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Three women under investigation after Chinese lantern causes deadly blaze in German zoo - Calgary Herald

Fire ripped through the monkey house at Krefeld zoo on New Year's Eve, killing dozens of animals, including orangutans, chimpanzees and marmosets, the management said. Alexander FORSTREUTER / DPA / AFP KREFELD, Germany, Jan 2 (Reuters) — A Chinese lantern, launched by a 60-year-old mother and her two adult daughters in a New Year’s Eve celebration, caused the fire at a German zoo in which dozens of animals were killed, including eight great apes, authorities said.Police in Krefeld, near the Dutch border, said the three women had turned themselves in on learning of the disaster, in which five orangutans, two gorillas and a chimpanzee were killed, alongside bats and birds.The women had bought five lanterns, banned locally and in most of Germany for over a decade, on the internet, believing that they were allowed on New Year’s Eve, chief investigator Gerd Hoppmann told a somber news conference on Thursday. Wolfgang Dressen, manager of the Krefeld zoo, stands in front of the burned-out monkey house of the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany, on January 1, 2020. – Fire ripped through the monkey house at Krefeld zoo on New Year’s Eve, killing dozens of animals, including orangutans, chimpanzees and marmosets, the management said. Christoph Reichwein / dpa / AFP “I’ve seen very many human corpses,” Hoppmann said. “And I was struck by how like humans the bodies of the grea...https://calgaryherald.com/news/world/three-women-under-investigation-after-chinese-lantern-causes-deadly-blaze-in-german-zoo/wcm/ba1cb777-d7c6-4f1c-bcc0-fcef5f0e17fe

Website helps Americans get into rhythm of German life - Stars and Stripes

The villages currently featured on the site are: Ramstein-Miesenbach, Steinwenden, Kottweiller-Schwanden, Huetchenhausen, Niedermohr, Neunkirchen Am Potzberg, Baumholder, Spangdahlem, Herforst and Binsfeld. The project also has its own Facebook page.svan.jennifer@stripes.com SCREEN GRAB FROM WILLKOMMEN RHEINLAND-PFALZ" A screen grab from a new website lists links with information for nearly a dozen communities in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. The site is part of a project to help Americans assimilate into Germany.SCREEN GRAB FROM WILLKOMMEN RHEINLAND-PFALZarticle continues below ...

"Unser Land in den 70ern": Neue zehnteilige WDR-Reihe widmet jedem Jahr eine Doku - Presseportal.de (Pressemitteilung)

Und: Was erfüllte die Seele des Westens mit Stolz? Ein Journalisten-Team hat monatelang öffentliche und private Archive im ganzen Land nach Geschichten und Material aus den 1970ern durchforstet und ist auf zum Teil unveröffentlichte Filmaufnahmen gestoßen. Der WDR konnte zehn prominente Persönlichkeiten aus NRW als Paten und Sprecher der Filme gewinnen. Sie erzählen die Geschichte des Jahres, in dem sie geboren wurden - wie Esther Schweins 1970, Annette Frier 1974, Lutz van der Horst 1975, Sabine Heinrich 1976 oder Micky Beisenherz 1977. Sie machen die Reihe "Unser Land in den 70ern" auch zu einer ganz persönlichen und unterhaltsamen Zeitreise zurück in ein turbulentes Jahrzehnt. Menschen, für die ein Jahr in den 70ern zu einem Meilenstein in ihrem Leben wurde, erzählen bewegende Geschichten. Auch Prominente wie Ulrike Meyfarth, die bei den Olympischen Spielen 1972 die Goldmedaille im Hochsprung erkämpfte und dann erschüttert die Nachricht vom terroristischen Anschlag auf die israelische Mannschaft erfahren musste. Mit ihr erleben die Zuschauer den Moment, als die Freude über den Sieg ins blanke Entsetzen umschlug. Die Filmemacher haben aber auch weniger bekannte Protagonisten ausfindig gemacht, die den Moment schildern, in dem sich ihr Leben komplett veränderte - zum Beispiel Magdalena Drinhaus, die sich als junge Krankenschwester im sauerländischen Meschede mit den Pocken infizierte - einer Krankheit, die eigentlich hierzulande längst als ausgestorben galt. 1970 legte diese letzte Pockenepidemie in Deutschland das komplette öffentliche Leben in und um Meschede still. Ein GSG-9-Mann der ersten Stunde spricht über den Kampf des Landes gegen den RAF-Terror 1977. Der ehemalige Staatsschützer war auch dabei, als die Spezialeinheit den entführten Passagier-Jet "Landshut" in Mogadischu stürmte und die Geiseln befreite. "Unser Land in den 70ern" ist eine Produktion von Broadview TV im Auftrag des WDR (Redaktion: Monika Pohl) Die Sendetermine im Überblick: Freitag, 11.8.2017: Als das Wetter verrücktspielte - 1970 Freitag, 18.8.2017: Das Jahr der Skandale - 1971 Freitag, 25.8.2017: Als wir nach den Sternen griffen - 1972 Freitag, 1.9.2017: Dicke Luft und frischer Wind - 1973 Freitag, 8.9.2017: Als wir unschlagbar waren - 1974 Freitag, 15.9.2017: Das Jahr der Frau - 1975 Freitag, 22.9.2017: Das Jahr der Helden - 1976 Freitag, 29.9.2017: Im Zei...http://www.presseportal.de/pm/7899/3672733

Kalama Middle/High School honor roll

Buller, Sabrina Cornell, Kyle Morris, Tyler Paradis, Angileah Reed, Austin Tucker, Mathew Vandenbrock, Brenna Weden and Natalie Wilson.10th grade: Abraham Bah, Alex Dyer, Johnathon Fletcher, Chance Forster, Ethan Hoggatt, Macen Kroll, Taylor LaVigne, Isaac Lozier, Montego Mercer, Elijah Norton, Arthur Olinger, Maxwell Ross, Nicole Settles, Jessica Stone, Owen Terhorst, Ashle Ventura Castro, Alexys (Kapio) Wetmore and Parker Wood.Ninth grade: Alex Anderson, Jacob Ashley, Noah Bautista, Autumn Bethune, Matthew Buller, Jade Harman-Harris, Marshall Herbelin, Jordan Holgerson, Samantha Hoseney, Sutton Moon, Adam Morris, Cynthia "Paige" Peak, Teresa "Tessie" Pritchard, Brady Spiess, Chase Staup and Gracie Stemkoski.Eighth grade: Haleigh Anderson, Nathan Anderson, Isabelle Carter, Derek Davidson, Josiah Flowers, Jocelyn Gallaher, Cooper Garretson Jakob Massie, Wyatt McCabe, Korbyn McGreevy, Mickey Mickelson and Marlee Vickers.Seventh grade: Danielle Anderson, Tia Burpee, Anna Day, Jack Doerty, Kasen Dubke, Lindy Foley, Elizabeth Green, Seth Hoseney, Chase Jaeger, Jocelyn Leyes, Gabriel Martinez, Nathaniel Meyer, Brooke Milohov, Bella Norwood, Bradey O'Neil, Canyon Rader, Caleb Santi, Faith Simon, Cody Snyder, Katie Sutherby and Todd Tabor.Sixth grade: Ayden Armeni, Jera Beck, Nathalie Cordero, Aleena Eggleston, Brenden Greeley, Kasey Greeley, Calley Hutchinson, Garrett Karjola, Carter Morgan, Paola Olea-Cortez, Alex Torres, Sullivan Wagoner and Austin Wright.http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=69F8CCB4B063454696F6CF0104594981&url=http%3a%2f%2ftdn.com%2flifestyles%2fkalama-middle-high-school-honor-roll%2farticle_86f51d4e-8d85-56de-b91e-4a77e5c10d90.html&c=269364292697066343&mkt=en-us

In the Studio with Ruby Barber, the Florist Behind Berlin-Based Mary Lennox - W Magazine

Ruby Barber in her studio, photograph courtesy of Becca Crawford. Barber spends her days scouring Berlin’s parks for dry materials and visiting local growers in Brandenburg and Potsdam, returning to her studio to assemble dripping, plumed constructions from the spoils. While her regular haunts supply the materials for most of her creations, some of Barber’s favored brambles can only be found further afield—and sometimes for just a week or two at a time. In late summer, Dutch hydrangea farms dispose of several wheelbarrows’ worth of sun-crisped heads. On the island of Mallorca, the narrow country roads are littered with perfect gold-fringed palm fronds. In the southern Italian countryside, overgrown family greenhouses shelter dead plants that have dried perfectly in place. “No work needs to be done to make an installation from these things,” Barber says. “Nature’s done the work already.” The daughter of two contemporary art gallerists, Barber’s rise has coincided with a shift in the fashion and visual art worlds, where a growing appetite for living designs has put her abstract installations in high demand. “There’s an increasing desire in modern times to feel close to nature. People want more and more to incorporate that natural language into their lives, and brands are starting to understand that.” But Barber’s designs, commissioned to reinvigorate established labels, are so rich in color and texture as to risk eclipsing them altogether. At last year’s Saut Hermès, an equestrian competition sponsored by the French house at the Grand Palais in Paris, Barber hung enormous downy columns of tea-colored amaranth like stalactites from the glass-paneled ceilings of the Grand Palais. For Loro Piana’s Fall/Winter 2020 presentation, her team scoured the Lombardy region of Northern Italy, sourcing a medley of local plants to construct a garden inside of the mid century modern venue. The year has been a whirlwind for Barber; a steady stream of projects kept her bouncing between Hamburg, Paris and Milan until Germany’s recent lockdown order resulted in a sort of forced retreat. “It’s a relief in a way, and a chance to think about the sort of work I actually want to do,” she says of the imposed hiatus. Perhaps, while she’s confined to her apartment, Barber will make an exception to her no-flowers-in-the-home rule. Her window looks out onto a park, so she can keep an eye out for the first blooms. ...https://www.wmagazine.com/story/ruby-barber-mary-lennox-florist-berlin-interview/

Mary Louise Bowmar Knotts - Mountain Statesman

She was one of a kind, an inspiration in many ways and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Friends will be received at the Talbott Funeral Home, 56 N Brandenburg Street in Belington, on Saturday April 6, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel, with the Pastor Jo McCartney officiating. Interment will follow in the Woodsdale Memorial Park Cemetery near Grafton. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the Samaritans Purse 801 Bamboo Road Boone, NC26807. Condolences can be made to the family at www.talbottfuneralhome.com. The Talbott Funeral Home of Belington is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Mary Louise Bowmar Knotts. https://mountainstatesman.com/article/mary-louise-bowmar-knotts

Germany may end coal use - Sunbury News

FILE---In this Jan.6, 2019 file photo water vapour rises from the cooling towers of the Joenschwalde lignite-fired power plant of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) in Brandenburg, Germany. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP) File--- In this photo taken Aug. 27, 2018 bucket wheel digs for coal near the Hambach Forest near Dueren, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Climate fight: Germany sets 2038 deadline to end coal use By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press Monday, January 28 BERLIN (AP) — In a pioneering move, a German government-appointed panel has recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb climate change. The Coal Commission reached a deal early Saturday following months of wrangling that were closely watched by other coal-dependent countries. “We made it,” Ronald Pofalla, the head of the commission, told reporters in Berlin. “This is a historic effort.” Germany gets more than a third of its electricity fr...https://www.sunburynews.com/opinion/25027/germany-may-end-coal-use

Far-right German politician starts a new party with a logo bearing a secret Nazi symbol - CNN

Thursday when his political ally Egbert Ermer told Spiegel that the "project of forming a political party has today started." He said this would be a "middle German movement," with branches in Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/11/europe/andre-poggenburg-afd-germany-far-right-scli-grm-intl/index.html