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The collection of articles on second language teaching and learning includes: "Cross-Cultural Discourse Pragmatics: Speaking about Hearsay in English and Japanese" (Nobuko Trent); "An Investigation of Student Opinions and Educational Experiences in Spanish for the Heritage Speakers at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona" (Theresa Reber, Kimberly Geeslin); "Authentic Foreign Language Testing in a Brazilian University Entrance Exam" (Rosana M. F. Cardoso); "Changing Teacher Roles in the Foreign Language Classroom" (Francis Johnson, Marion Delarche, Nicholas Marshall, Adrian Wurr, Jeffery Edwards); "Neurolinguistic Applications to SLA Classroom Instruction: A Review of the Issues with a Focus on Danesi's Bimodality" (E. G. Kim-Rivera); and "A Test for Learning Style Differences for the U.S. Border Population" (Armand Picou, Rebecca Gatlin-Watts, James Packer). A book review is also included. (David Coberly) Individual papers contain references.) (MSE)

Keywords: SUZB3@BZ; AGR; ALLTOP; BASIC; BRAZIL; BUSINESS; CMD; CMDTOP; CONS; COS; INDUSTRIAL; INDUSTRIES; LATAM; MARKETS; TOP; TRN; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPAS EN SUZB3@BZ AGR ALLTOP BASIC BRAZIL BUSINESS CMD CMDTOP CONS COS INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES LATAM MARKETS TOP TRN WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPAS The world really doesn't need more toilet paper problems. Brazil is the world's top supplier of pulp, and Suzano accounts for about a third of global supplies of hardwood pulp, the type used to produce toilet papers. SUZB3@BZ, AGR, ALLTOP, BASIC, BRAZIL, BUSINESS, CMD, CMDTOP, CONS, COS, INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIES, LATAM, MARKETS, TOP, TRN, WORLD, WWTOP, WWTOPAM, WWTOPAS. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on billionaire Daniel Keith Ludwig's plan for the Jari plantation in the Amazon. It mentions that Ludwig's primary plan is for Jari to produce rice and paper which will provide for the needs of Brazil. It notes that Ludwig has replaced over 100,000 hectares of natural forest with imported trees such as gmelina and Caribbean pine to feed the pulp mill and has also built a railroad for transporting logs. The economic implication of the project on Brazil is also discussed.

Focuses on the impact of the pulp and paper industry in Brazil by examining the history, claims and records of three pulp operations. Description of the companies, Aracruz, CENIBRA, and Jari; Contrasts of the claim of Aracruz to improve local environment and social conditions; Failure to mention destructive realities about their operations. INSETS: State support for plantations.;Tupinikim and Guarani indians claim their lands..

Reports that a wider variety of Brazilian companies are now issuing commercial paper in preparation for longer-term issues. Growth of investor confidence in the Brazilian economy; Companies' aim to keep their name recognition strong and to be very active in the market.

In the tweet, Bolsonaro made reference to an arbitration process that Paper Excellence opened against the Batistas' holding company J&F Investimentos SA. But a year later, J&F said it was ending the agreement after Paper Excellence missed the deadline to free up 8 billion reais in collateral that the Batistas had offered to secure bank loans to Eldorado. [Extracted from the article]

Eduardo Bolsonaro made reference to the arbitration process opened in Sao Paulo by Paper Excellence against the Batistas' holding company J&F Investimentos SA. But a year later, J&F said it was ending the agreement after Paper Excellence missed the deadline to free up 8 billion reais in collateral, including JBS shares, that the Batistas had offered to secure bank loans to Eldorado. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the problems of Brazil's paper and pulp industry in 1977. It states that a global surplus, slumping prices, and the problem of manufacturing short-fiber pulp during a time of global demand for long fibers have caused decreasing profits for Brazil's paper and pulp industry. This has caused foreign investors to leave Brazil including Crown Zellerbach Corp., which was planning to build a kraft pulp mill in Minas Gerais state.

The article focuses on Suzano, a pulp and paper company in Brazil that has Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification on all its products. The company stamps four of the paper it produces including Alta Alvura, Paperfect, and Symetrique, with the Carbon Reduction Label, which shows its engagement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in production. A company program called Carbon Footstep reportedly resulted in the Carbon Reduction Label.

Brazil's Suzano SA is close to finalizing a deal to acquire Pactiv Evergreen Inc.'s Pine Bluff mill in Arkansas for over $100 million. The transaction is expected to be announced in the coming week, although there is a possibility that talks could fall through. Suzano's purchase of the mill comes after the company abandoned its pursuit of International Paper Co. The acquisition would allow Suzano, the world's largest pulp producer, to expand internationally and diversify its operations into the packaging sector. Pactiv Evergreen has been exploring strategic alternatives for the mill but has not set a specific timetable. [Extracted from the article]

Reports on the amount of funds raised through the issuance of commercial papers by the telecommunication firm Telepar in Brazil. Use of the proceeds during the acquisition of the wire line telecommunication company Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicacoes; Number of interested institutional investors; Terms of the deal.

The article reports that the possible release of secret documents related to Brazil-Paraguay war in 1864 has raised concern among members of the Brazilian government. It states that the papers also deal with the taking over of the state of Acre from Bolivia in 1903, current military exercises along the Brazilian border, and nuclear research. It states that the debate over the disclosure of documents and the timetable for such decisions has become a major issue of the political agenda.

The article describes the working papers presented at the workshop on methods and algorithms to access data distributed over heterogeneous systems. The event was held in Brazil following the conference of the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval. The paper "p2pDating: Real Life Inspired Semantic Overlay Networks for Web Search" was centered on a method for building an overlay network on the basis of the notion of peer-to-peer dating. On the other hand, a paper proposed a service oriented architecture for supporting searching and browsing in an hierarchical network. The paper "Distributed Processing of Conjunctive Queries" discusses experiment results regarding a parallel search engine that exploits a usual invested file index distributed according to a document partition scheme.

Luiz Frias, brother's widow team to toss Maria Cristina Frias Billionaire Luiz Frias has ousted his sister, Maria Cristina Frias, from the command of the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, according to a note published in the paper Tuesday. While Frias Filho and then Maria Cristina focused on the newspaper, Luiz Frias turned his attention to parent company Universo Online SA, known as UOL. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the two most recent floods that have hit Brazil have brought into the fore the sheer ineptness of the government's understanding of core housing needs. After floods hit the state of Alagoas in June 2010, over 3,000 families are still living under plastic sheeting. Moreover, it is recently announced that the new housing units can only be allocated to those who are able to pay 28 to 90 dollars per month, despite being previously promised as donations.

The article offers an insight into the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval workshop on estimation of query difficulty in Salvador, Brazil on August 19, 2005. One working paper deals with the automatic classification of queries by expected retrieval performance. Another work centered on predicting query performance in intranet search. One aim of the event was to promote the discussion on prediction of query difficulty in the information retrieval community.

The article focuses on a December 2006 shut down of a major paper and pulp port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by native Indians. Approximately 150 armed indians occupied a port operated by several paper and pulp companies in an effort to bring attention to their demands for an expanded reservation. The Tupinquim and Guarani tribes were joined by members of the Landless Rural Workers Movement at the event.

Provides information on several research studies on tilapia that were presented at the World Aquaculture meeting in Salvador, Brazil in May 2003. Sex reversed fingerlings production techniques; Seminal characteristics of males exposed to water-borne pheromone; Effects of various salinity levels on nursery growth of YY. INSET: FACTOID.

Brazilian pulp-making company Suzano SA has agreed to purchase Pactiv Evergreen Inc.'s Pine Bluff mill in Arkansas for $110 million in cash. The acquisition is part of Suzano's strategy to enter the US packaging sector. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter and will allow Suzano to expand its presence in the US market. The assets being acquired have the capacity to produce 420,000 metric tons of paperboard per year. [Extracted from the article]

The V20 global valuation conference will be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil from September 30 to October 2, hosted by the Brazilian Institute of Engineering Assessments and Expertise (IBAPE) in association with the International Valuation Standard Council and the Assessors and Registered Valuers Foundation. The theme of the conference is "Valuation for Sustainability and Inclusive Growth: Bridging Finance and the Digital Divide." The CBV Institute has been conducting roadshows in various cities in Canada to attract professionals to the business valuation profession. The CFA Institute Research Foundation has released the "Valuation Handbook—International Guide to Cost of Capital 2023 Summary Edition" from Kroll, which provides interpretive analyses and insights on the cost of capital. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock's top money manager for Latin American equities says Brazilian stocks are looking increasingly overvalued, prompting him to seek out new bets in Chile and Colombia. BlackRock is still underweight in Chile, but Kuczma is looking to unwind that bearish wager as he bets the government will be able to placate protesters upset about social-justice issues without imperiling its fiscal position. [Extracted from the article]

Reports on the destruction of the Mata Atlantica or Atlantic Forest in Brazil, one of the two most endangered natural areas in the world, due to clearcutting activities and the growing population settlement in the area. Biological diversity of the area; Efforts made to slow the forest destruction; Identification of Brazil's paper pulp industry as the principal destroyer of the Atlantic Forest.

Provided information on the euro denominated bond offering launched by Banco Bradesco and electric company CESP in Brazil. Value of the offerings; Positive demand in the Eurobond market for short dated high yielding paper from Latin American issuers; Book runners of the offerings; Credit ratings.

Moody's assigns stable outlook for Fibria's classification Brazil's Fibria Celulose SA was lifted to investment grade by Moody's Investors Service as a weakened real bolsters the outlook for exports from the world's largest pulp producer. [Extracted from the article]

Information about the Fourth Latin American Pulp and Paper Conference held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2009 is presented. Topics include the North American situation that will stay weak through 2010 and will not just start to recover in 2011 and the manufacturing base of the U.S. economy that has changed to lower-cost manufacturing environments. The conference featured Ken Waghorne, senior vice president of RISI and Steve Young, president of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters.

The article reports on the purchase of a tissue machine and upgrade stock preparation system by SEPAC from Voith Paper for its plant in Mallet, Parana, Brazil as part of its plant enlargement project. The company invested $12 million for the project. The VTM 2 tissue paper machine will be integrated with other machines. The commencement of the production of the machine is slated in June 2008.

The article reports that MarquipWardUnited and Paper Converting Machine Company (PMPC) have been fused recently into the same location in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as part of Barry-Wehmiller Cos. Inc.'s consolidation of its operations in the country. Several advantages of the combined operations include, the improvement of local response times to its customers' service needs, and the expansion of PCMC's technical, sourcing and trade expertise in the region.

The article provides an overview of the treated spent caustic technology from Pretreat and its application to the pulp and paper industry. The treated spent caustic technology was sold by Companhia Petroquimica do Sul (Copesul) to a local pump and paper mill in Brazil. Some benefits of the spent-caustic product include zero discharge of liquid caustic effluent from the olefin complex and removal of polymer precursors that cause fouling problems during the downstream processing.

Reports that Brazilian conglomerate CSN closed a $285 million one year credit-enhanced commercial paper issue on the first week of September 1998. Involvement of the Bank America with the deal; Pricing of the deal; Estimated worth of corporate, bank and quasi-sovereign loans, bonds and commercial paper.

Focuses on Brazil-based electricity companies' foray into the capital markets. Commercial paper issue of Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo; Bond plans of Centrals Electricas Brasileiras and Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais; External debt burdens of the country's electricity suppliers.

The article reports on a workshop on mathematical/formal and information retrieval methods conducted by the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval in Salvador, Brazil in August 2005. One working paper focuses on an information extraction system that extracts template elements for a question answering system in the domain of encyclopedia. Meanwhile, the paper "Searching the Future" addresses issues on future retrieval, which involved the use of news information to obtain future possible events and then search events related to current information needs.

Brazil's largest newspaper said it will stop publishing articles on Facebook out of concern that tweaks to the social media's news feed will lead to an increase in fake news. The newspaper will keep its Facebook page but won't publish new articles on it and its 5.95 million Facebook followers will still be able to share Folha articles in their personal pages. [Extracted from the article]

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The article reports that Brazil has slowed down in the issuance of international bonds in 2008. The company argued that global market volatility is imposing unjustifiably high premiums on new issues. Over the last four years, Brazil has issued on average $6 billion annually. According to Paul Valle, head of public debt operations at Brazil's national treasury, plans to issue new money in either dollar-denominated bonds, local currency paper overseas or domestic bonds were now on hold.

Purpose: This paper aims to present reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic impacts in the search for the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) disseminated by the United Nations. These reflections are made considering the Brazilian scenario. Design/methodology/approach: As this paper is a viewpoint, several information presented here are based on authors' opinion. However, to enhance the information basis and present examples, a bibliographic research was also conducted. Findings: Analyzing the targets of SDG 8 and the probable crisis in the Brazilian economy as a consequence of the pandemic, the authors believe that this crisis will impact the achievement of these targets. Practical implications: The reflections presented here can contribute with the debates about the search for decent work in Brazil. It is worth to remember that the development of actions aligned with SDG 8 targets generates more than only economic gains, as these contribute for building a more just, egalitarian and inclusive society. Originality/value: This viewpoint calls attention to issues that demand urgent public policies; otherwise, these issues can generate losses to an entire generation of Brazilians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The search of Eldorado's offices is a reminder that the two-year-old bribery investigation remains an ever-present risk for bond investors. Attribution Gerson Freitas Jr.: assist Filipe Pacheco: assist Paula Sambo: by reporter Brendan Walsh: editor responsible Lester Pimentel: editor Melinda Grenier: editor responsible. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the multimedia information retrieval workshop conducted by the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval during its annual meeting in Brazil in 2005. The event, with an attendance of 28 participants, consisted of eight papers on various topics about image retrieval and media monitoring. One lecture centered on a media monitoring system used to track product advertisements and placements. Another presentation addressed the issue of hierarchical clustering of images using captions created by librarians.

The article reports that Nextel Brasil unit of U.S.-based NII Holdigs plans to expand its 3G footprint into four new cities of Brazil including Sorocaba, Sao Jose dos Campos, and Santos, aimed at both business and residential users of 3G Smart 300 Plan.

The article discusses the development of the "O Estado de Sao Paulo," Brazil's foremost newspaper associated in its 100th founding anniversary. It discusses the benefits caused by the newspaper such as fighting for progressive causes and abolishes slavery. It also notes the generations who manage the newspaper including Julio Mesquita, Julio de Mesquita Neto and Julio de Mesquita Filho. It also provides an overview of the sections of the newspaper particularly the editorial page wherein it remains rigidly anti-communist.