Monday, September 27, 2010
Graph 2. Cost of a double Cappuccino at Specialty Coffe Shops
Coffee is a popular drink made from roasted seeds of the coffee fruit and is one of the most important commodities in the World. Coffee is a significant export product for the economy of many countries, including Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia. However, it is well known that the commodity cost usually represent the smallest part of the final price, even when it’s the most important part of the product itself. According to reporter Sherri Day, coffee growers only get $0.035 from a cappuccino cup, an Italian beverage prepared with coffee and milk. On the other hand, shop rent, marketing, and general administration make up $1.29 of its price, which is 37 times bigger than the cost with coffee growers. The expenses with coffee growers represent about 0.9%. In contrast, costs with rent and marketing are 34% and are only smaller than expenses with employees that represent 36% of the cappuccino price (“New York Times” 29 Nov. 2003: B1).
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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Monday, September 13, 2010
The best two places in my country
A beatiful place to visit, Torres del Paine Park in Chile
If you like the outdoors activities, amazing landscapes and wildlife, you should visit national park torres del paine. First of all Torres del Paine park is located in the south of Chile at north of Puerto Natales ( 70 km) and covered 2.400 km2. Next, you could see beautiful landscape, for example de iconic torres del Paine, Los Cuernos del Paine, Glaciar Grey, many lakes and other beautiful views. Then native flora and fauna like as Guanacos, cougars and foxes and also the endangered Chilean Huemul. Furthermore, the park contains 15 species of birds. In the third point, you can do a lot of different activities such as fishing, climbing, natural trail walking, river activities, wildlife observation among other activities. Finally the park has a different kinds of services like as ranger station and control huts, camping areas, hotels, picnic areas, shelter and camps and restaurants whit typical food.
A Place You can’t Afford to Miss
A place a visitor to my country should not miss – Bahia
A place a visitor to my country should not miss is the Southeast State of Bahia, the region that the fleet led by Pedro Alvares Cabral arrived in 1500, marking the discovery of Brazil. It was one of the most economically important colonies in the period of Portuguese rule and its capital, Salvador, was the first capital of Brazil. Consequently, Bahia has a rich cultural history, which includes historic buildings, crafts, literature and arts. It is also the Brazilian state where Catholic and African traditions blended the most, giving birth to a rich culture. Futhermore, it is known as the "Land of Happiness" because of its happy people and festive events that will keep tourists entertained throughout the year. Finally, Bahia is a land of incredible natural beauty. It has a beautiful coastline, the largest in Brazil, and it has the Chapada Diamantina and the Reconcavo, regions of the state that represents its remarkable geographic and climatic features.
The place in Japan the visitor shouldn't miss
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Word Processor
Imagine if there are no word processors in the world, chances are the publication of books would be as hard as it was hundreds of years ago. In the earlier days of word processors, people invented them only for the purpose of editing texts. If there was something misprinted in a book, the book had to be printed again. Also, back then there was no spell checker, and when people made a copy of a book it was so easy for people to make a lot mistakes in spelling. Finally, because of no spell checker, people had to double check a book before it was printed, and it took much time and energy as well. Today, word processors have more functions than before, and without word processors, writers might not be able to publish their books as easily as possibly.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Advertising
Advertising has been the way that uses the companies to communicate what are they doing and how they want to the customers like to see it. Publicity shows the principal features and uses, therefore shows how their goods or services add value to the customers. There are also many kinds of media which are used depending the products concerned and what things want to make the managers to meet the goals of the company. The principal medias are newspaper, all kinds of magazines, TVs , radios, and web pages, because these are more effective way to comunicate with the specific target.