Mr & Mrs Nobody

Judi Dench
Nome Completo: Judith Olivia Dench Natural de: York, Inglaterra Nascimento: 9 de Dezembro de 1934.
Michael Williams que casaria com Judi Dench, faleceu

KIWANO

KINO ou KIWANO

Vindo da África do Sul, o kino ou kiwano é parente do maxixe, pepino e melão.

Ovalado e cheio de pontas, o seu sabor é uma mistura de maracujá com melão. Rico em vitaminas A e C, ferro e cálcio.

Corte do fruto de quino, ou kiwano, Cucumis metuliferus.

Os frutos dividem-se, comum a todo os frutos, basicamente em 3 camadas:

Epicarpo: camada externa, normalmente uma camada membranácea e fibrosa; pode ser lisa, rugosa, pilosa ou espinosa;

Mesocarpo: camada imediatamente abaixo do epicarpo, suculenta;

Endocarpo: camada mais interna, normalmente a camada mais rigida que envolve as sementes.

Há muitas variações na aparência e na consistência destas camadas.

Countries in the World

How many countries possess the World

They exist around 250 auto proclaimed countries in the world, however a part is not recognized by the ONU, the recognized ones exceeds 200. Although be recognized by the ONU and it does not keep official diplomatic relation with the majority of countries in the world, Taiwan is recognized for 20 and few countries without projection, but it possesss obliging representation in majority of the countries in the world.

Different numbers exist in accordance with the searched source, that point out to 250 countries.It has 191 participant members of the ONU, but number 191 also does not represent the number of countries in the world. The City of the Vatican is independent and chose not to become a member of the ONU.

The Department of American State recognizes around 192 independent countries of the world. The list (http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm).. of these 192 countries reflect the politicial work program of the USA and its allies. Thus, for DOS (Department of State) an entity can or it can not be considered a country depending on his politicial environment.

Taiwan possesss the majority of the characteristics of an independent state. However, due to political reasons, he is not recognized for many countries of the world. Taiwan was member of United Nations (and even though of the Advice of Security) up to 1971 when China substituted Taiwan in the organization. Taiwan continues pressuring the ONU and its members to get full recognition on the part of other countries and if becoming “part of the club”, but the Chinese government continues declaring that Taiwan is simply a province of China.

Thus, 193 countries probably are the best reply to the question, unless Taiwan officially is absorbed by China. In this in case, the reply he would be 192. Moreover, dozens of territories and colonies exist that generally are considered “countries”, but they are governed by other countries. Some places are usually confused with countries like Porto Rico, Bermuda Islands, Greenland and Western Saara.

SOURCES: Yahoo, Wikipedia

Spring Awakening

Erotic musical comedy is the new success of the Broadway

The play is much more on maintenance of an adolescent spirit than on erotismo, according to its creators. It is a story on the sexual repression to the adolescents in century XIX. Was inaugurated in the Broadway in December and is a success next to the critical one and of the box offices.

The songs also are responsible for the success of Spring Awakening and according to critical, 'the music of Sheik is wonderfully modern'. The success of the play made with that the exhibition time was widened until April and now its continuity in the top depends on the adhesion of the habitual spectators of the Broadway and, of course, of youngest.

Citations

“To study it is equivalent to polish the rock. To the force of cultivating, purify the spirit”. - Confucius

“If you could play with very important things, you reached the freedom”. - Maurice Béjart

“The savant never says everything what he thinks, but thinks always everything what he says”. Aristotle

Good intentions...

What can happen to a man of good intentions at any time..

Why I fired my secretary

Last week was my birthday

and I didn't feel very well

waking up on that morning.


I went downstairs for breakfast

hoping my wife would be pleasant and say,
"Happy Birthday!"

and possibly have a small present for me.


As it turned out,

she barely said good morning,

let alone "Happy Birthday."


I thought...

Well, that's marriage for you,

but the kids....

They will remember.


My kids came bounding down stairs to breakfast

and didn't say a word.

So when I left for the office,

I felt pretty low

and somewhat despondent.


As I walked into my office,

my secretary Jane said,

"Good Morning Boss,
and by the way

Happy Birthday ! "

It felt a little better

that at least someone had remembered.


I worked until one o'clock ,

when Jane knocked on my door

and said, "You know,

It's such a beautiful day outside,

and it is your Birthday,

what do you say we go out to lunch,

just you and me."

I said, "Thanks, Jane,

that's the greatest thing

I've heard all day.

Let's go !"


We went to lunch.

But we didn't go

where we normally would go.

She chose instead at a quite bistro

with a private table.

We had two martinis each

and I enjoyed the meal tremendously.

On the way back to the office,

Jane said, "You know,

It's such a beautiful day...

We don't need to go straight back to the office,

Do We ?"


I responded, "I guess not.

What do you have in mind ?"

She said, "Let's drop by my apartment,

it's just around the corner."



After arriving at her apartment,

Jane turned to me and said,

" Boss, if you don't mind,

I'm going to step into the bedroom

for just a moment.

I'll be right back."

"Ok." I nervously replied.


She went into the bedroom and,

after a couple of minutes,

she came out

carrying a huge birthday cake ...

Followed by my wife,

my kids, and dozens of my friends

and co-workers, all singing "Happy Birthday".

And I just sat there...

On the couch...


Naked!

Citations

"Over Every Mountain.. There Is A Path Although. It May Not Be Seen From The Valley."

"I'm not looking for someone who live with me...I'm looking for someone who can't live without me..."

"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people..."

"GOOD FRIENDS ARE HARD TO FIND, HARDER TO LEAVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET...

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. " -Les Brown

"The winds and waves are always on the part of the ablest navigators"

Maldives

Maldives foi o País 101º a visitar este blog, e stamos muito satisfeitos por isso, por nos ter dado a opportunidade de registar alguns elemtos sobre o País.

Localizada no Oceano Índico, no sul da Ásia, a República das Maldivas possui 298 km² de área e é formada por cerca de 1.200 ilhas de coral, das quais 200 são habitadas. Agrupadas em 26 atóis, têm relevo baixo e plano.

As Maldivas detém o recorde do país mais plano do mundo, com uma altitude máxima de apenas 2,3 metros. Embora haja relatórios acerca da ameaça que a subida do nível do mar constitui para as ilhas, em décadas recentes o nível do mar tem, de facto, baixado.

Devido ao terremoto de 2004 no Oceano Índico, um tsunami no oceano Índico fez com que partes das Maldivas ficassem submersas e muitas pessoas ficassem sem casa. Depois do desastre, os cartógrafos planejam redesenhar os mapas das ilhas devido às alterações causadas pelo tsunami. O povo e o governo estão preocupados com a possibilidade de as Maldivas acabarem por desaparecer do mapa.

SOURCE: Wikipedia

Foi dito...

"Que uma grande parte dos portugueses ache que Salazar e Cunhal são dos maiores de sempre entre nós explica a razão pela qual somos actualmente o mais atrasado país da Europa." - Miguel Sousa Tavares,in EXPRESSO

"Temos várias suspeitas de que o Governo se prepara para utilizar estas verbas como forma encapotada de disfarçar o desemprego ou até de financiar as despesas correntes do Estado." - Arlindo Cunha

"O referendo ao aborto é, do meu ponto de vista pessoal, um absurdo. Por mim não consigo, em consciência, votar sim ou não e quero crer qu eo mesmo acontece com muita gente. A Abstenção pode nºao significar desinteresse." - Henrique Monteiro, in Expresso

"Não é lícito o Estado intrometer-se na vida das famílias como se fosse o único intérprete dos seus intereses. Não pode haver regulação numa família se não houver amor." - Editorial - Expresso-07

UP

The importance of

UP

Lovers of the English language might enjoy this....

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is UP"

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?


We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers , mess UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this is confusing:

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP .

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it wets UP the earth.

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP ,


So............. Time to shut UP ...!!!!

SOURCE: http://360.yahoo.com/profile-baj0Y0k0aaks1JXEDkAvjq2piflE

Inclusão Digital

Apresentam-se de seguida a lista das memórias descritivas dos projectos aprovados pelo gabinete de gestão do POSC e actualmente em curso.

iD001: Acesso à Informação sem Obstáculos
iD002: CERTIC - Informática nos Apoios Educativos
iD003: CERTIC - Apoio a Doentes Terminais
iD004: Gestuário Digital
iD014: Netsénior - Plataforma de Serviços a Cidadãos Seniores
iD025: Portal das Ajudas Técnicas
iD029: Cyber-esquina
iD032: IDEIA - Inclusão Digital com Ensino Interactivo Acessível
iD034: Tico Park
iD038: BloNo - Bloco de Notas Electrónico
iD040: Aprende comigo
iD041: Ecrã Mágico
iD042: Asas para Voar
iD046: LUDOPOLIS
iD051a: Biblioteca Aberta do Ensino Superior - produção de Informação
iD051b: Biblioteca Aberta do Ensino Superior - Acesso à informação
iD051c: Biblioteca Aberta do Ensino Superior - Partilha de informação
iD054: BASE DE DADOS - Acessos com sucessos
iD055: Projecto de Desenvolvimento do Centro de Recursos da Educação Especial Produção Braille em Ambiente Windows
iD056: Projecto de Desenvolvimento do Centro de Recursos da Educação Especial Livros Digitais Falados em Formato Daisy Conversão do arquivo analógico para digital, em Formato Daisy
iD057: Ler para Ver
iD059: Era uma vez.... na Era Digital
iD069: CPUC - On-line
iD070: Leitura Digital na Biblioteca de Gaia
iD071: CRID - Centro de Recursos para a Inclusão Digital
iD072: Município Digital - NET para Todos
iD078: Nucleo de Apoio à Inclusão Digital
iD079: NEXY – CD LINUX para cidadãos com necessidades especiais
iD081: Acção de sensibilização sobre a problemática da afasia dirigida a Técnicos de Saúde
iD082: SitUS - Sítio de Utilização Simplificada
iD092: EtNet - Espaço Internet CEERDL
iD101: TÁ na Rede - Tecnologias de Apoio em Rede
iD102: Centro de Reabilitação Funcional da Pessoa com Deficiência da Visão
iD104: Tecnologias Adaptativas para o tratamento de pessoas com doença mental
iD109: Portal Acesso
iD110: Comunica-Comunidade On-Line
iD119: CALE - Curso de Acesso ao computador pessoal usando Leitor de Ecrã
iD123: INFOMETRO - Portal de voz interactivo do metro do Porto para utentes com dificuldades visuais
iD124: Avaliação Computacional e Tecnológica Integrada do Desempenho e Funcionalidade de Cidadãos com Incapacidades Músculo-esqueléticas – ACTIDEF
iD134: NAVMETRO - Sistema complementar de navegação pessoal na rede do metro do Porto para pessoas com dificuldades visuais
iD135: Literacia Digital Sem Fronteiras
iD137: Voz Portuguesa para Aplicações TTS em Windows CE
iD139: Rede@ctiva
iD140: Miradouros Virtuais Adaptados
iD142: Fluid Museums
iD143: Fluid Museums Premium
iD147: Na Rota da Inclusão

Para maiores detalhes, ir a:
http://www.acesso.umic.pt/id/id_aprov.htm

Sim e Não

"Dentro de um mês o útero das mulheres portuguesas (...) será uma vez mais território de disputa politica, esquecendo as verdadeiras razões deste referendo [a despenalização do aborto]" - Júlia Pinheiro, in 24 HORAS

"A actual lei não combate o aborto clndestino,mas fomenta-o." - Edite Estrela, Idem

"A lei actual protege adequadamente os casos em que se justifica a interrupção voluntária da gravidez." - Azevedo Soares, in DIÁRIO DE NOTÍCIAS

"Toda a gente ficou horrorizada com a execução de Saddam. A questão do aborto é uma variante da pena de morte." - D. António Moreira Montes, in LUSA

"Tal como quaisquer outros cidadãos, os médicos podem ter, e tomar, posição na questão da despenabilização do aborto, a favor ou contra. A Odem dos Médicos, não." - Vital Moreira, in PÚBLICO

"... a lei penal em vigor já considera três casos em que o aborto não é ilícito, se praticado por médico. A saber: no caso de malformação do feto (podendo ser realizado nas primeiras 16 semanas de gestação); no caso de perigo de morte ou de grave e irreversível lesão física ou psíquica para a mulher grávida (podendo ser efectuado nas primeiras 12 semanas da gravidez); e no caso de gravidez resultante de violação da mulher(devendo ser feito nas primeiras 12 semanas de gestação).

- Vital Moreira, Idem

What they say...

Many people looks to be better most of time. The following statements, a drop of water in the oceans, says so:

"Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living."

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

“You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel!”

"Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy"

"_l'amour a ses raison, que la raison ignore! _on a rien sans rien"

"ce qui ne nous tue pas, nous rends fort"

"Trois choses éprouvent la force de l'esprit: Les livres, les présents, les messages."

"Mon corps est un jardin, ma volonté est son jardinier. William Shakespeare"

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"Do not judge a book by its cover,therefore look at yoursefl first in the mirror before you judge others"

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”"

"Do what you have to do, but act in accordance with your conscience in such a way that you never feel sorry for your actions"

10 GREAT PORTUGUESES

By alphabetical order these are the GREAT PORTUGUESES that are running for the first place in the Contest organized by RTP1

D. Afonso Henriques


Álvaro Cunhal


António de Oliveira Salazar


Aristides de Sousa Mendes


Fernando Pessoa


Infante D Henrique


D. João II


Luís de Camões


Marquês de Pombal


Vasco da Gama

Cat and Mouse

Take care of your cat!

Source: BIT Magazine, January 2007

LISBOA TODAY: Roman Galleries

LISBOA TODAY: Roman Galleries

Pilares da Criação

Explosão estrelar destruiu "Pilares da Criação" fotografados pelo Hubble

As grandes nuvens de poeira cósmica conhecidas como "Pilares da Criação", objectos da foto feita pelo Telescópio Espacial Hubble, feita em 1995, não existem mais. Uma foto divulgada pela Nasa, desta vez tirada pelo telescópio Spitzer, que capta luz infravermelha, mostra que a gigantesca estrutura deve ter sido destruída pela explosão de uma estrela próxima.

Esse violento acontecimento astrofísico, chamado supernova, emitiu uma onda de choque em meio a uma nuvem de matéria aquecida que provavelmente dissolveu os pilares. A catástrofe aconteceu há 6.000 anos, crêem os cientistas, mas só poderá ser observada da Terra daqui a um milénio.

A demora ocorre porque as belas nuvens de gás em forma de colunas estavam na nebulosa da Águia, muito distante. A luz demora 7.000 anos para se deslocar de lá até aqui, por isso os astrónomos não podem ver o tamanho do estrago agora, apenas estimá-lo.

SOURCES: FOLHA ON-LINE, PÚBLICO

Christmas Island

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

Localizadas no oceano Índico, as ilhas Christmas são um território da Austrália, com maioria da população de origem chinesa.

A extração de fosfato é a única atividade econômica significativa, mas o turismo está em expansão.

Para preservar as várias espécies raras de vegetal e animal que habitam a ilha, o governo ampliou o Parque Nacional para 70% da área do território.

Em 1972, as Ilhas Christmas emitiram uma série de 16 selos com o mapa igual em todos os selos e com navios diferentes.

O facto impressionante é a migração de carangeijos que se deslocam da Ilha para o oceano onde vão desovar, e em longas filas, sem preocupações com os habitantes, seguem o seu destino que, sem barreiras, lhes traçou a sua missão.

Depois, os filhotes nascidos no oceano fazem a sua vida para a Ilha, cumprindo um ritual da Natureza que se repetirá ao longo dos anos.

Lost translation

People in other countries sometimes go out of their way to communicate with their English-speaking tourists. It is not so much the words they use, but how they put them together. Here is a list of signs seen around the world:

Cocktail lounge, Norway:LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Doctors office, Rome:SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Hotel, Acapulco:THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER SERVED HERE.

Sign in men's rest room in Japan:TO STOP LEAK, TURN COCK TO THE RIGHT

In a Nairobi restaurant:CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the grounds of a private school:NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.

On an Athi River highway:TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Kencom:ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant:OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.

In a Pumwani maternity ward:NO CHILDREN ALLOWED.

In a cemetery:PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWNGRAVES.

Sign in Japanese public bath:FOREIGN GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PULL COCK IN TUB.

Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

In a Tokyo bar:SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

In a Bangkok temple:IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER DRESSED AS A MAN.

Hotel room notice,Chiang-Mai, Thailand:PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO YOUR ROOM.

Hotel, Japan:YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIETCOMPOSERS, ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY.

Supermarket, Hong Kong:FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE,WE RECOMMEND COURTEOUS, EFFICIENT SELF-SERVICE.

Hotel, Zurich:BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THISPURPOSE.

An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS.

A laundry in Rome:LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong:GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE.

In a Swiss mountain inn:SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE-CREAM.

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS

Story with Moral

It could happens:

A woman and a man are involved in a car accident; it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt.

After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man; that's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must Be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days."

Flattered, the man replied, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely!"

"This must be a sign from God!" The woman continued, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune."

Then she hands the bottle to the man.

The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman.

The woman takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.

The man asks, "Aren't you having any?"

The woman replies, "No. I think I'll just wait for the police..."

Moral of the story: Women are very clever . Don't mess with them.