Digital compass for seniors

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The so-called digital compass location for all questions about the internet was opened in the multigenerational house (MGH) of the awo-treff bad rodach these days. This is intended to help older people on their way into the internet and the digital world as part of the nationwide "digital compass" project support and guidance should be offered, as mobile internet use via smartphone and tablet is increasing, especially among seniors. After all, 79 percent of those aged 60 to 69 and 45 percent of those over 70 are now online. The german workers’ welfare association (awo) has therefore taken the step of accompanying the elderly in the digitalization process. Bad rodach is now one of the eleven bavarian digital compass locations. There are dedicated people who are trained in the daily use of advice and the internet and who pass on their knowledge.

"Who wouldn’t want to communicate with old friends or distant relatives, or share the lives of their children and grandchildren by video phone??", asked the speaker, guido steinke from the consumer initiative.

"We want to explain the world of digital media to seniors so they can use it to shape their personal lives. This includes video telephony, buying cheaper tickets on the german railroads and convenient travel booking from home," says lazanakis, MGH manager nicole voigt described the goals. Dav

One can only be amazed again and again at how many visitors gerd schaller gets on their feet with his ebracher musiksommer. His concert "baroque splendor of sound" with musicians from the leipzig gewandhaus was only very sparsely advertised in bad kissingen, and yet the rough hall was as good as full – but just with visitors who had arrived by bus.
Of course, a few people from kissingen were also drawn to the concert, because the program promised the best entertainment without any worries or regrets: baroque of the purest water. The five works by bach, handel and telemann were already extremely popular during the lifetime of their composers and remain so to this day. And then, of course, the musicians of the gewandhaus orchestra also have a very attractive name.
But the longer the concert lasted, the more one wondered why this was so. It should not be said here in glory, but it must also be stated that the leipzig musicians have gladly made a bow around the historical performance discussion. The enormous market value of the thomas cantor – and his contemporaries – has been recognized in leipzig, and the leipzig bach archive is doing fantastic work. But the uncomfortable attitude to a baroque articulation was gladly avoided in saxony. You only have to mention the new bachian collegium musicum or the virtuosi saxoniae from dresden. In the past, the reluctance was explained by the fact that the prerequisites in the GDR had not been met. It was also of no use when the economic planning had written the production of 200 violins at least 300 years old into the five-year plan.
But that was 30 years ago, and there were indeed successful models in the GDR as well: quite spectacular, for example, the handel renaissance in halle with the gmds horst-tanu marggraf from 1950 and later christian kluttig and their handel festival orchestra with exemplary opera productions – by no means burdensome for the GDR authorities, but a welcome source of foreign exchange.
So now, even in the rough hall, one or the other thing became a certain de-railing: for example, bach’s 3. Brandenburg concerto for 3 violins, 3 violas and 3 violoncelli and bb.C., in which really every instrument has its own voice. Unfortunately, there was no recognizable will to individualize these voices, from which tension could have arisen, the music had something strongly etude-like: technically fabulous, but routinely uninspired. Unfortunately, one had to do the same with georg philipp telemann’s concerto for 3 violins, strings and bb.C. Observe. One would have wished for a little more confrontational spirit from the three soloists, if only to really perceive them in the hustle and bustle.
There one could make gerd schaller truly no reproach. As a guest conductor without a lengthy rehearsal period, he had to conduct against 274 years of tradition to bring his pleasantly brisk tempi to the man and a certain basic concentration to the game at the beginning. That forced him again and again to a verhaltnismabig small-part stroke. And he prevailed, even if he would have liked to have had one or two things a little differently, more articulately.
This is not to say that there was not also powerful music, that it is not possible to make an impression with modern instruments. With three horns and three trumpets behind the small but effective group of woodwinds, this is of course almost no art either. Leaving aside the fact that bach’s orchestral suite no. 4 BWV1069, and above all its crudely conceived overture, had to be used for self-discovery in parts, but it was already clear what the visitors to georg friedrich handel’s wassermusik-suite nr. 1 HWV 348 and the royal fireworks music HWV 351 awaited: powerful, sonorous music-making that, thanks to the brisk tempi, never ran the risk of becoming pathetic, with a pleasantly present continuo group providing a stable and anticipatory underpinning. There it was, the "baroque splendor of sound", which the announcement had promised. And another little kick against trade: "la rejouissance" would have been the more gentle conclusion. But this is of course a matter of taste.

Karl-heinz hofmann at its meeting on monday, the works committee of the kronach city council dealt with the report on the audit of the 2016, 2017 and 2018 financial statements and unanimously approved the submitted economic plan for 2020 as well as the financial plan for the years 2020 to 2023. Under the leadership of the second mayor angela hofmann (CSU), the commercial manager johannes meitner and plant manager jochen loffler were able to convince with their presented numerical material.

The council unanimously stated that the municipal utilities were on the right track. This was also confirmed by the audit carried out by the bavarian municipal auditing association (BKPV), which, on the basis of a city council resolution of 24. The audit of the annual financial statements for 2016 to 2018 was carried out in september 2019. Accordingly, the BKPV judged the management’s description of the situation to be plausible and consistent, based on the results of the audit and the findings obtained, including the opportunities and risks of future development presented. According to the BKPV, the assessment of the situation by the plant management was appropriate in terms of scope and accurate in terms of content. The audit did not reveal any indications that the continued existence of the company was in jeopardy.

Problem of aid

Under the item "other significant findings" encouraged the supervisory body to examine the aid problem and take the necessary steps to avoid adverse legal consequences. However, the BKPV also points out that in several cases the EU commission has taken the view that certain activities have a purely local impact due to their special characteristics and therefore do not affect trade between member states.

Specifically, for the city of kronach, in the case of swimming pools and other recreational facilities that primarily have a local catchment area, this means that if the state has provided a financial benefit to such an entity, it does not constitute aid because of the lack of effect on interstate commerce. This view is also supported by the decisions of the EU commission on state aid law of 29 june 2009. April 2015.

The members of the works committee approved the 2020 business plan, including the staffing plan, presented by the kronach municipal utility company. A total of 2750,196 euros has been set aside to compensate for the loss of liquidity by the city of kronach, of which 968,000 euros is for planned investments. Another 3.4 million euros are included in the business plan as a direct charge for building yard services.

The stadtwerke kronach has to pay the city of kronach around 155,000 euros in contributions to administrative costs and around 130,000 euros in concession fees from the water supply. The total burden of the city of kronach from the economic plan thus amounts to approximately 5.85 million euros. The kronach public utility company includes the waterworks, parking deck, crana mare water park, wastewater treatment, cemeteries, building yard and energy divisions. The economic plan for 2020 was approved with income of 10,047,500 euros and expenses of 11,858,200 euros. The assets plan lists available funds of 3 650 350 euros and required funds of 3 650 350 euros.

More personnel costs

For the success plan, johannes meitner states that there will most likely be increases in personnel costs in all areas due to the collective bargaining negotiations in 2020. The demand for both materials and external services is also likely to continue to increase due to the economic situation.

Corona crisis

The impact of the corona crisis remains a major unknown, and no one is currently in a position to assess its financial consequences. In the asset plan, the investment focus is on water supply, especially rehabilitation of the elevated reservoirs. The implementation of the water mixture in friesen will be completed in the first half of 2020. With a number of other smaller investments, a total of around one million euros is planned. 710,000 euros have been earmarked for various sewerage and clearing system repairs.

The new calculation scheme and the new fees will improve the result by 70,000 euros and, together with the new fees, will help to ensure that both water supply and wastewater disposal do not make a loss. However, considerable investment is required in both areas.

Finally, meitner notes that the 2020 business plan will not require new loans to be taken out.

Second mayor angela hofmann as well as the council assessed the situation positively and expressed their thanks to the municipal utilities and their manager. Everyone was clear that the corona crisis could have an as yet immeasurable impact.

However, it is also clear that the crana mare water park will be put back into operation as soon as the legislator allows it and it is still reasonable in terms of the season.

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