Interesting stuff

A most lovely sight is the descent into San Francisco, especially at night. When coming from the north, you fly south along the bay and then make almost a 360 turn before landing. The runway starts almost at the water so you fly low along the water and then you touch ground.
Sydney airport has a similar runway, but I have only landed there in day light, early morning to be exact. So none of the loveliness of the lights along the water.

On other news, "Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians in the West Bank." The article is very sad and it still amazes me that Palestine can be legally occupied like that. It boggles the mind.
However, what was more surprising was the beautiful, practical and feasible solution to counter human rights violations, implemented by these people.

The human rights group called B'Tselem seems handed out about 100 video cameras to the palestinians in the west bank region.
The thinking behind the project is that when trouble flares, rather than just giving a statement to the Israeli police or army, video carries much more weight.
"The difference is amazing," says Oren Yakobovich, who leads the Shooting Back project.
"When they have the camera, they have proof that something happened. They now have something they can work with, to use as a weapon."

I really really liked this idea of handing out video cameras to build accountability. A wonderful use of new technology.