Maison design pour crabe nomade | Slate.fr
▻http://www.slate.fr/story/98439/design-crabe-nomadisme
Aki Inomata se met ainsi à concevoir des « maisons » pour crabes nomades, imprimées en 3D et évoquant des capitales mondiales : « En échangeant leurs carapaces, ils donnent l’impression de traverser les frontières. »
Révolutions rap
▻http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2015/01/BLONDEAU/51966
Née il y a quarante ans aux Etats-Unis, l’utopie #rap, qui faisait fièrement claquer ses invectives comme des armes en direction de la Maison Blanche, a fini par rencontrer le quotidien de ses soldats. En 2014, le rap ne se lance plus dans les sermons messianiques, mais plie les grands discours aux dimensions d’une cité de banlieue. Un chemin dont témoignent la parution de Je suis en vie, le nouveau disque d’Akhenaton, membre d’une formation historique du rap français (IAM), et les rééditions de deux disques américains majeurs.
« Je suis en vie » : encore une allusion à #Je_ne_suis_pas_Charlie ? #apologie_du_terrorisme déguisée ?
Feel The Rainbow with Akosua A. Kumi of A.A.K.S
▻http://africasacountry.com/feel-the-rainbow-with-akosua-a-kumi-of-a-a-k-s
I can not begin to describe the joy, lust and energy, I experienced when I came across A.A.K.S handwoven bags on Instagram. I immediately had to know the who, what,.....
#AFRICA_IS_A_COUNTRY #A.A.K.S. #Accessories #Akosua_Afriye-Kumi #Bolgatanga #FASHION #Ghana
Chamber of engineers and architects to be brought under ministry, draft bill says
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chamber-of-engineers-and-architects-to-be-brought-under-ministry-
Vers la suppression des derniers contre-pouvoirs locaux à l’hégémonie décisionnelle de l’AKP ?
The government is working on a draft bill that will end the autonomy of Turkey’s chambers of engineers and architects, which have become well-known for opening lawsuits against controversial construction projects across the country.
All regulations prepared by the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) will not enter into force before advice and approval is received from the Environment and Urbanization Ministry, according to the bill. The TMMOB will also lose its public institutional structure and will no longer have the authority to file lawsuits against construction projects.
The ministry attempted to prepare the bill two years ago but it was canceled after harsh reactions against the moves. The new regulations on the structure of the TMMOB are included in the Construction Draft bill.
According to the bill, the TMMOB will be obliged to submit any new regulations to the ministry within six months, and the ministry will have the authority to extend this period for six further months at most. The changes that are not approved by the ministry within this period will automatically become invalid
Making #Azonto: Local Roots and International Branches
▻http://africasacountry.com/azonto-techno
As a DJ, having the platform of Africa is a Radio to showcase the #MUSIC I’m feeling from artists around the world is a lot of fun, and quite rewarding. But, providing insight into the other branch of the music industry I work in, as a producer (creator), is something I don’t do nearly enough of. Partly because […]
#Akwaaba_music #Chief_Boima #DJ_Flex #Ghana #New_Jersey #Nshona #Roots_of_Azonto #Soca #Techno #Teleseen
Laurent Alexandre : « nous sommes entrés dans le siècle de l’eugénisme » - Usbek & Rica
▻http://alireailleurs.tumblr.com/post/101245675776
Dans un long, accessible et inquiétant entretien, Laurent Alexandre (@dr_l_alexandre), PDG de DNA Vision, une société de séquençage de l’ADN, revient sur les évolutions à venir de la #sélection_génétique. Désormais possible, elle va commencer par l’élimination des embryons porteurs de trisomie ou de myopathie avant de proposer le choix des “bons” embryons avant la thérapie génique permettant de modifier l’embryon à la carte.
"Si on élimine définitivement la trisomie 21, qu’est-ce qui nous enpêchera d’éliminer ensuite les embryons ayant un QI de 70, 80 ou même 100 ? "
Pour répondre à ces défis, la #prospective et la futurologie médicale est une urgence, estime Laurent Alexandre.
Entendu à Montpellier dans les années 90 lors d’un débat sur les biotechnologies, un spécialiste du diagnostic prénatal, qui disait en gros : nous avons actuellement une médecine disgénique, par la médication elle maintient dans la population des individus qui auraient dus être écartés par la sélection naturelle, et donc cela maintient voire cela augmente la proportion des pathologies au sein de la population. Mais cela va coûter si cher à la société qu’il faudra accepter de passer à une médecine eugénique, pour sélectionner avant la naissance les génomes « sains » et réduire nos dépenses de santé...
#froid_dans_le_dos
cf sur cette question, Darwin et la sélection naturelle appliquée à l’homme, l’interprétation de Patrick Tort ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/150334#message150452
Ben, si on a raté le prénatal, on a déjà la solution pour après #Aktion_T4
#point_Godwin assumé !
That story about #Akon’s “giant #Ebola air bubble”
▻http://africasacountry.com/akons-giant-ebola-air-bubble
People, that story about Akon, the Senegalese-American R&B singer, performing in an air bubble to thousands of screaming Congolese in #Goma, because he doesn’t want to get Ebola is false. The hip hop magazine The Source (or whoever started it), made that one up. In a classic case of how modern “journalism” works, that story has been […]
Remember the first time you read about #Akihabara ? It now seems downright quaint compared to #Shenzhen ’s wholesale malls: ▻http://www.youngmoneychina.com/2014/08/the-truth-behind-chinas-underground-wholesale-markets #China
article vraiment fascinant sur les #marchés_de_gros (#électronique mais pas seulement) en #Chine, la #contrefaçon, la #douane
These shops have a lot of great stories as to how they came across these goods and you would be forgiven for believing one of them to be honest, they can tell a good story.
When this container of incredibly priced shoes arrives at customs and you are getting them inspected before they clear through and can be delivered to your warehouse what will happen when they ask to see your documentation allowing you to import a trademarked brand? You guessed it. Best case scenario you lose the goods, worst case you lose a lot more. In fact so many shipping companies are sick of this headache they may ask to see your trademark rights documentation before shipping the goods.
Les produits refurbished :
These are “genuine products” which did actually start life as a factory original item. They are then stripped down with the internals removed and replaced with Chinese copy parts. Hard drives, screen, processors, camera lenses, and casings are all stripped off and sold for a profit then replaced with inferior, but working replacements.
avec un effet contre-intuitif sur la destination géographique de ces produits :
These places are becoming more and more popular now as countless foreign markets emerge where branded originals are extremely expensive. Not for instance in the UK and USA where branded originals are actually quite good value. I am talking about African, Middle East and South American countries where high demand and low supply for genuine branded goods means that these lower quality refurbished models have a good market.
I have met a lot of interesting people from African countries who are opening hotels or bars there and come here to buy the products that just aren’t available back home.
Like this guy below who has travelled here to buy two hundred 32” lcd tv’s his boss needs for the hotel bed rooms in his latest development because there is no place where they come from to buy such things. Many times I have shown them the price in the UK on my ipad and they have been close to jumping on a plane to make a call into an Argos store.
Déjà en 2009 j’avais vu au Ghana des hotels intégralement équipés en matériel Chinois - de la plomberie au papier toilettes en passant par les télévisions... Probablement sans compter les matériaux de constructions - comme le mentionne cet article: ►http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1521076/afro-chinese-marriages-boom-guangzhou-will-it-be-til-death - “Today, he owns a five million yuan (HK$6.3 million) flat in Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou’s smartest district, drives a car worth US$64,000 and speaks Putonghua. Issa ships 50 to 200 containers home per year - full of construction materials, because ’they’re the most lucrative’ - and makes an average US$2,000 on each container”.
tu peux faire un package avec
▻http://seenthis.net/messages/289985
et
▻http://seenthis.net/messages/289871
Oui... Bizarre cette vague Chinoise chez moi ces derniers temps... Ca doit probablement avoir quelque chose à voir avec l’intérêt croissant de ma femme à trouver des fournisseurs de mèches Africaines directement là-bas... Je suis contaminé par la curiosité !
State intervenes in major İstanbul development project
▻http://www.todayszaman.com/business_state-intervenes-in-major-istanbul-development-project_356799.
La Corne d’Or à Istanbul : nouvelle centralité du développement immobilier de l’Etat Turc...
The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has, alongside the Beyoğlu Municipality, taken control of a major urban development project in central İstanbul, according to a report in the Hürriyet daily on Tuesday.
Amplio Emlak Yatırım began building the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Beyoğlu’s Örnektepe neighborhood three years ago; however, the construction of the hotel led to the structural damage of various buildings in the surrounding area. The firm then announced that it planned to undertake an urban transformation project in the area with a TL 300 million investment. It subsequently reached an agreement with residents and began to empty apartment buildings and provide rent support for their former tenants, in preparation for the project, dubbed “Haliçenazır,” which translates to “overlooking the Golden Horn.”
However, the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning and the Beyoğlu Municipality have announced that they plan to widen the scope of the project in Örnektepe and Sütlüce and bring it under the realm of two public agencies. “We have dreams for the Golden Horn. The renewal area will be extended step by step. In such an important area of İstanbul it is more appropriate for such a project to be carried out by the public,” said representatives from the ministry.
The ministry will conduct the project in two phases. Residents will receive new homes elsewhere in exchange for selling their existing homes, which will be demolished in order to make way for 650 new residences and 150 commercial buildings within a 130,000-square-meter area. It announced that it will provide TL 5 million in rent support for current residents and supply an additional TL 50 million in financial support for the development project. The bid for the construction tender is expected to be conducted in the upcoming days
7 in 10 mining firms linked to ruling party : report
▻http://www.todayszaman.com/business_7-in-10-mining-firms-linked-to-ruling-party-report_356032.html
Turkish media on Monday cited a report carried out by a group of independent energy market inspectors which revealed that 52 mining companies have been established in Turkey since 2002 and that 36 of these firms either belonged to an AK Party deputy, minister or local office head. The research was launched to determine whether or not Turkey’s mines were being audited routinely and if so, who undertakes these audits
#Lebanon : Armed group planning to kidnap civilians in exchange for #Roumieh prisoners
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-armed-group-planning-kidnap-civilians-exchange-roumieh-pr
Islamist inmates at Lebanon’s Roumieh prison. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Islamist inmates at Lebanon’s Roumieh prison. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
Information obtained from Western intelligence sources revealed an armed takfiri group is undergoing training in North Lebanon in preparation for an attack against a village and the abduction of several civilians in order to negotiate with the government on the release of Islamist prisoners in Roumieh prison.
Jean Aziz
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#Abu_Obaida #Ain_el-Helweh #Akkar #Articles #Ersal #gebran_bassil #Tripoli #Wadi_Jahannam
#5_Questions_for_a_Filmmaker … #Akin_Omotoso
▻http://africasacountry.com/5-questions-for-a-filmmaker-akin-omotoso
Award-winning South African/Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso is the director of the feature films “Man on Ground” and “God Is African“, the documentaries “Wole Soyinka – Child of the Forest,” “Gathering the Scattered Cousins” and the short “Jesus and the Giant” among other films and TV-productions. Omotoso is also an actor, with roles in Andrew Nicol’s Lord […]
#FILM
#Hamas’ military wing to political leaders: we have the final say
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/hamas%E2%80%99-military-wing-political-leaders-we-have-final-say
Abu Ubeida (R), the official spokesperson of the Palestinian militant group Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, give a press conference on July 3, 2014 in #Gaza City. Abu Ubeida (R), the official spokesperson of the Palestinian militant group Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, give a press conference on July 3, 2014 in Gaza City.
It is clear that what sets the bar for the efforts of the political leaders of the Palestinian factions are the achievements of the Resistance in the field. But while the military cadres have their own political views that are sometimes ahead of the politicians’, in the end, the two converge to shape the final outcome. (...)
#Palestine #Abu_Obeida #Akram_Atallah #al-Qassam_Brigades #Articles #Egypt #Hussam_al-Dajani #Israel #Khaled_Meshaal #Palestinian_Resistance
Environment report for first nuclear plant in Akkuyu yells out: ‘Don’t build it’
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/environment-report-for-first-nuclear-plant-in-akkuyu-yells-out-do
Data collected in the controversial environmental impact assessment report (ÇED) regarding Turkey’s prospective first nuclear plant in Akkuyu in Mersin has provided serious warnings that the plant could hurt the region’s ecosystem once it comes operational.
Gücü said it was impossible to suggest there would be no environmental impact after the release of a million cubic meters of 35-degree water into the sea each hour for the next 60 years.
CHP deputy describes free coal distribution in summer as ‘bribe for the presidential elections’
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-deputy-describes-free-coal-distribution-in-summer-as-bribe-fo
A la veille des premières élections présidentielles en Turquie, distribution gratuite de charbon en période estivale dans les bastions égéens de l’opposition républicaine.
A main opposition lawmaker has submitted a parliamentary question over the distribution of free coal in an Aegean town in the middle of summer, right before the upcoming presidential elections in August.
Packages of coals were distributed to locals in İzmir’s Karabağ district by the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Solidarity through the district governorship, said Republican People’s Party (CHP) İzmir lawmaker Alaattin Yüksel
Olive grove destruction bill needed for nuclear plant construction
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/olive-grove-destruction-bill-needed-for-nuclear-plant-constructio
According to a report on news website Bianet, a high-ranking official from the Energy Ministry defended the draft during the debate of the bill in the Agriculture and Forestry Commission at Parliament and said the bill change should be adapted to secure the construction of the nuclear plant in the Akkuyu district of the southern province of Mersin.
“If this law remains as it is, there will be a serious danger of not receiving the construction license, which means the construction of a $20-billion nuclear plant will be risked because of those groves,” deputy undersecretary İlker Sert reportedly said during the Commission session.
Noting the construction is aimed to begin in 2016, he said there are several olive groves three kilometers around the area where the nuclear plant will be built and these scattered groves are owned by private people, which requires a law for the expropriation of those lands.
Turkey’s first planned 4,800 megawatt (MW) plant, being built by Russia’s Rosatom and is aimed to beef up the country’s energy output, is already falling behind schedule, with the first reactor unlikely to be operational by 2019 as planned.
The project has already been the target of harsh public criticism for the destruction of green spaces, as well as endangering life at land and sea, where some endangered species, including Mediterranean monk seals loggerhead sea turtles, live
Lebanese civil servant ends hunger strike amid public indifference
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-civil-servant-ends-hunger-strike-amid-public-indifferenc
Dr. #Ali_Berro sits under a tree in #Riad_al-Solh Square during his hungerstrike. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Dr. Ali Berro sits under a tree in Riad al-Solh Square during his hungerstrike. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
#Agriculture_Ministry employee Dr. Ali Berro ended his hunger strike at the urging of several parties, most notably the Union Coordination Committee (UCC). Berro decided to end his sit-in at Riad al-Solh Square and to rejoin the struggle as part of the #UCC and its planned mobilizations. He said it is hard to make a breakthrough in a country where people are desensitized but added that, “I will find a way. I will continue my battle against injustice and corruption from a different position and through different (...)
#Culture_&_Society #Akram_Chehayeb #Articles #education_ministry #Lebanon
#erdogan announces candidacy in Turkish presidential race
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/erdogan-announced-his-candidacy-turkish-presidential-elections
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to stand for the presidency in August elections, his party announced Tuesday, paving the way for him to extend his dominance of the country’s politics for at least another five years. “The candidate for the 12th president (of modern #turkey) is our prime minister, head of our party and Istanbul lawmaker Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” said Mehmet Ali Sahin, deputy leader of Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). read more
A Few Thoughts About The Rapper #AKA
▻http://africasacountry.com/a-few-thoughts-about-the-rapper-aka
“What do you like about the guy?” asked a friend after I told them about an album listening session the rapper AKA had hosted a day earlier. “I don’t know, I don’t get the guy; and maybe I never will,” continued the friend emphatically. It felt like they should’ve added: “is there anything of artistic value […]
#MUSIC ##SAHipHop2014 #Cassper_Nyovest #Congratulate #Da_Les #IV_League #Khuli_Chana #Kontrol #Levels #New_album #Sizwer_Dlhomo
#Belated : #Tumi_and_the_Volume
▻http://africasacountry.com/belated-tumi-and-the-volume
Their stage act resembles an inside joke; they play tricks on the audience with a wry sense of humour which underlies the whole scenario. The guitarist will sommer play a lick off of a well-known song of theirs (‘76’ and ‘People of the light‘ come to mind) before bouncing right back into material from their […]
#MUSIC ##SAHipHop2014 #340ml #Akona_Ndungane #Bittereinder #Danyel_Waro #Dave_Bergman #Jitsvinger #Live_South_African_hip-hop_group #Paulo_Chibanga #RAMfest #Tiago_Paulo #Tumi_Molekane
#Lebanon : #Tripoli keeps its distance from #ISIS
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-tripoli-keeps-its-distance-isis
Tripoli’s notorious alleyway commanders patrol a neighborhood. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) Tripoli’s notorious alleyway commanders patrol a neighborhood. (Photo: Al-Akhbar)
A tour through Tripoli’s streets and salons does a lot to assuage concerns regarding the prospect of it joining the list of the cities pledging an oath of loyalty to the Islamic State of #Iraq and #syria (ISIS) anytime soon. Neither the previous standoff between al-Qaeda and #Hezbollah in Dahiyeh, and Hermel awakened the former’s sleeper cells in the city, nor are ISIS’ victories expected to pull off this feat, at least for the time being.
Ghassan Saoud
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#Akkar #Articles #Ashraf_Rifi #Dinniyeh #Future_Movement #Homs #Iran #Lebanon #Minya #Saddam_Hussein #Saudi_Arabia
#ISIS’ victories revive fears of Islamic emirate in North #Lebanon
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/isis%E2%80%99-victories-revive-fears-islamic-emirate-north-lebano
An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows a militant of the Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) standing next to a captured vehicle left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP-Welayat Salahuddin) An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows a militant of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) standing next to a captured vehicle left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP-Welayat Salahuddin)
Informed Islamist sources told Al-Akhbar about a discussion that took place between Islamist groups and (...)
#Akkar #al-Qalamoun #Amira_Mosque #Articles #Dinniyeh #Fatah_al-Islam #Future_Movement #Khaled_al-Daher #Lebanon #Najib_Mikati #North_Lebanon #Tarek_Merhi #Tripoli
The Syrian tragedy and #Hezbollah’s predicament
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-tragedy-and-hezbollah%E2%80%99s-predicament
Posters bearing portraits of Syrian President #Bashar_al-Assad and Lebanese Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah (C) are displayed at the old market of the capital Damascus on June 1, 2014. (AFP-Joseph Eid) Posters bearing portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah (C) are displayed at the old market of the capital Damascus on June 1, 2014. (AFP-Joseph Eid)
What could one write about the #Syrian_civil_war, now that it has turned into a genuine tragedy, destroying #syria and displacing and humiliating her people? What is heartrending is that this war – which could have been avoided and with it the destruction of Syria, if the interests of Syria were what the parties to the (...)
#Opinion #AKP #America #Articles #Deir_al-Zour #Israel #Lebanon #Muslim_Brotherhood #National_Coordinating_Commission #NATO #Sayyed_Hassan_Nasrallah #turkey