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World’s First Double Backflip in a Wheelchair
Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham {wiki} has spina bifida and began using a wheelchair when he was three yers old. He has been confined to a wheelchair since the age of eight. Fotheringham achieved the double backflip last weekend. -via the Daily What
It’s A Book by Lane Smith
“It’s A Book”, a new children’s book by Lane Smith that helps teach kids about books in an electronic world.
Playful and lighthearted with a subversive twist that is signature Lane Smith, IT’S A BOOK is a delightful manifesto on behalf of print in the digital age. This satisfying, perfectly executed picture book has something to say to readers of all stripes and all ages.
thanks to Valerie D’Orazio for the tip
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Awkward Moment: Wife and Mistress of Trapped Chilean Miner Learn about Each Other
A group of miners in Chile have been trapped underground since August 5. Rescue workers are doing their best to dig them out. The story has attracted a lot of publicity and as a result, the wife and mistress of trapped miner Yonni Barrios met each other:
Yonni Barrios’ wife, Marta Salinas, and Barrios’ lover, Susana Valenzuela, were both holding vigils for him outside the mine.
Salinas was stunned when she heard Valenzuela shouting his name amid a crowd of miners’ loved ones.
Salinas, 56, is said to be “horrified”. However, she is determined not to give up her man to her love rival.
She told friends: “Barrios is my husband. He loves me and I am his devoted wife. This woman has no legitimacy.”
My Name is (Hurricane) Earl
Hurricane Earl, image acquired by NASA two days ago:
The relatively placid view from the International Space Station belied the potent forces at work in Hurricane Earl as it hovered over the tropical Atlantic Ocean on August 30. With maximum sustained winds of 135 miles (215 kilometers) per hour, the storm was classified as a category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale as it passed north of the Virgin Islands.
