Rafael Franzon Profile

I was born in Natal, in 1992. I was baptized with the name Rafael Franzon. In my life, I learned to like a lot of things. One of that is to play drums, and to love the music like I love the life. I’m a quiet person – ok, not always – who likes to go out, make new friends, have fun, but I know my responsibilities. I’ve always had great interest in understanding how the world works. And this is one of the reasons why I chose my course – Ciências & Tecnologia. Well, I believe that dreams are part of the soul of people and the world that we live in – then, I’m a dreamer. And one of my dreams is to travel Around the World – but not only in 80 days, like in the film. It’s, like Joe Satrieni says, “I believe in my dreams”. One of my hobbies is to write – poems, tales, chronicles and others. In this moment, I’m working in a book of tales. Well, it’s just a small piece of what and who I am. I think that is impossible to describe a person in few lines. For every case, be welcome to this blog. I hope you like.

Katyane Medeiros Profile

My name is Katyane Medeiros, but you can call me Katy. I am 19 years old. I'm from Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, however I live in Natal for 6 years. I'm technique in geology and mining by the Institute of Education, Science and Technology of RN. Nature lover. Currently I am student of Bachelor of Science and Technology in UFRN. Future engineer, despite still not having decided which following engineering, however I have tendencies to the environmental area. My primary goal or dream, is to get my financial independence Catholic Christian. Vegetarian. I'm not adept at sports practices, just browse the internet. Addicted to cinema and television serials. Addicted to music, eclectic but with quality. Addicted to books, particularly fiction or supernatural novels. Finally, addicted to coffee with chocolate. I am the sign of pisces, but I'm not romantic. I'm a mature and realistic person, however dreamy. Sometimes I'm cool, sometimes I'm cold. Complex. Without money, with friends. A rockstar too frustrated. A drama ending in tragedy, but happy.

Pedro Diniz Profile

Greetings! My name is Pedro Diniz and I'm eighteen years old. I was born in Caicó but moved to Natal when I was about two years old. Since then, I've taken Natal as my home, but I still visit Caicó sometimes. I studied at Instituto Maria Auxiliadora from 1999 until 2009, when I finally finished school. I chose Science and Technology because it appears to have lots of possibilities for the future, and since I don't really know which career to take, it was definetely my best choice.

There are quite a lot of things I like to do on my free time. Going out with friends is one of those, usually to the cinema (which is a great hobby for me), sometimes to a bar, or even to their homes. I love eating outside and discovering new foods, new gastronomy fascinates me. Besides that, I also love to lots of time in front of a computer playing games, chatting with friends, listening to music (not Forró, thankfully. I like rock/punk/heavy rock, tecnopop, electronic music and some variants of those.), most of times these things are all done at the same time, and they tend to keep me entertained.

If you ask about my personality, I'd say it's mysterious. I'm such an explosive, hyper active person, but I'm still very calm. I tend to know what to mess with, but sometimes I still get involved in embarassing things. I'm also very friendly, I think (and I hope).

When it comes to family, my life is somewhat agitated. There are lots of arguments, but after all we can stay get along, I mean, we're a family, right?

After all of this, I think I can say my life style is pretty much limited, and I'd like to try new things, like travelling and meeting new people. I'm not very sociable but I value my friends pretty much and I'd like to have more than I do.

Well, that's it, thanks for reading!

Thatiana Jéssica Profile

Hello, my name is Thatiana Jéssica, I’m 18 years old and I consider myself as an ordinary person, with two sides: playful girl and a serious woman when necessary. I like going out with friends to see a good movie or just to chat. I’m a person whose life with others is a little complicated, because I don’t like all kind of foods, I don’t care much for my mess and I have a strong personality. I choosed to study Science and Technology because I have always been a very indecisive person and I belive that at the age 18 making a decision that will affect the whole future is a very early. Therefore, motivated by the extra time I would have to choose a course, engineering, I made this choice. Interestingly, I’ve never been good with subjects that involve calculus and physics and I believe this is a challenge in my life, and I want to overcome it. I honestly don’t know yet if the choice I made was the right one. But one thing is for sure: the friendships made along this course was worth every minute of study and preparation for college entrance. In a course like this, at the first glance, as the basis as the course is the competition, I trought that anyone would appreciate the friendship, but now I see that I was wrong and made plenty of friends here.Professionally, I want to achieve the goal that all young people want: finish college and have already a good job that satisfies me in terms of monetary and also of the professional realization, not forgetting, of course, the stability.Well, I think is very difficult to describe myself because it is always easier to judge others, even though we shouldn’t do this. In my life, I owe everything that I am, and everything I will be, to my family and I intend work hard to make them proud of me,either in college or in the future once it is formed.

Original Article

MERCOSUL

Termo que designa o Mercado (do latim mercātus) Comum (do latim communis) do Sul, bloco econômico dos países da América do Sul criado em 1991 visando melhorias e vantagens nas transações entre os países membros. Atualmente é composto por nove países, sendo estes divididos em Estados Partes (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai) e em Estados Associados (Chile, Bolívia, Equador, Colômbia e Peru).

A criação do MERCOSUL não foi simples, aconteceu gradativamente e teve vários precedentes que impulsionaram a sua consolidação, como por exemplo, a assinatura da declaração de Foz do Iguaçu entre o Brasil e Argentina em 1985. Nesse período a economia de ambos estava muito frágil, pois a dívida externa estava muito alta devido aos gastos contraídos no regime ditatorial. Essa necessidade mútua foi um dos pilares da criação do MERCOSUL.

Um exemplo de atuação do MERCOSUL foi a criação do Banco do Sul, idealizado por Hugo Chaves, com o objetivo acumular fundos entre os países membros e competir com instituições semelhantes, como o FMI.

Outro exemplo dessa atuação é o Tratado de Livre Comercio com Israel, que trará muitos benefícios para a economia dos países membros visto que Israel é um grande importador.

O verbete MERCOSUL relaciona-se de um modo geral a área da Economia, mas este acordo entre esses países traz conseqüências também para a área tecnológica.

Figura 1 - Lula anuncia aprovação do Tratado do Mercosul com Israel.

Figura 2 - Lula e Chávez em ato de criação do Banco do Sul.

MERCOSUL

Term which designs Mercado Comum do Sul, economic block of South America’s countries that was created in 1991 aiming for improvements and benefits involving transitions between the members countries. Nowadays it’s composed by nine countries, which are divided into Estados Partes (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and into Estados Associados (Chile, Bolivia, Equator, Colombia, and Peru).

An example of Mercosul performance was the foundations of Banco do Sul, idealized by Hugo Chaves, with the objective of raising money between members countries, and, for competition with similarly institutions, like IMF (International Monetary Fund).

Another example of it’s actuation was the Tratado do Livre Comercio (Free Trade Deal) with Israel, which brings many benefits for the economy of the members countries, since Israel is a great importer.

Picture 1- Lula announces approval of the Treaty with Israel

Picture 2 - Lula and Chavez in act of creation of the South Bank.

Why earthquakes occur?

Earth’s surface has a lot of cracks that divide it in pieces, known as tectonic plates. These plates cause earthquakes when they move when affected by changes in the Earth's inner layers, like lava flows. The plates will collide and rub on each other, applying huge forces and causing minor tremors. A stronger quake will be caused when the energy stored with the colision will be released. Earthquakes can be measured by a seismograph, which may be positioned in places with high odds of having tremors and draws peaks that vary with the intensity of the tremor. Stronger earthquakes imply on higher peaks, and these peaks may be measured numerically by Richter’s scale. You cannot predict when an earthquake will happen, but you may know where it will happen. Scientists look for areas with faults. Faults mean that a tremor once occurred there, and another may happen.