<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:57:36.809+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Phileas Blog...</title><subtitle type='html'>... um diario de aventuras!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110646081437870675</id><published>2004-12-31T18:09:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-23T06:13:34.376Z</updated><title type='text'>Duas imagens de Chicago</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Chicago1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Aquí estou a levantar vôo a bordo dum MD-88 da American Airlines do aeroporto internacional de O’Hare, em Chicago, rumo a Newark, para passar o fim do ano em Nova Iorque&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Chicago2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110646081437870675?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110646081437870675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110646081437870675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_archive.html#110646081437870675' title='Duas imagens de Chicago'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110438534245528911</id><published>2004-12-10T17:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-30T05:42:22.456Z</updated><title type='text'>Aqui estou na doca, ao lado da casa</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;No Ferrari do Pedro, sempre a dar as voltas, ao lado das docas de Belém, diante da velha casa do Restelo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/DSC_0036-a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Não há nada como um Ferrari!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110438534245528911?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110438534245528911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110438534245528911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_archive.html#110438534245528911' title='Aqui estou na doca, ao lado da casa'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110645480931986502</id><published>2004-11-25T16:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-23T04:51:33.366Z</updated><title type='text'>One day in Paris</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Isto foi uma saltada a Paris para comprar BD’s na &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fnac.fr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;FNAC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt; e jantar com o Koltun que estava de passagem junto com a Diana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lelombard.com/doc/Albums/2368/2803620367cp1.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.dargaud.com/doc/albums/741/2205056689cp1.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.dargaud.com/doc/albums/2480/2871296774cp1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.dargaud.com/doc/albums/2481/2871296790cp1.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.dargaud.com/doc/albums/2469/2870970684cp1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;De tarde ainda tive tempo de bate rumas chapas e o jantar foi muito cómico. A sobremesa, no &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paris.org/Cafes/Paix/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Café de la Paix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt; custou mais que o jantar. Como ele pagou o primeiro e eu o segundo, diz o Koltun que voltou para Miami com o remorso e levo o tempo todo do voo a dizer isso à Diana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas a gente divertiu-se.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/PA001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/PA002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/PA003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/PA004.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/PA005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/PA006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110645480931986502?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110645480931986502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110645480931986502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#110645480931986502' title='One day in Paris'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110131517741277652</id><published>2004-11-24T16:44:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-11-24T16:52:57.413Z</updated><title type='text'>Out of Miami</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Today I'm going here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://edition.cnn.com/1999/WEATHER/12/28/europe.storm.03/france.paris.versailles.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;And tommorow, here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9806/09/guinea.bissau/portugal.lisbon.lg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.palmspringsholidays.com/palmsprings_image/american%20airlines%20%20in%20palm%20springs%20california_B.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/a318/images/A318_airliner2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110131517741277652?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110131517741277652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110131517741277652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#110131517741277652' title='Out of Miami'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110063407076370850</id><published>2004-11-16T19:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-11-16T19:41:10.763Z</updated><title type='text'>I've been here - Part II</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=AZCACODCDEFLGAILKYLAMDMAMSNJNYNCOHPASCTNUTVAWVWI"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110063407076370850?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110063407076370850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110063407076370850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#110063407076370850' title='I&apos;ve been here - Part II'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110063325624640431</id><published>2004-11-16T19:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-11-16T19:27:36.246Z</updated><title type='text'>I've been here - Part I</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries/colormap?visited=CAUSBSUVCRCUDMDOGPHTMXNIPAPRBRCOECPEVEMABEFRDELUPTRUESUKUZ"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110063325624640431?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110063325624640431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110063325624640431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#110063325624640431' title='I&apos;ve been here - Part I'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109682681470690449</id><published>2004-10-03T19:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-10-03T19:06:54.706+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Florida after four hurricanes</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Florida.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109682681470690449?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109682681470690449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109682681470690449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_archive.html#109682681470690449' title='Florida after four hurricanes'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109617478071413551</id><published>2004-09-26T05:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-26T06:01:52.470+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Este foi o banner que me fez a Univision hoje</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/HurricaneFERREIRAcopy1.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://estoriasereportagens.blogspot.com/"&gt;Todas as minhas reportagens sobre o furacão Jeanne estão aquí.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT11/refresh/AL1104W+GIF/260341W.gif"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109617478071413551?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109617478071413551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109617478071413551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109617478071413551' title='Este foi o banner que me fez a Univision hoje'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109536255169226236</id><published>2004-09-16T20:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-16T20:22:31.693+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurricane Ivan Slams Gulf Coast; 11 Dead</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GULF SHORES&lt;/strong&gt;, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan slammed into the Gulf Coast early Thursday with 130 mph wind, launching tornadoes, washing out a major bridge and hurling metal signs through the night. At least 11 U.S. deaths were blamed on the storm, but officials said the toll and the damage could have been even worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up to 15 inches of rain was expected as the storm moved inland. It remained a Category 1 hurricane with wind of 75 mph eight hours after its 2 a.m. CDT landfall before weakening to a tropical storm. At 1 p.m., its sustained wind speed was 70 mph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivan had already killed 68 as it passed through the Caribbean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Florida, it was the third storm in five weeks. Hurricane Charley struck the state Aug. 13 and Frances on Sept. 5; the two caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in damage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivan knocked out power to more than 1 1/2 million customers in four states, toppled trees and ripped off roofs. In the beach resort town of Gulf Shores, where the storm's eye came ashore, the sky glowed bright green as electrical transformers blew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, many of the millions of Gulf Coast residents who spent a frightening night in shelters and boarded-up homes emerged Thursday morning to find that Ivan was not the catastrophe they had feared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ivan was nowhere near as bad as Frederic _ not even close," Mobile Police Chief Sam Cochran said, referring to the 1979 storm that devastated the Alabama coast. "I think we were really spared and blessed."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Orleans, especially vulnerable to storms because much of it lies below sea level, had wind and just a touch of rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Leaves in the pool _ that's it," said Shane Eschete, assistant general manager of the Inn on Bourbon Street. "It won't take us long to clean that up."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Downtown Mobile was deserted early Thursday. Historic, oak-tree-lined Government Street was blocked with downed tree limbs, metal signs, roofing material and other storm debris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We were wondering at first if we made the right choice or not," said Marc Oliver, 38, who rode out the storm with his family in Mobile, moving from room to room as the wind shifted. "We had some trees down in our yard and roofing damage. Other than that, we came out pretty good."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President Bush signed disaster declarations Thursday for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, and was awaiting paperwork from Florida, press secretary Scott McClellan said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Florida, two people were killed and more than 200 homes were damaged when at least five tornadoes roared through Bay County. Another tornado killed four people when it struck homes in Blountstown, Fla., and an 8-year-old girl died after being crushed by a tree that fell onto her mobile home in Milton, Fla. Her parents were unharmed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You want to see the natural hand of God firsthand, but you don't realize how strong it is," said Kevin Harless, 32, who was sightseeing in Panama City Beach, Fla., around the time of the tornadoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four ailing evacuees, including a terminally ill cancer patient, died after being taken from their storm-threatened southern Louisiana homes to safer parts of the state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of a bridge on Interstate 10, the major east-west highway through Florida's Panhandle, was washed away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, warned that the misery would spread as Ivan moved across the Southeast. "I hate to think about what's going to happen inland," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 2 p.m. EDT, Ivan was centered about 45 miles west-southwest of Montgomery, Ala., and was moving to the north-north at 14 mph. Forecasters projected a northeastern march across the South, the storm weakening to a tropical depression overnight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tropical storm warning remained in effect from the mouth of the Pearl River in eastern Louisiana to Apalachicola, Fla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;National Hurricane Center forecasters said land east of where Ivan's eye passed would experience storm surge of 10 to 16 feet, topped by large and dangerous battering waves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We've had calls from folks saying, 'The water is rising. Can you come get me?' Unfortunately we can't send anybody out. The storm is at its worst point now," Sonya Smith, a spokeswoman for Florida's Escambia County emergency management agency, said early Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The storm's northward track spared New Orleans a direct hit. Parts of the city saw only sporadic, light rain overnight, though wind gusts reached tropical storm strength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tolls were being lifted and signal lights adjusted to prepare for heavy traffic as people return home _ a reversal of the jammed roads before the storm. Of roughly 2 million told to evacuate ahead of the storm, 1.2 million were from greater New Orleans. Five people were arrested there for alleged looting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than 1.5 million homes and businesses lost power: at least 975,000 in Alabama, 50,000 in Louisiana, 145,000 in Mississippi and 345,000 in the Florida Panhandle. Florida workers were also still trying to restore power to about 160,000 hit by Hurricanes Charley and Frances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivan's waves _ some up to 25 feet _ destroyed homes along the Florida coast Wednesday. A buoy about 300 miles south of Panama City registered one wave of 50 feet high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mayors of the Alabama communities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach refused to let anyone come back for now, fearful that returning residents weren't safe among downed power lines and weakened buildings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gulf Shores Mayor David Bodenhamer said streets were flooded, and trees and power lines were down everywhere. His home and others along the beachfront road were OK, he said, "but the beach is going to be a mess, a big mess."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for as far away as North Carolina, which suffered heavy flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Frances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More trouble lingered out in the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Jeanne became a hurricane Thursday in the Caribbean as it moved across the north coast of Puerto Rico with 80 mph wind. It could approach Florida's east coast or the Carolinas early next week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Editor's Note: Associated Press writers Mary Foster in New Orleans; David Royse in Shalimar, Fla.; Shelia Hardwell Byrd in Gulfport, Miss.; Allen G. Breed in New Orleans; Pauline Arrillaga in Mobile, Ala.; Holbrook Mohr in Pascagoula, Miss.; Bill Kaczor in Pensacola, Fla.; Brent Kallestad in Panama City, Fla.; and Jackie Hallifax in Blountstown, Fla., contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W+GIF/161503W.gif"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109536255169226236?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109536255169226236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109536255169226236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109536255169226236' title='Hurricane Ivan Slams Gulf Coast; 11 Dead'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109536202723190162</id><published>2004-09-16T20:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-16T20:13:47.233+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeanne deja 2 muertos al pasar por Puerto Rico </title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La Isla del Encanto&lt;/strong&gt; fue sacudida ayer por el paso de la tormenta tropical Jeanne, donde dejó dos muertos. Según los pronósticos pudiera transformarse en un huracán de categoría 1 tan pronto alcance el mar; entonces tomaría rumbo norte para amenazar a Bahamas y, ulteriormente, a la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según informaciones del gobierno de Puerto Rico, al menos una mujer murió en el pueblo de Yabucoa, en el sureste de la isla, cuando una ráfaga de viento arrancó el techo de su casa y la arrojó por los aires hasta una casa aledaña.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otro anciano murió en Vega Baja, en el norte de la isla, al caer del techo de su casa mientras instalaba planchas de metal para proteger su residencia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anoche la isla estaba prácticamente a oscuras, pues el gobierno decidió apagar el sistema de energía como medida de seguridad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El alcalde de Yabucoa, Angel García, confirmó también que Jeanne tocó tierra en su pueblo alrededor de las 12:30 p.m. de ayer, como había previsto en Miami el Centro Nacional de Huracanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al atardecer de ayer, Jeanne se encontraba unas 45 millas al oeste de San Juan; se desplazaba rumbo oeste-noroeste a unas nueve millas por horas con vientos de 70 millas y rachas superiores. Los estimados indicaban que permanecería sobre la isla hasta el amanecer de hoy, cuando se convertirá en una amenaza para la costa norte de República Dominicana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Hay ráfagas con fuerza de vientos huracanados, y puede que haya una pequeña parte en el centro con vientos sostenidos de fuerza huracanada en la costa sureste'', indicó Scott Stripling, del Servicio Nacional del Tiempo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aunque las plantas de energía eléctrica no sufrieron daños, indicó el gobierno de la isla, al menos 200,000 casas quedaron sin acceso a agua potable debido a que la electricidad fue cortada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tras las primeras horas del paso de Jeanne, medios locales indicaron que los residentes de Yabucoa se lanzaron a la calle, machetes en mano, a cortar ramas y a sacar todo tipo de obstrucciones en las carreteras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Para ser una tormenta, encuentro que ha sido bien fuerte. Yo estoy sin luz desde las 9 a.m., cuando el cable del tendido cayó al piso'', dijo uno de los residentes, Wilberto Mestre, a la radio local.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según la Agencia Estatal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA), al menos cuatro ríos en el sureste, norte y oeste se desbordaron, y numerosas carreteras quedaron intransitables.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Miami, el Centro Nacional de Huracanes indicó que esperaba que Jeanne dejara en Puerto Rico entre ocho y 12 pulgadas de lluvia, y que se fortaleciera tan pronto saliera al mar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''La principal preocupación para Puerto Rico son las inundaciones repentinas y los deslizamientos de tierras'', dijo el meteorólogo Héctor Guerrero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aun así, Jeanne provocó la cancelación de 10 vuelos de American Airlines en San Juan, y otros seis que volaban hacia la capital de la isla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huéspedes en un hotel de San Juan se lamentaban de los vuelos cancelados mientras vagaban por el vestíbulo. ''Esta es la primera vez que me quedo atrapado por una tormenta tropical. Me ha pasado antes con tormentas de invierno, pero esto es una experiencia nueva'', dijo un turista que sólo se identificó como Martín, quien debía regresar el miércoles a Connecticut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Tornados de Iván causan víctimas en la Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin que todavía hubiera tocado tierra, el gigantesco Iván dejaba ya dos muertos en Estados Unidos ayer al anochecer, cuando los tornados que lo anteceden se abatieron sobre Panamá City, en el noroeste de la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne, por su parte, siendo solamente una tormenta tropical, también provocó ayer dos muertes en Puerto Rico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con ellos suman ya 70 los muertos debidos a Iván, de categoría 4, el cual según los pronósticos del Centro Nacional de Huracanes debía tocar tierra en la línea costera cercana a Mobile, Alabama, alrededor de la 2 a.m. de hoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con vientos de velocidad superior a 130 millas y un arco con alcance superior a las 120 millas, Iván promovió marejadas de más de 50 pies de altura en el noroeste de la Florida, tragándose playas enteras y derribando decenas de casas hasta los cimientos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sus efectos se hicieron sentir desde la Gran Isla de Luisiana, al oeste, hasta Apalachicola, Florida, al oeste. Por el medio, fueron víctimas de sus vientos las áreas metropolitanas de Nueva Orleans y el lago Pontchartrain, cuyo desborde pondría en grave peligro toda el área del delta del río Mississippi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Esto es una zona muerta'', sentenció Richard Grines, dueño de un restaurante en el área de Pensacola, ante la inevitabilidad del impacto de Iván.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Estamos ante una tormenta perfecta, completa'', dijo el director del Centro de Emergencias del estado de la Florida, Craig Fugate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero Iván no es el único que amenaza a la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo acompaña Jeanne, una tormenta tropical que ayer se paseó a sus anchas por la Isla del Encanto, donde hasta el cierre de esta edición había dejado dos muertos, y rozaba las costas de República Dominicana. Tras esto, deberá girar hacia el norte, enfilar hacia Bahamas y, dicen los pronósticos, tocar posiblemente a la Florida, aunque sea levemente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes, una vez que comience a desplazarse por el Atlántico, Jeanne se transformará en un huracán de categoría 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La primera víctima mortal que provocó Jeanne sucedió en el oriental poblado de Yabucoa, precisamente por donde entró en Puerto Rico, cuando los fuertes vientos arrancaron el techo de una casa y lo arrastraron hacia otra aledaña y el impacto provocó la muerte de una mujer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un anciano murió en Vega Baja, al norte, al resbalar del techo de su casa y caer mientras instalaba planchas de metal para proteger su residencia del embate de Jeanne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Además de República Dominicana, el Centro Nacional de Huracanes emitió una orden de vigilancia de huracán para Bahamas. &lt;strong&gt;[RF]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109536202723190162?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109536202723190162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109536202723190162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109536202723190162' title='Jeanne deja 2 muertos al pasar por Puerto Rico '/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109528412527995974</id><published>2004-09-15T22:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-15T22:54:45.810+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurricane Ivan begins destroying Panhandle homes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PENSACOLA&lt;/strong&gt; (AP) - Monster waves tugged coastal homes from their foundations Wednesday as Hurricane Ivan churned toward shore, sending residents of the Florida Panhandle fleeing inland to escape the battering winds and large surge of ocean water it threatened to unleash along the Gulf Coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Low-lying areas in northwest Florida were under mandatory evacuation orders as the state braced for its third strike in a month by a major hurricane. Officials warned that Ivan, carrying 135 mph winds, would rattle the Panhandle with a dangerous combination of storm surge, intense wind, flooding and tornadoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan012.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hurricane warnings stretched from Louisiana to Apalachicola. Forecasters expected the storm to make landfall early Thursday somewhere along a stretch of coastline from Gulfport, Miss., to Pensacola, with coastal areas east of the eye taking a pounding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We're very concerned with the storm surge,'' said Max Mayfield, director of the&lt;br /&gt;National Hurricane Center in Miami. He said land east of where the eye of the&lt;br /&gt;hurricane passes could face storm surge of 10 to 16 feet, "with some very&lt;br /&gt;dangerous breaking waves on top of that."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four homes built on stilts in the Panhandle coastal community of Cape San Blas were losing their sand foundations and had the potential to be swept away as waves of up to 25 feet landed on the beach, said Larry Wells of Gulf County emergency management. The small peninsula about 35 miles southeast of Panama City is known as a scenic vacation and resort destination with 200 to 300 beachfront homes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This is a very serious storm with some significant storm surge,'' said Lt. Gov. Toni&lt;br /&gt;Jennings. "It's deadly out there."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intermittent rain showers fell Wednesday afternoon and large waves battered a narrow strip of land separating the Gulf of Mexico and Choctawhatchee between Fort Walton Beach and Destin. Water washed over a road at Opal Beach, named after 1995 Hurricane Opal, while waves crashed over the Pensacola Beach fishing pier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A 15-foot storm surge in Escambia County could breach parts of Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach, and push water a half-mile inland in Pensacola, said Gary Beeler of the National Weather Service.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan015.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan014.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan013.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan011.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan010.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan009.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan008.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan007.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan006.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan005.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan004.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan003.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109528412527995974?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109528412527995974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109528412527995974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109528412527995974' title='Hurricane Ivan begins destroying Panhandle homes'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109520901174093719</id><published>2004-09-15T01:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-15T22:59:24.320+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Florida and Louisiana Residents Prepare for Hurricane Ivan</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Iván enfila su rumbo a Luisiana y Alabama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;En pleno Golfo de Mexico, Iván ha enfilado hacia el norte, y ayer era una amenaza fuerte para Luisiana, Alabama y la Florida. Mientras, la tormenta tropical Jeanne debe convertirse esta madrugada en otro huracán, y los especialistas del Centro Nacional de Huracanes no descartan que también constituya un peligro para la península.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayer, el gobierno de Puerto Rico anunció que Jeanne entrará a la isla del Encanto sobre las 4 a.m., y desencadenó las medidas para la protección civil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La gobernadora Sila Calderón instó a la ''tranquilidad y responsabilidad'', una vez que la previsiones apuntan hacia una afectación en toda la isla, con lluvias de siete a nueve pulgadas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes, el cual lanzó ayer un aviso de huracán para todo Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes estadounidenses, Jeanne se encontraba unas 85 millas al sudeste de la isla de St. Croix y se desplazaba en una ruta oeste-noroeste a unas 10 millas por hora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sus vientos tenían una velocidad sostenida de 60 millas por hora, o sea, al borde de transformarse en un huracán de categoría 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De mantener esta velocidad y rumbo, indicó el parte del Centro, Jeanne entraría a Puerto Rico hoy por la tarde y pudiera permanecer allí hasta la madrugada del jueves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En una conferencia de prensa, Calderón dijo que los vientos pudieran alcanzar 75 millas por hora y cobrar la categoría de huracán.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por eso, ''debemos prepararnos con la misma tranquilidad y responsabilidad con la que lo hemos hecho en ocasiones anteriores'', dijo Calderón acompañada de los funcionarios gubernamentales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según los especialistas, Jeanne deberá evolucionar en el Atlántico occidental durante los próximos cuatro días, y la Florida se encuentra dentro del cono de las proyecciones de impacto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin embargo, el meteorólogo John Morales, de Telemando/Canal 51, advirtió que existe una posibilidad de que la Florida quede incólume, ya que las masas de viento del huracán Iván pudieran empujar a Jeanne de vuelta al Atlántico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pese a Jeanne, el desplazamiento de Iván por el Golfo de México sigue siendo observado con suma atención en la Florida, Alabama, Luisiana y Mississippi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aunque los pronósticos indican que tocará suelo en Alabama, las autoridades mantienen la alarma de huracán entre Morgan City, en Luisiana, hasta el oeste de Grand Isle, en el noroeste de la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero Nueva Orleans, cuya parte histórica se encuentra bajo el nivel del mar, está aguantando la respiración, pues un impacto directo de Iván la convertirá en una especie de Atlántida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según un estudio del Centro de Salud Pública de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana, si un huracán de categoría 3 o peor, con vientos superiores a 120 millas por hora, impacta a Nueva Orleans, aunque sea indirectamente, empujará marejadas del Golfo de México y el lago Pontchartrain por encima de los diques, y la ciudad quedará bajo 20 pies de agua, una altura mayor a la mayoría de las casas de allí.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Además, los estudios indican que al menos 300,000 personas, de los 1.6 millones de habitantes del área metropolitana, han escogido quedarse dentro del anillo de diques de la ciudad, añadió el estudio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Si la ciudad se inunda, quien se quede estará expuesto a todo tipo de pesadillas, desde edificios cayéndose hasta quedarse flotando en el agua sin tener a dónde ir'', dijo Ivor van Heeerden, director del Centro de Salud Pública de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por todo esto, la gobernadora de Luisiana, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, decretó el estado de emergencia y ha sugerido la evacuación costera ante la posible llegada de Iván el jueves. &lt;strong&gt;[RF]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PANAMA CITY BEACH&lt;/strong&gt;, Fla. (AP) -- Frightened residents of the Gulf Coast from Florida's Panhandle to Louisiana's bayous boarded up windows, packed and hit the road Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan charged in their direction. Schools and coastal casinos were ordered closed and more than 1 million people were urged to evacuate the vulnerable New Orleans area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A hurricane watch was posted for a 420-mile-long swath from St. Marks in the Florida Panhandle, just south of Tallahassee, to New Orleans and Morgan City, La.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/ivan.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;John McCusker/Associated Press&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residents boarded&lt;/strong&gt; up condominium units in New&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Orleans on Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan approached&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;the Gulf Coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan002.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Ivan001.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Authorities ordered or strongly urged residents and tourists to evacuate coastal areas of the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Schools were closed in New Orleans and parts of Florida, Mississippi and Alabama, and some areas started opening shelters. Panama City Beach was deserted at dawn Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``This is a serious storm that requires serious action to get people out of harm's way,'' Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivan, a killer blamed for at least 68 deaths in the Caribbean, was a Category 4 hurricane at early afternoon with top sustained wind at 140 mph, down from 160 mph -- Category 5 strength -- earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``That's a monster they've got out there. I'm not taking any chances,'' Irvin Bruce said as he and his wife, Lillian, packed to leave the Copa Casino in Gulfport, Miss., to return to their home west of New Orleans. If necessary, he said, they would keep going west.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although they're on the western side of the watch area, New Orleans and its suburb of Jefferson Parish urged their population of around 1 million to head for higher ground, and suburban St. Charles Parish ordered its 49,000 residents to leave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Orleans is flanked by the Mississippi River and broad Lake Pontchartrain, and needs a system of canals and huge pumps to keep it dry because parts of it are as much as 10 feet below sea level. The city hasn't taken a major direct hit from a hurricane since Betsy in 1965, which flooded some neighborhoods up to 7 feet deep. Many highways leading out of the metro area are prone to flooding, severely limiting escape routes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The spot where the center of the storm would make landfall was anyone's guess, but New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin noted that hurricane-strength wind -- at least 74 mph -- extended as far as 100 miles out from Ivan's center. He declared a state of emergency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``We don't know if were going to get a punch in the mouth or a kick in the knee. But we're going to get hit,'' Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard said at a news conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forecasters warned that Ivan still could strengthen before hitting shore. They also said it could slow down or stall over the Appalachians this weekend, raising the risk of serious flooding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Ivan was centered about 405 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and about 420 miles south of Panama City, the National Hurricane Center said. It was moving north-northwest at 9 mph. Tropical storm-force wind, at least 39 mph, reached up to 260 miles out from the center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By midday, traffic was bumper to bumper and crawling on Interstate 10, the major hurricane route out of New Orleans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The National Safety Council ended its New Orleans national convention Tuesday a day early, but spokesman John Ulczycki said most delegates likely would stay in the city because of the problems of getting transportation out, especially by air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``A lot of our group is trying to get out of town, but so are thousands of other people,'' Ulczycki said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico had been evacuated, and the storm's threat also affected oil producers on shore. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W5+GIF/142053W5.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``We started to shut down refineries. We now know that there is going to be a crude oil production shutdown and a product output shutdown,'' Jan Stuart, head of energy research at FIMAT USA, a brokerage unit of Societe Generale, told The Associated Press.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shipping companies voluntarily stopped operations on the lower Mississippi River and ordered their vessels tied down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``The vessel traffic is basically nonexistent,'' Coast Guard Petty Officer Nyx Cangemi said Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mississippi's Gaming Commission ordered the 12 Gulf Coast casinos to close Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panhandle residents needed no more reminders of the perils of powerful hurricanes. Hurricanes Charley and Frances caused billions in damage and were blamed for more than 50 deaths statewide; Ivan could make landfall as the triumvirate's most powerful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President Bush asked Congress for an additional $3.1 billion Tuesday to help Florida and other states recover from their recent batterings. That comes on top of $2 billion approved last week but does not extend to Ivan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even storm-hardened residents of the Louisiana barrier island town of Grand Isle seemed more worried than usual, said Wanda Kirby, owner of the Sandpiper Motel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``People who have never left before are packing up and leaving town. Everyone has their car loaded,'' said Kirby, who said her family was leaving immediately, a routine precaution for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Atlantic tropical storm, Jeanne, formed Tuesday and was expected to bring wind and heavy rain to Puerto Rico by Wednesday morning. It could threaten Florida next week. &lt;strong&gt;AP&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109520901174093719?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109520901174093719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109520901174093719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109520901174093719' title='Florida and Louisiana Residents Prepare for Hurricane Ivan'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109518115234977003</id><published>2004-09-14T17:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T17:59:40.343+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Os portugueses são uns bimbos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;(...) João Fontinhas escolheu Varadero para passar férias e&lt;br /&gt;viu os ventos ciclónicos a partir do Hotel Melia Sol Palmeras. “Ficámos&lt;br /&gt;assustados pela passagem. Não há pânico, mas as pessoas estão preocupadas.”&lt;br /&gt;Apesar da atenção dos empregados da unidade hoteleira – “não falta nada, são&lt;br /&gt;muito calmos, já estão habituados a isto” – o sentimento é de revolta. “Devíamos&lt;br /&gt;ter partido no dia 11, com a Euro Atlantic, em voo ‘charter’, mas a companhia&lt;br /&gt;Abreu decidiu colocar-nos num voo no dia 13. &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;É uma falta de&lt;br /&gt;respeito e o pacote de férias não incluía furacão&lt;/span&gt;”, lamenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in&lt;/strong&gt; Correio da Manhã&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109518115234977003?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109518115234977003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109518115234977003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109518115234977003' title='Os portugueses são uns bimbos'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109518007211966366</id><published>2004-09-14T17:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T17:54:29.480+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Iván embiste el extremo de Cuba y se interna en el Golfo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Con vientos huracanados&lt;/strong&gt; y fuertes marejadas, Iván cruzó ayer por un punto extremo en la península de Guanahacabibes, en el extremo occidental de Cuba, y se internó en el Golfo de México a unas 9 millas por hora, dejando una estela de destrucción en las islas Caimán y las Antillas Menores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Isla de la Juventud también fue castigada por el ciclón con vientos sostenidos y olas hasta de 15 pies de altura, según informes locales. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/at200409_spanish.gif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si bien la trayectoria de Iván salvó a Cuba de una desgracia mayor, su paso hacia el noroeste ha hecho que México ponga a buen recaudo su industria petrolera en las aguas del Golfo, pues ahora el gigantesco meteoro amenaza la zona. Siguiendo una posible línea elíptica, el noroeste de la Florida sería el área donde el huracán entre a Estados Unidos, supuestamente el jueves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Condados en el noroeste de la península han comenzado a evacuar voluntariamente, y se han declarado los estados de emergencias locales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al mismo tiempo, los socorristas han empezado a tener una idea de la magnitud del impacto del huracán en Granada, Jamaica e islas Caimán, donde la estela de destrucción es mayor que lo anticipado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Como medida preventiva, las embarcaciones de mantenimiento y construcción han suspendido sus actividades y se encuentran en estado de alerta ante el comportamiento del fenómeno meteorológico'' y ''en las plataformas de perforación se realizan labores de aseguramiento de herramientas y equipos'', dijo ayer la empresa Petróleos Mexicanos en una comunicado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La empresa añadió que, de ser necesario, aplicará su plan para emergencias en plataformas marinas para desalojar a más de 13,000 trabajadores propios y de empresas que laboran en la Sonda de Campeche, en el Golfo de México.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Su paso por Cuba amenazó la cosecha tabacalera y la industria pesquera de Pinar del Río, la más occidental de las provincias cubanas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medios locales informaron de que en el pueblo de Sandino, las rachas de viento alcanzaron las 160 millas por hora, y en algunas comunidades costeras de la zona, el mar ha penetrado hasta 35 metros tierra adentro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En La Coloma, un pequeño pueblo pesquero en la zona central sureña de Pinar del Río, el viento se llevó techos, dañó estructuras y causó inundaciones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En la misma provincia, las autoridades han evacuado a unas 180,000 personas, un 25 por ciento de la población, y han desalojado comunidades enteras que corrían riesgo de inundaciones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las autoridades cubanas han evacuado más de 1.5 millones de personas en todo el país, y mantienen la declaración de alerta en el centro y oeste de la isla, mientras las provincias orientales recuperan la normalidad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esto llevó a las autoridades del condado Monroe a cancelar la alerta de huracán y permitir el regreso de los evacuados a los Cayos de la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aun así, los efectos de Iván se hicieron sentir en la parte occidental de la península de la Florida, con vientos de 40 millas por hora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes, Iván se desplazará ahora por el Golfo de México y pudiera tocar en la costa noroccidental de la Florida al amanecer del jueves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hasta ayer, Iván provocó 63 muertos en el Caribe, de los cuales 19 fueron en Jamaica, cinco en Venezuela, cuatro en República Dominicana y uno en Tobago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero Granada prácticamente ha desaparecido. El primer ministro, Keith Mitchell, indicó ayer por la mañana a la cadena CNN que ''dos tercios'' de la población de 900,000 habitantes se encuentran desamparados a consecuencia del paso de Iván.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Organización Panamericana de Salud dijo en Washington que los muertos en la pequeña isla del Caribe oriental ascienden a 37 y los heridos a 380.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''En los dos primeros días, se registraron 380 heridos, de los que 42 han sido hospitalizados'', agregó la entidad tras precisar que 20 bebés habían nacido durante ese período y se encontraban bien de salud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según Patricia Evans, portavoz del Comité Nacional de Huracanes de las islas Caimán, Iván dejó ''un desastre'', pero hasta ayer no se había confirmado ninguna muerte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Estamos deseando que no haya [fallecido] nadie'', dijo Evans en una conversación telefónica desde Georgetown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/93223754950.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medios locales de prensa, captados a través de internet refieren una ``devastación más allá de lo imaginable''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Residentes y familiares que logran comunicarse por la Red Caribeña de Huracanes relatan que hay importantes inundaciones, hasta de dos metros de agua en algunos lugares, particularmente en Gran Caimán, la mayor de las islas y sede del gobierno local. &lt;strong&gt;[RF]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109518007211966366?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109518007211966366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109518007211966366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109518007211966366' title='Iván embiste el extremo de Cuba y se interna en el Golfo'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109519225826491017</id><published>2004-09-13T21:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T21:04:18.263+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Weather reporting with no hot air </title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;by ANTHONY VIOLANTI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sometimes, during&lt;/strong&gt; a hurricane, the eye of the storm gets less attention than the face of a television reporter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Cantore has to cope with that journalistic challenge. He was a pioneering force for the new breed of TV weather reporter, and has been at the Weather Channel for 18 years. This week Cantore will be in the middle of hurricane Ivan, just as he was for Charley and Frances during the past month in Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You have to get out there and show what's happening to drive home the point of what a hurricane is all about - but you don't want to become the story," said Cantore, who has a college degree in meteorology. "It's not about me. It's about the storm and the devastation for the people who live there."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Covering a hurricane for television seems simple: Grab a microphone, put on a parka and stand in front of a camera during 100 mile-per-hour winds. Such tactics offer gripping visuals but create media distraction when a television personality gets in the way of reporting the facts and destruction of a storm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier this month, the coverage of hurricane Frances presented starkly contrasting reporting styles on Weather Channel and Fox News Network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Geraldo Rivera was one of the reporters who turned up in Florida for Fox, while Cantore was part of the Weather Channel team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rivera did his usual manic reporting shtick, at times outrageous, courageous and entertaining. At one point, Rivera was focused on a boat drifting near a dock and ran perilously to the edge of the water for a closer look. He stood in the howling wind and pouring rain, his face constantly being pelted with water. It was riveting television, but Rivera the TV news star was far more dominant than any hurricane.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cantore was also in the center of the storm. But, due to his meteorological background, he was able to translate satellite pictures and weather data into human terms. As he talked on camera, maps and radar information were displayed on a screen. Cantore would explain what was happening and why. He made the most of the wind and rain photo op, but never lost sight of his primary role of communicating information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cantore sums up the Weather Channel reporting philosophy this way: "You have to link what's happening in the atmosphere and what it means to people's lives." That's why he goes out in the hurricanes, "because you have to be in it to be a part of it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite such noble sentiments, Cantore, who hosts a Weather Channel series called "Storm Stories," admits to an adrenaline rush while standing and reporting in a storm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I love the jolt I get by being in the middle of it," Cantore said. "It's like an extension of my childhood. I was always the kind of kid who loved being out in the weather. My father used to yell at me to come in from the snow."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cantore grew up in New England, and explained the difference of experiencing a blizzard and a hurricane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Blizzards don't knock down your house," he said. "Blizzards don't make you evacuate for a week. You don't have flooding with blizzards. I'd have to say that blizzards are somewhat softer than a hurricane."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Weather Channel storm reporting is harder and more focused than other television networks. It should be, because the toll of human tragedy brought by a hurricane is a story that demands a higher journalistic standard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109519225826491017?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109519225826491017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109519225826491017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109519225826491017' title='Weather reporting with no hot air '/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109491817212681963</id><published>2004-09-11T16:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-11T16:56:12.126+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Continua Ivan...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;Iván azota con furia a Jamaica y enfila hacia Cuba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Iván, ''el terrible''&lt;/strong&gt;, con sus destructores vientos y su furiosa lluvia, &lt;a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W+GIF/111458W.gif"&gt;era esperado&lt;/a&gt; al anochecer de hoy en Cuba tras asolar anoche a Jamaica, para así completar su paso por el Caribe, donde el huracán ha cobrado ya 33 muertos y ha provocado daños valorados en más de $100 millones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las ráfagas de Iván comenzaron a golpear la costa sur de Jamaica ayer por la tarde. Las autoridades locales anunciaron el corte de la electricidad y el agua ante la inminencia de la llegada del meteoro, mientras que en Cuba protegían los bienes públicos y laborales, a la par que abrían los refugios antiaéreos para la población.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Estamos muy preocupados por su seguridad'', dijo a la población jamaiquina Barbara Carby, la directora general de la Oficina de Control de Desastres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En un mensaje radiofónico al país, el primer ministro, P.J. Patterson, pidió ''mantener la calma y actuar responsablemente'' mientras se enfrentaban a ``este peligro inminente. Debemos estar constantemente preparados para la peor situación''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y si bien Iván ha disminuido su velocidad --pero no su intensidad-- y el pronóstico de su rumbo se ha desplazado más al oeste, aparentemente no hay modo de evitar que el ciclón impacte los Cayos de alguna forma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.miami.com/images/miami/elnuevo/9639/92910869423.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;El periódico de Kingston del viernes anunciaba la llegada de Iván&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;y la movilización de más de 500,000 personas a centros de evacuación.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''En mayor o menor medida serán afectados. Es inevitable'', dijo ayer por la tarde Max Mayfield, el director del Centro Nacional de Huracanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mayfield aseguró que el impacto en Jamaica y Cuba ``será devastador''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Esperamos unas 10 pulgadas de lluvia en Jamaica. En la parte central y oriental de Cuba no tanto, pero en la occidental lloverá bastante'', dijo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El problema va a ser cuando llegue al Golfo [de México], explicó el meteorólogo, diseñando en un mapa electrónico tres posibles rutas. Una apuntaba hacia la derecha de la península de la Florida, otra iba por el centro y una tercera se inclinaba hacia la izquierda, que es la que consta en el mapa oficial de pronósticos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''No podemos confiar en nada, las posibilidades son múltiples en este caso'', destacó Mayfield.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El problema estriba en dos bajas presiones que no terminan de cuajar, una en el Atlántico y otra en el Golfo, las cuales pudieran cada una, a su manera, orientar a Iván hacia una u otra dirección.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero hay otro problema. ''Este huracán por sus características suele venir antecedido de fuertes tornados y grandes marejadas'', añadió Mayfield.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por eso, las autoridades decretaron una evacuación obligatoria para los residentes desde Cayo Hueso hasta el Puente de las Siete Millas, alrededor de la milla 41.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Todo el mundo debe irse, no habrá ningún refugio abierto en el condado'', dijo el director del centro de emergencia de Monroe, Billy Wagner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayer, El Nuevo Herald constató la inmensa fila de autos que se desplazaban a lo largo de la Carretera Nacional Número Uno, que da acceso a los Cayos. Las personas evacuaban ordenadamente, y muchas se dirigieron hacia el refugio abierto en las instalaciones de la Universidad Internacional de la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según el meteorólogo Lixion Avila, también del Centro Nacional de Huracanes, Iván no cambió significativamente durante el día de ayer, aunque el ojo se ha ampliado un poco y es más nítido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''El huracán tiene una cierta tendencia natural a girar más hacia el oeste y bajar de velocidad. De todos modos los pronósticos para después de su salida de Cuba son inciertos'', indicó.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al cierre de esta edición, Iván estaba unas 35 millas al sur de Kingston, Jamaica, y se movía a 10 millas por hora, una velocidad ligeramente inferior a la que mantuvo las 48 horas antes, con ráfagas sostenidas de 155 millas por hora, lo cual representa un incremento sustancial en la últimas 12 horas, pese a que por la tarde los aviones cazahuracanes detectaron un alza gradual de la presión dentro del ojo, lo cual indicaría que está en un proceso de perder fuerza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El pronóstico señala que el huracán tocará tierra en Cuba en la tarde del domingo, y al atravesar la isla pudiera perder intensidad, transformarse y bajar a categoría 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iván ha afectado la vida de unos 14 millones de personas en el Caribe. Hasta ayer la cifra de muertos en la región a causa del huracán, ascendía a 33. El Centro Nacional de Huracanes anunció que emitirá hoy por la mañana una alerta de huracán para los Cayos, pero no precisó cuándo lo hará para el resto del sur de la Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mayfield sólo dijo: ``No debemos concentrarnos en un punto determinado, sino entender que el huracán puede entrar por cualquier lugar''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Miami-Dade, ayer las autoridades siguieron observando con atención el fenómeno, y hasta nuevo aviso todos los servicios del condado seguirán operando como siempre, incluido el transporte público en su horario de fin de semana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Tallahassee, el gobernador Jeb Bush proclamó el estado de emergencia en la península, con lo cual abre las puertas al recibimiento de nueva ayuda federal. Mientras, en Washington, D.C., el presidente George W. Bush anunciaba que pedirá la próxima semana $3,000 millones al Congreso para hacer frente a los daños que se anticipa que provocará Iván en la Florida. &lt;strong&gt;{RF}&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109491817212681963?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109491817212681963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109491817212681963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109491817212681963' title='Continua Ivan...'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109519193588030682</id><published>2004-09-10T20:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T20:58:55.880+01:00</updated><title type='text'>HURRICANE COVERAGE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;Viewers kept informed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by &lt;strong&gt;AL SUNSHINE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.cbs4.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I feeel as if&lt;/strong&gt; I've been through a car wreck. My back and neck still ache after spending last week chasing Hurricane Frances in a live truck and getting battered for hours in its winds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what hurts more is learning about some of the recent criticism surrounding South Florida's TV coverage of Hurricane Frances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those who watched at home their favorite TV folks covering a killer storm, I say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You missed the ''behind the scenes'' heroics of engineers, photographers, live-truck operators and reporters professionally placed in harms way in the interest of reporting a story affecting millions of Floridians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miami-Dade and Broward are lucky that we didn't take a direct hit from the storm. We are also lucky that no one covering the storm got badly hurt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You never hear about photographers getting shocked by the soaking wet conditions around their electrical gear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You never hear about engineers adjusting TV signals inside a live truck while it rocks back and forth in hurricane force winds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You dont't hear about what it's like working 12-14 hours in soaking wet clothes, because that's our problem, not yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't hear about the exceptional work done by everyone behind the scenes to keep us on the air as long as possible through terrible conditions so you can have enough information to protect your home and families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, you hear continued warnings not to go outside in the middle of a storm and face possible injury. You hear of power lines down, trees snapping like twigs, streets flooding. You see your local conditions as the storm passes through, along with numerous stories about heroic police, fire and utility workers fighting the storm's fury to keep the power on and keep you safe inside your home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be critical if you believe that you don't have enough facts to make your own judgment as a hurricane approached.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be critical of local emergency-management officials possibly waiting until the last minute before warning residents about the need to put up shutters or trim trees or find the nearest evacuation centers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be critical of hotels dumping tourists in the street with no emergency supplies or guidance about weathering a hurricane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But don't be too critical of our reporting efforts, during Hurricane Frances and now, possibly, Hurricane Ivan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, there are always rough spots. But the only reason we choose to put ourselves in harm's way, working long hours in dangerous conditions, is to bring you the very best coverage possible to get us as a community through a major natural disaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's our job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To do anything less would be cheating our viewers and our commitment to our craft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Al Sunshine is consumer reporter for WFOR-CBS 4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109519193588030682?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109519193588030682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109519193588030682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109519193588030682' title='HURRICANE COVERAGE'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109485899698655869</id><published>2004-09-10T01:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T21:14:22.173+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ivan... hasta la victoria siempre</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/NHC-palms3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/at200409_spanish.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/special_packages/huracan/9624194.htm"&gt;O texto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/special_packages/huracan/9631929.htm"&gt;As imagens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WEATHER/09/10/hurricane.ivan/top.main.ivan.1445.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Hurricane Ivan, a powerful and dangerous storm, moved closer to Jamaica today and edged its way toward Florida. Few Jamaicans are seeking the safety of the more than 1,000 shelters the Caribbean nation opened in anticipation of the lethal storm.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;... y sucedió hoy en los Cayos de la Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"&gt;Resulta que hoy, como a la hora del almuerzo me llama Koltún y me dice: “¿A que no adivinas lo que me ha pasado?”. Pues, no señor. “Me he encontrado como 30 balseros”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros habíamos hecho muchos chistes sobre el asunto, decíamos que uno de estos días había de terminar por suceder y íbamos a encontrar balseros en la carretera hacia Key West, porque son tantos y nosotros caminamos tanto por allí, que era apenas una cuestión de tiempo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algunos malintencionados e hijos-de-puta han dicho que Koltún sabia del desembarco. No solo es una injusticia como además una mala leche resultante de una profunda envidia profesional. Si soltaran el culo del asiento de la redacción y caminaran un poco más por las calles, dejaran de hacer periodismo de teléfono, inventado o por inventar, haciéndose los que están cuando no están, ni siquiera en sus almas, a lo mejor también encontrarían balseros y serian menos envidiosos. ¡Cabrones!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esto fue lo que pasó:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta tarde, días antes de que el huracán Iván transforme en un infierno las aguas del Estrecho de la Florida, 31 cubanos llegaron al mediodía a los Cayos, después de una travesía de dos días desde la isla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El grupo de 15 hombres, 12 mujeres y cuatro niños pisó tierra firme alrededor de la milla 68 en la Carretera Nacional Número 1 y salió el miércoles de la costa norte de Cuba hacia Cayo Sal, donde aparentemente fueron recogidos por una lancha que los trajo hacia el sur de la Florida, dijo uno de ellos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No nos conocíamos, nos hicimos amigos durante la travesía'', dijo el médico Michael García, de 27 años, indicando que en el grupo vinieron residentes de las provincias de Santa Clara, Camagüey y Sancti Spiritus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los cubanos fueron descubiertos por el reportero gráfico de El Nuevo Herald Roberto Koltún, quien se desplazaba por la carretera, en medio de una caravana, en busca de imágenes de la evacuación de los Cayos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Venía pasando, despacito, con la ventana bajada, y ellos salieron de repente de los manglares, delante del carro, gritando "libertad'' y "al fin somos libres''. Me dí cuenta de inmediato que eran cubanos. Paré rápidamente, me puse a hacer fotos y a tratar de ayudarlos'', dijo Koltún.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Koltun.jpg" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Koltun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aparentemente, "nadie en la caravana se dio cuenta de que ellos eran cubanos'' hasta que "un carro con una familia cubana y unos camioneros se detuvieron momentos después, y también les ayudaron'', dijo el reportero gráfico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Además de agua y comida, el más pequeño del grupo, Sebastián Omar Pérez, de 3 años, recibió un plátano de manos de otros cubanos que se detuvieron en la carretera. "Nunca he visto un plátano tan grande'', dijo el menor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El grupo dijo al reportero gráfico de El Nuevo Herald que había dos mujeres perdidas en el grupo. Este trató de buscarlas en los manglares, pero fueron halladas una hora después por efectivos de la Patrulla Fronteriza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El episodio fue emocionante para Koltún. "Lo único que digo es que tuvieron una suerte del c...... Verdaderamente, tienen que dar las gracias a Dios'', dijo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;García, quien dijo ser médico, contó que la travesía entre la isla y Cayo Sal fue difícil, aunque "el barco cubano era bueno'', por las condiciones del tiempo, pues "el mar estaba muy picado''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayer al amanecer, fueron recogidos en Cayo Sal, y el trayecto hacia los Cayos "fue bueno''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El cubano señaló que dejó atrás una "situación difícil'' en su sector laboral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Imagínate tú, hace dos años que estoy trabajando en el campo, para pagar la carrera, como una especie de servicio social y con falta de médicos'', dijo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En su opinión, explicó García por vía telefónica antes de que las autoridades interrumpieran la comunicación, el envío de médicos a Venezuela está provocando una carencia de galenos en la isla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Hay una escasez enorme. Todos nosotros, los que quedamos, de una forma general tenemos que hacer turnos seguidos de guardia, porque Fidel los ha mandado a Chávez'', dijo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según García, los hospitales en la isla îîde una forma general tienen entre cuatro y cinco médicos haciendo todas las guardias'', y en el grupo que llegó ayer hay una médica y una joven licenciada en ciencias farmacéuticas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.miami.com/images/miami/elnuevo/9633/92803820084.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otro de los cubanos, Oscar González, de profesión carpintero, dijo que vendió su automóvil por 48,000 pesos cubanos para poder hacer la travesía. El Nuevo Herald logró identificar a otro de los refugiados como Alejandro Pérez Hernández, de 34 años.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como pisaron tierra estadounidense, se espera que el grupo pueda permanecer en el país según la política de "pies mojados, pies secos''. Los cubanos fueron conducidos al Centro de Detención de Krome, donde serán interrogados y procesados.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[Rui Ferreira]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109485899698655869?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109485899698655869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109485899698655869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109485899698655869' title='Ivan... hasta la victoria siempre'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109475434933762569</id><published>2004-09-09T19:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-09T19:25:49.336+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Lá vem Iván, o terrível!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Por aí vem outro furacão. “Iván”, o terrivel. Ameaça todo o mundo. Toda a gente aquí na Flórida, incluindo eu, anda à rasca com ele. Senão vejam a imagem com o pronóstico do trajecto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/091748w5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Entretanto, para descontraír, sugiro que leian os conselhos do Carl Hiassen, sobre como informar sobre um furacão.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HURRICANE JOURNALISM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;On the beach, waiting for Frances&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by CARL HIAASEN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Excerpts from The Handbook for Roving Hurricane Correspondents:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the exciting world of hurricane journalism!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While your highly paid colleagues on the anchor desk are broadcasting from the dry safety of a heavily fortified television studio, you and your camera crew will be out in the maw of the storm, risking your lives for no good reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What you should wear: Always choose the flimsiest rain jacket available, to visually dramatize the effect of strong winds. All foul-weather gear should be brightly colored in the event you're swept out to sea or sucked down a drainage culvert, and someone actually goes searching for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What you should televise: The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. Never mind that the puniest summer squall can send a coconut palm into convulsions, your producer will demand this meaningless shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the storm begins, you can forget about swaying palm trees and concentrate on ficus, banyans, oaks and Austrialian pines -- the ones that actually go down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fallen-tree video is absolutely essential to hurricane broadcasts. The most sought-after footage is, in order of ratings:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Big tree on strip mall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Big tree on house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Big tree on car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Small tree on car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Assorted shrubbery on car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: The Hurricane Broadcasters Code of Ethics forbids correspondents from purposely knocking down any native vegetation with a TV satellite truck to simulate weather damage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Where you should go: The days before a hurricane are the most challenging for roving correspondents, because not much is happening. Needless to say, if you've got a choice between hanging out at the local Home Depot or cruising the beach, head immediately for the surf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the storm finally comes ashore, always stand dangerously near the rough water and position yourself so that the spray hits you directly in the face. If it's not raining yet, take off your hood and let the wind mess up your hair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember: A wet, tired and weather-beaten appearance is crucial to your credibility as a hurricane journalist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What you should say: When covering a hurricane, there's no such thing as overstating the obvious. And, let's face it, how many different ways can you say it's rainy, windy and miserable?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To break the monotony, you might take a guess at how high the ''storm surge'' will be, even though you won't have a clue. Tedious lulls in the action will also offer the opportunity to ramble on about ''feeder bands,'' which is the slick new term for squall lines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And when the dry, well-fed anchorfolks back in the air-conditioned studio ask you to sum up the situation in your location, always say the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``Conditions are deteriorating, Dwight.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Whom should you interview: As a hurricane advances, it's standard procedure to chat with evacuees, hotel owners, utility workers and disappointed tourists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two mandatory video loops are (a) worried residents boarding up and (b) harried residents standing in long lines to purchase water, batteries and other supplies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the storm is imminent and the coastlines are evacuated, your interview possibilities will be reduced to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Police and emergency personnel who are out on the streets because it's their job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Amateur ''storm chasers'' and other wandering dolts who wish to experience the force of a hurricane up-close and personal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Surfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of these, surfers are by far the most entertaining interview subjects for TV. Unfortunately, you could easily die trying to talk them out of the water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What to do when the hurricane actually strikes: Obviously the sensible move is to broadcast from the protected lee of a strong building, but for that you could get fired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your producer will instead order you to step into the teeth of the storm, where you risk being clobbered by flying glass, coconuts, shingles, patio furniture or surfboards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an act of utter derangement, but it makes for amusing television. If you survive, your next mission will be to find and film a major piece of hurricane debris -- the money shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, your viewers' expectations are high. They've watched that big slow mother whorling across the Doppler for a week, and they've been primed for devastation on a biblical scale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take no chances. Proceed immediately to the nearest trailer park, being extra careful not to crash into other TV crews on the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What to do when the worst is over: A friendly reminder -- The Hurricane Broadcasters Code of Ethics strictly prohibits drinking on the air. However, only you and your camera crew need know what goes on in the privacy of the satellite truck. If anybody asks, you know what to say: ``Conditions are deteriorating, Dwight.''&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109475434933762569?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109475434933762569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109475434933762569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109475434933762569' title='Lá vem Iván, o terrível!'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-110644944261313232</id><published>2004-09-02T02:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-01-23T03:09:37.963Z</updated><title type='text'>Na Convenção Republicana</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;Acabo de passar varios dias em Nova York por ocasião da Convencão Republicana. Foi interesante. Podem ver algumas das fotografias aqui. O resto, estas que se seguem são uma piáda ao que se passou. Até o nome da miúda me esqueci. Mas foi divertido.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Autorretratos na parede lateral do estrado dos jornalistas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/RNC001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/RNC002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/RNC003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/RNC004.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/RNC005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ruiefe4/RNC006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Mafalda, la contestataria, existe y estaba en Nueva York&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RUI FERREIRA / &lt;em&gt;El Nuevo Herald&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NUEVA YORK&lt;/strong&gt; - Una convención política es un hervidero de tantas buenas pequeñas historias, chismes y entrelíneas, que a veces se hace difícil escoger una.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En este caso, durante la convención republicana, son historias que van desde hechos pintorescos como el incidente del masaje facial que se hizo la veterana reportera de la Casa Blanca, Helen Thomas, y que pese a ser gratuito, terminó con una sonada protesta por parte de ella en plena sala de prensa, porque no le salió como quería.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O los 12 manifestantes que lograron penetrar al plenario y abuchearon al vicepresidente Dick Cheney, y que cuando el servicio secreto averiguó como habían logrado las credenciales, descubrió que funcionarios del partido las habían distribuido en la calle, porque el plenario nunca se llenó de delegados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero hay también historias que nacen de las coincidencias increíbles de que se nutren las experiencias periodísticas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todo comenzó el domingo pasado cuando al llegar a Nueva York me encuentro en la estación del metro de la ruta 9 en la calle 34, en pleno Manhattan, con un rostro conocido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un rostro poderosamente conocido. Pero sin un nombre asociado. Era tan conocido que no resistí a la tentación de aproximarme y preguntarle a la joven si alguna vez nos habíamos visto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``Sí, claro que sí. A mí me arrestaron en Miami en octubre y tú estabas al lado mío", me contestó rápidamente la joven en inglés, pero con fuerte acento latinoamericano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y de repente, la noche se hizo día y lo tenia clarísimo. Fue durante las manifestaciones contra la reunión ministerial del Area del Libre Comercio de las Américas. Cerca de una de las líneas del tren que separan Overtown de la zona de Biscayne Boulevard. La policía la arrestó con un grupo de jóvenes anarquistas y recuerdo que ella opuso cierta resistencia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me contó que la soltaron dos días después y la policía de Miami terminó quitándole los cargos. Dijo que no la habían tratado bien pero que está habituada a ello porque, y lo dice con orgullo, ``soy una contestataria profesional".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El asunto me interesaba. Demasiado. Ahí estaba el eslabón perdido de la conexión de las manifestaciones de Miami y Nueva York. Un ejemplo de que el movimiento de protesta se desplaza de ciudad en ciudad y mientras en el mundo haya injusticia, jamás dejará de deambular a nuestro alrededor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''Esto es distinto. A decir verdad no sé que es peor, si el neoliberalismo o Bush. Pero tenemos que protestar contra Bush. Bush no sirve'', me dijo días después, frente al Madison Square Garden, durante una pequeña manifestación donde se protestaba tanto contra la guerra en Irak, como pidiendo la liberación de unos monjes tibetanos y alguien hasta se apareció con un cartel de una ballena, aunque no quedó muy claro porqué.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le pregunté porqué el presidente ''no sirve'' y su respuesta me sorprendió por lo certera. Podía estar memorizada pero sonaba genuina. ``Representa lo peor que hay dentro de la ideología conservadora de este país. Nos ha implantado la idea de que Estados Unidos debe gobernar al mundo y que todos los demás somos unos imbéciles. Hemos ido a la guerra por el petróleo, nada más que por el petróleo, porque es lo único que le interesa a los ricos de este país", dijo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No bien había terminado de contestarme, cuando su grupo de amigos - cuyo nombre nunca supe a ciencia cierta - comenzó a correr por toda la Séptima Avenida, rumbo a la esquina con la calle 35, gritando que la policía los estaba persiguiendo. Y yo apenas alcancé a preguntarle cómo se llamaba. ``¡Mafalda! Soy argentina y no es una broma", gritó.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cómo si yo no lo hubiera adivinado ya. Mafalda, la contestataria, existe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Daqui a 4 anos temos mais!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-110644944261313232?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110644944261313232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/110644944261313232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#110644944261313232' title='Na Convenção Republicana'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109366385680472677</id><published>2004-08-28T04:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-08-28T04:37:23.856+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Domingo vou para...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~bklingen/miscellaneous/images/New%20York,%20Brooklyn%20Bridge.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;para asistir à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.2004nycgop.org/images/header.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/22/school.reduced.violence/new.york.city.lg.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109366385680472677?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109366385680472677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109366385680472677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109366385680472677' title='Domingo vou para...'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109234607951646964</id><published>2004-08-12T22:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-08-28T04:39:50.246+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Charley... esta manhã</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Charley003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Mas não me deixaram ir caçá-lo...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109234607951646964?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109234607951646964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109234607951646964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109234607951646964' title='Charley... esta manhã'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109228083555184075</id><published>2004-08-11T23:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-08-12T04:31:36.766+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Este está à minha espera.. e eu com vontade de o caçar </title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Charley08112004.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;Veremos se acabo por ir a Key West nos próximos dias. E acaba por se repetir a odisseia de 1998. De momento Charley não é uma ameaça para Miami, mas parece que Key West não vai conseguir escapar.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;[RF]&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/ruiefe3/Hurrcharley.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109228083555184075?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109228083555184075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109228083555184075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109228083555184075' title='Este está à minha espera.. e eu com vontade de o caçar '/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109055370621846526</id><published>2004-07-22T23:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-07-23T16:43:01.386+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Clinton em Miami </title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Clinton_003.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fiel aos seus&lt;/strong&gt; hábitos o Clinton chegou meia hora atrasado para assinar o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;livro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;. É o costume. Uma vez deixou o Rei de Espanha meia hora à espera, outra foi um juíz do supremo durante 45 minutos, e quem se esqueçeu ainda daquela em que teve todo o aeroporto de Los Angeles fechado durante uma hora porque estava a cortar o cabelo no Air Force One? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mesmo assim, baixo um sol impressionante e as altas temperaturas (87F.) mais de 2.500 pessoas esperaram por ele e desculparam-lhe o atraso. Os fans são assim. E eram de todas as idades. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Clinton_002.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Lorena Villanueva e uma amiga da familia, Valiin Martinez, esperam na fila, de seis quarteirões à volta da livraria de Coral Gables, por um autógrafo e alguns momentos com Clinton.&lt;/span&gt; (AP/J.Pat Carter) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Mas o homem continua a ser um animal político. Mal chegou, tirou o casaco, "arregaçou as mangas” e vai daí começou a assinar livros. Uns 300 por hora. E na maior lá conversou com toda a gente e ainda teve tempo para falar do relatório da comissão do 11 de Setembro que foi divulgado hoje. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E pela livraria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.booksandbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Books and Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; de Coral Gables, em Miami passaram todo tipo de pessoas. Algunas estavam acampadas desde o dia anterior. Um deles, Jim Smith disse-me que a mulher prácticamente lhe tinha ordenado que lhe conseguisse um livro autografado. O homem passou a noite toda ao relento e foi o primeiro a entrar. À saida só me dizia: “Isto é o máximo, não tenho palavras é o mais extraordinario que me aconteceu na vida”. Aparentemente esqueceu-se da guerra do Vietname, porque nos poucos instantes que esteve diante do Clinton disse-lhe que era um veterano dessa guerra e fez-lhe continencia. E o Clinton respondeu-lhe com outra continencia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bom, não é para tanto. Mas de qualquer modo impresiona, porque a pesar de tudo, Clinton mostrou uma vivacidade impresionante, deu todos os autógrafos de pé – foram cinco horas –, conversou com toda a gente e nunca foi à casa de banho. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Clinton_001.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre os jornalistas as piádas pulavam. Houve de tudo. Desde a marca de charutos que ia fumar em Miami até que admiradora ia comer hoje à tarde. O pessoal até dizia que a chegada tarde não era por acaso: “Se calhar tá a comer alguém e a malta aquí ao sol à espera”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nisto, o Koltun andava à rasca. Como os fotógrafos eram muitos e a malta fomos dos últimos a entrar na sala, ele não tinha o lugar que queria. Depois de muito procurar e “chatear-me” o juízo, vai daí e atirou-se pró chão para espanto de todos e logo entre as pernas dos colegas. O pessoal começou todo a rir, incluindo o serviço secreto que não costuma brincar em serviço. Lá tivemos de “negociar” a posição dele e acabaram por aceitar depois que o serviço secreto chegou à conclusão que não é nenhum terrorista. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas a coisa não ficou por aí. A certa altura o Koltun precisou duma cadeira, para estar mais alto que o resto dos fotógrafos – ele sempre à procura da boa imagem - e mandou-me procurar uma cadeira. Não encontrei, mas quando voltei ao lugar, ele já tinha conseguido uma. Nisto apareçe o pai do dono da livraria, que toda a gente conhece em Miami – é um jetseter – menos o Koltun claro está, e que lhe pede que tire a cadeira dali. Resposta do Koltun: “E você quem é?”. O homem deu-o por incorrigível, o Koltun encolheu os hombros e ficou em cima da cadeira.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Clinton_004.jpg" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Harvey Peters esperou por Clinton durante 12 horas à porta da livraria. Mesmo assim não perdeu tempo em manifestar-lhe o seu apoio.&lt;/span&gt; (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Entretanto, lá fora continuava a fila. O pessoal sentado em caderinhas portáteis, com o seu farnel e o livro na mão à espera do autógrafo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi uma tarde interessante.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;E claro, a coisa acabou na capa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ruiefe2/Capa_Clinton.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que os outros escreveram. [&lt;a href="http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2078404"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;] [&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/9221211.htm?1c"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;] [&lt;a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-23clintonjul23,0,1928534.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines"&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;As minhas histórias. [&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/local/9201193.htm"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;] [&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/9220429.htm"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;]. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109055370621846526?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109055370621846526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109055370621846526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_archive.html#109055370621846526' title='&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;Clinton em Miami&lt;/span&gt; '/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109044410539808800</id><published>2004-07-21T21:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-07-23T16:36:02.773+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Amanhã lá vamos vê-lo! </title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;O Clinton vem a Miami assinar o livro. Vai ser um grande forrobodó, mas depois conto.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/local/9201193.htm"&gt;Historia...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Clinton To Hold Book Signing In Coral Gables &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bookstore Sells 2,000 Tickets For Event&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CORAL GABLES&lt;/strong&gt;, Fla. -- Former President Bill Clinton plans to promote his new book in South Florida on Thursday, autographing copies of his memoir at an independent bookstore. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Books &amp; Books, a Coral Gables bookstore, has sold 2,000 tickets to have the former president sign his best-selling autobiography, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;"My Life."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; The event has been sold out since June 22, the day Clinton's book hit stores. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for taking our survey!Buy Clinton's Book?Did you buy "My Life," the autobiography of former President Bill Clinton?Yes.No, but I plan to.No, and I do not plan to."We could have sold 30,000 books," said Cristina Nosti, Books &amp;amp; Books' events and marketing coordinator. "We could have had a stadium full of people." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/images/jacket.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/images/jacket.gif" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/images/jacket.gif" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clinton's biography has sold more than 1 million copies. The former president received a reported $10 million for "My Life," with a first printing of 1.5 million and a suggested price of $35. It sold 400,000 copies on the first day alone, believed to be a record for nonfiction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clinton is scheduled to begin autographing copies at 3:30 p.m. Nosti said the store expects patrons to begin lining up early in the morning for one of the store's biggest book signings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The store has welcomed politicians-turned-authors such as former President Carter, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. An estimated 1,500 people flocked to the store last December for an autographed copy of the former first lady's book, "Living History." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copyright 2004 by NBC6.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109044410539808800?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109044410539808800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109044410539808800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_archive.html#109044410539808800' title='&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;color:#993399;&quot;&gt;Amanhã lá vamos vê-lo!&lt;/span&gt; '/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108901596572032510</id><published>2004-07-05T09:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-07-05T09:26:05.720+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://homepage.mac.com/ruitavares/.Pictures/aux/banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108901596572032510?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108901596572032510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108901596572032510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_archive.html#108901596572032510' title=''/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108836557769096653</id><published>2004-06-26T20:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-07-23T05:06:05.783+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Duas horas no Haiti </title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/bandeira.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/PoP_do_ar.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Port-au-Prince, de novo.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Isto foi muito simples&lt;/strong&gt;. Na quarta-feira disseram-me que na sexta ia ao Haití, para a troca de comando do contingente militar que está lá desde fevereiro. Sairam a tropas francesas e americanas. Ficaram os chilenos e os canadianos. E chegaram os brasileiros que assumiram o comando. Foi embora o contingente de pacificação e entraram os Capacetes Azúis da ONU. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi uma viagem hiper rápida organizada pelo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.southcom.mil/home/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Comando Sul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; do exército americano. O Koltun e eu, mais outros jornalistas saímos em três avionetas C-2 da &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arng.army.mil/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;National Guard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, fizemos três horas de vôo, permaneçemos duas horas em terra e voltámos a Miami. Assim de simples. Pelo meio, ainda fiz algumas fotografias, conversei com o primeiro ministro haitiano, Gérard Latortue e acabámos por nos divertir um pouco.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Latortue.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Koltunhaiti.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;Latortue comigo e o Koltun a trabalhar.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;O Haití mudou um bocadinho, há mais construções, mais casas, mas a miséria continua igual. De facto, o Aristíde não fez nada para mudar o estado de coisas, e foi uma pena. O pessoal tinha muitas esperanças nele. A delincuencia continua enorme. Na noite anterior tinham assassinado o director da Air France en Port-au-Prince e um homem foi morto quando comprava uma fruta num mercado por dois homens numa mota que dispararam sem razão aparente. Nos días anteriores houve vários incendios suspeitos em armazéns de mercadorias dos vendedores ambulantes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://estoriasereportagens.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_estoriasereportagens_archive.html#108829397761044415"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;O Latortue pensa que o Aristíde está detrás de tudo isto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;. É possivel.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Bra.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Chl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;Brasileiros e chilenos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Visto do ar o Haiti continua a ser um pais muito bonito.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/vista_do_ar005.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/vista_do_ar001.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Vista_do_ar002.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/vista_do_ar003.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/vista_do_ar004.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.caricom.org/archives/countryprofiles/national%20symbols/haiti-coatofarms.gif" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;A transferencia de comando.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T1.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T2.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T3.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T5.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T6.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T7.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T8.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T9.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T10.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T11.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/T12.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Final.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;No final, a reportagem acabou por sair na primeira. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/81292077784.jpg" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108836557769096653?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108836557769096653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108836557769096653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108836557769096653' title='&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Duas horas no Haiti&lt;/span&gt; '/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108829456268529952</id><published>2004-06-25T01:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-27T02:37:31.183+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Eu vou ali ao Haití e já volto!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/08/haiti.ferry/haiti.la.gonave.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Amanhã eu conto como foi.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108829456268529952?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108829456268529952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108829456268529952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108829456268529952' title='Eu vou ali ao Haití e já volto!'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-109475167545427643</id><published>2004-06-16T18:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-09-09T18:43:45.420+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Amanhã vou para aos Everglades</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Durante dois dias, o Koltun e eu vamos estar a voar sobre os &lt;a href="http://www.florida-everglades.com/"&gt;Everglades&lt;/a&gt; para ver a evolução do plano de limpeza y reconstrução da vida selvagem, &lt;a href="http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/"&gt;ecosistema&lt;/a&gt; e os recursos hidraúlicos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9805/14/obit.douglas/florida.everglades.lg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://images.myareaguide.com/aps/everglades/everglades-park-big.gif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;"&gt;outro mapa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os &lt;a href="http://www.nps.gov/ever/"&gt;Everglades&lt;/a&gt; são um dos maiores parques naturais dos Estados Unidos e realmente é uma oportunidade única que tivemos, graças ao &lt;a href="http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?"&gt;South Florida Water Management District&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/everglades.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-109475167545427643?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109475167545427643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/109475167545427643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#109475167545427643' title='&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#009900;&quot;&gt;Amanhã vou para aos Everglades&lt;/span&gt;'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108830009285126847</id><published>2004-06-06T02:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-27T02:34:52.850+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Estoy volviendo a Miami</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Hace tiempo que queria hacer estas fotos.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2141.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2142.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marcello y Eduardo.&lt;br /&gt;Eduardo y Marcello.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108830009285126847?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108830009285126847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108830009285126847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108830009285126847' title='Estoy volviendo a Miami'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108829546606740947</id><published>2004-06-05T01:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-27T04:00:22.450+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hoy fuimos al Lamas y lugares adyacientes...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/Scan14.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Considerado uno de los mas elegantes cafés de Rio, o Lamas es de un ambiente agradabilísimo. Por sus predios han pasado todos los músicos, poetas, escritores, arquitectos, estudiantes, políticos, ladrones, policías, traficantes. ¡Todo el mundo! Yo no podía falta, en mi última noche en Rio. Y para allá fuimos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sus espejos fueron una inspiración.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_1999.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2004.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2025.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2036.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_1990.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2034.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_2038.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esto es lo que dice Yahoo sobre el Lamas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; +55 21 25560799&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open Hours:&lt;/strong&gt; Noon-midnight daily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neighborhood:&lt;/strong&gt; Centre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nearest Train:&lt;/strong&gt; Flamengo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Category:&lt;/strong&gt; Local Traditional Cuisine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Overview of Cafe Lamas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is one of those historic restaurants where presidents, writers, actors, poets have frequented. It opened its doors in 1874 and has been doing a roaring trade ever since. The decor is simple, traditional and classic—spacious with wooden chairs and tables, and white tablecloths that match the white columns. The menu is traditional, and the steaks are most popular. Try the famous Lamas Steak and the fillet with chips, onion, ham and peas. Another good option is codfish cakes to be savored with cold draught beer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iis.com.br/~cat/catalisando/2004-03-29_01h49_Marques_de_Abrantes_-_detalhe.htm"&gt;Fatos pitorescos da Rua Marquês de Abrantes, onde está o Lamas.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Lamas entrou na história do consumo do café no Rio de Janeiro. Duvida? &lt;a href="http://www.tulha.com.br/cafe/historia_do%20_cafe.htm"&gt;Olhe aquí&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Pero el café Lamas no fue lo único visitado esta noche.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_1982.jpg"&gt; Todo comenzo en el Severina, un &lt;em&gt;boteco&lt;/em&gt; en la parte vieja de la ciudad donde un grupo iba a tocar en homenaje a los Beatles. La cosa fue divertida, y ahí dejo un poco de imágenes y sonido para que se diviertan. Es el estreno mundial de &lt;a href="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/Textos/Os_Beatles_na_Severina.wmv"&gt;Os Beatles na Severina&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/IMG_1965.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108829546606740947?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108829546606740947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108829546606740947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108829546606740947' title='Hoy fuimos al Lamas y lugares adyacientes...'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108638614612393426</id><published>2004-06-04T22:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-04T22:55:46.123+01:00</updated><title type='text'>EL DIARIO DE LA VIOLENCIA EN RIO DE JANEIRO</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bangu1.com.br"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bangu1.com.br/imgs/header_pe.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108638614612393426?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108638614612393426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108638614612393426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108638614612393426' title='EL DIARIO DE LA VIOLENCIA EN RIO DE JANEIRO'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108654886891193034</id><published>2004-06-04T20:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-06T20:07:48.910+01:00</updated><title type='text'>WOOD E STOCK, by ANGELI</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;HOMENAJE A ANGELI&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Angeli.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esto es un homenaje al dibujante brasileño Angeli.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108654886891193034?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108654886891193034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108654886891193034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108654886891193034' title='WOOD E STOCK, by ANGELI'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108631706392653605</id><published>2004-06-03T23:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-27T03:42:08.783+01:00</updated><title type='text'>LA TRIBU...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/001.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/002.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marcello, Mónica y Eduardo son una especie de tribu. Sin problemas, jodederas o complejos, asumen la vida como es: sin “bundices”. [Esto lo explico otro día].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ruiefe/TV_Globo.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src="http://midiaindependente.org/icon/2002/11/241840.jpg"&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A media tarde estuve en las instalaciones de Globo Televisão. No hice fotos. Fue divertido, es un mundo. Sirven una "feijoada" muy buena. Saben lo que hacen. Pena que algunos empleados se quejan que los nuevos directivos decidieron irse por la facilidad de la tecnología ya hecha y no por la contribución, el aporte, el marcar pautas en el desarrollo de la televisión en nuestros países. Y desarrollarla. Parece que van lejos los viejos tiempos en que Globo Televisão marcaba pautas tecnológicas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De todos modos son los mejores. Lo que vi en materia de gráficos que están preparando para los juegos olímpicos son únicos. Pero no los voy a revelar. Espero que los disfruten como yo los disfruten viendo ser creados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La TV Globo es de aquel tipo de canales que siempre está a favor del gobierno aunque los gobiernos cambien, pero en el caso de Lula da Silva, pudiera haber una excepción. Es además la cadena que creó "Os Normais", mi &lt;em&gt;sitcom&lt;/em&gt; brasileño favorito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.leonacavalli.com.br/OsNormais.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108631706392653605?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108631706392653605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108631706392653605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108631706392653605' title='LA TRIBU...'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108622228400046929</id><published>2004-06-02T23:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-03T04:44:12.453+01:00</updated><title type='text'>PETROPOLIS</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Caminho_a_Petropolis-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A una hora y media al norte de Río de Janeiro, atrabancada entre dos montanas, se encuentra &lt;a href="http://www.cabangu.com.br/pai_da_aviacao/11-encantada/mapa_encantada.jpg"&gt;Petrópolis&lt;/a&gt;, fundada el 16 de marzo de 1843 por D. Pedro II.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Montanha1.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Montanha2.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Montanha3.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El camino se hace lentamente porque es de una sola senda, en serpentina sobre todas las montañas. Es realmente interesante, porque por la altitud o las nubes bajas, uno atraviesa literalmente las nubes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/M1.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/M2.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En la cima hay un pequeño mirador, con una cruz y un lindo paisaje. Fue donde Marcello hizo esta foto de Miriam conmigo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Dois.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petrópolis, significa, "la ciudad de Pedro". Y en este caso, el Pedro es Pedro I, Imperador de Brasil, quien fuera Pedro IV, Rey de Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/DonPedroI.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.ngw.nl/int/bra/images/petropolis.gif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;D. Pedro II y su simbolo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El caso es que "el traidor" se pasó al otro bando y proclamó la independencia de la colonia el 7 de septiembre de 1822 y dejó a los demás en la metrópoli, literalmente, colgados de la brocha gorda. Su hijo, Pedro II, heredó una finca del padre en zona donde ahora está la ciudad y fundó allí la urbe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.pcvb.com.br/frase2a.jpg"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El caso parece haber hecho tal impacto en las generaciones venideras que cuando llegué a la estancia "Capim Limão", en la ciudad de Itaipava, un poco más al norte de Petrópolis, uno de sus empleados me preguntó: "¿Todavía están bravos con él?".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le aseguré que obviamente mucho tiempo ha pasado y esas cosas se han olvidado. De hecho, D. Pedro se fue a morir a Lisboa y sus huesitos volvieron en 1972 por barco, después que los portugueses accedieron a la devolución en medio de una pompa y circunstancia de la época.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volvamos a Petrópolis. Es una reproducción de los Alpes Suizos, sin nieve y poquito más de calor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/C2.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/C1.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/C3.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Pedro de nuestra historia no era bobo. Y aunque la corte estaba en Río de Janeiro, el hombre se construyó un Paso Real en Petrópolis para pasar largas temporadas. Los jardines del inmueble son bellos. Muy bien cuidados y aun son propiedad de la “familia real”, porque en Brasil aún hay una familia real, los Bragança-Orleans, que aspiran volver al trono. La cosa pudiera demorarse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Jardin1.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Jardin2.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Jardin3.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mientras tanto, nos paseamos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Palhacadas1.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Palhacadas2.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De ahí, nos fuimos a Itaipaiva, a las instalaciones de "Capim Limão", centro de veraneo de alto lujo, donde almorzamos – tarde – una &lt;em&gt;fondue&lt;/em&gt; de carne y un raro vino portugués, servidos por un empleado que habla francés.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.capimlimao.com.br/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.capimlimao.com.br/banner00.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Son como una docena de cabañas, envueltas en una vegetación cerrada, verde y acogedora. Lo que hace del lugar un espacio íntimo y cordial. Es uno de los hoteles que pertenece a lo que se llama "O roteiro do charme". Es, de hecho, el segundo no Brasil en esta categoria. [clicar en la imagen arriba]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Sitio001.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Sitio002.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Sitio003.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Sitio004.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El regreso a casa fue rápido. De noche y al entrar en Río, la carretera estaba muy congestionada y se formó un atasco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Engarrafamento.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mientras se desplazaban lentamente, los automovilistas eran prácticamente “asaltados” por los vendedores. En medio de la noche. Poca luz para fotos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Vendedores001.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Vendedores002.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y antes de llegar al Intanhangá, descubrí este interesante anuncio en la Barra da Tijuca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Anuncio.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El comprobante del parqueo en Petrópolis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Tiket_do_parqueo.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Viejo mapa de tren hacia Petrópolis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/efl_rj_petropolis/mapas/efl_petropolis_mapa.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108622228400046929?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108622228400046929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108622228400046929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108622228400046929' title='PETROPOLIS'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108623097836297430</id><published>2004-06-02T23:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-03T03:49:38.363+01:00</updated><title type='text'>HOY PERDI EN LA LOTERIA. ERAN $30.000.000.</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/MAP0000.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108623097836297430?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108623097836297430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108623097836297430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108623097836297430' title='HOY PERDI EN LA LOTERIA. ERAN $30.000.000.'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108614913219544851</id><published>2004-06-01T23:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-02T05:18:19.373+01:00</updated><title type='text'>UNA NOCHE EN IMPANEMA</title><content type='html'>Seis meses después, finalmente he cortado el pelo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1477-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para celebrarlo, nos fuimos a Ipanema. A caminar por Leblon e Ipanema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1491-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La luz. El anochecer. Los colores. El frenesin de la gente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1482-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1483-b.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1484-c.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los cruces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1495-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1496-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1497-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1498-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1499-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1500-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1501-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1502-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1504-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1505-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1506-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1507-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los personajes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1511-a.JPG"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1512-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xica. Miriam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1533-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108614913219544851?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108614913219544851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108614913219544851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108614913219544851' title='UNA NOCHE EN IMPANEMA'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108605658113381876</id><published>2004-06-01T03:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-01T03:23:01.133+01:00</updated><title type='text'>O BRASIL NO SEU MELHOR</title><content type='html'>&lt;IMG SRC="http://profeta_dos_sonhos.blig.ig.com.br/imagens/comunicacao4.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108605658113381876?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108605658113381876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108605658113381876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108605658113381876' title='O BRASIL NO SEU MELHOR'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108605243295870890</id><published>2004-05-31T23:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-06-01T03:29:00.616+01:00</updated><title type='text'>EL DESASTRE DE IPANEMA… o como se despingó el Citroen de Eduardo</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/B.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoy amaneció lluvia en el Intanhangá, no había muchas ganas de salir, pero aún así se decidió ir al centro porque esto de venir de descanso a Río y no conocer el centro, o al menos pasear por él, es como ir a Roma y no ver el Papa (no es que Juan Pablo II sea gran cosa, pero hay que ser respetuoso).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/A.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/D.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/C.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marcello no quiso ir porque tenía trabajo y Miriam también. El plan era asistir al lanzamiento del &lt;a href="http://www.submarino.com.br/books_productdetails.asp?Query=ProductPage&amp;ProdTypeId=1&amp;ProdId=241258&amp;ST=SF6688"&gt;libro&lt;/a&gt; de Flavio Tavares, un viejo amigo de Lisboa – de cuando yo era feliz y documentado, mientras el era infeliz y exiliado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/F.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todo iba bien hasta que un autobús nos chocó en plena Avenida Vieira Soto, frente al mar en Ipanema, y destrozó el maletero totalmente. Estábamos parados en un semáforo y nos chocó por detrás. Yo todavía vi el autobús venir arriba de nosotros, cada vez mayor en el retrovisor, pero no hubo forma de evitarlo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/I.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mientras esperábamos a la policía – los oficiales P. y F., de la Policía Militar – me entretuve haciendo fotos de la playa, de los alrededores, el bus y el carro accidentados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/J.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/G.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/E.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En eso comenzó a llover y no había donde abrigarse. A resignarse y llevar con la lluvia encima, mientras P. y F. se hacían los locos a ver si les "caía" algo del cielo. Y cayó:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.braziliantravel.com/hotel/About/brazil/moeda/real1f.jpg"&gt; X 150&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resuelto el asunto, siguió el paseó pero a pie, mejor, de taxi. Por el centro, cerca de Avenida Rio Branco y la zona de Uruguaiana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/L.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/K.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Terminamos almorzando tarde, en el Al Kuwait, un restaurante árabe, donde el "Choop" está bien helado. La comida ni tanto...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/M.JPG"&gt; ...Eduardo, para no llorar su carro destrozado, medita sobre el pasado de la Cachaça y el "Chopp".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al regresar a casa, como no había tiempo de volver al centro a ver el lanzamiento del libro de Flavio – y no me pregunten porqué no me quedé en el centro porque eso es otra historia – Marcello terminó preparando una pizza en el horno de leña...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Q.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿Quién fue que pidió una pizza?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/P.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Globo, de sabado...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://oglobo.globo.com/jornal/img/capas/prosa.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108605243295870890?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108605243295870890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108605243295870890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108605243295870890' title='EL DESASTRE DE IPANEMA… o como se despingó el Citroen de Eduardo'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108597278553062068</id><published>2004-05-30T23:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-05-31T06:01:55.730+01:00</updated><title type='text'>EL FANTASMA DEL PALACIO DEL IMPERADOR</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1339.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoy por el Palacio del Imperador, en el Parque da Boa Vista, se paseaba un fantasma. El que no lo crea que le pregunte a los niños. Dice la leyenda que es un esclavo en busca de venganza. Pero según el guardia del recinto lo único que él quiere es “comer” a la Emperatriz. &lt;em&gt;"Si sinhô, ainda ontem o fantasminha me disse que não tarda muito tá comendo a emperatriz"&lt;/em&gt;, dijo el guardia en portugués, lo cual llevado al español quiere decir algo así como que "a la emperatriz le queda lo mismo que un merengue en la puerta del colegio". Y eso que murió hace 300 años. No importa, los fantasmitas son muy pacientes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/Logo_do_Parque.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Parque Nacional da Tijuca, es la mayor floresta urbana del mundo. En sus 3.200 hectáreas viven 30 especies animales y 600 especies vegetales. Gran parte de ellos en peligro de extinción...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/b451.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...pero bañados por la pequeña cascada del Barão de Tomay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/a4f4.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Animalitos como este Cachinguele, que no teme aproximarse de la gente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mientras, en el Zoo de Río, en el Parque da Boa Vista, todo el mundo hace algo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/c4b6.jpg"&gt; Vende globos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/16e5.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/a7d5.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Busca comida o se entretiene en la reja.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/3ac6.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/c4d5.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿Solución al problema del transporte público?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/db79.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las araras son cosa séria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Después de todo, saludar al fantasma del palacio imperial, visitar el Zoo o el Parque da Tijuca, abre el apetito. Nada mejor que el "Botequim Informal"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1386-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introducción a la noble arte de sacar un "Chopp".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1389-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bajo las indicaciones del mestre Adriano...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1365-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero como todo en la vida, después de unas "lecciones" de Adriano, la cosa comienza a complicarse...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1369-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...un poco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1374-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EL: "Dice Lula que no toma".&lt;br /&gt;ELLA: "No sabe lo que está perdiendo"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1377-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EL: "Dos son mejores".&lt;br /&gt;ELLA: "Así no vale".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_1382-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿Yo no dije que el ambiente estaba complicado? Menos mal que el boteco se llama "Informal". ¿Se imaginan si fuera "El Formal"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.museudavida.fiocruz.br/chopp/Chopp.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O homem quando não trabalha,&lt;br /&gt;não ganha dinheiro.&lt;br /&gt;Mas bebe Chopp,&lt;br /&gt;o dia inteiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chopp,&lt;br /&gt;Chopp,&lt;br /&gt;Chopp,&lt;br /&gt;Choppinho.&lt;br /&gt;Um Chopp,&lt;br /&gt;Pequenininho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vinicius de Moraes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.choppcalcinha.blogger.com.br/"&gt;Para los que todavía no han entendido que es un Chopp, recomiendo la consulta de esta página.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108597278553062068?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108597278553062068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108597278553062068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108597278553062068' title='EL FANTASMA DEL PALACIO DEL IMPERADOR'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108595436251747170</id><published>2004-05-29T22:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-05-30T23:02:41.550+01:00</updated><title type='text'>¡Y amanecí en este paraíso!</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/fee2.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En plena montaña del Itanhangá, al oeste de Río.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/2a18.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/37c3.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/16c1.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/476a.jpg"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108595436251747170?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108595436251747170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108595436251747170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108595436251747170' title='&lt;blockquote&gt;¡Y amanecí en este paraíso!&lt;/blockquote&gt;'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108586768220978260</id><published>2004-05-28T22:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-05-30T22:12:34.886+01:00</updated><title type='text'>LLEGUE A RIO, DE NUEVO</title><content type='html'>Aquí estoy de regreso, después de una odisea de 11 horas de viaje, pero Rio está en el mismo lugar. El Cristo del Corcovado sigue aqui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://faculty.eicc.edu/ckrumbein/images/rio-de-janeiro.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del aeropuerto directo para el Belmonte, un "Boteco" en pleno playa del Flamengo... la cosa duró como hasta las 2 de la mañana, como podrán ver por las fotos…. El "chopp" fue a millones y corrió raudo. Uno detrás del otro sin grandes márgenes para maniobras. Había frío, pero desapareció pronto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/189c.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...aqui está la pandilla... Marcello, Zezé, Caramez, Marilia, moi e o Eduardo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/6064.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.portalpublicitario.com/noticias_julio/brahama_logo.gif"&gt; Este es el mejor "Chopp" de la ciudad...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/8b52.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... ai o "Chopp"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/392c.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... la cosa no terminó aquí, sino como a las cuatro de la mañana, pero las fotos son impropias para menores.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108586768220978260?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108586768220978260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108586768220978260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108586768220978260' title='LLEGUE A RIO, DE NUEVO'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108494348424635427</id><published>2004-04-12T06:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-05-19T06:13:26.950+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;My Brother and I, ... in London&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.streamload.com/ruiefe/WebPage/IMG_0519_-a.JPG"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108494348424635427?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108494348424635427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108494348424635427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108494348424635427' title=''/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108121457861865971</id><published>2004-04-06T02:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-04-29T23:50:54.483+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A Meca \ La Meca \ La Meque \ The Meque</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200102-e10-london/the-classic-camera-sign.half.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108121457861865971?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108121457861865971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108121457861865971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108121457861865971' title='A Meca \ La Meca \ La Meque \ The Meque'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108119495636620627</id><published>2004-04-04T20:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-04-29T23:51:21.373+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Acabei por não ir a Tampa ao Festival Aéreo</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; A ideia era passar o fim de semana lá, más por causa dos impostos tive de ficar em Miami, mas como a contadora decidiu que a gente pode esperar uns días até eu voltar da Europa, passei o fim de semana em casa. Ficam as fotografías que resgatei das agencias. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/04/images/large/A_1_1aairfest_183218_0404.jpg"&gt; The Blue Angeles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/04/images/large/B_1_airfest1_183218_0404.jpg"&gt; First World War plane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/04/images/large/B_1_patriotic_183218_0404.jpg"&gt; T-6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/01/images/xlarge/WK_0_wk01air1__0401.jpg"&gt; McDill AFB. Tampa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108119495636620627?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108119495636620627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108119495636620627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108119495636620627' title='Acabei por não ir a Tampa ao Festival Aéreo'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678391.post-108033815971928858</id><published>2004-03-26T21:55:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-04-29T23:49:07.903+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Uma explicação necessária</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Isto vai ser uma especie de diário de viagens.  Dentro do possivel escrito em varias linguas e com imagens. Já o devia ter começado há bastante tempo, más só agora foi possível. Veremos como sai tudo. Não pretendo dar a volta ao mundo em 80 días, o qual não seria má ideia… más pelo menos fazer um diário das minhas aventuras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De momento os planos são simples, com uma certa propensão a se complicar: no próximo mes estou em Londres. Em Agosto em Nova York. Ontem estava em Fort Lauderdale e hoje estou em Miami. Entretanto, estou a pensar em voltar a Key West.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E este fim de semana vou a Tampa. Já vão ver porquê.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6678391-108033815971928858?l=phileasblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108033815971928858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6678391/posts/default/108033815971928858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://phileasblog.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_archive.html#108033815971928858' title='Uma explicação necessária'/><author><name>Rui Ferreira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
