Na Praia da Caparica?

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Her name is Ines Sainz- the famous Mexican sports reporter that was the center of attention when she recently interview Jets Quarterback Mark Sanchez in the Jets locker room. These photos came from Google images.

Vêr mais aqui do senhor Da Coreia do Norte :-
http://publicintelligence.net/north-korea-and-the-strangest-show-on-earth/

A passagem do testemunho

Alguns dos mineiros do Chile

adski_kafeteri: old fashion.

It became a legendary event in John Lennon’s increasingly eccentric life – famously known as ‘the lost weekend’.
And now, on the day John Lennon fans around the world are celebrating what would have been his 70th birthday, his widow, Yoko Ono, has revealed what happened during those days when John disappeared with their pretty personal assistant.
And despite a well known war of words with Beatle Paul McCartney, Yoko credits Macca with actually saving their marriage.
John and Yoko had separated in the summer of 1973 after a period of marital strife, and subsequently Lennon began a relationship with his personal assistant May Pang – a collusion Pang says was entirely orchestrated by Yoko.
Yoko continued to stay in touch with her errant husband but it was not until they met backstage at an Elton John concert in November1974 that they became reconciled.
IN FULL

The picture was taken in 1937, so I am surprised that by the “No Smoking” sign. I guess they were ahead of their time.

john and oko

The picture above was taken in Alpine, Texas in 1939. Click on the picture to zoom in, and take a look at the prices

Dança

Quanto medirá?

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Prato de motivo desconhecido até à data. Exemplar decorado em tom monocromado a castanho, com decoração baseada no chalé de caça existente na Tapada de Mafra e dragão com escudo português encimado por coroa real. Entrelaçado na cauda do animal, visualiza-se a letra "C", correspondente ao nome de S. M. D. Carlos I.

Paul Newman, one of many notable Hollywood stars who became active on behalf of presidential candidates during 1968's primary & general elections. Life magazine, May 10, 1968.

From left, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte & Charlton Heston at 1963 Civil Rights march.

Um pouco de história dos USA - http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=533

“Mia’s Metamorphoses”
1966-2010

Veja mais:- http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=7611

Paul Newman 1925-2008

JFK Requested Bodyguards to Back Off

are bar regulars in the heart of America in the late 60s]

new interpretation of Parkinson's disease focuses on the basal ganglia part of the brain, responsible for habitual control and voluntary goal-directed control. The brain scans above show a disease-free brain (left) and one affected by Parkinson's disease (right). (Credit: Modified from Obeso JA et al. Nat. Med. 2010)

Edit brain to treat Parkinson’s

Many of the problems suffered by patients with Parkinson’s—difficulties in initiating actions, slow labored movements, and tremors—can be understood in terms of damage to control circuits in the brain responsible for habits, according to a new international study. The analysis is published online in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
An important processing unit in the brain known as the the basal ganglia is part of two behavioral control circuit: habitual control, which directs fast, automatic movements; and voluntary goal-directed control, which is driven by a conscious appreciation of the action’s outcome, explains Peter Redgrave, professor of psychology at the University of Sheffield.
This means goal-directed movements are typically slower, require effort, and can only be done one at a time. Different regions of the basal ganglia are involved in goal-directed and habitual control. Parkinson’s disease is linked to a loss of the neurotransmitter dopamine from the regions involved in habitual control.
Many of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease could be viewed in terms of a catastrophic loss of habits, which means patients have to rely on the goal-directed control system for everything they do. This could explain why movements are slow, effortful, and easily interrupted.
For example, when approaching a narrow door or object, a patient with Parkinson’s disease can suddenly freeze and find it difficult to start again. Under serial goal-directed control, (i.e., you can only think about doing one thing at a time), when the patient stops thinking about walking and starts to think about going through the door or avoiding the object, they stop walking.
At the level of the basal ganglia, the study maintains, the goal-directed and habitual-control circuits are physically separated, but downstream, they converge on shared motor systems (that is, we can do the same action either under goal-directed or habitual control).
Numerous experiments show that the loss of dopamine from the basal ganglia increases inhibitory output from the habitual control circuits.
For a patient with Parkinson’s disease to express goal-directed behavior, they have to overcome the distorting inhibitory signals from the malfunctioning part of the brain. This may help explain why destruction of the parts of the basal ganglia responsible for habits can have a beneficial effect.
Removing the distorting inhibitory output from habitual-control circuits could make it easier for patients to express goal-directed behavior, says Redgrave.
“We hope our analysis provides a better understanding of the link between normal and abnormal functioning in the basal ganglia,” Redgrave says. “This is important because the better your understanding of normal function, the better the questions you can ask about its failings, which hopefully, will direct you towards more effective treatments.”
More news from University of Sheffield: www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/