Essays on Brazil

“Don Quixote,” is a popular dance that excites people and brings happiness to sad souls. I find it quite interesting because it coordinates dances from a diversity of places and backgrounds. The dance takes place in a series of days and most of the time the audience comes out of the auditorium with jubilation and excitement. The dance is always successful because of the intense preparations by the gifted and well-experienced managers, choreographers, artistic directors, and artists. When all these people work in harmony, the audience feels the magnitude and the quality of the work produced.
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Introduction

Pop culture also known as popular culture is the whole entirety of images, attitudes, perspectives, and ideas that are usually within the mainstream of a specific culture. It refers to learned and shared human trends or patterns for living; day by day living trends. These trends pervade all aspects of social interaction. Different sets of people share a common culture that can be depicted through things like the language they speak, the foods they eat and the homes they live. It is believed that to learn about the finer things in life, such as priceless art and high social Continue reading...

PEOPLE:

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated Continue reading...

International marketing plan

Executive Summary
This paper seeks to explore the marketing strategy of the creative company in Brazil. Being the first time in gaining entry into the economy, the company will have to undertake market research of the region in order to establish the customer’s wants and needs. This will give the company a clear understanding of the market destination.
This paper also provides the STEEP and SWOT analysis of the market in order to determine the market composition of this region. Implementation and control of the outlined strategies needs to be followed and adopted to the later.

Background Information

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Social attitude to abortion is primarily defined by moral norms and traditions of society, living conditions. In recent decades, abortion has become one of the most intensely and diversely debated issues of the moral theory. Defenders of abortion rights and their opponents do not agree among themselves even in the terminology of the dispute. Opponents argue that the problem here is the following: whether or not the embryos should not be killed, like other human beings. Advocates believe the central question here is whether it is possible to force a woman to bear an unwanted fetus even at the Continue reading...

The Right Way To Hedge Shift in supply and demand dynamics and the global markets volatility have created unparalleled unpredictability in commodity prices in the recent past. Companies that produce sells or buys commodities have experienced dramatic swings in their returns. Many companies have accelerated the use of hedging in order to caution themselves against the volatility and to avoid situations that could jeopardize their survival. When executed well, the economic, strategic and the functioning benefit of hedging can not only help in avoiding financial distress but also opening up choices to preserve and generate value. If hedging is Continue reading...

Brazil is the largest country both in the Latin and South America regions. It is also the fifth biggest country both by population and geographical area in the same region. In addition, it is the seventh largest economy in the world but, it is still classified as a developing nation. The country is one of the BRIC group. BRIC is an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India and China. These are emerging economies that have demonstrated superior economic development. They are also the fastest growing economies in the world.
Brazil’s national development bank is a major player in the Continue reading...

Film Essay Assignment: “Four Days in September”

The film “Four Days in September” is a movie based on the book of Rio de Janiero journalist, Fernando Gabeira, “O Que E Isso, Companheiro?” It is about a group of young middle-class Brazilian revolutionaries who wanted to overthrow the brutal military dictatorship of Brazil in 1969. Gabeira joins this young terrorist group, known as the MR8. Their initial move is the robbery of a bank. Although the heist was a success, one of their members, Cesar was captured. Since they did not gain much media mileage from the robbery, the group decides to kidnap the United States Ambassador Continue reading...

Executive Summary

The athletes industry is highly competitive and unpredictable for organizations that venture. As such, the industry has been dominated by companies such as Adidas and Nike. Accordingly, the aforesaid companies that have sustained market dominance have controlled the sports apparel and footwear sector for decades. As well, the market dominance by the various companies has been as a result of clear comprehension of the market of operation. Nonetheless, Under Amour has emerged as a formidable force within the athletes industry. As a new company with less than 30 years of experience, the organization has been growing tremendously. Accordingly, the Continue reading...

Facelift, by Dr. Kassir in NYC © 2013.
parkavesurgeon.com. 29 Feb. 2014.
Plastic surgery is known to have been used as early as 4000 years ago. According to various sources the reconstructive surgeries including skin grafting were conducted back in 600-800 BC in India; these are among the first surgeries to be officially documented (“The History of Plastic Surgery | American Society of Plastic Surgeons”). Additionally, many resources report plastic surgery to be worth the benefit in self-esteem.
The reasons for resorting to reshape one’s body can be different: either a person wants to make a disfigured body beautiful again, Continue reading...

Plastic surgery is known to have been used as early as 4000 years ago. According to various sources the reconstructive surgeries including skin grafting were conducted back in 600-800 BC in India; these are among the first surgeries to be officially documented (“The History of Plastic Surgery | American Society of Plastic Surgeons”). Additionally, many resources report plastic surgery to be worth the benefit in self-esteem.
The reasons for resorting to reshape one’s body can be different: either a person wants to make a disfigured body beautiful again, use the surgery to fix the problems that endanger the physical Continue reading...

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Impact of Culture on Consumer Behavior
Holiday market is one of the most dynamic and, at the same time, restricted by its maturity in any given country. The impact of the cultural element on consumer behavior is specifically intense as the preferences of individuals in terms of geographical location, length of the vacation and a type of planning are determined by a set of norms, values and beliefs. These dimensions differ not only on national level, but on sub-social and individual layers, which makes the marketing analysis of consumer behavior especially complex. Given the complexity of the issues that Continue reading...

Introduction

Heineken is one of the largest alcoholic beverage makers in the world. Beer is the main product that earns the maximum revenue and maximum profit for Heineken. Beer industry is the largest in the world in the alcoholic beverage industry. As estimated in 2013, beer industry globally is more than $500 billion dollar industry (Huffington Post, 2013). There are thousands of microbreweries and local players in this market. Still the top 10 players control more than 60% of the market share. However, the beer market has reached a saturation point in most part of the developed world, and hence Continue reading...

Woman in the dunes

The ‘woman in the dunes’ is a 1964 Japanese film whose director is Hiroshi Teshigara. It is a world class film to watch that captures the viewer’s attention with its very first scene. The main characters are Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida. The plot of this film is also well planned and acted out in a logical order. Eiji, a school teacher, is out on an exploration to get some insects that live in the sand dunes. It is in this escapade that he misses the last bus that leaves the village and the villagers convince him to Continue reading...

Abstract

The research paper describes the genre of K-Pop with its main musical and visual characteristics, the main facts from its history from the moment of its foundation in 1990s and to its commercial popularity by the middle of 2000s. The Top K-Pop performers and their creation described and analyzed here as the examples of the provided reasons why the genre becomes more popular nowadays outside the Korean borders. The author concludes that K-Pop is the main competitor for the American Pop stage in gaining its popularity on the World stage, and it has enough potential to become the main Continue reading...

BRAZIL: EMBRACING GLOBALIZATION

INTRODUCTION
It has always been a challenge for the developing countries to find effective and efficient strategy regarding cross-national cooperation, globalization, and economic growth. The developing countries have been struggling to find the appropriate mix between the imports and exports. On one hand, the developing countries are looking for strengthen the local industry by putting up different regulations and tariffs and on the other hand these countries are looking for opportunities to increase the overall exports to other international countries. This requires the formulation of effective and efficient economic and trade strategy. The developing countries are facing the challenge Continue reading...

What is Nestlé’s role in future global food system? Do you support partnering both horizontally (with competitors) and vertically (with suppliers)?
Creating a wonderful cup of coffee is not only Nestlé’s business, but it is the business of everyone involved in its supply chain (The Times 100, Coffee- the Supply Chain). Today, Nestle is heading the worldwide movement of promoting sustainable agriculture for the entire food industry. The company’s role in the future global food system is going to be very critical. Since farmers come first in the supply chain of the food system, Nestle Continue reading...

Introduction

Halting the spread/progression of HIV/AIDS by the year 2015 is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The United Nations (2013) indicate that tremendous advancements have been made in efforts to reverse the spread of HIV among the world populations. Most regions in the world have reported a reduction in persons newly infected with HIV. However, from a global perspective the awareness and knowledge level of how HIV is transmitted and prevention measures still remain significantly low especially among the young generation. Moreover, adherence and access to HIV treatment still remain a challenge to the control of HIV Continue reading...

Plastic surgery has a long history and is known to have taken place as early as 4000 years ago. According to various sources, the reconstructive surgeries, including skin grafting, were conducted back in 600-800 BC in India; these are among the first surgeries to be officially documented («The History of Plastic Surgery | American Society of Plastic Surgeons»). The reasons for resorting to reshaping of one’s body can be different: either a person wants to make a disfigured body beautiful again, use the surgery to fix the problems that endanger the physical existence, or use it solely to enhance Continue reading...

Introduction

Leadership encompasses a collective and collaborative process focused on relationships and network (Kezar , Carducci, & McGavin, 2011). This paper is presents a detailed exploration of leadership in organizations drawing inferences from Virgin Atlantic’s president’s leadership skills. The subsequent part presents an evaluation of the leadership style adopted by Sir. Richard Branson-the president of Virgin Atlantic Airlines. Later, the organizational structure and cultural framework of Virgin Atlantic is also presented. In due course, a discussion on the leadership skills practiced by Sir. Richard Branson is presented followed by discussions on additional leadership skills. The paper concludes with a presentation Continue reading...

The country of choice

Brazil is the country of choice for foreign investment. According to A.T Kearney consultancy, Brazil is ranked as the third most attractive country for foreign investment in the world. The other best countries include China, India and Poland. Brazil is the 7th largest economy in the world. It has stable political environment and has attained maturity in its institutions. The information technology infrastructure of Brazil is ranked 4th in the world with a turnover of $233 billion in 2012 . Brazil is a country that has shown positive growth since 2002 because of the increased demand for commodities. 2002 was Continue reading...

Industry Analysis

Industry Structure
Welding is an important process for different types of structures such as roads, bridges, railroads, oil facilities and general infrastructure. Arc welding is the most popular type of welding in the welding industry. The potential for growth in the industry remains high because infrastructural structures are always coming up in different places in the world. One of the most critical success factors is being able to adapt competitively to an increasingly innovative industry. Having skilled employees who are committed to the company objectives and customer-focused is an invaluable asset to any company in this industry.

Industry Rivalry

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The Periodontal department in the Federal and Guarulhos universities conducted research on the prevalence of human papillomavirus in gingival tissue. During that period, human papillomavirus had been detected in several lesions such as condyloma acuminatum and focal epithelial. It was also suspected that HPV could be the cause of periodontal breakdown. The debris of the virus was the periodontal tissue. This led to the investigation of incidences of HPV-16 in the Brazilian gingival tissue.
Several methods and materials were used to carry out the study. The samples were obtained from 104 participants. There were 56 cases with adverse periodontal Continue reading...

Background of the study

The vast lowland forests of central Africa host the western lowland gorilla, which is scientifically referred to as the ‘gorilla gorilla gorilla.’ This is the most widespread and common of the four distinct subspecies of gorillas. Accurate and reliable estimations of their numbers are so far not possible because these primates live in some of the most remote and densest parts of Africa’s rainforests (Berthelet & Chavaillon, 1993). Regardless the total population of these primates was approximated at 100000 individuals in 1980s and has been declining ever since then.
Golden lion tamarins are another group of the primate family. Continue reading...

Art is a universal language. Music, as a part of art, is also a language that crosses cultural and ethnic boundaries and connects different people through expressive and receptive communication. Some psychologists distinguish a kind of language called “subconscious”: understanding of the word’s meaning without speaking the language initially. After watching A night in 67, I understood that my subconsciousness can determine words, phrases and even whole sentences. Disregarding the fact that I was not very well aware of Brazilian culture, I still was able to enjoy the music, let myself get absorbed into the atmosphere of Continue reading...

 Rites of passage between Malaysian and Brazilian adolescents

Cultures in all parts of the world practice different and unique rites of passage. For a young people to be acceptable in any given social group, they are required to undergo certain rites of passage, which become their transition period from adolescence to adulthood. The rites of passage among many cultures in the world help in separating or distinguishing boys from men (Virtanen, 2012). Rite of passage is a concept that is used to help explore other areas and in the description of other various milestones in the life of a given individual during transition to any other stage, Continue reading...

- Introduction- To analyze Oil and Gas prices by understanding the basics of oil and gas, major event in past and important players in the oil and gas industry.
- Key Points
- Major Players in the Oil and Gas Markets.
- Story of Oil and Gas through decades.
- Decoding the pricing of Oil and Gas
- What is the future of Oil and Gas?
- Body of the paper
- The major players that operate in oil and gas industry globally who have the political and economical clout to alter and change oil and gas dynamics.
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Cyber and Technology Enabled Crime

Introduction
Cybercrime or technology related crime has been on the rise with the advent of technology and the continued sophistication of life in this digital era. Besides the benefits that have flowed therefrom, technology has also brought along numerous challenges, key among them cybercrime (Sieber & Brunst, 2007). This paper is written with the main aim of examining the concept of cybercrime and the war against the vice, in a bid to ensure that online operators are safe and secure from all ills that technology engenders. In the first section, we discuss the term cybercrime and what it constitutes so Continue reading...

Brazil case study

1. In your opinion, why is there still political uncertainty in Brazil?
I believe the current wave of uncertainty in the Brazilian political system is purely due to lack of the government to uphold socialism in their policies. In socialist governance the infrastructure, industries and development is widely controlled and owned by the state. However, in recent years the ruling class has been advocating for increased foreign and direct investment to accelerate growth. This has in turn rubbed some of the political elites the wrong way leading to an escalation in political heat. This creates an uncertainty in the Continue reading...

Abstract

Foreign investment is becoming more and more common. Millions of investors directly or indirectly invest in foreign markets these days. However, the process of investing in an asset in a foreign market is more complex than that of investing in the domestic market. That is why a stepwise screening process is important to select the potential markets and sites. The standard steps recommended by most of the investment manager investing in foreign markets include the identification of basic appeal, assessment of the business environment, measurement of the potential of the market and selection of site based on financial analysis.

Introduction

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Introduction

Homosexuality and gay relationships are some of the most controversial issues in the contemporary world. Proponents such as civil and human rights activists support homosexuality and gay unions while religious organizations oppose these issues. Almost all Christian
denominations are opposed to homosexuality and gay marriages with the Catholic Church being at the forefront (Songy, 239). Interestingly, numerous allegations of homosexuality and gay relationships among the leaders of the Catholic Church have surfaced over the last decade adding to the controversy of the issue. The general guideline according to the Catholic Church on marriage is, “a faithful lifelong and exclusive Continue reading...

Chapter One

The first part of the book provides a title that looks like a poetic title. The title of part one is “The Ocean Shall Unloose the Bonds of things”. The part one of the book contains both chapter one and chapter two. The first chapter is “Antecedents”. The setting of the first chapter takes place in four continents during the fifteenth century. The title gives information which is a coverage that is equal to all the Americas. According to Benjamin’s point of view, the Atlantic Africa, Western Europe as well as the Americas were approximately equivalent during the Continue reading...

- Globalization and burgeoning technology/innovation that shrink product-life-cycles, coupled with global competitor’s quality and price, brings goods to the USA adding to 80-90% mega-competition for most consumer goods sold in USA, compared to <25% in 1950’s. Equally, global companies compete severely and challenge US firms abroad.
- The U.S. and Eurozone economies play major roles in the world economy and are crucially important for each other’s prosperity. The two sides combined account for around 40% of world GDP, over 25% of world trade, 60% of world foreign direct investment flows, and 60%-70% of world banking Continue reading...

Brazil ranks as number 114 on the index of the world’s freest economies, falling well below average. Brazil shows a trend of moving towards more and more government regulation in business. In the 2000’s, Brazil was ranked as “moderately free” but has since then seen a steady rise in government regulation, rising by 0.8 from last year. Now it is ranked as “mostly unfree”. The regulatory system is non-transparent, which creates a loophole through which corruption can manifest. Brazil is one of the top ten largest economies in the world, has a large domestic market, enjoys a Continue reading...

English

A Comparison of Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” to Kafka’s “The Castle”
How does one define an adult? The simplest way to answer this is to oppose the concept of adulthood to that of childhood. So an adult is someone who has stopped being a child. But, in this regard, another completely justified question arises – how does one define a child?
It seems simple enough from all standpoints: a child is an immature person, meaning he is yet to reach maturity due to his age. Therefore, the difference between a child and an adult is greatly dependent upon the Continue reading...

A Reflection on the Green International Theory

Introduction
This research aims to explore a very important question with regards to environmental stewardship. Do state and state system cause environmental problems? In assessing this issue, we take a good look at the different environmental laws. As it is, environmental issues and environmental stewardships have been universal or global. This is why it has been a major part of the study of international relations (UNEP, 2004).
At the fundamental theoretical basis, many scholars posit that state and state systems to address environmental problems and concerns are weak (Wapner, 1995, p. 46). Hence, they suggest distinct government structures to Continue reading...

Emerging Markets: Brazils quest for Comparative advantage

Why is Brazil’s agriculture so competitive? Why do its manufacturing industries lack competitiveness?
Brazil is one of the world’s leading countries in agriculture. It is a significant player in such products as beef, poultry, soybeans, sugar and coffee – in which the country is top producer, exporter or even both, according to the case. What is more, Brazil provides more than half of world-wide ethanol export.
The main reasons for such a high Brazil’s agriculture competitiveness are climate conditions: lots of sunshine, soil and water. What is more, Brazil possesses the biggest territory in the South America Continue reading...

When man was going through social evolution, there were certain factors that contributed in development of this ideologically structured community. Sociology is the scientific study of society and therefore, a lot of concepts of social behavior correlate with scientific hypothesis. Just like a drop of oil won’t mix in a jar full of water, a person is unable to blend in a society that he does not culturally or inherently belong to. People belonging to any society learn normative behavior from interaction with other social beings. For some sociologists, society is the actor and we as social beings Continue reading...

Inner-city Food Deserts, Neighborhood Blight, and Shantytowns

Food deserts are localized areas wherein the residents have a limited physical access to fresh fruit, vegetables, and other sources of healthy and affordable nutrition that contributes towards a balanced diet (Beaulac, Kristjansson and Cummins 1). It has been estimated that 46 percent of the world is restricted within such areas (Anna). There are various factors which lead to such regions emerging largely in urban areas racial, socioeconomic and cultural, these factors often intersect to with the net effect being staggering rates of obesity and diabetes and various forms of heart disease (Beaulac, Kristjansson and Cummins 3)..
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Possible future with Brazil

BRF has a string foundation for growth and expansion in Brazil. The company should take advantage of the experience that its parent companies Sadia and Perdigao have of about 70 years each in the food industry. The company should create a human resource master plan to help iron out the ideological differences between the employees from both companies because this will be a solid launching pad to help BRF harness the benefits of synergy emanating from mergers and acquisitions. BRF has experienced impressive growth in the recent years with frozen meals and frozen pizza categories of food growing by Continue reading...