Phil Keoghan's report om jordskjelvet

http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_early_show/video/?pid=GVh2_rqE3LwTV1RZR3hVtvXFguJHbTJ3

Phil Keoghan NZ Red Cross appeal

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"You realise everything we build on the earth is temporary and ultimately the most important part of a place is the people"

Phil Keoghan etter jordskjelvet som rammet Chch tirsdag

Native Kiwi Phil Keoghan om jordskjelvet

Spirits 'will not be crushed'

DAVID GADD

Last updated 05:00 27/02/2011

JANE WYLES/SST

PHIL KEOGHAN: "It's like something out of a movie, but it's real."

"So long as there is still a Cantabrian standing you can't take Christchurch away – the buildings may be gone but the spirit of the people remains."

Phil Keoghan, loyal son of Canterbury, was feeling the pain of Christchurch yesterday as he walked through its streets. But he also knows his hometown is not going to let this killer quake beat it.

He is in the city to film a personal reaction to the quake which will screen tomorrow on the prime time news bulletins of US network CBS, the channel which screens his hit show The Amazing Race.

The quake is raw and personal for Keoghan. He attended St Andrew's College and mum and dad John and Beth run a bed and breakfast in Rolleston. Last night they slept on the floor of their garage, not because of damage to their place but because they have given up their bed to other homeless Cantabrians.

Seeing the devastation first-hand brought disbelief.

"It's almost like it's not real. I was here eight months ago filming for Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism. You think these buildings which you know so well, which have stood for 100 years or more, will stand forever. And here they are lying in ruins.

"It's like something out of a movie, but it's real.

"We get so desensitised by disasters in movies, but when you see this well, it hits you.

"You realise everything we build on the earth is temporary and ultimately the most important part of a place is the people.

"You are never going to take the fight out of a Cantabrian – but people here are really scared. This is brutal."

He got inside the cordons in the CBD, ushered in by Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism because of the audience his name commands in the US market.

Alongside the CBS news piece, he is filming appeals which will screen throughout the US asking for donations to the New Zealand Red Cross.

But the vital thing is to get an accurate message to Americans, he says. The US thinks all of New Zealand is a flattened disaster zone.

"The worst thing that can happen is that people stop visiting. No matter what fundraising people do, it's a drop in the bucket compared to tourism."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4709099/Spirits-will-not-be-crushed#share

Gold medals

Congratulations to Marit Bjørgen with the gold medal in the WC in Holmenkollen. Fantastic. Must also congratulate Hellner from Sweden with his gold medal.

New Zealand

For andre gang på noen få mnd har byen Christchurch på New Zealand blitt rammet av et forferdelig jordskjelv. Varme tanker til alle som er rammet.

http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/utenriks/leter-desperat-etter-overlevende-i-ruinene-etter-jordskjelv-paa-new-zealand-3423122.html

The Amazing Race 18 - Unfinished Business

På søndag starter season 18 av The Amazing Race - Unfinished Business. Her blir det et gjensyn med teams fra tidligere sesonger som av ulike grunner ikke var første team over målstreken.

Host Phil Keoghan snakker om TAR 18 her:

http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b227011_phil_keoghan_talks_amazing_race.html

"The Ride"

I dag har jeg sett "The Ride". Det er en av det beste documentarene jeg har sett. Filmen er en utrolig inspirasjon til å gjøre noe unikt og det å ta steget utenfor komfortsonen en gang i blant. Jeg lo og gråt om hverandre.

Anbefaler alle å laste ned denne filmen.

Takk til Phil Keoghan & resten av crewet.

Vikersund

På onsdag ble den Vikersund-bakken innviet. På fredag var det kvalifisering til rennet i helgen. Johan Remen Evensen satte ny verdensrekord, og sørget dermed at den er tilbake i Norge etter 44 år.

Se Remen Evensen sitt rekordhopp her.

http://www.nrk.no/sport/hopp/1.7503943