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By: Mark Chalifoux
Hardcore basketball fans have been talking about him all year and at the end of the NCAA tournament, even the most casual of fans will know who Anthony Davis is. If you've lived under a rock this season (not judging, the economy is rough) Davis is the 6-foot-10 inch freshman big man for the tournament's No. 1 overall seed, the Kentucky Wildcats.
You would expect the best player on the best team in the country to carry most of the load on both ends of the court, but Davis plays on a team with so much talent he doesn't have to. Six Wildcats average 9 or more points and although Davis leads the pack at 14.3 per game, he's not always the first look on the offensive end. What makes Davis special, and what makes him the Player of the Year in the eyes of many, is everything else he does.
That starts with his defensive presence. He's not a physical monster like Dwight Howard but his length makes him a dominant defender. He averages 4.7 blocks per game and has more blocks individually than most teams have this season. He also averages 10 rebounds per game and does a good job disrupting the flow of the opposition's offense.
What helps Davis stand out from almost any big man in recent college basketball history is his versatility. He's big but he's not a lumbering, forceful center. Thanks to a late growth spurt, he played part of his high school career in Chicago as a guard and his passing and handle reflect that. He also has a fairly reliable jump shot and ESPN analyst Jay Bilas has frequently said Davis has the best hands he's seen in a long time. Davis has earned praise as a hard worker and a humble player, probably thanks in part to his unibrow.
He's a fun player to watch because he can have a big effect on the action without taking every shot. And he can be dominant all-around at times, like when he put up 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in a 74-59 win over Florida in the final game of the regular season.
Davis is likely to be the first-round pick in the NBA draft but before that, he's primed for a magical March and should lead Kentucky to the final four (and beyond).
Anthony Davis' game-winning block for UNC:
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Sofina's Aube Couture is what I'd call an elegant brand – it looks chic, the range is chic, the colours are chic.
For that reason I also find it a little dull and expensive. Shiseido's MAQUillage is expensive and chic but more exciting than Aube Couture.
Having said that I will still buy odd things from the brand and one item I had been mulling over because it was pretty expensive (with the exchange rate!) is their Designing Highlight Powder, used for the under eye area.
This powder is designed for setting the concealer is the under eye area and can also be used as a general highlighter.
It comes with a funky case which you have to press at either side to open:
I love the packaging, it feels so well made.
Inside is the product, in a half moon shape and the powder, which is a pale white (but not a stark white) with a faint shimmer that graduates from white to a soft pale pink. The colours can be blended together or swiped as they are.
I didn't really notice a huge hue different between the white and pink.
The texture of this powder is lovely – it's quite hard, don't get me wrong but totally right for under the eyes because the light texture means it sets without caking or settling into fine lines (which a heavier powder can do).
I also find this pressed powder easier to apply than a loose under eye powder (I have a few, such as Skinfood, Laura Mercer and Bobbi Brown made for this eye area) as there's less chance of over applying.
Also I like the effect which is brightness but not racoon eyes. It is SUBTLE.
I also love the brush that comes with this – in fact I think this is what swayed me to buy! It's a brush that clips open so you can use it as a narrow brush or as a wide one. I find it's more useful closed for a controlled application but I like having the option!
Clever or what!
I guess in reality this is just another step in a busy morning but nevertheless, this is the best under eye setting powder I have because the result it natural yet brightening and it's almost impossible to use too much of this stuff.
It cost me about £29 from adambeauty.com.
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A Statusnet[1] microblogging client for Emacs, currently using the Twitter compatible API.
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GNU Emacs 22 or later
GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, BSD or any Unix based OS (requires wget)
Download the latest stable release of Emacs Identica-mode [2]
Or get the latest development code from the Git repository at [3]
Copy the identica-mode.el file to your Emacs elisp files directory (typically ~/.emacs.d/) Then add the following to your .emacs (or your preferred customizations file)
;;; Identi.ca mode
(require 'identica-mode)
(setq identica-username "yourusername")
If you want to authenticate using simple authentication, create a file ~/.authinfo with the following contents:
machine servername login yourusername password yourpassword Replace servername with your server (if connecting to Identica service, use identi.ca as server name), yourusername and yourpassword with your information.
You can also authenticate using OAuth, specially if you log in with an OpenID account which has no password. To use OAuth authentication (requires using oauth.el[4]), add the following to your .emacs file:
(setq identica-auth-mode "oauth")
If you want to post from the minibufer without having identica buffer active, you can set global keybindings.
Add this to send status updates
(global-set-key "\C-cip" 'identica-update-status-interactive)
Add this to send direct messages
(global-set-key "\C-cid" 'identica-direct-message-interactive)
To start identica mode type: M-x identica-mode the buffer *identica* will appear and you can see your friends timeline. Press the [i] key to toggle icon mode to see user pictures.
To view your replies timeline
- [C-c C-r] To view the public timeline
- [C-c C-a] To view your friends timeline (the default timeline)
- [C-c C-f] To view a user's timeline
- [C-c C-u] To view a group's timeline
- [C-c C-g] To view a tag's timeline
- [C-c C-t] To refresh the buffer's timeline press [g].
To post an update of your status, press [C-c C-s] type your message in the minibuffer, and hit Enter. You will see 'Success: Post' in minibuffer.
To send a direct message to a user, press [C-c C-d]. On the minibuffer, you will be prompted for the username, then for the message. To repeat (re-dent) a message, press [C-c RET] while the cursor is on the message's line. To favor a message, press the [F] key (shift f) while the cursor is on the message's line.
Additionally, you while typing your message you can press [F4] key while the cursor is over a URL to shorten it using any of the following URL shortening services: Ur1.ca, TightURL, Goo.gl, TinyURL, To.ly and Is.gd. To expand an short url in your timeline, position your cursor over the short url and press [e] key, it will be replaced with the expanded version in a few seconds.


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I had heard reports that for the first time in many many years there has been an unusually large explosion in the Lemming (Lemmus lemmus) population in the mountains. This used to happen on a regular cycle every four years but now it is a much rarer occurrence to have such a large increase in population and no one seems to know why the increase occurs.
The Lemming is a large rodent up to 15cms long and easy to spot due to its variegated colours of black, yellow and rusty brown. Density of Lemmings in very good years can be up to 250 per hectare. When the population density becomes to high the Lemmings travel to other areas, crossing streams and rivers and covering great distances.
A female Lemming can have 6 litters per year and a litter will consist of up to 12 young. The young females become sexually mature at 20 days old.
Having never seen a Lemming I decided to walk up to the top of Dundret mountain in Gallivare on Wednesday
to see if I could find any
There was a very cold northerly wind and it was snowing, with a temperature of about -5 degrees.
I spent three hours searching what looked like good habitat
There was much vole spore
but nothing to suggest that Lemmings were there.
I had to shelter behind a small rock to make fire and cook food and coffee, using dead Pine and Juniper as fuel
Today however, we decided to drive along the road to Ritsem to see if we could find any Lemmings.
We had probably driven about 25kms when we started seeing Lemmings which had been run over on the road
and it wasn't too long before we saw our first Lemming running across the road. I had to chase after several before I finally caught up with one
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What Parents Involved in the Dover Intelligent Design Challenge Have to Say
"Intelligent Design" is a religious view, not a scientific theory, according to U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III in his historic decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover.
The lawsuit was brought by the parents who objected to the decision by the school board in Dover, Pennsylvania, to promote teaching intelligent design in their children's public school. Here are their stories.
|Tammy Kitzmiller
As a parent, I chose to take a stand for a sound science education for my child. Each year the US science and math scores fall further behind the rest of the world. ID, introduced as a 'scientific' explanation, would only increase that gap. I've always encouraged my children to explore new ideas, try new things, to think outside of the box. But at the same time, I've stressed the importance of education and having a firm knowledge of the basics. To have a school muddy the waters of science - when within the scientific community there is no controversy - left me greatly disappointed. When and where my children learn about theological ideas should be my decision, not the Dover Area School Board's.
The Dover Area School Board's efforts to introduce Intelligent Design in the science classroom are wrong. The events that took place leading up to the school board's decision to include ID in their science curriculum lead me to believe they were motivated by their own particular religious beliefs, rather than a desire to enhance the education of our students. The school board wants us to believe that ID is science; yet none of the board members introducing this concept had formal training in science. In fact, the scientific community has serious problems with ID, particularly because there is no way to test ID using the scientific method. The introduction of ID in the science classroom has only muddied the waters for much needed, true scientific education.
For me, this lawsuit is not about squelching the free flow of information, but about putting religion and science in the appropriate curriculum. Members of the Dover community, including teachers, clergy and parents have asked for ID to be introduced in the appropriate forum only to be denied by the school board. I would like nothing better than to see the Dover Area School District practice religious pluralism. What better way to prepare our students for life in a global, religiously diverse society than to talk about the concept that all religions are legitimate and valid - when viewed from within their particular culture.STEVEN STOUGH
|Steven Stough
My daughter is a ninth-grade student who attends Dover High School in the Dover Area School District. She is currently enrolled in the required ninth-grade biology class at Dover High School. In January 2006, she will be exposed to the implementation of the biology curriculum revision of October 18, 2004, which requires an administrator to read a statement in her class that implies that intelligent design has standing in the discipline of science equal to Theory of Evolution. Intelligent design is neither a theory nor is it scientific. Intelligent design claims that a divine or supreme being is responsible for the appearance of life on earth. As a result, intelligent design is inherently religious and has no place in science instruction in the public schools.
|Bryan Rehm
Since faith is very personal, families instead of schools should be the ones to discuss this subject. I have no problem with teaching Creationism in a comparative religion class, which includes all faiths' views of how we got here.
Any time an individual or group's personal, political, or religious agenda interferes with my children's education and ability to compete for jobs other than menial labor, I am concerned. Not only does the introduction of this new curriculum turn back the clock to the dark ages for education, it opens the door to religious intolerance and the hatred that it will ensue.
|Barrie and Fred Callahan
Secondly, introducing ID in conjunction with the teaching of evolution places scientific instruction on a slippery slope and is an unwarranted intrusion that cannot help but corrupt that instruction. It casts doubt where there should be none. While it gives comfort to those that would stymie scientific discovery that conflicts with their personal religious views, it does so at the expense of those who are seeking, and entitled to, an unobstructed view of proven science. At the same time, it acts to intimidate educators from teaching what has been proven, in an effort to avoid the conflict.
I fail to see how intelligent design receives the prestigious title of scientific theory. This relatively new concept of creation science has not been accepted by our scientific community, and cannot be tested using scientific method. Yet the Dover school board has implemented this controversial idea in the 9th grade biology curriculum, despite outcry from parents, clergymen, science teachers, and science faculties of local universities.
The Foundation for Thoughts and Ethics, the publisher of the intelligent design reference book Of Pandas and People , openly admits they are committed to providing textbooks and curriculum that challenge the world-view of naturalism. This can only be warranted on a religious level, not a scientific one. There is no controversy among the scientific community. Biology is the study of our natural world, and evolution is a part of it that has withstood the scrutiny of scientific method to become a well-accepted scientific theory.
It is clear that the Dover school board members overstepped their qualifications in making the curriculum change, and acted instead to promote their own religious beliefs. I firmly believe that this constant challenge to evolution will result in a sub-standard science education for our students.


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LMC Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager Earns Fellowship
John Leech, manager of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Lexington Medical Center, has become a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). The organization recognizes excellence, professional achievement and outstanding service in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation.
To become a Fellow, applicants must meet criteria including submitting a resume with a record of distinguished service in the field of cardiac rehabilitation, peer recommendations and evidence of a high degree of professional development and commitment. A committee considers each application when selecting Fellowship candidates.
"It's an honor and privilege to be recognized for my contributions to cardiac rehabilitation at the state and national level," Mr. Leech said. "Becoming a Fellow in AACVPR has strengthened my commitment to provide our patients with the best possible care."
As Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager at Lexington Medical Center, Mr. Leech's primary goal is to create a program that helps patients recover from cardiac incidents and teach them necessary lifestyle skills to prevent future incidents. That includes exercise, healthy nutrition, smoking cessation, stress management and relaxation training. Mr. Leech provides cardiac rehabilitation staff members with the tools and support needed to ensure that the hospital's patients have the best possible experience and that the program meets and exceeds national standards.
Mr. Leech has worked in cardiac rehabilitation since 1984 in Texas, Wisconsin and South Carolina. He chose his career path after his father passed away from a heart attack. In addition, several other members of his family have suffered from cardiovascular disease.
In a letter to Mr. Leech announcing his acceptance as a Fellow, AACVPR stated, "Your service to AACVPR, to your profession and to your affiliate organization, as outlined on your application, set you apart as a leader and outstanding professional in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation."
Cardiac rehabilitation is one component of Lexington Medical Center's comprehensive cardiovascular care program. Affiliated with Duke Medicine, the hospital offers a full range of cardiac care including open heart surgery and therapeutic catheterizations. This year, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) awarded Lexington Medical Center the highest rating possible – a three-star rating – for its heart program. Only 15 percent of heart programs in the country have achieved a three-star rating this year.
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Spring Storm Brings Snow, Ice to Dakotas
BISMARCK, N.D. - All of North Dakota has been placed under a winter storm warning, and a blizzard warning has been issued for central and southeastern portions of the state, as heavy snow moves across the area.
The National Weather Service says snow will continue to develop across western and southern North Dakota and then spread east and north. Some places in central North Dakota could get more than 15 inches of snow.
The North Dakota Transportation Department advised no travel in the Dickinson and Bismarck areas early Sunday.
Snow also is expected to fall across northern South Dakota, with freezing rain in the northeast.
Xcel Energy said it has restored power to all but 2,200 customers in eastern South Dakota. Some 90,000 customers lost power in last week's snow and ice storm.
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You like widescreen indie? Like sonic ambition? Like the idea of space travel and the study of metals? Well, good because widescreen indie with huuuuuge sonic ambition that goes on about cutting through Saturn's rings with lasers is what we have here so you'd be better stick your gravity boots on and dig out your iron ore drill and burnishing machine. What we have right here is clean lined, cold blooded, unscrupulous glacial shit. Well, not entirely cold blooded as, largely, there are songs here too. It's one of those future-of-music things. Only not quite actually the future of music although I will say that it's probably best enjoyed while you're sat in your Bang & Olafson audio cool box, thinking about the film Cocoon and crying a bit. But only a bit because there's heart here too. It's not like you won't feel this album. It's emotive a lot of the time. That's nice, isn't it? That's both rewarding and warming.
'It's an album about doubt and loss, but there's a counterbalancing sense of resignation and even optimism too,' crows North Atlantic Oscillation singer Sam Healy from his self-preserving, independently intelligent, shiny dove-like, octiplanium cockpit, reciting something that he's obviously pre-scripted for this very occasion. 'One of the main themes is that of searching for meaning in a scientific, post-religious world. Science is absolutely a force...pah pah pah…' Sorry, but the lyrics don't matter here. The melody and scale on offer are so ambitious and expansively written, as to be overwhelmingly emotive enough to make you absent-mindedly ad-lib phonetically sympathetic, non-linguistic approximations of the lyrics whilst you are innocently selecting curly cale from the open-palate fridges of J.Sainsbury's. The lyrics are silenced to the servitude of the greater musical thrust. And even when you can make them out through the icy falsetto, they're about "force fields" or creating a magnet powerful enough to control weather patterns or some shit.
But what a non-verbal whip-up it is. Vocals, guitars and synths all glistening like fresh dawn sunshine, flickering off an enormous, slightly unsettled, yet partially frozen lake. Bass and drums are mighty, yet busy enough to keep the shimmering landscape interesting and aggravated. This is true for the whole record and when the songs are there to back it up the results are devastating. But, y'know, in a nicer-side-of-nature way. Not like a rockslide or volcano obliterating a village of children and widows. More like an imminent lightning storm over Antarctica bringing joyful decimation to the camp of scientists below who have gone all Lord Of The Flies.
If you admire the Flaming Lips, but wish they came without the goofy ideas and execution, then this is for you. Less earnest and worthy, yet more forward looking than most post-rockers. What the Eighties could have got up to if denied the influence of pop-art and the seemingly soothing hedonistic side of Thatcher and stuck to a strict diet of Kubrick and Kraftwerk.
Fog Electric is a cold-sounding electronic egg that also has a transparently human yolk. Put this in your ears. 'Soft Coda' and 'Chirality Fog' are definitely going to make it into my tracks of 2012 list and this album's really good (if thematically unintelligible).
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The creators of The Kite Runner understand this much: trying to keep secrets might kill you, but revealing them makes for some pretty scintillating storytelling.
The Kite Runner, which opened Friday at Theatre Calgary, comes to town armed with plenty of pop culture pedigree, in the form of a bestselling 2003 novel (by Khaled Hosseini) and a 2007 Hollywood film, directed by Marc Forster.
It's easy to see why, too. The story of Amir (Anousha Alamian and Conor Wylie), a privileged Afghan boy, and his friendship with Hassan (Norman Yeung), the son of his father's servant, features the whole emotional rainbow of one man's life. At Thursday night's final preview performance, it was served up by Theatre Calgary in vivid, elegant detail, thanks to inspired efforts by director Eric Rose, designer Kerem Cetinel, sound designer Matthew Waddell and Grammy Award winning Tabla player Salar Nader.
There's joy, when 12-year-old Amir and best pal Hassan win a Kabul kite fighting competition, setting off a celebration by Amir's successful merchant father Baba (Michael Peng), who raises Amir on his own (his wife died giving birth to Amir) on a Kabul estate they share with Ali and Hassan.
There's gut-wrenching violence, when the boys run afoul of Assef (Ali Momen), the local sociopath, who is offended by the presence of Hassan because he is part of the Shiite minority despised by the dominant Pashtuns, who are Sunni Muslims.
There's betrayal of Hassan by Amir, whose dreamy, passive, literary nature causes his own father to question whether he's his son, creating an anguished emotional home life that drives Amir to commit a second betrayal of Hassan that has lifelong consequences.
There's a Communist revolution and a Russian invasion, followed by a hurried, middle-of-the-night escape into Pakistan that transforms Amir and Baba into refugees, who eventually settle as political refugees in San Francisco in the early 1980s.
And if you thought once Amir and Baba made their midnight flight from Kabul to the city by the bay that life would be nothing but postcard views enjoyed over a nice bottle of Napa Valley pino grigio, think again.
America is a whole new economic, emotional and cultural mountain to climb, beautifully illustrated in a series of scenes set at a swap meet run by mostly Afghan exiles. Here, Amir tells us, are men like his father who were once cabinet ministers and businessmen in Afghanistan, now reduced to selling one-eyed Barbies.
Most painful of all for the overwhelmingly patriarchal Afghan community is the sad truth that no one is more caught out of their element in their new home than the fathers, who can't adjust to American cultural norms and for the most part are forced to work at menial jobs to support their families.
Adapted by Matthew Spangler from Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner manages, in a little over two and a half hours, to tell both a story rooted in ancient rivalries of Central Asia that manages to spin itself into a kind of American dream.
The cast, an eclectic collection of (mostly) men, play multiple roles in this story that spans three countries, numerous languages, with everyone speaking English here. Despite the epic scope, they mostly pull it off, apart from a welcome-to-San-Francisco-it's-the-'80s sequence that's a little squirm-inducing. (Possibly because we all squirmed through the '80s.)
Particularly notable are Alamian, as adult Amir, who delivers the brunt of the narration. That's a thankless task, particularly in the first act when he's narrating as he watches his younger self onstage, but Alamian's' emotional honesty, even when facing his own brutal failures of character, eventually win you over.
Yeung, as Hassan and then later as Hassans' son, delivers a powerful, quiet performance, while Peng's Baba surprises us with his strength, in a harrowing scene in which he confronts a rifle-wielding Russian soldier on the Khyber Pass during the family's flight from Kabul.
Dalal Badr delivers a strong performance as Amirs' wife Sopraya, and Momen is frighteningly believable as the sadistic Assef, while Pooria Fard, Omar Alex Khan, Gerry Mendicino and Abraham Asto also do solid jobs bringing an ancient culture to life.
Working with a talented production team, Rose manages to transform the Max Bell Theatre into the dusty streets of Kabul and glittering hills of San Francisco for a few hours.
If it all sounds a little exotic, the one thing that's familiar about The Kite Runner is Spangler's well-executed storytelling of Hosseini's drama-packed novel, which evokes everything from Death of a Salesman to The Grapes of Wrath, (only with Afghans substituting for Okies).
To top it all off, Theatre Calgary's lobby has been transformed into an art gallery of sorts, featuring a collection of black and white photos of Afghanistan taken in the early 1970s, before three decades of upheaval transformed it into a place no one wants to go anymore.
That is captured in the drama's moving final scenes, when Amir, against every best instinct, returns to war-torn Kabul to atone for his earlier betrayals of Hassan.
Prior to that return journey, one day at the forlorn northern California flea market, Amir the wannabe writer explains to Soraya that sad stories make the best stories. With The Kite Runner, Theatre Calgary has transformed those sad stories into an exhilarating drama.
Review: Theatre Calgary presents The Kite Runner at the Max Bell Theatre until Feb. 24. Info: Theatrecalgary.com or 403-294-7447. Four and a half stars out of five


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You may be looking at this article with a puzzled look on your face, either you're wondering why you would end up in KC for twelve hours or perhaps if there is adequate demand for kosher food in America's heartland.
Kansas City is home to kosher food Bloggers. This American Bite and The Sephardic Table as well as known blogger, Kosher on a Budget, this summer, will host the nation's first authentic and supervised Kosher BBQ Contest. Inforamtion about about the evnet is yet to formallly announced, but if I were you, I'd plan to be in Kansas City on August 19, 2012. More info will be found at www.kosherbbq.com
The warmth of the community means you'll never go without a Shabbat meal if your visit is longer than 12 hours. We may not have thousands of kosher restaurants to choose from but our community will welcome you, feed you, and invite you back for more!
A BBQ beef sandwich with fries for less than 5 dollars? Wow. I like the idea of the Chinese restaurant kashering once a month. Good article, thanks.
Such a great series. Keep them coming.
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Thomas Hickey has been given the chance to make the big club out of the last two training camps. But in 2010 Jake Muzzin and Alec Martinez made the team instead and in 2011 Slava Voynov impressed the Kings enough to eventually trade Jack Johnson away. So Thomas Hickey has been one of those prospects that's been on the cusp of making the big team but there has always been one or two better defensemen just ahead of him. He doesn't have enough flash to make the Kings clear a spot for him but it's been more important to play him regularly in the AHL than to be a healthy scratch. Is the kid a bust? For a 4th Overall pick in a Draft that the Kings could have selected Logan Couture, Karl Alzner, David Perron or even Sam Gagner instead... yeah, he's a HUGE bust. But a lot of people still think he could be a decent NHL defenseman.
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A Russian airliner split into pieces after it slid off the runway and crashed onto a highway outside Moscow on Saturday, killing four of the 12 crew on board and leaving smoking chunks of fuselage on the icy road.
The crash during peak holiday travel ahead of Russia's New Year's vacation, which runs from Sunday through Jan. 9, cast a spotlight on Russia's poor air-safety record despite President Vladimir Putin's calls to improve controls.
Television footage showed the Tupolev Tu-204 jet, broken into pieces, with smoke billowing from the tail end and the cockpit broken clean off the front.
One witnesses told state channel Rossiya-24 they saw a man thrown from the plane as it rammed into the barrier of the highway outside Vnukovo airport, just southwest of the capital, and another described pulling other people from the wreckage.
"The plane split into three pieces," Yelena Krylova, chief spokeswoman for the airport, said in televised comments.
An Emergency Services spokesman said four people died of injuries after the crash and four others were in hospital. Police said 12 crew members were on board, but no passengers.
"The plane went off the runway, broke through the barrier and caught fire," police spokesman Gennady Bogachyov said.
The mid-range Tu-204 was operated by the Russian airline Red Wings and travelling from the Czech Republic, Krylova said.
Rubble from the crash was scattered across the highway and the plane's wings were torn from the fuselage, witnesses said.
"We saw how the plane skidded off the runway … The nose, where business class is, broke off and a man fell out," a witness, who gave his name as Alexei, said. "We helped him get into a mini-bus to take him to the hospital."
Another witness described pulling four people from the wreckage when he arrived at the scene before emergency service workers. "We could not get the pilot out of the cockpit but we saw a lot of blood," he told Rossiya-24.
Russian investigators said preliminary findings pointed to pilot error as the cause of the crash.
Russia and other former Soviet republics had some of the world's worst air-traffic safety records last year, with a total accident rate almost three times the world average, the International Air Transport Association said.
A passenger jet crashed and burst into flames after takeoff in Siberia in April, killing 31 people, and an airliner slammed into a riverbank in September 2011, wiping out the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team in a crash that killed 44 people.
The Russian-built Tu-204, which is comparable in size to a Boeing 757 or Airbus A321, is a Soviet-era design that was produced in the mid-1990s but is no longer being made. There have no major accidents previously reported with Tu-204s.
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Bruce Bennett was covered with blood as he climbed the stairs to defend his wife, Debra, and their two daughters.
But his earnest attempts to save his family were overcome by the ruthlessness of his attacker early on the morning of Jan. 16, 1984, 31 years ago today.
The cat burglar who entered home at 16387 E. Center Drive in Aurora armed with a knife and hammer had more on his mind than theft.
Before Bennett's mother, Constance Bennett, discovered his body hours later inside his home, he had been cut and slashed numerous times and struck in the head with a hammer.
He had numerous injuries that could have killed him.
"It was quite clear he fought with the intruder," said Ann Tomsic, deputy district attorney for the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office. "It's apparent he had struggled with his attacker in more than one location and on more than one floor of the house."
The 27-year-old man lost the battle with a killer who pummeled and sexually assaulted his 26-year-old wife, Debra, and 7-year-old daughter, Melissa.
The killer also shattered the face of Bruce Bennett's 3-year-old daughter, Vanessa.
Though Vanessa's jaw was crushed, sending jagged bones into her windpipe, she survived after her grandmother, Constance Bennett, checked on the family later that morning when they didn't show up to work at a family-owned furniture store.
"It's just like it was yesterday," Constance Bennett said. "It's something I'll never get over. It's scary what people can do."
Vanessa went to live with Bennett after a lengthy series of operations that left scars on her arms, face and head.
An investigation in which more than 500 people were questioned did not uncover any leads to solve the case.


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Wiiiiiiiiiiii! Party Recap and Free Downloads
26 comments:
- Wecare4much said...
Wow! You always blow me away with your ideas. I have a couple of little boys that would love this kind of party. TFS!
- January 22, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Crafty P said...
Such a fun party. Thanks for all the details, the pdf's, etc! I'm so glad you found those candy dispensers, too, I may have to get more of those in the future.
Who won the tournament? Were there any prizes?
ps. I bought that same classroom chart at T's and have yet to use it! did yours smell of awful cheap plastic, too?
- January 22, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- PUMPKIN PETUNIA said...
Petunia won the tournament!
Yes, I had seen the candy dispensers before but wanted to do the paper favors instead. I have this knack for making more work for myself!
re: the chart. I didn't notice a plastic smell and am usually sensitive to stuff like that. Maybe I was too busy with party prep to notice.
- January 22, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- Annie said...
This is a ton of fun! So creative! Love it all. I'll be requesting the DL and find a reason (excuse) to have this party! Check out our bowling bundt cake we did this Christmas here: http://www.nofussfabulous.com/?p=2507
Thanks for sharing your talent!
- January 23, 2009 at 8:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is one awesome party, I'm glad I stumbled upon it. Thanks for the inspiration, and all the tips.
- January 24, 2009 at 12:20 AM
- CzaMama said...
Everything turned out SO GREAT!!! Good job, J!!!
- January 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Kendra@My Insanity said...
This is great! Make me want to go and buy a Wii, so I can have wii parties! I did a post earlier on Wii parties (especially bowling), if I reference that again, I'll have to send my readers here, too! I love your paper wii-mote and all of the cute mii's. That banner is great, too! Thanks for linking-up to my party party!
- January 24, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- Sarah J. said...
Yes, of course you can make a post about the love birdies! I'm glad you like them! Come back any time!
- January 26, 2009 at 9:19 AM
- Mrs. M said...
GREAT party! How did you create the Mii's for everyone?
- January 26, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- Unknown said...
Awesome party! We are having a video game party in June and I'm so excited to make the remote boxes. I'll ask too, how do you make the Mii's, like your cupcake toppers?
- February 4, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- PUMPKIN PETUNIA said...
Oops! Thought I answered the Mii question. Must have answered someone by email.
You can make Miis at several sites online including miimaker.com.
- February 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Jax said...
I love this idea my son wants a wii party. How do you make the Mii's to be able to print them?
- February 25, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Can you tell us how you printed out the pictures of each Mii?
Thanks, love your ideas!!!!
- March 4, 2009 at 6:01 AM
- PUMPKIN PETUNIA said...
Thanks so much to everyone for your kind response to this party. It was a lot of fun to do!
You can make Miis at several sites online including miimaker.com.
- March 4, 2009 at 6:13 AM
- Katrina said...
Your blog is too cute! I am striving to have a blog as nice as yours.. you have great ideas, and I find it ironic that you start with the invite for ideas also. I came up with a good one for my best-friends baby shower but was unable to use it :(
It was a *story book* theme. I started with a invite that had a Once Upon a time border.
- March 13, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- Wilda said...
Super cool idea!
Wondering where did you found your lime green chart?
I love green so I have to get one! ;) Thanks for the coolest ideas!
- March 17, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Doug &Tina Freeberg said...
Hi,Where did you get the mii family picture and the mii pictures for the landyards? I am trying to do some pictures like that for our party but haven't been able to figure it out.
Thank you
- April 21, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- Sarah E. said...
I'd also like to know where you got your mii characters at. Your banner is great too. The party looks like it was a hit!
- June 22, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Lisa53406 said...
This is a great party. I can not figure out how to make the mii characters. Help please.
- June 30, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Unknown said...
Where did you find your printable Wii-mote boxes? I've been looking every where and don't want to buy the expensive ones. The link seems to be to the Real Parties: site and I don't see it there. Thanks. Also I'd love to get a copy of your banner!
- August 8, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- The Bohon's said...
How fun! I would love to do this for my son, do you have the pdf of the banner yet? It's so hard to find new and exciting party ideas the older my kids get, this is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing!
- October 20, 2009 at 8:29 PM
- Susie said...
LOVE this idea! I would also love a copy of the PDF banner. Not sure how to contact you by email. Thanks!
- March 21, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Unknown said...
i too would love the pdf of the banner. this is genius...
we had a mario party for my then 7 year old and i spent weeks on that party...this is on my next party list for him....
my email is email@example.com
- May 11, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- Jess said...
Hi I think this is a great idea I plan on having a girls night bowling tournament and I think it would be fun to have badges like this for everyone. But the site you listed to use to make our Miis didn't work. Also how did you make them look so fancy?
- May 28, 2010 at 12:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
Where did you print the Mii's from. One of the sites that were mentioned previously charge $10 per Mii for a digital download. Is there is a more cost effective one?
- August 30, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- yvonne said...
Hi fab idea, would you be so kind as to email me the banner (for my birthday eeek!)
thanks ever so yvonne
- October 2, 2010 at 10:57 AM


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8.4.1 Model Initialisation
In this chapter, we assess climate models on the basis of their ability to simulate present and past climates. What it means to simulate a particular climate state is linked to the question of model initialisation. Ideally, given a "perfect model", and "perfect knowledge" of the present climate state, one could simply initialise a climate model with the present state. Then, given perpetual present day forcing (from trace substances and solar radiation), one might expect the model to remain close to the present state, perhaps with some level of variability. However, in practice, this ideal is not achieved and a model initialised in this way adjusts from the initial state. This adjustment has been characterised by two time-scales (Bryan, 1998): in the initial "fast" adjustment, the atmosphere, land surface, ocean mixed layer and sea ice reach a state of near equilibrium, typically taking 5 to 50 years. Surface temperature error patterns (e.g., Figure 8.1a) are generally established on this time-scale, and persist over many centuries of integration, but there typically remain slight imbalances in the surface heat and fresh water fluxes. These imbalances drive a second, slower, adjustment phase (often called "climate drift") which takes place over centuries to millennia and involves adjustment of the deep ocean to the surface imbalances. This "climate drift" can make interpretation of transient climate change simulations difficult, so models are generally allowed to adjust to a state where such drifts have become acceptably slow, before starting climate change simulations. A number of techniques have been used to achieve this (see Stouffer and Dixon, 1998), but it is not possible, in general, to say which of these procedures gives "better" initial conditions for a climate change projection run.
A number of model runs have now been made which are forced by the historical record of natural and anthropogenic forcing from the mid-19th century to the present. As well as avoiding the "cold start" problem in climate projections (SAR Chapter 6, Section 6.2.4 and Chapter 9), these runs can be compared against historical observations and form a valuable model evaluation tool (Section 8.6.1).8.4.2 Flux Adjustment and Energy Transports
Given present day greenhouse gas concentrations, most coupled models at the time of the SAR had difficulty in obtaining a stable climate near to the present day state. Therefore "flux adjustment" terms were often added to the surface fluxes of heat, water and (sometimes) momentum which were passed from the atmosphere to the ocean model. Flux adjustments are non-physical in that they cannot be related to any physical process in the climate system and do not a priori conserve heat and water across the atmosphere-ocean interface. The flux adjustments were specifically chosen to give a stable and realistic simulation of present surface climate (especially the sea surface temperature and sea-ice cover), and were often as large as the annual mean model fluxes themselves. The need to use such adjustments was clearly a source of uncertainty: the approach inherently disguises sources of systematic error in the models, and may distort their sensitivity to changed radiative forcing. Models which did not use flux adjustment produced unrealistic simulations of fundamental aspects of the climate system such as the strength of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (SAR Chapter 5, Table 5.5).
Recently a number of coupled models have emerged with greatly improved surface climatologies without using flux adjustments. Figure 8.1a shows SST errors from one such model, about 100 years after initialisation. Errors are generally less than 2°C, and the error pattern shown is stable over several centuries of integration. However some larger errors are seen, in particular a cooling in the North Pacific, a warming in the eastern tropical ocean basins (probably due to a lack of stratocumulus cloud there), and a warming in the southern ocean. These errors appear to be common to a number of more recent non-flux adjusted models (Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grand Echelle/Océan Parallélisé (ARPEGE/OPA1), Guilyardi and Madec 1997; Climate System Model (CSM 1.0), Boville and Gent 1998; Hadley Centre Coupled Model (HadCM3), Gordon et al., 2000), but other models show different error patterns (ARPEGE/OPA2, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace/Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Vegetation Model (IPSL-CM2), Barthelet et al., 1998a,b). The surface climatologies in several non-flux adjusted models are now considered good enough and stable enough to use those models for climate change projections. Typical flux adjusted models do show smaller SST errors, because the flux adjustments are chosen specifically to minimise those errors (Figure 8.1b). For comparison, Figure 8.1c shows the SST errors when the older, flux adjusted model was run in non-flux adjusted mode.
It appears that the success of the recent models which do not require heat flux adjustments is related to an improved ability to simulate the large-scale heat balances described in Chapter 7 (Weaver and Hughes, 1996; Guilyardi and Madec, 1997; Johns et al., 1997; Bryan, 1998; Gordon et al., 2000). Improvements to both atmospheric (Section 126.96.36.199.2) and oceanic (Section 18.104.22.168) components of the models have played a part in this advance. Such models have the advantage over flux-adjusted models that, provided the large-scale balances are obtained using a physically justifiable choice of model parameters, these models are physically self-consistent representations of the climate system. However, in some cases only very loose physical constraints can be placed on the model parameters.
The fresh water budget is more complex than the heat budget because of the effects of land surface processes, rivers and sea ice. Water budget errors are potentially far reaching because there is no direct feedback between surface salinity errors and the surface fresh water flux, for example, persistent freshening at high latitudes could lead to a collapse of the ocean thermohaline circulation (Manabe and Stouffer, 1997; see also Chapter 7, Section 7.6.2). Some aspects of the large-scale hydrological cycle are subject to large observational uncertainty (Wijffels et al., 1992), and this has inhibited evaluation and improvements in the water budget. Nonetheless, some models are now able to produce stable multi-century runs without water flux adjustments.
22.214.171.124 Does the use of flux adjustments in a model have a significant impact on climate change projections?
Marotzke and Stone (1995) show that using flux adjustment to correct surface errors in the control climate does not necessarily correct errors in processes which control the climate change response. Flux adjustments can also result in spurious multiple equilibrium states of the tropical (Neelin and Dijkstra, 1995) and thermohaline (Dijkstra and Neelin, 1999) ocean circulation. On the other hand, a good representation of, say, sea-ice extent may be important to produce the correct magnitude of ice-albedo feedback under climate change, and it may be preferable to use flux adjustments to give a good sea-ice distribution than to omit the flux adjustments but to have a poorer sea-ice extent. Overall, differences have been seen in the climate change response of flux adjusted and equivalent non-flux adjusted models (Fanning and Weaver, 1997b; Gregory and Mitchell, 1997), but it is not clear whether the differences are due to the flux adjustment itself, or to the systematic errors in the non-flux adjusted model. The only practical way to resolve this issue may be to continue the progress which has been made towards models which achieve good surface climatology without flux adjustment, whereupon the effect of flux adjustments will cease to be of concern.
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HARTFORD -- Two dozen Haitian boys will each receive $500,000 in a settlement on their claims of sexual abuse at the hands of Douglas Perlitz while enrolled in Project Pierre Toussaint, a residential trade school in Cap-Haitien.
"This settlement will be a life-changing event for them," said Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston lawyer who headed the legal team representing the boys. "It will allow them to feed themselves and their families, buy clothes, sleep with a roof over their heads and obtain medical treatment."
Garabedian said arrangements have been made to provide financial counseling, but the money will be distributed immediately in a lump sum.
The payments are part of a $12 million settlement reached Friday with Fairfield University; the Rev. Paul Carrier, a former university chaplain and officer of the Haiti Fund, the now defunct fund-raising arm of Project Pierre Toussaint; the Society of Jesus of New England, the Jesuit order to which Carrier belonged; the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, American Association, USA, of which Carrier was Magistral chaplain; and Hope Carter, a member of the board of directors of the Haiti Fund, a New Canaan philanthropist and Malta member.
The defendants were accused of promoting and raising money for Perlitz's program but failing to properly supervise him.
While those defendants paid the settlement, most of which came from insurance policies, the settlement also ended actions against the defunct Haiti Fund, 12 unnamed individuals and Perlitz, who is serving a nearly 20-year federal prison term for traveling overseas to engage in sex with a minor.
The settlement does not constitute an admission of liability, the defendants said.
"This case was about accountability," Garabedian said. "The fact they paid $12 million speaks volumes."
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The story of Hippocrates Health Institute began in 1908, when Ann Wigmore was born in Lithuania. To learn more about the factors of her youth that shaped her future, read her compelling biography, "Why Suffer?" At the age of 13, she sailed to the United States to reunite with her parents, who were already living in Massachusetts. She eventually married, had a daughter and lived a simple, humble life in Stoughton, a town about 10 miles south of Boston.
While Ann was raising her family, a Danish doctor by the name of Kristine Nolfi was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1940. She refused established medical protocol and successfully treated herself with an exclusively raw food diet. When she regained her health, she opened a health center called Humlegaarden where she treated many patients with cancer and other diseases.
A decade or so after Dr. Nolfi had reversed her cancer, Ann, in poor health and suffering from colon cancer, began to incorporate the lessons she recalled learning as a child in Lithuania from her grandmother, the village doctor, who treated wounded soldiers with herbs during World War I. Using weeds and wheatgrass, she also healed her body and reversed the cancer. Witnessing the powerful healing properties of wheatgrass juice and other vitamin and enzyme-rich foods first-hand inspired her to spend the next 35 years of her life studying and educating others about natural healing and optimum nutrition.
Her first foray into helping others was through the "Red Schoolhouse," which she founded at her farm in Stoneham in 1956. Dr. Paul Dudley White, a Harvard University-educated physician, member of the Harvard faculty, President Eisenhower's personal physician and a founder of the American Heart Association, was one of Ann's biggest supporters. He ran an "Underground Railroad" of sorts by sending patients who could not be cured using modern medicine to Ann's farm. A fellow Lithuanian by the name of Viktoras Kluvinskas also became aware of Ann's work through a Boston Globe article on the world-famous model Twiggy and the cleansing detox program she went through at Red Schoolhouse. The top computer consultant in the U.S. at the time, Viktoras' services were coveted by institutions including Harvard, Smithsonian, MIT and The Apollo Project; he was also sick and dying from an autoimmune collapse when he came to the Red Schoolhouse to recover. After three weeks, he experienced a personal revelation and so when Ann offered him the opportunity to stay, he gave up his high-profile career and joined her to become the science and the brains behind the operation which, together, they renamed and co-founded as Hippocrates Health Institute.
Initially, the diet at the Institute was vegetarian, which transitioned into vegan. But after noticing the positive changes that occurred from eating only living foods, the permanent diet of raw, life-giving foods was incorporated. Viktoras spent hours at the Harvard Medical Library, seeking to create a bridge between what they had been experiencing in regards to health and healing and what was known in the medical and research community.
One of the people they helped was a friend of Boston Brahmin Margaret Drumheller. After seeing her friend's Multiple Sclerosis reversed with Ann's guidance, Margaret invited her to move her healing center from Stoneham to her brownstone in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood and, in 1961, Ann and Viktoras officially opened the doors to the Hippocrates Health Institute at 25 Exeter Street in Boston.
For the next 25 years, Hippocrates was literally the face of the alternative health care movement in the U.S. At their weekly Sunday Open Houses, hundreds of visitors came to learn more about health and healing. One such visitor was Brian Clement, a young raw vegan who had plans to eventually open a center in Oregon, but was living in Maine in the interim. Curious about Hippocrates, he made the trip in 1975 and never left.
Together, Brian and Ann traveled throughout Europe, hoping to seed the idea of raw foods as a cure-all for a disease-free lifestyle back where it had originated in the 1940s with Dr. Nolfi's work. In the late 1970s, Brian spent a year as Director of Humlegaarden and, upon his return to Boston, Ann and Viktoras asked him to take over the directorship of Hippocrates. He agreed, upon three conditions:
1. HHI would begin to support its results with empirical data, adding blood profiles and physicians to the staff, leaving a legacy of healing beyond anecdotal stories;
2. Clarity on HHI's mission statement: Helping people help themselves. At HHI, guests are never told that they can be 'healed', it's about giving people the tools they need to help themselves achieve their goals;
3. We only speak from experience. Today, hundreds of thousands of people have been through HHI, offering mountains of substantive data and empirical evidence that allows HHI staff to truly teach from experience.
Brian took over as Director of Hippocrates in 1980. In 1983, Anna-Maria Gahns, who had been the Director at Sweden's Brandals Health Center, moved to Boston to work and learn from Brian. The couple married and, in 1987, moved the Institute from Boston to West Palm Beach, Florida.
Today, Brian and Anna Maria Clement, Ph. D., L.N.C. carry on Ann Wigmore's mission to help people radically change their health by trading nutrient-deficient, "dead" foods for a diet rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and plant-based proteins. In addition to expanding and fine-tuning the Institute's curriculum over the years to include seminars on such topics as meditation, colonics and homeopathy, they have also expanded its offerings by adding a chef's kitchen for raw cooking lessons, cutting-edge spa and therapy treatments, exercise equipment and classes, ozonated pools, nature-trail walks and behavioral health practitioner services.
Ann Wigmore's use of wheatgrass as a key dietary component began a revolution in the world of nutrition. Hippocrates Health Institute has welcomed people from all walks of life to benefit from her teachings – from people looking to improve their general health to those with terminal disease. To date, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have visited the Institute and now share stories of recovery, healthy lifestyles, and a rejuvenated outlook on life.


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Thanks for re-posting that article! That will be very valuable information to have this time of year here in Northwest Florida where temperatures can be 95 F by noon with 90% humidity. It's smothering! Since my dogs live indoors, I sometimes worry that they don't get enough conditioning to the heat. What can you recommend doing to enhance their tolerance for heat? (besides move.. LOL)
Nate, thanks for the information about cooling them off in water. At the HT in MD it was horrible hot and there were quite a few dogs that went into the water to cool off prior to the water portion. I couldn't tell if it helped them or not, and we didn't dip ours at all - just kept him in the shade, eventually turned on the air conditioning for him and our lil pup. I know spoiled
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First post here. When my dog gets too hot her tounge color turns bright red from her normal pink. Thats my signal to stop and cool her off.
Even though so many of us have read this in the past, and hopefully all of us pay close attention to our dog(s) in the heat and humidity, I'm really pleased to see it as a sticky. Here's hoping everyone takes a minute to re-read it.
I've heard of 5 different dogs going down due to heat in the past two days.
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We trained today and the grass was taller than normal and it was pretty warm out. My dog is pretty high energy and does everything 100mph. She actually laid down after hunting up a bird. That is not like her and I knew we over did it. I got her cooled off asap and 10 minutes later she was ready to again but we called it a day. Very scarry...I now know what to look for and it will never happen again!
"Going down" refers to actually collapsing from heat/exhaustion.
If your dog laid down panting because she was really gassed, that is not quite the same BUT IT IS A WARNING that she is getting close. Especially if that is out of character for her.
Read the article and pay attention. Lots of good info there.
The ambient temp does not always have to be extremely high. Everything is relative. They generate body heat from exertion and if conditions are not good for them cooling down they can get in trouble before you realize it.
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URUMQI, China (AP) -- Chinese authorities say that two religious extremists carried out a terror attack at a train station in far-western Xinjiang region by detonating explosives, in an apparent suicide bombing that also killed one other person and wounded 79.
The strike late Wednesday in Urumqi was the third high-profile attack in seven months blamed on Xinjiang extremists that targeted civilians. These attacks, two of them outside the region, have marked a departure from a previous pattern of primarily targeting local authorities in a long-simmering insurgency.
A 57-year-old woman being treated at the Xinjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital said she had just arrived from Sichuan province and was walking outside the station to meet her son when the explosives went off and knocked her to the ground.
"I saw I had shreds of flesh and blood in my hair and on my clothes. It was terrifying," said the woman, who would give only her surname, Peng.
The attack prompted increased security in Urumqi, and in China's capital Beijing, police held a terror response drill at the city's main railway station in the early hours of Friday.
Police based at the station arrived on the scene of a hypothetical attack within 50 seconds, with anti-terror, SWAT, criminal investigation and traffic control units all turning up within 15 minutes. Photos on the police force's microblog showed officers wearing helmets and body armor and toting submachine guns and other weapons.
The official website for Xinjiang's regional government said police identified two suspects with a history of religious extremism, including a 39-year-old man from southern Xinjiang.
It did not explicitly call Wednesday's attack in the regional capital of Urumqi a suicide bombing, but said the two men detonated explosives at a train station exit and both died on the spot.
Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded "decisive" action against terrorism after the attack, which came at awkward time for him, just as he was wrapping up a four-day tour of Xinjiang aimed at underlining the government's commitment to security in the region. It was unclear if he was still in Xinjiang when the explosions took place.
Meanwhile, Beijing criticized a U.S. State Department report issued Wednesday that said China's counterterrorism cooperation with the U.S. "remained marginal, with little reciprocity in information exchanges.
"To make irresponsible remarks about other countries and enact a double standard is of no help to international cooperation in the fight against terrorism," spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry's website.
The blasts went off about 7 p.m. just after a train had pulled into the station and as passengers streamed out onto a plaza near a bus station.
Another survivor, a man who also gave only his surname, Liu, said the blast knocked many people to the ground.
"There was chaos. Everyone was panicking," Liu said. Police and firefighters quickly arrived and Liu said the injured were taken to hospitals in ambulances and commandeered taxis.
Earlier reports in state media quoted witnesses as saying the attack also involved knifings by a group of attackers, but the regional government's brief dispatch -- saying police had solved the crime -- made no mention of slashings.
Tensions between Chinese and ethnic Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang have been simmering for years, particularly since riots in 2009 in Urumqi left nearly 200 people dead, according to official figures.
Beijing blames the violence on overseas-based instigators, but has offered little evidence. Information about events in the area about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) west of Beijing is tightly controlled.
Authorities said security was tightened at all transport hubs in the city, which has a mainly Han Chinese population who are distinct from Xinjiang's native Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group.
A suicide bombing would represent a new form of attack blamed on militants who so far have primarily targeted local officials with crude weapons, including knives and farm tools.
"It would mark a new escalation and start to hint at a worrying sophistication," said Raffaello Pantucci, a terrorism expert at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in London.
"However, it is as of yet unclear whether this incident is linked to groups outside, which is what I would say would elevate it to being one of the front lines in Islamist terror in the global sense," Pantucci said.
Last October, three Uighurs rammed a vehicle into crowds near the Forbidden City gate in the heart of Beijing and then crashed the car in a fiery suicide attack, killing themselves and two tourists. Police quickly cleaned up the area and released few details, and it was not clear whether the attackers used some kind of explosives.
In March, five knife-wielding men and women believed to be Uighurs slashed at crowds indiscriminately at a railway station in southwestern China, killing 29 people.
While Beijing faults separatists for raising ethnic tensions, government critics say restrictive and discriminatory policies and practices have alienated the Uighurs. They say Han people have flooded Xinjiang and benefited from its economic growth while Uighurs have felt excluded.
China has smothered Xinjiang with additional security and imposed additional restrictions on Uighur travel rights, culture and religious practices. That, say Uighur activists, is exacerbating the resentments driving the violence.
"The Urumqi explosion again proves that forceful repression is not a solution to the problem," said Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress based in Germany.
Associated Press writers Christopher Bodeen and Ian Mader in Beijing and videojournalist Aritz Parra in Urumqi contributed to this report.


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The small size of the Raspberry Pi computer allows it to fit in all sorts of places, like on the VESA mount behind your monitor or in a case you made with a 3D printer, but those are just the start of where we're seeing people put this $35 computer. Once you factor in that incredible price (thus making the risk of breaking it minimal) and its limited power demands, an incredible number of doors are opened up to experimentation. In one of the most clever RasPi projects that we've yet to see photographer David Hunt fit the tiny computer into the battery grip on his DSLR, making for a portable supercamera.
At 85.6 x 54 x 17mm the Raspberry Pi is quite small, but it wouldn't just fit in a removable battery grip, some modding was required, but the job was surprisingly minor thanks to the roomy size of the grip. Holes were made for the USB slots, ethernet, and video, and at the end of the day the result is a full-on computer, powered by Raspbian Linux.
And why would you want to put a Linux computer in your camera (in this case a Canon 5D MKII)? First off, Canon's DSLRs aren't exactly known for their computer-like features or expandability. The 5D MKII, while being a great camera, doesn't have wireless built in, nor does it have GPS or a built in timer (known as an intervalometer). All these things are possible with the Raspberry Pi, you just need to get past the hurdle of getting the computer to coordinate with the camera. Some tasks will be relatively easier — tethering the camera to the computer and then saving images to a USB stick for example — while others will be much more tricky, especially with Raspbian's less-than-perfect USB drivers.
Additionally Hunt talked about using the Raspberry Pi to setup remote control of the camera, do on-the-fly image manipulation, and to trigger the shutter (a lot of other functions would rest on this one). Supposedly the trigger can be done using the 2.5mm shutter release port (instead of USB) which will require some modification, but comes with the added benefit of being able to wake the camera from sleep.
From what it sounds like the hardware side is basically done, but the software still needs a fair bit of work. The Linux distro that the Raspberry Pi uses is imperfect, and it wasn't exactly developed with Canon's 5D in mind. That noted, Hunt seems well on his way to bringing Nikon D4-level — and beyond — features to his DSLR for under $100.
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Forty-eight countries united Wednesday in a global alliance to fight child sexual abuse online, a cross-border crime that experts say is increasing at alarming rates.
By conservative estimates, 1 million photographs of child pornography are on the Internet, with an additional 50,000 being posted every year, said Cecilia Malmstrom, the European Union's commissioner for home affairs who was one of sponsors of the conference in Brussels.
"Behind each of these images there is an abused child, an exploited and helpless victim," Malmstrom said at a news conference. "And every time someone looks at these pictures, that child is exploited and violated again and again and again."
The alliance will focus on identifying and helping victims, prosecuting offenders, increasing public awareness and reducing the availability of child pornography online, according to a joint declaration.
The countries will also work on exchanging information, expertise and training, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said.
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With a 14.5 point spread, the Sugar Bowl between Florida and Louisville wasn't projected to be all that competitive. That turned out to pretty much be the case, but it was the Cardinals, not the Gators, dominating in shocking fashion.
From the first play from scrimmage — literally, a pick-six by Louisvlle's Terell Floyd — the Cardinals had Florida out of its comfort zone and trying to play catch-up. That's not exactly what the Gators are designed to do and No. 22 Louisville handed a 33-23 loss to No. 4 Florida for the biggest win in program history and one of the biggest upsets in a BCS game.
The loss drops the SEC to 3-3 this bowl season with Alabama, Texas A&M and Mississippi still left to play. None of the three should be considered massive favorites to win their bowls, either.
The Gators have been known for its top-10 defense all season. It's what's saved them a time or four in close games. But Florida was mostly unable to stop Teddy Bridgewater, who threw for 266 yards and a pair of scores. That's the most yardage a Florida defense has given up since Nov. 5 of last year.
Leading up to the Sugar Bowl, Florida safety Matt Elam (pictured) said Bridgewater was the best quarterback his team would face this season. Better than Georgia's Aaron Murray. Better than Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel from Texas A&M. That's high praise, but Bridgewater didn't do anything to suggest Elam wasn't right.
It helps that he usually had all day to throw. Louisville's offensive line didn't always run block well — the Cardinals continued to struggle in the run game with just 70 yards — but did they ever pass protect, and in crucial spots too. Louisville was 9-of-14 on third down conversions against the mighty Gator defense and punted just once all night. When Louisville didn't score, it was because the Cardinals stopped themselves with a missed field goal or interception.
While Louisville and offensive coordinator Shawn Watson deserve all the credit for a solid offensive showing, Florida's defense deserves at least a little of the blame for being off. Florida was college football's only defense from a BCS conference that hadn't allowed a touchdown pass of 15 yards or longer all season, yet Bridgewater's scores were from 15 and 19 yards.
But Will Muschamp failed to put the defense in better situations. The offense, which has been a liability all year, had three turnovers and couldn't do much outside of picking apart a prevent defense. A failed onside kick with two personal foul penalties tacked on gave Louisville the ball at the Gators 19-yard line to start the second half. Bridgewater tossed a touchdown pass to Damian Copeland on the next play.
Speaking of penalties, Florida had a lot of 'em — nine for 98 yards to be exact. It was an all around bad night for a team that had the most impressive body of work this season. To end it a sour note against a team that will be getting a lot of preseason hype in 2013 will have Muschamp looking for answers this spring, especially on offense.