WEATHER-NEWS-PICTURES

For 52 weeks I tried to select each week an important news item. And that of course is a very individual choice.

Each week could include both weekends, stretching 9 days from Saturday to Sunday the week after. But I did not adhere to that principle strictly during our time in Antarctica, because I wanted to include great highlights.

Some of the facts may appear incorrect since I used those issued on the day, not the ones revised later on . 

I had great fun doing this project and I am so happy it is completed now.

all  I need from the news is the 

weather report

On my 75th birthday, thinking about life, what matters, what is fun, I realised that I spend much time watching the news and that I like to take pretty pictures, lots of them and often odd ones.
So here it is, my collection of global news events and local weather reports with very personal photos.

after 52 weeks of ups and downs my soul still sings:

  Freude, schöner Götterfunken ... 

  Joy, bright spark of divinity ...

Sunday, 13 November 2011

        It is my birthday 

          and all year around

                        I love gardening 

                            in shine and rain.

Saturday, 5  November 2011  

World Leaders at he G-20 Meeting in France assured financial support for the endangered Euro-Zone trying to prevent a global economic disaster. 

The next G-20 Meeting in 2014 will be held in Australia.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 5:50 am  -  Sunset: 7:28 pm

Temperature: Min:  15C  -  Max:  24C

SUNNY

Tuesday, 1 November 2011   

As Bangkok floods, Palestine being admitted as full member of Unesco and in protest USA withdraws funds, Qantas grounds all planes in a prolonged industrial dispute and the World Population reaches 7 Billion, we watch ‘The Race that Stops the Nation’.

Katoomba: Sunrise: 5:54 am  -  Sunset: 7:24pm

                   Temperature: Min: 8C  -  Max:  18C

             MOSTLY SUNNY

Sunday, 23 October 2011  

The fast growing Occupy-Wall-Street movement that started in New York over a months ago has become global and in 80 cities worldwide, including Melbourne and Sydney people protest against corporate greed, for human need.

 Katoomba: Sunrise: 6:05 am  -  Sunset:  7:15 pm

                           Temperature: Min: 15C  -  Max: 25C

                    SUNNY

Friday,  21 October 2011  

Libya’s dictator for 42 years Gaddafi was captured and killed in his hometown Sirte by rebel forces after 8 months of people uprising and fighting supported by NATO forces. 

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:08 am  -  Sunset:  7:13 pm

                   Temperature: Min: 16C  -  Max: 30C

SUNNY

Wednesday, 12 October 2011  

The Labour Government Carbon Tax legislation got through Parliament by 2 votes; however the Opposition Leader announced that a Liberal Coalition Government, if elected in 2013, would rescind the Tax and advised Business not to obtain Carbon Trading Permits.

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 6:19 am  -  Sunset: 7:06 pm

                   Temperature: Min:  3C  -  Max:  17C

             SUNNY

Friday, 7 October 2011  

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to 3 women, 2 from Africa, to the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Liberian Peace Activist Leymah Gbowee and the Arab Spring Uprising Activist from Yemen Tawakul Karman for their non-violent struggle for women’s rights to participation in peace-building work.

 Bellingen:  Sunrise: 6:25 am  -  Sunset: 7:02 pm

                   Daylight Saving Time started on 2 October

Temperature: Min:  15C  -  Max:  27C

              MORNING FOG, MOSTLY SUNNY

Thursday, 29 September 2011   

China launched its first unmanned experimental Space Lab, called “Tiangong 1” or “Heavenly Palace", into orbit.

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 5:36 am  -  Sunset: 5:56 pm

                   Temperature: Min: 9C  -  Max: 12C

RAIN: 15mm 

Wednesday, 21 September 2011  

The Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan was named  the World’s Best Finance Minister of the Year by the banking magazine “Euromoney”. 

 Sydney:  Sunrise:  5:47 am  -  Sunset: 5:50 pm

               Equinox: 20 September: 12h 00m 56s  daylight

               Temperature: Min: 12C  -  Max: 23C

               SUNNY

Wednesday, 14 September 2011  

Kabul was under siege for 20 hours as in a well organised raid Taliban insurgents attacked the heavily guarded Diplomatic and Military Compound in the Afghan capital. 

14 civilian died and all  6 Terrorists were killed by the Afghan Security Forces.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 5:54 am  -  Sunset: 5:47 pm

              Temperature: Min: 11C  -  Max: 27C

             SUNNY

Tuesday, 6 Sept 2011   

Opinion Polls for and against the Government dominate the news. Today’s headline: 68% against and 27% for the Gillard Labor Government.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:08 am  -  Sunset: 5:40 pm

              Temperature: Min: 15C  -  Max:27C

             SUNNY

Wednesday, 31 August 2011  

The Australia's High Court has ruled that the government plan for a ‘Refugee Swap’ with Malaysia is unlawful.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:16 am  -   Sunset: 5:36 pm

                    Temperature: Min: 11C  -  Max: 20C  

              SUNNY 

Saturday 27 August 2011   

The worst drought in East Africa in 60 years has caused the 

world’s most severe food crisis, and more than 12 million people, mostly women and children are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

  Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:21 am  -   Sunset: 5:33 pm

                 Temperature: Min: 12C  -  Max: 19C  

                 EARLY MORNING FOG, LATER SUNNY

Saturday, 13 August 2011  

The Global Financial Crisis continues and the World Bank chief warned of a new and more dangerous time in the global economy, as a debt crisis hits Europe and America's Credit Rating was downgraded from AAA to AA+.  Share markets world-wide plummeted. And self-funded retirees are worried.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:29 am  -   Sunset: 5:29 pm

               Temperature: Min: 9C  -  Max: 20C

               SUNNY, SOME LATE SHOWERS

Tuesday, 9 August 2011  

London is burning as marginalised youth are rioting and looting in London after confrontation with police.

Sydney:  Sunrise 6:41am  -  Sunset 5:21pm

              Temperature: Min: 22C  - Max: 27C   

MOSTLY CLOUDY   

Monday, 1 August 2011  

All news, natural disaster, famine, revolution, war, financial crisis, diminish against the trauma when a family member gets seriously ill.

Sydney: FINE WEATHER

Saturday, 23 July 2011   

In a terrorist attack in Oslo, a rightwing Christian fundamentalist kills at least 91 people and wounds many more.

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 6:53 am  -  Sunset: 5:10 pm

                    Temperature: Min: 3C  -  Max: 8C

                   RAIN 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011  

The world most powerful paper mogul Rupert Murdoch and son James of ‘News International’ were questioned in the British Parliament about the private phone hacking scandals; his Tabloid Paper ‘News of the World’ had ceased publication.

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 6:57 am  -  Sunset: 5:07 pm  

                   Temperature: Min: 4C  -  Max: 7C 

  RAIN ALL DAY FOR DAYS NOW    

Tuesday, 12 July 2011  

Good News: 

Our first great-grandchild is born

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:59 am  -  Sunset: 5:02 pm

              Temperature: Min: 7C  -  Max: 19C

             SUNNY

Saturday, 9 July 2011  

NASA launchedfor the last time the space shuttle Atlantis , and in 13 days, by the end of its 33rd and final mission, Atlantis will have orbited the earth 4,848 times, traveling over 202 million km in space in over 30 years.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 7:00 am  -  Sunset: 5:01 pm

              Temperature: Min: 6C  -  Max: 17C

              SUNNY 

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Greek Financial Crisis: Riots in Athens after the Greek Parliament voted to introduce severe austerity measures to receive EU financial support to avoid bankruptcy.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 7:01 am  -  Sunset: 4:57 pm

              Temperature: Min: 12C  -  Max:18C

             CLOUDY

Wednesday, 22 June 2011   

PNG Prime Minister Michael Somare is going to retire from politics due to ill health, his family announced today.

 Sydney:  Sunrise: 7:00 am  -  Sunset: 4:54 pm: 

 Solstice: 22 June: 9h 53m 53s  daylight

 Temperature: Min: 10C - Max: 16C

 SUNNY

Saturday, 11 June 2011  

The deadly E. coli epidemic in Europe made over 2000 people sick and killed so far 19 people. 

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 6:56 am  -  Sunset 4:53 pm 

                    Temperature: Min: 4C  -  Max: 7C 

                      CLOUDY, SOME LIGHT SHOWERS

Sunday, 5 June 2011   

No progress has been made in ‘Closing the Gap’ between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians’ living standards since the Intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory 4 years ago. 

Sydney:  Sunrise:  6:53 am  -  Sunset: 4:54 pm

Temperature: Min: 10C  -  Max:18C  

 SUNNY

Thursday, 2 June 2011  

Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was awarded by Sydney University the Sydney Peace Foundation Gold medal  for his exceptional courage and initiative in pursuit of human rights.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:52 am  -  Sunset: 4:54 pm

              Temperature: Min: 14C  -  Max: 20C    

         MOSTLY SUNNY 

                                                                                                                 

                    

Thursday, 26 May 2011  

Ratko Mladic, general in the former Yugoslavia army was captured in Serbia and indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for genocide against the Bosnian population 15 years ago.

 Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:47 am  –  Sunset : 4:57 pm

               Temperature: Min: 11C  –  Max: 20C

           RAINY

Sunday, 22 May 2011  

UN Human Rights Commissioner is critical of Australia’s treatment of refugees, mandatory detention violates international law and has elements of racism. 

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:45 am  -  Sunset 4:59 pm

             Temperature: Min: 12C  -  Max 22°C

              SUNNY

Sunday, 15 May 2011  

The International Criminal Court's Prosecutor has made an application for an arrest warrant for Gaddafi for crimes against humanity.

Sydney: Sunrise: 6:39 am  –  Sunset: 5:03 pm  

              Temperature: Min: 7C  -  Max: 19C

             SUNNY  

Monday, 2 May 2011  

In the late evening of 1 May 2011 (EDT) US President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader and the most wanted man responsible for horrific terrorist attacks, including  “9/11”,  had been killed in a CIA raid in Pakistan.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:30 am  -  Sunset 5:14 pm 

                Temperature: Min: 13C  –  Max: 18C 

              ISOLATED SHOWERS

Friday, 29 April 2011 

Prince William and Kate Middleton will get married on Friday 29 April at Westminster Abbey, and 2 billion people are watching the Royal Wedding live world wide.

Katoomba: Sunrise: 6:27am  -  Sunset: 5:18 pm

                  Temperature: Min: 10C  –  Max: 11C

                 RAIN: 14mm

Sunday, 24 April 2011:

            EASTER:    

HOPE

 Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:24 am  -  Sunset: 5:23 pm

                Temperature: Min: 14C  -  Max: 23C    

              MOSTLY SUNNY  

Saturday, 16 April 2011   

The Arab Spring protests in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad and the 48 years of emergency law brought turmoil to dozens of towns and cities across the country over the last weeks and government security forces have killed hundreds of people in the uprising.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:18am  -  Sunset: 5:32 pm

              Temperature: Min: 16C  -  Max: 18C 

              RAIN: 57mm

Saturday, 2 April 2011  

Over 4000 people attend the demonstration in Sydney in support of Carbon Tax to reduce the effect of Climate Change as a counter-protest to the demonstration by Climate Change Deniers organized by some Shock Jocks.

Sydney:  Sunrise: 7:08am  -  Sunset: 6:49 pm  

              Daylight Saving ends: 3 April         
                Temperature:  Min: 17C  –  Max: 22C 

         OVERCAST

Saturday, 26 March 2011  

In the NSW State elections the Labor Party lost it’s majority after 16 years in government and the Liberal Coalition won at least 67 out of 93 seats in the State Parliament.

Katoomba: Sunrise: 7:02am  -  Sunset: 6:59pm

                  Temperature: Min: 13C  –  Max: 26C   

            MOSTLY CLOUDY

Sunday,  20 March 2011 

NATO missiles were launched on Libyan military targets, enforcing the UN resolution of a NO-Fly Zone over Libya to protect civilian population from Gaddafi massacring his own people.

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 6:59 am  -  Sunset: 7:05 pm:  

Equinox: 25 March: 11h 59m 09s daylight        

Temperature: Min: 14C  –  Max: 25C 

RAIN

Tuesday, 15 Mach 2011

Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Fear of melt down after 3 explosions in the nuclear reactors in Fukushima as result of earthquakes and tsunami. 

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:56 am  -  Sunset: 7:12 pm, 

              Temperature: Min: 17C  –  Max: 24C,         

         MOSTLY SUNNY, LATER CLOUDY  

Friday, 11 March 2011:  

Japan was hit by earthquakes of magnitude 8.9  and a tsunami of over 10m causing hugh devastation and loss of life

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:51 am  -  Sunset 7:20pm

              Temperature: Min: 21C  -  Max: 27C

         SUNNY

Saturday, 20 February 2011
Fantastic! Amazingly serene among icebergs  and near glaciers.

Paradise Bay:

64°52’S,  062°54’W

              Sunrise: 05:37 am  -  Sunset 21:07 pm

              Temperature: 2C

              MOSTLY SUNNY BUT COLD

Friday, 18 February 2011

The incredible beauty of Antarctica 

is overwhelming.

             
 Neko Bay, Mainland:

 64°50’S,  062°35’W

                  Sunrise: 5:30 am  -  Sunset: 21:14 pm

                  Temperature: 1C (no max - min difference!)

             SUNNY, OVERCAST, RAIN, SNOW, GALE, COLD

Sunday 13 February 2011

On holidays no need for news.     

But the graffiti on the Obelisco, the great monument in the centre of Buenos Aires, reminded us that the troubles in the world go on.

Buenos Aires: Sunrise: 6:25 am  -  Sunset: 7:49 pm

                  Temperature: Min: 19C  -  Max: 27C  

               SUNNY