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Stephen Fry dismantles the Roman Catholic Church, from the Intelligence Squared debate - YouTube:



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As gordinhas e as outras - Por Margarida Rebelo Pinto

"A Gordinha é porreira, é fixe, é divertida, quer sempre ir a todo o lado e está sempre bem-disposta, portanto a Gordinha torna-se uma espécie de mascote do grupo que todos protegem, porque, no fundo, todos têm um bocado de pena dela e alguns até uma grande dose de remorsos por já se terem metido com a mesma nas supracitadas funestas circunstâncias. E é assim que a Gordinha acaba por se tornar muito popular, até porque, como quase nunca consegue arranjar namorado, está sempre muito disponível para os mais variados programas, nem que seja ir comer um bife à Portugália e depois ao cinema.
À partida, não tenho nada contra as Gordinhas, mas irrita-me que gozem de um estatuto especial entre os homens. Às Gordinhas tudo é permitido: podem dizer palavrões, falar de sexo à mesa, apanhar grandes bebedeiras e consumir outras substâncias igualmente propícias a estados de euforia, podem inclusive fazer chichi de pernas abertas num beco do Bairro Alto porque como são ‘do grupo’ toda a gente acha muita graça e ninguém condena."

Para ler o texto na integra: http://sol.sapo.pt/inicio/Opiniao/interior.aspx?content_id=250&opiniao=Opini%EF%BF%BDo#.UDjYQH5HU6i.facebook


Uma crítica muito bem construída, mas muitíssimo bem construída à parvoíce retrógrada da senhora.

BLOGUE DO MANEL - TUDO DO AVESSO:


"A Gordinha é porreira, é fixe, é divertida, quer sempre ir a todo o lado e está sempre bem-disposta, portanto a Gordinha torna-se uma espécie de mulher do grupo que todos protegem, porque, no fundo, todos gostam do seu à-vontade e descompromisso com as críticas. E é assim que a Gordinha acaba por se tornar muito popular, até porque, não tem problemas em arranjar um namorado, que na maior parte dos casos, faz a outra - a meninas bela e bem comportadas - ficar roída de inveja. Mesmo tendo namorado está sempre muito disponível para os mais variados programas, nem que seja ir comer um bife à Portugália e depois ao cinema.
À partida, não tenho nada contra as Gordinhas, nem me irrita que haja quem considere que tenham um estatuto especial entre os homens - que tanta inveja faz à outra. Às Gordinhas tudo é permitido como a qualquer outra: podem dizer palavrões, falar de sexo à mesa, apanhar grandes bebedeiras e consumir outras substâncias igualmente propícias a estados de euforia, podem inclusive fazer chichi de pernas abertas num beco do Bairro Alto sem que ninguém veja; pois são práticas, descomprometidas para as criticas da outra e não por uma questão de graça. Quanto a isso, só a outra é que acha razão para condenar."

Para ler o texto na integra (vale mais a pena do que ler o original): http://bloguedomanel.blogs.sapo.pt/16002.html?view=11906#t11906


Ora o meu comentário a isto tudo que também fiz no bloguedomanel (não fiz no original porque não estou para registar nem dar seguidores nem contribuir de alguma forma para o Sol que odeio profundamente):


O que a atrasada mental da Margarida queria dizer (adicionalmente à sua caça pessoal à Gorda) era que muita gente julga as mulheres pela aparência (ela inclusivé). Associam todo um conjunto de atributos e virtudes a uma mulher bonita e bem arranjada (se é bonita e está bem vestida é porque é simpática, humilde, inocente, canta para os animais da floresta e dá pão e sopa aos pobres nos feriados, etc.) e quando por acaso diz palavrões, dá arrotos, apanha uma bebedeira ou "faz chichi nas ruas do Bairro Alto" desilude e quebra-se o ideal de beleza. 

Isto porque o problema não é a gorda ou a magra (que a Margarida confunde com ser feia ou bonita), o problema é a mulher ser avaliada pelo aspecto ainda nos dias de hoje. Mas há quem quebre estes estereótipos, estes pensamentos de antigamente e estas pessoas é que deviam ter blogues, ir à televisão, aparecer nas revistas... E mais do que isso escrever nas chamadas revistas para mulheres que infelizmente estão cheias de Margaridas.

Muito bem Manel em desmistificares a "gordinha" que a Margarida tão mal estereotipa, que no fundo nem precisa de ser gordinha de todo para lhe servir a carapuça que a Margarida distribuiu às cegas.

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No caso dos espermatozóides da mosca-da-fruta, estes microtúbulos formam um flagelo com dois milímetros, o que é 40 vezes maior do que o humano. A equipa, que inclui também cientistas do Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, em Oeiras, descobriu que o início da formação do flagelo acontece numa fase muito primária do desenvolvimento dos espermatozóides e está intimamente ligado à proteína cuja produção é comandada pelo gene BLD10.

O flagelo "tem um centro que coordena o movimento, para que este seja correcto", explica a investigadora. Esse centro é formado por dois microtúbulos, que por sua vez estão rodeados por outros nove que fazem uma circunferência. Com experiências feitas por Zita Carvalho Santos e imagens de microscopia electrónica obtidas por Pedro Machado, a equipa percebeu que é a proteína do gene BLD10 que permite o crescimento e a estabilização do primeiro microtúbulo central e, depois, num segundo momento, permite o crescimento do segundo microtúbulo. 

"Quando a proteína não está lá, não se forma nem o primeiro, nem o segundo microtúbulo", diz Mónica Bettencourt Dias, explicando que estas duas peças são centrais parao movimento dos espermatozóides. "Um flagelo [sem as duas estruturas da zona central] é como uma roda sem eixo." No IGC, a equipa vai agora tentar perceber como é que esta proteína funciona exactamente.

Ainda não se estudaram os homens inférteis com uma mutação na variante humana deste gene. "É importante perceber isto."



BLD10/CEP135 Is a Microtubule-Associated Protein that Controls the Formation of the Flagellum Central Microtubule Pair



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Source: http://www.truthaboutabs.com/hard-body-nutrition.html

Coconut milk is another staple in my fridge. I like to use it to mix in with smoothies, oatmeal, or yogurt for a rich, creamy taste. Not only does coconut milk add a rich, creamy taste to lots of dishes, but it's also full of healthy saturated fats. Yes, you heard me right... I said healthy saturated fats!  ...Healthy saturated fats such as medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), specifically an MCT called lauric acid, which is vitally important for your immune system.

  • Walnuts, pecans, almonds - delicious and great sources of healthy fats.  Try to get raw nuts if possible as the roasting process can oxidize some of the polyunsaturated fats in some types of nuts making those damaged fats slightly more inflammatory.  Overall, nuts are still healthy even if they are roasted, but raw nuts are optimal. 
  • Cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, and yogurt (grass-fed and organic if possible) - I like to mix cottage or ricotta cheese and yogurt together with chopped nuts and berries for a great mid-morning or mid-afternoon meal.
  • Chia seeds and/or hemp seeds - I add these highly nutritious seeds to yogurt, smoothies, or salads for a great nutty taste and loads of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins and minerals. Don't use pre-ground versions of these seeds as the omega-3 polyunsaturated fats are highly unstable and prone to oxidation, creating high levels of free radicals if you use pre-ground seeds.  No grinding is necessary to properly digest these seeds. 
  • Whole eggs - one of natures richest sources of nutrients (and remember, they increase your GOOD cholesterol so stop fearing them).
  • Salsa - I try to get creative and try some of the exotic varieties of salsas.
  • Avocados - love them...plus a great source of healthy fats, fiber, and other nutrients. Try adding them to wraps, salads, or sandwiches.
  • Butter - don't believe the naysayers; butter adds great flavor to anything and CAN be part of a healthy diet... just keep the quantity small because it is calorie dense... and NEVER use margarine, unless you want to assure yourself a heart attack.  Most important -- choose organic butter only, since pesticides and other harmful chemicals accumulate in the fat of the milk which is used for butter, so choosing organic helps avoid this problem.  Also, choose grass-fed (pastured) butter if you can find it as it will contain higher levels of healthful omega-3 fats and the fat-burning conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). 
  • Nut butters - Plain old peanut butter has gotten a little old for me, so I get creative and mix together almond butter with pecan butter, or even cashew butter with macadamia butter...delicious and unbeatable nutrition!  Using a variety of nut butters gives you a broader range of vitamins and minerals and other micronutrients, and gives you variety instead of boring old peanut butter all the time.
  • Leaf lettuce and spinach along with shredded carrots - for salads with dinner.
  • Raw honey - better than processed honey... higher quantities of beneficial nutrients and enzymes. Honey has even been proven in studies to improve glucose metabolism (your efficiency in processing carbohydrates).  I use a small teaspoon every morning in my teas.  Yes, I know that even honey is pure sugar, but at least it has some nutritional benefits... and let's be real, a teaspoon of healthier raw honey is only 5 grams of carbs... certainly nothing to worry about, and a better choice than refined sugar.


  • Cans of black or kidney beans - I like to add a couple scoops to my Mexican dishes for the fiber and high nutrition content. Also, beans are surprisingly one of the best sources of youth enhancing antioxidants!  Did you know that black beans and kidney beans have more antioxidants than blueberries...it's true!
  • Dark chocolate (as dark as possible - ideally more than 70-75% cocoa content) - This is one of my treats that satisfies my sweet tooth, plus provides loads of antioxidants at the same time. It's still calorie dense, so I keep it to just 1-2 small squares after a meal... but that is enough to do the trick, so I don't feel like I need to go out and get cake and ice cream to satisfy my dessert urges.

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This is a perfect example of how confused most people are about nutrition. In a world full of misinformation about nutrition, somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the worst part of the egg, when in fact, theYOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG!  It's a shame at how many restaurants you can walk into these days and see that the "healthy" breakfast menu always has egg white items instead of whole eggs.  Are we really still in the "fat-phobic" 80's? 
By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites, you're essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded portion of the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, vitamin A, folate, choline, lutein, and other powerful nutrients... it's not even worth trying to list them all.
In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition compared to the yolks.
Even the protein in egg whites isn't as powerful without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make the protein more bio-available. Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range chickens are loaded with healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain ALL of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as ALL of the essential fatty acids (EFAs).



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Pomegranates: The New Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy?: "How do pomegranates work their magic?

An 8 ounce glass of pomegranate juice contains about 40% of the RDA of vitamin C, and also is rich in vitamins A and E and folic acid.

The pomegranate fruit contains antioxidants called phytochemicals, which protect plants from harmful elements in the environment. These same phytochemicals when ingested protect the cells in our body.  The juice has been found to contain higher levels of antioxidants than most other fruit juices, including cranberry or blueberry, and more even than red wine or green tea."

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A Melhor Amiga Da Barbie: Passatempo Oriflame - Anocas:

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... in soft rain, on wet stones.

Wasn't unpleasant at all surprisingly =)
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Brain discards voices to cope with cocktail party 


When the subjects successfully focused their attention, their brain activity showed that they were processing only that voice. It was “as if the other one was not even heard”, says Chang.
When listeners failed to pick a voice out of the mix, their brain activity was smudged and unfocused. When they attended to the wrong voice, the data showed a clean representation of that voice.
The finding fits with a growing body of evidence that sound is processed as soon as it enters the brain. “The early areas of the cortex don’t just represent a stimulus, but what the subject does with it,” says Andrew King, an auditory neuroscientist at the University of Oxford, UK.
King would like to see the experiment run in more realistic surroundings, with voices coming from different directions. “It would be interesting to do the same study by presenting two sources, one to each ear, or from different locations in space,” says King.
It would also be intriguing, he says, to see how the brains of hearing-impaired people direct their attention when handling multiple voices.

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When the young of large animals start out small, they must grow through a large size range before reaching adulthood, and compete with species of many different sizes as they do so.
Codron and his colleagues developed a model that suggests that there was intense competition among small and medium-sized dinosaurs, so that it was difficult for medium-sized adults to make a living, and adults had to keep growing until they reached very large sizes to gain a competitive edge. In comparison to mammals, relatively few dinosaurs are known with adult sizes between 1 kilogram and 1,000 kilograms.
But being big also has drawbacks. When an asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period (65 million years ago) wiped out most large-bodied animals, there were so few small dinosaur species that the group was almost obliterated, with only the birds surviving. However, the many small mammals alive at the time were well suited to a world that favoured diminutive species.
“I love the idea that egg-laying led dinosaurs to engage in such different niche occupation from mammals and that this played a part in their eventual extinction,” says John Hutchinson, an evolutionary biologist at the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield, UK. “But we are going to see a lot of debate over how accurate these models really are,” he adds.

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Statins, Chronic Disease -- and the Definition of Insanity - Health Stew - Boston.com:

First, on Feb. 28, the FDA announced the development of new warning labels for cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, warning of the risk of type II diabetes and memory loss from taking the drugs. 


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Como Dar Vida ao Olhar por Jenna Menard - YouTube: ""

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The Dangerous Truth Behind Microwaves | Natural Society:


Robert O. Becker, author of The Body Electric, stated the following on page 314 in his book:
It’s [Microwave sickness] first signs are low blood pressure and slow pulse. The later and most common manifestations are chronic excitation of the sympathetic nervous system [stress syndrome] and high blood pressure.
This phase also often includes headache, dizziness, eye pain, sleeplessness, irritability, anxiety, stomach pain, nervous tension, inability to concentrate, hair loss, plus an increased incidence of appendicitis, cataracts, reproductive problems, and cancer. The chronic symptoms are eventually succeeded by crisis of adrenal exhaustion and ischemic heart disease [the blockage of coronary arteries and heart attacks].

Read more: http://naturalsociety.com/the-dangerous-truth-behind-microwaves/#ixzz1sDPhSwF0

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May the Laughs Be Ever in Your Favor:

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Want to test your ability to discern colours? FM 100 Hue Test is a very hard way to check how good or bad you are (or how good or bad your screen is :p) arranging four strips of different colour hues correctly.

I must say I thought I'd get a perfect score (ZERO!) but I got a 12... The ones I did worse on were the bottom two so my advice is to not do the whole thing in a row because it's really hard on the eyes.

Good luck!
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From the Facebook page of GreenMedInfo (like this page for interesting updates on published articles about natural substances related to medicine) I obtained the link to an article relating curcumin (in Portugal it is present in Açafrão) with positive results on AD (Alzheimer's Disease) published in 2006. 



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16988474 (original article - abstract only)
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/article/curcumin-appears-enhance-clearance-amyloid-beta-alzheimers-disease-patients (GreenMedInfo page)
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Embora diga roupa interior no Destak (será roubado da Deratus News?) e no site da Benetton também, após ter ido à loja posso dizer que é roupa casual/básica se usada de forma correcta. 
Faz parte da colecção Undercolours e é daquele tipo de roupa bom para usar em casa, por baixo de uma camisola ou casaco (o chamado layering - vestir roupa às camadas), fazer exercício e usar leggins como calças para fazer figura de parva. Também é perfeito para pijama super confortável.

Desde dos tempos em que a Oysho passou a ter roupa de carácter duvidoso (é uma t-shirt? é pijama? Vi no CC usarem como t-shirt...) que esta dúvida surge a muitas pessoas e acho que é uma separação que depende do estilo de cada um. 

Os preços são acessíveis por exemplo com tops de alças a 12,95€. O tecido é muito elástico e muito confortável e suave ao toque. Uma boa compra para quem precisa de peças para ir ao ginásio, fazer jogging ou quem gosta de usar roupa às camadas.
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I have survived!

A long day and a stressfull one at that! But perseverance pays off.

Managed to do all the things I set out to do and through shear positive thinking all will work out as planned over the weekend as well.

Hope everyone else made it through the wilderness, yeah hope you made it through-uh-who!
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Maybe this isn't the most appropriate image... But there are red lips present!
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Através de uns passatempos (obrigada Carlos) descobri uns blogs interessantes com passatempos e não só. Descrições de produtos, cosméticos, moda, etc. Sendo que isto é algo que me interessa muito e até gostaria eu própria de fazer qualquer dia algo semelhante (como prometido), achei por bem partilhar estes recentes descobrimentos.




Foi no cuscaki que descobri este site para remodelar paredes e superfícies entre outras coisas.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vera-Garcia/167612023334774
Vera Garcia. Workshops de maquilhagem essencialmente na área de Lisboa.