Topic: POLITIK - on June 11, 2012 at 11:10:00 AM CEST
Jerusalem sagt mit DNA-Bank Hundekot den Kampf an
Behörde will Speichelprobe aller Haushunde nehmen
Im Kampf gegen den Hundekot setzt die Stadt Jerusalem nun auf die Wissenschaft: Wie die Stadtverwaltung am Sonntag mitteilte, will sie eine Datenbank mit der DNA aller Haushunde aufbauen, um die nicht aufgesammelten Häufchen auf den Straßen und in den Parks identifizieren und die faulen Hundebesitzer besser zur Verantwortung ziehen zu können.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on June 11, 2012 at 11:07:00 AM CEST
"Estonian Mafia" looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs
While Estonia’s prowess in cyberconflict and cyberdefense has grown in recent years, so too has its startup scene. After all, Skype was created in Estonia in 2003 and was acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion last year.
Its success has inspired a new generation of Estonian startups, often collectively referred to on Twitter as the #estonianmafia, which were pitching themselves at the Latitude 59 conference held last week at Tallinn University of Technology. This university campus is also the location of Küberneetika, the Institute of Cybernetics, a Soviet-founded facility that dates back to the 1970s and became the first home of Skype decades later.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 10, 2012 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
Australian minister leaves phone and laptop in Hong Kong to avoid Chinese espionage
Stephen Smith, the Australian defence minister, has adopted extraordinary measures to try to foil Chinese espionage during his first ministerial visit, leaving his phone and laptop in Hong Kong before travelling to Beijing.
Despite heading to China for a trust-building visit, Mr Smith and his staff reportedly swapped their phones, laptops and other electronic devices for fresh equipment in mainland China.
"We all know China, that's standard advice," a source involved in arranging high-level visits told Fairfax media. "We know ministers are targets."
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Topic: Drone - on June 10, 2012 at 10:54:00 AM CEST
US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet
The US Navy has signed off on a $27,883,883 contract from military contractor Raytheon to install Linux ground control software for its fleet of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones.
The contract covers the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River in Maryland, which has already spent $5,175,075 beginning to install Linux systems. The no-bid contract was awarded to finish the work and get the Navy's drone fleet fully operational using a Linux backbone.
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Topic: TV - on June 10, 2012 at 10:49:00 AM CEST
Occupy Radio: ‘Radio Wars’ Documentary About Sirius XM and the History of Radio
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Topic: ART - on June 10, 2012 at 10:44:00 AM CEST
Vintage Rolling Paper-Packaging
This site has been designed as an aid to collectors of antique cigarette rolling papers. The motivation for this site arose due to the lack of any significant resources where such items can be identified, displayed, dated and other information realised.
Myself and other collectors have been collecting these items for many years. With many of these items, it is difficult to establish even trivial information such as which country they originated from.
This site hopes to fill the gap a little and is a joint effort by a number of collectors who have been willing to share such information and provide examples of their personal collections.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 10, 2012 at 10:36:00 AM CEST
Tommy Chong Fighting Prostate Cancer
Comedy legend Tommy Chong, 74, half of the iconic cannabis comedy duo Cheech & Chong, is fighting prostate cancer, he announced Saturday.
He was diagnosed "about a month ago," Chong told CNN.
He revealed his condition in an interview about cannabis decriminalization, saying he first noticed symptoms about eight years ago while in prison for selling "drug paraphernalia" on trumped up federal charges (all he did was ship glass Chong bongs through the mail to people who had ordered them).
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 10, 2012 at 10:34:00 AM CEST
More teens smoke pot than cigarettes, says CDC survey
A government survey shows more teens are now smoking pot than cigarettes.
More on the CDC's National Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that 23 percent of high school students said they recently smoked marijuana, while 18 percent said they had puffed cigarettes. The survey asked teens about a variety of risky behaviors.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 8, 2012 at 10:01:00 AM CEST
Ritalin: Die gefährlichste Droge der Welt
Die amerikanische Drogenbehörde DEA stuft Ritalin als ebenso gefährliche Droge ein wie Heroin und Kokain. Ritalin macht ebenso stark abhängig und kann sich mit seinen Nebenwirkungen locker mit Crack messen. Mittlerweile sind weltweit Millionen von Menschen – meist Kinder und Jugendliche – Ritalin süchtig. Für den Hersteller Novartis ist das ein Milliardengeschäft.
Sie fliegen unsere Flugzeuge, fahren unsere Busse oder kommen uns im Auto entgegen: Auch in der Schweiz gibt es immer mehr Ritalinsüchtige, die ihren Stoff vom Arzt bekommen. Nur weil die Droge legal ist, heisst es nicht, dass sie weniger gefährlich ist als illegale Drogen. Im Gegenteil.
Dass das leistungssteigernde Amphetamin stark süchtig macht, wurde erst in einer Studie des letzten Jahres nachgewiesen, da Langzeitstudien über das Medikament bisher fehlten. Oder anders gesagt: Niemand kennt die wirklichen Folgen des Ritalinwahnsinns für die Gesellschaft. Allein in den Jahren von 1991 bis 1999 verzwanzigfachten sich die Verschreibungen, um sich in den letzten Jahren nochmals zu verhundertfachen. Meistens erfolgen die Verschreibungen nach der umstrittenen Diagnose Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Syndrom (ADS). Doch Ritalin (Methylphenidat) kann ADS/ADHS nicht heilen, es dämpft nur die Symptome ab. Die Nebenwirkungen des Medikaments sind dabei mehr als bedenklich.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 8, 2012 at 9:59:00 AM CEST
377 Schlüsselbegriffe des US Heimatschutzministeriums veröffentlicht
Seit geraumer Zeit besteht im US Heimatschutzministerium (Department of Homeland Security kurz DHS) eine eigene Abteilung zur Internetüberwachung. Die Social Networking/Media Capability (SNMC), wurde zuvor nur temporär für die Unterstützung des DHS während dem Erdbeben in Haiti und den Olympischen Winterspielen 2010 eingerichtet, gehört seit Juni 2011 zu den festen Abteilungen des DHS. Ihr Aufgabenbereich liest sich in der hauseigenen Privacy Compliance Review wie folgt:
Since then [...] SNMC analysts, monitored publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites, and message boards to collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture.</p>
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Topic: NEWS - on June 8, 2012 at 9:56:00 AM CEST
Wissenswertes aus dem Springer-Verlag
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Topic: Drone - on June 6, 2012 at 10:23:00 PM CEST
Drone attacks create terrorist safe havens, warns former CIA official
Indiscriminate use of drones in Middle East causes too many civilian casualties, warns former CIA counterterrorism head
A former top terrorism official at the CIA has warned that President Barack Obama's controversial drone programme is far too indiscriminate in hitting targets and could lead to such political instability that it creates terrorist safe havens.
Obama's increased use of drones to attack suspected Islamic militants in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen has become one of the most controversial aspects of his national security policy. He has launched at least 275 strikes in Pakistan alone; a rate of attack that is far higher than his predecessor George W Bush.
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