Fighter shows why you?re supposed to protect yourself at all times (VIDEO)

Sometimes, MMA fighters will try to make their fight exciting by dropping their hands and daring their opponent to hit them. UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva did it in his easy win over Stephan Bonnar, and Nick Diaz is quite well known for making this move.

To beg for a punch, a fighter should have confidence in his or her chin. He or she should be positive that this won't happen:

Yep, that's why the referees remind fighters to protect themselves at all times.

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Voodoo adds tent camping to festival experience

FILE- This Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 file photo shows a large sign in front of the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park welcoming music lovers for the Voodoo Art and Music Experience during Halloween weekend in New Orleans. The three-day festival begins Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at New Orleans City Park, and this will be the first year tent-camping will be available for concert-goers _ a popular stable at European music festivals. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber, file)

FILE- This Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 file photo shows a large sign in front of the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park welcoming music lovers for the Voodoo Art and Music Experience during Halloween weekend in New Orleans. The three-day festival begins Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at New Orleans City Park, and this will be the first year tent-camping will be available for concert-goers _ a popular stable at European music festivals. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber, file)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience is bringing a European music festival experience to New Orleans with overnight tent camping and more Euro-dance-based acts to its stage.

The lineup for the three-day festival, which starts Friday at New Orleans City Park, includes Skrillex, Justice and Kaskade, electronic DJ-producers who have performed at other U.S. festivals in recent years as U.S. radio continues to welcome dance music to its rotation, following Europe's longtime trend.

This will be the first year tent-camping will be available for concert-goers ? a popular stable at European music festivals.

"It's a long-standing tradition that works really well there, so we thought why not bring it here?" said Voodoo producer Stephen Rehage. As one of the first American festivals to offer tent-camping, Rehage said he's starting small, with about 300 tent sites. Restrooms and showers will be provided.

The 14th annual Voodoo will include nearly 100 acts in rock, metal, hip-hop, blues and electronica. Headliners include Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Metallica and Jack White.

Rehage said he has moved the stage for the electronic DJs to a location that can accommodate more festival-goers because last year the fan base was spilling over into other stage areas.

Xavier de Rosnay of the French duo Justice, who performs Saturday, says he doesn't know what makes his music such a draw, and he's not sure he wants to.

"Sometimes not knowing is good because knowing could be a temptation for us to begin making music to please people instead of making music as we do now with complete freedom," de Rosnay said in a phone interview.

Nas, The Avett Brothers, Bootsy Collins, Gary Clark Jr., Silversun Pickups and Dave Stewart will also perform.

"This festival really is a musical gumbo," Rehage said. "Every year we just throw it all in the pot, mix it up and hope it tastes good."

Voodoo, which is held annually around Halloween, includes a sampling of local talent with Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, the Lost Bayou Ramblers and Little Freddie King.

Max Bermis, frontman for the California-based punk rock band Say Anything, said he's looking forward to being part of such a unique lineup.

"Neil Young and Metallica are playing. It's not an endless parade of what's hip or what's popular. It seems to have some cool culture to it," said Bermis, whose band performs Friday.

Metallica was added to the lineup this month to fill the slot previously held by Green Day, which canceled its performance.

"We're hoping we can fill those very large shoes and do them proud," said Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

Voodoo tickets start at $90 for one-day admission, $175 for three days, with packages for VIP, parking and camping.

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Online:

http://www.thevoodooexperience.com

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AP Writer Chevel Johnson in New Orleans contributed to this report.

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China's Ai Weiwei bemoans block on his "Gangnam" parody

BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei criticized the government on Thursday for removing from Chinese websites his parody of Korean pop sensation Psy's Gangnam Style video.

Ai, a world-renowned artist and China's most prominent dissident, and staff of his company performed Psy's famous horse dance in his Beijing studio and posted the video late on Wednesday to Chinese sites such as "Tudou", the equivalent of the blocked YouTube site.

Ai, 55, called the video "Caonima". "Caonima" means "grass mud horse" but the word, which sounds like a very crude insult, has also been taken on by Chinese Internet users, and by Ai himself, and featured in postings mocking the government's online controls.

"We only filmed for a bit over 10 minutes but we used a whole day to edit, and eventually put it online at midnight," Ai told Reuters.

"After we had uploaded it, a few hours later ... we found that a lot of people, tens of thousands, had already watched it. Now, in China, it has already been totally removed, deleted entirely, and you can't see it in China," Ai said.

Ai said Psy's Gangnam Style song and dance was a grass-roots expression of individualism that should be allowed in his country.

"Overall, we feel that every person has the right to express themselves, and this right of expression is fundamentally linked to our happiness and even our existence," Ai said.

"When a society constantly demands that everyone should abandon this right, then the society becomes a society without creativity. It can never become a happy society."

Ai, whose 81-day detention last year sparked an international outcry, has regularly criticized the government for what he sees as its flouting of the rule of law and the rights of citizens.

Last month, a court upheld a $2.4 million tax evasion fine against him, ending a long legal battle with the authorities. He can be jailed if he does not pay.

(Reporting by Maxim Duncan; Editing by Elaine Lies and Robert Birsel)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-ai-weiwei-bemoans-block-gangnam-parody-095226298.html

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3 family members killed, 2 hospitalized in Downey shootings - KPCC

Downey police are trying to piece together why a gunman targeted a family at at a business and later at home, killing three people and injuring two more. The suspect who fled in what authorities believe is one of the family owned cars remains at large.

Downey police received a call right before 11:15 a.m. Wednesday about a shooting at the business on the 8700 block of Cleta St. Within five minutes, another 9-1-1 call about a shooting came from a house approximately two blocks away.

A man and a woman were pronounced dead at the business. A woman was found dead at the home. One teenage boy and an adult female sustained injury from the shooting.

?We do not believe that this was a random act of violence,? said Downey Police Lt. Dean Milligan.? ?We do believe that for some reason this family was targeted.???

All of the victims are family. One of the survivors is a 13-year-old boy, who was shot in the upper arm and who also made the 9-1-1 call from the home. He has been giving the police information about the suspect.

Police said the victims described the man as an African-American male who left in a black Camaro with the license plate 6LEA010. They told police they didn?t recognize the suspect as someone they knew.

Milligan said they don?t believe the suspect forced his way into the business or the house. He said there was a brief conversation or an exchange of words between the shooter and the victims before the man opened fire on them.

All afternoon, investigators walked in an out of the business and the house taking photographs and notes. The family-owned fire protection business is located in a mostly industrial street with a few homes. A crowd of neighbors gathered to get more information at the blocked off neighborhood intersections. ?Some of them like John Popper waited to get access to their homes.

?This is a quiet neighborhood,? he said. I walk at night and ride my bicycle. No problem.?

Sherry Diyorio lives behind the family?s home on the other street. She didn?t know the family but said her daughter knows the teenage boy through school.

?That poor kid,? she said. ?He?s only in middle school. That?s what upsets me.?

Investigators are reviewing surveillance video from nearby businesses in a search for more information about the suspect.

Below is a map with the approximate location of the shootings.

This story has been updated.

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Source: http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2012/10/24/10678/report-5-people-shot-2-dead-downey/

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Kids' mountain bike program likely the first of many in Old Town ...

Ten children in Old Town learned the joys of mountain biking during a monthlong program for grades 4-8 that ran mid-September through mid-October.

The program was made possible by a first-of-its-kind collaboration of three Maine-based organizations: Old Town Recreation, Maine Winter Sports Center and the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.

?They were very excited to just go out and experience the outdoors,? said Kevin McPhee, director of Old Town Recreation, which hosted the program. ?We have a river trail here in the Old Town-Orono area that goes along the Stillwater River. It?s just a beautiful bike trial, and they were able to experience that on a couple of occasions.?

Biking in the mud was their favorite part.

?They usually came back and had mud up their backs and huge smiles,? McPhee said. ?Their parents would come to pick them up and just shake their heads and smile.?

Healthy Hometowns, the community development program of the Maine Winter Sports Center, provided mountain bikes and helmets for participants, as well as training and curriculum for leaders.

?The focus of this program was on experiencing the lifelong, active outdoor pursuit of mountain biking,? said Central Maine Healthy Hometowns coach Lauren Jacobs. ?Kids had a blast exploring the trails, getting muddy and becoming skilled bikers.?

In April, L.L.Bean announced a $1 million donation to Healthy Hometowns to expand the program into a year-round, statewide effort. This donation coincides with L.L.Bean?s mission to get more children outdoors during their 100th anniversary year and beyond.

?In the past, Healthy Hometowns has been primarily cross-country ski-oriented and mostly in the County, up in Aroostook,? Jacobs said. ?With the funding in April, we can go statewide and year-round. This is the first time we?ve had equipment to use in other regions.?

The funding is providing staff, training and resources for Healthy Hometowns expand its focus to outdoor activities such as paddling, hiking, mountain biking, orienteering and camping.

So far, the donation enabled Healthy Hometowns to purchase 20 mountain bikes, three boat trailers of kayaks, and expand their ski collection to approximately 1,500 sets of skis. The program ?coaches? have started spreading out across the state, and the equipment supply will continue to grow over the next three years, Jacobs said.

The 10 children who participated in the Old Town mountain bike program gained skills and confidence through riding on local trails and fields and engaging in a variety of games and activities used to teach bike handling, shifting, braking, safety and navigating obstacles.

The Bicycle Coalition of Maine, a statewide cycling advocacy group, supported the initiative with a safety program for participants and program leadership by a coalition employee.

?Participants markedly improved their biking skills while getting great exercise and getting the opportunity to experience the great Maine outdoors as it was meant to be enjoyed,? McPhee said.

During the summer, Healthy Hometowns and Old Town Recreation worked together to provide kayaking and biking opportunities to summer camp participants. And this winter, the two organizations will work together for the third year to offer a youth cross-country ski program in conjunction with the Penobscot Valley Ski Club.

?This will be an ongoing effort,? McPhee said. ?We look forward to doing this spring, summer, fall and winter. We look forward to partnering with them each season to provide a different activity.?

Healthy Hometowns trailers filled with cross-country skis and snowshoes will travel throughout the state all winter to give children the chance to experience winter sports. Several schools in the Bangor area have booked the equipment, including schools in Winterport, Hampden, Bangor and Dover-Foxcroft.

?We are really focused on winter right now, planning winter sports, getting out calendars filled up and getting ready to do our ski weeks,? Jacobs said. ?But it won?t be long before we start thinking about spring and getting programming lined up. We already have a couple of requests ? Milo has already scheduled the mountain bikes for their outing club members for some time in May.?

For information about Healthy Hometowns, including equipment rental and outdoor programs, visit www.mainewsc.org; the Old Town Recreation Department at www.oldtownrec.com; and the Bicycle Coalition of Maine at www.bikemaine.org.

Source: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/24/outdoors/kids-mountain-bike-program-likely-the-first-of-many-in-old-town/

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Mass. gov.: Fungus seen at meningitis-linked firm

BOSTON (AP) ? State officials investigating a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis said Tuesday they found shoddy sterilization practices and unclean conditions there, including debris-covered floor mats and standing water from a leaking boiler.

State officials also said the New England Compounding Center shipped steroids from the possibly contaminated batches suspected in the outbreak before it received its own test results confirming the drugs were sterile.

Gov. Deval Patrick said he's ordered state pharmacy regulators to conduct surprise inspections ? the first of which happened Tuesday ? at companies similar to the NECC and take other steps to tighten oversight. The state also has moved to revoke the company's operating license and the licenses of its top three pharmacists.

"Those whose laboratory practices caused this outbreak should never practice pharmacy or manufacture in Massachusetts again," Patrick said.

The outbreak of fungal meningitis, an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord, has sickened 308 people, including 23 who have died, in 17 states. The outbreak has been linked to a steroid made by the NECC and taken mainly for back pain. Compounding pharmacies like NECC custom mix solutions in doses or forms generally not commercially available.

The federal government is conducting a criminal investigation.

The state said Tuesday that its preliminary investigation, which began last month after the company was first suspected in the growing outbreak, found large batches of drugs ready for general distribution but not labeled for specific patients.

Its state license permits the company to fill out only specific prescriptions for specific patients, and distributing drugs in bulk like a manufacturer would violate that, said Dr. Madeleine Biondolillo, director of the state Department of Public Health's Bureau of Healthcare Safety.

But company attorney Paul Cirel said it's "hard to imagine" state regulators weren't previously aware of the scale of its operations because they've worked so closely together. The state Board of Pharmacy has always had complete access to the facility, and board members were there as recently as last summer, he said.

"NECC's transparency in dealing with the board since inception in 1998 demonstrates its good-faith intention to operate in compliance with the requirements of its license," Cirel said.

Besides possible state license violations, Biondolillo said the inspections also revealed "several health and safety deficiencies" at the NECC facility in Framingham, just west of Boston.

Three lots of steroids produced by the company are suspected in the outbreak, and the company shipped orders from those lots 13 times before receiving the results of its own tests to confirm those lots were sterile, Biondolillo said. Some medication was shipped as many as 11 days before the company received test results, she said.

Biondolillo also detailed signs of flawed sterilization procedures, including black specks of fungus in sealed vials of the steroids, which were returned to the company during a recall.

Investigators found the company didn't sterilize its products long enough and didn't adequately test whether its sterilization equipment was working, she said.

In addition, mats on which people wiped their shoes to remove contamination before entering a sterile environment were "visibly dirty and soiled with assorted debris," she said. And a leaking boiler adjacent to a pharmacy clean room left an unsanitary pool of water around it and the adjacent walls, she said.

None of what's been found is enough to definitively determine what caused the contamination, and the investigation is ongoing, Biondolillo said.

Meanwhile, Patrick's moves to increase oversight at the state's 25 compounding pharmacies have already started.

The first of the unannounced inspections, to take place at least annually, was done on Tuesday, health department spokesman Alec Loftus said. He wouldn't give the inspected facility's name and said the results are being reviewed.

Patrick said compounding pharmacies will now be required to file annual compliance reports that could help regulators determine if they are acting as manufacturers.

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Associated Press reporter Bob Salsberg contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mass-gov-fungus-seen-meningitis-linked-firm-205746973.html

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