Author: Serkadis

MONTEVIDEO, EFE
Más de 10 artistas de todo el planeta dan su visión del enfrentamiento entre el hombre y el clima en ‘Inclemencias del tiempo’, una muestra que estos días alberga el Centro Municipal de Exposiciones de Montevideo.

Una fuerte tormenta que azota las costas de La Haya, en Holanda, la expedición del barco alemán ‘Polarstern’ a la Antártida y el sonido de un glaciar derritiéndose en algún lugar de los Alpes austríacos son algunas de las propuestas que plasman el tiempo y la “amenaza física y simbólica” que implica para el hombre.

Así lo explicó la directora artística del centro, Ana Knobel, quien apuntó que cada una de las piezas, en su mayoría grandes proyecciones de imágenes en movimiento, representan “distintas aproximaciones” a la “problemática” del clima, en visiones que van desde “la más romántica a la estrictamente documental”.

Exposiciones
La muestra, que procede de la Bienal Internacional del Fin del Mundo que tuvo lugar en Ushuaia (Argentina) en 2007, tiene como comisario general al director del Goethe-Institut de Río de Janeiro, Alfons Hug, y recala en Montevideo después de haber pasado por varios países como Ecuador y Perú, y antes de partir para Buenos Aires.

Con el tiempo, en cualquiera de sus acepciones como punto de partida, las piezas desembocan en temas como las consecuencias de una catástrofe ambiental, el cambio climático y lo fascinante de los fenómenos de la naturaleza.

Cada artista presente “entiende y expresa el tiempo” de manera distinta, aseguró Knobel, puesto que su comisario “planteó un tema y dejó la puerta abierta”.

Ejemplos
La denuncia medioambiental está presente en trabajos como ‘Calling the Glacer’ del alemán Kalle Laar, en la que un número de teléfono bajo la frase ‘Call me!’ (¡Llámame!) invita al espectador a telefonear para escuchar, al otro lado de aparato, cómo se derrite un glaciar en cuyo seno el artista colocó un micrófono.

Mucho más dramática es la imagen que propone el coreano Shin Kiwon, en cuya obra, titulada ‘Alarm Clock’, un reloj marca las horas mientras es aplastado inevitablemente por una demoledora.

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CHILE, EFE

Los anfibios nacieron el pasado diciembre en un laboratorio de la Universidad chilena de Concepción, en el marco de un proyecto cuyo objetivo último es salvar esta especie, hoy casi desaparecida, dijeron los responsables del proyecto.

Este animal, que debe su nombre a su descubridor, Charles Darwin, es un ejemplar protegido y catalogado como “vulnerable” por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) que ha desaparecido de su hábitat natural por la acción del hombre, los depredadores y por la llegada del hongo Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, que ataca a estos anfibios.

Un proceso
El director del proyecto, Juan Ortiz Zapata, explicó que ante la “supervivencia cada vez más agravada de la especie”, el departamento de Zoología de la Universidad de Concepción, con la colaboración del Zoológico alemán de Leipzig, optó por criarlas en un laboratorio con el objetivo de favorecer su reproducción.
Según relató Ortiz, los trabajos empezaron el pasado abril, cuando se trajeron once ejemplares desde la sureña localidad chilena de Coñaripe siete machos y cuatro hembras, que tras pasar un cuatrimestre en cuarentena, “por si venían infectadas”, fueron trasladadas en diciembre a un terrario.

En ese momento los machos empezaron a cantar, forma en la que dan a conocer a la hembra que están listos para el proceso de reproducción.

“Estamos muy contentos y satisfechos porque había serias dudas de la viabilidad del experimento”, señaló el Director, quien explicó que esta especie presenta grandes complicaciones biológicas para la reproducción, ya que es necesario que el macho “se eche los huevos a la boca”, donde los incuba y termina el desarrollo de la larva.

Gran expectativa
Tras el nacimiento de 16 ranas, Juan Ortiz, director del proyecto, calificó de “éxito total” la primera fase del proyecto, que espera sirva de precedente para salvar a otras especies en peligro de extinción.

Ahora, explicó, hay que esperar a Fin de Año para ver si los primeros anfibios de Darwin en nacer en cautiverio llegan a un estado adulto y son capaces de reproducirse naturalmente, tras lo que se intentaría reintroducirlos en el hábitat natural en el que vivieron en el pasado.

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In case you haven’t heard, Katy Perry has joined fellow pop songstress Avril Lavigne as the new face of Proactiv acne cream. the soon-to-be Mrs. Russell Brand will share her acne secrets this month in a series of TV ads that will be shown in 58 countries. Here’s a sneak peek:

“I got acne at the start of my career. It was stressful. I have acne scars which I’m self-conscious about….”

Now, how often have you seen a classified ad that says, “Hydrogen Powered Truck for Sale”? My guess would be never. But, that is exactly what this is.

Over the weekend, I received an email from Dan Greenberg  and he says he is selling a hydrogen powered truck.

Dan Greenberg, according to his Linkedin profile, is the former Director of Engineering and Product Development for a company called Hydrogen Power Incorporated. Dan says he was able to get his hands on this prototype vehicle when the company went under.

Under Greenberg, one of the techs used aluminum and water to generate H2 as I have outlined on my hydrogen on demand page. But, according to Mr. Greenberg, the hydrogen powered truck for sale has all the trimmings to run gasoline, compressed natural gas (CNG), compressed hydrogen (H2) or a blend of H2 and CNG (hythane) so the buyer will have many options. He currently runs the vehicle on CNG since there are no hydrogen fueling stations in his area of the country.

Here is some more info about the hydrogen powered truck for sale supplied by Mr. Greenberg:

• Hydrogen Power 2006 Ford Ranger XL Extra Cab w/ 24,000 miles
• It comes with a laptop and the software to program the ECO-Fuel bypass ECU that is installed.
• A second set of gaseous fuel injectors is switched on and the stock gasoline injectors are switched of seamlessly “on the fly”
• The vehicle has a timing retard module that can be switched on for driving on H2
• You can program new fuel maps to optimize the fuel of choice.
• Vehicle comes with more than $15,000 of professionally installed hardware.
• 16 valve I-4 Duratech ford 2.3L engine (lots of sport extras available from Cosworth)
• Two SCI 3600 psi tanks installed for 250 miles range on CNG or 90-100 miles on H2
• Using a blend of CNG and H2 almost 300 miles is attainable

Since space is limited on this blog, here are even more details about this hydrogen truck for sale. Mr. Greenberg lives in the Seattle area and is asking $15,000 for this converted alternative fuel truck. For more info Dan Greenberg’s phone number is 206-854-9142. And, be sure to tell him where you first heard about his hydrogen powered truck for sale.

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CO2 is known to be a heat trapping greenhouse gas. The theory of man made global warming assumes that the CO2 in the atmosphere (about 0.04% of air) that has increased due to use of fossil fuels by humans has been causing global warming.

In science, the method used to verify the validity of a theory is to compare the theory with actual observations. To verify the theory of man made global warming, we may compare the change in CO2 in the atmosphere to change in mean global temperature during the same period.

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Ashton Kutcher was forced to walk the red carpet stag after Demi Moore blamed untamed tresses for missing the Golden Globes last night.

Demi, 46, decided not to walk the red carpet with hubby Ashton Kutcher at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles because she was feeling ill and battling the hair day from Hell.

“Feeling sick and having a bad hair day!” the actress Tweeted Sunday.

Ashton, looking very dapper in his tux, presented the Best Actor in a Comedy Award with his Valentine’s Day co-star Jennifer Garner.

The only thing harder than finding a job in this economy is finding one that you like, according to a recent survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their work.

Now the team behind the hugely successful Alpha course hopes to help Christian business leaders losing faith in work … to find a higher calling at work.

Planned for 16 cities in four regions throughout the U.S., Alpha’s Workplace Faith Gatherings will kick off in Dallas, TX, on February 23, then will continue to Charleston, SC, on Feb. 24.

These half-day events will feature talks from top business leaders, including Lou Giuliano, former chairman and CEO, ITT Industries, and popular author and speaker Os Hillman, founder and executive director of Marketplace Leaders.

Topics will include “Leading From the Front: Living Out My Faith in the Workplace” and “How Do I Make This Work? Connecting and Growing With Other Christians in the Workplace.”

“The Bible mentions work more than 800 times,” explains Gerard Long, executive director for Alpha USA.

“You’re not supposed to turn off a switch when you leave church on Sunday. God wants to walk with us 24/7 in every area of our lives – especially our work.”

Combining inspiration and practical application, these gatherings will help people to see work as a higher calling.

Long adds, “As people catch a vision for what God wants them to do and be in the workplace, it ultimately benefits society – stronger marriages, increased productivity, more service at church and in the community.”

During the Workplace Faith Gatherings, there will be many opportunities to network with other Christians in the marketplace. Additionally, participants can learn more about Alpha in the Workplace, a 15-session practical introduction to the Christian faith designed to fit with people’s busy schedules.

Does connecting faith and work contribute to job satisfaction? Ask Brad Jeffery.

As vice president of his Chicago-based chemical company, Jeffery offered Alpha at Work as an option for his employees. The results?

“We’d tried every technique over the last 20 years – corporate retreats, open book management, flex-time programs. These are beneficial, but they aren’t sustainable if you don’t have the right attitude and culture,” Jeffery explains.

He says that Alpha was a catalyst in “setting the tone for a culture that expanded the hearts of employees,” leading to community outreach efforts such as growing a garden for a local soup kitchen, starting a youth mentoring program and holding a picnic for a local orphanage.

“As you impact people’s hearts, it transforms into how they conduct themselves and helps them to be more satisfied at work,” Jeffery says.

Thousands of businesspeople all over the world are attending Alpha in the Workplace. Corporate CEOs are holding sessions in their boardrooms. Factory workers are running courses in their cafeterias … the options are unlimited.

More than 13 million people in 163 countries have attended one of Alpha’s courses.

To learn more, visit alphausa.org/workplacefaith.

Usually when you see spy shots of an upcoming model you’ll see a bunch of camouflage covering the true design of the vehicle. Keeping that theme going until the covers come off at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Mini has just dropped a teaser of its new Crossover wearing heavy camouflage traveling through a camouflaged town.

Gotta hand it to Mini for being creative.

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Mini Crossover Teaser:

– By: Omar Rana

De manera más notoria, en los últimos días los aguaceros en el Litoral ecuatoriano han despertado la duda sobre un posible acercamiento de la presencia del fenómeno de ‘El Niño’. Es así que el Comité Nacional para el Estudio Regional del fenómeno ‘El Niño’ (Erfen) se reunió el pasado jueves para tratar la situación de este suceso climático.

“En diciembre (2009) e inicios de enero (2010) se evidenció el arribo de ondas que ocasionaron el incremento de la temperatura de mar en nuestras costas”, comentó el Teniente César Palacios, jefe del departamento de Meteorología del Instituto Oceanográfica de la Armada (Inocar), entidad que preside el Erfen.

Precisiones
Según el Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inamhi), “las precipitaciones se presentarán con intensidad variable, siendo mayores al interior de la región, las mismas que superarán los valores medios”.
Es decir, que las lluvias seguirán haciéndose presentes.
Sin embargo, Palacios manifestó que “no se han evidenciado condiciones propias de un evento de ‘El Niño’”, es decir, que no ha existido una elevación de temperatura significativa de las aguas del mar.
Además, el experto agregó que se prevé que “para los próximos meses haya un ligero calentamiento de dichas aguas, que se traduce en factores que inciden en el incremento de las precipitaciones”. De manera específica precisó que habrá un aumento en marzo.
De igual manera el Inamhi, como parte del Erfen, informó que los parámetros analizados “hacen prever que durante el próximo mes continúen las condiciones cálidas, con temperaturas mayores que los promedios de la época”.

Aguaje de Fin de Año
Muchos turistas que viajaron a las costas de Esmeraldas y Manabí pudieron presenciar un estado anormal del mar en estas zonas del país.
El Instituto Oceanográfica de la Armada explicó que el oleaje que se presenció durante el último feriado no tuvo relación con el fenómeno ‘El Niño’, sino que “vinieron olas del norte del continente”.

DATOS
El aguaje se produce por el cambio de Luna llena a nueva, mientras que el oleaje es producto de bajas presiones en el Pacífico.
El Comité Nacional Erfen se reunirá el jueves 11 de febrero de 2010.

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On Mad Money Friday, Jim Cramer predicted a huge market rally on Wednesday if Martha Coakley loses.

Via Newsbusters:

JIM CRAMER, MAD MONEY HOST: We know it’s earnings season. You can no more avoid it than you could avoid getting your report card or worse – your parents getting your report card. You saw that today when people sold the market on allegedly weak earnings from Intel and JP Morgan, emphasis on allegedly. The Dow getting hurt bad, down a hundred big ones. S&P giving back more than a percent. But that doesn’t mean that the most important factor in next week’s game plan is an earnings report. Far from it. Come with me. The number you need to watch is the number that Scott Brown racks up against Martha Coakley in this amazing Massachusetts Senate race. I say amazing ’cause this was supposed to be a walkover. I mean, even a few weeks ago it was a lock for Democrat Coakley. But now everything’s up in the air, and a Brown win would be devastating for the president’s agenda. Let’s put Brown, okay, and I don’t mean UPS which I happen to own for my charitable trust. Particularly on healthcare reform, because Republican Brown has said he will definitely vote against the plan.

Brown in the Senate? That wrecks the 60-vote supermajority the Democrats have been counting on. It could spell the end for this almost year-long nightmare of a piece of healthcare legislation.

What does a Brown election mean larger than this? Well, first you’re going to get a knee-jerk rally in all the so-called penalized stocks — the HMOs, the drugs, the medical device-makers. I call it “knee-jerk,” though, because these stocks have been on fire for months. Look at Cramer fave WellPoint, or United Health. 52 week high. 52 week high. Merck, 52 week high. It’s been clear as a bell that the healthcare reform wasn’t going to affect most healthcare stocks. That’s versus what we thought last year.

More important, though, I think investors who are nervous about the dictatorship of the Pelosi proletariat will feel at ease, and we could have a gigantic rally off a Coakley loss and a Brown win. It will be a signal that a more pro-business, less pro-labor government could be in front of us. Hey, would you say it is more China like perhaps? No, we can never be as capitalist as the Communist Chinese. But how about a little bit less like the old Soviet Union? Yeah, that would be a bit more like it. Pelosi politburo emasculation! Everything from the banks, which are usually in the Democrats’ penalty box, or the oils which are despised by this administration for being carbon, could be propelled dramatically higher all of this Tuesday night.

We really have no idea what the market will do in the event of a Scott Brown win, but we will say this: anyone who’s stil clinging to the notion that “liberal” Barack Obama is damaging the market needs to have their heads checked.

Talk about holding onto your pre-conceived notions in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence. You can slam Obama for decisions he’s made that may or may not hurt us in the longterm. But this idea that investors hate his liberal stance on various things (regulating Wall Street, healthcare, etc.) is just 100% false.

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See Also:

• Martha Coakley Falls To 40% On InTrade
• Obama Advisers Believe Coakley Will Lose
• Obama Defends Coakley, Healthcare Reform, and His Presidency In Boston

On January 14, L’atelier Renault on the Champs Elysees has inaugurated an exhibition dedicated to light commercial vehicles. The event has tried to capture the 100 years of everyday life history by displaying a variety of vehicles, from hand-crafted milk trucks to the latest electric commercial concept car.

People who visit the show will be presented the 100-year history of services in the presence of the group’s commercial vehicles, including the 900 Boulogne Billancourt milk truck, the Type… (read more)

Toy “Pugs” Fight Rousing Battle

A PUGILISTIC encounter by puppets two feet high and manipulated from the sidelines is the latest in amusements. Dressed in prize fight garb, they stand up in the ring and swing gloves at each other. Their actions are guided by wheels in the grips of the men playing the game.

A referee in the ring judges the points scored in the five rounds of one minute each. The point of the chin is the susceptible place for a “haymaker,” and when that is struck the manikin goes down for the count.

THE PHYSICAL CULTURE CREED

We Believe:
That our bodies are our most glorious possessions; that health-wealth is our greatest asset; that every influence which interferes with the attainment of superb, buoyant health should be recognized as a menace.

We maintain that weakness is truly a crime; that sickness is the penalty of violated health laws; that every man can be a vigorous, vital specimen of masculinity; that every woman can be a splendidly strong, well-poised specimen of femininity, IF THE LAWS OF LIFE ARE RIGIDLY OBSERVED.

We believe that the requirements in the building of glorious health are:

First: Pure air and sunlight whenever obtainable; thorough ventilation of living rooms.

Second: Wholesome diet of vital foods, well masticated, eaten only at the dictates of a normal appetite; frequent fasting of a day or two if needed.

Third: Reasonable regular use of the muscular system throughout the entire body in work, in the gymnasium, on the athletic field, or otherwise.

Fourth: Thorough cleanliness, which requires frequent baths—cold baths for a tonic, hot baths for cleanliness—though dry friction with the open hands, brush or towel is also valuable.

Fifth: Internal cleanliness, which is a matter of regular and thorough elimination.

Sixth: Abundant sleep, measured in depth or quality as well as duration; this power of deep sleep being dependent upon sufficient exercise and healthful habits.

Seventh: Right mental attitude; thinking is a powerful factor in maintaining vital health, and can be constructive or destructive. The mind can build you up or tear you down.

SINGLE-RUNNER COASTER

THERE is a knack to keeping one’s balance on a single-runner coaster which you may acquire quickly, or may not. The coaster requires a l-by-4 board 6 feet long for the runner and brace.

The runner must have a slight curve to its bow, as indicated in Fig. 1. To warp the wood, steam it or soak it in hot water, then place the bow end in a vise, and block up the other end until a curve a trifle greater than that shown is obtained.

EIGHTEEN-INCH PACKING CASE HOLDS CONTORTIONIST

CAN YOU wedge yourself into a packing case only a foot and a half square? The feat sounds impossible, but it is only an incident in the day’s work for a Berlin contortionist. The photograph shows him tied into a knot inside his narrow quarters, with his assistant looking on. Just how comfortable his position may be, is open to question, but it is at least certain that there is very little space inside the box that is not occupied by the actor. According to the contortionist, there’s nothing to the feat. He’s the ideal type of renter for a kitchenette apartment.

White House Crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi were in the spotlight — again –this weekend. The aspiring reality personalities, who made headlines when they arrived uninvited at The Obamas’ State Dinner last November, are giving something back, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

The Salahis hosted a party at Sin City hotspot PURE on Saturday night and waived their $5,000 appearance fee, instead donating the fee to the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. They asked everyone at the club to make a small donation at the door.

SEOUL — Motorola Inc. said Monday it plans to launch a smart phone in the South Korean handset market using Google Inc.’s Android operating platform, a move aimed at taking on Apple Inc. and market incumbents Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. in the fast-growing market segment.

The launch of a new smartphone in South Korea’s competitive market comes as Motorola has been trying to break itself into two or three pieces to help combat a companywide sales slump.

For almost two years it has tried to spin off its high-profile handset business, which has been without a hit device since the blockbuster Razr phone.

It also comes after Apple Inc. (AAPL) said late last year it will make its popular smart phone, the iPhone, available in the South Korean market through an agreement with KT Corp. (KTC), the country’s biggest fixed-line operator by revenue.

On Monday, Motorola unveiled MOTOROI, Korea’s first phone powered by Android through a deal with SK Telecom Co., the country’s biggest wireless operator by revenue.

The phone features a touch screen with a 3.7-inch high-definition display, helping users easily access Web sites, videos, games and photos, it said.

Motorola’s Korea representative Rick Wolochatiuk said at a press briefing the device would sell for around $800, about the same as the iPhone but slightly more than most offerings from Samsung and LG.

Wolochatiuk said the company is also open to adopting Window Mobile platform-based phones, but didn’t elaborate further.

According to market research firm iSuppli, Motorola was the fifth-biggest cellphone maker in the third quarter, down from fourth place in the second quarter.

As recently as the first quarter of 2007, the company was the world’s second-largest cellphone maker after Nokia Corp.

The executive didn’t comment on its sales target in the Korean market for this year but said the company isn’t currently considering offering its cellphones through other domestic telecommunication firms apart from SK Telecom.

Meanwhile rivals Samsung Electronics and LG, the world’s second- and third-largest handset maker by shipments respectively, are expected to launch a series of smart phones running on the android system early this year.

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