TED Ideas worth spreading! Aren’t you still part of it?

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TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

TEDx is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere — celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage.

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This last weekend Blumenau hosted the TEDxBlumenauWomen, an independently organized event, one of the two licenses granted to Brazil, to hold the TEDWomen2017: Bridges , a three-day conference about the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers, which took place in New Orleans a few days ago.

“Let’s take part of this global conversation about our shared future! The more you enter into it, the more you will take out!”

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Happy Halloween!

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Hallowe’en is a popular festival in many countries all over the world, and every year it seems to get bigger. Now, in the northern hemisphere, it’s getting dark earlier and it’s starting to get cold. Christmas is still a long way away. They need something to cheer them up and take their minds off the fact that winter is nearly there!

“O Halloween, diferentemente do que muito se propaga, não é uma festa unicamente americana e pagã. É uma mistureba com elementos dos antigos celtas, de romanos, de irlandeses e ingleses da Idade Média e dos primeiros séculos de tradição cristã.

Se o Halloween é o resultado de 2 mil anos de adaptações e evoluções, está mais que na hora de o saci maluco invadir a festa do vampiro importado. O Halloween marcava a mudança de estações. E nisso um Halloween brasileiro levaria vantagem. Não é o inverno gélido e decrépito que bate à porta. É o verão.”

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Por Felipe Van Deursen, da Superinteressante. Publicado em 1 nov 2016.
Read the full article here.

Hurray! I’ve made it!

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“I made it” — You accomplished something. You would be telling someone about a specific time that you did something.

“I made it” is used with a reference to a specific time, often implicitly now or today, if you want to refer to something that happened in the past. For example, one would say “I made it” after climbing to the peak of a mountain, or when saying “I made it as a professional swimmer on 2 January 1982 when I won the gold metal.” Or still, “My father was a businessman. He made it big in business.”

“I have made it” is used without a specific reference to time. Thus, it means the event happened at some point in the past but the speaker isn’t being explicit about time.

“I’ve made it” — You did not accomplish something. You are telling someone that, in the grand scheme of your life, you have done something.

For example, “I have made it as a professional swimmer”, means the speaker succeeded in becoming a professional swimmer but isn’t being specific about the time that he succeeded.

It’s a very subtle difference. Here are some more examples:

Today I challenged myself to run a mile, and I made it.

I have always wanted to swim across the river, and I’ve made it!

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https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/48310/i-made-it-vs-ive-made-it

Oktoberfest Blumenau! A big event!

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While you might not expect to find one of the world’s largest Oktoberfests in Brazil, the former German colony of Blumenau in the state of Santa Catarina rivals Munich as much for its authenticity as it does for the passion of its celebrations! Founded in 1984, the 18-day Blumenau Oktoberfest is a culturally rich blend of folklore and tradition, and gives locals and tourists alike the chance to fully immerse themselves in a wide range of carefully preserved German customs – including of course, bratwursts and beer!

Do know how to pronounce this word “event” the right way? Listen and repeat!