Cut-Away Enterprise Model Makes It Way Easier To Build Your Own Starship

If you've tried and failed to build your own starship to explore the universe, it's maybe because you just didn't have a thorough understanding of how a craft like the U.S.S. Enterprise works. So if you've got it in you to try one more time, this cutaway model of Kirk's pride and joy should give you all the insight you need to build a ship capable of traveling at the speed of light.

All of the Enterprise's secrets are laid bare with this 18-inch long, eight-inch tall model. From engineering, to the warp nacelles, to the bridge, they're all visible on the left side of the craft under a protective clear plastic outer layer. You'll have to scale up the dimensions, of course, if you intend to catch a ride. And while some might balk at the model's $175 price tag, that's a drop in the cosmic bucket if you're hoping to explore the heavens. [ThinkGeek]

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Sony to offer UltraViolet movies in France and Germany starting late September

To use UltraViolet these days, you have to live in one of a few English-speaking countries. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will change that soon: the company just teased its plans for the digital locker service in mainland Europe. According to the firm's David Bishop, Germans will get cloud access to Sony movies in late September -- possibly September 30th, as DECE hinted in April -- while the French will have their turn sometime in the fall. Neither Sony nor other studios have provided additional launch dates, although we know that neighboring countries like Belgium and the Netherlands should be next on the list.

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Morales back in Bolivia after plane drama over Snowden

By Daniel Ramos

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived home to a hero's welcome late on Wednesday, saying some European countries' refusal to let his plane enter their airspace because of suspicion it carried fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was a provocation aimed at all of South America.

Morales was greeted by his Cabinet and cheering, fist-pumping crowds at La Paz's airport after a dramatic journey from Moscow that ignited a diplomatic furore when his plane had to make an unscheduled stop in Vienna on Tuesday evening.

"This was an open provocation toward a continent, not just a president," said Morales, his hair strewn with flower petals thrown by people in traditional Andean garb. "North American imperialism uses its people to terrify and intimidate us. I just want to say they will never frighten us because we are a people of dignity and sovereignty."

Other Latin American leaders were also fuming over the plane incident, with heads of state in the 12-nation South American bloc Unasur denouncing the "unfriendly and unjustifiable acts.

The bloc said a group of leaders from member countries would hold an emergency summit in Bolivia on Thursday to discuss the matter. Unasur includes close leftist allies of Bolivia like Venezuela, Ecuador and Argentina as well as more centrist governments like those in Chile and Brazil.

Earlier on Wednesday, Bolivia accused the United States of trying to "kidnap" Morales, after his plane was denied permission to fly over France and Portugal.

The Bolivian government said it had filed a formal complaint with the United Nations and was studying other legal avenues to prove its rights had been violated under international law.

Bolivia's ambassador to the United Nations, Sacha Llorenti Soliz, said, "We have no doubt that it was an order from the White House. By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country."

The White House declined to comment on the Bolivian allegations.

Snowden was not on the plane when it landed in Vienna, an Austrian official said. He is believed to be stranded in the transit lounge of a Moscow airport and the United States has been trying to get its hands on him since he revealed details of its secret surveillance programs last month.

The furore was the latest twist in a saga that has raised debate over the balance between privacy rights and national security. Accusations of U.S. surveillance on European countries have also strained transatlantic relations.

France said on Wednesday that free-trade talks between the European Union and the United States should be delayed by two weeks given tensions over media reports, stemming from the Snowden case, that Washington is spying on the 28-nation bloc.

U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Wednesday to hold talks between their security officials in coming days on U.S. surveillance activities and security issues.

'NO ONE ELSE ON BOARD'

The Bolivian plane was taking Morales home from an energy conference in Moscow when it landed at Vienna airport. Austrian Deputy Chancellor Michael Spindelegger said Morales personally denied that Snowden was aboard his jet and agreed to a voluntary inspection.

"Based on this invitation from Bolivia, a colleague boarded the plane, looked at everything and there was no one else on board," Spindelegger told reporters.

But Bolivian Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra said Morales' plane was not searched because Morales had refused Austrian authorities entry.

Morales' plane eventually left Vienna and landed in Spain's Canary Islands for refueling before heading back to Bolivia.

The United Nations said in a statement that the secretary-general understood the Bolivian government's concerns and urged the countries concerned to discuss the matter.

The Obama administration has advised foreign governments that allowing Snowden to land on their territory could seriously damage their relations with the United States, U.S. and European national security sources said.

The sources said the administration believed such lobbying played a role in persuading countries to which Snowden had applied for asylum to reject or not respond to his bid. The United States believes its diplomacy also has caused countries whose leaders publicly expressed sympathy for Snowden to have second thoughts about the matter in private, they said.

A spokesman at France's Foreign Ministry blamed the incident on "an administrative mishap," saying France never intended to ban Morales from its airspace and that there were delays in getting confirmation that the plane had fly-over permits.

International agreements allow civilian airplanes to overfly countries without obtaining permission before every flight. But state aircraft, including Air Force One, which carries the U.S. president, must obtain clearance before they cross into foreign territory.

DEMANDING AN EXPLANATION

The treatment of the Bolivian military aircraft hit a nerve in Latin America, which has a history of U.S.-backed coups.

In a statement from Peru's government, which holds the group's presidency, Unasur expressed outrage and indignation that the plane was not allowed to land in Portugal and France.

"Latin America demands an explanation," tweeted Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa. "If what happened to Evo does not merit a Unasur summit, I don't know what does."

In the Bolivian capital, La Paz, the U.S. Embassy said late on Wednesday its Independence Day party on Thursday had been put off "until further notice."

Bolivia is among more than a dozen countries where Snowden has sought asylum and Morales has said he would consider granting the American refuge. But he said earlier this week no request had been made.

The 30-year-old Snowden, who worked for the National Security Agency as a contractor in Hawaii, has been trying since June 23 to find a country that will offer him refuge from prosecution in the United States on espionage charges.

But his options have narrowed since he arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong with no valid travel documents after the United States revoked his passport.

Five countries have rejected granting Snowden asylum, seven have said they would consider a request if made on their soil, and eight said they had either not made a decision or not received a request.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unwilling to send Snowden to the United States, with which Russia has no extradition treaty. But he is also reluctant to damage ties over a man for whom Putin, a former KGB spy, has little sympathy.

(Additional reporting by Angelika Gruber and Michael Shields in Vienna, Emma Farge in Geneva, Jean-Baptiste Vey in Paris, Teresa Cespedes and Marco Aquino in Lima, Daniel Ramos in La Paz, Anthony Boadle in Brasilia, Mark Hosenball, Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland in Washington, Brian Ellsworth in Caracas, Louise Egan and Hugh Bronstein in Buenos Aires, and Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations; Editing by Angus MacSwan and Peter Cooney)

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U.S. plays down reports of spying on EU, other allies

By Lesley Wroughton

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - Nearly all national governments, not just the United States, use "lots of activities" to safeguard their interests and security, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday, responding for the first time to allegations that Washington spied on the European Union and other allies.

The EU has strongly demanded that the United States explain a report in a German magazine that Washington is spying on the group, saying that, if true, the alleged surveillance was "shocking".

The Guardian newspaper said in an article late on Sunday that the United States had also targeted non-European allies including Japan, South Korea and India for spying - an awkward development for Kerry as he arrived for an Asian security conference in Brunei on Monday.

Kerry confirmed that EU High Representative Catherine Ashton had raised the issue with him in a meeting with him in Brunei but gave no further details of their exchange. He said he had yet to see details of the newspaper allegations.

"I will say that every country in the world that is engaged in international affairs and national security undertakes lots of activities to protect its national security and all kinds of information contributes to that. All I know is that is not unusual for lots of nations," Kerry told a news conference.

Some EU policymakers said talks for a free trade agreement between Washington and the EU should be put on ice until further clarification from the United States.

Martin Schulz, president of the EU Parliament, told French radio the United States had crossed a line.

"I was always sure that dictatorships, some authoritarian systems, tried to listen ... but that measures like that are now practiced by an ally, by a friend, that is shocking, in the case that it is true," Schulz said in an interview with France 2.

Officials in Japan and South Korea said they were aware of the newspaper reports and had asked Washington to clarify them.

"I'm aware of the article, but we still haven't confirmed the contents of the story. Obviously we're interested in this matter and we'll seek an appropriate confirmation on this," said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at a regular news conference.

"We saw the report and will do a fact-check," a South Korean government official said. The official declined to comment further, saying it was a media report without any clear evidence.

Officials in New Delhi did not have any immediate comment but India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who is also in Brunei, told the ANI television service: : "These are all areas of great strategic importance that we have to cooperate and collaborate in, in counter-terrorism measures.

"I think we continue to remain in touch and cooperate and (if) there is any concern we would convey it or they would convey it to us," he added.

NSA SNOOPING

Der Spiegel reported on Saturday that the National Security Agency (NSA) bugged EU offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, the latest revelation of alleged U.S. spying that has prompted outrage from EU politicians.

The magazine followed up on Sunday with a report that the U.S. agency taps half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in Germany in a typical month, much more than any other European peer and similar to the data tapped in China or Iraq.

"If the media reports are correct, this brings to memory actions among enemies during the Cold War. It goes beyond any imagination that our friends in the United States view the Europeans as enemies," German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said.

"If it is true that EU representations in Brussels and Washington were indeed tapped by the American Secret Service, it can hardly be explained with the argument of fighting terrorism," she said in a statement.

Revelations about the U.S. surveillance program, which was made public by fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, have raised a furor in the United States and abroad over the balance between privacy rights and national security.

Kerry said the Obama administration believes that China could have aided the United States in its efforts to arrest Snowden while he was in Hong Kong. Snowden is currently holed up at an international airport in Russia, from where he has applied for asylum in Ecuador.

"It is safe to say that the Obama administration believes that our friends in China could in fact have made a difference here, but we have a lot of issues that we are dealing with right now," Kerry said.

He said he and the Chinese foreign minister had discussed Snowden during their one-on-one meetings on the sidelines of the summit.

(Writing by Stuart Grudgings; editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eu-confronts-u-over-surveillance-reports-013124266.html

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Pakistani security personnel are pictured at the site of a bomb attack in Badaber, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Sunday.

By Mushtaq Yusufzai, Producer, NBC News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- At least sixteen people, four of them children, were killed in a bomb blast near a convoy of soldiers in the Badhber area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Sunday.

At least 25 others were injured, some of them critically.

Security officials said explosives were planted on main road to target the convoy of paramilitary soldiers known as the Frontier Corps.

"The Frontier Corps convoy was on its way towards Darra Adamkhel in Kohat from Peshawar when it was attacked through an improvised explosive device in Badhber area and caused losses to precious human lives and damage to properties," Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali said.

Ihsan Ghani, chief of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, said the bomb was planted in a car and was parked on main road near markets and shops. He said it exploded when convoy of the security forces was passing through the area.

A Frontier Corps official said two of their men were injured in the blast.

?All the FC men remained unhurt in the attack except of the two who suffered injuries and admitted to the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar," a Frontier Corps statement said after the blast.

The statement said the FC convoy was the target but the IED exploded shortly after the convoy had passed through the area.

Arshad Javaid, administrator of the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said 25 injured, including women and children, had been admitted.

He said some of the injured brought to the hospital were in critical condition and shifted to an intensive care unit of the hospital.

"The injured included women and children but some of them had suffered serious burn injuries," Javaid said.

He said emergency has been declared in the hospital to provide better care to the victims.

Pakistani security forces and police have suffered heavy casualties during the past few months in the troubled Badhber area, which is considered stronghold of the militants.

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For Patrick Seguin, there's nothing quite like being behind the wheel of a sports car, racing at speeds up to 140 m.p.h, his heart rate rising to between 150-185 beats per minute ? dealing with temperatures that are usually about 140 F inside the vehicle.

For him, it's an unbelievable feeling, his nirvana.

"Nothing else matters when I'm in the car," said Seguin. "I'm at peace with myself. It requires my 120% focus. You're one with the car. It's home."

Finding that happiness has been costly. His strong belief in himself, his conviction, saw him max out a line of credit at $40,000. He sold his condo and has already sunk more than $200,000 into his dream.

Now he has to come up with another $300,000. He knows what's at stake. He knows what he can do. Apparently, so do others. He's been recruited to drive for Karl Thomson's high-powered Compass360 Racing next season, where he'll be a co-driver with Ryan Eversley.

There have been plenty of bumps along his road, but Seguin is revved up. Racing in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, owned by NASCAR and televised on ESPN and Speed Channel, he believes, is the big opportunity he's been waiting for.

"Last year, I seemed to hit every roadblock along the way," said the 32-year-old Seguin. "Every time there was a positive, it was double that in negative. I just couldn't get any luck. It tested my will and desire. Now, I'm probably more determined than ever. With all my willpower, I can succeed."

Thomson likes what he sees.

"We've always been impressed with Patrick's drive and determination to compete at the pro level," said Thomson. "We're working with Pat and his management to put together a program for him to drive in one of our Hondas in the 2014 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, where I'm confident he'll excel and be in the championship hunt."

"In 2010, I still remember introducing myself to Karl for the first time and telling him that one day I wanted to drive for his team," said Seguin. "Now that the opportunity is here, I couldn't be more excited."

One of two Canadians competing in the World Challenge Series, Seguin was inspired to hop behind the wheel while watching a race on TV in 2006.

He had two offers to join a factory-backed team this season, but was forced to step away when a sponsorship program fell short. He knows what he's capable of doing with the right tools.

"The offer I have on the table now, it's the most sellable," said Seguin. "They're the top of the top of the top. You have to make the right moves. A good driver needs to drive for the right team."

Eight days before the first race of the season, Seguin got a call from Branden Peterson Racing. With some help from Theberge Homes and Top Karting, Seguin was able to compete, driving a five-year-old Honda Civic Si. The racing stable committed to building Seguin a 2013 Honda Civic Si in time for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Aug. 2-4.

"Before the season started, I was having some doubts," said Seguin. "I was putting everything in perspective, but when I got in the race car, with 50 horsepower less than everybody in the field, then finished fifth, I felt at that moment given the right car I could win a championship ... no doubt in my mind."

After growing up in Rockland, then moving to Clarence Creek, Seguin now rents a room from his brother Marc-Andre in Ottawa.

He works for Auto Pro PSE as an account manager and, on weekends, helps out with a friend's interlocking brick company out of Embrun-Russell.

Seguin played junior hockey in Ottawa, Clarence Creek, Carleton Place and Perth and was going to play in Germany until he suffered a hip flexor injury. He was also an assistant golf pro at Outaoauis from 1999-2001. But racing cars is really his comfort zone, where he wants to be.

"The only thing I can control is my ability. That's why I'm confident," said Seguin. "I had all the doors open, but without financial backing, that door closes."

tim.baines@sunmedia.ca

Twitter: @TimCBaines

Source: http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/06/29/ottawa-area-sports-car-racer-patrick-seguin-needs-to-raise-big-money-to-compete-at-the-highest-level

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