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How centuries of priceless treasures were saved at Notre Dame

 

Jean-Marc Fournier didn't have much time. As flames rippedthrough Notre Dame cathedral's medieval roof on Monday evening, the Paris fire brigade chaplain had a single mission -- to rescue two of its most sacred relics. The problem was that the Crown of Thorns, revered as having been worn by Jesus Christ during his crucifixion, and the tabernacle, containing the Eucharist or holy sacrament, were locked inside a safe in the church's treasury that no one knew how to open.

"We couldn't get the codes... we couldn't get hold of the people who had them," Fournier said Wednesday. Finally, as the flames high above crept closer to Notre Dame's famous spire, a church officer appeared with the crypt key, and the chaplain and firefighters rushed in.

Inside, red-hot embers and debris drifted down from the vast rib-vaulted ceiling. Fournier watched as a team of firefighters broke open the safe and extracted the crown. Made of rushes bound by gold threads, it has been encased in a crystal tube since eighteen ninety-six.

The chaplain joined a human chain of firefighters, emergency workers and antiquities experts to pass the crown and other irreplaceable treasures out of the burning church and into safety. Their efforts in those first few hours would save hundreds of years of art, history and heritage that Fournier said "belongs to humanity and the world at large."

(https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/notre-dame-art-saved-intl/index.html)

What was NOT a problem they faced when trying to rescue the crown?

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What makes a successful business person?

 

Business people who are tops in their feld have a lot in common, and art professionals can learn a lot from their successes and strategies

By Murray Raphel

 

I have a theory on doing business. If my business is good, it’s not because of the weather, the time of year or the economy. It’s because of me. I’m doing something right. If my business is bad, it’s not because of the weather, the time of the year or the economy. It’s because of me. I’m doing something wrong. Somebody is always buying something from somebody, so how can I make them buy from me?

First of all, you need confdence in yourself and your merchandise with clear goals and knowledge of the products you are selling. Only then can you inspire dedication from your staff and a willingness to buy from customers. Successful business people, no matter what their industry, have been found to share similar traits. Today’s world is no longer satisfed with simply success – we want to know how the successful get to the top. The Russians developed a concept called “anthropomaximology,” in which they try to answer the question of why some individuals outperform others. Through the years I’ve done some anthropomaximology of my own and found there are certain qualities that describe successful business people. Here are a few:

1) They constantly set higher goals. Successful business people are mountain climbers who, having climbed one peak, look beyond to the next highest. They are the retailers who send 1,500 mailers to their customers and yield a good turnout of 100. But instead of being satisfed with 100, they ask how they can increase that number to 150 the next time. […]

2) They avoid “comfort zones” To a successful person, standing still feels like going backwards. People who stay in their comfort zones do what they did before because it’s “the way we’ve always done it:”[…] They blame any lack of business on the weather, the time of the year, the economy – anything except for themselves. […]

3) They rehearse the future as they see it “I believe our future is a one-stop shop for decorating. In addition to limited-edition prints and posters, we now offer collectibles, gift items and small occasional furniture pieces,” said Christine Knoll of the Art Gallery of Hog Hollow in Chesterfeld, Mo. Successful people move towards the pictures they create in their mind. They can rehearse coming actions or events as they “see” them. […]

Many successful athletes will say they practice “seeing” themselves winning the race, hitting the home run or scoring the touchdown. They actually visualize a future event which gives them the impetus to achieve the goal. […]

Source:www.fndarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_9_30/ai_108785318/pg_2/? tag=content;col1

The first and the second quality that describe successful people in the text are related. Choose the alternative that explains such a relation.

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What makes a successful business person?

 

Business people who are tops in their feld have a lot in common, and art professionals can learn a lot from their successes and strategies

By Murray Raphel

 

I have a theory on doing business. If my business is good, it’s not because of the weather, the time of year or the economy. It’s because of me. I’m doing something right. If my business is bad, it’s not because of the weather, the time of the year or the economy. It’s because of me. I’m doing something wrong. Somebody is always buying something from somebody, so how can I make them buy from me?

First of all, you need confdence in yourself and your merchandise with clear goals and knowledge of the products you are selling. Only then can you inspire dedication from your staff and a willingness to buy from customers. Successful business people, no matter what their industry, have been found to share similar traits. Today’s world is no longer satisfed with simply success – we want to know how the successful get to the top. The Russians developed a concept called “anthropomaximology,” in which they try to answer the question of why some individuals outperform others. Through the years I’ve done some anthropomaximology of my own and found there are certain qualities that describe successful business people. Here are a few:

1) They constantly set higher goals. Successful business people are mountain climbers who, having climbed one peak, look beyond to the next highest. They are the retailers who send 1,500 mailers to their customers and yield a good turnout of 100. But instead of being satisfed with 100, they ask how they can increase that number to 150 the next time. […]

2) They avoid “comfort zones” To a successful person, standing still feels like going backwards. People who stay in their comfort zones do what they did before because it’s “the way we’ve always done it:”[…] They blame any lack of business on the weather, the time of the year, the economy – anything except for themselves. […]

3) They rehearse the future as they see it “I believe our future is a one-stop shop for decorating. In addition to limited-edition prints and posters, we now offer collectibles, gift items and small occasional furniture pieces,” said Christine Knoll of the Art Gallery of Hog Hollow in Chesterfeld, Mo. Successful people move towards the pictures they create in their mind. They can rehearse coming actions or events as they “see” them. […]

Many successful athletes will say they practice “seeing” themselves winning the race, hitting the home run or scoring the touchdown. They actually visualize a future event which gives them the impetus to achieve the goal. […]

Source:www.fndarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_9_30/ai_108785318/pg_2/? tag=content;col1

According to the author, Murray Raphael, if your business is doing well or if your business is doing badly it is:

    You can start when children are very young, said Kari Kivinen. In fact, you should: “Fairytales work well. Take the wily fox who always cheats the other animals with his sly words. That’s not a bad metaphor for a certain kind of politician, is it?” With democracies around the world threatened by the seemingly unstoppable onslaught of false information, Finland – recently rated Europe’s most resistant nation to fake news – takes the fight seriously enough to teach it in primary school.

    In secondary schools, such as the state-run college in Helsinki where Kivinen is head teacher, multiplatform information literacy and strong critical thinking have become a core, cross-subject component of a national curriculum that was introduced in 2016. In maths lessons, Kivinen’s pupils learn how easy it is to lie with statistics. In art, they see how an image’s meaning can be manipulated. In history, they analyse notable propaganda campaigns, while Finnish language teachers work with them on the many ways in which words can be used to confuse, mislead and deceive.

    The goal is active, responsible citizens and voters,” Kivinen said. “Thinking critically, factchecking, interpreting and evaluating all the information you receive, wherever it appears, is crucial. We’ve made it a core part of what we teach, across all subjects.”

Jon Henley Disponível em: Acesso em: 08 fev. 2020.

 

    Finish education rates among the best in the world. According to the text, we can state that

 

I. children are taught early on how to identify fake from real news.

II. politicians in Finland are interested in more responsible voters.

III. democratic states are not threatened by the waves of fake news.

IV. the school curriculum focuses on developing critical thinkers.

V. different disciplines cover topics regarding information literacy.

 

    Assinale a alternativa que apresenta as afirmativas corretas.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 (TEXT A)

 

Sophisticated language can be a veil hiding what you truly mean but are too afraid to say. But fancy talk can also be a tool to help folks understand what exactly it is that you mean at a high level. Which way you choose to use your stunning vocabulary is up to you, but it would be a shame to waste all your verbal skills by encouraging miscommunication. Camouflage is not your object. Don't be afraid to speak the truth, and don't cater to the lowest common denominator.

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Taurus April 20 - May 20 (TEXT B)

 

Work could be a bit challenging today and you may even be asked to assume more responsibility on the job. Be open to attending a long-term training program to increase your talents and your professional value. Once you graduate from this program of study, give yourself a lavish reward that serves as a perpetual reminder of your achievement. But don't wait until the end to treat yourself. Attending to self-care can have an especially restorative effect now, so make time for a spa treatment or hot bath after hours. Nothing perks you up like the prospect of a prize at the end of the day.

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    Horoscopes in newspapers are very common, although they do not always focus on the same topics. When reading these two horoscopes, we can infer that

 

I. both horoscopes were written by the same astrologer.

II. horoscopes in texts A and B cover the same subjects.

III. the horoscope in text A says taureans are good with words.

IV. according to text B a taurean enjoys receiving prizes.

V. both text A and text B show taureans as hard workers.

 

    Assinale a alternativa que apresenta as afirmativas corretas. 

    On Tuesday, Merriam-Webster selected its word of the year, not some viral neologism like post-truth or selfie but a word that has been around since the Middle Ages: the pronoun they.

    Pronouns are tools that people typically use with all the thought one gives to using doorknobs. Students are taught in early language lessons that every sentence needs a subject and are given a short list of usual suspects: words like he, she, you and they. The latter, they are told, is used to refer to more than one person. Yet that’s not always the case. Merriam-Webster chose the singular form, one that has been gaining currency and causing controversy

    There are two reasons that singular they is on the upswing. One is that it’s a convenient way to refer to an unknown person in a gender-neutral way, versus using cumbersome constructions like “he or she.” In recent years, it has been far easier to find this generic they in mass media because using it makes life easier for readers and writers alike.

Katy Steinmetz Disponível em: . Acesso em: 08 fev. 2020.

 

Com base no texto acima, é INCORRETO afirmar que