The Party - Super Bock Hitchhike
Participation in the “Super Bock Hitchhike”. We won the casting at Curto Circuito! :D
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A video I found on the great Vimeo, featuring only original content, about our fantastic Pico island — produced by a fellow Portuguese.
PICO ... A very special mountain...Read more →Pico, the most southerly island in the central group of the Azores, lies east of Faial and southwest of Sao Jorge, from which it is separated by the 18km/11mi wide Canal de Sao Jorge.
Topography: The rugged and mountainous island of Pico, 48km/30mi long and up to 15km/9mi wide, with an area of 433sq.km/167sq.mi, rises at its western end to the prominent Pico Alto (2,351m/7,714ft), the highest peak not only in the Azores but in the whole of Portugal. The highest point in the eastern half of the island is the Pico Topo (1,633m/5,358ft)…
Animal Behavior: Baby Schema
[Konrad Lorenz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lorenz) was the one who introduced the concept of Baby Schema (or [Kindchenschema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness)), relating it to a set of characteristics displayed by some animals and by all young in general — small body size, disproportionately large head, large eyes positioned low on the face, wide forehead and prominent cheeks, short and chubby limbs, and uncoordinated movements — which also constitutes a verification of the Heterogeneous Summation Law (stimuli acting cumulatively in the same direction).Read more →These infantile features, universally recognized — even across species — reduce the aggression of others and, additionally, enhance epimelectic behaviors, increasing individual fitness. This may ultimately underlie most humans’ preference for animals that retain these characteristics throughout their lives — such as the Giant Panda and the Koala. This video attests to the power of Kindchenschema in a concrete situation. Many thanks to Sofia for the video =)
Britain From Above: Motorways off the Coast
A BBC tem agora uma nova experiência não só para os britânicos mas para todo o mundo. Videos e imagens de zonas modernas e históricas do Reino Unido estão agora disponíveis e deixo-vos aqui uma delas.
No Estreito de Dover, incluído no Canal da Mancha, passam diariamente mais de 400 embarcações entre cargueiros, petroleiros ou os simples ferrys que fazem a ligação entre França e Inglaterra.
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