{"id":501,"date":"2006-06-25T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-25T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2006\/06\/cotopaxi-volcano-of-reverse-psychology\/"},"modified":"2006-06-25T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-25T12:11:00","slug":"cotopaxi-volcano-of-reverse-psychology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2006\/06\/cotopaxi-volcano-of-reverse-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotopaxi &#8211; Volcano Of Reverse Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.planetecuador.net\/images\/cotopaxi.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><font SIZE=4><i><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.geographia.com\/ecuador\/\" target=_blank>Epithet after epithet<\/a> was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensations of delight which the mind experiences.<\/i> &#8211; Charles Darwin.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.vivecuador.com\/\" target=_blank>Cotopaxi<\/a> (0.7S 78.4W) is a stratovolcano with a summit elevation of 19,388 feet (5,911 m). It has erupted 50 times since 1738. The 1877 eruption melted snow and ice on the summit, which produced mudflows that traveled 60 miles (100 km) from the volcano. The most recent eruption of Cotopaxi ended in 1904. Reports of an eruption in 1942 have not been confirmed. The most recent activity was an increase in steam emissions, melting snow, and small earthquakes from 1975-1976.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/david.national-anthems.net\/ec.htm\" target=_blank>Ecuador&#8217;s<\/a> anthem is another example of a &#8220;Latin American epic anthem&#8221;. The lyrics were written in 1865 (the author, Juan Le\u00f3n Mera, later served as president of the Ecuadoran senate) and set  to music the following year. Except in formal occassions (where the second  verse is performed, followed by the third verse and the the second verse is repeated), the second verse is the verse that&#8217;s sung out of the seven verses of the poem (six of which make up the complete lyrics of the anthem.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Salve, Oh Patria!&#8221; (We Salute You Our Homeland) <a HREF=\"http:\/\/david.national-anthems.net\/ec.txt\" target=_blank>Words<\/a> by: Juan Le\u00f3n Mera, music by: Antonio Neumane. Adopted: 1886<\/p>\n<p><object type=\"audio\/midi\" data=\"ec.mid\" width=\"128\" height=\"25\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/david.national-anthems.net\/ec.mid\" valuetype=\"data\"><param name=\"autostart\" value=\"false\" valuetype=\"data\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/david.national-anthems.net\/ec.mid\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"listen.jpg\" alt=\"View\" width=\"128\" height=\"25\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><font SIZE=1><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Ecuador\" rel=\"tag\">Ecuador<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/football\" rel=\"tag\">football<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/reverse psychology\" rel=\"tag\">reverse psychology<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensations of delight which the mind experiences. &#8211; Charles Darwin. Cotopaxi (0.7S 78.4W) is a stratovolcano with a summit elevation of 19,388 feet (5,911 m). It has erupted 50 times since 1738. The 1877 eruption melted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[780],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funky-original","tag-funky-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}