„SoundCloud remains in a position of strength and is confident in its long-term prospects as it continues to be the go to platform for the creative community,“ the spokeswoman said.
Daily Archives: 12. Februar 2017
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
375,000 Images From the Met Can Now Be Used by Anyone For Free
The Met‘s collection contains over 375,000 images of art in the public domain; they‘ve made these directly searchable and browseable, there‘s a Github repo of metadata, integration with the Creative Commons search tool, and extensive collaboration with Wikimedia and GLAM Wiki.
18 civilians killed by coalition airstrikes in Afghanistan in a week – UN probe
The Afghan Defense Ministry said it supported „any decision taken between the Afghan and American governments“ on the matter, adding that expansion of the international military presence would be a „good step.“
Al Jarreau ist tot
Berühmt war der Sänger mit dem breiten Lächeln auch für seine täuschend echte Imitation von Instrumenten, weshalb ihn ein Kritiker einmal als „Mann mit dem Orchester in der Kehle“ rühmte.
Israel-Reisen nach Nordkorea über einfaches Touristen-Visa
Devisen-Einnahmen über die Tourismusbranche
Die Woche im Rückspiegel betrachtet
TOP 10-LINKS DER WOCHE
Monumenta by Valerinne
Valerinne București, Romania
released February 11, 2016
Israel says will not allow former Peru president Toledo to enter
It was unclear whether Toledo had boarded the flight to Israel, which does not have an extradition treaty with Peru.
Israeli court rules to close Haifa ammonia tank
Haifa Chemicals is owned by a U.S. holding company Trance Resource Inc (TRI), which is controlled by Florida-based Trump Group. This has no connection to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Judge rules New Miami speeders owed $3 million
“This court has already found council ordinance 1917 as adopted by the village of New Miami to be unconstitutional,” Oster wrote. “Accordingly, any collection or retention of the monies collected under the ordinance was wrongful. Based upon the aforementioned established Ohio law, this action sub justice is therefore not a civil suit for money damages; but rather, an action to correct the unjust enrichment of the village of New Miami.”
Greek teachers in epic battle to save classics (PC brigades prefer “gender studies”)
Teachers in Greece have criticised plans by the left-wing government to scrap the mandatory study of Ancient Greek tragedy in high schools and introduce instead classes on gender and sex education, saying that this could bring about the end of classical studies.
Gute Nachrichten: Ich bin wieder in Europa.
Ich glaube, angesichts der Trump-Aktivitäten war das auch erstmal meine letzte USA-Geschäftsreise. Was für ein Gruselkabinett.
Service für mitlesende Polizisten
(2.2.17) Das Verhalten der Polizeibeamten dürfte grob rechtswidrig gewesen sein. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat immerhin schon vor knapp zwei Jahren mit mehreren Beschlüssen entschieden: Wenn ein Richter mit der Sache betraut war und einen Durchsuchungsbeschluss ablehnte, ist kein Raum mehr für „Gefahr im Verzug“. Nicht mal der Staatsanwalt darf dann noch eine Durchsuchung anordnen. Polizeibeamte schon gar nicht.
Equatorial Guinea: New U.S. Secretary of State Linked to ‚Petro-Kleptocrat‘ Obiang
„I have no direct knowledge of that,“ Tillerson replied to a question from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). To Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), he claimed: „I‘d have to review for my memory the circumstance you‘re talking about.“ Why would Tillerson dodge questions about a nation where, just two years ago, his company pompously celebrated its 1-billion-barrel-production threshold?
Schweizer stimmen für leichtere Einbürgerung von Einwanderer-Enkeln
Die Gegenkampagne der rechten SVP blieb ohne Erfolg.
Ireland Set to Recognize Palestine as a State
(9.2.2017) While Ireland’s view on the situation has been known for some time, it has been bolstered by the fact that Israel passed a law on Monday to retroactively legalize around 4,000 settler homes built on privately-owned Palestinian territory in the occupied West Bank.
Strafanzeige gegen Argentiniens Präsidenten wegen Veruntreuung öffentlicher Gelder
Der Rechtsstreit zwischen dem argentinischen Staat und der Macri-Gruppe besteht seit dem Jahr 2001. Im Zuge der neoliberalen Privatisierungen des damaligen Präsidenten Menem hatte die Macri-Gruppe im Jahr 1997 die Konzession für die argentinische Post erworben.
Juncker verzichtet auf zweite Amtszeit – und sieht schwarz für EU – Tagesspiegel
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Does Trump Hate Being President?
Times are tough in the Trump White House. John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore, and Michael Shure, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why morale is so low
This is going to be harder than Donald Trump expected
Much of the emerging image of dysfunction has been painted by Trump‘s own staff. The calls are coming from inside the White House — and they are going to reporters, who have been flooded with accounts of a frenetic and angry president, who bounces from political frustration to personal grudge — often in his bathrobe, according to a New York Times account disputed by the White House — in the space of a few minutes.
President Trump is discovering that he can’t really run the government like a business, and he doesn’t like it: report
In Trump‘s world, he‘s in charge. But in the real world of the U.S. government, he‘s not as powerful as he thinks
White House: Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government
After Trump grew infuriated by disclosures of his confrontational phone calls with foreign leaders, an investigation was launched into the source of the leaks, according to one White House aide. National Security Council staffers have been instructed to cooperate with inquiries, including requests to inspect their electronic communications, said two sources familiar with the situation.
The ‚leakiest White House in decades‘
Carolyn Ryan, the NYT‘s senior editor for politics, says leaks are abundant due to „colliding agendas among the Trump factions.“
Wahl des Bundespräsidenten durch die Bundesversammlung
Der Bundespräsident wird – vom bisher zweimal aufgetretenen Fall der vorzeitigen Beendigung der Amtszeit abgesehen – alle 5 Jahre von der Bundesversammlung, also indirekt gewählt. Die ausschließlich für die Wahl des Staatsoberhaupts der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gebildete Bundesversammlung besteht aus:
– allen Mitgliedern des Deutschen Bundestages sowie
– einer grundsätzlich gleichen Zahl an Vertretern der Bundesländer, die von den Landtagen gewählt werden.
Zur Zeit hat der 18. Deutsche Bundestag 630 Mitglieder, so dass die am 12. Februar 2017 zusammentretende 16. Bundesversammlung aus maximal 1.260 Mitgliedern bestehen wird (siehe auch Details zur Zusammensetzung nach Fraktionen und Ländern).
SDF/YPG controlled territory in Syria
Map of controlled territory by the US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria (YPG-led Syrian Democrat Forces) | February 2017
Lawrow: Kurdenfrage ist „Schlüsselfaktor“ um Syrien-Konflikt zu lösen
(12.2.2017) Lawrow bestätigte zudem, dass Damaskus Gespräche mit den Volksverteidigungseinheiten (YPG) aufgenommen hat. Die YPG ist die bewaffnete Miliz der syrischen Kurden.
„Wir glauben, dass solch ein inner-syrischen Dialog nützlich ist“, sagte Lawrow. Er glaube, es bestehe zwischen der syrischen Regierung und den Kurden „erhebliches Potential, um zu Einigungen zu kommen.“
Beide Seiten hätten viele gemeinsame Interessen ausgearbeitet. Die Verhandlungen verlaufen dem russischen Außenminister zufolge positiv.
451° – [20] Think Tanks – Wie Denkfabriken die Agenda bestimmen / America first Russia second?
Ihr habt gefragt – wir haben´s gemacht: In unserer neuen Reihe stellen wir euch künftig verschiedene Think Tanks vor – im Deutschen auch Denkfabriken genannt. Das klingt ziemlich produktiv. Doch was macht eine solche Denkfabrik eigentlich? Mit wem ist sie vernetzt und wer bezahlt die zahlreichen Projekte und Studien? Zum Start unserer neuen Serie beschäftigen wir uns mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politk e.V. und dem Council on Foreign Relations.
Pakistan boycotts UN meet as US delays visa to deputy chairman
Pakistan Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani announced a boycott of the UN-sponsored International Parliamentary Union (IPU) being held in New York next week, after the US failed to issue a visa to his deputy, who was to represent Pakistan at the forum, media reported on Sunday.
US refuses visa to Pakistan senate’s deputy chairman
The United States has refused a visa to Pakistan senate deputy chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who was to travel to New York to represent the country at the UN-sponsored International Parliamentary Union (IPU) being held there next week.
UK Police Spy On Journalists At Small Town Paper, Gather One Million Minutes Worth Of Call Data
The UK‘s top spy agencies have been known to place journalists under surveillance. Leaked Snowden documents showed GCHQ collected emails from news organizations such as the New York Times, BBC, and Washington Post. More accusations of spying were raised by UK journalists, detailing what appeared to be a clear abuse of the country‘s anti-terror laws — laws particularly prone to exploitation thanks to generous loopholes and a minimum of oversight.
Peru says U.S. is not planning to detain wanted ex-president
Peru has been informed by U.S. authorities that they are not planning to keep former Peru President Alejandro Toledo, who is wanted in connection with a corruption probe, from boarding a flight to Israel from California in the coming hours, a source in Peru‘s Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Israeli Suspected of Being Middleman for $20m Bribe to Peruvian Ex-president
(5.2.2017) Peruvian police say businessman Yossi Maiman acted as intermediary when Alejandro Toledo allegedly received money from major Peruvian construction firm.