The first South American chip plant, called Centro Nacional em Tecnologia Eletronica Avançada (Ceitec), was inaugurated on last February 5, 2010 in Porto Alegre City, Brazil. Created in 2008, Ceitec received investments of R$400 million from the Brazilian Science and Technology Ministry.
Located in a complex of 14600 squared meters, the company targets to develop semiconductors in Brazil, generating conditions to consolidate the advanced microelectronic industry. That segment corresponds only to 1.7% of Brazilian GDP.
Although it is a little bit late to begin, nothing is impossible when work and dedication are in the scene.
Source: Agência Brasil - Governo inaugura primeira fábrica de chip da América Latina (Portuguese)
Orlando Ribeiro
on February 6, 2010.
2/03/2010
Fix the dinner: is it right?
Teachers should never understimate students because they always have important previous knowledge. Today morning I got one more evidence about this statement.
Mr. Sidnei, one of my English students, built a good sentence using the verb "to fix" in the sense of "to prepare" in the simple past tense. I have never used this meaning so I considered it at least strange. However, I told him I would look for that meaning later.
Dear Mr. Sidnei, you were right about using the verb to fix in that sense. Check the explanation I have got on thefreedictionary.
Fix:
To make ready; prepare:
Thanks for helping me to get another view about this matter as well as for let me not forget that teachers don't know everything!
A big hug!
Mr. Sidnei, one of my English students, built a good sentence using the verb "to fix" in the sense of "to prepare" in the simple past tense. I have never used this meaning so I considered it at least strange. However, I told him I would look for that meaning later.
Dear Mr. Sidnei, you were right about using the verb to fix in that sense. Check the explanation I have got on thefreedictionary.
Fix:
To make ready; prepare:
"fixed the room for the guests";
"fix lunch for the kids";
"fixed himself a milkshak"
"fix lunch for the kids";
"fixed himself a milkshak"
Thanks for helping me to get another view about this matter as well as for let me not forget that teachers don't know everything!
A big hug!
2/02/2010
Success doesn't happen by chance
Everybody wants to get success nowadays. So, what do you think to take a look at the following three quotations about success?
"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."(Conrad Hilton)
"Our success should not be a random event, but the result of conscious actions." (Tony Jeary)
"What distinguishes winners is the will to prepare to win." (Tony Jeary)
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"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."(Conrad Hilton)"Our success should not be a random event, but the result of conscious actions." (Tony Jeary)
"What distinguishes winners is the will to prepare to win." (Tony Jeary)
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