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  • India Developing ‘Kill Vehicle’ to Knock Enemy Satellites Out of the Sky [Satellites]

    With perennial foe Pakistan always teetering on the brink of political collapse and neighboring superpower China taking strides into space technology, India has announced that it is developing an exo-atmospheric “kill vehicle” that will knock enemy satellites out of orbit.

    The program was proudly announced as part of India’s ballistic missile defense program, a division of India’s Ministry of Defense. However, in a briefing last week defense officials admitted lots of work on the project is yet to be done. Like, almost all of it. The kill vehicle (read: missile of some kind) will be guided by a laser, which will lock onto the offending satellite and keep the kill vehicle on a solid interception course. Neither the laser nor the kill vehicle actually exists yet, but be forewarned: India will put a dent in your space capabilities at a time and place as yet undetermined.

    Of course, India isn’t the first state to dabble in space-based defenses or satellite-slaying technologies. Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative — the now infamous “Star Wars” — proposed to arm a series of ground- and space-based stations with interceptor missiles (for defensive purposes only, of course). In 2007 China brazenly launched a ground-based missile into the atmosphere to demonstrate its ability to destroy satellites, creating a mess of orbital debris when it blew apart an aging weather satellite. The U.S. also used a ship-based missile to incinerate one of its own spy satellites in 2008, as its decaying orbit was threatening to send it crashing down to Earth with toxic materials on board.

    So exactly whose satellites might India be protecting herself from? Pakistan, India’s most reliable nemesis, isn’t exactly running a robust space program. More likely the world’s largest democracy is a bit wary of the world’s largest military-minded single-party ruled “republic” right across the Himalayan range. Whatever the reasoning, putting weapons in space has never been a popular topic in the international community; we likely haven’t heard the last word on this. [Space]

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  • Shocker!!! Lane Kiffin Back to USC After Only One Year at Tennessee

    Turning the CFB world on it’s ear, USC announced late today that Lane Kiffin will be named their new head coach. This change comes only 14 months after Kiffin replaced long time Vol coach Phil Fulmer. Wringing his hands both literally and figuratively at his hastily called press conference, Kiffin said that the decision was a hard one and that ultimately, USC was the probably the only job he would leave Tennessee for.

    Kiffin’s departure leaves in it’s wake a slew of wreckage from his inaugural stint as a college head coach–the pre-season trash talking, the admonishments by commissioner Mike Slive, three players arrested for armed robbery and all the secondary recruiting violations, including the well-publicized one concerning recruiting hostesses. It’s certainly ironic that USC, a school who may very well be in the cross hairs of the NCAA’s enforcement division, has now hired a coach who’s recruiting habits are to say the least, suspect.

    Today also saw a public turn-down of the possibility of a job offer by Jacksonville Jaguar head coach Jack Del Rio, a former player at USC, but someone who has no college coaching experience. Del Rio was the second name to be mentioned behind Oregon’s Mike Riley. DC Monte Kiffin and Ed Orgeron are leaving with Lane Kiffin, and word has it that an effort is under foot to get current UCLA OC Norm Chow back across town to his old stomping grounds, where he served as OC under Pete Carroll early in the 2000s.

    While the dust settles on today’s event, I don’t think that I’m going out on a limb by saying that Kiffin, by suddenly jumping ship to USC, will now become the most hated coach in all of CFB, jumping such notables as Nick Saban and Bobby Petrino, who both had perceived ‘loyalty’ issues. As if he wasn’t already.

    Anyone wanna reach Al Davis for comment?

    UPDATE: There are unconfirmed reports that students ganged up en mass and have attempted to block the departure of Kiffin and were dispersed with tear gas. There are also rumors that departing coach Ed Orgeron has told early Tennessee signees not to go to class this semester in an apparent attempt to get them to sign with USC before their committment is official. Again, as of now, these are unconfirmed and we will have more as it breaks.

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  • Insulin for the Long Term

    Is there anyone on this forum that is a Type 2 Diabetic that has done well using insulin for a number of years? Have you had any complications?

    I read so many reports about insulin being bad for Type 2’s and maybe even causing heart disease. I personally (other than gaining weight) like the way I feel on insulin (better than pills) I have so much energy, but I just don’t know if it is destroying my body.

    I would like to know your experience with insulin.

  • As ISPs Look To Charge Per Byte… How Accurate Are Their Meters?

    Various ISPs have been pushing for metered broadband for a while now, and we’ve wondered in the past who will monitor the broadband meters themselves to make sure they’re accurate? After all, with things like energy meters, they’re carefully regulated and audited to make sure they’re accurate. But no such luck with broadband meters, for the most part. Broadband Reports points out that it looks like individuals will be on their own to check on whether or not their ISP is being honest with them concerning how much bandwidth they use.

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  • Minneapolis: Snow and People

    Today was the warmest day in Minneapolis for a while so I went out to take some photos.

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  • Google attacked and likely to exit China

    Here is an excerpt from an entry posted by David Drummond, Google Chief Legal Officer on Google’s official blog (emphasis added),

    First, this attack was not just on Google. As part of our investigation we have discovered that at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses–including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors–have been similarly targeted. We are currently in the process of notifying those companies, and we are also working with the relevant U.S. authorities.

    Second, we have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Based on our investigation to date we believe their attack did not achieve that objective. Only two Gmail accounts appear to have been accessed, and that activity was limited to account information (such as the date the account was created) and subject line, rather than the content of emails themselves.

    Third, as part of this investigation but independent of the attack on Google, we have discovered that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties. These accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users’ computers.

    […] We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results. At the time we made clear that “we will carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on our services. If we determine that we are unable to achieve the objectives outlined we will not hesitate to reconsider our approach to China.“

    These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. [*****] We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China. [*****]

    The decision to review our business operations in China has been incredibly hard, and we know that it will have potentially far-reaching consequences. We want to make clear that this move was driven by our executives in the United States, without the knowledge or involvement of our employees in China [k-note: I read this as a message to Chinese government, don’t blame the Chinese employees] who have worked incredibly hard to make Google.cn the success it is today. We are committed to working responsibly to resolve the very difficult issues raised.

    An excerpt from WSJ “Google Warns of China Exit” (emphasis added),

    “For Google to withdraw from China would be an extremely rare repudiation by a Western company of what is almost universally seen in business circles as one of the world’s most important markets. The country has 338 million Internet users as of June, more than any other country. Even the public suggestion that it is considering such a move is likely to infuriate Chinese authorities. Google’s statement could complicate matters for other tech companies sensitive to being seen as [****] accomplices of the Chinese government. [****]“

    More reports in UK Guardian “Google sends a shockwave through Chinese internet”, TIME “Google Ends Policy of Self-Censorship in China”, Wired, CNet, ZDnet, Reuters “Chinese Internet activists applaud Google, see no backdown”, UK Guardian “Google strikes a blow to China’s Great Firewall”.

    Congrats to Google for regaining its backbone in China! And I also agree with ZDnet in saying “Bravo! Google takes a stand for human rights in China”.

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  • Kingston SSDNow V dips to 30GB size, lower price

    We’ve already made our fond feelings toward Kingston’s SSDNow V line quite clear, so you’ll understand our joy at the news that it’s about to add a new member to the fold. Cutting storage down to 30GB should mean Kingston is about to offer its cheapest drive yet, though all the info we have is that it’ll be “under 90GBP” (or $145). That doesn’t immediately strike us as better value than the 40GB SSDNow V — which reached an $85 price point not too long ago — but European prices aren’t directly comparable at the best of times. In exchange for your cashola, you’ll get a speedy little boot drive, backed by a three-year warranty, 24/7 tech support, and the knowledge that it can withstand a baseball bat should the need ever arise. Full PR after the break.

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  • Sarah Palin On “The O’Reilly Factor” VIDEO [01/12/10]

    For those who care, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin made her debut as a commentator on the FOX News Channel with a guest appearance on The O’Reilly Factor Tuesday evening. The one-time GOP VP hopeful joins the right-leaning network to host an occasional program about inspirational Americans, FOX announced on Monday.

    Palin, the newly-minted pundit, began her career at FOX by ripping into The Obama Administration, lamenting the economy, and chronicling her own background as a politician.

    “There is an obvious disconnect between President Obama and the White House, what they are doing to our economy and what they are doing in terms of now allowing Americans to feel as safe as we had felt,” she said.

    O’Reilly invited Palin to return to his show any time she wanted, adding that she may use his program to set the record straight about her politics.

    What did you think of Sarah’s performance?

  • Pleasantly Surprised

    Has anyone else been pleasantly surprised at the pharmacy this year?

    I had 4 scripts filled for $29. Normally I pay $40 for the test strips alone and then add the promise program to drop it back to 15. But they were $0, I knew the insurance company was paying 100% of blood pressure (hubby) this year and I thought just certain diabetic supplies (needles and metformin). I was quite happy!

  • Ford anuncia a exportação do Motor Sigma para a América do Norte

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    A Ford anunciou hoje que a nova família de motores Sigma, cuja produção está sendo iniciada na fábrica de Taubaté, em São Paulo, além de atender o Brasil e a América do Sul será exportada para a América do Norte, onde vai equipar a nova geração do Ford Fiesta, na versão 1.6 L I-4. Com isso, o Brasil dá continuidade à tradição de abastecer a América do Norte com motores de quatro cilindros de alta qualidade, duráveis e econômicos, com volume e escala.

    “O Sigma 1.6L é o mais novo exemplo dentre os mais de 30 motores com tecnologia avançada que estamos lançando a partir de agora até 2013. Cada um desses motores entregarão a potência que os nossos clientes querem, combinado com a economia de combustível de que precisam”, disse Jim Farley, vice-presidente de Marketing Global para as operações do Canadá, México e América do Sul.

    “É um grande reconhecimento para o Brasil ter os seus motores escolhidos para abastecer um dos mercados mais exigentes do mundo, equipando um novo produto que tem importância estratégica para os negócios da Ford nos Estados Unidos”, diz Marcos de Oliveira, presidente da Ford Brasil e Mercosul.

    Na América do Norte, o motor Sigma brasileiro vai impulsionar o novo Ford Fiesta 2011, que sinaliza a entrada agressiva da marca no segmento de carros compactos na região. Com quatro cilindros e duplo comando de válvulas independente (Ti-VCT), ele é projetado para maximizar tanto a economia de combustível quanto o desempenho.

    O motor Sigma 1.6 traz a tecnologia de correia flexível, que elimina a necessidade pré-tensionador. Além de funcionamento silencioso e durável, ela contribui para a redução do peso e economia de combustível. O uso de materiais de baixo peso e alta eficiência térmica é outro fator quer favorece a eficiência do motor. Ele é produzido com bloco, cabeçote e pistões de alumínio e tem coletor de admissão feito de composto, com projeto desenvolvido para otimizar o torque em baixas rotações. A versão que vai equipar o Ford Fiesta 2011 na América do Norte desenvolve 120 cv e 147,8 Nm de torque.

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  • Nissan anuncia parceria com equipe de ciclismo de Lance Armstrong

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    A Nissan fechou uma parceria com o heptacampeão da Volta da França, o norte-americano Lance Armstrong. O atleta, que também lançou a Fundação Livestrong, irá estampar a marca da montadora japonesa na sua equipe de ciclismo, a RadioShack. A parceria inclui o uso de diversos tipos de produtos da Nissan e a utilização de um veículo oficial da montadora para toda a equipe.

    A RadioShack é composta por 25 atletas profissionais do mundo todo, incluindo Armstrong. A equipe irá competir em todo o calendário profissional de ciclismo em 2010, com destaque para a Volta da França e Volta da Califórnia. “Estamos bastante empolgados em ter a Nissan como parceira da equipe RadioShack. Os veículos da equipe e as novas tecnologias desempenham um papel fundamental no sucesso de qualquer equipe de ciclistas profissionais e esperamos utilizar os produtos da Nissan nas corridas pelo mundo”, disse Armstrong.

    Mas não é apenas fora do Brasil que a Nissan se preocupa e aposta na prática esportiva como meio de vida mais saudável. A Nissan do Brasil mantém um projeto chamado Nissan Team, que começou em 2005 quando 12 atletas realizaram o sonho de formar uma equipe de triatlhon da empresa. No início de 2008, o projeto passou por uma reestruturação e o escopo foi ampliado para atender as modalidades de corrida, caminhada e natação. Além disso, naquele ano a Nissan disponibilizou assessoria técnica esportiva para todos os funcionários e o grupo do Nissan Team passou a ter 36 atletas.

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  • RCA Airnergy claims to charge gadgets using ambient WiFi signals

    The RCA Airnergy harvests ambient WiFi energy to charge your gadgets (Photo: OhGizmo)

    Move over solar chargers. Step aside kinetic chargers. If RCA is to be believed, there’s a new way to scavenge power from the environment using an energy source that’s all around us: WiFi. If you are reading this article, the chances are very good that you are in range of at least one wireless network. RCA says its Airnergy Charger scavenges stray WiFi signals and converts them to DC battery power that you can use to charge your cell phone, music player, or other electronic devices…

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  • Zynga Tiptoes Back Into Offers

    Zynga CEO Mark Pincus pulled all in-game offers in the wake of Scamville. At the time, he said “We recognize it is our responsibility to ensure that offers which generate a bad user experience are not shown with any of our games. Therefore, we are removing all CPA offers across zynga games until we can control their inclusion and presentation ourselves.” That was November 8, 2009, a little over two months ago.

    Today offers are officially back on Zynga. In a new blog post, Pincus says they are tightly controlling which offers are accepted. Just eight companies are included: Netflix, Discover Card, Blockbuster, HSBC Direct, Gamefly, Book of the Month Club, SnapFish and The New York Times. More will be added over time after being reviewed by Zynga employees.

    There’s certainly nothing wrong with Zynga putting these offers back online, and these companies are unlikely to engage in the type of scammy behavior that started the whole Scamville saga in the first place. Not all offers are evil.

    I am amused though by Pincus saying about the companies “all of which have high Better Business Bureau ratings.” A BBB rating is nothing to be proud of. Video Professor, one of the more serious scammers, maintains an A rating at the BBB.

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  • How Did They Make Zeppelins? [Image Cache]

    Ever wondered how a beast like the Hindenburg zeppelin—a gigantic 803 feet in length and 130 feet in diameter structure—was built in the 1930s? Here’s the answer: With the biggest ladders you can possibly imagine. [Thanks David Keyes]







  • Letterman Spoof “Law & Order: Leno Victims Unit”

    We think it’s safe to say Letterman is “Team Conan!”

    NBC’s late night debacle continued to make headlines on Tuesday with Conan O’Brien curtly declining the network’s plan to move The Tonight Show to 12:05 AM. Meanwhile, the Late Show’s David Letterman can’t seem to stop weighing in on the most recent developments.

    In fact, Dave’s created a spoof based on the drama — Law & Order: Leno Victims Unit!”

  • When Photoshop attacks: The cwatch

    cwatch02In a fine example of design gone bad, Thomas Cruyl from Belgium put together the cwatch. And amazingly, it has a chance of winning some kind of internet design contest.

    I’m not sure exactly why someone would want this, but as a design experiment, it is certainly interesting. The cwatch is reportedly a concept rendering of a tribute to Swiss watch making. This doesn’t make much sense, considering that the cuckoo clock is more known from the Black Forest region of Germany, but to each their own. As an entry into a contest, it’s interesting. As something to wear, I wouldn’t give it to my worst enemy.


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  • Behind The Scenes at Cirque du Soleil

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    I’ve always been a fan of Cirque du Soleil and I make sure to go to a show when they are in town either in San Francisco or in Las Vegas. I got a backstage tour of their latest extravaganza, OVO, in San Francisco when they were in town. I caught up with Gerard Edwards-Webb, the Technical Director of the show, and we chatted about what really runs the show. Most people see the show, and are amazed at all the work the acrobats have put in, but me, being the geek that I am, decided to dig deeper, and go technical.

    Cirque du Soleil is known for many things, but you know Cirque is in town when you see their big yellow tent in the horizon. What many people don’t realize that when Cirque comes to town, they set up a mini-city, also known as the “village.” Now this includes the actual main tent, the artists training area, the mess hall, a school, and much more. A school you ask? Well, yes. Many of the acrobats are still young, and travel with a teacher so they can keep up with their studies. Also, the acrobats don’t stay in the city — they rent apartments for each of the artists, and the crew for extended periods of times.

    First, lets get some background on the show.

    OVO is a headlong rush into a colourful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement. The insects’ home is a world of biodiversity and beauty filled with noisy action and moments of quiet emotion. When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object that represents the enigma and cycles of their lives. It’s love at first sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this bustling community and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye – and the feeling is mutual. OVO is overflowing with contrasts. The hidden, secret world at our feet is revealed as tender and torrid, noisy and quiet, peaceful and chaotic. And as the sun rises on a bright new day the vibrant cycle of insect life begins anew.

    The entire site needs to be at least 180,000 square feet (4.2 Acres or 17,000 square meters) in order to house the entire site including the tents and trailers, and still have room for all the rest. It takes 11 days, and more than 200 workers, including 100 hired locally, to complete a city to city transfer of the infrastructures. It’s also interesting to note that Cirque uses their own generators, and don’t use the city power, which seems pretty logical — if the city has a power outage, Cirque doesn’t have power. The only recourses Cirque uses for the show is water, at least in the case in San Francisco.

    The entire show is carried on tractor trailers, where an average of 55 are needed to carry the show from one city to another. It doesn’t matter if the city is 10 hours away, or 45 minutes away, the show has to move, and the same setup takes place for each city. Which if you think about, just sounds like a pain in the ass for the crew and site technicians which actually have to move everything from one city to another.

    Gerard took me were not too many folks go to go — under the stage. What most people also don’t know is that there is only about 4-10 feet from the bottom of the stage, to the concrete floor that the show is setup on. So the actors use moving carts to travel across under the stage to get from one place to another. The stage is quite complex, and uses a various amounts of different material, and even includes three trampolines. I shoot some video of the main trampoline bed opening in the middle of the stage. The trampoline bed opens up in a matter of seconds, and uses a hydraulic system to actually open and close.

    Overall, the operations behind running a multi-million dollar circus is quite complex, and Cirque du Soleil have truly mastered the art, and that’s what makes them such a success. I highly recommend that anyone go and check out the show that’s nearest you — you won’t regret it.


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  • A Day of Eats

    I woke up this morning and decided to document my day of eats!
    Normally, I would have oatmeal and peanut butter toast for breakfast, but I was fresh out of oatmeal, so I had to improvise.
    I took the rest of my plain Oikos greek yogurt, the rest of the strawberries, mixed it all with honey, cinnamon, and Back to Nature Apple-blueberry granola.
    And then of course, I had my peanut butter toast and a multivitamin. I just recently started to take a multivitamin, but honestly, I really don’t “believe” in vitamins. haha. However, I like to donate blood and my HgB had been low the last few times, so I figured I would try a supplement. But then when I went to the store, I just figured…what the hell, I’ll get a woman’s multi. I am just skeptical about the health benefits. I truly believe it is the entire fruit or vegetable or WHATEVER as a whole that makes it so special, not the tiny micronutrients that can be picked apart. Anywho…

    After lounging around like a lazy person, I finally went to the grocery store. As you can see, there isn’t much in the vegetable or green department, but that is because of my CSA membership. I have tons of greens at home…
    Lunch was left over home made pizza from yesterday. Here’s some action shots of Mirza making it. He honestly makes pizza better than anyone. It always tastes amazing!!
    Carrying on, I had one piece of left over pizza, a romaine/ mix of greens from the farm with chick peas, feta, balsamic vinegar, and evoo. On the side were Jalapeno smokehouse almonds from Blue Diamond. I love those little suckers. I couldn’t finish them all though…

    I spent the rest of the day running more errands (buying cat food), and then hung out at my mom’s house for a bit. I honestly wasn’t that hungry today. I don’t know if it’s because of my cold or what, but…
    Before dinner, I had some more of the (un)healthy almonds…no picture.
    For dinner, I had left over turkey bacon and I’m trying to use everything I have on hand, so I made a BLT and leftover apple-squash soup from the Clean Food cookbook. It was in my freezer from over a month ago and still tasted great…

    There are absolutely no sweets in the house right now, which is just…disastrous, as far as I’m concerned, so I made some Butterscotch Brownies from the Betty Crocker Cookbook. Had about 4 little squares of these…

    There you have it folks. That was my most random day of eats. Since I work nights, I will be up until about 3am, so I’ll more than likely have more food before the night/am is over, like cereal..
    I work the next three nights…adios.

    ps:  Team Conan all the way


  • How Much Will It Cost Google to Exit China?

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    Google, earlier today made a bold decision — it stopped censoring results on Google.cn, its Chinese destination. The decision, was a direct consequence of a sophisticated attack on its infrastructure as attempts were made to penetrate Gmail accounts of human rights activists. This will most certainly get the company banned from China and it is going to cost it hundreds of millions of dollars.

    This is not only brave, but a very costly decision. According to estimates by J.P. Morgan, if the Chinese government bans the search giant, then Google could be walking away from about $600 million in 2010 revenues.

    In our current model, we estimate Google will generate ~$600M in revenue from China in 2010. We expect segment margins of the Chinese operations to be in the 15% to 20% range. However, if Google is not allowed to operate in China, beyond the immediate revenue loss, this could potentially have a far-reaching impact on the company’s overall long-term growth rate.

    Of course, this could help Baidu, the Chinese search engine. Fortune magazine’s Stephanie Mehta had talked to Jennifer Li, Baidu’s chief financial officer back in December 2009. According to Li, “Baidu’s market share for search in China was about 77% in the third quarter” and Google “lost share in China, dropping to 17% in the third quarter, from about 19% in the second quarter.”

    A more cynical view would say that perhaps Google is cutting its loses and getting rid of a money-losing unit. I don’t think so — for once Google is sticking to its aspirational goal: do no evil. It is a shame that they were kowtowing to the Chinese government in the first place — but better late than never.

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  • Tragedia en Haití

    Ha sido espantosa y desgarradora la tragedia de nuestros vecinos. Adiós a cualquier vestijio de edificio histórico o importante, la tragedia humana es dolorosísima e inmensurable.

    Apenas se han reportado las primeras imágenes de Puerto Príncipe y ví el palacio presidencial desplomado y la catedral en llamas con solo unos muros de pie. Una nuve de polvo se sierne sobre Puerto Príncipe.:ohno:

    :nuts:Una nota bochornosa a nivel internacional es el ridículo que han hecho autoridades dominicanas. particularmente el director del COE al decretar un dizque anuncio o advertencia de tsunami.

    Esa posibilidad fue descartada pocos minutos despues por la agencia sísmica de los EEUU y el centro de tsunami en Alaska.

    ¿Desde cúando se puede generar un tsunami por un terremoto con epicentro en tierra?

    Acá las agencias concernidas se encargaron de recalcar ese dato y descartar lo anterior para calmar a la población que oyendo la version del COE dominicado habia temido que se produjese una catastrofe regional ya que las costas de PR son en gran parte sumergibles y muy vulnerables.

    El instituto sismológico de la República Dominicana hizo lo mismo siendo enfáticos en que es imposible y descartando tal anuncio y teoría.
    Desde una nefasta vez en que un desgraciado regó una estupides en el país los dominicanos tienen la creencia medio pendeja de que los maremotos se auncian como los cilones y que cualquier día nos llega uno. Para empesar es muy poco probable que ocurr uno en nuestra area puesto que los movimientos telúricos en las fallas geológicas que nos rodean suelen ser horizontales y no verticales. Un desplacamiento vertical súbito en el lecho marino es lo que causa un maremoto.

    Gracias a Dios ese no es el caso de los temblores por aca y además es SISMOLOGIA DE KINDER el saber que si el epicentro fue en tierra no hay maremoto posible.

    En todo caso El temblor hubiese provocado el maremoto en el mismo Haiti o este hubiese sido casi instantaneo pues estamos al lado y la marejada hubiese llegado en 10 o 15 minutos a las costas de nuestras islas. Que ridículo institucional.

    Si lo que quieren es evitar jodiendas hubiesen dicho que quieren evitar que en caso de réplicas muy fuertes se dañe la infraestructura de escuelas o algo así y que la gente no vaya a sufrir daños.

    El famoso aviso de tsunami se descarto a los pocos minutos pero el COE estaba hablando de ese disparate todavía a las 8 y pico de la noche.:ohno::bash: