O Hospital de Santo António confirmou esta noite a morte do músico de 28 anos Angélico Vieira, dias após o desastre de automóvel que também vitimou outro jovem e feriu duas outras pessoas.

A informação foi divulgada por um porta-voz da unidade hospitalar portuense cerca das 23h45 de terça-feira. Angélico encontrava-se há várias horas em morte cerebral após o agravamento do seu estado de saúde. O cantor sofrera um grave traumatismo cranio-encefálico na sequência do acidente de viação da madrugada de sábado. O funeral, em data ainda a anunciar, será realizado em Lisboa.

Foi na A1, perto de Estarreja, que o BMW da vítima entrou em despiste após o rebentamento de um pneu. Angélico e dois outros ocupantes não estavam a usar cinto de segurança e foram projectados para o exterior da viatura. Um destes teve morte imediata ao ser atropelado por um segundo automóvel. Uma jovem mulher encontra-se gravemente ferida. Angélico resistiu quatro dias a graves lesões, até entrar em morte cerebral, tendo os médicos do Santo António desligado o suporte de vida na terça-feira.

Esta noite, nas imediações do hospital, vários fãs lamentaram a morte do cantor e actor, popularizado pela participação na telenovela juvenil Morangos com Açúcar e na boys band D'ZRT.

Momentos antes do anúncio do falecimento do jovem artista, registou-se ainda um momento de alguma tensão quando um visitante da unidade hospitalar agrediu um fotógrafo, alegando assédio por parte do repórter de imagem. A cobertura mediática da hospitalização de Angélico ficou marcada pelos constantes directos dos canais noticiosos e pela ausência de privacidade reservada a amigos e familiares das vítimas do acidente de sábado. A notícia da morte do músico motivou mesmo a interrupção da emissão da TVI, canal que lançou a carreira do cantor.

Na internet, a notícia do óbito também domina as atenções, sobretudo nas redes sociais twitter e Facebook, onde fãs mas também figuras públicas expressam o seu pesar pelo desaparecimento do jovem artista.

Source: SOL

O cantor e actor Angélico Vieira já foi submetido a uma operação cirúrgica este sábado, depois do grave acidente ocorrido às cinco da manhã na auto-estrada do Norte (A1), perto da saída para Estarreja, no sentido Porto-Lisboa. Angélico está com prognóstico muito reservado.

"Angélico sofreu um traumatismo crânio-encefálico muito grave", disse o médico Humberto Machado, director de serviço de urgência do Hospital de Santo António, no Porto. A intervenção cirúrgica, que começou cerca das 09h00, terminou ao fim da manhã, encontrando-se o artista internado na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos.

“As próximas horas serão cruciais. Se não piorar é excelente”, acrescentou Humberto Machado.

A mulher que ia no carro, Armanda Leite, amiga de Angélico, também foi internada nos Cuidados Intensivos. Apresenta igualmente um traumatismo cranio-encefálico, mas não é tão grave.

A mãe do cantor, a sua manager e a ex-namorada e actriz Rita Pereira chegaram ao hospital por volta das 11h00 e estão a ser acompanhadas numa sala apenas reservada aos familiares.

Um dos passageiros que seguiam no BMW conduzido pelo líder dos D'Zrt morreu após ser cuspido do banco traseiro, pois foi atropelado por um automóvel que vinha mais atrás, e uma mulher foi levada para o mesmo hospital portuense, enquanto um terceiro passageiro sofreu apenas ferimentos ligeiros.

Source: Correio da Manhã

Dunn and his passenger were killed when his Porsche slammed into a tree in Chester County and burst into flames, police say

"Jackass" star Ryan Dunn was killed early Monday morning when his Porsche flew over a guardrail in West Goshen, Pa., slammed into a tree and burst into flames, according to local police.

Dunn's passenger, 30-year-old Zachary Hartwell of West Chester, Pa., was also killed. Hartwell worked as a production assistant on the movie "Jackass Number Two" and starred in Bam Margera's movie "Minghags."

Chester County Coroner's Office announced Tuesday that the cause of death for both Dunn and Hartwell was "Blunt and Thermal Trauma due to a motor vehicle accident. The nature of the deaths was listed as Accidental."

Dunn, 34, was identified by his tattoos, according to a witness who was on the scene when the bodies were pulled from the wreckage.

The one-car accident happened on Route 322 around 2:30 a.m., according to Officer Geiger with West Goshen police. The 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 shot through about 40 yards of trees before it hit the last one and exploded into flames, according to police. The police press release (.PDF) reads, "Preliminary investigation revealed that speed may have been a contributing factor to the accident."

Dunn was last seen at Barnaby's of America in West Chester in the hours before the accident.

"Ryan didn't appear drunk before he left," Barnaby's manager told NBC Philadelphia. That manager said Dunn left the bar around 2 a.m.

A toxicology report on Dunn and Hartwell is not due back for a few weeks, according to the coroner's office.

One of the last men to see Ryan Dunn alive speaks to NBC Philadelphia.

TMZ. com is also reporting Dunn was at the bar Sunday night:

Bam Margera's mom April was the first to publicly confirm the reality TV star's death. In an interview with NBC Philadelphia, April says she learned of the accident after getting a call from WMMR's Preston and Steve radio show. She shared the news with the show after speaking with police.

"He's just the sweetest guy you'd ever want to know and he would do anything for you," April Margara said. April and her husband Phil teared up as they spoke about Dunn saying they considered him a son.

"I know the entire 'Jackass' family is devastated and all of West Chester is devastated," she said.

April Margara also said Dunn was a fast driver and that she told him to slow down "everyday" following a bad accident he was involved in more than a decade ago.

"He drove too fast and I yelled at him all the time about that," she said.

Dunn was known primarily for his dangerous antics and practical jokes in MTV's "Jackass" series and movies with his long-time friend Bam Margera. He is a member of the CKY Crew with Margera. Dunn also co-hosted a show on the G4 network called "Proving Ground."

Bam Margera, who is currently in Phoenix, Ariz., has not spoken publicly about Dunn's death. His parents say he's devastated by the news.

Dunn's friend and former co-star Johnny Knoxville tweeted this statement:

"Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan, I love you buddy."

MTV also released this statement via Twitter regarding the death of Ryan Dunn:

"We're deeply saddened by the passing of a member of the MTV family, Ryan Dunn. Our hearts and thoughts are with his friends and family."

This picture was posted on Dunn's Tumblr about two hours before the accident took place. It has since been removed from his account. April Margera confirms that Dunn is pictured on the left and his passenger Zachary Hartwell is on the far right. The man in the center has yet to be identified.

These pictures were taken at the scene of the accident. (Credit: Eric Lewis)

The #RIPRyanDunn hashtag was blowing up on Twitter and Ryan Dunn was the top trending topic Monday morning as news of his death spread. Dunn's fans also began posting video responses to Dunn's death to YouTube.

Source: NBC Philadelphia

Videos of Amy Winehouse stumbling through a concert in Belgrade, Serbia, hit YouTube Monday, raising concerns about the singer’s wellbeing. Now, Winehouse has canceled the remainder of her European tour, and Universal Music Group has started removing those videos from YouTube.

Click on about half of the videos below and you’ll get a similar message: “This video contains content from UMG, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.” Granted, UMG has the grounds for removal, as YouTube includes “videos of live concerts, even if you captured the video yourself” as copyrighted work, but it’s likely that UMG nixed the vids in the interest of damage control as well.

Winehouse has long struggled with drug and alcohol abuse. She checked out of the Priory Clinic earlier this month one week after checking in, according to E! Online.

Her rep, Chris Goodman, told E! that Winehouse “is withdrawing from all scheduled performances” in order to recover.

Source: Mashable

(CNN) -- Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.

A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."

What that means is they found some evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile phone users, but have not been able to draw conclusions for other types of cancers

"The biggest problem we have is that we know most environmental factors take several decades of exposure before we really see the consequences," said Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The type of radiation coming out of a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray, but more like a very low-powered microwave oven.

"What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain," Black said. "So in addition to leading to a development of cancer and tumors, there could be a whole host of other effects like cognitive memory function, since the memory temporal lobes are where we hold our cell phones."

Wireless industry responded to Tuesday's announcement saying it "does not mean cell phones cause cancer." CTIA-The Wireless Association added that WHO researchers "did not conduct any new research, but rather reviewed published studies."

The European Environmental Agency has pushed for more studies, saying cell phones could be as big a public health risk as smoking, asbestos and leaded gasoline. The head of a prominent cancer-research institute at the University of Pittsburgh sent a memo to all employees urging them to limit cell phone use because of a possible risk of cancer.

"When you look at cancer development -- particularly brain cancer -- it takes a long time to develop. I think it is a good idea to give the public some sort of warning that long-term exposure to radiation from your cell phone could possibly cause cancer," said Dr. Henry Lai, research professor in bioengineering at University of Washington who has studied radiation for more than 30 years.

Results from the largest international study on cell phones and cancer was released in 2010. It showed participants in the study who used a cell phone for 10 years or more had doubled the rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. To date, there have been no long-term studies on the effects of cell phone usage among children.

"Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger." said Black of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

In February, a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, revealed radiation emitted after just 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases the activity in brain cells. The effects of brain activity being artificially stimulated are still unknown.

Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says Tuesday's announcement, "dealt a blow to those who have long said, 'There is no possible mechanism for cell phones to cause cancer.' By classifying cell phones as a possible carcinogen, they also seem to be tacitly admitting a mechanism could exist."

Manufacturers of many popular cell phones already warn consumers to keep their device away from their body.

The Apple iPhone 4 safety manual says users' radiation exposure should not exceed FCC guidelines: "When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 millimeters (5/8 inch) away from the body."

BlackBerry Bold advises users to, "keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inch (25 millimeters) from your body when the BlackBerry device is transmitting."

Source: CNN

"How can I get 7-8 hours of sleep when I'm with my kids from the moment I arrive home, and I need some time for myself before bed?"

"How can I find time to exercise when I have to get up early in the morning and I'm exhausted by the time I get home in the evening?"

"How can I possibly keep up when I get 200 emails a day?"

"When is there time to think reflectively and strategically?"

These are the sorts of plaintive questions I'm asked over and over again when I give talks these days, whether they're at companies, conferences, schools, hospitals or government agencies.

Most everyone I meet feels pulled in more directions than ever, expected to work longer hours, and asked to get more done, often with fewer resources. But in these same audiences, there are also, invariably, a handful of people who are getting things done, including the important stuff, and somehow still managing to have a life.

What have they figured out that the rest of their colleagues have not?

The answer, surprisingly, is not that they have more will or discipline than you do. The counterintuitive secret to getting things done is to make them more automatic, so they require less energy.

It turns out we each have one reservoir of will and discipline, and it gets progressively depleted by any act of conscious self-regulation. In other words, if you spend energy trying to resist a fragrant chocolate chip cookie, you'll have less energy left over to solve a difficult problem. Will and discipline decline inexorably as the day wears on.

"Acts of choice," the brilliant researcher Roy Baumeister and his colleagues have concluded, "draw on the same limited resource used for self-control." That's especially so in a world filled more than ever with potential temptations, distractions and sources of immediate gratification.

At the Energy Project, we help our clients develop something we call rituals — highly specific behaviors, done at precise times, so they eventually become automatic and no longer require conscious will or discipline.

The proper role for your pre-frontal cortex is to decide what behavior you want to change, design the ritual you'll undertake, and then get out of the way. "It is a profoundly erroneous truism that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing," the philosopher A.N. Whitehead explained back in 1911. "The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of operations we can perform without thinking about them."

Indeed many great performers aren't even consciously aware that's what they've done. They've built their rituals intuitively.

Over the past decade, I've built a series of rituals into my everyday life, in order to assure that I get to the things that are most important to me — and that I don't get derailed by the endlessly alluring trivia of everyday life.

Here are the five rituals that have made the biggest difference to me:

Abiding by a specific bedtime to ensure that I get 8 hours of sleep. Nothing is more critical to the way I feel every day. If I'm flying somewhere and know I'll arrive too late to get my 8 hours, I make it a priority to make up the hours I need on the plane.
Work out as soon as I wake up. I've long since learned it has a huge impact all day long on how I feel, even if I don't initially feel like doing it.
Launching my work day by focusing first on whatever I've decided the night before is the most important activity I can do that day. Then taking a break after 90 minutes to refuel. Today — which happens to be a Sunday — this blog was my priority. My break was playing tennis for an hour. During the week it might be just to breathe for five minutes, or get something to eat.
Immediately writing down on a list any idea or task that occurs to me over the course of the day. Once it's on paper, it means I don't walk around feeling preoccupied by it — or risk forgetting it.
Asking myself the following question any time I feel triggered by someone or something,: "What's the story I'm telling myself here and how could I tell a more hopeful and empowering story about this same set of facts?"

Obviously, I'm human and fallible, so I don't succeed at every one of these, every day. But when I do miss one, I pay the price, and I feel even more pulled to it the next day.

A ritual, consciously created, is an expression of fierce intentionality. Nothing less will do, if you're truly determined to take control of your life.

The good news is that once you've got a ritual in place, it truly takes on a life of its own.

Source: Harvard Business Review