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Immer wieder und immer häufiger sehen sich Menschen in Spanien gezwungen, ihrem Leben ein Ende zu bereiten, wenn ihnen die Zwangsräumung droht. Ihre Tode sind keine Einzelfälle und sie dürften auch niemanden mehr überraschen. Das Elend der Menschen, die aufgrund von Krise und Arbeitslosigkeit ihre Hypotheken nicht mehr bezahlen können und ihr Dach über dem Kopf an Banken verlieren, ist erdrückend.
Die Opfer von Zwangsräumungen seit 2010:
12. November 2010: ein 45-jähriger Mann erhängt sich in Barcelona in einem Park (El confidencial [span.]).
23. Oktober 2012: ein junger Mann stürzt sich in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria von einer Brücke (Noticias Gran Canaria [span.]).
25. Oktober 2012: in Granada erhängt sich ein 54-jähriger Mann (El País in english [engl.]; Uhupardo [dt.]).
26. Oktober 2012: ein Mann springt in Burjassot (Valencia) aus dem zweiten Stock vom Balkon und überlebt verletzt (Europapress [span.]).
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The aim of this site is to help to connect buyers and sellers of sustainably developed properties.
Erstes Atomkraftwerk der Türkei soll 2019 ans Netz « DiePresse.com
Das erste AKW der Türkei soll in sechs Jahren in Betrieb genommen werden. Das Land will seine Abhängigkeit von Öl und Gas verringern.
via Erstes Atomkraftwerk der Türkei soll 2019 ans Netz « DiePresse.com.
Wird die Wasserversorgung privatisiert? Offene Videokonferenz mit EU-PolitikerInnen
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Die Entscheidungen des EU-Parlament betreffen uns alle. Wie sind aber die parlamentarischen Abläufe? Welche Rolle spielen Interessensvertretungen und LobbyistInnen? Diese Fragen diskutieren wir in offenen Online-Konferenzen am Beispiel des zur Zeit hohe Wellen schlagenden Vorschlags der Kommission zur Konzessionsvergabe, der auch die kommunale Wasserversorgung betrifft und derzeit im Europäischen Parlament behandelt wird.
Am 22. Februar findet um 10 Uhr die ersten Videokonferenz zu diesem Thema statt. Der Online-Raum ist von jedem Computer, Smartphone oder Tablet unter http://www.europe-so-close.eu/online-konferenzen/ erreichbar. Alle Interessierten sind eingeladen per Chat sowie ggf. Audio und Video mitzudiskutieren.
Gäste der ersten Gesprächsrunde am 22. Februar von 10 bis 11.30 Uhr sind
MEP Josef Weidenholzer (SPÖ/S&D)
Ersatzmitglied des Ausschusses für Binnenmarkt und Verbraucherschutz
MEP Werner Langen (CDU/EVP)
Berichterstatter der Stellungnahme des Ausschusses für Industrie, Forschung und Energie zur Konzessionsvergabe-Richtlinie (angefragt)
Dr. Johannes Schmid
Österreichischer Städtebund (Rechtliche Angelegenheiten/Daseinsvorsorge)
Lukasz Rozanski
Europäische Kommission, Generaldirektion Markt
via Wird die Wasserversorgung privatisiert? Offene Videokonferenz mit EU-PolitikerInnen.
The Ultimate Chaos Bringer’s Blog: What Is INDECT, And Why Is It Bad For The American People?
INDECT stands for “INtelligent information system supporting observation, searching and DEteCTion for security of citizens in urban environment”. It is a research project of the European Union launched in 2009 and planned to be finished in 2013.
INDECT is the most extensive surveillance project ever planned or established. It is not limited to monitoring the internet. People on the street won’t escape INDECT either. What sounds like weird science fiction could become disturbing reality as soon as 2013. Science fiction was yesterday.
INDECT will be tomorrow. INDECT combines all data from forums, social networks (e.g. Facebook) and internet search engines with government databases, communication data and feeds from street surveillance cameras. INDECT will know where we are, what we do, why we do it and what we are going to do next. INDECT will know our friends and our place of work. INDECT will judge whether we are behaving normally or irregularly.
Details
read more via The Ultimate Chaos Bringer’s Blog: What Is INDECT, And Why Is It Bad For The American People?.
Indect Progress: A PKI infrastructure for uniquely identifying nodes in the system | Lilith Lela
Because the nodes are transferring between themselves sensitive data, all network traffic in the system must be encrypted. Known, tested and widely used encryption protocols should be used to minimize the possibility of unauthorized persons accessing the data.The second problem is authentication. As many of the nodes are operating remotely, system must be immune to an attempt of some nodes impersonating others. A PKI infrastructure should be used to uniquely identify nodes in the system.
via Indect Progress: A PKI infrastructure for uniquely identifying nodes in the system | Lilith Lela.
Don’t Buy the Ticket! Whales & Dolphins Shouldn’t Be in Captivity
It’s hard to imagine that the dolphin doing flips at Sea World is in pain but in reality, these animals are suffering. The whales and dolphins you see at these water parks are often violently captured in the wild, separated from their families, and forced to perform for crowds thousands of miles away.
via Don’t Buy the Ticket! Whales & Dolphins Shouldn’t Be in Captivity.
Veröffentlicht am 12.03.2012 journeymanpictures
Fracking may have caused Ohio earthquake
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As oil stocks run low extracting oil from shale, or fracking, is the energy buzz of the year.It’s happening worldwide, and in the USA in 34 states. But with environmental and health risks, is it worth it?
In Texas they’re used to big oil; for generations it has helped to forge the formidable Texas character. But spreading out across the state is the controversial process of fracking. It involves injecting huge quantities of water and chemicals into the ground, which shatter the shale and release gas and oil. It’s part of an accelerated quest within the US for energy independence, to loosen reliance on the Middle East and shoot for homegrown solutions to energy demand. For those working in the industry it’s…
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Veröffentlicht am 30.01.2013 TheJetsream
2009 hatte Lech Kowalski gerade begonnen, einen Dokumentarfilm über die oft verheerenden Auswirkungen der Globalisierung auf das Leben “einfacher” Menschen und deren Widerstand dagegen zu drehen. Dabei traf er im Osten Polens Bauern, die um ihre Existenz fürchteten, weil ein amerikanischer Energiekonzern in ihrer Gegend mit Probebohrungen nach Schiefergas begonnen hatte. In Häuserwänden zeigten sich Risse, das Brunnenwasser war verschmutzt, keine 100 Meter von den Wohnsiedlungen entfernt zerfurchten Raupenfahrzeuge ohne Genehmigung die Felder. Die Bauern fragten sich, wie sie diesem Treiben ein Ende setzen könnten.
Lech Kowalski war überzeugt, dass das, was hier passierte, nicht nur von lokaler Bedeutung war, sondern über kurz oder lang die ganze Welt betreffen würde. Er begann, Informationen über das Thema Schiefergas zu sammeln: die verschiedenen Fördermöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt und das Leben der Bevölkerung, die in Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten in der Nähe der Förderanlagen lebt. In den…
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X:enius – Fischereiwirtschaft, Fischarten, Fisch videos.arte.tv
Eine Seezunge begeistert so manchen Feinschmeckergaumen. Doch was für den Einen Luxus ist, sichert dem Anderen sein Auskommen. Und die Nachfrage steigt, nicht nur in den bevölkerungsstarken Ländern Asiens. Jeder Deutsche isst pro Jahr fast 16 Kilo Fisch, jeder Franzose sogar mehr als doppelt so viel. Gleichzeitig gehen die Bestände vieler Fischarten zurück und sind massiv gefährdet.
Wie geht die Fischereiwirtschaft mit diesem Dilemma um? Die beiden “X:enius”-Moderatoren Dörthe Eickelberg und Pierre Girard möchten wissen, wie Seelachs & Co. auch in Zukunft auf unsere Teller kommen. Und ob wir wirklich noch ohne schlechtes Gewissen den beliebten Hering genießen können?
An der Nordseeküste besuchen Dörthe Eickelberg und Pierre Girard einen Fischverarbeitungsbetrieb. Hier ist alles transparent: ein spezieller Trackingcode verrät den Kunden nicht nur, wo und wann der Fisch gefangen wurde, sondern sogar die Namen des Kapitäns und seines Kutters, in dessen Netz der Fisch gefangen wurde.
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PETIZIONE EUROPEA PER DICHIARARE L’ACQUA UN DIRITTO UMANO E UN BENE COMUNE
Contro la privatizzazione del acqua – Gegen die Privatisierung des Wassers
Il sindacato europeo dei servizi pubblici EPSU ha promosso un’Iniziativa dei Cittadini Europei (ICE) per chiedere alla Commissione Europea di dichiarare
“L’acqua e i servizi igienico-sanitari sono un diritto umano ! L’acqua è un bene comune, non una merce !”
C’è un anno di tempo (fino all’estate del 2013) per raccogliere 1.000.000 di firme nei 27 paesi dell’U.E. A quel punto la Commissione Europea sarà obbligata a discutere della proposta.
Si può firmare anche via web cliccando il link riportato sotto
https://signature.right2water.eu/oct-web-public/signup.do?lang=it
(per compilare la scheda è necessaria la carta di identità o il passaporto):
FIRMATE TUTTI E FATE FIRMARE I VOSTRI AMICI !!!!!
ALLARGHIAMO A TUTTA L’EUROPA LA VITTORIA OTTENUTA CON IL REFERENDUM !!!
PETIZIONE EUROPEA PER DICHIARARE L’ACQUA UN DIRITTO UMANO E UN BENE COMUNE.
Rand Paul and Others Introduce Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp; Kentucky Senate Passes Similar Hemp Bill | Spread Liberty News
While most are were out celebrating Valentine’s Day with their sweethearts, Kentucky Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, and Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden introduced a piece of groundbreaking legislation regarding industrialized hemp.
FDP-Politiker lässt kritische Links per Anwalt löschen | heise online
Dass es immer wieder Versuche gibt, Einträge in der Wikipedia zu schönen, ist bekannt. Unternehmen strengen sich an, negative Publicity einzudämmen, Politiker wollen sich im viel gelesenen Online-Nachschlagewerk in bestem Licht sehen.
via FDP-Politiker lässt kritische Links per Anwalt löschen | heise online.
How-To plastic bottle green house build guide !
How to construct a Greenhouse using Plastic Water bottles !!
Homesteading Survivalism: What to refrigerate and what to keep at room temperature.
What to refrigerate and what to keep at room temperature.
via Homesteading Survivalism: What to refrigerate and what to keep at room temperature..
You’ll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation
Is there really such a thing as “brainwashing,” or “mind control?” What kind of person is susceptible? What exactly is a “cult” and how are followers controlled? How can one recognize an organization that engages in such practices, and should such organizations be held responsible for the damage intentional manipulation can cause?
via You’ll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation.
Leiharbeiter: Amazon nimmt Stellung zu Vorwürfen der ARD – Golem.de
In einer ausführlichen Stellungnahme erklärt sich Amazon zu den Vorwürfen einer ARD-Reportage über die unfaire Behandlung von Leiharbeitern. Dabei kündigt das Unternehmen auch Maßnahmen gegen die kritisierte Security-Firma an.
via Leiharbeiter: Amazon nimmt Stellung zu Vorwürfen der ARD – Golem.de.
Gesetzeslücke: Amazon beschäftigt massenhaft Arbeitslose ohne Vergütung – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Eine Gesetzeslücke macht es möglich: Amazon beschäftigt nach Informationen des SPIEGEL Tausende Arbeitslose, die zuvor eine sogenannte “Maßnahme zur Aktivierung und berufliche Eingliederung” absolvieren müssen. Die Arbeitsagentur spricht von einem Fehler, “der korrigiert werden muss”.
via Gesetzeslücke: Amazon beschäftigt massenhaft Arbeitslose ohne Vergütung – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Lobbyarbeit: EU-Datenschutz-Gesetzentwurf teilweise von Amazon – teltarif.de News
Lobbyplag: Datenjournalisten sagen Lobbyisten den Kampf an
via Lobbyarbeit: EU-Datenschutz-Gesetzentwurf teilweise von Amazon – teltarif.de News.
Amazon ‘used neo-Nazi guards to keep immigrant workforce under control’ in Germany – Europe – World – The Independent
Internet giant investigates abuse claims by foreign workers in its German warehouses
Urheberrecht: The Pirate Bay will Musiklobby verklagen – SPIEGEL ONLINE
In Finnland hat ein Verband der Musik- und Filmindustrie The Pirate Bay kopiert. Statt Links auf illegale Kopien gibt es dort allerdings Links auf legale Bezugsquellen. Nun kündigen die Betreiber der echten Piratenseite eine Klage an – ausgerechnet wegen Verletzung von Urheberrechten.
via Urheberrecht: The Pirate Bay will Musiklobby verklagen – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Nach ARD-Bericht über Amazon: Verlag kündigt und rechnet mit Riese ab – Startseite – Rhein-Zeitung
Lindlar – Es ist eine Abrechnung mit Amazon: Ein kleines Verlagshaus verabschiedet sich öffentlichkeitswirksam von dem in die Kritik geratenen Internethändler. Verleger Christopher Schroer, der Werke von gut 30 Autoren und Künstlern im Programm hat, hat nach dem ARD-Bericht alle Geschäftsbeziehungen gekündigt.
via Nach ARD-Bericht über Amazon: Verlag kündigt und rechnet mit Riese ab – Startseite – Rhein-Zeitung.
Frag den Staat
FragDenStaat.at ist ein neues Projekt, also fehlen noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten:
bis jetzt können nur Anfragen an die Bundesministerien und die Landesregierungen gestellt werden.
Mehr kommt bald!
Experten rechnen mit Mikl-Leitner ab – news.ORF.at
Der Oberste Sanitätsrat (OSR) als unabhängiges Beratungsorgan des Gesundheitsministeriums spricht sich zur laufenden Debatte über die Drogensubstitutionstherapie vehement für diese Behandlungsform aus. Die Experten weisen damit den Vorstoß von Innenministerin Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) gegen die Substitutionstherapie eindeutig zurück.
Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes | Video on TED.com
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable gardens, and to change the narrative of food in their community.
via Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes | Video on TED.com.
Flights to Alaska from Europe or Europe to Alaska are a steal from Iceland Air starting May 15, 2013.
My searches on Iceland Air resulted with fares less than 670usd R/T while searches on discount airfare websites such as Orbitz turned up fares from 1900-2300usd for the same period.
Flights from London were ~1100usd with a possible stay in Reykjavik en route. Contact Iceland Air for more details.
This is an excellent opportunity for European travelers to come to Alaska. In the past Lufthansa offered great R/T fares but not in 2013
Contact us in Fairbanks for more details about wildlife tours in Alaska.
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Veröffentlicht am 06.03.2012 shamengo2
Shamengo pioneer Pierre Calleja has invented something truly remarkable–an algae lamp that absorbs CO2 in the air–at the rate of 1 ton PER YEAR, or what a tree absorbs over its entire lifetime! While development is still needed to make a cost-effective product, the microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.
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Algae Street Lamps Suck Up C02, But How Exactly? | Earthtechling
Editor’s Note: This story, based upon information we’ve been seeing, holds some viability questions as to whether or not the lamps are powered by energy from photosynthesis, or simply C02 scrubbers. As such, we’ve positioned it more as a C02 scrubber, with thoughts on what it might take to evolve into an actual self-powered device.
via Algae Street Lamps Suck Up C02, But How Exactly? | Earthtechling.
Latro Algae Pet Lights Your Way Home Via Your Breath | Earthtechling
We all remember from high school biology that plants use sunshine and CO2 to generate energy through photosynthesis, right? An outrageous new prototype lamp from designer Mike Thompson actually generates electricity from algae the same way, in the form of lighting that requires a bit of daily maintenance, not unlike a bonsai plant or a pet.
via Latro Algae Pet Lights Your Way Home Via Your Breath | Earthtechling.
Stanford researchers find electrical current stemming from plants
Stanford engineers have generated electrical current by tapping into the electron activity in individual algae cells. Photosynthesis excites electrons, which can then be turned into an electrical current using a specially designed gold electrode. This study could be the first step toward carbon-free electricity directly from plants.
via Stanford researchers find electrical current stemming from plants.
Verdeckte Propaganda im Netz – morgenmagazin – ZDFmediathek – ZDF Mediathek
Die Seiten sehen schick aus, sind mit sozialen Netzwerken verlinkt, wirken harmlos. Doch Rechtsradikale nutzen verstärkt das Netz, verpacken ihre Propaganda in vermeintlich unpolitischen Themen.
Verdeckte Propaganda im Netz – morgenmagazin – ZDFmediathek – ZDF Mediathek.
Best Party – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Best Party (Icelandic: Besti flokkurinn) is an Icelandic political party. The party ran in the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% of the vote, defeating the Independence Party which received 33.6%.[1][2][3]
The founder and chairman of the party is the incumbent Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr.[4] As the party was founded several months after the last Icelandic parliamentary election, it has not yet had the opportunity to compete on the national level. The party’s initial success is seen as a backlash against establishment parties in the wake of Iceland’s 2008-2011 financial crisis.[5]
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History
The Best Party was founded in late 2009 by Jón Gnarr, an Icelandic actor, comedian and writer. Originally a joke party, it has from the beginning admitted that it will not honour any of its promises given before elections.[6] It claims all other parties are secretly corrupt, so it promises to be openly corrupt. Among its original goals was to satirize common themes in Icelandic politics, partly by mimicking the standard phrases, idioms and jargon used by Icelandic politicians.
However, since its electoral success in Reykjavík in 2010 the Best Party has become much more serious and has shown a genuine interest in governing. It has taken a left-wing stance on many issues. Although Jón identifies himself as an anarchist, the party as a whole is closer to the centre-left.[7]
Since its founding, the Best Party has developed into a full-grown political party with its own independent agenda, which has yet to be identified to an English-speaking audience. The theme song of Besti Flokkurinn is “Simply The Best” by Tina Turner. Prior to the 2010 election, the party published a new version of the song with new, Iceland-specific lyrics. A music video was also made, featuring Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir.[6]
Besti Flokkurinn’s Platform
- To help the households in the country: Family is the best thing in society. Governments need to meet the needs and demands of households. An ironclad shield wall needs to be raised around the households in this country. Icelandic households deserve only the best.
- To improve the quality of life of the Less Fortunate: We want the best of everything for this bunch and therefore offer free access to buses and swimming pools so you can travel around Reykjavik and be clean even if you’re poor or there’s something wrong with you.
- Stop corruption: We promise to stop corruption. We’ll accomplish this by participating in it openly.
- Equality: Everyone deserves the best regardless of who they are and where they come from. We will do our best for everyone so that everyone can be together on the best team.
- Increase transparency: It is best to have everything aboveboard so that the general public knows what is going on. We say we support that.
- Effective democracy: Democracy is pretty good, but an effective democracy is best. That’s why we want it.
- Cancel all debts: We listen to the nation and do as it wishes because the nation knows what’s best for itself.
- Free bus rides for students and cripples: We can offer more free things than any other party because we aren’t going to follow through with it. We could say whatever we want. For example, free flights for women or free cars for people who live in rural areas. It’s all the same.
- Free dental services for children and handicapped people: This is something that is lacking, and we definitely want to take part in promising it.
- Free access to swimming pools for everyone and free towels: This is something that everyone should fall for, and it’s the election promise we’re most proud of.
- Take those responsible for the economic collapse to court: Felt we had to include this.
- Complete equality of the sexes
- Listen more to women and old people: This bunch gets listened to far too little. It’s as if everyone thinks they are just complaining or something. We’re going to change that.[8][9][10]
Election 2010
The party’s first endeavor in politics was to present a list of candidates for the local election in Reykjavík in 2010. Its platform included free towels in all city swimming pools, a polar bear for the city zoo, a Disneyland at Vatnsmýri, the capital’s airport and a drug-free Althing by 2020. The party won six of the 15 seats on the Reykjavík City Council.[3] and governs the city alongside the Social Democratic Alliance as the senior coalition partner.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ “Besti flokkurinn stærstur í Reykjavík”. Morgunblaðið. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ “Kosningavefur Dómsmálaráðuneytisins”. Icelandic Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ a b “Best Party wins polls in Iceland’s Reykjavik”. BBC. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ “Kosningavefur Dómsmálaráðuneytisins”. Icelandic Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ “Satiric political party wins council poll in Iceland”, Indo-Asian News Service, May 30, 2010. (accessed 24 January 2012)
- ^ a b Birrell, Ian (24 June 2011). “A joker’s party is serious about saving Iceland from meltdown”. The Guardian Weekly: p. 3.
- ^ “Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He’s Elected”. New York Times. 25 June 2010.
- ^ Best Party Strategy (Icelandic)
- ^ Buchan, Peter John R., translator. 2010. “Platform: The Best and Brightest,” Harper’s Magazine, August: 20.
- ^ “Icelandic Politics – Just a Bad Joke?”. Raving Ravens. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
External links
- ‘The Best’ party aims to cause upset in Iceland local elections – Telegraph
- Iceland’s Ire Helps Comic’s Campaign Take Fire – WSJ
- BBC (2010-05-30): Best Party wins polls in Iceland’s Reykjavik
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