A Sociedade Bíblica Americana e as Olimpíadas
A Sociedade Bíblica Americana recentemente celebrou seu aniversário de 200 anos! Sua missão é “levar a Bíblia a todas as pessoas” – e isso inclui quem está nas Olimpíadas.
A Sociedade Bíblica Americana tem se esforçado para distribuir Bíblias para atletas Olímpicos, trabalhadores e para o público.
... foram entregues cerca de 4 milhões de Bíblias nas Olimpíadas de Verão de 1984 em Los Angeles e 5 milhões em 1996, nas de Atlanta.
... e também foram distribuídas milhares durante os Jogos de Inverno em 1998 e 2002.
Nas Olimpíadas de Verão de 2008 em Beijing, cerca de 100 mil cópias da Bíblia, impressas na China, foram distribuídas durante os jogos.
E o emblema do Comitê Organizador Olímpico de Beijing também foi estampado nas cópias das Porções dos 4 Evangelhos em Chinês e Inglês.
É a Bíblia - impactando os jogos Olímpicos de 2016!
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São Paulo | Wikipedia audio article
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São Paulo (; Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w̃ ˈpawlu] (listen)) is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city (as listed by the GaWC) and the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, besides being the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The municipality is also the Earth's 11th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, one of the most populous and wealthiest states in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Sorocaba and the Paraíba Valley) created the São Paulo Macrometropolis, a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.Having the largest economy by GDP in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere, the city is home to the São Paulo Stock Exchange. Paulista Avenue is the economic core of São Paulo. The city has the 11th largest GDP in the world, representing alone 10.7% of all Brazilian GDP and 36% of the production of goods and services in the state of São Paulo, being home to 63% of established multinationals in Brazil, and has been responsible for 28% of the national scientific production in 2005. With a GDP of US$477 billion, the São Paulo city alone would have ranked 26th globally compared with countries by 2017 estimates.The metropolis is also home to several of the tallest skyscrapers in Brazil, including the Mirante do Vale, Edifício Itália, Banespa, North Tower and many others. The city has cultural, economic and political influence both nationally and internationally. It is home to monuments, parks and museums such as the Latin American Memorial, the Ibirapuera Park, Museum of Ipiranga, São Paulo Museum of Art, and the Museum of the Portuguese Language. The city holds events like the São Paulo Jazz Festival, São Paulo Art Biennial, the Brazilian Grand Prix, São Paulo Fashion Week and the ATP Brasil Open. The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade rivals the New York City Pride March as the largest gay pride parade in the world. It is headquarters of the Brazilian television networks Band, Gazeta, and RecordTV.
São Paulo is a cosmopolitan, melting pot city, home to the largest Arab, Italian, and Japanese diasporas, with examples including ethnic neighborhoods of Mercado, Bixiga, and Liberdade respectively. São Paulo is also home to the largest Jewish population in Brazil, with about 75,000 Jews. In 2016, inhabitants of the city were native to over 200 different countries. People from the city are known as paulistanos, while paulistas designates anyone from the state, including the paulistanos. The city's Latin motto, which it has shared with the battleship and the aircraft carrier named after it, is Non ducor, duco, which translates as I am not led, I lead. The city, which is also colloquially known as Sampa or Terra da Garoa (Land of Drizzle), is known for its unreliable weather, the size of its helicopter fleet, its architecture, gastronomy, severe traffic congestion and skyscrapers. São Paulo was one of the host cities of the 1950 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Additionally, the city hosted the IV Pan American Games and the São Paulo Indy 300.
Walmart | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:38 1 History
00:03:47 1.1 1945–1969: Early history
00:06:25 1.2 1969–1990: Incorporation and growth as a regional power
00:09:20 1.3 1990–2005: Retail rise to multinational status
00:15:03 1.4 2005–2010: Initiatives
00:15:14 1.4.1 Environmental initiatives
00:17:34 1.4.2 Branding and store design changes
00:19:56 1.4.3 Acquisitions and employee benefits
00:21:30 1.5 2011–present: Continued developments
00:31:04 2 Operating divisions
00:31:50 2.1 Walmart U.S.
00:33:06 2.1.1 Walmart Supercenter
00:37:16 2.1.2 Walmart Discount Store
00:39:31 2.1.3 Walmart Neighborhood Market
00:42:37 2.1.4 Former stores and concepts
00:45:16 2.1.5 Initiatives
00:49:18 2.2 Walmart International
00:51:01 2.2.1 Argentina
00:51:31 2.2.2 Central America
00:53:23 2.2.3 Chile
00:54:09 2.2.4 Mexico
00:54:59 2.2.5 Canada
00:56:16 2.2.6 United Kingdom
00:58:12 2.2.7 Africa
01:00:57 2.2.8 China
01:01:55 2.2.9 Japan
01:02:36 2.2.10 India
01:05:19 2.2.11 Setbacks
01:09:35 2.2.12 Corruption charges
01:14:54 2.3 Sam's Club
01:15:50 2.4 Global eCommerce
01:16:39 3 Subsidiaries
01:16:49 3.1 Vudu
01:17:37 3.2 Private label brands
01:18:45 3.3 Entertainment
01:19:34 3.4 Online commerce acquisitions and plans
01:21:53 4 Corporate affairs
01:26:44 4.1 Finance and governance
01:30:24 4.2 Ownership
01:33:36 4.3 Competition
01:36:24 4.4 Customer base
01:40:01 4.5 Technology
01:40:10 4.5.1 Open source software
01:41:31 4.5.2 Big data analytics
01:42:28 5 Charity
01:44:16 6 Economic impact
01:53:51 7 Labor relations
01:55:58 7.1 Gender
01:58:31 7.2 Sexual orientation and gender identity
02:00:50 8 Criticism and controversies
02:03:40 8.1 2000s crime problem
02:07:08 9 See also
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Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. As of October 31, 2018, Walmart has 11,277 stores and clubs in 27 countries, operating under 55 different names. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as the Seiyu Group in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Chile, Canada, and South Africa. Since August 2018, Walmart only holds a minority stake in Walmart Brasil, with 20% of the company's shares, and private equity firm Advent International holding 80% ownership of the company.
Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue—over US$500 billion, according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2018—as well as the largest private employer in the world with 2.3 million employees. It is a publicly traded family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings. Walmart was the largest U.S. grocery retailer in 2016, and 62.3 percent of Walmart's US$478.614 billion sales came from U.S. operations.The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. By 1988, Walmart was the most profitable retailer in the U.S., and by October 1989, it had become the largest in terms of revenue. Originally geographically limited to the South and lower Midwest, by the early 1990s, the company had stores from coast to coast: Sam's Club opened in New Jersey in November 1989 and the first California outlet opened in Lancaster in July 1990. A Walmart in York, Pennsylvania opened in October 1990: the first main store in ...