Donnerstag, Januar 24, 2013

Action: Water and sanitation are a human right! - Unterschriftaktion



Water is a public good, not a commodity. We invite the European Commission to propose legislation implementing the human right to water and sanitation as recognised by the United Nations, and promoting the provision of water and sanitation as essential public services for all. The EU legislation should require governments to ensure and to provide all citizens with sufficient and clean drinking water and sanitation. We urge that:  [more...]

Dienstag, Januar 15, 2013

kurier.at: Rätsel um den Tod von Duncan M.


Der 23-jährige Eishockey-Profi Duncan MacPherson verschwindet beim Snowboarden auf dem Stubaier Gletscher. 14 Jahre später taucht sein Leichnam wieder auf.  [mehr...]

Hintergrund/Background -  watchtv.de Wolfgang Rathgeber TV Journalist ist familiar with this case since many years. He was too an advisor for the features on Fifth Estate CBC.


new york times: Armstrong Admits Doping, and Says He Will Testify

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that is scheduled for broadcast on her network on Thursday, Lance Armstrong confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career, according to two people briefed on the interview, which was recorded Monday in Austin, Tex. [more...]

Sonntag, Januar 06, 2013

International Space Station: ARISS contact planned January 7, 2013 with school in France

ARISS contact planned January 7, 2013 with school in France
An International Space Station school contact has been planned January 7, 2013 with participants at Ecole Les Muriers,Saint-Maur-Des-Fosses, France. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:57 UTC, which is 11.57 CEWT.
The contact will be a direct operated by F6KMX/p. Interested parties in Europe are invited to listen to dowlink signals on 145.800 MHz FM.
Saint-Maur-des-Fosses is a small city (77,000 inhabitants) located at about 15 km South-East of PARIS, separated from the capital by the large Vincennes Forest, and located on the top of a loop formed by the river Marne.
The name of the city is inspired from the Chateau of Saint-Maur, which was frequently visited by the queen Marie de Medicis in the 16th Century.
The school Les Muriers is educating about 500 children in 17 classrooms. The pupils are aged from 8 to 11 and they prepare for their access to Middle school. The children of a classroom of 22 (CM2/ 5th grade) have worked with their teacher on a dream project : a direct contact, via ham radio, with an astronaut aboard the ISS.
This year the children are studying life in space and understanding the Space Station. They are participating to science and ham-radio activities organized by the Radio-club of St-Maur (F6KMX). [more...]

Samstag, Dezember 22, 2012

new york times: An Accidental Comedian of the People (Cindy aus Mahrzahn)

WHEN a career counselor in the East German town of Luckenwalde asked Ilka Bessin what she wanted to be when she grew up, the teenager answered that she had always wanted to be a clown. “Cook” was also a creative job, the counselor suggested, and a lot more realistic. [mehr...]

Sonntag, Dezember 16, 2012

dx aktuell: Weihnachtsüberraschung: NDR kehrt auf Kurzwelle zurück

Der Norddeutsche Rundfunk wird an Heiligabend für vier Stunden auf Kurzwelle zurückkehren und seine traditionsreiche Sendung “Gruß an Bord” weltweit ausstrahlen, die bereits in ihrer 59. Ausgabe zu hören sein wird. Darin werden Grüße an Seefahrer in aller Welt übermittelt und weihnachtliche Melodien sowie Wünsche für ein geruhsames Fest in verschiedenen Sprachen der Welt ausgestrahlt. [mehr...]

Media Broadcast Kurzwelle - Media Broadcast Media Shortwave

Samstag, Dezember 15, 2012

ABC News: Connecticut Massacre




spiegel online: Polizei sucht nach Qaida-Verbindungsmann

Nach dem misslungenen Sprengstoffanschlag auf den Bonner Hauptbahnhof konzentrieren sich die Ermittler ... [mehr...]

President Obama: 'These Children Are Our Children'

new york times: School Gunman Kills 20 Children in Connecticut

A gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children between ages 5 and 10, in a shooting on Friday morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, the authorities said. [more...]

28 dead after Newtown massacre; shooter's brother being questioned

A gunman opened fire Friday morning at a Newtown elementary school, killing 20 young children and six adults in one of the deadliest mass shootings in history. Another adult was found dead at a nearby house, and the gunman was found dead in the school after the shootings, authorities said. [more...]

spiegel online: 20-Jähriger soll Massenmord in US-Schule begangen haben

27 Tote an einer Grundschule in Connecticut, eine Leiche in einem Wohnhaus, ... [mehr...]

Mittwoch, Dezember 12, 2012

zeit online: Kölner Polizei muss auf McDonald's-Video zurückgreifen

Ermittler suchen die Bombenleger von Bonn jetzt mit dem Video aus dem Fast-Food-Restaurant, weil Gleis 1 nicht überwacht war – nicht das einzige Problem der Beamten. [mehr...]
NRW-Polizei Video Mc Donald HBF Bonn