<?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'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972</id><updated>2009-11-12T08:57:02.687-01:00</updated><title type='text'>xuaxo</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>352</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-3505806824188413954</id><published>2009-11-12T08:19:00.010-01:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T08:57:02.695-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Crise da treta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.correiomanha.pt/noticia.aspx?contentid=FDD0EFE8-F1F6-4580-BE6B-E3946452C2CC&amp;amp;channelid=00000011-0000-0000-0000-000000000011" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403144486118835490" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SvvTSHU5RSI/AAAAAAAACQQ/Qa_JPC41IsY/s400/20091112pt_cmanha.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Segundo as &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5jo33kYpp6czYjnquH0QpWxbWGBWw" target="_blank"&gt;notícias de hoje&lt;/a&gt;, os bancos continuam a ter lucros obscenos; as grandes empresas continuam em alta; diz-se que os preços baixaram (alguns é verdade, como a gasolina); as rendas de casa chamadas "empréstimos" até baixaram um bocado; os portugueses estão a poupar mais (os depósitos a prazo aumentaram 15,2 mil milhões de euros em 2008); o dinheiro enviado para bancos no estrangeiro também aumentou (nos primeiros nove meses sairam 9 mil milhões de euros para os &lt;em&gt;off-shores&lt;/em&gt;). Então, &lt;strong&gt;onde é que está a &lt;em&gt;crise&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A &lt;em&gt;crise&lt;/em&gt; está onde sempre esteve:&lt;/strong&gt; nos salários e pensões de miséria, nos empregos precários e no desemprego dos que querem trabalhar.&lt;br /&gt;O resto é treta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.Nov.2009&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-3505806824188413954?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/3505806824188413954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=3505806824188413954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3505806824188413954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3505806824188413954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/11/crise-treta.html' title='Crise da treta'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SvvTSHU5RSI/AAAAAAAACQQ/Qa_JPC41IsY/s72-c/20091112pt_cmanha.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-9186101866979825191</id><published>2009-10-15T08:17:00.003-01:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T08:24:58.744-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Ovelhas portuguesas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Stbp5AadoxI/AAAAAAAACPU/8kmkzM7EZkA/s1600-h/20040116pt_sxl_oeste.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392754769395557138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Stbp5AadoxI/AAAAAAAACPU/8kmkzM7EZkA/s400/20040116pt_sxl_oeste.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;Há muitas ovelhas em Portugal. São cerca de 10 milhões de ovelhas, carneiros, borregos, anhos, cordeiros.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As ovelhas em Portugal são masoquistas e não se cansam de seguir sempre os mesmos pastores. Antes de 1974 seguiram o mesmo pastor (e seu sucessor) durante 48 anos. Esse pastor tinha umas propriedades em África, com mais ovelhas negras do que brancas e a coisa acabou mal com a exploração daquelas herdades.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Entretanto, com a revolta das ovelhas brancas também na herdade europeia, o pastor acabou por ser corrido para o Brasil e durante dois anos o rebanho andou um bocado à deriva, sem pastor que controlasse a situação. Em 1976 as ovelhas portuguesas iniciaram um regime em que podem escolher pastores diferentes, mas durante estes 33 anos, têm escolhido sempre um pastor de uma de apenas duas famílias muito chegadas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;No passado dia 27 de Setembro as ovelhas portuguesas foram mais uma vez chamadas a escolher os pastores. Quatro em cada dez ovelhas não compareceram à chamada (e depois queixam-se que as outras ovelhas escolhem mal). As outras seis (em cada dez) repartiram as escolhas do seguinte modo, em termos de representantes no estábulo (número de deputados, que é o que conta, e não o número de votos, de acordo com as regras):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;- ovelhas sociais-democratas (PS e PPD/PSD): 77,4%;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;- ovelhas comunistas (BE, PCP e PEV): 13,5%;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;- ovelhas democratas-cristãs (CDS-PP): 9,1%;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As regras são para cumprir, mas para termos uma melhor noção da realidade devemos realçar que entre as 9 514 322 ovelhas inscritas nos cadernos eleitorais apenas 2 077 695 escolheram o partido do pastor-mor, o que dá &lt;strong&gt;21,8%&lt;/strong&gt;. Ou seja, apenas uma em cada cinco ovelhas gostam mesmo deste pastor; as outras quatro ou não gostam ou estão-se nas tintas e deixam a escolha nas patas das outras. No entanto, pelas regras (Método D'Hondt), o pastor-mor tem 42,2% das ovelhas representadas no estábulo (97 em 230).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Out.2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-9186101866979825191?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/9186101866979825191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=9186101866979825191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/9186101866979825191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/9186101866979825191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/10/ovelhas-portuguesas.html' title='Ovelhas portuguesas'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Stbp5AadoxI/AAAAAAAACPU/8kmkzM7EZkA/s72-c/20040116pt_sxl_oeste.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-7387375837654016815</id><published>2009-09-29T10:32:00.007-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T10:47:31.555-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>A diferença entre Alemanha e Portugal</title><content type='html'>No domingo 27 de Setembro houve eleições na Alemanha e em Portugal. Na Alemanha Angela Merkel ganhou sem maioria (34%). Em Portugal Sócrates ganhou sem maioria (36%). Acabam aqui as semelhanças. Vejamos as diferenças.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na Alemanha, ao saber o resultado &lt;strong&gt;no dia das eleições&lt;/strong&gt;, «&lt;strong&gt;Merkel&lt;/strong&gt; anunciou seu propósito de &lt;strong&gt;se reunir amanhã com o líder liberal&lt;/strong&gt;, Guido Westerwelle, para "fixar um primeiro calendário de conversas", e não deixou espaço para dúvidas de que &lt;strong&gt;a coalizão poderá ser definida em um espaço curto de tempo&lt;/strong&gt;. Afirmou que continuará sendo "a chanceler de todos os alemães" e afirmou que &lt;strong&gt;começará imediatamente a trabalhar, "porque há muitos problemas a resolver"&lt;/strong&gt;.» (Notícia &lt;a href="http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0,,MUL1320156-5602,00-MERKEL+PROCLAMA+VITORIA+E+ANUNCIA+NOVA+COALIZAO+DE+GOVERNO.html" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em Portugal, «Para &lt;strong&gt;José Sócrates&lt;/strong&gt; o &lt;strong&gt;dia depois das eleições&lt;/strong&gt; serviu para &lt;strong&gt;estar com a família&lt;/strong&gt;. O primeiro-ministro diz que &lt;strong&gt;ainda não começou a trabalhar na formação do novo governo&lt;/strong&gt;: "&lt;strong&gt;Ainda nem sequer pensei nisso&lt;/strong&gt;. Este foi um dia pós-noite eleitoral, um dia de satisfação e de alegria para mim, naturalmente, estive com umas pessoas, com a minha família, e agora vim aqui, dar um abraço ao António Costa, desejar-lhe boa sorte e mostrar o empenho do Partido Socialista também nesta campanha".» (Vídeo da notícia &lt;a href="http://sic.sapo.pt/online/video/informacao/Portugal-2009/2009/9/socrates-ainda-nao-comecou-a-trabalhar-na-formacao-do-futuro-governo.htm" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;29 de Setembro de 2009.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-7387375837654016815?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/7387375837654016815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=7387375837654016815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/7387375837654016815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/7387375837654016815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/diferenca-alemanha-portugal.html' title='A diferença entre Alemanha e Portugal'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-4086124826988443342</id><published>2009-09-23T11:29:00.003-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T11:37:13.147-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Votemos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SroVkdsDsZI/AAAAAAAACPM/5wSGn_lyt5Y/s1600-h/20090927pt_partidos.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 398px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 398px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384640020663742866" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SroVkdsDsZI/AAAAAAAACPM/5wSGn_lyt5Y/s400/20090927pt_partidos.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Votemos, porque os partidos &lt;strong&gt;não&lt;/strong&gt; são todos iguais e a maior parte ainda não teve oportunidade de provar isso.&lt;br /&gt;Alternativas, por ordem alfabética dentro de cada categoria:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Partidos que &lt;strong&gt;nunca&lt;/strong&gt; estiveram na Assembleia da República nem no Governo:&lt;br /&gt;MEP, MMS, MPT-PH, PCTP/MRPP, PND, PNR, POUS, PPV, PTP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Partido que não está na Assembleia da República, mas já esteve:&lt;br /&gt;PPM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Partidos que estão na Assembleia da República mas nunca estiveram nos governos constitucionais:&lt;br /&gt;BE, PCP-PEV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Partido que está na Assembleia da República e já esteve no Governo mas sem o chefiar:&lt;br /&gt;CDS-PP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Partido que está na Assembleia da República e já chefiou o Governo:&lt;br /&gt;PPD/PSD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Partido que está em maioria na Assembleia da República e detem todos os cargos no Governo:&lt;br /&gt;PS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notas:&lt;br /&gt;1. Nove dos quinze partidos nunca estiveram representados na Assembleia da República.&lt;br /&gt;2. Onze dos quinze partidos nunca estiveram no Governo.&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Apenas dois&lt;/strong&gt; partidos (&lt;strong&gt;PS e PSD&lt;/strong&gt;) tiveram a Chefia do Governo nos 33 anos do regime constitucional.&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Nos 33 anos do regime constitucional o Presidente da República foi sempre membro ou oriundo da área política do PS ou PSD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setembro 2009.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-4086124826988443342?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/4086124826988443342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=4086124826988443342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4086124826988443342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4086124826988443342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/votemos.html' title='Votemos'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SroVkdsDsZI/AAAAAAAACPM/5wSGn_lyt5Y/s72-c/20090927pt_partidos.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-3809398615464818798</id><published>2009-09-16T17:05:00.007-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T17:17:36.046-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>Santa Fe Motel &amp; Saloon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SrEpED8BQkI/AAAAAAAACPE/xh_byTKnGa4/s1600-h/20060219us_nv_1Goldfield.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382128179437716034" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SrEpED8BQkI/AAAAAAAACPE/xh_byTKnGa4/s400/20060219us_nv_1Goldfield.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Texto em português mais abaixo.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The night approached and the snowstorm continued in the almost ghost town of &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/goldfield-nevada.html"&gt;Goldfield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, Nevada (my previous post). We tried to find rooms to spend the night. The only place that seemed to be open in town was this ramshackle saloon and motel, on a gravel street at the edge of town. It was under candle light and had the strange people inside. As we went in, they stoped talking and stared at us, as if they were seeing &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1093432.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Martians&lt;/a&gt;, especially when they heard us speaking in Portuguese, a language they obviously didn't understand. The owner said she had rooms for us, but no hot water and no electricity (in winter!), because the snow storm had disrupted the power supplies. I couldn't believe it!A few hours before we left Las Vegas, a 21st century city, made of electricity, and now we were in a kind of 19th century ghost town of the Old Wild West, in a saloon darker than those in the Western movies. We discussed among ourselves and we didn't stay; it was a little too much of adventure for some of my mates. But I'd like to have got the experience.&lt;br /&gt;Despite the so different details, that saloon/motel made me remember words of the famous song by the Eagles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;♫ ♪ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afiWbRGjK8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair (...)&lt;br /&gt;I had to stop for the night. (...)&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the "Hotel California".(...)&lt;br /&gt;Plenty of room in the "Hotel California". (...)&lt;br /&gt;You can check out any time you like,&lt;br /&gt;But you can never leave.&lt;br /&gt;(...)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; ♫ ♪&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Goldfield has served as the fictional town and site of several films. The former Goldfield Hotel has been investigated for for paranormal activity by "ghost hunters". The &lt;b&gt;Santa Fe Motel and Saloon&lt;/b&gt; (this photo) is one of the oldest in Nevada.&lt;br /&gt;Location: &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.7136169&amp;amp;lon=-117.2306764&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;37.7136169, -117.2306764&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;A noite aproximava-se e continuava a tempestade de neve na quase cidade-fantasma de &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/goldfield-nevada.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Goldfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, estado de Nevada (minha foto anterior). Tentámos encontrar quartos para passar a noite. O único lugar que parecia estar aberto na cidade era este &lt;i&gt;saloon&lt;/i&gt; e motel caduco, numa rua de terra batida na orla da cidade. Estava à luz de velas e com pessoas estranhas no seu interior. Assim que entrámos, pararam de conversar e olharam para nós como se estivessem vendo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1093432.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;marcianos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;, especialmente quando nos ouviram falar em português, uma língua que, obviamente, não entendiam. A proprietária disse que tinha quartos para nós, mas sem água quente e sem energia eléctrica (no inverno !), porque a tempestade de neve tinha interrompido o fornecimento de energia. Eu não podia acreditar! Poucas horas antes tínhamos saído de Las Vegas, uma cidade do século XXI, feita de electricidade, e agora estávamos numa espécie de cidade-fantasma do século XIX no Velho Oeste Selvagem, num &lt;i&gt;saloon&lt;/i&gt; mais escuro do que os dos filmes de &lt;i&gt;cowboys&lt;/i&gt;. Falámos entre nós e não ficámos; era um pouco de aventura demais para alguns dos meus companheiros. Mas eu gostaria de ter passado pela experiência.&lt;br /&gt;Apesar dos detalhes tão diferentes, este &lt;i&gt;saloon&lt;/i&gt;/motel fez-me lembrar versos da famosa canção dos &lt;i&gt;Eagles&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;♫ ♪ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afiWbRGjK8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair (...)&lt;br /&gt;I had to stop for the night. (...)&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the "Hotel California".(...)&lt;br /&gt;Plenty of room in the "Hotel California". (...)&lt;br /&gt;You can check out any time you like,&lt;br /&gt;But you can never leave.&lt;br /&gt;(...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt; ♫ ♪&lt;br /&gt;Goldfield serviu como cidade fictícia e sítio de vários filmes. O ex-&lt;i&gt;Goldfield Hotel&lt;/i&gt; foi investigado por fenómenos paranormais por "caçadores de fantasmas". O &lt;b&gt;Santa Fe Motel&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Saloon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (esta foto) é um dos mais antigos do estado do Nevada.&lt;br /&gt;Localização: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.7136169&amp;amp;lon=-117.2306764&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;37.7136169, -117.2306764&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nevada &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/usa-united-states-estados-unidos.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394714836073170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk21t6-tI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EJysje7tSjs/s320/us1.gif" /&gt;USA * Estados Unidos&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/m-e-r-i-c-s.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394710541105810" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk2lt6-pI/AAAAAAAAApc/CBl6lKqX1dM/s320/OAS1.jpg" /&gt;Americas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036642172002842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/ReW_XsL7OLI/AAAAAAAAA8o/ZoqNQ8W9Pac/s320/xxxindex.gif" /&gt;índice * &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-3809398615464818798?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/3809398615464818798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=3809398615464818798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3809398615464818798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3809398615464818798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/santa-fe-motel-saloon.html' title='Santa Fe Motel &amp; Saloon'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SrEpED8BQkI/AAAAAAAACPE/xh_byTKnGa4/s72-c/20060219us_nv_1Goldfield.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-2619089775402888385</id><published>2009-09-15T10:20:00.009-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T17:25:35.823-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>Goldfield: ghost town saloon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq94_oXU5nI/AAAAAAAACO8/4OreY6rpWps/s1600-h/20060219us_nv_2Goldfield.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381653114293380722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq94_oXU5nI/AAAAAAAACO8/4OreY6rpWps/s400/20060219us_nv_2Goldfield.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Texto em português mais abaixo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goldfield&lt;/strong&gt; is a historic town in Esmeralda County, Nevada. It was a gold mining boomtown in the first years of the 20th century, when gold was discovered in the region. Nowadays it is almost a ghost town, with a small population remaining.&lt;br /&gt;We stopped in Goldfield in a winter afternoon, under a snowstorm. We were looking for a motel or hotel to spend the night, but the town was in blackout; the snowstorm had disrupted the electricity supply. Therefore we proceeded to Tonopah, some 27 miles (43 km) to the north.&lt;br /&gt;This is an old saloon, under the snowstorm, near the main street.&lt;br /&gt;See also the &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/santa-fe-motel-saloon.html"&gt;Santa Fe Motel &amp;amp; Saloon&lt;/a&gt;, still in business.&lt;br /&gt;Approx. location:&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;Localização aprox.: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=37.7086771&amp;amp;lon=-117.2365236&amp;amp;z=15&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;37.7086771, -117.2365236&lt;/a&gt;. 19.Fev.2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goldfield&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;"campo de ouro"&lt;/em&gt;) é uma cidade histórica no condado de Esmeralda, estado de Nevada. Foi uma próspera cidade de mineração de ouro nos primeiros anos do século 20, quando o ouro foi descoberto na região. Hoje em dia é quase uma cidade fantasma, com uma pequena população remanescente.&lt;br /&gt;Parámos em Goldfield numa tarde de inverno, sob uma tempestade de neve. Estávamos procurando um motel ou hotel para passar a noite, mas a cidade estava em &lt;em&gt;blackout&lt;/em&gt;, porque a tempestade havia interrompido o fornecimento de electricidade. Por isso, continuámos até Tonopah, uns 43 km para norte.&lt;br /&gt;Este velho &lt;em&gt;saloon&lt;/em&gt;, sob o nevão, encontra-se perto da rua principal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Vê também o &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/santa-fe-motel-saloon.html"&gt;Santa Fe Motel &amp;amp; Saloon&lt;/a&gt;, ainda em funcionamento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Nevada &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/usa-united-states-estados-unidos.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394714836073170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk21t6-tI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EJysje7tSjs/s320/us1.gif" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;USA&lt;/em&gt; * Estados Unidos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/m-e-r-i-c-s.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394710541105810" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk2lt6-pI/AAAAAAAAApc/CBl6lKqX1dM/s320/OAS1.jpg" /&gt;Americas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036642172002842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/ReW_XsL7OLI/AAAAAAAAA8o/ZoqNQ8W9Pac/s320/xxxindex.gif" /&gt;índice * &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-2619089775402888385?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/2619089775402888385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=2619089775402888385' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2619089775402888385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2619089775402888385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/goldfield-nevada.html' title='Goldfield: ghost town saloon'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq94_oXU5nI/AAAAAAAACO8/4OreY6rpWps/s72-c/20060219us_nv_2Goldfield.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-3823416480319586625</id><published>2009-09-14T17:04:00.012-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T17:41:28.518-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>Quail Botanical Gardens</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;Quail Botanical Gardens, &lt;strong&gt;Encinitas&lt;/strong&gt;, California. 2006.01.15. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Location: / &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Localização:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.0525763&amp;amp;lon=-117.2806728&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b&amp;amp;v=1" target="_blank"&gt;33.0525763, -117.2806728&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click the photos to open my page at Flickr. Then, click the 'magnifying glass' (above the photos) to see them bigger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Clica nas fotos para abrir a minha página do Flickr. Depois clica na 'lupa' (acima das fotos) para veres as imagens em tamanho maior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90431516/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/24/90431516_8fa676fe68_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90431508/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/22/90431508_2822b39dfc_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90431517/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/22/90431517_0da8b90f8a_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90431515/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/11/90431515_6a8367e601_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90433718/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/31/90433718_76bbee7690_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90433719/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/17/90433719_80c63914db_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90431512/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/25/90431512_a2cf705b42_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90431513/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/33/90431513_26e2465c7e_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/12/san-diego-california-usa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027415227599878978" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-0I/AAAAAAAAArY/14p92HrAJbc/s320/us-ca-SanDiegoCounty1.gif" /&gt;San Diego&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/california.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027415227599878962" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-zI/AAAAAAAAArQ/UkCzDCTAXHc/s320/us-ca1.gif" /&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/usa-united-states-estados-unidos.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394714836073170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk21t6-tI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EJysje7tSjs/s320/us1.gif" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;USA&lt;/em&gt; * Estados Unidos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/m-e-r-i-c-s.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394710541105810" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk2lt6-pI/AAAAAAAAApc/CBl6lKqX1dM/s320/OAS1.jpg" /&gt;Americas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036642172002842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/ReW_XsL7OLI/AAAAAAAAA8o/ZoqNQ8W9Pac/s320/xxxindex.gif" /&gt;índice * &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-3823416480319586625?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/3823416480319586625/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=3823416480319586625' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3823416480319586625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3823416480319586625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/quail-botanical-gardens.html' title='Quail Botanical Gardens'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-0I/AAAAAAAAArY/14p92HrAJbc/s72-c/us-ca-SanDiegoCounty1.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-3181747880802123589</id><published>2009-09-14T16:40:00.015-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T17:37:44.312-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>Julian, California</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6Ec1LrmdI/AAAAAAAACOs/NNdiSb31v3w/s1600-h/2005_11_23_Julian14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381384235601598930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6Ec1LrmdI/AAAAAAAACOs/NNdiSb31v3w/s400/2005_11_23_Julian14.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Julian, California, USA. 2005.11.23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Old-fashioned blog. / &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Um&lt;/em&gt; blog &lt;em&gt;à maneira de outros tempos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Location: / &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Localização:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.0782913&amp;amp;lon=-116.6010976&amp;amp;z=13&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b&amp;amp;v=1" target="_blank"&gt;33.0525763, -117.2806728&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/12/san-diego-california-usa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027415227599878978" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-0I/AAAAAAAAArY/14p92HrAJbc/s320/us-ca-SanDiegoCounty1.gif" /&gt;San Diego&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/california.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027415227599878962" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-zI/AAAAAAAAArQ/UkCzDCTAXHc/s320/us-ca1.gif" /&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/usa-united-states-estados-unidos.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394714836073170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk21t6-tI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EJysje7tSjs/s320/us1.gif" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;USA&lt;/em&gt; * Estados Unidos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/m-e-r-i-c-s.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394710541105810" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk2lt6-pI/AAAAAAAAApc/CBl6lKqX1dM/s320/OAS1.jpg" /&gt;Americas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036642172002842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/ReW_XsL7OLI/AAAAAAAAA8o/ZoqNQ8W9Pac/s320/xxxindex.gif" /&gt;índice * &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-3181747880802123589?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/3181747880802123589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=3181747880802123589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3181747880802123589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/3181747880802123589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/julian-california.html' title='Julian, California'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6Ec1LrmdI/AAAAAAAACOs/NNdiSb31v3w/s72-c/2005_11_23_Julian14.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-2088315018176975990</id><published>2009-09-14T14:52:00.018-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T17:47:06.216-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>Oceanside, California</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oceanside&lt;/strong&gt;, California. USA. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;2006.01.15.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click the photos to open my page at Flickr. Then, click the 'magnifying glass' (above the photos) to see them bigger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Clica nas fotos para abrir a minha página do Flickr. Depois clica na 'lupa' (acima das fotos) para veres as imagens em tamanho maior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.2324238&amp;amp;lon=-117.319715&amp;amp;z=16&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90441491/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/16/90441491_39894b628b_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90441492/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/37/90441492_8a4254bdb7_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90441495/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/41/90441495_6411808d4f_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90433720/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/33/90433720_300f638f72_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.2249031&amp;amp;lon=-117.3068619&amp;amp;z=12&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b&amp;amp;v=1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381345886166882274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq5hkmZ8l-I/AAAAAAAACOk/hLPPHwqEHpg/s400/usa_ca_oceanside.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6PDvQ-vXI/AAAAAAAACO0/M60V7v_1zeE/s1600-h/us_ca_oce.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 58px; HEIGHT: 41px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381395899144387954" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6PDvQ-vXI/AAAAAAAACO0/M60V7v_1zeE/s400/us_ca_oce.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oceanside &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/california.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027415227599878962" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-zI/AAAAAAAAArQ/UkCzDCTAXHc/s320/us-ca1.gif" /&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/usa-united-states-estados-unidos.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394714836073170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk21t6-tI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EJysje7tSjs/s320/us1.gif" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;USA&lt;/em&gt; * Estados Unidos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/m-e-r-i-c-s.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394710541105810" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk2lt6-pI/AAAAAAAAApc/CBl6lKqX1dM/s320/OAS1.jpg" /&gt;Americas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036642172002842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/ReW_XsL7OLI/AAAAAAAAA8o/ZoqNQ8W9Pac/s320/xxxindex.gif" /&gt;índice * &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-2088315018176975990?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/2088315018176975990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=2088315018176975990' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2088315018176975990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2088315018176975990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/oceanside-california.html' title='Oceanside, California'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq5hkmZ8l-I/AAAAAAAACOk/hLPPHwqEHpg/s72-c/usa_ca_oceanside.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-8992337759462391833</id><published>2009-09-14T13:14:00.028-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T17:45:38.794-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>Mission San Luis Rey de Francia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, &lt;strong&gt;Oceanside&lt;/strong&gt;, California. USA. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;The Mission was founded by the Spaniards in 1798. The region was part of Mexico until 1848, when California became a US territory. The Mission is currently operated by the Franciscan Friars of California.&lt;br /&gt;2006.01.15.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click the photos to open my page at Flickr. Then, click the 'magnifying glass' (above the photos) to see them bigger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Clica nas fotos para abrir a minha página do Flickr. Depois clica na 'lupa' (acima das fotos) para veres as imagens em tamanho maior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90433724/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/38/90433724_6a5dde074e_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90436762/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/22/90436762_161f036b0f_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90433721/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/22/90433721_170dacc599_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90441490/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/37/90441490_761c20a9af_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90436765/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/17/90436765_275007513a_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90433725/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/37/90433725_1fd3d3572e_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90436759/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/27/90436759_e6cd1dd076_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90436760/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/15/90436760_e18145b1dc_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12164074@N00/90436761/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/14/90436761_d2cab7593e_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.2324238&amp;amp;lon=-117.319715&amp;amp;z=16&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381345886166882274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq5hkmZ8l-I/AAAAAAAACOk/hLPPHwqEHpg/s400/usa_ca_oceanside.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6PDvQ-vXI/AAAAAAAACO0/M60V7v_1zeE/s1600-h/us_ca_oce.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 58px; HEIGHT: 41px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381395899144387954" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq6PDvQ-vXI/AAAAAAAACO0/M60V7v_1zeE/s400/us_ca_oce.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oceanside &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/california.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027415227599878962" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcT3g1t6-zI/AAAAAAAAArQ/UkCzDCTAXHc/s320/us-ca1.gif" /&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/usa-united-states-estados-unidos.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394714836073170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk21t6-tI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EJysje7tSjs/s320/us1.gif" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;USA&lt;/em&gt; * Estados Unidos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/m-e-r-i-c-s.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027394710541105810" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/RcTk2lt6-pI/AAAAAAAAApc/CBl6lKqX1dM/s320/OAS1.jpg" /&gt;Americas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036642172002842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/ReW_XsL7OLI/AAAAAAAAA8o/ZoqNQ8W9Pac/s320/xxxindex.gif" /&gt;índice * &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-8992337759462391833?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/8992337759462391833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=8992337759462391833' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/8992337759462391833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/8992337759462391833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/mission-san-luis-rey-de-francia.html' title='Mission San Luis Rey de Francia'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq5hkmZ8l-I/AAAAAAAACOk/hLPPHwqEHpg/s72-c/usa_ca_oceanside.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-8232661779189589631</id><published>2009-09-13T18:07:00.005-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T18:17:28.328-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lithuania'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='. Europe - Europa'/><title type='text'>Genocido Archivai</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo881959.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381032738775111170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq1ExBdwFgI/AAAAAAAACOc/8vSXpsOXzAg/s400/1995.08.00.lt.vilnius1kgb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/members/xuaxo/photos/Europe/Lithuania/" target="_blank"&gt;Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; (Lietuva) was the last Baltic republic to be completely annexed by the Soviet Union (1945), the one that resisted the most (with armed resistance until 1965, and active individuals into the 1980's), and the first to restore independence (in 1990; recognized in 1991).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;During &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo883645.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Soviet rule&lt;/a&gt;, especially the first decade, there were &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo883144.htm" target="_blank"&gt;mass deportation&lt;/a&gt; of Lithuanians to remote regions of the Soviet Union, as well as on-going repression of the Lithuanians in their homeland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since the 1940's the Soviets established a &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/workshops/883144/photo133394.htm" target="_blank"&gt;prison and headquarters&lt;/a&gt; in this building, on Lenino prospektas (now Gedimino prospektas), in Vilnius. The KGB left it only in August 1991.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The day of this photo, four years later, this woman was outside the former prison, campaigning for public ownership and study of the KGB / Communist Party's archives about the genocide of Lithuanians (deportation and repression during the Soviet rule).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nowadays this former KGB prison is the &lt;a href="http://www.genocid.lt/muziejus/en/" target="_blank"&gt;Museum of Genocide Victims&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.genocid.lt/muziejus/lt/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Genocido aukų muziejus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). It is run by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania (&lt;em&gt;Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Approximate location: &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.688587&amp;amp;lon=25.2705503&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;54.688587, 25.2705503&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/01/lietuva-lithuania_24.html"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 50px; HEIGHT: 33px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381005044144035634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0rk-7KVzI/AAAAAAAACN8/0wKYyP32dQw/s400/lt1.gif" /&gt;Lietuva * Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/europa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157238780979415474" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxWNolibI/AAAAAAAABZQ/wUYyH0iRa6o/s400/eu-eu1.gif" /&gt;Europa * Europe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157239158936537538" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxsNolicI/AAAAAAAABZY/KyoVtFA-WJo/s400/xxxindex.gif" /&gt; índice * index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-8232661779189589631?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/8232661779189589631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=8232661779189589631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/8232661779189589631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/8232661779189589631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/genocido-archivai.html' title='Genocido Archivai'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq1ExBdwFgI/AAAAAAAACOc/8vSXpsOXzAg/s72-c/1995.08.00.lt.vilnius1kgb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-1566874377786520439</id><published>2009-09-13T17:55:00.004-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T18:04:36.995-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lithuania'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='. Europe - Europa'/><title type='text'>Neužmirškime, komunizmo fanatikų praktikus!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo883645.htm"target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381028052130274658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq1AgOWjHWI/AAAAAAAACOU/lrNiqsATHpQ/s400/1995.08.00.lt.vilnius4kgb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neužmirškime, komunizmo fanatikų praktikus&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/em&gt; (Let us not forget the communist fanatics practitioners!)&lt;br /&gt;It seems most Lithuanians were not happy under Soviet rule. These posters were on an outside wall of the &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo881959.htm" target="_blank"&gt;former KGB headquarters&lt;/a&gt;, a building on Lenino prospektas (now Gedimino prospektas), in Vilnius, &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/members/xuaxo/photos/Europe/Lithuania/" target="_blank"&gt;Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; (Lietuva), in August 1995. Since the 1940's the Soviets established a prison and headquarters in this building. The KGB left it only in August 1991.&lt;br /&gt;Lithuania was the last Baltic republic to be completely annexed by the Soviet Union (1945), the one that resisted the most (with armed resistance until 1965, and active individuals into the 1980's), and the first to restore independence (in 1990; recognized in 1991).&lt;br /&gt;During Soviet rule, especially the first decade, there were &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo883144.htm" target="_blank"&gt;mass deportation of Lithuanians&lt;/a&gt; to remote regions of the Soviet Union, as well as on-going repression of the Lithuanians in their homeland.&lt;br /&gt;Approximate location: &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.688587&amp;amp;lon=25.2705503&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;54.688587, 25.2705503&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/01/lietuva-lithuania_24.html"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 50px; HEIGHT: 33px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381005044144035634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0rk-7KVzI/AAAAAAAACN8/0wKYyP32dQw/s400/lt1.gif" /&gt;Lietuva * Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/europa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157238780979415474" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxWNolibI/AAAAAAAABZQ/wUYyH0iRa6o/s400/eu-eu1.gif" /&gt;Europa * Europe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157239158936537538" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxsNolicI/AAAAAAAABZY/KyoVtFA-WJo/s400/xxxindex.gif" /&gt; índice * index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-1566874377786520439?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/1566874377786520439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=1566874377786520439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/1566874377786520439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/1566874377786520439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/neuzmirskime-komunizmo-fanatiku.html' title='Neužmirškime, komunizmo fanatikų praktikus!'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq1AgOWjHWI/AAAAAAAACOU/lrNiqsATHpQ/s72-c/1995.08.00.lt.vilnius4kgb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-1917484617972501258</id><published>2009-09-13T16:56:00.007-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T17:07:02.085-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lithuania'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='. Europe - Europa'/><title type='text'>Fantasma da Era Soviética</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1108509.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381013522386232722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0zSe1npZI/AAAAAAAACOM/YEnFWhe0r1U/s400/19950800lt_vilnius_ca.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Há 14 anos (1995) na estação ferroviária de Vilnius, na Lituânia reparei neste comboio, circulando entre o enclave russo de Kaliningrado (Калининград, Karaliaučius, Königsberg, Królewiec) e São Petersburgo (Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterburg, antiga Leningrado).&lt;br /&gt;Isto foi fotografado quatro anos após a dissolução da União Soviética e do retorno do nome de Leningrado para São Petersburgo. No entanto, entre as janelas, o antigo &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg" target="_blank"&gt;brasão da União Soviética&lt;/a&gt; foi apenas pintado de verde. E a placa com o nome do comboio (&lt;em&gt;Янтарный берег&lt;/em&gt;, "Costa de Âmbar") continua a exibir o nome antigo de Leningrado (Ленинград) em vez de São Petersburgo. &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; / Localização: &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.6700713&amp;amp;lon=25.284546&amp;amp;z=16&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;54.6700713, 25.284546&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;14 years ago (1995) in Vilnius Train Station, Lithuania I spotted this train, on its way between the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad (Калининград, Karaliaučius, Königsberg, Królewiec) and Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург​, Sankt-Peterburg, former Leningrad).&lt;br /&gt;This was shot four years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the renaming back of Leningrad to Saint Petersburg. However, between the windows, the former &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Coat of arms of the Soviet Union&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; was just painted green. And the plaque with the name of the train (&lt;em&gt;Янтарный берег&lt;/em&gt;, "Amber Coast") still displays the old name of Leningrad (Ленинград) instead of Saint Petersburg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/01/lietuva-lithuania_24.html"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 50px; HEIGHT: 33px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381005044144035634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0rk-7KVzI/AAAAAAAACN8/0wKYyP32dQw/s400/lt1.gif" /&gt;Lietuva * Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/europa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157238780979415474" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxWNolibI/AAAAAAAABZQ/wUYyH0iRa6o/s400/eu-eu1.gif" /&gt;Europa * Europe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157239158936537538" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxsNolicI/AAAAAAAABZY/KyoVtFA-WJo/s400/xxxindex.gif" /&gt; índice * index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-1917484617972501258?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/1917484617972501258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=1917484617972501258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/1917484617972501258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/1917484617972501258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/fantasma-da-era-sovietica.html' title='Fantasma da Era Soviética'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0zSe1npZI/AAAAAAAACOM/YEnFWhe0r1U/s72-c/19950800lt_vilnius_ca.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-4838543908079881581</id><published>2009-09-13T16:41:00.006-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T16:53:05.599-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lithuania'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='. Europe - Europa'/><title type='text'>Taksofonas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1108227.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 288px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381008771682709906" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0u99FosZI/AAAAAAAACOE/zwNM_oWDgIA/s400/199S0800lt_vilnius_tf.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Estive na Lituânia em 1995, cinco anos após a separação e &lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/themes.php?thid=10267" target="_blank"&gt;independência&lt;/a&gt; da União Soviética. Encontrei algumas coisas que ainda eram herança da era soviética, bem como tendências mais recentes (por exemplo, as roupas das gerações mais velhas e mais novas). Encontrei cabines telefónicas públicas que funcionavam com cartões telefónicos moderno, mas encontrei também estes &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taksofonas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Se bem lembro o que eles me disseram, os velhos taksofonas soviéticos funcionavam com moedas de rublos ou kopeks soviéticos. Após a independência, as novas autoridades lituanas não se incomodaram a alterar esses telefones para utilização da nova moeda (o litas). Assim, em Vilnius, eles deixaram o taksofonas operando apenas em chamadas gratuitas dentro dos limites da cidade. Se me falha alguma coisa nesta história, corrijam-me. Creio que isto foi fotografado algures ao lado da Gedimino prospektas, entre Katedros aikštė e Lukiškės aikštė. Talvez as cabines de taksofonas já lá não estejam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Approximate location:&lt;/em&gt; / Localização aproximada: &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.6872908&amp;amp;lon=25.2794659&amp;amp;z=15&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=h" target="_blank"&gt;54.6872908, 25.2794659&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;I was in Lithuania in 1995, five years after the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/themes.php?thid=10267" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;independence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; from the Soviet Union. I found some things that were still heritage from the Soviet times, as well as newer trends (for example the clothes of the older and newer generations). I found public telephone boxes, that operated with modern phone cards, but I found also these &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taksofonas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. If I recall what they said me, the taksofonas were old Soviet phones that operated with Soviet ruble coins (or the smaller kopeks). After independence, the new Lithuanian authorities didn't bother to alter these phones to use the new currency (the litas). So, in Vilnius they left the taksofonas operating only in free calls within the city limits. If I mistake something in this story, please correct me.I guess this shot was somewhere beside Gedimino prospektas, between Katedros aikštė and Lukiškės aikštė. Maybe the taksofonas booths are no longer there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/01/lietuva-lithuania_24.html"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 50px; HEIGHT: 33px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381005044144035634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0rk-7KVzI/AAAAAAAACN8/0wKYyP32dQw/s400/lt1.gif" /&gt;Lietuva * Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/europa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157238780979415474" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxWNolibI/AAAAAAAABZQ/wUYyH0iRa6o/s400/eu-eu1.gif" /&gt;Europa * Europe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157239158936537538" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxsNolicI/AAAAAAAABZY/KyoVtFA-WJo/s400/xxxindex.gif" /&gt; índice * index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-4838543908079881581?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/4838543908079881581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=4838543908079881581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4838543908079881581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4838543908079881581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/taksofonas.html' title='Taksofonas'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0u99FosZI/AAAAAAAACOE/zwNM_oWDgIA/s72-c/199S0800lt_vilnius_tf.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-5653489591096187498</id><published>2009-09-13T16:18:00.013-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T16:51:52.707-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lithuania'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='. Europe - Europa'/><title type='text'>Alma Mater Vilnensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1123197.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 330px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381004020996956146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0qpbZ43_I/AAAAAAAACN0/wLBG8x2m8kY/s400/19950800lt_vilnius_u.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vilniaus Universitetas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Universidade de Vilnius) é a maior e mais antiga universidade na Lituânia e uma das mais antigas na Europa, criada pelos jesuítas no século XVI. Tinha características internacionais; no fim do século tinha entre os seus professores 7 lituanianos, 7 polacos, 5 mazovianos, 3 posnanianos, 3 russos, 2 espanhóis, 1 suábio, 1 inglês, 1 português, 1 samogiciano, 1 prussiano.&lt;br /&gt;Esta foto tirada no Grande Pátio (&lt;em&gt;Didysis kiemas&lt;/em&gt;). As palavras latinas &lt;em&gt;Alma Mater&lt;/em&gt; significam "mãe alimentadora, ou criadora" e referem-se normalmente à universidade ou faculdade onde a pessoa se formou.&lt;br /&gt;Ago.1995. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; / Localização: &lt;a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.6825649&amp;amp;lon=25.2877378&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;l=0&amp;amp;m=b" target="_blank"&gt;54.6825649, 25.2877378&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vilniaus Universitetas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Vilnius University) the oldest and largest university in Lithuania and one of the oldest in Europe, created by the Jesuits in the 16th century. It had international characteristics; by the end of the century among its professors it had 7 Lithuanians, 7 Poles, 5 Masovians, 3 Poznanians, 3 Russians, 2 Spaniards, 1 Swabian, 1 English, 1 Portuguese, 1 Samogitian, 1 Prussian.&lt;br /&gt;This photo was shot in in the Grand Courtyard (&lt;em&gt;Didysis kiemas&lt;/em&gt;). The Latin words &lt;em&gt;Alma Mater&lt;/em&gt; mean "bountiful, kind or nourishing mother" and it is used usually to refer to the university or college from which one graduated. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/01/lietuva-lithuania_24.html"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 50px; HEIGHT: 33px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381005044144035634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0rk-7KVzI/AAAAAAAACN8/0wKYyP32dQw/s400/lt1.gif" /&gt;Lietuva * Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2006/11/europa.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157238780979415474" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxWNolibI/AAAAAAAABZQ/wUYyH0iRa6o/s400/eu-eu1.gif" /&gt;Europa * Europe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2007/02/ndice-xuaxo-index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157239158936537538" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/R5IxsNolicI/AAAAAAAABZY/KyoVtFA-WJo/s400/xxxindex.gif" /&gt; índice * index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-5653489591096187498?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/5653489591096187498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=5653489591096187498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/5653489591096187498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/5653489591096187498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/alma-mater-vilnensis.html' title='Alma Mater Vilnensis'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sq0qpbZ43_I/AAAAAAAACN0/wLBG8x2m8kY/s72-c/19950800lt_vilnius_u.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-2899694797009843304</id><published>2009-09-11T10:36:00.007-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T16:54:29.076-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>"jornalismo"</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380174512478776626" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sqo4NrXobTI/AAAAAAAACNs/tQ23DZxRRvM/s400/20090911_destak07.jpg" /&gt;O jornal gratuito &lt;em&gt;Destak&lt;/em&gt; publica hoje (na &lt;a href="http://www.destak.pt/docs/1106/lisboa.pdf"&gt;página 7&lt;/a&gt;) uma pequena "notícia" com o título "&lt;em&gt;Portugal &lt;strong&gt;lidera&lt;/strong&gt; no consumo de renováveis&lt;/em&gt;". No entanto, na quinta linha está escrito que "&lt;em&gt;Portugal destaca-se na &lt;strong&gt;quarta posição&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;" (com 30,1%, praticamente metade do líder). No fim dizem que "&lt;em&gt;Portugal surge &lt;strong&gt;atrás da Áustria (59,8%), o líder&lt;/strong&gt;, a Suécia (52,1%) e a Letónia (36,4%)&lt;/em&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;Bom, ou o jornalista não sabe o que é liderar, ou a notícia (o título) serve apenas algum tipo de propaganda, seja empresarial seja governamental.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.Set.2009.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-2899694797009843304?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/2899694797009843304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=2899694797009843304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2899694797009843304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2899694797009843304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/jornalismo.html' title='&quot;jornalismo&quot;'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sqo4NrXobTI/AAAAAAAACNs/tQ23DZxRRvM/s72-c/20090911_destak07.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-7334759965795289995</id><published>2009-09-10T16:59:00.004-01:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T17:06:01.075-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Benefícios fiscais</title><content type='html'>Esta semana no debate o Sócrates criticou o Louçã porque no programa do BE está escrito:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Devem ser eliminados integralmente todos os incentivos fiscais aos produtos privados de poupança para a reforma&lt;/strong&gt; [vulgo PPR] &lt;strong&gt;ou às despesas em educação ou de saúde, nas áreas em que haja oferta pública&lt;/strong&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;Por exemplo, segundo eles, sendo a escola pública e realmente gratuita, quem tivesse despesas de educação privada não teria benefícios fiscais com isso. O mesmo para a saúde.&lt;br /&gt;O Sócrates disse que isto é contra a classe média e mais não sei quê. Praticamente todos os comentadores acharam que o Sócrates é que esteve bem e o Louçã é que perdeu pontos com esta história.&lt;br /&gt;Ora eu, se estiver (ou estivesse) em dúvidas em votar no BE ou noutro, poderia votar no BE precisamente por causa desta proposta. Há anos que eu defendo isto.&lt;br /&gt;A proposta é um bocado utópica, porque o Serviço Nacional de Saúde e a escola pública não são gratuitos nem funcionam bem, mas em teoria é a proposta mais justa que eu já vi nos últimos tempos. Se peca é por defeito, pois deviam acabar mesmo &lt;strong&gt;todos&lt;/strong&gt; os benefícios fiscais, como por exemplo aqueles das energias alternativas.&lt;br /&gt;Pelo que eu vejo, quem lucra com os benefícios fiscais é quem tem mais dinheiro para fazer certas despesas (e investir em PPR). Ou seja, o Estado devolve mais dinheiro dos impostos a quem tem mais dinheiro disponível.&lt;br /&gt;Eu, se tivesse mais dinheiro se calhar também fazia PPR e meia dúzia de seguros de vida para toda a família. Também comprava outra casa (como mais despesas em habitação) e comprava uns painéis solares e uns carros eléctricos. Se tivesse mais dinheiro, se calhar também punha as criancinhas num colégio especial, comprava-lhes uma data de computadores de último modelo e a última edição de cada dicionário disponível em Portugal. Se tivesse mais dinheiro fazia uma operação laser em vez de andar com óculos. Se calhar até ia a alguma clínica tirar um sinal pouco estético que tenho na pele.&lt;br /&gt;Enfim, &lt;strong&gt;se eu tivesse mais dinheiro teria um monte de benefícios fiscais&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;10.Set.2009.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-7334759965795289995?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/7334759965795289995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=7334759965795289995' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/7334759965795289995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/7334759965795289995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/09/beneficios-fiscais.html' title='Benefícios fiscais'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-6259093104913848384</id><published>2009-08-29T07:48:00.002-01:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T07:52:35.006-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Contas do Bloco de Esquerda</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SpjrxEK2TqI/AAAAAAAACNc/A8SL5VkcNyA/s1600-h/20090823pt_lisboa_be.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375305383432048290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SpjrxEK2TqI/AAAAAAAACNc/A8SL5VkcNyA/s400/20090823pt_lisboa_be.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Haja alguém que me explique como é que o Bloco de Esquerda faz as contas. Eles espalharam este cartaz mostrando que o PS e o PSD já governam há 18 anos, desde 1991. E antes??? E os outros 15 anos???&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;O I e o II Governos Constitucionais foram chefiados por Mário Soares, um dos fundadores do PS. O I teve início em 23 de Setembro de 1976, vai fazer agora 33 anos. O III, que durou 3 meses, foi chefiado pelo independente Nobre da Costa, por iniciativa do Presidente Eanes, portanto também da área PS-PSD. O IV foi chefiado por Mota Pinto, um dos fundadores do PSD. O V foi chefiado por Lourdes Pintasilgo, que posteriormente foi deputada do PS no PE. O VI foi chefiado por Sá Carneiro, outro fundador do PSD. O VII e o VIII Governos Constitucionais foram chefiados por Pinto Balsemão, outro fundador do PSD. O IX Governo Constitucional foi chefiado por Mário Soares (PS) com Mota Pinto (PSD) como vice-primeiro-ministro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;O X, o XI e o XII Governos Constitucionais foram chefiados por Cavaco Silva, do PSD, actual Presidente da República. Cavaco Silva foi o primeiro-ministro que mais tempo governou, de 1985 a 1995.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;O XIII e o XIV Governos Constitucionais foram chefiados por António Guterres, do PS. O XV foi chefiado por Durão Barroso, do PSD. O XVI foi chefiado por Santana Lopes, do PSD. O XVII foi chefiado por José Sócrates, do PS.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Portanto, no actual regime constitucional, o PS e o PSD já governam há 33 anos, e não 18 como sugere o cartaz do BE.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Acresce, durante os mesmos 33 anos do actual regime constitucional, os seguintes Presidentes da República: Ramalho Eanes, independente, apoiado pelo PS e PSD no primeiro mandato e pelo PS no segundo; Jorge Sampaio e Mário Soares, ambos do PS; Cavaco Silva, do PSD.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;29.Ago.2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-6259093104913848384?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/6259093104913848384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=6259093104913848384' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/6259093104913848384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/6259093104913848384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/08/contas-do-bloco-esquerda.html' title='Contas do Bloco de Esquerda'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SpjrxEK2TqI/AAAAAAAACNc/A8SL5VkcNyA/s72-c/20090823pt_lisboa_be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-8229771232765843323</id><published>2009-08-24T18:39:00.002-01:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T18:43:21.836-01:00</updated><title type='text'>O PR é do PSD!</title><content type='html'>O título desta mensagem não é uma acusação, é um facto.&lt;br /&gt;O Presidente da República é do PSD, ou já foi, ou pelo menos é dessa área política. E daí? Qual é o problema? Só num &lt;em&gt;país-atraso-de-vida&lt;/em&gt; é que andam a fazer um escândalo por o PR vetar leis em concordância com as ideias do seu partido, por ter assessores que também ajudam o seu partido, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Se não queriam um PR do PSD, não votassem nele (eu não votei).&lt;br /&gt;Ou o Presidente quando é eleito é proíbido ter ideias e ideologia? Também já houve Presidentes do PS, um dos quais suspendeu a militância no partido e o outro não. Tudo bem.&lt;br /&gt;~&lt;br /&gt;Agora foi mais um escândalo porque ele vetou as alterações à lei da união de facto. Eu também, de facto, acho que uma das alterações era estranha: quando a união acabasse um poderia ter que indemnizar o outro (mesmo no caso dos casamentos acho isso duvidoso).&lt;br /&gt;Mas para as uniões de facto e para os chamados casamentos homossexuais eu tenho uma solução: &lt;strong&gt;acabar com o casamento civil!&lt;/strong&gt; Quem quiser que case pela igreja, sem qualquer consequência civil. Se os homossexuais não encontram uma igreja que os queira casar, formem uma nova igreja; a liberdade religiosa dá para isso.&lt;br /&gt;~&lt;br /&gt;Descompliquem!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-8229771232765843323?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/8229771232765843323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=8229771232765843323' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/8229771232765843323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/8229771232765843323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/08/o-pr-e-do-psd.html' title='O PR é do PSD!'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-1453991728635304174</id><published>2009-08-15T18:05:00.007-01:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T18:26:03.988-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>"Gripe" M</title><content type='html'>Quantas pessoas já morreram devido simplesmente à gripe A? Quantas pessoas já foram atingidas (mas já estão em estado absolutamente normal)?&lt;br /&gt;Só não sabe quem não assiste aos meios de comunicação dominantes.&lt;br /&gt;E, desde que começou a gripe A, quantas pessoas já morreram de "gripe" M? Ninguém sabe ao certo, mas pode-se fazer as contas.&lt;br /&gt;O que eu estou chamando "gripe" M não é nenhuma gripe; é algo muito, mas muitíssimo, pior: &lt;strong&gt;malária&lt;/strong&gt; (também chamado paludismo).&lt;br /&gt;Durante os cinco minutos que demoras a ler isto, 9 pessoas morreram de malária, dos quais 8 são crianças menores de cinco anos. Isto significa que após as 24 horas de cada dia 2700 pessoas morreram de malária; dá cerca de 1 milhão de pessoas por ano. Estas estatísticas são dos relatórios da Organização Mundial da Saúde. Como muitos casos não chegam aos relatórios, há especialistas que calculam em três vezes estes valores.&lt;br /&gt;O que são &lt;strong&gt;1 a 3 milhões de mortos de malária por ano&lt;/strong&gt; comparados com as vítimas da gripe A? Nada. Não são nada. Não aparecem no telejornal, não existem.&lt;br /&gt;Suponho que não será mera coincidência que 91% das vítimas de malária sejam africanas e praticamente os outros 9% sejam do resto do terceiro mundo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-1453991728635304174?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/1453991728635304174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=1453991728635304174' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/1453991728635304174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/1453991728635304174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/08/gripe-m.html' title='&quot;Gripe&quot; M'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-471626944559392775</id><published>2009-08-03T12:27:00.005-01:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T18:36:19.502-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>"Olhem por mim..."</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SnbmofslN6I/AAAAAAAACNU/A8qzJzIWZCA/s1600-h/t20090803pt_cruzpau.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365729589436168098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SnbmofslN6I/AAAAAAAACNU/A8qzJzIWZCA/s400/t20090803pt_cruzpau.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Os responsáveis do PSD lá têm as suas táticas e pode ser que até ganhem as eleições com este tipo de cartazes. Mas quando vi este (&lt;em&gt;"Olhem por quem mais precisa"&lt;/em&gt;), com esta foto, o que eu &lt;em&gt;interpretei&lt;/em&gt; foi que a idosa que está ao lado da frase precisa que olhem por ela.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Isto fez-me lembrar o comentário do jornalista catalão Jordi Joan, no jornal &lt;em&gt;La Vanguardia&lt;/em&gt; em Maio passado, a propósito de cartaz semelhante da mesma senhora:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Mención especial merecen los carteles de Ferreira Leite que jalonan las carreteras portuguesas. "Não desista. Todos somos precisos", reza. Pero la desolada foto en blanco y negro de la candidata, sin maquillar, podría hacer pensar a los turistas que visitan el Algarve que se trata del &lt;strong&gt;mensaje de una&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;asociación de apoyo a la tercera edad o de prevención del suicidio&lt;/strong&gt;." &lt;/em&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20090516/53704074068.html"&gt;_*_&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Isto poderia aplicar-se letra por letra a este novo cartaz.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ago.2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-471626944559392775?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/471626944559392775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=471626944559392775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/471626944559392775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/471626944559392775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/08/olhem-por-mim.html' title='&quot;Olhem por mim...&quot;'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SnbmofslN6I/AAAAAAAACNU/A8qzJzIWZCA/s72-c/t20090803pt_cruzpau.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-2547521563991079163</id><published>2009-07-21T13:18:00.013-01:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T14:56:27.883-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 4</title><content type='html'>Desculpem a insistência, mas tenho mais detalhes sobre a aberrante falta de incentivos ao uso dos transportes públicos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu normalmente não uso veículos motorizados para percorrer apenas 1900 metros. Mas agora ando com muletas, por isso faço uma parte do percurso de autocarro quando vou à fisioterapia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora já faço os primeiros 700 metros a pé, para não ter que apanhar dois autocarros diferentes, gastando dois bilhetes. Estou usando os &lt;strong&gt;pré-comprados dos TST&lt;/strong&gt;; cada troço da viagem fica por &lt;strong&gt;0,90€&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas se quiser fazer os &lt;strong&gt;1900 metros&lt;/strong&gt; daqui até ao Fogueteiro de autocarro, gasto &lt;strong&gt;1,80€ para cada lado&lt;/strong&gt;, com os pré-comprados. Para gastar o mesmo com um carro a gasóleo este teria que consumir &lt;strong&gt;105 litros aos 100&lt;/strong&gt;! Com há carros que gastam uns cinco, isto significa que o &lt;strong&gt;autocarro&lt;/strong&gt; (com &lt;strong&gt;bilhetes pré-comprados&lt;/strong&gt;) sai umas &lt;strong&gt;20 vezes mais caro&lt;/strong&gt; que um automóvel a gasóleo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E se eu for só uma única vez, por exemplo a uma consulta? Não quero gastar 9,00€ num conjunto de bilhetes pré-comprados. Então, compro os &lt;strong&gt;bilhetes no autocarro&lt;/strong&gt;, que para este percurso custam &lt;strong&gt;1,90€&lt;/strong&gt; cada viagem; como tenho que apanhar dois autocarros, são 3,80€ para cada lado, ou &lt;strong&gt;7,60€ na ida-e-volta&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;3800 metros&lt;/strong&gt; no total). Para gastar o mesmo com um carro a gasóleo este teria que consumir &lt;strong&gt;222 litros aos 100&lt;/strong&gt;! Isto significa que o &lt;strong&gt;bilhete comprado no autocarro&lt;/strong&gt; fica quase &lt;strong&gt;45 vezes mais caro&lt;/strong&gt; que um automóvel moderno a gasóleo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por outras palavras, com o que gasto em &lt;strong&gt;bilhete de bordo com a ida-e-volta ao Fogueteiro&lt;/strong&gt; em autocarro (3800 metros) poderia chegar pelo menos a &lt;strong&gt;Ourique&lt;/strong&gt; num carro normal. Com o gasto de &lt;strong&gt;duas pessoas&lt;/strong&gt; dava para passar do &lt;strong&gt;Porto&lt;/strong&gt; ou chegar quase às portas de &lt;strong&gt;Sevilha&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ainda por outras palavras: se eu precisar ir da &lt;strong&gt;Cruz de Pau ao Fogueteiro acompanhado por alguém é &lt;u&gt;mais barato ir de táxi&lt;/u&gt; do que de autocarro&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vejam também &lt;em&gt;Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/06/desincentivo-transportes-publicos.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-1-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/desincentivo-transportes-publicos-2.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-2-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/desincentivo-transportes-publicos-3.html"&gt;-3-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21.Jul.2009&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-2547521563991079163?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/2547521563991079163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=2547521563991079163' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2547521563991079163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2547521563991079163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/desincentivo-aos-transportes-publicos-4.html' title='Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 4'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-4984039312633225025</id><published>2009-07-19T16:13:00.004-01:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T16:19:16.520-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Comparações tristes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SmNUiiPagMI/AAAAAAAACNM/7VwROm0OyE0/s1600-h/b20090308nl_nh_dh_+99.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360220933784764610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SmNUiiPagMI/AAAAAAAACNM/7VwROm0OyE0/s400/b20090308nl_nh_dh_+99.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cidade e município holandês de &lt;strong&gt;Den Helder&lt;/strong&gt; tem &lt;strong&gt;57.610 habitantes&lt;/strong&gt; e &lt;strong&gt;um&lt;/strong&gt; grande, e bom, &lt;strong&gt;hospital público&lt;/strong&gt; (o &lt;em&gt;Gemini&lt;/em&gt;, na foto). Não tive conhecimento da existência de clínicas ou hospitais privados em Den Helder. Não digo que não existam, mas se existem não são visíveis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Os concelhos de&lt;strong&gt; Almada, Seixal e Sesimbra&lt;/strong&gt; têm &lt;strong&gt;353.852 habitantes&lt;/strong&gt; (mais de seis vezes Den Helder) e também &lt;strong&gt;um hospital público&lt;/strong&gt;, o &lt;em&gt;Garcia de Orta&lt;/em&gt;. Como este está superlotado, a solução passa frequentemente pelos serviços privados, por quem pode ou comparticipados pelo Estado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Porque é que &lt;strong&gt;Seixal e Sesimbra&lt;/strong&gt;, com 187.839 habitantes no total, não têm um hospital público? A resposta pode estar no número de &lt;strong&gt;clínicas e outros serviços de saúde privados&lt;/strong&gt;. Só no concelho do Seixal tentei fazer um apanhado: cheguei a 130 e desisti de procurar mais. Portanto, no Seixal há uma clínica ou serviço de saúde privado para cada 1.155 pessoas (ou menos).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Não admira assim que os governos do PS e PSD tenham sempre atrasado ou recusado a construção de um hospital público no concelho do Seixal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Jul.2009.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-4984039312633225025?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/4984039312633225025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=4984039312633225025' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4984039312633225025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4984039312633225025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/comparacoes-tristes.html' title='Comparações tristes'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SmNUiiPagMI/AAAAAAAACNM/7VwROm0OyE0/s72-c/b20090308nl_nh_dh_+99.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-4676527323858967131</id><published>2009-07-19T14:23:00.009-01:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T14:59:34.529-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades - opinioes'/><title type='text'>Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SmM91NlkU6I/AAAAAAAACNE/VPMIjLzXYAY/s1600-h/20090700_cp_fertagus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360195965890614178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SmM91NlkU6I/AAAAAAAACNE/VPMIjLzXYAY/s400/20090700_cp_fertagus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;Para além dos desincentivos gerais à utilização dos transportes públicos, na Margem Sul do Tejo os preços são muito mais altos do que na Margem Norte, nomeadamente os transportes ferroviários, como se pode ver na tabela (publicada no jornal &lt;em&gt;Notícias do Seixal&lt;/em&gt;, de 13.Jul.2009).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Uma das razões para a enorme disparidade é porque a CP é uma empresa pública, enquanto que a Fertagus é privada. Ainda assim, como a privada Fertagus não tem os lucros que gostaria, apesar dos preços muito mais altos, recebeu &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;indemnizações compensatórias&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; do Estado nos últimos &lt;strong&gt;cinco anos&lt;/strong&gt; no valor de &lt;strong&gt;quarenta e cinco milhões de euros&lt;/strong&gt;, ou seja &lt;strong&gt;mais de mil euros por hora&lt;/strong&gt; (mais precisamente: 45.062.183,00€, ou 24.691,61€ por dia, ou &lt;strong&gt;1.028,82€ por hora&lt;/strong&gt;). É claro que tudo isto é legal e está previsto nos contratos entre a Fertagus e o Estado (mais precisamente os governos PS e PSD).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quanto ao &lt;strong&gt;desincentivo ao transporte público&lt;/strong&gt; vejamos: ir e vir do Pragal a Entrecampos pela Fertagus custa 3,30€, num total de 21,8km, partindo do princípio que não é preciso apanhar outros transportes para as estações. O gasóleo no Jumbo de Almada custa esta semana 0,899€. Com estes valores o carro teria que gastar 16,84 litros aos 100 para ficar ao mesmo preço do bilhete Fertagus. Como um carro normal gasta menos de metade disso, mesmo com portagem, com o preço de &lt;strong&gt;um bilhete Fertagus&lt;/strong&gt; dá para ir &lt;strong&gt;duas vezes de carro &lt;/strong&gt;a Lisboa, mesmo &lt;strong&gt;só uma pessoa&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vê também: &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/06/desincentivo-transportes-publicos.html"&gt;Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/desincentivo-transportes-publicos-2.html"&gt;Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/desincentivo-aos-transportes-publicos-4.html"&gt;Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Jul.2009.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-4676527323858967131?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/4676527323858967131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=4676527323858967131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4676527323858967131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/4676527323858967131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/desincentivo-transportes-publicos-3.html' title='Desincentivo aos Transportes Públicos - 3'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/SmM91NlkU6I/AAAAAAAACNE/VPMIjLzXYAY/s72-c/20090700_cp_fertagus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347972.post-2451626327443554151</id><published>2009-07-13T13:04:00.002-01:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T13:06:44.905-01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA - Estados Unidos'/><title type='text'>San Diego Zoo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sls_VgSG2OI/AAAAAAAACM8/QQajq9aWUzs/s1600-h/20060225us_SanDiegoZoo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357945820363020514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sls_VgSG2OI/AAAAAAAACM8/QQajq9aWUzs/s400/20060225us_SanDiegoZoo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;San Diego Zoo, California, USA. 25Fev2006.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;xuaxo, s.m. rumor; sussurro; murmúrio.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17347972-2451626327443554151?l=xuaxo.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/feeds/2451626327443554151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17347972&amp;postID=2451626327443554151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2451626327443554151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17347972/posts/default/2451626327443554151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xuaxo.blogspot.com/2009/07/san-diego-zoo.html' title='San Diego Zoo'/><author><name>Francisco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12386382851099054927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11085786207059063785'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xyp7ir2yAr0/Sls_VgSG2OI/AAAAAAAACM8/QQajq9aWUzs/s72-c/20060225us_SanDiegoZoo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>