But also industry representatives and public offices were present the workshop program included a wide range of topics from basic research to industrial and operational applications Space Weather reports for reliable satellite communication The exact timepoint of a solar cycle maximum is difficult to determine but the currently high solar activity will continue for some time Further polar light sightings in Germany are likely Institut für Solar-Terrestrische Physik (dlr.de) IMPC Website: impc.dlr.de Berlin, Vienna, Venice and Zurich were the destinations on my itinerary I booked accommodations within city limits I stayed in two Airbnbs about an hour outside Berlin and Zurich by train. My hotel was a 20-minute walk from the train station it would have been easier to wake up in Berlin I enjoyed starting and ending each day with a relaxing walk through a place I'd never heard of where I spotted the occasional backpacker among mostly locals I thought it was a peaceful town with charming cobblestone streets And if I hadn't been traveling on a budget I probably never would have visited it. When I left Germany with stays in Vienna and three Italian cities ahead of me I was already looking forward to my final accommodation several nights later in Switzerland. My last stop in Europe was Zurich, and I slept in a tiny wine-barrel home in a small village named Roggwil for two nights for $400 Roggwil rests in the rolling hills of Switzerland it had the most striking scenes of the entire trip I took an unplanned hike in the area and caught a gorgeous sunset over the village It was an epic ending to my two-week adventure I couldn't help thinking if I hadn't booked that specific Airbnb I expected nothing more than a place to sleep in these towns so I was pleasantly surprised that they felt like hidden gems Neustrelitz and Roggwil were relaxing counterparts to my travels in Berlin and Zurich I'll find more accommodations in small towns to experience the quiet slower pace of suburban life while photographing landscapes in less-visited areas of the continent — and save some money but whereas in the United States the word “juvenile” usually refers to those under 18 the 150 men and women at this German institution are almost all between 19 and 25 They’re housed in a collection of small white buildings with pitched shingled roofs that sit behind a wall in the countryside of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a large but sparsely populated state along Germany’s northern coast about the size of New Hampshire (It’s even got the same tall trees and crisp air.) We're touring German prisons this week, with VICE. For behind-the-scenes photos and observations from the road, follow our reporter on Twitter. Full series Follow @MauriceChammah There are horses for the prisoners to ride including one that — according to a prisoner who cares for him — has done well in some sort of national rabbit competition Wednesday’s tour of Neustrelitz represented another moment in which US corrections officials, prosecutors, activists, and researchers — in the country for a week — could witness the extent to which Germany’s prison system differs from their own administrators emphasize therapy (the rabbits are part of “animal therapy”) and eschew the retributive impulse that has defined American justice for decades But because Neustrelitz houses young men and women who have committed more serious crimes — more than half of them violent — there was a familiarity that made the contrast easier to digest “This is the place for violence because they are young head of prisons in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania juvenile sentencing laws cover people until they are at least 18 and there is currently a political debate underway about extending the juvenile law to cover men and women up to 24 (They already stay in juvenile prisons until they are 24 or 25.) This is in sharp contrast to the U.S. where 16 and 17-year-olds are regularly placed in adult facilities “We do not transfer juveniles to adult courts,” said Frieder Dünkel a criminologist at the University of Greifswald in northern Germany Kai Schulz is 40 days away from the end of his four-year sentence for attempted murder He's 23 and wears his hair shaved on the back and sides with a fashionable little ponytail on top a middle linebacker when he plays football — the American version — for recreation He plans to find a welding job when he gets out “There’s probably a big demand for this skill in the German economy,” noted Gregg Marcantel Schulz was like most violent young men when they enter prison: He was angry and was forced to stay for short periods in more locked-down rooms Like many young prisoners I’ve spoken with in the U.S. he was initially afraid and tried to toughen up so nobody would mess with him The difference was that he eventually realized he didn’t need to I did not get to see the early version of Schulz or the transition but the man I met was strikingly self-assured and used words like “re-socialization” while fielding questions from dozens of curious foreigners Marcantel joked that the young inmate could probably run the facility Schulz’s redemption narrative was so clean and heartwarming that it was easy to be skeptical and many of the young men who leave this prison do though Schulz implied the number was high.) But you can’t underestimate the power of a success story to push along American efforts to think more seriously and broadly about prison reform If prosecutors are worried what victims and the general public might think if a man — who attempted to murder someone — got less than five years in prison who talks about the letters of apology he sent to his victim “I fully understand why she wouldn’t be in touch and it might influence her for the worst to talk to me he plans to move far from his home and the location of his crime to escape his reputation and what he describes as a culture of criminality The prison will help him find a job and an apartment He knows he is getting a far better deal than he would in the U.S. and spoke of seeing documentaries on television about solitary confinement “where you go years without touching even another person’s finger — it’s unimaginable." 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This is a significant milestone for Diaverum Germany which is the sole provider of renal care in the wider Neubrandenburg region in the northeastern part of the country Diaverum’s network in the region now includes four clinics one of which also offers a general practice The Diaverum Am Klinikum clinic in Neubrandenburg features 50 dialysis stations Diaverum Neustrelitz offers 10 dialysis stations The clinics’ main services focus on the provision of haemodialysis as well as the coordination and provision of multidisciplinary care through specialist teams Diaverum’s COO for Europe & LatAm shared: “Diaverum’s acquisition of the two clinics in Germany marks a significant milestone in our mission to expand access to high-quality renal care in the region As part of our commitment to transforming global healthcare This expansion not only strengthens Diaverum’s presence in Europe but also reinforces our dedication to improving lives through cutting-edge Country Managing Director for Diaverum Germany added: “We are committed to providing life-enhancing renal care to patients in Germany because everyone deserves a fulfilling life we offer the entire spectrum of nephrology services ranging from preventive care and hemodialysis to the management of comorbidities and transplant care as part of Diaverum’s holistic approach to renal care ensuring the highest standards of medical excellence and care.” With this expansion, Diaverum Germany now operates 18 clinics across the country, with more than 455 staff caring for over 1470 patients, guided by Diaverum's True care culture. multinational healthcare organisation that provides life-enhancing renal care to patients with chronic kidney disease empowering them to live fulfilling lives. delivering and broadening access to the highest quality of kidney care for patients around the world At the heart of what we do is our standardised care delivery model continuously evolving digital & AI infrastructure and people caring for patients with competence As a global leader and the largest independent renal service provider in Europe we have 13,500 healthcare professionals caring for around 42,000 patients across 450 clinics in 24 countries globally We provide renal care personalised to patients’ needs and choices offering a portfolio of treatments ranging from preventive care to the coordination of patients’ comorbidities and holiday dialysis. Diaverum is part of the M42 group of companies, the global health champion powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology and genomics to advance innovation in health for people and the planet www.diaverum.com NEUSTRELITZ , Germany, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel reinforced her belief that refugees to Germany were not a terrorism threat during a campaign speech Wednesday "The phenomenon of the Islamist terrorism of ISIS is not a phenomenon that has come to us through refugees, but rather one which we've already had here before," Merkel said, using an alternate acronym for the Islamic State "More personnel plus more power to intervene," she said Merkel's Christian Democratic Union Party could lose its dominance in the two states' upcoming elections and Germany's splintered left wing -- comprised of the CDU and Social Democrats who rule together in Berlin in a coalition as well as the Green Party and the radical Left Party -- could seek to form joint governments in both states The AfD Party "is eating away at the bigger party. This is a problematic trend and Ms. Merkel has a hand in it," Tilman Mayer, University of Bonn political science professor, told The Wall Street Journal. A poll in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, published Friday, showed the CDU leading the AfD by 23 percent to 19 percent. In Berlin, another poll showed the AfD gained 14 percent of support, compared to the CDU's 18 percent, the Green Party at 19 percent and the Social Democrats at 23 percent. Merkel's national approval rating fell from 59 percent to 47 percent in August, with nearly two-thirds of respondents expressing disapproval of her refugee policy, The Wall Street Journal noted. disused hospitals: For some they are eyesores Image: Juergen Schwenkenbecher/picture allianceDwasieden Castle SassnitzOnly ruins remain of banker Adolph von Hansemann's magnificent building on Rügen Island just off the Baltic Sea coast the castle was one of the most expensive of its time a refugee and quarantine camp was located here until it was blown up in 1948 to make bricks This complex played a role in the Nazis' mass murder of hundreds of thousands of disabled persons physically or mentally ill children and adults for racist reasons The Nazis used the site as a transit station before sending people to their deaths The building has fallen into disrepair over the decades The Hohenschönhausen prison was a place of horror Prisoners of East Germany’s secret police were forced to live in 60 windowless cells in the basement each only equipped with a wooden cot and a bucket Over 20,000 political prisoners were mentally and physically tortured here and some of its tour guides were actually held as prisoners here From the east of Berlin to the west: On top of Teufelsberg hill is the US military’s former listening station with five radar domes The hill itself was artificially created with rubble from World War II and is the second-highest spot in Berlin The area is now used for cultural events and offers plenty of space for graffiti artists Hollywood stars George Clooney and Matt Damon have already visited this spot but not for health reasons The site was a location for their movie "The Monuments Men." Since 2005 an association has been campaigning for the reconstruction of the sanatorium which was founded in 1896 by the German Red Cross "Das Alpenhaus" is part of the 60-building group that formed a clinic for tuberculosis patients in Brandenburg Some of the other buildings have been refurbished and converted into apartments An approximately11 kilometer (6.8 miles) circular route leads through the former military site which was created in 1910 as an imperial military training area the Soviets set up their high command here until they withdrew in 1994 Many people take part in bunker tours in Wünsdorf every year The coal and steel industry shaped the Ruhr region for over 150 years nature is reclaiming industrial sites such as the Hansa coking plant in Dortmund and the Zollverein colliery in Essen it is not quiet here: Exhibitions and guided tours bring these lost places to life the secretary of the New Mexico Corrections Department voluntarily placed himself in solitary confinement for 48 hours He was one of a rare few who could choose to do such a thing and it was a very Gregg thing to do—dramatic Marcantel had worked to reduce the number of prisoners held in their cells for 23 hours a day and he wanted to better understand what these prisoners actually experienced “There are just things sometimes that you gotta feel This series was reported in collaboration with VICE The video footage of his two days in a 12-by-7-foot cell has an eerie intimacy Wearing standard-issue yellow scrubs and a bright orange beanie He listens to the shouting and clanging outside his door His face alternates between boredom and curiosity and a business book called Boundaries for Leaders The stunt was not Marcantel’s only effort to address solitary confinement Working with the Vera Institute of Justice a nonprofit organization based in New York his staff was implementing a program called Restoration to Population which would allow inmates affiliated with prison gangs to renounce their membership and earn their way out of solitary confinement through good behavior Another program would allow inmates who had been held in solitary for their own protection—informants and the young and weak—to live together in regular housing The number of New Mexico state prisoners in solitary dropped from 10.1 percent in late 2013 to 6.9 percent in June 2015 and not a politically risky one: Curbing solitary is less likely to anger the public than spending money to help inmates obtain college degrees Marcantel was still criticized by progressives for opposing a statewide ban on solitary for those with mental illness But in the glowing press coverage—ABC News called him the “ultimate undercover boss”—Marcantel positioned himself as open-minded to reform while conservative enough to avoid being seen as soft on criminals Marcantel had a clever way of selling his plan to reduce solitary confinement: Instead of focusing on human rights, he talked about public safety. He told the Albuquerque Journal that when solitary is overused, “all you’re doing now is creating a socially isolated human being that’s going to go back to your neighborhood” and commit more crimes (one study found such prisoners are twice as likely to reoffend) “We’ve got to do everything we can to send people back better from prison than when they came.” The broader implication of Marcantel’s point—that prisons should take rehabilitation seriously in order to alleviate crime and protect the public—has become a primary talking point within our current moment of criminal justice reform and policy experts are trumpeting an unprecedented level of cooperation between the political left and right and Koch Industries announced they would collaborate to back the Coalition for Public Safety and lobby to reduce mandatory-minimum sentences including fiscal conservatives who think incarcerating the nonviolent is a waste of money Evangelicals who believe that overlong sentences rob people of a chance at redemption libertarians who see a bloated criminal justice system as an example of government overreach and progressives who talk about crime as the product of racial injustice and the decimation of welfare programs for the poor and the mentally ill finding a common language can be difficult so the terminology tends toward the appealingly vague—“smart on crime,” “best practices,” “evidence-based policies”—though the goals generally circle around reducing the prison population and helping people who come out of prison to avoid returning One place that has managed to keep both incarceration and crime rates low is Western Europe the Vera Institute took a group of corrections officials to tour prisons in the Netherlands and Germany sentences are significantly shorter than in the U.S. and the entire focus is on rehabilitating prisoners so they can return to society Wardens are often professional psychologists and emphasize therapy over security There are fewer than 100 prisoners for every 100,000 Germans and more than 600 prisoners for every 100,000 Americans Few Germans spend more than 15 years in prison While Germany’s low crime rates cannot be directly credited to the country’s therapy-driven prisons researchers at Vera believed that learning about how these prisons work might help Americans improve their own Germany might offer new ways of addressing the problems Marcantel had highlighted with his trip to solitary confinement a year before: How might treating prisoners differently ensure they would not commit crimes after getting out As Vera began planning a tour of German prisons they invited Marcantel and other criminal justice leaders who had showed an interest in reform envisioned the weeklong excursion might function as a “summer camp,” in which unlikely bonds would be formed to pave the way for political collaboration back in the U.S Marcantel admitted he did not have a “real good sense of Germany.” But he had traveled to Europe before and been struck by “how much more they know about America than I know about them.” He chided his fellow Americans for their insularity “Why do I need to know about you?” he said with a chuckle the two dozen members of the International Sentencing and Corrections Exchange were drowsy from an overnight flight to Berlin Vera had invited the heads of the prison systems in Connecticut and influential activists from the left and right Marcantel was animated during the introductions which were held in a private room at a downtown restaurant Everyone listed the universities or agencies or think tanks or foundations they were representing The academics used words like “carceral.” Craig DeRoche of the Evangelical organization Justice Fellowship talked about where people’s “hearts are.” Marcantel was the first to crack a joke the president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York explained how the German approach to incarceration may differ radically from the American approach today and their peers never saw their incarceration rates change by more than 50 percent in either direction “We’re here because we’ve chosen to be here,” Travis said Congressional decisions—chief among them the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act often just called the “crime bill”—encouraged states to pass their own laws to increase the number of people locked up: “three strikes” laws and after Michael Dukakis went down in flames with a 1988 ad about Willie Horton which blamed a rape and murder on the candidate’s liberal policies Democrats were just as eager as Republicans to promote harsh sentencing laws Travis was running the National Institute of Justice looking around the room at Americans from a dozen different states “to go change your laws to keep people in prison longer.” hunched over in his chair and stroking his beard His role in this story was more practical than political After an early stint welding in the oil fields of his native Louisiana and a few years in the Marines he spent most of his career as a police officer chasing murderers and drug dealers around New Mexico He used the imagined horrors of prison as leverage while he encouraged them to rat one another out He still talks of these days with a boisterous nostalgia—he once chased a drug lord into Alabama—but admits he seldom thought about where these criminals ended up after he caught them “over half of inmates released from prison will be back within five years.” Every state has its own subplot in the recent American story of growing prison populations a riot in 1980 at the main state penitentiary It was the most violent takeover of a prison since the one at Attica Correctional Facility Marcantel told others on the trip that this riot fueled a popular belief in his state that rehabilitation was a farce because prisoners were always ready to attack He had come on the trip in part because he disagreed He knew that prisons could help transform criminals “take a bigger bite of crime than I ever did chasing [criminals] from one neighborhood to another.” trying some of that cheese and fish the locals eat for breakfast because “when in Rome”—Marcantel boarded the bus to travel to Heidering prison which holds roughly 650 men on the outskirts of Berlin The group was met by the prison’s director who gestured regally toward the open hallways and massive windows American prisons tend to be noisy and full of fluorescent light and stale air like a liberal arts college campus crossed with a modern art museum and though it was cleaner and fancier than others in the country its atmosphere illustrated something deeper in the German approach to incarceration who directs the Berlin Ministry of Justice explained to the group that his system’s “sole aim” is “to enable prisoners to lead a life of social responsibility upon release.” It is more expensive to incarcerate a person in Germany—roughly 120 euros ($135) a day per prisoner as opposed to an average of about $85 in the U.S.—but with far fewer prisoners (the vast majority of sentences are two years or less) there are more resources to train officers extensively in psychology and hire therapists to work with the men and women who do go to prison The men at Heidering work various jobs—many are employed by an onsite factory for car parts—and are required to save some of their earnings as a nest egg for when they are released They are allowed to wear their own clothes and those who do not receive furloughs to visit family can have their partners and children visit in a small room with a kitchenette and a couch A social worker can approve unsupervised family visits Marcantel noticed the lack of security cameras “There aren’t any!” He traded details with Bernie Warner the head of Washington state’s prison system Every prisoner had his own cell—the word “room” would be more fitting—outfitted with a telephone and a twin-size bed Marcantel coined a descriptor that would serve him throughout the week: “IKEA-ish.” The bathroom contained a white ceramic toilet a far cry from the stainless-steel bowls bolted to the wall next to the bed in so many American institutions He would not abandon this basic sense of wide-eyed wonder over the next four days and he marveled at all the objects that were freely available to German prisoners from darts (“They’re everywhere!”) to fruit (“That’s hooch in the making!”) to knives (no comment was necessary—just a look) “I think you get from people what you expect of them.” the Americans sat down to a lunch prepared by some of the prisoners: roast chicken over a bed of sautéed vegetables served with the sparkling water that Marcantel had come to talk up as an exciting novelty (though he had been to Europe before The conversation around the table was chaotic: “They trust the prisoners with knives?” “Those cells look like my college dorm room!” Marcantel steered the conversation back to public safety; he still was not sure that American prisoners could be trusted with so many freedoms like letting prisoners wear their own clothes might help American prisoners maintain a sense of connection to society perhaps you could sell what look like “amenities” to the general public as tools to help prisoners feel less isolated from society these ex-prisoners were going to “stand behind you in the grocery store line whether you like it or not.” Seated near him was Khalil Gibran Muhammad an historian who wrote The Condemnation of Blackness a book on how early American society came to associate dark skin with criminality He wrinkled his brow at the bit about the grocery store; he thought Marcantel was implying that every crime is committed by a scary monster whom we must keep away from the public until he is “fixed.” He talked about how rampant inequality and financial crimes on Wall Street created a situation in which “people are more likely Marcantel nodded in the way one does to cover feeling flustered we’ve got certain things that have been criminalized not the larger philosophical argument that you’ve got —” Muhammad interjected: “I don’t want to dismiss this as philosophical There are laws limiting the behavior on Wall Street they get through the gates based on selfish choices.” This was not the first time Marcantel had described criminal activity as “selfish.” He had come to see the world this way after years “against a white wall” as a police investigator in so many little interrogation rooms who spent 19 years in Michigan prisons for murder he had reminded the group not to forget the prominence of race (“the black man as boogeyman”) in the story of how the U.S Now he offered a prodding question to Marcantel: “How about abuse?” Many children who face abuse often grow up to commit more crimes and this can hardly be explained adequately with a word like “selfish.” “I’m not saying it can’t be driven by abuse,” Marcantel said quickly Would you say that most people who come to prison don’t do so because of selfish choices?” “I think they’ve made poor choices,” Senghor said “Almost every inmate I’ve talked to says they made selfish choices,” Marcantel responded “Because you run the prison system,” Senghor said “they’re going to tell you what you want to hear.” a policy analyst who directs a coalition called Right on Crime and is a central figure in the conservative embrace of justice reform jumped into the conversation and reframed it is “the assumption that by making people miserable in prison they were sitting in a prison where inmates were not miserable The men at Heidering were treated partly as patients in need of therapy and partly as wayward children in need of polite correction One prison administrator said they make an “individual determination for the causes of delinquency” for each prisoner The blame was still on the individual for having committed a crime—which might square with Marcantel’s view of criminals as having done something selfish—but that did not mean that he should be stripped of his rights and kicked out of the social contract But what would the American public make of this the Americans often wondered whether improving the conditions of their prisons would lead to an outcry—talk of Club Fed and “country-club prisons”—with political repercussions “It’s difficult for me to imagine who the constituency is that wants inmates to be treated in a dignified way.” The Americans continued to ponder the politics of reform the next day while visiting Tegel prison an old campus of stone and brick where the Nazis imprisoned the theologian and writer Dietrich Bonhoeffer the Americans had walked through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe a sprawl of sarcophagus-like concrete slabs in the middle of the city Marcantel would later describe Germany with a sense of reverence as “a society of people who post-Holocaust… had placed such a premium on what they did to dignify the human existence.” he walked through a building at Tegel that houses a program called Preventive Detention with white walls and photos of cats posted near the entrance a music room with shiny guitars and a drum set and a workshop for building and fixing bicycles is for the most violent prisoners—men who have served out their sentences and even with all of the efforts at rehabilitation prison administrators still feel cannot be safely released back to society (And it had already—several men released from the program at Tegel have committed robbery or assault.) Marcantel asked whether the program would get shut down “We are backed by the Constitutional Court This moment marked a large cultural difference; the German prison staff were far less concerned with public sentiment than their American counterparts a law professor who teaches at the University of Minnesota and has lived throughout Europe judges and prosecutors are not elected and “would say it’s their responsibility to insulate the judicial process from the influence of public emotion.” “So the outcry is still there in your community,” Marcantel said but the system is a little more inoculated from their influences.” Marcantel sat in a circle with the rest of the Americans around a campfire They had driven up to a hotel in the state of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania where the weather was cold and cats and hedgehogs roamed the hills above a small lake Everyone was full from a cookout on an open grill Marcantel explained to the group that he was still wondering how to convince lawmakers and the public back home about the value of how Germans deal with criminals He had been hoping to use statistics—clear indisputable proof that these programs could successfully keep prisoners from reoffending—to sell Americans on the benefits of these practices If you showed state legislators some data showing German recidivism rates you might be able to justify spending public money to make prisons more humane While European academics measure recidivism rates throughout the continent you will always have recidivism,” said Jörg Jesse the director of prisons in Mecklenburg–West Pomerania “But if someone who was a violent person steals a pizza or something like that Or is it just recidivism if he reoffends with the kind of crime he did before The Federal Ministry of Justice has found that roughly 33 percent of those released from prison in 2007 were convicted of another crime within three years (and of those roughly half were punished with a fine rather than more prison time) the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics has found that nearly 70 percent of people released from prisons in 2005 were arrested again within three years who grew up in Germany and is a researcher at John Jay College argued that there had to be more to the discussion than just proving prisoners would not reoffend Without talking about dignity and human rights we would be reforming American prisons “for the wrong reasons.” “The people in charge of these systems are operating with restraints,” he said “We’re all kindred spirits here—we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t—but we have to be really smart about how we bring the public along.” turning a little metal contraption in his hands His hair was buzzed on the sides and pulled into a small ponytail on top On the afternoon following the campfire discussion the Americans were wandering around the machine shop at Neustrelitz prison a facility for young men and women in the countryside watching silently as the man studied the blueprints laid out before him and picked up tools that had been etched with his last name to kill a young woman in his hometown on the island of Rügen he was just over a month away from his release he had tried to prove his toughness—out of fear tucked into the hills with a small army of rabbits and horses and therapists where men are locked in solitary confinement for years He described to the Americans a letter of apology he had sent to his victim and it might influence her for the worst to talk to me,” Schulz told them “But I know I’ll never forget what I did.” Marcantel appeared impressed by this young man’s self-possession and would go on to say that Schulz could probably run this prison He also speculated that the German economy would need a lot of welders—the occupation for which Schulz had been preparing himself There was a cleanliness to Schulz’s redemption narrative that might invite claims that he must be an exception But throughout the day the Americans met a steady parade of young prisoners who talked about themselves in mature and thoughtful tones and were surrounded by encouragement from the staff One described his plans to move to a new city with his girlfriend and their two-year-old child “I’m working on my own emotions,” another said “how to recognize them and deal with them.” “The only people you do have are the recipients of the realities,” he said meaning a public who would be safer with rehabilitated ex-prisoners and that vision has to [demonstrate] how [reform] makes a difference in peoples’ lives.” He was subtly bringing back his favorite argument—that more humane prisons would make the community safer—but rather than talking about recidivism or selfishness he spoke of individual dramas of human redemption Maybe you didn’t need to point to lower crime rates Maybe you could convince Americans of the benefits of more humane prisons by introducing them to Kai Schulz “When I first got there,” Marcantel told his colleagues at lunch after returning to New Mexico ‘What’s the return on your investment for this program What are your recidivism rates?’ But what I realized was [that] I was dealing with a society of people,” for whom “it was about whether they’re doing what dignifies the human existence.” The trip made for great conversation fodder but in the cold light of American politics like advocating shorter sentences and more money for educational programs the historian and one of Marcantel’s sharpest interlocutors in Germany a New York prison warden named George Kirchwey campaigned with a former prisoner against a law that ordered life imprisonment for four-time felons “I think of this when I imagine [Marcantel] and what he could do,” Muhammad said about a week after President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders Marcantel announced that his department would hire a 40-year-old man named David Van Horn as a supervisor in the staff kitchen at one of the prisons Van Horn had been released in May after serving 20 years for murder It was Marcantel’s first step in the development of a new transition program for former prisoners and he said he hoped it would inspire businesses to take more risks in hiring such men and women A five-minute segment about the program on KRQE cut back and forth between Van Horn talking about how much he had changed and Marcantel saying and we’re trying to work a better public safety policy.” The corrections union angrily noted that Van Horn would make $17 an hour The son of the victims—an elderly married couple whom Van Horn robbed in 1995 before setting their house on fire and shooting two deputies as he escaped—told a reporter he wished Van Horn would stay in prison forever It was a flicker of the political dynamic that still haunts larger reform efforts in the U.S. But for now, Marcantel’s tasks were smaller: defending this hire of an ex-prisoner, finding a way to keep dropping the number of prisoners in solitary confinement, reviewing a program that allows some men to work outside the prison walls after one ran away from a landscaping gig and set off a manhunt. For Marcantel, current reform efforts can only go so far without a deep rethinking of what prisons are for: “We’ve got to sit down as a country and say, ‘What are the goals?’ We’ve got to start from an authentic point.” 2021 | DLR opens the Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics in NeustrelitzReliable space weather forecastingAurora borealis over IcelandPolar lights are a stunning natural spectacle caused by solar activity and the resulting stream of particles and radiation few people are aware that they may also herald potential disturbances Charged solar particles – one of the causes of the Northern Lights – can damage or even destroy the electronics on board satellites and even lead to extensive power outages on Earth.Image: 1/4 "Our high-tech society is in great need of protection We must take precautions to avoid the negative effects of space weather on our infrastructure on the ground and in Earth orbit," says Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla "By founding this new institute in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania we are contributing to the creation of a national space weather service." The DLR Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics conducts fundamental and applied research with the aim of protecting technological infrastructure in space and on Earth against damage from space weather A space weather service for this purpose is currently in development The new institute is located on DLR's Neustrelitz site research at the site focuses on satellite data reception The Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics currently has around 50 employees and is set to increase to 80 in the long term "The German Aerospace Center is a flagship institution for cutting-edge research not just in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania but across all of Germany," says Bettina Martin Science and Culture in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania "The new Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics will prove a great asset to the profile of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a scientific location The federal state is providing approximately 10 million euros in funding for this important development and will invest a further 670,000 euros per year for material expenses and operating costs." Earth's magnetic field generally offers protection against solar storms such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections throw electromagnetic radiation or vast quantities of ionised particles into space These sometimes have enough energy to overcome Earth's protective shield "Space weather and its consequences are not restricted to space they can also disrupt electricity supplies and radio communications on Earth," says Thomas Jarzombek Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy "We are aware of the economic damage that could potentially be caused by space weather and take the threat seriously That is why I am delighted that this new institute is being set up in Neustrelitz and welcome the important contribution that its scientific research will make towards protecting society." Our modern world is so reliant on high-tech infrastructure that a severe solar storm could lead to significant economic damage and satellite failures Electrical supply networks could malfunction The onboard electronics and navigation systems used by aircraft ships and vehicles could also be dangerously disrupted Solar storms could hamper the transmission of television Countermeasures could be deployed in time with sufficient advance warning; nowadays satellites are temporarily switched off when possible interference is forecast passenger planes that are routed over the polar regions fly at lower altitudes or change course altogether At the new DLR Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics researchers will focus on the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (MIT) system This system relates to regions of Earth's atmosphere with special properties and interactions that are influenced by solar storms A better understanding of the complex interrelationships here will help ensure that the negative consequences of space weather can be predicted and avoided There is a long tradition of ionospheric research in Neustrelitz The city has been home to receiving antennas since 1913 initially for the experimental radio station of the Imperial Telegraph Research Office (Das kaiserliche Telegraphenversuchsamt) The signal had a reach of up to 100 kilometres – well into the ionosphere gas is electrically charged (ionised) due to solar radiation and acts as a kind of mirror for radio waves the English astronomer Richard Christopher Carrington observed a solar flare for the first time A geomagnetic storm was registered on Earth some 20 hours later It had been caused by a solar coronal mass ejection The solar storm affected the alignment of compass needles Power lines and telegraph systems suffered damage and the Northern Lights were seen as far south as Cuba Canada suffered an electrical power blackout lasting nine hours as a result of a violent solar storm Strong electromagnetic induction in overhead power lines led to transformers malfunctioning and Stay up to date and subscribe to the DLR press releases with articles and media calls from the DLR editorial team in German and English Subscribe to our free newsletter and receive regular updates on DLR research topics You can of course unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research centre of the Federal Republic of Germany back-to-school season is looming — and it's going to look a little different this year Trump does have the authority to approve extra funding for schools which teachers have been saying is badly needed to reopen safely but the parties have not so far been able to reach an agreement Here are some big — and weird — ideas at the forefront of schools reopening from frequent testing to pod-style classrooms to outdoor instruction a negative coronavirus test gives students a green sticker — and the freedom to not wear a mask As Katrin Bennhold reported for The New York Times students could voluntarily go to tents at their high school One student received results later that night. Those who test positive are required to stay home for two weeks And the negative testers only get green stickers until their next test told Bennhold that the tests came from an old friend at a biotech company And the US is in the midst of another coronavirus testing crisis, as Business Insider's Morgan McFall-Johnsen reported Tests have grown more difficult to come by and result wait times can clock in at over a week. older students — particularly those who needed to take exams — came back first Germany let them return to the classroom first because "they are better able to comply with rules on masks and distancing." On July 8, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city's 1,800 public schools could reopen in the fall with some modifications The city's 1.1 million students will continue to learn remotely but some could attend class up to three days a week Classrooms that once typically had 30 people would shrink to 12 Individual schools would have to determine which groups of students to bring back at what times shortening their time in schools and leaning into a hybrid educational model On July 31, de Blasio announced that the test positivity rate in the city must remain below 3% for this plan to go ahead The positivity rate for the city has recently remained below that threshold but the city will need to maintain it to ensure schools open with their hybrid model on September 10 NPR's Anya Kamenetz dove into how child care centers for children of essential workers kept both children and families safe YMCAs and New York City facilities created "pods" of up to nine children children didn't wholly observe social distancing — and they didn't wear masks all of the time "These experiences illustrate that it's possible to bring kids together without a guarantee of an outbreak or a serious situation developing," Dr Massachusetts' initial school guidance came out at the end of June The guidance noted that the CDC recommends maintaining a physical distance of six feet between individuals a distance of as little as three feat could lead to reduced transmission Districts are supposed to submit their preliminary plans for approval this week. Some teachers are pushing back on the safety of returning to the classroom where theaters and auditoriums have stayed untouched since March Space like the Javits Center have already been used for makeshift hospital space and can be just as easily reconfigured to support classes and more in other cities could be a solution to having students meet for classes inside nearly 30 million square feet of outdoor space is directly connected to schools so schools wouldn't even have to resort to setting up camp in local parks and could "maintain easy access to bathrooms while other schools in Philadelphia and Knoxville plan to hold some classes outside in the fall The instrument consists primarily of a pulsed infrared laser aligned almost co-axially with a 700 mm telescope (see figure) Backscattered light from the laser pulses are coupled from the telescope via an optical fiber into a superconducting nanowire single photon detector where arriving photons are precisely timestamped Since time-of-flight is proportional to scattering height a height-resolved backscatter profile can be derived the primary backscatter mechanism is Rayleigh scattering but above 100 km this contributes negligibly to the return signal In order to probe higher into the atmosphere the laser is precisely tuned to the resonance line of metastable helium which exists in a broad layer between 250 and 1000+ km The first measurements with HELIX were made in the winter of 2021-2022 resulting in the highest-yet atmospheric lidar measurements These initial measurements confirmed the presence of metastable helium and demonstrated the potential of a helium resonance lidar the system performance has been steadily improved the system was operated in a multi-frequency mode to obtain wind and temperature measurements but this serves as a proof-of-concept for a future At home in New York, I live in a 500-square-foot apartment So when I travel, I love to book the smallest accommodations I can find so I may learn new ways to efficiently maximize small spaces I knew I wanted to have another tiny home experience during a recent two-week trip through Europe. Slube has three locations around Germany, according to the hotel's website The location in Neustrelitz has 10 accommodations The website states that it's 16 feet tall with two floors totaling 106 square feet with a lounging area and excited by the prospect of sleeping in a tiny space fashioned like a standing cylinder When I arrived at the tiny home by train from the airport in Berlin there didn't seem to be any employees on the property An email from Slube informed me I'd be staying in room five and could check in by myself a host has always either met me or provided directions on where to access a key on the property I checked into my Slube with a code sent to my phone I thought it was a pleasant surprise that I didn't have to keep track of a key during my stay for the first time I found that the Slube had additional smart features I hadn't seen before I controlled the lights and temperature of each story of the home from my phone This made my stay feel a little more luxurious than I was expecting since I didn't ever have to get out of bed to adjust either control. Inside, each story was 53 square feet, according to the Slube website a sitting area with a fold-out table and coffee nook This was my first time climbing a ladder in a tiny home in order to reach my bed. I thought it was easy to climb There was a latched gate at the top of the ladder which I imagine was built to keep people safe from falling This made me feel a bit like a kid in a play house Staying in tiny spaces so often, I no longer expect to have a nightstand to store my electronics and water bottle. And this bedroom was smaller than most I've slept in — 53 square feet with a full-sized bed, according to the Slube website So I was surprised when I spotted a lower platform surrounding the bed that doubled as a nightstand This saved me from having to go down the ladder every time I was thirsty Since the home was tinier than other homes I've stayed in I knew the bathroom would likely be smaller than most the bathroom felt spacious with a unique layout with a shower curtain separating the shower head and sink from the toilet and storage space I thought the shower was positioned far enough away from the toilet to make them feel like two separate rooms. It was the smartest small bathroom design I've ever seen I always appreciate letting in as much natural light as possible because I think it makes the space feel bigger But I'm also often staying in close proximity to busy streets or other homes and prefer to shut the window curtains for privacy Since this was a hotel with other tiny homes located very close to mine I was surprised when all the windows on the first floor had a film covering most of the glass allowing me to let light in without worrying that other guests could see inside. I had never seen this in a tiny home before and I loved not having to sacrifice natural light I thought it was a great tool that could be applied to any home in close proximity to other people I found it fascinating that this tiny home truly left no space unused from the lofted bed to the smart bathroom design As I checked myself out after my last night the tiniest home I'd ever experienced was also among the most comfortable and that was the most surprising part. When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. 2023International Space Weather Camp 2023 – apply now!Solar activity causes light phenomena in Earth's polar regionsThe Sun emits intense radiation and vast amounts of energetic material that cause conditions in space to change constantlyImage: 1/2 The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are looking for students studying for a bachelor's or master's degree or diploma in the fields of mathematics computer science or engineering to attend the International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) 2023 which will take place from 24 June to 23 July 2023 The four-week programme offers eight students each from Germany South Africa and the USA the unique opportunity to gain insights into current space weather research The first two weeks (24 June to 7 July 2023) will take place in South Africa This part of the camp will focus on application-related topics in addition to theoretical knowledge The subsequent two weeks (8 July to 23 July 2023) will take place in Huntsville This section will cover the theoretical foundations of the fundamental processes that take place in plasmas as they occur in the solar winds Researchers from different fields will present both the theoretical foundations and the results of their current scientific work The course programme will be supplemented by project activities carried out in small teams under the professional supervision of employees at the participating institutions The projects will range from numerical data analysis to the hands-on construction of satellite sensors The costs of transport, meals and accommodation will be covered by DLR, SANSA and UAH. Students will only have to pay for their journey to and from the airport in Germany and their ESTA visa (approximately 21 US dollars) for the USA In addition to excellent academic performance good knowledge of English is a prerequisite for attendance To apply, please send the following documents to Alexander.Kasten[at]DLR.de All data collected as part of the application procedure will be treated in accordance with the DLR guidelines. See this link for more information Diaverum multinational healthcare organisation providing life-enhancing renal care to patients with chronic kidney disease is expanding in Germany with the acquisition of two new clinics Diaverum Germany has acquired two dialysis centres in Neubrandenburg and Neustrelitz to deliver renal care through Diaverum’s Care Delivery Model. The Diaverum Am Klinikumclinic in Neubrandenburg features 50 dialysis stations Diaverum Neustrelitz offers 10 dialysis stations The clinics’ main services focus on the provision of haemodialysis The acquisition makes Diaverum the sole provider of renal care in the wider Neubrandenburg region Diaverum’s network in the region now includes four clinics Diaverum Germany now operates 18 clinics across the country with more than 455 staff caring for over 1470 patients M42, an Abu Dhabi-based global, tech-enabled healthcare holding company acquired Diaverum from UK-based PE investor MarketsHealthcare Life Sciences Pharma Social Care Veterinary RankingsM&A Equity ResourcesEvents Yearbook CompanyAbout Contact Us Subscribe Newsletter EHIA Throughout the United States, prisons are competing with other industries for job applicants, and they’re losing: understaffing is a chronic problem from Texas to New Hampshire citizens actually compete with each other to work for prisons a state along the country’s northern coast roughly 300 men and women will apply to be correctional officers this year Thirty will make it into the training program which has a 10 percent acceptance rate — a figure more often associated in the U.S They will have to score over 100 on an IQ test to even qualify trainees will study for at least two years Training for American correctional officers varies by state that kind of investment in staff is practically unimaginable “It’s a constant challenge for us to find people to recruit,” said Bernie Warner the corrections secretary in Washington state Witnessing a culture in which corrections are a sought-after profession led to a few epiphanies among the Americans “We haven’t gone out into the community and explained the value of correctional staff for public safety,” Gregg Marcantel In Waldeck prison — which houses 110 prisoners behind a 20-foot concrete wall and razor-wire fence as well as another 80 in an “open prison” outside (not unlike a halfway house) — we gathered around a projector and watched a video of a correctional trainee’s exam Philip had studied not only self-defense and the basics of how to communicate effectively with prisoners — common facets of training in the U.S — but also criminal law and educational theory the head of the prison system in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Philip’s leg shook as he pulled instructions from a small envelope: He would have to prepare a mock prisoner to be transported to court and greet him upon return he failed to find a letter in the man’s pocket (he did Philip did far better when conversing with the man after he returned from court threatening suicide after being sentenced to four years Are you okay?” Philip asked the pseudo-inmate you must see it from a different perspective,” Philip told him It was not a particularly rich conversation and Philip had a tendency to build up the man’s expectations by suggesting it would be easy for him to get out early with good behavior “But helping the guy think through his life was his job,” said Jesse Miller,” not “Offender Miller,” as he might in a U.S The last time the Vera Institute of Justice took a similar group of officials to Germany this approach to correctional officer training was one of the most powerful lessons ‘I want everyone to have an IQ of 100,’” John Wetzel So we’re developing a more intensive communication curriculum.” “Culture change in a huge system is a slow process,” Wetzel added “but it’s about getting to line staff and getting them to understand the value of what we’re trying to do.” All of the prison officials here this week would probably agree that improved staff training — like many other attractive features of the German system — is something they might have already achieved if they had the money They know it may take years for incarceration rates to dip low enough — and public awareness of what correctional officers do to grow — for lawmakers to listen and give them more money They know it may take some time to raise salaries and turn correctional officers into competitively selected men and women who get the training necessary to approach prisoners with empathy and psychological acuity As with so many of the efforts to reform the American justice system Check back in October for a full report on The Marshall Project’s week-long visit to German prisons with American criminal justice leaders and to find out if they used lessons from Germany to improve American prisons German chancellor also tells election rally near Berlin that Islam that respects the constitution belongs in the country Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that refugees had not brought terrorism to Germany and that Islam belonged in the country as long as it was practised in a way that respected the constitution More than a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere arrived in Germany last year. The mood towards them has soured after a spate of attacks on civilians last month, including three carried out by migrants. Two of the attacks were claimed by Islamic State. Read more“The phenomenon of Islamist terrorism is not a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees,” Merkel said at an election campaign event for her Christian Democrats in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ahead of a regional vote on 4 September She said many people had travelled from Germany to Syria for training with Islamist militants said more than 800 were believed to have gone to Syria and Iraq “This group has worried us for several years,” Merkel said at the event in Neustrelitz Merkel’s popularity has suffered in the wake of the attacks and 52% of Germans do not approve of her migration policy has boosted support for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) which is expected to perform well in elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin “We have said clearly that an Islam that works and lives on the basis of the constitution .. She added that a type of Islam that did not stick to the constitution or accept equal rights for women had no place in the country gut 100 Kilometer nordnordwestlich von Berlin denen Deutschland seinen kulturellen Reichtum verdankt Natürlich führten die Großherzöge von Mecklenburg-Strelitz ein Hoftheater an dem Gesangslegenden wie Henriette Sonntag und Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient auftraten 1945 sanken Schloss und Theater in Schutt und Asche Vom Schloss zeugt nur noch ein leerer Platz ein Park und eine entzückende klassizistische Orangerie Das Theatergebäude – nach Plänen von Max Littmann erbaut und 1928 eingeweiht – erfuhr die Gunst aufgebaut und 1954 mit einem schlicht modernisierten Innenraum wieder eröffnet zu werden Und so behauptet es sich allen Kürzungsrunden Fusionsplänen und wohlmeinenden Kulturvernichtungsstrategien zum Trotz unverdrossen und spielt zum Pläsier der Neustrelitzer Oper und Operette – demnächst sogar die nagelneue Bier-Operette „Hopfen und Malz“ des komponierenden Tenors Daniel Behle Momentan allerdings steht eine andere Rarität auf dem Spielplan: Samuel Barbers „Vanessa“ taucht nur hin und wieder in der deutschen Opernlandschaft auf die 1958 mitten im Aufbruch der „Neuen“ Musik anachronistisch wirkte sind heute weder Hindernis noch Provokation wie sich Samuel Barber in allen Stilen auskennt sich nicht um Beifall von irgendeiner Seite scherend dem er eine faszinierende musikalische Geschichte erzählen will Die bewegt sich zwischen Strindberg und einer „gothic novel“: Ein bedrückendes Kammerspiel unausgesprochener seelischer Regungen ein geheimnisvolles Fragezeichen hinter Lebensstationen die 20 Jahre auf die Rückkehr eines geliebten Mannes wartet und plötzlich mit einem Fremden konfrontiert ist – das ist kein Stoff für pralles Aktionstheater Entsprechend lähmend kriecht die Handlung vorwärts bis sich am Ende wieder das Warten einstellt Es ist die lastende Atmosphäre einer Fin-de-siècle-Gesellschaftstragödie Langweilig ist das Stück deswegen nicht: Die Figuren nehmen gefangen wollen durchdrungen werden und halten dennoch seltsame Distanz Intendant Sven Müller inszeniert selbst und entscheidet sich für Abstand von Symbolismus und psychologisierender Überformung Dafür spielt die Atmosphäre eine entscheidende Rolle: Rikke Juellund lässt die stumpfbraune Täfelung eines Raumes wirken der an die dunklen Wohnhallen des Großbürgertums und Adels des ausgehenden 19 Jahrhunderts erinnert – oder an den Dining Room eines düsteren englischen Manor House Ein Architrav auf zwei Pfeilern lässt den Durchblick in den Hintergrund offen für den Bynke Maibøll und Christoph Drews mal Symbolvideos mal erklärende Handlungssequenzen auf Video gedreht haben Die Konstruktion selbst ist drehbar und ermöglicht den Schauplatz rasch zu verändern und mit gekonntem Licht Stimmungen zu variieren Juellunds Kostüme bewegen sich zwischen adretten Kleidchen der Fünfziger und verstaubten Adelsroben was auf den ersten Blick aus dem Libretto zu lesen ist wo der Blick in die Tiefenschichten der Charaktere oder in ihre Abgründe führen sollte Zum Beispiel bleibt bei Robert Merwald als altem Arzt die Frage offen wer er sei: Müller führt ihn wie ein schwarzes Gespenst ein lässt ihn aber dann wie ein alkoholisiertes Wrack agieren dessen Wehmut über sein nicht gelebtes Dasein als Künstler zu leichtgewichtig bleibt: eine unerfüllte Tschechow-Figur Auch Julia Grote als alte Baronin ragt in altmodischem Schwarz in den Raum des Metaphorischen Ähnlich geht es mit der Vanessa von Yvonne Friedli Sie taucht aus unbestimmtem Halbdunkel auf und man versteht intuitiv wie gebannt diese Wartende auf ihrem Stuhl ihr Schicksal ausgesessen hat Friedli vermittelt die Aufregung über die Ankunft des unbekannten Gastes Aber was vom Ausbruch aus ihrem inneren Gefängnis zu halten ist Wirkungsvoll beginnt auch der Auftritt des Fremden der für den einstigen Liebhaber Anatol gehalten wird als der Mann im Streiflicht ohne Gesicht auftaucht als wäre er ein Abgesandter einer jenseitigen Welt Doch dann agiert Eric Fennell mannsbildhaft konkret wenn er die junge Erika auf dem Tisch vernascht Anna Matrenina ist als „Schatten“ Vanessas im Matrosenkleidchen noch eine vitale junge Frau am Ende ein gebrochenes Wesen – eine überzeugend dargestellte Entwicklung Eine eigene Studie liefern Ryszard Kalus als Major-Domo und Krzysztof Napierała als Mademoiselle Doriat: sorgfältig geführte Nebenfiguren Am Pult animiert Maria Badstue die Neubrandenburger Philharmonie zu farbenreichem rhythmisch pointiertem Umgang mit Barbers überraschenden Haltungswechseln seinen abrupten Akzenten und seiner schmeichelnden Melodik Auch wenn in dem kleinen Haus massiv instrumentierte Momente zwangsläufig zu laut werden weil der Raum zur klanglichen Entfaltung fehlt entsteht nie der Eindruck eines übersteuerten Orchesterklangs Die Sänger können sich getragen fühlen und fügen sich in den Klang ein mit volltönendem manchmal etwas zu expansivem Sopran (Yvonne Friedli) vitaler Fülle (Julia Grote) und lockerer Artikulation (Eric Fennell) Diese „Vanessa“ lohnt den Trip nach Neustrelitz und macht wieder einmal auf ein Werk aufmerksam das in einigen Inszenierungen in den letzten Jahren (Frankfurt while searching for a stolen bicycle by chance discovered the dead body of a 63-year-old woman in a house in the town of Neustrelitz in north-eastern Germany According to a statement from police on Thursday investigators suspected that the woman was killed by an act of violence and have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of manslaughter in her death The police said that the man knew the woman and although he was not related to her or a family member he was also known to authorities from previous incidents Police officers had travelled to the apartment block earlier on Wednesday evening because they suspected a stolen bicycle might be found there but they spotted the lifeless woman through a window; she had been dead for a while police had also been called out to deal with the 37-year-old suspect later arrested in the woman’s death He was reportedly heavily intoxicated and behaving aggressively towards pedestrians in the town of Neustrelitz An officer on his way home from work who had observed what was happening intervened and alerted his colleagues We’re digital enabler of Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda – NCC Nigerian man linked to ISIS detained by German police German police train Nigerian law enforcement operatives Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd Die Informationen auf dieser Seite sind an Journalisten Philippe Moreels new Managing Director (Vorstand) of GAF AG (a 80/20% joint venture between Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency) company located in Munich and Neustrelitz Germany – embedded in the Space Alliance of European high-tech leaders Leonardo S.p.A appointed Mr Philippe Moreels as new Managing Director (Vorstand) of GAF AG Philippe Moreels brings extensive international experience in the space sector with a strong track record in business development he served as Chief Commercial Officer at Look Up Space and previously held key roles at Airbus Urban Mobility and the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) His career spans across multiple countries and organisations always focused on driving forward space sustainability This appointment marks a new chapter for GAF AG and reinforces its strong embedding within e-GEOS with the aim of strengthening its global positioning and delivering increased value through advanced geospatial technologies and services e-GEOS and GAF AG are confident that Philippe Moreels will lead GAF AG into a new era of innovation and growth e-GEOS and the GAF AG Supervisory Board would like to thank Dr Gernot Ramminger for his significant contributions and his great personal dedication over the years He will continue to serve as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of GAF AG “We are confident that under Philippe’s leadership GAF AG will continue to strengthen and extend its position in the international market and advance our shared vision for cutting-edge geoinformation solutions to address today’s and tomorrow’s global challenges,” said Milena Lerario CEO of e-GEOS and Director of the Telespazio Geoinformation Line of Business “GAF AG plays a key strategic role within the Telespazio Group uniquely combining long-standing experience and customer orientation with innovation-driven solutions in the geospatial industry.” http://www.gaf.de/ About GAF AG (Telespazio S.p.A./ASI) company based in Munich and Neustrelitz was founded in Munich in 1985 as the first German company with a focus on applied remote sensing and is today one of the leading commercial geoinformation service providers in Europe GAF AG offers an extensive service portfolio ranging from direct reception and commercial distribution of satellite data to highly developed AI-based data analysis techniques tailor-made geoinformation and software systems and platforms as well as international consulting and technical cooperation GAF AG’s thematic solutions for public and private clients worldwide address areas such as land monitoring emergency management and infrastructure security GAF AG has for many years been one of the most experienced European service providers in the EU/ESA Copernicus Programme and a consortium of European partners (VITO and Terrasphere) have been awarded the ESA WorldAgrocommodities contract following a tendering procedure focuses on the EUs Deforestation Free Supply Chain Regulation (EUDR) which will come into force in December 2024 Die Aigner Marketing GmbH ist eine inhabergeführte full service Agentur - mit internationaler Reichweite und absolutem Engagement für Kunden jeder Größenordnung Eine unserer Stärken ist das schnelle Erfassen und Verständnis von komplexen erklärungsbedürftigen Produkten und die Fähigkeit dies in Wort und Bild attraktiv und verständlich zu kommunizieren Deshalb liegt unser Schwerpunkt im Bereich Technologie und B2B Neben einer fundierten Beratung bieten wir sämtliche strategischen die für die Entwicklung und Umsetzung erfolgreicher Kommunikation entscheidend sind Wir begleiten unsere Kunden mit hoher fachlicher Expertise erstklassigen Dienstleistungen und persönlichem Engagement Unser Anspruch ist das optimale Ergebnis - unser langjähriger Kundenkreis ist überzeugt davon und profitiert von der Zusammenarbeit mit uns Wir verfügen über ausgezeichnete Referenzen und Know-how in unterschiedlichsten technologischen Branchen und Bereichen sowie über ein sehr gut gepflegtes Netzwerk von Pressekontakten ein Benutzerkonto zu erstellen und einem Newsroom zu folgen werden Ihre persönlichen Daten von uns und dem Eigentümer des Newsrooms verwendet damit Sie Nachrichten und Updates gemäß Ihren Abonnementeinstellungen erhalten Um mehr darüber zu erfahren, lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklärung, die für die Verwendung Ihrer persönlichen Daten gilt, sowie unsere Datenschutzerklärung für Contacts die für die Nutzung Ihrer persönlichen Daten durch den Eigentümer der Newsrooms gelten Bitte beachten Sie, dass unsere Nutzungsbedingungen für die Inanspruchnahme all unserer Dienste gelten Sie können Ihre Zustimmung jederzeit widerrufen indem Sie Ihr Konto kündigen oder löschen As a result of its involvement in the Copernicus activities and the orthorectification of very high resolution (VHR) data for nearly 3.5 million km² of contracted area in the past 3 years GAF realised there is a need for a consistent reference in the x to minimise distortions within and between ortho-products GAF now introduces a product called Euro-Maps 3D for Ortho consisting of an ortho layer with 2.5 m resolution and a digital elevation model (DEM) with 10 m post spacing Both components are derived from data produced by the Indian Cartosat-1 satellite which has a fixed mounted optical stereoscopic camera providing stereo pairs with 2.5 m resolution Several tests in urban as well as mountainous areas across Europe with VHR satellite imagery have shown its potential in terms of significantly improving the geometric accuracy of orthoimage products in the pan-European context The seamless 2.5 m resolution panchromatic ortho layer is based on the near-nadir images of the Cartosat-1 stereo pairs automatically stacked according to criteria including their cloud cover and sun elevation The digital elevation model (DEM) with 10 m post spacing consists of a good approximation to a digital terrain model (DTM) for urban areas and a digital surface model (DSM) elsewhere This has the advantage that geometrical distortions in VHR ortho images over built-up areas are minimised the product is based on stacks of up to 15 stereo pairs The use of multiple stereo pairs acquired using different acquisition angles minimizes the void areas that are filled with other DEMs and multiple height measurements make the product highly reliable Major water bodies were automatically detected based on Sentinel-2 data and flattened accordingly The product is already available for most of the territory of the 39 EEA member and cooperating countries and GAF plans to complete production and editing during summer 2018 a highly automated processing chain developed in close co-operation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) which has already been used to generate ortho-images and Euro-Maps 3D DSM products for several millions of square kilometres Euro-Maps 3D for Ortho complements the product line GAF elevation, which includes Euro-Maps 3D DSM products with 5 m post spacing and VHR multi-stereo DSM products. For details about Euro-Maps 3D see http://euro-maps.gaf.de/products/prod_008.html About GAF AG: www.gaf.de GAF AG is an e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) company located in Munich and Neustrelitz It is a leading geo-information company with an international reputation as a skilled provider of data products and services in the fields of geo-information spatial IT and consulting for private and public clients As a result of a merger with its former subsidiary Euromap GmbH GAF has become the exclusive supplier in Europe of optical Indian Remote Sensing data from several missions The company’s archives contain systematic coverage of Europe and northern Africa from 1996 and onwards and include satellite raw data from the high and medium resolution IRS missions IRS‑1C GAF is also specialised in the production of orthoimage mosaics and digital elevation models from various high and very-high resolution satellite missions has been awarded a Framework Contract by the European Union Satellite Centre for the provision of satellite-based digital elevation models to support the validation of innovative geospatial tools for SatCen’s exploitation activities Turkish citizen Hande Macit became duchess after marrying 31-year-old Georg Alexander Crown Prince of Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Duchy Born in Mersin, Turkish citizen Hande Macit (30) met 31-year-old Georg Alexander Crown Prince of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern while going to the Netherlands for university education According to the news in the press Hande stated that she met her husband at a party and did not know that he was a prince when they met Approximately 500 guests attended the wedding ceremony of the couple held in Neustrelitz Church While it is stated that there has not been a ducal wedding in Neustrelitz since 1914 in this ceremony that took place 108 years later A minute’s silence was also observed for Elizabeth it was stated that the national colors of Mecklenburg were used in Hande Macit’s wedding ring But I would have liked if you had asked if you could use it I paid the fine at the airport and got a document of bei..