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Osram and samsung settle led patent dispute

Osram and samsung settle led patent dispute

Light-emitting diodes, or leds for short, are considered key technology in many electronic products.

The settlement was reached before the U.S. Trade commission ITC in washington. According to information obtained by the dpa news agency from official circles, the two companies have agreed to share the use of the disputed technologies. According to the information, in this context, samsung will make a "significant payment" to osram, the exact amount remained unknown.

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Wistful farewell to the chaplain

Wistful farewell to the chaplain

With heavy hearts the parishioners of the parish of zeyern said goodbye to their chaplain andreas stahl during the church service last sunday.

The children’s group of the parish bid farewell to the chaplain with a song and a bunch of sunflowers as well as many small special gifts. Senior altar boy luca weib thanked the minis with a basket full of sweets for the pleasant hours they spent with their chaplain.

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Accident: timber truck clears protective roof

At least 70.000 euros in damage caused in an accident on friday night on state road 2289 high riedenberg, according to police. Against 0.45 o'clock an articulated lorry loaded with long timber rammed into the makeshift shelter underneath the bridge construction site. A good third of the massive protective structure made of steel girders and wooden planks collapsed in the accident, and it was further dismantled during the night for safety reasons.

The roof over the strabe has a clearance height of a good 4.50 meters and was about 30 meters long until yesterday. It should protect motorists from falling parts during the construction of the bridge, because: about 30 meters higher a new highway bridge is being built over the sinn valley, directly next to the existing bridge will be demolished next year.

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Coburg commemorates suicide victim

Coburg commemorates suicide victim

Mario dieringer is 46 years old and in the middle of life. Friends describe him as a fun-loving and optimistic person who is good to party with. But appearances are deceiving: he suffers from depression and tries to take his own life with an overdose of pills. Mario dieringer can be saved at the last minute.
During this time, the love of his life is always by his side and manages to make the world a little bit better for him with a hug. While mario dieringer fights against the "cancer of the soul fights, his rough love also falls ill with depression. After a quarrel, what was to shape mario dieringer’s life forever finally happens: his life partner commits suicide, and this time there is no one who can intervene to help.

Talking more about depression

Before he knows it, mario dieringer’s life is dominated by renewed depression, feelings of guilt and immense rage. Until he starts blogging about his thoughts and feelings on the internet. He gets encouragement from around the world and realizes there are more people who have lost a loved one to suicide. Mario dieringer makes a decision: he wants to talk more about depression and suicide. He wants to give support to the bereaved in this difficult time. And he wants people with suicidal thoughts can be saved.
The "trees of memory" project on the second anniversary of his life partner’s death, he will set off around the world to plant trees of remembrance in the lands crisscrossed. These trees are not only to commemorate the deceased, but also to become a place of hope for the bereaved.

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The lovable football buffoon

The lovable football buffoon

It’s also a bit hard when klaus stieringer lists the highlights of the bamberger literaturfest for the funeral: franz muntefering, dunja hayali, raul krauthausen, luisa neubauer, and, ah, dirk nowitzki. There are no literary figures in the true sense of the word, just celebrities. And so it is fitting that the most entertaining event that a resourceful culture reporter can pick out is the one with mario basler. And read from a book there is not a line.

Basler, whom one likes to call "type or "original has long since left the status of ex-fubballer or expert behind him, no longer fits into any role like that of coach, but is finally just himself, the popular mario, who really unpacks for once. Why literature festival? Because the second basler biography has already been published these days.

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Interim review of the fipronil scandal

Interim review of the fipronil scandal

About a month after the fipronil scandal became known in germany, it is becoming apparent that although it is a europe-wide scandal, the domestic poultry industry is only marginally affected.

According to the available findings, the insecticide fipronil was added to the disinfectant "dega-16" without permission and thus entered the stables. Food law prohibits the substance in foods. Important questions and answers on the state of affairs:

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Survey: union loses slightly at high level

Survey: union loses slightly at high level

For the union, the upswing in opinion polls in recent weeks has not been sustained in the "insa opinion trend. In a poll commissioned by the "bild" newspaper, the CDU and CSU together lose half a percentage point compared to the previous week and now stand at 37.5 percent.

Compared with the beginning of the year, this is still a high figure – against the backdrop of the corona crisis, the union had made strong gains in the sunday polls of various institutes in recent weeks. The head of the insa opinion research institute, hermann blinkert, said according to "bild": "for the first time in eight weeks, the union is losing votes."

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Mull at the chapel cemetery

The chapel cemetery in bad kissingen is a small ornament for the spa town. Not only can one find a little peace and quiet here away from the stress: visitors can also take a trip into history, many often very old gravestones make the changeful history clear. Actually a little pearl to be proud of.
But werner eberth and his eleven helpers, who are taking care of the plant on a voluntary basis with a lot of love, are pretty pissed off. "Since last fall, a presumption has been observed here that is not sustainable", says eberth. During an on-site visit, one sees that not only around the kusterhaus is all kinds of garbage lying around: even in the middle of the graveyard there is a shopping cart full of mull.
After an inquiry by the newspaper to the city of bad kissingen, the chapel cemetery was put on the agenda. Thomas hack, responsible for public relations in the city, said that the removal of the litter was underway. "If that is so, then we maintain the grave plants naturally gladly further", werner eberth is thrilled by this news. After all, an already prepared chapel cemetery is a matter of the heart for her. And this one continues to be a small piece of jewelry that can be discovered by everyone.

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Nighttime closures on the a73

The bayreuth office of the northern bavaria freeway authority is having the road surface of the A 73 at the bamberg interchange renewed after it had been badly damaged by ruts, breakouts and cracks. Due to heavy rain, the announced nighttime closures of various roadways at the interchange have now had to be postponed. According to the announcement, the work took place during the night on friday (until 6 o’clock), a further closure is planned for the coming night on saturday, 11 o’clock. May, from 9 to 8 p.M. Scheduled. In both nights were resp. If the connecting ramps from suhl in the direction of bayreuth and from bayreuth in the direction of nurnberg are also blocked. The closure of the braces will begin as early as 7 pm. During the day all roads are open for traffic.

Traffic coming from the direction of suhl will be diverted at the bamberg interchange onto the A70 in the direction of schweinfurt during the aforementioned period and can turn around at the bamberg junction and then rejoin the bamberg interchange in the direction of nurnberg. The same applies to traffic coming from the A 70 from bayreuth in the direction of nurnberg. Traffic participants are asked to switch to the neighboring connection points and to follow the detour recommendations on site.

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Schmitt’s chances in the wm almost at zero

Schmitt's chances in the wm almost at zero

Schmitt’s chances of taking part in the nordic world ski championships for the eighth and last time have dropped almost to zero just two weeks before the start of the title fight in val di fiemme.

"The situation is relatively clear. We have five people who have all made it to the podium and thus fulfilled the internal standards. I liked to give martin and also karl geiger another chance. But something will only be overturned if these two guys give absolute top performances," emphasized national coach werner schuster before the start of the team tour this weekend in willingen in an interview with the news agency dpa.

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