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I bid you welcome gentle readers, and of course, the usual warm welcome to our assigned reader of all things NASCAR related. We hope you enjoy your day with us and deliver all of our comments to the proper parties. We are the fans that care, though sad to say, our numbers are shrinking fast. Today, let's start off with the first thing that caught my attention, and honestly, I'd hoped for much better news, despite the obvious empty seats at the track. (We gave you Chamber of Commerce weather too)
"Atlanta Overnight TV Ratings
Continuing a rough start to the season, NASCAR's second race of the season scored its lowest overnight since FOX acquired rights. NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Atlanta earned a 3.7 overnight rating on FOX Sunday afternoon, down 27% from last year (5.1) and the lowest overnight for the second race of the season since FOX began airing races in 2001. The previous low was a 4.8 for the 2014 Phoenix race.
The second race of the season is usually the highest rated outside of Daytona, topping a 6.0 overnight in all-but-one year from 2001 to 2008 and a 5.0 in all-but-two years since. Overnights reached as high as 7.1 for the Auto Club 500 in 2005. For the weekend, NASCAR placed second among sporting events behind Saturday's Warriors/Thunder NBA game on ABC (3.9). Because NBA ratings tend to decline from the overnight to the final, while NASCAR ratings remain stable or increase, the race will likely come out ahead in the final tally."
Now let's get right to the racing, race fans. Did everyone enjoy the race in Atlanta as much as I did? Hmm… did anyone watch the race at Atlanta on Sunday? If not, and I know many of you did not, you really missed some fine racing done in the old school style. When the tires can't last the length of a full gas run, and the cars can seemingly pass at will, provided one is faster than the other, then the racing becomes more than just a parade until all gas tanks are running dry.
It was such fun to watch some of our younger ones discover that all they really knew how to do was steer. On Sunday, they got what amounted to their first real driving lesson, because without the comfort of all the downforce to which they were accustomed, steering was a whole different thing. Unless they'd raced on dirt, they never knew that sometimes you actually turn right to go left. (If you don't, your back end will likely turn before your front end, and your destination will become the SAFER barrier.) The only thing missing was bias-ply tires instead of radials because they slide better through the corners don't you know.
Friends, race fans and whoever else might be reading here today, this kind of racing is worth at least turning on your TV to watch. I'll leave the volume controls to your discretion. The next track up on the schedule is Las Vegas, and though in a few minutes I'll be picking a very serious bone with those running the show there, the racing should be somewhat close to what we saw at Atlanta… at least we're hoping it will be.
And what, exactly, did we see at Atlanta? Not nearly as much as any fan would have liked. FOX Networks, you need some lessons in race broadcasting, and might I suggest that you take those lessons from the guys at NBC and NBCSN that do the other half of NASCAR's racing season? They get it right. NBC does not concentrate only on the first three cars whose numbers appear at the top of the pylon. They get radical and show the entire field… not just once, but often throughout the race. That is so simple to do. Pull back your cameras; take off the "zoom" and let the fans watch as though they are actually sitting in the grandstand. It produces an awesome view of most of the cars on track, and allows the viewer to choose which part of the race he wants to watch at that point in time.
Lose the in-car cameras, at least for the most part. We like the one from the right-side window that shows us a driver is OK after a crash. We can do without watching the race through the windshield of any car, but especially the leader. There's little to see but "clean air" (and empty grandstands) from that viewpoint. Call us regressive, but we are not thrilled by watching one car turn endless laps around any race track. After the race, we hear about all the passing and great moves made by this, that or the other driver, though we don't hear it from FOX. We'd like to see some of that please! That's why we're race fans. We enjoy watching the race… ALL of it… get it?
Also, your timing stinks, and I can think of no more accurate way to put that. Sunday's race was the "Folds of Honor-QuikTrip 500." It was well publicized that Folds of Honor planned a special display involving fan participation on lap 13 of the race. From nascar.com:
The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (1 p.m. Sunday, FOX, PRN, Sirius XM Radio) will feature a special salute to fallen military service members on Lap 13, chosen because of the 13 folds in the American flag given to families of fallen service men and women.
Fans attending Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway will be asked to raise and hold replicas of folded American flags on Lap 13 in a show of honor. The event is also a fundraiser for Folds of Honor, a non-profit organization that helps to pay for the education of children and adults whose parents or spouses are killed or injured in military service.
A salute to fallen service members… something that any NASCAR fan would want to watch… yet what did FOX air on lap 13 of the race? Commercials! Really FOX? That's the best you could do? In retrospect, that goes hand in hand with your first broadcast ever… when you blithely signed off the air and left fans all over several countries wondering about the condition of our own fallen warrior, Dale Earnhardt. You gave lousy coverage then and it continues to this day. You have broadcast rights to the races only because you were willing to spend more than better networks, and quite frankly, NASCAR can be bought.
At the very end of the race, there was what must have been a nasty wreck around mid-field, resulting in the #43 car of Aric Almirola going out in a blaze of glory, and I do mean "blaze" in the strictest sense of the word. Aric was out of the car and away from harm before the flames eventually engulfed the entire car. "Oil cooler" was the opinion voiced from the booth. We fans at home were told there were 4 cars involved in the wreck, and that one of them was rookie Ryan Blaney, driving the #21 for the Wood Brothers. That was all we were told, and all we ever saw was the fire in the #43. Did FOX pay so much for rights to broadcast NASCAR that they can't afford enough cameras to cover a wreck on the last lap? They held a camera right on that fire for a very long time though. Brought to mind that old newspaper saying, which has now carried over to TV, "If it bleeds, it leads."
Brian, can you not see that at least some of your lost fans have been driven away by the coverage of this network? The racing on Sunday was top-notch. Drivers and the fans that saw the race, all loved it. I know the drivers were too busy to have seen the TV coverage, but take it from this fan, and all those that have written or commented to me about it, the coverage was horrid! Just horrid! Call me crazy, but I don't want to see NASCAR die; I want to see the racing be fun, as it once was; I want to see our young fans experience the same thrill that my generation did whenever that green flag waved, and this setup is definitely on the right track. Is there any way you could broker a deal to have NBC take over the FOX portion of this season and beyond? The NBC coverage stands so far above that of the FOX Networks that the two resemble Heaven and Hell… and come to think of it, that is quite an apt parallel.
Once more, before leaving Atlanta for this year, we'd like to say "Thanks" to Ed Clark and everyone that contributed to the massive extension of the SAFER barriers around the track. There were a couple of nasty wrecks in the Truck Series race, and everyone involved sang the praises of the SAFER barriers, and opined on what the wrecks might have been like without them.
Now, we move on to a track that continues to show us what can and does happen when SAFER barriers are not in place… Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gentle readers, both Atlanta and Las Vegas are SMI tracks, yet their response to the need for the SAFER system could not be more different. Folks at AMS got right to work and brought that old girl into almost total compliance with the idea of "SAFER barriers everywhere." Las Vegas, since the accident at Daytona in the Xfinity race of 2015 that left Kyle Busch on the sidelines for the first 11 races of the season, has done what amounts to not much of anything. Last March, we reported that "modifications were made to the cut-out area in Turn 3 and to the pit road opening", whatever that means. In October of last year, we found out what it didn't mean when young Austin Theriault took a wicked ride into the one tiny spot that for some reason was left unprotected.
The track claimed at that time that plans were already in place to install SAFER barriers… to that tiny piece indicated by white arrows on the map. Nothing more was promised, and a wide search of both their website and the World Wide Web revealed nothing more beyond that promise. An article from Sports Illustrated detailed the same thing these pages had reported about LVMS in March and again in October.
http://beyondtheflag.com/2016/01/04/nascar-tracks-will-safer-2016/4/
The author of that piece, Mike Hutton, coldly closes his assessment of the somewhat insignificant promise made by LVMS by saying, "I'll believe it when I see it." Yep! Me too! Gentle readers, I know that at least a few of you are from those parts. If anyone knows of any improvements done by the Las Vegas track regarding SAFER barriers, would you be kind enough to either comment below or email me with factual updates, preferably with pictures?
This might be a slightly unfair way to close this piece, but I just want to remind everyone that this is the track that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon on October 16, 2011. Yes, the race was an IndyCar race, not a NASCAR race, and by virtue of design, those lightweight cars travel at a much greater speed than do our big old 3000-plus-pound stock cars. Dan is still dead. Rest in peace Lionheart!
Las Vegas Motor Speedway… it's way past time to clean up your act. If you don't believe me, ask Austin Theriault about his compressed spinal fracture. I'm quite positive he will agree with me.
Time now for our Classic Country Closeout, and Mama is in a wonderful mood just now, so I'm going to play a small collection of songs that mean the world to me. I hope you will all enjoy them as much as I do. First up today is one called, "From a Jack to a King", by Ned Miller. Yes, there are other versions, but this is the one from my teenage years and the one I love still today.
Next is a song that has played a very significant part in my life several times, and continues today to do so. This is Bobby Helms with his wonderful version of, "My Special Angel."
Next we'll hear one from Gentleman Jim Reeves. This is one of his prettiest "crooner" songs, "Missing You."
This one is perhaps one of the most beautiful and sincere love songs ever written, and it was written by John Denver for his wife. Here is John singing "Annie's Song."
Last one for today is from Eddy Arnold, and I don't think the man ever sang a song I didn't love, but this one I've danced to with someone very special. This is Eddy singing, "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
~PattyKay


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Young Jump GOLD Vol.1 June 2017, released on May 18, 2017. This is Digital version (e-magz) not scan from physical magazine.
This magazine is purchased by me (Pradja DJ).
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Contribution of Abnormal Muscle and Liver Glucose Metabolism to Postprandial Hyperglycemia in NIDDM
Asimina Mitrakou,
David Kelley,
Thiemo Veneman,
Trond Jenssen,
Thomas Pangburn,
James Reilly and
John Gerich
Clinical Research Center, Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Diabetes 1990 Nov; 39(11): 1381-1390. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.39.11.1381
To assess the role of muscle and liver in the pathogenesis of postprandial hyperglycemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), we administered an oral glucose load enriched with [14C]glucose to 10 NIDDM subjects and 10 age- and weight-matched nondiabetic volunteers and compared muscle glucose disposal by measuring forearm balance of glucose, lactate, alanine, O2, and CO2 (with forearm calorimetry). In addition, we used the dual-lable isotope method to compare overall rates of glucose appearance (Ra) and disappearance (Rd), suppression of endogenous glucose output, and splanchnic glucose sequestration. During the initial 1–1.5 h after glucose ingestion, plasma glucose increased by ∼8 mM in NIDDM vs. ∼3 mM in nondiabetic subjects (P < 0.01); overall glucose Ra was nearly 11 g greater in NIDDM than nondiabetic subjects (45.1 ± 2.3 vs. 34.4 ± 1.5 g, P < 0.01), but glucose Rd was not significantly different in NIDDM (35.1 ± 2.4 g) and nondiabetic (33.3 ± 2.7 g) subjects. The greater overall glucose Ra of NIDDM subjects was due to 6.8 g greater endogenous glucose output (13.7 ± 1.1 vs. 6.8 ± 1.0 g, P < 0.01) and 3.8 g less oral glucose splanchnic sequestration of the oral load (31.4 ± 1.5 vs. 27.5 ± 0.9 g, P < 0.05). Although glucose taken up by muscle was not significantly different in NIDDM and nondiabetic subjects (39.3 ± 3.5 vs. 41.0 ± 2.5 g/5 h), a greater amount of the glucose taken up by muscle in NIDDM was released as lactate and alanine (11.7 ± 1.0 vs. 5.2 ± 0.3 g in nondiabetic subjects, P < 0.01), and less was stored (11.7 ± 1.3 vs. 16.9 ± 1.5 g, P < 0.05). We conclude that increased systemic glucose delivery, due primarily to reduced suppression of endogenous hepatic glucose output and, to a lesser extent, reduced splanchnic glucose sequestration, is the predominant factor responsible for postprandial hyperglycemia in NIDDM.
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Sonny Bill Williams returns to All Blacks after ban
FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, July 1, 2017, New Zealand center Sonny Bill Williams walks from the field after he was sent off during the second rugby test between the British and Irish Lions and the All Blacks in Wellington, New Zealand. Williams has been recalled to the All Blacks team, it is announced Wednesday Aug. 16, 2017, for upcoming Saturday's Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup test against Australia after completing a four-match suspension following his sending off against the British and Irish Lions.(AP Photo/Mark Baker, FILE)
SYDNEY, Australia — Centre Sonny Bill Williams has been recalled to the All Blacks team for Saturday's Rugby Championship match against Australia after completing a four-match suspension, while Kurtley Beale will start at inside centre for the first time in 60 tests for Australia.
Williams became the first All Blacks player in 50 years to be sent off in a test match for a dangerous shoulder charge on winger Anthony Williams during the second test against the British and Irish Lions at Wellington.
His ban was thought likely to rule him out of Saturday's test at Sydney, but New Zealand successfully appealed a World Rugby ruling on the matches that would count toward his suspension.
Damian McKenzie was named to start a test for the second time at fullback in the absence of Jordie Barrett, who is injured. Ben Smith, returning from a head injury, moves from fullback to the right wing and youngster Rieko Ioane will start on the left wing after the omission of veteran Julian Savea.
Meanwhile, Australia on Thursday named winger Curtis Rona to make his test debut only months after his switch from rugby league. New Zealand-born Rona scored 39 tries in 53 National Rugby League matches for the Bulldogs before joining the Western Force in Super Rugby last August.
He has played only 80 minutes at winger for the Force — being preferred at centre — but has earned a call-up in place of Dane Haylett-Perry who has a biceps injury. Rona is one of five changes to the team that turned out in the Wallabies most-recent test against Italy.
Beale has played at inside centre in Super Rugby, in his recent stint in England with Wasps and off the bench for the Wallabies but hasn't started in the No. 12 jersey for Australia. He hasn't played for Australia since a 34-17 loss to New Zealand in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham, a stretch of 18 tests in which the Wallabies have won just eight.
Beale's Wallabies career has been plagued by off-field issues. In 2014 he was fined $40,000 for sending an offensive photograph to team business manager Di Patson. He avoided having his Wallabies contract terminated because of a lack of evidence that he sent a second, more offensive text.
In a significant change to the All Blacks team, Liam Squire has been named on the blindside flank in place of Jerome Kaino who has been left out of the match-day 23 in a sign his 81-test career might be nearing its end.
Kieran Read retains the captaincy but may be under pressure after the drawn series against the Lions in which New Zealand lacked leadership.
All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen said he was pleased that that All Blacks will be back in match action after the Lions series.
"There's a real sense of excitement within the group, and a desire to go out and perform well this weekend," Hansen said. "This test will give us a great opportunity to gauge where we are at when it comes to things we have been working on since the Lions tour."
Lineups:
Australia: Israel Folau, Henry Speight, Samu Kerevi, Kurtley Beale, Curtis Rona, Bernard Foley, Will Genia; Sean McMahon, Michael Hooper (captain), Ned Hanigan, Adam Coleman, Rory Arnold, Allan Alaalatoa, Stephen Moore, Scott Sio. Reserves: Tatafu Polota-Nau, Tom Robertson, Sekope Kepu, Rob Simmons, Lopeti Timani, Nick Phipps, Reece Hodge, Tevita Kuridrani.
New Zealand: Damian McKenzie, Ben Smith, Ryan Crotty, Sonny Bill Williams, Rieko Ioane, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith; Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane, Liam Squire, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Owen Franks, Codie Taylor, Joe Moody. Reserves: Nathan Harris, Wyatt Crockett, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Luke Romano, Ardie Savea, T.J. Perenara, Lima Sopoaga, Anton Lienert-Brown.
AP Sports Writer Steve McMorran contributed from Wellington, New Zealand


The Sony Xperia Z1 is the latest flagship device from Sony currently on the market. Well it is available unlocked, and we were able to get our hands-on one to review thanks to Mobicity. The Z1 sports a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3,000mAh embedded battery, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, microSD card slot and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Also included is support for HSPA+ 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz and LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 20.. The backside of the Xperia Z1 is where we find one of the phone's tentpole features. The Z1 sports a 20.7-megapixel camera with a 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS for mobile CMOS image sensor, G Lens with 27mm wide angle lens and f/2.0 aperture and BIONZ image processing tech. Yeah, that thing's packed to the brim. So in terms of specs the Xperia Z1 one packs everything you need in it.
Still the Xperia Z1 does pack a lot of features that allows to enjoy Sony's improvements; from the devices superior water-resistant coating, solid camera abilities, to the spectacular battery the Xperia Z1 delivers. What you get her is a device that has great LTE and 4G support, stellar battery life and everything packed in to give you a solid smartphone experience.


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Aurélio Pereira da Silva Quintanilha GOSE (Angra do Heroísmo, Santa Luzia, 24 de abril de 1892 — Lisboa, 27 de junho de 1987) foi um professor universitário e cientista português. Foi um investigador de renome internacional nas áreas da genética, da biologia dos fungos e da cultura do algodoeiro. Desde cedo opositor ao regime do Estado Novo, foi obrigado a exilar-se, tendo vivido em França e depois em Moçambique, onde durante quase duas décadas se dedicou à investigação da cultura do algodão. Foi sócio correspondente da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.

Biografia
Filho de Afonso Henriques da Silva e de sua mulher Maria Carlota de Sousa Pereira, Aurélio Quintanilha era membro de uma família ilustre da ilha Terceira – a família Coelho Borges, pelo lado paterno – e da família da Silva Pereira pelo lado materno. O nome Quintanilha aparece por iniciativa de um parente que restabeleceu a ligação onomástica com um avô – José da Silva Quintanilha, que foi corregedor de Angra.

Cumpriu a instrução primária na sua cidade natal, revelando-se desde logo um aluno brilhante. Iniciou os seus estudos liceais em Angra do Heroísmo, continuou-os na Horta e depois em Ponta Delgada, onde concluiu o curso com distinção.

Órfão de pai ao sair da escola primária, foi educado por uma irmã, 13 anos mais velha do que ele, pessoa culta e inteligente que o acompanhou nos seus estudos. A conselho do seu irmão Guilherme Quintanilha, 16 anos mais velho do que ele, e já coronel de artilharia, em Outubro de 1910, quando Aurélio Quintanilha tinha 16 anos de idade, partiu para Lisboa, acompanhado pela mãe e pela irmã, com o objectivo de assentar praça no Exército Português como artilheiro voluntário.

Novamente por sugestão do seu irmão mais velho, fixa-se em Coimbra, com a mãe e a irmã, com o objectivo de cursar os estudos preparatórios para admissão à Escola do Exército, os quais concluiu com sucesso. Contudo, não se sentindo com vocação para militar, acabou por não concorrer à Escola do Exército, escolhendo antes matricular-se nos preparatórios de Medicina, na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Coimbra, instituição que frequentou sem fazer exames.

Em finais de 1912 mudou-se para Lisboa, cidade onde permaneceu até 1919. Matriculou-se então no curso de Medicina da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, recém-formada por transformação da Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de Lisboa, o que lhe permitiu durante dois anos assistir às aulas dos Professores Augusto Celestino da Costa, Mark Athias, Aníbal de Bettencourt e Pedro Roberto Chaves, e assim adquirir vastos conhecimentos e uma grande prática laboratorial nos domínios da citologia e da histologia, o que marcou a sua futura carreira científica.

Entretanto, na convivência com amigos, envolveu-se na política da época, fazendo-se anarco-sindicalista avançado, defensor da causa do proletariado e da República. As suas convicções sociais e políticas revelam também a forte influência de José Augusto dos Santos, seu antigo professor liceal nos Açores, onde fora director do periódico O Tempo, de Angra do Heroísmo.

Em 1915 adoeceu gravemente, a ponto de ser hospitalizado. Foi nessa altura que recebeu a orientação amiga do seu conterrâneo Professor Rui Teles Palhinha, professor auxiliar de Botânica da faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, que lhe se sugeriu que se licenciasse em Ciências Naturais, pondo a bom uso os conhecimentos de biologia que já adquirira.

Seguindo esse conselho, Aurélio Quintanilha deixou a Faculdade de Medicina e matriculou-se no curso de Ciências Histórico-Naturais da então novel Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Em 1917 fez exame das cadeiras de Botânica com resultados tais que foi convidado pelos Professores D. António Xavier Pereira Coutinho e Teles Palhinha para um contrato como segundo assistente da instituição, com o objectivo de trabalhar na área da citologia. Ficou rapidamente conhecido pelas excelentes aulas práticas de Citologia Animal que conduzia, mantendo as funções de segundo assistente durante os dois últimos anos do curso, entre 1917 e 1919, ano em que concluiu a licenciatura em Ciências Naturais, com a nota máxima de 20 valores. Entretanto frequentava os laboratórios da Faculdade de Medicina, onde continuou o seu treino nas técnicas de investigação em citologia, fisiologia e microbiologia.

Logo após a conclusão da licenciatura foi convidado para 1.º assistente na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Coimbra pelo Professor Luís Wittnich Carrisso (1886-1937), que o conhecera quando fizera uma visita ao Instituto Botânica da Universidade de Lisboa. Aurélio Quintanilha aceitou o convite e em 1919 voltou para Coimbra, sendo encarregado das aulas teóricas e práticas das disciplinas de Botânica Médica e Morfologia e Fisiologia dos Vegetais e de desenvolver um centro de estudos de biologia experimental, onde deveria dar continuação aos seus trabalhos de citologia.

A equipa de botânica de Coimbra a que Aurélio Quintanilha se veio juntar era diminuta, composta apenas por um professor catedrático, Luís Wittnich Carrisso, e um assistente, Artur Ervideira. Ainda assim, ministravam as disciplinas de Morfologia e Fisiologia dos Vegetais, Botânica Sistemática e Fitogeografia aos alunos dos diversos cursos e mantinham uma notável actividade de investigação.

Aurélio Quintanilha ficou a residir no 1.º andar do edifício do Jardim Botânico de Coimbra, antigo Colégio de São Bento, paredes-meias com o alojamento do Professor Júlio Henriques, pioneiro da botânica portuguesa e antigo director do Jardim. Essa vizinhança permitiu a formação de uma relação próxima, que se foi estreitando com o tempo e que permitiu uma profícua colaboração entre ambos.

Essa proximidade a Júlio Henriques permitiu a continuação da publicação do Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, já que Henriques, o fundador e director da publicação, pretendia terminá-la, dada a sua idade avançada e a crónica falta de colaboradores. Quintanilha, com Wittnich Carrisso, ofereceu-se para o lugar de redactor, gestor e angariador de colaboradores: Aceite a oferta por Júlio Henriques, iniciou-se a 2.ª Série do Boletim, com a publicação no 1.º volume, em 1922, de um apelo aos professores de instrução primária, secundária e do ensino superior, para sensibilizarem os seus alunos para o estudo das plantas. Aurélio Quintanilha foi redactor do Boletim entre 1922 e 1936. O seu interesse pela Sociedade Broteriana manteve-se até ao fim da vida e entre 1921 e 1960 publicou no Boletim mais de 47 trabalhos científicos e colaborou com muitos outros. Também colaborou na revista Homens Livres  (1923).

Iniciou então uma carreira académica que o levou no ano seguinte (1920) à regência da cadeira de Botânica Médica e em 1926 ao concurso para Professor Catedrático da Universidade de Coimbra.

Ao chegar a Coimbra como docente, preocupado com a sua falta de preparação pedagógica, sentimento raro nas Universidades portuguesas, concorreu e foi admitido como aluno na Escola Normal Superior de Coimbra, na qual, após dois anos de frequência, fez exame de estado em 1921. Apresentou então como dissertação o trabalho intitulado Educação de hoje – Educação de amanhã, no qual aborda o ensino das Ciências da Natureza nos liceus e escolas técnicas, ressaltando a importância do trabalho prático e a conveniência de partir do concreto para o abstracto. Na dissertação defende uma visão libertária da educação, sugerindo, o que foi considerado imoral por um dos membros do júri, a inclusão da educação sexual entre as matérias a ensinar no âmbito do ensino da biologia e da formação moral dos alunos. Apesar das vozes discordantes, foi aprovado com distinção, com a nota de 18 valores

Obtida a formação pedagógica que considerava indispensável a uma carreira académica, devota-se à preparação do doutoramento, escolhendo como dissertação o trabalho Contribuição ao estudo dos Synchytrium, em que de forma inovadora esclarece o ciclo de vida do fungo Synchytrium papillatum Farl.. As provas de doutoramento foram realizadas em 1926, sendo aprovado por unanimidade como Doutor em Ciências Histórico-Naturais.

Terminado o doutoramento, concorreu de imediato para um lugar de professor catedrático de Botânica da Faculdade onde trabalhava, apresentando como dissertação o trabalho O Problema das plantas carnívoras – Estudo citofisiológico da digestão no Drosophyllum lusitanicum Link, onde aborda a biologia e a fitogeografia da espécie, a classificação fisiológica das plantas carnívoras e contextualiza o fenómeno da carnivoria no mundo vegetal como um processo de nutrição. Foi aprovado por unanimidade e nomeado professor catedrático em Outubro de 1926. Em 1927 foi nomeado para os cargos de Director do Laboratório Botânico e de Secretário da Faculdade de Ciências.

As novas responsabilidades como catedrático apenas serviram para confirmar a sua dedicação à docência, pela qual sentia verdadeira paixão. A sua vasta cultura científica e humanista, aliada a uma inteligência brilhante, e os profundos conhecimentos das matérias que ensinava rapidamente o afirmaram como um excelente professor. As suas aulas revelavam uma lógica inteligente na sua construção, clareza na exposição, entusiasmo e actualidade das exposições científicas, o que despertava nos alunos o gosto pela investigação científica. Para além de manter um convívio franco e aberto com os alunos, participava em jogos de futebol e outros eventos desportivos e sociais, algo inaudito entre os catedráticos, e colocava à disposição dos alunos os livros de que necessitavam.

Aurélio Quintanilha nunca considerou acabada a sua formação, razão pela qual em 1928, após uma longa viagem de estudo pela Europa, a qual lhe permitira conhecer o cientista alemão Hans Kniep, em Berlim, obtém autorização para realizar para um estágio na Universidade de Berlim.

Para financiar a sua estadia conseguiu um lugar provisório de Leitor de Português na Universidade de Berlim, onde permaneceu até 1931. Durante esse período estudou com Hans Kniep as então novas técnicas da genética aplicando-as ao estudo dos fungos do grupo dos basidiomicetas. Trabalhava no Pflanzenphysiologisches Institut, sob a direcção de Hans Kniep, reputado especialista nos problemas da sexualidade dos fungos. Transformou-se num dos seus colaboradores mais directos, de tal forma que quando Kniep faleceu, em Novembro de 1930, Aurélio Quintanilha foi convidado a prosseguir os seus trabalhos de investigação. Durante o ano de 1930 estagiou no Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Biologie (cujas instalações hoje albergam a Freie Universität Berlin) sob a direcção do Professor Max Hartmann.

Enquanto estagiou em Berlim foi frequentador assíduo de colóquios que decorriam no Kaiser Wilhelm Institut sobre os mais variados temas biológicos, em que participavam vultos eminentes da Ciência, como Carl Correns, Hans Kniep e Max Hartmannn, e jovens cientistas como Richard Goldschmidt, Hans Stubbe, Curt Stern e Friedrich Gustav Brieger, que viriam a ter papel relevante em diversas áreas da Biologia, com destaque para a genética. Os três anos que Aurélio Quintanilha passou em Berlim, e os dois estágios que ali realizou, enriqueceram muito a sua cultura biológica e foram de grande importância para a carreira científica de Quintanilha, que se especializou em genética de fungos, iniciando as suas notáveis investigações sobre a sexualidade e a reprodução dos basidiomicetas.

Quando foi trabalhar para a Alemanha em 1928 já levou consigo sua mulher, Maria Susana, igualmente licenciada em Biologia, e suas duas filhas Cecília e Carlota. Entretanto, divorciou-se e casou com Lucya Tiedtke, uma alemã preparadora de laboratório, que veio a ser mãe de Alexandre Quintanilha e grande amiga das enteadas.

De regresso a Portugal, em 1931, retomou o seu trabalho de docente de Botânica Médica e de Morfologia dos Vegetais da Universidade de Coimbra e através desses cursos consegue entusiasmar alguns dos seus alunos mais brilhantes para prosseguirem estudos na área da Biologia. Montou o seu laboratório e biblioteca e iniciou a preparação dos seus colaboradores, arrancando com uma aparentemente promissora carreira académica em Coimbra. No seu laboratório continuou a investigação sobre os basidiomicetas iniciada na Alemanha, publicando em 1932, a obra Le problème de la sexualité chez les Champignons, um trabalho seminal sobre aquele tema.

Aurélio Quintanilha diz, nas suas próprias palavras: se eu não tivesse feito outra coisa, na minha carreira de docente do que descobrir, guiar os primeiros passos e entusiasmar pelos estudos da biologia experimental cientistas ilustres como Abílio Fernandes, José Antunes Serra e Flávio Resendes, creio que já me poderia considerar bem pago pelo esforço despendido.

Em Coimbra começou a ser conhecido pelo seu estilo pedagógico de Professor justo, exigente e de grande competência, que acamaradava com os alunos, jogando mesmo à bola com eles, e revelando grande entusiasmo pelas aulas práticas e pela investigação científica. A ele se atribui a classificação de professores salsicheiros e professores jardineiros: os primeiros enchiam as cabeças dos alunos com conhecimentos teóricos e os segundos cuidavam deles como os jardineiros cuidam das flores dos seus jardins.

Toda esta actividade teve um fim abrupto quando, consolidada a ditadura do Estado Novo, em 1935 o governo de Oliveira Salazar fez publicar o Decreto-Lei n.º 25317, de 13 de Maio de 1935, que autorizava o Governo a demitir os funcionários civis e militares que tivessem revelado espírito de oposição aos princípios fundamentais da Constituição Portuguesa de 1933 ou não dessem garantias de cooperar na realização dos fins superiores do Estado corporativo. A lista publicada no Diário do Governo das personalidades a serem abrangidas por aquele diploma incluía Aurélio Quintanilha, sem qualquer actividade política relevante desde 1919. Em consequência, por estar incurso no disposto do decreto-lei n.º 25317 foi aposentado compulsivamente, com a reforma de 1.100$00 mensais, ficando-lhe efectivamente vedado qualquer emprego universitário e impossibilitado de exercer em Portugal qualquer actividade científica ou pedagógica, em entidades públicas ou privadas.

Expulso da função pública aos 43 anos de idade e envolvido em múltiplos projectos de investigação científica, com a magra reforma que lhe foi atribuída pelo Estado a mostrar-se insuficiente para sustentar a família que tinha a seu cargo, Aurélio Quintanilha foi obrigado a ir para o estrangeiro, onde percorreu várias centros científicos, na expectativa de encontrar qualquer colocação. Não desistindo do seu trabalho, só encontrou uma saída para o seu futuro: terminar o seu trabalho sobre a genética e a sexualidade dos basidiomicetas e apresentá-lo no Congresso Internacional de Botânica, que nesse ano se reunia em Amesterdão. Teve ajuda do laboratório do silvicultor Joaquim Vieira Natividade para acabar o trabalho.

A sua comunicação, intitulada Cytologie et génétique de la sexualité chez les Champignons, valeu-lhe o Prémio Emil Christian Hansen 1937, da Academia Real das Ciências da Dinamarca, cuja medalha em ouro está presentemente na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, em Lisboa. Aquele prémio, financiado pelos Laboratórios Carlsberg, premeia investigação relevante sobre leveduras e foi atribuído a Aurélio Quintanilha em reconhecimento pelo seu trabalho pioneiro sobre a genética da sexualidade dos himenomicetas.

Sabedor da situação difícil que Aurélio Quintanilha vivia, um grupo de botânicos britânicos conseguiu que o Governo britânico lhe atribuísse uma bolsa de estudo para prosseguir a sua carreira científica e as suas investigações fora de Portugal. Com essa bolsa de estudo britânica, instalou-se em Paris, onde já tinha família, sendo ali acolhido pelo Professor Roger Heim, director do Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, e pelo Professor Pierre Allorge, subdirector do Laboratoire de Cryptogamie daquela instituição.

Passou então a trabalhar em taxonomia de fungos, no Laboratoire de Cryptogamie do Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, continuando o seu trabalho no campo dos basidiomicetas. Naquele laboratório desenvolveu até 1939 uma intensa actividade científica, sendo em 1937 admitido na Caisse Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique como chargé de recherches, passando a dispor de equipamento para continuar os seus trabalhos de genética de fungos. Durante este período as suas investigação incidiu sobre questões como o fenómeno de Buller e o nanismo e o conceito de espécie nos himenomicetas.

Foi nessa época que participou no Congresso Internacional de Genética, realizado em Edimburgo, onde apresentou uma comunicação sobre o fenómeno de Buller. No congresso encontrou o Professor António Câmara, que o convidou para trabalhar na Estação Agronómica Nacional, uma vez que o ambiente político em Portugal parecia ter melhorado.

Entretanto, iniciadas as hostilidades da Segunda Guerra Mundial, apesar de pacifista, alista-se como voluntário no Exército Francês, onde durante um ano foi soldado de 2.ª classe numa formação de sapadores.

Derrotada e ocupada a França, foi desmobilizado após o armistício de 22 de Junho de 1940 e regressou a Paris, onde não encontrou condições de trabalho. Em 1941 conseguiu voltar a Portugal, para sair do ambiente de guerra da capital francesa, e procurou trabalho na Estação Agronómica Nacional, em Oeiras, tentando aproveitar a oportunidade oferecida pelo convite do Professor António Sousa da Câmara, director da instituição. Porém, o regime do Estado Novo, por intervenção directa de Oliveira Salazar, voltou a barrar-lhe o caminho, não permitindo a contratação, pelo que durante dois anos trabalha na instituição a título gracioso, até concluir que o seu contrato como investigador não era viável, dada a irredutibilidade do Governo em o admitir a concurso público, já que mesmo decreto que o levara à aposentação compulsiva não permitia que ocupasse qualquer lugar remunerado do Estado.

Em 1943, depois de lhe ser atribuído, pela Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, o Prémio Artur Malheiros, pelo trabalho Doze anos de citologia e genética dos Fungos, novamente por decisão de Oliveira Salazar, foi-lhe apontado o caminho do exílio interno com a proposta para que fosse trabalhar na Junta de Exportação do Algodão Colonial, nos então territórios ultramarinos portugueses de Angola e Moçambique.

Optou por aceitar o lugar de director do Centro da Investigação Científica Algodoeira (CICA) daquela Junta, sito na então Lourenço Marques, cidade onde se fixou em 1943 e onde viveu até 1975, partindo já depois da independência de Moçambique. Passou então a trabalhar nos serviços de investigação e experimentação algodoeira que acabavam de ali ser criados.

Esta mudança de estatuto face ao emprego público foi justificada pelo facto da Junta do Algodão ser um organismo de coordenação económica, pelo que os seus empregados não eram considerados funcionários públicos. Assim, além das funções serem exercidas no ultramar, longe da metrópole, não havia necessidade de revogar o decreto que o aposentara.

Ainda nesse ano de 1943 foi nomeado director do Centro de Investigação Científica Algodoeira (CICA) de Moçambique, cargo que exerceria durante 19 anos, até à extinção do organismo em 1962. Durante esse período, o seu trabalho contribuiu em muito para aumentar a produção do algodão em Moçambique, tendo publicado numerosos trabalhos científicos sobre a temática algodoeira. Para tal iniciou novo período de estudo, investigando as técnicas agrárias e a biologia e biotecnologia da cultura do algodoeiro. Com esse objectivo, visitou diversas instituições científicas africanas dedicadas à agricultura, em especial na República da África do Sul, onde fez pequenos estágios de estudo e especialização, e realizou uma visita de estudo ao cotton belt dos Estados Unidos da América, entrando em contacto com os técnicos e cientistas do Departamento de Agricultura norte-americano.

A dinâmica e capacidade de trabalho, associada à sólida base de biologia fundamental que obtivera anteriormente, tornaram Aurélio Quintanilha num dos mais autorizados especialistas na cultura e biologia do algodoeiro. Essa posição de prestígio entre os botânicos da África do Sul foi-lhe reconhecida em 1947, quando a Universidade de Witwatersrand lhe concedeu o título de Doutor Honoris Causa. Aurélio Quintanilha passou então a ser convidado para júris de doutoramento e concursos que se realizavam naquela Universidade.

Neste período, para além da sua formação pessoal, recrutou e formou técnicos e pessoal auxiliar, obteve a bibliografia necessária e organizou um centro de investigações do algodão que rivalizava com o que melhor se fazia em África em matéria de investigação agrária.

Os resultados não se fizeram esperar e só no período de 1946 a 1961 Aurélio Quintanilha e os seus colaboradores publicaram cerca de 100 trabalhos, o que bem mede a produção científica do centro de investigação naquela época. As investigações por ele dirigidas conduziram a grandes sucessos no melhoramento do algodoeiro, criando híbridos muito rentáveis para a cultura e indústria do algodão, com grandes benefícios para a situação económica de Moçambique e Angola e da indústria algodoeira portuguesa. Apesar de proscrito pelo regime, em 1958 foi eleito sócio correspondente da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa.

Quando em 1950 se realizou em Estocolmo o Congresso Internacional de Genética, Aurélio Quintanilha apresentou uma comunicação a contrariar as teses do investigador russo Trofim Lysenko, defensor do mitchurinismo, a doutrina genética da hibridização baseada nas ideias de Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, o que lhe granjeou grande prestígio internacional. Em 1958 participou no Congresso Internacional de Genética, realizado em Montreal, onde volta a criticar a visão mitchurinista defendida pela delegação russa.

Para além da investigação sobre o algodão, manteve-se sempre atento às oportunidades na área da biologia, tendo, entre outras iniciativas, auxiliado a criação de uma Estação de Biologia Marítima na ilha de Inhaca.

Mantendo o seu interesse pela botânica, organizou campanhas de colheita de plantas da flora moçambicana, avaliando as suas potencialidades agronómicas. Em resultado reuniu no CICA um notável herbário, enviando colecções de duplicados de herbário da flora africana para o Herbário de Coimbra e para o Centro de Botânica da Junta de Investigação do Ultramar. Deu ainda um importante contributo para a publicação da Flora Zambesiaca, elaborada com a colaboração dos governos de Portugal, do Reino Unido e da Federação da Rodésia e Niassalândia.

Quando em 1962 foi extinta a Junta do Algodão, e em sua substituição criado o Instituto do Algodão de Angola e Moçambique, Aurélio Quintanilha foi dispensado por a 24 de Abril daquele ano ter ultrapassado os 70 anos de idade, o limite de idade. Em consequência, apesar de ter prestado serviço durante cerca de 16 anos na Universidade de Coimbra e 19 no Ultramar, como director do Centro de Investigação Científica Algodoeira, foi novamente aposentado sem direito a aumento da reforma que lhe fora fixada em 1935 (1.100$00), o que o deixou de novo em situação económica precária.

Valeu-lhe o reitor da recém-formada Universidade de Lourenço Marques, Professor José Veiga Simão, que com a anuência do Professor José Ernesto Mesquita Rodrigues, director do Departamento de Botânica da Faculdade de Ciências, ofereceu-lhe um lugar no Laboratório de Botânica daquela instituição. Como não lhe podia ser abonado qualquer vencimento com dinheiros públicos, a remuneração fazia-se graças à concessão de uma bolsa da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Aurélio Quintanilha pode assim continuar as suas pesquisas sobre a genética dos fungos, dando simultaneamente algumas aulas a título gracioso.

Entretanto foi criado o Instituto de Investigação Científica de Moçambique, onde Aurélio Quintanilha resolveu trabalhar, novamente a título gracioso, mas com o suporte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Com o valor da sua carreira científica reconhecido mundialmente, Aurélio Quintanilha foi condecorado a 12 de Julho de 1972, já em plena Primavera Marcelista, com o grau de Grande-Oficial da Antiga, Nobilíssima e Esclarecida Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada, do Mérito Científico, Literário e Artístico pelo seu mérito científico.

Com o fim do Estado Novo, após a Revolução de 25 de Abril de 1974, Aurélio Quintanilha solicitou e obteve a sua reintegração como professor catedrático de Botânica da Universidade de Coimbra. Numa homenagem que foi ao mesmo tempo um gesto de reparação, foi convidado para proferir a última lição naquela que deveria ter sido a sua Universidade. Acedeu ao convite e a 4 de Novembro de 1974, Aurélio Quintanilha proferiu na Universidade de Coimbra uma aula solene com o tema Quatro gerações de cientistas na história do Instituto Botânico de Coimbra. Estiveram presentes o reitor da Universidade de Coimbra, o Prof. Doutor José Joaquim Teixeira Ribeiro, o Governador Civil de Coimbra, em representação do Ministro da Educação e Cultura, Prof. Doutor Luís Mendonça de Albuquerque, o Presidente da Comissão Administrativa da Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Dr. Rui Carrington da Costa, bem como muitos professores e investigadores universitários, alunos e outras pessoas ligadas à Universidade.

Em 11 de Novembro de 1974, a Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética elegeu-o para seu 1.º sócio honorário, numa sessão presidida pelo Ministro da Educação e Cultura, Professor Victorino de Magalhães Godinho.

Em 1975, o Professor Doutor Aurélio Quintanilha foi totalmente integrado na Universidade de Lourenço Marques, onde lecionou a disciplina de Métodos de Investigação Científica no curso de Licenciatura em Biologia. Depois deste trabalho (quando tinha já 83 anos), iniciou uma pesquisa sobre a cultura de cogumelos para a alimentação humana. O Presidente de Moçambique, Samora Machel, homenageou-o com uma audiência e com a nacionalidade moçambicana.

Aurélio Quintanilha ocupa lugar cimeiro no panorama científico português sendo-lhe reconhecido que iniciou e plasmou a genética portuguesa, prestigiando-a através dos muitos e notáveis discípulos que soube formar.

Em 15 de Fevereiro de 1983, por proposta do Professor Fernando Catarino Mangas, presidente do Conselho Directivo do Museu, Laboratório e Jardim Botânico da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, foi concedido a Aurélio Quintanilha o grau de Doutor Honoris Causa, consagrando os qualidades e méritos de professor e investigador e assinalando o facto de ter iniciado a sua carreira docente como 2.º assistente daquela instituição.

Poliglota de mérito, representou Portugal em diversos congressos internacionais, sempre com grande brilho. Entre outros, participou nos seguintes congressos: IV Congresso Internacional de Botânica, Londres (1930); V Congresso Internacional de Botânica, Amesterdão (1935); Congresso Internacional de Genética, Edimburgo (1939); VI Congresso Internacional de Botânica, Estocolmo (1950); Congresso Luso-Espanhol para o Progresso das Ciências, Lisboa (1950); VII Congresso Internacional de Botânica, Paris (1954); e Congresso Internacional de Genética, Montreal (1958). Depois da Independência de Moçambique, e já com mais de 83 anos, iniciou o estudo da língua russa.

Publicou numerosos trabalhos científicos de valor reconhecido na cena internacional, o que lhe valeu ser convidado a pertencer a diversas Sociedades Científicas entre as quais, para além da sua condição de sócio correspondente da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, as seguintes: Sociedade Broteriana; Societé Botanique de France; Société Mycologique de France; Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft; Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Naturais; Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia; e Sociedade de Estudos de Moçambique.

Em 1975 fixara-se em Lisboa, cidade onde faleceu com 95 anos de idade, em casa da filha mais nova do seu segundo casamento com a também Bióloga Dr.ª Maria Suzana de Carvalho, a Arquitecta Maria Carlota de Carvalho e Quintanilha, que também foi professora em Moçambique. Foi sepultado no Cemitério de Benfica.

Após o seu falecimento foi objecto de diversas homenagens, incluindo a inclusão do seu nome na toponímia de Angra do Heroísmo (1996) e de Lisboa. Também vários taxinomistas procuraram homenagear o seu nome, dedicando-lhe novos taxa, entre os quais a Piedraia quintanilhai van Uden, Barros Machado & Castelo Branco, Acacia quintanilhae Torre, Cucumis Quintanilhae Rosette & A. Fernandes e Narcissus bulbocodium L. subsp. quintanilhae A. Fernandes.

Datas mais importantes
 1926 – Doutoramento em Coimbra.
 1937 – Prémio Hansen, da Academia Real das Ciências da Dinamarca.
 1941 – Prémio Artur Malheiro, da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.
 1947 – Doutor Honoris Causa pela Universidade de Witwatersrand, da África do Sul.
 1958 – Sócio correspondente da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.
 1972 – Grande-Oficial da Antiga, Nobilíssima e Esclarecida Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada, do Mérito Científico, Literário e Artístico.
 1974 – Homenagem prestada na última lição na Universidade de Coimbra, com afixação de placa comemorativa.
 1974 – Homenagem da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
 1981 – Doutor Honoris Causa pela Universidade de Lisboa.
 1992 – Homenagem da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa.

Publicações de Aurélio Quintanilha
 1940 – "Étude Génétique des Phénomènes de Nanisme Chez les Hyménomycètes". Separata do Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, volume XIV (II série).
 1943 – "O Problema da delimitação e origem das espécies do ponto de vista da biologia experimental". Separata do Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, volume XVII (II série).
 1945 – Os fundamentos científicos da sexualidade. Biblioteca Cosmos, n.º 25 - Lisboa.
 1951 – D. António Pereira Coutinho, o Mestre, o Botânico e o Homem. Tipografia Minerva Central, Lourenço Marques.
 1960 – "Michurinismo e Mendelismo". Separata da Agros, n.º 5 (Ano 43). Lisboa.
 1962 – "Desenvolvimento do Botão Floral do Algodoeiro em Função do Tempo". Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, Dezembro, volume XXXVI (2.ª série).
 1965 – Gregório Mendel. Cem anos depois. Instituto do Algodão de Moçambique, Lourenço Marques.
 1966 – "Homologias cromossómicas do género Gossypium". Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, vol. XL (2.ª série).
 1966 – "O problema algodoeiro português e a actividade do Centro de Investigação Cientifica Algodoeira". Separata do Boletim da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa, Vol. XXXVIII.
 1969 – "Prof. Eng. Joaquim Vieira Natividade - O Investigador, o Agrónomo-Silvicultor e o Homem". Separata do Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, volume XLIII (II série).
 1970 – "Progressos Recentes da Genética de Bactérias e Vírus". Separata da Revista de Ciências Biológicas,Vol. 1, Série B. Universidade de Lourenço Marques, Lourenço Marques.
 1973 – "Progressos da Genética dos Fundos e a Contribuição dos Portugueses". Separata da Revista de Ciências Biológicas, Vol. 2, Série B - Universidade de Lourenço Marques, Lourenço Marques.
 1980 – "Evocando o Passado". Separata do Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, Vol LIII (2.ª Série).

Referências
 Júlio Augusto Henriques, "D. António Xavier Pereira Coutinho" in Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana. Serie II. Tomo I, 1922, pp. 5-10
 Ignacio García Pereda, Joaquim Vieira Natividade: (1899.1968) Ciência e política do sobreiro e da cortiça, Lisboa, 2008.

Ligações externas

Naturais de Angra do Heroísmo
Anarquistas de Portugal
Alumni da Universidade de Coimbra
Alumni da Universidade de Lisboa
Professores universitários de Portugal
Académicos de Portugal
Doutores honoris causa pela Universidade de Lisboa
Cientistas de Portugal
Investigadores de Portugal
Grandes-Oficiais da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada
Professores da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

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Things to do in Apollo Bay
Our most recommended things to do in Apollo Bay
1. From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Wildlife Tour
After being picked up from your Melbourne CBD accommodation, explore the world famous Great Ocean Road on this full-day tour. Follow along in many different languages via the app so you won't miss a thing. Spend the day in an airconditioned vehicle not only exploring the coastline features but also seeing first hand koalas and birds in their natural habitat. Take a guided forest walk where you will see some of the tallest trees in the world. Morning tea is also included. Stop at Torquay Surf Beach to experience firsthand the iconic beaches and coastal views. You will also be within clear viewing distance of the world-famous Bells Surfing Beach. Take coastal photos and smell the fresh seaside air. Refresh with morning tea before heading to the Pole House. Enjoy a roadside photo opportunity of the most photographed house on Great Ocean Road. Suspended 40 meters above the ground by a singular concrete column, its unique architecture maximizes the stunning coastline view. Snap a selfie at the iconic Great Ocean Road sign and send it to your friends. Then see koalas and parrots in their natural habitat. Your experienced guide will take you to the best viewing spots. Stop at a location along the Great Ocean Road and take in the iconic coastline vista at Cape Patton. Head then to the coastal town of Apollo Bay where you can purchase lunch from the many restaurants and cafes on offer. You can also walk around the coastal town or even take a swim in the beach if the weather suits. Follow your guide on a forest walk where you will see some of the tallest trees in the world. You will also take in the wonderful fresh natural smells the trees have to offer. At the Gibson Steps, tide and wind permitting, you will be able to see some of the 12 Apostles from sea level on the beach. You will feel like you can reach out and touch them. Take your time to check out the world-renowned 12 Apostles. An awesome sight with fantastic photo opportunities. See for yourself why these limestone beauties are known all around the world. The final touring stop is at Loch Ard Gorge. Witness firsthand this magnificent formation of rocks and rolling sea. Enjoy ground-level viewing that will excite you with the natural glories it possesses. See the unique jagged razorback formation and then the Island Archway. The original archway collapsed in 2009, however, two striking stacks remain, standing nearly as tall as the Apostles. Purchase dinner from one of the many restaurants and cafes in Colac.
2. From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road Full-Day Trip
Discover the beauty of Port Campbell National Park on this day trip from Melbourne. Travel in a comfortable and airconditioned coach and enjoy a refreshing morning tea. Stop for pictures viewpoints, take a stroll at Apollo Bay and admire the 12 Apostles limestone stacks. Enjoy morning views of Melbourne city and Port Phillip Bay as you cross the Westgate Bridge, Australia's longest bridge, at just under 1.5 miles (2.6 kilometers). Embark on one of the world's greatest drives to tour the Great Ocean Road. Take in a scenic journey along the Great Ocean Road. Stop for photos opportunity the Memorial Arch at Eastern View as well as at Kennett River, home to a large population of cute and cuddly wild koalas. A sighting is almost guaranteed as they munch away on Eucalyptus leaves. Marvel at Apollo Bay and walk around the famous coastal town. Afterward, follow the Great Ocean Road away from the water and into the mountains. Proceed through the spectacular Otway Ranges and stop to enjoy a stroll in the cool, temperate rainforest at Maits Rest. Continue to Port Campbell National Park, with its iconic array of rock formations. Visit Loch Ard Gorge and Gibson Steps, and be awestruck by the majestic monoliths of the 12 Apostles. Take advantage of a dinner stop on the journey back to Melbourne at the township of Colac. Enjoy a scenic view of the illuminated city as you cross Westgate Bridge on the way home.
Begin the day with an early start leaving the Melbourne CBD where you will drive over the Westgate Bridge towards the Great Ocean Road - one of the few places where the destination and the journey are the same thing. Once you arrive on the Great Ocean Road, enjoy morning tea along the Surf Coast at your first stop, a perfect way to meet your fellow travelers and your guide for the day. As you wind along this iconic road, each twist and turn reveals new spectacular views of the rugged coastline and into the Otway Ranges that lie inland. Hear the history of the road and its workers as you make a stop at Memorial Arch, also known as the Great Ocean Road sign. Pass through quaint yet popular holiday resort towns before your guide takes you on a wild koala spotting adventure amongst their natural habitat of the eucaluptus trees. Make your way to the historical town of Apollo Bay for a bite of lunch. Stroll the streets, meander the main beach or try some unique and award-winning ice cream. After lunch, the road ventures away from the coastline and into the heart of the Otways National Park. Embark on a guided walk through the crisp fresh air of an ancient rainforest. A truly magical part of the day as you're emersed amongst ferns and the world's second tallest species of tree. The journey continues through the rainforest before reaching the Shipwreck Coast where you will find some of the biggest attractions for the day. Hear about the coastline's most famous shipwreck before stepping down into the gorge at the center of the story of the Loch Ard ill-fated journey. Be towered by the sheer limestone cliffs that form the gorge as you stand on the beach or step into the cold waters of the Southern Ocean at the bottom before reaching the major attraction - the 12 Apostles. View these ginormous limestone monoliths formed by hundreds of years of erosion as they stand high and strong against the forces of nature. A true sight to behold and a perfect way to cap off the day before making your way back to Melbourne for the night.
4. From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road Reverse Eco Tour
Embark on a guided tour along the Great Ocean Road of Australia's southern coast, departing from Melbourne. See the stunning rock formations along the coast, enjoy a picnic lunch, explore a section of the Great Otway National Park, and search for koalas at Kennett River. Depart the Melbourne CBD (Central Business District) early in the morning, and travel inland to arrive at the "Shipwreck Coast" before the rest of the tour buses arrive. See the beautiful limestone rocks of the 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, and Gibson Steps without the crowds. Hear the story of Loch Ard as you step down into a gorge carved by the Southern Ocean over hundreds of years. Enjoy a picnic lunch at one of these breathtaking spots. Then, drive back along the Great Ocean Road, waving at the other tour buses as they pass in the opposite direction. Stretch your legs in the Otway Ranges on a guided rainforest walk amongst some of the tallest tree species in the world. Drive back to the coastal road and visit the seaside town of Apollo Bay. Continue along the coast, traveling a twisting route with spectacular ocean, beach, and cliff views. Stop in Kennett River to look for koalas in their natural habitat amongst the eucalyptus trees. Pass through small seaside towns as you continue your journey and stop at Memorial Arch, where a sign honors the workers that built the road. Return to Melbourne for the end of your perfect Great Ocean Road experience.
5. From Melbourne: Ultimate 2-Day Great Ocean Road Tour
After pickup at your hotel in Melbourne, depart early in the morning directly toward Torquay. Savor morning tea, then see some of the local surfers in action. Stock up on some chocolates for the day at the local Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery before continuing your journey through small local villages on the way to Split Point Lighthouse. Next, learn some of the history of the Great Ocean Road at the Memorial Arch before taking the steps down to the base of the Erskine Falls. Admire the magnificent falls, then grab lunch and take a stroll at Lorne. Enjoy some time for a quick swim off Lorne Beach, though be aware the water might be slightly cold. From Lorne, move on for another stroll to the Sheoak Falls. Soak up the spectacular views as you wind your way along the Great Ocean Road and stop to see some of the amazing wildlife. Then it's time to enjoy the wonderful view from the Mariner's Lookout over the quiet village of Apollo Bay, your home for the night. Visit a lovely restaurant or cook for yourself in the hostel's large kitchen. Get another early start on Day 2 and walk through the temperate rainforest in the section of the Great Ocean Road known as the Green Coast. Continue your journey along the Green Coast, stopping at lookouts on the way, until you reach the highest point along the road, Lavers Hill. Tuck into your morning tea at Lavers Hill then visit the Shipwreck Coast to view all 9 lookouts along this section of the road, including the 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, and London Bridge. After exploring all these stops, head inland and travel back to Melbourne.
6. Adelaide to Melbourne: 3-Day Ultimate Overland Journey
Embark on a 3-day tour from Adelaide to Melbourne with accommodation in the heart of the Grampians surrounded by kangaroos and cockatoos. Travel south to the Shipwreck Coast and visit the 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and other stunning locations before continuing the journey to Melbourne along the Great Ocean Road. Day 1: Adelaide - Halls Gap Depart the city through the Adelaide Hills en route to the Grampians National Park. Traveling through the western plains of Victoria, watch as the mountain range slowly grows on approach. Hike to the base of Mackenzie Falls and explore other famed lookouts of The Balconies and Boroka Lookout before checking in for the night in the heart of the Grampians Halls Gap. Day 2: Halls Gap - Warrnambool Start the day with a hike up to the iconic Pinnacle lookout with an amazing view over the Grampians. Later, visit the Tower Hill Conservation Reserve, an extinct volcano, rich in Aboriginal history and an abundance of wildlife. Finish the day with time to relax in the town of Warrnambool, before coming together for a group dinner and at a local hotspot (dinner and beverages at guests' own expense). Day 3: Warrnambool - Melbourne The last day is a journey along the historic Great Ocean Road. Begin with the highlights of the 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, and London Bridge. Embark on a guided rainforest walk before lunch in the popular seaside town of Apollo Bay. Follow the road to its end as it twists and turns with stops at Memorial Arch and a famous surf beach or two, arriving in Melbourne in the evening.
7. From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Otway Overnight Tour
Day 1: Melbourne to Port Campbell (D) You'll begin your tour with a drive through the ancient lava fields of Western Victoria on your way to the country seaside town of Warrnambool. You'll take a detour to Tower Hill on the way, to explore Australia's most recently extinct volcano which is bursting with wildlife. Following that, take a guided walk with Worn Gundidj, learning about the traditional lifestyle of Australia's Aboriginal people and learn about their culture. You'll then drive the Great Ocean Road "backward", starting with Shipwreck Coast and its icons such as the Bay of Islands, The Grotto, and London Bridge, with time to explore the village of Port Campbell. Try some locally made beers from the Sow & Piglets Brewery with dinner, before finishing off your day at the 12 Apostles for sunset. Day 2: Great Ocean Road to Melbourne (B) The second day starts off with a climb down the stairs onto the beach at Loch Ard Gorge, well before the crowds arrive, for a unique take on this ever-so-popular attraction. It's then off for a stroll along a section of the Great Ocean Walk and down to the beach level at the Apostles at Gibson Steps before retreating into the Otway rainforest. Hidden in a place most don't venture, the Redwoods of the Otways will simply amaze as you admire the tallest and second-tallest species of trees in the world side by side. It's then back on the road to continue the breathtaking coastal drive with quality stops in the townships of Apollo Bay and Lorne to soak in the Aussie beach town lifestyle. You'll have time to check out the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie & Ice-Creamery for some delicious treats, as well as one of the most popular surf beaches in Australia, before heading back to Melbourne at around 7:30pm.
8. Great Ocean Road: Guided Wildlife Walk that Supports Nature
Discover the wild side of the Great Ocean Road as you explore a spectacular Australian bushland environment, where the forest meets the sea. Meet your conservationist guide at the Visitor Center. As you walk with them through the magical setting, learn the secrets of the bush and the plants and animals who call the Otways home. During your tour, pause at the Conservation Ecology Centre Research Hub to learn about the conservation projects that are being undertaken onsite to support the environment. You will also have the chance to see research techniques in action. The tour winds along a gentle, 1.4km path suitable to all ages and abilities. Before or after your tour, enjoy refreshments or a light lunch at the café, and browse the gift shop for a memento of your visit.
9. Apollo Bay: Dusk Discovery Great Ocean Road Wildlife Tour
As the sun sets over the Great Ocean Road, the day-active wildlife starts to head for home and the night-time animals emerge. Visit a wildlife sanctuary at dusk to spot these otherwise elusive and shy animals. Your conservationist guide will share the secrets of the Otways bush, and the plants and animals that call it home. The Dusk Discovery Tour runs for around 90 minutes, and offers unparalleled photography and wildlife spotting opportunities. Before your tour, enjoy a mezze plate of local produce accompanied by a beer or wine. Your visit gives back to nature, with 100% of profits supporting local conservation and research projects.
10. From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road Private Guided Tour by Car
Explore the world-famous Great Ocean Road on this full-day private tour from Melbourne. Travel in air-conditioned comfort and enjoy an included morning tea. See koalas and birds in their natural habitat, Torquay Surf Beach, the 12 Apostles, the Gibson steps, and more. After being picked up from your accommodation in your private vehicle, set off on your tour of the Great Ocean Road. Throughout the day, follow along in many different languages via the activity provider's website app so you don't miss a thing. Make your first stop at Torquay Surf Beach for your first look and feel of the iconic beaches and coastal views along the route. Spot Bells Surfing Beach in the distance, and refresh with morning tea in the fresh seaside air. Continue to the Pole House for a photo opportunity at the most photographed house on the Great Ocean Road. Admire the way the house's unique architecture — it is suspended 40 meters above the ground by a singular concrete column — maximizes the view of the coastline. Next, snap a selfie at the Great Ocean Road Sign before witnessing koalas and colorful parrots in their natural environment. Stop at the coastal town of Apollo Bay where you can buy lunch from the many restaurants and cafes. Take a walk around town or go for a swim in the sea if the weather's good. After lunch, head out on a guided forest walk to see some of the tallest trees in the world. Continue to the Gibson Steps and keep an eye out for some of the 12 Apostles from the beach (tide and wind permitting). Then, get closer to the 12 Apostles and take your time to marvel at these world-renowned limestone beauties. Make a stop at Loch Ad Gorge to witness first-hand this magnificent formation of rocks and rolling sea. On the way back to Melbourne, see the unique jagged Razorback formation and the Island Archway. Break up the return journey with a stop at Colac where you can buy dinner. Afterward, your guide will drive you back to your accommodation.
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Wildlife Tour
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From Melbourne: Small-Group Great Ocean Road Day Trip
Adelaide to Melbourne: 3-Day Ultimate Overland Journey
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Otway Overnight Tour
Great Ocean Road: Guided Wildlife Walk that Supports Nature
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road Private Guided Tour by Car
Melbourne to Adelaide: 4-day Great Ocean Road Tour
Melbourne: Private Great Ocean Road Full-Day Tour
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What people are saying about Apollo Bay
William was brilliant. He gave a fascinating and detailed commentary throughout the trip and spared no effort in ensuring everyone on the trip was involved and informed. The places we visited were simply awesome, and gave experiences that will never be forgotten. The geology was truly amazing! It was a long day but we enjoyed every minute.
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road Full-Day Trip Reviewed by Albert Gordon, 1/6/2023
Really enjoyable experience! Lots of stops along the way, beautiful sites and views. Perfect pick up and drop off. Excellent tour guide. Vehicle was a little cramped but fine, only wished it had phone charging ability. Otherwise, loved the tour.
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Wildlife Tour Reviewed by Grant, 1/5/2023
Was a lot of fun. Our guide told us a lot and was always in a good mood. You always had enough time at the individual stops to see everything
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Wildlife Tour Reviewed by Patrick, 1/6/2023
Thank you Terry for taking great care of all of us - most thoughtful, helpful, and cheerful - thoroughly enjoyed the day trip!
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Wildlife Tour Reviewed by Terence, 1/6/2023
We covered a lot of ground in one day. Adrian was a great driver - very knowledgeable and friendly towards everybody.
From Melbourne: Great Ocean Road and Wildlife Tour Reviewed by Kyri, 1/6/2023


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We don't travel a ton with the kids (honestly, at ages one and three, it is freaking exhausting) but we do try to take little trips twice a year when my husband has time off work, around the 4th of July and at Christmas. I definitely aspire to be a family that travels a lot and I know it will get loads easier as the kids get older so, as tiring as it is, I think it's good that we're doing it now. This post focuses on our most recent car trip to Indianapolis, where we stayed in a hotel downtown for four nights – and specifically on what I pack and how I pack it!
I started making packing lists when Simon was a baby and we began RVing, and after that I made lists for road trips and airplane trips as well. I keep my lists on Google Drive so that it's easy to pull one up, check over and modify as needed, print, and then check things off as I go!
I try to begin packing a few days in advance. I just start throwing stuff I know I want to take on the guest bed, catching up on laundry and setting aside clothes for the trip.
This time I picked out matching or semi-matching outfits for the kids (lots of red, white and blue for the 4th!) and I rolled and rubber banded each day's outfits together and made sure to put a matching hair bow in each roll for Betsy. This worked SO well. It was so easy to grab a roll each morning and get the kids dressed without rummaging through a bunch of clothes. Usually Kyle gets the kids dressed while I'm putting makeup on, and this method worked great for him.
Since we have kiddos in diapers, when we get to the hotel I set up a diaper changing station, usually on one end of the couch. All the diaper changing supplies go there, and I grab a hotel towel to spread out so we're changing on a clean surface and don't getting anything gross from the hotel's couch.
Kyle and I hang most of our clothes at home so when we travel we just keep them on hangers and use one or two "wally bags" to transport them. On this trip when we were ready to head home, we only had a few clean clothes left so those went in one wally bag and I stuffed all the dirty clothes into the other one. I liked it way better than using those junky plastic laundry bags the hotel has hanging in the closet. Especially since we had a lot of dirty laundry after five days!
Kyle has his toiletries pre-packed in a "ditty bag" and just adds in a few things and into the suitcase it goes. I use a medium size tote that has interior and exterior pockets for all my stuff. I pack my toiletries and makeup as I get ready the morning of the trip so I can make sure I have everything I use on a regular basis. I keep a little zipper pouch in my nightstand at home pre-packed with ear plugs and a sleep mask and I add in my phone/tablet chargers, sleeping pills, chap stick and hand lotion. When I unpack at the hotel, that little pouch goes straight into my nightstand, and the toiletry bags to the bathroom.
Our kids are, unfortunately, conditioned to dark and quiet sleeping conditions at home – we did this to ourselves and now we have to live with the consequences. Haha! We've found that most hotel closets can fit a standard pack 'n play so that is where the baby goes. When that hasn't been feasible, we've rearranged furniture to put the pack 'n play behind a couch or somewhere that is more private so we can sneak around the room easier. Now that we have a kiddo who sleeps in a regular bed, we bring a toddler air mattress (we bought an electric pump separately and use it for the air mattress and pool floatie) and a beach tent so that we can "create" his own little room inside of our room. We also pack sound machines for each kid and an audio monitor. We didn't use the audio monitor this trip but there have been times when we've had to leave the room in order for the kids to fall asleep, so we just wait in the hall with the monitor. If our room is close enough to the lobby, the monitor allows us to relax out there after bedtime but still have ears on the kiddos.
We bring a small box of toys to the hotel with us. We try to grab a few things the kids haven't played with in a while. I always used to think our kids would just love being somewhere new and wouldn't need toys. Wrong! My kids love toys. In the morning while we're getting ready and in the evening when we're winding down they usually play with toys and maybe watch TV.
I did pack a small bag that stayed in the car with a few cups and beach towels for when we went to splash pads. I also packed a puddle jumper and a floatie that we took into the hotel for pool time.
We packed our cooler bag and the kids' bento boxes, plastic silverware, Contigo cups and bibs and we used those things EVERY DAY. Between breakfast and the "social" with snacks and drinks the hotel offered each evening, we'd load up the bento boxes to take with us while were out and about during the day. That saved us a lot of crankiness because the kids were never hungry. Having food in a container like that worked really well for the kids to eat while in the stroller; much easier for them to handle and not drop/spill than if I'd just handed them a granola bar or a little packet of crackers. And we usually just ordered one kid's meal whenever we sat down for a meal.
I'll talk more about this in another blog post, but I have a bag of stuff for keeping the kids busy in the car. This was only a 3-hour drive (and part of it was taken up with naptime) so I didn't need a whole lot, but next week when I travel with the kids (without Kyle!) for six hours to Pennsylvania, I will rely on distracting activities and snacks a lot more. Some of this stuff we also bring into the hotel for the kids to play with in the mornings.
My packing list is divided into big items, things that go in the suitcase, and then some smaller separate bags and bins. There aren't a lot of details on the extra bags because those are things I have packed all the time and just need to double-check contents (like my diaper bag) or things that change with each trip (like the bin of toys).
You can download my packing list and then modify it to suit your needs!
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…. an evening where we celebrated, we commiserated, we felt – as an audience – the power of music to connect, to focus thoughts and to foster talent and ideas. Dreams Lie Deeper – taken as a whole – was an often profoundly moving experience to be part of.
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The choir was in marvelous voice, and their obvious enjoyment immediately set a festive atmosphere for the afternoon. …..the acoustic characteristics of the room transmitted a clarity of diction which was absolutely exemplary, be it in the initial English numbers, or later foreign texts. The balance of voices was also excellent…….
…. this performance, with a reduced complement of 86 voices, was for me a high point in the long life of the distinguished choir. To hear better choral singing by a large choir than this we would have to look at a professional chorus.


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Revealed!Tupac's haunting last words as he was bleeding to death uncovered in bombshell police docs
Tupac Shakur's haunting last words as he was bleeding to death have been revealed in bombshell police documents.
The files, which have been kept private for 24 years, have now been published and reveal the rapper spent his last moments worried about his friend Marion 'Suge' Knight.
The documents also include an incident report about the shooting, crime scene analysis papers and statements from the attending police officers.
Knight was in the car with Tupac on the night of the shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.
The music mogul was injured in the attack as he attempted to protect his pal, sustaining grazes from bullet which whizzed past his head.
He drove the fatally injured rapper to the hospital, and now the newly-published papers reveal the music star's last words were asking about his friend's condition.
Tupac told Knight: "You the one they shot in the head. You shot in the head."
The superstar was taken to hospital, but doctors were unable to save him.
The documents feature a transcript of Knight's interview with police in which he described the attack.
The pair were driving along Las Vegas Boulevard on September 7 1996 when they stopped at a traffic light and were pelted with gun shots.
He told cops: "We was having conversation. We heard some gunshots. We looked to the right of us.
"Tupac was like tryin' to get to the back seat.
"I grabbed him and pulled him down. It was about 15 gun shots. They hit my head. I grabbed him pulled him down…
"Everything happened so fast… I grabbed him pulled him down and topped him.
"I thought I got shot in my head, which I did."
The pair were travelling with a security team at the time, with the bodyguards following them in a car behind.
In the interview, police officers asked Knight what they did to help and he expressed his anger that they didn't offer more assistance during the shooting.
He said: "Your guess is as good as mine. The guy gets paid a lot of money to be protection.
"I don't understand it to this day. This is one of the reasons Tupac and myself was more comfortable because we knew we had Tupac's bodyguards behind this. That is the idea for them."
In his statement, Knight also dismissed claims Tupac was carrying a gun at the time of the attack and insisted he didn't see the shooters or have any clues about their identity.
The documents were released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department following a legal battle in 2017 when they were sued for failing to make them public.
Tupac's murder remains unsolved.
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* "perhaps silly, yet no less silly than the day before!"
He boards the train laughing.
in this old industrial valley.
that face the empty desolate industries.
The world of sorrows begins to part.
Might have put me in mind of someone we know, this. Don't know why.
"He's a genius, boys, but then we always knew..."


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Home European Championship Euro 2016 Team Preview: Spain
Euro 2016 Team Preview: Spain
Darren Ash
Coach: Vicente del Bosque
Colours: Red shirts, blue shorts, black socks
Twitter: @SeFutbol
Group Opponents
v Czech Republic (13 June, Toulouse)
v Turkey (17 June, Nice)
v Croatia (21 June, Bordeaux)
Euros Record
Champions (1964, 2008, 2012)
Runners up (1984)
Quarter finalists (1996, 2000)
Group stage (1980, 1988, 2004)
Tournament Pedigree
Spain are the current European champions having won the last two tournaments during their period of dominance between 2008-2012. They also won the World Cup in that spell and therefore have a squad packed full of top class tournament experience, as well as world class ability. Manager Del Bosque has been in charge for almost eight years and, despite a poor showing at the 2014 World Cup, his side will be among the favourites this summer.
How They Got There
Despite defeat to Slovakia in just their second match – their first qualification loss in eight years – the reigning champions finished the campaign with nine wins out of ten games, scoring 23 goals in the process, conceding only three and keeping eight clean sheets. They were, as expected, formidable at home, with five wins out of five, scoring fifteen and conceding only once.
v Slovakia: 2-0 (h), 1-2 (a)
v Ukraine: 1-0 (h), 1-0 (a)
v Belarus: 3-0 (h), 1-0 (a)
v Luxembourg: 4-0 (h), 4-0 (a)
v Macedonia: 5-1 (h), 1-0 (a)
David de Gea – if given the nod to play ahead of legendary captain Iker Casillas – could be an important part of the side for Spain, but it is hard to look past their esteemed internationals that have been there and done it before. Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba and Andres Iniesta will form a strong spine and the likes of David Silva and Alvaro Morata will hope to shine this summer. Along with Casillas, Ramos and Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas is the fourth player in the squad with over 100 international caps, whilst Silva is likely to reach that milestone in France. The squad is brimming with talent and experience, and will be one of the teams to beat.
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Porto), David de Gea (Manchester United), Sergio Rico (Sevilla)
Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Hector Bellerin (Arsenal), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Marc Bartra (Barcelona), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid)
Midfielders: Bruno (Villarreal), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Thiago (Bayern Munich), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona),David Silva (Man City), Pedro (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea)
Forwards: Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Nolito (Celta Vigo), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Lucas Vasquez (Real Madrid)
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