- What’s your secret? - I am just gonna keep running… Cliff Young I will write this post in English. Actually, I will mostly just re-print information from several sources, but I will show all references, in order not to incur in plagiarism. This is the story of an ordinary man who performs extraordinary feats. His name was Cliff Young, and he was the least likely hero that any Nation could come up with. "Albert Ernest Clifford "Cliff" Young , OAM (8 February 1922 [1] – 2 November 2003 [2] ) was an Australian potato farmer [2] and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria . Born the eldest son and the third of seven children of Mary and Albert Ernest Young on 8 February 1922, Albert Ernest Clifford Young grew up on a farm in Beech Forest in southwestern Victoria. [1] " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Young_(athlete) ...
The International Trail Running Association (ITRA) Performance Index is a ranking system designed to evaluate and compare trail runners globally. It provides a standardized measure of an athlete's performance based on their results in official trail running events recognized by ITRA. This system helps runners, coaches, and race organizers assess an athlete's skill level and is also used for entry qualifications in prestigious races like the UTMB® (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc).
In a world drowning in contradictions, doubt has become the only constant. Verena Solis, a journalist searching for truth, stumbles into a system designed not to silence, but to smother. Here, certainty is never banned — it is buried beneath noise, questions, and endless multiplication of versions. As protests collapse into paradox, as science is reframed into spectacle, she must decide whether truth can still survive when every fact is met with a thousand doubts. Atmospheric, unsettling, and urgently relevant, The Ministry of Doubt asks: what if ignorance wasn’t an accident, but the most powerful weapon of all?
Robert Sapolsky: The Biology and Psychology of Depression Robert Sapolsky, a renowned neuroscientist, primatologist, and author, has extensively explored the biological and psychological underpinnings of depression. His research and writings synthesize findings from neurobiology, endocrinology, and psychology to provide a nuanced understanding of this complex and often misunderstood condition. Sapolsky’s insights emphasize that depression is not merely a psychological state or a reaction to adverse life events but a multifaceted disorder deeply rooted in the biology of the brain and body.
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Imagem do Blogue de Maria Tadeu Esta rúbrica é dirigida aos Trail Runners que se estão a iniciar na modalidade e que ainda não têm prática de uma vertente muito interessante das corridas em trilhos: o "solo duro". O que é o solo duro? "Solo duro" é a expressão que indica o pavilhão gimnodesportivo, ou outras instalações semelhantes, disponibilizado pela organização, para que os atletas possam ter um local onde pernoitar antes e depois de uma prova. É solo duro, porque não inclui camas. Na melhor das hipóteses conseguem-se umas esteiras usadas na prática da ginástica e que se encontram disponíveis no pavilhão. Quanto a mim, trata-se de uma excelente opção para pernoitar, por várias razões. A saber: é gratuito; conveniente; normalmente encontra-se perto da linha de partida; e propicia o convívio. Claro que tem inconvenientes, sobretudo para os mais sensíveis. São locais agitados e barulhentos: há malta (como eu, por exemplo) que, ao ressonar, debit...
Num mundo a afogar-se em contradições, a dúvida tornou-se a única constante. Verena Solis, uma jornalista em busca da verdade, tropeça num sistema criado não para silenciar, mas para sufocar. Aqui, a certeza nunca é proibida — é enterrada sob ruído, perguntas e uma multiplicação interminável de versões. À medida que os protestos colapsam em paradoxo e a ciência é transformada em espetáculo, Verena terá de decidir se a verdade ainda pode sobreviver quando cada facto é recebido com mil dúvidas. Atmosférico, inquietante e dolorosamente atual, O Ministério da Dúvida pergunta: e se a ignorância não fosse um acidente, mas a arma mais poderosa de todas?
“He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes responsibility for the constraints of power; he makes them play spontaneously upon himself; he inscribes in himself the power relation in which he simultaneously plays both roles; he becomes the principle of his own subjection.” — Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish
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