It Didn’t Add Up

The Obama administration was wise to suspend a long-term care insurance program that was part of its health care reform package. The program, which was to be financed by the premiums paid by enrollees, seemed unlikely to remain financially solvent in coming decades.
Don’t be misled by Republican war whoops proclaiming the demise of this single program as proof that reform is doomed and ought to be repealed. The decision shows a welcome flexibility by the White House that bodes well for carrying out all provisions of the reform law.
Class, for Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, was supposed to provide a cash payment to help people unable to perform basic living tasks to remain in their homes by hiring aides to assist them. It also would have helped to pay nursing home bills if higher levels of support were required.
The program was voluntary. Americans who wanted to participate could have chosen to have premiums deducted from their paychecks and, after a five-year vesting period, would have been eligible to draw cash benefits worth at least $50 a day if they became disabled and unable to function for themselves. Right now, if they lack the ability to pay big bills out of pocket, their main options are to try to buy private long-term care insurance or to spend down their assets until they are poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.
From the beginning, critics raised concerns that the revenues brought in would not pay for the lifetime benefits and that the federal government would end up picking up the tab even though it is not legally required to.
The administration made an exhaustive analysis of possible ways to salvage the program, determining that it could not certify that it would remain solvent over the next 75 years, as required by law. Not enough young and healthy workers were expected to sign up to offset the cost of providing benefits to chronically ill and disabled people.
Republicans also derided the long-term care insurance as a budget gimmick because premiums would have been collected for five years before the first benefits were paid out. The program was estimated in February to provide $86 billion in deficit reduction in the first decade. But, even after suspending it, the reform law was still projected to reduce the deficit by $124 billion in the first decade and even more in subsequent decades.
The long-term care coverage was a stand-alone provision with no connection to the rest of the reforms, which will provide needed health coverage to some 30 million people by expanding Medicaid for the poor and providing subsidies to help low- and middle-income people buy private health insurance.
Its demise does underscore the importance of the much-derided individual mandate that will require most individuals to buy health insurance in 2014 or pay a penalty. That is the surest way, though perhaps not the only way, to push younger and healthier people into the insurance pools to subsidize coverage of sicker people.
Republicans in both chambers are pushing to repeal the long-term care program for good, not just suspend it, but the administration is resisting. With nursing home costs averaging $70,000 to $80,000 a year and services in the home more than $18,000 a year, most Americans can’t afford to pay out of pocket. Their need for financial protection will have to be tackled eventually. It would be foolish to completely give up on a program that might still be revived in a more sustainable form.
A version of this editorial appeared in print on October 19, 2011, on page A28 of the New York edition with the headline: It Didn’t Add Up.

Questions:

1) What is the main subject of this text?
2) What is the reason for the suspension of the program?
3) Make a comment about the matter.

CITIZENS WITH CITIZENSHIP

THIS ACTIVITY WILL AIM THE TEACHING OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING/LEARNING OF ENGLISH

CITIZENS WITH CITIZENSHIP

A gum or cigarette butt thrown on the street attracts other gum or cigarette butt. A plastic bottle thrown on the track through the window of a car leads to another idiot, in a car to throw another bottle. A lot of uncollected garbage on the sidewalk leads the individual to dump more garbage on the sidewalk, thinking that the point is free to dump.
A banner reading "Maricotinha, I love you" or "Thanks to Saint Agapito for the achieved grace," extended from post to post, from one side to another on the street, someone encourages to hang other banners proclaiming "graves for sale" or deposits below cost ", as I have seen near graveyards, hanging from tree to tree.
A sign outside a butcher's promising "real crux topside to the pound", blocking half the sidewalk, is an invitation to pharmacies, coffee shops, video stores etc..to cumber the rest of the street with their ads. A car parked with two wheels on the sidewalk is only a step from putting the other two wheels on the sidewalk and stop interrupt them at once.
A graffiti on the facade of a building makes another the next building or to compete with the first, defacing the higher floors.
A graffiti artist allowed to cover a wall with their heinous designs will be only prevailing of the coercion its category the government – or they free the graffiti, being an "art", or graffiti artists will go the hard way and keep painting.
So much filth reveals abandonment and is a gateway to crime - criminals feel good in the middle of it. Some municipalities do their part, but citizens need help and exercising citizenship. Although it belongs to all, the public space isn’t in mother Joana’s house.
(Ruy Castro, Folha de S. Paulo, Opinião A2, 19/05/08)

QUESTIONS:

1) What is the positioning of the author when he says:
A plastic bottle thrown on the track through the window of a car leads to another idiot, in a car to throw another bottle.

2) What is the predominant genre in the text?

3) Make a comment on your understanding of the text by Ruy Castro.

Working in classroom

Looking for the first job

E.E Jose Aparecido Munhoz

3º3 Ensino Médio

Name: Vinicius de Sales Barbosa nº 36

I work in the area of TI - (Technology of Information)

I work in company Sisa - Sueme Industrial S / A
In my area realize the maintenance and assembly of micro computers;
Configuring and installing programs;
Support users;
Maintenance networks.

Working in classroom

E.E. José Apparecido Munhoz
Title: Looking for Foreign Words Around the City:2

Name:
Any; Number:7; Grade: 5ª 2
Beatriz; Number:8; Grade: 5ª 2
Davi; Number:11; Grade: 5ª 2
Isabela; Number:38 ;Grade: 5ª 2

Working in classroom

Looking for the first job

E.E. José Apparecido Munhoz 3°3 Ensino Médio

Name: Renan Antunes n°: 30
Name: Laís Van Schaik n°:17

Restaurant

Renan: I work in a restaurante.
I work as a waiter.

Jewelry

Laís: I Work in a Jewelry
My Job is a Seller.

Like most young people would like to make a good college to get a good job.

I Renan would like to get a college degree in civil engineering.

I Laís would like to get through the unicamp college do civil engineering course.

Working in classroom

THE MURILO’S STORE SHOWS....
MURILO’S STORE BRANCHS IN MEXICO, FRANCE, CANADA, JAPAN AND BRAZIL

THE BIGGEST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

THE BETTER COMPUTER THAT YOU EVER SAW!!!

NOW, YOU MAY DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH THIS MACHINE

IT’S THIN…

IT’S THIN…
IT’S COMPLETE…

IT’S THIN…
IT’S COMPLETE…
IT’S THE BEST!!!



AND MORE….
IT’S INEXPENSIVE!

ONLY U$ 998,10

OR

3X OF U$332,70



DON’T FORGET THIS PROMOTION!!!
IT’S YOUR UNIQUE CHANCE TO BUY YOUR COMPUTER SO INEXPENSIVE...


ONLY UNTIL TOMORROW

COMPUTER BETTER, YOU’LL NEVER SAW!!!

PRODUCED BY: MURILO RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS 2°3 N°27

Working in classroom

“E.E. José Apparecido Munhoz”

3º3 Ensino médio

Name: Elen Cristina Chaves

Looking for the first Job

Baby Sitter

Being a nanny is more than caring for a child. You have to know to understand her needs, be creative in their play as well as food, set limits and know how to talk to her.
The responsibility is very big in this profession because it involves a life of a dependent for all care.
Despite all the attention that must be offered, it's really fun to workbaby sitter.

Pretension  - Radiology

It is a profession that operates diagnostic imaging equipment, thefamous X-rays, which can be used both in medicine and in industrialand engineering. In medicine, the images help to identify changes inthe human body using X-rays or MRI. In engineering, the radiologist uses the devices to find hidden metal structures and pipes on the concrete. Another possibility is to analyzethe aircraft fuselage to find and correct defects in its construction. Infood and pharmaceutical industries, this professional worksradioactive sources to sterilize food and medicine. He can alsoresearch and develop new technologies that improve image quality and safety devices.

Working in classroom

E.E.Profº José Apparecido Munhoz

Elen Cristina Chaves, n° 07

 3°3 Ensino Médio

Valentine's Day

♥

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during

the third century in Rome.

When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better

soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage

for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers.

Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and

continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.

When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered

that he be put to death.

♥

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for

attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons

where they were often beaten and tortured.

♥

Working in classroom

Historia do dia dos namorados

A história do Dia de São Valentim remonta a um obscuro dia de jejum tido em homenagem a .A associação com o amor romântico chega depois do final da Idade Média, durante o qual o conceito de amor romântico foi formulado.
O bispo Valentim lutou contra as ordens do imperador Cláudio II, que havia proibido o casamento durante as guerras acreditando que os solteiros eram melhores combatentes

Além de continuar celebrando casamentos, ele se casou secretamente, apesar da proibição do imperador. A prática foi descoberta e Valentim foi preso e condenado à morte. Enquanto estava preso, muitos jovens lhe enviavam flores e bilhetes dizendo que ainda acreditavam no amor. Enquanto aguardava na prisão o cumprimento da sua sentença, ele se apaixonou pela filha cega de um carcereiro e, milagrosamente, devolveu-lhe a visão. Antes da execução, Valentim escreveu uma mensagem de adeus para ela, na qual assinava como “Seu Namorado” ou “De seu Antonio”.

Considerado mártir pela Igreja Católica, a data de sua morte - 14 de fevereiro - também marca a véspera de lupercais, festas anuais celebradas na Roma antiga em honra de Juno (deusa da mulher e do matrimônio) e de Pan (deus da natureza). Um dos rituais desse festival era a passeata da fertilidade, em que os sacerdotes caminhavam pela cidade batendo em todas as mulheres com correias de couro de cabra para assegurar a fecundidade.
Outra versão diz que no século XVII, ingleses e franceses passaram a celebrar o Dia de Santo Antonio como a união do Dia dos Namorados. A data foi adotada um século depois nos Estados Unidos, tornando-se o The Antonio's Day. E na Idade Média, dizia-se que o dia 14 de fevereiro era o primeiro dia de acasalamento dos pássaros. Por isso, os namorados (as) da Idade Média usavam esta ocasião para deixar mensagens de amor na soleira da porta do(a) amado(a).

Atualmente, o dia é principalmente associado a troca mútua de recados de amor em forma de objetos simbólicos. Símbolos modernos incluem a silhueta de um coração e a figura de um Cupido com asas. Iniciada no século XIX, a prática de recados manuscritos deu lugar à troca de cartões de felicitação produzidos em massa. Estima-se que, mundo afora, aproximadamente um bilhão de cartões com mensagens românticas são mandados a cada ano, tornando esse dia um dos mais lucrativos do ano.
Também se estima que as mulheres comprem aproximadamente 85% de todos os presentes no Brasil.
O dia de Santo Antonio era até há algumas décadas uma festa comemorada principalmente em países anglo-saxões, mas ao longo do século XX o hábito estendeu-se a muitos outros países.
No Brasil, a data é comemorada no dia 12 de Junho por ser véspera do 13 de Junho, Dia de Santo Antônio, santo português com tradição de casamenteiro.
A data provavelmente surgiu no comércio paulista, quando o publicitário João Dória[5] trouxe a ideia do exterior e a apresentou aos comerciantes. A ideia se expandiu pelo Brasil, amparada pela correlação com o Dia de São Valentin -- que nos países do hemisfério norte ocorre em 14 de fevereiro e é utilizada para incentivar a troca de presentes entre os apaixonados.

Você manda no meu coração
NÃO CONSEGUIREI ENXUGAR
FOI COM VOCÊ QUE APRENDI
O QUE É AMAR
EU ME SINTO TÃO FELIZ
QUANDO SINTO O TEU TOCAR
POR FAVOR AMOR
NÃO ME ABANDONA
JURO QUE VOU
SEMPRE TE AMAR
POIS VOCÊ É A DONA
QUE MEU CORAÇÃO ESCOLHEU
PRA MANDAR

Noite fria

Noite fria
Há uma luz
Que te ilumina
As costas
Procurando respostas
Iluminando-te
Como o dia
Nesta noite fria
Há um alguém
Que não para de orar
Esperando você voltar
Para sair da agonia

Aprendi que não posso exigir o amor de ninguém...
Posso apenas dar boas razões para que gostem de mim...
E ter paciência para que a vida faça o resto...

"Amor quando é amor não definha
E até o final das eras há de aumentar.
Mas se o que eu digo for erro
E o meu engano for provado
Então eu nunca terei escrito
Ou nunca ninguém terá amado."

Porque quem ama nunca sabe o que ama
Nem sabe porque ama, nem o que é amar
Amar é a eterna inocência,
E a única inocência, não pensar...

"Descobre que só porque alguém não o ama do jeito que você quer que ame, não significa que esse alguém não o ama com tudo que pode , pois existem pessoas que nos amam, mas simplesmente não sabem como demonstrar isso."

Working in classroom

School José Aparecido Munhoz
Names : Caio Vinicius Ribeiro -- number: 12 -- grade: 6°1 Pedro H. Andrade Gomes-- number: 34 -- grade : 6°1
Richard __________ -- number :__ -- grade : 6°1

TRAINING FOR COMPETITIONS
César Augusto Cielo Filho

Full name: César Augusto Cielo Filho
City/Country: Santa Barbara D’Oeste (SP), Brazil
Birth: 01/10/1987
Weight: 83 Kg
Height:1.95 m
Sport: Swimming

Start
Cielo began in Barbarense Sports Club, in Sao Paulo city of Santa Barbara d'Oeste, where he was born. In 2003, he moved to Sporting Clube Pinheiros, where he coached for two years alongside Gustavo Borges, including getting the same as this, the suit he used for the Athens Olympics in 2004.

History
Cesar Augusto Cielo Filho (Santa Barbara d'Oeste, January 10, 1987) is a Brazilian swimmer, Olympic champion's 50 meters freestyle at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, where he also won a bronze medal in the 100 meters freestyle champion and world record 100 m freestyle world champion and the 50-meter freestyle in Rome in 2009. She won three gold medals and one silver medal in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro [1]. World record holder in 50 and 100m freestyle Olympic swimming pool, also holds the record Brazilian and South American in the 4x100m free and 4x100m medley relay in Olympic swimming pool of 4x50m free relay in swimming short (25 meters) and long (50 meters), and 4x200m free at indoor walking. Gold medal in the 50m and 100m freestyle at the Grand Prix of Missouri / USA 2008.

Cesar Cielo lived, studied and trained in the city of Auburn, USA, at Auburn University. [2] was considered by Time Magazine one of the 100 most influential Brazilians in the year 2009. [3] Elected best athlete of the Iberoamerican year 2009 [4] and best athlete of the decade the magazine Sport Life [5] Parallel to his career in the sport, Cielo is also manager, scheduler and other athletes since December 2010 manages a restaurant called the Original Farm, located in the city of Sao Paulo, which is worth sponsoring.

Maurren Higa Maggi

Full name:Maurren Higa Maggi
City/Country:São Carlos (SP), Brazil
Birth:25/06/1976
Weight:60 Kg
Height:1,73
Sport:Long Jump

History
Maurren Higa Maggi (San Carlos, June 25, 1976) is a Brazilian jumper. It became the biggest name in the history of female athletics in Brazil to win the gold medal in long jump proof of the Beijing Olympics of 2008, jumping 7.04 m. She was voted best athlete of the decade by Life magazine Sport.

It is a record in Brazil and South American long jump (7.26 m) and twice champion in Winnipeg Pan American Rio 2007 and 1999 insame race . It is also South American record of the 100-meter hurdles with a mark of 12s71, obtained in 2001 and was South American record holder in triple jump with 14m53, marks obtained in 2003.

Maurren twice finished the year as world number one in the long jump: in 1999 (7.26 m) and 2003 (7.06 m). She became the ninth best athlete in the history of the sport in 1999 at the time of his jump of 7.26 m

Brazilian people are very happy because our country Brazil, host the Olympics in 2016

Working in classroom

Ironing

Nome : Daiane Tamires Nº 11
Nome : Ingrid Gallinari Nº 17 8º2
Nome : Tamires Azevedo Nº 36

Irons Ironing
 The irons, as is known by some, or iron, as identified by others, isused by people to pass pieces of cloth clothing, or bedding, bath and table, in general, smoothing tissues through of heating.Previously, this was achieved thanks to the warmed burning oil,coal or gasoline, but since 1892 the electricity was becoming, gradually, the source of heat required to use this device. The history of iron began hundreds of years, probably around thefourth century, or perhaps a little earlier period that supposedlyexisted ways of smoothing the clothing worn mainly by women. It is also accepted that the Chinese were the first to use a rudimentary version of the instrument employed in this task, which consisted of a bowl-shaped metal pan filled with hot coals, and handled by the smuggler, or smugglers, through a wooden handle , bone or othermaterial in order to get the result he wanted. From what we know, in the centuries following the relaxer created in the West began tohave wood, glass or marble as the most common materials used in its manufacture, by saying, well, they were cold applied, since, in the same versions as the 15th century until the clothes werestarched, it ruled out the hot work.
Old Irons

Iron From today