Jerks in cars? The problems with the electronic emergency call assistant "ecall concern next to the new "VW golf other car models from the group. According to information from company sources, the "audi" and "skoda and "seat" similar difficulties – at the moment this is being intensively examined.

The new editions of the "audi A3, "seat leon" and "skoda octavia" based on the same basic construction kit as the "golf 8. Cause of possible failures is said to be a malfunction of the software. For the "golf and "octavia a delivery stop is already in place.

Audi, seat and skoda: cars to be recalled soon?

Over the weekend, audi stated that so far the "phenomenon with the new A3" could not be explained do not adjust exactly. "We continue to analyze, also because there are minor differences in hardware and software." the trade journal automobilwoche said a spokesman for the ingolstadt subsidiary: "the basic assumption that corresponding audi models could also be affected is correct."

At "seat at this early stage of the analysis, we are evaluating the details and working on a solution."

The new skoda octavia will also be tested for malfunctions of the "ecall" investigates. Here – as with the golf – deliveries have already been interrupted according to the czech sister brand. On friday (15. May 2020), it had become known that "volkswagen" was must be prepared for a recall of the new golf version that has just been launched. During internal investigations, unreliable data transmission to the control unit was noticed in individual vehicles. The function of the emergency call assistant could therefore not be fully guaranteed.

Corona crisis: demand for cars slumps

A decision of the "kraftfahrt-bundesamt (KBA)" (federal motor transport authority) a recall and necessary software update is expected in the coming days. Until further notice "VW" supplies the "golf 8" therefore no longer out. Production will continue for the time being – but all new cars have now been placed in stock for the time being, according to reports from the group environment. This could further exacerbate the gross sales problems. As a result of the corona crisis, demand has collapsed, car dealerships have been closed for long periods, and in some locations there is a backlog of finished new cars.

The "VW"-works council warns of further jolts for the "golf-production at the wolfsburg parent plant. The current underutilization of capacity with several canceled shifts could get even worse.

The employee representatives are therefore calling for an additional mass model to be established at the headquarters in the medium term. The golf is considered the most important product of the largest german industrial group. Even before its launch, there had been delays with the electronic equipment.
Meanwhile, the debate about the controversial payment of the dividend is gaining momentum.

According to information from the hannoversche allgemeine zeitung volkswagen still plans to pay out around three billion euros to shareholders for 2019. However, it was pointed out internally that a new evaluation could not be completely ruled out after the postponement of the annual general meeting.

Minister president and co-supervisor stephan weil (SPD) pointed out that the control committee would deal with the issue of dividends again as soon as the date for the shareholders' meeting had been set. Lower saxony is the second-largest "VW" with 20 percent-shareholders. According to previous dividend plans, the state received 383 million euros.

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The aorta plays a central role in the human body because it connects the heart with all other organs and supplies them with oxygen-rich blood. According to a press release from the university of erlangen, when surgical interventions have to be performed on the aorta, the physicians pay attention not only to the blood vessel itself, but also to the fact that the organs that depend on it are not damaged. For his research on organ protection in the context of aortic arch surgery, dr. Andre ruffer, senior physician at the pediatric cardiac surgery department of erlangen university hospital, now the franz kohler prize, awarded by the german society for thoracic and fibrosurgery (DGTHG).
The DGTHG regularly awards the franz kohler prize at its annual meeting in recognition of outstanding work in the field of organ protection, particularly in cardiology. The prize is endowed with 7500 euros and is sponsored by the dr. Franz kohler chemie gmbh donated. The call supports ruffer's further research in pediatric heart surgery.

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Bamberg – melina mahmoodi probably did not expect it. When she hands over a picture to her art teacher in the hallway shortly before the end of school, the student from the erlos middle school sees her chances of winning the painting competition of the lions club as rather slim. The format of her drawing was actually too small, and the competition among the students was fierce. But on thursday morning, when her placard was hung over a piece of paper with the words "first place" on it is removed, the sixth-grader is thrilled.
She accepts her prize to thunderous applause. "The picture shows how people of all countries, religions and skin colors live together peacefully", melina mahmoodi explains her winning motive. This one shows a dove of peace, symbols and people of all countries hugging the earth.
The peace poster competition takes place every year all over the world. The theme this time was "the future of peace". 300,000 young people around the world put their thoughts and ideas on paper for this project.
Melina came to germany from iran with her family just under a year ago. Besides her mother tongue and german, she also speaks english. This could be helpful. She has qualified for both the bavarian and the german final rounds. If her picture is convincing, the schoolgirl will travel to the UN in new york next year with her companion and the winners from the other countries.
There she could present her small poster on very rough international stage.

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The samples taken give no cause for concern, as prefect pierre-andre durand said at a press conference on friday morning. There were no casualties in the fire. The cause of the fire initially remained unclear. Schools and daycare centers in the region closed on friday. The facilities are scheduled to reopen on monday after basic cleaning. The prefecture asked the public to clean rubbish-contaminated surfaces with water only.

The fire was completely extinguished on thursday evening, according to the authorities. A gigantic smoke column had previously risen from the chemical plant. French media reported huge flames and explosions at the factory of the lubrizol company, which manufactures additives for oils.

According to the authorities, the factory in normandy belongs to the so-called seveso category of hazardous sites that are subject to special monitoring. In 1976, a devastating chemical accident occurred in the italian town of seveso near milan.

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Balanced voices

"The atmosphere is very balanced and harmonious, and everyone always does their best to ensure that this continues to be the case" , praised choir director carmen wich. She also expressed confidence "that this can continue for quite a long time".
Secretary adele magin recalled all dates and events of the past year, and the list was quite impressive. With well over 20 appointments we were quite busy. Among other things, there were birthday parties, song and honorary evenings, as well as song contributions at the kerwa and in church services. The benefit concert for the opening of the new kindergarten in the mangersreuth church was of course supported by the club with pleasure.
Financially, the singing club also has nothing to worry about. This was stated by the head treasurer hannelore wich in her detailed report.
In the end, everyone agreed: it will definitely continue as long as this is somehow possible. The singers don’t want to be deprived of the pleasure of singing.
Singing hour is by the way every wednesday at 20 o’clock in the "hubertushohe", guests are always welcome.

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In the past decade, documented acts of violence against children in crisis areas have nearly tripled, according to a report by unicef, the u.N. Children’s agency. A "deadly decade" for children is coming to an end, unicef announced monday night.

Since 2010, a total of 170.000 serious abuses of children in crisis areas have been proven – an average of 45 per day. This includes, for example, killings, muzzling, sexual violence, kidnappings or attacks on schools or hospitals.

In 2018, the united nations reported 24.000 such acts – almost three times as many as in 2010, partly because more is being done to record and verify them. "Conflicts around the world last longer, unleash more bloodshed and cost more young lives," said unicef chief henrietta fore. Children in syria, the congo and yemen, among other places, are currently in a particularly bad situation. Children’s charity calls for better protection of children in crisis zones worldwide.

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This was decided on monday by the board of trustees of the main owner, the RAG foundation (74.99 percent of the shares), in agreement with the minority owner, CVC capital partners. Investors had demanded discounts of 25 percent or more because of the uncertain situation in the euro zone, foundation head wilhelm bonse-geuking told the dpa news agency. "A quarter of the value – that was not in it."

The RAG foundation wants to wait at least a year and a half before making a new start on the borsengang. "Before autumn next year – september, october 2013 – there is no thought of a borsengang," bonse-geuking told the "financial times deutschland" (tuesday edition). The prerequisite, however, is that the confidence of investors in the euro zone has returned.

The evonik owners and the banks had spoken with up to 2,000 investors. In the past week, 60 major investors had been approached in a concentrated effort – but the proceeds had simply not been enough. "It would have been a bargain price, but the price was just too low for us," said bonse-geuking.

According to unconfirmed reports, the owners had set a valuation target of 15 billion euros for evonik. This value has clearly been missed, he said. The proceeds of the evonik borsengang are to be used mainly to cover the so-called eternity liabilities of the german hard coal mining industry when the claim in germany is terminated at the end of 2018. In addition, the permanent pumping of water in the former mining areas pays.

The foundation could easily cover the required sum of around 220 million euros a year through its dividend income from evonik – around 300 million euros a year, said bonse-geuking. In addition, there were the capital transfers from about 1.6 billion euros of assets. "We have more than adequate liquidity and no time pressure at all."

The borsengang had already been suspended twice before monday’s decision – most recently in the fall of last year. Bonse-geuking defended the decision in march 2012 to restart preparations anyway. The reasons for this were the good business outlook for the company and the unexpectedly positive development of the capital markets. According to its statutes, the foundation is obligated to strive for the borsengang. This is intended to spread the income more widely.

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For weeks there was a ban on visitors in the nursing homes. Just in time for mother’s day, the rules have now been relaxed : one fixed, registered person per resident is allowed to visit the facilities again as of saturday. But to avoid an anstrum on mother’s day, there are even more special rules in the old people’s homes in the district of kitzingen.

In principle, visitors must call in advance and register as a contact person so that the chain of infection can be traced in case of infection. During the visit, the usual hygiene rules apply, such as face masks and sufficient safety distance.

Visits are possible only outside the living room

To ensure this, they set up a visitors’ tent in the kitzingerland nursing home, which adjoined the winter garden in the cafeteria. "The visiting time is limited to half an hour", says the head of the facility, helmut witt. In this way, the nursing home wants to give all residents the chance to visit.

"For saturday and sunday we have a special plan", says gabriele brandner, manager of the senior citizens’ home schloss ebracher hof in mainstockheim. Since the new regulations for visitors were announced by the bavarian government only at short notice, the measures were limited to this weekend for the time being.

They have drawn circles and set up chairs in the outdoor area so that visitors can meet with their relatives in the fresh air. "There you have one hour with an appointment", explains the head of the facility. Appointments in mainstockheim are only possible during visiting hours from 9 to 11 a.M. And between 3 p.M. And 5 p.M.

Hygiene rules must be observed

In the house. Elisabeth in kitzingen had to decide who could come on the weekend. "The guidelines are very clear," explains, says the social services manager of the facility, christiane greubel. According to the rules, only three of the 85 residents were allowed to visit the facility at the same time, and only in a special room outside the living area. "There’s no other way to manage it", so greubel.

Visitors must also take a temperature when they enter the senior citizens’ home. "There are no exceptions", says the head of social services at the facility. If someone violates the hygiene rules, they are allowed to make use of their domiciliary rights and prohibit a visit for the protection of the residents.

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According to the police, a resident of a duplex in kurnach in the strabe am stutz on friday apparently interrupted thieves in their execution of the crime. The owner of the apartment had got up shortly before 05:30 a.M. And went to the first floor of the house. When the 35-year-old entered the living room, he noticed the open terrace door. When he went to check on things, he noticed a dark van or station wagon that had just been started near the house and drove away.

It was only afterwards that the man discovered that unknown persons had apparently been in the first floor of the house. The burglars were apparently looking for valuables. Among other things, a cell phone and a laptop computer fell into their hands. All in all, they love to take away loot worth several hundred euros. Despite an immediately initiated manhunt is missing from the perpetrators so far any trace.

The criminal investigation officer is also hoping for information from the public. Residents who saw a suspicious vehicle or persons in the strabe am stutz on friday morning are asked to contact tel. 0931/457-1732 to report. Pole

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The kitzinger grunen are in favor of an urban redevelopment of the railroad station land in sthashausen, using the ecological potential of the flat area. The chairwoman of the city council faction andrea schmidt would like to see citizen participation before a development plan procedure is initiated. This is what the party writes in a press release.

The greens argue: "instead of further massive building and flat sealing, the land should be used in the form of a green corridor with recreational areas. A reforestation or green area would be a great gain in the quality of stay for the residential area of sthashausen. Especially in midsummer temperatures, trees provide a noticeable cooling effect."

Keep planning authority in city hands

Due to the coarseness of the area, there is also the possibility of realizing residential buildings on a part of it. Schmidt: "I don’t understand why the city once again wants to give planning authority out of its hands and almost unthinkingly follow the plans of an investor for whom there are no weighty arguments."

From the point of view of the greens, the investor’s plan to build a discount store, a full-range store and a drugstore on the site is "completely at odds with kitzingen’s oversupply in the food segment". A recent study by the university of wurzburg commissioned by the wurzburg-sweinfurt chamber of commerce and industry clearly shows that the center of kitzingen already has a very good local supply. According to local association spokeswoman eva trapp, the consequences for the city center were also not considered: "it is questionable whether the discounter norma and the drugstore rossmann will remain loyal to the city center if coarser flats and more parking spaces are offered outside the city center. The city itself is contributing to the sell-out of the city center – contrary to the center concept."

The greens also criticize the flat sealing of up to 5000 square meters by the planned buildings as well as more than 200 parking spaces on this area. Kitzingen holds already now with scarcely 60 per cent flat sealing the sad record in lower franconia. In addition, an important fresh-air corridor was impaired and residents were subjected to more noise and pollution. Schmidt: "the consequences of climate change affect kitzingen strongly and must finally have consequences on the actions in the city council: economical land policy and decisions towards more sustainability should therefore be the top priority", ends the press release.

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