„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.
Peru says wanted ex-president likely in U.S., may flee to Israel
(10.2.2017) Peru said on Friday that it believes the country‘s fugitive former president Alejandro Toledo, wanted in connection with a far-reaching bribery probe, is now in San Francisco, California and will try to flee to Israel.
President Donald Trump shook the Japanese Prime Minister‘s hand for 19 whole seconds
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Trump and Japan‘s Abe take a swing at golf diplomacy
Reporters were not allowed on the course to watch the president and prime minister while they golfed.
Democratic senators demand to know why Betsy DeVos took down website for disabled students
On Friday, protesters blocked DeVos from entering a Washington, D.C. public school.
Small-Town Activists Stand Up to a Coal Ash Landfill and Win a Major Victory for Free Speech
For the first time in almost a year, four residents of Uniontown, Alabama, woke up Wednesday without the dark cloud of an unjust multi-million dollar-lawsuit hanging over their heads. That’s because this week we reached a settlement victory that permanently ends a troubling defamation suit filed against them by a landfill.
Flying Home From Abroad, a Border Agent Stopped and Questioned Me … About My Work for the ACLU
Last week, I was flying home from a work trip and faced Customs and Border Protection questioning unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in over 25 years of travel into and out of this country, including more than 10 years of travel for my work as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union and other rights groups.
Trump to ApproveArms Sales to Saudis, Bahrain, Ignoring Human Rights Concerns
The White House did not discuss the matter directly, saying the final announcement isn’t made yet, but the reports say that a $300 million Saudi missile technology sale and a multi-billion dollar warplane deal for Bahrain are both expected to get imminent clearance from the administration.
The Silencing and Rebuking of Elizabeth Warren Is an Attempt to Normalize the Intolerable
MSNBC adds, „The Senate voted along partisan lines, 49-43, to admonish Warren.“ Thus, Warren was silenced and rebuked for speaking truth to power through the words of a great civil rights leader. In effect, McConnell and the Republicans in the Senate were also sanctioning Coretta Scott King.
Native Americans Shut Down Wells Fargo in Downtown Denver
When Wells Fargo employees and security guards saw more than one hundred indigenous activists and allies marching down Broadway from the State Capitol to Wells Fargo’s corporate office at Broadway and 17th Avenue, they tried to seal off the building.
National Panel Advises Judges On People Who Can‘t Pay Court Fees
Now the nation‘s top state judges have taken a big step to end the practice of sending impoverished people to debtors‘ prisons. The National Task Force on Fines, Fees and Bail Practices on Friday issued a „bench card“ — a clear set of instructions — to be used by state judges across the country.
Brazilian Police Strike Continues as Officers Reject Deal
Police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo have not yet gone back to work, despite the government‘s announcement that they had reached a deal to end their week-long strike.
Bangladesh: Dozens of workers imprisoned for striking
Trade union offices in Ashulia, the garment-producing hub of the capital Dhaka, have been invaded, vandalized and forcibly shut down, with membership documents burned and furniture removed. More than 1,600 workers have been fired and police have filed cases against 600 workers and trade union leaders.
Russian Railways can invest 1 bln euro into upgrade of Slovenia’s railways — Putin
Slovenian companies traditionally have good representation in Russian pharmaceuticals and agricultural sectors, Putin said. „Russian constituent entities are also proactively working with their partners in Slovenia,“ he said. „Interregional ties are developing steadily,“ Putin added.