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Saturday, April 20, 2013

At least 56 dead and 600 injured after a magnitude 7 earthquake in China


At least 56 people were killed and 600 injured in an earthquake of 7 degrees on the Richter scale that rocked the central Chinese province of Sichuan, the same in which an earthquake of a magnitude degree caused nearly 90,000 deaths five. The quake occurred at 8:02 local time (0:02 AM) and shook the region of Lushan, in the municipal area of ​​Yaan, located in the center of the province, at the foot of the eastern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau. The seismic source was located at 30.3 degrees north latitude, 103 degrees east longitude and 13 kilometers deep. More than 2,000 soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army have been sent to the affected area to participate in the rescue and assistance to victims, said the military division of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan. The strong tremor could be felt clearly in that city, located 140 kilometers from Yaan, as well as in other western provinces of the country, within a radius of thousands of miles. A Chengdu resident told Xinhua that from his apartment, located in a thirteenth floor, your home could feel shaking for 20 seconds s, watching falling tiles surrounding buildings. CCTV state television has provided the first images of the affected area, where most of the inhabitants have left their houses and stay on the streets for fear of aftershocks. After the strong initial quake there have been several aftershocks in the area between 4 and 5 degrees. Western China is an area of ​​frequent seismic activity, being in the friction zone of the Indian and Asian tectonic plates. In recent weeks several smaller earthquakes also in western China's Yunnan province have caused dozens injured. The May 12, 2008, an earthquake of 8 degrees with epicenter in Weichuan (northern Sichuan) caused 90,000 deaths and about 375,000 injuries, the worst being suffered by China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.

34th day of the Premier League l United one step closer to the title?

The 34th day of the Premier League could be practically see Manchester United champions England on Monday night.


Saturday, April 20: Fulham vs Arsenal
In great shape, Arsenal made the short journey to Fulham. Unbeaten since March 3, Arsene Wenger's players are only one point away from the podium, now ends with Chelsea and 61 points. Facing them, Fulham, who has not won for the last three games and out of a 3-0 defeat at home. Local do not play anything but the Gunners, they have every intention of hanging the Champion's League.
Saturday, April 20: Norwich vs Reading
Reading lamp this weekend one of his cards. Last championship with 24 points (tied with QPR), they have no choice but to win to hope to save, even if walking seems too high. Opposite Norwich have not won since late February but has yet to pick up a few points to ensure his rescue. They have also lost three times at home this season. Difficult in these conditions to Reading to catch his opponent ...
Saturday, April 20: QPR vs Stoke
For QPR, too, is one of the last chances. Stoke and in poor form, is timely. They have not won away since December 1, 2012 and remain on five-game losing streak away from their bases. QPR must jump at the chance to get closer to the first non-relegation zone which is 10 lengths.
Saturday, April 20: Sunderland vs Everton
Face to Sunderland, Everton must win to hang Europe. They can enjoy the large posters (Liverpool-Chelsea and Tottenham-City) to get closer to European markets that are now only two points. At home, Sunderland has six games without a win but out of a superbly derby against Newcastle won, 3-0. In fact, Everton is greater and statistics as Sunderland have not won against Everton since December 22, 2001 ...
Saturday, April 20: Swansea vs Southampton
Swansea-Southampton is THE game of the soft underbelly this weekend. 9th, Swansea has nothing to hope and Southampton, in great shape, will save quickly. At the Liberty Stadium, Swansea lost just four times in 16 games but faces a team that still beat Chelsea and Liverpool recently. If both teams play their best football, the meeting mid-table could be spectacular!
Saturday, April 20: West Brom vs Newcastle
Surprise early season, West Brom fell walking distance. He just lost twice in a row against Arsenal and West Ham. As for Newcastle, they lost heavily against Sunderland and have yet to pick up points to save.With the financial resources injected this year, a descent would work ...
Saturday, April 20: West Ham vs Wigan
Often close to the red zone, West Ham is now reassembled and advanced to 11th place with 39 points.Faced with Hammers players Wigan recovered to block after their qualification for the final of the FA Cup. This week, they were beaten 1-0 as against City and sell dearly to save their skin. Relegation three points of Aston Villa with a game in hand, Wigan is likely to stay in the Premier League next season. This must go with a victory this weekend.
Sunday, April 21: Tottenham vs Manchester City
A game that feels Europe! The Spurs are currently 5th and virtually qualified in the Europa League. This is clearly a disappointment after spending much of the season in the top 4. But with a game in hand, they will see it coming. The second Citizens are in great shape and have chained three consecutive wins in the league and qualified in the FA Cup final against Chelsea. If they do not want to double Everton, Spurs must hold at least a point.
Sunday, April 21: Liverpool vs Chelsea
The Blues face a team that has apparently turned down arms. In Liverpool, some even say that non-qualification in the European Cup would be a good thing for the club. Chelsea will be highly motivated with the idea of ​​staying on the podium with a victory in a battle for Europe closer than ever.
Monday, April 22: Manchester United vs Aston Villa
If Tottenham beat Manchester City, United can be champions in his den at Old Trafford if they win.Hung this week at West Ham, while the Red Devils want to win at home where they took the three points 14 times in 16 games. Aston Villa will certainly present face Ferguson's men with a very defensive composition. Non-relegation first, the Villans will do anything to take at least a point in Manchester.

Soccer Impressions Computer FX

Football fans often have their own ideas about the best tactics for your team, but only the coach can make the real decisions. Football managers allow you to perform these ideas, albeit virtually. This genre has well-known titles and quality, but in the memory of the oldest Spanish players always shines PC Football manager popularized Dinamic and disappeared a few years ago. Pablo de la Nuez, editorial director of FX Interactive, a sort of "heir" of Dinamic-, did not work on the series with the desired intensity, and has now decided to get even starting a new intellectual property, FX Football, which begins in PC with the aim of reaching below to mobile devices and make you feel just like a real coach. This version comes to computers, explains producer FX Interactive, because it's where they feel most comfortable, what they know best and because they think still no market for PC games. De la Nuez said that what gave him the impetus was a conversation with Carlos Abril (PC Football manager between 1996 and 1999) in which he spoke to recover the spirit of PC Football and the request of an Italian amateur who developed a manager to be "simple and spectacular." FX editorial director says that this genus currently includes games with too many choices what it takes "to miss the essence of football, when if you lose a match you want to get to the next to see if you recover. " They also say in FX, the complexity of the existing manager away from these games novice players.

Feel as coach


So, what has governed the development of FX Football is achieved that is accessible and make you feel as a coach. An example: if you choose to watch the game while dispute can give orders to your team, but only in relation to the style of play of the whole team (like one-touch play or have a more rested, take precedence shots with depth or press harder) and details how to change the position of a particular player. The idea is to convey the feeling I would have a coach from the bench that what counts is the preparation before the meeting and during the meeting have possibilities more limited strategic. For added realism, marques changes in the style of play will take a while to show. There are two game modes, classic as managers. In Challenge to start with a team of ten deals and you can compete with it to improve it and to take it to be champions of Europe. In Manager tabs for the team you want. FX Football begins modestly. You can only manage a league with two divisions, FX1 and FX2-seven competitions. The study focused on adjusting all parameters and that play involving rewarding challenge. Moreover, no real equipment licenses. Modified the existing team logos and player names are randomly generated, but its characteristics are equivalent to real players.

This spring, Android vs. Android


LG unveiled one of the terminals star for this year, the Optimus G. Taking advantage of the halo of being the manufacturer responsible for last Google Nexus, the Korean company is committed to a certain design similarities, with a rear glass but stronger interior. The IPS screen is 4.7 inches, but no other Full HD Android coming to market these days (1280 × 768 pixels). Anyway, basically, because also overcomes this barrier from which it is difficult to see the dots on the screen. The processor is a Snapdragon S4 Pro and has 2 GB of RAM. It will cost 600 euros free. With these features is placed in the header of the Android attack spring market in which there are many competitors. In the next few weeks are going to hit the market this LG, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and One from HTC. Along with the Xperia Z are the four "superphones" Android camp in 2013, waiting for Google present a successor to the Nexus 4 in the last stretch of the year. However, attack is completely expendable. A Android has too many arguments. It is amazing the level to which Google's operating system compared with other European and U.S. Territories During the last quarter has been present in 9 out of 10 new handsets sold . In other territories dominates, but with a much smaller share, about 60%. Here the struggle for market share and not between platforms, but between manufacturers. Android vs. Android.

A five year old girl in critical condition after being raped repeatedly in Delhi


A five year old girl is hospitalized in serious condition after being raped by a man for two days in New Delhi, which has risen up protests in the Indian capital, local media reported. The girl disappeared on Monday and Wednesday, the family discovered a neighbor in the same building to hear the cries of the little, explained the newspaper The Hindu. According to this medium, the suspect, in his 30s, raped the girl repeatedly and did not give either food or water in the two days that kept hostage. The suspect has abscondedThe Hindu newspaper has reported that Health Minister visited New Delhi to small and family at the hospital. A doctor quoted by local media said "that the next few hours are critical "to the survival of the child. Last December the rape of a young 23 year old in New Delhi raised protests and an unprecedented debate about the status of women in China.

A Boston bombing suspect dies after shootout with police, the other continues fled

A few hours after the FBI made ​​public images of the two main suspects in the bombing of Boston that Monday killed three people, gave them police after an officer shot a college campus nearby. After a chase film to the town of Watertown, one of them killed by the police fell, while the other was on the runThe Boston Police confirmed thatone of the suspects died in hospital after being arrested , while the second is fled. The agents have expanded the security perimeter around a house in a residential area of Watertown, which has 32,248 inhabitants. In the vicinity of the house there is a tank and a helicopter flies over the house constantly. The police act with a large deployment of personnel and armored vehicles, as well as with great caution for fear that the suspect has planted explosives in the house or which also has in its possession. The streets are completely empty, as directed by the authorities, who have declared a curfew that means closing schools, universities, businesses and public transportation closures. A neighbor who asked not to be identified expressed "fear" when began to hear the noise of helicoptershovering overhead. "I feared the worst," said the neighbor, who said he has not heard gunshots, or any type of detonation. The only vehicles that circulate are police cars and some vehicles of residents to leave their homes. The police have appealed through the media to ask the public to remain in a safe place. The curfew affects the city of Boston, which also appears deserted, Waltham, Newton, Belmont and Allston Brighton and the university city of Cambridge. 

"Have you come to kill people"

The deceased is the man who on Thursday afternoon was presented by the FBI as "suspect number one", wearing a black capThe commissioner said still looking for the suspect number two, with white cap. Said it is a "terrorist who has come to kill people. Should be catch him." The suspects are two brothers of Chechen origin, according to his uncle, carry in the United States since 2003. The suspect fled wouldDzhokhar Tsarnaev , 19, who lived in Cambridge. The deceased is his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev , who had multiple gunshot wounds and shrapnel "some kind of explosive." Wounded, he arrived at the hospital just after 1.20 am and died 15 minutes after an unsuccessful attempt at resuscitation.

Located after theft

The police operation began early in the evening in Boston (dawn of Spain) when two young, heavily armed with explosives, were located by police and the FBI after a robbery at a supermarket 7/11.  During the chase came a shooting on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he died an agent of the Police and another injured. In the scuffle between police and the suspects were heard dozens of shots and several explosions, which caused panic in the area, reported via Twitter journalists from The New York Times and The Boston GlobeThe two suspects were throwing explosives from the windows of the vehicle to police officers pursued them, according to several witnesses. After an accident in a gas station and leave the vehicle, the "suspect 1" according to the FBI identification was detained seriously injured and the second ran through a residential area and close to a shopping center. Hours later, officers found empty the suspected vehicle in which the suspect was riding a gray Honda CRV, bound for New York, according to Boston Police in his official Twitter account. Police Patrols are Connecticut on Interstate 74, near the border with Massachusetts. In addition, an Amtrack train has been arrested at the height of Norwalk in search of the suspect. Registration, with agents "heavily armed" unsuccessful.

A city stop

Police has deployed special teams to Watertown intervention heavily armedThe authorities have asked residents not to leave their homes and not to open the door to anyone who does not identify correctly as an agent. They also announced the suspension until further notice transportation of metropolitan Boston, and decreed the curfew in the town of Watertown where the search continues for a suspect. In a press conference, city officials asked the public not to attempt to access public transport, which has been paralyzed. The agents called "patience" and "understanding "with the current situation and explained that the suspects are linked to the deaths of three people in the marathon as well as a policeman in the campus of MIT.

Gunfight at the MIT campus

The deceased officer at MIT had multiple gunshot woundsThe incident took place around 10:30 in the evening (2:00 GMT Friday) between the buildings 32 and 76. University officials asked students not to leave their homes , while giving agents a stop to one of the suspects in the shooting in the area of WatertownAll classes have been canceled this Friday both at MIT and Harvard, Boston University and Emerson. The campus is located in the vicinity of Boston, which was the scene this week of bombings during the city marathon.