Marcos Cesar Pontes (born March 11, 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot. He became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to complete the NASA astronaut training program, although he [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Top 5 most lucrative banks in the world – 2009
Posted by Thiago Prado in March 20th 2009
A research released this Friday (20) puts the top three Brazilian banks – Itaú, Banco do Brasil and Bradesco – among the top five more profitable banks in 2008 in the Americas, excluding the Canadian institutions.
The Brazilian bank better place is Banco do Brasil, which appears in third place with earnings of $ 3.76 billion, [...]
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Brazilian hottest girl of 2009
Posted by Thiago Prado in March 14th 2009
Priscilla was elected the hottest girl in the 2009 Boy and Girl Fitness Competitions.
Elected the hostess Brazilian girl in a contest hosted in Sao Paulo, Priscila Saravalli, 23, stayed six months without drinking soda and eating chocolate to prepare for the contest. She loves to work out and now she will enjoy the victory: she [...]
Largest biodiesel plant in Portugal will use grains from Brazil
Posted by Thiago Prado in March 12th 2009
Refinery will start to operating in 2010. Main raw materials are soybean and sunflower.
A Portuguese consortium is preparing to build the largest biodiesel plant in the country, which will operate with 90% of its raw material – mainly soybean and sunflower – from Brazil, Angola and Mozambique.
The refinery should start operating in 2010 and has [...]
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Follow the crowd and get a site now
Posted by Thiago Prado in March 2nd 2009
Basically I don’t review products here in this blog, but I had to talk about Netfirms and its way to help people to get a website.
Netfirms powers over 1.2 million businesses to online success every year with all-inclusive web hosting solutions and domain names. Our commitment to providing positive customer experiences through high-quality products, support, [...]
