as mãos

então lavei as mãos

2009-10-16T02:05:00.001+01:00

( tens que me lembrar se não eu esqueço-me)

2009-09-29T01:11:00.004+01:00

ouça,

há muita matéria prima. estou a fazer um batido, não se apoquente. chamo quando a comida estiver na mesa. meninooooos! já lavaste as mãos?

no inverno tomarás chocolate quente. cold weather one point, le temps frois, un point

2009-09-21T23:55:00.002+01:00

in Crónicas de Um Optimismo Fugidio

2009-09-09T14:48:00.001+01:00

mapa

2009-09-06T15:09:00.005+01:00

disse os anarquistas errados é um edifício torto, com fachada branca e grandes janelas inclinadas, delas brotam flores fúscia, frondosas como hortênsias, flores portáteis e desmontáveis, plantadas em jarros claros marmóreos de pé alto,que depois de desmontadas são apenas pés altos com cabeça em flor, circula gente por trás das janelas, está sol, parece que o mar está perto.

ma heart's goin' boom boom boom

2009-09-03T00:19:00.001+01:00

2009-09-02T16:49:00.000+01:00

2009-08-31T01:32:00.004+01:00

tempo mau tempo mau, tempo mau ta trazê disgostu ki nha aldeia ka pode kuel tempo mau tempo mau tempo mau ta trazê lembranças ki nha memória ka pode kuel dianti di mar só mudjeres ta grita oh leba oh, leba oh, leba oh…

2009-08-29T23:45:00.001+01:00

cartão de visita

2009-08-16T16:08:00.001+01:00

canta sereia, trabalha formiga

2009-08-16T13:31:00.000+01:00

UPDATE: CONTINUING CRUELTY, TORTURE AND ILLEGAL DETENTION OF POOR WOMEN IN PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL

2009-08-16T01:07:00.001+01:00

Comrades,

It is August 10, 2009; exactly one week since out last visit at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital. We arrived at 4.30pm to check on the status of the detained women. On August 3, 2009 when we last visited the hospital and found 34 women detained, we raised the issue with the social worker at the hospital, Ms. Elizabeth Muthandi (mobile phone number 0722994121) who promised to resolve the problem in consultation with the hospital administration. She informed us that the Hospital’s waiver committee was due to sit within the week of August 3-7, 2009 and that the committee would consider a waiver of the fees. The following is an update since our last visit:

As at 6:00PM, August 10, 2009:

* 19 women are still being detained, most of them since June 2009.
* Of the 19 women, 14 women have been detained for more than 4 weeks.
* 5 of the women have been detained since June 2009, for as many as nine weeks!
* Sharon Mutheu has been detained since June 7, 2009, for more than 9 weeks, simply because the hospital’s social worker dislikes her. Sharon reports that while pregnant she escaped from an abusive relationship and sought refuge with friends for months. The social worker insists that Sharon MUST return to the abusive husband and that Sharon must take her to the home she had escaped from months before she delivered a beautiful baby girl. Sharon is adamant that she needs to move on with her life and start over in a safer environment for the sake of her little child. That is the gist of the disagreement between her and the social worker and as a result she is constantly passed over when fees for other women are waived.
* Detained since June 23, 2009 when she delivered a healthy baby boy, Mercy Kendi has watched her baby gradually lose weight and get weaker, until he has been admitted at the nursery. Her baby has not only lost weight but has, due to increased cold and inadequate beddings, developed a fever and a congested chest. He has been admitted at the nursery since Sunday August 2, 2009.
* Nancy Wambui, detained since July 14, 2009 is reported to be severely disturbed, suicidal and is, according to our sources, being sedated at the hospital. Being malnourished, her baby has been at the nursery for the last two weeks. Nancy is as alone as one can get- she is an orphan with no siblings. She cries all the time, spends most of the day sitting alone at Ward 3 where she is detained. Nancy wasn’t always like that. The women who have been detained alongside Nancy report that she was okay and that her mental state has deteriorated over time. She delivered a healthy baby boy on July 14, 2009 and was promptly discharged but has been detained at the hospital. During this detention and unable to produce enough milk to feed the baby he has lost weight and has now been admitted at the hospital’s nursery.

These are the additional findings:

* Increased harassment of the detained women after our visit: The women report that since our visit, they have been subjected to continued insults and harassment by some of the hospital’s workers. There are collaborated reports that Ward 2’s Sister-In-Charge and one nurse in Ward 3 are notorious for this. There are also specific reports that the social worker has been insulting and threatening the women. Women detained in Ward 3 were told that if they speak to us they would be arrested and were instructed to notify the Sister-In-Charge of the ward of our presence in the hospital.

* Cruel and inhumane treatment: The women complain that they continue to be denied food and the Sister-In-Charge of Ward 2 is reported to have told the women that she would ensure that they get very little food since she would rather the food was fed to pigs. As a result, nearly all the women who have been at the hospital for more than 3 weeks have babies who are losing weight.

* Bribery and compromise: The women report that they have been approached to give bribes in order to secure their release. Those that are unable to raise the required bribe money do not get their fees waived. This explains why some of the women who have been detained since June, and whose plight we highlighted on August 3, 2009 were not released along with the women who were released on August 5 or 7. The allegation is that the social worker uses her position to settle personal scores as in the case of Sharon Mutheu and the committee does not waive fees on the basis of need. Most of the women released last week had only been detained for about a week. The explanation offered by the social worker and the hospital secretary is not plausible- that the women released last week owed less money because the bills of the women who continue to be detained have only increased as a result of the illegal detention. Every day their bill increases by Kenya Shillings 400.00. The longer they are held, the higher the bill! It is a true shame that when the waiver committee sits it uses these exorbitant and outrageous bills as an excuse to continue detaining the poor women.

The hospital’s waiver committee appears to be a circus of the unwilling. After finding the women still being detained at the hospital, I sought audience with the administration. I met with Mr. Wanjira, the Hospital Secretary; the Matron; Elizabeth Muthandi the Social Worker and Mr. Kirwa. Their response to all the issues raised, besides the usual stares of incongruity (almost all the members of the hospital administration never seem to be aware of what is going on in the hospital), was that the matters highlighted would be investigated. The Matron could not deal with the issue of the nurses that harass and insult the women; she was too tired because, as she explained, she had spent the whole afternoon showing visitors (donors) around the hospital. The social worker had no comment on any of the issues raised and neither confirmed nor denied allegations of bribery and harassment of which she is personally accused. Mr. Kirwa had absolutely nothing to say, not a single word in more than an hour.

The following is a complete list of all the women currently being detained along with the date of detention and sex of the child delivered. Please note that this list includes only those women who have been discharged but are being illegally held at the hospital only because they have not paid their hospital bill. In other words, save for the fact that they are poor and unable to meet the costs of their healthcare, these women would be at home. A minor exception may be made for the three women whose babies are now admitted at the nursery, but we reiterate that all the babies are admitted because they are malnourished and underweight- a condition directly attributable to the fact that their mothers are not properly fed and cannot produce enough breast milk to sustain the babies.

WARD 2:

Name Sex of Child Date of Detention

1. Mercy Kendi Male 23/June/2009

2. Alice Nyambura Male 25/June/2009

3. Jealious Mugure Male 26/June/2009

4. Faith Loko Male 27/June/2009

5. Rose Atieno Male 5/July/2009

7. Violet Makokha Female 8/July/2009

8. Judy Mwihaki Female 13/July/2009

9. Dorcas Wanjiru Male 4/August/2009

10. Dorcas Ochwada Female 1/August/2009 *

* (has 3 children currently being minded by a neighbour)

WARD 3:

Name Sex of Child Date of Detention

1. Sharon Mutheu Female 7/June/2009

2. Janet Nduku Female 6/July/2009

3. Alice Akinyi Male 6/July/2009

4. Catherine Msamuli Male 9/July/2009

5. Joyce Achieng Female 10/July/2009

6. Judith Wanjiru Male 12/July/2009

7. Nancy Wambui Male 14/July/2009

8. Margaret Wambui Female 23/July/2009

9. Grace Akinyi Female 31/August/2009

The Pumwani Maternity Hospital will not reform unless action is taken. At this stage we recommend that the following direct action be taken as a matter of urgency:

1.) That an immediate review of the competency of the hospital staff, especially the social worker be conducted. Redeployment of the nursing staff to other facilities and or regular rotation of staff is advised. There is an apparent network among the staff that reinforces bad practices.

2.) That the Hospital Secretary be compelled to convene the Waiver Committee at a specified date without fail. He explained that he failed to convene the meeting due on July 31, 2009 because 12 women had promised to pay their bills during that weekend (August 1-2, 2009). That excuse is not good enough. The meeting should have proceeded with respect to the other women!

3.) That all known donors to the Pumwani Maternity Hospital be actively lobbied to stop supporting the hospital as long as it continues to detain poor women. We are researching to find these donors and will forward the information as and when we get it.

4.) That as many of you call, write and fax the hospital and the Ministry of Medical Services demanding an end to this practice and also asking for a policy directive from the ministry that labour and post-natal care shall be provided free of charge to all women.

The following are useful contacts that you can use for further advocacy:

Pumwani Maternity Hospital: Tel: + 254 20 676 3291 – 7, Fax: +254 20 676 2965

Keep speaking out for these poor women. Last week some of them were released. Help us make freedom a reality for all the others.

Best,

Wangui Mbatia

funk you right now

2009-08-10T16:27:00.000+01:00

i wanna funk you

2009-08-10T01:13:00.001+01:00

2009-08-05T23:12:00.002+01:00

Women, guilty only of committing the singular offence of being too
poor to afford the fee charged for delivering children are still being
detained indefinitely at hospitals. Pumwani Maternity Hospital,
Kenya’s biggest referral hospital is notorious not only for detaining
the women, but also for keeping the detained women in conditions that
amount to deliberate torture.

Members of the Kenya Network of Grassroots Organisation have, since
2007, been monitoring the Pumwani Maternity Hospital and agitating for
the release of the detained indigent women. KENGO makes periodic
checks on the hospital approximately every three months and we are
disappointed to report that despite our efforts, women continue to be
detained indefinitely at the hospital. Nothing has changed and nothing
will unless -in solidarity with the women- you join us in our effort
to rescue the detainees and end the practice of detaining women in
hospitals.

When we visited the hospital yesterday (August 3, 2009) we found
dozens of women illegally detained- some have been detained since mid
June! So heartless is the hospital’s administration that even women
whose babies died during childbirth are detained in the hospital and
have to go through the psychological torture of not only having to
deal with the grief of losing a child, but having to do it in the
company of mothers nursing their newly born children. These women are
denied the right to bury their dead babies decently and are forced to
give their babies up to be buried randomly and anonymously by the
hospital.

Further, the detained women report that they suffer ill-treatment
while at the hospital. They are fed last after all the other paying
patients have been fed and even then, they are given insufficient
food. The result is that the underfed lactating women are unable to
produce enough milk to feed their babies, causing the babies to become
malnourished and lose weight and get sick- which is the only time the
hospital provides supplements to the babies. The hospital diet
consists of the following:

Breakfast (7:00am-8:30am): 2 slices of bread and one cup of tea
Lunch (2:00pm-3:00pm): Rice/Ugali and cabbages. A small portion of
meat is served 3 times a week.
Dinner (7:00pm-8:00pm): Rice/Ugali and cabbages or beans.
Fruits: one banana or orange served once a week on Wednesdays

Comrades, for women who have to feed their babies exclusively on
breast-milk, the food provided is not adequate. It is not a balanced
diet and it does not aid in the production of milk. At home, the women
would be fed traditional foods and vegetables which increase the
production of milk and enable the women to regain their strength
quickly.

The indefinite detentions are intended to serve as a deterrent; the
hospital argues that if they do not detain the women they will not be
able to collect any fees from others. Thus, poor women are punished so
women who can afford the fees pay. A ridiculous, illogical and inhuman
position- especially considering that all the women would pay to get
out of the hospital if they could! In fact, of the women currently
being detained, at least seven have paid the little money they could
raise yet they are still being detained.

The Pumwani Maternity Hospital has a social worker. However, the
decision to waive fees is made by a “Waiver Committee” which, with no
set date, is randomly convened by the Hospital Secretary. The Waiver
Committee should have sat on Friday July 31, 2009 but with no
explanation offered, it was not convened. A source at the hospital
says that they committee will be convened within the week. Our
suspicions are that the committee does not take seriously the
important mandate it has, the result being that there are women who
have been detained from June 14, 2009. Seven whole weeks!
Unbelievable? You might think so, but that is not the longest period
of detention reported. In the past we have found women who have been
detained for much longer, more than 12 weeks.

Pumwani Maternity Hospital is run by the City Council of Nairobi. It
is a referral hospital, with the patients being referred to the
hospital from the other maternity facilities run by the city council
when there are anticipated complications. The cost of a normal
delivery is only 20 Kenya Shillings at these facilities which is
usually affordable. However, when referred to Pumwani Maternity
Hospital, the poor women are required to pay 3,400 Kenya Shillings
(approximately US$40). The services offered are exactly the same, but
the fee charged is 170 times the usual cost!

Where complications require that the delivery be through a caesarean
section, the cost may be as high as 15,000 Kenya Shillings (about US$
200) which is completely out of reach for poor women whose families
live on less than one dollar a day. (56% of Kenyans live below the
poverty line on less than one dollar per day)

The following are the names of the women currently being detained at
the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, including the date of detention,
nature of delivery (normal or C/Section), sex of the child born and
fees paid, if any.

WOMEN DETAINED AT PUMWANI AS AT AUGUST 3, 2009
NAME OF DETAINEE DELIVERY BABY’S SEX FEES PAID
(KShs) DATE OF DETENTION
1. Caroline Mbula Normal Boy -- June 14, 2009
2. Sarah Avuyanza Normal Boy -- June 19, 2009
3. Ruth Josephine Normal Boy -- June 20, 2009
4. Mercy Kendi Normal Boy -- June 23, 2009
5. Alice Nyambura Normal Boy -- June 25, 2009
6. Jellius Mugure C/Section Boy -- June 25, 2009
7. Lucy Mwikale Normal Girl 1,200 June 25, 2009
8. Agnes Kateve Normal Girl -- June 27, 2009
9. Joyce Wanja Normal Boy -- June 28, 2009
10. Miriam Nzembi Normal Boy 1,000 June 29, 2009
11. Faith Loko Normal Boy -- June 27, 2009
12. Tabitha Wangari C/Section Girl 2,500 July 3, 2009
I3. 1rene Afande C/Section Girl 8,000 July 3, 2009
14. Rose Atieno Normal Boy -- July 5, 2009
15. Monica Kalondu Normal Still Born -- July 5, 2009
16. Alice Akinyi Normal Boy -- July 5, 2009
17. Janet Nduko Normal Girl -- July 6, 2009
18. Beatrice AdhiamboC/Section Boy -- July 7, 2009
19. Violet Makokha Normal Girl -- July 8, 2009
20. Beatrice Atieno Normal Girl 500 July 9, 2009
21. Shindash GurachaNormal Boy -- July 9, 2009
22. Catherine Musamu Normal Girl -- July 9, 2009
23. Edna Waithera Normal Boy -- July 9, 2009
24. Hani Ahmed Normal Boy --- July 9, 2009
25. Joyce Achieng Normal Girl -- July 10, 2009
26. Judith Wanjiku Normal Boy -- July 12, 2009
27. Judy Mwihaki Normal Girl -- July 13, 2009
28. Melon Kemunto Normal Still Born -- July 13, 2009
29. Nancy Wambui Normal Boy -- July 14, 2009
30. Catherine Mutheu Normal Boy -- July 15, 2009
31. Salome NyangwesoNormal Girl -- July 16, 2009
32. Melisa Atieno Normal Girl -- July 17, 2009
33. Grace Wanja Normal Boy 1,000 July 18, 2009
34. Rose Kanini Normal Boy 400 July 25, 2009

Comrades, we have been intervening at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital
for three years now and we are disappointed that little is changing.
The situation is getting more desperate with the hospital’s
administration constantly demonstrating a lack of good faith. Detained
women are only released when we visit and we are unable to make our
visits as frequent as we would like to ensure compliance. It is time
to consider taking more drastic action.

If the practice of detaining poor women in hospitals does not end, we
will be taking direct action against both the hospital and the
government of Kenya. We will require your assistance during those
interventions. We have in mind the following actions:

1. Non-Violent actions at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in solidarity
with the detained women including overnight candlelit vigils at the
hospital, hunger strikes and other similar actions.
2. Campaign to stop donors from funding government projects as long as
the detentions continue. Many health projects are funded by foreign
governments. You can help us by exerting pressure on your governments
and requiring them to demand that detention of patients in funded
facilities be stopped as a condition to further aid. That would give
us a useful tool for ensuring compliance.
3. Instituting the requisite legal proceeding to guarantee the right
to maternity services for the new-born babies and their mothers. We
resources to enable us to sue hospitals that continue to detain
patients for illegal detention which is criminal and will seek
compensation for the women. If successful, the cost of paying punitive
damages should act as a deterrent ensuring that the hospitals halt the
inhuman practice.

We are in the process of identifying the various donors that fund
healthcare in the country and will relay the information to you for
further action as soon as it is made available.

We thank you for your support and solidarity and hope that you will
take a moment to speak out for the poor women who are unable to speak
out for themselves and who continue to suffer the consequences of
extreme poverty created by government policies that facilitate
corruption, pillage and impunity.

The 34 detainees and their beautiful babies represent the future of
our country. Help us make that future dignified, equal, free and just.
Help us keep hope alive.
Take action- NOW! What can you do to help?
1. Demand the immediate release of the detained women and a complete
end to the practice of illegal detention of poor women in hospitals in
Kenya.

2. Write to Mr. Mwai Kibaki, the President and Mr. Raila Odinga, the
Prime Minister demanding the provision of FREE MATERNITY SERVICES for
all women in government hospitals. As the PNU and ODM presidential
candidates both Kibaki and Raila promised to provide free maternity
care for all women. They are now in positions of great influence and
have no excuse for not delivering on the promises made.

3. Write to the Minister for Medical Services, Prof. Anyang Nyong and
demand that he immediately issue a directive to all government
hospitals to stop the torturous system of detaining poor Kenyans
indefinitely in hospital for non-payment of exorbitant healthcare
bills. Further, demand that the Minister present for debate the
National Social Health Insurance Bill that would ensure comprehensive
healthcare services for all Kenyans. In addition, demand that the
Minister for Medical Services write to the Superintendent, Pumwani
Maternity Hospital ordering a complete end to the illegal detention of
indigent women at the hospital. Further, demand that the
Superintendent ensures that the Hospital Secretary convenes, without
fail, the Waiver Committee TWO TIMES EACH MONTH as required so that
the committee can expedite the release of the women within reasonable
time.

Send an email or fax to the following addresses:

1. President Mwai Kibaki, president@statehousekenya.go.ke

2. Prime Minister Raila Odinga, info@primeminister.go.ke,
ps@primeminister.go.ke

3. Minister for Medical Services, Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o ,
enquiries@health.go.ke Fax: +254-20-2713234

Comrades, in the past your solidarity and actions have made a
difference. Keep the fire burning, whereever you may be.

Best regards to each and all of you,

Wangui Mbatia
--
Kenya Network of Grassroots Organisations (KENGO)
Shimo La Tewa Road, Off Lusaka Road, Industrial Area
P.O. BOX 22708-00100
NAIROBI, KENYA
TEL: + 254(0)20 3561313
+ 254(0)20 2351383
+ 254(0)722 747575
FAX: +254(0)20 2351341
Web Site: http://www.kengonetwork.org
Alternate Email: info@kengonetwork.org

KENGO is a network of over 2,000 active grassroot organisations which,
through popular participation, confronts poverty using a bottom-up and
rights based approach. KENGO strives to reduce inequalities and to
promote human rights.

papelico III

2009-08-03T20:40:00.002+01:00

Vi-a cortar o cabelo com movimentos pausados, pedaço a pedaço para poder ir registando o acumular da multidão de linhas no espaço à volta. O lavatório cheio, alguns soltos e incómodos pelo chão. Separou-os. Juntou-os num monte. Engoliu-os em garfadas de prata. Passar a lâmina e a tesoura pelos fios. Juntá-los num monte. Separá-los em montes mais pequenos. Engoli-los de forma pausada, registar cada movimento. Quando se viu totalmente pálida, totalmente lisa e plana, engoliu em seco. Registou esse momento e adormeceu.

papelico II

2009-08-03T20:35:00.002+01:00

Deixei-te cair, separei as mãos e separei os dedos. Nas fracções do segundo contei o tempo que demorarias a tocar a superfície, tendo em conta o ângulo, a distância e a densidade da massa. Depois esqueci o que aprendi sobre matemática e sobre mim.
Os passeios à beira rio estão húmidos e a água agarra-se à pedra.

papelico I

2009-08-03T19:46:00.002+01:00

Sons de pássaros electrónicos. Podes atravessar, rios de gente. Não é um mar, porque há brechas. Cuidado com a lateral esquerda, possibilidade de um cho que quase frontal. Daí só podes tirar duas ilações, um amor imprevisto ou uma contusão no ombro. Mas eu não percebo nada disto, que é que estou para aqui a dizer.Conta-me tu das outras possibilidades. Há que ter paciência com este tráfego. Eu sei que é por isso que não tens carro, mas o que é que queres? Uma lei de recolher obrigatório em plena tarde domingueira? Continua em frente. Não, melhor, vira à esquerda, desenmerda-te com o choque quase frontal e segue. Deixa para trás os escaparates luminosos e vira à direita. Essa rua também tem o meu nome. É uma pista, contigo são sempre necessárias pistas. Continua até te lembrares de que precisas de comprar uma cigarreira, ou é mesmo verdade que preferes os puros? "Têm aquele sabor (pós) revolucionário". Vira mais uma vez à esquerda, depois da esquina envidraçada, junto ao paquistão ou à índia. 4A. Lembra-te que saiste de San Bernardo. A viagem é segura mas não muito sóbria.

los peces en el agua

2009-08-02T02:19:00.000+01:00

salada do chefe

2009-08-01T01:37:00.000+01:00

a arte que enjoa

2009-07-13T19:06:00.003+01:00

http://www.deezer.com/track/542471

otra moeda

2009-07-12T03:01:00.003+01:00

fanny alexander n'a regueifa plataforma

cinderella au gratin - o resto

2009-07-07T03:01:00.000+01:00

cinderella au gratin - a valsa

2009-07-07T02:44:00.004+01:00

cinderella au gratin - os sapatos

2009-07-07T02:43:00.001+01:00

2009-06-29T02:41:00.000+01:00

pelo caminho

2009-06-28T02:20:00.001+01:00

2009-06-27T23:40:00.000+01:00

o tempo das papoilas vermelhas

2009-06-27T02:45:00.000+01:00

en mi jardin te vi correr tu no miraste yo te mire

2009-06-25T23:41:00.003+01:00

chiaroscuro

2009-06-22T15:43:00.002+01:00

2009-06-22T15:28:00.001+01:00

são corpos senhor

2009-06-21T01:29:00.002+01:00

são flores senhor

2009-06-20T15:37:00.001+01:00

se é para cantar nos casamentos

2009-06-20T02:20:00.000+01:00

2009-05-14T18:10:00.004+01:00

2009-05-11T21:10:00.002+01:00

As sereias, porém, possuem uma arma ainda mais terrível do que o seu canto: o seu silêncio.

maio de 09

2009-05-03T02:43:00.001+01:00

os estudantes saem à rua. em nome da brutalidade, submissão e do vazio de ideias. eles vestem de preto. façamos luto.

debaixo de água

2009-04-16T17:06:00.001+01:00

estação

2009-04-13T22:55:00.001+01:00

luz dourada

2009-04-10T15:49:00.000+01:00

2009-04-06T14:12:00.000+01:00

2009-03-05T23:46:00.000Z

2009-03-04T20:08:00.005Z

Tradição, literalmente transmissão (latim: traditio, tradere = entregar).

A tradição e sua presença na sociedade baseiam-se em dois pressupostos antropológicos:
a) as pessoas são mortais;
b) a necessidade de haver um nexo de conhecimento entre as gerações.

Um acto de entrega não é inconsciente. É incorporado e é dar o melhor de nós.

Câmara proíbre touradas no município

2009-03-04T17:50:00.002Z

A Câmara de Viana do Castelo decidiu proibir a realização de touradas em todo o concelho. Defensor Moura considera a proposta pioneira em Portugal. Vereadores do PSD votam contra e aludem a conflito de direitos.

A Câmara de Viana do Castelo tomou, ontem, uma decisão que, segundo o seu proponente, o líder do Executivo, Defensor Moura, é pioneira no país: proibir a realização de touradas em todo o concelho, sempre que para tal seja necessário uma autorização a conceder pela Autarquia.
Proposta pela maioria socialista, a medida viria a contar com os votos contrários dos eleitos pelo PSD, para quem "não deveria competir à Câmara uma tomada de decisão nesse sentido". Aprovada por maioria, a declaração de Viana do Castelo como "Cidade antitouradas" prende-se, segundo Defensor Moura, "com o perfil de cidade saudável que Viana do Castelo vem desenvolvendo há mais de uma década, imagem que se deve, também, traduzir no respeito pelos direitos dos animais".
Aludindo a espectáculos "de tortura de animais", onde lhes é infligido "um sofrimento injustificado", o autarca assinalou que, a partir de agora, a Câmara "não vai autorizar a realização de nenhum espectáculo tauromáquico em espaços públicos ou privados do concelho", sempre que o mesmo dependa de autorização da Edilidade. Segundo disse, o Município segue, assim, o exemplo de 52 cidades e vilas do país vizinho e de outras três localidades francesas "que proibiram, também, a realização de touradas".
De acordo com Defensor Moura, Viana do Castelo "há muito" que vem perdendo a tradição das touradas - iniciadas na cidade há cerca de um século -, pelo que, ultimamente, acolhia apenas a corrida das Festas da Agonia.
Considerando tratar-se de decisão que "não parece correcta", Carvalho Martins (PSD) esclareceu que a proposta "colide com os direitos das pessoas que apreciam este tipo de espectáculos". A propósito, vincou: "Não é o meu caso. Mas é o caso de muitos vianenses que apreciam as touradas".

20 ou 80

2009-02-26T22:07:00.002Z

hommage au soleil

2009-02-13T13:32:00.001Z

a@s amig@s e aos elefantes

english breakfast

2009-02-09T13:06:00.001Z

nadie puede abrir semillas en el corazón del sueño

2009-02-04T13:01:00.008Z

el sueño va sobre el tiempo flotando como un velero

2009-01-20T20:10:00.001Z

1966 e 1984

2009-01-19T13:23:00.003Z

If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will

If it be your will
That a voice be true
From this broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing

If it be your will
If there is a choice
Let the rivers fill
Let the hills rejoice
Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well

And draw us near
And bind us tight
All your children here
In their rags of light
In our rags of light
All dressed to kill
And end this night
If it be your will

If it be your will.

2009-01-19T01:31:00.002Z

ROME WASN'T BUILT
IN A DAY

BUT YOU WERE

http://www.loesje.org/

2009-01-16T19:23:00.000Z

2009-01-15T20:01:00.000Z

fado rouxinol

2009-01-11T23:57:00.001Z

fado rosa vermelha

2009-01-11T23:55:00.000Z

fado alegria

2009-01-11T23:49:00.000Z

fado arrepio

2009-01-11T22:36:00.005Z

estendo o meu xaile estendo o meu xaile no chão estendo o meu xaile e deixo-me adormecer

ouvir aqui, aqui e aqui

vou indo

2009-01-11T16:21:00.001Z

2009-01-06T20:54:00.001Z

Quem quiser ofender-me não me chame de burro

Quem quiser ofender-me não seja tão amável!

Quem quiser ofender-me inventa outra palavra

Porque chamar-me de burro lembra-me burro mesmo

E não posso magoar-me com simpatia.

Mutimati Barnabé João

2009-01-05T23:46:00.001Z

dinâmica não linear

2009-01-05T22:48:00.001Z

(numa bactéria perto de si)

2009-01-02T20:01:00.001Z

um lagarto pintado

2009-01-02T16:31:00.004Z

é prá menina

e pró menino

sol na cabeça

2008-12-29T00:05:00.000Z

vou oferecer porque sim sim sim

2008-12-24T20:14:00.007Z

The Dispossessed . Ursula K. Le Guin . irmão
A morte de um apicultor . Lars Gustafsson . pai
Novecentos . Alessandro Baricco . tio ão

Recomeçamos. Não nos rendemos.

boas festas

2008-12-24T19:21:00.000Z

festas e tabefes

2008-12-23T23:38:00.000Z

Conceitos legais

2008-12-17T01:30:00.003Z

Their health insurance is in default and the firm will not be able to make its $2.6 million payroll on Monday, lawyers there say.” However, “Mr. Dreier’s lifestyle includes a waterfront home in the Hamptons, a Manhattan triplex and a place on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, Calif. He kept a Mercedes 500 in New York, an Aston Martin in California, and a 121-foot blue and white Heesen motor yacht with a Jacuzzi and a crew of 10 docked in Manhattan or St. Maarten. Associates said the boat, the Seascape, was the site of late-night parties at which Mr. Dreier, who is divorced, was often joined by an attractive young crowd.The law offices themselves at 499 Park Avenue were like modern art galleries. In court papers filed this week, the comptroller for the law firm reported that $30 million to $40 million of the firm’s assets had been spent on art. Among Mr. Dreier’s holdings were works by Picasso and a Warhol depiction of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

in N. Y. Times 14.12.08

2008-12-13T22:25:00.002Z

Primeiro trio elétrico, em 1949, exato, na rua. Eu tava na porta do armarinho de tia Dolores, na Avenida Sete... a Avenida Sete era, digamos assim, o pináculo da coisa carnavalesca, porque ali iam passar os clubes: Clube Carnavalesco Cruzeiro da Vitória, Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes em Progresso, Fantoches da Euterpe, então vinham aquelas coisas todas. Isso é muito pop, agora; naquela época eu não tinha consciência, eu não tava nem sabendo, eu achava que aquilo era o feérico, o lúdico, era a emoção pura, pra mim, era a emoção pura, pura, pura. Eu tava lá, em 49, nessa hora, mais ou menos umas cinco horas da tarde, tava ali, de repente vem pela avenida aquele negócio: um carro enorme, com uma garrafa de guaraná feita de plástico, eu sei lá do quê, de papel crepom, de papelão, de papel celofane, iluminada por dentro, com uma imitação luminosa de guaraná caindo num copo, uma cascata de guaraná dentro dum copo enorme; e três caras tocando, um tocando cavaquinho elétrico. Na época eu num sabia, eram instrumentos elétricos inclusive muito estranhos, tinham uma forma toda aerodinâmica, toda anatômica. Então aquilo irrompe na avenida, cê tá entendendo? e eu pequenininho, nos 49 eu tava com quê? Sete anos de idade, e aquilo foi uma loucura, rapaz. Sabe, uma porrada violenta na tua cuca. Aí, pronto, alumiou totalmente, alucinou completamente. Daí em diante, o trio elétrico deu o tom pro Carnaval, daí em diante... ficou aquela coisa... Me lembro que nesse ano era só o susto... depois, lá por volta de 51... 52... 53... as pessoas começavam a dançar atrás. No começo ficava todo mundo assistindo porque só quem ia dançar no trio elétrico era a marginalidade, era a canalha. Eram as graxeiras, eram os bandidos da Liberdade, os estivadores, era o pessoal que entrava na gandaia e a gente ficava de lá assistindo, porque não era de bom-tom, não podia, a mãe não deixava o garoto. Eu mesmo. Hoje não, hoje já está (“dando risada”) “inserido no contexto”.

Gilberto Gil

2008-12-13T00:13:00.006Z

Branca de Neve desenvolve-se num presente disfarçado de futuro. É a história antiga e nova de uma
menina antiga e nova que enfrenta o perigo de crescer e o perigo de ficar para sempre pequenina.
Ajudada por sete criaturas mais pequenas em tamanho do que ela mas bastante mais crescidas em juízo,
Branca terá de dormir longos anos até poder voltar a viver os seus sonhos de menina. Sempre que uma
menina anda perdida na floresta ou na selva das cidades, há que acreditar que, mais arte ou mais cedo,
ela se vai encontrar…

2008-12-11T01:56:00.006Z

ya te mataron sopapa ya te moriste de pie . y el libro que no escribiste ya nadie lo va a leer ; y al árbol que no plantaste ya nunca se va a trepar el hijo que no tuviste porque te hiciste matar .

2008-12-09T02:12:00.004Z

quando tenho medo, tenho medo de perder, perda por desaparecimento, perda silenciosa, sem notícias do depois, sem porquês. agride mais o silêncio, o buraco branco que se expande, como o universo.

lembrei-me deste cúmulo do desepero feito filme.

o desepero tem tons pálidos.

acção directa

2008-12-04T02:47:00.005Z

there is this old woman she lives down the road you can often find her kneeling inside of her hole and i often ask her "are you looking for the mother lode?" huh? no. no my child, this is not my desire and then she said i'm digging for fire.

fado desfasado

2008-11-06T01:47:00.000Z

na nossa aldeia que deus a proteja vai passando a procissão

2008-11-04T00:38:00.002Z

ver o filme aqui

2008-11-03T17:04:00.012Z

alaruedaruedaluzdepa
nycanelaaguaalaruedarued
apazdepanycan
elaguerraaversiseacaban to'losproblemasjugandoalarondapan y canela.

2008-10-26T23:21:00.004Z

vieram profetas vieram doutores santos milagreiros poetas cantores cada qual com um discurso diferente p´ra curar a vida da gente e a gente parada fez orelhas moucas que com falas dessas as esperanças são poucas

s. godinho

perlatum

2008-10-26T17:39:00.002Z

2008-10-26T15:45:00.002Z

O poder. Defender o outro de ter poder. Ter a verdade. A água menos impura. O "cogito" cartesiano. Jogos de pensamento. Tomar o governo nas suas mãos. A fábula do lobo e do cão. Como se estivesse sozinho no mundo. Ser forte com a noção exacta da fragilidade.

títulos para texto in Vida Conversável, Agostinho da Silva

2008-10-25T01:13:00.004+01:00

Reinou a frase breve, com uma ordem de comando, o período curto e seco. Mudaram os assuntos e os estilos. Toda a gente se moldou a uma nova cadência e houve no mundo um zumbido diferente como de um motor que acelera o andamento. Os que se deleitavam com a opulência da Ásia, pasmaram depois ante o agreste laconismo. Simplesmente, como já compreendeste, caro Valério, continuaram a existir os dois imprescindíveis elementos do falar e do escutar; os que não oram exprimem-se por mímica, o que não é menos inútil. Poderíamos até constituir uma fábula sobre as idênticas rãs que por terem variado de tema ou emudecido à borda do paul pretendem que os outros animais as tomem por castores; ao que se opõe a Natureza.

in Considerações, Agostinho da Silva

radionovela

2008-10-22T01:04:00.009+01:00

episódio da semana
Botas italianas

Discover Fabrizio De André!

venuto dal sole o da spiagge gelate
perduto in novembre o col vento d'estate
io t'ho amato sempre, non t'ho amato mai
amore che vieni, amore che vai
io t'ho amato sempre, non t'ho amato mai
amore che vieni, amore che vai

Chega o frio e a mocinha quer andar de mini-saia. Precisa de umas botas, sem pele, não quer vacas nos pés nem no prato. Muito respeito pelas vacas. Não têm sapatos italianos nem de salto. Tem de sentir o chão com toda a planta do pé. Não compra por encomenda. Botas feitas para andar. Questão de saber-de-experiência-feito e psicanálise de contos de fadas.

extras:

Discover Fabrizio De André!

andrai a vivere con Alice che si fa il whisky distillando fiori
o con un Casanova che ti promette di presentarti ai genitori
o resterai più semplicemente
dove un attimo vale un altro
senza chiederti come mai,
continuerai a farti scegliere
o finalmente sceglierai.

mamma says i'm a tiger

2008-10-21T22:39:00.001+01:00

Discover The Legendary Tiger Man!

sunday mass

2008-10-19T00:06:00.001+01:00

oração

2008-10-18T13:44:00.002+01:00

política afrobeat

2008-10-17T22:54:00.004+01:00

Discover Tony Allen!

Clara

2008-10-05T15:25:00.001+01:00

choveu choveu cheiro de terra molhada, água que veio do céu, abençoada.

2008-06-09T19:18:00.000+01:00

2008-02-21T12:04:00.008Z

But just as his theories began to transform twentieth-century philosophy, Wittgenstein himself became convinced that they were mistaken in demanding an excessive precision from human expressions. The work eventually published in the Philosophical Investigations (1953) pursued an different path. In ordinary language, he now supposed, the meaning of words is more loosely aligned with their use in a variety of particular "language games." Direct reference is only one of many ways in which our linguistic activity may function, and the picturing of reality is often incidental to its success. Belief that language can perfectly capture reality is a kind of bewitchment, Wittgenstein now proposed. Thus, philosophy is properly a therapeutic activity, employed to relieve the puzzlement generated by (philosophical) misuses of ordinary language.

filo

2008-02-11T19:11:00.001Z

sofia

2008-02-11T19:09:00.000Z

these boots are made for walking

2008-02-02T03:56:00.000Z

A maior parte da Itália está localizada na Península Itálica, no continente europeu, e onde dois enclaves independentes estão localizados: a República de San Marino e o Vaticano. As ilhas de Sicília, Sardenha e Elba também fazem parte da Itália.

A Itália limita-se ao norte com Suíça e com Áustria, a leste com a Eslovénia, com o Mar Adriático (através do qual contacta também com a Croácia, Montenegro, Albânia, e com o Mar Jónico, que a separa da Grécia. A Itália limita-se a sul com o Mar Mediterrâneo (incluindo o Canal de Malta que separa a Sicília de Malta), com o Mar Tirreno e com o Mar da LigúriaCórsega). Finalmente, a Itália limita-se ao oeste com a França. O terreno italiano é bastante acidentado, com os Apeninos formando o esqueleto central da península. O ponto mais alto do Itália é o Monte Branco, com seus 4810 metros, mas dois vulcões estão mais associados com o país: o Monte Etna, na Sicília, e o Monte Vesúvio, perto de Nápoles.

Na cultura popular é comum associar o formato político-geográfico da Itália a uma bota.

in wikipedia

já sei a letra

2008-02-02T03:45:00.000Z

no, no digas que yo me muero amor, mi vida es sufrimiento yo te quiero en mi camino por vos cambiaba mi destino ay, abrazame esta noche y aunque no tengas ganas prefiero que me mientas tristes breves nuestras vidas acercate a mí, abrazame a ti por dios entregate a mis brazos tengo un corazón ganando yo sé que vos me estas escuchando con mis lagrimas te quiero pasión, sos mi amor sincero ay, abrazame esta noche y aunque no tengas ganas prefiero que me mientas tristes breves nuestras vidas acercate a mí, abrazame a ti por dios entregate a mis brazos

salmo

2008-01-24T02:08:00.000Z

where when and how

2008-01-19T20:47:00.000Z

signore e signori :

2008-01-13T20:48:00.000Z

gracias @ anonim@ pela sua intervenção gramatical

filme cangalheiro

2008-01-07T22:46:00.001Z

2007-12-29T15:03:00.000Z

roque santeiro (telenovela eighties)
pulp fiction (pulp fiction)
bonecos de corda e outras manipulações (espectáculo do tum. 2004)
lost in translation ou hable con ella
poligono sur (largometraje cinematográfico documental)

em continuação da cadeia

2007-12-25T13:36:00.000Z

my hands are small, i know but they're not yours, they are my own but they're not yours, they are my own and i am never broken

tenho um leque de canções recorrentes, que me ponho a cantar quando o radio se põe on sem eu dar por isso.
a situação não é tão descontrolada, o acontecimento costuma dar-se em casa, na deslocação de um ponto para outro ou se estou a fazer qualquer coisa que não exige que se pense nela.

decidi ver na net o que é que estava a cantar.
vá lá.

feliz natal e bom dia de chuva!

2007-12-01T20:12:00.000Z