Daily Archives: 27. April 2014


27.04.2014 - 22:52 [ U.S. Army ]

173rd paratroopers arrive in Poland

(23.4.2014) This new exercise is the first in a series of expanded U.S. land force training activities in Poland and the Baltic region that are in addition to previously scheduled multinational land force military exercises such as Combined Resolve II, Saber Strike, Rapid Trident, and Saber Guardian. Exercises like this will take place for the next few months and beyond, and are aimed at assuring regional allies of the U.S.‘s unwavering commitment to NATO.

27.04.2014 - 22:44 [ U.S. Army ]

The European Activity Set: What is it?

U.S. Army Europe and its partner organizations are working together to establish the European activity set. The EAS is comprised of equipment from around the globe that is being pre-positioned at Germany‘s Grafenwoehr training area to enable U.S. regionally aligned forces and multinational partners in Europe to train and operate as the European Response Force and NATO Response Force.

27.04.2014 - 21:18 [ RT ]

Obama makes South China waves

by Pepe Escobar

Obama is visiting Malaysia and the Philippines, two Southeast Asian at opposing poles. Malaysia, for starters, sits between the Middle East and China, at the heart of complex global trade networks. In many aspects, Malaysia may be seen as the heart of Asia.

27.04.2014 - 21:12 [ Piratenpartei Unterfranken ]

Würzburg wehrt sich gegen TTIP

Die Demonstration gegen TTIP am vergangenen Samstag war ein voller Erfolg! Ein breites Bündnis aus DGB, Piratenpartei, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ÖDP, die LINKE, Landesbund für Vogelschutz, Aktion ./. Arbeitsunrecht und Transition Würzburg hatte zum Widerstand gegen das Freihandelsabkommen TTIP aufgerufen, welches aktuell zwischen der EU-Kommission und den USA im Geheimen verhandelt wird. Dem Aufruf folgten gut 500 Menschen, die ihren Protest friedlich und lautstark auf den Straßen Würzburgs äußerten.

27.04.2014 - 16:54 [ Watts Up With That? ]

The International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3) Reboot Project, Bringing an Old Bird Back to the Earth, and Back to Life

A question that you might have is why do this, what is going to come from it if I give a bit of my hard earned money to support it? The long term answer is that we want to put it back into Earth Orbit, turn the science instruments on, and have it be an open science data source, used for STEM education, amateur radio solar predictions, and for science about the sun. It is also an incredible technical challenge for as far as we know, no private entity has ever commanded, communicated with, and returned to earth orbit a spacecraft! It is also a testament to the foresight of Dr. Farquhar and his team that deserves recognition. Here is a list of firsts for the ISEE-/ICE spacecraft:

• First Mission to a Libration Point

• First Mission to Use a Suite of Instruments across the electromagnetic spectrum to measure the dynamics of the magnetosphere between the Earth and sun during a solar maximum.

• First Lunar Flyby for Gravity Assist to an Interplanetary Trajectory

• First Comet Flyby (1985)

• Second Comet Flyby (1986)

• 36 Year Trajectory to Return to Earth (2014)

This is a truly historic spacecraft and to not try and save it to me is an engineering and science tragedy that offends my engineering sensibility.

27.04.2014 - 16:48 [ Watts Up With That? ]

Climate Craziness of the Week: don’t wait to ‘feel’ climate change, act now!

From the Carnegie Institution and the department of feelings, quite possibly the dumbest press release about climate I’ve ever seen. basically what they are arguing for is “don’t look at current and past data go with what we tell you” aka trust us, we are paid climate scientists with a model.

27.04.2014 - 16:45 [ Reuters ]

Colombia‘s Santos would win election, but support down – poll

Backing for former Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa has risen to 11 percent from 8 percent in March and doubled since the February poll, the survey said. Penalosa is the candidate of the Green Alliance, not an ecology-focused party despite its name and one with several prominent left-wing members.

27.04.2014 - 16:43 [ Reuters ]

Zarif says most Iranians support nuclear deal with West

„Some factions have no interest in reaching an agreement due to political reasons, but what counts at the end is the vote of the majority of Iranian people,“ Zarif told a joint news conference in Tehran with visiting Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz.

27.04.2014 - 16:42 [ Syrian Arab News Agency ]

Four new presidential candidates announced

Mohammad Firas Yassin Rajjouh, Abdul-Salam Youssef Salameh, Sawsan Omar al-Haddad and Sameer Ahmad Mo‘alla have submitted four applications to the Supreme Constitutional Court announcing their candidacy for President of the Republic.

Speaker of the People‘s Assembly Mohammad Jihad al-Laham during a session held Sunday, said the Assembly received two notifications from the Supreme Constitutional Court statting that Sawsan Omar al-Haddad, who is from Lattakia province and was born in 1963, and Sameer Ahmad Mo‘alla, who is from al-Quneitra province, born in 1961, have submitted candidacy applications to the Court.

27.04.2014 - 16:41 [ Ria Novosti ]

Volkswehr von Lugansk stellt Regierung in Kiew Ultimatum

„Unsere Forderungen sind einfach: die Amnestierung aller politischen Häftlinge, ein Referendum, die Annullierung der Erhöhung der Preise und Tarife und die russische Sprache“, heißt es in dem Ultimatum, das auf der Webseite der Stadt veröffentlicht wurde. „Wenn alle unseren Forderungen, die mit den Genfer-Vereinbarungen untermauert sind, bis 14:00 Uhr (13:00 Uhr MESZ) des Dienstag, 29. April, nicht erfüllt sein werden, werden wir alle Machtorgane in Kiew als volksfeindlich und als verbrecherisch betrachten und zu aktiven Handlungen übergehen.“

27.04.2014 - 16:34 [ Ria Novosti ]

Obama wirbt für gemeinsame Wirtschaftssanktionen mit EU gegen Russland

Die Sanktionen wären unwirksam, wenn sie von den USA im Alleingang verhängt würden, antwortete Obama auf die Frage eines Journalisten, warum die USA selber keine Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Russland verhängt hätten. „Wir wären in einer stärkeren Position, wenn (…) Europa und die USA einheitlich auftreten würden.“

27.04.2014 - 11:14 [ thestar.com ]

Tension, paranoia spread to Ukraine‘s border with Russia

The nearby provincial capital, Lugansk, is a city the size of Winnipeg. Yet here, too, signs of unrest are far less apparent. On Friday afternoon, a pro-Ukraine rally in the centre of the town drew several hundred people with song, shouts and speeches — and no interruptions from pro-Russian counterparts. It is hard to envision such a scene in neighbouring Donetsk passing without violence of some kind.