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The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by the commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX, roared into space atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad here at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, beginning a three-day flight to the space station. Liftoff occurred at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 Monday GMT).

The mission is the first of a dozen SpaceX cargo flights under a $1.6 billion deal with NASA for its Commercial Resupply Services program. This flight, being the first mission, is dubbed SpaceX CRS-1 and is expected to arrive at the orbiting lab on Wednesday morning, Oct. 10.

NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said Dragon's ability to launch supplies to the station and return cargo back to Earth is a cornerstone of boosting scientific research on the orbiting laboratory, as well as its day-to-day maintenance.

"Not to be overdramatic, but it's critical to the International Space Station," Suffredini said during the countdown to launch. [Photos: Dragon Launches on 1st Space Station Cargo Trip]

Sunday night's launch was nearly flawless. One of the Falcon 9 rocket nine engines apparently shut down unexpectedly during the ascent, but the booster's eight other engines compensated for the glitch and delivered the Dragon spacecraft into its intended orbit, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said after the flight. The rocket is designed to do exactly that in the event of an engine anomaly, she added.

An American spaceship rises

When NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011, it marked the first time in 30 years that the United States did not have an American spacecraft capable of flying missions to and from low-Earth orbit. NASA is relying on the availability of new private space taxis to deliver U.S. supplies, and ultimately astronauts, to the International Space Station.

Currently, the U.S. space agency depends on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to ferry crews to the station, and sends cargo on various robotic spacecraft operated by space agencies in Russia, Japan and Europe. But those unmanned space freighters are not designed to return science experiments and other station gear back to Earth. Instead, the spacecraft are disposed of in Earth's atmosphere by burning up during re-entry.

That is where Dragon stands out.

The gumdrop-shaped spacecraft is designed not only to haul cargo to the International Space Station but also to return hardware and experiments back to Earth. Under its terms with NASA, SpaceX has pledged to launch at least 20 metric tons of supplies to the space station during its 12-flight deal.

Dragon in flight

In May, the Hawthorne, Calif.–based SpaceX launched a test flight to the station using a different Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to prove that it was ready to begin making bona fide supply runs. The demonstration was a success, paving the way for Sunday night's launch.

"Every time we fly, we learn something," Shotwell said before launch. "We're a launch company; I'm excited every time we get to launch."

For the first operational Dragon cargo mission to the station, SpaceX and NASA packed the capsule with more than 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms) of supplies, food and other vital gear for the station's current three-person Expedition 33 crew. Those supplies include a special delivery of ice cream for the astronauts, a late addition packed as a special treat.

The Dragon capsule will pull up to the station on Wednesday and be grappled by astronauts using the outpost's robotic arm so it can be attached to an available docking port. After nearly three weeks at the space station, Dragon will undock for a planned Oct. 28 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, where it will be retrieved by a SpaceX recovery crew. [6 Fun Facts About SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft]

The space station's three-person crew watched SpaceX's smooth Dragon launch live via a video feed beamed up by flight controllers. At the time of launch, the station was sailing 225 miles above Tasmania, NASA officials said. 

"We are ready to grab Dragon!" the station's commander, U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams, radioed down to Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston along with congratulations for the SpaceX team.

NASA also confirmed today that a piece of space junk that will fly near the station Monday won't interfere with the crew's work preparing for Dragon's arrival, agency officials said.

The Dragon capsule is expected to return more than 2,000 pounds (907 kg) of science experiment results and station hardware so they can be studied or — in the case of the hardware — upgraded or repaired, station managers said.

SpaceX's Dragon capsules are 14.4 feet tall (4.4 meters) and about 12 feet wide (3.6 m). They rely on two solar panels for power, making them the first American solar-powered spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.

SpaceX has also received NASA funding to develop a manned version of Dragon as part of the agency's private space taxi efforts. Building a vehicle capable of carrying astronauts into space has long been a goal of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who founded the company in 2002.

Shotwell said SpaceX expects to be ready to fly astronauts on Dragon spacecraft by 2015.

SpaceX is one of two companies with a NASA contract to provide unmanned cargo delivery flights to the space station. The other firm is the Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp., which has a $1.9 billion deal for at least eight resupply flights to the station using its new Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft. Unlike Dragon, Orbital's Cygnus is not designed to return supplies to Earth.

The first Antares rocket test flight is expected later this year from a launch site in Virginia. 

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Apple Granted Patent To Disable Cameras According To Location, Recording, communicating during protests, political events could be restricted

Steve Watson

Apple was granted a patent last week that will enable it to wirelessly disable the camera on iphones in certain locations, sparking fears that such techniques could be used to prevent citizens from communicating with each other or taking video during protests or events such as political conventions and gatherings.

The camera phone has revolutionized the flow of information in the digital age. Any time a major event takes place, news networks and video websites are immediately inundated with footage and photographs from the scene.

That could all change in the future however, with a flick of a switch, according to U.S. Patent No. 8,254,902, published on Tuesday, titled, “Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device.”

It states:

Apparatus and methods for changing one or more functional or operational aspects of a wireless device, such as upon the occurrence of a certain event. In one embodiment, the event comprises detecting that the wireless device is within range of one or more other devices. In another variant, the event comprises the wireless device associating with a certain access point. In this manner, various aspects of device functionality may be enabled or restricted (device “policies”). This policy enforcement capability is useful for a variety of reasons, including for example to disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater), for preventing wireless devices from communicating with other wireless devices (such as in academic settings), and for forcing certain electronic devices to enter “sleep mode” when entering a sensitive area.

In other words, an encoded signal could be transmitted to all wireless devices, commanding them to disable recording functions.

Obviously, the way this will be applied will depend on what is determined to be a “sensitive area” by the relevant authorities.

To put it bluntly, the powers that be could control what you can and cannot document on your wireless devices according to their own whims.

Given that the major technology companies are set to make wireless connectivity a major feature of the latest cameras, this development does not bode well for photographers and citizen journalists who are already experiencing a major crackdown on their first and fourth amendment rights.

Michael Zhang at Tech site Peta Pixel notes:

“If this type of technology became widely adopted and baked into cameras, photography could be prevented by simply setting a “geofence” around a particular location, whether it’s a movie theater, celebrity hangout spot, protest site, or the top secret rooms at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California.”

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PHOENIX II(aka)THE MONTAUK PROJECT

 

SETTING UP PHOENIX II

With the cancellation of the Phoenix Project, the people involved were on the horns of a dilemma.

They had spent the better part of almost 20 years developing mind control and stealth technologies that Congress didn't want anyone to use. Undeterred, the scientists went to the one organization they knew would want to engage in further research and development of the devices the Phoenix Project had produced: the military.

Naturally, the military was very excited about the idea of a weapons system that would allow them to defeat an enemy without ever firing a shot. They agreed to continue the project, setting up the Phoenix people in a secluded area where proper experimentation could be conducted.

The military also agreed to provide the equipment and personnel the project required in order to operate.

Sage Radar system

One of the primary items on the equipment list given to the military was a Sage Radar system.

It had been discovered that radio signals in the 425 to 450 Megahertz range were required to get 'inside' the human consciousness to allow for mind control attempts. The Sage Radar systems ran at these frequencies, and could be converted into a huge radiosonde easily.

Better yet, the Sage Radar system was currently obsolete, thus the scientists would be able to use one with no detriment to national security.

Montauk Air Force Base, located within the confines of Fort Hero on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, was perfect for the needs of the Phoenix Project scientists. It was fairly isolated, currently mothballed and was equipped with a Sage Radar system that could be converted to a radiosonde with ease.

Setting themselves up at the newly reopened Montauk AFB, the scientists named their new project "Phoenix II". Later, the undertaking became known as "the Montauk Project". Financing for the Phoenix II came not from the military, who only supplied men and materials, but from outside sources. This was because the Project itself had been ordered to disband by Congress and was now operating independently.

Montauk AFB, had been closed since 1969, and was no longer receiving any federal funding. So, the question of "where did the Project funding come from?"arises.

The actual circumstances surrounding the financing of the Phoenix II project are shrouded in a veil of mystery. Project funding seemed to come from private sources, although some evidence points to an alleged Nazi involvement. This involvement came in the form of 10 billion dollars in gold, smuggled out of Europe at the end of World War II.

Apparently, a train carrying the gold was blown up while passing though a tunnel in Allied-occupied France, killing 51 American soldiers. Even General George Patton, furious that such an act of sabotage could have occurred, was unable to determine how the train had been hit, or who had made off with the gold. Other evidence states that after the money from the gold was used up, the Krupp family financially backed the project (The Krupps owned and operated numerous munitions factories during World War I and World War II.

One of their most famous weapons is the 'Paris Gun' which shelled Paris from more than 70 miles away in the First World War.)

THE EXPERIMENTS BEGIN

Montauk Air Force Base was reopened in late 1971 (although it was still listed as a decommissioned base by the military), allowing Phoenix II to get underway. Along with many of the original Phoenix Project scientists, there were members of the military, government workers and civilian personnel brought in from various corporations.

A number of the military servicemen present were Air Force radar technicians who had worked with the Sage Radar system all through the 60's.

They reported that the general mood of the base had changed according to the frequency and pulse duration of the radar system. This seemingly trivial piece of information was considered very important to the Phoenix people, who quickly determined that by changing the rate and width of the radar pulse, they could superficially alter the way people thought and felt.

This discovery prompted a number of experiments to determine what frequencies prompted what responses. A number of people were used in these experiments, although the prime test subject was a man by the name of Duncan Cameron (more about him later). These test subjects were placed inside of a small room on the base and the Sage Radar system was focused on that room, bathing it with massive amounts of micro and radio waves.

By altering the frequency and pulse of the radar set, they could make a person laugh, cry, angry or sleepy. As a side effect, it was found the the general mood of the whole base would change to follow the signal output of the Sage Radar.

Now that it had been proved the Sage Radar could effect emotional states, the next step was to try and control a person's thoughts. Tests were conducted in the which the pulse rate and amplitude of the Radar system were changed to match various biological functions of the body. Doing so allowed the scientists to actually control what a person thought and did.

It should be pointed out that bathing a person in massive amounts of microwave radiation and intense radio waves is not healthy. Many test subjects were literally baked by radio waves causing serious internal damage to the lungs and brain. With further tests it was determined that this damage was caused by "burning radiation". "Non-burning radiation" was emitted from the opposite side of the Sage Radar reflector. So, the scientists decided to reverse the radar antenna around 180 degrees, broadcasting burning radiation up into the sky and using the non-burning radiation to conduct their tests. Much to their delight, it was discovered that non-burning radiation could alter moods and thoughts as well, and didn't damage the subject of the tests!

In 1973, the experimental process had reached a new step. The scientists wanted to experiment with large groups of people, changing their thoughts and moods en masse and monitoring the results.

Units of the U.S. Army were invited to the base for R&R, becoming the unwitting targets of mood-altering experiments. Similar experiments were also conducted on people living nearby on Long Island, as well as New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. The aim of these tests was very simple; to build a database of pulse settings and the effects they caused With time, the scientists were able to construct a control panel that allowed them to broadcast preset signals, thus allowing for consistent mind control effects.

Tests allowed the scientists to create a wide variety of effects, depending on the settings fed into the transmitter. Programs were written that would allow the researchers to do more than simply create mood swings. They found that they could increase the crime rate, incite violence and cause mass panic among animals. They even developed programs that would disable vehicles by burning out all of its electrical functions.

At this point, the Montauk people had developed a reliable method for controlling the thoughts of others. Now, they wanted to make a device that would allow for precise manipulation of a target.

The scope of the Montauk Project was about to expand beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

THE CREATION OF THE MONTAUK CHAIR

According to the writer of the The Montauk Project , the ITT World-Wide Communications corporation (which is owned by the Krupp family - see 'Setting Up Phoenix II' above) constructed a mind-reading device. The device translated the electromagnetic field, or "aura", around the body into a visible format. The primary component of this device was a Cray 1 super-computer that turned the data into something a person could understand.

The technology used to create this is device is a mystery. According to the book, some of the basic technical information was provided by aliens. These aliens were the Sirians, from the star system of Sirius. Exactly why these aliens provided the technology is not explained.

Over at the Montauk Project, the research people realized that this mind-reading device could could easily be converted into a mind control device. They hooked the device up to a series of computers, electrical coils and the Sage Radar system, creating a powerful transmitter that could be used lessen the risks to humans undergoing invisibility and time travel experiments. This new device was called the "Montauk Chair" and came online about 1974. Linked to a Cray 1 and an IBM 360 computer, the researchers would sit a psychically active person (such as Duncan Cameron) in the Montauk Chair and have them try and transmit their thoughts to a similar set up back at the ITT corporation (located in Southampton, Long Island).

ΕΦ-ΕΜ ΣΤΟ ΣΦΥΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΩΝ...ΠΑΡΕ ΚΟΣΜΕ

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ΜΕ ΕΝΑ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΟ ΕΥΡΩ ΑΓΟΡΑΖΕΙΣ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΟ

Και όσο θυμάμαι που μέχρι πριν από λίγους μήνες για να αγοράσεις έναν ραδιοσταθμό ήθελες, ούτε λίγο ούτε πολύ, 3 εκατομμύρια ευρώ. Τώρα, πια, δεν χρειάζεσαι ούτε καν το 1/3 των χρημάτων. Σε λίγο θα τα βρίσκουμε τα ραδιόφωνα στα καλάθια των προσφορών. Η προσφορά ήδη είναι μεγαλύτερη από τηζήτηση.

Η τιμή πάντως ενός ραδιοφώνου τώρα παίζει στο 1 εκατομμύριο ευρώ. Αυτή είναι η τιμή έναρξης στη δημοπρασία που όρισε η τράπεζα Πειραιώς για τον«Derti 98.6», τη μεθεπόμενη Τετάρτη 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. Η δημοπρασία ορίστηκε για το απόγευμα εκείνης της ημέρας και μένει να δούμε αν θα παρουσιαστεί κάποιος αυτή τη φορά. Μία εβδομάδα πιο πριν όμως, την άλλη Τετάρτη, έχουμε δημοπρασία για το «Nitro 102.5», με το τίμημα να είναι λίγο πιο ακριβό, κοντά στο 1,1 εκατομμύρια ευρώ. Ιδού:
1) Πλειστηριασμός Nitro Radio 102,5: 19/9/12. Τιμή πρώτης προσφοράς:
1.088.102,33 ευρώ. Επισπεύδουσα τράπεζα: EFG Eurobank Ergasias A.E.
2) Πλειστηριασμός Derti 9,86 FM: 26/9/12. 1.000.000,00 ευρώ. Τράπεζα Πειραιώς Α.Ε.


Στα υπόψιν βέβαια πως οι δύο σταθμοί έχουν κάποια... βαρίδια που κουβαλούν μαζί τους, ηχολήπτες, παραγωγούς κ.ο.κ. Κάτι που δεν αρέσει στους επιχειρηματίες. Προτιμούν πιο καθαρές συχνότητες (όπως θα ήθελε και η τρόικα επίσης)...
Αυτό ήταν και το μήνυμα που ο Πέτρος Κωστόπουλος μετέφερε μέσωδιευθυντών στους εργαζόμενους. Τους είπε ότι δεν έχει την δυνατότητανα πληρώνει μισθούς, λειτουργικά έξοδα και εισφορές από εδώ και πέρα και παρακάλεσε να παραιτηθούν κάποιοι ώστε να τον... ελαφρύνουν. Και τα οφειλόμενα θα τα πάρουν εν καιρώ! Σημείωσε επίσης την προϋπόθεση πώς όσο λιγότεροι είναι οι εργαζόμενοι τόσο μεγαλύτερη ηδυνατότητα να επιβιώσει υγιώς ένας ραδιοφωνικός σταθμός!

Πληροφοριακά πάντως, η μέση τιμή ενός ραδιοσταθμού της επαρχίας είναι από 1.500 έως 3.000 ευρώ, ενώ ραδιόφωνο νόμιμο (στο Δερβένι Κορινθίας) πουλήθηκε... 400 ευρώ!

ΡΑΔΙΟΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΑΧΩΡΗΣΗ (ΠΡΟΣ ΜΕΤΑΚΟΜΙΣΗ)  Ο «PLAY 88.9»

O «Play 88.9» που γνωρίζαμε, φαίνεται πως μας τελείωσε. Ξεχάστε τον όσοι τον αγαπούσατε (όποιοι είστε εσείς τέλος πάντων που τον... αγαπούσατε). Γράψτε off. Κι ας μεταδίδει ακόμα τραγούδια από τησυχνότητά του στα FM. Είναι, υποθέτω, όχι μόνο λόγω κεκτημένης ταχύτητας αλλά και για πρακτικούς-νομικούς λόγους.  Ο Γιάννης Αλαφούζος προφανώς εγκαταλείπει -ότι κι αν σημαίνει αυτό- ένανραδιοσταθμό που, άλλωστε, δεν του προσέφερε και κάτι ιδιαίτερο. Τουλάχιστον από άποψη πρεστίζ και κύρους. Ήδη έχει καταγραφεί και η κινητή τουπεριουσία, το στούντιο είναι κλειστό, ταφωτομοντέλα που έκαναν εκπομπές εκεί σταμάτησαν, οι άνθρωποι του ομίλου που τον έτρεχαν αξιοποιούνται σε άλλα πόστα, το site κατέβηκε εδώ και δύο εβδομάδες (δηλαδή είναι under construction όπως γράφει στην πρώτη σελίδα - εδώ), ενώ έπαψε να εκπέμπει και μέσω internet. Έτοιμος για μετακόμιση με άλλα λόγια - θα σας ενημερώσουμε, πάραυτα, στα χέρια τίνος καταλήγει. Αν μέχρι την τελική υπογραφή δεν αλλάξει κάτι δραματικά...Υπενθυμίζουμε πως στον όμιλο Αλαφούζο ανήκει και ο «Freedom 88.9», ο σταθμός που υπήρχε πιο πριν στη συγκεκριμένη συχνότητα και ο οποίος, έκτοτε, εκπέμπει αποκλειστικά στο internet. Πάνε πακέτο; (Είναι και αυτός μακέτο;)... Σημειώστε πως αυτό το διάστημα γίνονται πολλές συζητήσεις για πωλήσεις καιεξαγορές συχνοτήτων. Το team λόγου χάριν του Επενδυτή και του Ελεύθερου Τύπου, υπό την καθοδήγηση του Αλέξη Σκαναβή προσανατολίζεται ήδη προς ταFM. Και άλλοι επιχειρηματίες ψάχνονται, πολλοί εκ των οποίων δεν διέθεταν ιδιαίτερη σχέση έως τώρα (ή και μέχρι πριν λίγο καιρό) με τον χώρο των media. Οι τιμές, φυσικά, είναι... «σκοτωμένες». Λογικό. Αν η τράπεζα προσπαθεί να ξεφορτωθεί τον «Nitro 102.5» με 1,5εκ ευρώ στη δημοπρασία και δεν βρίσκεται καν ενδιαφερόμενος να ψελλίσει μία προσφορά, καταλαβαίνετε πως τα ποσά που απαιτούνται είναι πλέον σαφώς μικρότερα. Μιλάω, φυσικά, για τις «καθαρές» συχνότητες...  Και είναι πάρα πολλά τα πωλητήρια. Ήδη μου έρχονται στο νου πέντε-έξι...