sexta-feira, 18 de setembro de 2009
100 Maneiras de viver uma vida melhor
You’re human. We, humans, are making mistakes. Accept what you did wrong and try to do better next time. No need to punish yourself forever. In fact, accepting your mistakes is the only way to make them disappear.
2. Accept Your Friends Mistakes
Maybe you got hurt by somebody. Happens. Just accept it and deal with it. People are making mistakes and if you can accept that for yourself, accept it for your friends too. In the end, all you need from them is their love.
3. Create A New Habit
We’re doing a lot of stuff on autopilot. Try to integrate in this category new things you want to attract into your life. Habits are powerful. Harness their energy for your own good. Start by creating a habit in 15 days.
4. Build Self Discipline
Don’t wait for other people to impose discipline on you. Start early. Create your own discipline. Although it sounds a little bit harsh, self discipline is a facilitator for many things in your life. It’s hard to get but great to have.
5. Make New Friends
Reach out. Don’t be afraid. Establish new contacts. The worst thing that may happen to you is to be rejected. Well, if that’s the case, move on. The reward of having true, long-lasting friendship is worth all the potential rejection.
6. Get A New Job
Shaking your comfort zone will often create a lot of value in your life. If you’re not satisfied with your job, just get a new one. The pitfall of not having money for a limited period of time is temporary, get over it.
7. Start A New Diet
You are, in a vast proportion, what you eat. Trying a new diet would often be the only needed change for a dramatic boost of your health and energy. Don’t necessarily have to be raw food, or even vegetarian, whatever works for you.
8. Keep A Journal
Write down you feelings, your ideas, your goals, your activity. Journaling is by far one of the most useful things I’ve done to change my life for the best. It works in such a silent, yet effective way. All you need is pen and paper.
9. Create And Keep A Morning Phrase
Whatever you say to yourself in the morning, it will most likely come true during the day. Why not taking advantage of it? Create a simple morning phrase and say it to yourself first thing in the morning. Is that simple.
10. Travel Far Away From Your Home
Traveling long distance is incredibly rewarding. It’s so exciting and full with unknown events. I only recently started to travel really far away from my home, but I do wonder how could I ever made it until now without this.
11. Learn To Take Risks
Your life may be so boring and fade because… err, you made it like this? When was the last time your tried something really difficult? When was the last time you challenged the odds doing something risky? Do it now.
12. Start Your Own Business
Be your own boss. Work your own hours. I know, it sounds so shallow, for you, who hate your job but still have to stay there because of that mortgage. Well, unless you make the first step, nothing is going to change. That’s for sure.
13. Change Your Work Space
Clean up your desk. Re-arrange furniture. Add some color to that space. Make the place where you work really enjoyable. So enjoyable that work there won’t be perceived as work anymore. It will be something you love to do.
14. Learn A New Language
Challenge your mind. Constantly. If you’re going to do number 10, you’re going to learn some new languages too. From my experience, learning a new language is a fantastic mind opener. Sometimes you don’t even have to travel there.
15. Find Reasons To Agree
Rather than disagree. We have this mindset of competition which makes constantly arguing over things. Well, stop that. You don’t have to force yourself into agreement, if it’s not the case, just trying to find some reasons will be enough.
16. Pay Yourself First
You can’t give something if you don’t have it. You can’t spread light onto others if you don’t have light from within. You can’t give wealth to others if you don’t have it for yourself first. Make yourself a service and pay yourself first.
17. Wake Up Early
This is not a habit, this is a lifestyle. Don’t just wake up early without a purpose. Be early. Be there before others. Look for opportunities and embrace them. Waking up early means keeping your eye open to every available opportunity.
18. Train Your Focus
Your focus is in fact your reality. Use it wisely. Train it constantly for it will enhance your reality in ways you never imagined. Keep your focus sharp as a razor blade and be prepared to experience life in fantastic shapes and colors.
19. Start A Blog
On whatever topic you want. Not only it will give you the opportunity to create something new and valuable but it will also bring new people into your life. Blogging is far more than a hype, is a personal development tool. A very good one.
20. Write An Ebook
You may think you don’t have a talent, but that’s completely wrong. And the easiest way to prove it wrong is to start writing an ebook. Any ebook. You pick the topic. It might be something you know or want to learn about. Write it. It’s fun.
21. Be Better, Not Perfect
Striving too much for perfection will ruin your life. It will wipe out all those little imperfections which are making you… human. Being better, on the other side, is rewarding. Look back at the yesterday you and just say: I’m better!
22. Stop Self Sabotage
You’ll be surprised by how much of a burden you can be to yourself. You are literally self sabotaging. Most of the time, unconsciously. If you have a long history of failure behind, that could mean you’ve become your worst enemy. Stop it.
23. Find Reasons To Love Your Life
Maybe life wasn’t fair with you. Yes, I know, I’ve been there: life is never fair. But it’s fantastic. It’s unique, unrepeatable, one of a kind, beautiful, simple, challenging, sweet, hard… Just take a step back and find reasons to love your life.
24. Try Something New
Maybe you’re sad because you’re bored. Have you ever thought about that? Just reach out and try something completely new. Go for a challenge, learn a new sport, pick a different restaurant or go for a comedy movie (if you’re the drama type). Just try it.
25. Avoid Fighting
Fighting is the biggest energy leak of your being. Trying to prove another guy wrong is so against your true nature. You’re here to acknowledge life’s wonders, not to prove anybody’s wrong. They’re not wrong, just have different opinions. And that’s part of life.
26. Stop Wasting Your Power
Are you doing something that you think you shouldn’t be doing right now? Well, that’s wasted power. That’s meaningless stuff promoted to the honor of being a part of your life. How long are you going to approve this? Why wasting power?
27. Learn To Ignore
I think they should be teaching this one in schools. We’re so focused on so many topics and think we have to do so many stuff, that our life is literally clogged with stuff. It’s good to do stuff, but learning to ignore stuff is much better.
28. Experiment Gratitude
When was the last time you said “thank you”? With all your heart? Everybody knows that an attitude of gratitude is the key to success, but almost nobody practices it. Well, start by experience gratitude first, and take it from there.
29. Recycle Your Aggression
Don’t throw it away, recycle it! Use it for something you really want! Call out those wild forces inside of you and put them to work. Aggression is part of your being, so don’t try to reject it, because it will only grow stronger. Recycle your aggression.
30. Release Your Guardians
Don’t touch that! Don’t eat that! Don’t go for that opportunity! Those are the sentences you hear when going for something you really want. Those are your guardians, your mental constructs made to protect you. Release them, you’ll be much better off.
31. Clean Up Your House
It’s fun. And it’s good for you. Make a habit out of cleaning up your house with joy and happiness. What’s outside is a mirror of what’s inside. If your house is a mess, probably your internal life is a disaster. Neat that stuff, it’s easy.
32. Write A Personal Mission Statement
You’re here with a reason. No matter how small you feel now, how insignificant others may made you feel, you have a purpose. Take the time to write your personal mission statement. It will bring light and direction into your life.
33. Dissolve Negative Opinions About Yourself
Whatever you think you may do, it’s half of what you can really do. And that’s because you have so many negative opinions about yourself. You can solve them. Just accept the fact that you have them and then start working on them.
34. Build Different Skills
Don’t stop learning. Don’t remain stuck in a single career, it’s boring and limiting. Learn different skills, possibly from completely unrelated fields. You never know when life will ask you to use them. Besides, it’s a lot of fun.
35. Manage Your Time As You Manage Your Money
Have you ever thought what would be if you would manage your time the same way you manage your money? Just give it a try. See where you spend most of your time, what the return of investment is and how rich are you in time.
36. Exercise
You don’t have to break the world record, or something. Just make sure you exercise constantly. It will make your body healthier and your mind clearer. It’s also one of the simplest and most affordable ways to improve your life.
37. Be A Parent
Having kids doesn’t necessarily means you’re a parent, and I know that very well. Being a parent will surely change your life forever: filling it with unconditional, life lasting love, care and warm feelings. You’ll live in love. And learn.
38. Throw Away One Object A Day From Your House
Maybe your life is breathing so hard just because it’s suffocated by objects. Learn to let them go. You may donate them, give to charity or simply throw them away, but don’t let the clutter stay in your way. You’re not the objects you have.
39. Read A Book Per Week
Or, alternatively, a fine selection of blogs. That will keep your mind alert and your focus steady. Reading is like good food for your brain, without it, it will go lazy, obese and unresponsive. But with the proper food it can become your best friend.
40. Start A Monthly Challenge
Being it physical, mental or social. Intend to acquire something new in your life in 30 days. Improve your health using new methods, or your relationships by starting new things together. Make it count. And count on it.
41. Call An Old Friend
It’s enlightening to meet somebody you haven’t talk to in the last years. Go right now and call an old friend, or a relative. It will bring up memories and it will create new opportunities. Don’t let the dust settle on your relationships.
42. Follow A Coincidence
Well, there aren’t any coincidences, I lied. Everything has a purpose. If you witness something which may seem like a coincidence, then you’re very lucky, you just got a sign. Follow it with trust, it will lead you well.
43. Play A Game
Any game. Just play. Like a child. Allow yourself to do something just for fun, without any goals, pressures or deadlines. Will make you understand that everything is a game. Sometimes a little bit harder, but still a game..
44. Forgive Somebody Out Of The Blue
Don’t hold that grudge for that past insult. Grudges are heavy and tend to make the take off for a new life a little bit difficult. The longer you hold that grudge, the more difficult the take off will be. Forgiveness will lift you off.
45. Stop Solving The Wrong Problems
You are not here to witness the bad things in your life. Nor the performance in itself. You are here to enjoy a journey. To become aware, To grow. So, stop solving the wrong problem and focus on what really matters.
46. Make Peace With An Old Enemy
That’s more than forgiveness, that’s the actual process of reversing a situation. Make peace with somebody. Turn it into your friend. I’m not saying this is easy, I know it first hand. But I also know it works. Enemies count down, friends count up.
47. Make A Promise To A Close Person And Keep It
It doesn’t have to be something big. It doesn’t have to be for someone special. It doesn’t have to be difficult also. But it has to be a commitment to somebody. Just reach out, make a promise, keep it and then enjoy the feeling after.
48. Break Up With A Person You Don’t Really Like
Maybe you’re friend with somebody just by habit, chemistry being dead for a long time now. Just break it up. Tell him. Ok, let’s unfriend us, this will not work. It will bring up something you thought you lost it long ago: courage.
49. Get A Thing You Wanted For A Long Time
But you didn’t had time or money to get it. Just go out and get it. Not only it will boost your self-respect, but it will also free your desire channel, which may be a little bit clogged by having one and only one desire for such a long time.
50. Stop Being Judgemental
With others AND with you. Excessive criticism will kill your enthusiasm. And if you think this post is something you shouldn’t read in the first place, then, my friend, you really are judgemental. Lighten up. Accept life as it is.
51. Change Your Wardrobe
You don’t know how much are you tied to what you wear. If you’re on the gray loving side, put some color in your clothes. If you’re on the black and white, try some gradients. Of course, your clothes are not you. Hence, they’re so easy to change, right?
52. Smile At Least 10 Times A Day
And I mean it, start to count that. Smiling is a sign of honesty and power. Everybody can cry over a disaster but only the most powerful can take bitterness with a smile. Exercise that power. And then try to go for 20 times a day.
53. Burn Some Old Memories
Maybe the notebook from your 7th grade? Maybe the teenage dumb poetry you wrote? Whatever it might be, break up. It might be difficult, but it might also be a sign that you’re so attached to the past that you can’t advance in your life anymore.
54. Plant A Tree
Or take care of a flower. Do it for at least several months. It will give you a sense of potential. Seeing that tree or that flower growing will make your self-confidence go up. If a flower can make it, why can’t I? Of course you can, now do it!
55. Move To Another Town Or Country
Maybe it’s time to change the environment? Take the plunge, move over. Pick another town or even another country. Like all the good stuff, it might be pretty difficult in the beginning, but you can bet it would shake everything really good!
56. Join A New Group
Go to a bikers meeting. Or, if you’re not a biker, to a toastmaster meeting. Join a group and see how you fit in. It will help if the group will be focused on some of your passions, of course. It will reveal a lot about your social skills.
57. Stop Watching TV
Television evolved a lot from the balanced news provider it was in the beginning up to the current manipulating tool. Just stop watching it for a week. And then for a month. Meanwhile, assess your psychological progress. You may be amazed.
58. Start A Totally Unexpected Hobby
Start making trains out of matches. Raise cobras. Put tiny vessels into tiny bottles. Do whatever it takes to move your mind from your problems for a while. And if you can create something nice in the process, why not doing it?
59. Randomly Hug A Stranger On The Street
Ok, this might be a little bit dangerous, but only if you think at it. If you’re doing it, chances are that you’re going to get your hug back. It will also help raising your adrenaline up to levels you never had for a very long time.
60. Set Up A Surprise Party
For your or for a friend. It’s always good for your mood, even if – or especially if – you’re down. Do a thematic one, invite friends and tell them to bring their friends. And then expect to meet new, wonderful persons. And of course, have fun.
61. Go Hiking
Do it for at least one week-end. Nature is more powerful than our human created environment. We don’t know how to channel the energy into our artificial habitats. If you want to recharge, go outside and stay in connection with the wilderness.
62. Get A Pet
Whatever works for you, a bird, a guinea pig, a dog or a cat. It will keep you alert and it will cheer you up when you’re down. Taking care of a pet is also easier if you’re overwhelmed with human interaction. Even from a pet, love is still love.
63. Write A Thank You Letter
You can send it or not, the real catch is to write it. Pick someone who helped you in the past. Start writing the letter and say everything you want to say to that person. It will make you understand what are you really grateful for in your life.
64. Meditate Daily
It’s the easiest thing you can do. True mediation acts like a mind emptier, leaving you open to the whole flow of the sensations and experiences you would otherwise ignore. You don’t even need a complicated technique, meditate as you see fit.
65. Say Something Nice To Somebody
Just like that. Out of the blue. Pick an unknown person and say something nice. After the initial surprise you’ll be amazed by the unmasked joy and gratitude they’re expressing. Admit it: you would like that too, isn’t it?
66. Say Something Nice To You
Ok, but if nobody is telling you nice things, why not start this yourself? Do it in whatever form you think it’s appropriate: send yourself emails, write in your calendar or leave yourself nice postits on the desk. With something nice just for you.
67. When I Doubt, Improvise
Being so scared for not knowing the answer, so nervouse that you may screw thins up… I know the feeling, I’ve been there too. Just go with the flow. Improvise. It will be so good for your unconscious mind. The real answer will be surprising.
68. Don’t Argue, Win Or Lose
This goes hand in hand with avoiding the fight, but it’s a little bit different. If you get caught in an argument, just accept that you can have only two outcomes from it: win or lose. Settle with one and just move on.
69. Stop Faking Your Life
It’s so easy to get caught in a flow of fakes. Society wants us to politely lie and you need to lie sometimes. Just stop it. Being authentic is the best thing you can do. No need to hide your sorrow, nor your joy. They’re both part of life.
70. Define Goals
Again, that goes hand in hand with writing a personal mission but it’s more than that. It’s the habit of clearly deciding – and, subsequently, describing – where you want to go. Do you have a goal? A passion, maybe? Go for it! And be verbose.
71. Help Others
Reach out and try to see if you can help others. You don’t have to be a Samaritan, just go out there and support somebody. The biggest trick of helping is really surprising: although it seems you’re giving, you’re in fact receiving a lot more.
72. Go Social
Mingle, interact, go out. Get used to meet new people. Make this a habit and you’ll soon get used to do new things too. The goal is not to be the best networker in the world, but to be connected to as many energy sources as you can get.
73. Spend Some Time Alone
Subsequently, make sure you set aside enough time for your own. You don’t necessarily need to recharge, but you need this time in order to get a new perspective. Stop for a while and look around. Where are you? Where do you want to be?
74. Fix Something By Yourself
Go fix a broken window, or a scratch on your car. Don’t call for a specialist, get involved, see how you can have an impact on things around you. Work with your hands, prepare to sweat. It will instantly make you feel better.
75. Create Value
Make things that others need too. Make something useful. Don’t follow blind or outdated commitments, go for what really makes a change around you. Creating value is the core of your activity here and the only thing you really have to strive for.
76. Do A Random Act Of Kindness
Doesn’t have to be in the form of a nice compliment this time. You don’t even need to communicate it to the target person. Just do an incognito service to someone. See how this makes you feel. Think how many times you received that.
77. One More Second
Create the habit of looking at things for one more second. Spend one more second before taking an important decision. Delay something. Time will follow your intention and open some unexpected window for you. Slow it down a little.
78. Understand What People Want From You
What you can do is not always what people want from you. Clearing that confusion alone could bring an immense relief to your life. You don’t have to immediately provide what they’re wanting, but if you do, you may have some big surprises.
79. Break An Old Bad Habit
Breaking a bad habit is difficult. But breaking an old bad habit will free an incredible amount of time into your life. Quit smoking or stop talking on the phone for hours. Whatever you break, it will change your life for the best.
80. Stop Complaining
Complaining is like an open invitation for troubles. The more you complain about something, the more of that something you invite into your life. Cut it out. You don’t get any comfort out of complaining, only troubles.
81. Reject What You Don’t Want
It’s so simple, yet so underrated. Society wants us to complain even when we don’t really like stuff. Like forcing us to smile when we don’t find it funny. Allow yourself to walk away from something you don’t like. Just do it!
82. Being Is Better Than Having
Too much and too often we shape our life’s fulfillment degree to the amount we possess. The fundamental mistake. If you’re doing it, stop it right now. You’re not what you’re having. Being is so much better than having.
83. Listen To Your Critics
This one might be difficult in the beginning but once you get used to it it’s fantastic. You may find out a lot of stuff about yourself that you didn’t know about. You think you are one kind of person, but others may disagree.
84. Don’t Take It Personally
Never. Your world is shaped by your reaction to things, not by the things themselves. Don’t get upset, don’t think that somebody knows you enough to make right assumptions about you. Acknowledge and move on.
85. Laugh
This time is not about smiling. It’s about laughing. Don’t you ever miss another opportunity to laugh. Especially at yourself. The longer your laughing sessions, the shorter your misery ones. Looks like a nice deal, isn’t it?
86. Go With Passion
Don’t let your rational mind stand in the way of your passion. If you found – or at least felt, even occasionally – something that thrills you, you’re there. You don’t need a confirmation on this from anybody. Go with your passion.
87. Trust Your Emotions
Don’t underestimate your emotions. Or overestimate them. Your emotions are your feed-back system and for that they are very important. Trying to ignore your emotions is like depriving yourself from lights in a car running in the middle of the night.
88. Live It Like A Holiday
Ever observed how nice you feel during your holiday? How light, joyful and authentic? Everything is just wonderful. Well, you are on a continuous holiday here. It starts with your birth and end with your death. Live it like a holiday.
89. Make A Story Out Of It
Do you like a good story? I love it. Make everything in your life story-worthwhile. Make it as it would be a fantastic journey and you will be at all time the observer, the hero and the narrator. Create the story of your life.
90. Stop Being A Follower
Admiring is nice. But being admired is even better. Stop trying to fit in other people’s shoes. Find your own path. If that means breaking up completely your lifestyle, so be it. If you are “like” somebody else you can’t be “like” yourself anymore.
91. Watch Your Beliefs
Your beliefs are not you. But they are shaping your life constantly. You have the power to change them at any point in your existence. But in order to do that, you must first start to observe them, to isolate them, to accept them.
92. Stop Lying
To others and to yourself. Although it might ease a complicated situation, a lie is not good in the long run. The trick is that if you’re telling a lie you’re altering your reality. And a distorted reality will be impossible to handle.
93. Stop Reacting To Stuff
And start acting on stuff. Initiate things. Start projects. Predict situations and be there before the hurricane hits. Reacting to stuff is a victim paradigm. Stop being a victim and start acting. Create your life instead of being the creation of others.
94. Live Today
Not yesterday, not tomorrow. Go for what you can do today and leave yesterday behind for good. It’s not here anymore. And tomorrow doesn’t even exist yet, so why bother. All you have is today. Don’t waste it.
95. Expect The Unexpected
If there’s something unusual that happens to you, go for it. The unexpected is a signal of an opportunity. It will not always be nice, this unexpected, but whenever it’s around, magical things are happening. Wait for it. Praise for it.
96. Enjoy
Like being in joy. Like giving permission to yourself to extract joy from any situation you’re in. Even if it’s bad. Or especially if it’s bad. Joy is everywhere, you just have to let it manifest through you. Don’t resist joy. Don’t reject it.
97. Make Your Own Rules
And stick with them. Go for what works for you, not the others. Go for what you want, not the others. Including me. Make your own system and be proud of it. You may upset some people in the process, but hey, that’s life.
98. Love
Unconditionally. Totally. Constantly. Restlessly. Love is the only glue that keeps your life running. You were born out of love and you carry it deep down in your being. Love is never about the others, it’s about you.
99. Get Rid Of Labels
Things are what they are. Don’t use labels anymore, use directly the things. Your notion of “right” and “wrong” are nothing but labels. In a different country your “right” might be “wrong”. Don’t charge yourself with this unneeded burden.
100. No Regrets
Regretting something is another form of not accepting reality. What you can do about it now? It’s gone. It doesn’t exist anymore. Focus on what you can change: your present moment. Not yesterday, not tomorrow. Now. Live now.
sábado, 24 de janeiro de 2009
Guia Prático da NOVA ORTOGRAFIA
(Fonte Dicionário eletrônico Houaiss/ UOL)
Saiba o que mudou na ortografia brasileira
por Douglas Tufano
(Professor e autor de livros didáticos de língua portuguesa)
O objetivo deste guia é expor ao leitor, de maneira objetiva, as alterações introduzidas na ortografia da língua portuguesa
pelo Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa, assinado em Lisboa, em 16 de dezembro de 1990, por Portugal, Brasil,
Angola, São Tomé e Príncipe, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique e, posteriormente, por Timor Leste.
No Brasil, o Acordo foi aprovado pelo Decreto Legislativo no 54, de 18 de abril de 1995.
Esse Acordo é meramente ortográfico; portanto, restringe-se à língua escrita, não afetando nenhum aspecto da língua falada.
Ele não elimina todas as diferenças ortográficas observadas nos países que têm a língua portuguesa como idioma oficial,
mas é um passo em direção à pretendida unificação ortográfica desses países.
Como o documento oficial do Acordo não é claro em vários aspectos, elaboramos um roteiro com o que foi possível
estabelecer objetivamente sobre as novas regras.
Esperamos que este guia sirva de orientação básica para aqueles que desejam resolver rapidamente suas dúvidas sobre
as mudanças introduzidas na ortografia brasileira, sem preocupação com questões teóricas.
Mudanças no alfabeto
O alfabeto passa a ter 26 letras. Foram reintroduzidas as letras k, w e y.
O alfabeto completo passa a ser:
A B C D E F G H I J
K L M N O P Q R S
T U V W X Y Z
As letras k, w e y, que na verdade não tinham desaparecido da maioria dos dicionários da nossa língua,
são usadas em várias situações.
Por exemplo:
a) na escrita de símbolos de unidades de medida: km (quilômetro), kg (quilograma), W (watt);
b) na escrita de palavras e nomes estrangeiros (e seus derivados):
show, playboy, playground, windsurf, kung fu, yin, yang, William, kaiser, Kafka, kafkiano.
Trema
Não se usa mais o trema (¨), sinal colocado sobre a letra u para indicar que ela deve ser pronunciada nos grupos gue, gui, que, qui.
Como era
Como fica
agüentar
aguentar
argüir
arguir
bilíngüe
bilíngue
cinqüenta
cinquenta
delinqüente
delinquente
eloqüente
eloquente
ensangüentado
ensanguentado
eqüestre
equestre
freqüente
frequente
lingüeta
lingueta
lingüiça
linguiça
qüinqüênio
quinquênio
sagüi
sagui
seqüência
sequência
seqüestro
sequestro
tranqüilo
tranquilo
Atenção: o trema permanece apenas nas palavras estrangeiras e em suas derivadas. Exemplos: Müller, mülleriano.
Mudanças nas regras de acentuação
1. Não se usa mais o acento dos ditongos abertos éi e ói das palavras paroxítonas (palavras que têm acento tônico na penúltima sílaba).
Como era
Como fica
alcalóide
alcaloide
alcatéia
alcateia
andróide
androide
apóia
(verbo apoiar) apoia
apóio
(verbo apoiar) apoio
asteróide
asteroide
bóia
boia
celulóide
celuloide
clarabóia
claraboia
colméia
colmeia
Coréia
Coreia
debilóide
debiloide
epopéia
epopeia
estóico
estoico
estréia
estreia
estréio (verbo estrear)
estreio
geléia
geleia
heróico
heroico
idéia
ideia
jibóia
jiboia
jóia
joia
odisséia
odisseia
paranóia
paranoia
paranóico
paranoico
platéia
plateia
tramóia
tramoia
Atenção: essa regra é válida somente para palavras paroxítonas. Assim, continuam a ser acentuadas as palavras oxítonas terminadas em éis, éu, éus, ói, óis. Exemplos: papéis, herói, heróis, troféu, troféus.
2. Nas palavras paroxítonas, não se usa mais o acento no i e no u tônicos quando vierem depois de um ditongo.
Como era
Como fica
baiúca
baiuca
bocaiúva
bocaiuva
cauíla
cauila
feiúra
feiura
Atenção: se a palavra for oxítona e o i ou o u estiverem em posição final (ou seguidos de s), o acento permanece. Exemplos: tuiuiú, tuiuiús, Piauí.
3. Não se usa mais o acento das palavras terminadas em êem e ôo(s).
Como era
Como fica
abençôo
abençoo
crêem (verbo crer)
creem
dêem (verbo dar)
deem
dôo (verbo doar)
doo
enjôo
enjoo
lêem (verbo ler)
leem
magôo (verbo magoar)
magoo
perdôo (verbo perdoar)
perdoo
povôo (verbo povoar)
povoo
vêem (verbo ver)
veem
vôos
voos
zôo
zoo
4. Não se usa mais o acento que diferenciava os pares pára/para, péla(s)/pela(s), pêlo(s)/pelo(s), pólo(s)/polo(s) e pêra/pera.
Como era
Como fica
Ele pára o carro.
Ele para o carro.
Ele foi ao pólo Norte.
Ele foi ao polo Norte.
Ele gosta de jogar pólo.
Ele gosta de jogar polo.
Esse gato tem pêlos brancos.
Esse gato tem pelos brancos.
Comi uma pêra.
Comi uma pera.
Atenção:
- Permanece o acento diferencial em pôde/pode.
Pôde é a forma do passado do verbo poder (pretérito perfeito do indicativo), na 3a pessoa do singular.
Pode é a forma do presente do indicativo, na 3a pessoa do singular.
Exemplo: Ontem, ele não pôde sair mais cedo, mas hoje ele pode.
- Permanece o acento diferencial em pôr/por. Pôr é verbo.
Por é preposição. Exemplo: Vou pôr o livro na estante que foi feita por mim.
- Permanecem os acentos que diferenciam o singular do plural dos verbos ter e vir,
assim como de seus derivados (manter, deter, reter, conter, convir, intervir, advir etc.). Exemplos:
Ele tem dois carros. / Eles têm dois carros.
Ele vem de Sorocaba. / Eles vêm de Sorocaba.
Ele mantém a palavra. / Eles mantêm a palavra.
Ele convém aos estudantes. / Eles convêm aos estudantes.
Ele detém o poder. / Eles detêm o poder.
Ele intervém em todas as aulas. / Eles intervêm em todas as aulas.
- É facultativo o uso do acento circunflexo para diferenciar as palavras forma/fôrma.
Em alguns casos, o uso do acento deixa a frase mais clara.
Veja este exemplo: Qual é a forma da fôrma do bolo?
5. Não se usa mais o acento agudo no u tônico das formas (tu) arguis, (ele) argui,
(eles) arguem, do presente do indicativo dos verbos arguir e redarguir.
6. Há uma variação na pronúncia dos verbos terminados em guar, quar e quir,
como aguar, averiguar, apaziguar, desaguar, enxaguar, obliquar, delinquir etc.
Esses verbos admitem duas pronúncias em algumas formas do presente do indicativo,
do presente do subjuntivo e também do imperativo.
Veja:
a) se forem pronunciadas com a ou i tônicos, essas formas devem ser acentuadas. Exemplos:
verbo enxaguar: enxáguo, enxáguas, enxágua, enxáguam; enxágue, enxágues, enxáguem.
verbo delinquir: delínquo, delínques, delínque, delínquem; delínqua, delínquas, delínquam.
b) se forem pronunciadas com u tônico, essas formas deixam de ser acentuadas.
Exemplos (a vogal sublinhada é tônica, isto é, deve ser pronunciada mais fortemente que as outras):
verbo enxaguar: enxaguo, enxaguas, enxagua, enxaguam; enxague, enxagues, enxaguem.
verbo delinquir: delinquo, delinques, delinque, delinquem; delinqua, delinquas, delinquam.
Atenção: no Brasil, a pronúncia mais corrente é a primeira, aquela com a e i tônicos.
Uso do hífen
Algumas regras do uso do hífen foram alteradas pelo novo Acordo.
Mas, como se trata ainda de matéria controvertida em muitos aspectos, para facilitar a compreensão dos leitores,
apresentamos um resumo das regras que orientam o uso do hífen com os prefixos mais comuns,
assim como as novas orientações estabelecidas pelo Acordo.
As observações a seguir referem-se ao uso do hífen em palavras formadas por prefixos ou por elementos que podem
funcionar como prefixos, como: aero, agro, além, ante, anti, aquém, arqui, auto, circum, co, contra, eletro, entre, ex, extra, geo,
hidro, hiper, infra, inter, intra, macro, micro, mini, multi, neo, pan, pluri, proto, pós, pré, pró, pseudo, retro, semi, sobre, sub, super, supra, tele, ultra, vice etc.
1. Com prefixos, usa-se sempre o hífen diante de palavra iniciada por h. Exemplos:
anti-higiênico
anti-histórico
co-herdeiro
macro-história
mini-hotel
proto-história
sobre-humano
super-homem
ultra-humano
Exceção: subumano (nesse caso, a palavra humano perde o h).
2. Não se usa o hífen quando o prefixo termina em vogal diferente da vogal com que se inicia o segundo elemento. Exemplos:
aeroespacial
agroindustrial
anteontem
antiaéreo
antieducativo
autoaprendizagem
autoescola
autoestrada
autoinstrução
coautor
coedição
extraescolar
infraestrutura
plurianual
semiaberto
semianalfabeto
semiesférico
semiopaco
Exceção: o prefixo co aglutina-se em geral com o segundo elemento, mesmo quando este se inicia por o:
coobrigar, coobrigação, coordenar, cooperar, cooperação, cooptar, coocupante etc.
3. Não se usa o hífen quando o prefixo termina em vogal e o segundo elemento começa por consoante diferente de r ou s. Exemplos:
anteprojeto
antipedagógico
autopeça
autoproteção
coprodução
geopolítica
microcomputador
pseudoprofessor
semicírculo
semideus
seminovo
ultramoderno
Atenção: com o prefixo vice, usa-se sempre o hífen. Exemplos: vice-rei, vice-almirante etc.
4. Não se usa o hífen quando o prefixo termina em vogal e o segundo elemento começa por r ou s. Nesse caso, duplicam-se essas letras. Exemplos:
antirrábico
antirracismo
antirreligioso
antirrugas
antissocial
biorritmo
contrarregra
contrassenso
cosseno
infrassom
microssistema
minissaia
multissecular
neorrealismo
neossimbolista
semirreta
ultrarresistente
ultrassom
5. Quando o prefixo termina por vogal, usa-se o hífen se o segundo elemento começar pela mesma vogal. Exemplos:
anti-ibérico
anti-imperialista
anti-inflacionário
anti-inflamatório
auto-observação
contra-almirante
contra-atacar
contra-ataque
micro-ondas
micro-ônibus
semi-internato
semi-interno
6. Quando o prefixo termina por consoante, usa-se o hífen se o segundo elemento começar pela mesma consoante. Exemplos:
hiper-requintado
inter-racial
inter-regional
sub-bibliotecário
super-racista
super-reacionário
super-resistente
super-romântico
Atenção:
- Nos demais casos não se usa o hífen.
Exemplos: hipermercado, intermunicipal, superinteressante, superproteção.
- Com o prefixo sub, usa-se o hífen também diante de palavra iniciada por r:
sub-região, sub-raça etc.
- Com os prefixos circum e pan, usa-se o hífen diante de palavra iniciada por m, n e vogal: circum-navegação, pan-americano etc.
7. Quando o prefixo termina por consoante, não se usa o hífen se o segundo elemento começar por vogal. Exemplos:
hiperacidez
hiperativo
interescolar
interestadual
interestelar
interestudantil
superamigo
superaquecimento
supereconômico
superexigente
superinteressante
superotimismo
8. Com os prefixos ex, sem, além, aquém, recém, pós, pré, pró, usa-se sempre o hífen. Exemplos:
além-mar
além-túmulo
aquém-mar
ex-aluno
ex-diretor
ex-hospedeiro
ex-prefeito
ex-presidente
pós-graduação
pré-história
pré-vestibular
pró-europeu
recém-casado
recém-nascido
sem-terra
9. Deve-se usar o hífen com os sufixos de origem tupi-guarani: açu, guaçu e mirim.
Exemplos: amoré-guaçu, anajá-mirim, capim-açu.
10. Deve-se usar o hífen para ligar duas ou mais palavras que ocasionalmente se combinam,
formando não propriamente vocábulos, mas encadeamentos vocabulares. Exemplos: ponte Rio-Niterói, eixo Rio-São Paulo.
11. Não se deve usar o hífen em certas palavras que perderam a noção de composição. Exemplos:
girassol
madressilva
mandachuva
paraquedas
paraquedista
pontapé
12. Para clareza gráfica, se no final da linha a partição de uma palavra ou combinação de palavras coincidir
com o hífen, ele deve ser repetido na linha seguinte. Exemplos:
Na cidade, conta-
-se que ele foi viajar.
O diretor recebeu os ex-
-alunos.
Resumo - Emprego do hífen com prefixos
Regra básica
Sempre se usa o hífen diante de h:
anti-higiênico, super-homem.
Outros casos
1. Prefixo terminado em vogal:
- Sem hífen diante de vogal diferente: autoescola, antiaéreo.
- Sem hífen diante de consoante diferente de r e s: anteprojeto, semicírculo.
- Sem hífen diante de r e s Dobram-se essas letras: antirracismo, antissocial, ultrassom.
- Com hífen diante de mesma vogal:
contra-ataque, micro-ondas.
2. Prefixo terminado em consoante:
- Com hífen diante de mesma consoante: inter-regional, sub-bibliotecário.
- Sem hífen diante de consoante diferente: intermunicipal, supersônico.
- Sem hífen diante de vogal: interestadual, superinteressante.
Observações
1. Com o prefixo sub, usa-se o hífen também diante de palavra iniciada por r sub-região,
sub-raça etc. Palavras iniciadas por h perdem essa letra e juntam-se sem hífen: subumano, subumanidade.
2. Com os prefixos circum e pan, usa-se o hífen diante de palavra iniciada por m, n e vogal:
circum-navegação, pan-americano etc.
3 O prefixo co aglutina-se em geral com o segundo elemento, mesmo quando este se inicia por o:
coobrigação, coordenar, cooperar, cooperação, cooptar, coocupante etc.
4. Com o prefixo vice, usa-se sempre o hífen: vice-rei, vice-almirante etc.
5. Não se deve usar o hífen em certas palavras que perderam a noção de composição,
como girassol, madressilva, mandachuva, pontapé, paraquedas, paraquedista etc.
6. Com os prefixos ex, sem, além, aquém, recém, pós, pré, pró, usa-se sempre o hífen:
ex-aluno, sem-terra, além-mar, aquém-mar, recém-casado, pós-graduação, pré-vestibular, pró-europeu.
quarta-feira, 23 de julho de 2008
10 Golden Lessons from Albert Einstein
Written by lifetweak
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving - Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was an amazing physicist. He figured out so many universal principles and equations that he was way ahead of his fellow scientists at any point of time. But he is also remembered for another thing; a quality which made people call him a genius: his words. Prof. Einstein was a philosopher who clearly understood the laws of success and explained them like the way he did with his equations. Here is a list of 10 things out of the numerously wonderful things he had said; 10 golden lessons that you can put to use in your everyday life.
1. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Most people don’t try new things because of their fear of failure. Failing is not something to be afraid of. It is often the losers who learn more about winning than the winners. Our mistakes always give us opportunities to learn and grow.
2. Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
30 years from now, you won’t possibly remember what chapters you had in your science book; you’d only remember what you learn on your way. Life lessons stay with you forever. Real education starts from within.
3. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
When you reflect on how far we humans have come from the prehistoric caves to mind-blowing technological advancements, you would feel the power of imagination. What we have now was built from the imagination of our forefathers. What we will have in future will be built from our imagination.
4. The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Creativity and uniqueness often depends on how well you hide your sources. You can get inspired and influenced by other great people; but when you are on stage with the whole world watching, you must become a unique, individual force that learnt different values from different people.
5. The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive. Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
If you think of all the top people in the world, they would have added something of value to the world. You must give in order to take. When your purpose is contributing or adding value to the world, you will be elevated to a higher level of living.
6. There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.
When nothing is a miracle, you gain the power of doing anything you want and you have no limits. And when everything is a miracle, you stop by to appreciate even the smallest of beautiful things in the world. Thinking both ways will give you a productive and happy life.
7. When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.
Dreaming about all the great things that you can achieve is the key to a life filled with positivity. Let your imagination run amuck and create the world that you would wish to be in.
8. In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
If you want to become a very successful entrepreneur, you must start a business right away. Wishing to become one, but fearing the consequences will not help. The same applies to everything - in order to win a game, one must above all play the game.
9. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Learn the rules of your game and start playing it best. Keep competing like your life depended on it. And after a while you will have no one else but you to compete against. At that point, better your best.
10. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Intelligent people ask. Keep questioning yourself and others to find solutions. This will help gain knowledge and analyze your growth in all walks of life.
Simple & Easy Money Saving Tips For Frugal Living
10 Mar
Written by Christian
Image by vynsia
A great many people are criminally squandering their hard earned money on a daily basis - myself included. We all know that scrimping and saving is a pain and too dull for words but the fact is that making a few tiny changes to the way we shop, save and invest could mean the difference between ending our days in a mansion or an old peoples home.
Luckily, you don’t need a financial advisor to patronize you or guilt you into doing something about it; we’ll be running a series of articles on money-saving ideas, investment tips, mortgage advice and all the economic advice you need to get your money matters in order. Subscribe now and we’ll teach you the lingo, give you some tips on haggling for a cheaper price and, today, we’ll give you 10 quick and easy ways to make annual savings that will add up to quite a substantial chunk of change. Enjoy.
- Make your lunch
It’s so easy I’m surprised more people don’t do it. If an average sandwich is $5 a pop and you buy one each day you’re at work, then over a year it’s going to cost you about $1,200 (assuming you have 28 days holiday which is more than most people will get). Get into the habit of rustling up your own food and you can easily pocket half of that cash, using the other half to bulk buy your groceries at the supermarket.
- Downgrade your brand purchases
Going for the cheapest beans in the store is a bit over the top (especially since they probably taste horrible). Drop a brand level on everything you can and the overall price drops by roughly 30%. Often you’re only paying for the branded packaging anyway.
- Align your eyes to belly ratio
Americans actually waste about 40% of food produced for consumption. According to Wasted Food, that amounts to an annual cost of over $100 billion. Buy only what you need for the week and avoid stocking up with food which could spoil quickly. If you run out of food mid-week it’s no big deal to make a second trip to the supermarket.
- Reduce your heating bill
By turning the temperature down in your house by just one degree you can save almost 10% on your heating bill. Also, you’ll prevent about 240kg of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere. Cheaper, and greener too.
- Enjoy happy hour
If you like a beer with your buddies in the evening, consider going at less popular times of the day. Many bars offer happy hour deals when it’s quiet which can often see you save up to 50% of the cost. You can’t complain at getting more beer for less.
- Be a late adopter
I know it’s tough to wait until the buzz surrounding the new mobile phone or games console has died down - especially if you’re a techno-geek - but if you can hold back from buying until at least six months after the new technology is launched you could save up to 50%. Let other obsessed geeks drive the price down for you.
- Give alternative gifts
People always say “it’s the thought that counts” when you’re giving and receiving gifts. You can put this to the test by offering alternative gifts. You could offer your dad a weekend of gardening to save him mowing the lawn and cleaning out the fish pond or give your girlfriend a booklet of massage vouchers to redeem whenever she likes. They’ll love your thoughtfulness and you get to pocket the cash you would have otherwise spent.
- Have a house-swap holiday
Instead of shelling out on an all-inclusive deal to Jamaica this year, you could have a house swap holiday instead. Who knows, maybe you’ll bump into Cameron Diaz and she’ll take a shine to you. Give it a go at HomeLink.
- Drive better
The Energy Saving Trust reckon you can save almost $200 a year by ‘eco-driving’. Obviously this is applicable to manual cars and it involves changing gear before your engine hits 2,500 rpm, driving smoothly and eliminating the use of your air-con while driving at an efficient speed of around 45-50mph.
- Shop smarter
You can save up to 60% on clothes prices by visiting designer outlet stores, as they sell nothing but excess stock, special buys and end of season merchandise from some of the biggest names in fashion. I got some Diesel jeans for $30. Bargain!
If you’ve got any other simple and easy ways to save money then please feel free to add your thoughts in the comments. We could all use as many tips and as much advice as possible. Also, if you’re a financial blogger, professional, or just someone who is financially savvy, contact us now to discuss writing some money related guest articles for Just A Guy Thing.
Wake Up: A Guide to Living Your Life Consciously
Written by Zen Habits
A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation.
- Neale Donald Walsch
As much as possible, I try to live my life by bringing to my consciousness what is bubbling up from my unconsciousness.
I try to clear the fog through which we often drift, to see where I’m going, to make conscious choices instead of automatic ones.
Do you ever have a feeling that you’re drifting through life, and not going where you want to go? Or that you don’t know how you got where you are today?
Living consciously is about taking control of your life, about thinking about your decisions rather than making them without thought, about having a life that we want rather than settling for the one that befalls us.
If you’re drifting through life, or feel out of control, or don’t know how you got here ? deciding to live consciously could be the single most important thing you do.
Are you living unconsciously now?
Ask yourself the following questions ? if you find yourself saying yes to many of them, you might want to consider trying conscious living:
1. Are you in a job that you fell into rather than the job you want?
2. Are you doing things that are given to you rather than what you love to do?
3. Are you spending your time doing busy work rather than what you want to do with your days?
4. Do you wish you could spend more time with loved ones?
5. Do you find yourself overweight because you’ve been eating the food you’ve been eating for years and stuck in a rut of not exercising?
6. Do you find yourself living from paycheck to paycheck or in debt, not knowing where your money goes?
7. Do you find yourself wasting your time doing things that aren’t important rather than focusing on completing the things that are very important?
8. Do you go through your days not thinking about what you want out of life and how to get it?
If you answered “no” to all of these questions, you’re probably already living consciously, and you don’t need this article at all. For those who would like to live more consciously, read on.
How to Live Life Consciously
It’s not something you can change overnight. Living consciously is a lifestyle, a skill, an art. It’s not something you do just once, but a habit that you can form for the rest of your life.
But it is deceptively simple: Be conscious, and think about, everything you do. Make conscious choices rather than doing things without thinkings. That’s all.
It sounds simple, but it’s amazing how few people actually do this, and it’s amazing how easy it is to live life on autopilot, and just do what we always do because that’s what we’re used to doing. And it’s easier that way, even if our lives are difficult.
It’s not easy to changes our lives, to break out of our routines, to begin to live the lives we want.
It takes willful effort, energy and constant vigilance to think about our choices ? all of them.
Here are some key tips that have worked for me:
1. Make reflecting on your life a regular routine. Whether you keep a journal, or make reflecting on your day part of your evening routine, or have a weekly session where you review your life or take some time away from the office to reflect on everything ? it’s important that you give things some thought. Regularly.
2. At least once a year, set or review your life’s goals. What do you want to do in life? What is important to you? What do you want your life to be like? And how will you get there? Write it down, and keep it somewhere you will see it often, and take action.
3. Also review your relationships. The people we love are among the most important things in our lives, if not the only important things. You need to think about your relationships. Do you spend enough time with them? Do you show your appreciation for them? Is there a way you can improve your relationship? Do you need to forgive or apologize about anything? Are there barriers that can be removed? Communication that can be improved? Also review your relationships with others, such as co-workers.
4. Consider your impact on the world. How does what you do, what you consume, and how you live, impact the environment? How does it impact poor people in Third World countries? How does it impact the poor, the powerless, the voiceless? How does it impact your community? Your life has an impact, whether you think about it or not. Being conscious of how your decisions affect others is important.
5. Consider the real costs of each purchase. We often buy things without really thinking about what we’re doing or what they really cost. Sure, it’s just $30 ? no problem, right? But that $30 might represent several hours of your life ? hours that you’ll never get back. Do you really want to spend your life earning money for trivial purchases? Is that what you want to do with your life? Worth some thought, I think. Read Your Money or Your Life for more.
6. Consider the real costs of the things in your life. Our lives are filled with stuff ? our houses, our offices ? and beyond just the cost of buying the stuff, this stuff takes a toll on us. The stuff in our life must be arranged, cleaned, moved, taken with us when we move ? it takes up the space in our life, it is visual stress. Later, we’ll have to get rid of it, sort through all of it, take time to throw it away or recycle it or donate it. If having the stuff is not worth all of that, then get rid of it.
7. Review how you spend your time. Until we do a time audit, and keep a log of our day, even if it’s just for one or two days, we don’t really know how we spend our time. And if we do audit our time, it can be very surprising. And if we know how we’re spending our time now, we can make conscious decisions to change how we spend our time in the future. For computer-based time tracking, try Rescue Time.
8. Explore yourself. Not in a dirty way. Take some time to think about what kind of person you are. What your values are. Whether you live your life according to those values. How you treat people. How you treat yourself. Think about this: what do you want people to say about you when you die? Read more: The Key to Dying Happy.
Do you live a life of consciousness? Do you have any tips for doing so? Share in the comments.
A história do jovem ambicioso
Max Gehringer na CBN.
Um jovem ambicioso foi admitido por uma empresa. Como tinha múltiplas habilidades, ele decidiu descobrir qual era o setor que lhe daria melhores condições para construir uma carreira mais rapidamente. E fez esta pergunta ao gerente financeiro. "Finanças, evidentemente", respondeu o gerente, "porque, no fim das contas, uma empresa existe para gerar e administrar dinheiro".
Em seguida, o jovem perguntou ao gerente de vendas, qual era o setor mais importante. "Vendas, é claro", respondeu o gerente, "porque só ela traz recursos para dentro da empresa". O jovem anotou a resposta e foi falar com o gerente de recursos humanos. E ele respondeu que uma empresa se sustenta sobre o talento e a motivação das pessoas, e portanto, recursos humanos era o setor mais importante.
Mas o gerente de informática tinha outra visão, e explicou ao jovem que a tecnologia está cada vez mais substituindo as pessoas, com vantagens. "Muito em breve, sem dúvida, as empresas serão controladas por profissionais de informática".
Já o gerente de marketing explicou que maketing cria o desejo de compra, e por isso é disparado o setor mais importante. O gerente de desenvolvimento esclareceu que seu setor era mais importante porque novos produtos são o oxigênio da empresa.
Ao final de 30 dias, o jovem chegou a conclusão de que havia 15 setores na empresa, e todos eles eram os mais importantes. Até que finalmente, o jovem teve a oportunidade de conversar com o presidente da empresa, que tinha apenas 34 anos. E o jovem perguntou como o presidente havia descoberto tão rapidamente a melhor direção a seguir. E o presidente respondeu: "Quando eu tinha a sua idade, eu rezava".
Impressionado, o jovem perguntou: "Então, uma carreira bem sucedida é uma questão de fé"? "Não", disse o presidente. "Eu rezava para que os jovens ambiciosos que concorriam comigo continuassem a fazer perguntas, enquanto eu me dedicava a fazer o meu trabalho."
Max Gehringer, para CBN.
terça-feira, 17 de junho de 2008
quarta-feira, 4 de junho de 2008
Equívocos!!!
"Viagens de trem em altas velocidades não são possíveis, os passageiros impedidos de respirar morrerão de asfixia."
* Dionysius Lardner, 1823
"No ano 2000 não existirá mais C, X ou Q no alfabeto usado no cotidiano."
* Ladies Home Journal, Dezembro 1990
O Institute for the Future previu em 1974 que em 1985 não existiriam mais pessoas obesas.
"Todos os casais serão felizes em 1990."
* John Haberton, 1893
"As casas voarão [em 2000]... Virá o tempo em que comunidades inteiras migrarão para o sul no inverno, ou mudarão para novas terras sempre que sentirem vontade de mudar de cenário."
* Arthur C. Clarke, Vogue, 1966
"Por volta de 1960 o trabalho será limitado a três horas por dia."
* John Langdon-Davies, A Short History of the Future, 1936
"Os raios-X são uma fraude"
* Lord Kelvin, físico inglês, 1900
"A Bomba nunca vai funcionar, e falo como um especialista em explosivos"
* Almirante William Daniel Leahy, conselheiro do Presidente Trumam em assuntos nucleares, 1945.
"A clonagem de mamíferos é biologicamente impossível"
* James McGrath e Davor Solter, biólogos, em artigo na Science, 1984
"Não teremos artrite em 2000."
* Dr. William Clark, 1966
"Em 2000, políticos simplesmente desaparecerão. Não veremos mais nenhum partido político."
* R. Buckminster Fuller, 1966
"A teoria dos germes de Louis Pasteur é uma ficção ridícula"
* Pierre Pachet, Professor de Fisiologia em Toulouse, 1872
"No futuro, os computadores não pesarão mais do que 1,5 tonelada"
* Popular Mechanics, prevendo a evolução da ciência, 1949
"Penso que há talvez no mundo um mercado para 5 computadores"
* Thomas Watson, presidente da IBM, 1943
"Viajei por todos os lados neste país, e posso assegurar-lhes que processamento de dados é uma ilusão que não perdura até o fim do ano"
* O editor encarregado de livros técnicos da Prentice Hall, 1957
"Não há nenhuma razão para que alguém queira ter um computador em casa"
* Ken Olson, presidente e fundador da Digital Equipment Corp.,1977
"Este 'telefone' tem inconvenientes demais para ser seriamente considerado um meio de comunicação. Esta geringonça não tem nenhum valor para nós"
* memorando interno da Western Union, 1876.
"A caixa de música sem fio não tem nenhum valor comercial imaginável. Quem pagaria para ouvir uma mensagem enviada a ninguém em particular?"
* Sócios de David Sarnoff em resposta a sua consulta urgente sobre investimentos em rádio nos anos 20.
"Quem se interessaria em ouvir os atores falar?"
* H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, no auge do cinema mudo, 1927.
"Máquinas mais pesadas do que o ar são impossíveis"
* Lord Kelvin, presidente da Royal Society, 1895.
"Se eu tivesse pensado a respeito disso, eu não teria feito a experiência. A literatura está cheia de exemplos mostrando que isso não pode ser feito"
* Spencer Silver, a respeito de seu projeto que culminou com os adesivos "Post-It" da 3M.
"O professor Goddard não conhece a relação entre ação e reação e a necessidade de ter algo melhor do que o vácuo contra o qual reagir. Ele parece não ter o conhecimento básico ensinado diariamente em nossas escolas secundárias"
* Editorial do New York Times em 1921 a respeito do estudo revolucionário de Robert Goddard sobre os foguetes.
"Broca para petróleo? Você quer dizer furar o chão para encontrar petróleo? Você está louco"
* Operários que Edwin L. Drake tentou contratar para seu projeto de prospecção de petróleo em 1859.
"Aviões são brinquedos interessantes mas sem nenhum valor militar"
* Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor de estratégia, Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, Paris.
"Tudo que podia ser inventado já o foi"
* Charles H. Duell, Diretor, Departamento de Patentes dos Estados Unidos, 1899, ao propor o fechamento da sessão de registro de novas patentes.
"640 K é mais do que suficiente para qualquer um"
* Bill Gates, 1981
O que dizer pra um cara desses?
Alguns até viveram o suficiente pra ver o tamanho da besteira que eles falaram, azar o deles!!!
quinta-feira, 8 de maio de 2008
Antenas naturais na pele humana revelam estado emocional e fisiológico
08/05/2008
Quase 200 anos depois que o médico alemão Franz Anton Mesmer descobriu o magnetismo animal, cientistas israelenses conseguiram detectar exatamente como os poros da pele humana funcionam como verdadeiras antenas, parecidas com as utilizadas em redes de comunicação sem fios.
A descoberta deverá permitir o monitoramento remoto do estado fisiológico e emocional de pacientes, a avaliação do desempenho de atletas, o diagnóstico de doenças e até mesmo a detecção à distância do nível de ansiedade de uma pessoa.
Antenas naturais na pele
A chave da descoberta está no formato dos dutos que trazem o suor das glândulas sudoríparas para a superfície da pele. Elas têm o formato de minúsculas bobinas, transformando a pele em uma estrutura de minúsculas antenas que operam na freqüência sub-terahertz.
Utilizando uma técnica chamada Tomografia Óptica Coerente, os médicos da Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém descobriram que as "bobinas naturais" da pele humana são miniaturas das antenas utilizadas nos sistemas de comunicações sem fios.
Radiação refletida
Em uma série de experimentos, eles mediram a radiação eletromagnética refletida da palma da mão de voluntários quando a pele era submetida a ondas na faixa entre 75 GHz e 110 GHz. Eles descobriram que o nível de radiação refletida é fortemente dependente do nível de atividade do sistema de respiração da pele.
Em particular, os cientistas perceberam que o sinal refletido é muito diferente em situações quando a pessoa está relaxada e quando ela está praticando atividade física intensa.
Em uma segunda etapa, as medições revelaram que o sinal refletido varia no período de retorno ao estado de relaxamento, mostrando-se fortemente correlacionado com alterações na pressão sangüínea e na taxa de batimentos cardíacos.
Os cientistas alertam que estão dando os primeiros passos nesta nova área, e que ainda é muito cedo para que se possa perceber todo o impacto de sua descoberta, sobretudo suas possíveis utilizações tecnológicas.
Para outra recente descoberta envolvendo a radiação terahertz, veja Uso da radiação terahertz fica mais próxima com metamaterial sintonizável.
quarta-feira, 30 de abril de 2008
Situação das Series
Confira qual a situação de sua série favorita na lista abaixo:
Séries Renovadas:
Brothers & Sisters - 3ª temporada
Grey's Anatomy - 5ª temporada
Lost - 5ª temporada (Obs: Irá durar até a 6ª temporada).
Californication - 2ª temporada
Desperate Housewives - 5ª temporada
House - 5ª temporada
Dirty Sexy Money - 2ª temporada
Private Practice - 2ª temporada
Pushing Daisies - 2ª temporada
Samantha Who? - 2ª temporada
Ugly Betty - 3ª temporada
Damages - 2ª temporada
Bones - 4ª temporada
Cold Case - 6ª temporada
Crimina Minds - 4ª temporada
CSI - 9ª temporada
CSI: Miami - 7ª temporada
CSI: NY - 5ª temporada
Burn Notice - 2ª temporada
Ghost Whisperer - 4ª temporada
Monk - 7ª temporada
Numb3rs - 5ª temporada
Without a Trace - 7ª temporada
NCIS - 6ª temporada
Two and a Half Men - 6ª temporada
The Big Bang Theory - 2ª temporada
My Boys - 2ª temporada
Chuck - 2ª temporada
ER - 15ª e última temporada
Friday Night Lights - 3ª temporada
Heroes - 3ª temporada
How I Met Your Mother - 4ª temporada
Law & Order - 19ª temporada
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - 10ª temporada
Lipstick Jungle - 2ª temporada
Nip/Tuck - 6ª temporada
Medium - 5ª temporada
My Name Is Earl - 4ª temporada
The Office - 5ª temporada
30 Rock - 3ª temporada
Prison Break - 4ª temporada
24 Horas - 7ª temporada
Everybody Hates Chris - 4ª temporada
Gossip Girl - 2ª temporada
One Tree Hill - 6ª temporada
Smallville - 8ª temporada
Supernatural - 4ª temporada
Mad Men - 2ª temporada
Psych - 3ª temporada
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2ª temporada
According to Jim - 8ª temporada
Séries Canceladas:
Jericho
Bionic Woman
Cavemen
K-Ville
The Return Of Jezebel James
Journeyman
Las Vegas
Life is Wild
Cashmere Mafia
Séries Quase Canceladas:
The Game
Aliens In America
Big Shots
Cane
Carpoolers
October Road
Fonte: Series Etc.
quinta-feira, 24 de abril de 2008
Desejo primeiro que você ame
E que amando, também seja amado.
E que se não for, seja breve em esquecer.
E que esquecendo, não guarde mágoa.
Desejo, pois, que não seja assim
Mas se for, saiba ser sem se desesperar
Desejo também que tenha amigos
Que mesmo maus e inconseqüentes
Sejam corajosos e fiéis
E que pelo menos em um deles
Você possa confiar sem duvidar
E porque a vida é assim
Desejo ainda que você tenha inimigos
Nem muitos, nem poucos
Mas na medida exata para que
Algumas vezes você se interpele
A respeito de suas próprias certezas.
E que entre eles
Haja pelo menos um que seja justo
Desejo depois, que você seja útil
Mas não insubstituível
E que nos maus momentos
Quando não restar mais nada
Essa utilidade seja suficiente
Para manter você de pé.
Desejo ainda que você seja tolerante
Não com os que erram pouco
Porque isso é fácil
Mas com os que erram muito e irremediavelmente
E que fazendo bom uso dessa tolerância
Você sirva de exemplo aos outros
Desejo que você, sendo jovem,
Não amadureça depressa demais
E que sendo maduro
Não insista em rejuvenescer
E que sendo velho
Não se dedique ao desespero
Porque cada idade tem o seu prazer e a sua dor
Desejo, por sinal, que você seja triste
Não o ano todo, mas apenas um dia
Mas que nesse dia
Descubra que o riso diário é bom
O riso habitual é insosso
E o riso constante é insano.
Desejo que você descubra
Com o máximo de urgência
Acima e a respeito de tudo
Q ue existem oprimidos, injustiçados e infelizes
E que estão bem à sua volta
Desejo ainda
Que você afague um gato, a limente um cuco
E ouça o joão-de-barro
Erguer triunfante o seu canto matinal
Porque assim, você se sentirá bem por nada
Desejo também
Que você plante uma semente, por menor que seja
E acompanhe o seu crescimento
Para que você saiba
De quantas muitas vidas é feita uma árvore
Desejo, outrossim, que você tenha dinheiro
Porque é preciso ser prático
E que pelo menos uma vez por ano
Coloque um pouco dele na sua frente e diga: "Isso é meu"
Só para que fique bem claro Quem é o dono de quem
Desejo também
Que nenhum de seus afetos morra
Por eles e por você
Mas que se morrer
Você possa chorar sem se lamentar
E sofrer sem se culpar
Desejo por fim
Que você sendo homem, tenha uma boa mulher
E que sendo mulher, tenha um bom homem
Que se amem hoje, amanhã e nos dias seguintes
E quando estiverem exaustos e sorridentes
Ainda haja amor pra recomeçar
E se tudo isso acontecer
Não tenho mais nada a lhe desejar
Victor Hugo
Muitas vezes desejamos que a vida seja feita apenas de coisas que nos parecem agradáveis, esquecendo de que são os obstáculos que nos fortalecem e nos fazem evoluir, são as responsabilidades que nos pesam nos ombros que nos mantem com os pés no chão e as forças contrárias servem de teste para nossa resistência, assim sendo só podemos avaliar o valor das circuntâncias pelas lições que nos deixam depois que passam.
Frases aleatorias e ou randomicas
Frases e pensamentos de Sócrates
“Só sei que nada sei.”
“Creio que tenho prova suficiente de que falo a verdade: a pobreza.”
“Em todo o caso, casai-vos. Se vos couber em sorte uma boa esposa, sereis felizes; se vos calhar uma má, tornar-vos-eis filósofos, o que é excelente para os homens.”
“O princípio dos raciocínios é constituído pela essência das coisas.”
“A beleza é um reino muito pequeno.”
“Não te contentes em admirar as pessoas bondosas. Imite-as.”
“O que deve caracterizar a juventude é a modéstia, o pudor, o amor, a moderação, a dedicação, a diligência, a justiça, a educação. São estas as virtudes que devem formar o seu carácter.”
“É costume de um tolo, quando erra, queixar-se dos outros. É costume de um sábio queixar-se de si mesmo.”
“Eu não posso ensinar nada a ninguém, eu só posso fazê-lo pensar.”
“A ociosidade é que envelhece e não o trabalho.”
“A eloqüência é a arte de aumentar as coisas pequenas e diminuir as grandes.”
“Todo discurso deve ser construído como uma criatura viva, dotado por assim dizer do seu próprio corpo; não lhe podem faltar nem pés nem cabeça; tem de dispor de um meio e de extremidades compostas de modo tal que sejam compatíveis uns com os outros e com a obra como um todo.”
“Quatro características deve ter um juiz; ouvir cortesmente, responder sabiamente, ponderar prudentemente e decidir imparcialmente.”
“O que temos de fazer é instruir e não proibir.”
“É sábio o homem que pôs em si tudo que leva à felicidade ou dela se aproxima.”
“Uma vida não-suscetível de exame não vale a pena ser vivida.”
“A vida sem reflexão não merece ser vivida.”
“É preciso que os homens bons respeitem as leis más, para que os homens maus respeitem as leis boas.”
“Deixe quem desejaria mudar o mundo primeiro mudar a si mesmo.”
“Se o desonesto soubesse a vantagem de ser honesto, ele seria honesto ao menos por desonestidade.”
“Sábio é aquele que conhece os limites da própria ignorância.”
“Penso que não ter necessidade é coisa divina e ter as menores necessidades possível é o que mais se aproxima do divino.”
“Um bom casamento exige que o homem seja surdo e a mulher cega.”
“Transforme as pedras que você tropeça nas pedras de sua escada.”
“Conheço apenas a minha ignorância.”
“A administração é uma questão de habilidades,e não depende da técnica ou experiência. Mas é preciso antes de tudo saber o que se quer.”
“Não sou nem ateniense, nem grego, mas sim um cidadão do mundo.”
“Conhece-te a ti próprio.”
“Aquele a quem a palavra não educar, também o pau não educará.”
Hackers publicam o codigo fonte do Windows Vista
Incrivel.....não é que dessa fez passaram a perna no tio Bill!
Quem programa C/C++ vai logo notar que o codigo é realmente um resumo de tudo oq pensamos(pelo menos a maioria pensa) sobre o Vista:
O significado das cores
Nesse site vc pode achar o significado e a utilidade de cada uma das cores mais comuns, pra quem trabalha com Design ou se interessa pelo assunto é uma boa pedida.
Ferramentas de pesquisa oficiais Google
Official Google Search Tools
- Google - The Search Engine.
- Google Advanced Search - search google based on specific parameters
- Google Suggest - As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you’re typing and offers suggestions in real time.
- Google Trends - Graphically see and compare what the world is searching for.
- Google Personalized Search - make your search experience more relevant to you.
- Google Search History - Keeps a record of all searches and clicked results while a user is logged into a Google Account
- Google Blog search - Google search technology focused on blogs
- Blogger Blog Search - Search for blogs all over the web
- Google Directory - Search the web organized by topic into categories.
- Google Alerts - sends emails automatically when there are new Google results for your search terms.
Special Searches
- Google Video - Search TV programs and videos
- Google Image Search - comprehensive image search on the web
- Google Music Search - search for music
- Google Book Search - Search the full text of books (and discover new ones).
- Google Catalogs - helps you browse and search merchant-provided catalogs
- Froogle - Google’s shopping search engine
- Google News - Search and browse 4,500 news sources
- Google News archive search - provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives.
- Google Scholar - search for the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
- Google Patent Search - find the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that interest you.
- Google Maps - View maps, get driving directions, and search for local businesses and services.
- Google Public Service Search - offers educational institutions and non-profit organizations worldwide free SiteSearch, which enables users to search your website, and free WebSearch, which enables users to search the Internet.
- Google’s University Search - enables you to narrow your search to a specific school website for things like admissions information, course schedules, or alumni news.
- Google Ride Finder - view taxi or shuttle locations in several cities.
- Google Base - submit all types of online and offline content that is hosted and made searchable online.
Google Topic Specific Search
- Google’s Special Searches - enable you to narrow your search to a specific topic.
- Google Apple/Macintosh Search - Search for Apple/Macintosh-related sites using Google
- Google Microsoft Search - Search Microsoft-related sites using Google
- Google Linux Search - Search all penguin-friendly pages
- Google U.S. Government Search - Search all .gov and .mil sites
- BSD Unix - Search web pages about the BSD operating system
Google For Webmasters
- Google AdSense for search - Opportunity to earn money by Google whenever your users click on the targeted Google adsense ads on search results pages.
- Google Free - provide Google search results to users who want to search the web or just your website.
- Google Custom Search Engine - Specify the websites that you want searched and integrate the search box and results into your own website.
- Site-flavored Google search - delivers web search results that are customized to individual websites.
- Customizable Google Search - you can customize your results display to include background, text and link colors you select.
- Google Search Appliance - is a hardware and software product designed to offer large businesses the productivity-enhancing power of Google search.
- Google Mini – Google search for your website and intranet
Google Desktop Search Tools
- Google Deskbar - Search using Google without opening your browser
- Google Desktop - a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail, web pages that you’ve viewed.
Google Mobile Search Services
- Google SMS - Send a text message wiht your search query, and receive text message with search results
- Google SMS UK - enables you to send queries as text messages from your mobile phone or device and easily get precise answers to your questions.
- Google Mobile : Web Search - Google Web Search results on your phone or mobile device
- Google Mobile : Mobile Web Search - search for sites that have already been designed to fit the screen of your phone or device
- Google Mobile : Image Search - Google Image Search results on your phone or mobile device
- Google Mobile : Local Search - get local listings, maps and driving directions on your mobile phone or device
Google Search Toolbars
- Google Toolbar - Add a search box to your browser
- Google Toolbar Beta - Test the latest version on IE.
- Google Toolbar for Firefox - Add a search box to your browser
- Google Toolbar for Enterprise - provides powerful productivity features including easy access to Google, customized search buttons, instant search suggestions, and a pop-up blocker.
- Google Browser Buttons - add to a personal toolbar giving you access to Google search technology without taking up extra screen space.
Third Party Google Search Tools
Search Google with Firefox Extensions
- CustomizeGoogle - enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).
- Googlebar Lite - A light-weight Google search toolbar for Firefox.
- GoogleTabs - Adds a context menu option to open Google search results in tabs.
- Advanced Dork - Highlight a word or phrase, right click, and choose from over 15 Advanced Google Operators, A google search page is opened in either the same tab or a new tab, the results contained in the search will contain the highlighted text inside the chosen Operator.
- GooglePreview - Inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites and Amazon products into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.
- Feeling Lucky - Performs Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” search with any selected text and opens the result in new a tab.
- Aggregate Yahoo! and Google - Search Yahoo and Google simultaneously
- GooglebarL10N - is the localized version of Googlebar with Menues & Texts in German, Italian or Spanish.
- Google Advanced Operations Toolbar - provides a shortcut to some of Google’s advanced search functions.
Google Page Modules / Scripts / Widgets / Bookmarklets
- Search History - View your search history. Google Personal Module.
- Random Site Image - Displays a random image from a given website (via Google Images site search). Google Personal Module.
- Google Search Greasemonkey Scripts - use the power of greasemonkey to modify the web.
- Google Search Yahoo Widgets - collection of Google search widgets in various formats
- Milly’s Bookmarklets - Bookmarklets that use the Google search engine to search for stuff.
Multi Search Tools
- Simply Google - search all Google services on one page. Lots of forms.
- HotDaddy - search all Google services on one page. Lots of icons.
- Google Total - search all Google services on one page. Drop down menu.
- GahooYoogle - search multiple Google and Yahoo services together side by side.
- Twingine - Google and Yahoo search side by side.
- Soople - performs all advanced search functions of google in separate forms
Miscellaneous Google Search Tools
- Google Cloud - displays search results as a tag cloud
- Babelplex - enables users to search Google’s web index across two languages.
- Google Current - airs every half hour on Current TV and provides a look at what the world is searching for on Google.
- Googlewhack - a query consisting of two words (without quotation marks) entered into Google’s search page that returns a single result.
- Cookin’ With Google - allows you to provide a list of ingredients and get back a list of recipes that Google finds for you.
- Goofresh - is a way to search for sites added today, yesterday, within the last seven days, or last 30 days.
- Google Fight - Compare the number of results for two competing keywords.
- GoogleDuel - a popularity contest using the Google search engine.
- Random Web Search - it generates a random word, then searches that word on the web using Google.
- Googlematic - Enables searching of Google via AIM or MSN Messenger.
- Googlism - will find out what Google.com thinks of you
- Google Tool - Search multiple google datacenters simultaneously.
- elgooG - a mirror image of Google
- LostGoggles - adds search site preview images, Amazon pricing, site info links and the Open-in-New-Window-button. Formerly “More Google”.
In the end, this amazing list of Google Web Search Features lists the many special features to help you to find exactly what you’re looking for. Google Zeitgeist lists the current Google Search patterns, trends, and surprises.