JEMBATAN LAMA KEDIRI VIDEO BY MUURLING SYTZE WESTERBAAN

JEMBATAN LAMA KEDIRI VIDEO

BY 

MUURLING SYTZE WESTERBAAN

Siapa sangka pada 18 Maret 2013 nanti Jembatan Lama Kota Kediri berulang tahun ke-144 tahun sejak dioperasikan dan digunakan sebagai jembatan "Groote Postweg" (jalan raya) oleh Kolonial Belanda pada 18 Maret 1869.
 

Berikut siapa  MUURLING, SYTZE WESTERBAAN sang Insinyur Muda Belanda dalam biografi singkatnya:

Sytze Westerbaan Muurling

geboren: 29 november 1836 te Stiens
overleden: 17 oktober 1876 te Batavia

Biografie(ën) over Sytze Westerbaan Muurling

P.J. Blok en P.C. Molhuysen, Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 7 (1927)

Werken van Sytze Westerbaan Muurling

(geen titels beschikbaar)

Source: http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=muur002

ENGLISH VERSION:

 

MUURLING (Sytze Westerbaan), b. Stiens November 29 1836, died. 17 Oct at Batavia. 1876, was the son of Dr. W. Muurling (III, col. 891), preacher and since 1837 professor of theology, and I. Westerbaan. He received primary education at the school of Austrians, and secondary education first, as he in law would college, in high school, but after three years of intention changed (as a result of or in connection with a serious illness) at the school of Hüther, both in Groningen, where his father in 1840 and was appointed professor. In 1848 he lost his mother and his father remarried in 1850.

In 1854 he successfully entrance exam for the Royal Academy in Delft, and in 1859 he obtained the diploma of civil engineer. By order of the minister of colonies of 4 Febr. 1860 he was appointed to the director of public works in the Dutch East Indies, H. de Bruyn (I, col. 505), to accompany on a journey to bestudeering of systems of irrigation, in vogue in southern France and Italy. The report of this trip is in the works of the Royal Institute of Engineers recorded (Memoirs 1862-1863, p 60).

Muurling left, after appointment to aspiring engineer of the Netherlands Indies Public Works on July 25, 1860, in October dav thither, together with de Bruyn and his family. Arrived in India, he was at the headquarters under Bruyn placed. On 13 Febr. 1863 to engineer 3rd class promoted, he was eerstaanwezend engineer Kediri. He was there as an engineer but also as surveyor employed. There he first iron bridge, which is implemented in Java, over the River Kediri, designed and built, it was a masterpiece called experts. On 16 Sept. In 1865 he was second engineer on 19 Sept. 1873 to engineer 1st class promoted. He continued to live in the place Kediri. In the beginning of 1874 he applied for health reasons, a two-year leave to Europe, that his March 17 of that year was granted. He came on May 29 in the Netherlands and settled in The Hague. A rare case where it was, that Muurling, when he recovered sufficiently considered, is, after a year's leave to have had, again indicating to return to India.

He left 16 Oct. 1875 and was on his arrival there in Dec. dav, as there is no place like engineer 1st class was open, reinstated as an engineer 2nd class, on the headquarters under Bruyn. On 16 July 1876 he was appointed Chief Engineer 2nd class, and remained in his position. Huet says erroneously, that he was able to obtain a division. There were three divisions, of which the oldest inspector chief engineers were, and Muurling had, when he was appointed chief engineer, 10 engineers head up on the rankings. He continued to live in Batavia. At the port of that city he received, only a few months as chief engineer in the service, a violent fever, which tore him in a few days.

He married 14 November 1862 C.H. de Bruyn, daughter of his boss. He had by her three sons, one died young.

The minutes of the meeting of the Association of Civil Engineers of August 22 1877, page 32, is a life sketch of him, by A. Huet for.

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 INDONESIAN VERSION:

MUURLING (Sytze Westerbaan), b. Stiens November 29 1836, meninggal dunia. 17 Oktober di Batavia. 1876, adalah anak dari Dr W. Muurling (III, col. 891), pendeta, dan sejak tahun 1837 profesor teologi, dan I. Westerbaan. Dia menerima pendidikan dasar di sekolah Austria, dan pendidikan menengah pertama, sejak ia sekolah hokum di sekolah tinggi, tapi setelah tiga tahun niat berubah (sebagai akibat dari  penyakit serius) di sekolah dari Huther,  di Groningen, di mana ayahnya pada tahun 1840 dan diangkat sebagai profesor. Pada 1848 ia kehilangan ibunya dan ayahnya menikah lagi pada tahun 1850.

Pada tahun 1854 ia berhasil ujian masuk untuk Royal Academy di Delft, dan pada tahun 1859 ia memperoleh ijazah insinyur sipil. Atas perintah Menteri koloni 4 Februari 1860 ia diangkat ke direktur pekerjaan umum di Hindia Belanda (baca Indonesia sekarang), H. de Bruyn (I, col. 505), untuk menemani dalam perjalanan menuju bestudeering sistem irigasi, dalam model di Perancis selatan dan Italia. Laporan dari perjalanan ini adalah dalam karya-karya dari Royal Institute of Engineers direkam (Memoirs 1.862-1.863, hal 60).

Muurling berangkat, setelah ditunjuk untuk calon insinyur  dari Hindia Belanda Pekerjaan Umum pada tanggal 25 Juli 1860, pada bulan Oktober dia berangkat bersama-sama dengan de Bruyn dan keluarganya. Tiba di India, ia berada di bawah markas Bruyn berada. Pada tanggal 13 Februari 1863 dia dipromosikan untuk insinyur kelas 3 , ia pengawas insinyur Kediri. Dia ada di sana sebagai seorang insinyur tetapi juga diangkat sebagai surveyor . Di sinilah ia pertama kali merancang dan membangun Jembatan BESI, yang dilaksanakan di Jawa, di atas Sungai Kediri, , itu adalah sebuah karya yang disebut ahli / Maha karya.. Pada 16 September Pada tahun 1865 dia diangkat insinyur kedua pada 19 September 1873 untuk insinyur kelas 1 dipromosikan. Dia terus tinggal di Kediri. Pada awal 1874 ia diistirahatkan untuk alasan kesehatan, cuti dua tahun ke Eropa, yang pada tanggal 17 Maret 1874. dan tiba di Belanda pada 29 Mei  dan menetap di Den Haag. Sebuah kasus langka di mana itu Muurling, ketika ia cukup pulih setelah cuti satu tahun dia ditunjuk sekali lagi  untuk kembali ke India. (baca Indonesia sekarang)

Dia berangkat tgl. 16 Oktober 1875 dan tiba di Jakarta bulan Desember,  karena tidak ada tempat bagi dia seperti kelas 1 engineer , dia ditempatkan kembali sebagai insinyur kelas 2, di markas dibawah Bruyn. Pada tanggal 16 Juli 1876 ia diangkat Insinyur Kepala kelas 2, dan tetap dalam posisinya. Huet mengatakan keliru, bahwa ia mampu memperoleh divisi. Ada tiga divisi, dimana insinyur Inspektur Kepala tertua itu, dan Muurling memiliki, ketika ia ditunjuk chief engineer, 10 insinyur kepala pada peringkat tersebut.  Dia terus tinggal di Batavia di kota pelabuhan hanya beberapa bulan sebagai chief engineer dalam pelayanan, demam kekerasan, yang menyeranng dia dalam beberapa hari, tepat tanggal 17 Oktober 1876 dia meninggal dunia

Dia menikah 14 November 1862 dengan C.H. de Bruyn, putri bosnya. Dia meninggalkan tiga anak laki laki, salah satu mati muda.

Risalah dari pertemuan Asosiasi Insinyur Sipil tanggal 22 Agustus 1877, halaman 32, adalah sketsa kehidupan dirinya, oleh A. Huet untuk.
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Dikutip dari:

Source: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu07_01/molh003nieu07_01_1583.php

Diterjemahkan oleh: Achmad Baihaqi, M.Sc.

Sumber foto-foto dalam video:

Sources of pictures:

http://pecintaalam-bocahkediri.blogspot.com/2012/07/jembatan-lama-kediri-tempoe-doloe.html

DUTCH VERSION:

 

Muurling, Sytze Westerbaan

MUURLING (Sytze Westerbaan), geb. te Stiens 29 Nov. 1836, overl. te Batavia 17 Oct. 1876, was de zoon van Dr. W. Muurling (III, kol. 891), predikant en sedert 1837 hoogleeraar in de theologie, en I. Westerbaan. Hij genoot lager onderwijs op de school van Rijkers, en middelbaar onderwijs eerst, daar hij in de rechten zou studeeren, op het gymnasium, maar daar hîj na drie jaren van voornemen veranderde (tengevolge van of in verband met eene zware ziekte) op de school van Hüther, beide te Groningen, waar zijn vader in 1840 tot hoogleeraar benoemd was. In 1848 verloor hij zijn moeder; zijn vader hertrouwde in 1850.

In 1854 deed hij met goed gevolg toelatingsexamen voor de Koninklijke academie te Delft en in 1859 verwierf hij het diploma van burgerlijk ingenieur. Bij beschikking van den minister van koloniën van 4 Febr. 1860 werd hij aangewezen om den directeur der openbare werken in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, H. de Bruyn (I, kol. 505), te vergezellen op een reis ter bestudeering van de stelsels van bevloeiing, in zwang in Zuid-Frankrijk en Italië. Het verslag dezer reis is in de werken van het Koninklijk instituut van ingenieurs opgenomen (Verhandelingen 1862-63, blz. 60).

Muurling vertrok, na benoeming tot aspirant-ingenieur van den Nederlandsch-Indischen waterstaat op 25 Juli 1860, in October d.a.v. derwaarts, tegelijk met de Bruyn en diens familie. In Indië aangekomen, werd hij op het hoofdbureau onder de Bruyn geplaatst. Op 13 Febr. 1863 tot ingenieur 3e klasse bevorderd, werd hij eerstaanwezend ingenieur te Kediri. Hij was daar behalve als ingenieur ook als landmeter werkzaam. Daar heeft hij de eerste ijzeren brug, die op Java uitgevoerd is, over de rivier de Kediri, ontworpen en gebouwd; zij werd door deskundigen een meesterstuk genoemd. Op 16 Sept. 1865 werd hij tot ingenieur 2e, op 19 Sept. 1873 tot ingenieur 1e klasse bevorderd. Hij bleef ter standplaats Kediri wonen. In het begin van 1874 verzocht hij om gezondheidsredenen een tweejarig verlof naar Europa, dat hem 17 Maart van dat jaar verleend werd. Hij kwam 29 Mei in Nederland aan en vestigde zich te 's Gravenhage. Een zeldzaam voorkomend geval was het, dat Muurling, toen hij zich voldoende hersteld achtte, zich, na één jaar verlof gehad te hebben, weder aangaf om naar Indië terug te keeren.

Hij vertrok 16 Oct. 1875 en werd bij zijn aankomst aldaar in Dec. d.a.v., daar er geen plaats als ingenieur 1e klasse open was, herplaatst als ingenieur 2e klasse, en wel op het hoofdbureau onder de Bruyn. Op 16 Juli 1876 werd hij benoemd tot hoofdingenieur 2e klasse, en bleef in zijn betrekking. Huet zegt verkeerdelijk, dat hij toen een afdeeling bekwam. Er waren 3 afdeelingen, waarvan de oudste hoofdingenieurs inspecteur waren, en Muurling had, toen hij tot hoofdingenieur benoemd werd, 10 hoofdingenieurs boven zich op, de ranglijst. Hij bleef te Batavia wonen. Aan de haven dier stad kreeg hij, nog slechts enkele maanden als hoofdingenieur in dienst, een hevigen koortsaanval, die hem in enkele dagen sloopte.

Hij huwde 14 Nov. 1862 met C.H. de Bruyn, dochter van zijn chef. Hij had bij haar 3 zonen, waarvan een jong stierf.

In de notulen der vergadering van de Vereeniging van burgerlijke ingenieurs van 22 Aug. 1877, blz. 32, komt een levensschets van hem, door A. Huet voor.

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Source: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu07_01/molh003nieu07_01_1583.php

Lihat video di youtube:

 JEMBATAN LAMA KEDIRI TAHUN 1955

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkeEUN2wz1I

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WAYANG MBAH GANDRUNG AND VIDEO

WAYANG MBAH GANDRUNG AND VIDEO

Box of Mbah Gandrung puppets being borne by 2 people
to the location of staging

 Gong, fiddle, and xylophone Mbah Gandrung Puppet being borne
by a person to the location of the staging 

The story of Mbah Gandrung Puppet play is based on "Wangsit" to perform such as:
• Damarwulan
• Barong Skeder
• The core content of the story or is the story of the puppet Mbah Gandrung Majapahitan.

Type of gamelan only:
1. Gong
2. Xylophone
3. Fiddle
4. Drums (drum)

For video click Here.
Type the barrel gamelan rhythms not pelog nor selendro. Yes so it is. Gamelan can not rhythmic harmony as gamelan Puppet. Gendingnya only awun - awun, jakung with crazy - crazy (asmaradana). Puppet Mbah Gandrung has no "singers" - the singer accompanied by gamelan. So when it is staged only 5 participants puppet performers are: 

 
a. 1 Mastermind / Puppeteer
b. 4 gamelan players (Gong, Xylophone, fiddle and Kendang)

And plus 4 people bearer puppet on the way.
Staging Puppet Mbah Gandrung is between the hours of 10:00 noon till 13:00 (1 pm). And the night between the hours of 21:00 (9 pm to 24.00 (12 nights) depending on the request that has vow. When the stage lights for night illumination is "blencong" (lamp oil or coconut oil kelenthik). Remainder of the oil that is in blencong not be used to fry, because this is a testament. Just simply it is used for hair oil alone or oil to rub on the hands or feet (body) only.
Another great feature is the puppet leader Mbah Gandrung story waiting to be staged puppet of the "DI" (hint unseen) to the mastermind.

Meaning puppet "Gandrung" is happy. Glad to here is happy to help a fellow / human being who has the problem in order to live happily. Wayang Mbah Gandrung consists of Mbah Gandrung Kakung (male) and Mbah Gandrung Puppet Princess (female). So call it simply "Grandma Gandrung and Nyai Gandrung"

The main characters in the Wayang Mbah Gandrung are:
1. Puppet Mbah Gandrung Kakung
2. Mbah Gandrung Puppet Princess
3. Joko Luwar
4. Raden Sedono Popo. (As Senopati or warlords)

Joko Luwar is a symbol of that speech or promise (vow already implemented = successfully overcome the trouble).

Mbah Jimbun Sultanate is "Ancestor" or the first chronicle Pagung area. Mbah Jimbun is a Knight of the palace were held Lelono (traveling to gain knowledge about kaweruh kejawen) from the royal kingdom is thought keturunun Majaphit or may be derived from Surakarta or Yogyakarta palace but it was not clear. He was in the area Pagung because "mbentur topo" – meditation or trying to acquire knowledge by way of penance to remote areas. When opening settlement Pagung  area is still a wilderness.

All the actors or people - people performer, gamelan and lift (bearer) puppet box champion Gandrung are people - the "show me the magic" by Mbah Gandrung itself so that not every person has the right to be the mastermind or even gamelan bearer  puppet leader Mbah Gandrung guide them. Here is the unique characteristic of being puppets Mbah Gandrung from antiquity to the present.

Meanwhile Supani, Pagung village chief, who holds position as the local cultural leader of  Mbah Gandrung adds that the wayang is  "digebyakne" - staged in Suro in the Javanese calendar or Muharram (Hijiriah calendar) every year. Regarding the day, depending on the agreement indigenous elders Puppet Mbah Gandrung include: (the late Lamidi grandma), grandma puppeteer, and other elders.

The origin of the existence of Puppet Mbah Gandrung is being asked of the elders, both Lamidi grandma, grandma and Supani , Village Chief Pagung too, when contacted separately, they seem to give the same answer that is by champion - mbah or their ancestors that it is an unsolved mystery.

However they - each provide a similar story about the origin of puppets Mbah Gandrung.
The origin (Sangkan Paran) Puppet Mbah Gandrung can be summarized in the following story:

Long long ago in the area Pagung rained hard, then the river inundated Pagung area to the township. When the river streamed there a large teak and came running environment of the citizens.
Society tried to restore the wooden timber back to the river but it showed peculiarities. Every time washed away into the river rose wood as if it would pull drift.
When was the attempt to bring it to Raden teak Jimbun Sultanate, an elders 'Ancestor' the settler of  Pagung area.

Being old and an administrator he understood the system so he ordered the government to bring the wood to the Ki demang. Demang at the time was Raden Proyosono.

Demang is a government position in the Dutch era. While the title of Raden is the title given to the relatives of the palace as the aristocracy.

Ki demang Raden Proyosono knew the large teak then he ordered them to cut for fuel or wood used for building houses.
But what happened, wood and even then still showed oddities. No one was able to split it. So Ki demang hold a contest who could chop the wood teak would get a prize.

Then came a handsome young man from the mountain of Wilis. He followed the contest and the teak wood splitting. And strangely, in the teak wood there were two wooden puppets. Puppet figure illustrated a handsome knight and the figure of a beautiful woman.

After a split in the handsome young man went before the prize was awarded, and disappeared. Ki demang from the palace could feel the strangeness of it and got a "DI" or clues that wooden puppets depicted two lovebirds were "Gandrung". means crazy in love.

Due to its uniqueness  teak was then owned by Kidemang Raden Proyosono given the title "Puppet Mbah Gandrung".or WAYANG MBAH GANDRUNG.

At first the two wooden puppet that was stored in a wooden crate from around the teak wood is washed away.
A few days later ki demang got another clue that he was given a wooden puppet depicting a handsome young man and could fix the problem. And furthermore it turned out that too wooden puppets appeared to exist on its own.
Because Ki demang was intuitive to it - that sort of thing, then he gave the name of the third wooden puppets as "Joko Luar" means a youth who could solve the problem and got a puppet again as the R. Sedono Popo as Senopati or Warlords.

Then the puppet Joko Luar and R. Popo Sedono rose in the box to enter Mbah Gandrung puppet. The box came from the teak wood drifted in the river as well.
Puppet figure Mbah Gandrung include:
1. Puppet Mbah Gandrung Kakung
2. Mbah Gandrung Puppet Princess
3. Puppet Joko Luwar
4. Puppet Sedono Popo (Senopati = Warlord)

While the puppet Semar is a protector for the Java community. However, the figure of puppet Semar in Mbah Wayang Gandrung is different from Semar in Wayang shadow puppet (purwo). This is one of the uniqueness of the Puppet Mbah Gandrung.

Figure Semar puppet Mbah Gandrung long and curly haired and face almost like a figure in Togog puppet of puppet leather - Another puppet puppet figure of approximately 40 additional pieces with figures such as wayang kulit (purwo) in the form of clothing or jewelry, and remained the same there was no definitely a name like shadow puppet figures and it was made of wood.
  

Opening with Selametan – Thanksgiving meal

Rituals for staging puppet Mbah Gandrung is holding the traditional Javanese cuisine. It is for salvation.  The common ritual dishes are "Tumpengan" slaughter the rooster or cock is a prerequisite. Roosters are usually cooked in one whole chicken without cutting into pieces . The state of a whole chicken is usually called the "chicken ingkung (engkung)" from the word "mekung-kung" – stretching state of the content removed or slaughtered with offal and left lying in the kuwali (traditional soil made pan for  rice or water). Ingkung ordinary chicken cooked in cooking or seasoning yellow lodoh. baked or grilled chicken. Besides ingkung also added chicken with white rice or savory rice or yellow rice. It is also accompanied by other side dishes such as "sambal fried potatoes / meat". Then  more extra typically yields such as cassava, tubers, nuts, fruit or other crops farmers. The foods are often eaten together. In summary the food "Tumpengan" for salvation is:
1. Rooster ingkung
2. White rice and yellow rice cone-shaped
3. Additional side dishes
4. jenang plots (white) and porridge abrit (red)
5. crops such as yams, peanuts, Uwi, gothe
6. and many other extras.

In staging puppet shows Mbah Gandrung, selametan prayer leader was Mbah Kandar puppeteer. In reading a prayer or mantra  using Java language.

Here is excerpts prayer led by Mbah Kandar before staging Puppet:

"... Wiwitan dateng nenuwun marang Gusti ingkang sampun maringi Seger kuwarasan dumateng we sedoyo tyangsepuh you anem ingkang Rawuh dateng mriki sedoyo, mugi - mugi kaparingono Seger kuwarasan slamet Wilujeng sedoyo ......" -

"First of all asking the Almighty God bestow upon us all good health of young and old who have come here, hopefully all get health and safety and welfare of all" ........ (Nggih = yes, uttered by the audiences)

 Mbah Kandar Dalang
Was leading the opening prayer performances
Puppet Mbah Gandrung

“.......kagem kiblat papat limo pancer, kagem ibu kowo bopo kuoso ibu bumi,kito kirim memetri dinten seloso legi ing wulan suro taun dal kagem pepundene deso Pagung, ngudi pangestu nipun dumateng ........ing wulan suro taun dal kajatipun nggebayaken wayang mbah gandrung ...pepundene ingkang wonten deso pagung – mbah Gandrung, mbah Semar, mbah joko Luwar, mbah Raden (Sedono popo) ing dinten seloso legi wulan suro taun dal puniko mugiyo kito sedoyo angsal pinayungan keselametan ing taun dal puniko....pinaringono keselametan ayem tentrem tiyang sepuh anem ingkang rawuh dateng mriki sedoyo.... (Nggih) ...niat ingsun ngajataken nyaosi dahar ing ayam panggang songo, tumpeng.... niatipun nyaosi raos dahar kagem Mbah Gandrung, Mbah Semar, Mbah Joko Luwar, Mbah Raden Sedono Popo sak puggawanipun dicaosi dahar ing dinten seloso legi wulan suro mugi sageto paring idi keselametn dumateng dusun pagung mugi diparingonon wilujeng, tentrem mboten wonten reribetan menopo – menopo... sak aturan malih mugi...paring idi pangayoman anggenipun lelampahan gesang sageto....wilujeng ...(nggih)...lan wayang dipun damel ing taun dal pinaringono wilujeng...tentrem...(nggih) ............................................jenang petak, jenang abrit, ........lan ingkang dipun degi griyo..... .pinaringono................ing taun dal.....samaring taun.....etangan wuku.............nasing wuku...........rijalolah......nogo taun......sedoyo dipun caosi raus rujak duku.......mirsani.........angengudi pangayoman...lenggah ing taun dal ingkang dipu lelampahi .......pinaringono... ayem tentrem, wilujeng ing nyambut damel..........lan wilujeng mboten wonten lir ing sambikolo.............

Benediction ** More details are available in VCD cassette performances & Books **
HERE IS THE VIDEO CLIPS OF WAYANG MBAH GANDRUNG:

VIDEO WAYANG MBAH GANDRUNG SUDAH KAMI UNGGAH DI YOUTUBE:

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Mbah Kandar receiving award from minister of Tourism and Culture

Versi Bahasa Indonesia lihat blog ini judul Wayang Mbah Gandrung tahun 2011 

Baca lebih lanjut dalam Buku WAYANG MBAH GANDRUNG oleh R. Joko Prakoso & Achmad Baihaqi M.Sc.  diterbitkan oleh Kabupaten Kediri 2010 ISBN 978 – 602 – 98016 – 0 - 6

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Japanese Tsunami Victims of Ishinomaki Receive $250,000 Mystery Gift of Gold

By Geetha Pillai | February 16, 2013 7:31 PM EST

Japanese city receives mystery parcel of gold

A Japanese port city devastated by the 2011 tsunami has received an anonymous parcel containing two 1 kilogram gold ingots ahead of the second anniversary of the tragedy, according to an AFP report.

The heavy parcel containing gold worth over $250,000 (£161,144; €187,037) was received one week ago by the president of the Ishinomaki Fish Market Co. Ltd, which operates the port in the northeastern city of Ishinomaki.

 "I was stunned because what's in there was 24k gold in two ingots. One was wrapped in brown paper and the other in a page taken from a magazine - both were sitting in bubble sheets," Kunio Sunow, president of the company told the AFP. He said the parcel was labelled 'miscellaneous goods'.

"Just looking at 24k gold can encourage people as it has a presence. It's great to know we haven't been forgotten".

Similar incidents have been reported across the region, which was devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in 2011. Nearly 3,000 people died in Ishinomaki. According to media reports, at least two non-profit organisations in the city have received gifts of gold.

 The phenomenon has prompted Japan's Asahi newspaper to proclaim a "goodwill gold rush", the AFP reported. 
To see the devastating 2011 tsunami strike Ishinomaki on YouTube, click on the video but here are some video clips of the tragedy:

 

Water from the beach across the crossroads swept all of the things there 

 parked cars were swept away in one minute

 

Parked cars in ordeal

 

people on the roof of the three story building

 

water has reached the roof of the building

the second story building has been inundated by water of tsunami

Source: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/435948/20130216/japan-gold-tsunami-earthquake-ishinomaki.htm#.USCXlKAoHCM

METEORITE AND ASTEROID

What is a meteorite? And what is an asteroid?

 Picture from Video - Courtesy of Youtube

An asteroid, like the one due to pass harmlessly – if closely – by earth this evening, is a small rock in orbit around a star – a bit like a tiny planet.

Small pieces of space debris such as parts of asteroids or parts of comets on a collision course with earth are called meteoroids.

When meteoroids enter the earth’s atmosphere they are called meteors.

Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere, but if they survive and strike the surface of the earth – as the object or objects in Russia may have – they are called meteorites.

A comet, by the way, is an object consisting of a central mass surrounded by dust and gas that may form a tail, orbiting a star, usually in an eccentric orbit.

Good morning. A meteor streaked across the sky above the Ural Mountains in Russia this morning, injuring more than 400 people, in the last report injuring around 1,200 people many hurt by broken glass, and causing explosions.

Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Russian Emergency Ministry said in a statement.

Reports conflicted on what exactly happened in the clear skies. A spokeswoman for the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius, told the Associated Press that there was a meteor shower, but another ministry spokeswoman, Elena Smirnikh, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying it was a single meteor.

Separately an asteroid called 2012 DA14 is due to make the closest recorded pass by the earth today.

We’ll have ongoing coverage here as we get more information. In the meantime, here's the best footage of the meteor strike so far (here, here and here).

 

Meteorite explodes over Russia: key questions answered

Hundreds of people in Chelyabinsk have been injured after a huge meteorite flared in the sky above the city, but what is it?

• guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 February 2013 12.27 GMT 

 

What hit Russia on Friday morning?

A space rock, which the Russian Academy of Sciences estimates weighed about 10 tonnes. Videos show a bright trail streaking through the sky, which is the object burning up as it entered the Earth's atmosphere. The rock hit the atmosphere at a speed of at least 54,000km/h (33,000mph), compressing the air in its path and heating it to thousands of degrees, which gives off light. The sharp compression of the air creates a shock wave, which is heard as a sonic boom in many of the videos.

 

Was it one meteor or a shower?

Footage clearly shows a single object streaking across the sky, but it is believed the rock shattered some 18-32 miles (30-50km) above ground. Some videos show a sudden brightening as the body fragmented during its fiery passage through the atmosphere.

 

How rare is this sort of event?

Around 40,000 tonnes of space rocks fall to Earth every year, mostly in the form of dust and relatively small meteorites. The last time something major struck the Earth was in 1908, when an asteroid about 50 metres across exploded in the air above the Tunguska region of Siberia. It flattened forests over an area of hundreds of square miles. Friday morning's event was a tiny fraction of this magnitude. Something like this probably happens every decade but usually takes place over an unpopulated area.

 

Has anyone ever been killed by a meteorite?

No one is previously recorded to have been killed by a meteorite falling from the sky. There are stories of a dog being killed in Egypt in 1911 and a boy being hit but not seriously injured in Uganda in 1992. Most of the Earth's surface is uninhabited by humans, so meteorites usually fall over desolate areas or the oceans.

 

What's the difference between an asteroid, a meteor, a meteorite and a meteoroid?

Astronomers love their definitions. A meteoroid is anything in orbit around the sun that is smaller than 10 metres. It becomes known as an asteroid above this size and up to about 1,000 kilometres. A meteor is a speck of dust that burns up in the atmosphere creating a shooting star. A meteorite is a larger fragment, from pebble to boulder-sized, that survives to strike the surface of the Earth.

These definitions are blurring, however. Almost everyone it seems is using the word meteor to describe the object that hit Russia. Blame Sean Connery. Back in 1979, he starred in a disaster movie about an asteroid that was to strike Earth. They called the movie Meteor.

 

Why did we not see this coming?

The Russian meteorite hit during the daytime. The glare of the sun masked its approach, like a fighter pilot using the sun to blind an enemy to the attack. There could be thousands of asteroids that orbit closer to the sun than the Earth, approaching our planet only occasionally and always from "out of the sun". They are virtually impossible to spot from Earth because they are always masked by daylight. Only a space telescope could see these effectively. The European Space Agency's Gaia mission will help discover more of these asteroids.

 

Is it connected with the asteroid close pass on Friday night?

No, the Royal Astronomical Society in London and the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, both say that the approach of Friday morning's strike is unrelated to the approach of space rock 2012 DA14, which will draw extremely close to Earth on Friday night. According to Nasa's Near-Earth Object Observation Programme, an asteroid like 2012 DA14 flies this close on average only once every 40 years – although it will still be some 17,100 miles above our heads. Nevertheless, this is closer to the Earth than many artificial satellites.

 

What do we do if we spot something big heading for Earth?

A recently formed working group of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space would be called into session. Known as the space mission planning advisory group, it is composed of scientists from Nasa, the European Space Agency and the world's other space agencies. The group would immediately meet to advise on the best strategy for dealing with the asteroid. It would also advise on who has the expertise to build the different parts of the necessary spacecraft, and who should pay for it. Then it would pass the decision into the hands of politicians.

 

Are any regions of Earth more at risk than others?

No. Incoming asteroids and meteoroids can come from any direction. Additionally, the Earth rotates once a day, presenting every hemisphere to the different directions of space.

 

Will Friday's impact have any after-effect?

Friday's impact was certainly not enough to knock the Earth off its axis, nor imperil telecommunications networks. The shockwave was compressed air rather than the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) created by nuclear weapons and solar flares. Neither is there a real risk of alien death viruses. Meteorites fall to Earth all the time – none has brought space bugs yet. Although there are theories that microbes could hitch rides on space rocks, there is no incontrovertible evidence that this is a widespread phenomenon.

 

Was it linked to the asteroid?

Australian website the Conversation has been asking experts whether the meteor strike is linked to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is expected to pass closely by the earth tonight.

Phil Bland, an asteroid expert at Curtin University, said:

Is it connected to the flyby? A lot of folks would say “no”. Personally, I’ve always kind of liked the idea that there are streams of asteroid debris – so you can have smaller stuff that precede and trail a bigger object. It seems like an awful big coincidence if it’s not connected.

But Simon O’Toole, an astronomer at the Australian Astronomical Observatory, said he was “not so sure”.

It has been suggested that this is linked to 2012 DA14. I’m not so sure about this. It might be, but the universe is filled with a lot of unusual coincidences. As pointed out elsewhere, DA14 is still half a million kilometres away, travelling at 8km per second, for a start! Could it be part of the asteroid that has broken away and reached earth already? This seems unlikely to me.

He added that there was no confirmation that the meteorites had exploded: “so far the confirmed damage was almost certainly caused by a shock wave as the object broke the sound barrier”, he said, adding:

If this was a meteor entering the atmosphere, it’s a stark reminder of how vulnerable we are and why we need to monitor the skies very closely for potentially larger objects.

 

Why are there so many videos from people's cars?

Anyone who has ever seen one of those YouTube video compilations of terrifyingly dangerous Russian drivers will know that every Russian driver seems to have a camera mounted on his or her dashboard. But why?

An Animal blogpost by Marina Galperina explains:

In Russia, everyone should have a camera on their dashboard. It’s better than keeping a lead pipe under your seat for protection (but you might still want that lead pipe) ...

Psychopaths are abundant on Russian roads. You best not cut anyone off or undertake some other type of maneuver that might inconvenience the 200-pound, six-foot-five brawling children you see on YouTube hopping out of their SUVs with their dukes up ... These fights happen all the time and you can’t really press charges. Point to your broken nose or smashed windows all you want. The Russian courts don’t like verbal claims. They do, however, like to send people to jail for battery and property destruction if there’s definite video proof ...

Dash-cam footage is the only real way to substantiate your claims in the court of law. Forget witnesses. Hit and runs are very common and insurance companies notoriously specialize in denying claims. Two-way insurance coverage is very expensive and almost completely unavailable for vehicles over ten years old–the drivers can only get basic liability.

She adds that there are moments of humanity among the crashes, but basically "aside from the kindness of strangers, it’s just you and that little gadget versus the hell that is the other people on the road".

 

What caused the explosion?

Authorities in Chelyabinsk said the blast (which you can hear clearly on this video) had been heard at an altitude of 10,000 metres (32,800ft), suggesting it occurred when the meteor or meteors entered the earth’s atmosphere.

As the meteorites shot across the sky, they sent fireballs crashing to earth. The shockwave from the explosion when the meteor entered the earth's atmosphere smashed windows, injuring 400 people, three of them seriously, buckled shop fronts, set off car alarms and affecting mobile phone signals. A wall was damaged at the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant but there was no environmental threat, a plant spokeswoman said.

Reader Stuart Forbes sends this video, which shows the meteorites streaking across the sky at 4min 40sec and the sound of the explosion and shockwave at 7min.

Residents in Chelyabinsk heard the explosion at about 9.20am local time (5.20am GMT), saw a bright light and felt a shockwave, according to Reuters.

Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains, said:

I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it was day. I felt like I was blinded by headlights.

Andrei, a resident of Chelyabinsk, told Reuters:

I was standing at a bus stop, seeing off my girlfriend. Then there was a flash and I saw a trail of smoke across the sky and felt a shockwave that smashed windows.

This map shows the location of Chelyabinsk.

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