Bacteria lurk in the coburg lakes and ponds

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The sign leaves no doubt that no one should swim in goldbergsee now. Blue-green algae in water can cause health problems. Generally, it is not advisable to venture into open water at this time, warn authorities and biologists.
The goldberg lake in the city area is the only bathing lake in the region. "There is not a single swimming lake in the coburg district", explains dieter pillmann, press spokesman for the district office. At the froschgrundsee a lawn for sunbathing and a bathing area were created when it was built. But it has not been designated as a bathing lake for years, and its water quality is constantly monitored. Similar to the fischbacher pond, formerly a popular bathing place. Its deep-grun-trubes water no longer invites you to plunge into the floods.
In general, it is not forbidden to swim in open water, according to the water management office. The bavarian water act regulates this under the term "common use" in section 18: "any person may (…) as far as it can be done without illegal use of other people's land and as far as a considerable impairment of the water and its banks as well as of the fauna and flora is not to be expected, use above-ground waters for bathing, washing, drinking, washing, scooping with hand tools, operation of model boats without combustion engines, ice sports and driving with small vehicles without own motive power, outside of reed and cane stands."

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by law, this does not apply to "water in courtyards, gardens, parks and industrial facilities, if they belong to the owners of these properties or facilities, as well as to drainable ponds used exclusively for fish farming." because such things are not always immediately obvious, there are not many ponds left for spontaneous refreshment in nature anyway.
In general, biologist frank reibenweber advises caution. "The high temperatures cause bacteria to proliferate, not only cyanobacteria, which most people know as blue-green algae, but also coli bacteria, for example." so there is generally some health risk in open water at these temperatures. Warming of water becomes critical at 28 degrees celsius, says biologist. Then a fish mortality is expected for the species that need cooler water. In the itz at present values of up to 22 degrees are measured. The main river was already up to 24 degrees in places – and there is no sign of the heat abating yet. The water level is dropping, which is what warming demands.
If you really want to go into the water in the open air, you should be careful. The waldbad in bad rodach offers a compromise between an infrastructure like that of an open-air swimming pool and water that is still very natural.

Safe only in the bathroom

those who want to be completely safe from blue-green algae are still well advised to visit the public outdoor swimming pools in the region, even if they will probably have to share the pleasure of bathing there with quite a few like-minded people.

Their band name "ramsch und rosen" julia lacherstorfer and simon zochbauer "borrowed" from a viennese old goods store. Not only because the two austrian musicians like the piece; it is also symbolic for their music. "In the store there are many things that at first sight seem old and dusty. But when you remove the dust from them, underneath there is something very nice", tells julia lacherstorfer. She and simon zochbauer have a similar approach to music: they interpret old folk songs in their own way. On sunday evening the duo performed in the schuttbau in rugheim.

In new formation

Chairwoman Barbara Goschenhofer of the "culture" association, which provides cultural momentum not only in the hofheim district of rugheim, announced the musicians with the remark that julia lacherstorfer had last year she was already thrilled when she performed with the band "alma" had performed there.

So it was not a surprise that the cultural association also presented them with the duo "ramsch und rosen", which was founded in 2011 invited to the schuttbau. "Folk music of the present – between the past and the present" is the motto of the duo. Julia lacherstorfer plays violin, simon zochbauer trumpet and zither. They also sing, and especially in polyphonic singing their voices harmonize very well. Occasionally, they are accompanied by a tanpura or a shruti-box, two indian instruments that are only set up and then produce a long lasting sound. "She doesn't do much, but she does it well", simon zochbauer describes the tanpura.

Free interpretation possible

The songs that the two play are mostly traditional folk songs. Some of them come from the collection of joseph sonnleithner, who performed there at the beginning of the 19th century. Archived old songs at the beginning of the twentieth century. There were some instrumental pieces to listen to, but also sung lyrics. The band ranged from funny lyrics and dances to sad songs, for example about a woman who is worried about her sweetheart who has gone to war. Some of the songs were written by the composer bela bartok, who was inspired by folk songs for his compositions. "He has been dead for over 70 years now", reported simon zochbauer. "For him it's not so good, for us it's practical." because the copyrights to the artist's life's work have now expired, and it can be freely interpreted. One of the pieces they played was described by simon zochbauer: "it is bitonal". That means: every instrument plays in a different key – and it still somehow works out." his bandmate quickly replied: "and it is intentional!"

In addition, the two had some pieces in the program, which julia lacherstorfer had written herself. Her title "fog refers to the landscape of upper austria covered with many fields and the fog, which the musicians symbolized with very atmospheric sounds. Another song is called "memento mori", often quoted with the request to think of one's own mortality. "When i get caught up in the small things, it should give me a view of the big picture again", she says and calls the piece a "pension song", alluding to their mother who often worries about her future. "Storm before the calm" is a song "about arguing, which is sometimes very important". The title describes that in a quarrel often comes a moment of silence, when everything is said.

Encores and wine

After the official part the musicians were handed two bocksbeutel and said: "for two bottles of wine we play two more songs." from the audience came the call: "get more wine"!" "larabrett", a dialect expression for a board made of larchen wood, is a song about the cycle of life, because both cradles and coffins are often made of this wood.
With rough applause, the audience forced the two to do one more encore. "Normally we do the quiet things at the end so that it's over then. But that did not work for them", Simon Zochbauer.

u.s. central bank: further easing of monetary policy conceivable

But there is not yet a sufficient basis for it. Economic growth in the USA is moderate, and the short-term economic outlook has even been revised slightly upward. Overall, however, there are "significant downside risks".

Shortly before bernanke’s quarterly press conference, the fed had confirmed that it would continue to support the sluggish u.S. Economy with its de facto zero interest rate policy until the end of 2014. The open market committee wants the overnight rate to remain at the "extraordinarily low" level of between zero and 0.25 percent.

For this year, the fed has raised its growth forecast for the u.S. Slightly to between 2.4 and 2.9 percent. For 2013 and 2014, on the other hand, she corrected her outlook a little downward. It was disappointing how slow the recovery was after the recession of 2008 and 2009, bernanke said. The labor market is only gradually improving. The unemployment rate is currently too high at around eight percent and is falling unusually slowly.

Experts have long suspected that the fed could once again fire up the bond press this year and launch a bond-buying program. Since the height of the financial crisis in 2008, bernanke’s watchdogs have already implemented two rounds of quantitative easing because the options for interest rate policy have been exhausted. Okonomen show themselves however inconclusive whether a third round can still unfold rough effect.

Inflation does not currently stand in the way of further monetary easing, according to the fed. Although the inflation rate has increased slightly recently, this is mainly due to rising energy prices. According to bernanke, the fed does not expect the two percent target to be exceeded.

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