I was thinking about what some people consider to be a valuable things in life. For some, valuable things are a good car, a big house, a rich status, fancy clothes, all material things. In other hand, other people consider valuable things to have a good education, an intellectual network of friends, know other countries and learn about it's culture. In other words, learn something with the world and leave some contribution to it.
Honestly, I fit in the second case. I spent my last eighteen years driving in my city and I believed that I was a good driver, that I was improving as a driver. In October, my wife and I went to the USA to do a trip by the California. We rented a car in San Francisco and we drove until Los Angeles by the coast.
I have read a lot of things about the transit in the USA and the transit laws. I confess that when I took the car I was nervous, trying not do anything wrong. In the beginning I made some mistakes but in the end I was very good. In the USA the priority is the pedestrian, it has all the prerogatives, even if the result of this way is worsen to the transit of cars. It works! Everybody respects each other and know your limits, knows their rights and the right of the other fellow.
When I came back to my city, in Brazil, I started to look the transit with another eyes. I noticed that I did not drive so well as I imagined, and I saw other drivers doing some crazy moves which I hadn't noticed before. I believe that now I really improved myself as driver. Of course, I need to learn much more.
What I want to prove with this? Values! If I hadn't done this trip maybe I would not have learned a new way to drive. I could have spent the money which I spent on this trip with material things but certainly I wouldn't have learned this new culture, this new education. Today I'm better than yesterday and this is what matter.
This way of life doesn't have price.
See you!!
12.12.2014
11.20.2014
#Unit 11 A - Writing an Essay
Writing
Write an article about the high payments in soccer in relation with another jobs. An opinion essay.
Write the article. Write four or five paragraphs.
Paragraph 1 - Write an introduction. You can adapt the introduction in the model article. Say if you agree or not.
Middle paragraphs - Giver your reasons. Begin the paragraphs with Firstly, Secondly, (Thirdly), and Finally.
Last paragraph - Write a conclusion (this should be a summary of what you write in the middle paragraphs).
Young
Stars
In Brazil, a lot
of soccer players receive high payments in their clubs. Sometimes, they are
paid more than others professionals who have a high level of education and
responsibilities. These football players reach this high level of payments, in
most of the cases, when they are very young, as a normal professional of the
market, reaches this payment after spending a lot of time working and studying.
Is this fair?
For example, if you
compare the payment of the last brazilian soccer star, Neymar, with the payment
of a regular boy of the same age, you will realize the abyss between their
realities. While Neymar, 22, closes a contract with Barcelona soccer team for US$120 million per
year, the brazilian boy probably will receive US$400 per month for a
professional internship.
In my opinion, this is
not fair and out of the reality. It’s necessary to find the balance between the
gift and the intellectual knowledge, as occurs in the United States
with the National Football League. There, all the players need to finish their
graduation to act in the NFL, in balance with the development of their skills.
All the sports league in the United
States use this method like a way to
increase the interest of the young people to the education and to the sports.
On the other hand, a
lot of people in Brazil
believe that the current format is correct. If one person has some kind of gift
or special skills, this person is able to be instantly promoted to sports
stars, no matter if this person doesn't know how to write his name properly.
All that matters is the entertainment. Poor thinking.
Finally, I believe that in one
country like Brazil, where the education levels are decreasing year by year,
develop this method of work could be a way to make one national passion like
soccer helps the young people to have a better future in their lives.
See you.
#Unit 11 A
Unit 11 A
Expressing movement - vocabulary bank.
- under (the bridge);
- along (the street);
- round/around (the lake);
- through (the tunnel);
- into (the shop);
- across (the road);
- over (the bridge);
- up (the steps);
- past (the church);
- towards (the lake);
- down (the steps);
- out of (the shop).
In(to) and out (of) - After a verb of movement we use either in/out or into/out of + place, e.g. Come in. Come into my office. He ran out. He ran out of the room.
Where did Snowy go?
- He went down the steps and ran across the road, and over the bridge. He arrived at shop and walked into the shop. He got the newspaper and ran out off the shop passing under the bridge and past the church. He past through the tunnel, walked towards the lake and around the lake. Finally he walked along the road and arrived at home up the steps.
Away, off, and back
We use away to express movement to another place, e.g. Go away! I don't want to speak to you. The man ran away when he saw the policeman.
We use back to express movement to the place where something or somebody was before, e.g. After dinner we went back to our hotel. Their dog ran away and never came back.
We use off to express movement down or away, e.g. Get off the bus at the railway station. The man ran off when he saw the policeman.
End of lesson!!
See you soon.
Expressing movement - vocabulary bank.
- under (the bridge);
- along (the street);
- round/around (the lake);
- through (the tunnel);
- into (the shop);
- across (the road);
- over (the bridge);
- up (the steps);
- past (the church);
- towards (the lake);
- down (the steps);
- out of (the shop).
In(to) and out (of) - After a verb of movement we use either in/out or into/out of + place, e.g. Come in. Come into my office. He ran out. He ran out of the room.
Where did Snowy go?
- He went down the steps and ran across the road, and over the bridge. He arrived at shop and walked into the shop. He got the newspaper and ran out off the shop passing under the bridge and past the church. He past through the tunnel, walked towards the lake and around the lake. Finally he walked along the road and arrived at home up the steps.
Away, off, and back
We use away to express movement to another place, e.g. Go away! I don't want to speak to you. The man ran away when he saw the policeman.
We use back to express movement to the place where something or somebody was before, e.g. After dinner we went back to our hotel. Their dog ran away and never came back.
We use off to express movement down or away, e.g. Get off the bus at the railway station. The man ran off when he saw the policeman.
End of lesson!!
See you soon.
9.30.2014
#NFL Week 4
What
a shame! Where The Patriots want to go with the kind of game presented
yesterday on Monday Night Football? I don't know, but not too far.
Patriots 14 x 41 Kansas Chiefs - MNF
With
a full stadium and the crowd making a record noise, The Chiefs beat Tom
Brady and The Patriots. Was a night that everything worked to Kansas
and nothing to Patriots. The NE offensive line didn't protect Brady's
pocket. The Patriots QB was sacked 2 times and intercepted 2 times too.
The defensive line didn't work yet and let the Chief RB J.Charles score 3
TDs. What a mass!! Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and the whole N.Englands
need to talk about what happened yesterday.
Another Scores:
Giants 45 x 14 Redskins ( Eli Manning was fantastic!!!)
Packers 38 x 17 Bears
Bills 17 x 23 Texans
Titans 17 x 41 Colts
Panthers 10 x 38 Ravens
Lions 24 x 17 Jets
Bucaneers 27 x 24 Steelers (Almost there!!)
Dolphins 38 x 14 Raiders (Poor Raiders)
Jaguars 14 x 33 Chargers
Eagles 21 x 26 49ers
Falcons 28 x 41 Vikings
Saints 17 x 38 Cowboys (Almost the same kind of Patriots x Kansas game)
Let's
pray for Patriots. The next NE game is against The Bengals on Sunday 5.
It will be a tough game. Cincinnati is 100%, with 3 wins.
See You !!
#gopatriots
As Palmeiras de Burle Marx
Ontem, por uma coincidência, fui levado a conhecer um pouco mais sobre a história da nossa cidade. Do passado ao presente, infelizmente identifiquei ligações que me deixaram triste.
Vagando em um site local, notei um link que levava a um infográfico que explicava a mudança do nome da nossa cidade, de Desterro para Florianópolis. Para minha surpresa, o link não era claro na explicação.
Assim, resolvi investigar mais. De um site a outro, acabei mudando o foco e parti para apreciar fotos antigas de Florianópolis. Que cidade linda! Antes. Antes da mão e das máquinas humanas retalharem a ilha que a natureza delicadamente construiu.
Uma foto me chamou a atenção, a do projeto do aterro da baía sul realizado pelo arquiteto-paisagista Roberto Burle Marx em 1971. O mar que batia no mercado público, banhava os quintais dos casaríos foi recuado com aterro para a construção de vias de acesso à capital. Acredito que em uma tentativa de maquiar essa desfiguração foi encomendado o projeto ao arquiteto carioca. Confesso, era muito bonito. Realmente uma obra de arte. Não tanto quanto a obra anterior que ali antes econtrava-se, mas o esforço de Burle Marx de tentar recompensar a natureza foi imenso.
Atualmente, Florianópolis tem nesse espaço um terminal de ônibus caótico, que não tem capacidade de absorver a crescente demanda de passageiros. Tem um camelódromo, vendendo bugangas a 1,99. Tinha uma feira de frutas e verduras, removida há alguns anos.Tem um estacionamento que pela incompetência da administração pública precisou ser repassado a iniciativa privada. Tem uma empresa que diz ser a companhia operadora dos terminais de integração, terminais esses que estão virando mausoléos pela cidade. E para finalizar há outro espaço que antes era utilizado como estacionamento e atualmente é um depósito de entulhos.
De erro em erro, da incompetência da administração pública ao brilhante trabalho de Burle Marx, hoje, 43 anos depois, ali sobraram apenas as palmeiras plantadas por ele. E ainda preciso pesquisar como Desterro tornou-se Florianópolis.
Aterro em construção (1)
Aterro em contrução (2)
Aterro com Projeto (1)Aterro com Projeto (2)
Fonte: Google Images
See You!!
9.26.2014
#NFL Week 3
Good morning buddies!!! This post is coming with a little delay but this is what happened in the week 3 of NFL.
The best news of week is: "MY WIFE IS LOVING THE NFL!!!!" Yes!! She is loving the games and everything related to NFL. Why? Because we will watch a LIVE game in Oakland when we will travel to USA in October and she is wanting to learning and understand the rules and everything.
The game which we will watch is Chargers x Raiders in Oakland on sunday oct 12. I'm so anxious, it will be my first time!!
Scores of the Week 3
Buccaners 14 x 56 Falcons
Chargers 22 x 10 Bills
Cowboys 34 x 31 Rams
Redskins 34 x 37 Eagles
Texans 17 x 30 Giants
Vikings 9 x 20 Saints
Titans 7 x 33 Bengals
Ravens 23 x 21 Browns
Packers 7 x 19 Lions
Colts 44 x 17 Jaguars
Raiders 9 x 16 Patriots
49ers 14 x 23 Cardinals
Broncos 20 x 26 Seahawks
Chiefs 34 x 15 Dolphins
Steelers 37 x 19 Panthers
Bears 27 x 19 Jets
The Week 4 begin on thursday 25 in Washington. The game will be Giants v Redskins.
See You!!
#gopatriots
9.17.2014
#NFL Week 2
Esse post é sobre um assunto complicadinho de entender, a composição dos jogadores de um time da NFL e a função de cada um em campo. Em seguida, irei passar os placares da segunda semana da NFL.
Um time da NFL é composto por 11 jogadores. Esses jogadores podem ser chamados de jogadores especialistas, jogadores de defesa e jogadores de ataque. Sua utilização dependerá do momento de ação do time, atacando ou defendendo.
Ataque - A linha de ataque é composta por:
QuarterBack (QB) - É o jogador cérebro do time, dele saem todas as jogadas de ataque. Precisa ser protegido para que tenha tempo de armar e lançar a bola para o ataque.
Corredores
Running Back (RB) - É o jogador que recebe a bola direto das mãos do QB e avança para o ataque. Esse movimento é conhecido com handoff.
FullBack (FB) - É o jogador que protege o RB para que ele possa correr. Também protege o QB ou em alguns casos o próprio FB pode carregar a bola para o ataque.
Bloqueadores - São os jogadores que protegem o QB e abrem caminho para o RB. Composta por duas linhas: a Offensive Tackle (esquerda e direita) e a Offensive Guard (esquerda e direita)
Offensive Tackle (LT e RT) - Protegem o QB e abrem caminho para o RB.
Offensive Guard (LG e RG) - Bloqueam e abrem espaço para o RB.
Center (C) - Jogador que faz o snap (passe inicial para o QB)
Recebedores
Wide Receivers (WR) - Recebem os passes do QB. Precisam ser jogadores com muita velocidade, impulsão e mãos fortes.
Tigh End (TE) - É um jogador híbrido, bloqueador e recebedor. Geralmente fica entre a Offensive Tackle e o Wide Receiver.
Defesa - A linha de defesa é composta por:
Linha Defensiva
Defense End (DE) - Tem a função de atacar o QB e impedir o avanço do RB, ambos do time adversário.
Defense Tackle (DT) - São os jogadores que formam uma barreira contra o avanço do RB adversário.
LineBackers (LB) - Tem a função de parar o RB, dar o sack no QB e marcar os recebedores do time adversário.
Linha Secundária
Corner Back (CB) - Marcam os WR adversários e tentam interceptar ou desviar passes. Também tentam derrubar o recebedor.
StrongSafety (SS) - Tem o objetivo de parar qualquer adversário que passou pela linha defensiva e pelos LBs. São responsáveis também por interceptar ou desviar passes. Também tentam derrubar o adversário.
Free Safety (FS) - São jogadores que ficam livres pelo campo para dar cobertura aos CBs ou para bloquear o RB.
Jogadores Especialistas:
Long Snapper (LS) - É o jogador que inicia uma jogada de chute passando a bola para trás por baixo de suas pernas em direção ao Punter.
Holder (H) - É o encarregado de receber a bola e posicioná-la para o chute.
Kicker (K) - É o responsável pelos chutes de precisão: extra point, field goal, kick off.
Punter (P) - É o encarregado do chute de devolução ao adversário.
Kick Returner (KR) - Recebe a bola chutada pelo adversário em um kickoff ou punt e tenta avançar o máximo que pode.
Resultados da segunda semana da NFL
Steelers 6 X 26 Ravens
Dolphins 10 X 29 Bills
Jaguars 10 X 41 Redskins
Cowboys 26 X 10 Titans
Cardinals 25 X 14 Giants
Patriots 30 X 7 Vikings
Saints 24 X 26 Browns
Falcons 10 X 24 Bengals
Lions 7 X 24 Panthers
Rams 19 X 17 Buccaneers
SeaHawks 21 X 30 Chargers
Texans 30 X 14 Raiders
Jets 24 X 31 Packers
Chiefs 17 X 24 Broncos
Bears 28 X 20 49Ers
Eagles 30 X 27 Colts
A próxima rodada da NFL começa amanhã 18/09 com Buccaneers X Falcons as 21:25.
See You!!
9.10.2014
#NFL Week 1
Resume of the first round of NFL, at least the games that a watched:
Opening game - Packers 16 x 36 Seahawks - The Seahawks began at the same way that they finished the last season, destroying everything in their front. Was an awesome game to watch. The couple R.Wilson and M.Lynch were unbeatable. They have everything to reach the Super Bowl again. Unfortunately, in this game specifically A.Rogers and his team failed to do anything to beat the Seattle team. In the next week Packers will receive the Jets on the Lambeau Field.
Browns 27 x 30 Steelers - The Steelers almost changed an easy game in a disaster. Winning the most part of the game, Pittsburgh saw the Browns to touch on the scoreboard and tied it up the game on the 4th quarter. Luckily one kick in the end of the game gave the win to Steelers. The crazy move on the game was Antonio Brown from Steelers that made it. In a bizarre movement he kicked Spencer Lanning from Browns in the face. I think that he needs to be punished. In my opinion was a deliberate move. The Steelers go to Baltimore play with the Ravens, on the derby of the round, and the Browns receive the Saints on Cleveland. This will be "the game" of the second week!!
In this weekend we had the debut of the brazilian player Cairo Santos, the kicker of Kansas Chief. Was the first time that one brazilian player plays on NFL. The Kansas lost his game to Titans, 10 x 26. Cairo hit one kick and missed two kicks.
Unfortunately my team, Patriots lost his game against Miami Dolphins. The New England started well the game but suddenly one blackout took over the team and anything worked anymore. Tom Brady unrecognizable as the as whole time. The Patriots needs to improve his performance to reach the Super Bowl again. The Patriots goes to Minnesota face the Vikings and Miami will face the Buffalo Bills in the next round.
On Sunday Night Football, I watched Broncos versus Colts. What a game!! P.Manning was fantastic, as the entire Broncos team. I think if Manning had not yellowed at the last Super Bowl, the Broncos would have a chance to beat the Seahawks. The Colts expressed some reaction in the 3th and 4th quarters, but with a lot of missed chances to score, they lost the opportunity to win the game. In the end, the score was Colts 24 x 31 Broncos. The Broncos receive the Chiefs in the next round and the Colts receive the Eagles.
On Monday Night Football, the last game which a watched was Giants 14 x 35 Lions. The Detroit team passed trough the Giants without mercy. M.Stafford and C.Jonhson were unbeatable. Was a great game to close this first week. The Lions go to Carolina to face the Panthers and the Giants receive the Cardinals in the Metlife Stadium.
The others scores were:
Saints 34 x 37 Falcons
Vikings 34 x 06 Rams
Jaguars 17 x 34 Eagles
Raiders 14 x 19 Jets
Bengals 23 x 16 Ravens
Bills 23 x 20 Bears
Redskins 06 x 17 Texans
Panthers 20 x 14 Bucaneers
49ers 28 x 17 Cowboys
Chargers 17 x 18 Cardinals
The second week starts on Thursday, sep 11 with Steelers x Ravens in M&T Bank Stadium - Baltimore.
Let's play the game!!
See You!!
Opening game - Packers 16 x 36 Seahawks - The Seahawks began at the same way that they finished the last season, destroying everything in their front. Was an awesome game to watch. The couple R.Wilson and M.Lynch were unbeatable. They have everything to reach the Super Bowl again. Unfortunately, in this game specifically A.Rogers and his team failed to do anything to beat the Seattle team. In the next week Packers will receive the Jets on the Lambeau Field.
Browns 27 x 30 Steelers - The Steelers almost changed an easy game in a disaster. Winning the most part of the game, Pittsburgh saw the Browns to touch on the scoreboard and tied it up the game on the 4th quarter. Luckily one kick in the end of the game gave the win to Steelers. The crazy move on the game was Antonio Brown from Steelers that made it. In a bizarre movement he kicked Spencer Lanning from Browns in the face. I think that he needs to be punished. In my opinion was a deliberate move. The Steelers go to Baltimore play with the Ravens, on the derby of the round, and the Browns receive the Saints on Cleveland. This will be "the game" of the second week!!
In this weekend we had the debut of the brazilian player Cairo Santos, the kicker of Kansas Chief. Was the first time that one brazilian player plays on NFL. The Kansas lost his game to Titans, 10 x 26. Cairo hit one kick and missed two kicks.
Unfortunately my team, Patriots lost his game against Miami Dolphins. The New England started well the game but suddenly one blackout took over the team and anything worked anymore. Tom Brady unrecognizable as the as whole time. The Patriots needs to improve his performance to reach the Super Bowl again. The Patriots goes to Minnesota face the Vikings and Miami will face the Buffalo Bills in the next round.
On Sunday Night Football, I watched Broncos versus Colts. What a game!! P.Manning was fantastic, as the entire Broncos team. I think if Manning had not yellowed at the last Super Bowl, the Broncos would have a chance to beat the Seahawks. The Colts expressed some reaction in the 3th and 4th quarters, but with a lot of missed chances to score, they lost the opportunity to win the game. In the end, the score was Colts 24 x 31 Broncos. The Broncos receive the Chiefs in the next round and the Colts receive the Eagles.
On Monday Night Football, the last game which a watched was Giants 14 x 35 Lions. The Detroit team passed trough the Giants without mercy. M.Stafford and C.Jonhson were unbeatable. Was a great game to close this first week. The Lions go to Carolina to face the Panthers and the Giants receive the Cardinals in the Metlife Stadium.
The others scores were:
Saints 34 x 37 Falcons
Vikings 34 x 06 Rams
Jaguars 17 x 34 Eagles
Raiders 14 x 19 Jets
Bengals 23 x 16 Ravens
Bills 23 x 20 Bears
Redskins 06 x 17 Texans
Panthers 20 x 14 Bucaneers
49ers 28 x 17 Cowboys
Chargers 17 x 18 Cardinals
The second week starts on Thursday, sep 11 with Steelers x Ravens in M&T Bank Stadium - Baltimore.
Let's play the game!!
See You!!
8.14.2014
#Do It
The truth about some things. We always want more than we have. We want more money, more free time to do the things, more patience from those around us, a bigger house, a better car, more hair, more healthy. More everything!
But, what are we doing to reach this? And, we really need to have more than we have now? What is the limit for our ambition? What is the real purpose of life?
Sometimes we are complaining about our job, that we don't like it, that we don't like the people who work with us, but we continue working, doing the same thing all the days. If we want change, we need to start the change, we need to be the owner of our destiny.
We need to be careful with our wishes. My opinion is that we need to do a list with our life priorities and follow it, and look if we really need what we wished. Maybe what we really need is less than what we desire.
Otherwise, I believe that the graphic of our life must be an ascendent graphic, growing up always. The challenge is find the right balance, the right speed of this growing. Listen our hearts and follow our instincts/reasons.
If is inside of your list of priorities change of work, send CVs to another companies, go ahead, If one of your priorities is stay with your family and get some more free time, revise your schedule and do it. If you want more healthy do some exercises, take care of your feeding.
Follow the things that brings something really good to you. Follow the things that makes you happy and with your heart enlightened.
So if you want, do it!! Don't wait too much, the life is short!
See You!!
7.30.2014
#Arturo
Arturo is a bear who lives at the Mendoza Zoo in deplorable conditions. He is 29 years old and his partner died in 2012. Now Arturo is alone in the Zoo. He was diagnosed with depression and his behavior is worrying. He comes supporting temperatures at 30ºc in the summer. If nothing change he will die, soon.
Has one Zoo in Canada called Assiniboine Park Zoo, which offers a better place to Arturo, with a natural environment, closest to the natural habitat of the bears. The managers of the Zoo in Mendoza said that he will not survive to the trip until the new Zoo. Looks like an excuse to keep him there.
Something needs to be done, and one ONG, called Change.org, is trying by a petition to the Argentina's President, Cristina Kirchner, the authorization to transfer Arturo to a better place. It's a shame that this is occurring.
So if you want to help Arturo signs this petition and maybe the President Cristina Kirchner by the exercise of your authority allows the Arturo's transfer. I've already signed. You don't need to pay nothing, unless if you want donate something around $5,00.
This is the link to the Change.org. We have almost 840.000 signatures, and we need 1 million of signatures to pressure the Government of Argentina.
Arturo's real pictures:
See you!! :-((
7.24.2014
#Three kinds of electors.
If we think seriously about the last survey to the President's election, we'll noted that exist actually three kinds of electors:
1) The electors who will support the actual President, because they need of the policy which has being used so far to their survive. They need of the "bolsas" and a such numbers of subsidy to maintain their subsistence. These people, the most part, live in the north/northeast of the country and represent the majority of the electors. To these people the only thing that matter is the maintenance of his actual life condition, they don't care about other policies, like economic and financial.
2) Electors who are against the current president and prefer to vote for another candidate to vote for the current government. The only objective of these people is change the President, no matter who will occupy the chair of President.
3) And finally the electors that answered the survey like blank and nulls. These people lost their confidence about the ways of the country. They lost their confidence in the politicians and all the corruption that involves them. They represent almost 20% of the total population of the country. This information is extremely worrying to our future.
I follow with the people who are in the item 3. I lost my confidence and I'm so tired with this subject that I'm almost without energies to read or write about the directions of our country. I'll keep trying...
The only thing that I don't know yet, is if I'll vote blank/null or at the last hour I'll change my mind and support the guys of the item 2.
See You!!
7.14.2014
#Changes
Hi. I'm back.
I was on holidays since 06/13 until 07/01. I thought a lot, and a lot of things happened to me. And I didn't write anymore.
I'm passing by a change moment in my life with many projects that I need to follow. We are already in the second semester of the year and I can't lost more time. I need to change my focus.
Many certainties which I have need to be put in practice. I need to stop with old habits that don't let me move on. It's too lost time!
I know what needs to be done, and I will do it!
Ok! Let's go.
See you!!
I was on holidays since 06/13 until 07/01. I thought a lot, and a lot of things happened to me. And I didn't write anymore.
I'm passing by a change moment in my life with many projects that I need to follow. We are already in the second semester of the year and I can't lost more time. I need to change my focus.
Many certainties which I have need to be put in practice. I need to stop with old habits that don't let me move on. It's too lost time!
I know what needs to be done, and I will do it!
Ok! Let's go.
See you!!
6.10.2014
Pseudologia Fantástica
Eu acredito que a nossa Presidente deve sofrer de uma doença, um transtorno psicológico chamado: mitomania, ou pseudologia fantástica.
A pessoa acometida pelo mal, conta mentiras compulsivamente, em sequência. E o pior é que em determinado momento ela começa a acreditar nas próprias mentiras, já não diferencia a verdade da realidade, o real do sonho.
Após ler uma matéria hoje no Jornal Valor Econômico sobre um discurso da Presidente na convenção do PDT em Brasília, percebi que ela já pode estar em um estado avançado deste transtorno, tamanho foram as barbaridades que eu li.
Seguem algumas. A íntegra está no link acima.
" Nós somos capazes de avançar, somos capazes de aprofundar a distribuição de renda, garantir crescimento com estabilidade"
" A inflação está sob controle e o País tem todas as condições de manter o crescimento constante e contínuo a partir de agora"
Será que ela está realmente falando do Brasil? A economia está estagnada a quatro anos, nosso PIB é rídículo, as indústrias não têm capacidade de produzir produtos de qualidade que possam competir no mercado externo, pois não sentem-se seguras em investir em bens de capital. A inflação é controlada a mãos de ferro usando-se as estatais como a Petrobrás para que o índices não atingam níveis alarmantes. A distribuição de renda que a Presidente fala é a mesma política que desalojou milhares de famílias ao redor dos estádios sede da Copa e que até hoje não sabem onde irão morar?
" Mantivemos o emprego crescendo.....É uma conquista inegável. Quando todos os países aumentaram o desemprego para estimular o crescimento, nós não combatemos a crise assim"
Sim, mantivemos os níveis de emprego crescendo, mas hoje temos um dos piores níveis de salários do mundo, em contrapartida temos um dos mais altos custos de vida. Não posso chamar isso de emprego e sim de alocação de mão de obra barata. Quais países aumentaram o desemprego para estimular o crescimento? Que fórmula é essa? Honestamente nunca li nada a respeito sobre tal técnica de aumento do crescimento mediante desemprego. Li sim, que quanto mais produzimos e vendemos o que produzimos, mais crescemos e se crescemos é porque alguém estava empregado nesta produção.
Eu realmente não consigo sonhar como a nossa Presidente. Vivo na realidade, trabalho e percebo todos os dias ao sair de casa que tudo o que ela acredita ser verdade, não passa de uma grande mentira, um engodo, ou melhor um transtorno psicológico.
Quero distância desta doença!!
See You !!
6.09.2014
#Canadá - Race
O GP do Canadá disputado neste domingo, trouxe várias emoções e a quebra da hegemonia prateada. Hamilton largou bem e chegou a ultrapassar Rosberg, mas Rosberg engordou a primeira curva e jogou seu companheiro para fora da pista. Na minha opinião, deliberadamente.
Os dois foram em comboio até a metade da prova, quando Rosberg começou a ter problemas com o seu carro, permitindo a aproximação de Hamilton. Após um erro de Rosberg no grampo antes da grande reta, Hamilton consegue a ultrapassagem, mas um problema nos freios não deixou Hamilton sequer contornar a chincane antes da reta de chegada e assumir em definitivo a liderança. Abondonou em seguida. Hamilton, ficou em situação complicada agora com dois abondonos na temporada contra nenhum de Rosberg.
Mentalmente, Rosberg sai em melhor posição do que Hamilton do Canadá. É fato que, historicamente todas as vezes que Hamilton vê-se pressionado ou em situação de desvantagem começa a perder a cabeça. Veremos se ele superou esse problema e consegue manter-se constante na briga pelo título.
Os problemas de Rosberg persistiram até o final, possibilitando à Ricciardo, após uma linda ultrapassagem em Perez, ameaçar a primeira posição. A duas voltas do fim o inacreditável acontece. Ricciardo consegue a ultrapassagem em Rosberg e assume a liderança.
Já no pódio, Ricciardo não conseguia conter a sua felicidade. Mereceu! Gostei, estou torcendo por esse menino. Até apelidei ele de Sorriso.
Vettel por sua vez, ainda está em fase de adaptação, mas fez uma excelente corrida chegando em terceiro lugar. Quase foi colhido pelo acidente de Massa e Perez na última volta.
Depois da reta de chegada, antes da primeira curva, Massa acerta em cheio a traseira de Perez e o dois batem forte na proteção de pneus. A primeira vista, me pareceu erro do Felipe, mas analisando depois outras imagens percebi que Perez já com problemas nos freios não consegue reduzir a velocidade e para não acertar Vettel, que ia a sua frente, dá uma leve puxada no carro para a esquerda, o suficiente para pegar Massa que vinha em movimento de ultrapassagem.
Não vou condenar Perez, mas acredito que é necessário uma conversa com o rapaz. O histórico dele já é extenso. Massa, por sua vez, precisa esquecer o que aconteceu, parar de reclamar e seguir em frente.
Ferrari. O que falar da Ferrari? Nada. Uma carroça, um aspirador de pó entupido (referência ao seu bico). É triste ver um piloto como Alonso abrindo passagem para os outros carros, sem sequer ter chance de brigar por posição. É triste ver Raikkonen, quase tomando uma volta de Ricciardo.
A F1 volta ao circuito da Áustria, Spielberg, casa da RBR, nos dias 20,21 e 22 de junho. Daqui a duas semanas. Com certeza as RBRs virão muito forte. Isso será bom para o campeonato. A hegemonia já foi quebrada no Canadá. As coisas começaram a esquentar!!
A classificação final da prova:
1) Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR-Renault), 70 voltas em 1h39m12.830s
2) Nico Rosberg (ALE/Mercedes) +4.236s
3) Sebastian Vettel (ALE/RBR-Renault) +5.247s
4) Jenson Button (ING/McLaren-Mercedes) +11.755s
5) Nico Hulkenberg (ALE/Force India-Mercedes) +12.843s
6) Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) +14.869s
7) Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams-Mercedes) +23.578s
8) Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/STR-Renault) +28.026s
9) Kevin Magnussen (DIN/McLaren-Mercedes) +29.254s
10) Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) +53.678s
11) Sergio Pérez (MEX/Force India-Mercedes) a 1 volta
12) Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams-Mercedes) a 1 volta
13) Adrian Sutil (ALE/Sauber-Ferrari) a 1 volta
14) Esteban Gutiérrez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari) a 6 voltas
2) Nico Rosberg (ALE/Mercedes) +4.236s
3) Sebastian Vettel (ALE/RBR-Renault) +5.247s
4) Jenson Button (ING/McLaren-Mercedes) +11.755s
5) Nico Hulkenberg (ALE/Force India-Mercedes) +12.843s
6) Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) +14.869s
7) Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams-Mercedes) +23.578s
8) Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/STR-Renault) +28.026s
9) Kevin Magnussen (DIN/McLaren-Mercedes) +29.254s
10) Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) +53.678s
11) Sergio Pérez (MEX/Force India-Mercedes) a 1 volta
12) Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams-Mercedes) a 1 volta
13) Adrian Sutil (ALE/Sauber-Ferrari) a 1 volta
14) Esteban Gutiérrez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari) a 6 voltas
Não completaram:
Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus-Renault) 58 voltas
Daniil Kvyat (RUS/STR-Renault) 47 voltas
Lewis Hamilton (ING/Mercedes) 45 voltas
Kamui Kobayashi (JAP/Caterham-Renault) 22 voltas
Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus-Renault) 21 voltas
Marcus Ericsson (SUE/Caterham-Renault) 6 voltas
Max Chilton (ING/Marussia-Ferrari) 0 volta
Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia-Ferrari) 0 volta
Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus-Renault) 58 voltas
Daniil Kvyat (RUS/STR-Renault) 47 voltas
Lewis Hamilton (ING/Mercedes) 45 voltas
Kamui Kobayashi (JAP/Caterham-Renault) 22 voltas
Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus-Renault) 21 voltas
Marcus Ericsson (SUE/Caterham-Renault) 6 voltas
Max Chilton (ING/Marussia-Ferrari) 0 volta
Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia-Ferrari) 0 volta
Mundial de Pilotos
Piloto Pontos
1 Nico Rosberg (ALE/Mercedes) | 140 | ||||||||
2 Lewis Hamilton (ING/Mercedes) | 118 | ||||||||
3 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR-Renault) | 79 | ||||||||
4 Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) | 69 | ||||||||
5 Sebastian Vettel (ALE/RBR-Renault) | 60 | ||||||||
6 Nico Hulkenberg (ALE/Force India-Mercedes) | 57 | ||||||||
7 Jenson Button (ING/McLaren-Mercedes) | 43 | ||||||||
8 Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams-Mercedes) | 40 | ||||||||
9 Kevin Magnussen (DIN/McLaren-Mercedes) | 23 | ||||||||
10 Sergio Pérez (MEX/Force India-Mercedes) | 20 | ||||||||
11 Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams-Mercedes) | 18 | ||||||||
12 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) | 18 | ||||||||
13 Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus-Renault) | 8 | ||||||||
14 Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/STR-Renault) | 8 | ||||||||
15 Daniil Kvyat (RUS/STR-Renault) | 4 | ||||||||
16 Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia-Ferrari) | 2 | ||||||||
17 Adrian Sutil (ALE/Sauber-Ferrari) | 0 | ||||||||
18 Marcus Ericsson (SUE/Caterham-Renault) | 0 | ||||||||
19 Esteban Gutiérrez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari) | 0 | ||||||||
20 Max Chilton (ING/Marussia-Ferrari) | 0 | ||||||||
21 Kamui Kobayashi (JAP/Caterham-Renault) | 0 | ||||||||
22 Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus-Renault) | 0 |
6.06.2014
The Legacy of Brazilian World Cup
A lot of people ask himself if the Brazil World Cup will leave some kind of legacy to the people of Brazil or to the rest of the world.
I think that yes, but a bad legacy.
The brazilian image to the world is samba, carnaval and mulatas. With the World Cup we will show another image to the people who come to Brazil. We'll show an image which the people maybe had listened but didn't want to believe.
We'll show the unpreparedness of our public administration who can't finish public projects like airports, metro, streets, public transports, health care, social care, public security. We'll show the TRUE BRAZIL to the world.
For Brazilians, will remain the feeling that the years passed and the story is always written the same way. They will have the certainty, once again, that their interests always comes after the interests of the rotten ruling political elite.
I heard a radio program on BBC in this week, and the journalist shows an interview with the Development Minister of Brasil in 1950, when the World Cup was disputed for the first time in Brasil. I can barely believe, but passed sixty four years the speech of the Sports Minister today is the same. Literaly the same speech: ".....the priority now, to the nation isn't hospital or something else, the priority is build stadiums....."
So, if the World Cup will really happen , this your legacy and who as said Maria Betania " ..... Brasil, show your face...."
#NaoVaiTerCopa #IssoeBrasil
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6.04.2014
#Agenda
Resolvi dar uma organizada nos posts aqui do blog. A proposta inicial era escrever quando ocorresse a necessidade, mas vários leitores me pediram para manter uma agenda de posts.
So, here we go!!
Agenda de Posts
- Terça-feira e sexta-feira - a tarde.
- Sábado e segunda-feira - pela manhã, durante a temporada de Fórmula 1.
Também irei comentar toda a temporada da NFL assim que ela começar. Então, acredito que poderei acrescentar mais datas na agenda.
Estava pensando em comentar a temporada da MLB mas está dificil de acompanhar os jogos. A agenda dos jogos na ESPN está muito confusa. Quem sabe na próxima temporada.
Espero que gostem e divirtam-se.
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5.26.2014
#Monaco - Race
Como era de se esperar, ninguém passou ninguém em Monaco. Apesar de todo o charme da prova, Monaco tem esse probleminha.
A única chance de Hamilton assumir a ponta era na largada ou em uma estratégia de Pit diferente de Rosberg. Na largada não houve a possibilidade, Rosberg largou bem e quando o safety car entrou por conta do acidente de Sutil, Hamilton queria ficar na pista com os pneus supermacios e fazer o pit mais tarde, tentando dessa forma superar Rosberg. Porém, a Mercedes mandou ele entrar e fazer o pit também. Hamilton falou pelo rádio "...não entendi porque entrei...".
Acho que depois da saída de pista de Rosberg no qualyfing, impedindo Hamilton de marcar um tempo melhor, a relação entre os dois azedou. A confirmação, na minha opinião, veio pelas expressões de Hamilton após a prova. A Mercedes terá muito trabalho pela frente para equalizar a relação entre os dois.
Ricciardo, novamente fez uma excelente corrida e atormentou Hamilton até o final na briga pelo 2º lugar, no final ficou com a terceira colocação. Alonso, coitado, conseguiu levar essa carroça chamada Ferrari ao 4º lugar. Há rumores de que o clima dentro da Ferrari está péssimo e que Montezemolo já tenha dado carta branca para Alonso fechar com a Mclaren para 2015.
Vettel abandonou logo no início e segue seu calvário de corridas não finalizadas em 2014. Raikkonen, com má sorte teve um pneu furado e precisou entrar duas vezes nos pits, no final terminou em 12º.
Massa fez uma ótima corrida usando a estratégia que Hamilton desejou ter usado. Quando todos foram aos pits na entrada do safety car, ele ficou e retardou ao máximo a troca dos pneus. No final chegou em 7º lugar depois de ter largado em 16º.
A próxima etapa está marcada para o dia 08/06 no Canadá. Hamilton costuma ter um ótimo desempenho nessa pista, então a promessa é de uma intensa disputa entre ele e Rosberg desde os treinos livres de sexta.
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5.22.2014
#Monaco 2014 - FP1/FP2
A temporada 2014 de Fórmula 1 chega a Mônaco. Uma pista desafiadora para os pilotos e um ambiente envolto em muito charme e elegância.
O primeiro treino, FP1, foi feito em condição de pista seca. Como trata-se de uma pista de rua o asfalto é muito escorregadio e pouco emborrachado. A medida que o treino foi desenvolvendo-se as condições melhoraram assim como os tempos de volta.
Hamilton foi o mais veloz com 1:18.271, seguido de Rosberg com 1:18.303. As duas Mercedes confimaram a sua supremacia.
Em sequência, Ricciardo marcou 1:18.506, Alonso 1:18.930 e Vettel 1:19.043. Entre esses três, o intrometido foi Alonso que conseguiu ficar a frente de Vettel.
Massa marcou o 16º tempo ficando atrás de Bottas que marcou o 7º tempo.
No segundo treino, FP2, choveu e a pista mostrou-se muito perigosa para os pilotos. Todo o "grip", a borracha que foi colocada no primeiro treino, foi levada pela chuva. Sendo assim, a maioria dos pilotos aguardou a pista secar para marcar tempos. Nessa condição, a surpresa foi o melhor tempo para Alonso com 1:18.482. Hamilton tentou de todas as formas superá-lo mas acabou na segunda posição, com 1:18.901.
Vettel foi o terceiro com 1:19.017. Felipe Massa, mais uma vez não foi bem e ficou em 11º com 1:20.394, atrás de seu companheiro Bottas, que marcou 1:19.421 na 5ª posição.
A previsão é que o qualifying seja feito em condição de pista seca. Acredito que a hierarquia entre os times será mantida, com exceção da Ferrari de Alonso. O espanhol deve beliscar um terceiro lugar no grid.
Meu palpite para o qualifying é:
Pole - Lewis Hamilton
2º - Nico Rosberg
3º - Fernando Alonso
Façam suas apostas! O qualifying começa as 9hrs de sábado 24/05.
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5.16.2014
Education - Wrong Strategy
I was thinking about the education system in Brasil, and I reached a conclusion. The government is using a wrong strategy by years. The strategy is build schools and no "build" teachers.
In my opinion we need to invest on creating new teachers and on development of the current teachers. The government builds schools but doesn't has teachers to work, and if it has, the teachers doesn't have motivation to teach the students.
It's only a bad spend of a public money, because the construction of a school shows more than build a whole process to support the teachers. We need to invert the process. The process needs to start from the teachers to the schools.
The career of teacher should be a dream for each children in the school.We need to show for them that be a teacher in our country is dignified and profitable. The teaching career needs to be as the medical profession, an engineer, a lawyer, because without a teacher we will never have this kind of professionals.
I expect that sometime, someone can change this model and we can invert the game. I expect that sometime we could have a educated nation with people who have a critical thinking about things and can lead themselves and the destiny's of your country.
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