Nightwish
18 - Coliseum, Porto, Portugal
19 - Coliseum, Lisbon, Portugal
Within Temptation
Oeiras, Optimus Alive - 11 Julho 2008
Os Nightwish com a nova vocalista, a Anette Olzon e os Within Temptation com a sempre BELA, Sharon den Adel.
scientia: knowledge, science, skill, conhecimento... sapientia: wisdom, sabedoria...
Animation in the free world
Two-dimensional animation has long been the domain of proprietary software. That changes with the introduction of Synfig, an free software/open source tool for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. Read more...
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Friday, February 8 2008 - 9/11 Consequences
NY Lawmakers Shocked At Bush's 77% Cut In 9/11 Health Funding
BY JOHN TOSCANO
February 6, 2008
New York lawmakers in Washington who have been persistently pressing the White House for increased funding for healthcare programs for ailing 9/11 World Trade Center workers were jolted last week when President George W. Bush's proposed budget slashed those programs by 77 percent.
Only last Wednesday, they pointed out, a White House spokesman had issued a statement that the president's 2009 budget would "reflect his continued commitment" to WTC workers. In reality, the budget issued appropriated a paltry $25 million, down from $108 million in the present spending plan.
"This dramatic and unwarranted cut flies in the face of common sense, compassion and just plain fairness," Senator Charles Schumer declared as he promised to "fight these cuts tooth and nail to ensure these heroes receive the health care they need and clearly deserve".
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Uma reacção termite (termita ou, como é mais conhecida nos meios técnicos, thermite) é um tipo de reacção aluminotérmica
em que o metal alumínio é oxidado pelo óxido de
outro metal - geralmente, óxido de ferro. O nome termite
é também usado para a mistura destas duas
substâncias reagentes. Uma reacção desse tipo
é de tal forma exotérmica que a sua temperatura chega a
ultrapassar os 3 500º C, o que pode chegar a derreter
tungsténio - o que faz com que seja por vezes, erroneamente,
considerado um explosivo. Os produtos da reacção,
além do calor produzido, são o óxido de
alumínio, além dos metais na sua forma pura, misturados.
A termite foi inventada em 1893 e patenteada em 1895 pelo químico alemão Dr. Hans Goldschmidt, pelo que a reacção é, por vezes designada como "Reacção de Goldschmidt" ou "processo de Goldschmidt".
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'They have permission to 'shoot to kill' in the event of martial law.' The FBI Deputizes Business By Matthew Rothschild 07 Feb 2008 Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does--and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials... One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to "shoot to kill" in the event of martial law... This business owner says he attended a small InfraGard meeting where agents of the FBI and Homeland Security discussed in astonishing detail what InfraGard members may be called upon to do... "Then they said when--not if--martial law is declared, it was our responsibility to protect our portion of the infrastructure, and if we had to use deadly force to protect it, we couldn’t be prosecuted," he says.
Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business
By Matthew Rothschild, February 7, 2008
Infragard
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does—and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to “shoot to kill” in the event of martial law.
InfraGard is “a child of the FBI,” says Michael Hershman, the chairman of the advisory board of the InfraGard National Members Alliance and CEO of the Fairfax Group, an international consulting firm.
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U.S. military 'loses' records for bin Laden's driver 08 Feb 2008 The U.S. military has 'lost' a year's worth of records describing the Guantanamo confinement of Osama bin Laden's driver, a prosecutor said at the Yemeni captive's war court hearing on Thursday. Lawyers for the driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, asked for the records to support their argument that prolonged isolation and harassment at the Guantanamo prison have mentally impaired him and could affect his ability to aid in his defense against 'war crimes' charges.
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