...Caso 7.- Concha y Toro S.A. En Abril del año 2007, Eduardo Guilisasti Gana, Gerente General de Viña Concha y Toro S.A., se preparaba para asistir a su reunión de directorio. En ella se discutirían los rumbos a seguir por la compañía; después de todo el año 2006 había sido difícil para la empresa según le comentaba a Heidi Pérez, su asistente: “se combinaron una serie de factores que nos afectaron, como la fortaleza del peso frente al dólar, un elevado costo de materia prima en el primer semestre, la sobreoferta de vinos en el mercado mundial y una mayor competencia en los mercados clave. Esto afectó nuestro desempeño total.” “El futuro plantea una serie de desafíos y oportunidades. La empresa debe ajustarse a los cambios que ha experimentado el mercado mundial del vino, en el que hay una intensificación de la competencia y también nuevos y potenciales consumidores, cada vez más sofisticados y exigentes.” Además, se debe tomar en cuenta nuestra dependencia de monedas internacionales y la volatilidad de éstas, así como analizar la necesidad de nuevas plantaciones para garantizar la calidad de las uvas para vinos Premium. Tenemos la necesidad de continuar avanzando en varios frentes, todos vitales para lograr consolidar el éxito de las exportaciones a largo plazo.” La duda es en cuales frentes avanzar. La Empresa Actualmente, Concha y Toro es la viña más grande de Chile , con una participación en el mercado local del 28.6% del volumen de ventas en 2006. Además...
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...Arte de Producir Vinos/Historia Página 1 de 4 Más de un siglo produciendo vinos finos 1883 Don Melchor Concha y Toro, destacado abogado, empresario y político chileno, tomó la decisión de explotar el potencial vitivinícola del valle del Río Maipo en momentos en que surgía en Chile la industria del vino. Don Melchor Concha y Toro incorporó cepas francesas, traídas de la región de Bordeaux, y contrató a un eximio enólogo francés, Monsieur Labouchere, para elaborar los primeros vinos de su viña. De este gesto emprendedor nació la Viña Concha y Toro, en un momento en que la producción nacional de vino iba en aumento. 1891 Nace la leyenda: Don Melchor esparció el rumor entre los trabajadores de la viña que el diablo rondaba en la bodega donde él guardaba sus mejores vinos. De esta forma logró mantener a salvo de los intrusos sus reservas más finas y, sin saberlo, dio nombre a uno de los vinos más célebres de Concha y Toro y Chile: Casillero del Diablo. 1921 Viña Concha y Toro pasó de un negocio familiar a ser una Sociedad Anónima dedicada a explotar predios agrícolas para la producción de vino. La orientación hacia la calidad impulsada desde el principio por los fundadores recibió, de este modo, los primeros grandes resultados. 1933 Cuando el mundo aún no se reponía de las secuelas de la depresión económica de 1929, la solidez financiera de Concha y Toro le permitió cotizar por primera vez en la Bolsa de Valores de Santiago. Su acertada gestión comercial le permitió abrirse...
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...The S’No Risk Program Risk Analysis from point of view of Toro: For the particular year Toro first ran the program, they assumed little risk since they got such a good deal from the insurance company, American Home. On one hand, if there were little snowfall there would be little payout and would then increase their sales. Goodweather also quoted them 2.1% and this actually helped them save money by not paying out the 10% they normally would payout to dealers for their normal promotion (Bell, 1994). This gave Toro an increase of 7.9% in profit and for their dealers increased their total sales. Toro also benefited from this lower rate because after being quoted the 2.1%, after 2 years of marginal snowfall 1983 brought a much more severe winter that would have otherwise cost Toro hundreds of thousands of dollars more if they had been quoted a higher percentage. Risk analysis from the point of view of the insurance company: In this case, American Home assumed the most risk since they would be the ones to pay out in the event of significant snowfall for that winter. In this case, they did pay out a significant amount to Toro covering losses from the promotion. The total number of rebates for the promotion in 1983 was 19% (Bell, 1994). American Home assumed about 17% of these rebates and with it came a significant cost! In the event that American Home continued insuring Toro for the program they would need to significantly raise the insurance rate to try to gain back some of their...
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...will start off by introducing all members of my family, and describing a little bit about them individually. I will then be talking about the five theories I selected that I can applyto myself and my family. I will then describe each of the five theories, give an example of my own families experiance that aplies to the theories, and give an analysis of the experiance using the theory. And lastly, I will share with you my conclucion, which will conclude basically all of the things that I learned through writing this paper. Familiy: In my immiediate family, there are 5 members in our household. We as family have been living in bloomington, Minnesota for about 10 years now. My father Brian, who is in his early 50's, and is employed for the Toro company where he is a finance department. My step-mother Roxanne, who is in her mid 40's, and is employed by the government where she is a probation officer. My younger brother Niles who is 20 years of age, and is currently enrolled in a community college in Minneapolis, MN. My youngest brother is Braylen who is 18 years of age. He currently is a senior in high...
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...An Analysis of Toro Corporation’s S’No Risk Program Risk analysis from the point of view of Toro: Toro bears relatively minimal risk on this S’No risk program the year they ran it, as the most they are going to pay-out to the insurance company in 1983 is around $680K, while in-turn profiting $106K. (Bell, 2004). The year they ran the promotion, a confluence of elements came into play: the insurance company erroneously quoted them 2.1% of the retail value of the snowthrowers covered; the snowfall was significantly higher than the year before, but because of this premium cap by the insurance company, it did not lose its shorts on its liabilities. Additionally, they did not have to pay vendors the 10 percent discount they normally did in the fall. That was an increase of 8% in profit for Toro, plus the vendors and consumers were delighted. Risk analysis from the point of view of the insurance companies: American Home Assurance carried the most risk. According to the case study, they agreed to meet all claims from the program for only 2.1 percent of the retail value of the snowthrowers covered (Bell, 2004). The total number of rebates that year of the promotion was 19 percent. While Toro, hedged its losses, American Home ate 17 percent of the cost of rebates. If Toro were to continue the program it would increase the premium to 8% of the total sales, which amounted to an average of the last four years of actual payouts by Toro (Bell, 2004). American Home would try to...
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...Film Guide/Study Questions The Devil’s Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) First impressions It is always a good idea to register your response to a film right after viewing as you are still emotionally involved in the story. Use some of these points to help you. 1. Did you like or dislike the film? Why? (either answer is valid – but it is always interesting to explore the reasons). I did like the film because of the beautiful barren imagery, ingenious use of symbolism and Del Toro’s unique way of bringing out societal issues in a highly suggestive manner. I also enjoyed the role of the ghost to push the story line forwards with each apparition. 2. What, do you believe is the main theme of the film? The Spanish Civil War, more specifically how Franco’s army and the right-winged parties consolidated while the left-winged opposition fragmented and was, eventually, forced out. Also there is a general message about war and how such terrifying events can rob children of their childhoods. 3. Were you frightened during the story? Of what? Which characters were more frightening – Santi? Jacinto? Did this response change as the film progressed? If so, how? At first the movie seems like any other typical ghost/horror story, where one grows weary of the ghost’s presence primarily due to fear of the unknown. However, as the storyline develops, one becomes uncomfortably accustomed to the ghost’s appearance. Furthermore, after learning the circumstances behind...
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...Español 2040-19 Profesor William Benner 11/17/2015 Juan Basar Debato de Las Corridas de Toros Analicé el debate de las corridas de los toros en España, México, Colombia y otros países. Pienso que el deporte debe terminar . El deporte empezó en 711 AD en la Península Ibérica. La corrida de los toros incluye un matador contra un toro (Bullfighting History). Algunas personas piensan que las corridas de toros son una gran parte de las culturas que soportan el deporte. Las personas que van a las corridas vean el evento como un arte porque los movimientos de los matadores son muy precisos y bonitos. La oposición del debate piensa que el deporte es muy violento y injusto para los toros. Ellos han concluido que los países deben de cesar las corridas. Ambos lados tienen buenos argumentos, pero aspectos de las corridas son malas e innecesarias. El peligro de heridas para los matadores y el pobre tratamiento de los toros son las razones en que el deporte debe de cesar totalmente. Desde el año 1700, 533 matadores han muertos y en el año 2013, 47 fueron heridas durante las corridas de los toros (Who, What, Why:). Estos números son muy altos y los muertos y lesiones de los jugadores son más altas que otros deportes. Es ridículo que hay tantos muertos en un deporte y es necesario terminar el deporte para ayudar a los matadores. Los matadores tienen la opción de luchar a los toros, pero a veces sufran de mucho presión de sus familias y deciden a luchar. Muchos de ellos son matadores...
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...Art express experiences in life and how people deal with them. Many filmmakers use specific techniques to express how they represent their interpretation of life within their film such as the use of color and texture, fairy tales or myths, and character portrayal and their personalities. In Guillermo Del Toro's film “Pan's Labyrinth” he uses the real world and the fantasy one to parallel each other. Color and texture are used to reveal the harshness of war and political oppression. Del Toro reflects the real world with the use of cool colors such as blues and grays and tried to use as little color as possible. Del Toro’s use of texture was very subtle and he decided to use very little furnishing and other props in the real world to make it more dull and less welcoming. In the fantasy portion of the movie Del Toro’s use of color is very warm and welcoming. He uses a lot of reds and golds to express a more homely and accepting atmosphere. Del Toro uses texture in the fantasy world by placing large paintings and a lot of furnishings like chairs, dressers, tables, etc. In “Pan’s Labyrinth” the struggle between good and evil is depicted. The story takes place in Spain 1944. The main character Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures that lead her through a variety of trials. The antagonist, Captain Vidal is the symbol for evil and brutality. Ofelia travels with her sick mother to meet her new stepfather and runs into a fairy along the way that then leads her to a dilapidated...
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... RedBull company is also known for its sponsorship of a range of sporting events and teams. In 2014, a total of 5.612 billion cans were sold in over 167 countries. 10,410 employees generated €5.11 billion in revenue.The company is known for its ridiculous sponsoring of extreme sport events including cliff diving, BMX, skiing, flying, downhill and free-ride mountain biking and skateboarding .RedBull is known for its “RedBull Stratos” project for which it sponsored €50 million for a skydiver Felix Baumgartner to perform a ‘supersonic free fall’.RedBull has been assosciated with F1 racing since 20 years and currently owns 2 F1 teams ‘Red Bull Racing’ and ‘Scuderia Toro Rosso’ .In the past decade RedBull was expected to have spent $1.2 billion on these F1 teams .RedBull owns 5 Football clubs ‘FC Red Bull Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Brasil, RB Leipzig and Red Bull Ghana’. These are just to name a few of the events and teams sponsored by RedBull. Analysis: The space jump featured Felix Baumgartner making a freefall jump from 24 miles above the earth gave Red Bull roughly 8 million eyeballs watching...
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...Fairly Real Tales Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is about the power of fairy tales. As del Toro discusses, for Ofelia, fantasy compensates for the horrors of reality. Throughout the film, she struggles to reconcile her two worlds: the real and the imaginary. Furthermore, her imaginary world can be seen as one in which she has the agency that she is denied in the real world. Ultimately, Ofelia’s fairy tale world offers her insight into the real world and salvation from the horrors of the real world. In an interview, Ethan Alter asked Guillermo del Toro whether Ofelia’s fantasy world is real or all in her mind. He answered that it’s true: “There’s a very clear instance in the movie where there is no other explanation” (Ethan 14). He says that “in my mind, the movie tries to say that if you don’t know where to look, you won’t see these creatures. Like Vidal—he’s unable to see them” (Ethan 14). However, he does say that other viewers may see the film in different ways: “there are two kinds of audiences for this movie: one that will believe it’s real and the other that will think it’s imaginary. For me, the movie is like a Rorschach test. It defines you as a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full person. Which is fine, I like the idea of that being your choice” (Ethan 14). Del Toro’s comments prove that Pan’s Labyrinth attempts to show a world in which fairy tales offer insight into reality and a means of saving oneself from its daily...
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...El artículo es Brindis triste. Primero, vamos a ver qué es Brindis triste. Brindis, como todo el mundo sabe, es el momento de una celebración en el que los invitados levantan y entrechocan las copas para manifestar buenos deseos. Pero, ¿qué es Brindis triste? Este artículo se publicó en el cinco de Mayo, En las Plazas de Toros hay corridas de toros todos los domingos a partir de marzo y hasta el mes de octubre. Las corridas más importantes, donde torean los matadores más reconocidos, son las que coinciden con la festividad de San Isidro. Esta feria tiene lugar desde mediados de mayo hasta principios de junio. La Feria de San Isidro es el acontecimiento taurino más importante de la temporada. Por eso, el autor comienza el artículo con el tema de corridas de toros. En su opininón, esta temporada taurina es un enorme holocausto zoológico, que es una gran matanza de los animales. Sin embargo, la gente celebra con alegre esta forma de matanza y sólo conmueve la sangre del diestro(torero) en vez de la del animal. Pero, aunque no quiere las corridas de toros, al autor, le gusta contemplar los escritos de Joaquín Vidal. Joaquín Vidal es un cronista de toros. Aunque la crónica taurina no sea propiamente una crítica —en las banales y tecnocráticas distinciones de los géneros informativos—, él fue, en su campo, uno de los principales críticos en España. Su actitud y escritos suponen todo un ejemplo de los talentos y actitudes de los que, cada vez más, se ausentan de la sociedad española...
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...In the wake of Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), a spate of films have aimed to replicate its jazzy, frantic style, its knowing self-referentiality with their own representations of unshakably hip mobsters and icy killers. Most of these aspirants were swiftly dismissed as ineffective wannabes, offering nothing new but a relentless chain of pop culture references and unexpected violent episodes. It’s something of a relief, then, that Guy Ritchie’s Snatch works so well – it is so good, that it seems an appropriate epitaph, the high note required to put the post-Pulp underworld and its bumbling, comedic flunkies to rest, at least for a while. Snatch captures the mood of Tarantino’s work but avoids the slickness of dialogue, the polished brattiness of the American’s self-conscious patter. In this film, Ritchie allows the camera itself to do all the truly cool stuff. The voices – deliberately roughened, broken, sometimes completely indecipherable – stammer and stagger and lurch their way between threat and crisis. It is the camerawork in this film, however, that is granted the smartest trickery, gets the best laughs, and the cleverest lines. Writer/Director Ritchie sets the pace fast, and the camera seems compelled to follow, dashing from character to character, updating narrative threads, eliding great slabs of time in glorious fast motion (Dennis Farina’s Avi manages to speed from New York to London and back in several hilarious seconds) and pausing only momentarily to catch a breath...
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...Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan in "Vampires Never Die" and James Parker in "Our Zombies, Ourselves," all explain how Vampires and Zombies have taken root and made themselves at home in our culture. While popular culture may not effect academic study directly, it is an escape for students, and teachers, which may help them indirectly. After a long day of school then of studying at home, one’s mind may become worn out and tired, therefore it is impossible to think straight and answer questions correctly. The mind need breaks in order to operate properly and popular culture provides this. There are several things one can gather from popular culture about human nature and society; the stories did a great job in showing this, especially “Why Vampires Never Die”. The fact that humans created myths, legends, fantasy creatures, etc. can say quite a bit. They came from people’s imagination, which will, subconsciously, have fragments of themselves within these creations. Toro and Hogan say “Monsters, like angels, are invoked by our individual and collective needs” and “In other words, whereas other monsters emphasize what is mortal in us, the vampire emphasizes the eternal in us”, meaning fantasy came from our desire for excitement, action, adventure, and anything different. People want to live in a fantasy, and they do not even mind the side effects of monster; in fact, the side effects and risks may add to the intrigue; much like how people constantly ride roller coasters and...
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...,Compare and contrast the narrative structure of at least two of the films studied. Your answer should also evaluate the reasons why these structures were chosen. Since the commercial success of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros in the year 2000, there has been an indubitable resurgence in the amount of interest in, and amount of films being produced within Mexico. This picture, as well as Y Tu Mamá También (2001) by Alfonso Cuarón both received worldwide acclaim and have set a high benchmark for the other Mexican releases since the millennium to live up to. This essay will explore the prominence of narrative structure in the aforementioned Amores Perros (2001), as well as Amat Escalante’s Los Bastardos (2008) and Guillermo Del Toro’s El Espinazo del Diablo (2001). The constituents of a film’s narrative structure come under two different entities: the content of the film’s story, and the way in which the story is presented to the spectator. Vis-à-vis the content of the films story, the essay will mention how, on a thematic level, these films each rely heavily on the use of violence to delineate its message and intentions. James Kendrick states that the use of violence in a film is employed as a structuring device and it is evident that each of these films uses violence for differing intentions, of which the essay will later make discernible. Subsequently, the essay will contrast the order in which the stories are presented to the viewer, chiefly, regarding how Amores...
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...Alex Vassallo Vassallo -1 Ms. Jelen American Literature 1/19/15 Vampires Of The Twenty First Century The book that I am reviewing is called the The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. My opinion of The Strain is that it is a good book with a lot of horror themed elements and it is a perfect read for any one who like vampires or monsters. The Strain is a modern vampire novel that takes place in New York City. We spend most of the book following a handful of main characters who are trying to stop the spread of a vampiric infection, all while trying to hunt down the head vampire who is spreading the plague. You also follow another group of character who are the living with the infection and who spread the disease to there family. The main characters of the book are Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, Vasiliy Fet, Dr. Nora Martinez, and Professor Abraham Setrakin. Ephraim and Nora work for the Center for Disease Control(CDC) and are in a relationship and have been for a long time. They are the only few people that are taught how to deal with the vampires. Vasiliy Fet is a exterminator who was brought in by Ephraim and Nora. Professor Abraham Setrakin was a teacher but before that he fought the vampires starting when they showed up during World War II. The Professor teaches Ephraim, Nora, and Vasiliy how to...
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