who roars, but erol.

In the end it becomes violent. The court reporter (boris stark) on top of his arbitrator’s chair is at the end of his nerve.

And, what do you say?

The comedy by dietmar jacobs and moritz netenjakob, just premiered at the hamburger ohnsorg theater, is, so to speak, sucker good. Anyone who has ever been a member of any organization, association, party, parents’ council, knows the dynamics of good will to aggression. The authors depict the communication mechanisms and emotional roots of the masses in a pointed and accurate way, so that the audience has to swallow in all the laughter. The way everyone twists everyone’s words, how everything is suspiciously questioned and maliciously misconstrued, that alone is hanebuche enough, in normal life as in this sarcastic comedy. When firmly cemented prejudices, hidden hypocrisies and pragmatisms against all reason become visible under the surface of politeness and good-humoredness, there is no holding back any more for a prosperous coexistence.

When such an explosive, topical subject is packed so wittily and cleverly into a good hour and a half play, it gives the theater the best chance to have a socio-political effect in all amusement. Guest director andre robler (2017 he was already here for "good bayreuth") responsible) and his team of actors perform the revealing scene so aptly, and in a way that exposes all of our behavior, that this production can be nothing other than a great success.

Especially since the audience in the perfectly complementary stage area is embraced so lovingly by simone grabmann that they do not escape the not at all easy struggle for tolerance and their own position. They were allowed to hold on to their beer or wine in a tent atmosphere, supposedly sitting comfortably next to the quarreling club members, and soon they are forced to ask themselves what they really think about the "turkenwurst".

Landestheater coburg extrawurst. Comedy by dietmar jacobs and moritz netenjakob. Staging andre robler, stage and costume simone grabmann, light direction klaus brock, dramaturgy carola von gradulewski. Cast: thomas straus, frerk brockmeyer, florian graf, solvejg schomers, nils liebscher

Further performances 14., 15., 28. December, 8 pm; 29. December, 6 p.M.; 31. December, 3 and 8 pm, in the riding hall.

The authors dietmar jacobs, born in monchengladbach in 1967, and moritz netenjakob (born in poland in 1970) have both written numerous theater plays and screenplays, including for television series such as "stromberg. "Pastewa" and "murder with a view. They also write regularly for satire programs. Both have already received many awards. Moritz netenjakob also writes successful novels ("macho man", filmed with christian ulmen in the leading role.)

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Affected in the case were variants of the iphone 4, the iphone 3 and 3GS as well as the ipad and ipad 2 with cellular connection. The devices in question were exclusively tailored to the network of the major american mobile communications operator AT&T.

The damage to apple from the import ban would have been limited: especially the iphone 4, which was launched in 2010, is still offered as an inexpensive entry-level model, while most of the other affected devices no longer play a role on the market. It can also be assumed that the iphone 4 will disappear from the range with the launch of the next series of apple smartphones, which is expected in the fall. The ITC also issued a ban on the sale of devices that are already in the U.S.

On saturday, the commissioner of commerce, michael froman, justified the veto decision primarily on the grounds that the ITC ban was based on a patent from the foundation of a technical standard. Special rules apply to such standard patents: they must be licensed on fair terms and without discrimination against competitors.

The weibe house – and also the eu commission – have long opposed sales bans based on such patents, because they see them as damaging to competition. Finally, a manufacturer must have compulsory access to them if, for example, he builds a device with UMTS data radio. The brussels commission has already taken aim at samsung and motorola, the cell phone pioneer that is now part of google, because of sales bans based on standard patents. Froman said his veto was based on policy considerations and a weighing of the impact on competition in the U.S. Economy and on consumers.

Samsung was disappointed by the decision: the ITC recognized that the south korean company had negotiated sincerely and that apple refused to take a license on the patent. The iphone company buried the veto as a commitment to innovation and once again accused samsung of abusing the patent system. Apple also appealed against the ITC ruling.

The patent conflict between apple and samsung has been going on since spring 2011. Apple founder steve jobs saw the design and functions of the iphone copied in samsung devices and took the matter to court. Samsung countered with its own accusations of idea theft, which relate primarily to technical patents. There are about 50 ongoing proceedings in about a dozen countries. Germany is an important arena.

In the next few days, important dates in the dispute will be set: the ITC wants to issue a decision by 9 september. August to decide on import ban for samsung devices after apple accusations. On the same day, apple will try to overturn a californian judge’s decision in an appeals court that allowed the continued sale of various samsung smartphones despite a jury finding of patent infringement.

The companies have discussed a peaceful resolution of the dispute several times in recent years, but have not been able to reach an agreement. Decisions by courts and authorities such as the ITC could ultimately shift the balance in favor of one of the parties and thus bring about negotiations.

Google and microsoft are currently demonstrating how even a seemingly clear ITC case can drag on for a long time. Last year, the windows group had obtained a ban from the trade commission on the import of motorola devices, based on a patent for the activesync technology for synchronizing mailboxes between different devices. Motorola, however, convinced customs that current devices do not infringe the patent and they will continue to be imported into the U.S. Microsoft sued the american department of homeland security for this reason, google applied to the court over the weekend to have this suit dismissed.

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TV presenter thomas gottschalk is clearly enjoying the pre-christmas season – and is not letting the forest fires or minor differences of opinion spoil his fun. Since last week, the 67-year-old has been tweeting daily glimpses of his holiday preparations in malibu, california.

Gottschalk tweeted his first christmas post last thursday. "Back in LA. The christmas tree is rounded and the forest burns with it. A nice gift!", wrote the former "bet that..?"-moderator to a picture of the severe forest fires currently ravaging california. On friday, he gave the "all-clear for the time being".

Gottschalk’s "christmas in malibu" series continued with a picture of a rabbit figure lying in a christmas manger in place of the baby jesus – which his wife found "not funny". This was followed by a picture of a fallen christmas tree in the garden and one of the house cat visiting the nativity scene.

On monday (local time) gottschalk then tweeted a whole dialogue with wife thea. According to the motto "last year there was more tinsel" the two discuss the degree of decoration of their tree. "Thomas: already! Thea: it still needs to be decorated. Thomas: I almost like it better this way. Thea: I believe it. The box with the christmas decorations is in the attic…"

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