Die Euros Am 18. November 2012 wurde zum 12. Mal der Siebenpfeiffer-Preis verliehen – und Die Euros haben von der Jury eine lobende Anerkennung erhalten. In der Begründung der Jury heißt es dazu: „Dieses Online-Portal von Studierenden und jungen Absolventen unterschiedlicher Universitäten in Europa bietet Informationen und Reflexionen zu Europa und zur Politik der Europäischen Union. Für Die Euros nahm Autorin Carolin Dylla in Homburg die Auszeichnung entgegen. Den mit 5000 Euro dotierte Siebenpfeiffer-Preis erhielt in diesem Jahr der freiberufliche Auslandskorrespondent Detlef Drewes. „Die Presse muß nothwendig frei sein, denn sie ist die Stimme aller, ihr Schweigen ist der Tod der Freiheit, jede Tyrannei, welche eine Idee morden will, beginnt damit, daß sie die Presse knebelt Wir, das Euros-Team – Julia Korbik (Chefredakteurin), Vera Kissler (stellv. Die Euros basieren auf ehrenamtlichem Engagement. Die verschiedenen Sprachversionen der Euros:
The Narco News Bulletin Saudi splurges on weapons ... for what? Saudi Arabia is about to buy another $60bn worth of military hardware from the US, and even The Guardian is dutiful in parroting, without question, the accepted western narrative : The sale, under negotiation since 2007, is aimed mainly at bolstering Saudi defences against Iran, which the US suspects will achieve a nuclear weapons capability within the next few years. The transfer of advanced technology, mainly planes, is to provide Saudi Arabia with air superiority over Iran. Ignoring the fact that miltary aircraft (which form the bulk of the deal as we know it) are prettty much useless against a nuclear missile, especially one that does not exist, $60bn buys a mind boggling amount of firepower, so that must mean that Saudi Arabia's military capacity right now is woefully insufficent compared to Iran's, right? Er, no. Saudi military spending already dwarfs Iran's by a factor of six. So if the numbers don't add up, what about the politics?
PandoDaily | the site of record for silicon valley Panoptic World ONLINE | Nachrichten, Hintergründe und Debatten INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE. NEWS, COMMENTARY & INSIGHT Bizarre sea slug is half plant, half animal It looks like any other sea slug, aside from its bright green hue. But the Elysia chlorotica is far from ordinary: it is both a plant and an animal, according to biologists who have been studying the species for two decades. Not only does E. chlorotica turn sunlight into energy — something only plants can do — it also appears to have swiped this ability from the algae it consumes. Native to the salt marshes of New England and Canada, these sea slugs use contraband chlorophyll-producing genes and cell parts called chloroplasts from algae to carry out photosynthesis, says Sidney Pierce, a biologist at the University of South Florida in Tampa. That genetic material has since been passed down to the next generation, eliminating the need to consume algae for energy. However, the baby slugs can’t carry out photosynthesis until they’ve stolen their own chloroplasts, which they aren’t yet able to produce on their own, from their first and only meal of algae.
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