Daily Archives: 21. November 2014


21.11.2014 - 22:24 [ brisbanetimes ]

Full transcript: Emirates chief Sir Tim Clark on MH17 and MH370

There are ways to enter the system through the multiple menu levels to get through and disable, but to completely disable also requires you to go down below the main deck into the avionics bay. That requires you to leave the flight deck and go down through a trap door in the floor to do that. But somehow this thing was disabled, so much so that the ground tracking capability was eliminated.

21.11.2014 - 22:13 [ BusinessKorea ]

Bungling Nuclear Safety – Fire at Kori Nuclear Power Plant Goes Undetected for Over an Hour

“One of the two smoke detectors is designed to be mute, and the other one sounded an alarm but the employees could not hear it,” the corporation explained. The alarm was displayed in the main control center but the employees did not see or hear anything.
The slow response to the fire is troubling, since the facility trained to fight them just this summer.

21.11.2014 - 21:44 [ Independent ]

This is why I deleted Uber from my phone, and why you should too

So Uber is run by self-aggrandising fratboy jerks who appear to value earning money over paltry concerns like women‘s rights, customer safety, or privacy. Plenty of companies are run by jerks, but what makes Uber different is that being a jerk is the company‘s business plan.

21.11.2014 - 21:35 [ Vessel Finder ]

US Navy ships collide in the Gulf of Aden

Involved in the collision were USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6), a Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo and ammunition ship, and USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193), a MSC fleet replenishment oiler. Both vessels provide logistical support for the Navy‘s Fifth Fleet. (photo)

21.11.2014 - 21:19 [ Nasa Earth Observatory ]

Earth´s Disappearing Groundwater

(5. November) Most of the major aquifers in the world’s arid and semi-arid zones—the parts of the world that rely most heavily on groundwater—are experiencing rapid rates of depletion because of water use by farms. As shown in the chart above—based on data collected by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)—this includes include the North China Plain, Australia’s Canning Basin, the Northwest Sahara Aquifer System, the Guarani Aquifer in South America, the High Plains and Central Valley aquifers of the United States, and the aquifers beneath northwestern India and the Middle East.

21.11.2014 - 21:02 [ BI Umweltschutz Lüchow-Dannenberg e.V. ]

`Profite ja – was schert uns der Dreck´

Pikant sei, dass Bernhard Fischer, Ex-Chef von E.on-Kernkraft, und der Gewerkschafter Erhard Ott, Mitglied im E.on-Aufsichtsrat, in der Endlagerkommission sitzen, die Teil des StandAG ist. Ehmke: “Dazu kommt der Chef eines der größten Abfallverursacher, Gerd Jäger, stellvertretener Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der Urananreicherungsanlage Urenco.

21.11.2014 - 20:40 [ Bandcamp ]

Die Welt ist Klang: A Tribute to Pete Namlook

Die Welt ist Klang is a tribute to Peter Kuhlmann, aka Pete Namlook. What started as a 4-CD set has now grown into 8 CDs!
RIP, Peter Kuhlmann 25.11.1960 – 08.11.2012

21.11.2014 - 19:48 [ Global Research ]

Israeli Involvement in Britain’s National Security

Was this a consideration that persuaded the Cameron government to change the law on Universal Jurisdiction to allow Israeli military personnel to visit the UK without fear of private prosecution for alleged war crimes and could it be a factor in the overt support of Mr Cameron for the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) lobby in Westminster? Could it also be the reason that this government takes no action to prevent Israel’s continued expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem that clearly violate international human rights law – or are all of these facts merely coincidental circumstance?

21.11.2014 - 12:14 [ Jürgen Schmidt / Heise.de ]

Kommentar: WhatsApp verschlüsselt – und ihr motzt?

echte Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für Milliarden WhatsApp-Anwender – und das standardmäßig, ohne zusätzliche Gebühren – das ist ein gewaltiger Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Und damit ein Grund sich zu freuen.

Natürlich gibt es dabei viele Wenns und Aber. Doch das Projekt hat mehr Potenzial als alles, was ich in diese Richtung bisher gesehen habe. Und Leute wie Moxie Marlinspike haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren meinen Respekt erarbeitet.

21.11.2014 - 12:11 [ Chip.de ]

WhatsApp: Telekom & Vodafone fordern direkten Zugang

(7. November) Insgesamt zehn europäische Telekommunikationskonzerne sollen die Europäische Kommission in einem gemeinsamen Schreiben dazu aufgefordert haben, Internet-Konzerne wie Google, Facebook und Apple stärker zu regulieren. Laut einem Bericht von RP Online haben das Schreiben unter anderem Tim Höttges, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Telekom und Vodafone-CEO Vittorio Colao unterzeichnet. Weitere Unterstützter sind Telefónica (O2 & E-Plus), Orange und TeliaSonera.

21.11.2014 - 12:00 [ Vodafone ]

Law Enforcement Disclosure Report

(Juni 2014) Refusal to comply with a country’s laws is not an option. If we do not comply with a lawful demand for assistance, governments can remove our licence to operate, preventing us from providing services to our customers. Our employees who live and work in the country concerned may also be at risk of criminal sanctions, including imprisonment.

21.11.2014 - 11:41 [ Dutch News ]

Jihadi bride’s mother was never in Syria, public prosecutor says

The family lawyer Françoise Landerloo said earlier the girls’ mother had been to Syria twice in an effort to bring back her daughter, a Muslim convert who went to Syria in February. (…)

Landerloo told the NRC would not comment about the public prosecutor’s claims because the case is not supposed to be discussed in the public arena.

21.11.2014 - 11:40 [ Dutch News ]

Mum frees Dutch teen jihadi bride, stuck in Turkey with no passport

(18. November) According to Limburg media the girl’s mother, named as Monique, travelled to Turkey in October in an effort to find her daughter and made a second trip last week, despite being told it was too dangerous.

The two managed to leave Syria but were stopped at the Turkish border because the girl does not have a valid passport. The foreign affairs ministry is now involved and the two hope to be back in the Netherlands within a week, the mother’s lawyer Françoise Landerloo is quoted as saying by the NRC.

21.11.2014 - 10:11 [ the Visitor ]

Xilong part 2

Wir laufen die Nacht wieder zurück an den Ort seiner Arbeit. Ein Bagger schuftet, ein gelber Dinosaurier. Die Lampen brennen auf den Köpfen von Arbeitern, die in Seilen an der riesigen Hauswand hängen wie Matrosen an einem Schiff. Es gibt keinen Feierabend. Wir sehen in jedes der kleinen, schmutzigen Restaurants. Xilong ist nicht da. Wir laufen, obwohl es längst sinnlos ist stundenlang weiter. Plötzlich, aus dem Irgendwo ist er da. Ein fast unmöglicher Zufall in der Riesenstadt Shanghai. Sein Gesicht leuchtet kurz auf als er uns sieht. Dann versinkt es wieder in sich.

21.11.2014 - 09:45 [ Tagesanzeiger.ch ]

Israel finanzierte IS-Verbündete

Am Montag erklärte ein Sprecher von Jundallah dann, man habe dem IS Treue geschworen, «was immer die Pläne» der Terrormiliz seien. Bemerkenswert daran ist nicht nur, dass der IS dank Jundallah offenbar in Pakistan Fuss gefasst hat. Ebenso bemerkenswert ist, dass Israels Geheimdienst Mossad die Terroristen jahrelang unterstützte.

21.11.2014 - 09:44 [ Foreign Policy ]

False Flag

(13. Januar 2012) The officials did not know whether the Israeli program to recruit and use Jundallah is ongoing. Nevertheless, they were stunned by the brazenness of the Mossad‘s efforts.

„It‘s amazing what the Israelis thought they could get away with,“ the intelligence officer said. „Their recruitment activities were nearly in the open. They apparently didn‘t give a damn what we thought.“

21.11.2014 - 09:42 [ Daily Star ]

Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to ISIS

(17. November) A splinter group of Pakistan‘s Taliban has pledged support to ISIS, a spokesman said Monday, in another indication of the appeal of the Iraq- and Syria-based jihadi group in a region traditionally dominated by al-Qaeda and local insurgencies.

Jundullah announced its backing after meeting a three-man delegation representing ISIS led by al Zubair al Kuwaiti, the group‘s spokesman Fahad Marwat told Reuters.

21.11.2014 - 09:33 [ Radio Utopie ]

Somalia: Parlament verbietet Einmischung der Ausländer – Konferenz in Kopenhagen

Mogadischu befindet sich im tiefsten Bürgerkrieg. Ein Minister oder Parlamentsmitglied nach dem anderen wird hingerichtet. Vierzehn Minister forderten den Premier vor vier Tagen am 16.November auf, innerhalb vierundzwanzig Stunden zurückzutreten. Am gleichen Tag reisten Delegationen aus den Truppen stellenden Ländern und den Geberländern nach Mogadischu. “Die internationale Gemeinschaft ist der Ansicht, der Ministerpräsident hat das Büro zu verlassen.”