Brazil is more than beaches and Carnival, but that would be enough reason to travel there. Brazil is the largest country in South America, taking up almost half of the continent, extending from north of the Equator to south of the Tropic of Capricorn. It’s population of around 180 million is the largest in South America. It’s 2 major cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janiero are among the largest in world. The nation’s natural beauty is reflected in its variety of geographic locations, from Sugar Loaf Mountain in the city of Rio de Janeiro, to the magnificent Iguazu Falls in the south, to the Amazon basin in the North, there’s something for almost every taste… snow skiers excepted.

Why Property in Brazil

* Prices for property in Brazil are up to 70% cheaper than similar European Resorts
* Brazil has a lower cost of living and offers a dream lifestyle for property owners
* Brazil has it all - sunshine, beaches, nature and a friendly vibrant culture
* The Brazilian government has placed a top priority on promoting tourism
* In recent research 96% of tourists visiting Brazil plan to return
* Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world with the 10th largest economy
* According to investment bank Goldman Sachs Brazil with be the world’s 5th largest
* Brazil is the emerging property market with the greatest buzz
* Direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester Airports

Brazil reported a gross domestic product growth rate of 4.3% in the first quarter of 2007, and its currency - the real - has appreciated 10% against the U.S. dollar so far this year.

The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) reports that Brazil received 5.4 million tourists in 2005, which was nearly a third of all the tourists visiting South America as a whole during that year. This generated US$3.9 billion in foreign currency exchange from tourists. By 2006, tourist figures in Brazil had reached an impressive 6.3 million. The WTO predict strong performance for property travel and tourism demand in Brazil for 2007, growing at a rate of 7.2%. This forecast points to a rapid but steady phase of growth in both the short- and medium-term.

Brazil is far from sitting on its tourism laurels, however. The Government’s National Tourism Plan has identified concrete economical objectives for the foreseeable future. These include the target of over 9 million tourists visiting the country annually, the target of generating US$8 billion in foreign currency, and increasing the number of domestic travelers to 65 million annually.

The fact that Brazilian properties are still available at low prices, combined with a pro-active brazilian Government that is taking a long term attitude to investment into infrastructure improvements and into tourism, will result in inherent rises in property prices, thereby creating a lucrative Brazil market. Additionally, the market is still in its infancy and indicators to its future are highly positive, all aspects that make it a prime emerging market.

Why Invest in Brazil Land?
By investing in land you are getting in at the ground floor with the potential for much high returns than developed properties. You will be investing at pre-construction prices which means as facilities such as roads, golf courses, beach clubs, restaurants are added they are all adding value to your investment. This type of investment is suited to the more sophisticted investor looking for high returns over a longer timeline.

Brazil offers prime undeveloped land in one of the very best locations in Brazil. When buying land identifying a prime location is one of the most important considerations.

Brazil Apartments

The Elegance Natal Golf Resort is located in Natal, the capital city of Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil. Natal is the safest city in Brazil and one if its most popular family holiday destinations. Enjoying a near perfect climate with an average temperature of 28 degrees centigrade and over 300 days of sunshine every year. As well as the world famous beaches, Natal itself has a lively nightlife with many restaurants, cafes and bars.

This spectacular resort is situated on over four miles of beautiful beach offering a great range of amenities including:

* 5 Golf Courses to PGA tournament standard
* Ocean Boardwalk
* Spa and health resorts
* Tennis Courts
* Horse Riding Facilities
* Heliport
* Ronaldo football academy
* Beach club
* 24 hour Security
* Shopping Malls
* Resort Hotel

Brazil Villas

Brazil is world famous for its beach living and easy going lifestyle. There is no better way to enjoy this than in your own luxury villa in Brazil.

Major tour operators such as Thomson are now are offering Brazil as a premier beach destination. Billions are being invested in hotel, luxury villa and resort development in the North East of Brazil. Of its three villas resorts in South America, Club Med has decided to site all of them in Brazil.

When compared to many tropical destinations, Brazil benefits from having no history of hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes and tsunamis.

Foreign investment into real estate is actively encouraged in Brazil; foreigners can own 100% of land and property within the country, which is not always the case in emerging markets. This is viewed as a major contributory factor, alongside the favourable currency exchange rate for foreigner investment. This has enabled direct foreign investment into real estate in Brazil to soar. A staggering US$1.3 billion was invested by foreigners in 2006 alone.

Off Plan Property in Brazil

Many people are adding off plan property to their investment portfolios to benefit from the excellent returns which are occurring in many areas. Off-plan property is one of the most popular investment types due to the historic gains enjoyed by many people from all over the world.

Buying a property off plan in Brazil means you are buying before construction has begun. This may sound like a risk, however in recent years this means of property investment has become immensely popular as it offers a way for property investors to get ahead. By buying today you are securing your off plan investment property at today’s prices. After the property has been completed it is highly likely to have risen in value. This means if you can only just afford to invest in Brazil at today’s prices if you wait until completion you may very well have been priced out of the market.

Brazilian off plan property offers the chance to invest at around 30% off the retail price of the finished property. This means you can choose to realise an immediate gain once the property is completed. With developments with particularly high investor interest it can be possible to sell for a profit before construction has been completed.

Land in Brazil
# Land is available on a 80 hectares site (800,000 m2)
# Very low build density
# Limited supply at both regional and local level
# Local restrictions on planning and ecology to protect the area
# 300 metres of pure beachfront
# Plots ranging in size from approximately 500m2 to 1000m2
# Beach, waterfront and equestrian views
# 10 minutes walk from Belmonte
# Various exit options and timings
# Prices from under L17,000

Brazil Real Estate

The Brazilian real estate market is full of potential and offers an excellent opportunity to maximize profits on your property purchase, with very favorable exchange rates adding further value. Real estate in Brazil and particularly in north east Brazil around Natal, Fortaleza and Bahia, offers perhaps the most exciting investment opportunity anywhere in the world today. As is true of all emerging markets, the early bird catches the worm and early investors will see the greatest returns on investment. In an area of such obvious growth and potential, property purchasers are confident they will experience substantial financial gains as the demand for property in Brazil increases.

Located in the corner of South America, Natal is an extremely pleasant city, with a tropical climate, recognized as the city with the purest air of America.

With its dozens of white beaches, such as Ponta Negra and Morro do Careca Natal is a most popular beach location and now international real estate investment is really emerging as a major market with many luxury off-plan developments being built and at very affordable prices. Tourism is the most important industry of Natal, with real estate running in second place to this. Industry experts predict 400% capital growth for Brazil property in the Natal region over the next 10 years. The local government is investing billions into the local infrastructure to make this one of the worlds number one tourist destinations. They intend to attract 9 million tourists each year and more than 1 million local jobs. In a small area of coast there are more than 20 golf courses planned. The new Natal suspension bridge has opened up the stunning northern coast to property development. And the new Airport will be the largest in South America, the 5th largest in the world. The combination of sea, sand dunes, lagoons, a rich and varied gastronomy, an array of leisure and entertainment and a pleasant and hospitable people makes Natal irresistible.

Bahia is a great tropical paradise of tremendous value. It is without a doubt one of the most important tourism destinations in South America with its numerous attractions and pleasant climate throughout most of the year. Beaches, islands, rivers, caves and mountains are just a few examples of the many landscapes of this land, which is known for its great cultural diversity. Extensive conservation areas, delicious local cuisine and a wealth of folk traditions are other elements that make the state even more attractive to visitors. The Salvador area (Capital of Bahia) is far the most frequently visited. Real Estate investment is on the upswing driven by Bahia is over 1000 kilometers of pristine beaches, growing infrastructure and the warm hospitality of its people. The world has woken up to the real estate potential in Bahia but owning or renting your dream den in Bahia is no longer a dream.

Brazil real estate offers a luxury choice of different villas and apartments. Each of them has is own specific interior with fascinating beauty. Brazil offers all the quality facilities one would expect from a world class resort.

Brazil is famous for its beaches, and real estate along the beach or nearby tends to be most popular. There is real estate for everyone in Brazil: ranging from apartments, houses, beachfront homes to farms/fazendas, land, closed condominiums, hotels and even islands. Fantastic beaches, exceptional culture, and host for the football World Cup in 2014, there are plenty of reasons to invest in Brazil, either as a second home, or as a speculative investment.

Brazil Golf Property
Get your own a piece of paradise while being near a world class PGA golfing facility. You may find yourself teeing off near Ronaldo and Antonio Banderas who are also owners on this Brazilian golf property. One of the key appeals of golf property is the fact that you are guaranteed to be surrounded by lush green landscape.

The fine weather allows golf all year round. Golf property often experiences exceptional returns due to its popularity with both golfers and those yet to discover the joys of the sport. All owners appreciate the quality of life and sense of community this type of property offers. Golf view property are at the very top of the most requested property types.

Brazil golf property offer both the serious and casual golfer everything they need to enjoy the superb courses. These popular developments help ensure a healthy growth of new and resale values.

The author is a specialist on Brazil Property.

Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s long-time television sidekick, and star in his own right, is the latest victim of the mortgage meltdown. $644,000 behind in his house payments, he is in imminent danger of losing his home.

He appeared on the “Larry King Show” to bare his soul. Wearing a neck brace, McMahon told a tragic tale of woe, detailing how he had suffered a series of financial setbacks, from a major mold infestation that destroyed his health, to a serious neck injury requiring numerous operations, that has made it impossible for him to earn an income, reducing him to a state of abject poverty.

It was a gut-wrenching spectacle to behold, to see one of our most-cherished super-celebrities fall so low. His faithful wife, Pam, who has stood by her man through thick and thin, sat loyally beside him on the set, visibly distraught, overcome with emotion, fighting back the tears. At times, it was almost too unbearable to watch.

The $644,000 question in all of this is, where is the Hollywood community? Many of them owe their careers to Big Ed. An avid elbow bender in his day, he frequented the nightclubs, finding fresh new talent, giving up-and-comers their first public exposure on “The Tonight Show.” He started “Star Search” to help out struggling artists break into show business. Effusively supportive, lavish with both his praise and his money, Big Ed was generous to a fault. It is no secret that the reason his home had so many bedrooms was because he was constantly taking in struggling strays. He was always there for them. Where are they in his hour of need?

Now that the tables are turned, it is time for them to give back to their mentor. Since many of the stars own multiple homes, they could easily hand over the keys of one of them to Ed and write it off on their taxes as a charitable donation.

When Ed was on Larry King’s show, King, richer than God, could have pulled out his checkbook and written a check to help out his long-time friend, ending the pain and suffering right then and there.

Or, what about Jay Leno? Megamillionaire Leno’s lavish lifestyle rests squarely on the shoulders of Ed McMahon, first, for making his current television home a highly-lucrative money machine, and second, for giving him his big break. Thanks to Ed, Leno now owns an entire fleet of super-expensive one-of-a-kind classic automobiles. Leno could auction off one of them and help the man who made him.

Perhaps there is a silver lining in this sad story. If it could happen to a celebrity, then it could happen to anyone. Millions of Americans are just one paycheck away from losing the roof over their heads. Maybe now, the Powers That Be will take the housing crisis seriously and take steps to end the carnage. Whereas before, the homeless were just an anonymous face lurking in the shadows on the fringes of society; now, poverty has an identity. Who ever thought that the man we welcomed into our homes every night would become the poster boy for homelessness?

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“A.I. Artificial Intelligence” is in many ways a very bold film that tackles some big themes. It’s wonderfully done, but at the same time, there’s something a little odd about it; A.I. started life as a Stanley Kubrick film and his influences are evident throughout the film. However, he passed the baton to Steven Spielberg to make the film, a quest Spielberg was eager to pursue especially after Kubrick died as a tribute to his friend. So instead of getting a Kubrick film, you get a half-Kubrick-half-Spielberg film which makes for some puzzling viewing because their sensibilities seem diametrically opposed, a fact which is quite evident when watching A.I. You can almost see how far Kubrick would have gone in certain sequences, whereas with the same sequences Spielberg holds back, perhaps not as comfortable to go in those areas. Nevertheless, A.I. is an intriguing film whose themes and visuals will hold your interest throughout; however, if you don’t like Spielberg sentimentality, you better not watch this film because although it’s not as heaped on as some of his earlier works, he does manage to pour some of it on the material, especially in the last twenty minutes.

A.I. opens at the headquarters of Cybertronics, a leading maker of robots. The company’s CEO, Professor Hobby (William Hurt), in a speech to his team, proposes to build a robot child that can love and dream. It is here that the first moral dilemma is posed and one that ultimately encompasses the entire film; if you can make a robot child to love, what is it’s owner’s responsibility to love it back? I’m not sure that this question is ever answered in the film; in Kubrick’s world: probably not, in Spielberg’s more fantasy-naive notions: yes. This is ultimately where A.I. becomes a little unstuck because there seems to be two different dialogues going through the film and one really can’t be surprised by this because the film is ultimately the vision of two different directors. Spielberg in his attempt to maintain Kubrick’s vision of the film has ultimately held the film back simply because he doesn’t share the same sensibility as Kubrick. On the other hand, he has to be commended for actually bringing the film to the screen at all because despite this one obvious flaw, A.I. is compelling viewing and still manages to impart some strong ideas.

We are then introduced to David, played to perfection by Haley Joel Osmont. This genius kid actor got all of the robotic nuances down pat; one example is that he never blinks in the film (watch carefully!). He is placed with a couple whose child is terminally ill in a coma and over time he is accepted by them, particularly Monica (Frances O’Connor) whose feeling are torn between David and her son. Trouble starts when their son Martin (Jake Thomas) is miraculously revived. When he comes home, he begins a rivalry with David which ultimately leads to his expulsion from the family. In a heart-wrenching scene which is all Spielberg, Monica takes David out to a forest and dumps him there, leaving him to fend for himself. All of these sequences with the family are pure Spielberg and you can see here why Kubrick wanted him to make the film. It’s extremely well done and highlights Spielberg’s talents with kids. He has to be given points for the creation of the supertoy Teddy who becomes David’s companion; a walking, talking teddy bear. He’s very cute but never annoying and complements David very nicely. From this point on, David resolves to find the ‘blue fairy’, a magical being he heard from the Pinocchio story, in order for her to make a real boy so Monica will love him. From this point on, the Pinocchio analogies come in to full swing.

The film then changes dramatically; we are introduced to Gigolo Joe (Jude Law), a pleasure robot who is trying to make his latest female client feel at ease before getting ‘down to the business’. This is where you feel the Kubrick influence, to the point where you can imagine he would have filmed them having sex, but Spielberg holds back, cutting at the very moment this would have happened. The film becomes progressively darker when it moves to the flesh fare sequences of angry humans destroying robots, thus fueling their hatred for all things mechanical. The film is now totally different, and seems very Kubrick like and to Spielberg’s credit he does manage to keep most of that darkness on screen.

David and Joe then proceed to Rouge City, a spectacular visual triumph made by the special effects team. The shot where they drive through big fish like structures is absolutely spectacular, as is the rendering of the city itself. Here they talk to Dr Know (voiced by Robin Williams) who informs them to go the ends of the Earth to find the Blue Fairy. The ends of the Earth turn out to be a submerged Manhattan (again, another absolutely spectacular visual). David reunites with Professor Hobby but is dismayed when he finds out that he will be mass-produced for other families, thus not making him unique any more.

David eventually goes to the depths of the ocean in a helicopter and finds what he thinks is the blue fairy, but in doing so, gets trapped there, seemingly forever. If it were Kubrick, he probably would have ended the film there, given its downbeat tone, not to mention it taps in to that human condition of aspiring to things we ultimately cannot realise. However, Spielberg has tacked on an extra twenty minutes which are purely his own. 2,000 years pass and the world is in a new ice age and humans are extinct; aliens studying Earth pull David out from the ice and begin to converse with him about humans. They learn of his desire to gain Monica’s love and in a warm moment, they manage to recreate her for one day, and David finally gets her love. He then goes to sleep forever, his quest fulfilled. This ending ultimately gives a very sweet and uplifting ending that Spielberg has to take credit for and is probably opposite to what Kubrick would have done. Whether you like it or not is up to you, but the sentiment is poured on here.

A.I. is an absolute visual feast. Every single shot in this film is beautiful to look at, from the more intimate moments between the characters to the big special effects shots; all of it gels together brilliantly making for one of the most unique visual feasts you’re likely to experience. On this point alone the film is worth watching. However, unlike a lot of special effects films, A.I. does impart a level of intelligence rarely found in such films, as we go on David’s journey to gain Monica’s love and in the process find out a little bit about what makes humans behave the way they do.

The only problem with A.I. as I’ve already mentioned is that it’s representative of two directors’ visions. If you like Kubrick, you won’t like Spielberg’s take on the material. If you like Spielberg, you won’t like the Kubrick influences. This culminates in a film that doesn’t really sit in either world, but if you’re willing to look past that then you will be in for an intriguing experience.

A.I. is a memorable film; it won’t be to everyone’s tastes, but it’s definitely a worthwhile viewing experience.

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Alex DeMattia is the lead DVD reviewer at the film/DVD review web site http://www.allaboutmovies.net

Winky Wright this week called out the two belt world champion of the middle weight division in Kelly Pavlik. Pavlik yesterday said he would love to make this his next fight and already it is being planned. Kelly is a big puncher, where as Winky is technically very good and accurate and there contrasting styles will make this fight great.

Reasons Why This Fight Will Be High Quality:

1. Pavlik constantly goes forward and he will make Wright continually fight and brawl his way through twelve rounds.

2. Winky will try to use his superior speed to over come Pavliks power, which will make things interesting.

3. Both fighters have good chins and it will likely go twelve rounds.

4. Winky is coming off a loss to Hopkins, so he will have extra motivation to beat Pavlik.

5. If Pavlik wins he will most likely get a shot at fighting Arthur Abraham which will be a unification fight. Which will give Kelly extra motivation to win.

Even though many boxing fans did not see it, this fight looks likely to go ahead. In some other interesting news, Kellys last opponent looks set on fighting Anthony Mundine as his next fight. That fight would likely be at a higher weight in the super middle weight division.

I would predict that Pavlik will win this fight by a close decision, although Winky is such a high class fighter he has a good chance at picking Pavlik off and winning by decision as well. These two fighters are very evenly matched and it should be a fantastic fight.

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