New children’s fire department to guarantee a future

"Being with others is what gives me the most pleasure." He wants to stay in the fire department in the future as well.

As the first fire department in the market burkardroth, the voluntary fire department stangenroth has a children's fire department in its ranks. "In the entire district of bad kissingen, there are only three fire departments that have a children's group at all", says christian metz, deputy commander of the voluntary fire department stangenroth, full of pride.

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Military sonar interferes with feeding by cuvier’s beaked whales

Military sonar interferes with feeding by cuvier's beaked whales

Sonar from ships or helicopters changes the diving behavior of cuvier’s beaked whales and sturgeons when foraging. U.S. Researchers led by erin falcone of the foundation for marine ecology and telemetry research write in the journal "royal society open science".

They had fitted 16 animals off the southern california coast with transmitters and observed how the whales responded to sonar noise from militaristic exercises.

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They fight against the handicap

They fight against the handicap

"Hannah, dul, set, net, dasot, yosot…", 13-year-old ilka woytinas shouts, moving her arms and legs in and out in the style of a jumping jack. "Now, kathrin", trainer rene woytinas calls on the neighbors. It takes a second of shock, then eleven-year-old kathrin strober also gets going. "…Ilgob, yodul, yol", she too can do the korean numbers to ten off the top of her head.
After kathrin strober, it's her grandfather wolfgang spakowski's turn (65). Mama angela strober sits on the sidelines and watches. She smiles contentedly and is happy in such moments when kathrin is a child like any other. In fact, the boys and girls who train every friday suffer from developmental delays, severe diabetes, stiffness, mental deficits, physical disabilities or muscle deformities. A child can hardly see, but he still wants to learn the korean martial art.
Now it's annalisa hanisch's (15) turn to do it. She always trains with her dad and has already got the yellow belt. In taekwondo, yellow is a symbol of the soil – the origin on which everything grows. In plain language, this means: annalisa is no longer a bloody beginner. She can hold her own against her daddy. While he's already breaking a sweat with the exercises, she's on top form. Fully concentrated and with youthful eagerness it is with the thing. Right next to them, antonia hacker (17), fabio arlt (9) and astrid ambrosius (16) warmed up with jumping exercises to loosen up.
Only when every muscle has been stretched does rene woytinas get to the real part, the technique. "I do not think about what everyone has in detail. I accept everyone as they are and we try to make the best of it together. The successes speak for themselves, says the coach. Neither the commands nor the techniques differ in any way from traditional training.
Long ago, rene woytinas and co-trainer eva christ-kunz, a black belt wearer, were at the "special olympics" with his special taekwondo fighters in munich. The kids from kulmbach were able to show off their skills there. Taekwondo has a very positive effect on people with disabilities, but in kulmbach it is only taught as a form of therapy at schools in kempten and bad tolz.
"For example, balance is difficult for my daughter ilka", explains the trainer. The girl suffers from a muscle disorder. "It's fun", says the 13-year-old and concentrates twice as hard. Because she wants to manage to do all the movements just like daddy did.
The "special" ones taekwondo students showed a form run in munich, called hyong in the technical jargon. "That worked really well", praises the trainer. He explains that a form run consists of many prescribed movements. The first hyong alone, the simplest exercise with the name "heaven and earth", is composed of 19 prescribed movements, blocking and attacking techniques, which must be followed exactly. Even the placement of the punch is exactly prescribed, the crotch positions anyway.

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Hofheim indoor swimming pool in need of renovation

Hofheim indoor swimming pool in need of renovation

The hofheim indoor swimming pool is in need of renovation. At first glance, there are no major deficiencies in the swimming hall and the changing area, but in the basement of the indoor pool, the need for action quickly becomes apparent. Dripping from the walls.

The county council’s construction and transportation committee took a look at the situation at the indoor pool during an on-site visit on thursday. Ralf rockelein from the county’s building department gave the committee members a tour of the indoor swimming pool.

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Bomb disposal at the airfield

During routine investigations at the connekt technology park on the land of the former harvey barracks, two american explosive bombs from the second world war were found on monday . The operator of the airfield then informed the relevant authorities and the explosive ordnance disposal service. This jerked on tuesday, around 10 o’clock to defuse the 45 kilograms each explosive bodies.

Evacuation

From 12 o’clock on, the employees of neighboring companies were evacuated within a radius of about 350 meters. According to the police, about 400 people had to leave the buildings near the site. "But the companies had already been informed yesterday," said jurgen wilhelm from the company operating the technology park. Thus, many employees could have been informed in time. Some roads in the technology park also had to be closed off.

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New clashes in hong kong – water cannons on the street

New clashes in hong Kong - water cannons on the street

Protests in hong kong have again seen heavy clashes between police and demonstrators. Officials used tran gas over the weekend and pushed back protesters who had set up barricades on the street.

Protesters threw bottles, incendiary devices and stones at police officers. In addition, both sides fought with baseball bats and batons.

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Weibenbrunn uses the savings potential

The building and environment committee decided on tuesday in the multi-purpose building to make further savings in electricity consumption, which will also protect the environment. Mayor jorg neubauer (SPD) was pleased to be able to bury bayernwerk’s municipal customer service representative edgar muller. Muller presented a status report and the concept for further action.

Electricity consumption for the 410 lights, 305 of which are LED, is approximately 90,000 kwh per year. The new concept will save about 40,000 kwh of electricity per year and reduce CO2 emissions by about 19 tons by converting all 410 lights. Accordingly, the total cost of the remaining 105 LED luminaires, around 26,000 euros, will be amortized in three years. The committee unanimously decided to continue the illumination with LED technology. The costs are to be financed through savings in electricity costs of 9000 euros per year over a period of approximately three years. The remaining 103 lights are to be installed in 2021. Hummendorf was excluded, because the expansion of KC 5 was awaited here.

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