8.9-magnitude earthquake hits Japan, triggering tsunami

Buildings on fire dot a vast wall of mud littered with boats and debris moving fast across farmland in northern Japan. Houses, cars and a train can be seen in the path of the tsunami.


Tsunami warning issued for at least 20 countries after quake

Apollo 20 E.B.E. Mona Lisa 16 mm film shot inside Lunar Module

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Teenagers jailed for running “criminal equivalent of Facebook”

Three teenagers in the UK have been sentenced for up to five years in jail for creating and operating Gh0stMarket.net, one of the world’s largest English-language internet crime forums. The Gh0stMarket website, which had about 8,000 members, was dubbed by the court as the “criminal equivalent of Facebook”, or “Crimebook,” according to The Guardian:

In court, Tyrone Smith, defending, said the site was a “Crimebook” where people could learn and socialize. To users, Gh0stMarket appeared as lines of computer code and broken English. On the site hackers and fraudsters traded anonymously in compromised databases containing thousands of personal details including account numbers, pins and passwords. The site contained manuals such as “14 ways of hacking credit cards” and “running cards on eBay” and information on staying anonymous. It sold hacking software and instructions on how to manufacture crystal meth and explosives.

19-year-old Nicholas Webber and 18-year-old Ryan Thomas were still at school when they were arrested after trying to pay a £1,000 ($1,600) hotel bill with a stolen card in October 2009. After finding details of 100,000 stolen credit cards on Webber’s laptop, the police uncovered the existence of the website, as well as registered losses on 65,000 bank accounts. Police estimate that the site cost credit card users as much as £16.2 million ($26.37 million). Funds were processed at an offshore bank account in Costa Rica. The two jumped bail and fled to Majorca, Spain, but were arrested again after returning to the UK early last year.
The duo managed the site, while 21-year-old Gary Kelly helped design software that broke into thousands of computers and stole valuable personal details. Webber and Thomas admitted conspiracy to commit fraud and assisting offenders, while Kelly admitted to those charges, plus conspiracy to cause unauthorized modification to computers.
Webber, who was the privately educated son of a former politician, described himself on the site as “probably the most wanted cyber criminal right now.” After his arrest, he threatened to blow up the boss of the police e-crimes unit in retaliation, and even traced officers’ addresses. His school reports described him as “lacking social skills.”
Other Gh0stMarket members received less severe verdicts by the court. 21-year-old Shakira Ricardo received an 18-month sentence after admitting conspiracy to commit fraud and acquiring criminal property. 22-year-old Ricardo and 22-year-old Samantha Worley used two Halifax bank accounts to launder money from the website. Worley was charged with acquiring criminal property and sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work.

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Christchurch earthquake

Jesus Christ!!! what happen to Christchurst!!!
2/23/2011: With hundreds still missing, and 75 already confirmed dead, rescuers struggled to find survivors on the second night after a devastating earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city Tuesday. Buildings crumbled into the streets after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which geologists consider an aftershock to a 7.1 earthquake that caused no casualties in September. Tuesday’s temblor was more devastating and deadly because it was centered only six miles from the city's center and hit during the middle of a workday. The Government has declared a national state of emergency. Officials estimated there could be 100 people trapped in the CTV building alone.
1. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the early afternoon Tuesday in Christchurch, prompting New Zealanders to flee into the streets as others rushed to the collapsed buildings in attempts to rescue those trapped in the rubble. (Iain McGregor/Christchurch Press/Reuters)
2. Workers and police converge on the rubble of the CTV building in Christchurch Tuesday to seek victims. The building had housed the King's Education School; the quake struck in the middle of the school day. As many as 23 Japanese students at the language school were believed to be trapped, according to the Associated Press. (Carys Monteath/Christchurch Press/Reuters)
3. A man dies on the street, his wife holding his hand. [Editor's Note: this picture has been removed.](Richard Cosgrove/Christchurch Press/Reuters)
4. As workers assist an injured man, rescuers carefully seek other victims in the rubble Tuesday along Manchester Street in Christchurch. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
5. Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building along Manchester Street minutes after the quake struck. This scene was repeated in pockets of destruction throughout Christchurch. By Wednesday, about 120 people around the city had been pulled alive from the rubble. Hundreds remained missing. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
6. With emergency services overwhelmed by the disaster, a group uses an SUV to rush an injured man to the hospital after being rescued from a collapsed building on Manchester Street Tuesday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
7. Rescuers help an injured woman from the remains of the Pyne Gould Guinness Corp. building in Christchurch Tuesday. The top three floors of the four-story building collapsed. (Richard Cosgrove/Christchurch Press/Reuters)
8. Part of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch lies in ruin. (David Wethey/NZPA/Associated Press)
9. Buildings crumbled into the streets after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which geologists consider an aftershock to a 7.1 earthquake that caused no casualties in September. Tuesday’s temblor was more devastating and deadly because it was centered only six miles from the city's center and hit during the middle of a workday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
10. A man retrieves his bike from the remains of a building in Christchurch Tuesday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
11. Debris partially buries a car in a parking garage Tuesday in Christchurch. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
12. Patients are evacuated from a health clinic Tuesday in Christchurch. (New Zealand Herald/Associated Press)
13. In a video image from New Zealand's TVNZ, men carry a wounded man after he is pulled from the rubble. “They are trapped in cars, crushed under rubble and, where they are clearly deceased, our focus unfortunately at this time has turned to the living,” the city’s police superintendent, Russell Gibson, told Radio New Zealand Wednesday. “We are getting texts and tapping sounds from some of these buildings, and that’s where our focus is at the moment.” (TVNZ via Associated Press Television News)
14. Water inundated Bexley, a suburb of Christchurch, after the force of the earthquake pushed thousands of gallons of water and silt into the streets. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press)
15. Cars became stuck in the mud Tuesday in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley. (Brett Phibbs/AFP/Getty Images)
16. Rescuers pull a woman from the rubble Tuesday in Christchurch. Around the city, New Zealand's second largest, some victims emerged unscathed from the rubble, while emergency workers had to amputate the limbs of others to free them, the city’s police superintendent, Russell Gibson, told Radio New Zealand. (Iain McGregor/Christchurch Press/Reuters)
17. Debris and dust envelop a Christchurch tram Tuesday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images)
18. The facade of a building has crushed a car in Christchurch Tuesday. (Kirk Hargreaves/Christchurch Press/Reuters)
19. Collapsed and severely damaged buildings fill the center of Christchurch Tuesday. Mayor Bob Parker declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of the center. “I think we need to prepare ourselves in this city for a death toll that could be significant. It’s not going to be good news, and we need to steel ourselves to understand that,” he said. (Mark Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images)
20. The collapsed Pyne Gould Guinness building trapped dozens of people. “We’ve been pulling 20 or 30 people out of those buildings right throughout the night,” police Superintendent Russell Gibson said Wednesday morning. (Mark Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images)
21. Workers attempt to extinguish a fire at the collapsed building of King's Education School, where a group of Japanese students are reportedly trapped. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press)
22. Rescue workers carry an injured person in Christchurch. (David Wethey/NZPA/Associated Press)
23. Rescue workers search for victims in a destroyed building in Christchurch. More than 400 rescue workers were joining the search, including teams from Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, and Britain. (David Wethey/NZPA/Associated Press)
24. The earthquake caused several icebergs to collapse into Tasman Lake. (Denis Callesen/NZPA/Associated Press)
25. A group examines one of the many icebergs that calved into Tasman Lake as a result of the 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch Tuesday. (Denis Callesen/NZPA/Associated Press)
26. A schoolgirl cries in Christchurch Tuesday. (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/Iain McGregor)
27. Office workers look for a way out of a high-rise building in central Christchurch Tuesday. (Simon Baker/Reuters)
28. Moments after being pulled from the rubble, a man is comforted. (Iain McGregor /Christchurch Press/Reuters)
29. Using everything from heavy machinery to bare hands and search dogs, rescuers worked through a rainy night late Tuesday and early Wednesday in search of survivors in Christchurch. (Brett Phibbs/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press)
30. Emergency teams comb the rumble for survivors of the collapsed CTV building, which housed the King's Education School in Christchurch. Parts of the city of 350,000 people lay in ruins after Tuesday's quake; the confirmed death toll Wednesday was 75, but officials said it was sure to climb. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Brett Phibbs)
31. Survivors shelter together in Christchurch Tuesday night. (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/Don Scott)
32. A fuel tanker sits abandoned and blocked by fallen rubble on a main road between Lyttelton township and Christchurch Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sarah Ivey)
33. Rescue workers pull people out of a building Wednesday. (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/Carys Monteath)
34. Two men celebrate after being pulled out from a destroyed building in Christchurch Wednesday 24 hours after the earthquake. (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/John Kirk-Anderson)
35. Kent Manning (left) and his sister Libby react with their father, who asked not to identified, after they were told by police that there was no hope of finding Kent and Libby's mother alive in a collapsed building Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
36. Murray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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The Image According to Andrei

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New York Fashion Week: Behind the scenes

The first New York Fashion Week in 1943 (then called Press Week) was the world's first organized fashion week. It was designed to attract attention away from French fashion during World War II, when industry insiders were unable to travel to Paris to see the fashion shows. As fashion has evolved, so has the New York event, now branded Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and held in February and September each year. It's one of four major fashion weeks held around the world, along with London, Paris, and Milan. Each year, the 232,000 attendees at the two New York Fashion Weeks account for more than $466 million in direct visitor spending and contribute to $1.6 billion in annual tax revenue to the city's fashion industry. More than $40 million annually is spent on meals at local restaurants; nearly $30 million on taxis, Town Cars, and public transportation; and an additional $56 million at area hotels. This is a look behind the scenes, behind the fashion.
1. A model prepares backstage at the Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion week at The Theatre at Lincoln Center, in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for IMG)
2. A model has nail polish applied backstage before the fall 2011 collection of designer BCBG Max Azria is shown. (Associated Press)
3. Models are at different stages of readiness before the Vena Cava Fall 2011 fashion show at Milk Studios. (Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)
4. A woman cleans lint from a dress before a show during the Tadashi Shoji Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
5. Models wait backstage before the Rachel Comey Fall/Winter 2011 collection show. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
6. Backstage at the Jenni Kanye Fall 2011 presentation at Industria Studio 6. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)
7. A model plays a video game as her hair is styled backstage before the fall 2011 collection of designer Peter Som. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)
8. A model reads while having her hair done before the Tommy Hilfiger Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
9. Shoes and a look chart, backstage, before the Vena Cava Fall 2011 fashion show, at Milk Studios. (Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)
10. Fashion show attendees arrive for the start of fashion shows at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York . (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
11. A guest is surrounded by media as she arrives for the viewing of the Fall 2011 collection of Luca Luca in New York. (Associated Press)
12. A seating chart rests on the floor before a showing of the Tadashi Shoji Fall/Winter 2011 collection.. (Lucas JacksonReuters)
13. Models participate in the walk through before the BCBG Max Azria Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
14. Designer Raul Melgoza reacts during an interview backstage before showing his Fall 2011 collection Luca Luca. (Associated Press)
15. A model chart backstage before the start of the fashion show of designer Jason Wu. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
16. Models are given their instructions during a run through before the Luca Luca Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
17. A model presents a creation from the Jason Wu Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
18. Photos of models are seen backstage at the Nicholas K Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
19. Models walk out on the runway at the end of the Perry Ellis fashion show. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
20. A fashion show attendee arrives for the start of fashion shows. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
21. A model backstage before the start of the fashion show of designer Jason Wu. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
22. Models pose at the Katie Gallagher Fall 2011 fashion show at Milk Studios. (Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)
23. Men discuss lighting before a showing of the Tadashi Shoji Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
24. A couple embrace backstage at the Luca Luca Fall/Winter 2011 collection show. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
25. Boots and the runway schedule adorn a table backstage before the fall 2011 collection of designer BCBG Max Azria. (Associated Press)
26. Models take part in a walk-through before the Rachel Comey Fall/Winter 2011 collection show. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
27. South Korean designer Son Jung-wan speaks to a model wearing one of her creations from the Fall 2011 collection during a fitting and model casting. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
28. A model waits to be auditioned during a fitting and model casting by South Korean designer Son Jung-wan. Top designers present their Fall 2011 collections during New York's Fall 2011 Fashion Week from February 10 through February 17, 2011. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
29. Models look in the mirror backstage before the start of the Nicholas K Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
30. Dresses, backstage before the Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2011 Fashion Show. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
31. A model presents a creation at the Richard Chai Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
32. A worker checks the lighting inside the fashion tents prior to the start of Mercedes Benz Fall/Winter 2011 Fashion Week. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
33. A make-up guide rests on a desk backstage before a showing of the Tadashi Shoji Fall/Winter 2011 collection. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
34. Backstage at the Jenni Kanye Fall 2011 presentation at Industria Studio 6. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)
35. Models participate in a walk-through before the Tommy Hilfiger Fall/Winter 2011 collection show. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
36. Stools backstage before the Cynthia Steffe Fall/Winter 2011 collection show. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)