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.
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