A legend of sport

A legend of sport.

Ayrton Senna da Silva, also known Ayrton Senna do Brasil, he was born on 21 march 1960. was a pilot of Fórmula 1, category most important motor sport. He started in Formula 1 in 1984, in 1988 Senna was champion by first time in F1. 

Senna was known as a very fast pilot, he was holder of the record pole positions in F1. Senna still holds the record for the most wins in Monaco Grand Prix, he won six times. He was three times champion in this category. 

In your personal life he was worried with poverty in Brazil and worried about future of children. All the Brazilians people like him. He died in 1 may 1994, in an accident the GP of Imola. 

The Brazilian people was saddened by the news. Ayrton Senna became a idol for the joy it gave to the people and the concern he had with the Brazilians. 

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm Germany. He was the most important scientist of the 21th century.

When he was 12 years old, he read a geometry book and bacame fascinated by maths.

In 1921, Einstein won the Nobel Prize of Physics, as a result of your Quantum Theory. He suggested that light doesn't just travel as waves but as electrical currents. This theory was used for other inventors to develop devices such as televison.

The Theory of Relativity was written by Einstein too.

This theory says:

"Movement can only be detected and measured as a relative movement; the change of position of one body in respect to another".

Previously, people had tought time and distance are absolutes, but Einstein proved this not to be true.

He formulated the famous equation: E = m c²

Einstein tried to express all physical laws using mathematical equations. He spent the last years of your life trying to formulate a final unified theory which included a rational explanation for electromanetism. However, he was unsuccessful for this final.

He was envolved in many civil rights movements such as American campain against lynching.

In 1955, after refused a surgery, he died in United States and your brain was removed for scientific study.

He was considered Person of The Century, for his immeasurable contributions to the world.

Machado de Assis (1839 -1908)

Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was a Brazilian writer, considered the greatest name of national literature. He wrote in almost all literary genres, being a poet, novelist, columnist, playwrighter, short story writer, serial writer, journalist, and literary critic. He witnessed the political change in the country when the Republic replaced the Empire and was a great reporter on political and social events of his time.

Memórias Póstumas
de Brás Cubas com
dedicatória do autor

Born in Rio de Janeiro, in a poor family, studied little in public school and never attended college. Machado de Assis was interested in the bohemian and the court, and fought to rise socially filling up himself of intellectual superiority. For this, he held various public offices, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works, and getting early notoriety in newspapers which published his poetry and first chronicles. Then, with close colleagues, he founded the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

His work consists of nine novels and plays, two hundred short stories, five collections of poems and sonnets, and more than six hundred chronic. Machado de Assis is considered the introducer of Realism in Brazil, with the publication of "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" (1881). Other following productions were "Quincas Borba", "Dom Casmurro", "Esaú and Jacó" and "Memorial de Aires".

Caroline Augusta

His work was of fundamental importance for Brazilian literary schools of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and arise nowadays as a great academic and public interest. Today, for innovation and boldness in early issues, he is seen as the only Brazilian writer, and recently, his name and his work has achieved several critics, scholars and fans worldwide. Machado de Assis is considered one of the greatest geniuses in the history of literature, along with authors such as Dante, Shakespeare and Camões.

Already widower of his wife Caroline Augusta and without children, Machado de Assis died at age 69 of generalized arteriosclerosis at his residence.

de pé: Rodolfo Amoedo, Artur Azevedo, Inglês de Sousa, Bilac,Veríssimo, Bandeira, Filinto de Almeida, Passos, Magalhães, Bernardelli, Rodrigo Octavio, Peixoto; sentados: João Ribeiro, Machado, Lúcio de Mendonça e Silva Ramos.

Modern Eletricity

Nikola Tesla, also known as  “Father of the modern electricity”, was born in july 10^th at the Austrian Empire, and died in January 7^th at the city of new york, was probably the most important engineer.

A lot of people said if Tesla wasn`t alive our world will be a most of different, and it is true. His works about distribution of energy, electricity current,  AC motor and wireless transmission was important things to our actual reality. Nikola to is considerate as a person responsible for spread light around the world. Imagine if Tesla wasn`t alive, probably today we haven`t the efficient system of lights, cellphones, cars and technology at all.

Mandiba - Mr. Nelson Mandela

Rolihlahla Madiba Mandela, also known as Nelson Mandela, was born on 18 July 1918. He was the most important figure to fight against Apartheid in the South Africa.  He was considered by the  people the warrior in a fight for freedom.

Mandela was the first in his family to study in a school, where he got the "Nelson" in his name. When Mandela started college, he began work in a student movement against the university policy, when was kicked out of college.

During the 1960s, Mandela fought against the Apartheid and became the Commander of "Lança da Nação" that sought money from others countries to help in this war.

In 1964 Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. From 1964 to 1990 he was in jail, and became the symbol against the Apartheid all around the world. In 1990, the South African President Frederik de Klerk, ordered Mandela´s freedom. In 1993, Mandela and Frederik de Klerk won the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1994 Mandela became the first black president in South Africa and continued to fight for the people in his country.

He died at his home in Johannesburg on 5 December 2013, because respiratory problems.

Nelson Mandela was the icon in favor of his people and against the social inequality and he´s an inspiration for every person in the world.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Nelson Mandela 

Hey... This is Cameroon....

If you would like to visit a different country in your vacation, there's a beautiful place in Africa called Cameroon.

This is a very interesting country ​because you have a lot of cultural differences, Cameroon is called "Small Africa" because you´ll find more than 200 languages, but the official languages is English and French. In this country, you can see the most beautiful landscapes in the world, like beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests, and savannas. The most populous cities are Douala, Yaoundé e Garoua.

​"​But if I decide to go Cameroon, what different things I should know?​"

- If you go to Cameroon you´re expected to know that this is the country that it rains  the most ​in the world;

- Cameroon has a lot of different cultures, so clothes are not a problem for you, colorful clothes are welcome;

- If you go to the restaurant, you'll probably eat shrimp (of course) and a lot of fish varieties, and you´re expected to prove Ndolé, the most popular food in Cameroon. Some typical dishes from Cameroon are made with crocodile meat or porcupine;

- The transportation in Cameroon is not good. If you take a taxi, for example, this trip could be exciting and dangerous, because the traffic is crazy and many people don´t respect the signs in the streets. But if you prefer more emotion, you can take a motorcycle taxi, cheaper than car taxi and more danger too;

-  In Cameroon, the government controls all about news and what the people can watch in TV or read in the newspaper. The population doesn't have private tv channels.

Hey, let's go to Cameroon? 

If you like different things, different people, different foods, Cameroon is one the best place in the world to live all kinds of experience.

Travel Tips - Brazil

When you visit Brazil, there are some essential things you should know.The currency is Brazilian Real, and there are some places that only accept the currency, so it's important that you exchange some money to Brazilian Real.Usually, the north of country is warmer than the south. If you're planning visit the south in the winter, be prepareted for the cold.In Brazil, it's not allowed drink alcoholic beverages before drive. If you're caugth by a Police Officer drunk driving, you must be under arrest. The whole country have many beautiful places to visit. The most wanted attractions by visitors are the State of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, and Iguassu Falls in Foz do Iguaçu.

If you're visting Curitiba, you shouldn't miss the Botanical Garden.

Before you go, plan your trip and make hotel reservations to avoid bad surprises.

Tips for Travelers - Ukraine

When you visit Ukraine, there are some important things you should know. For exemple, ukrainians are good lovers of beer and vodka, however, is not expected to drink alcohol in public places, due to government prohibition by high rates of teenage alcoholism. Ukrainians are also good wine lovers. There are many wine regions and big wine festivals. 

The Ukrainian cuisine is made of various ingredients in a single dish, plus the combination of roasting, frying and baking. They have a preference for pork and poultry meat.

Ukraine has cold regions in the north and warmer in the south and clothing is common in a country with instable temperatures. In Ukraine women have the habit of wearing skirts or even mini skirts in the summer. The men dress in classic and casual way.

When you visit someone's home, it's a custom of the country to remove the shoes upon entering, as a form of respect.

At Easter there is a custom to offer as gift the "pessankas". Pessankas are raw eggs hand painted and mean health, life and prosperity. 

On sights, Carpathian is a place with famous resorts because in winter you can ski and summer is a great place to relax and improve health by pure mountain air and mineral water to cure. 

Would you like to visit Chernobyl? You're supposed to check with at least 10 days in advance to get the necessary security clearances.

Have a good trip and take lots of photos!

A good place

Spain - Barcelona.

If you visit Spain, there are things you should know. Spanish are people most open for help. You should know if you stand in the street, and a Spanish sees you, it’s the custom to help you because the Spanish people are always ready for this. When you stay in Barcelona, it’s not acceptable to say you like Real Madrid. Also, it’s expected to take photographs the of many places in Barcelona, there are many works of Gaudi. It’s a custom to travel by train because the places are close and you can go by on foot. It’s not acceptable that you don’t eat Jamon Pata Negra a type of ham, and the seafood like the Paella, an important Spanish food dish.

Brazil (Camila Daros)

When you visit Brazil, there are some important things you should know. The country is really big, so there are so many custom inside. The culture in north is different than the south and this is something that is fascinating. Here, in south, the people is more inflexible than the people in south. People say that because in south, the climate is colder than the north and this make people cold too. In Brazil, the new year, it is a intensive party. We celebrate 3 days in general. It is custom to pass this date on the beach with friends and family. Not just new year but all party in Brazil is not just one day.

Curitiba Amazing (Matheus Cabral)

If one day you you travel to Curitiba exist some information you should know. In first, in Curitiba is not commom greet people on the street, supermarket, elevators, puplic places or others places like that saying "Good morning", "Good night", "hello" or something else seems it if you don't know who the person is. Curitiban said it is because of the bad climate exist ther. Wherefore, if you go there don´t forget to take the cold clothes (Jackets, pants, gloves, scarf and sweters). On the other hand there is a good coast just one hundred kilometers away, so if you travel to there between november until march is a good idea lead summer clothes too. And although curitiban are a very close people, you have to know if you make a relationship with one, definitly you get a friend for the rest of you life. In the end but not less important are the about places. Curitiba have a lot of beutiful and amazing: Squares, street fairs, night clubs, restaurant, pubs and museums, so places to enjoy there's have.