2016 Summer Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, often called Rio, is a culture filled city with many enjoyable places and the famous statue of Cristo Redentor. As stated in “Brazil,” Masquerade balls started in Rio around 1846 introduced by a french actor that lived in the city (23-26). Rio is known for their excellent parties and parades. They even get to take the day off on the day of the big carnival. The parties are not the only thing that tourist find appealing. The most famous landmark called the Christ Redeemer is often found cowering over Rio. Rio also has many fresh markets and colorful birds gliding above. Rio’s coast contains some of the most popular beaches of Brazil's largest coastal city. Summer Olympics 2016 are being held in Rio in the Maracana Stadium,…

Many of Brazil’s citizens were kicked out of their homes. The cost of Food rose and the standard of living plummeted. All the while the government and large corporations were making a killing in trade. In 2013 the announcement that Brazil would host not only the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, but also the Olympics in 2016, the people had had enough. According to the Guardian, “At least eighty cities held demonstrations with a turnout of over two million. Some protestors wore Guy Fawkes…

2013132324 Final Paper Soft Power is a tremendous way of attaining success in world politics if one can use it in an intelligent manner. Japan as an example used it in a very commendable and impressive way since then up to now making it one of the best ever used such approach in diplomacy. Supporting instances as well as the recently talked about Japan hosting on the 2020 Olympics shall be discussed. Japan’s changeover from being a negative imperialist state into a peace loving one…

Fantástico Viaje a Argentina Argentina is a fantastic vacation spot to visit because of all the unique features/places to visit and many monuments to explore. To start off, one of Argentina’s unique feature/place to visit is Iguazu Falls which is located on the Iguazu River, on the border of Brazil and Argentina. In the area of the falls includes walkways to take strolls near it and boat rides to get as close as possible to the falls. This main waterfall was mentioned as one of the New Seven…

Ritch Telford, the author of the book Paintballer, emphasizes the importance of calling for a paint check. Telford says, “Asking for a paintcheck is asking for a referee to check if a particular player has been hit (e.g. has paint on him/her)… once the player was identified, the ref would go to him/her and declare him/her neutral.” (13). This is important because it keeps all the players honest, if there was not someone enforcing the rule that once you are shot, and the paintball breaks, then…

The 2016 United States Presidential Election has brought questions of prejudice, and how to prevent it, to the forefront of the American political and cultural discussion. One method of reducing prejudice being continually brought up in think pieces is the contact hypothesis. For many authors of these articles, the hypothesis is something of a ray of hope in what they perceive as dark times. Per James Hamblin (2016) of The Atlantic, application of the hypothesis can be a tool to “immunize” a…

Context The 2016 Nevada Senate race is one of the country 's most competitive races. Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, former Nevada Attorney General, and Republican Congressman Joe Heck are competing to replace the retiring Harry Reid. With both parties fighting to control Senate, this close race has attracted the attention of outside groups, including Freedom Partners Action Fund which created the anti-Cortez Masto ad “Driving Away Jobs.” The Ad The ad begins with a mother and her young…

Chicken!” Shouted Mr. Person above the roar of clapping hands. The elephant angrily stomped up to the podium, grabbed his trophy, and either accidentally or purposely crushed it. After he had thrown the remains of it on the floor, he glared at each judge in turn, and then stocked out the door. “OK”, said Mr. Person, “the next trophy goes to … Mrs. Kangaroo!” Her face was expressionless as someone took the trophy and put it beside her. “ That means” continued Mr. Person, “ that the first place…

According to the results that were done by a survey for Variety, “44% of Snapchatters who use the Live Story and Discover features do so at least once a day. And 30% of users use the app as their primary means of getting information about the 2016 Presidential Campaign“ (Wallenstein, 1). Snapchat became a power in not only making the public aware of information from the 2016 Presidential Election, but also swayed opinions. The power of Discover does not stop there, but rather has been developed…

Hello Everyone, I wanted to send an update about the upcoming 2016 “I Comply” Compliance Roadshow. Plans are well underway and the details are coming together nicely! In total, 10 Cigna-HealthSpring offices will be a part of the tour touching over 3,500 employees face-to-face as well as countless others via a recorded video at the end of the roadshow via email. In order to best prepare to your office’s visit, I would like to request a few action items of you. These ‘to- do’s’ are essential to…