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Quite in the sky!

How many airplanes did you seen in an ordinary day few months ago? How many do you see now in a random day?

I know the answer and i will explain you why is that happening.

After the Icelandic volcano eruption the 36 major European airlines have been hampered by restrictions imposed on air. Now this companies are struggling to keep their composure up.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) have published the largest drops in terms of passengers carried.

TAP - 7,9%
BMI - 39,3%
Adria Airlines - 30,6%
SAS - 8,1%
Luthansa - 15,4%

Greece

Has i said before, some countries are having a lot of problems to keep up with the economic.
Greece is one of that countries, they are fighting for paying their bills so that can stay in Euro zone. The head of the Greek government insisted that his determined not to surrender to financial difficulties and assured that steps already taken by its Executive include radical measures tohttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1725745871152857334 overcome the crisis, insisting that decided to exclude the possibility of not paying and getting out of Euro zone.

I leave some of his words.

"We take seriously our commitment to change and I have no intention of reversing. I will do whatever it takes to advance my country, get it out of the crisis, restore sound public finances, achieve a more competitive economy and safeguarding social cohesion of our society." by Papandreou

Does the crisis have something good on it?

The world is having economic issues, big ones.
Some countries have such a whole in what concerns economics health that they are considering leaving the Eurozone.

However, this crisis is putting the European leaders working together as one...
European leaders have already agree measures that were once taboo. Now all are working to find solutions for problems that weren't even discussed before.

I will quote Durão Barroso:
"Before, it was proposed to ex-ante analysis of budgets, and Trinity fell to Mount Caramel. Now if you think that is rational and legitimate. "Or:" If the analysis and reform of the SGP was taboo, now has more power to Eurostat audits."

Child Labor

More than 200 million children must work to survive.

This is a matter that concerns us all. The Director General of the International Labor Organisation (ILO), Juan Somavia took yesterday the World Day Against Child Labor to defend the need for "a revitalized campaign" against this reality that affects about 215 million children around the world.
I shall quote some of his words:

"While thousands of people enjoy the excitement of World Cup, some 215 million children work to survive. Education and games are a luxury for them. Progress on the end of child labor are weakening, and we are not on track to end the worst forms of child labor by 2016, "

I think this is a reality that is unknown for most of us, in fact we don't even know what 200 million people "looks like"... and kids shouldn't be force to work, they shouldn't work at all. They need guidance i they should play with cars/dolls and study not doing hard work.

Think about it!

With a hat that size, you'll have no trouble

Get a strike with a fuzzy decorative dice

How to see without being seen

In the 12th century appeared the first concept of sunglasses or "gafas de sol" in spanish. This "sunglasses" had the function of reducing exposure to sunlight, not by reducing its itensity. You may see this product that i mentioned in the bottom of the text

Nowadays, sunglasses have become popular for several reasons giving a wide variety of functions. They are used more to protect from the sun however they have made into the fashion world and know you see any kind of person in any kind of place during any time of the day. Sunglasses are fashion but they have more than two fuctions, they also give some self confidence because they can hide some anomalies that you can have in that area.
The site mentioned in the beginning of this text have a wide variety of sunglasses, very fashionable and they have an option called "360º gafas" that alows you to see the product in a 360º degrees rotation.

In conclusion, if you need to buy sunglasses to protect yourself from the sun, or to stay in fashion, or to hide something go or even to impress some of your friends or maybe girls go to the website above because they will have the best deal for you. Giving a wide variety of choice with the correct explanation of the product.
You won't regret, i know i wasn't.

Learning Spanish

Since i am a latin guy, i know how important spanish language has become. Spanish is consider a romance language and has i said it's getting more and more important in the business world.

In fact, i have friends that went go Spain to work there and i know they struggled in the beginning because it's not easy to put you in an unknown place and having to speak their language. I have find a really good solution for this kind of problem. If you go to "Spanish Barcelona" you can find courses for learning Spanish. I tried to know more about this site and for what i know i must say they have a high quality in what matters to services and the prices are very appealing.
In fact i must stand out one of their many promotions that is one month of intesive learning (20 classes by week) and you only pay 800 euros.

To sum up, i think that this is one of the best spanish courses you can find in one of the best cities in the world.
To proove what i have said in the beginning of the text, i leave you with some percentages of spaninsh speakers around the world.

United States 15,4%
Portugal 6,9%
Uruguay 98.9%
United Kingdom 6,4%

Cancer deaths will increase 34% in Portugal to 2030

We already know that a lot of deaths come from cancer but this new study that the International Agency for Research on Cancer has done is very scary. They say that the countries that have a higher life expenctancy and there are more elderly people will have an incredible increase on cancer deaths.
This study says that in Portugal cancer deaths will increase 34% in Portugal to 2030, so it will die more than 32 thousand of portuguese people due to this disease.

World Cup

I have an interesting question to put:

Shall football players have sex during the World Cup?

I know that many people are divided in this matter and it's always a question when it comes the World Cup. In my opinion of course football players should be able to loosen up (having sex), they have a huge pressure on their shoulders...and also everyone knows that sex makes very good to your health.
I dare the cientist to do a research about this matter.

Vuvuzela (World Cup 2010)

Vuvuzela is a plastic instrument that the South African supporters will use to support their team. Some say that it is impossible to talk manager talk to their players and the players themselves that aren´t used to this kind of noise will have difficulty to concentrate.

"The vuvuzela can reach 131 decibels, which is almost as loud as a gunshot," said Professor De Wet Swanpol, of Pretoria University.

"We have found that football fans exposed to the noise during just one game suffer some hearing loss," he said.

Will you buy one?

Illegal Downloads

It will be you someday...

Illegal downloads is a problem that you hear about it from some time now... Unfortunately millions of people don´t buy films/music they download it and now the producers of the film "The Hurt Locker" are suing up to 5,000 people who have illegally downloaded the Oscar winnings film in the US. The so well knowned BitTorrent is being accused by the Voltage Pictures by file-sharers of copyright infrigement.

"Piracy is directly contributing for a decline in film industry" (Voltage Pictures)

BP oil leak

Is Gulf Mexico going to recover?

It has been almost a month since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up, and oil is still leaking at an astonishing rate. From the explosion 11 workers were dead and millions of galons of oil were spewed into the Gulf Mexico.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says that Florida will be the fourth state hit by the BP disaster.
Unfortunately scientist can't find any solution for the problem and for what i can see that solution isn't near...
The U.S. administration has already to the oil company BP's first bill, worth 69 million dollars, the total cost of cleaning and the effects of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico... How much more it will be? Does BP going to recover from this loss? Is the Gulf of Mexico going to recover from this disaster?
Some of that question that only time will answer.

Entourage

In this sitcom, the suddenly risen film star Vince Chase, a 'jeune premier' of humble origins, learns the ropes of the business and the the high-profile world of the wealthy happy few in and around Hollywood, but not alone: he brings form his native New York his atypical 'entourage (hence the title), not glitterati or professionals but a close circle of friends since childhood, and his professional agent finds they often make his job harder as the Queens boys not only sponge on the star but also have his ear, so Vince is much harder to counsel

House

The series follows the life of anti-social, pain killer addict, witty and arrogant medical doctor Gregory House with only half a muscle in his right leg. He and his team of medical doctors try to cure very ill ordinary people in the United States of America

Californication

Hank Moody may be a talented author, despite his gift of the gab, especially for live seducing, his private life is a mess. Repeated attempts to have a stable relationship with Karen, also for the sake of their daughter Becca, fail because of their extreme libertarian infidelity. Hank's sexual appetite also infects lawyer Charlie Runkle, who indulges in all kinds of naughtiness too. More 'victims of hormones' contribute to the lustily lust-loaded

Blue State Mountain

"Blue Mountain State," from Lionsgate and Robbins' Varsity Pictures, is a half-hour scripted comedy in the vein of "Animal House." The project follows three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State who must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing.

Gossip Girl

Welcome to New York's Upper East side where the wealthy and connected mingle at benefits and try to deal with their always dramatic love lives, not to mention picking colleges. Blair Waldorf is the so-called toast of adolescence in her world; she and her friends, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates, go to a prep school and fancy parties with their rich parents. Blair is envied by her adversaries because she is thought to have the perfect life, not just because of her gorgeous boyfriend, Nate Archibald, but because she's also planning on getting into her dream college,Yale. With everyone worried about college(or procrastinating on worrying, which everyone seems to be doing), and senior year dragging along, her seemingly perfect life is interrupted by her ex-best friend, the beautiful Serena van der Woodsen, coming back into town after getting kicked out of boarding school. Serena comes back into her life, and into the eyes of Blair's boy friend. When everything Blair knows starts to fall apart, everyone will realize that her life is far from perfect. Will life in the the Upper East Side redeem itself of what it's really supposed to be? Or will the false facade reveal that the rich have the same problems as the not so rich (Jenny and Dan Humphrey), if not more. And just maybe Jenny and Dan are all the more happy with their simple, not so expectant lives.

The beautiful Blair Waldorf is the toast of the adolescent population of Manhattan's Upper East Side, envied by her friends and the adversary of many fellow rich girls. Her ideal world begins to collapse, however, when her ex-best friend, freshly excluded from her previous boarding school, enrolls at Blair's private school.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

The story begins with an unnamed Thracian’s involvement in the war against the Getae in Roman auxiliary under the command of the legatus, Claudius Glaber. Glaber, persuaded by his wife Ilithyia to seek greater glory, instead decides to confront the forces of Mithradates. The Thracian, feeling betrayed, leads a mutiny against Glaber, and returns to find his village destroyed. The Thracian and his wife Sura are captured by Glaber the next day; the Thracian is condemned to die in the gladiator arena for his crime, while Sura is condemned to slavery. However, he manages to kill the four gladiators appointed to kill him, and Senator Albinius commutes the prisoner's punishment to slavery. Since the prisoner's true name is unknown, Lentulus Batiatus, the owner of a ludus in Capua suggests to name him "Spartacus", because he fought like the ferocious Thracian king of that name.

Seeing the Thracian's skill and popularity with the crowd, Batiatus purchases him for training. Spartacus joins Batiatus’ ludus under the tutelage of Doctore, a former gladiator and fellow slave. He is befriended by Varro, a Roman who sold himself into slavery in order to pay his debts and support his family. However, he is harassed by more senior gladiators, notably Crixus, an undefeated Gaul, and Barca, a Carthaginian. Soon, Spartacus learns that Sura was sold to a Syrian slave trader. Batiatus, who has been unable to control Spartacus during his first days of training, discovers the instrument of his taming, and persuades Spartacus to fight for his and Sura's freedom.

Spartacus becomes very successful and is named the "Champion of Capua". Batiatus arranges the purchase of Sura, but she is delivered mortally wounded; her murder was ordered by Batiatus to keep Spartacus loyal and focused. Spartacus casts off his history as a Thracian, and forgets his dream of freedom, becoming content with life as champion. The turning point is when he is forced to kill his only friend in the ludus, Varro, when Ilithyia seduces the editor of an exhibition match in order to hurt Spartacus. While suffering from his wound in this match, he has fever dreams that lead him to discover Batiatus arranged Sura's death. Knowing that it is all or nothing when it comes to resistance of his enslavement, he resolves to "kill them all" and lead a revolt against the ruling house he once fought for.

Friends

Rachel Green, a former popular girl in high school living off of daddy's money, is independant now with a baby of her own that she had with Ross Gellar, a former flame that was temporarily rekindled after a drunken night which resulted in the baby. Ross is a paleontologist, he now lives in an apartment with Rachel, across the way from his sister, Monica Geller-Bing, a chef, and her new husband, Chandler Bing. Monica is a clean freak and very neurotic about it! and Chandler is laid back and uses humor as a defense mechanism. Across the hall from Monica and Chandler is Joey Tribiani, who now lives alone after Rachel moved out to move in with Ross because of the baby. Joey is a not-so-bright but sweet actor who recently made a big war movie and is on Days Of Our Lives. Another friend who we can't forget about is Pheobe Buffay, who is now engaged and soon to be married to Mike. She is a free spirited masseuse who sings crazy songs like "Smelly Cat". Their relationships with each other: -Rachel Green and Monica Gellar were best friends in high school, and after Rachel ran out on her wedding with Barry, she moved in with Monica, this was in the first season. -Monica Gellar and Ross Gellar are brother and sister. So Ross knew Rachel also from high school, when he had a crush on her. -Ross Gellar and Chandler Bing met in college and became best friends, Chandler met Rachel and Monica when Ross brought him home on Thanksgiving. Pheobe Buffay was Monica's old roomate before the show started and Joey Tribiani came into the picture when he moved in with Chandler, also before the show started. It's complicated, but one thing is for sure, they are all best "Friends."

The Sopranos

An innovative look at the life of fictional Mafia Capo Tony Soprano, this serial is presented largely first person, but additional perspective is conveyed by the intimate conversations Tony has with his psychotherapist. We see Tony at work, at home, and in therapy. Moments of black comedy intersperse this aggressive, adult drama, with adult language, and extreme violence.

North Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, self-described "waste management consultant," reluctantly seeks a psychiatrist's help after blacking out. Lest he appear weak, he must keep his therapy a secret from the rest of the Mob. He's stressed: his teenage daughter is giving his wife fits; his mean-spirited mother refuses to move to a retirement community; his aging Uncle Junior, jealous of Tony's rise to the top, won't stay in line and engineers a plot to kill Tony; and the feds, armed with RICO, are circling. In therapy, Tony must come to terms with his father's example, his mother's manipulations, and his own fears of death and loss of family.

Prison Break

An engineer (Wentworth Miller) installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to help his brother (Dominic Purcell), a death-row inmate who insists he did not commit the crime for which he has been sentenced to die and help him escape.

Lincoln Burrows is on death row for the murder of the vice president's brother. He insists he's innocent and only his brother Michael Scofield believes him. As an engineer who helped design the prison where Lincoln is being held, Michael takes drastic measures to help his brother. He gets himself arrested and sent to the same prison so that with his knowledge of the building the two of them can escape together. However, while inside, Michael discovers a massive conspiracy that is determined to see Lincoln's sentence carried out. Breaking out will be more difficult than he thought, but he's still going to try.

The O.C

"Ensemble drama revolving around the young adult community of the Orange County, California, area. A street-smart teen winds up in the midst of the high-class society of Newport Beach, sparking something of an "edgier" take on the "Melrose Place" style premise."

"Ryan Atwood is a troubled teenage youth from the wrong side of the tracks in Los Angeles who finds himself on his own, after he is thrown out of his own house. He finds a place to stay in the posh home of the Cohens in the wealthy community of Newport Beach, the O.C. (Orange County), California. Ryan is accepted by the stern but compassionate Sandford "Sandy" Cohen, a lawyer who has represented Ryan in the past for his misdeeds. But Sandy's wife, Kirsten, aware of Ryan's criminal history, is wary of this new house guest. The Cohen's son, Seth, bonds with Ryan quickly and shows him the ropes of the community -- and vice-versa with Ryan giving advice to Seth about life and love. Ryan develops a crush on Marissa Cooper, a neighbor girl who lives down the street, and he has problems with her not-so-sheltered existence in dealing with her distant father Jimmy and her weak-willed mother Julie. Also, Marissa's best friend, Summer, is oblivious to the crush that Seth has on her, while taking a liking to Ryan. And so begins a new life for Ryan, the Cohens, the Coopers, and generally everyone else in the wealthy, picturesque, secretive, turbulent community in Orange County. "

Tv Series

I will post here some of the best tv series ever...
Feel free to comment if you agree or not.

Britain's Got Talent

This television program is one of the best programs ever in terms of giving opportunities to those who have not had it.
I leave you some videos of the semi-final of this year.

Versão PT

Este programa de televisão é um dos melhores programas de sempre em termos de dar oportunidades a todos aqueles que ainda não a tiveram.
Deixo-vos alguns vídeos da semi-final 1 deste ano.

Diversity (vencedores do Britain's Got Talent 2009)

Spelbound

Tobias Mead

Stevie Starr

The stressed collective staggers against the consenting body.

Madrid going wild

Mourinho at Real Madrid. In fact, the departure of this great and mediatic coach to the Spanish capital raises such questions such as: Which player is going in? Which players will leave? What philosophy will take the club? Will be sustainable? Mourinho has already said that he is not the one who makes players enter / leave the club, however, expressed the wish to have Lampard, Ashley Cole and Maicon on his new team .... allowing to KaKa to be one of the trade platers. Real Madrid has always been a club that is governed on the basis of marketing, this year things will change because Mourinho has warned that the club would have a winning mentality ... which makes me wonder if in fact the club is financially viable during this time.Wait and see ...!

Versão PT

Mourinho no Real Madrid. De facto, a ida de este grande e mediático treinador para a capital espanhola levanta algumas questões tais como: Que jogadores é que vão entrar? Que jogadores irão sair? Que filosofia vai adoptar o clube? Vai ser sustentável?

Mourinho já veio dizer que não é ele que faz entrar/sair jogadores, contudo expressa o deseja de ter Lampard, Ashley Cole e Maicon na sua nova equipa....possibilitando a saída de Káká.
O Real Madrid sempre foi um clube que se rege à base de marketing, este ano as coisas vão mudar porque Mourinho avisou que o clube ia ter uma mentalidade ganhadora...o que me põe a pensar se de facto o clube financeiramente rentável durante esta época.

Esperemos para ver...!

Vacations

I have excellent references holiday for young people, places,apartments and so on ...
If you just ask!

Versão PT

Tenho excelentes referências de férias para jovens, tanto cidades como apartamentos... Caso queiram informações avisem!