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big thumbs up..short and precise..are these experts all tinfoil wearing nutters as well?

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http://www.thetower.org/2493-germany-and-israel-hold-largest-ever-joint-military-exercise/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Over 100 German soldiers arrived in Israel earlier this month to participate in the largest joint military exercise ever held between the two countries, Ha'aretzreported on Wednesday.

The Israeli and German armies have conducted joint exercises in urban combat in recent weeks — the largest joint training ever between the two countries.

Over a hundred German soldiers arrived in Israel three weeks ago to train at the Tze'elim army base in the south. In addition to infantry and logistics troops, Germany sent five heavy military vehicles. …

The 110 German soldiers from the 1st Panzer Division were joined by the deputy divisional commander, Brig. Gen. Ernst-Peter Horn. During his stay he visited Yad Vashem; he said he felt a duty to visit the Holocaust research center and memorial on his first visit to the country.

The German soldiers arrived three weeks ago and are scheduled to return home on Friday.

During her visit to Israel this past May, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen talked about the close security relationship between her country and the Jewish state. Israel has purchased five Dolphin class submarines from Germany and is looking to purchase a sixth.

In June, 100 German business leaders visited Israel to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. That same month, a German computer institute announced plans to open a cyber-security center in Israel.

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great mates..

“During her visit to Israel this past May, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen talked about the close security relationship between her country and the Jewish state. Israel has purchased five Dolphin class submarines from Germany and is looking to purchase a sixth.”

friends with war toys..

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http://www.wsj.com/articles/imf-plans-to-alter-lending-policies-to-keep-ukraine-bailout-on-track-1446090992

Ukraine's Western allies are preparing to accelerate planned changes to the International Monetary Fund's lending policies to prevent Russia from stymieing the country's $25 billion financial rescue package.

Ukraine's economy has suffered drastically over the past year or so, in large part due to a still-simmering conflict with Russia-backed separatists in the east.

The Kremlin has rejected Ukraine's invitation to participate in a debt restructuring, and Kiev has said it won't be able to pay all of the $3 billion due to Moscow by the end of the year. That could jeopardize Ukraine's $17 billion IMF bailout and other Western aid that is tied to it, because IMF policy prohibits it from lending to countries that are in arrears to other governments.

But the U.S. and other Western shareholders are preparing next month to change the policy so that the IMF could move ahead with its bailout for Ukraine even if Kiev defaults on some loans to Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ukraine Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko told The Wall Street Journal that Russia's participation in the debt restructuring is an opportunity to "depoliticize the issue, as it offers the same treatment as our other bondholders."

In comments after meetings with international officials, Ms. Jaresko signaled the IMF likely wouldn't let the Russian bond "interfere with the program."

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similar to what the world bank did for greece recently..if you are a “special” country you get special rules..you dont default for one..even though you are broke..

“But the U.S. and other Western shareholders are preparing next month to change the policy so that the IMF could move ahead with its bailout for Ukraine even if Kiev defaults on some loans to Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.”

because russia doesnt matter..huh?

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http://phys.org/news/2015-10-aerosols-atmosphere-hurricanes-possibly-feasible.html

An international team of Earth scientists has used eight Earth system model simulations of climate under the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project to predict the change in the number of hurricanes and other types of tropical storms that would occur over the next fifty years if sulfate aerosols were injected into the atmosphere to mitigate the impact of global warming. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers describe the models and what they showed and suggest that such injections if done on a massive scale, might prove moderately effective—though they note that a different type of aerosol would have to be used to prevent harm to the ozone layer.

As the planet keeps warming and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a difference fail, scientist have begun turning to other ways to mitigate problems in the future related to warmer temperatures and higher ocean levels, such as an increase in the number and intensity of hurricanes. One such technique that has been discussed in public forums, is injecting aerosols into the atmosphere in areas where tropical storms form—the shadowing effect would cool the air above the ocean preventing such storms from forming. In this new effort, the researchers used standard oceanographic models to attempt to learn whether such a technique might be viable.

After inputting data meant to model an injection of sulfate aerosols over the next 50 years, in two different ways, the researchers found that the idea would likely work, but not as well as might be expected. The first modeled the impact of a volcano eruption-sized amount of aerosol injection while the second sought to mimic an increase in injection amounts to match the projected increase of greenhouse gas emissions. Because the second approach appeared to be the more likely outcome in real life, the researchers used that model to make their predictions. They found that if approximately 10 billion tons of such aerosols were pumped into the atmosphere annually, the result would be a halving of Katrina-sized hurricanes over the next half century. They equate it to mimicking a Pinatubo-sized eruption every two years—something they describe as very expensive, but doable.

Of course, they note, there is no chance that such injections will begin anytime soon, because injecting that much sulfate aerosols into the atmosphere would destroy the ozone layer. But, their findings do suggest that if another, safer aerosol could be found, such a technique might prove viable.

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do you really think if they know they can do this that they havent done it already?

“An international team of Earth scientists has used eight Earth system model simulations of climate under the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project to predict the change in the number of hurricanes and other types of tropical storms that would occur over the next fifty years if sulfate aerosols were injected into the atmosphere to mitigate the impact of global warming.”

firstly..what exactly are “earth scientists”?

oh the models said it would work..it must be legit then!

“They found that if approximately 10 billion tons of such aerosols were pumped into the atmosphere annually, the result would be a halving of Katrina-sized hurricanes over the next half century.”

“just trust us”

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http://futuristech.info/posts/video-some-of-darpa-s-directors-discussing-their-futuristic-visions-of-2045

Stefanie Tompkins, a geologist and director of DARPA's Defense Sciences Office, envisions building substances from the atomic or molecular level up to create "impossible" materials with previously unattainable capabilities.

Pam Melroy, an aerospace engineer, former astronaut and current deputy director of DARPA's Tactical Technologies Office, foresees technologies that would enable machines to collaborate with humans as partners on tasks far more complex than those we can tackle today.

Justin Sanchez, a neuroscientist and program manager in DARPA's Biological Technologies Office, imagines a world where neurotechnologies could enable users to interact with their environment and other people by thought alone.

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freaks..

“imagines a world where neurotechnologies could enable users to interact with their environment and other people by thought alone.”

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