4/12/10
Instant Action
Andrew Judson, UK: I guess Andrew is the best business advisor I've met. Tel.44 1497 821 225 (from UK 01497 821 225)with track record in EU + Cyprus + Egypt re property, marketing, and sales training. Based in Hay-on-Wye near the City of Hereford.
27/9/10
12/9/10
La Crisis Laboral
El Pais 12 09
Debemos hacer frente ya a la crisis laboral. La crisis financiera mundial ha acarreado muchos costes para la economía mundial, ninguno más penoso que el impacto en las decenas de millones de trabajadores que quedaron sin empleo. Alrededor de 210 millones de personas se encuentran en esa situación . . .
Debemos hacer frente ya a la crisis laboral. La crisis financiera mundial ha acarreado muchos costes para la economía mundial, ninguno más penoso que el impacto en las decenas de millones de trabajadores que quedaron sin empleo. Alrededor de 210 millones de personas se encuentran en esa situación . . .
8/9/10
Club Med 2
I liked Club Med 1 also ! + Agadir, + La Martinique, + Cefalu, + Arziv, + Djerba, + Guadaloupe, + Acapulco, + Isla de Mujeres, + Tahiti, + Ouarzazate, ++++ !
[link to Club Med 2 Ship] + Takitimu, + Moustique . . . .
[link to Club Med 2 Ship] + Takitimu, + Moustique . . . .
4/9/10
Flickr
Re DS (I have DS21). Flickr is delveloping well, I'm only now starting to learn potential . . . pic = 1000 words ?
2/9/10
Citroen DS, DS3, DS4
DS4 ? For the moment though, we still like the DS3 better but who knows - Paris might change all that . . .
31/8/10
20/8/10
Travel Pod
New to me . . . but very interesting travel blogs, eg the Smiths Family "Our trip of a lifetime to New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong"
19/8/10
15/8/10
10/8/10
The Citroen DS3 Ecomedy arrives Edinburgh
Citroen DS3 Ecomedy Tour arrived at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – with over a third of a tank of fuel to spare. . .
30/7/10
28/7/10
Liam
"You can marry your MP, you can have sex with your MP, you can pay tax with your MP, but you can't vote for your MP". It's about time this injustice was stopped, give 16 year olds the vote. They can die for this country but they can't vote for it, they can pay tax for this country, but they can't vote for it. At the age of 16, we can legally leave school, work full time and pay taxes, leave home, get married, join the armed forces, and choose where we want our lives to go. At 16, we take control of our futures, yet we are denied the right to do what every other adult in the country who does the same, but is over 18 can vote.
27/7/10
Dylan
“Let me introduce myself: my name is Mog Edwards. Not Mog short for Michael, Mickey or Margaret for that matter. Just Mog. (My mother liked cats). And my father had a sense of humour. Some of you may know me from the works of my friend Dylan. He was a poet and a lover, and we met many years ago in my home-village. He visited one day and forgot to get back on the bus. Having decided that he was going to stay he came to my shop in ...order to buy some clothing, as he hadn’t brought a case with him. And believe me, it was not a moment too soon. He was dressed in a bottle-green cricket shirt, and he looked for all the world like an unmade bed. We discussed his sartorial requirements and financial situation and quickly came to the conclusion that I would dress him, and he would pay me by giving me poems. An odd arrangement I know, but at the time I was emotionally delicate. And verbally inadequate. He maintained that I could do further justice to his words than he…”
The Dylan Thomas Centre’s programme of Saturday summer lunchtime theatre performances continues with Throw Away Your Bedsocks on Saturday, 31 July at 1pm. Who is the best interpreter of poetry? The poet or the reader? Should poetry be read or heard? Using Dylan Thomas’ poems as a base, Adrian Metcalfe, most recently seen as Daniel Jones in the acclaimed production, Warmley, asks the question: is it better to be Mog Edwards than Eli Jenkins?
contact the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01792 463980 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01792 463980 end_of_the_skype_highlighting for more information and tickets. Dylan Thomas Centre on 44 1792 463980
The Dylan Thomas Centre’s programme of Saturday summer lunchtime theatre performances continues with Throw Away Your Bedsocks on Saturday, 31 July at 1pm. Who is the best interpreter of poetry? The poet or the reader? Should poetry be read or heard? Using Dylan Thomas’ poems as a base, Adrian Metcalfe, most recently seen as Daniel Jones in the acclaimed production, Warmley, asks the question: is it better to be Mog Edwards than Eli Jenkins?
contact the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01792 463980 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01792 463980 end_of_the_skype_highlighting for more information and tickets. Dylan Thomas Centre on 44 1792 463980
21/7/10
Metcheck Atlantic Jet Stream
The Jet Stream is identified as winds at 300mb (during Winter) and 200mb (during Summer). It is these winds which are responsible for driving and developing weather systems across the Atlantic. You can use the maps below to see not just how intense the Jet Stream is, but also whether the weather systems underneath them are likely to intensify or not.
20/7/10
14/7/10
13/7/10
Easter Island
. . . Total Solar Eclipse across South Pacific . . . 1000s scientists gathered on Easter Island to see . . . eclipse started 18.15 GMT, 400 miles south of Tonga . . . reached Easter Island 20.11 hrs GMT . . . population of Easter Island Unesco World Heritage site doubled to 8000 for Eclipse 2010. Sure see BBC video.
10/7/10
Surf Ireland Eira
I miss Agadir so much, also Hayling Island, and Cornwall . . but look at > Ireland >
9/7/10
Lord Prescott
John Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a Welsh[1] former Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State of the United Kingdom. He represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament between 1970 and 2010. In the 1994 leadership election he campaigned for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. A former ship's steward and trade union activist . . . now Lord Prescott. . .
21/6/10
18/6/10
Ici Radio France Londres . . . .
. . . le jour où la radio a croisé l’Histoire. De la résistance à la liberté… toutes les antennes de Radio France reviendront sur . . . la mémoire collective : arme de résistance, outil de combat politique, vecteur d’informations majeur dans les situations d’urgence…
15/6/10
12/6/10
11/6/10
Paul Schultz
Sea Turtle Finds Lost Camera, Films Itself Swimming, Paul Schultz finds camera + finds owner, from Aruba, 1000 km away ? Youtube HERE, and Scuba report HERE.
8/6/10
6/6/10
Hispaniola Selenodon
The Solenodon, which is only found in the Dominican Republic and in one of the last forested patches of Haiti, is often described as a "living fossil", . . . . it has been around, unchanged, for the past 76 million years. Remarkably, this means it would have scuttled between the giant feet of the dinosaurs, when they roamed the Earth.
Continue reading the main story in Spanish: BBC MUNDO, and in English:: BBC News and new video.
Continue reading the main story in Spanish: BBC MUNDO, and in English:: BBC News and new video.
4/6/10
3/6/10
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club . . . at our Hay Festival last night . . . what a night ! Wish they could stay all week. I've some great photos: very fine and powerful performance with fabulous audience interaction, spectacular lighting, and Sky Arts TV filming that we'll see today ! [Wikepedia info link]. And invite Buena Vista Social Club to your city, town, or country ! + Sky TV link. Youtube latest to follow. Brecon Jazz Hay Festival link.
1/6/10
Sam LLewellyn
The Minimum Boat (new book): this quirky compilation brings together many of nautical thriller writer Sam Llewellyn's articles for Practical Boat Owner magazine (read by 200,000 a month). Owner of a traditional Drascombe Lugger, Llewellyn is an advocate of keeping sailing simple, and in this wonderful collection of nautical observations he promotes the minimalist boating lifestyle whilst poking gentle fun at the expensive, complicated, ostentatious forms of sailing. Laced with humour and tongue in cheek jibes, and illustrated throughout by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this is the ideal bunkside read. Sam gave very good talk at The Hay Festival yesterday !
30/5/10
Agatha
La tormenta Agatha en Centroamérica . . . hay muertos en Guatemala y en El Salvador como consecuencia de las lluvias producidas por la tormenta tropical Agatha, la primera de la temporada. Cientos de personas ya han sido evacuadas en previsión de que se produzcan inundaciones. En Guatemala, los efectos devastadores de la tormenta se unen a los que desde el jueves está teniendo la erupción del volcán Pacaya.
29/5/10
25/5/10
Synthia
Who is Synthia? What is she? The 99.999 per cent of us who are not brilliant geneticists are . . . following yesterday’s announcement that the controversial genius Dr Craig Venter has produced the first synthetic life-form. The answer is that, despite some of the wilder hype, Dr Venter has not created life itself, but a new man-made species. . . . .
Lula
TV Brasil inaugura Canal Internacional que inicia transmissões para África. A TV Brasil deu início nesta segunda-feira (24/05) às transmissões de seu canal internacional em solenidade no Palácio do Itamaraty, que contou com a participação do Presidente Lula, de ministros de Estado e membros do corpo diplomático. O canal internacional tem sinal disponível para 49 dos 53 países da África. 0 presidente de Moçambique, Armando Guebuza, fez uma saudação, gravada e transmitida pela TV Brasil Internacional, no início das transmissões do canal público brasileiro para o Continente Africano. O presidente Lula disse que é preciso acabar com o preconceito de que tudo que é privado é bom e o que é público é ruim, afirmando que “é possível fazer uma TV pública de qualidade, republicana, que não seja chapa branca nem seja oposição a priori, mas que tenha isenção nas reportagens.”
23/5/10
Champs-Elysées
Les Champs-Elysées sont fermés à la circulation, et se métamorphoseront en paysage agricole et champêtre. Durant deux jours, la plus belle avenue du monde se mettra au vert et offrira une plongée au sein de la diversité des productions agricoles et forestières françaises. The Champs-Elysées ('Elysian Fields') is the thoroughfare that cuts through the heart of Paris and links one end of the city to the other.
20/5/10
Titan Robot
Titan Robot at the Royal Welsh Showground last Sunday was the greatest show «crowd puller» + «crowd pleaser» and «crown astonisher» that I have ever seen . . . anywhere . . . not in Europe, not is USA . . . . . DRAMATIC. We were all (1000's) spellbound.
http://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=Titan%20robot
http://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=Titan%20robot
18/5/10
Norway
Excellent weather forecast website for EU . . . clear graphics . . . info at a glance . . . everyone seems to say that it's the most accurate available at the present time; recommended by the friendly team at the Erwood Inn, Builth, LD2 3EZ, UK.
15/5/10
Pink Lady
5:01am UK, Saturday May 15, 2010
Aussie Teenager Completes Solo World Sail . . . David Williams, Sky News Online 16 year old Jessica Watson has a good official website and Google has a wealth of updates on this circumnavigation. Her sponsors, Ella Bache, seem to have done a fine job, especially spicey graphic design, "Pink Lady" !
Aussie Teenager Completes Solo World Sail . . . David Williams, Sky News Online 16 year old Jessica Watson has a good official website and Google has a wealth of updates on this circumnavigation. Her sponsors, Ella Bache, seem to have done a fine job, especially spicey graphic design, "Pink Lady" !
9/5/10
Ping London
Boris Johnson: making London Ping Pong Central ! The Mayor of London, will turn the tables on China this summer by opening up the capital to one of Britain’s “lost” sports. Johnson, himself a master of spin and splice, teased the Chinese two years ago, when he was in Beijing to become the standard bearer for the 2012 London Olympics, by questioning the birthright of table tennis. He insisted the game was not Chinese but a descendant of whiff whaff, a game of the Victorian upper classes. This summer he launches the two-year run-up to the Games with a cultural Olympiad in London. It will have 100 ping pong tables set up at open-air landmarks in the capital for matches played by celebrities and artists.
6/5/10
Black Sea
Notable BLACK SEA OF CONCRETE exhibition.
Photos by Rafal Milach. Rafal has created a photo-collective, Sputnik Photos, together with 10 other Central Eastern European photographers, to document, promote, and spread knowledge on «transition-time» issues in CEE countries.
Photos by Rafal Milach. Rafal has created a photo-collective, Sputnik Photos, together with 10 other Central Eastern European photographers, to document, promote, and spread knowledge on «transition-time» issues in CEE countries.
2/5/10
Eyjafjallajokull
Volcanic Ash Update: the latest information from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano states that the plume is rising to between 3 and 5 km into the atmosphere. Scattered cloud obscures the peak of the volcano, but the plume is again spreading in a southeastwards direction, away from Iceland, towards the UK.
Issued at 1653 on Sat 01 May 2010. MET OFFICE EXETER.
I always like to double-check what our Met Office says with SAT24
Issued at 1653 on Sat 01 May 2010. MET OFFICE EXETER.
I always like to double-check what our Met Office says with SAT24
28/4/10
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox is the most successful female recording artist ever to come out of the UK. But she's never fitted the pop star stereotype . . . hear Annie in last night's HARDTALK (BBC World Service Radio), and see BBC video. Annie's website is one of the best (click first bold link above).
24/4/10
Beijing Auto Show
BEIJING--The 2010 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition that opens to the public on Tuesday will feature nearly 1,000 vehicles, about 10 percent of which are in the eco-friendly class.
2010（第十一届）北京国际汽车展览会新闻发布稿
以“畅想绿色未来”为主题的2010（第十一届）北京国际汽车展览会（Auto China 2010）将于2010年4月25日—5月2日在北京中国国际展览中心隆重举行。..[详细]
[展会新闻] 福田欧马可C 280车展全球上市 售10-20万 [2010-4-24]
[展会新闻] 世爵第二代超级跑车C8 Aileron亚太首发 [2010-4-24]
[行业报道] BMW混动7系和BMW高效混合动力X6在中国上市 [2010-4-24]
[展会新闻] 欧洲时尚高性能小生POLO GTI登陆车展 [2010-4-24]
2010（第十一届）北京国际汽车展览会新闻发布稿
以“畅想绿色未来”为主题的2010（第十一届）北京国际汽车展览会（Auto China 2010）将于2010年4月25日—5月2日在北京中国国际展览中心隆重举行。..[详细]
[展会新闻] 福田欧马可C 280车展全球上市 售10-20万 [2010-4-24]
[展会新闻] 世爵第二代超级跑车C8 Aileron亚太首发 [2010-4-24]
[行业报道] BMW混动7系和BMW高效混合动力X6在中国上市 [2010-4-24]
[展会新闻] 欧洲时尚高性能小生POLO GTI登陆车展 [2010-4-24]
21/4/10
Mourning the Yushu quake victims
China: national day of mourning for the Yushu earthquake victims . . . and storms now sweep the stricken region, hitting aid supplies as the death toll reaches 2,064
20/4/10
19/4/10
Kaczynski Farewell
Sad crowds gathered in Krakow yesterday for the funeral of President Lech Kaczynski. Referring to the recent improvement in relations between Russia and Poland . . . the cardinal welcomed President Dimitry Medvedev who was attending the service, and hoped the tragedy could be a force for “rapprochement and reconciliation". Medvedev told reporters at St Mary’s Basilica: “The tragedy that occurred near Smolensk has not left anyone indifferent. In Russia it has sparked strong emotions." He stressed that this tragedy has to lead to a closer Polish-Russian relationship.
18/4/10
11/4/10
Van Gogh
Final weeks update:
Owing to exceptional demand, queues of over 3 hours are currently occurring. On busy days, queuing closes from mid-afternoon onwards to ensure that people do not queue without a chance of getting into this RA VAN GOGH Exhibition. Advance tickets via the RA website have now sold out.
But «RA Friends» go free. Avoid queues by becoming a Friend of the RA, and enjoy unlimited visits to the exhibition.
Find out more . . .
Owing to exceptional demand, queues of over 3 hours are currently occurring. On busy days, queuing closes from mid-afternoon onwards to ensure that people do not queue without a chance of getting into this RA VAN GOGH Exhibition. Advance tickets via the RA website have now sold out.
But «RA Friends» go free. Avoid queues by becoming a Friend of the RA, and enjoy unlimited visits to the exhibition.
Find out more . . .
7/4/10
BBC Le Clezio
Just listen to lovely Harriett Gilbert (and readers) talking to French Nobel Laureate J M G Le Clezio about his dazzling bestseller «Desert» *. The early twentieth century journeyings of a young Tuareg, and his threatened family, are hauntingly interwoven with those of the symbolic desert orphan, Lalla . . . contrasting the wonders of this part-lost African culture with the traumas of unwanted immigrants in Europe, «Desert» is a rich, poetic and provocative epic. *[now translated into 24 languages] (JMG Le C is my absolutely number one writer of all time - PW)
4/4/10
3/4/10
Father of the PC
Microsoft founders have been leading tributes to Dr Henry Edward Roberts who was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked our home computer era. Bill Gates contacted Dr Roberts after seeing the machine on the front cover of a magazine and offered to write software for it !
30/3/10
El Acelerador
El acelerador LHC (CERN), a punto de iniciar la fase de los primeros descubrimientos ! . . . se inyectaron por primera vez los dos haces de protones (circulando a casi la velocidad de la luz en sentido opuesto) a una energía de 3,5 teraelectronvoltios (TeV) por haz.
24/3/10
China - Google
BEIJING, 24.03.10 — China is a nation that builds dams, high-speed rail lines and skyscrapers with abandon. In newly muscular China, sheer force is not just an art, but a bedrock principle . . . Now China has tightened its grip on the variegated world of online information, forcing Google, the world’s premier information provider, to choose between submitting to censorship and leaving the world’s largest community of Internet users.
“The Chinese are very serious about pushing their soft-power agenda,” Bill Bishop, a Beijing Internet entrepreneur, and author of the technology blog Digicha, says “Google just put a big hole in that sales pitch, and I think they know that.” China’s leaders appear aware of their dilemma. NY Times.
“The Chinese are very serious about pushing their soft-power agenda,” Bill Bishop, a Beijing Internet entrepreneur, and author of the technology blog Digicha, says “Google just put a big hole in that sales pitch, and I think they know that.” China’s leaders appear aware of their dilemma. NY Times.
Believing is Seeing
. . . experiments show that vision can be improved by manipulating mind-sets. . . participants were primed with the mind-set that pilots have excellent vision. Vision improved for participants who experientially became pilots (by flying a realistic flight simulator) compared with control participants (who performed the same task in an ostensibly broken flight simulator).
22/3/10
EE.UU. Cámara aprueba
Reforma de la salud ! Domingo, la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos otorgó su aprobación a un proyecto de ley que reforma el sistema de salud. Al conseguir la aprobación de la ley, el presidente estadounidense Barack Obama avanza en el cumplimiento de una de las grandes prioridades de su mandato: darle cobertura de salud a unos 32 millones de estadounidenses que actualmente no están protegidos. Se espera que sea la reforma más ambiciosa en el sistema de salud de ese país . . . BBC MUNDO
20/3/10
19/3/10
Talk Deeply
Deep conversations make people happier than small talk . . . Would you be happier if you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of life — and less time talking about the weather? It may sound counterintuitive, but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the subject. “We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other way — it could have been, ‘Don’t worry, be happy’ — as long as you surf on the shallow level of life you’re happy, and if you go into the existential depths you’ll be unhappy,” [Thank you New York Times and RONI CARYN RABIN and ConversationsZenShui/Getty Images,March 2010]
15/3/10
Evan Williams
Very good interview on BBC World Service last night in their THE INTERVIEW series, with Evan Williams, founder of Twitter (and Blogger - thanks Ewan !)
14/3/10
Vivaz !
Creo que soy el primero. . . they say {Telefónica} that I'm the first in my region to try the new O2 Vivaz, which takes 9-sequenced photos, (like the old motor-drives that Terrence Donovan always used for his ace action fashion work. Review-links to follow, in commentarios below (to include Robbie Robertson's test this afternoon at BMGC ?
13/3/10
12/3/10
11/3/10
¿Quién es Carlos Slim?
Carlos Slim, de 71 años, no usa aviones privados . . . anduvo con un reloj de plástico en la muñeca. . . Slim no es el típico multimillonario que la gente se imagina. Y a pesar de que tiene una computadora personal, admite que no la usa: "Soy un hombre de papeles, no de electrónicos". . . En 1902 totalmente solo, con 14 años de edad, sin hablar español y procedente de Líbano llegó a México (su padre). . . [ BBC Mundo,Forbes, marzo 2010 y biografía oficial ].
8/3/10
Google Docs
I am a true believer in Google Docs, for quick recording of interesting topics, for colaborative projects, for posting pictures, for avoiding attachments, for one-click publishing to web. Here is Google's new ::video::
6/3/10
Fotógrafo
I have always avoided photos (fotos !) in blogs and sometimes on websites too . . . for various reasons, but I do like pictures taken by Brooke, and by Robbie at BMGC, and Terence Donovan (who I knew well in London), and by Jeffrey, amongst several others who I'll point to later. Today I must ask Jeffrey if I can use some of his.
5/3/10
World Book Day ?
Hi Peter ! , - as it is International Book Day, there must be something good going on in Hay on Wye ? I have a feeling that you are probably very busy at the moment with your websites and recycling and Timbuktu, and M. busy selling books at the BOOK DAY ! Will contact again soon, and before I get on that plane. Rosemary
Dear Rosemary, neither I, nor Magdeleine, knew that it was International Book Day. Thanks for telling us ! . . . and it was one of the quietest days ever in M’s bookshop ! I myself was out enjoying the Spring Sunshine at the Gliding Club and experimenting with my new Nikon L19 digital camera. Nearly all the photos on the Club website were taken with a similar camera, by Robbie Robson who spent all day up at 8,000 ft above us ! He is a great character, who looks a bit like Daniel, and has similar wit.
I’ve just discovered a very good Thai restaurant, GÂTHÂ, nearby in Talgarth. «SA WAD DE KRUPP, PETER» I learned, means "Hiya Peter". Lulu did not know that Krupp was/is a great German family and family business (like her’s !).
By all means let’s have a report about your International Day, for me to record here !! . . let us know what is going on in the world !!!
Peter
Dear Rosemary, neither I, nor Magdeleine, knew that it was International Book Day. Thanks for telling us ! . . . and it was one of the quietest days ever in M’s bookshop ! I myself was out enjoying the Spring Sunshine at the Gliding Club and experimenting with my new Nikon L19 digital camera. Nearly all the photos on the Club website were taken with a similar camera, by Robbie Robson who spent all day up at 8,000 ft above us ! He is a great character, who looks a bit like Daniel, and has similar wit.
I’ve just discovered a very good Thai restaurant, GÂTHÂ, nearby in Talgarth. «SA WAD DE KRUPP, PETER» I learned, means "Hiya Peter". Lulu did not know that Krupp was/is a great German family and family business (like her’s !).
By all means let’s have a report about your International Day, for me to record here !! . . let us know what is going on in the world !!!
Peter
3/3/10
12 yr old brave girl !
Chilean Islanders nearly all saved by a 12-year-old girl ! She saved almost the entire population of a small island, 700km off the country's coast. The inhabitants of “Robinson Crusoe Island” were asleep as a massive tsunami approached, (triggered by the earthquake that hit the mainland). The coastal buildings were all smashed but most people survived. “ . . (from where she was – higher up). . . she apparently noticed the fishing boats (agitated by the receding water) . . and sprinted down to the town, where there is/was (had always been) a gong or bell to sound in case of emergencies such as fire . . . alarma de tsunami fue tocada cuando ola se acercaba . . . the whole coastal zone of the town has now been erased . . tsunami wave height over 40 metres . . some (slower) inhabitants swept out to sea. - Peter Hodum. [ precis and transcription of his radio report on BBC World Service].
(Robinson Crusoe, the larger island of the Juan Fernandez archipelago, did have signage about how evacuate (uphill) in case of tsunamis, but did not get the official warning in time.) . . . Que chica viva y rapida ! Increible !!
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(Robinson Crusoe, the larger island of the Juan Fernandez archipelago, did have signage about how evacuate (uphill) in case of tsunamis, but did not get the official warning in time.) . . . Que chica viva y rapida ! Increible !!
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1/3/10
Dydd Dewi Sant
The National Day of Wales is always 1st of March, Dydd Dewi Sant, and we all wear a yellow daffodil flower. Dewi was one of the founders of the Celtic Church (c.589 AD) in the British Isles, and his day is celebrated with much singing of songs like Calon Lân.
Calon Lân is also sung before every rugby match thoughout the season, often by 1000's at a match. It is also sung beautifully in pubs, clubs, churches ! and by folksingers.
Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus,
Aur y byd na'i berlau mân,
Gofyn 'rwyf am galon hapus,
Calon onest, calon lân.
Calon lân yn llawn daioni,
Tecach yw na'r lili dlos:
Dim ond calon lân all ganu
Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nos.
The first part translates as:
I don't ask for a luxurious life,
the world's gold or its fine pearls,
I ask for a happy heart,
an honest heart, a pure heart.
Here is Canol Lân sung by Bryn Tervel and choir:
Calon Lân is also sung before every rugby match thoughout the season, often by 1000's at a match. It is also sung beautifully in pubs, clubs, churches ! and by folksingers.
Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus,
Aur y byd na'i berlau mân,
Gofyn 'rwyf am galon hapus,
Calon onest, calon lân.
Calon lân yn llawn daioni,
Tecach yw na'r lili dlos:
Dim ond calon lân all ganu
Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nos.
The first part translates as:
I don't ask for a luxurious life,
the world's gold or its fine pearls,
I ask for a happy heart,
an honest heart, a pure heart.
Here is Canol Lân sung by Bryn Tervel and choir:
Richard Dawkins
I've a couple of Richard's Audiobooks and they make very good going-to-bed listening. Richard has often held audiences spell-bound at The Guardian Hay Festival of Literature with his fine speaking voice, and quick wit.
28/2/10
NYT Chile Video
Here is the NYT video. Video shot Sunday shows the earthquake damage to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chile’s capital, Santiago.
Ultimas Noticias
Re Secundos Terrorificos, reportaje de Ariel Lara:
http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2010-02-28&NewsID=82730&BodyID=0&PaginaId=30&strNameFile=terremoto_imagenes_mega.flv&iMoveScroll=884
http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2010-02-28&NewsID=82730&BodyID=0&PaginaId=30&strNameFile=terremoto_imagenes_mega.flv&iMoveScroll=884
27/2/10
Darwin in Chile
In 1835, Charles Darwin experienced an earlier earthquake that destroyed Concepción:
February 20th 1835.
This day has been memorable . . . the most severe earthquake . . . I happened to be on shore, and was lying down to rest myself. It came on suddenly, and lasted two minutes, but the time appeared much longer.
The rocking of the ground was very sensible. The undulations appeared to my companion and myself to come from due east, whilst others thought they proceeded from south-west: this shows how difficult it sometimes is to perceive the directions of the vibrations.
There was no difficulty in standing upright, but the motion made me almost giddy: it was something like the movement of a vessel in a little cross-ripple . . . A bad earthquake at once destroys our oldest associations: the earth, the very emblem of solidity, has moved beneath our feet like a thin crust over a fluid; – one second of time has created in the mind a strange idea of insecurity, which hours of reflection would not have produced.
In the forest, as a breeze moved the trees, I felt only the earth tremble, but saw no other effect. Captain Fitzroy and some officers were at the town during the shock, and there the scene was more striking; for although the houses, from being built of wood, did not fall, they were violently shaken, and the boards creaked and rattled together. The people rushed out of doors in the greatest alarm. It is these accompaniments that create that perfect horror of earthquakes, experienced by all who have thus seen, as well as felt, their effects.
The tides were very curiously affected. The great shock took place at the time of low water; and an old woman who was on the beach told me that the water flowed very quickly, but not in great waves, to high-water mark, and then as quickly returned to its proper level . . . The same kind of quick but quiet movement in the tide happened a few years since at Chiloe, during a slight earthquake, and created much causeless alarm. In the course of the evening there were many weaker shocks, which seemed to produce in the harbour the most complicated currents, and some of great strength.
Charles Darwin, 1835
The Voyage of the Beagle
February 20th 1835.
This day has been memorable . . . the most severe earthquake . . . I happened to be on shore, and was lying down to rest myself. It came on suddenly, and lasted two minutes, but the time appeared much longer.
The rocking of the ground was very sensible. The undulations appeared to my companion and myself to come from due east, whilst others thought they proceeded from south-west: this shows how difficult it sometimes is to perceive the directions of the vibrations.
There was no difficulty in standing upright, but the motion made me almost giddy: it was something like the movement of a vessel in a little cross-ripple . . . A bad earthquake at once destroys our oldest associations: the earth, the very emblem of solidity, has moved beneath our feet like a thin crust over a fluid; – one second of time has created in the mind a strange idea of insecurity, which hours of reflection would not have produced.
In the forest, as a breeze moved the trees, I felt only the earth tremble, but saw no other effect. Captain Fitzroy and some officers were at the town during the shock, and there the scene was more striking; for although the houses, from being built of wood, did not fall, they were violently shaken, and the boards creaked and rattled together. The people rushed out of doors in the greatest alarm. It is these accompaniments that create that perfect horror of earthquakes, experienced by all who have thus seen, as well as felt, their effects.
The tides were very curiously affected. The great shock took place at the time of low water; and an old woman who was on the beach told me that the water flowed very quickly, but not in great waves, to high-water mark, and then as quickly returned to its proper level . . . The same kind of quick but quiet movement in the tide happened a few years since at Chiloe, during a slight earthquake, and created much causeless alarm. In the course of the evening there were many weaker shocks, which seemed to produce in the harbour the most complicated currents, and some of great strength.
Charles Darwin, 1835
The Voyage of the Beagle
25/2/10
24/2/10
Year of the Tiger !
I am collecting together the classic marketing productions of Esso in the past few decades, from the first "Put a Tiger in Your Tank !", through to the more recent rather subtle, more "eco" campaigns, and not forgetting the fine, fast-moving cartoon short movies. Please send me further links on this topic via «Comment» below. Here are a couple that I have recorded (for my own interests in advertising and also for my friend Sunny.)
http://motortorque.askaprice.com/videos/watch.asp?video=173
http://www.pawsonline.info/cats%20in%20advertising/esso%20tiger.htm
http://motortorque.askaprice.com/videos/watch.asp?video=173
http://www.pawsonline.info/cats%20in%20advertising/esso%20tiger.htm
Henry Moore
El Museo Tate Britain de Londres inaugura este miércoles una exposición antológica del artista inglés Henry Moore, considerado uno de los grandes escultores del siglo XX. Muchas de sus obras fueron concebidas para estar al aire libre, en parques y calles de la capital británica. . . .
[BBC MUNDO,2010] Mira el video estupendo.
[BBC MUNDO,2010] Mira el video estupendo.
23/2/10
Boris
Skiing is about the wind in your hair and the sun on your face as you personally describe the contours of snow-covered mountains at extraordinary speed. It is the closest many of us come to...
Visit Boris Johnson.
Visit Boris Johnson.
22/2/10
Exceptional Web Design
«Obrigado, Ricardo» *****
Your new site design is impressive, surpreendente, and that page loads so fast (in UK), despite the complexity, and it is so cheerful to see, and see again, while we suffer this bad weather, especially in Madeira and Portugal.
Your new site design is impressive, surpreendente, and that page loads so fast (in UK), despite the complexity, and it is so cheerful to see, and see again, while we suffer this bad weather, especially in Madeira and Portugal.
21/2/10
Funchal, 20.02.10
Gritos de desespero, gente em estado de choque, ambulâncias a transportar feridos e a Polícia e Bombeiros sem mãos para acudir aos inúmeros pedidos de socorro um pouco por toda a baixa do Funchal. O cenário dantesco ao final da manha entre a Rua Dr. Fernão de Ornelas e a rotunda do Dolce Vita, com lojas completamente destruídas e pessoas em pânico.
20/2/10
Gwerinllywodraeth
Surprising how much pleasure can be derived from the use of a single word. I remember a phase of playing a rather silly game in the National Assembly about who could meld a selected, obscure word into a speech . . . I was quite good at it. Well, my latest little challenge is to search through my Welsh Dictionary before a media appearance, select a new word, and try to bring it into my contribution. Last night's personal 'word challenge' before appearing on Pawb a'i Farn on S4/C was 'Gwerinllywodraeth'. What a beautiful word it is. It means 'Republic'. Its almost as good a word as 'Hyrwyddo' which means 'Promote', or 'Arallgyfeirio' which means 'Diversify' - words that you can really wrap your tongue around. [ Diolch yn fawr, Glyn ]
15/2/10
Folia Carnavalesca
A folia do Carnaval estende-se este domingo um pouco por toda a ilha. Em Machico, Porto Moniz, Ponta do Sol, Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, Ribeira Brava e Santa Cruz centenas de foliões participam em desfiles de Carnaval.
13/2/10
John Bally
Epic evening with John Bally ! His team's film [Nat Geo Quality] of gliding (big sailpanes) in Morocco, and his Google Picasa slide-show of flying in Namibia, had us* all* spellbound earlier tonight. Here is the international team's fine BLOG:
http://rallyeatlasgliders2009.blogspot.com
[and here is PW at altitude in the Atlas Mountains, with the air so thin that I reckon the old Kodak colour films just came out B&W ?!]:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgkrwz8s_287cqr95g2
I must tell l)Ál\llÊl_ more about that year in Morocco some time. Where is my Sticky Note.
* . . . http://www.blackmountainsgliding.co.uk/
http://rallyeatlasgliders2009.blogspot.com
[and here is PW at altitude in the Atlas Mountains, with the air so thin that I reckon the old Kodak colour films just came out B&W ?!]:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgkrwz8s_287cqr95g2
I must tell l)Ál\llÊl_ more about that year in Morocco some time. Where is my Sticky Note.
* . . . http://www.blackmountainsgliding.co.uk/
6/2/10
Giacometti
Une sculpture de Giacometti, L'Homme Qui Marche, a été adjugée à Londres pour 65 millions de livres (74,2 millions d'euros), battant le record mondial pour une œuvre d'art vendue aux enchères, a indiqué la maison Sotheby's.
4/2/10
Rok Tygrysa w Chinach
East News in Poland, and the Telegraph in England, today have impressive reports and images of the Lanzhou "Burning Bright" illuminated giant Tiger, created to mark The Year of the Tiger in China. Click Lanzhou, above link, to see some of the photographs.
2/2/10
President - me cayó fatal
Peter Mandelson, President of the Board of Trade: It is not often that fate hands you what appears to be a total moral and political victory. But this one looked like a slam dunk. As some of the world’s most self-important people descended last week on the World Economic Forum in Davos, I was delighted to find myself on the same plane as Peter Mandelson, President of the Board of Trade, deputy prime minister and Lord High Everything Else.
I was thrilled, that is, because my colleague and I were travelling steerage, in keeping with the new spartan regime . . .
Gracias Boris.
I was thrilled, that is, because my colleague and I were travelling steerage, in keeping with the new spartan regime . . .
Gracias Boris.
31/1/10
Proxigean
Friday, 29 January 2010
Proxigean Tides
Dept of Learning Something Every Day:
I'd never heard of proxigean tides despite a lifelong love of long words, so it was delightful to come across the term at Frogma today. We are due for some over the weekend, with a height of 5.2m in Chichester Harbour on Tuesday, so it's floodboards and sandbags out, chaps.
A proxigean tide is an extreme spring tide that happens when the moon passes through a perigee, bringing it closest to the earth (about 365,500km, compared with the apogee at 406,700km). Perigees only coincide with springs every one and a half years or so, as you can see at AstronomyCafe.
Every 31 years the perigee is at its absolute minimum and coincides with a new moon, which means it is lined up with the sun for the maximum gravitational pull, and extreme proxigean tides occur. These can be very damaging. Luckily, one isn't due until 2026 apparently.
Thank you Chris ! and the Chepstow reporter (near me).
Proxigean Tides
Dept of Learning Something Every Day:
I'd never heard of proxigean tides despite a lifelong love of long words, so it was delightful to come across the term at Frogma today. We are due for some over the weekend, with a height of 5.2m in Chichester Harbour on Tuesday, so it's floodboards and sandbags out, chaps.
A proxigean tide is an extreme spring tide that happens when the moon passes through a perigee, bringing it closest to the earth (about 365,500km, compared with the apogee at 406,700km). Perigees only coincide with springs every one and a half years or so, as you can see at AstronomyCafe.
Every 31 years the perigee is at its absolute minimum and coincides with a new moon, which means it is lined up with the sun for the maximum gravitational pull, and extreme proxigean tides occur. These can be very damaging. Luckily, one isn't due until 2026 apparently.
Thank you Chris ! and the Chepstow reporter (near me).
28/1/10
15/1/10
Qué Horror . . .
Haití: Tragedia tras terremoto.
Ayuda médica cubana entre la destrucción y la muerte.
Testimonio desde la capital haitiana en ruinas. Cadáveres en las calles, desesperación, caos y dolor.
Desolada, casi en harapos y descalza, una mujer haitiana aparece sentada entre las ruinas de una zona de Puerto Príncipe, luego de la violenta sacudida del terremoto del 12 de enero de 2010. Esta ciudad, sacudida el martes último por un fuerte terremoto, todavía hoy parece haber sufrido un bombardeo aéreo, a juzgar por los significativos destrozos en sus desoladas calles.
El Palacio Presidencial y varios ministerios, entidades estatales y residencias yacen en ruinas. Asombrosamente, a menos de 100 metros de esas instalaciones, se mantuvieron intactas las conocidas como el Anexo, sede de la Dirección Central y residencias de los colaboradores cubanos, las cuales se convirtieron en sitios para brindar los primeros auxilios. Haití . . . .
Agencia Cubana de Noticias
Ayuda médica cubana entre la destrucción y la muerte.
Testimonio desde la capital haitiana en ruinas. Cadáveres en las calles, desesperación, caos y dolor.
Desolada, casi en harapos y descalza, una mujer haitiana aparece sentada entre las ruinas de una zona de Puerto Príncipe, luego de la violenta sacudida del terremoto del 12 de enero de 2010. Esta ciudad, sacudida el martes último por un fuerte terremoto, todavía hoy parece haber sufrido un bombardeo aéreo, a juzgar por los significativos destrozos en sus desoladas calles.
El Palacio Presidencial y varios ministerios, entidades estatales y residencias yacen en ruinas. Asombrosamente, a menos de 100 metros de esas instalaciones, se mantuvieron intactas las conocidas como el Anexo, sede de la Dirección Central y residencias de los colaboradores cubanos, las cuales se convirtieron en sitios para brindar los primeros auxilios. Haití . . . .
Agencia Cubana de Noticias
13/1/10
Google en China
El buscador de buscadores amenazó ayer con abandonar sus operaciones en el gigante asiático, a raíz de los ataques "altamente sofisticados" que sufre su servicio. En concreto, denuncia el acceso ilícito a cuentas de su popular correo electrónico Gmail, de los que son titulares activitas chinos. . . . tu debes leer más en El País.
11/1/10
La Perra (BBC Mundo)
Me encanta este video, me acuerdo de mis 5 perros GSD, y 2 Collies. Estuvé hablando también con ellas, las Collies, pero en Galés; con los GSD negros en Inglés, y todos muy contentos a trabajar con las ovejas en los Black Mountains.
9/1/10
Carambola
We already know Chayanne from Provócame, where he portrays a shy stable hand who also sings the show's sanguine theme song. Now we encounter his wilder side, singing about Lola, a jet-set party-loving socialite who might even be a bit dangerous:
Como disfrutas la carambola
How you enjoy deceit, Lola.
But how does carambola translate as "deceit?"
The usage evolves from a billiards shot (known in English as a cannon), whereby the cue ball ricochets off its target and hits a third ball, seemingly by chance, in a way that's beneficial to the player. The word comes from a pocket-less type of billiards known in English as carom billiards, and in Spanish as billar de carambolas where these types of rebounding shots are standard and can be amazing to watch.
So when someone like Lola plays her hand to achieve some benefit and makes it look like an accident, she is doing una carambola. A skillful billiards player bounces off one ball to hit another, and a skillful conman/girl sets a trap that does not directly point back to him/her.
Estoy seguro que los políticos están haciendo carambola
I'm sure that the politicians are doing something illicit
For the full and interesting article, from LoMásTv Newsletter clic aquí !
Como disfrutas la carambola
How you enjoy deceit, Lola.
But how does carambola translate as "deceit?"
The usage evolves from a billiards shot (known in English as a cannon), whereby the cue ball ricochets off its target and hits a third ball, seemingly by chance, in a way that's beneficial to the player. The word comes from a pocket-less type of billiards known in English as carom billiards, and in Spanish as billar de carambolas where these types of rebounding shots are standard and can be amazing to watch.
So when someone like Lola plays her hand to achieve some benefit and makes it look like an accident, she is doing una carambola. A skillful billiards player bounces off one ball to hit another, and a skillful conman/girl sets a trap that does not directly point back to him/her.
Estoy seguro que los políticos están haciendo carambola
I'm sure that the politicians are doing something illicit
For the full and interesting article, from LoMásTv Newsletter clic aquí !
Murcian make-up
Scientists have found the first persuasive evidence that Neanderthals wore "body paint" 50,000 years ago. The team report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that shells containing pigment residues were Neanderthal make-up containers.
Scientists unearthed the shells at two archaeological sites in the Murcia province of southern Spain. The team says its find buries "the view of Neanderthals as half-wits" and shows they were capable of symbolic thinking. Professor Joao Zilhao, the archaeologist from Bristol University in the UK, who led the study, said that he and his team had examined shells that were used as containers to mix and store pigments.
Black sticks of the pigment manganese, which may have been used as body paint by Neanderthals, have previously been discovered in Africa. "[But] this is the first secure evidence for their use of cosmetics," he told BBC News. "The use of these complex recipes is new. It's more than body painting."
The scientists found lumps of a yellow pigment, that they say was possibly used as a foundation. They also found red powder mixed up with flecks of a reflective brilliant black mineral. Some of the sculpted, brightly coloured shells may also have been worn by Neanderthals as jewellery.
Scientists unearthed the shells at two archaeological sites in the Murcia province of southern Spain. The team says its find buries "the view of Neanderthals as half-wits" and shows they were capable of symbolic thinking. Professor Joao Zilhao, the archaeologist from Bristol University in the UK, who led the study, said that he and his team had examined shells that were used as containers to mix and store pigments.
Black sticks of the pigment manganese, which may have been used as body paint by Neanderthals, have previously been discovered in Africa. "[But] this is the first secure evidence for their use of cosmetics," he told BBC News. "The use of these complex recipes is new. It's more than body painting."
The scientists found lumps of a yellow pigment, that they say was possibly used as a foundation. They also found red powder mixed up with flecks of a reflective brilliant black mineral. Some of the sculpted, brightly coloured shells may also have been worn by Neanderthals as jewellery.
5/1/10
Mr Bean . . .
Mr. Bean, el personaje que interpreta el actor británico Rowan Atkinson, colapsó ayer la web de la presidencia de la UE (www.eu2010.es) después de haberla presidido unas horas. Por la mañana, un hacker logró redireccionar la página hacia otra en la que aparecía Mr. Bean con unas grandes cejas arqueadas que recordaban a las del presidente Zapatero y un mensaje que decía "hola a todos". "Por la tarde, había tanta gente buscando a Mr. Bean que la página se colapsó" . . .
El Pais - 5.1.10
El Pais - 5.1.10
3/1/10
Infografista
Estuvé leyendo el blog de Eduardo en México, y encontré la palabra «infografista», eso es el trabajo de Eduardo. Creiendo Creyendo yo, saber lo que quiere decir esta palabra pero piensé que debiera verificar el sentido. En el famoso diccionario WordReference no halle yo «infografista» pero en otro diccionario Reverso-Collins hay la palabra. Reverso tiene tambien un «Computer Dictionary» muy bueno.
Eduardo escrive asi:
«Soy infografista en un periódico en Mérida, Yucatán. Mi intención al crear eduardoinfografista fue compartir algo de mi trabajo con la gente, así como poder compartir algunas opiniones. Agradezco las visitas y las opiniones.»
Quedé yo algunos dias en Merida hace algunos anos, Progresso*, y Isla de Mujeres también . . . asi va empecar otro historia de me vida . . . (otro día).
Gracias mi amigo Eduardo por mi primero curso de español del año 2010 !
*a seguir la cuenta de hace 65 milliones de años.
(Voy a hacer la actualización de los acentos y enlaces mañana por la mañana)
Eduardo escrive asi:
«Soy infografista en un periódico en Mérida, Yucatán. Mi intención al crear eduardoinfografista fue compartir algo de mi trabajo con la gente, así como poder compartir algunas opiniones. Agradezco las visitas y las opiniones.»
Quedé yo algunos dias en Merida hace algunos anos, Progresso*, y Isla de Mujeres también . . . asi va empecar otro historia de me vida . . . (otro día).
Gracias mi amigo Eduardo por mi primero curso de español del año 2010 !
*a seguir la cuenta de hace 65 milliones de años.
(Voy a hacer la actualización de los acentos y enlaces mañana por la mañana)
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