Ainda no rescaldo destas legislativas: Eleitores Fantasma


“Eleitores fantasma” podem ter tirado dois deputados ao Bloco. Segundo um estudo referido pela revista Visão de 24 de Setembro, existem quase um milhão de "eleitores fantasma". Esse elevado número de inscritos inexistentes leva a que a abstenção seja inferior à divulgada, mas pode também alterar a composição do parlamento. De acordo com aquele estudo, os círculos do Porto e de Setúbal deveriam ter mais um deputado cada. No caso das eleições legislativas do passado Domingo seriam ambos do Bloco de Esquerda. A revista Visão publicou a 24 de Setembro um artigo, que refere que um estudo dos politólogos José Bourdain e Luís Humberto Teixeira, do Instituto de Ciências Sociais e Políticas de Lisboa, apontam para a existência de cerca de 930.000 eleitores fantasmas. 


Trata-se de pessoas que já faleceram, mas de que não foi dada baixa nos cadernos eleitorais, de recenseamentos duplicados ou de outras irregularidades. Se o recenseamento estivesse correctamente actualizado, a abstenção teria sido significativamente inferior à oficialmente calculada. Mas mais grave, segundo o referido estudo, é que o número de deputados a eleger em cada círculo sofreria correcções em quatro casos: Os círculos eleitorais da Madeira e de Viana do Castelo perderiam um deputado e os do Porto e de Setúbal ganhariam um. Se estes dados estiverem correctos o PS elegeu um deputado a mais, por Viana do Castelo, tal como o CDS, pela Madeira. Os dois deputados, que não foram eleitos, seriam ambos do Bloco de Esquerda: Bruno Maia (Porto) e Jorge Costa (Setúbal).

Great Loss


Last week has been a rough week... long hours at work, 3 new dogs in the rescue on Wednesday plus the new one on Saturday and Timmy who was returned Saturday. The good news is Timmy already found a forever home so the return was short lived. Wednesday night I received a phone call saying that a friend of mine was in the hospital. He was bit by a dog and the bite got infected and things were not looking good. Long story short on Thursday afternoon this world lost a great great man. A man that was dedicated to his wife, his dogs, his boarding kennel and helped many dogs find loving forever homes. You are very missed by many many people Bruce Arnesen. I must say in a tragedy like this it makes you stop and think: What is really important in life? Who are your true friends? Who will be there if you really need something? Seriously makes me realize that getting the negative people out of my life is a good thing to do. I need to focus on those who really matter to me not those who are greedy and want to take from me.

The Canadian Press Analysis Shows


A spokeswoman said, "given the nature of police work, it is little wonder the RCMP gets in more collisions than other branch of government". "We are the only government agency involved in active policing. "The RCMP fleet is the largest in the federal government, other than National Defense, and our officers and vehicles are on the road 24/7," Cpl. Laurence Trottier wrote in an email according to this press source. "The RCMP is also the only government agency that must travel in all types of weather, in order to do our work. "That, inherently, puts us in the position where we are actually pursuing violators, criminals, etc. who are obviously trying to evade capture, and this, sometimes, results in a collision. "We are also parked at the side of high speed highways, and get hit by impaired and distracted drivers, which no other government organization is put into this vulnerable position".
Mounties are not the only ones banging up their vehicles. Staff at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency got in at least 999 accidents, at a cost of nearly $2.4 million. No one from the CFIA was available for comment. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans came in third, with at least 749 accidents, that cost $1.6 million, followed by the Correctional Service of Canada, with at least 647 accidents that also cost $1.6 million. Other departments that got in a significant number of fender benders include the Canada Revenue Agency, Parks Canada, Agriculture, Human Resources and Skills Development, and Transport Canada. Accidents in government vehicles account for only a small fraction of the country's overall collisions. Statistics, published by Transport Canada show, between 2000 and 2009, there were nearly 1.5 million motor-vehicle collisions that caused injury or death in Canada. No data is available showing the number of collisions in which no one was hurt or killed.

Analysis Shows...


The Canadian Press. Ottawa - If the federal government wants to cut costs, it may want to put bureaucrats through driving school. The government's books show fender benders, involving federal vehicles, in recent years cost taxpayers $28 million in repairs, or write-offs. An analysis by The Canadian Press of the government's audited financial statements since the 2000-01 fiscal year found thousands of federal vehicles have been in accidents. At least 8,511 motor-vehicle accidents have been reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The actual tally is probably higher, since not all departments report the number of collisions in a given year. Two-thirds of the overall cost of collisions came from the Mounties. Vehicle accidents involving members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police cost the government $18.8 million. The RCMP has been in at least 4,596 motor-vehicle accidents since 2001, more than any other department or agency seen in Public Accounts documents. The RCMP's annual crash tallies have only been reported in the Public Accounts since 2006, so the 10-year total is likely far higher. The force has been getting in more and more accidents over the last five years. The number of RCMP accidents rose from 427 in 2006 to 1,068 last year.

Ventajas de Las Bayas Acai Berry


Baya acai es un hecho que en todo el mundo, la baya Acai ha cruzado la línea hacia el estrellato. Es que se habla en casi cada rincón de la World Wide Web y que ha aparecido en programas de televisión de discusion. Esta fruta se está comercializando a nivel mundial debido a su contenido de antioxidantes muy potentes que realmente puede romper los radicales libres en el cuerpo con el fin de evitar la acumulación que los resultados puedan a daños a las células del cuerpo. Otra razón de su valor de mercado es el aumento de las publicaciones de investigación creciente en las otras vitaminas y minerales que se encuentran en esta fruta misma. Aunque es pequeña, en realidad contiene más nutrientes que uno puede imaginar.
Al igual que la fruta de la baya de Acai, los suplementos de acai berry pretenden proporcionar a los consumidores los mismos beneficios. Según un anuncio de ciertos beneficios, como mejorar la atención mental y el pensamiento, disminución de la incidencia de estreñimiento que lleva a movimientos intestinales regulares, aumento repentino de los niveles de energía, y una limpieza final y los efectos de desintoxicación. La fruta açaí también se sabe que contienen los ácidos esenciales, como las altas cantidades de fitonutrientes, Ácido linoleico comúnmente conocido como el Omega 3 y ácido oleico que se conoce comúnmente como el omega 9 que se sabe que son buenos para el corazón también son reclamados contenidos de el suplemento Berry Acai más para los planes de dieta para las mujeres. Pero la demanda más reciente del complemento alimenticio consiste en la lucha contra el cáncer de colon.

Moral Dilemmas


Okay, i’ve got an idea, let’s try this hypothetical situation. Jack Bauer discovers that a terrorist, who happens to be a member of a certain ethnic group, has a suitcase nuke that he’s going to set off at camp grenada, vaporizing the hapless children of bourgeois east coast whiteys by the dozens. Bauer’s got mere days to act. he knows that if he just rounds up the members of this ethnic group, divides them in half, sends one half to work at slave labor and the other half to be stripped of all worldly possessions down to the skin and then gassed and burned in ovens, would it be justifiable? Take your time. I’ll wait.

A Nice Way to be Back


So... today I'm featured at my lovely friend's blog Sarah: Them Pretty Colors. I must say I almost said no to this lovely invitation because I am so shy and uncomfortable about having the focus and the lights on me. Then I decided it was no big deal, that I should just relax and not worry too much. Aren't I right. I'm glad I accepted and honored Sarah thought of me. I haven't posted much lately, not even giving any news. But it was quite for my good! I tend to think that when you need it, a break is always beneficital: I needed it. The truth is that I've been really absorbed by my body matters lately, concentrating on exercizing and way to improve my body shape. I'm an ex morbidly obese girl (I had always been fat all my life and I lost 155 lbs 12 years ago without any help) and it's a really long journey to re-appropriate your body back, polish the angles, shape, cure and forgive. I had been stable for years at US size 12 but thought last November it was time to work on my body again and lose some weight again. It's only last winter I could get rid of water retention (allelujah!), learn how to re-build my feet arches (that were flattened due to years of weight excess), correct my hip posture (and tone up my abs).
I'm trying also to help my loose skin with cosmetotextile clothes (and it works). All these things are done all alone without any help beside my sister's emotional support so, it's a path as long as it is one getting me very rich of experiences and excellent lessons learned. That's mainly why I wasn't there posting about cosmetics. As I'm typing those words I'm in the best shape I've ever been in my opinion (considering my body history, it's all relative) even if it's not won and finished yet. For now I'm a French size 38 (US size 6) for a 5'3'' which I think is not bad for a girl who was more than 290 lbs 12 years ago and more than a US size 24. Maybe someday will I post before/after pictures of me? Who knows! I have never done that. Mainly because I'm not the kind of person to stop, sit and watch behind. Once something is finished I set myself a new land to conquer! Anyway, I have a lot to show cosmetic talking and I hope I can keep a nice routine with my posts. I've been in a total lipstick craze lately, red especially so I'll probably show a lot of lips things I grabed here and there. I have some pictures done already but haven't really finished anything yet. Oh well. I guess everything will be just fine. Have a nice day!