Daily Archives: 10. Mai 2013


10.05.2013 - 23:39 [ openPetition ]

Diese Verträge für die nicht festangestellten Musikschullehrer Berlins wollen wir nicht!

Die neuen Verträge sind in der jetzigen Form für die Lehrer unzumutbar und müssen umgehend überarbeitet und nachgebessert werden. (…)
Insgesamt bedeuten die Folgen, die sich aus den neuen Verträgen ergeben, eine deutliche Verschlechterung der wirtschaftlichen Situation der Lehrer und u.a. durch den erhöhten bürokratischen Aufwand eine Verschlechterung der allgemeinen Arbeitsbedingungen.

10.05.2013 - 23:03 [ SOS Save Our Seeds ]

Protest gegen Syngenta‘s Chillipatent

Obwohl das Europäische Parlament und der Deutsche Bundestag dagegen intervenierten und das Europäische Patentabkommen Patente auf Pflanzensorten grundsätzlich ausschließt, erteilt das Europäische Patentamt weiterhin Patente auf Pfalnzen, die das Ergebnis herkömmlicher Züchtung sind. Diesmal war es eine Chili-Sorte von Syngenta.

10.05.2013 - 20:42 [ CommonDreams ]

Norway, Canada, the United States and the Tar Sands

Today 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the Norwegian state is majority shareholder of Statoil).

10.05.2013 - 20:28 [ B’nai B’rith International ]

B’nai B’rith International Appalled to Learn 9/11 ‚Truther‘ to Speak At U.N.

B’nai B’rith International is appalled to learn that the U.N. Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Relations section (DPI/NGO) and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations will be hosting 9/11 “truther” Annie Machon at its panel discussion on June 6 on “[saving] succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”

10.05.2013 - 19:52 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Hackers, Makers, and Tinkerers: Here‘s How TPP Would Hurt You

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — a sprawling international agreement currently being negotiated in secret meetings between government and industry representatives around the world — claims to be focused on the kind of trade regulations that affect countries and huge corporations. But in fact, many of its provisions would have profound chilling effects on hackers, makers, and tinkerers.

10.05.2013 - 19:30 [ Open Office ]

Quick and Easy Activities

Want to help market Apache OpenOffice but don‘t have a lot of time? Here are some ideas for ways that even the busiest marketing volunteer can help.

If you have 5 minutes

10.05.2013 - 18:42 [ vimeo ]

Adaledge – Lionest

from Daniel Lofredo Rota

all intruders welcome
to where rules are boundless
and there is no end to it.
The world of ideas, the world of abstraction, emotion and feeling– dreams within dreams within dreams; humans are so physical, yet so ephemeral. time is a broken record, and everything that will ever happen, is happening right now.
in a world so pluridimensional, truth is a white rabbit–elusive, vanishing from your fingers when you thought you had gripped it whole.
This video and all the clips within were made for Adaledge By Daniel Lofredo Rota.
Download adaledge‘s most recent album here:
adaledge.com/
HECHO EN ECUADOR!
http://daniellofredorota.net/

10.05.2013 - 18:38 [ The Raw Story ]

83-year-old nun facing 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in

An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used to store radioactive conventional munitions, was convicted Wednesday and faces a term of up to 20 years in prison.

10.05.2013 - 16:19 [ Radio Utopie ]

Der Esel des Messias

Ich erinnere an ein oft wiederholtes Zitat von Mark Twain:‭ „‬Der Bericht von meinem Tod war eine Übertreibung.‭“

10.05.2013 - 16:03 [ Guardian ]

Chers mother, 86, makes chart debut

Georgina Holt, 86, has managed to turn back time for herself, as her country collection Honky Tonk Woman has entered Billboard‘s Heatseekers Albums list at No 13, as well as hitting No 43 on the Top Country Albums chart.

10.05.2013 - 15:27 [ Reuters ]

Khamenei adviser enters Iran‘s presidential contest

Reformist groups have been suppressed or sidelined since 2009 and the next president is likely to be picked from among a handful of politicians known for fealty to Khamenei, minimizing the chances of political rifts leading to post-election chaos.

10.05.2013 - 15:02 [ CPP ]

CPP Chairman announces withdrawal from the election contest of PP-15.

Chairman CPP, Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik announces withdrawal from the election contest of PP-15

Being busy in Musharraf High Treason case in Supreme Court, he did not get time for election campaign

Engineer Jameel requested his party member to vote for progressive and secular parties

10.05.2013 - 13:30 [ Rosa Luxemburg / Radio Utopie ]

Friedensutopien

jedes Mal, wo bürgerliche Politiker die Idee des Europäertums, des Zusammenschlusses europäischer Staaten auf den Schild erhoben, da war es mit einer offenen oder stillschweigenden Spitze gegen die „gelbe Gefahr“, gegen den „schwarzen Weltteil“, gegen die „minderwertigen Rassen“, kurz, es war stets eine imperialistische Mißgeburt. ..

Ebenso wie wir stets den Pangermanismus, den Panslawismus, den Panamerikanismus als reaktionäre Ideen bekämpfen, ebenso haben wir mit der Idee des Paneuropäertums nicht das geringste zu schaffen.

10.05.2013 - 13:26 [ the Archer ]

A “United States of Europe” to save the Eurozone?

Although this is a longstanding idea, Victor Hugo’s tree of wishes may still have to grow a bit before the “United States of Europe” (USE) becomes a real project in the mind of the EU. While President of the European Commission (EC) José Manuel Barroso is encouraging a union of this type, others like the French and German governments are more reluctant.

10.05.2013 - 13:21 [ europa.eu ]

Future of Europe Debate: Vice-President Reding holds Citizens‘ Dialogue in Brussels

For example around six in ten Belgians say that they are not well informed about their rights as EU citizens.

This is why the Commission has made 2013 the European Year of Citizens, a year dedicated to citizens and their rights. The Citizens‘ Dialogues are at the heart of this year.

Why is the Commission doing this now?

Because today Europe is at a crossroads. The future of Europe is the talk of the town – with many voices talking about moving towards political union a Federation of Nation States or a United States of Europe.

10.05.2013 - 10:01 [ Counterpunch ]

The Roadmap to the Destruction of Syria

by PEPE ESCOBAR

The question is why did it take so long. The destruction of Syria – as conceptualized by Sheikh Nasrallah – with the West once more collaborating with jihadi gangs, has been in the cards for years. See how Seymour Hersh outlined it in 2007. And see how badly the bipartisan Washington establishment craves regime change.

10.05.2013 - 09:00 [ techdirt ]

FBI Didn‘t Even Inform Fusion Center About Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Last year we noted that a Congressional investigation revealed that Homeland Security‘s „anti-terrorism fusion centers“ were a complete joke. They created no useful intelligence, even though they cost a ton of taxpayer money, and they regularly violated American‘s civil liberties. In the wake of the Boston bombings, then, it might be useful to wonder how much the local fusion centers were involved in the process — especially since the FBI had been aware of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and had interviewed him. Well… it turns out that the FBI didn‘t bother to share that with the fusion center.

10.05.2013 - 08:59 [ techdirt ]

This Is My Pencil. This Is My Pencil Pretending To Be A Gun. One Is For Writing. One Is For Mandatory Suspensions.

A majority of human beings would look at two 7-year-old boys pretending their pencils are guns and say something about „boys being boys“ or „someone‘s going to poke their eye out“ and leave it at that. Those who craft and enforce zero tolerance policies see something more sinister.

10.05.2013 - 08:55 [ American Civil Liberties Union A.C.L.U. ]

Court Ruling Gives FBI Too Much Leeway on Surveillance Technology

The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus brief arguing that when the government wants to use invasive surveillance technology, it has an obligation to explain to the court basic information about the technology, such as its impact on innocent third parties. This is necessary to ensure that courts can perform their constitutional function of ensuring that the search does not violate the Fourth Amendment. Unfortunately, today’s decision trivializes the intrusive nature of electronic searches and potentially opens the door to troubling government misuse of new technology.