Matt Damon celebrates his “fake graduation” while addressing the Class of 2016

Matt Damon celebrates his “fake graduation” while addressing the Class of 2016: “Turn toward the problems you see” Damon says; MIT President Reif urges graduates to prepare for “cosmic problem set.”

FCE Essay #1

This essay is part of my preparation to attend to the FCE Cambridge.

Around the world, people are living and staying healthy for longer and longer. What changes does this bring to today’s society? Are these changes good or bad?

-    Need for more jobs opportunities;
-    Society can enjoy the knowledge of these older and wiser people;
-    It’s a cheap source of labour.

These changes are good, of course.

Nowadays, we can see more people living longer and longer as a result of their life quality improvement. They eat better and healthier, do exercises regularly, and keep their minds busy. But, are these changes good or bad for society?

There are those who say no, this is not good for the society because if this person wants to keep working, he or she may take a position which was meant for a young person. A young person who never worked. In other words, we have to create more positions in the labor market to support all these people.

On the other hand, there are those who think differently, saying that the society has a lot of things to learn with these older and wiser people. As it is widely known, they are a cheap source of labour, so why not have them working in schools, libraries, and so on? Definitely, it is something to discuss.

To sum up, I believe in the benefits of this changes to society. The main point is to find the right place and purpose for everyone. All human beings have something good to delivery to society, no matter how old they are regardless of their age. We, as a society have to find a way to live in balance among us.

F1 - Why ?

Why am I keep watching F1 races?

Alonso is not wining races anymore and there is no chance that he will start to win races soon. Mclaren is not capable to deliver a champ car to him. His third championship is far from happen in 2016.

Another thing that disturbs me is Galvao Bueno narration. I can't stand him anymore. He is boring and does a lot of unfounded comments about the race and the drivers. It seems that he stopped in time, he forgot to improve his knowledge. The word that best describes him, in my opinion, is snobbish. He should go home!

On the other hand, I'm passionate by races. I could watch any kind of races at any time, even the replays. Races are something which I grow up with. It's been part of my life since my childhood. I remember when my dad and I used to watch races on Sundays. He also used to make some barbecues while the race went on. It was good times.

Finally, I know that against all the odds I can't stop to watch F1 races. I will keep cheering for Alonso and praying to see him world champion again. Maybe with the changes proposed by FIA to 2017 the championship will be better, with more emotion, and I will be there again, watching races.

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In a Dark Time - Poem by Theodore Roethke

In a Dark Time

BY THEODORE ROETHKE

In a dark time, the eye begins to see, 

I meet my shadow in the deepening shade;   

I hear my echo in the echoing wood— 

A lord of nature weeping to a tree. 

I live between the heron and the wren,   

Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den. 

What’s madness but nobility of soul 

At odds with circumstance? The day’s on fire!   

I know the purity of pure despair, 

My shadow pinned against a sweating wall.   

That place among the rocks—is it a cave,   

Or winding path? The edge is what I have. 

A steady storm of correspondences! 

A night flowing with birds, a ragged moon,   

And in broad day the midnight come again!   

A man goes far to find out what he is— 

Death of the self in a long, tearless night,   

All natural shapes blazing unnatural light. 

Dark, dark my light, and darker my desire.   

My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly,   

Keeps buzzing at the sill. Which I is I?

A fallen man, I climb out of my fear.   

The mind enters itself, and God the mind,   

And one is One, free in the tearing wind.

Theodore Roethke, "In a Dark Time" from Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke.  Copyright © 1963 by Beatrice Roethke, Administratrix of the Estate of Theodore Roethke.  Used by permission of Doubleday, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Source: The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke (Doubleday, 1961)

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172120

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172120

Term of the day - Outperform - By Investopedia

OUTPERFORM

Outperform is when a stock is expected to do slightly ( adverb - a little ) better than the  market return. Also know as "market perform", moderate buy, or "accumulate".

Exactly definitions vary by brokerage ( noun - an organization that buys and sells currency, shares, etc. For other people or organizations) , but in general this ratting is better than neutral and worse than buy or strong buy.

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Brazil - Geert Hofstede

Brazil - Geert Hofstede

Planejamento Tributário - Módulo 1 - Unidade 1

Módulo 1 – Sistema Tributário Nacional e Planejamento Tributário

Sistema Tributário Nacional - Conjunto de princípios e dispositivos tributários, moldado a partir da CF/88. É diante de uma visão geral desse sistema que o profissional realiza, dentro dos limites legais, um eficaz projeto de planejamento tributário.

No Brasil, existem cinco diferentes espécies tributárias, que são exigidas das empresas pelas entidades da Federação – União, Estados, Distrito Federal e Municípios –, de acordo com a competência atribuída a cada uma delas na CF/88.

O tributo nasce de uma relação jurídica na qual o credor ou sujeito ativo – Estado – pode exigir, compulsoriamente, do devedor ou sujeito passivo – contribuinte – uma prestação em dinheiro.

O princípio da isonomia aponta para duas direções...

• generalidade – todos devem pagar tributos sem privilégios;
• uniformidade dos tributos – os tributos devem ser repartidos entre os cidadãos com idênticos critérios.

Ou seja, a lei fiscal deve ser igual para todas as pessoas que se encontram nas mesmas condições, de fato, para contribuir.

A existência de desigualdades justifica a criação de categorias ou classes de contribuintes distintas.

A vedação ao confisco tem sua origem na garantia constitucional ao direito de propriedade e é vinculada ao princípio da capacidade contributiva.

Com isso, ela prega a impossibilidade da instituição de tributo com efeito confiscatório.

Ou seja, a Constituição Federal de 1988 veda o uso da tributação como forma de expropriação de patrimônio.

Unidade 1 – Sistema Tributário Nacional e tributos

Sistema Tributário Nacional

·         tributos

·      espécies tributárias

·            impostos

·            taxas

·            contribuições de melhoria

·            contribuições especiais

·            empréstimos compulsórios

·      tipos de obrigação tributária

·            principal

·            acessória

Princípios do sistema tributário

·        igualdade ou isonomia

·      generalidade

·      uniformidade dos tributos

·        capacidade contributiva

·      coerência entre imposto instituído e condição econômica de contribuição

·        vedação ao confisco

·      impossibilidade da instituição de tributo com efeito confiscatório

·        legalidade

·        imunidade

·      requisitos

·      sem finalidade lucrativa nem exercício de atividade comercial

·      aplicação de recursos integralmente no País

·      escrituração de suas receitas e despesas em livros próprios

·        irretroatividade

·        anterioridade

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Concept of Culture - MOOC - English for doing business in Asia

This audio is part of my English studies. The activity was based in recording an audio with my opinion about the theme - Culture.

Here is the link to the audio - Culture


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