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Curitiba to receive Hospital for the Elderly
Project fulfils Beto Richa’s governmental proposal
The authorisation for special additional credit to the value of R$14.275 million destined for
the construction of the Municipal Hospital of Gerontology and Medical Clinic of Curitiba, better
known as the Hospital for the Elderly, was approved by the Council Chamber
This project was part of Mayor
Beto Richa’s election platform,
and the Mayor himself obtained
the funding from the Federal
Government, which was made
necessary due to the State
Government having cancelled the
already-promised resources.
According to the Mayor’s
leader
in
the
Chamber,
Councillor Mario Celso Cunha,
the Vice-Mayor Luciano Ducci’s
determination was fundamental,
as he had been in charge of
the Municipal Secretariat for
Health and prepared all the
documentation necessary to
cement the partnership.
Curitiba’s City Hall will, in
counterpart, invest resources in
the order of R$2.3 million, as
well as R$5 million to purchase
the land, and furthermore will
be responsible for purchasing
the equipment, hiring personnel
and maintaining the hospital.
According to the president of the
Council Chamber, Councillor
João Cláudio Derosso, Curitiba’s
project is the best in Brazil
in terms of healthcare for the
elderly, and will become the
national reference. “Things work
here, and there is no reason for
healthcare to be any different”,
he summarized. Derosso further
pointed out that the project is
synonymous to the Municipal
Administration’s respect for the
elderly. “The elderly deserve
special care; after all, they helped
to build the city”.
Curitiba’s Hospital for the
Elderly will have 141 beds, 10
“Things work here,
and there is no reason for healthcare to
be any different”, he
summarized. Derosso further pointed
out that the project is synonymous
to the Municipal
Administration’s respect for the elderly.
ICU beds, 14 intermediate beds
and two operating theatres. There
will be a Radiology department,
with X-ray equipment and the
latest generation computerized
axial tomography, or CAT scan.
Video-laparoscopic procedures
have also been confirmed.
Another important point will be
the Human Resources Training
Centre for attending to the
elderly. The professionals will
be trained and prepared for this
differentiated, more humane,
attendance.
The Hospital for the Elderly
will also boast a home internment
service, with nine teams, one
in each region of the city, all
integrated with the Elderly
Attendance System. According
to the Mayor’s leader, Curitiba
will need further resources, and
not only the initial support.
“The cost of maintaining the
infrastructure is very high and the
expenses are enormous. Just look
at the 24-hour health clinics. The
Federal Government made the
initial resources available and
Curitiba City Hall has kept the
clinics running and provided
all necessary maintenance, at
a monthly cost of R$1 million
per unit. This means a monthly
expense of R$8 million, when
you consider that Curitiba has
eight such clinics.”
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Curitiba in English - N° 05 - April / May
Editorial
picture of ourselves.
Later I went to the show and
could enjoy the great magnetism
he shows on stage accompanied
by excellent musicians.
After many years on the road as
bassist and leader vocalist for the
Samjazz Quintet, I guess I have
developed skills to understand
the elements running on each
song, and the way they fill
Dear Readers
Since I came to think my soul with the harmonious
of “Curitiba in English”, my accords dance, that embellish the
everyday life has brought me a melodies. Charles Aznavour and
world of unexpected experiences. orchestra, simply enchanted me.
On Saturday morning, Mr.
Some of them so pleasant,
Poladian,
the man responsible
that I can not afford to keep for
for
Charles
Aznavour’s shows
myself.
in
Brazil,
suggested
me to make
I have to tell you.
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the
myth
along XV
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de
Novembro
street.
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coat,
with
a
photograph
camera
Charles Aznavour.
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The man is a myth…but I had to glasses none could recognize him,
while
taking
do it.
pictures
of
the
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many
years
I took a piece
children
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of paper and on the road as bassist
were
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wrote
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ground,
questions
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painting and
though would
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be convenient the Samjazz Quintet, drawing.
group
was
and went to
Charles Aznavour
on a public
the Bourbon
Hotel.
and Orchestra simply demonstration
towards
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protection and
enchanted
me”
entry
doors,
care for the
stopped
for
animals and Mr
awhile and watched the moving
Aznavour
was
concerned
about it.
of the people in the hall. Suddenly
After
explaining
him
about
Rua
to my surprise the elevator door
Xv’s
scenery
and
the
reason
why
in front of me got opened and
there he was… Just in front of it is called “cursed mouth “ I was
invited by his staff ’s chief to leave
me, Mr. Charles Aznavour.
It took some seconds till I could them alone. I was really amazed.
put myself together and stand The reason why I was asked to go
my hands to this great artist and away was communication in the
English language. The French
gentleman.
I had in my hands an edition staff hates approaches in English.
of the “Curitiba in English “, No problem, farewell…
After lunch I met Mr. Tony
told him that I needed to write
Bonfils
the orchestra’s bassist and
about him for our next edition.
with
the
He glanced at it, picked it up in
assistance of our great ,
his hands, flipped some pages
legendary
pianist Gebran, we
and invited me to take a seat.
enjoyed
a
delicious
happy hour
My goodness…unbelievable…I
jam
section
at
Beto
batata’s bar.
was thinking. Got a sheet of
Bossa
Nova
hits
were
on tune,
paper, laid it on the living room
played
and
sang
with
respect,
table and directed him some
care,
feelings,
sensibility
and
questions. He kindly answered all
soul,
by
musicians
to
musicians,
of them. Never minding my lack
of experience, for I did not have telepathically.
A unforgettable moment of
a recorder, a photograph camera,
spiritual
satisfaction.
or any other stuff a professional
journalist currently holds.
Cheers !
He acted as a simple man and
I used my cell phone to make a
Nelson
reminder of this moment with a
Politics
Brazil in dire need of permanent
public project to preserve territory
The public policies directed at
the preservation of the Brazilian
Territory are tied to senior State
officials and political parties,
which compromises national sovereignty. In the case of the Amazon region, the lack of a longterm strategic plan is evident, in
the evaluation of General Antônio Burgos, Military Strategy,
National Security and Environmental Security Studies coordinator for the Armando Álvares
Penteado Foundation (FAAP).
“We need a permanent project, which preserves the Territory
with criteria and reaffirms national sovereignty”, said Burgos,
who participated in Amcham
– São Paulo’s Natural Environment committee last Thursday
(24/04).
In the General’s opinion, the
only way for the Country to have
dominion over the Amazon region is to promote research and
studies. “Only he who knows the
Amazon region can understand
it; and only he who understands
it, defends it”, he punctuated.
According to data from INPA
(National Institute for Amazon
Region Research), 78% of surveys carried out in the region
were done by foreigners. “It is
absurd that a Brazilian student
should have to pay in order to be
able to access studies made about
his own country”, the General
criticised.
Wealth
potential; the region concentrates
more than 20% of the world’s
available fresh water, and is a vast
genetic bank. “If Brazil does not
impose herself, there will be war
because of this wealth”, he forecast.
He revealed that the Brazilian
Army has a defence strategy for
the Amazon region, developed
more than 10 years ago. Indians,
peasants and soldiers are trained
to resist a possible international
incursion in the region.
The advance
NGOs
of
the
Faap’s coordinator questioned
the growing advance of NonGovernmental Organisations in
the Amazon region. “These organisations have an important
role in the Country’s development, but there is not the slightest control over what is being
done. This generates the misrepresentation of the effective function of these institutions and the
Country becomes a hostage of its
initiative.”
He revealed that, at present,
the region houses a population
of 500 thousand Indians and
that 250 thousand NGOs operate there under the presupposition of aiding and preserving
these communities. “We could
say that there is one organisation
for every two Indians. This does
not make the slightest sense”, he
emphasised.
Besides
tasting
coffee’s
excellence,
one enjoy
pleasant
moments
in
Curitiba’s
most
traditional
Coffee bar.
Burgos highlighted the region’s
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Collaboration:
Curitiba to receive hospital for the
Elderly
Councillor to propose public hearings
on vehicle rotation
Brazil in dire need of permanent public
project to preserve territory
Mothers of Curitiba
Palladium to inaugurate in Curitiba
Charles Aznavour thrills the audience
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Research : Looking over Curitiba by
Isadora Vaz, translated into English by
Simone Steward
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International Business
Politics
Fun & Arts
High interest
April 28: The world’s unwantrates, low growth
ed food basket
Edited by Jonathan Wheatley,
of the low income levels in poor
As rising food prices continue countries.”
to threaten food security around
Brazil has its share of the blame.
the world, one obvious solution is The country has been remarkably
being largely ignored: Brazil. The backward in lobbying developedcountry has enormous reserves world governments and spreadof unused arable land, most of it ing the word about its huge procurrently serving as under-pro- ductive capacity. It has done little
ductive pasture, that could easily to combat hysteria over the supand cheaply be
posed threat of
“The correct respon- ethanol to the
turned over to
production of
se is to give priority Amazon forest,
grains and othfor example: a
er foods. The to dealing with hun- threat that, if
problem is that
ger, with access to it exists, owes
much of Brazil’s
more to lawfarm produce foodstuffs and to food lessness in the
continues
to production in poorer Amazon region
face prohibitive
to ecocountries” Celso Amo- than
tariffs and other
nomic imperarim, Brazil’s foreign tives of ethanol
barriers to developed marminister, told the FT production.
kets in Europe
But the delast week.
and the US.
veloped world
“The correct response is to give appears purposely myopic in repriority to dealing with hunger, lation to the opportunities Brazil
with access to foodstuffs and to presents. Just raising intensity of
food production in poorer coun- cattle production from the curtries” Celso Amorim, Brazil’s rent 0.8 animals per hectare to
foreign minister, told the FT last 1.2 animals (a target already far
week. “And to give priority to exceeded in many parts of the
tackling the root of the problem: country) would release about
the enormous subsidies in rich 80m hectares of land for crops.
countries that undermine pro- But that would upset wealthy US
duction in developing nations. and European farmers – a price
World hunger is not a result of apparently not worth paying.
a lack of supply, but principally
Brazil’s surprisingly big interest
rate hike provoked predictable
outrage from business and labour
groups.
Even President Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva, normally unwavering in his support for the operational independence of the central bank, said the hike – along
with a drubbing for his football
team, Corinthians – had put a
crick in his neck.
The other predictable effect
was on the currency, which on
the eve of the hike closed at its
strongest level against the US
dollar for nine years and has continued to strengthen since. This
will further damage the competitiveness of Brazil’s exporters.
Nevertheless, many economists agree that the bank had
little choice given the recent rise
in inflation expectations beyond
the government’s 4.5 per cent
target (click here for the bank’s
latest market survey – the target
rate is the IPCA). The bank said
it had surprised on the upside to
stop inflation in its tracks and to
shorten the tightening cycle that
has now begun.
The bank’s hands may indeed
be tied. But the government’s are
not. While complaining about
interest and exchange rates, it
continues to ignore the need for
fiscal reform, allowing current
expenditure to go on rising, restricting the amount of domestic
savings available for investment
and inflation-free growth. Even
in benign circumstances, Brazil
would have little chance of sustaining last year’s 5.4 per cent
growth rate. Yet the outlook for
global growth is far from benign.
Instead of celebrating its future
status as an oil superpower, Brazil
should be putting its fiscal house
in order.
Jonathan Wheatley
On Saturday mornings…
On Saturday mornings, children gather to paint and draw
in the main downtown shopping
street of Curitiba, in southern
Brazil. More than just a charming tradition, the child’s play
commemorates a key victory
in a hard-fought, ongoing war.
Back in 1972, the new mayor of
the city, an architect and urban
planner named Jaime Lerner, ordered a lightning transformation
of six blocks of the street into a
pedestrian zone. The change was
recommended in a master plan
for the city that was approved six
years earlier, but fierce objections
from the downtown merchants
blocked its implementation.
Lerner instructed his secretary
of public works to institute the
change quickly and asked how
long it would take. “He said he
Photography by Flávio Takemoto
needed four months,” Lerner
recalled recently. “I said, ‘Fortyeight hours.’ He said, ‘You’re crazy.’ I said, ‘Yes, I’m crazy, but do
it in 48 hours.’ ” The municipal
authorities were able to accomplish it in three days, beginning
on a Friday night and installing
paving, lighting, planters and
furniture by the end of the day
on Monday. “Being a very weak
mayor, if I start to do it and take
too long, everyone could stop it
through a juridical demand,” Lerner went on to explain. “If they
stop the work, it’s finished. I had
to do it very fast, at least in part.
Because we had discussed it a
great deal. Sometimes they have
to have a demonstration effect.”
Arthur Lubow, a contributing
writer
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Politics
The Energy versus Environment Tradeoff: Stark Evidence from
Europe
Does demand create supply? Europe is building more coal fired power plants but wants to be
“green” and reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. How clean is “clean coal”? Will “clean coal”
become cleaner (soon enough) if enough coal fired power plants seek to sell power based on “clean
coal”?
ments. Dozens of other are stuck
in court challenges.
The fast-expanding developing
economies of India and China,
where coal remains a major fuel
source for more than two billion
people, have long been regarded
as among the biggest challenges
to reducing carbon emissions.
But the return now to coal even
in eco-conscious Europe is sowing real alarm among environmentalists who warn that it is
setting the world on a disastrous
trajectory that will make controlling global warming impossible.
They are aghast at the renaissance of coal, a fuel more commonly associated with the sooty
factories of Dickens novels, and
one that was on its way out just a
decade ago.
There have been protests here
in Civitavecchia, at a new coal
New York Times April 23,
2008 Europe Turns to Coal
Again, Raising Alarms on Climate By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
CIVITAVECCHIA,
Italy
- At a time when the world’s
top climate experts agree that
carbon emissions must be rapidly reduced to hold down global
warming, Italy’s major electricity
producer, Enel, is converting its
massive power plant here from
oil to coal, generally the dirtiest
fuel on earth.
Over the next five years, Italy
will increase its reliance on coal
to 33 percent from 14 percent.
Power generated by Enel from
coal will rise to 50 percent.
And Italy is not alone in its
return to coal. Driven by rising
demand, record high oil and natural gas prices, concerns over energy security and an aversion to
nuclear energy, European countries are expected to put into op-
eration about 50 coal-fired plants
over the next five years, plants
that will be in use for the next
five decades.
In the United States, fewer
new coal plants are likely to begin operations, in part because it
is becoming harder to get regulatory permits and in part because nuclear power remains an
alternative. Of 151 proposals in
early 2007, more than 60 had
been dropped by the year’s end,
many blocked by state govern
“Given our
knowledge about
what needs to be
done to stabilize
climate, this plan
is like barging
into a war without
having a plan for
how it should be
conducted, even
though information
is available.
plant in Germany, and at one in
the Czech Republic, as well as at
the Kingsnorth power station in
Kent, which is slated to become
Britain’s first new coal-fired plant
in more than a decade.
Europe’s power station owners emphasize that they are making the new coal plants as clean
as possible. But critics say that
“We need a moratorium on coal now,”
he added, “with
phase-out of existing
plants over the next
two decades.”
“clean coal” is a pipe dream, an
oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most
toward climate change. They call
the building spurt shortsighted.
“Building new coal-fired
power plants is ill conceived,”
said James E. Hansen, a leading
climatologist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
“Given our knowledge about
what needs to be done to stabilize
climate, this plan is like barging
into a war without having a plan
for how it should be conducted,
even though information is available.
“We need a moratorium on
coal now,” he added, “with
phase-out of existing plants over
the next two decades.”
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Curitiba in English - N° 05 - April / May
Odd man out
Can you tell
which word does
not go with the
others ?
1. notebook - classroom - salesperson - student
2. saw - hammer - nails - bait
3. fy - frog - roach - mosquito
4. stove - wardrobe - bed - dresser
5. pickpocket - shoplifter - burglar - liar
6. Hamlet - Macbeth - HarryPorter - Othello
7. pilot - cart - cashier - display
8. fower - vase - branch - leaf
9. Hercules - Plato - Socrates Aristotle
10. mad - crazy - nuts - glad
11. lion - fox - wolf - dog
Answers: 1.salesperson – 2. bait- 3.
frog – 4. stove – 5.liar – 6. Harry Potter
– 7. pilot 8. vase – 9. Hercules
10. glad 11. lion
How to Learn
Key Phrases in
British English
Step 1 Say “cheerio” for
hello and good-bye. It is
considered friendly and
more informal.
Step2 Say “cheers” for
thank you and good-bye, or
say “ta,” which is a slang
abbreviation.
Step3 Be careful on the
road. The “Give Way” sign
means yield, which doesn’t
exist as a sign in Great Britain.
Step4 Use “loo” for bathroom, “queue” for line,
“bin” for garbage or trash
can, “boot” for trunk (of a
car), and “baggage” instead
of luggage. Use “chemist”
instead of pharmacy, and
“tube” or “underground”
Curitiba
for the subway. This will
avoid any confusion.
Step5 Use “crisps” for potato chips, and “chips” for
fries.
Step6 Refrain from use of
the word “common” to mean
popular; in Great Britain, it
often means low-class.
Step7 Avoid “bloody” or
“shag” - these are off-color words in England. Use
“blooming” and “blinking”
instead - words that are
comparable to “darn.”
Looking over Curitiba
In this session, we decided to present a very important
and symbolic art collection for Paraná: The pieces of 19
de Dezembro square in Curitiba
Photograph by Nani Gois/SMCS
Exercising
Business
Negotiation
Idioms
at stake- something that can be
gained or lost
There was much at stake during
the negotiations between the
nurses and the government.
beat around the bush- to talk
about something without giving
a direct answer
The manager was beating
around the bush and never really said anything important.
break down - to fail, to stop
The negotiations broke down
last night when both sides refused to compromise.
break off - to stop or end suddenly
The government decided to
break off talks about extending
the trade agreement.
break through - to be successful
after overcoming a diffculty
We were able to break through
in our efforts to fnd a solution
to the problem.
call the shots - to be in charge
During the meeting the vicepresident was calling the shots.
close a deal - to end a negotiation successfully.
We had to work hard but we
were fnally able to close the
deal.
Research by : Isadora Vaz
The remarkable “O Homen
Nu” (The Naked Man) by Erbo
Stenzel and “A Mulher Nua” (The
Naked Woman), by Erbo Stenzel and Humberto Cozzo. The
square’s architectural collection
is also composed of an obelisc
and a mosaic by Poty Lazzarotto,
another great artist from Paraná.
In the morning of the December
19th 1953, when Paraná commemorated one hundred years of
political emancipation, Getúlio
Vargas, Brazil’s president at the
time, inaugurated the Centenary
Monument in 19 de Dezembro
square. It was composed of an
obelisc topped by the State of
Paraná’s shield. The piece, very
daring for the time, attended the
eagerness of Paraná’s governor,
Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto,
expressing splendour at its forty
meters of height.
To build this and other monuments that would compose the
square’s sculptural collection,
but weren’t included in time for
the celebration, the government
organized a public competition,
and it would be up to the artist
Erbo Stenzel, from Curitiba, and
the artist Humberto Cozzo, from
São Paulo, to build these pieces.
From sketches sent by Stenzel,
Cozzo built the pieces in his studio in Petrópolis (RJ). A gigantic statue of a naked man would
appear, symbolising the state of
Paraná independent of the state
of São Paulo, giving a step ahead,
towards progress; and Paraná’s
economic cycles carved in a granite panel. This panel would be attached to a wavy screen, and in
its opposite side it would show
the occupation of Paraná’s territory, executed in tiles by the
young artist, Poty Lazzarotto.
Inaugurated in June, 15th
1955, “O Homen Nu” (The
Naked Man) was not well accepted by the population. They
criticized him for offending the
morals and for the unacceptable
interpretation of Paraná’s men,
reproduced in the piece. The
“Monumento à Justiça” (Monument to Justice), another work
by Stenzel and Cozzo, destined
to the Tribunal de Justiça, also
caused controversy. It was a very
peculiar representation of the traditional image of Justice: a seated
woman, with blindfolds, sword
and scales in hands. Opposed to
this, Stenzel and Cozzo’s image of
Justice was of a naked woman lying, with open eyes and nothing
in her hands. (Maybe an image
more fitting with the justice of
our country...).
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Curitiba
Curitiba
Palladium to inaugurate in Curitiba
The largest shopping centre in the South is to open in May
Residents of Curitiba will gain
a new shopping centre as of the
8th of May, when the Palladium
Shopping Center will be inaugurated. Considered to be the largest and most modern shopping
centre in the South, the forecast
is that 1.5 million visitors will
circulate in its spacious galleries
per month. When all the shops
are in operation more than 5,500
jobs will be generated. There are
to be 356 businesses, of which 16
are key chain stores, such as Lojas
Colombo, Ponto Frio, Renner,
Casas Bahia, Mega-Livrarias Curitiba, Marisa, Centauro, Riachuelo, RiHappy, Magic Games,
Expert Beauty, the Multiplex
UCI cinemas, Fast Shop, C&A
and Lojas Americanas, among
others.
The Palladium, which is located
on Av. Kennedy, but also has
entrances on the Portão-Centro
Expressway, República Argentina and Santa Bernadete, already
has 100% of its physical structure concluded. Its construction
passed through the processes of
installation of double-glazing in
the glass roof, granite on the facades, air-conditioning and fire
prevention systems (with sprinklers), among other items.
It will be open to the public on
the day after the inauguration,
when it will be possible to visit
the 356 shops, the 12 restaurants
and the 25 fast-food concessions located in the largest food
court of all Curitiba’s shopping
centres. The Palladium will also
have eight cinema screens and
the first IMAX in Brazil (threedimensional cinema), as well as
23 kiosks providing various commercial and food concessions.
Furthermore, the Palladium, as
the first multi-use shopping centre in the city, will also inaugurate its commercial annex, with
schools, gymnasiums, clinics and
other services.
The development has a constructed area of 182,400 m2 and
will boast 16 escalators, 13 lifts,
three ample parking floors (as
well as open-air parking) for 20
thousand vehicles per day.
Modern infrastructure
Consumers, shop workers and
businessmen will benefit from 13
lifts, 16 escalators and an ample
structure for both business and
leisure. Three floors are destined
for the shops and food court, another houses eight cinema screens
and there are a further 3 floors
of parking, with 1.2 thousand
marked spaces, which will allow
for 20 mil spaces per day.
Eight of the lifts are reserved exclusively for the transport of consumers; each with a capacity of
up to 16 people, there is also a lift
specifically for the cinema floor.
These nine lifts will be interconnected to facilitate the movement
of the public and will be equipped
with TKVision, software that
monitors the equipment’s operation in real-time and programs
the lifts according to the demand
and necessity. The lifts will have a
touch of sophistication, with Art
Collection and Export cabins finished in stainless steel, Top Line
button arrays of the type which
lights up at the slightest touch,
voice synthesiser and position
indicator with a high-resolution
LCD screen.
Another four lifts will be available
for cargo transport. They will be
able to carry up to 1,500 welldistributed kilos in cabins with
a ceiling height of 2.7 metres.
The doors are also special and
the lifts will be equipped with
High Protection button arrays,
made of a very resistant material
and designed specifically for the
transport of heavy cargo.
The shopping centre will be open
to consumers on the 9th of May.
Opening hours are from 11am to
11pm, from Monday to Saturday, with special opening hours
for the cinemas and restaurants
found in the external area, and
on Sundays and Bank Holidays,
opening hours will be from 12
noon to 9pm, for the food court
and from 2pm to 8pm for the
shops.
Hearts in love with Curitiba
We are inaugurating a space
named Hearts in love with Curitiba. In this edition we have
the pleasure to show a very special and lovely work. People
from all over the world can enjoy
photographer’s Luis Bocian state
of the art works, showing Curitiba’s scenery through the site
www.curitiba.fot.br . The city’s
best angles are shown to more
than 70 countries. It is hard to
believe that such a talented artist calls himself an amateur. He
declared most of his works were
produced with a camera in hands
roaming the city on his free time.
“I really love this city and photograph is my hobby” he says.
When visiting this site do not
refrain from peering into the
register book.
If you are also a Heart in love
with Curitiba, please tell us your
story.
Our pleasure to have it published.
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Design . Style . Expression
A Designer point of view
Cuririba’s Profesionals
The importance of Institutional Psychology
Psychology, in its essence, means “The Psyche Study”,
that can be understood as soul, mind, or any of its derivations. More correctly, the psychic’s life study
Daily life of products gets
The product, its use and disshorter everyday and it is impor- card must be properly valued.
tant to our species to consider
Ecological products have to
the ecological pattern in our con- consider the following terms:
sumption habits.
a) Legal environment’s institutioThe range of products in utinal certificate seal, approving
lity and the way people use and
range of raw material in use.
discard them, make me realize b) It’s interaction with the envihow exaggerated the use of plasronment.
tic, papers and
c)The product’s
"As designer, we
cartoons
are
discard at the
nowadays. The
end of its life
must be aware of
great necessiand the
modern processes cycle
ty to highlight
decompose daproducts
on and material that live mage on the
super-market
environment’s
in harmony with the areas.
shelves brings
us, designers, environment and use
As consumer,
to make use of
we must keep
incredible re- them correctly in our our eyes open
courses and diand
observe
projects."
fferent material
any
damage
to have products packed attracti- towards sustainable relationship
vely. Many of these products are with the environment. It is imnot recyclable.
portant to make sure that manuTake a week to observe the facturers and service companies
quantity of garbage people pro- produce their goods in accordanduce. It is enough for one to ce with the technical characters
realise the velocity the biosphe- and practices, approved by envire decomposes and preview the ronment institutions.
collapse’s prognostics.
As designer, we must be aware
Sustainability, ecological pro- of modern processes and material
ducts, eco-system, eco-design that live in harmony with the enand sustainable products, are on vironment and use them correceveryday conversation and re- tly in our projects.
ports. But, are we really aware of
We pray a reaction for the
what a sustainable product is?
planet’s life maintenance will be
It is important to understand possible, if we really care.
that, a product becomes sustainable when its life cycle is long Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva is
enough to execute its function Designer at Area41 Design Officce.
Phone - 41 3342-5560
correctly.
[email protected]
According to this, the science
Psychology encloses the study of
human being including its diverse characteristics, studying the individual inner world, considering
its relationships, history, society,
and biology.
Leading in account this information, psychology brings
innumerous contributions to individual life, including its work
environment.
One of the psychologists’ actuation areas in Brazil is called Work Psychology, in which
psychology knowledge is used to
“relationship and intra and interpersonal, intra and intergroup
processes comprehension, intervention and development”, in
accordance with the Psychology
Federal Council.
According to Jose Bleger, in
“Psycho-Hygiene and Institutional Psychology” (1984), the
psychologist’s job in Institutional
Psychology is to study “all the
human phenomena, that occurs
in relation with the institution
structure, dynamic, function and
objectives”.
In fact, the psychologist, acting
in an institution, as consulter or
assessor, shows an opportunity of
study (enclosing from an institution diagnose to an intervention)
which lead in account all the human and relational process.
The psychology’s ways to intervention are numberless, and depends on each situation, group,
and institution maturity. Since
trainings, group dynamics, supervisions, and others, psychologists,
as consulters, offer improvement
possibilities to groups and individual; possibilities that might provide behavior chances and individual, relation and group healthy
improvement.
Psychology aims healthy promotion, human beings and its
relations development. This way,
the work in Institutional Psychology, provides a differentiated
vision of the situations in work
environment. A vision that diagnoses problems, and proposes,
together with the community involved, the intervention, which is
believed, will help people to live
together in a better way.
Mohr, Allan Martins, is a
Psychologist (CRP – 08/13155),
ad works as consulter and training
coordinator in institutions. Born
in Niterói – RJ, lives in Curitiba
since 1988, where graduated for
Universidade Federal do Paraná,
in 2007.
Contact by e-mail:
[email protected].
allan.
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Sports
Dalila Bulcão Mello
The “Curitibana” who became a Basketball World Champion
Dalila was born in Curitiba,
in May 17th, 1970. She started
to play basketball when she was
14 years old at Oswaldo Cruz
Square, Curitiba, then went to
play professionally when she
was 17 years old for Pirelli Basketball Team in Santo André,
São Paulo.
In 1989 she was invited to try
out for a post player position in
Canyon, Texas, USA at the West
Texas A&M University, there
she played for five years and
earned full scholarship, housing
and food while she studied and
played at WTA&M University.
She says that was the best opportunity of her athletic career
because she improved a lot as
a player and became one of the
most awarded players of the
NCAA, Lone star division 2,
from 1989 till 1993 basketball
seasons.
Because of her good shooting
and rebounding game averages
at that time, she was also drafted
by statistics by the CBB (Brazilian Basketball Confederation).
Dalila, nowadays is
38 years old, and still
plays as a hobby for
the Women´s Brazilian Master team at
national and international competitions
Her father, João Fortunato
Bulcão Mello, was her number
one fan and agent, he was “the
one” who sent all the game statistics to CBB (Brazilian Basket-
ball Confederation) throughout
Fernando Sanches, the president
of the Paraná Basketball Federation at that period.
In1994 she came back to Brazil to play for the Brazilian National Team.
The only time in the Brazilian
women’s basketball history, that
we Brazilians achieved the women‘s World championship title.
Dalila, nowadays is 38 years
old, and still plays as a hobby
for the Women´s Brazilian Master team at national and international competitions and she
also plays at local competitions
organized by SMEL (Sports and
Leisure Department) and by the
FPrB ( Paraná Basketball Federation).
She plans to continue playing
basketball for the rest of her elderly years! She says: Basketball
is my body and soul therapy! It
rejuvenates me!
Nowadays she works as a basketball coach for SMEL (Sports
and Leisure department) in Curitiba. She is developing a basketball project together with
Orlando Ferrari and Joycenara
Batista; both Panamericam
champions; with the sponsorship of UNIMED and the partnership of SMEL through the
Sports and Leisure secretary
Neivo Beraldin, and through the
president of the FPrB ( Paraná
Basketball Federation) Amarildo
Rosa.
This project will be officially
launched on May 5th, 2008. Its
main objective it to reach 11 to
17 year old boys and girls from
9 different needy neighborhoods
from Curitiba.
Dalila had her first experience
with this project working with
needy athletes at the Sports and
Leisure Department of Curitiba, at Plínio Tourinho square,
together with her coodenador
Aluízio da Rosa,since 2004.
They went to public schools
close to the basketball court
where Dalila coaches and gave
speeches about her live experience to the students showing
then that basketball was her life
opportunity! 140 students started to practice basketball with
her after that.
Dalila says that her mission is,
to make these needy kids realize
that basketball could be the opportunity of their lives.
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
by Deepak Chopra
Many of us grew up with the
belief that achieving success requires relentless hard work, grim
determination and intense ambition. As a result, we may have
struggled for years and even
reached some of our goals but
wound up feeling exhausted, our
lives out of balance. As Deepak
Chopra observes in his transformational work The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, such desperate striving is not necessary
or even desirable. In the natural
world, creation comes forth with
ease. A seed doesn’t struggle to
become a tree; it simply unfolds
in grace.
The Seven Spiritual Laws are
powerful principles you can use
to fulfill your deepest desires with
effortless joy. If you put them into
practice, you will realize that you
can manifest whatever you have
been dreaming about.
Fortunately, the laws of success
are not difficult or mysterious but
are easy to understand and apply.
There are also many ways for you
to learn more about using the
Seven Spiritual Laws to attract
the life you truly want, including
the following:
lent, to just BE. Meditate for 30
minutes twice a day. Silently witness the intelligence within every
living thing. Practice non-judgment.
MONDAY
The Law of Giving
Today, bring whoever you encounter a gift: a compliment or
flower. Gratefully receive gifts.
Keep wealth circulating by giving
and receiving care, affection, appreciation and love.
TUESDAY
The Law of Karma
Every action generates a force
of energy that returns to us in
like kind. Choosing actions that
bring happiness and success to
others ensures the flow of happiness and success to you.
WEDNESDAY
The Law of Least Effort
Accept people, situations, and
events as they occur. Take responsibility for your situation and for
all events seen as problems. Relinquish the need to defend your
point of view.
THURSDAY
The Law of Intention
and Desire
Inherent in every intention
and desire is the mechanics for its
fulfillment. Make a list of desires.
Trust that when things don’t
seem to go your way, there is a
reason.
FRIDAY
The Law of Detachment
Allow yourself and others the
freedom to be who they are. Do
not force solutions—allow solutions to spontaneously emerge.
Uncertainty is essential, and your
path to freedom.
SATURDAY
The Law of Dharma
Seek your higher Self. Discover your unique talents. Ask
yourself how you are best suited
to serve humanity. Using your
unique talents and serving others brings unlimited bliss and
abundance.
SUNDAY
The Law of Pure Potentiality
Take time to be si-
Photography by Joel S. Kriger
Spiritual Growth
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Entertainment
Charles Aznavour thrills the audience
Monsieur Aznavour’s last show in Curitiba
the highlight of the show was
when he sang “La Bohème”; the
audience’s emotions soared to
the heavens. All who were there
accompanied the spectacle to
the very last melodious note.
Mr. Aznavour rewarded them
with the gestures of a truly
impassioned man, thanking his
public and bidding them “Adieu”.
This was a moment in time that
will remain in the memory of all
those present.
Photography by pirlouiiiit - Flickr
The French singer Charles
Aznavour performed last April
25th, at the Teatro Positivo, in
Curitiba. The show was part
of his world “Farewell Tour”.
Minutes before Mr. Aznavour
walked on stage, the public, most
of them ladies and gentlemen
of a certain age, hurried to
accommodate themselves in their
seats in order to await the start of
the show. The singer opened the
performance with the song “Le
Temps”, intoning his strong voice
and oozing great elegance, with
discreet and embracing gestures.
With each gesture, Monsieur
Aznavour obliged the public to
observe him continually, clapping
along to some songs, to the
rhythm of the music. The show
was seized by the romanticism
and memories that have marked
the career of one of the most
illustrious and famous French
singers. The emotion overcame
the public, especially on hearing
such songs as “She” and “La
Bohème”.
At the grand age of 83, Charles
Aznavour, of diminutive stature, a
mere 1.60m tall, dressed in black,
held the audience’s complete
attention, as they did not wish
to miss a single detail. Upon
observing, it is easy to see that his
voice continues to be a gift to the
ears, and that his gestures, always
appropriate and unexaggerated,
reflect a true Master of the stage.
The soft illumination enriched
the singer’s movements, whilst
the audience applauded each
gesture. On of the night’s special
moments was the duet “Je
Voyage” that Aznavour sang on
stage with his daughter Kátia.
Intense applause blossomed
as he presented one of the most
successful romantic songs of
his career, “She”. However,
Curitiba in English, the only
one to interview
Charles Aznavour in Curitiba.
Mr. Charles Aznavour.
You are someone that
knows how to fill human
hearts with the feeling of
emotion. When you write
your songs you express
your feelings, you feel the
words or you just know
how to play them ?
- Well… before I have to find
the subject that touches me.
Many of them tell experiences I
went through in my life and I play
the words to reproduce them.
My latest songs show I really am
worried about social issues and
the subject of immigration and
integration. I live in the suburbs
of Paris, and I can not stand
violence against the people that
cross the boards, there are kids
among them and the earth is
dying. I’m concerned about it. I
feel I am responsible too.
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I guess you write your
songs in French. When
they are translated into
English, do you think they
keep the same spiritual
message?
leave a very large profile of
melodies and poetry. Can
you point out a successor?
Yes, I think so. They are not
the same sentences but they
are expressing quite the same
meaning. There are very good
people working on it.
Thank
you,
Mr
Aznavour. Success…have
some fun tonight.
Singers worldwide have
recorded your songs. Do
you enjoy listening to
other singers vocalizing
your songs?
I hate when they try to sing like
me, the same arrange, the way I
do. I love when they change the
way it sounds, they show their
interpretation.
Do you enjoy the way
other musicians arrange,
execute, read them?
Not always. I always think of
the songs in a way they can be
presented to an audience. On
stage it is different.
Have you ever tried to
sing Bossa Nova ?
No, I did not. But in 1959, I
met all these people in Rio. They
were very young, unknown, but
full of talent and energy…I met
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius
de Morais, joão Gilberto, Nara
Leão and I was sure they were
going to be successful.
You’ve turned out a
myth. You’ve shown the
abilities to sing and write
songs with a high level
of skill. You are going to
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Charles Aznavour thrills the audience (Cont.)
There are no successors for
anybody. Each one has its own
talent and builds its own story.
Charles Aznavour in
Curitiba, was accompanied by a cast of
brilliant musicians.
Gerard Daguerre
- bandleader
Erik Berchot -grand
piano
Eric Wilms - keyboards
Jean-Jacques Cramier - guitar
Didier Guazzo - bass
Antoine Bonfils
- bass
Sergio Tomassi – accordion
Michel Gaucher - sax
Didier Sutton – percussion
Claude Lombard back vocal
Katia Aznavour back vocal
Personal Quotes
Live now. Tomorrow, who knows?
The public and the critics ... sensed my passionate devotion to my profession. My love of the chanson
towered above my other loves.
My shortcomings are my voice, my height, my gestures, my lack of culture and education, my frankness
and my lack of personality. -- CA, in 1950
{Intro:} C# G#7(4) G#7
C#
Eº
She may be the face I can’t forget,
D#m7
A trace of pleasure or regret,
May be my treasure or
C# Dº
The price I have to pay
D#m7
A6
She may be the song that summer sings,
C#7M/G#
May be the chill that autumn brings,
Db/F
F#
May be a hundred different things
G#7
C# G#7(4) G#7
Within the measure of a day
She may be the beauty or the beast,
May be the famine or the feast,
May turn each day into a
Heaven or a hell
She may be the mirror of my dream,
A smile reflected in a stream,
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell
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A
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She who always seems so happy in a crowd,
D/A
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud,
C#/G#
No one’s allowed to see them when they cry
F#m
B7
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She may be the love that cannot hope to last,
C#
D#
May come to me from shadows of the past,
D#/C# C
That I remember till the day I die
She may be the reason I survive,
The why and wherefore I’m alive,
The one I’ll care for through the
Rough and ready years
Me, I’ll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I’ve got to be
G#7
F# Db/F D#m7 G#7(4)
G#7 C#
The meaning of my life is she, she,
she
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