Daily Archives: 6. Oktober 2015


06.10.2015 - 23:22 [ Raumfahrer ]

Pluto – die Überraschung des Jahres 2015

Zu den gelungenen Überraschungen des Jahres 2015 zĂ€hlen sicher die erstmaligen Nahaufnahmen des Pluto durch die Sonde New Horizons. Der langsame Bilddatenstrom vom Rand des Sonnenssystems zur Erde bietet auch nach drei Monaten des Vorbeiflugs immer neue faszinierende Einblicke einer mitunter erstaunlich Erd-Ă€hnlichen Welt.

06.10.2015 - 15:34 [ Reuters ]

Break silence on air-to-air rules of conduct: U.S. to Russia

The United States and Russian militaries held a secure video conference last week in which Pentagon officials suggested protocols aimed at preventing a mishap, as the former Cold War foes carry out rival campaigns of air strikes in Syria.

But since then, Moscow has failed to follow-up, Carter said.

„We are waiting for the Russians. They owe us a response,“ Carter told reporters as he visited Moron Air Base in Spain.

06.10.2015 - 15:33 [ Barbara Lee, Abgeordnete des U.S. ReprÀsentantenhauses ]

“I fear that this deal will put American workers in a race to the bottom” says Congresswoman Barbara Lee Concerning TPP Deal

America’s trade policies should be designed to create good-paying jobs and improve the standard of living for American families.

Sadly, the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal reached in Atlanta is unlikely to achieve either.

This deal was written through secretive, closed-door meetings in which lobbyists and major multinational corporations had undue influence.

06.10.2015 - 15:27 [ Trend.az ]

Turkish General Staff chief expresses view about unified army of Turkic-speaking countries (exclusive)

The joint forces of four countries – TAKM (the first letters of the member-states) were established with the participation of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia in February 2013.

The organization was established to strengthen the cooperation among the law enforcement organizations of military status located in Eurasia.

06.10.2015 - 14:37 [ German Foreign Policy ]

Ausgelagert

Kommt es zur Umsetzung des Lagerbaus in der TĂŒrkei, dann hĂ€tte die EU jenseits ihrer sĂŒdöstlichen Grenzen erreicht, was der damalige Bundesinnenminister Otto Schily (SPD) im Sommer 2004 fĂŒr Nordafrika plante: FlĂŒchtlinge außerhalb der EU festzusetzen und damit den Druck betrĂ€chtlich zu lindern, den Menschen auf die europĂ€ischen Wohlstandszentren ausĂŒben können, wenn sie in Massen vor den Kriegen des Westens oder vor ökonomischer Ausbeutung durch Konzerne aus den reichen Industriestaaten fliehen (german-foreign-policy.com berichtete [3]). Kriege wĂ€ren dann fĂŒr die EU auf Dauer fĂŒhrbar, ohne die Fluchtkonsequenzen tragen zu mĂŒssen; die ökonomische AusplĂŒnderung Ă€rmerer Staaten könnte folgenlos fortgefĂŒhrt werden.

06.10.2015 - 11:11 [ Trend.az ]

Europe‘s fate impossible to separate from Turkey – Erdogan

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed Monday the need for Europe and Turkey to cooperate to provide solutions to the refugee crisis, all the while addressing pointed remarks to the former for not doing enough, Anadolu Agency reported.

Erdogan was in Brussels, speaking at a joint press conference with European Council President Donald Tusk.

06.10.2015 - 10:42 [ Reuters ]

Venezuela hits back at U.S. for questioning its democracy

Venezuela‘s foreign minister on Monday blasted her U.S. counterpart John Kerry for questioning the country‘s democratic credentials ahead of legislative elections the ruling socialists are forecast to lose.

The spat follows a nascent rapprochement earlier this year between the two ideologically-opposed nations.

06.10.2015 - 09:14 [ Radio Utopie ]

Manchester: „ScharfschĂŒtzen auf Grossdemonstration nur als Beobachter“

Die BegrĂŒndung ist haarestrĂ€ubend. Ein Sprecher der Greater Manchester Police: „Wegen des Parteikongresses gehören sie zur aktuellen Beobachtung der grössten, jemals stattgefundenen Demonstration. Sie wurden ausschliesslich zur Observierung und UnterstĂŒtzung der Polizei eingesetzt. Mit ihren Gewehren haben sie eine stĂ€rkere Sicht als mit jedem anderen Fernglas. Sie waren nicht dort, um auf Menschen zu schiessen.“

06.10.2015 - 08:11 [ Kommission der Vereinten Nationen fĂŒr nachhaltige Entwicklung ]

Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for sustainable Development

This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom.
We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet.

06.10.2015 - 08:08 [ Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung globale UmweltverÀnderungen ]

Welt im Wandel: Gesellschaftsvertrag fĂŒr eine Große Transformation – Zusammenfassung fĂŒr EntscheidungstrĂ€ger

(17.MĂ€rz 2011) Die Idee des Gesellschaftsvertrages knĂŒpft an Vorlagen im Naturrecht der frĂŒhen Moderne an, seine Neuauflage steht heute im Wesentlichen vor vier Herausforderungen:

1.Der nationale Territorialstaat kann aufgrund der fortschreitenden wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Globalisierung nicht lÀnger als alleinige Grundlage des VertragsverhÀltnisses angenommen werden.
Seine Bewohner mĂŒssen grenzĂŒberschreitende Risiken und Naturgefahren sowie die legitimen Interessen Dritter, nĂ€mlich anderer Mitglieder der Weltgesellschaft,verantwortlich einbeziehen.

2.Die herkömmliche Vertragslehre ging von der Fiktion völliger Gleichheit aller Gesellschaftsmitglieder aus. Angesichts der disparaten Verteilung von Ressourcen und FĂ€higkeiten in der heutigen Weltgesellschaft mĂŒssen gerechte globale Ausgleichsmechanismen greifen.

06.10.2015 - 07:52 [ Techtimes ]

DARPA Wants To Use Genetically Engineered Organisms To Make Mars More Earth-Like

(27.Juni 2015) Before these genetically engineered organisms can make it to Mars, however, they will first be tested out here on Earth as a means of repairing environmental damage. According to Jackson, extremophile organisms can be re-engineered for that purpose, taking advantage of their inate ability to survive in scarred wastelands to rehabilitate areas after man-made or natural disasters strike.

06.10.2015 - 07:51 [ Motherboard.Vice.com ]

DARPA: We Are Engineering the Organisms That Will Terraform Mars

(24.Juni 2015) With enough practice turning Earth’s damaged landscapes back into places hospitable for life, Jackson thinks we’ll have what it takes to eventually try to colonize the solar system. This is something that obviously doesn’t even really have a timeline, it’s technology that’s in its infancy, and much of the work being done is classified—but the implications are exciting nonetheless.

06.10.2015 - 07:29 [ Jamaica Information Service ]

Gov’t Secures $810.2 Million World Bank Grant for Climate Change Project

(5.Oktober 2015) The SDGs, also called Global Goals and Agenda 2030, are an inter-governmentally agreed set of targets relating to international development.

They will follow on from the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire at the end of 2015.

The project, titled: ‘Improving Climate Data and Information Management’ also includes the provision of technical assistance in climate resilience planning for relevant beneficiary agencies; improvements in their project preparation and management capabilities; and public education awareness and information dissemination.

06.10.2015 - 07:21 [ Vencore Weather ]

The sun is now virtually blank during the weakest solar cycle in more than a century

(30.April 2015) The sun is almost completely blank. The main driver of all weather and climate, the entity which occupies 99.86% of all of the mass in our solar system, the great ball of fire in the sky has gone quiet again during what is likely to be the weakest sunspot cycle in more than a century. The sun‘s X-ray output has flatlined in recent days and NOAA forecasters estimate a scant 1% chance of strong flares in the next 24 hours. Not since cycle 14 peaked in February 1906 has there been a solar cycle with fewer sunspots. We are currently more than six years into Solar Cycle 24 and the current nearly blank sun may signal the end of the solar maximum phase. Solar cycle 24 began after an unusually deep solar minimum that lasted from 2007 to 2009 which included more spotless days on the sun compared to any minimum in almost a century.