terça-feira, 10 de agosto de 2010

What is the recipe for a perfect relationship?



In our lives there is probably nothing more important than the quality of our relationships. Our relationships influence directly in the decisions we make and are a large part of our happiness or our sadness. So, what do we have to do to make they work?

According to an article from the online magazine of Veja, the scientists found the recipe for a perfect marriage, it is: the bride has to be 5 years younger than her partner, they must have similar cultural experiences and she has to be more intelligent than him at least 27%. Believe or not, they say your chances to have a good and long relationship will increase by 20%.
From the point of view of the Crescer's online magazine, the secret to keep a happy marriage is more participation of the husband in the relationship, in the children's life and at the housework, what really makes sense.

However, it is important to remember that these are just statistics; they're too distant from a recipe or an exact mathematic calculation, even because if there was a recipe for a perfect relationship, there wouldn't be so many divorces. On balance then, we feel that the most important thing to make a relationship last is to be just who you are, do not change to please anybody and, combined with a bit of flexibility of both parts, the relationship will be successful.

quarta-feira, 16 de junho de 2010

Educando pelo Esporte


The sport is a strong instrument against the social exclusion; it motivates and occupies the minds of the children and the teenagers, they feel interested to participate and be part of our society. It is also good for the health and it can become a profession. All these positive impacts are the objectives that the project Educando pelo Esporte wants to achieve through the basketball.
Basketball is the second sport in the list of the most popular sports in Brazil and it is the perfect modality to be practiced in the city of Mauá, in the state of São Paulo, where the project Educando pelo Esporte is being developed with a purpose to become basketball more popular in this city and to promote the education.
Educando pelo Esporte is a nonprofit project created from funds from sponsors, destined for underprivileged children up to 14 years. The project contributes directly to the development of the individual and the collective potential of the children enrolled in it. They are supervised by managers, monitors, physiotherapists and physicals trainers.

quarta-feira, 2 de junho de 2010

This week's Web guide


Kboing
is a website specializing in music where you can listen to all the musical genres and you can make online your own playlist of the ones that you liked, as though the site was a player program.

Domínio Público is a website that has an immense quantity of books to be downloaded freely. They are books of classical literature of renowned Brazilians authors, for example: Machado de Assis, Fernando Pessoa and many others.


Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning with offices in over 42 countries, including Brazil, which is the one of the link. Its purpose is changing the attitudes and behavior of society to protect the environment and to promote peace. Through the site you can sign petitions in favor of environment projects and against mistreatment of animals.

Yahoo Answers is a website where people interact by asking and answering others, its purpose is to make sure that the person who asked was answered and increase your knowledge. It also serves to discuss and give opinions about present issues or past ones. But to ask or answer the questions, you will need a Yahoo account what is free and quick.



Culinary.net is a website where you can find hundreds of traditional American recipes such as brownies, cookies and apple pies. Because the American culinary is not only made by fast foods.


Graph Jam shows probabilities of something happen through funny charts; for example, the probability of we found what we are looking for or when it rains in the movies. It is an original humor website that deserves a click.



Learn English is a site from the British Council to spread the English language with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises. If you become a member, you'll can add coments to the site and ask questions to get help with your English.



Mercado Livre is a website where you can sell or buy all kind of objects that are delivered via the Internet at your home. People can put their objects on sale by placing their photo and price. It has several types of stuff on sale as clothes, phones, computers, books, furniture and others. At least, but not less important, it's safe.




Louvre is the official website of the world renowned Louvre Museum with classical and rare artworks. Here you can visit the virtual galleries for a new look at works of art. There is a version in French and English.


Mundo vestibular is a very useful website because it provides exercises, tests and tips of the main "vestibulares" of the country. It is also daily updated with news related to student interests.

sábado, 29 de maio de 2010

We earn little money, but we have fun

The 2014 World Cup is ours.
We were searching for news on the BBC website when we found this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7068848.stm.
The article is about Brazil being named as the host nation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It also includes a discussion of whether the country will be a good host or not. But we, as Brazilians, we aren't worried about it. The only thing we care is: will it be good for Brazil to host the World Cup in 2014?
According to Super Interessante Magazine "The World Cup gets you poorer. And happier". We think so. The structural investment on this project will be monstrous and the return, not so much. When a country hosts a World Cup, the gains do not cover the expenses with stadiums. However, Brazil will become more visible and in a corrupt country like ours, it will be a forced way to invest in infrastructure. In social terms, the positive impacts of the World Cup will be seen in a long-term, because immediately just the politicians, the teams and their fans will be benefited. If the World Cup gets us poorer and happier, remember that happiness is more important than money and let's enjoy it. Because "Soccer is more than a sport for us, it's a national passion".
The World Cup is ours, and also the inequality.


quarta-feira, 19 de maio de 2010

Who we are

We are two students from Santo Antônio High School; this is an English school project where we are going to post about things that we are interest in, articles published on other media, the news and topics suggested by our teacher.

Wipe your feet before entering and be welcome to our blog!