Daily Archives: 20. Juli 2014


20.07.2014 - 19:56 [ VOL.at ]

Pro-Palästinensische Großdemo in Bregenz

Laut Angaben der Polizei nahmen etwa 1.500 bis 2.000 Personen an der Demonstration teil, die Polizei selbst war mit etwa 100 Sicherheitskräften inklusive der Einsatzeinheit vor Ort. (…)Zu Beginn der Kundgebung fand eine angemeldete Gegendemonstration von 20 Personen statt. Die Polizei musste diese aber auflösen.

20.07.2014 - 19:42 [ Chris Carlson / Intifada ]

Israel Drops Cancer-inducing Bombs on Gazans

According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, Dr. Erik Fosse recently stated to Press TV that the majority of patients hospitalized in Gaza are civilians injured in attacks on their homes, and that about thirty percent of these victims are children.

Dense Inert Metal Explosive, known as DIME, is an explosive device developed to minimize damage to things that are incidental to the intended target, known as “collateral damage”.

20.07.2014 - 19:41 [ Intifada ]

Israeli Massacre in Gaza City kills at least 66

On the 13th day of the ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip, residents say invading Israeli forces committed “a new massacre” in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City. At least 66 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured in the eastern neighborhood, medics said Sunday.

20.07.2014 - 18:44 [ TruthDig ]

Aaron Swartz Can’t Fight the New Cybersecurity Bill, So We Must Do It

Now, a year and a half after Swartz killed himself, there is the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. CISA is a lot like CISPA, but could end up being even worse. Privacy and civil rights groups including the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are standing up to fight it. In an article about the bill, the ACLU’s Sandra Fulton wrote: CISA “poses serious threats to our privacy, gives the government extraordinary powers to silence potential whistleblowers, and exempts these dangerous new powers from transparency laws.” The bill has been approved by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and will move to the Senate soon.

20.07.2014 - 18:41 [ Tech Dirt ]

Congressman Who Was Against Protecting Net Neutrality Flips Sides After Realizing The Harm Broadband Giants Can Cause

Over the last few weeks we‘ve seen a number of politicians come out on one side or another concerning the FCC‘s net neutrality plans, but most of them were pretty much expected. It actually was nice to see some net neutrality supporters be quite explicit in their support for Title II reclassification (like Senator Chuck Schumer), but beyond that there weren‘t too many surprises. That‘s why it was actually great to see Rep. Gary Peters, who is currently running for the Senate in Michigan, come out in favor of net neutrality, warning of the harm that could be caused by the fast lanes and slow lanes as allowed by the current FCC proposal.

„If large corporations can pay more for faster service for their content, this effectively creates a ‚slow lane‘ for everyone else.“

20.07.2014 - 18:37 [ Ars Technica ]

The Internet’s Own Boy review: Remembering—and honoring—Aaron Swartz

Every element of Aaron Swartz’s brief, remarkable life exemplifies the stuff we cover all the time on Ars. His tech-filled upbringing, his teenage rise to geek royalty, his hand in reddit’s genesis, and his online political activism made him a worthy subject of Ars conversation well before he became a household name

20.07.2014 - 18:32 [ Guardian ]

Sayed Kashua: why I have to leave Israel

The Arab-Israeli author moved to Jerusalem as a child and has devoted his life to telling Israelis the Palestinian story. But last week he decided to emigrate with his family to the US

20.07.2014 - 18:02 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Calling All Hackers: Help Us Build an Open Wireless Router

EFF is releasing an experimental hacker alpha release of wireless router software specifically designed to support secure, shareable Open Wireless networks. We will be officially launching the Open Wireless Router today at the HOPE X (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference in New York City, aiming to bring aboard members of the hacker community. This release is a work in progress and is intended only for developers and people willing to deal with the bleeding edge.

20.07.2014 - 16:04 [ Gulf Times ]

Abbas due in Doha

Abbas and Hamas political leader Khalid Mishal will also meet in Qatar to discuss a truce in Gaza, an official told the AFP news agency in Ramallah.

The official close to Abbas, speaking to the agency on condition of anonymity, said: “The president will meet Mishal to discuss ways of reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip,” where Israel’s campaign has killed more than 340 Palestinians since July 8.

20.07.2014 - 15:48 [ RT / Youtube ]

‚Obama agrees with Putin on MH17 and vice versa. Poroshenko isolated‘

Ray McGovern

Barack Obama claims the US has firm evidence that the plane was shot down by a missile, fired from an area controlled by anti-Kiev fighters. He also accuses Russia of supporting them. Nevertheless US president agrees to Putin‘s calls to conduct transparent investigation and says it‘s too early to say who and why shot down the plane. Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern see the situation as isolation for President Poroshenko.

20.07.2014 - 15:39 [ FierceGovernmentIT ]

Law enforcement agencies ENISA, Europol sign agreement to combat cybercrime

(3.7.2014) The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security, or ENISA, and Europol – the European Union‘s law enforcement agency, specifically its European Cybercrime Centre, or EC3 – signed a strategic cooperation agreement in June to help strengthen the ability of EU countries and institutions fight cyber criminals.

20.07.2014 - 13:54 [ MENAFN - Arab News ]

Saudi, Egypt leaders discuss Gaza

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on Saturday contacted Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi, mainly discussing the situation in the Gaza Strip.

During the phone conversation, both leaders mulled the reflections of the current situation in Gaza and the latest regional and international developments, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

20.07.2014 - 13:46 [ Al-Bawaba ]

Egyptian pro-Gaza aid convoy refused entry into Gaza

Egyptian security forces on Saturday barred a convoy of humanitarian aid from reaching the Palestinian Gaza Strip citing security reasons, activists said.

The convoy of around 600 political activists, were stopped at a security checkpoint in North Sinai, around 150 kilometres from the Egyptian crossing of Rafah on the border with Gaza.

The activists, who included ex-presidential contender Khaled Ali and prominent politician Jamila Ismail, were to deliver three trucks full of food and medical assistance to residents of Gaza, the target of a 12-day-old Israeli offensive.

20.07.2014 - 13:19 [ MSNBC ]

Criminalization of homelessness on the rise in U.S. cities

A recent study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty examines the state of citywide bans targeting the homeless population in 187 cities across the country. These bans cover a number of public behaviors limiting the homeless’s capacity for daily survival. The report cites these legislative bans as punishing homeless individuals for “being in public even when they have no other alternatives”.

20.07.2014 - 13:13 [ The Republic ]

Thai junta‘s gag on media raises alarm, criticism over freedom of speech

„This is basically a gag order, and it‘s not just a gag order to the press, but it‘s extending to anyone in Thailand, especially now that a lot of Thai people use social media to express opinions,“ said Sarinee, who co-founded Thai Netizen Network, Thailand‘s first Internet freedom civil society group. „I think it is very dangerous and, to me, it signals that the coup makers may not have a clear idea of who the enemies are.“

20.07.2014 - 13:09 [ Indiana State Department of Health ]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program

Simple tests can be used to screen a baby’s hearing immediately after birth. All babies can and should have their hearing screened before they leave the hospital (or before they are one month of age). It is important to find hearing loss early. Babies begin listening right away, and listening helps them learn how to talk.

20.07.2014 - 13:08 [ Indiana State Department of Health ]

Newborn Screening home

Beginning in 2012, all babies born in Indiana also have a test to look for critical congenital heart disease (also called CCHD). This test is called the pulse oximetry test. For more information about pulse oximetry or CCHD, please click here.

20.07.2014 - 13:05 [ io9.com ]

Blood Of 2-Million Babies Stored In Indiana Warehouse Without Consent

„Right now we have samples dating back to 1991, so there are approximately 2.25 to 2.5 million samples currently being held,“ said [director of ISDH‘s Genomics & Newborn Screening Program Bob] Bowman. „We do have a lot.“

20.07.2014 - 10:03 [ campact! ]

TISA: Was geht hier ab?

(20.6.2014) Gestern wurde ein Teil der geheimen TISA-Verhandlungen auf Wikileaks veröffentlicht. Dadurch wurde ein unglaublicher Plan von EU, USA und 22 anderen Regierungen bekannt: Eine beispiellose Privatisierungs- und Deregulierungswelle soll rollen. Die Verhandlungstexte sollen nicht nur bis zum Inkrafttreten des Vertrages geheim bleiben, sondern sage und schreibe fünf Jahre lang danach!

20.07.2014 - 09:51 [ ITAR-TASS ]

Russian ministry approves international company for South Stream construction

(1.7.2014) Russia‘s Ministry of Construction has licensed Amsterdam-based international operator South Stream Transport to start groundwork for laying the South Stream pipeline taking Russian gas to Europe, the company says in a news release.

It will start landfall works specified in project documentation, laying a 3-kilometre pipeline linked to Russian monopoly Gazprom’s supply system.

20.07.2014 - 09:35 [ Wikipedia ]

South Stream

South Stream soll die Lieferrouten von russischem Erdgas nach Europa diversifizieren und die Abhängigkeit von Produzent und Abnehmerländern von den derzeit dominierenden Transitstaaten Ukraine und Weißrussland reduzieren (siehe russisch-ukrainischer Gasstreit).

20.07.2014 - 09:33 [ ORF ]

Schwerer Schlag für OMV

(26.6.2013) Außerdem sind an der „Nabucco“-Gesellschaft die türkische Botas, die Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) und die rumänische Transgaz beteiligt. Die Shah-Deniz-Konsortialteilnehmer Socar, BP und Total hatten sich zu Jahresanfang die Option auf eine 50-Prozent-Beteiligung an „Nabucco“ gesichert. Sie sind allerdings auch beim Konkurrenzprojekt „TAP“ engagiert.