Find out what life is like on the International Space Station – and what the crew has planned for New Year’s Eve, in an exclusive interview with cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and astronaut Scott Kelly, who are currently on the world’s first-ever year-long mission aboard the ISS.
As the crew prepares to ring in the New Year, flight engineer Kornienko reflects on how professional spacemen celebrate the holidays.
In a few moments, we will see in the New Year of 2016. The sensation of this wonderful moment between the past and the future is familiar since childhood. We look forward to it with joy, hope and excitement, believing in the best.
Traditionally, we celebrate it with our families, with all our near and dear ones. Of course, not all manage to see the New Year in with their families.
People have to work at hospitals and production facilities, perform their service and combat duty, defend our borders, and be on regular duty ensuring our security on land, at sea and in the sky.
We are grateful to all those who are always on their post, day and night, weekdays and holidays. Today, I would like to extend special greetings to those of our service members who are fighting international terrorism, defending Russia’s national interests at distant frontiers, showing their willpower, determination and staunchness. Though, these are the qualities we need all the time, whatever we are doing.
Galeano gehörte mit seiner Auffassungsgabe und Ausdrucksstärke zu den bedeutendsten Chronisten Lateinamerikas. Die Widersprüche zwischen Arm und Reich, die Unterdrückung der Mehrheiten und das Streben des Menschen nach Höherem waren ständige Themen seiner Werke. So auch sprachgewandte Beobachtungen wie die, dass die „Libertad de expresión“, also das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung, zu oft mit der „Libertad de presión“ verwechselt würde, der Freiheit, Druck auszuüben. Er schrieb dazu: „Man reduziert dieses Freiheitsrecht auf den Willen einer Gruppe von Unternehmern, darüber zu entscheiden, welche Nachrichten existieren und welche nicht existieren.“
Dieser Gedanke liegt auch dem folgenden Gedicht von Eduardo Galeano zugrunde, das im spanischsprachigen Original den Titel „Los Nadies“ trägt.
After weeks of protests against police brutality, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina is leading a march against all Chicago gun violence on Michigan Avenu
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton shared similar ideas in a recent piece for the New York Times.
“If it hadn’t been for this high-nosed attitude by the US-led coalition in Syria, which always knows where the terrorists are and whom to bomb without asking anyone, Turkey would have never acted so arrogantly in Iraq,” Lavrov added.
Außenminister Børge Brende sagte am Dienstag, die Reduzierung der Menge niedrig angereicherten Urans sei ein Schlüsselbestandteil des Atomabkommens.
Bei den US-Dorohnenangriffen in der Region Alishing in der afghanischen Provinz Laghman sind zwei Zivilisten getötet worden.
Die Drohnenangriffe erfolgten 260 km östlich der Hauptstadt Kabul, teilten die afghanischen Regierungsverantwortlichen am Mittwoch mit.
India has successfully testfired an Indo-Israeli long-range, surface-to-air missile, Barak 8, from an Indian Navy warship off the coast of the western state of Goa, sources said Wednesday.
Senior officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China will meet in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad in January to work out a roadmap for the revival of stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban representatives, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday.
Mit NEUKÖLLN WIND bringt der Basis-Film Verleih Berlin einen außergewöhnlichen Spielfilm in die Kinos, der ohne Förderung von einem internationalen Ensemble in der Tradition von Jim Jarmusch´s „Mystery Train“ in Neukölln gedreht wurde. Regie führte der in Berlin lebende israelische Filmemacher Arsenny Rapoport.
Move comes despite the fact that the official responsible for teaching of literature in secular state schools recommended the book for use in advanced literature classes, as did a professional committee of academics and educators.
U.S. President Barack Obama‘s administration is preparing new sanctions on international companies and individuals over Iran‘s ballistic missile program, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the potential sanctions would target about 12 companies and individuals in Iran, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for their suspected role in developing Iran‘s ballistic-missile program.
(28.11.2015) All there is to say about this video posted by a friend is, Watch it. A former Israeli soldier named Ido Gal Razon who was a hero of an Israeli operation in Gaza eight years ago called “Clear as Wine” testifies before a parliamentary committee about his PTSD.
Only an act that is shocking enough to mobilize Israelis and Diaspora Jewry can have an effect on Israel’s coalition.
Gemäss dieser Rechtsreform sollen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs), die mehr als die Hälfte ihres Budgets in Form von Spenden von ausländischen Regierungen beziehen, künftig dazu verpflichtet werden, bei Terminen mit parlamentarischen Vertretern eine Erkennungsplakette zu tragen.
Uniform formed in New York City in late 2013 when old friends Ben Greenberg (Hubble, The Men, Pygymy Shrews) and Michael Berdan (York Factory Complaint, Drunkdriver, Believer/Law) realized they lived on the same street. Their impulsive collaboration quickly yielded Our Blood / Of Sound Mind and Body single. The six tracks that comprise the equally abrasive but more refined Perfect World have been coming together between tours and work ever since.
(22.12.2015) “Breaking the Silence protects IDF soldiers in the impossible situation in which politicians have abandoned them,“ wrote Ayalon, a former commander of the Israel Navy, and Ron, who headed the northern district of the police during the events of October 2000 (in which 13 Israeli Arab demonstrators were killed by security forces). “The guidelines meant to silence the group are what damages and weakens the army,” they added.
(22.12.2015) Between them, parliamentarians and extremists are creating an atmosphere that is redolent of the period before Yitzhak Rabin’s killing in 1995
Senior United States officials have said the Treasury retained a right under the nuclear agreement to blacklist Iranian entities allegedly involved in missile development as well as those that support international terrorism and human-rights abuses, the Journal said.
(29.12.2015) Iran verschifft neun Tonnen angereichertes Uran nach Russland. Das Land erfüllt damit eine der wichtigsten Bedingungen aus dem Atomabkommen mit den UN-Vetomächten und Deutschland. Im Gegenzug sollen die Sanktionen gegen Teheran spätestens im Februar gelockert werden.
Pakistan army spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter that the direct line between the military commanders of the two countries was agreed during a visit to Kabul Sunday by the country‘s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif.
(30.12.2015) „Goodwill gestures are the solution to many an ill,“ he told reporters at Zhob airport in Balochistan. Sharif also thanked Modi for visiting Lahore last week.
Modi had sprung a surprise when he visited Lahore on the occasion of Sharif‘s 66th birthday and his granddaughter‘s wedding on December 25.
In his statement, Jaberi Ansari offered condolences to the bereaved and the government of the “friendly and brotherly nation” of Pakistan.
(29.12.2015) The attack was claimed by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar, which was also behind last year‘s deadly blast at Wagah Border.
However, TTP central spokesman Mohammad Khorasani in a statement distanced his group from the Mardan attack, saying “we have nothing to do with blasts at public places,” reported BBC Urdu.
(26.12.2015) Ein Überraschungsbesuch von Indiens Premierminister Narendra Modi bei seinem pakistanischen Kollegen Nawaz Sharif weckt Hoffnungen auf eine neue Annäherung der Erzfeinde. Zuvor war elf Jahre lang kein indischer Regierungschef mehr im Nachbarland gewesen.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said Turkey and Serbia would establish a joint high-level council, a move to boost cooperation between the two countries, Anadolu reported.
Dear friends and members of the open source community,
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Ian Murdock passed away on Monday night. This is a tragic loss for his family, for the Docker community, and the broader open source world; we all mourn his passing. To Ian’s children, family and loved ones, we offer our full support and deepest sympathies.
Ian was perhaps best known professionally as the founder of the Debian project, which he created while still a student at Purdue University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science in 1996. Debian was one of the first Linux distros to be forged, and it is widely regarded as a one of the most successful open-source projects ever launched. Ian helped pioneer the notion of a truly open project and community, embracing open design and open contribution; in fact the formative document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement. It is a testament to Ian’s commitment to openness and community that there are now more than 1,000 people currently involved in Debian development.
Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers, by providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of operating-system-level virtualization on Linux.
Ian Murdock – the ‘ian’ in Debian – was found dead at his home in San Francisco on Monday. The cause is yet unknown. Murdock was an integral figure in the open source movement. His Debian Project – and his work at Docker – were groundbreaking. Announced in 1993 and released in 1996, Murdock named the distro after his then wife, Debra, and himself. Debian, created while Murdock was an undergraduate at Purdue University, gave birth to tools like apt-get, an installation system that streamlined open source packages.
Einer der wohl einflussreichsten Linux-Pioniere ist tot: Ian Murdock, das „Ian“ in Debian. Murdock gründete im Jahr 1993 noch als Informatikstudent das Debian-Projekt. Dieses leitete er in seiner Anfangszeit für mehrere Jahre und begründete damit vor allem die Ausrichtung des Projekts, das viel mehr ist als eine bloße Zusammenstellung von Code zu einer Linux-Distribution. Debian ist basisdemokratisch organisiert und verfolgt die ethischen Richtlinien seiner eigenen Verfassung.
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As one of the earliest Linux distributions, it was envisioned that Debian was to be developed openly in the spirit of the GNU Project. This vision drew the attention and support of the Free Software Foundation, which sponsored the project for one year from November 1994 to November 1995. Upon the ending of the sponsorship, the Debian project formed the non-profit organisation Software in the Public Interest.
„If there is no other solution but this (military), then we will adopt this solution. If we are forced to fight and defend our sovereignty and riches, we will be forced to fight,“ Jaafari told reporters in the Iraqi capital.
According to business magazine, Caixin, Chang has been taken into custody and his „problems“ are mostly related to the period when he headed China Unicom, another one of the country‘s three major telecom companies.
Biden is tacking on the trip to a previously planned visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the week of Jan. 17, his office said Wednesday.
„An investigation was opened by a team of officers of the PNH [Haitian National Police] and MINUSTAH agents to determine the exact circumstances of their deaths that must have occurred on the night of December 29-30, 2015,“ MINUSTAH said in its statement.
Die Kommission wird nun zwei neue Mitglieder haben und soll so eine unabhängige und transparente Arbeit gewährleisten.
„The use of force in the settlement of internal conflicts leads only to new casualties and aggravation of the situation with unpredictable consequences.“
The Kakhovka-Titan high-voltage transmission line, which transmits electric power from Ukraine to Crimea, has been shut down after its protective equipment had gone off, an official at Urkenergo, the national operator of the power grids said on Wednesday night. „Specialists are probing into why the protective system in (the town of) Kahkhovka went off,“ an official said.
He underscored that the policy of blockade for Crimea „grossly violates the generally accepted principles and norms of international law, reflects disregard by the Ukrainian authorities for such human rights as the right to health, to education, to labor, to access to cultural goods and other economic, social and cultural human rights.“ Ilyasov expressed confidence that the crimes are committed in particular because „none of the organizers or accomplices of those who unleashed the civil war in Ukraine has been brought to account for tens of thousands of innocent victims.“
Zakharova also expressed surprise and indignation that Hurriyet, a major Turkish newspaper, had given floor to the “murderer and terrorist” so that he could brag about his crime and disseminate nationalist ideology, “filled with hatred towards Russia and the Russian people.”