seizing
radios in villages across the country. Officials say the radios
are being used to spread hate speech. But human rights activists
worry it's part of a clamp down on media before elections later
this year.
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Τετάρτη 3 Απριλίου 2013
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Here's How US Allies Could Shoot Down Missiles From North Korea
Things are heated on the Korean peninsula, and while there's plenty of talk from the North about launching a "cutting edge strike" on the United States, their missile capabilities are mostly limited to attacks against U.S. forces in South Korea or Japan.
But were they to actually launch missiles, America and its allies are far from defenseless.
South Korea and Japan currently have the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target system, better known as the PATRIOT. It's a highly mobile system that can be set up in under one hour.
First designed for an anti-aircraft role in the late 1970s, the Patriot was later modified to defend against ballistic missiles. With a radar that can pick up threats more than 60 miles away and armed with a high-explosive warhead, it's designed to launch missiles that detonate and produce shrapnel when it gets close to a threat, according to PBS.
The PATRIOT system was used extensively during the first Gulf War against Iraqi SCUD missiles, with varying degrees of success. In Operation Iraqi Freedom, however, they worked extremely well.
From a report of the Defense Science Board:
All nine enemy tactical ballistic missiles that threatened areas designated for Patriot defense were engaged. Eight of these engagements were observed by enough other sensors to conservatively declare them successes; the ninth engagement is judged to be a probable success. None of the attacking tactical ballistic missiles caused any damage or loss of life to the coalition forces.
Here's how it works:
The land-based PATRIOT system will soon be joined by U.S. ships en route to the area, the USS John McCain and the USS Decatur. Both are Aegis-class warships, meaning they're capable of intercepting and destroying ballistic missiles "above the atmosphere during the midcourse phase of a hostile ballistic missile's flight."
The holistic anti-North Korean missile system will also be bolstered soon by the deployment of another missile defense system to Guam, the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD).
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The Largest Bitcoin Exchange Just Went Out For A Lot Of People
Mt. Gox, the world's first and largest Bitcoin exchange, appears to be down.
Below is a screenshot of what it looks like for us when we try to access the site.
We are seeing a lot of others tweeting about the same problem.
aaand Mt Gox goes down mtgox.com
— felix salmon (@felixsalmon) April 3, 2013
Earlier today, Bitcoin service Instawallet said it had been hacked and was shutting down until further notice.
These outages highlight the fundamental problem with the virtual currency that has seen its price surge in 2013 – confidence.
More to come...
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Pirate Radio
Zimbabwean police have been seizing
radios in villages across the country. Officials say the
radios are being used to spread hate speech. But human rights
activists worry it's part of a clamp down on media before elections
later this year.
Παρασκευή 29 Μαρτίου 2013
Chinese Designers Sent Some Absurd Looks Down The Runway At Beijing Fashion Week
China's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week AW 2013/2014 was held in Beijing this past week, and the clothing was equal parts intricate, beautiful, and absurd.
While some of the 30-plus participating designers sent relatively tame outfits down the runways, fashion students from Maogeping Image Design Art School and Minzu University of China took some bigger risks.
Attended twice yearly by China's wealthy elite and movie stars, China's Fashion Week has been growing in popularity since it first launched 15 years ago in 1997.
From gorgeous face appliques to wearing an elaborate bag over one's head, here are some of the most jaw-dropping moments from the past week in Beijing.
Last minute adjustments are made to this crazy space lieutenant's outfit.
Alien couture is also hot right now.
The most intricate, expensive way to wear a bag over your head.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Τετάρτη 27 Μαρτίου 2013
DOMA is Done: Damon Root on a Supreme Win for Gay Rights
"This week is not going to be the sweeping victory for gay
rights that many supporters and advocates hoped for," says
Reason.com's Damon W.
Root. "However, I think the Defense of Marriage Act is in
trouble, which is definitely a win for gay rights." Root, who
writes frequently about legal issues, attended both days
of oral arguments at the Supreme Court this week for two cases
pertaining to same-sex marriage.
Today's case, United States v. Windsor, looks at
whether the Defense Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Fifth
Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. Signed by President Bill
Clinton in 1996, the law denies federal marriage benefits to
same-sex couples.
"What we saw today," says Root, "was Justice Kennedy really
ready to strike down the law as an overreach of federal power, and
many of the liberal justices ready to go right along with him."
Root sat down with Reason magazine's Katherine
Mangu-Ward to discuss what today's proceedings—and yesterday's
arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which looked at the
constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriage—mean for
gay rights and personal freedoms.
About 5.30 minutes. Camera by Jim Epstein and Joshua Swain,
and edited by Epstein.
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Channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes
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