The mystery of the panties in the Brazilian Parliament

Mystery in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. A panty appeared in full parliament. Dropped them a deputy, not known. Fewer still know who they were. The fact is that no one complained.

It happened two weeks ago and there are witnesses who saw but did not want to tell too much. The matter was kept secret for a few days, but they eventually go public.

That day, around 17h, the period of the agenda at the meeting, a deputy came running to go vote, rummaged in his pockets and dropped something. It was a white and red panties with embroidery on the sides.

The deputy did not notice and went to the floor. Some guards have the case and gave them a slight kick in a piece of lingerie to hide next to the Trash. Warned by security, an aide to Speaker of the House of Representatives kept it.

UK and Germany recruit "health" in Portugal

The UK and Germany are in Portugal to recruit doctors and nurses. In the coming days, the two countries will make a selection of candidates in Porto and Lisbon.

This is not a single case, once in the last months many applications for professionals in health care has come from many countries of Europe, thus opening a window of opportunity for many people.

But opportunities arise even outside Europe. For example, Macau is also looking to work in Portuguese.

There is no limit for candidates chosen: this selection is all determined by the quality. Germany asks nurses, while the UK needs to Portuguese doctors with experience.

The Order of Nurses estimates that in 2011 emigrated 1700 professional, or an average of five per day. The reason is obvious: wages in Britain, for example, vary between 21 and 28 thousand pounds a year, ie 26 and 35 000 euros. In the case of physicians, the annual salary can reach 124,000 euros.

Obama's gaffe or simply ignorance?

The Polish prime minister demanded an apology from the U.S. president, Barack Obama, for this speaking in a "Polish concentration camp" during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday.
The head of Polish government Donald Tusk asks Obama to clarify his statements, since the concentration camps, though they were on Polish soil, were run by the Nazis.
The White House has issued a statement in which it apologizes, but for Tusk, is not enough.
The Prime Minister made ​​a statement on the website of Polish embassy in the U.S.: "We only have this reaction when the lack of knowledge, ignorance and bad intentions lead to such a distortion of history."
"It's a shame that ignorance and incompetence have been present at a ceremony so important," wrote the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, in your account on the social network Twitter. Sikorski also notes that the blame will not be Obama, but who made ​​the speech.
This tuesday Obama made a controversial reference to deliver the Medal of Freedom posthumously to the war fighter Jan Karski.
The spokesman for the National Security Council of the United States, Tommy Vietor, has already announced that the president made ​​a mistake and he was referring to the Nazi concentration camps in Poland.

Flame computer virus: a complex threat

It is thought that this virus, which triggered a complex worldwide cyberattack, has collected private data from a number of countries, including Israel and Iran.

There are many informations indicating that the malware will be operational at least since August 2010. Several sources have announced that the attacks originated in a government program, but would not indicate the possible geographic origin of the threat.

The investigations into the origins and objectives of this attack were carried out in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union, from UNO

In the past, there was reported the existence of complex international malware with a specific target, such as Stuxnet, the virus that infected nuclear Iran. However, the new virus Flame will not aim to cause injury, but rather to collect sensitive data for your targets.

Everybody Dies: The series "Dr. House" comes to an end

It's time to say goodbye to the famous physician Dr. House. After eight seasons and 177 episodes, the series "Dr. House" comes to an end. The last episode was aired in the United States last May 21.
The channel Universal released a video that shhowed the best moments throughout the series. The final episode will be called "Everybody Dies."
Series creator David Shore, in an interview with American TVRage gave some clues about the outcome of the series. The last four episodes will be part of the same story and some characters who had left the series will return in the end.
While audiences have fallen, one of the reasons why the principaais cancel the program was the recent slippage in the script, which mischaracterize a little series.

 

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Michael Haneke's «Amour» wins Palm d'Or @ Cannes

The film "Amour", the Austrian director Michael Haneke, is the winner of the Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival. Haneke won for the second time Palme d'Or. In 2009, won the award with "The White Ribbon."
The Portuguese actress Rita Blanco has a stake in the cast of this film as a gate of the building of an elderly couple living the last months of life of women, roles played by the French Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film also features the actress Isabelle Huppert.

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Calciocaos: part 2

Stefano Mauri, Lazio captain, and 18 other players in Serie A were on Monday arrested following an investigation into the combined results for the benefit of betting.
According to Italian police, Mauri was one of 19 players arrested in an operation that ran from north to south of Italy.
The players are accused of being involved in a scheme of combined results for betting operations on the base of operations may be based in Singapore.

Merkel is confused about the geography of Germany

From Angela Merkel, the Germans have to expect everything, but hardly imagine that the Chancellor had difficulty to identify Berlin in the map. The finger of Merkel went to Russia in a Geography class, at a capital school.
The challenge seemed even more easy, so easy that the chancellor was wanting to participate. The objective was to locate on the map hometowns, but Merkel prefer to identify Berlin to Hamburg, where he was born. He looked at the map (which was white and had only contours), and decided, pointed out that Berlin would be there, in Russia it is meant. The laugh was general, but Merkel did not believe in error. "What, Russia here? So near? "

Facebook: the fall of an angel

The entry of Facebook stock market threatens to go to the courts. Many investors are preparing lawsuits against directors and entities involved in the process. Among the target of the process itself is Mark Zuckerberg, founder of social network.
At issue are delays debut on the stock exchange of shares, suspicious of information that have been advanced by the bank that handled the transaction, problems with transactions in securities on the first day and the sharp devaluation of the shares in the following days.
Facebook came into stock worth $ 38 and devalued 20% in the first three days on the market. On Wednesday, the day began to recover slightly.
Facebook, the world's largest social network with over 900 million users, debuted in the New York Stock Exchange last Friday, with the starting price of $ 38 per share.
The decline since the markets seem to agree with analysts who argue that the value of that social networking is being overvalued.
The last week has been hectic for the founder of Facebook. Besides the company's entry into purse, Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, 27.

Portugal is in the group of countries that more money cuts to Universities

Portugal is one of most European countries that cut in higher education following the economic crisis. The conclusion is a study of the European University Association, recently presented in Lisbon.
According to the document, Portugal joined the group of countries that have reduced funding by 20% and that also includes Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Spain.
According to the dean of the University of Lisbon, with the wage cuts, reduction in Portugal reached 45%, calling into question the functioning of many establishments and university autonomy.
Most countries cut 10% and some continued funding. In turn, Norway and Germany increased funding for higher education.