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Deforestation of the amazon rainforest increases

Deforestation of the amazon rainforest increases

In the amazon, the chain sages are screeching: after the right-wing populist president jair bolsonaro took office, the deforestation of the rainforest in brazil continues to increase.

In the brazilian amazon, deforestation in january – the first month of bolsonaro’s term in office – increased by 54 percent to 108 square kilometers compared to the same month last year, according to the imazon research institute.

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Court rejects eight lufthansa certificates of the ex-ufo boss

court rejects eight lufthansa certificates of the ex-ufo boss

The former head of the cabin crew union ufo, nicoley baublies, remains an employee of lufthansa. The frankfurt labor court on wednesday declared a total of eight notices issued by the company against the union official to be invalid.

Lufthansa was also ordered to continue employing baublies until the legal dispute is concluded. Baublies had worked for lufthansa since 2004, first as a flight attendant and later as a cabin manager (purser). Including prior training, he had already been with the company for more than 15 years at the time of the termination in september 2019 and was therefore properly ineligible, the presiding judge noted.

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Referendums and district parliament still to be paid out

referendums and district parliament still to be paid out

Seehofer versus ude, who will be prime minister and how will the seats in the state parliament be distributed?? These were the dominant questions of the election evening. And also the gleaning and the licking of wounds of the parties on monday concentrate on the "rough" ones power issues in the state and federal government.

But there were also two other votes of the electorate on election sunday: five referendums and – not to be forgotten – the district elections. While the votes for the state election are all paid out, you have to be patient for the plebiscite and the district.

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Eugh stiffens consumers in case of bank card loss

Eugh stiffens consumers in case of bank card loss

In the event of the loss of a bank card with contactless payment function, the european court of justice has strengthened the position of consumers in the eu.

According to a ruling on wednesday, the customer does not bear the risk for payments made after he has reported the loss of a card to the bank. The latter cannot simply claim that it is technically impossible to block the so-called near field communication (NFC) function for contactless payment, the luxembourg judges ruled (case C 287/19). Banks generally do not require a PIN code to be entered for contactless payments of up to 25 euros with NFC cards or a smartphone. The german credit industry raised this limit to 50 euros in the corona crisis.

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Federal government extends rent brake and makes improvements

Federal government extends rent brake and makes improvements

The rent brake is extended – and with stricter rules. The federal cabinet decided that the regulation will apply for another five years, until 2025. In addition, tenants are to be reimbursed for overpayments of rent for up to two and a half years in the future.

"With the extension and tightening of the rent brake we will further steam the dynamic of the rent development until 2025", promised justice minister christine lambrecht (SPD). The changes still require the approval of the german parliament.

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Not enough water for hetzles

The mayor of hetzles, franz schmidtlein (), has called for water conservation in the local gazette. The reason: due to the drought, the local spring only produces 2.8 liters per second. Schmidtlein expects that even after abundant rainfall, it will take three to four weeks for the spring to return to its normal water supply.

He calls it the dogger spring. With this, he also mentioned the geological cause, why hetzles and also other places in a similar position in front of the jura are currently in water shortage, if they are not connected to a water extraction from other rock layers.

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More members and soon a new vehicle

At the annual general meeting of the neuses fire department, chairman michael zwingmann looked back on a club year that was as busy as it was eventful. The club currently has 327 members, including twelve new members. "The new generation is an important and life-sustaining part of the associations, of course also for the fire department", zwingmann was convinced. He is all the more pleased to have a good and strong children’s fire department in neuses.
Once again, the defense force participated in or organized a series of secular and religious festivities. This will remain the case in 2018. Highlights of the past year were the visits to various festivities of friendly fire brigades, the florianstag held in neuses and the once again very successful neusiche kerwa.
According to the commander andreas hofner, the defense department has 41 active. After youth director dominik muller resigned for professional reasons, two new youth directors were found in valentin piontek and lukas hummel. Numerous service and training events were held in 2017. During the regular inspection on 7. July the defense received a very good overall result.
In 2017, a total of 20 operations were carried out, three of which involved fire prevention. The fire involved an extractor hood on the damm, a house fire in au and the fire at the horing butcher’s shop in kronach. Altogether 527 employment hours with 225 employment forces resulted in.
For 20-year loyalty to the fire brigade the commander thanked thomas klein and for 25 years alexander horn, andreas heller and sebastian schmidt.
Since 2002, the need for a water-carrying vehicle for the neuses fire department has been pointed out in the inspection reports of the district fire inspectorate. In 2015, mayor wolfgang beiergroblein promised to purchase and inaugurate such a vehicle during his term of office. "We should sit down this year with the city and the leading commander martin panzer to develop a vehicle concept in order to initiate a procurement for 2019 at the latest, he appealed.
Respiratory protection officer alexander horn reported on two operations involving heavy respiratory protection. Currently they have 15 respirators. Eight separate respiratory protection training sessions were held in 2017. Twelve gear carriers visited the respiratory protection facility in kronach.
Valentin piontek, head of the children’s fire department, was full of praise for the eagerness of his now 25 "losch frosch. They put their knowledge to the test at the children’s firefighting olympics in wickendorf. This year, five children can be passed on to the youth fire department so that they can then go on to active service. Piontek also gave an outlook on the future of the youth fire department, which he will now lead together with his deputy lukas hummel. This currently pays two members. The demand for young firefighters should be pushed further.
Mayor beiergroblein was impressed by the performance record that had been shown. For a long time, the fire brigades have become all-round helpers with an increasingly large area of operation. "You are role models in society", he announced. Firefighting is an obligatory task of the municipalities, which had to give the active firefighters the necessary tools – taking into account the available financial resources.
With regard to the vehicle mentioned, he stands by his statement and is ready for discussion. "I stay very close to it and would like to keep it", he assured.
KBR joachim ranzenberger thanked the fire brigade for organizing florian day. In 2017, there were almost 1400 firefighting missions in the district of kronach. Knowing that you can get fast and qualified help in an emergency is a great quality of life," he said. The children’s fire departments with 250 children in the district went very well. Under other things stefan pyka suggested the acquisition of a defibrillator on the part of the fire-brigade, in order to carry this with itself with employments. One wants to consult about this.
For 25 years of active service, deputy commander alexander horn and andreas heller were awarded the silver state badge of honor. The honor of sebastian schmidt – also for 25 years of active service – will be made up for.

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When dogs get it in the skin

When dogs get it in the skin

Excitedly panting, havanese rod toni sits on the dressing table. Christine paulus, owner of the dog salon schnipp schnapp, has just trimmed his fur. Shortly afterwards, he proudly presents his new hairstyle to his wife, ruth scheller, who picks up her favorite. "Now it looks neat and tidy again," says the iphofen resident happily. For six and a half years, she has been taking her toni to christine paulus every eight weeks. That has been preserved. Only last year, when she was abroad on business, did she have to find another hairdresser out of necessity.

Fredy reich, who enters the store shortly after ruth scheller with his havanese-mix rod rocky, is also one of paul’s regular customers. "I actually only have regular customers and only take on new clients in exceptional cases," says the hairdresser. This is because she only has four morning appointments a week for family reasons. Only when customers move away or animals die do capacities become free.

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Serious accident on the b289 near burgkunstadt

An 82-year-old ford driver crossed into the oncoming lane for reasons that are not yet clear and collided with an oncoming truck. The force of the impact caused the ford to spin several times on the road and eventually hit a mercedes sprinter. Behind was a mercedes driver, whose car was also damaged by flying parts.

The 82-year-old man who caused the accident was lucky – he suffered shock and minor whiplash and was able to leave the hospital after only a short time. The pensioner stated to the police officers that there was something wrong with the steering of his ford. Investigations into the cause of the accident on the vehicle are still necessary.