Palavras inocentes que decretaram a sentença de morte da reporter

Source: news.com.au

Vocabulary:

1. internal complaint
2. disciplined over the remarks
3. are commonplace but
4. was a jab at his race
5.  a wig

Text:
The words are a part of everyday conversation — “swinging” by an address and going out in the “field.”
But in the twisted mind of Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan II, they were pure racism — and saying them became a death sentence for Alison Parker.
The New York Post reports that 24-year-old white reporter, who was murdered on live TV along with her cameraman, used the phrases as an intern at ­WDBJ TV in Roanoke in 2012, according to an internal complaint (=queixa) filed by Flanagan, who was black.
“One was something about ‘swinging’ by some place; the other was out in the ‘field,’ ” said the January 21 report by assistant news director Greg Baldwin, which refers to Parker as Alison Bailey (her middle name).

Parker was never disciplined over the remarks (=observações), but Flanagan never forgot them.
Hours after gunning her and Adam Ward down during their broadcast Wednesday, Flanagan revealed in tweets that the comments were still fresh in his mind.
“Alison made racist comments,” Flanagan posted while he was on the run from cops.
“They hired her after that??” he wrote.
But colleagues said that it was all in Flanagan’s head and that Parker was as far from racist as they come.
“That’s how that guy’s mind worked. Just crazy, left-field assumptions like that,” Ryan Fuqua, a video editor at WDBJ, told The Post.
“[Those words are] just common, everyday talk. [But] that was his MO — to start s**t,” Mr Fuqua ­explained. “He was unstable. One time, after one of our live shots failed, he threw all his stuff down and ran into the woods for like 20 minutes.”

Flanagan made the accusations a month before he was fired in February 2013. The document was part of his unsuccessful discrimination lawsuit against the television station.
Trevor Fair, a 33-year-old cameraman at WDBJ for six years, said that the words Parker used are commonplace but that they would routinely set Flanagan off.
“We would say stuff like, ‘The reporter’s out in the field.’ And he would look at us and say, ‘What are you saying, cotton fields? That’s racist,’ ” Mr Fair recounted.
“We’d be like, ‘What?’ We all know what that means, but he took it as cotton fields, and therefore we’re all racists.”
“This guy was a nightmare,” Fair said. “Management’s worst nightmare.”

Flanagan assumed everything was a jab (=golpe) at his race, even when a manager brought in watermelon for all employees.
“Of course, he thought that was racist. He was like, ‘You’re doing that because of me.’ No, the general manager brought in watermelon for the entire news team. He’s like, ‘Nope, this is out for me. You guys are calling me out because I’m black.’ ”
Flanagan even declared that ­7-Eleven was racist because it sold watermelon-flavoured Slurpees.
“It’s not a coincidence, they’re racist,” he allegedly told Mr Fair.

A black former classmate of Parker at James Madison University was stunned by the allegations, saying Parker was kind to people of all races during their time at the Harrisonburg, Va., school.
“When I took [my journalism] job, she recommended me,” Jessica Albert told the Associated Press. “She did that for me, so she’s definitely not a racist.”
Meanwhile, authorities revealed Thursday that Flanagan planned on getting away after the murders, and that suicide was a last RESORT.
Inside the RENTAL CAR where he killed himself during a police pursuit, cops found a briefcase with three license plates, a wig (=peruca), a shawl, an umbrella, sunglasses, a black hat, and a to-do list.
Cops also discovered a Glock 19 pistol with multiple magazines and ammunition, a white iPhone, several letters and notes, a “powder residue” and “bodily fluids.”
Police identified Flanagan as a person of interest in the murders when he sent an unnamed friend a text message “making reference to having done something stupid,” according to a Virginia State Police search-warrant affidavit.

At Flanagan’s house in Roanoke, cops found evidence that he was a self-absorbed slob who indulged in gay porn in his spartan living space.
They found unwashed sex toys, cat faeces and several pictures of himself on his refrigerator, according to the Daily Mirror.
Prior to their search, officers entered the residence through the balcony, fearing Flanagan might have left booby traps.
Images obtained by the British newspaper show that his home — just 500 yards from the WDBJ studios — had little furniture aside from a leather couch and chair.
A neighbour said Flanagan was often “rude and arrogant” and that he would throw cat faeces at apartment doors during disputes.

Infidelidade e traição na internet

source: internet betrayal

vocabulary:

1. cyber-affairs
2. to cheat on their mates
3. to vent stress
4. I was plagued with grief,
5. ways to overcome

text:

More than 75 million users worldwide engage in some kind of online sexual activity. In graphic and fascinating detail, Infidelity on the Internet exposes modern day cyber-affairs (=assuntos) and how these virtual relationships are often acts of betrayal of a loved one.

This book describes and assesses how the Internet has revolutionized the practice and mores of our sexual relationships. Topics include:
- Love at the Speed of Electricity: The eleven types of cyber-lovers
- Cyber-Romance: Why people seek it
- Cyber-Sex: Types of cyber-sexual activities, including chat room, MUDS, private cameras and erotic stories

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
"Cybering," slang for virtual sex online, appears to be the dark secret of the Internet, and it is creating havoc in the real world of relationships. The ease with which people can find partners for sex a quick computer search can yield hundreds of opportunities, in chat rooms or on porn sites and the apparent safety of anonymous encounters has tempted huge numbers of people to cheat on (=trair) their mates. According to mental health professionals Maheu and Subotnik (Surviving Infidelity), a large-scale study in 2000 reported that an estimated 20% of Internet users engage in online sexual activity, and two-thirds of them are married or in a committed relationship. The many cybersex practitioners given voice here demonstrate wide-ranging viewpoints about what constitutes infidelity. People cruise cyberspace for brief sex with strangers or for lengthy affairs. Some believe cybersex is a harmless fantasy, while others acknowledge the harmful consequences that discovery brings and express profound regret. Testimonies of cybering adventures solicited through a self-help Web site elucidate the different motivations that drive people to have cybersex and the obsessive-compulsive behavior that can develop among habitual users. Expressing zero tolerance for people who minimize the consequences of cyberinfidelity, the authors present a program for kicking the habit and rebuilding a damaged relationship after an online romance has been revealed. Although they allow for the possibility that in a climate of openness and honesty, extramarital cybering might be a nonthreatening, permissible form of Internet recreation, their argument that cyberinfidelity is often damaging and addictive is convincing. (Nov.)Forecast: If cybering is as widespread as the authors suggest, the audience for this book could be sizable. But do cheaters actually purchase books on cheating? Sourcebooks apparently hopes so; the house has planned a 25,000 first printing.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Psychologist Maheu (editor in chief, SelfhelpMagazine.com) and marriage counselor Subotnik (coauthor, Surviving Infidelity) contend that couples may experience serious emotional harm when they turn to computers to vent (=soltar) stress. By chatting, e-mailing, and viewing pornography, people become at-risk for infidelity and sexual compulsion. Offering revealing vignettes and a sometimes clinical narrative, the text makes valuable points about the importance of communication, the pain caused by any form of cheating, the attraction of cybersex, and the path toward healing. While the book effectively addresses the feelings of the spouse and shows that a cyberaffair constitutes a real betrayal, it neglects to treat the "other man/woman" as a real person, thereby downplaying the transgression. Also, several times in the text, the cyberaffair/sexual encounter is referred to as "fantasy," and the individuals in the case studies often compare the "fake Internet world" with the "real world," further distorting the concept of unfaithfulness. Readers thus come away with a conflicting message. Online infidelity and addiction is better covered in Patrick Carnes's In the Shadows of the Net (LJ 5/15/01) and in a section of Emily Brown's Affairs (LJ 9/15/99). Only those libraries that don't own such titles or need a one-stop source should purchase. Jeanne Larkins, New York
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
A good reality check
By A Customer on April 28, 2002
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
This book defines and tries to explain internet infidelity. It shows the hurtful and destructive effects of internet infidelity on all parties concerned, often using case histories to illustrate types of behavior and the potential effects.
This book became a "reality checkpoint" for me when I needed it most. My husband kept telling me that there's nothing wrong with chat room encounters because they "aren't real" (whatever that means), that chat room encounters are no worse than looking at a pornographic magazine, and that, in any event, it's all my fault. For a while, I was plagued (=atormentado) with grief (=dor), guilt and self-doubt. This book helped me see the excuses, denials and finger-pointing for what they really were. If you are having self-doubts and are beating yourself up emotionally, take a look at this book.

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful
A Helpful and Clarifying Book
By A Customer on November 2, 2001
Format: Paperback
When I caught my husband on the Internet I wasn't sure what to make of it. I felt hurt, confused, and betrayed. I wasn't sure if I could trust him again, and was skeptical about our relationship. I read this book and things became much clearer to me. It helped me figure out what was going on, what my own feelings were, and how to talk with my husband. I'm happy to report we are working things out. The book got to the core of our problems and gave me stories along the way to let me know I was not alone. I highly recommend this book to anyone in my situation.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
WOW!!!
By Brigette L. Krueger on March 3, 2006
Format: Paperback
This book helped my husband realize and acknowledge his addiction, and helped me, his wife, to understand what exactly he was dealing with. It also helped us both begin his recovery by suggesting ways to overcome (=superar) and deal with this kind of addiction. I DEFINITELY give this book a 5* rating, simply because it saved my marriage.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Looking to buy It
By Brenda B. on May 14, 2006
Format: Paperback
I came online to buy this book, now that I've read it. I got it originally to see what it might have, information wise, since my ex-husband and I discussed the chat rooms and cyber situations in the past. I never thought of myself as cheating, since I kept it open to him, but it led that direction anyway, and I really wish that I'd had this book a couple years back.

Australia guia de avaliação de habilidade

Source: Skills Assessment Guidelines for Applicants

Vocabulary:

1. This assessment outcome will determine
2. will issue your result letter via email

Text:
1. ACS ASSESSMENT PROCESS
ACS Assessment Process
The ACS ICT skills assessment will assess if your educational qualifications and work experience are at a professional ICT level and closely related to the nominated occupation (ANZSCO) for migration
purposes.

Your qualifications are firstly assessed to determine the AQF comparability using Australian national
education standards. After the AQF comparability is established, the course units are assessed to determine the professional

ICT content of your qualification. Each unit is assessed to determine if it is considered an ICT
professional unit or not.

This assessment outcome (=resultado) will determine if your qualification is a Major, Minor or if the ICT content is Insufficient.
The third element involves assessing the percentage of ICT units that are considered closely related to
your nominated occupation as per the ANZSCO Code Information document which is referenced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard

Classification of Occupations.
After this process of assessing your qualifications is completed, it will determine the amount of relevant work experience you require to meet the suitability criteria.

2. APPLICATION PROCESS
1. Ensure you understand the details of your personal visa requirements as set by the Department of
Immigration and Border Protection or enlist the services of a registered Migration Agent (MARA) to
assist you with your visa application before submitting an ACS skills assessment.

2. Check your qualifications and work experience are closely related to the ANZSCO code
requirements by using the ANZSCO Code Information document which includes descriptions of
course units and employment duties used by the ACS to assess against the nominated occupation
(ANZSCO).

3. Upload all your documentation as certified copies into the Online Application Form in PDF format.
 Consolidate all pages into one PDF document for each qualification and each employment entry.
 Scan documents at a low resolution setting of no higher than 200 DPI.
 Maximum limit of 3MB per PDF upload.
 Ensure your PDF files are not “Password” protected or read only.

4. The ACS will issue (=emitir) your result letter via email in PDF format which can be submitted to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection as evidence of your ICT skills assessment.
Please Note: Due to the complex nature of the assessment process, the ACS cannot advise if your degree course or work experience will be suitable until after a full skill assessment has been completed.

3. MIGRATION AGENTS
You can appoint a Migration Agent to submit your ICT skills assessment on your behalf. It is at your
discretion if you wish to use a migration agent or not.
 To find a registered Migration Agent: Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA)
If you wish to authorise or change your migration agent details for your skills assessment, please use the Migration Agent Authorisation Form and Email it to assessment@acs.org.au with a certified copy of your passport.

Australian Computer Society
4. SUITABILITY CRITERIA
The suitability criteria contain the requirements you will need for a suitable ICT skills assessment for
migration purposes. Your application must be “Decision Ready” before you submit an online application which means all the documentation you wish to be assessed is submitted and meets the ACS requirements to allow full assessment.

Please refer to the ANZSCO Code Information document for a detailed description of course units and employment duties the ACS will use to assess your skills against the nominated occupation (ANZSCO). The Summary of Criteria document contains a summarised version of the ACS suitability criteria.

ACS Suitability Criteria
Temporary Graduate – 485 Skills Assessment
 This skills assessment can only be used to apply for a subclass 485 visa.
 Only nominated occupations which appear on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) are applicable to a Temporary Graduate – 485 skills assessment.
 You will require to have completed an Australian Bachelor degree or higher with a major in ICT
which is closely related to the nominated occupation (ANZSCO) to meet the suitability criteria.

Post Australian Study Skills Assessment
 This application is only if you have completed an Australian Bachelor degree or higher and you
would like a skill assessment for migration purposes in general.
 You will require an Australian Bachelor degree or higher with a major in ICT which is closely related to the nominated occupation (ANZSCO) plus one of the following requirements for a
suitable skills assessment:
 1 year of relevant work experience completed after the completion date of the relevant Australian degree, or Completion of an ACS Professional Year Program.

Post Australian Study Notes:
• The skill level requirement date for the Post Australian Study Skills Assessment will be noted as the
completion date of the relevant Australian degree. Suitable employment completed after the completion date of the relevant Australian degree will be eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.
• Relevant work experience can be overseas experience or experience in Australia for the Post Australian
Study Skills Assessment but must be after the relevant Australian degree.

Bachelor Degree or Higher with an ICT Major
 If your degree is assessed as having an ICT major which is closely related to your nominated
occupation, you will require 2 years relevant work experience completed within the past 10
years or 4 years relevant work experience completed anytime in your past work history
(whichever provides the earliest skill date) to meet the suitability criteria.
 If your degree is assessed as having an ICT major which is NOT closely related to your
nominated occupation, you will require 4 years relevant work experience completed anytime in
your past work history to meet the suitability criteria.

Bachelor Degree or Higher with an ICT Minor
 If your degree is assessed as having an ICT minor which is closely related to your nominated
occupation, you will require 5 years relevant work experience completed in the past 10 years
or 6 years relevant work experience completed anytime in your past work history (whichever
provides the earliest skill date) to meet the suitability criteria.
 If your degree is assessed as having an ICT minor which is NOT closely related to your
nominated occupation, you will require 6 years relevant work experience completed anytime in
your past work history to meet the suitability criteria.

Diploma and Vendor Certification
 If your Diploma or Vendor Certification is assessed as having an ICT major which is closely
related to your nominated occupation, you will require 5 years relevant work experience
completed within the past 10 years or 6 years relevant work experience completed anytime in
your past work history (whichever provides the earliest skill date) to meet the suitability criteria.
 If your Diploma or Vendor Certification is assessed as having an ICT major which is NOT closely
related to your nominated occupation, you will require 6 years relevant work experience
completed anytime in your past work history to meet the suitability criteria.

Non ICT Diploma or Higher
 If your qualification is assessed as AQF Diploma or higher and with insufficient ICT content, you
will require 6 years relevant work experience completed anytime in your past work history,
plus a suitable Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) application to meet the suitability criteria.

Work Experience Only – Recognition of Prior Learning
 If you do not hold any tertiary educational qualifications, you will require 8 years relevant work
experience completed anytime in your past work history, plus a suitable Recognition of Prior
Learning (RPL) application to meet the suitability criteria.
Suitability Criteria Notes:
 Only Temporary Graduate 485 and Post Australian Study skills assessments require an Australian
qualification. Overseas qualifications are acceptable for all other skills assessments types.
 If your work experience is completed before the completion date of your qualification, the Skill Level
Requirement Met Date will be determined on the earliest date that BOTH the relevant work experience
and the qualifications are completed.
 The past 10 years requirement period for work experience is determined by the 10 years that precede the
submission date of your online skills application.
 The term “Relevant work experience” means work experience which is closely related to the nominated
occupation (ANZSCO) and performed at a professional ICT level.
 The ICT Major and Minor assessment is based on the percentage of ICT units and the percentage of ICT
units that are closely related to the nominated occupation. Please refer to the ANZSCO
Code Information document for detailed descriptions of course units and employment duties.
 Advanced Diploma and Associate Degree share the same criteria as the Diploma and Vendor Certification
criteria.
 Qualifications assessed as Not Recognised means
o the qualification is assessed as comparable to less than AQF Diploma, or
o the education institution is not recognised by Australian education standards or international
equivalent associations.

5. SKILL LEVEL REQUIREMENT MET DATE
The Skill Level Requirement Met Date will be noted on your ACS result letter and will be determined by
the outcome of the suitability criteria.
All relevant work experience completed after the Skill Level Requirement Met Date will be considered
Skilled Employment and eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.
The work experience required to meet the suitability criteria is NOT included as Skilled Employment and
is NOT eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.
The ACS assessment process will seek to find the earliest Skill Level Requirement Met Date possible for
each assessment type.
Example 1 – Employment completed AFTER the qualification:
 You complete a relevant Bachelor degree with a major in ICT in Jan 2008 and you have 4 years of relevant
work experience from Jan 2008 until Jan 2012.
 2 years of work experience will be used to satisfy the suitability criteria and your Skill Level Requirement
Met Date will be Jan 2010.
 All suitable work experience completed AFTER Jan 2010 will be considered Skilled Employment and eligible
for the skilled migration points test.
 The 2 years of work experience used to satisfy the suitability criteria is NOT eligible for the skilled
migration points test but is assessed to meet the suitability criteria.

Trump hotel in rio de janeiro

Source: nytimes

Vocabulary:

1. a Brazilian real estate mogul
2. gleefully bashing Trump
3. so little uproar that
4. lavish new Trump HOTEL here
5. marred by the skeletons
6. Mr. Trump’s immigration remarks
7. despite energetic diplomatic efforts
8. his nasty remarks
9. Turkish marble
10. where bolstering the playgrounds
11. remained bullish
12. in the gritty area
13. who loathe Brazil’s

Text:

Paulo Figueiredo Filho, a Brazilian real estate mogul (=magnata) and self-described conservative libertarian, at the building site of the new Trump HOTEL IN RIO DE JANEIRO. Credit Marizilda Cruppe for The New York Times

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa calls Donald J. Trump a “racist imbecile.” In Mexico, people are gleefully (=alegremente) bashing Trump piñatas after his caustic remarks about Latino immigrants in the United States. In Guatemala, a liquor company is putting up posters of Mr. Trump using a term that, when translated charitably, describes him as a jackass.

Then there is Brazil, where Mr. Trump’s new 171-room stamp on the Rio de Janeiro skyline has generated so little uproar (=alvoroço, tumulto) that his business partner feels perfectly comfortable trumpeting his contentious stance on immigration.

“I’m a Latin and I have to say, I didn’t get offended at all with his comments,” said Paulo Figueiredo Filho, 33, a Brazilian real estate mogul and self-described conservative libertarian who is building the lavish (=luxuoso) new Trump HOTEL here.

“I spend a lot of time in the U.S.,” Mr. Figueiredo added, “and I have seen a lot of illegal immigrants that are causing problems, causing trouble in the country, and I actually agree with him.”

The relative paucity of tension around Mr. Trump’s lavish new HOTELventure here — in contrast to reactions elsewhere in the Americas, where some media giants and other companies have cut ties to Mr. Trump — may reflect how Brazil is changing, and how it is not.

Rio’s skyline, marred (=marcado) by the skeletons of various high-profile HOTELprojects that have been abandoned, serves as a constant testament to the souring of Brazil’s economy, making just about any big real estate venture with a chance of being completed an inviting prospect as the city gears up to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics.

“It’s a privilege to have a Trump property in our city,” said Alfredo Lopes, the president of the city’s HOTEL association and the Rio Convention and Visitors Bureau, emphasizing that he had not paid much attention to the controversies surrounding Mr. Trump in the United States. “This project is a gift to Rio that will serve a very exclusive segment of the market.”

But there is a cultural dynamic at work as well. Scholars attribute some of the indifference here about Mr. Trump’s immigration remarks (=observações) to an entrenched tradition in Portuguese-speaking Brazil of seeing the country as separate from its Spanish-speaking neighbors in Latin America, despite (=apesar) energetic diplomatic efforts in recent decades to forge stronger ties in the region.

Many “Brazilians are not offended by Trump’s remarks concerning Latinos because they don’t think his nasty (=desagradaveis) remarks” refer to them, said Maxine Margolis, an anthropologist at the University of Florida who is a leading authority on Brazilian emigration to the United States. “He is talking about a population they see as ‘the other.’ ”

Estimates vary widely on the number of Brazilian immigrants in the United States because most of them are thought to be there illegally, but Dr. Margolis placed the number at around 900,000 to one million, close to the figures used by Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.

While some Brazilian immigrants returned to Brazil in the years after the 2008 financial crisis, a period when Brazil’s economy was booming, Dr. Margolis said it now appeared that Brazilians were moving yet again to the United States as Brazil’s economy remains mired in a multiyear slowdown.

Of course, Mr. Trump and his new landmark have their fair share of detractors. In a city long defined by its enormous gap between rich and poor, not everyone agrees that Rio needs yet another LUXURY HOTEL, much less one planning to charge $500 a night for rooms with floors made of imported Turkish marble (=marmore).

Adding to the extravagance, the 13-story HOTEL, which is designed with jagged, terraced suites facing the Atlantic, will feature an infinity pool made of glass suspended above a nightclub with capacity for 600 people.

“We live in a city that was the biggest slave port in human history, producing a legacy of inequality that is pervasive across Rio,” said Theresa Williamson, an urban planner and director of RioOnWatch, an organization reporting on the city’s favelas, the relatively poor urban areas that largely emerged as squatter settlements.

“Instead of focusing on ways of alleviating that inequality, there’s a push to use the Olympics to benefit the most privileged sectors of society,” Ms. Williamson added. “The Trump HOTEL is just the latest fixture in a city where bolstering (=reforçando) the playgrounds for the rich is a priority for the authorities.”

Still, criticism of the $120 million HOTEL, which is scheduled to open before the Olympics, remains subdued in Rio. Despite the economic headwinds in the country, a spokeswoman for the Trump Organization said the group remained bullish (=otimista) about doing business in Brazil. And even as Mr. Trump faces criticism in various parts of the region, she said, “There is tremendous support for Trump and the brand across Latin America.”

Mr. Trump also recently expressed optimism about Brazil, even though the construction of another of his organization’s projects in Rio, a complex of five office towers in the gritty (=arenoso) area around the port, has been delayed, with no public completion date.

“I love Brazilians, especially Brazilian women, which are absolutely incredible,” Mr. Trump said in a 2014 INTERVIEW with Veja, a Brazilian magazine. Mr. Trump boasted that he had something to teach the Brazilian people, emphasizing that his lessons for Brazilians would involve providing an example of entrepreneurism and good service.

“I love teaching,” he said. “I’m a great teacher.”

When asked in the same interview if he had met Dilma Rousseff, Mr. Trump, apparently unaware that she is both a woman and the nation’s president, responded: “No. Who is he?”

Being less than reverential toward the Brazilian president, whether unintentional or not, did not seem to fan the flames, either. After all, dismissive views about Ms. Rousseff are fashionable in Brazil these days, as she grapples with approval ratings in the single digits. Huge street PROTESTS have called for her impeachment over the country’s sagging fortunes and a colossal graft scandal at the national oil company.

Mr. Figueiredo, the developer who will own the Trump HOTEL and have his American partners operate it, counts himself among those who loathe (=detesta) Brazil’s leftist president. He is a grandson of João Figueiredo, the last autocrat of a 21-year military dictatorship that ended in economic disarray in 1985.

While it might be expected for a business partner of Mr. Trump’s to promote their venture, Mr. Figueiredo goes beyond simply defending a project, as backers of a Trump tower under construction in neighboring Uruguay have done. Now Mr. Figueiredo says he wants to limit the government’s sway in the economy (though Barra da Tijuca, the beachfront district where he lives and is building the HOTEL, benefits from an onslaught of public transportation projects).

When Mr. Figueiredo’s blunt-spoken grandfather was stepping down in 1985, he remarked that he preferred the smell of horses to people. When asked what he wanted Brazilians to think of him, the four-star general replied, “I want them to forget me.”

But the frustrations with Brazil’s government have given new momentum to right-wing groups, and some in Brazil’s antigovernment PROTESTSare now openly calling for a return to military rule, a subject that was until recently politically taboo. Mr. Figueiredo exudes pride when talking about his grandfather, and he heaps praise on Mr. Trump, a figure under fire elsewhere in the region.

“He’s one of the most recognized businessmen in the world, and if anything, we’re getting more exposure,” Mr. Figueiredo said. “I don’t think anyone is going to decide not to stay in a fantastic HOTEL just because of his political views.”

Migração para Australia

Source: bravo migration

Vocabulary:
visa streams for people
to lodge an Expression of Interest

Text:

Migration Pathways

There are a variety of visa streams (=fluxos) for people who would like to Migrate to Australia. They can be divided in a few major groups:

1. General Skilled Migration Program
2. Employer Migration
3. Business Skills Migration
4. Family Migration
5. Other Visas
6. 
   

* If you’re thinking about studying in Australia we recommend you contact an Educational Agency. If you need we can refer you to one of our preferred partner agencies all over the world.

1. General Skilled Migration Program

This program is for people who are not sponsored by an employer and who have skills, in particular occupations, required in Australia. Applicants must be over 18 and under 50 years of age, with very good English language ability.

• Occupations in demand: they are listed by DIBP or State government organisations and are updated frequently. Please contact Bravo Migration and request your Visa Assessment Service to see if your occupation is in demand with DIBP or with any Australian states.
• Skills Assessment: once you determine your profession is in demand in Australia, you the need to apply for an official “validation/registration” and that will involve the professional body of your profession here. Each organisation has their own criteria that needs to be met. Please contact Bravo Migration and request your Visa Assessment Service to find out the requirements of your occupation in particular, and most importantly, to find out if you meet those requirements.
• Points Test: to be able to lodge (=apresentar) an Expression of Interest with DIBP and income them you’d like to be considered for a permanent or temporary Skilled visa, you need to score at least 60 points on a Points Test where DIBP will take into consideration your age, your score on the English language exam IELTS, your work experience and qualifications, and other factors. Please contact Bravo Migration and request your Visa Assessment Service to check what your score would be and we can then devise a strategy for you.
• Expression of Interest: if you score at least 60 points we can lodge an Expression of Interest on your behalf and by doing that, you are letting DIBP know that you would like to be considered for a permanent or temporary Skilled visa. Your details will be in the new DIBP database called SkillSelect. Scoring the minimum 60 points allows you to lodge the expression of Interest but does not guarantee you will have a visa: you need to be invited first, then apply for the visa.
  Please contact Bravo Migration and request our Application Service to lodge your Expression of Interest correctly and in a manner to ensure a smooth process. Invitations at the moment are being issued twice a month and in different numbers for different professions. Each occupation will have a ceiling of invitations.
  Invitations are automatically generated to those with the highest points score in their occupation group.
  If after 2 years you haven’t been invited your Expression of Interest will expire and you will be out of the SkillSelect database. You may want to lodge an EoI again.
• State sponsorship: if your occupation is in demand in certain Australian states, and you agree to live in that state for the first 2 years of your stay in Australia, after your visa is granted, the you can apply for StTe Sponsorship. If you meet all the state and DIBP criteria, the state may agree to sponsor you, and in that case you don’t need to wait for an invitation based on your score comparing to the others, but the invitation will be issued and you will be able to apply for your visa
• Visa Application: after you are invited, then you can apply for your visa. This is an important step but one in which all the other steps will have been crucial. If any wrong information was provided during any of the earlier steps, your visa application may be refused and you may never be invited again. Please contact Bravo Migration and request our Application Service to lodge your Expression of Interest correctly and in a manner to ensure a smooth process
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2. Employer Migration

The visas covered in this stream are designed to allow Australian employers to sponsor skilled workers from overseas to enter Australia temporarily to work in skilled occupations and/or nominate them for permanent residence.

• Business Long Stay Visa – subclass 457 (also known as Sponsorship Visa)
  This visa allows stays of between three months to 4 years, generally where the applicant is sponsored by a business to fill a specific position in Australia. It may lead to permanent residence through the Employer Nomination Scheme after 2 years or earlier in many cases.
  The business sponsoring you can be an Australian business or from other countries and who want to establish operations in Australia.
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• Permanent Employer Nomination Visas: can be applied for under 3 different streams, among them the Temporary Stream, after working for the same employer for a minimum of 2 years on the sane occupation, or the Direct Stream and the Labour Agreement stream. In all cases, it is necessary to be nominated by an Australian employer.
  If you are an individual with a job offer in Australia, please contact Bravo Migration and request your Visa Assessment Service to see if you are eligible to apply for any of these Employer Visas.
  If you are an employer and would like to know if your business can sponsor or nominate workers under any of these visas, please contact us and request your Corporate Assessment.
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3. Family Migration

This program includes visas for Parents, Children, Spouses or other relatives of Australian citizens or permanent residents.
The most common visas in this program our clients apply for are the Partner Visa and the Prospective Marriage Visa.

Prospective Marriage Visa subclass 300
Also known as the “fiancée” visa, this visa is for a person who is engaged, but not yet married, to an Australian Citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. It allows the applicant to travel to Australia and marry their fiancées within 9 months. It must be applied for outside Australia.
Spouse Visa subclass 309/100 or 820/801
This is a visa for people who are married to, or are in a de-facto relationship with, an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. it can be applied for in or outside of Australia.
Please contact Bravo Migration for a Visa Assessment if you want to find you if this is the right visa for you.

4. Business Skills Migration

The business skills visa category is part of the “SkillSelect” program too and it caters for business people who:

• Are owners (or part-owners) of a business (or businesses), senior executives employed by major businesses or business employees with a high level of management skills who intend to use their business skills to obtain a substantial ownership interest in a new or existing business in Australia and actively participate in that business at a senior management level or;
• Have a substantial investment background and are willing to make a substantial investment in State or Territory securities;

There are some options here and they are:
The Business Talent Permanent Visa
The Business Innovation and Investment Visas – with different application “streams” under which investors or Business people can apply: Investment or Business Innovation

Please contact Bravo Migration and request your Visa Assessment Service to see if you are eligible to apply for any of these Business Visas.

5. Other Visas

• Business Visitor Visas – allows stays of up to three months to conduct business activities in Australia for overseas businesses. It does not allow work generally, except for a very few situations.
• Holiday/Work Visas – allows stays of up to 12 months where the primary purpose is to visit Australia for tourism, with incidental work. E.g.: working holiday

The process to apply is simple

We book you in for a Visa Assessment, this is a consultation with a registered Migration Agent, we go through all the factors to make sure you have the chosen the right visa and to make sure you are eligible for this visa.

The assessment can be conducted in a number of ways..

If you are in Australia we can conduct the assessment in person, by telephone or by email.

If you are overseas we can conduct the assessment by Skype or email.

The cost for the Visa Assessment is $165

To book please email renato@bravomigration.com.au

Bravo Migration

At Bravo Migration we realise that obtaining a visa can be a stressful time, we have handled thousands of cases just like yours with an extremely high approval rate, our experience helps you get your visa quicker which will save you time and also money..

Always use a Registered Migration Agent

Our agents are Registered with the OMARA – Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority

Registered Agents are bound by a Code of Conduct to protect your rights as a client.

- See more at: http://www.bravomigration.com.au/migration-pathways/#sthash.5ArSkn6Q.dpuf

Dicas que eu gostaria de ter se estivesse começando a desenvolver ios hoje

Source: http://stuartkhall.com/posts/ios-development-tips-i-would-want-if-i-was-starting-out-today

Vocabulary:

1. outdated books
2. This can be nasty

Text: iOS Development Tips I Would Want If I Was Starting Out Today
January 15, 2013
Making iOS apps is getting easier and easier with each new release of Xcode. However, all the new features and approaches means there are more options to choose from, outdated (=desatualizado) books and old documentation.

Back in my day it was so much harder - that's is true in many respects, but a much higher level of quality and features is expected now. The bar keeps rising, and that's a very good thing.

If I was starting out with iOS development today these are the things I would hope somebody would tell me.

Use ARC!
ARC is awesome, it removes a lot of the complexity of memory management we had to deal with previously. Although it's valuable to understand memory management, ARC makes life a whole lot easier.

As a (still) recovering C++ developer from many years ago, I fought it for quite a while. Also many popular libraries have gone ARC only, so don't fight it, go with it.

Prefer Blocks Where Possible
Blocks are awesome. They mean you write less code and clearer code.

There is a great tutorial on blocks here.

There are still times when delegates/protocols or NSNotifications make sense, but blocks should be your first consideration.

Beware Of Retain Cycles With Blocks
This can be nasty (=desagradável), rather than go into the details here check out this link.

Forget Threads, Use GCD
"A programmer had a problem, so he used threads, then he had two"

GCD has made life a lot easier, just don't forget to switch back to the main thread before doing anything with the UI:

There is a good explanation of GCD, including making your own queues, here.

Singletons / Shared Objects
Carrying on with GCD, dispatch_once is really useful:

You'll be doing this a bit, especially when you see how costly it is to create things like NSDateFormatter many times.

Story Boards Are Just For Rapid Prototypes
In my opinion they are more pain than they are worth once you move beyond a basic project. Purely my opinion, some people love them. Make your own mind up on this one.

Only Use XIBs For Very Basic Layouts
There is so much you can't do in Interface Builder (IB). Any slightly "non standard" app with custom views move beyond IB's capabilities quickly. Still, I do use .xib's sometimes for the initial basic layouts, but I've read many people don't bother at all.

XIB's can also be a pain with source control and merging, it's much easier to merge code.

Keep Your Project Organised
I've done a bit of Ruby on Rails development and quite like the way they organise a project, so I do something similar in Xcode:

Xcode structure

However you do it, try and keep it in some sort of order, it will get out of hand pretty quickly.

Embrace Open Source
There are so many amazing libraries and components available for iOS development. Github is full of great source code that you can just drop into your project, you can also use sites like Cocoa Controls to find components.

Some libraries I use in almost every project include:

AFNetworking - Block based networking library, so easy to use and so powerful.
RegexKitLite - Powerful regular expression support
Facebook iOS SDK - Facebook support
If you Google for a component you need chances are there is one out there to at least get you started.

Dependency Management
With all these great open source components you'll need a way to manage them. CocoaPods has done an amazing job at making something similar to Ruby's gems. Otherwise you can just use git submodules.

Learn To Love Stack Overflow
There are a lot of really smart iOS developers on Stack Overflow, and chances are they have solved your current issue. Please search before asking a question, more often than not it has been answered before.

Graceful Degradation
Often you want to use functionality from a new version of iOS, but you also need to support older versions. There are many examples of this, Tweet Sheets in iOS 5, SKStoreProductViewController & UIActivityViewController in iOS 6, there are many examples.

Luckily at run time you can check if the class exists and fall back (or just throw up an unsupported message).

Custom Fonts
In early iOS versions (pre 3.2) this was a nightmare, so everyone just used Helvetica. Luckily now it's simple!

Here is a quick guide. If you get stuck with the name of the font open up Font Book and look for the PostScript name.

Localize From The Start
Localization is pretty easy to do in Xcode, especially if you avoid xibs. But add localization support from the start of your project, it's a long painful experience to extract them later.

Here is a great guide to localizing an iPhone app.

Track Crashes
Crash logs are a pain, a real pain. Use a service that captures and symbolicates them for you. Two great services are HockeyApp and TestFlight

Analyze
Product -> Analyze can pick up a lot of potential issues (and a lot of red herrings).

Instruments
Product -> Profile builds your code and launches Instruments. Instruments is a collection of invaluable tools to profile your app. First stop should be "Time Profiler" where you can see what is eating the CPU in your app. If you want to get your table view scrolling like butter you will be spending a lot of time in here.

Instruments

Track Reviews
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I'm sure I've forgotten a bunch of things and not everyone will agree with everything above. Hopefully it will be useful to at least a few people just starting out in iOS development.