Sunday, February 28, 2010

'Eyes need care during Holi'

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ALLAHABAD: The Holi revellers while playing colours should also remain cautious about the eyes. Eye specialist and director, MD Eye Hospital, Dr SP Singh says, "Play Holi but prevent your eyes from getting infected. If colour enters the eyes, wash it with water till the irritation subsides and do not scrub the cornea."

Do not start self medication unless you consult the doctor, he cautioned. "Wash the hands thoroughly before splashing water in the eyes. Further, many water colours have an alkaline base which can cause severe problems if they enter the eyes as it can pose a great danger to one's vision. Colours in the form of paste have toxic compounds mixed in engine oil or other inferior quality oil and can cause skin allergy, temporary blindness, etc."

Synthetic colours used during Holi often contain lead oxide, engine oil, diesel, chromium, iodine and copper sulphate, which cause skin irritation and even blindness in case of extreme exposure, Dr Singh said. Further, while giving pichkari (sprinklers) to children, avoid anything which has sharp edges. Refrain from buying sprinklers made of metals, he added.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Eyes-need-care-during-Holi/articleshow/5628961.cms

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U.S. and Canada appear evenly matched

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Reporting from Vancouver, Canada - An icy dream dawned six months ago in a rink near Chicago, where candidates for the U.S. Olympic hockey team began a journey that will end today a few hours before the flame is extinguished on the Vancouver Games.

Around the same time the same dream was planted in Calgary among prospective members of Team Canada, who have shouldered the hopes of a nation that considers hockey a way of life.

The U.S. and Canada will compete today at Canada Hockey Place for the Olympic gold medal, pitting NHL teammates against each other in a rivalry that has become, to Canadians' chagrin, increasingly even.

The U.S. won the World Cup in 1996 on Canadian soil. Canada won the Olympic hockey tournament at Salt Lake City in 2002. Team USA won the teams' preliminary-round match for its first victory over Canada in Olympic play since 1960, but that was a week and -- for Canada -- a starting goaltender ago.

"Don't get me wrong. We'd like to do it for the country and we'd like to do it for everybody involved. We'd like to do it for ourselves, first," said Canada Coach Mike Babcock, whose team faltered in its early games but steadied when Roberto Luongo replaced Martin Brodeur in net.

"Someone's going to be very happy and we expect it's going to be us."

Canada has the advantage of home ice and a flag-waving, face-painting, maple leaf-wearing crowd that is sure to fill every corner of the arena.

"You come out on the ice you see everybody screaming, wearing red. It gets the guys going even more," Luongo said Saturday.

Because of that support, because Canada has enough native talent to have entered two medal-contending teams in this tournament, Canada should be the favorite.

Not so, say the Canadians. They say they're the underdogs because they were slow starters and the U.S. went 5-0 to reach today's finale, including a six-goal first period in a 6-1 semifinal romp over Finland on Friday. They were unanimous in their praise of goalie Ryan Miller and his tournament-leading 1.04 goals-against average and .954 save percentage.

"They have a good team and they have depth," said Jarome Iginla, who scored twice in Canada's gold-medal triumph at Salt Lake City.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter who's favored.

"If we play as well we did in the last game in the first period, I like our chances," U.S. defenseman Brian Rafalski said. "Both these teams are capable of winning. It's going to be who can get out there and get the job done."

The way each team was structured will determine how the job is completed.

Canada has an array of offensive options, with Joe Thornton, Sidney Crosby and Ryan Getzlaf as its top three centers on three dynamic lines. The U.S. can't match that.

But where the U.S. might have an edge is in its deliberate composition. Iginla said Canada "has four first lines." But in a short tournament like this winning doesn't require four top lines -- it requires grinders and role players like tournament faceoff leaders Ryan Kesler (76.3%) and Joe Pavelski (69.6%) and penalty killers Ryan Callahan and Chris Drury.

Kings winger Dustin Brown wasn't an obvious choice for Team USA because his stats aren't dazzling. But he's a banger, an abrasive force in front of the net. And that's where the U.S. is most likely to score, not off finesse and rushes but off deflections and screens and tips.

Callahan and Drury, he said, are "very skilled in their own right, but the penalty killing is their thing and they do that very, very well. They've been a key to our success on the PK. Maybe if you take one or two of those players out our PK is a lot worse than it is and we're not sitting here in this game."

Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane, the closest thing the U.S. has to a game-breaker, said choosing specialists instead of taking the most talented players was the right strategy.

"Look at a team like Canada -- they've got a ton of skill and highly talented players that they fit into different roles, and that's not really the situation with our team," Kane said.

"I think our team was picked on players for the situation. Guys like Chris Drury, he's an older guy and he's there for leadership and penalty killing. David Backes on the fourth line is running over guys. And myself and Zach Parise and Paul Stastny, we're counted on to produce offense.

"It seems every player was picked for a reason and they did a great job picking it, I think."

In a game that appears to be so evenly matched, one of those picks could make the difference today.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics-hockey-advance28-2010feb28,0,58708.story


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Marie Osmond's son, Michael Blosil, left note

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Before Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son leaped to his death, he texted a friend to tell her there was a note waiting for her in his apartment, TMZ.com reports.

Michael Blosil and the unidentified woman were supposed to get together Friday night, sources told TMZ, and she received his text shortly before 9 p.m.

The woman, who lives in Blosil's Los Angeles apartment building, then walked over to his flat. His roommates let her in.

Minutes after she found the note, they heard the sound of sirens outside the window, TMZ reported. The note said that the woman was his only close friend in L.A. and that he was depressed.

While the note did not mention suicide specifically, it did list things he would be doing for the last time, the Web site said.

Blosil's roommates were unaware of what was going on, but they became alarmed after the woman read the note. They then heard sirens and saw emergency vehicles on the street below and realized what had happened.

A 911 call about Blosil's death jump from his apartment building was made at 9:26 p.m., RadarOnline.com reported.

An autopsy may be performed as early as Sunday, according to TV's "Entertainment Tonight."

Osmond said her family is overwhelmed with grief by the "tragic loss" of her son, according to a statement released by her publicist.

"My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during this difficult time," Osmond said in a statement.

Marie and Michael's father, Brian, divorced in 2007. They have two biological children and adopted five others, including Michael. Marie also had a son with her first husband, Stephen Craig.

Osmond was to perform with brother Donny last night in Las Vegas, but the show was canceled.

When reached Saturday, Donny Osmond told "ET," "Please pray for my sister and her family."

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/28/2010-02-28_marie_osmonds_son_michael_blosil_left_note_saying_he_was_depressed_before_commit.html


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Italy risks internet Stone Age

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DISTRACTED while thinking how to begin this column, I clicked on an email from a friend. She had sent me a YouTube video in which a tidy cylindrical shape on a shoulder strap unrolled to become a computer.

Almost every day, someone sends a YouTube clip or invites me to join them in Facebook or LinkedIn or something called Friendster.

When trying to find a way to contact a possible source last week, I Googled him and found he had Twitter but no listed phone number or email address. Maybe I should drop the curmudgeonly attitude and sign up myself.

None of this is remarkable, which is what makes an Italian judge's order last week ''astonishing'', as a Google spokesman put it.

Judge Oscar Magi in Milan found three Google executives guilty of invading the privacy of a disabled teenager in Turin. They didn't know him, didn't photograph him, nor were they aware of it when someone else posted a video of him being bullied by high-schoolers.

When Italian police informed Google it was hosting the video, employees took it down and helped authorities locate the teenager who posted it. She was prosecuted and sentenced to 10 months' community service.

Nonetheless, Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, its global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, and former chief financial officer George Reyes now stand convicted in Italy of invading privacy. Each got suspended sentences of six months in jail. They are the first internet executives to be held criminally liable for something some outsider posted.

In Italy, executives are punished when their company does wrong. (In another context, I recently argued in favour of punishing individuals instead of companies, by the way. But in that case, somebody clearly did something wrong.) As for the Google matter, if these men or this company can be convicted in this case, then to operate comfortably in Italy, internet hosts must monitor content submitted by users and weed out any ahead of time that may offend the law.

On a practical level, the volume of user-generated content is too great to scrutinise, even if national mores allowed that sort of censorship.

Internet executives all over the world should be very, very nervous. If that were the law in the United States, it probably would have killed eBay, YouTube, Facebook and the rest before they got started, says Eric Goldman, who teaches law and technology at Santa Clara University in California.

''Rulings like this absolutely suppress entrepreneurial innovation,'' he says. Goldman suspects it is no coincidence that the US is the global leader in creating new enterprises based on user-generated content.

The US is a country with a free-speech tradition, and a 1996 law shields internet service providers from liability for content their users post. ''Congress has said it's safe to be an innovator,'' says Goldman.

Judge Magi has said it isn't. His ruling, if it stands, will chill speech and squelch the spirit that makes the internet an ever-evolving creature - engaging, educating, entertaining and connecting us in ways we could not imagine a few minutes ago.

From an American perspective, the ruling is crazy. Cultural differences help explain why we look at these things so differently. Americans don't know what it's like to be invaded by another country, as Italians do, or to feel as though a centuries-old culture and deeply held values are being swallowed up and trashed by technological invaders.

The ruling comes at a time when Europe is pushing back against American dominance on the internet. The European Commission has launched a preliminary investigation into Google for possible antitrust violations, for one thing. For another, Italy is considering a law that would create greater restrictions on internet companies, making them subject to the same sort of laws that govern television.

As for the case at hand, it's no wonder it caused a furore in Italy when the video exposed an innocent youngster to ridicule around the world. And even though his parents dropped their complaint against Google, I understand why a group that advocates for the disabled, Vivi Down, kept the case going.

It should be a crime to bully a vulnerable child and another crime to expose his humiliation to a global audience.

But Google took down the video when told of it. Google helped find the teenager who posted the video. Google and its executives acted responsibly, not criminally.

And if Italy wants to hold them responsible, it should anticipate a future without the internet innovations that freer countries in the world enjoy.

Now, how did they make that computer roll up like that?

Ann Woolner is a Bloomberg News columnist.

Source: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/italy-risks-internet-stone-age-with-trial-of-google-executives-20100228-pb4u.html


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Purim

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Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays, a time of prizes, noisemakers, costumes and treats. The Festival of Purim commemorates a major victory over oppression and is recounted in the Megillah, the scroll of the story of Esther. Purim takes place on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar, the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar. This year (2010) Purim begins at sundown on the 27th of February.

So here for your entertainment are some fun Holiday things for you and your family. We've got stories of Queen Esther, King Ahasuerus, Mordechai, and Haman, we've got graggers to spin, and Hamantashan to bake! We hope you find something you like!

Source: http://www.holidays.net/purim/

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“The Crazies” movie review

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I guess it’s hard these days to make original films. Buzzwords in the movie industry consist of remake, reboot and redux. Here is yet another by-the-numbers remake of a 70’s horror flick.

The Crazies” opens happily to shots of wide-spanning farmland under a welcoming blue sky while an upbeat Johnny Cash tune plays.

Viewers are quickly familiar with the setting; a small farming community where the 30-something-year-old sheriff knows everybody’s name, they have one (yes, only one) doctor, and the town is seemingly secluded from outside populations. We as moviegoers are being lead down a very familiar road.

While the young sheriff, played by Timothy Olyphant (“Live Free or Die Hard,” “Deadwood”), is at the town baseball game, a man strolls onto the outfield with a shotgun in hand. Yes, we all know he is a “crazy” before the movie tells us, but he forces the sheriff’s hand and is shot and killed (don’t worry “Crazies” film-virgins, it’s in the movie trailer).

After several accounts of “man goes crazy, kills someone, then sits and stares” pattern, the sheriff knows something’s up. Through some slowdown time in the movie, the sheriff discovers something is in the town’s water supply that is making them go bonkers. The people who went all Charles Manson first, are on the maps to receive the water first into their pipes. That is the movie’s explanation of why our main character is still sane.

Prematurely, machine gun wielding, gas mask wearing troopers show up to quarantine the small town. It would have been entertaining to see more of the townsfolk on their own against the madmen, but it did give it a slight non-cliché feel. They roundup the civilians into concentration camp-like tents and do quick checks for signs of infection.

Naturally, the main character’s wife is thought to be infected, but her symptoms are caused by her being pregnant, and they cart her back to the town. He escapes the “safe-zone” and heads back to save her. Now the real storyline begins.

The movie picks up a bit at this point, showing you how crazy the “crazies” can get. It’s cool, graphic and can make you squirm and jump a bit. You get a creepy feeling of not really knowing who the worst of the two villainous groups are– the crazies or the seemingly cold-hearted military clean-up crew.

A long span of the second half is the sheriff and his posse trying to get out of the quarantine alive while dodging cleaning crews–who shoot on sight–and killing the crazies.

My biggest complaint spawns from my favorite aspect of the film. There are way too many of those classic wide-angle shots showing something ominous in the background while the character is oblivious in the foreground. It really does make for some intense scenes (someone in my theater yelled “Aw, hell no” more than once throughout the 101 minutes). It does happen too often though, taking the thrill away a bit more every time.

There are plenty of scenes where things pop out to scare the audience, succeeding more than once, but the overall familiarity and cliches make it too easy to tell what will happen next. The end was kind of cool, but lacked the realistic tone of the rest of the film. So overall see it, but rent it– 6.5 out of 10.

Source: http://www.mcccagora.com/a-e/the-crazies-movie-review-1.1177551

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India's triple strikes stuns Pakistan

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New Delhi: Prabhjot Singh made his presence felt in the match against Pakistan as he extended India's lead to 3-0 soon after resuming play post half-time.

Earlier, India's specialist drag flicker Sandeep Singh pierced Pakistan's defence as he helped India take a 2-0 lead at half-time. The first half went into extra time and India had a chance to convert a penalty corner that they did to put tremendous pressure on Pakistan.

Shivendra Singh drew first blood as he slammed the first goal of the match. Rajpal Singh set up the goal with a precise pass. The home crowd erupted as the ball zoomed past the Pakistani wicketkeeper.

India are up against arch-rivals Pakistan in a high voltage hockey World Cup match without their first choice goalkeeper Adrian D' Souza.

Their eight Olympic gold notwithstanding, India have not won a major international title since their 1975 World Cup triumph in Kuala Lumpur.

After finishing a lowly 11th out of 12 teams in the last World Cup at Monchengladbach, Germany fours years ago, Indian hockey plunged to a new low in 2008 by missing out on an Olympic berth for the first time in 80 years.

After all these lows, this mega event brings with it an opportunity of a lifetime for Indian hockey to regain its lost glory in front of countrymen.

But achieving it is no mean task for the Rajpal Singh-led side and the first two matches - Pakistan and Australia - carry a lot of significance since result of these encounters would decide their fate in the tournament.

The match also gives Rajpal and his men an opportunity to avenge their 3-6 defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the semifinal of the Champions Challenge I tournament in Salta, Argentina.

The much-anticipated game carries a lot of importance for both the teams not only in the context of sporting ties between the two countries but also on the diplomatic front.

Source:http://www.mynews.in/News/Hockey_World_Cup_India%27s_triple_strikes_stuns_Pakistan_N39531.html

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Concepcion

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Concepción, Chile is located along the Bio Bio river next to the Pacific coast, Concepción is the second largest city in Chile with a population of over 1,000,000 when combined with its neighboring cities Talcahuano.

Here you will find one of the main ports of Chile, some of the biggest coal mines, and a large Naval base. If you visit the naval base you can take a tour on the peruvian battleship "Huascar" that defeated Arturo Prat, a great Chilean Navy hero during the Pacific War.

Some of the main things to do in Concepción would be to visit a few of the museums and see the beautiful campus of the University of Concepción.

If you like nature you'll want to rent a car, get out of town and see the natural beauty of the area. You can drive along the beautiful coast, stop and explore the beaches or go hiking in the national parks that are nearby.

Chile-travel.com has provided a few links for you to visit which should make your trip to Concepción, whether for business or pleasure, more enjoyable.

Source: http://www.chile-travel.com/concepci.htm

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Rangers Into Title Pole Position.

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Rangers' Maurice Edu came off the bench to put what could be a final nail into Celtic’s Scottish Premier League title hopes, as the American stabbed home late into injury time to put his side one step closer to the title.

The first half started, as usual with Glasgow derbies, at 100mph with both Old Firm new boy Robbie Keane and Rangers' talismanic striker Kris Boyd coming close within the first two minutes of the game.

After that the game continued at a frantic pace with both sides looking to attack each other’s defence as quickly as possible. That ultimately created problems for under pressure referee Dougie McDonald who issued two yellow cards within the first ten minutes, to Marc Antoine Fortune and Madjid Bougherra, with the latter lucky not to see a second card, just minutes later for a cynical challenge.

The next proper chance for Celtic came on the quarter of an hour mark, when a challenge from Sasa Papac on the edge of the area allowed Keane to set up a free kick on the edge of the Rangers area, but the on-loan Tottenham man could do nothing but sail it high into the Copland Road stand of Ibrox.

From then on the game seemed to break up in the midfield area with both sides unable to find the final ball to unlock the other side’s defence. Halfway through the first half, Rangers caused themselves trouble when Kevin Thomson accidentally kicked team-mate Lee McCulloch on the Achilles. The midfielder, recently called back into Craig Levein’s Scotland squad was forced from the field and ultimately replaced by Maurice Edu.

The American must have felt in heaven when he found the net with his first touch. But that elation was to be denied when referee McDonald blew for a free kick for a hand ball committed by Kenny Miller seconds before.

Miller was the next to go close, when a through ball from Boyd unleashed the former Celtic man, who worked Artur Boruc, but the Polish keeper was able to recover and keep the scores level.

Celtic were the next to receive some bad luck, when teenage defender Thomas Rogne went down injured after stretching for the ball and had to be replaced at the heart of the Celtic defence by Darren O’Dea.

Rangers continued to put pressure on the visitors' defence, but they could not put Boruc under any real pressure. That allowed Celtic to break and with ten minutes left in the first half it was Keane, who was to make Rangers keeper Allan McGregor work for the first time since the opening minutes, when the Irishman’s powerful strike from the edge of the area was palmed away.

Celtic finally looked to get a proper passing move going in the closing minutes, when a tactical switch by Tony Mowbray, allowed Aiden McGeady and Diomansy Kamara to switch wings and resulted in Fortune having a clear sight of McGregor’s goal, but the striker was left in anguish as he watched his strike go wide of the goal.

Deep into injury time Celtic were put under extreme pressure when a ball through the middle of the Celtic defence by Papac was deflected by Boyd, but the striker was left to rue his luck as both Boruc and the assistant referee cost the Rangers star from opening the scoring when his effort was saved and he was called offside.

The second half started just as the first, with both sides looking to attack. Steven Davis went close after a sweeping cross ball from Kyle Laffert before the home side began to create chances with both Boyd and Lafferty forcing the Celtic defenders into last gasp clearances within seconds of each other.

Davis was unlucky not to open the scoring for Rangers when he had two shots in quick succession, one from the edge of the area and one from just outside the six yard line, both of which were expertly seen away by Boruc, who seemed to be the only way in which Celtic would be able to keep their Old Firm rivals at bay.

Celtic then went on a break, in which they had four against one and that one was Bougherra, who was walking a tightrope having already received a yellow card. But the Algerian expertly took the ball away from Fortune, relieving the pressure on McGregor’s goal and taking away one of Celtic’s best opportunities of the game.

This led to Mowbray deciding to change the shape of his side, taking off the explosive McGeady and bringing on Giorgos Samaras to add more height to his side, as he searched for that elusive goal.

The fireworks then started at Ibrox when Celtic captain Scott Brown was shown a straight red card for putting his head into Lafferty’s chest, leaving Mowbray having to reshape his side once again. The manager opted to bring on Sung Yueng Ki for Fortune, instead of Keane, who had been nursing an injury all week and had not been involved in the second half.

The game became scrappy after the sending off, with both sides unable to create a final ball to open the scoring. But Mowbray’s side couldn’t seem to find the goal that would put them straight back into the title race as they were forced back by the constant pressure that came from the Ibrox side.

That pressure nearly came off, when Davis once again had sight of Boruc’s goal on the right hand side of the area, but the midfielder could only find the safe hands of the Pole in the visitors' goal.

With less than ten minutes left, Rangers played one of their best moves of the game, which ended up with Edu having a chance after a superb cross from Papac from the American six yards out. But unfortunately the midfielder saw his strike go over the bar.

Walter Smith’s side maintained their stranglehold upon the game, with a series of corners, forcing Celtic further back. The home side could not take advantage of their numerical advantage, as they found the Celtic backline of both O’Dea and Josh Thompson in superb form, as they looked to protect Boruc in the visitors' goal.

The game was nearly finished off by the home side, when Sasa Papac went close and ultimately got a corner. That corner then lead to a last gasp goal, when both Bougherra and Boyd went close and Edu finally stabbed home to possibly seal another title for the home side.

Source: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/463/scotland/2010/02/28/1811506/rangers-1-0-celtic-maurice-edu-puts-rangers-into-title-pole

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Chile earthquake: The morning after

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Santiago, Chile

One day after Chile was struck by its worst earthquake in half a century – a massive 8.8 tremblor – the streets of the capital, Santiago, are mostly quiet.

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This is normal for a city not known for its early risers. Still, this is hardly any given Sunday for Santiago’s approximately 6 million residents, who are cautiously beginning to move on with their lives.

Electricity is still out in isolated sectors of the city, where several bridges, highways, and other vital infrastructure, including the international airport, suffered significant damage in Saturday morning’s 8.8-magnitude quake.

A 24-unit apartment building in the western borough of Maipu totters on the verge of total collapse and shards of broken glass still sparkle in the downtown streets. Pedestrians step gingerly to avoid sections of sidewalk where police have cordoned off piles of yet-to-be-cleared chunks of concrete, brick, and tile shaken loose during the disaster. In the meantime, powerful aftershocks continue to hit the capital. A 6.1-magnitude tremor struck just before 8:30 a.m.

Santiago’s children were supposed to begin a new school year Monday. Instead schools are to remain closed at least another week, President Michelle Bachelet, who leaves office March 11, told the nation during a televised address Saturday night.

“It’s a major tragedy, the post powerful [earthquake] in Chile in the last 50 years,” she said. “In the name of all Chileans, I express my true sorrow to the victims.”

IN PICTURES: Images from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile

Could have been much worse

Yet considering the magnitude of the event, most people here agree that Santiago – home to roughly a third of Chile’s population – fared surprisingly well.

The fierce earthquake was the largest in Chile since a 9.5-magnitude “megaquake” stuck the southern city of Valdivia in 1960. The Valdivia earthquake stands as the most powerful recorded anywhere in the world.

Back to work

By Saturday afternoon, once electricity was restored in most of the city, many businesses began to reopen. Santiago’s modern metro system resumed service Sunday morning, buses are back in operation, and many people, among them Hector Moraga, the owner of a downtown newspaper stand, are making an effort to resume their normal routines.

“I think it’ll be a week or two before things get totally back to normal,” says Mr. Moraga. “We all have to get back to work. As [soccer star] Humberto Suazo says, we have to dig in. We’re real dogs for work. We like it. Especially if we get some help from the state, we’ll get through this.”

Death toll near epicenter could rise

Concern now is mostly directed toward Chile’s Bio Bio and Maule Regions, closer to the epicenter, where the death toll – currently at about 300 – continues to rise.

Dozens of people are reportedly trapped in collapsed buildings in Concepcion, Chile’s second largest city. In nearby Talcahuano, a localized tsunami swept over residences, dumping a boat in the city center. Other coastal communities have suffered the same fate.

IN PICTURES: Images from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile

In her address, Ms. Bachelet warned it would be another 48 to 72 hours before authorities have a clear picture of the true scope of the disaster.

“The situation is extremely serious right now. We’re going to need a lot of help," says Luis Enrique Diaz, an 80-year-old Santiago resident. “We can’t just say, 'Well, nothing happened to me,' because there are people here who did have things happen to them. We can’t be indifferent to what’s happening in Concepcion, in Maule. We can’t just preach. We have to do something.”


source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0228/Chile-earthquake-The-morning-after

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