Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can

 

 

German is a wonderfully inventive and bold language, full of gloriously long compound words for emotions and ideas that most languages struggle to allow us to express. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/wlIcjV Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ Or visit us in person at our London HQ https://goo.gl/RBY7Y5 FURTHER READING “We’re hugely dependent on language to help us express what we really think and feel. But some languages are better than others at crisply naming important sensations. Germans have been geniuses at inventing long – or what get called ‘compound’ – words that elegantly put a finger on emotions that we all know, but that other languages require whole clumsy sentences or paragraphs to express…” You can read more on this and other topics on our blog TheBookofLife.org at this link: https://goo.gl/DKT90f

Container Missile System

 

Concern Agat, Russia. The Russian 3M-54 Klub missile system Variants: 3M-54E maquette 3M-54E1 maquette 3M-14E maquette 91RE1 maquette 91RTE2 maquette There are two major launching vehicles: the Klub-S, designed for launch from submarines, and the Klub-N, designed for launch from surface ships. These two launchers can be equipped by the following warhead and guidance combinations: 3M-54E – Anti-shipping variant, Basic length 8.22 m, with a 200 kg warhead. Range is 200 km. Sea-skimmer with supersonic terminal speed and flight altitude of 15 fee t (4.6 m) at final stage(2.9 mach). 3M-54E1 – Anti-shipping variant, Basic length 6.2 m, with a 400 kg warhead. Range is 300 km. Sea-skimmer with subsonic terminal speed(0.8 mach). Allegedly capable of disabling or even sinking an aircraft carrier. 3M-14E – Inertial guidance land attack variant. Basic length 6.2 m, with a 400 kg warhead. Range is 275 km. Subsonic terminal speed(0.8 mach). 91RE1 – Submarine-launched anti-submarine variant, with an anti-submarine torpedo. Basic length 8.0 m, with a range of 50 km. Supersonic speed. The torpedo has a warhead weight of 76 kg. Follows a ballistic path into the surface, speed is Mach 2.5. 91RE2 – Ballistically launched anti-submarine variant, with an anti-submarine torpedo. Basic length 6.5 m, with a range of 40 km Supersonic speed. The torpedo has a warhead weight of 76 kg. For surface ship use only. The lightest of all variants, with a launch weight of 1300 kg. Speed is Mach 2.

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Uta’s Diary

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The alternative to having grass everywhere

Just returned from a little walk after having taken the above picture. I wanted to take another picture of a beautifully flowering jacaranda tree. But I took it from too far away and had to drastically crop the pic to make the tree more visible. Next time I’ll walk up closer to the tree to take another photo.

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Here now is a link to an interesting post about Sydney’s jacaranda trees:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-28/where-to-see-jacaranda-trees-in-sydney/9084172

The best spots to admire Sydney’s purple sea of jacaranda trees

ABC Radio Sydney

By Amanda Hoh

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Asia-Pacific Regional Conference

http://aprcperth2017.com/

“The Asia-Pacific Regional Conference was a historic bilateral event, bringing together approximately 1000 international delegates to discuss the most significant industry and policy issues today. . . . .”

About the Event

“From 3 to 5 November at the Crown Convention Centre in Perth, the most significant bilateral conference between Germany and Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region will redefine the depth of economic linkages between our countries and the wider region. Political and business leaders will explore new investment & trade opportunities with a special focus on the growth in the Asia-Pacific. Germany and Australia share the same values and economic opportunities in both countries and the Asia-Pacific region. Initiatives such as the Australia-Germany Advisory Group recommendations or the Industry 4.0 collaboration demonstrate the ever closer linkages between both countries. The formal negotiations for a comprehensive EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement will start by the end of the year and details will be discussed at APRC.”

 

http://aprcperth2017.com/about/

“Cool heads must prevail amid the geopolitical turmoil – Peter Jennings PSM

“North Korea’s growing nuclear threat, China’s global ambitions, continuing terrorism strikes: the world order is more unstable than it’s been for generations. Navigating this terrain demands focused and strategic leadership.

North Korea’s entry into the nuclear club is challenging a generation of leaders largely untouched by prolonged major conflict and the shadow of nuclear war. For Australian leaders, this is new and complex territory. Australia must work harder to encourage strong US engagement in the Asia-Pacific and support strategies that bolster the credibility of America’s extended nuclear deterrence to discourage allies (Japan, South Korea) from considering their own nuclear capabilities.

Australia needs to strengthen its own capacity to be a regional leader in security. I’m not sure we are really up to that task. It takes more money, effort and engagement than we are usually comfortable with. A nuclear-armed North Korea underscores the point that we can’t hide from our own region when it comes to major security challenges. So, a key lesson is that we need to do more for our own security interests, as uncomfortable as that might be from a defence spending or foreign policy engagement perspective.

What we need right now is calm, strategic, focused leadership from politicians able to take (and reject) advice and with a capacity to think laterally beyond current policy settings.”.  .  .  .

International LawThe Banality of Crimes against Migrants

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/editorial-on-crimes-against-migrants-a-1175239.html

Around the world, migrants are locked up in camps, abused and often driven to the brink of starvation. Many die as a result. These crimes should finally be punished, by the International Criminal Court.

A Guest Editorial by  and 

“Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions, presented an important new report to the UN General Assembly on Friday. The report is on “Unlawful Death of Refugees and Migrants” — already an unordinary focus for her mandate. In recent years, her office has focused nearly exclusively on counter-terrorism, particularly on deaths by drone attacks.

As she explains, the report concerns “an international crime whose very banality in the eyes of so many makes its tragedy particularly grave and disturbing.” The contention is rather dramatic, and we believe that it is indeed historic, at least as far as reports by UN bodies are concerned.  . . . . . .”

A Headline in the Aim (Australian Independent Media) Network

The Turnbull Solution: “MPs must make a declaration that the declaration that they made wasn’t an untrue declaration!”

https://theaimn.com/turnbull-solution-mps-must-make-declaration-declaration-made-wasnt-untrue-declaration/

This headline really caught my attention. I read it with some kind  of   amusement. Our  lives are filled more  and more with some kind of declaration or another. Do I remember my mother’s maiden name? Luckily I do. and this is the truth.

KURUKSHETRA VIDEO

KURUKSHETRA. VIDEO KURUKSHETRA Kurukshetra Hindi: कुरुक्षेत्र; Punjabi: ਕੁਰੂਕਸ਼ੇਤਰ) is a land of historical and religious importance. Kurukshetra is located inHaryana state of India. It is also known as Dharmakshetra (“Holy Place”). According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is a region named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas, as depicted in epic Mahabharata. The importance of the place is attributed to the fact that the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata was fought on this land and the Bhagavad Gita was preached on this land during the war when Lord Krishna found Arjuna in a terrible dilemma.[1] Prior to the establishment of a refugee camp named Kurukshetra in 1947, Thanesar was the name of the tehsil headquarters and the town. Thanesaror Sthaneswar is a historical town located adjacent to what is now the newly created Kurukshetra city. Thanesar derives its name from the word “Sthaneshwar”, which means “Place of God”. The Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple, whose presiding deity is Lord Shiva, is believed to be the oldest temple in the vicinity. Local hearsay identifies the legendary “Kurukshetra” with a place near Thanesar. A few kilometers from Kurukshetra is the village known as Amin, where there are remnants of a fort which is believed to beAbhimanyu’s fort. In most ancient Hindu texts, Kurukshetra is not a city but a region “kshetra” meaning “region” in Sanskrit and the boundaries of Kurukshetra correspond roughly to the central and western parts of state of Haryana and southern Punjab. Thus according to the Taittiriya Aranyaka 5.1.1., the Kurukshetra region is south of Turghna (Srughna/Sugh in Sirhind, Punjab), north ofKhandava (Delhi and Mewat region), east of Maru (desert) and west of Parin.[2] Early July 2013 the Haryana Department of Archaeology and Museums announced that the earlier excavated remains of a Buddhist Stupa in Kurukshetra were ready to be displayed for the public. It is written in Puranas that Kurukshetra is named after King Kuru of the BharataDynasty, ancestor of Pandavas and Kauravas. The Vamana Purana tells how King Kuru came to settle on this land. He chose this land at the banks of Sarasvati River(since dried up before 1900BCE[3]) for embedding spirituality with 8 virtues: austerity (tapas), truth (satya), forgiveness (kshama), kindness (daya), purity (suchee[disambiguation needed]), charity (daan),yagya and brahmacharya. Lord Vishnu was impressed with the act of King Kuru and blessed him. God gave him two boons, one that this land forever will be known as a Holy Land after his name as Kurukshetra (the land of Kuru) and the other that anyone dying on this land will be going to heaven. The land of Kurukshetra was situated between two rivers – the Sarasvati and the Drishadvati. This land has been known as Uttravedi, Brahmavedi, Dharamkshetra and Kurukshetra at different periods. When King Kuru came on this land it was called Uttarvedi. Over the period this land has been ruled by many empires. The Bharata Dynasty came and settled on this land. BY KAILASH MANSAROVAR FOUNDATION SWAMI BIKASH GIRI http://www.sumeruparvat.com , http://www.naturalitem.com

Greens MP Adam Bandt calls Peter Dutton a ‘terrorist’ over Manus Island stance

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-04/greens-mp-adam-bandt-calls-peter-dutton-manus-island/9119148

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Greens MP Adam Bandt labels Immigration Minister Peter Dutton a terrorist who is “prepared to kill people for political gain”, while speaking at a Melbourne rally protesting against the treatment of asylum seekers on Manus Island.

Source: ABC News | Duration: 58sec

Topics: refugees, melbourne-3000