Nao sei se foi o frio, a distancia ou a quantidade de coisas pra ler e escrever, mas a verdade eh que nao consegui nem me lembrar de que era carnaval. Numa escala de 0 a 100, o clima de carnaval em odense eh de -1.
Mas alguns amigos se encarregam de mandar um pouco do carnaval pra gente. E carnaval do mais puro, tipico do Rio, aquele de ir pra rua, beber e cantar. Foi o que a Gisele gravou na Urca: a primeira aparicao do bloco Exalta Rei. Sim, o Rei eh ele mesmo, ilustre morador da urca e vizinho da Gi, que deu o ar da graca e foi pra sacada, pra delirio da multidao.
Muito Rio, muito Brasil, muito bom!
Valeu Gi!
terça-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2009
terça-feira, 10 de fevereiro de 2009
"Gases" taxados
Essa eu nao sabia. O governo dinamarques quer instituir um imposto sobre os "gases" produzidos por vacas e porcos. Isso mesmo, peidos e arrotos desses animais serao taxados. Nao, nao esperem um medidor por bichinho; a ideia eh um valor medio por animal.
The burps and flatulence of Danish domesticated cows and pigs are likely to cost farmers a fortune if the Tax Commission’s proposal to tax methane gas emissions is adopted, according to Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer.
A million: Steen Nørgaard, a farmer near Holstebro in Jutland, can expect an annual increase in costs of one million kroner. “I’d be paying DKK 535,000 (EUR 71,000) in flatulence tax, then there’s nitrogen duty and increased duties on Danish Crown and Arla cooperatives of which I am a member. All of that will give me a loss of about one million kroner,” says Nørgaard. The Tax Commission has suggested a methane tax of DKK 600 (EUR 80) per cow. Cows release methane in the stomach gases that are released from both ends of the animal. The Commission says that there would be fewer cows and pigs in Denmark if the proposal is adopted.
Duty or no: Nørgaard, however says that such a tax is unreasonable. “Cows burp and emit gas from the other end irrespective of whether there is a tax or not. The idea with a tax is to change behaviour and reduce emissions of a gas. But the animals don’t care two hoots,” says Nørgaard.
A medida vai ao encontro das iniciativas do governo em reduzir todo e qualquer tipo de impacto ambiental causado no pais.
Eh claro que os bichanos continuarao peidando, com ou sem taxas. Mas o valor arrecadado poderah ser empregado em outros recursos preventivos ou mesmo corretivos referentes a poluicao.
Segue a noticia veiculada no Politiken.dk.
Taxing animal burps and flatulence
Denmark’s Tax Commission has come up with a new environmental tax: on the burps and flatulence of domesticated animals.
Denmark’s Tax Commission has come up with a new environmental tax: on the burps and flatulence of domesticated animals.
The burps and flatulence of Danish domesticated cows and pigs are likely to cost farmers a fortune if the Tax Commission’s proposal to tax methane gas emissions is adopted, according to Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer.A million: Steen Nørgaard, a farmer near Holstebro in Jutland, can expect an annual increase in costs of one million kroner. “I’d be paying DKK 535,000 (EUR 71,000) in flatulence tax, then there’s nitrogen duty and increased duties on Danish Crown and Arla cooperatives of which I am a member. All of that will give me a loss of about one million kroner,” says Nørgaard. The Tax Commission has suggested a methane tax of DKK 600 (EUR 80) per cow. Cows release methane in the stomach gases that are released from both ends of the animal. The Commission says that there would be fewer cows and pigs in Denmark if the proposal is adopted.
Duty or no: Nørgaard, however says that such a tax is unreasonable. “Cows burp and emit gas from the other end irrespective of whether there is a tax or not. The idea with a tax is to change behaviour and reduce emissions of a gas. But the animals don’t care two hoots,” says Nørgaard.
sexta-feira, 6 de fevereiro de 2009
segunda-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2009
Deu no Politiken de hoje: A Copenhagen University tem um novo projeto para desenvolver uma especie de primeira resposta do seculo XXI a dieta do mediterraneo. As intencoes sao otimas; dificil eh esperar muito do sabor... pra quem come peixe frio, defumado e em conserva, misturado com maionese e curry...
Copenhagen University gets large donation
Copenhagen University is to institute a new food project to push Nordic food as an alternative to Mediterranean food.
Copenhagen University gets large donation
Copenhagen University is to institute a new food project to push Nordic food as an alternative to Mediterranean food.
The Nordea Foundation has donated DKK 100 million to Copenhagen University in order to carry out a major research project to strengthen national health with a primary focus on child health, welfare and well-being. The OPUS project, as it is being called, will run over the next five years and is the biggest of its type in the world, according to an electronic newsletter from Copenhagen University.
Fighting obesity: “The new project will put Denmark at the international forefront in addressing problems such as obesity, learning difficulties and despondency among children. The project is also expected to provide valuable knowledge in preventing obesity-related disease in general,” the university says. One of the focus areas of the new project will be the development of a new meal concept to be introduced in national schools and families with children, to be based on Nordic raw materials.
Med food: One of the project’s visions is that New Nordic Food should be the 21st century answer to the famous and healthy Mediterranean food based on fish, fruit, vegetables and olives.
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