Pop star robbie williams (45) uses a special trick to get his children to be good during the christmas season: "the elf on the shelf". The eleven has the eyes and ears of santa claus.

"And he reports whether the children have been good or naughty. The children weren’t allowed to touch the elf, because otherwise the magic would disappear," says the briton, describing a small christmas tradition in the williams household. This kind of manipulation is quite abusive, williams admits. "But it’s a good way to keep them on the straight and narrow". Robbie williams has been married to u.S. Actress ayda field since 2010. The couple has three children.

Rarely has the lichtenfels business community been as positive about the current economic situation as it was at the beginning of 2019. At the same time, the prospects for 2019 are assessed quite cautiously in the economic survey of the chamber of industry and commerce for upper franconia bayreuth. "The companies in lichtenfels are currently very well positioned on the markets and can really score points here", wilhelm wasikowski, vice president of the chamber of commerce and industry for upper franconia bayreuth and chairman of the chamber of commerce and industry committee lichtenfels, is pleased to say.
Despite the excellent assessment of the situation, the chamber of industry and commerce's economic climate index falls by five to a still good 120 due to the moderate expectations for the future in the lichtenfels region. More than half of the lichtenfels entrepreneurs surveyed, 53 percent, report a good business situation, and another 44 percent report a satisfactory business situation. Only three percent assess the current situation negatively. "A strong statement: 97 percent of all companies surveyed assessed their economic situation as good or satisfactory", sums up the vice president. "Never before have companies in lichtenfels assessed the current business situation so positively."

Good capacity utilization

growth is being driven primarily by domestic demand. However, business with foreign customers also developed very positively. "Whether at home or abroad, companies are increasingly reporting rising order volumes", explains wasikowski. Against this background, it is not surprising that most companies are reporting good capacity utilization. As satisfied as companies are with the current economic situation, on balance they expect stable development in 2019, but not a further brightening of the economy.
There are many reasons for the subdued expectations. "They range from the risks in various sales markets such as the UK, the US and russia, to the question of how best to address the skills shortage", outlines peter belina, managing director of the lichtenfels chamber of commerce and industry. "I do not see any danger of the economy overheating, even though the economic upswing has already lasted nine years", so wasikowski. "Rather, I see the risk that the good economic situation, which has lasted for years, will cloud the view of politicians.
If germany wants to remain competitive in the future, a lot of things still need to be done. The spectrum ranges from digitization and the investment backlog in education to the creation of equal living conditions in all parts of the country." the current coalition agreement sends contradictory signals, but at least addresses some of the most important areas for the future. Wasikowski: "all in all i had wished for more courage in the interest of the german economy. I also have my doubts as to whether yesterday's rigid regulations can control the digital world of tomorrow."

The city should become an ICE system stop: this is what local politicians and the coburg chamber of commerce are calling for, meaning that an ICE train should stop in coburg every two hours in each direction. So far, six ICE trains travel to coburg every day (three in each direction); from december 2019, there will be eight. This is how the railroad plans.

Deutsche bahn CEO richard lutz is said to have promised even more, wrote coburg member of parliament hans michelbach (CSU) on 3. July in a letter to federal transport minister andreas scheuer (CSU): at an early breakfast meeting on 27 july. June lutz "has assured that coburg will be integrated into the long-distance network at two-hour intervals when the deutschland-takt is introduced". ICE and IC connections currently pay for long-distance traffic. The deutschland-takt is scheduled to take effect in 2030, but according to the federal ministry of transportation, it will be launched in the first regions as early as 2021. The deutschland-takt aims to better coordinate local and long-distance traffic; on major axes, trains are to run every half hour.

It is a very rare event when the figures from the riemenschneider altar in the parish church of st. Maria magdalena in munnerstadt to be removed. This year was the time: because of the church renovation, exactly this action of notes, it says in a press release of the parish

St. Maria magdalena munnerstadt. In a lecture with pictures, paul ziegler will go into the history of the building on tuesday, 10. December, from 19.30 o’clock, in the hall of the cafe "zum baren at the market square in munnerstadt on the events.

On wednesday afternoon, there was a lot going on in the courtyard of the fierster fire station: the fierster fire department invited visitors to an exciting firefighting course as part of the vacation program of the ebern associations, which is organized by the kulturring ebern (culture ring ebern). Around 15 children from ebern and the surrounding area accepted the invitation and arrived at 4 p.M. With sturdy shoes and sun protection.

Protective equipment explained

The children listened intently to firefighter mario holzmann as he explained the protective equipment of a firefighter. Here it turned out that the children already knew well about it. Also on the question, which telephone number one must dial, if it burns, came like from the pistol shot "na the 112".

After the devastating floods, more than two million people urgently need help. Since the beginning of the week, 36 people have died in the capital manila and surrounding provinces, the civil defense bureau reported on thursday. Floods receded slowly, but monsoon rains continued in some provinces.

President benigno aquino visits residents of hard-hit manila neighborhoods. "We will not leave you in the lurch," he promised. In the long run, people in particularly dangerous parts of the city might have to be relocated, the president said.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the u.S. Labor market: more than 36 million people have lost their jobs in the united states since the crisis came to a head in mid march.

In the week to 9. May, nearly three million people filed initial applications for unemployment benefits, according to the U.S. Department of labor on thursday. In the previous seven weeks, more than 33 million people had already applied for such aid – more than ever before in such a short time.

German railroad long-distance traffic was severely disrupted during the night on saturday due to weather-related disruptions in large parts of northern germany.

Several places are not expected to be accessible by long-distance trains until the early hours of the morning, including bremen, kiel, lubeck and westerland, according to deutsche bahn. In the search for specific travel connections, among other things, turnarounds due to snow and ice in the hannover and hamburg area are indicated.

50 years old and just out of the fountain of youth, the band presented itself for the first time in its new line-up at the invitation of the habfurt cultural office and unleashed a storm of enthusiasm among the fans.

I have never experienced this before: before the concert, five professional musicians were sitting around the table in the lounge, loving their food, and singing the song "lonesome loser" in five-part a capella for me. "So that you can hear what we sound like", jerry james explained. The sanger is a member of the band since this year and leads with gary reck (keyboards) and steve chapple (guitar) as well as the two other "newcomers" steve hyde (bass) and tuncay tercanli (drums) continue the tradition.

The transfer of schalke professional jermaine jones to besiktas istanbul is perfect. The 32-year-old U.S. International terminated his contract in gelsenkirchen and goes to the city on the bosporus, as schalke announced.

Nothing was disclosed about financial arrangements. "We are pleased that jermaine has found a new club where he can realize his rough sporting goals this year," said schalke manager horst heldt. Jones could recommend himself for the world cup at besiktas. "We didn’t give him the chance to do that in the second half of the season," said heldt.