Boy's head trapped in escalator accident

Boy's head trapped in escalator accident

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was injured yesterday after his head became trapped in a gap between a moving escalator and wall at a local Carrefour supermarket.

Doctors at Shanghai Children's Hospital confirmed last night the boy, surnamed Shen, suffered bruises to his head and face and needs to be kept in hospital for observation for two to three days.

Witnesses said the boy was playing alone on the escalator leading to the supermarket's top-floor parking lot at 3:40pm when he got stuck in the gap between the escalator and wall in the store at Changzhong Road,,NFL jerseys wholesale from China, Baoshan District.

The boy's head became jammed and he was dragged by the moving escalator for more than 2 meters before it was stopped, surveillance camera footage showed.

"Some of our officials thought the boy was playing on the escalator at first and did not realize there had been an accident," said Hu Gaofeng, a customer service representative.

Supermarket employees rushed to stop the escalator and pulled Shen free, Hu told Shanghai Daily.

"He was shivering all over when I reached him," said the boy's mother,Do you want the best wedding dresses? Do you want the best cheap wedding dress, but don't want to pay expensive prices? In this article, we will look at how to find cheap wedding dresses, and whether it is a wise option to go with. surnamed Zhou.,Authentic Baseball Jerseys,

"I had never seen my boy like this. His body seemed twisted and he was in great pain."

Zhou said she, Shen and his 14-year-old sister had been shopping at the supermarket before the accident.

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Zhou said she and her daughter were waiting for Shen on a shuttle bus while he went to the bathroom and had not realized there had been an accident until she saw people rushing and calling for help.

Harmonious Times for Good Old War

Harmonious Times for Good Old War

Last week Dan Schwartz and Tim Arnold, two-thirds of the emerging folk-rock trio Good Old War, were seated on the patio of an East Village bar here when a sudden storm struck the region. So strong was the wind that the third member, Keith Goodwin, who was driving home to visit his pregnant wife in Langhorne, Pa., thought to call his band mates and warn them to stay inside. At the bar, as fallen leaves and branches blew by, a brick loosened, tumbled and landed hard on Mr. Schwartz's left hand. He spent the night in the hospital. And though he tried to perform the following night when the band was booked to open for the British indie band Gomez, he couldn't. And then Gomez canceled the tour when its vocalist, Ben Ottewell, came down with laryngitis.

And thus ended Good Old War's dream season. Earlier in the year the band played at the massive Coachella Music & Arts Festival and served as the opening act for both the alt-rock band Guster and Alison Krauss & Union Station, which introduced it to country and bluegrass audiences. During performances, members of Ms. Krauss's all-star band often joined in. "I look across the stage and there's Jerry Douglas playing Dobro on a song we wrote," Mr. Goodwin said recently at a doughnut shop in Hell's Kitchen. His injured hand wrapped in bandages, Mr. Schwartz also noted that "Ron Block played banjo with us almost every night." After the shows with Ms. Krauss and the band, Good Old War sold up to 200 CDs a night at the venue's merchandise table.

The members of the trio play multiple instruments, often at the same time: Mr. Arnold stands at the drums so he can reach a keyboard or an accordion with a free hand; Mr. Goodwin plays bass parts on keys or adds percussion while also strumming a guitar; and Mr. Schwartz shifts among several guitars, some of which are braced high on stands for easy access.

FBI Pakistani Spies Spent Millions Lobbying U.S.

FBI Pakistani Spies Spent Millions Lobbying U.S.

For years, the Pakistani spy agency funneled millions of dollars to a Washington nonprofit group in a secret effort to influence Congress and the White House, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court documents that are certain to complicate already strained relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.

FBI agents arrested Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, the executive director of the Kashmiri American Council, on Tuesday and charged him with being an unregistered agent of a foreign government. Under the supervision of a senior member of Pakistan's spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, Fai donated money to political campaigns, wrote newspaper op-eds, organized congressional trips and met with White House and State Department officials.

"I believe that Fai has received approximately $500,000 to $700,000 per year from the government of Pakistan," FBI agent Sarah Webb Linden said in documents filed in federal court in Alexandria, Va.

Officially, the Kashmiri American Council had a much smaller budget and told the U.S. government that it received no foreign grants, according to Internal Revenue Service documents. Pakistan was financing similar operations in London and Brussels, the Justice Department said.

The Pakistani Embassy quickly issued a statement saying the government had no knowledge of such an arrangement.

Director's family get share in film company

Director's family get share in film company

THE widow and son of renowned movie director Xie Jin should receive shares in the company the filmmaker co-founded, a local court ruled yesterday.

Xu Dawen, Xie's widow,,Celebrity lace wigs, and son, Xie Jiaqing,phoenix suns jerseys brought a lawsuit against Shanghai-based Xie Jin Film Technology Co this year.

They asked for recognition of their rights as shareholders in the film technology firm, as it had refused to include them in its business license after Xie died in 2008.

Xu and Xie Jiaqing, who has learning difficulties, asked for a 25 percent stake in the company, the Xuhui District People's Court heard.

The other surviving child, a daughter, had withdrawn her claim for a share in the company.

However,portland trailblazers jerseys Xie Jin Film Technology Co argued that as Xie Jiaqing was mentally challenged he was unsuitable to be a shareholder.

The company claimed if the widow and son became shareholders,timberland boots sale "it would have a negative effect upon the company's operations."

The court said both sides agreed the company was the fruits of the director's lifelong hard work and artistic philosophy and should continue to operate.,wholesale Gucci Shoes,

Under the court's mediation, Xie Jin Film Technology Co agreed the two plaintiffs should inherit 25 percent of its shares.

Xu would receive 18.5 percent and Xie Jiaqing 6.5 percent, considering his special medical situation.

Talent shortage a bottleneck for China's auto industry

Talent shortage a bottleneck for China's auto industry

For China's auto industry to become more advanced it must break through the talent shortage bottleneck to boost technological innovation, experts said at an auto expo being held in the northeastern province of Jilin.

Despite the rapid growth of the auto sector in recent years, the country still lags far behind auto powers Germany, Japan and the United States in technology, development environment, innovation and talents, said Fu Yuwu, vice chairman with the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, while attending the eighth China Changchun International Auto Expo.

"But the root cause of all the other three weaknesses is the talent shortage. The world's largest auto market has to solve the problem in order to transform from a big auto manufacturer to a strong one," Fu said.

Speaking at a forum held during the auto expo, Zhang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of China Machinery Industry Federation, echoed his views, saying that independent innovation is the key to accomplish the goal.

The 2011 International Forum on Advanced Vehicle Technologies and Integration (VTI 2011), focusing on technical discussions, is jointly held by Society of Automotive Engineers of China, China FAW Group and Jilin University from July 16-18 in Jilin's capital city of Changchun, the cradle of the country's automotive industry and one of the largest auto manufacturing centers.

"That's why we hold the VTI 2011 during the auto expo this year, through which we hope to promote inter-industry technological exchanges," Zhang said.