Back to the past: a trip to childhood through cartoons

   We are in the end of the semester and the only thing we wish is to be on vacation. But now we are adults and vacation is not like in the time we were kids ; when we would spend lots of hours in front of TV, watch our favorite cartoons, play videogames and play a lot with our friends… Didn’t you feel something on your heart? A mix of nostalgia and joy or the wish to come back to past and to be a child again (for some moments of course)? 

Let’s remind some cartoons we used to watch in our childhood!!! 

 

Almost everybody likes cartoons! With heroes, animals, people, robots…whatever, we always have a favorite one and these “animated creatures” mark our lives. Besides being funny or touching cartoons may approach themes of everyday life, politic, features of society etc.

    Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner 

                Created in 1948 for Warner Bros, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner are characters of Looney Tunes but they star in a series of long-running series. Its creator said he created the Coyote-Road Runner cartoons as a parody of traditional "cat and mouse" cartoons such as Tom  and Jerry. A desert is the scenery for the adventures. Coyote is always trying to catch Road Runner, but the latter is so smart and fast, then he never succeeds. It’s is interesting that in the beginning of each episode there is always a square with scientific names for the characters written in pseudo-Latin, such as:  Velocitus Tremenjus  and Road-Runnerus Digestus or Speedipus Rex and Famishus-Famishus. Even though Coyote is the “villain”, many people prefer this crazy and funny creature (I do too!). This is one of my favorite cartoons!

 

Smurfs

                These cute blue creatures were created in 1958 as comics’ characters, only in the 80s they became animated cartoon. The Smurfs fulfill simple archetypes of everyday people: Lazy Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, and so on. All smurfs, with the exception of Papa, Baby, Smurfette, Nanny and Grandpa, are said to be 100 years old. Some people say this cartoon is communist because everybody is “equal” in the village; some characters are said to possess features of communist thinkers such as Karl Marx (represented by Papa smurf) and Trotsky (represented by Brainy smurf). The villain Gargamel would represent the USA in its seek for power and wealth. That's interesting, isn’t it?

 Top Cat

     This funny cartoon created in 1961 was inspired by characters from the popular situation comedy You'll Never Get Rich (later called The Phil Silvers Show). It has also been said that the Bowery Boys influenced the show. A frequent plot-line revolved around the local policeman, Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble, and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar—usually through an illegal scam. Top cat and his gang lived in New York, but in the Brazilian dubbing, New York City was substituted for Brasília.

 She-ra

     Hey girls! Have you ever wanted to be She-ra, princess of power? 

She-Ra was intended to appeal to young girls in the same way that He-Man appealed to young boys. She-Ra is introduced in the animated movie The Secret of the Sword as Force Captain Adora (She-ra is the alter ego of Princess Adora and the twin sister of He-Man) an agent of the Evil Horde that rules the planet Etheria. She discovers that she is the long-lost sister of Prince Adam of Eternia, having been stolen by the Horde's leader, Hordak, as a baby. She is granted the Sword of Protection, which parallels He-Man's Sword of Power, gaining the power to transform into She-Ra, her secret identity.

 

                    

           Bobby's World

                Who does not remember this little boy and his smooth voice that made mornings happier in the 90s?! Bobby’s world is an animated cartoon series about the daily life of Bobby Generic and his very overactive imagination on how he sees the world. Bobby’s family was also full of adventures. His mother wan an Elvis Presley fan, his sister was a boring teenager and his brother used to bother him. His uncle Ted was the only one who understood his imaginative mind (sometimes I’m just like Bobby)!!!! Bobby was created by the Canadian actor-comedian Howie Mandel who interacted with the boy in the beginning and in the end of each episode.

Nice sites: http://www.infantv.com.br/

                   http://www.arcadovelho.com.br

Now guys, let me know:

• Do you like cartoons?
• What are you favorite ones?
• Do you like the ones shown here?

By  KamilaSantana.

  

How To Be a Good Friend - The Health Benefits of Friendship and a Strong Support Network

The emotional health benefits of friendship include a longer, happier life. Being a good friend makes your life more fun, interesting, and easy to handle! When you have even just one close or best friend, your attitude and ability to deal with stress and problems is increased.

Surprisingly, even spending time with an intimate partner doesn't provide the same physical and emotional health benefits as friendship. Good friends offer a different kind of support than lovers, siblings, parents, or children do. Good friends provide a different level of understanding and communication -- and this positively affects your health, wellness, and attitude. Strong feelings of connectedness is another emotional health benefit of friendship.

 The Emotional Health Benefits of Friendship

 

Psychological research shows that stressed-out hamsters with skin wounds who were paired with other hamsters healed faster than those left alone to heal. The hamsters with friends also produced less of the stress hormone cortisol, which has negative effects on mood and immunity. You may not be a hamster, but the effects are transferable to human friends. If you're depressed, recuperating from an illness, or stressed you'll heal and deal faster with friends. This is a huge health benefit of friendship.

Researchers haven’t figured out exactly how, but friends boost your immune system. Good friends help you relax, take a deep breath, and remember what really matters – and why. The connection and relationship you feel when you’re with your friends boost your feelings of hope, faith, and belief that things will be Okay. Friends provide comfort and companionship, laughter and honesty. A strong support network can also keep you motivated and energized! This is why it's important to know how to be a good friend.

A strong support network isn't just about emotions and feelings. A major emotional health benefit of friendship is moral support. Practically speaking, when a friend accompanies you to a doctor’s appointment or medical procedure, you’re more likely to experience lower blood pressure and a slower heart rate. You’ll heal faster and live longer. Without social ties or friends to keep you going, you’re more likely to experience negative emotions, more illnesses, and even earlier death than normal.

Characteristics of a Good Friend

• Accepts you as you are: A good friend is someone who does not try to be somebody that he is not and accepts you as you are. They are also patient with you when you make mistakes and forgive you when you hurt them.
  

• Honest: A good friend would be honest and loyal with you. He does not break the promises that he made to you. He makes you feel safe and secure with him. He is your true critic. You will find many who falsely appreciate you, but a good friend will tell you the truth even if it's somenting you don't want to hear. He will point out your mistakes in private not in fornt of others and also help you overcome them.

• Give you Space: A good friend respects your privacy. He understands that you have family, other friends and colleagues who are part of your life too and do not cling to you always. He builds trust and confidence which makesyou comfortable enough to share your good and bad times with him.

• Always in touch: Good friends don’t wait for you to call you. He always makes an effort to keep in touch with you even if it is through a quick phone call or an email. He knows what's going on in your life and is interested about it. A good friend also does not avoid even if they are busy and do not ignore your phone call or mails. A good friend makes it clear that they care about you. 

• Happy for you: A good friend never gets jealous on your success but would be happy for you. He celebrates your success and his success with you. When you are down and needs support he would be there to support and care about you. An ideal friend has a sensitive side which would make themunderstand others feelings. They may not be able to read your mind, but chances are they can usually tell when you're happy, sad, excited, shocked or upset. A good friend will likely know how to lift your spirits and make your day.

• A friend is someone who accepts you as you are.

• A friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
• In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
• A fiend is someone who cheers you up when you are feeling down.
• True friends don not drift apart even after many years of separation.
• Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.

  
  
  

  Now, Guys I'd like to know if you really have a great (or more than one) friend? How does he/she care your friendship?

  
  

  
  

  I hope that you really enjoyed this topic, and I also hope that you have great friends like I have.

  
  

  
  

  I love you all: In alphabetical order
  
  

  • Alexandre
  • Bruna
  • Carol
  • Fernanda
  • Lucyany
  • Marla
  • My family
  • Nicolly
  • Rômulo ( my husband hehehe)

  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
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The History of Tattoo

Tattoo: a tradition with different meanings.

                   Rebellion, personality, history. These can be one of the few words that can define the meaning of tattooing among us. In the context of contemporary society, individualism leads many people to make your skin the local registry of ideas, values or simple vanity. One of the most popular records we have about tattoos is the English Captain James Cook when he was trying to get in touch with the natives of Tahiti.

                   The people of that region designated the habit definitely paint the skin to "tatau", because of the noise produced by the instruments used in the manufacture of their tattoos. However, we can not say they were the first to develop such a habit. The man of Ötzi with some over 5,300 years, was the envy of any aficionado of tattoos today. On her body were found over fifty tattoos, according to some scholars, had religious meanings.

                     The practice of tattooing was also reported between the Egyptians and the Picts, an ancient civilization of northern Europe. In Brazil, several indigenous tribes bore tattoos. And the Wauja Kadiwéus are some of the indigenous peoples who used paint to express final rites of passage and reverence to some elements of nature. Despite the existence of the tattoo, this habit has not become popular on account of indigenous cultures.

                  Were the British sailors, through contact with the Polynesians who spread this practice throughout the world. Reproduction of sea beasts, skulls and vessels showed the adventures of the men who launched the sea. Since the same subjects of little financial condition or social influence, have made something popular among the tattoo ghettos, brothels and taverns frequented by the ‘scum’, ie the unemployed, street fighters, criminals and prostitutes.

                       That tone was marginal given the tattoo also meant that bodies were tattooed on the attractions guaranteed presence of so-called circus freak shows. It was only in the second half of the twentieth century that tattooing has incorporated the ideals of Western culture. His tone contesting surpassed barriers becoming a symbol of courage and personality.

                           Personal reasons, delicate and soft also entered the world of tattoos. Men and older women also tattooed their bodies today. She no longer an exclusive item of a youth culture to become an avenue of expression of subjectivity.

                                                           

What do you think about tattoos?

Do you have a tattoo? 
What is your tattoo? 

Where is your tattoo?
 or
Would you like to make a tattoo?
If yes, what would you like to  do?

                                              By Nicolly Favacho

DIFERENT KINDS OF FOOD.

KINDS OF FOOD.

Raw Food

Certain cultures highlight animal and vegetable foods in their raw state. Salads consisting of raw vegetables or fruits are common in many cuisines. Sashimi in Japanese cuisine consists of raw sliced fish or other meat, and sushi often incorporates raw fish or seafood. Steak tartare and salmon tartare are dishes made from diced or ground raw beef or salmon, mixed with various ingredients and served with baguette, brioche or frites. In Italy, carpaccio is a dish of very thin sliced raw beef, drizzled with a vinaigrette made with olive oil. A ceviche is a Latin American dish made with raw meat that is "cooked" from the highly acidic citric juice from lemons and limes along with other aromatics such as garlic.

                                              Japanese Food

 Soba and Udon- They can be eaten hot or cold. Soba noodles are made of buckwheat and thought to have originated in China. Udon noodles are made by mixing flour with salt water, then kneading, stretching, and cutting the dough into strips.

Sushi is one of the most popular dishes in Japan. The two main types of sushi are nigiri-zushi and norimaki. The nigiri type has slices of raw or cooked fish on sushi rice. Norimaki has pieces of fish and/or vegetables rolled with rice in nori (dried seaweed). People eat sushi at a sushi-ya or some prefer to eat at a kaiten sushi-ya which has plates of sushi that pass in front of the customers on a conveyor belt.

 

 

German Dish

Currywurst, a large-format fried or grilled sausage cut into thick slices and seasoned with spicy ketchup and generous amounts of curry powder, usually served with french fries — a popular snack originating in early 1950s Berlin. ) Currywurst remains one of most popular fast foods in Germany, especially in Berlin the Rhine-Ruhr area, but the Döner kebab is gaining rapidly in popularity.



Korean Dish

Samgyetang (삼계 탕): a soup made with Cornish game hens that are stuffed with ginseng, glutinous rice, jujubes, garlic, and chestnuts. The soup is traditionally eaten in the summer.

 

United State.- New Mexico

Refried beans is a dish of cooked and mashed beans and is a traditional staple of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, although each cuisine has a somewhat different approach when making the dish.

Brazil- Tapuru

It is a very common species of worm in the Amazon. Some people use the "Tapuru" as food. Some people eat the worm raw (with olive oil and lemon) or cooked. Very rich in nutrients, "Tapuru" is ideal for a healthy diet.

China- Insects

The Chinese diversify and experiment with tasty dishes with various insects that we find disgusting, but for them, are juicy. Eating fried insects is fun in China. Many insects highly nutritious, scientifically evaluated, have been cataloged. Already exceed 1,000 species edible insects, including cockroaches, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles and centipedes. Researchers want to popularize the practice of food consumption by the high nutritional value that has the bugs and also to combat hunger in the world. In the future, scientists say, the insects will be used to feed all of humanity.

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Have you ever tried any of these foods? If yes, which one?

2 - What is your favorite  kind of food? Why?

3 - If you would go to China, would you eat cockroaches, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles and centipedes?

4 - Write a different food from a country that was not spoken.