FUVEST 2007

HOUSE RULES

If you drink out of it, WASH IT!
If you sleep on it, MAKE IT UP!
If you wear it, HANG IT UP!
If it rings, ANSWER IT!
If it barks, FEED IT!

Footloose
A growing export trade in soccer players

MANY Brazilians resent the fact that their country is often known abroad only for samba and football. Yet while its booming exports range from iron ore to aircraft, they also include footballers. Since the early 1990s, the number of players leaving the country to play for clubs abroad each year has risen from 130 to 850, making Brazil the world’s biggest exporter of footballers.

Sadly, export success reflects domestic decay. Last year, an average match in the national championship attracted fewer than 8,000 supporters (compared with 35,000 in Britain’s Premier League). One problem is corrupt club management: a Senate inquiry in 2001 found widespread tax evasion and money laundering.

Without professional management, clubs find it hard to pay top wages and players Struggle to attract commercial endorsements. Manchester United and Real Madrid (with a Brazilian coach and stars) are global brands. But not since Pelé’s Santos in the 1960s has a Brazilian club achieved international fame. Even in the 1980s, heroes such as Zico and Socrates went abroad only after long campaigns for local clubs. Today’s stars, such as Ronaldinho Gaucho (pictured), had the briefest of club careers in Brazil before signing for European teams.

Brazilian players cost European clubs less than local footballers of equivalent talent. Many fail to adapt to the change in climate and language. Some do and never return: Tunisia’s squad at the 2002 World Cup included a naturalised Brazilian. He is an exception. According to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Brazil imported 499 players last year. Nearly all were ageing returnees.

Footloose
A growing export trade in soccer players

MANY Brazilians resent the fact that their country is often known abroad only for samba and football. Yet while its booming exports range from iron ore to aircraft, they also include footballers. Since the early 1990s, the number of players leaving the country to play for clubs abroad each year has risen from 130 to 850, making Brazil the world’s biggest exporter of footballers.

Sadly, export success reflects domestic decay. Last year, an average match in the national championship attracted fewer than 8,000 supporters (compared with 35,000 in Britain’s Premier League). One problem is corrupt club management: a Senate inquiry in 2001 found widespread tax evasion and money laundering.

Without professional management, clubs find it hard to pay top wages and players struggle to attract commercial endorsements. Manchester United and Real Madrid (with a Brazilian coach and stars) are global brands. But not since Pelé’s Santos in the 1960s has a Brazilian club achieved international fame. Even in the 1980s, heroes such as Zico and Socrates went abroad only after long campaigns for local clubs. Today’s stars, such as Ronaldinho Gaucho (pictured), had the briefest of club careers in Brazil before signing for European teams.

Brazilian players cost European clubs less than local footballers of equivalent talent. Many fail to adapt to the change in climate and language. Some do and never return: Tunisia’s squad at the 2002 World Cup included a naturalised Brazilian. He is an exception. According to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Brazil imported 499 players last year. Nearly all were ageing returnees.

Footloose
A growing export trade in soccer players

MANY Brazilians resent the fact that their country is often known abroad only for samba and football. Yet while its booming exports range from iron ore to aircraft, they also include footballers. Since the early 1990s, the number of players leaving the country to play for clubs abroad each year has risen from 130 to 850, making Brazil the world’s biggest exporter of footballers.

Sadly, export success reflects domestic decay. Last year, an average match in the national championship attracted fewer than 8,000 supporters (compared with 35,000 in Britain’s Premier League). One problem is corrupt club management: a Senate inquiry in 2001 found widespread tax evasion and money laundering.

Without professional management, clubs find it hard to pay top wages and players struggle to attract commercial endorsements. Manchester United and Real Madrid (with a Brazilian coach and stars) are global brands. But not since Pelé’s Santos in the 1960s has a Brazilian club achieved international fame. Even in the 1980s, heroes such as Zico and Socrates went abroad only after long campaigns for local clubs. Today’s stars, such as Ronaldinho Gaucho (pictured), had the briefest of club careers in Brazil before signing for European teams.

Brazilian players cost European clubs less than local footballers of equivalent talent. Many fail to adapt to the change in climate and language. Some do and never return: Tunisia’s squad at the 2002 World Cup included a naturalised Brazilian. He is an exception. According to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Brazil imported 499 players last year. Nearly all were ageing returnees.

Katherine: Your majesty shall mock at me; I cannot speak your English.

King Henry: O fair Katherine, if you will love me soundly with your French heart, I will be glad to hear you confess it brokenly with your English tongue. Do you like me, Kate?

Katherine: Pardonnez-moi, I cannot tell you what is ‘like me’.

King Henry: An angel is like you, Kate, and you are like an angel

Getting Enough Sleep?

By Emily Sohn

One of the greatest things about growing older is that you get to stay up later. And it’s not just your parents who make that decision. Your body gives you permission to enjoy the darker hours too. Recent research has shown that brain changes during teen years make it easier for kids to stay up late.

But just because you can stay up late, it doesn’t mean you should, scientists say. Young people who don’t get enough sleep are often late for school, or they miss it completely, says a recent study by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Sleepy kids also tend to be bad-tempered and unhappy. And their grades suffer. Our sleep-wake schedules may seem to be ruled by the need to get to school or work on time, but they’re really under the control of our body’s internal clock. Every mammal has a “master clock” in its brain that tells its body what time it is and when it needs to sleep. Scientists recently discovered cells in the brain that collect information about light directly from the eyes. When light comes in, our internal clock thinks that it’s daytime. Then, as darkness arrives, the body secretes a chemical called melatonin, which tells the clock that it’s nighttime. As we approach our teen years, melatonin secretion comes at a later time. That’s why children who usually go to bed at 8:30 or 9 p.m. all of a sudden start having trouble falling asleep.

Getting Enough Sleep?

By Emily Sohn

One of the greatest things about growing older is that you get to stay up later. And it’s not just your parents who make that decision. Your body gives you permission to enjoy the darker hours too. Recent research has shown that brain changes during teen years make it easier for kids to stay up late.

But just because you can stay up late, it doesn’t mean you should, scientists say. Young people who don’t get enough sleep are often late for school, or they miss it completely, says a recent study by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Sleepy kids also tend to be bad-tempered and unhappy. And their grades suffer. Our sleep-wake schedules may seem to be ruled by the need to get to school or work on time, but they’re really under the control of our body’s internal clock. Every mammal has a “master clock” in its brain that tells its body what time it is and when it needs to sleep. Scientists recently discovered cells in the brain that collect information about light directly from the eyes. When light comes in, our internal clock thinks that it’s daytime. Then, as darkness arrives, the body secretes a chemical called melatonin, which tells the clock that it’s nighttime. As we approach our teen years, melatonin secretion comes at a later time. That’s why children who usually go to bed at 8:30 or 9 p.m. all of a sudden start having trouble falling asleep.