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Last Up Date 07/10/08
Smart Choices for Smart Companies – Ethnic minorities account for more than 30% of the U.S. population, over 20% of purchasing power and approximately 15% of business ownership. Brazilians in U.S. accounts with over 1 million mostly of them in big metropolis such NY, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. And is growing with their “American/Brazilian” kids. Smart companies also growing investments and develop special projects for those growing communities!
Consumers are wasting billions of dollars a year - On billions of gallons of bottled water in large part because advertising spin has led them to believe that water in a bottle is safer or better than tap water. How Can You Take Back the Tap? Bust the water myths such bottled water is better, or water bottles are harmless and recyclable trash or drinking bottled water is a manageable personal budget expense. The facts are that by turning to your home tap you’ll avoid the microbes, toxins and other pollutants that tests have found in various bottled water brands and you’ll face less risk of exposure to chemicals that could leach from the plastic bottle into the water. Tap water costs about $0.002 per gallon compared to the $0.89 to $8.26 per gallon charge for bottled water. U.S. plastic bottle production uses more than 17.6 million barrels of oil each year and 86% of the empty plastic water bottles land in the garbage instead of being recycled.
Find a nutrition site in your community – Every county has them – usually in senior centers. The nutrition program in your area may provide transportation as well. The cost will depend of your ability to pay. Counties also offer food stamps programs to supplement grocery bills. For California visit www.cdss.ca.gov/foodstamps.
Shoreline Park in Santa Barbara/CA opened to the Public - The City of Santa Barbara opened the steps from Shoreline Park to the beach last Friday, April 25, 2008. The steps have been closed since January 25, 2008, when a significant landslide occurred east of the steps. In preparation for opening the steps, the City recently completed some improvements, including new step treads and treatment of the wood railings. Just on time for the Summer!!
Ficou mais fácil coletar $ para uma atividade beneficente – Em conseqüência de 2 causas naturais das novas direções da era digital – os sites de social networking tipo myspace e o aumento crescente “online fund-raising”, surgiu anos atrás uma opção web 2.0 para facilitar aqueles com um plano ou idéia a ser atingida. Estamos falando do site Fundable Organization, uma organização “for-profit” que facilitou a vida de muitos no sentido de levantar aquela graninha – para fazer um filme, começar uma pequena empresa, ou quem sabe, ir para a viagem de seus sonhos. O site nasceu timidamente em 2005, mas nos últimos 18 meses se tornou a ferramenta número 1 de milhares de Americanos para conseguir sua grana “por uma causa justa” junto a familiares e amigos. Mais informações www.fundable.org.
Uma ONG de suporte a Narcóticos Anônimos em San Francisco começou recentemente uma reunião em português para ajudar imigrantes que queiram parar de usar drogas ou dar continuidade a uma decisão já tomada, e que talvez não sejam fluentes em inglês. A organização oferece esse programa gratuitamente e todas as pessoas são bem-vindas independentemente de sexo, raça ou religião. O NA Helpline é (415) 621-8600 e o site da ONG é www.sfna.org. Para as reuniões em português lê mais informações ligue para Amanda Moraes no fone (415)533-9505.
A Educação é uma dos fatores mais importantes e decisivos para garantir ás nações uma posição consciente no mundo globalizado de hoje. No Brasil, acreditamos que através da prioridade na educação o nosso país, com tanta beleza e riqueza natural, saia adiante para ser em um futuro não tão distante, uma das potencias mundiais desse novo século.
Telefones/Sites Importantes Para o Brasileiro Vivendo nos EUA
» Centro Nacional de Informação a Fraude (800)876-7060
» Departamento em Defesa do Consumidor (800)952-5210
» Numero Nacional Contra Abuso ao Idoso (877)477-3646
» Apex-Brazil – Agência de Promoção a Exportadores/Importadores Brasileiros/Americanos estabelecido em Miami (305)704-3500 – www.apexbrasil.com.br
» Inter-American Foundation – Agência Independente Americana que providencia bolsas e incentivos a instituições não governamentais e comunidades organizacionais baseadas na América Latina e o Caribe.
» Kisuccess Publishing, Marketing and Printing - Encontre informações grátis em um e-book em português sobre o E-Bay e também um e-book sobre empregos alternativos completamente grátis - www.kisuccess.com
Last Up Date 10/26/07
Health
* Broccoli against Cancer
Yes is true! A recent study from the University of Illinois found that when you chew fresh broccoli, you rupture the plant’s cells, releasing a powerful cancer-fighting chemical called sulforaphane. Broccoli that’s been lightly cooked contains up to tree times the sulforaphane. Next time when go to the market, make sure you have broccoli in your list!
* People Having Sex at Least Twice a Week Live Beeter
Sex help us to stay younger because the orgasm can increase your lifespan - the hormone DHEA, made by the adrenal gland and that increases in response to sexual activity. Yes is like a boom…can boost your immune system, improve cognition and still can repair tissue. So each sexual acting bring an orgasm is like a fountain of youth! So…a very good reason for “not anymore young’s people” keeping the sex with their partner alive and the “flame of love” on.
Sport/Soccer
* Brazil Wants 2014 World Cup
After the successful Pan American Games in Rio, the Brazilian Football Association (CBF) has formally submitted last July 31st its bid to stage the 2014 World Cup finals presenting a 900-page dossier to Fifa. Brazil is the sole bidder after Colombia pulled out last April - Fifa's rotation policy makes South America turn to host the finals. Brazil previously hosted the event in 1950 and loosing the final game against Uruguay. Despite Brazil having a clear run, the Fifa president Joseph Blatter warned that a failure to meet Fifa's requirements could lead to the nation losing the finals. But with the recently Pan-American Games valuable organizational experience, the new state of art stadium João Havelange in Rio and others to come, the true real love for soccer of Brazilians, and several Brazil 2014 World Cup pro-events/campaign to be held in different cities around the world and inclusive here in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and New York, the huge lovers of Brazil community is more than ever clapping the hand and saying Brazil, Brazil, Brazil for 2014!
Last Up Dated 06/17/07
Eath Watch
* Bio Gas International Forum in Asia
Asia's first international Biogas Markets forum will bring together biogas experts from across Asia and around the world to share experiences and discuss ways to drive biogas growth in Asia.
International biogas experts share their experiences, including:
* Xiang Xin, Energy & Environmental Protection, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture
* Markus Schwegler, Centre for Environmentally Sound Technology, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
* Stephen P Etheridge, Chief Technology Officer, Asia BioGas
* Peter Unden, Marketing Director, Swedish Biogas International
* Jing Liu, Director of R&D, BioProcess Control Sweden AB
* Peter Boisen, Chairman, European Natural Gas Vehicle Association
* Dr Robin Eden, Chief Executive Officer, Organics UK
* Agus Sari, Regional Director, Southeast Asia, EcoSecurities
* Soo Loong Tong, Manager, Novaviro Technology and many many more Biogas experts
annie.ellis@greenpowerconferences.com
http://www.greenpowerconferences.com
Last Up Date 03/18/07
Business
* Build a Buzz with Video
Free hosting by sites like YouTube, plus the availability of digital video recorders on cameras and mobile phones, means that literally anyone can create their own videos. So far, one of the most successful applications of video to Internet marketing today has been to offer quality educational content for free and position it as a limited-time offer. Viewers watch the video, such as the first part of a 10-part course, and then pass it on to other potential customers. How-to videos uploaded to video-sharing sites can also draw targeted audiences. Don't you think an online bedding store should have done that first? Once you've created a few videos, you can bundle them together and instantly have a quick and easy product to sell, so you can add unlimited new profit streams to any existing business
Consumer Watch
* eBay software bargains and pitfalls
One of the cheapest places to buy software is on eBay, where merchants sell programs that come directly from manufacturers, saving them from paying a mark-up to distributors. But it may also be a risky place to shop, as it can be tough to discern good values from scams. Consumers Union -- which tracks Web retailers and advises consumers on Internet shopping through its ConsumerWebWatch.org service -- urges buyers to use common sense. A Reuters reporter bought four popular software titles through eBay stores, which unlike auction operators sell products at fixed prices. Three of the titles worked flawlessly; the fourth was dead on arrival. The reporter was able to install and register bargain basement copies of Adobe Photoshop Elements, Microsoft FrontPage and Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security. The average discount on those programs was 75 percent. The fourth program was a dud. The downloaded copy of Nero Ultra Edition Enhanced, a suite of music and video software that retails for $100, cost only $7. Much of the new software that is sold on eBay is what's know as "gray market" product -- items that have somehow made their way out of the normal distribution chain. It's also known as "OEM" software - a term that frequently appears on eBay listings. It stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer and simply means it's an authentic version of the product, not a copy. One of the most common types of OEM software are programs intended to be sold with another product. For example, a camera maker might bundle copies of Adobe Photoshop Elements when its products leave the factory. A retailer or distributor removes the software, then sells it to a third party who lists it on eBay. The packaging on that software might not be the same as the full-price version, but the functionality and support is identical. Software makers contend that gray market sales violate terms of the licenses that control use of their products. The industry's main trade group, the Software & Information Industry Association, has sued five eBay merchants who sell OEM products, but has no plans to go after consumers who buy it, says group Vice President Keith Kupferschmid. While the software industry has sued merchants, it has taken a more gentle approach with consumers, cautioning them to stay away from OEM software because there is a high risk of getting virus-tainted products or being scammed.
* Source: Reuters
Earth Watch
* Save forests to fight global warming: A warning by Eco-Expert Nicholas Stern
The world should invest 10 billion dollars annually to halve deforestation in the fight against global warming, Nicholas Stern, the author of a key climate change report, said March 23rd. Forest clearance for farming or urban development released large amounts of the greenhouses gases blamed for climate change, he told reporters at a meeting in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. "The world has to work together to provide a strong fund to cut deforestation in Indonesia, Brazil and other countries," he said. In a landmark report commissioned by the British government, Stern warned last year that climate change could bring economic disaster on the scale of the world wars and the 1930s' Great Depression unless urgent action was taken. "If we do nothing, if we go on with business as usual, we will eventually derail growth and development." Rich nations had a powerful interest in helping to preserve forest cover because they would also be affected by global warming, he said. "The money is not charity -- it's investing in a future of which they will be the big beneficiaries”. Global forest covers about 30 percent of the world's land area. From 1990 to 2005, the world lost three percent of its total forest area, according to the organization. Ten countries account for 80 percent of the world's primary forests, of which Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea and Brazil saw the highest losses in the five years from 2000 to 2005.
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