Archive for the 'Chile' Category

This has happend in the past when nuclear device tests were incorrectly timed.

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth
SPACE.com
space.com – Tue Mar 2, 10:00 am ET
The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth’s rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.
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This was one of the many films I saw alone as  a child. […]

Frank Gehry gives the term “Visionary Architect” a whole, new meaning.

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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The Rasin Building, also known as the Dancing House
or the Fred and Ginger Building,
designed by Frank Gehry in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Frank Gehry’s Stata Centeer, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.
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Building in Conception, Chile after an 8.8
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Images: (Stata) via foxnews.com (Rasin) via architecture-student.com (top caption) via academyofachievement.org

Fossils of ancient tank-like mammal found in Andes–Reuters headline

Friday, December 14th, 2007

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By Will Dunham Wed Dec 12, 12:23 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists searching for fossils high in the Andes mountains in Chile have unearthed the remains of a tank-like mammal related to armadillos that grazed 18 million years ago.
“It looks different than almost anything out on the landscape today. There really isn’t anything that’s comparable […]

Do those baos come pre-mixed, or do we have to fiddle with gallons of water?

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Beijing steamed buns include cardboard
2 hours, 33 minutes ago
BEIJING - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country’s problems with […]

You had to be there.

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

The world may have become ever so slightly
a better place to live. 
The Washington Post included this side-bar with their story. The accented portions are my additions.
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The Career of Pinochet
– Key dates in the life of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in the deaths of thousands:
Aug. 23, 1973 _ Named commander of the Chilean army by Marxist […]