What Covid-19 does to the lungs

Doctors are gaining more and more experience with Covid-19 patients in whom breathing fails. They report unusual effects of the virus on the lungs.




Many dark areas, light clouds (which indicate fluid accumulation) only on the edge: CT images of Covid 19 patients differ from those of other people with pneumonia.

The outbreak of the novel corona virus started with a misunderstanding. The genome of the pathogen, which was still completely unknown at the time, was so similar to that of the already known Sars virus that researchers assumed that it was similar in the body.

The virus is not so contagious, scientists like Christian Drosten of the Charité concluded. It mainly affects the lower respiratory tract and thus the lungs, so it has to get there for an infection. The first contact with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany showed that the researchers were wrong.

When the first people in Germany near Munich got infected, a team led by Drosten was able to extract and multiply viruses from the affected person's throat swabs . With Sars, this was never successful. Since then it has been clear: the new type of corona virus not only affects the lungs, it mainly settles in the upper airways and throat.

This has advantages for the virus. It is much easier to get from one person to another, the way from throat to throat is much shorter than the way from lungs to lungs. But people also benefit because upper respiratory tract infections can be unpleasant but almost never dangerous.

Comparatively rarely, however, the novel coronavirus also penetrates into the lungs and triggers inflammation there. In Germany, around two percent of the detected infected are affected. The consequences that doctors are currently observing differ in several respects from known serious respiratory infections.

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Not enough integrated

Mesut Özil misses self-criticism. But his attack on DFB President Reinhard Grindel contains a lot of truth: The German Football Association has failed in one of its most important tasks.

The dispute over the photos of footballers Ilkay Gündogan and Mesut Özil with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shortly before the World Cup has finally become the sign of a serious crisis of the German Football Association with the resignation of Özil from the national team.

It could be easy. One could say that Özil shows no self-criticism and sees only omissions of the recent weeks with media, sponsors, fans and federation, but not with himself. One could point out that Erdogan does not operate a democratic-pluralistic politics and a photo with him, how "unpolitical" Özil also wants to have understood, is always a political statement.

That could be done. What is striking about the reporting since the so-called Erdogan is, however, the matter of course, with which many pretend that there is a clear catalog of values to which all people involved in German football have to confess? In such a canon of values, apparently, proximity to Erdogan does not fit. Because freedom of expression is suppressed in Turkey because journalists and members of the opposition are imprisoned.

What freedom of expression means

In Germany, however, thinking is not given. Here is freedom of expression. And that applies to AfD supporters as well as football players and many Erdogan fans who live here. You can and must argue with them. But one must not exclude them because of their positions from the participation in the social life. In the criticism of Özil and Gündogan swung but from the beginning, that the two athletes were denied the "German". What a presumption

Who was responsible for this situation? The players who should "finally explain"? Or the largest sports federation in the world? Mesut Özil is a selection player of the DFB. But President Reinhard Grindel, who is criticized by him, is responsible for representing the almost seven million members of German football clubs. And as such, he must also protect the national team from inappropriate criticism.

More than 30 percent of the German population under the age of 20 have a migration background. In many cities, the proportion is significantly higher. Many play football. In addition to schools, sports clubs are central places where this must happen, which is often called "integration".

The defiance reaction

By this many people understand: "The" should become like "we". But should not it be about how "the" and "we" live well together? Many seem to see it differently. Because this is exactly the logic, after some fans of Özil an "apology" for his appearance with Erdogan demanded. But why should he apologize? He has not broken any laws, and the harsh criticism seems to have rather led him to a defiance reaction.

You do not have to like Özil for performing with Erdogan, you do not have to cheer him on. You can also think that's very awkward. But compared to the arbitrary idea of how this athlete should behave, the DFB should rather devote itself to another task: it should finally fill the values with which it shines in commercials and anti-racism actions, to life.

It would have belonged to respond quickly to the nature of the criticism of Özil and Gündogan.

 And proactive, with clear statements. Instead, there were some PR appearances with Grindel and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, some confessions on plurality and values - and then nothing more. It would have been the job of the DFB, and especially its leadership, to recognize that the debate had gone beyond a PR issue - and that players should be protected.

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Hoeness occurs after

Sharp criticism from Munich: Bayern boss Uli Hoeness is relieved by the DFB resignation of Mesut Özil and says, "his crap Performance özil hide" behind his photo with Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has Mesut Özil after his resignation from the German football national team in dramatic form of criticism. "I am glad that the nightmare is over. The has for years played a dirt. The last two fight, he has won the World Cup in 2014," said Hoeness The "Sport Bild" before the departure of the German record champion to a test match series in the USA.

The development in our country, says hoeness continues, "a catastrophe. It's a must to reduce what it is: sports. And sporty özil for years has nothing in the national team lost."

Özil arbitration at the World Cup in Russia and Germany in the preliminary round. His performance remained as the team-mates behind expectations. However, many experts agree: The 29-year-old Özil was still one of the better German players at the World Cup, showing its values: In the third preliminary round game against South Korea, he prepared the most accounts before. Seven times özil brought his players in situations that led to shots.

Hoeness ignores these numbers. He says, "özil hiding himself and his dung power behind this photo. In addition, Hoeness said: "His 35 million followers boys - which of course does not exist in the real world - take care of it that özil dominating has played a cross pass to the man."

Electric saw for the first time on Sunday about being with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke and was playing after 92 countries from the DFB team resigned. The 29-year-old in a statement criticized the media and the German Football Association (DFB), and in particular-he attacked President Reinhard Grindel. He criticized "racism and lack of respect". Grindel he alleges "incompetence".

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Battery for self catering: Tesla and ray of light forging Stromspeicher-Allianz

The US-group Tesla brings a memory on the market, regardless of the households of the energy companies. Project partners will be according to The News-Update-information the German company ray of light.

The German Green electricity provider that ray of hope and the US-group Tesla partners. According to information from News update is a new product from Tesla ray of hope in the German electricity market. Long-term goal is largely independent of electricity customers in all over the world to make their energy suppliers.

Tesla-Chef Elon Musk had a battery in the night to Friday for households and medium-sized businesses presents, the excess wind and solar energy and caching food later if needed back to the network. Ray of Hope will help the future owners, with the batteries to earn money.

The needed information technology uses the Hamburg-based company has for years been in another project. About IT-platform, the so-called Schwarm-Dirigenten , controls ray of hope is currently approximately a thousand small block-type thermal power stations, and at the same time supply the customers with would be generating electricity into the grid. The revenues for the electricity sold shares ray of light with the operators.

The two companies are now entering into a multi-billion dollar market. The share of renewable energies in the electricity supply is growing in many countries. This varies the amount of the available electricity increasingly fierce. But a stable supply of energy is the foundation of the whole economy, especially in industrialised countries, such as Germany.

Ray of Hope now wants to hundreds of thousands of small, responsive power stations and storage networking and centrally controlled. Together they produce a virtual power plant, the increasing can compensate for fluctuations in the power supply system within minutes.Even the traditional energy suppliers such as E. ON and RWE have in the decentralised energy market identified an important business model of the future. Because if soon every household a little energy produces, could power the free gift. The electricity generation with huge power plants were then less and less money. If the old power plants but from the grid, it is becoming increasingly important, million small plants so as to control that the power in the whole country is still safe.

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Geheimdienst-Affare : BND had 12,000 NSA-delete search terms

The BND has for many years with the NSA apparently helped the espionage. According to information of the news magazine NEWS UPDATE, the German Secret Service delete 12,000 search terms, with which the United States diplomats and governments ausforschten.

In the investigation of the informers in Bad Aibling NSA-search terms was fed into the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) in August 2013 to a large extent on so-called selectors, so search features as you wish. With these scoured the United States diplomats and employees of governments in Europe.

According to information from the News Update the active search file searched an agent of the NSA with the initials "diplo", "office" and "gov". It was elements of e-mail addresses which diplomats, public authorities and governments in Germany and other European countries use.

Immediately landed the BND-employees a real winner, there were a total of 12,000 such features in the search file, including some e-mail addresses which led to high-ranking French diplomats. Also e-mail of the EU-institutions and of several European governments need to including employees have found.

The News Update had previously reported that the NSA using BND-technology over the years ausforschte European companies and politicians. The NSA provided the BND therefore for the monitoring of the traffic from the Teufelsberg Bad Aibling from many selectors - such as phone numbers or IP addresses of computers - to destinations in Europe. The BND informed the Chancellor's Office on the inadmissible Spahversuche the Americans had already years ago. But only as the NSA-execute inquiry, the government more intensive research and white since March detailed decision.

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Reactivated branch lines: the German railways has - again

Since 41 years, Nordhorn no railway connection, is happening now unheard: Deutsche Bahn will more than 53,000 - w hich in Lower Saxony starting again soon. A Ortsbesuch.

If Johann Thien the lever shifts and his locomotive on the route to Nordhorn controls, driving it in a past epoch. He moves into a world, nor in the train driver before crossing with the hand and press on the horn. Then wait for farmers in these level crossings in their tractors patiently Thien relate to you vorbeizuckelt freight train with 40 kilometers per hour. (If you want to now the route from the Lokfuhrer-Perspektive experience? At the end of the text you will find a video.)

Lapidation on thousands of kilometers over the last decades of the movement, only freight trains still travel has been set here and there. Now the Land of Lower Saxony would like to reactivate three routes for passenger trains. The red-green coalition in Hanover sees this as a contribution to an environmentally friendly transport policy: by rail instead of road. The county of Bentheim is one of the places where the years of struggle for the railways was successful.

41 Years ago, the last scheduled passenger train in the county seat. Thousands took on the platform, the "locals go messages," wrote at that time: "In Bentheim and Quendorf fins the first tears, because it was said: 'left behind! The cars are busy. '" it was just extra eight coupled wagons.

Train driver Thien, 55, of the present, with its freight train driving the route to Nordhorn, remembers the time of passenger trains: "Yes, I am here in the third generation. Grandpa, dad and I, we were all for the Bentheimer railway." His father worked as a stoker on the last steam locomotive on the track either stomped.

The Bentheimer railway belongs in the majority of the rural district of Grafschaft Bentheim; also had to compensate for the bulk of the deficit, the passenger trains year for year imports. Therefore the politicians decided at the beginning of the seventies, to relocate the traffic on buses. So that the train was driven in Nordhorn. "At that time, it was not thought far enough," says Berling.

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BND-affair: suspicion of industrial espionage against Airbus hardens

The BND-affair is expanding: the NSA is interested in mirror-information not only for diplomats, governments, but also for employees of the economy. The Airbus is affected, the boss finally demanded a statement.

In the BND-affair The suspicion that the Airbus long-standing Ausspahziel the English-speaking military intelligence services, the so-called Five Eyes, was. In the search for new Observationszielen was a German employee of the aerospace company Airbus marked as a hit. His name was together with a Saudi Arabian phone number listed. The documents show that the News Update.

The entry shows that data streams for the keyword EADS, the former name of the Airbus group are searched. Airbus CEO Tom Enders is irritated and extremely angry about the day-long silence of the government, confirmed a high-level Airbus-Manager the News Update. Enders urge the government, finally adopting a position on the alleged industrial espionage.

The News Update had reported last week that the US secret service with the knowledge of the BND NSA for years companies such as EADS the Airbus-Vorganger ausspionierte. The aerospace company announced on Thursday, a complaint against unknown because of the suspicion of industrial espionage to reimburse.

The News update reports in its latest issue that the German secret service 12,000 search terms deleted, with which the United States diplomats and employees of governments ausforschten.......

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Weimar: right-wing extremists storms may 1st Labor Day rallies

Use the 1 right-wing extremists in Thuringia. May, to get back if it meant upsetting people. You pobelten in Weimar on a DGB-rally. Four people were injured according to police fights. The officials took 29 suspicious.

A group of right-wing extremists on Friday has a rally of DGB, the SPD and left on the market square in Weimar was conquered. As a female police officer of the police station News Update reported that the 50 attacker suddenly marched and had attacked the assembly.

The Thuringia Police reported 29 arrests. A spokesman said, however, that on the sides of the DGB had four people have been injured. The Left party had on Twitter first of 15 injured have been reported.

The SPD-during Carsten Schneider, who was attending the event, said News Update, it was 40 to 50 black dressed young people. He had to begin his speech at 11 o'clock, as were the nationalists on the family festival with posters have surfaced, which, among other things "DGB = Arbeiterverrater" and "No to home" state.

This had taken, and after the microphone right-wing extremist slogans roared. Again and again the right-wing extremists, and also with the Lord Mayor Stefan Wolf (SPD) - has been asked to leave, said Schneider. "They were very aggressive, have pushed, there were fights. You have an older man a Holzplakat rammed into the stomach." Then the organisers had the power turned off, the attacker would have disappeared. "Our firm is of course, continuing," said Social Democrat Schneider.

The men were arrested in Weimar pestered part, also because right-wing extremist incidents, said the spokesperson. Those arrested did not originate from Weimar. It is suspected that they were on the way to Erfurt. According to the police there were gathered together 200 supporters of the NPD and 300 counter-demonstrators. In Saalfeld, some 500 people together, against an elevator from 500 neo-nazis and right-wing extremists to protest.

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Immigration: Von der Leyen seconded Marine into the Mediterranean Sea

Ursula von der Leyen acts boldly stayed in the plight. Two ships of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) course on the Mediterranean Sea. They are designed to support the EU-Operation Frontex, although many questions are resolved.

Ursula von der Leyen is not a minister for the wait. Just two weeks ago on Friday, the EU had hastily a program to improve the sea rescue of refugees on the Mediterranean Sea and the Christian Democrat already operational readiness. Von der Leyen was to visit in Poland. Actually it should go to the NATO, but before the cameras was the issue of refugees.

A clear, von der Leyen, they wanted help now very quickly, on the Mediterranean sea rescue services to improve significantly. "Even though many questions are open", the humanitarian assistance was urgently needed. Pace was needed now.

Middle of this week, the defense minister seriously. According to information from the offense Gruppenversorger NEWS UPDATE "Berlin" and the frigate "Hesse", which were just in the East African country Djibouti, on the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The warships currently run through the Red Sea, on Thursday passed you Saudi Arabia.

The new Mission has made from der Leyen, employs the Wehrressort since days and the interior and foreign affairs (AA). Shortly before the holiday put their heads together, to the officials last the German help for the rescue of refugees to plan and the many legal doubts overcome somehow.

The task is not trivial, and it is for the Navy the Fluchtlingsrettung uncharted territory. First, it was agreed that the German ships in the Mediterranean does not act on your own. Instead, they will by the EU-Grenzschutzmission Frontex will be co-ordinated. Having arrived in the area of application, the Bundeswehrschiffe Teiloperation Triton and to assist in the rescue of kenternden help or overloaded abounded.

The co-ordination by Frontex was controversial. The Federal Foreign Office provides for the participation critical, is but a police and no military mission. At the end of 2013, at that time, Brussels has been already evaluated, Frontex, increase the participation of the armed forces had the AA strictly rejected. It is true that a financial support, it is acceptable in an internal AA-paper. The use of naval vessels but was not compatible with the mandate". The document is still circulating, the Foreign Office found his doubts but now the brakes on now: no one wants to be caught.

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BND-affair: protection money for the Big Brother

The new NSA-scandal you should always remember: the Americans want to only our best. And that is what they are getting - our data. How long will the Germans still pay protection money overseas?

What does a dwarf, if he wants to look far? It is based on the shoulder of a giant. Then he can look even further than this. Unless, the giant is in the bag before the Dwarf. It is up to the BND has been taken with the NSA. The German Foreign Intelligence Agency (BND) wish i have can keep up in the international intelligence community".

However, unlike the term suggests, find the intelligence world in the not always the most intelligent contemporaries. The investigative committee of the Bundestag as now to the intrigues of the NSAS in Germany found out, the BND to let itself be led by the nose. And what does our government to do this? What government?

Alone, you don't like the word "scandal" no longer use. "Scandals" are the exception. What the secret services, this mixture of breaking and chaos is the rule, rather. Two years ago, we were told that the US-Stasi monitored with us a mobile phone of the Chancellor. Last year it came out that the Americans the BND had recruited an agent. Now we learn, to what extent our friends with us and our European neighbors may be industrial espionage targeting.

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Flugelkampf: left-hand green drums for the Öko-Revolution

More welfare state, higher taxes, more expensive gasoline: in the green calls the left-wing section after a radical restructuring of the economy and society. A challenge to the Partei-Realos .

Hold on the small things Catherine Sven-Christian Kindler drug and not on. You it is a "radical change of the economic system", a "other company in Germany", "yes" to a "different world". Must fight for their party, find the two Grunen-Bundestagsabgeordneten .

And because they do too little something drab and Kindler's eyes, the two drafted a wake-up call for their own ranks. Your position paper, the Spiegel online, is a challenge to the Realo-Flugel , to leading minds like Grunen-Chef Cem Ozdemir or the baden-wurttemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.

As this revolution is to be fulfilled, have drug and Kindler on twelve pages were written as "contribution to innergrunen debate". The central message: A green economic policy only works with a strong welfare state and massive redistribution. The Greens had to rebut the accusation that the ecological restructuring of the economy only rich people could afford - because everything, where "bio", "ECO" or "fair" label, now time is more expensive.

"Great riches calls for a lavish fresh applied K will improve, also not a sustainable Statuskonsum of the middle classes from it', the Green Party politician. "Increased long air travel, size, fast cars and exotic food at any time of the year are just a few examples of an anti-ecological patterns of the elites, in Germany, but also in emerging markets increasingly will be copied." That is why it is important for the EU to the Verteilungskrise and the climate crisis to answer together.

The authors are convinced: We didn't need the green more about such ideas, in order to you "politically even more forward". However, rooms drug and Kindler also that not all conflicts can be resolved. For example meat: the eco-design standards had to be significantly more expensive. Or flying and driving: today it was also much too cheap. However, the authors, should not be a luxury good food even mobility.

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Hair removal: "The brutal Tour"

Many people are disturbed by their hair, sometimes it is even unhygienic. You should shave, grow or lasers? The dermatologist Hans Wolff explains, what methods There are - and what are the risks you have.

Hans Wolff is Professor of Dermatology and director of the Haarsprechstunde at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

News Update: The Schwimmbadsaison begins, many people are wondering if you should put his hand on your hair - is the from a medical point of view?

Wolff: in my office hours I sometimes see in men, which are under the shoulders not shave, infestation with Propioni-Bakterien - despite daily showering. These bacterial colonies are such as coral reefs. The Achselhaar is then as too sweet of a brownish, vitreous coating begins to muffles, if he comes into contact with sweat. That is why I would recommend for aesthetic and olfactory reasons, although the shoulders to shave and in men and women.

News Update: people without coral reefs in his armpit?

Wolff: For those who does not have these problems, it is more not relevant. Men with Achselhaaren are, of course, not perceived as unattractive. But it is absolutely simple, every two to four weeks with a simple trimmer the armpits to short. I think this makes sense.

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Hamburg: Unbekannte mauern S-Bahn-Tür komplett zu

Left Behind, please: In the Hamburg S-bahn is a door has been bricked up. The damage is determined, the German Federal Police tens of thousands Euro.

Unknown in Hamburg the front door of a S-Bahn-Waggons bricked up. The driver discovered the barricade on Tuesday afternoon, after he had a tour to Blankenese and back to Altona. The ride was then stopped, all passengers had to get out.

The Federal Police has taken over the investigation. As it is called in a communication with each other, were the so-called Ytong-Steine connected with an adhesive in the door area and also glued to the door trim.

It is not a fun, said a spokesperson of the S-bahn. The train was according to her twelve hours not ready for operation, the damage amounts EUR tens. Should an offender be determined, they would in any case claim compensation for damages.

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Bayern, Robben and Lewandowski ko: for the outside season finished

Guardiola loses the dutch for a tear to the calf. For the polish fracture to the maxilla and breakage of the nasal septum: the semifinal round of the Champions League is at risk

The defeat of yesterday against the Borussia Dortmund and even more painful than you could imagine. The Bayern Munich, with a view to the semi finals of the Champions League with Barcelona will have to do less is Arjen Robben that Robert Lewandowski.

EXAMS - as confirmed by the head of the communication of Bayern, Markus Hörwick, the situation is serious: the dutch, was back on the field yesterday in the semi-final of the German Cup after 5 weeks to stop the tearing of the muscles of the abdomen, and came out after only 16 '. The medical visits to which you have highlighted the tearing of the muscle of the left calf: the season of Robben is considered thus ended. Also as regards Lewandowski there are no good news. Already in the night, Cezary Kucharski, his attorney, he had written on twitter: "I am worried about things does not augur well". And, indeed, the polish striker, who has clashed at 117' with Langerak, in addition to a head trauma he suffered a fracture of the jaw bone and the nasal septum. Highly unlikely its presence with the Barcelona. Guardiola for the semifinals will have to do less also Ribery, retainer from the 11 march for a problem to the ankle, Badstuber, that has remedied a tearing of the muscle in the left thigh and Alaba, which has torn the medial collateral ligament of the left knee. After having lost yesterday the rigors the possibility to center the triplete, Guardiola is the semifinal of Champions with a team that has literally broken bones.

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Fight against misogyny: not smile at the oral sex

For no reason grinning women in advertising? Should be banned, you will find in the pilot district Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg . In this context, the real contempt for women as naive and hysterical from the newsstands.

You know it as enlightened man probably already: the representation of women as housewife or offensive for no reason is one lucky person will soon be a thing of the past. In the Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District, the traditional play a pioneering role in emancipation, you now have a ten-point program, presented to discriminatory and misogynistic images from public space to utterly destroy them.

One year, a working group with the help of experts from Terre des Femmes and the Frauennachtcafe whitewater discuss how Kreuzberg at least visually to sexist no-go area. In future, it will be prevented in any advertising of women as a " (will)weak, hysterical, stupid, paranoid, naive" will be displayed. Women should also not "staged" with a smile without reason or be intentionally tailored to "dressed" will be shown. Advertising, "The fact that women vulnerable, caring, with great joy in the household employment, konsumsuchtig, depending on, seductive, already" are, is just as taboo as each figure, which suggests the viewer that it is better, if it weighs less or a smoother skin.

A smile as "structural violence"

For the time being the situation only applies to the four district controlled advertising space, but of course it should not remain the same. How to get in the "Berliner Zeitung" was able to read, you were already in negotiations with the advertising agency¶on a framework agreement for a further 23 sites. The dissemination regressive role models and "Gender Stereotypes" is considered a "structural violence", why not also under the new Werbeverordnung failed, but falls under violence prevention. No idea how the green to a headscarf and burka. About too much naked skin must be to Muslims at least not complain. Unfortunately, you have there it was still a completely unbroken relation to housewife, but since you can make sure what in the next integration course.

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Judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court: "FCK CPS" must not be punishable

A woman from Lower Saxony received a display for insult: she wanted a T-shirt, a button badge with the inscription "FCK CPS" account. Police officers had felt vilified and first right. The Federal Constitutional Court annulled the judgment now.

Most people should do joga, if you read the letters "FCK CPS" on Ansteckern. That the as an abbreviation for "Fuck Cops" applies, is obvious, but not necessarily well known. However police officers feel personally attacked by the parable. This can "FCK CPS" be covered on the fundamental right of freedom of expression. The has now decided by the Federal Constitutional Court.

The woman from Lower Saxony had a T-shirt with the words and so was taken by the police has been reprimanded. As the officials again you got, this time with a badge, it has a display because of insult. A judge sentenced her to 15 hours voluntary work.

This was inadmissible in the freedom of expression of the woman intervened, the judges ruled. The imprint will bring only the general rejection of the police force, and handed the state to express his lust. The police, the young people encountered with the badge, could therefore not individually at the parable relate.

It was mostly not in such allegations go to individual characteristics of the members, but the evaluation of a collective, the judge emphasized. However, he said a criminal offense for a rather "personalisierenden Assignment", which was not shown here. The local court must now again decide on the case.

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Dialekte-Quiz : Spoken where as you?

Snack, lunch, Vespers or mid-morning snack? As the second breakfast, reveals a lot about their origin. Our Quiz test it on 24 terms - and shows where their linguistic homeland.


Regional dialects make the German language varied and significant. Indeed, what words you use for certain things, can clearly show where they come from. In the Quiz "Moin, hello, hello" you can find out what regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland your language fits the best.

The linguistic atlas was developed by Tagesanzeiger.ch and Newsnet now, based on the "Atlas of the German everyday language". Informations about the there is a smartphone app with additional features. In this video explains dialect researcher Adrian Leemann, such as the App "Hello, Moin, "Servus" works. A similar application, the New York Times published at the end of 2013 for the United States.

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Adorno and Scholem: From sparks of Truth

An unusual friendship: exchange of letters which has just been published by Theodor W. Adorno and Scholem is a great moment in German Jewish intellectual history.

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Audi A8: Here is the new generation

Design more "sharp" and V10 engine from 540 or 610 HP for the new Audi R8 which will debut during the 2015

SUPERCAR 2.0 - The German house presents the second generation of the Audi R8, the high performance sports bike developed by zero which will make his debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The flagship of the range Audi, and is even more powerful, lightweight, and Clen model currently in the price list. Shorter than 2 cm (442 cm), one (124 cm) but larger than 4 cm (194 cm), has an impression even more imposing is also thanks to angular bodywork. The radiator grille honeycomb is wide and flat, the air vents front and rear side are crossed by vertical slats while the headlights of new drawing (Led) offer a look menacing. On request, the laser beam with headlights that cover a total distance of 600 m and the front direction indicators dynamic (rear ones are standard).

SAYS GOODBYE TO V8 - The Audi R8 of second generation will be available with two variants of the V10 5.2 FSI sucked: from 540 HP and 540 Nm for the "base" (0-100 km/h in 3.5 seconds, maximum speed of 323 km/h); from 610 hp and 560 Nm for the Plus (0-100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 9.9 seconds, peak of 330 km/h). According to the German house consumption has been cut up to 10% thanks to the system Start&Stop technology and off of the cylinders: the R8 V10 and V10 Plus travel respectively 8.5 and 8 km with a liter of fuel (according to data reported). The transmission is entrusted to the gearbox S tronic dual-clutch and 7 gears to three modes of operation while the four-wheel drive four can send up to 100% of torque to the rear wheels (default) or to the front wheels. Serial the Audi Drive Select, which allows you to select 4 driving modes: Comfort, Auto, Dynamic and Individual (more than Performance, standards for the V10 plus). To request the dampers to control magnetic, alloy rims from 20 inches and the braking system carboceramico (standard for the V10 plus).

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“Any Spackos”

They ask your friends on Facebook: “What do we learn thereby? any spackos, which hide themselves behind any fantasy profile pictures and their - times more or discharge little entertaining grind….?” In a further Facebook entry you, Spiegel online subordinate wants to suggest, “that 30 thousand Twitter guys the public represent.”

We do not want that naturally, but we regard the contributions as interesting, authentic voting from the “scene” - to audience, which should find in a curated environment hearing.

A little your Furor in things audience participation surprises us. Finally you decided sometime to show your films no longer first professional film critics because their opinion does not interest you. Instead interest you the opinion of the normal people, which pass their judgement at the cinema cash, by buying tickets for your films. We give now normal “scene” - to spectators the opportunity, their displeasure, to articulate in addition, their praise for the current episodes. That can disturb you not all seriousness.

The moreover one we draw the attention of you gladly to the fact that we accompany the “scene” very critically with further formats. Comprehensively we analyze the respective consequence in a Vorabkritik, in the follow-up supply we a precise fact check. More critical handling the “scene” is probably hardly possible.

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