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This was a crazy transition! 2014-2015 started with a BANG! I had a surprise back in November when I learned I was considered one of the 25 most influential Hispanics By The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Metro Orlando-Vision Magazine.

I was surprised, but happy it made me feel like a Million Dollars, but then I thought why? And I realized, the only thing that mattered was to keep walking my journey and humbly accept my lessons, my victories and falls. After all they are all part of a life lesson.

In any way the strongest feeling I have about all this, is that I wish my parents were here to see it.

Then, in January, our Chamber Installation. The idea, and the execution, one joy after the other, and the reali-zation that after so much learned and lived, it seems we are getting somewhere.

Life is full of great surprises! We at About US, hope you will have a great year, and that every lesson learned, willgive you the power and force to conquer another.

From our heart to yours

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Laiz Rodrigues

CollaboratorsOur sincere thanks to all the people that collaborated with us this month. Thank you Gloria Puerto at Mundo Fox Lati-no, Renato Sinelli at SONUS Studios, Anderson Barreto for the great images, Professor Richard Sansone for the invitation to see Chambinho, Nilson Dizeu for lending us a accordion, and Lutecia Lopes for the love Lesson and beautiful story of love, dedication and perseverance.

Ademar RodriguesCEO-Editor in Chief

Laiz RodriguesEditor

Zaza JardimArt Editor Europe

Giuseppe RanziniArt Editor Brazil

Ivanna FabianniMusic & Culture Editor

Lutecia Alvarenga LopesOuro Refinado

Elita FreitasCulinaria Facil

Paulo Roberto de SouzaO Corte dos Eucaliptos de Nova Friburgo.

Our thanks to the Orlando City Soccer Club, The Orlando Magic, Boi Brazil, Pao Gostoso, Alecrim Buffet, Pie-Fection, and CFBACC. Your support is appreciatedThank you from the bottom of our hearts.

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Não sou especialista em amor. Sou esposa, mãe, irmã, tia e filha. Acima de tudo, sou mulher. Conheci meu marido em Miami, e nos apaixonamos. Eu acreditava no amor, acreditava na expressão “e viveram felizes para sempre” – para com essa pessoa que encontrei, jurei fidelidade diante de minha família e amigos.

Então... o tempo passou. Muitas coisas mudaram, as dificuldades vieram, as responsabilidades financei-ras, mudanças de casa, de país, trabalho, desemprego, a construção da família. E ai? Onde foram parar as juras de amor, os momentos a dois, a intimidade do casal? Será que depois de muitos anos o amor ain-da pode existir? Algumas vezes me vi duvidando, vi a rotina tomar conta, os compromissos e ai sondei minha alma. Descobri que sim, eu ainda acredito, com todo meu coração e alma.

Segundo as estatísticas do governo americano*, 50% dos casamentos terminam em divórcio, mas os desencontros da vida não precisam separar as pes-soas, e eu quero fazer parte dos outros 50%. Ninguém é perfeito, e por isso não existe casamento perfeito. O copo pode estar meio vazio ou meio cheio, mas sua história de amor depende de você e do seu côn-juge. Problemas sempre existem e sempre existirão, mas por que não colocar nosso foco nos casamentos que deram certo e aprender qual o segredo?

O dia dos namorados está chegando e gostaria de celebrar a possibilidade do amor eterno contando a história de duas pessoas muito especiais. A história começou no ano de 1944, numa cidade zinha encantada no sul de Minas Gerais, chamada Campo Belo. Os vizinhos se conhecem, trocam re-ceitas, xícaras de açúcar, entram um na casa do ou tro sem bater, todo mundo conhece todo mundo.

Ele com 6 anos, ela com 5. Se conheceram na igre-ja onde suas famílias frequentavam e ali cresceram juntos. Brincadeiras inocentes e infantis foram o ali cerse para uma amizade forte, onde os dois se viam juntos o tempo todo. A infância se foi, a juventude chegou, e com ela os olhares se transformaram e as almas se tornaram inseparáveis. Ela percebeu que

não era mais só amizade e um dia lhe perguntou: “Estamos namorando?” A resposta veio de imedia-to: “Sim, estamos”. Mas nem tudo eram amores – os pais dela não queriam o namoro, pois ele estava es-tudando em outra cidade e ia demorar muitos anos para se formar. Namoro muito longo não dava certo, namorado pobre muito menos. Chegaram a ouvir de um familiar que “dois sacos vazios não param em pé”. Mas mesmo com a distância e os maus olhares, eles mantiveram o relaciomento.

Depois de 7 anos de namoro, ele reuniu a família da moça, e formalmente pediu permissão para casar com ela. O futuro sogro, com palavras protetoras já foi respondendo bem sério: “Sim, fazemos gos-to, mas daqui em diante vocês só poderão andar de braços dados”.Eles concordaram ali com o pré-requi-sito para o noivado, mas hoje admitem: “só seguia a regra do braço dado na frente do sogro e da sogra”.

Enfim, casaram-se em 1964, naquela mesma cidade. Agora faça a conta: 1964...2014. Isso mesmo, já fazem 50 anos e eles sim, vivem a história de um verdadeiro amor, que sobreviveu tempestades e furacões, que diante de problemas da vida, escolheram seguir jun-tos a caminhada. Que aprenderam a ver o sol brilhar na manhã seguinte, e como o ouro foram refinados pelo tempo e hoje refletem exemplo para as gerações futuras.

Bodas de ouro, celebração abençoada para poucos casais. O nome dele é Luthero e o dela é Shirley. Sim, eles existem. Devo a eles quem sou, e agradeço a Deus pelo privilégio de chamá-los de meu Pai e minha Mãe, meu maior exemplo. Eles me ensinaram que o amor existe, e que com Deus, nada é impossível.

Feliz Dia dos Namorados.

Lutecia Alvarenga Lopes

Ouro RefinadoLutecia Lopes

I'm no expert on love. I’m a wife, mother, sister, aunt and daughter. Above all, I’m a woman.

I met my husband in Miami, and we fell in love. I believed in love, believed in the saying “…and they lived happily ever after” – to that person I met, I swore faithfulness before my family and friends.

So… time passed. Many things have changed, difficul-ties came, financial responsibilities, house moves, for-eign country, work, unemployment, parenting. What hap-pened? Where did the promises of love, the moments together, the couple's intimacy went? Will love after many years still exist? Sometimes I found myself doubting, rou-tine taking over, commitments ... and there I searched my soul. I found out that yes, I still believe, with all my heart and soul.

According to the US government statistics, 50% of mar-riages end in divorce, but the inconsistencies of life should not separate people, and I want to be part of the oth-er 50%. Nobody is perfect; therefore there is no perfect marriage. The glass can be half empty or half full, but your love story depends on you and your spouse.

Problems do exist and always will, but why not choose to have our focus on marriages that worked and learn their secret? Valentine's Day is coming up and I would like to celebrate the possibility of eternal love telling the story of two very special people.

The story began in 1944, an enchanted town in Southern Minas Gerais, called Campo Belo. The neighbors know each other, exchange recipes, cups of sugar, one enters the house of another without knocking, everyone knows everyone.

He was six years old, she was five. They met at the church where their families attended and there they grew uptogether. Innocent and childish plays were the foundation to a strong friendship as the two found themselves together all the time. Childhood passed, youth arrived, flirting started and their souls became inseparable.

She realized it was not only friendship and one day asked him: "Are we dating?" The answer came immediately: "Yes, we are." But not everything was perfect - her parents did not want the relationship because he was studying in an-other city and would take many years for him to graduate. Very long courtships did not work, with a poor boyfriend, even less chances.

They even got to hear a family member say…"two empty bags don’t stand".But even with the distance and the disapproval of some, they kept the relationship. After 7 years of dating, he met the girl's family, and formally asked for permission to marry her. The future father-in-law, with protective words responded very seriously: “Yes, we agree, but from now on I ask you to only walk arm-in-arm.”They agreed with the condition for the engagement, but now admit, “only followed the rule of the arm-in-arm in front of their father and mother.

Anyway, they got married in 1964 in that city. Now do the math: 1964 ... 2014. That's right, it's been 50 years and they rather live the story of true love, who survived storms and hurricanes, which before the problems of life, chose to follow to walk together. They have learned to see the sun shine in the morning, and like gold have been refined by time, and today shine as an example for future gener-ations.

Golden Anniversary, blessed celebration for a few couples. His name is Luthero and hers is Shirley. Yes, they exist. I owe them who I am, and I thank God for the privilege to call them my Father and my Mother, my biggest example. They taught me what love is, and that with God, nothing is impossible.

Happy Valentine's Day.


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She realized it was not only friendship and one day asked him: "Are we dating?" The answer came immediately: "Yes, we are." But not everything was perfect - her parents did not want the relationship because he was studying in an-other city and would take many years for him to graduate. Very long courtships did not work, with a poor boyfriend, even less chances.

They even got to hear a family member say…"two empty bags don’t stand".But even with the distance and the disapproval of some, they kept the relationship. After 7 years of dating, he met the girl's family, and formally asked for permission to marry her. The future father-in-law, with protective words responded very seriously: “Yes, we agree, but from now on I ask you to only walk arm-in-arm.”They agreed with the condition for the engagement, but now admit, “only followed the rule of the arm-in-arm in front of their father and mother.

Anyway, they got married in 1964 in that city. Now do the math: 1964 ... 2014. That's right, it's been 50 years and they rather live the story of true love, who survived storms and hurricanes, which before the problems of life, chose to follow to walk together. They have learned to see the sun shine in the morning, and like gold have been refined by time, and today shine as an example for future gener-ations.

Golden Anniversary, blessed celebration for a few couples. His name is Luthero and hers is Shirley. Yes, they exist. I owe them who I am, and I thank God for the privilege to call them my Father and my Mother, my biggest example. They taught me what love is, and that with God, nothing is impossible.

Happy Valentine's Day.


Photo : Lutecia Lopes

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Valentine’s 4-Course Dinner with Drink Pairings Saturday, February 14, 2015

Guacamole Trio to share

blue cheese | mango pineapple | habanero Paired with a Chef Made Red Sangria sampler

*** Candied Walnut Pear Side Salad

Poached pear • mixed greens • blue cheese • candied cayenne walnuts • raspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing Paired with the Elderflower Margarita

(St Germaine Elderflower liqueur • Tierras Organic tequila • fresh raspberries • agave nectar)

or Paired with the Park Ave Lux

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*** Corn Crusted Mahi

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Academy Sports + Outdoors announces multi-year partnership with Orlando City Soccer Club in time for March 6 store openings

Academy, Ltd. (d/b/a Academy Sports + Out-doors), a $4 billion, premier sports, outdoor and lifestyle retailer, entered into a multi-year partnership with Orlando City Soccer Club be-ginning with the team's inaugural 2015 season. In addition, Academy Sports + Outdoors has confirmed the stores' official opening date. All four new stores located in Kissimmee, Water-ford, Lake Mary and Melbourne will open si-multaneously at 8:30 a.m. on March 6.

“We are thrilled to be less than a month away from showcasing our everyday low prices for the first time to our Central Florida custom-ers,” said John Hunewill, Academy Sports + Outdoors vice president of brand marketing.

“There’s tremendous synergy between our two organizations as we both begin our expansion, and we also believe this reinforces our mutual commitment to the local community.”

Academy Sports + Outdoors is now the Official Sporting Goods Retailer of Orlando City Soccer Club. In addition to having the opportunity to interact with fans at the team’s home games, Academy Sports + Outdoors will also support the team’s youth development program and a variety of soccer camps and clinics for the com-munity.

Four Central Florida stores set to open in Kissimmee, Waterford, Lake Mary and Melbourne

“Timing is everything and for Academy Sports + Out-doors and our fans, the timing of this partnership just days before our inaugural MLS game on March 8 is ideal,” said Orlando City President and Founder Phil Rawlins. “We welcome them to our family of partners and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.”

Academy Sports + Outdoors is also a Proud Partner of UCF Athletics.

All four stores are approximately 63,000 square feet of sports, outdoor and lifestyle products for the whole family at everyday low prices. Specific opening details

and locations can be found at academy.com/central-florida. Each store will provide many of the same top name brands and services found at Academy Sports + Outdoors locations throughout northern Florida, as well as a broad selection of casual and athletic foot-wear and apparel; team sports and golf products; pa-tio furniture; barbecue grills; along with hunting, fish-ing and camping equipment.

Prior to the store opening, customers can shop acad-emy.com, receive the digital version of the weekly ad, engage with Academy Sports + Outdoors through its social media sites, sign up for email and SMS text alerts, or visit any of the other five Florida stores.

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Chambinho with Valencia Students and to the left Realtor Marinete Gendek and Husband.To the right, Chambinho with Ademar Rodriguesand Carlos from the Accordion Club

Chambinho do Acordeon

Just like a great surprise! Valencia College Department of Arts and Humanities with Professor Richard Sansone, announced the movie “Gonzaga from Father to Son“(De Pie pra Filho) on January 30, but also asked for an Accordion to be used by the star Cham-binho to play a few songs for the audience after the movie.

I couldn’t let that go, I battled myself for a few days, and finally decided to call Maes tro Nilson Dizeu, and ask him where I could get an accordion. Right away he says, I have one! This is your lucky day! Happy that i could get it, I arrived to Valencia and for my surprise there was also another accordion from the Central Florida Accordion Club, but sure enough, he used the one we brought in and we were just moved by such a great Brazilian moment. It was quite the evening! Following the show and movie, Professor Sansone in-vited us for Pizza at Pie-Fection.

Chambinho came to the U.S.A. with his daughter and wife Daniela, we spoke for a little. Born in S. Paulo -Brazil, Chambinho’s family is natural from Piaui, in the North East and migrated to the South to raise their chil-dren. He loves to play the accordion, holds a great talent , that shows his grandfather’s North East roots, since he gave Chambinho the base and teachings that started every-thing. Lessons he never forgot and always mentions it with great pride.

When he heard of the contest to play the part for the movie, it was his wife Dani that insisted he participated. She said, “ I knew that role was destined to him”. Dani is not only his wife, she is his greatest fan, Director, and she left a successful career to follow her husband. She always believed in his success and talent. She is the one responsible for all his contracts, shows and all the structure of his tours around the world and Brazil.

Chambinho with Valencia Students and to the left Realtor Marinete Gendek and Husband.To the right, Chambinho with Ademar Rodriguesand Carlos from the Accordion Club

Chumbinho with his family, and on the top right, with Steven and Professor Richard Sansone, below, with Joyce, Pie-Fection owner, below with the entire group.

He signed up for the contest, and started his journey with other three thousand contes-tants, among actors, musicians and new tal-ent, that wanted to be part of the movie. Little by little he made to the final three. On the last day, the production told him it would take about 2 months for the final answer, and he waited.

The two months passed by, no news, he went on tour, with his musicians, and kept life as usual, until he was playing in the Northeast of Brazil, and decided to visit Exu, where Luiz Gonzaga was born , raised, and buried. He told his wife would only take a few hours, when in reality would take nine hours! They were exhausted, once they arrived in town they found the place. There is the house, a muse-um, memorabilia, and his grave also.

Daniela said it was late, they were closing, and she asked the guard to at least let Chambinho in, so he could pay respects to his idol Luiz Gonzaga, that he cherished so much. She had to insist. And he finally did! Believe it or not, at that moment, they called to let him know the news. He had the role, and the rest is his-tory.

Chambinho is a humble star, he is a people’s person, but extremely shy, carries a beauti-ful smile, and is confident about the future. I asked him why Chambinho? He said, comes from eating a lot of Danon Yogurt “Chambin-ho” during the contest.

Talking about the future, he is getting ready to perform in Lampeao a trilogy about to start production. For us faraway from Motherland for so long, it was a very special moment, not only because of the music but also because it took me back to my childhood, and very spe-cial days. We should never forget our roots, our past, or where we come from. That is what makes us so unique and special.

Chambinho do Acordeon

After Chambinho gave a presentation at Va-lencia College he also visited the Parks but he also visited Nelson at Boi Brazil Steakhouse ac-companied by his family.

He has now returned to Brazil where his artistic obligations await for him. We hope he comes back soon and wish him great success.

Thank you Chambinho your music is magic.

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Central Florida Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce-Board Installation 2015

The CFBACC had its Board Installation on Jan-uary 26, at The Crowne Plaza Orlando Univer-sal. The event was organized by Chamber and reunited many community leaders from the Orlando Community. The opening prayers were performed by Pr. Wesley Galvão from the New Hope Assistance Center, and Dr. An-thony Portigliatti also gave a beautiful speech translated by his son Bruno Portigliatti.

The New Board of Directors was sworn in by Judge Tina Caraballo. Luis Martinez, Multicul-tural Director for the City of Orlando present-ed a proclamation from Mayor Dyer , written to every and each member of the Board.

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, also spoke of his friendship to CFBACC. Sev-eral Chamber of Commerce Presidents were also present as a sign of support. They were The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of metro West, The Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce, The Arab American Chamber of Commerce, and The Moroccan American Business Alliance.

This was the first Board Installation on the history of CFBACC, a Chamber that started in 1994, one of the oldest bi-national Chambers in Central Florida. Its trajectory was changed in 2012 by President Amy Litter today retired, and the new President Laiz Rodrigues and her Board of Directors are continuing the work started since then.

In her speech, the new President spoke of the loyalty to the community, and the obligation to maintain an Organization that is far away from what we see in Brazil today. CFBACC follows a model of Diversity in its Board, and welcomes all contributions of its Board Mem-bers, regardless of their nationality.

CFBACC stands tall, above all, within its mis-sion of promoting business , networking events and looking for every opportunities to help its members.

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OCPA Rick Singh, Director of Multi Cultural Affairs for the City Of Or-lando Luis Martinez-Alicea, Secretary Andrea Almeida being sworn in, Puerto Rican Chamber Officers with L.Martinez, HCCMO President Diana Bolivar and Ana Bello Director of Marketing & Business De-velopment at HCCMO, Dr. Anthony Portigliatti and Bruno Portigli-atti- CFBACC Trustees- Florida Christian University, giving a speech. CFBACC President Laiz Rodrigues giving her speech.

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A Câmara Brasil-Estados Unidos de Comércio da Flórida Central existe para facilitar as relações comerciais e parcerias entre o Brasil, USA e demais países.

Nosso objetivo principal é criar e aprimorar o mercado interno, o comércio internacional e os investimentos entre os membros da Câmara.

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Bruno Portigliatti and District 6 City Commis-sioner Samuel B. Ings, Pr. Rita, Marilda Peele, Pr. Wesley, Commissioner Pete Clarke, Carolyn Ve-ga-Melendez,- aid to Senator Marco Rubio,Moroccan Chamber of Commerce oficials with Luis Martinez, Executive Assistant Ademar Ro-drigues and Valencia College Student intern Matheus Francolin, Pr. Wesley and his wife, Ana Claudia Porto.

Last month was Florida Cup month that was sponsored to many well known companies in the USA and Orlando.The players from all delegations visited Boi Brazil that generously send us the pictures, so our readers and fans could see it one more time. More and more we see the interest of many segments of sports in Orlando and the USA.

We are happy they get to see and feel the best of our hospitality. Boi Brazil Steakhouse , not only sponsored the Championship but also hosted and catered to the athletes, that left with a great impression.

The Orlando Magic and Chase Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Through Service Proj-ect and

Recognition of Youth Humanitarian Award Winners

The Orlando Magic and Chase Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Through Service Project and Recognition of Youth Humanitarian Award Winners.

By Josh Cohen, www.OrlandoMagic.com

Kyle O’Quinn remembers the days growing up in New York when he would search for the perfect outdoor courts to play basketball. It meant a lot to find the “right” court as he admits it helps reinforce a child’s passion to play.By helping unveil a brand new Orlando Magic themed court at a nearby elementary school in Orlando on Sat-urday, O’Quinn got a chance to show kids a thing or two about the game and encourage their partici-pation in the sport.

“You always look for the best court,” O’Quinn said. “Kids gravitate to the better courts and I think it steps up your game a little bit.”

The Magic and Chase teamed up to unveil the newly refurbished court at Palmetto Elementa-ry School as part of the Magic’s efforts to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy with a service project. The two also surprised the school with $5,000 worth of physical education equipment. It is the fifth community sports facility they have revamped and they hope to renovate more in the future.

“The Magic and Chase Bank have a similar mis-

sion in the community,” said Greg Fahey, senior vice president and retail banking market manager at JP Morgan Chase. “We want to give back and help the community thrive and it’s events like this that do just that.

” In addition to the unveiling of the court, O’Quinn along with Community Ambassadors Nick Anderson and Bo Outlaw hosted a mini basketball clinic. They showed dozens of Palmetto Elementary student basic funda-mentals, including how to shoot, dribble and pass.

The event was in many ways a reward for the students. Grades have soared in the classroom recently and the new court will help bolster that success.

“I’m very proud of our students,” said Angela Mur-phy-Osborne, principal of Palmetto Elementary School. “The Magic and Chase have been so supportive. We are so thrilled to have them here.”

“We push our students hard academically so they need that break to come out and engage in some structured activities,” she added.

As all of the Magic’s players have emphasized through the years, O’Quinn is ecstatic to be a part of the community and help it grow and develop.“The kids are the future and to give them the best opportuni-ties is very important,” O’Quinn said. “To see something new in the community, it brings a light to every aspect of your life.” As Champion of the Commu-nity partners, the Magic and Chase have been working together on community projects that impact and benefit Central Florida. Together they have refurbished five com-munity sports facilities in the area, including Palmetto El-ementary, with a goal of completing 10 total courts. The two are working to support local communities and to cel-ebrate the Magic’s multicultural platforms, including activ-ities during the Magic’s Black History Month celebration presented by Chase.

The Magic’s celebration of Dr. King continued on Sunday, Jan. 18 during the Magic vs. Thunder matchup. The team recognized 59 Youth Humanitarian Award winners as se-lected by the MLK Commission at halftime of the game. In

addition, they provided each of these students and their guests with tickets to a suite in Amway Center to watch the game. The MLK Commission is a volunteer organization, which includes business and community representatives appointed by Mayor Buddy Dyer to raise funds and coor-dinate citywide events that promote the celebration of Dr. King’s legacy of equality, justice, freedom, peace and har-mony for all races and cultures in Greater Orlando.

The Youth Humanitarian Award acknowledges an ex-ceptional student who represents the ideals modeled by Dr. King. Mayor Dyer along with Dyer’s MLK Com-mission and Magic CEO Alex Martins joined the hu-manitarian winners for the on court halftime presentation.

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Nelore Steakhouse is proud to be a successful family op-erated business. We strive to create a comfortable family atmosphere where great food and a great experience go hand in hand.

Nelore’s extensive Harvest Station boasts over 45 delec-table dishes, each individual-ly created to compliment any palette, with choices ranging from delicious smoked salm-on to fresh asparagus, an as-sortment of gourmet cheeses as well as variety of freshly made hot and cold dishes, just to name a few.

Following the salad bar, we have several different cuts of beef, chicken, pork and lamb that are continu-ously served in a table side manner by our meat carv-ers, or ‘Gauchos.’

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This is The Orlando City Soccer!

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#FilltheBowl

Today in a Press Conference the Orlando City Soc-cer launched the #FilltheBowl Campaign. With 11000 season tickets already sold, it is now time to incentive the community to join the fun and get in gear to enjoy the games.

The Citrus Bowl completely remodeled, will house the season 2015 of the MLS games until the new Soccer Stadium is ready in 2016, but that is just the beginning. For a diverse community, with people who come from every corner in the globe, Soccer is a passion to many, and KAKA' a long time cher-ished idol from Brazil for many.

The recipe is perfect! We will have locals, and tour-ists coming from everywhere to watch the beau-tiful game, that will again show the world who is the true champion. The Orlando City will soar! We are sure of it. We should all join the party, and go to the games.

During the event KAKA' was quiet, serious, reading his speech. We can see he is still getting used to a different language, preoccupied with speaking it perfectly. After he spoke, we could see his smile again, and it felt great.

Present at the conference were

Phil Rawlins – Orlando City SC Founder and Presi-dent, Don Garber – Commissioner of Major League Soccer, Buddy Dyer – City of Orlando Mayor Tere-sa Jacobs – Orange County Mayor, Adrian Heath – Orlando City SC Head Coach, Kaká – Orlando City SC Player.

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Open Practice #filltheBowlIt was great! An open practice, so we all had an idea of what is to come. I saw a team, everyone is comfortable with each other, happy, and didn’t need any intro-ductions. They are all on the same page, knowing exactly what they are doing. Best of all, it is great to watch! I have followed the OCSC since 2012, and I confess, my love for the team was stronger than the game itself, but it improved and they got where they deserved to be.

Today, I was happy and excited to see a team with so much to offer and so much potential. As usual, the fans, the Ruckus,

and everyone making the noise was just perfect.

The superior part of the Citrus Bowl was closed, but the lower was really full fast. I believe close to 10.000 people. Can you imagine how it will be on the game against NY? I can’t wait ! I am sure neither can you. The fans were excited, calling for KAKA’ several times, lots of Brazilians in the audience, kids, Amazing atmosphere. I was glad to be there. I feel thankful that in such difficult times for so many, we can find happiness and pride, right here in Orlando.


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Downtown Food & Wine Fest at Lake Eola Set for February 21 and 22, 2015

Produced by MIX 105.1, 1059 SUNNY FM, and 101.9 AMP Radio in partnership with the Central Florida Chapter of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association

ORLANDO, Fla. (January 15, 2015) – The Seventh Annual Downtown Food & Wine Fest is set for Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22, 2015 for more than 30,000 foodies and wine lovers to experience unique local cuisine paired with wines from around the globe. Date / Time: Saturday, February 21 (noon to 9 p.m.) and Sunday, February 22, 2015 (noon to 7 p.m.) Location: Located in the heart of downtown Orlando at Lake Eola along Robinson Street Tickets: Admission is $15 per person, per day with advance online purchase. Admission at the door is $20 per person, per day. Admission for children under age 12 is free. For all-weekend Fest fans, a two-day ticket is available for $20 per person with advance online purchase. Food and beverage tickets are available at the Fest for $2 each; food and beverage offerings range from one to four tickets. The Fest is presented and produced by CBS RADIO Orlando, led by Orlando favorites MIX 105.1, 1059 SUNNY FM, and 101.9 AMP Radio in partnership with the Central Florida Chapter of the FRLA. Located in the heart of downtown Orlando at Lake Eola on Robinson Street, the two-day Fest features mouth-watering dishes from 30 of Orlando’s premier restaurants, domestic and international wines, and live entertainment. A portion of the proceeds benefit the FRLA Educational Foundation. Wine Tasters Club A limited number of Wine Tasters Club passes will be available for purchase for $15 per person at the Fest. Club members will enjoy up to five 2 oz. pours of their choice throughout the Fest and a souvenir lanyard.

“The Downtown Food & Wine Fest is one of our Downtown’s signature cultural events, showcasing the best of Orlando’s culinary scene. Events like this continue to expand Downtown’s offerings and bring more and more people to our urban core to celebrate the beauty, diversity, and vibrancy of our community,” said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.

Dave Robbins, senior vice president and market manager, CBS RADIO Orlando commented, “Through the power of radio and the strength of our FRLA restaurants, foodies and fans come together to celebrate an event that truly brings our community together to indulge in the sights, sounds, and tastes of Orlando.”

“Now in its seventh year, the Fest is the perfect combination of divine food, unique wines, and entertainment,” said Leigh Doyle, president-elect, Central Florida Chapter of the FRLA. “Orlando has emerged onto the national culinary stage with award-winning restaurants and memorable events to showcase the spirit of the City Beautiful.”

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Empresa sediada em Boca Raton re-cebeu prefeita da cidade e embaixa-dor do Brasil em Miami O Oxford Group USA, comandado pelo empresário Carlo Barbieri, inau-gurou nesta quarta-feira, 4 de feve-reiro, a ampliação de suas instala-ções. A sede do grupo fica na 4800 N. Federal Hwy Building “D” suite 101, em Boca Raton. As novas instalações ficam também no primeiro andar do mesmo prédio e servem para abrigar os novos negócios que o grupo está viabilizando no mercado norte-ame-ricano, sobretudo no sul da Flórida. A empresa é especializada em trazer empresas e empresários brasileiros que desejam investir aqui.

A inauguração contou com a presen-ça da prefeita de Boca Raton, Susan Haynie, e da vice, Constance Scott, assim como do embaixador Hélio Vi-tor Ramos Filho, cônsul geral do Bra-sil em Miami, e de Robert Weinroth, um dos vereadores de Boca Raton.

Acompanhado de familiares, clien-tes e dos funcionários, Carlo Barbieri comemorou a expansão do Oxford Group. Barbieri ratificou sua prefe-rência pela cidade de Boca Raton. Em sua opinião, a cidade fica estrate-gicamente localizada perto dos três

principais aeroportos e portos da re-gião, o que é vital para a agilização dos negócios, sem ter o frenesi de Miami.

Nestes últimos 12 meses, o Oxford Group atendeu a mais de 80 clientes e abriu negócios que geraram cerca de 1000 novos empregos.Atualmente, o Grupo Oxford é com-posto por 10 companhias, e trabalha com mais de 50 executivos para in-vestidores que querem estabelecer seus negócios na Flórida.

As empresas que formam o Grupo Oxford são essas: Oxford Services & Legal Support, Oxford Realty Group, Oxford VISTOS USA Solutions, Oxford Business & Franchise, Oxford Marke-ting Development and Tools, Oxford FDA Experts, Oxford Consulting – Ca-pital & Finance, Oxford Trading, Sa-les & Logistics, Oxford Consulting for Food and Retail e Oxford Travel and Conventions H2O.

Carlo Barbieri aproveita a oportuni-dade para convidar os interessados a visitar as novas instalações e conhe-cer os serviços oferecidos pelo Grupo Oxford. Para isso, basta marcar um encontro pelo telefone (561) 674-9999.

Oxford Group USA Apresenta Suas Novas InstalaçõesBy Antonio Tozzi

On the right, Carlo Barbieri - Constance Scott - Martha Araujo Hager, wife of State Rep. Bill Hager.

Company based in Boca Raton opened its doors to the city may-or and the General Consul-Am-bassador of Brazil in Miami-He-lio Vitor Ramos Filho. The Oxford Group USA, led by Entrepreneur Carlo Barbieri, had its Grand opening on Wednes-day, February 4. The group’s headquarters went through a sensitive remodeling, resulting in a great expansion of its facil-ities. located at 4800 N. Federal Hwy Building “D” suite 101, in Boca Raton.

The new offices are on the first floor of the same building they were located before and still houses the company headquar-ters, attending the many inves-tors looking to invest in the North American market, partic-ularly in South Florida.

The inauguration was attended by the mayor of Boca Raton, Su-san Haynie, and Business Coun-selor for the Small Business De-velopment Center, Constance Scott, as well as the Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, Gener-al Cônsul of Brazil in Miami, and Robert Weinroth, Counselor at the Boca Raton City Council.

Accompanied by family mem-bers, clients and employees, Carlo Barbieri proudly celebrat-

ed the Oxford Group expansion, and confirmed his preference for the city of Boca Raton. In his view, the city is strategically lo-cated near three major airports and ports in the region, which is vital for business agility, without the Miami frenzy.

Over the last 12 months, the Oxford Group has helped many investors and the initiative has generated about 1,000 new jobs.

Currently, the Oxford Group con-sists of 10 companies, and works with more than 50 executives to serve investors who wish to es-tablish their business in Florida.

The Oxford Group is: Oxford Services Legal & Support, Ox-ford Realty Group, Oxford VISA USA Solutions, Oxford Business & Franchise, Oxford Marketing Development and Tools, Oxford FDA Experts, Oxford Consulting - Capital & Finance, Oxford Trad-ing, Sales & Logistics, Oxford Consulting for Food and Retail and Oxford Travel and Conven-tions H2O.

Carlo Barbieri takes this oppor-tunity to invite all interested par-ties to visit the new facility and check the services offered by the Oxford Group. Simply make an appointment with them calling the number (561) 674-9999.

The Oxford Group USA Presents its new Remodeled HeadquartersBy Antonio Tozzi

Minha visão, sobre o corte dos centenários euca-liptos da Praça Getúlio Vargas, em Nova Friburgo RJ Brasil possui um sentido mais amplo.

Em principio tomo em consideração os vários pre-feitos que passaram pelo executivo Friburguense e nunca se preocuparam em acessar o estado das arvores. Levando em conta que carros e veículos de transporte publico passam todo o tempo a me-nos de dois metros, gerando trepidação e risco de queda das arvores por instabilidade estrutural.

Em momento nenhum, durante o corte das arvores foi apresentada uma ficha , ou relatório, ninguém sabia das condições que essas arvores se encon-travam, pude acompanhar e fotografar, consta-tando varias que estavam ocas, com favos de mel no seu interior e varias com cupim, onde muitos trabalhadores aproveitaram para se alimentar do mel de abelhas calmas.

Se cada Prefeitura que passou pela cidade, em seu mandato, houvesse cuidado do acervo, com podas e reposição de espécies da nossa região, nada disso teria acontecido, ou seja, seria menos traumático para as pessoas que por revolta, fo-ram levadas a erro em seu julgamento e acesso ao ocorrido.

A minha pergunta fica no ar, se uma dessas arvo-res viesse a cair e atingisse um ônibus, matando inúmeras pessoas, quem seria o culpado? Nenhu-ma entidade, não vi nenhuma entidade ou ONG na manifestação contra a poda e corte das arvo-res. Ou ainda, os que protestaram, e eram contra, o corte, assumiriam a culpa? E ainda, o mais estra-nho, a ausência da secretaria de meio ambiente, da secretaria de responsáveis pelos parques e jar-dins, visto que uma grande quantidade de Bromé-lias e outras plantas que poderiam ser aproveita-das, e replantadas, mas foram jogadas fora, sendo aproveitadas por pessoas presentes que levaram as plantas para suas casas.

O corte foi mal administrado, uma arvore de mais de 30 metros cai em 4 segundos veja no vídeo, em 4 segundos não da tempo para fazer nada, ai Não havia um engenheiro florestal porque a prefeitu-

ra não tem, uma empresa especialista em corte de arvores foi contratada e executaram o traba-lho como se faz com arvores de 10 anos de idade, sendo que as que foram cortadas já passaram da validade pois este tipo de eucalipto tem uma vida media de 100 anos bem tratada, mas temos euca-liptos de 120 anos sem tratamento algum.

Outra coisa, não tinha uma guarnição do Corpo de Bombeiros para eventuais acidentes, imagine se um galho fosse disparado em 4 segundos em direção aos curiosos, um veiculo de emergência deveria estar no local.

A Defesa Civil, que comandou o que ia ser cortado ou podado, como determinava um documento da universidade Estácio de Sá que fez o levantamen-to para determinar se corte raso ou poda seriam utilizados, tirou fotos das arvores com telefone ce-lular, a prefeitura possui fotógrafos para eventos e nesta hora as fotos serviriam para demonstrar ao ineficiente IPHAN que as arvores estavam prestes a cair.

O IPHAN fez um pedido para enviar especialistas e determinar qual arvore seria podada ou cortada, e não mais que de repente ela passou o trabalho para a prefeitura executar de acordo com estu-dos da universidade e depois fazer um relatório de cada arvore. Muito bom isso, o famoso tira o corpo fora. Agora temos que voltar ao passado de GLAZIOU e refazer a praça com espécies nativas com flores e até algumas poucas arvores frutífe-ras para atrair os pássaros, voltar com os espelhos de água originais no projeto de GLAZIOU e que como segunda maior praça do Brasil voltaria a ser o cartão postal de Nova Friburgo.

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O Corte dos Centenários Eucaliptos de Nova Friburgo

O Corte dos Centenários Eucaliptos de Nova Friburgo

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Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and the Florida Blue Foundation Announce First Three Shows In Outdoor Concert Series

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts launches a two-year partnership with Florida Blue Foundation with the Florida Blue Free Concert Series first concert Tiempo Libre on the Seneff Arts Plaza at 6 p.m. on February 27, 2015. Other concerts al-ready confirmed in the series are the US Navy Band, 4 p.m. on March 7, 2015 and the Original Wailers, 6 p.m. on March 29, 2015. The concert series is set in the outdoor Seneff Arts Plaza which can accommo-date up to 3,000 attendees. The Florida Blue Free Concert Series will be free and open to the public. “Florida Blue’s support of this series helps us make the Seneff Arts Plaza an ideal gathering place for the community,” said Kathy Ramsberger, president and CEO of the Dr. Phillips Center. “The series aligns with our mission of “Arts for Every Life” by celebrat-ing all performing arts and offering a wide array of

genres as well as special programming for families and children.”

A leader in Florida’s healthcare industry, Florida Blue’s mission is to help people and their commu-nities achieve better health. By partnering with the Dr. Phillips Center that mission has expanded to im-proving the quality of life in Central Florida. “Florida Blue is honored to support our community by partnering with the Dr. Phillips Center to offer these outdoor concerts,” said Tony Jenkins, market president Central Florida region for Florida Blue. “This amazing facility will be a place where creativi-ty, innovation and individual expression abounds for many years to come - and we are proud to be a part of this world-class performing arts center where all are welcomed to come and enjoy.”

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MundoFox announced today the premiere of “¿Quién Mató a Patricia Soler?” (Who Killed Patricia Soler?), an original production starring Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral and Spanish actor Miguel de Miguel. “¿Quién Mató a Pa-tricia Soler?” marks the long–awaited return of Cantoral to television. The series premieres on February 9 and will air exclusively on MundoFox Monday through Friday at 9PM/8C.

“¿Quién Mató a Patricia Soler?” is a captivating adapta-tion of the well-received telenovela “La Madrastra,” with new twists and a suspenseful ending. The story follows Sara Fernández (Itatí Cantoral), a woman who is wrong-fully imprisoned after being betrayed by those closest to her and her subsequent search for justice when she is exonerated and released 17 years later.

Sara Fernández has it all: a successful jewelry business, a good husband and two wonderful children, but every-thing she has worked for and built is about to come crash-ing down. During a trip to New York City, her best friend and business partner, Patricia Soler is murdered and Sara is the prime suspect. After being falsely convicted for the crime, Sara spends the next 17 years in a maximum-se-curity prison. Upon her release, Sara returns determined to unmask the real killer and fight to regain everything she lost. Her journey will not be an easy one as all of her former friends, business partners and even her family, are now possible suspects. Sara can trust no one in her search to discover “¿Quién Mató a Patricia Soler?”

Produced by RTI Producciones, “¿Quién Mató a Patricia Soler?” is a story of betrayal, revenge, mystery and sus-pense that will surprise viewers until the heart–stopping moment when Patricia Soler’s killer is finally revealed.

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Danese/Corey is pleased to announce the opening of two concurrent exhibitions :Warren Isensee and Simone Bianchi.

Warren Isensee’s new paintings and drawings continue to offer luminous, emotionally and op-tically charged color within the structure of geo-metric abstraction. However, the new format is less tectonic; the former dense, fully colored sur-faces now yield to an airy, freer figure-ground relationship. In Out of Nowhere, a large terra-cotta plane coalesces around an insignia - an in-ner rectangle of hash-marked squares in black, gray and cream.

The new works further demonstrate Isensee’s ongoing commitment to color and reductiv-ist abstraction. I have always worked to cap-ture the qualities of both color and light that have throughout history activated the surface of paintings... I am exploring how oil on canvas can tap into the rich resonance of luminosity or “glow”.... The goal for each painting is to cap-ture light and contain it in a kind of perpetual motion field that, when married to color, gently pulsates, recedes and advances.(1)

Rendered with an unerringly precise hand, and eschewing the use of tape, Isensee’s work man-ages to avoid the anonymous, impersonal ap-pearance often associated with hardedge paint-ing.

Simone Bianchi, an acknowledged master of the art of the comic book. Born in 1972, Bianchi lives in Lucca, Italy, where he works exclusively with Marvel comics. This is Mr. Bianchi’s first exhibi-tion in New York.

As early as 1960, Warhol’s Superman, and lat-er Lichtenstein’s Drowning Girl, 1963, employed comic book imagery, and by extension, con-firmed its validity as both art and cultural phe-nomenon adding measurably to the emergence of Pop Art.

Bianchi enlivens his characters with physical, emotional and psychological dimension, with supernatural powers and human flaws, with moral purpose and evil intention. From the dra-matic and sensual depictions of Elektra, and the mysterious, valiant Batman, to the monstrous energy of Wolverine, Bianchi elevates his char-acters to epic status and in the process, creates unforgettable images that transcend the for-mal conventions of the comic book genre. Ul-timately, Bianchi’s work exists as pure drawing - a brilliant, deftly executed figurative language that confirms his place in the evolving history of contemporary art.

Warren Isensee: Paintings and Drawings & Villains and Superheroes: Works on Paper by Simone Bianchi

Hoje Regente Principal da Orquestra Sinfônica da USP desde 2012, o ma-estro romeno brasileiro Wagner Po-listchuk nascido em junho, colecionou vários títulos um deles como Diretor Artístico da Camerata Antíqua de Curi-tiba de 2009 a 2011, Regente Adjunto da Orquestra Sinfônica de Santo André e também Diretor Artístico e Regente Titular da Sinfônica da Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Tem se apresentado à frente de impor-tantes orquestras brasileiras como a OSESP, a Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, as Sinfônicas do Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, da Bahia, de Porto Alegre, a Amazonas Filarmônica, do Teatro Na-cional de Brasília, do Mato Grosso e de São Bernardo do Campo, e também no exterior, como a Sinfônica de Mendo-za na Argentina, a Sinfônica Nacional e de ‘La Ciudad de Los Reyes’ em Lima no Peru e a Hermitage Orchester, na Suíça. Atuou como Regente ‘Stand-by’ durante a Turnê Brasil 2011 da OSESP, orquestra em que ocupa, desde 1983, a posição de trombone solo.

Em 1990, especializou-se como solis-ta na Alemanha com Branimir Slokar, um dos mais conceituados professores de trombone da atualidade. Além de trombonista no Brasil , iniciou estudos de regência, tendo como primeiro pro-fessor o Maestro Eleazar de Carvalho. Outros maestros contribuíram para a sua formação, como Dante Anzolini, Ronald Zollmann, Andreas Spörri, Ro-berto Tibiriçá e Kurt Masur. Destacou--se em diversos concursos como no “Internacional de Trombones Giovani Concertisti”, em Porcia na Itália (1997),

o “V Concurso Latino-Americano de Re-gência Orquestral” (1998) — obtendo o segundo lugar, premiado no “Concurso Internacional de Regência Prix Credit Suisse”, em Grenchen na Suíça (2002) e foi vencedor no “Concurso para Jovens Regentes Eleazar de Carvalho” (2002). A atenção especial, como regente, é dada ao repertório contemporâneo, sendo responsável pela estreia brasi-leira de obras de importantes compo-sitores do século XX, como James Mac-Millan, John Adams, Boris Tschaikovsky, Gerald Finzi, Oru Takemitsu, John Co-rigliano, Almeida Prado e Cláudio de Freitas.

Wagner Polistchuk é o artista repre-sentante dos trombones Conn-Selmer tendo lançado o CD ‘Collectanea’, com obras para trombone e piano de com-positores brasileiros em primeiras gra-vações mundiais em 1999 e, em 2007, o CD ‘Versos Brasileiros’, onde rege a Camerata Antíqua de Curitiba. Em 2013 a OSUSP lançou uma série de cinco Cds , três deles estão sob sua regência, e´importante citar que um deles con-tem obras de compositores brasileiros tocadas pelo pianista Marcelo Bratke.

Em Novembro de 2014 além de atuar como regente assistente para o Maes-tro Sir Richard Armstrong na produção da obra “A Danação de Fausto” de H. Berlioz com a OSESP em apresentações na Sala São Paulo, foi regente substi-tuto ‘short notice’ dentro da tempora-da oficial da OSESP na Sala São Paulo com a obra Mandarim Maravilhoso de B. Bartok em sua versão completa.

Wagner POLISTCHUKBy Ivanna Fabiani

Wagner seu dom é natural para a musica? Não sei dizer se é natural ou não...mas comecei muito cedo na música, me lembro que com 6-7 anos eu já estava em um Conservatório com ini-ciação musical e o primeiro instrumento, poucos meses, foi violão, hoje não toco uma nota sequer de violão, mas eu mesmo decidi de que não queria o instrumento e que queria tocar piano, apesar de nem ter piano em casa.

Essa primeira fase não durou muito, talvez uns 2 anos. Depois ingressei na Banda Musical In-fanto-Juvenil de Rudge Ramos em São Bernardo do Campos, isso aos 9 anos, onde retomei as au-las de teoria e solfejo e comecei no Bombardino, Trombone à Pistão e depois sim o Trombone de

Vara. Em certa época muitos dos músicos da Banda resolveram ir estudar na Escola Munici-pal de Música de São Paulo, eu fui num segun-do bloco para estudar lá também. Desde muito cedo já comecei a tocar música popular e fazer shows com importantes artistas, assim minha formação inicial, apesar de a banda musical ter um cunho bastante erudito, foi em cima da música popular, hoje em dia ainda posso tocar, mas improvisar nem pensar, não tenho esta na-tureza.

Durante o tempo na Escola Municipal de Mùsi-ca e também tocando a música popular eu in-gressei na Orquestra Juvenil do Estado de São Paulo. Depois ainda a antiga Orquestra Jovem Municipal de SP com o Jamil Maluf, mas nessa época, por volta de 1981 eu já estava começan-do a tocar como músico extra na OSESP, onde aos poucos fui me estabelecendo e estou até os dias de hoje. Sou muito sistemático, e assim venci muitos dos obstáculos técnicos do instru-mento e musicais através de sistemas de estu-do, não tenho ouvido absoluto por exemplo, se for falar de naturalidade para a música, pro-curei treiná-lo, porém sempre estive envolvido com a música, em nenhum momento tive que tomar A grande decisão...o que farei da minha vida como profissão, a música sozinha me di-recionou.

Quem te impulsionou para se tornar um profissional na carreira musical?

No início comecei no violão porque havia um vi-olão em casa, dessa forma os pais ajudaram. Na fase da Banda minha avó me levava e trazia na fase inicial da banda. Mas mais uma vez, como comecei cedo e já cedo conseguia levar algum din-heiro para casa como pagamento destas minhas atividades não havia como me desincentivar a não seguir com a música. Com certeza o Maestro da Banda Musical, Romilso Curvelo e também os amigos eram grandes incentivadores, um ajudava o outro, sempre havia um grupo ao seu lado que dava forças para a continuidade.

Voce toca mais instrumentos?

Toco muito pouco piano hoje, apenas o sufici-ente para conseguir resolver algumas questões harmônicas. Trombone, Bombardino, Trompete Baixo. No caso das cordas eu acompanhei minha filha durante muito tempo em suas aulas de vio-loncelo, e até mesmo fiz algumas aulas e também muitas perguntas aos professores e entendidos, isso tudo para entender bem o universo das cor-das que é realmente muito diferente do mundo dos instrumentos de metal.

Quais são suas influências musicais?

Como trombonista certamente meu professor com quem estudei por 1 ano na Alemanha, Brani-mir Slokar. Mas também outros com quem sem-pre procurei trocar informações e experiências, Per Brevig, Joseph Alessi, Michel Becquet.Como regente obviamente o grande Maestro Elea-zar de Carvalho com quem toquei por quase 15 anos e com quem iniciei meus estudos de regên-cia. Mais atualmente Roberto Tibiriçá, Ronald Zoll-man, Andreas Spörri, entre outros.

Qual foi o divisor de aguas da sua carreira, em que momento voce sentiu que decolou?

Como eu disse anteriormente, difícil marcar um momento de decisão ou que a carreira tenha de-colado realmente mas talvez possa marcar minha entrada na OSESP e finalmente assinando meu contrato em 1986. Meus estudos na Alemanha em 1990 com certeza também alavancaram com propriedade minha carreira de trombonista. Na regência minha participação como ‘prize winner’ em dois grandes concursos de regência interna-cional, o Eleazar de Carvalho no Rio de Janeiro e o Grand Prix de Regencia na Suíça também me marcaram bastante.

Quais são seus projetos e o que tem em mente para as próximas

décadas na carreira?

Neste momento não sei, tive um grande ano em 2014, consegui alcançar grandes sonhos com a carreira de regência, que até poderia enumerá-los: Reger a OSB em um concerto no Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, e ainda acabei regendo também a própria OSB em meu último concerto do ano, porém na Cidade das Artes no RJ também. Reger a Sinfonica no Paraná em pleno Teatro Guaíra. E ainda ganhei um presente de ter podido reger a OSESP em concerto da temporada oficial da OS-ESP com 3 obras magníficas, em novembro agora passado.

Principal Conductor at the S.Paulo Universi-ty Symphony Orchestra since 2012, the Rome-nian-Brazilian maestro Wagner Polistchuk, col-lected several titles. One as Artistic Director of the Curitiba Camerata Antiqua 2009-2011, Dep-uty Ruler of the Symphonic Orchestra of St. An-drew and also Artistic Director and Conductor Symphony Proprietor of the State University of Londrina.

He has conducted in front of important Brazilian orchestras as OSESP, the Brazilian Symphony Or-chestra, the Symphony of the Municipal Theater of Sao Paulo, Bahia, Porto Alegre, the Philhar-monic Amazon, the National Theatre of Brasilia, Mato Grosso and São Bernardo do Campo, and also abroad, such as the Symphony of Mendo-za in Argentina, the National Symphony and 'La Ciudad de Los Reyes' in Peru Lima and the Her-mitage Orchestra in Switzerland. He served as Regent 'Stand-by' during the Brazil Tour 2011 OSESP, orchestra occupying since 1983, the trombone solo position.

In 1990, he specialized as a soloist in Germany with Branimir Slokar, one of the leading today's trombone teachers. Besides trombonist in Brazil, began conducting studies, with the first teach-er Maestro Eleazar de Carvalho. Other conduc-tors have contributed to its formation, as Dan-te Anzolini, Ronald Zollmann, Andreas Spörri, Roberto and Kurt Masur Tibiriçá. Stood out in various competitions such as the "International Trombone Giovani Concertisti" in Porcia in Ita-ly (1997), the "V Latin American Competition of Orchestral Conducting" (1998) - getting second place, awarded at the "International Competition regency Prix Credit Suisse "in Grenchen in Swit-zerland (2002) and won the" Competition for Young Conductors Eleazar de Carvalho "(2002).

The special attention, as regent, is given to the contemporary repertoire, being responsible for the Brazilian premiere of works by important composers of the twentieth century, as James MacMillan, John Adams, Boris Tschaikovsky, Gerald Finzi, Oru Takemitsu, John Corigliano, Almeida Prado and Claudio de Freitas.

Wagner Polistchuk is the representative artist of Conn-Selmer trombones having released the

CD 'Collectanea', with works for trombone and piano by Brazilian composers in world's first re-cordings in 1999 and in 2007 the CD 'Brazilian Verses', which governs the Camerata Antiqua of Curitiba. In 2013 the OSUSP launched a series of five CDs, three of them are under his rule, e'importante mention that one of them contains works by Brazilian composers played by pianist Marcelo Bratke.

In November 2014 has also worked as assistant conductor to conductor Sir Richard Armstrong in the production of "The Damnation of Faust" by H. Berlioz with OSESP presentations at Sala São Paulo, was regent substitute 'short notice' within the season official OSESP at Sala São Pau-lo with Mandarin Wonderful work of B. Bartok in its full version.

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Do you have a natural gift for music?

I do not know if it's natural or not ... but I started very early in music, remember that with 6-7 years I was already in a conservatory with musical initiation and the first instrument, for a few months, was the guitar, today I don’t play one single note in a guitar, but I even decided I didn’t want the instrument and wanted to play the piano, although didn’t have a pia-no at home. This first phase did not last long, maybe two years.

After I joined the Rudge Ramos Musical Band for Children and Youth in Sao Bernardo do Campos,at age 9, where I resumed the theory lessons and music theory and started the Euphonium, the Piston and then yes Trombone.

At that time many of the musicians decided to study at the Municipal School of Music of São Paulo, I was in a later group to study there.Very early already start-ed playing popular music and playing shows with important artists, so my initial training, had a very erudite nature, I was on top of popular music, today I can still play, but improvise became difficult. During my time at the Municipal School of Music and also playing popular music I joined the Youth Orchestra of the State of São Paulo with Jamil Maluf, but this time, around 1981 I was already starting to play as extra musician in the OSESP, where little by little I was setting myself to the present day.

I'm very systematic, and thus overcome many of the technical barriers of the instrument and music through study systems, I have perfected pitch for ex-ample, if you talk of naturalness to the music, I tried to train that, but have always been involved with mu-sic, at no time had to make the big decision ... what will I do with my life as a profession, music directed me alone.

Who drove you to become a professional in the music career?

At the beginning I started on the guitar because there was a guitar at home, so parents helped. At the Band stage my grandmother helped me in the initial phase. But again, as I started early and already bring-ing some money home as payment of these activities there was no way to discourage me not to go with the music. Certainly the Maestro of Music Band, Romilso Curvelo and also friends were big supporters, helped each other, there was always a group beside me that gave me the strength to continue.

Do you play more instruments?

I play very little piano today, just enough to be able to resolve some harmonic issues. Trombone, Eupho-nium, Low Trumpet. In the case of strings I accompa-nied my daughter for a long time on her cello lessons, and even did some lessons and also many questions to teachers and understood this all too well. I under-stand the universe of strings which is really very dif-ferent from the world of metal instruments.

What are your musical influences?

As trombonist certainly my teacher with whom I stud-ied for one year in Germany, Branimir Slokar. But also others who always tried to exchange information and experience, Per Brevig, Joseph Alessi, Michel Becquet.As a conductor of course the great Maestro Eleazar de Carvalho who played for almost 15 years and with whom I began my conducting studies. More current-ly Roberto Tibiriçá, Ronald Zollman, Andreas Spörri, among others.

What was the water divider of your career, at what moment did you feel it took off?

As I said earlier, difficult to mark a moment of deci-sion or that a career has really taken off but might mark my entry in OSESP and finally signing my con-tract in 1986. My studies in Germany in 1990 for sure also leveraged property in my career as a trombonist. In conducting, my participation as a 'prize winner' in two major international conducting contests, the Eleazar de Carvalho in Rio de Janeiro and the Grand Prix of Regency in Switzerland also marked me a lot.

What are your projects and what do you have in mind for the next decades in the career?

At this point I do not know, I had a great year in 2014 I achieved big dreams in my conducting career, which could even list them: I Conduct OSB in a con-cert at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, and still ended up also conducting their own OSB in my last concert of the year, but the City of Arts in RJ too. Govern the Symphonic in Paraná in full Teatro Guai-ra. And even won a gift of being able to govern in a concert at OSESP during the official season of OSESP with 3 magnificent works in November now past.

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Quando vivi em Paris tive a grata satisfação em conhecer Kinkas Caetano. O encontro foi casual do meio de arte, em plena Feira do GMAC, visitando stands de desconhecidos e amigos, tomando um vinho quente em uma tarde fría e chuvosa, ao lado do pequeño porto que envolve a cenografia da Praça da Bastilha em Paris.

Ali fui apresentada a um artista brasileiro que ali estava, entre amigos em comum. Sir. Kinkas!

Dali caminhamos um pouco até que nos despedimos no Metro. Á partir deste momento fui conhecendo um pouco mais de sua tragetória de arte e como nos mergulhos de artes no mundo não existem fronteiras.

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Kinkas Caetano o Poeta das Cores

Conte para nós quando a arte invadiu a sua vida e como tudo começou. Desde pequeno,sempre gostei de desenhar, com o passar do tempo sem me dar conta, a arte foi entrando na minha vida, fui tomando gosto, espe-cialmente pela pintura e tudo que via nascia uma idéia e assim por diante tenho esse hábito até hoje desde que alguma coisa vem na minha cabeça, ten-to transformá-la em algo interesante.Quando acho uma boa idéia invisto na possibili-dade de realizá-la em suportes diferentes, adapta-da a cada projeto. “Nós não podemos prever nosso destino.As coisas acontecem tão rápido,quando você abre os olhos,o tempo já passou dentro desse contexto.A vida é uma eterna evolução!A arte não foge à regra.” Faz muitos anos que sua vida está centrada em Paris, como foi esta transição? Foi por pura coincidência, eu trabalhava em uma empresa ferroviária no Rio de Janeiro, mas sem-pre fazia meus desenhos depois do horário de tra-balho, esperando o trânsito (engarrafamento) pas-sar. Na época que já era um inferno. Nos fins de semana participava de “performances” artísticas de todo tipo, contra a violência, contra a guerra, racismos, etc.

À parte trabalhava como “free lancer” para jornais, revistas fazendo ilustrações de todo tipo político, capas de revistas, projetos visuais, também de-senhei para a Unicef, entre outras criações.Minha vinda para a Europa eu já tinha planejado para passar um ano fora do Brasil e viver 3 meses em cada cidade. No,começo fui estudar design gráfico na Suiça.Depois viajei para Paris para viver esse período, então vieram encontros afetivos, profissionais e familiares. Boas perspectivas artistícas e fui fican-do por aqui mesmo, décadas se passaram...

Qual o mergulho na sua obra, qual é o desafio?

Todo dia é dia de desafio,em relação a arte da qual respiro desde pequeno, Cada momento tem um significado especial para mim, ou seja, é um tipo de relação profunda 24 horas. Ás vezes acordo de madrugada para registrar alguma idéia que não pos-so deixar passar.

Para mim ser artista é estar a procura de uma ideia a cada minuto, e como ela pode ser aplicada a cada suporte.O artista tem que descobrir todas as possibilidades de usar a sua cria-tividade. Seja na pintura, no design, video, instalação, escultura etcTalvez esse meu lado eclético me aju-de a mergulhar nas minhas criações Como interpreta o mercado de arte em Paris e na Europa e como sua arte é interpretada no mundo? Todo o mercado artistico sofre aqui com a crise Européia em particular Paris, que esta vivendo uma crise jamais vista, que já dura algum tem-po, mas ultimamente aos poucos o mercado vem se recuperando com boas perspectivas para a arte.Como exemplo: a FIAC (Feira de Arte Contemporanea) no Grand Pal-ais fez bons négocios na ultima fei-ra, ,esquentando um pouco o mer-cado de arte,sem falar nos últimos museus que foram criados como o do Museu de Arte Contemporanea Louis Vuitton no Jardim D’Aclimata-tion ou recentemente a Filarmônica de Paris em La Vilette.Mas Paris continua a ser uma cidade artistica por excêlencia e um merca-do, mesmo com a crise, super atra ente.

“Quanto à minha arte no mundo“ muita pretensão da minha parte” risos

Isso tudo é o fruto de muitos anos de galera, gostar de trabalhar e acredi-tar no que faço, sem nenhum medo de enfrentar esse mercado.”

Fico feliz porque estou sendo repre sentado no Estados Unidos por uma galeria de renome internacional Miami, New York e Roma. Que tra-balham realmente com seriedade o Artista.

Para mim foi uma surpresa eles terem se interessado pelo meu trabalho. Esse pequeno reconhecimento, para mim, tem uma grande significação.Estou numa fase muito boa nesse momento, a tendência, é que ela per-dure e me traga bastante alegriase porque não… bastante coleciona-dores Quais são os desafios mais im-portantes para as próximas jor-nadas? Todos os desafios são bem vindos, porque como disse:“A vida é feita de desafios e transformações. Na arte, tudo se transforma a cada dia, esperando as-sim, ir cada vez mais longe com as minhas pinturas. O mais importante e vital nesse momento, é trabalhar-bastante.” Em Dezembro aconteceu uma grande mostra dos seus trabalho nos Esta-dos Unidos e agora vai retornar no-vamente. Nos conte este trajeto e suas impressões.

Entre outubro 2014 e janeiro de 2015 aconteceu uma grande mostra dos seus trabalho nos Estados Unidos e agora vai retor-nar novamente. Nos conte este trajeto e suas impressões

Em outubro participei pela Galleria Ca d’oro que me represen-ta nos Estados Unidos, da reputada semana “Miami Art Basel” uma das mais importantes feiras de arte contemporãnea do mundo foi meu primeiro passo em terras americanas expus 4 telas super coloridas que tiveram grande aceitação do publico e boa critica .

Em janeiro desse ano me convidaram também para participar da famosa “Art Palm Beach 2015” espero que essas duas im-portantes feiras de arte abram caminho mim para novos mer-cados esse ano talvez eu participe mais uma vez de uma ex-posição coletiva em Nova York

When I lived in Paris I had the great pleasure to meet Kinkas Caetano. The meeting was the casual art medium in full Fair GMAC, visiting unknown stands and friends, taking a mulled wine on a cold, rainy afternoon, next to the small harbor which involves the setting of the Place de la Bastille in Paris.

There I was introduced to a Brazilian artist who was there, among friends in common. Sir. Kinkas!

From there we walked a bit until we parted at Metro. From this moment I got to know a little more of his trajectory of art and how diving in the world of arts I found no boundaries.

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Kinkas Caetano the Poet of Colors

Tell us when art broke into your life and how it all began? Since childhood, I always liked to draw, to make time go by faster without me realizing it, that the art was coming into my life, I grew fond, especially of painting and everything I saw was a born idea and so on. Til today, have this habit when something comes in my head, I try to turn it into something interesting.

When I invest in a good idea on the possibility of adapt it with different wiith different sup-port to each one of them.

"We can not predict our fate.Things happen too fast,when you open your eyes,the time has passed becauseLife is an eternal evolution!and art is no exception. "

For many years, your life revolved around paris, how was this transition?

It was by pure coincidence. I worked in a railroad company in Rio de Janeiro, but always did my draw-ings after working hours, waiting for the traffic (traffic jam) to pass. Attending Art performances of all kinds, against violence, against war, racism, etc., working as a "freelance" for newspapers, maga zines doing graphics every political type, maga-zine covers, visual designs, also drew for UNICEF, among other creations.

My coming to Europe was planned to spend a year outside Brazil and live three months in each city. First I went to study graphic design in Switzerland.After traveled to Paris to live for a period, then met with affection,work and family. Good artistic pros-pects and I kept staying, now decades have passed

What is the depth of your work? What is the challenge? Every day is a challenge, for the art I breathe since I was a Kid. Every moment has a special meaning for me, that is the kind of relationship I have with art 24 hours a day. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night to register any ideas that I can ‘t forget. For me being an artist is to be looking for a new idea every minute, and how it can be applied to each level of creation. The artist has to discover all the possibilities to use with his creativity. Either in painting, design, video, installation, sculpture etc.

Perhaps this eclectic my side to help me dive into my creations

How do you see the art market in Paris and Europe and how is their art inter-preted in the world? The art market is suffering with the European cri-sis in particular Paris, which is living a crisis nev-er seen before, it has lasted a while, but lately the market has been gradually recovering with good prospects for art.

As an example: the FIAC (Fair of Contemporary Art) at the Grand Palais have made good deals late-ly, heating up the market a bit, not to mention the recent museums that were created as the Louis Vuitton Contemporary Art Museum in Garden D 'Aclimatation or the Philharmonic Paris La Villette. But Paris remains an artistic city by excellence and a market, that despite the crisis, is still super at-tractive.

"As for my art in the world"Much pretension on my part" This is the result of many years with my guys,enjoying work and believing what I do, without any fear of facing this market. " I'm glad I'm being represented in the United States by an internation-ally renowned gallery - Miami, New York and Rome. That really work seriously for the Artist. For me it was a surprise they were interested in my work. This little recognition, for me, has a great signifi-cance! I'm in a very good phase at the moment, the trend is that it will last and bring me enough hap-piness, and why not, many collectors.

What are the biggest challenges for the near future? All challenges are welcome, because as I said:"Life is made of challenges and transformations. In art, everything changes every day.Hoping to go further and further with my paintings.The most important and critical at this moment,is tohave enough workenough. "

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Durante as comemorações oficiais do 461° Aniversário da cidade de São Paulo, o grande destaque artístico cul-tural ficou marcado pela bela homenagem que a ABRAS-CI-Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Artes e Literatura prestou à gigantesca e maravilhosa capital paulista, or-ganizando a exposição titulada “Parabéns São Paulo ! ”

Para tanto, a Curadora Waldirene Morais Chelala e o Di-retor Samir Chelala, convidaram 20 relevantes artistas brasileiros de diversas origens, para apresentarem seus belos trabalhos, onde a originalidade e a criatividade com seus peculiares estilos, prestam uma justa homena-gem à nossa querida megalópole.

Quanto ao local, não poderia ser melhor, graças ao apo-io da sua Diretora Cultural a artista plástica Maria dos Anjos de Oliveira da “Anjos Art Gallery”, foi determinado um privilegiado espaço na requintada “Galeria de Artes da Casa de Portugal de São Paulo”, localizada no central e tradicional bairro paulistano da Liberdade.

Prestigiando, tanto o evento quanto os artistas expos-itores, inúmeros convidados compareceram ao vernis-sage no dia 22 de janeiro, entre os quais, grandes per-sonalidades das artes visuais brasileiras.

Entre os artistas participantes estão: Albano Dias, Alber-to Lume, Ana Júlia Del Bianco Afarelli, Anna Donadio, Cristina Brahemcha, Danielle Andrezza, Darcy Rossi, Ed-mundo Cavalcanti, Galina Sheetikoff, Gil Motta, Jacira Santos, Leiah Kimura, Lenir Witzke, Lícia B. Simoneti, Lilia Gonsalves Pinto, Maria Eugênio Simões, Myrthes Ber-nardes, Olimpio Franco, Renata Tucunduva e finalmente, a artista plástica Sueli Herrera que, além de expor suas obras em tela e escultura, fez o lançamento do livro de sua autoria “São Francisco de Assis” com muito sucesso.

Pela originalidade e adequação ao tema da exposição, as obras dos artistas Gil Motta e Leiah Kimura são in-discutivelmente os grandes destaques desta importante mostra.

Uma exposição que merece ser visitada, ainda dá tempo ! “Galeria de Artes da Casa de Portugal de São Paulo”, até dia 20 de fevereiro de 2015, de segunda a sex-ta-feira, 10h às 17h.

“ São Paulo homenageada com Arte” Texto de: Giuseppe Ranzini

Fotos de: Gil Motta and Giuseppe Ranzini

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Happy Birthday São Paulo!During the City of São Paulo-Brazil 461st Anniversary of-ficial celebration, the biggest cultural and artistic manifes-tation was given by ABRASCI - Sciences Arts and Culture Association, with the homage paid to the great city in an Art Installation, named Congratulations São Paulo!

Curator Waldirene Morais Chelala and Director Shamir Chelala, by invitation, chose 20 imminent Brazilian Artists of diverse origins to present their work, where creativi-ty and originality and personal style paid homage to the loved Mega City.

The installation opened on January 22, and will be there till February 20th.

The participant Artists were :Albano Dias, Alberto Lume, Ana Júlia Del Bian-co Afarelli, Anna Donadio, Cristina Brahemcha, Danielle Andrezza, Darcy Rossi, Edmundo Caval-canti, Galina Sheetikoff, Gil Motta, Jacira Santos, Leiah Kimura, Lenir Witzke, Lícia B. Simoneti, Lilia Gonsalves Pinto, Maria Eugênio Simões, Myrthes Bernardes, Olimpio Franco, Renata Tucunduva e finalmente, a artista plástica Sueli Herrera who besides showing her work in canvas and sculp-ture, also launched her book, “São Francisco de Assis” with great success.

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São Paulo Celebrated with Art By Giuseppe RanziniArt Editor Brazil for AboutUS MagazinePhotos By Gil Motta & Giuzeppe Ranzini

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American Designer Sigrid Olsen Announces Women's Fashion Partnership with HSN

Sigrid Olsen opens a significant new chapter in her career this spring. SIGRID OLSEN Studio, a new seasonal fashion collection for women, premieres in partnership with leading enter-tainment and lifestyle retailer, HSN and will launch in April.

Sigrid will enhance her multi-faceted creative talents, adding national broadcast persona to the roster, and promote her inspired, artisan chic designs on-air with HSN across its vari-ous platforms, including TV, online and mobile. HSN reaches 96 million households in the U.S. and offers its customers a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The collaboration reflects Sigrid’s evolution as a designer and creative well-being advocate and in her estimation, “HSN is the perfect partner to debut my newest fashion collection and attract women worldwide,” remarks Sigrid, “This part-nership will reestablish closer connection to my loyal fashion fans while expanding my base of female customers - especially those seeking a fresh vision of ageless style.”

SIGRID OLSEN Studio also affords the iconic American designer the ability to attract add-ed licensing prospects and grow her folio of beautiful, mindful designs more synergistically

across many categories. Working from her Si-esta Key studio in Florida, Sigrid will continue to focus on generating signature hand-craft-ed prints, crafting her nuanced color palettes, and designing three HSN collections this year inspired by reverence for nature, beauty, color, comfort, simplicity and joy. Each collection may include unique array of sweaters, shawls, tu-nics, tees, jackets, pants, dresses or hand-em-broidered shirts, created in comfortable to lush fabrics from cotton lawn to linen.

“I’m excited about our collection concept and I believe that wearing these clothes encourag-es a personal sense of vibrancy and creative well-being for women everywhere,” Sigrid beams.

Vested in building success for her new HSN fashion collection, Sigrid is also excited to con-tinue directing her SIGRIDOLSEN: New Designs for Living(TM) business team (Kristin Joyce, CMO and Annie Bernstein, CFO), to further de-velop her product mix and expand with home design and decor, women’s accessories, pa-pery, personal care, publishing, and her on-go-ing women’s art and yoga retreats.

For additional information or to contact her team, visit: www.sigridolsenart.com.

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Swarovski unveiled SWAROVSKI SHINE, the new collec-tion that combines style with function to create a fash-ionable activity and sleep tracking device and a variety of coordinating jewelry, complementing wardrobes of women as they go about their multifaceted lives. Swarovski joined forces with Misfit, a California-based technology company, and contributed its distinctive touch of glamour and sparkle to a new line of wearable tech products.

At first glance, the pieces appear to simply be modern and contemporary jewelry. However the large faceted crystal, which is the centerpiece of the entire collection, is much more than a sparkling eye-catcher; it is a facet-ed crystal stone embedded with expert tracking tech-nology from Misfit. It measures steps; calories burned; distance and even sleep quality; and synchronizes wire-lessly with an app on the wearer's smartphone. With a simple tap, the Swarovski Shine activity tracker lights up to indicate not only the time, but also the status of activity accomplished for the day.

Swarovski Shine accompanies women from day to night, suiting all styles and occasions thanks to a range of nine compatible pieces of jewelry available in timeless and easy-to-wear designs. "With the Swarovski Shine col-lection, we were able to bring our strong jewelry styl-ing point of view, developing versatile pieces which can work with this very practical device to really address modern and multifaceted women," said Creative Direc-tor Nathalie Colin.

SWAROVSKI SHINE Activity Tracking Jewelry is available as a set, or as single products. Sets include the Swarovs-ki Shine; a bracelet, watch band or pendant; and a sleek sport band featuring a 50m waterproof resistance, ide-al for athletic activities and also to monitor sleep. The coordinating watch bands, bracelets and pendants are also available as single products that not only can hold the Swarovski Shine, but are also fully compatible with the Misfit Shine Fitness and Sleep Monitor.

Collection available for pre-orders exclusively in the USA as of January 2015. Available in select Swarovski boutiques in China, Hong-Kong and USA in late March.

Swarovski unveiled SWAROVSKI SHINE

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Viper Announces App That Will Remotely Start, Lock And Unlock Your Car From Apple Watch And Android Wear

Smart Watch Technology to Become the Next Evolution of Viper SmartStart

Viper’s smart watch functionality will be available for free download for An-droid and iOS through the company’s newest version of the Viper Smart-Start 4.0 app. Viper SmartStart 4.0 is compatible with all Viper SmartStart

hardware, which means all existing and future Viper SmartStart users who purchase an Apple Watch or Android Wear product will be able to take advantage of the smart watch features at no additional cost.

“Wearable technology will give Viper SmartStart users the ability to feel connected with their vehicle in an even more accessible and convenient way,” said Frank DeMartin, Senior Vice President of Development and Engineering for Viper. “Whether people choose to use Viper SmartStart through their smartphone, smart watch or both, the updated Viper SmartStart 4.0 app will enhance their ability to seamlessly communicate with their car.”

To increase the functionality of Viper SmartStart for the smartphone, SmartStart 4.0 is updated with a more intuitive home screen that offers faster access to the primary controls, including interactive overlays to walk customers through how to use the app.Consumers can visit www.viper.com to purchase a Viper system from an authorized dealer, learn more about Viper SmartStart 4.0 and enter a contest to win a smart watch and a complete Viper system. Pricing starts at $149.99.

Apple Watch is a trademark of Apple Inc. Android Wear is a trademark of Google, Inc.

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Announcing the KODAK IM5 Smartphone: Simplifying the Smartphone ExperienceIconic photography brand Kodak and specialist mobile de-vice manufacturer Bullitt Group announced the launch of the Kodak IM5 smartphone (IM5), a 5” HD Android smart-phone that is as easy to use as it is smart.

Its simple, intuitive user interface offers quick and easy ac-cess to key functions such as calling, messaging, camera and contacts. Advanced remote management software also al-lows trusted friends and family to provide help if needed via a PC or tablet.

As you’d expect from Kodak, imaging is central to the phone’s appeal and the IM5 makes taking, storing, sharing and printing photos quick and simple. The 13MP auto-focus main camera comes with unique image management soft-ware that, at the touch of a button, lets users quickly edit photographs and either display them on the device, share on social media or print using a customized app compatible with home printers as well as future printing and sharing services. Running Android OS expandable to 32GB via a Mi-cro SD card. It also comes with a dedicated app store (called simply “Apps”) that offers users quick and easy access to a hand-picked selection of applications suited to their inter-ests (there is also full access to Google Play).

Aimed at consumers who want a smartphone that is easier to use than what they are currently using (or being offered), the IM5 serves a market segment that - to date - hasbeen poorly served by handset manufacturers.

Adds Eileen Murphy, VP Brand Licensing at Kodak: “Too many memories stay stuck on mobile phones, often be-cause the process for sharing them is too complicated for users; that’s why we’ve partnered on the IM5, the first de-vice in a range of mobile products that takes our heritage and experience in photographic technology and combines it with Bullitt’s expertise in designing high-quality devices for a specific target consumer.”

Full specification for the Kodak IM5 smartphone: Custom built, intuitive user interfaceRemote Management softwareDedicated app store with hand-picked selection of appsOcta-core 1.7 GHz processor5” full HD screen13 MP rear camera with AF and flash, 5MP front camera 8 GB ROM 1GB RAM (expandable to 32 GB via Micro SD)

Available in white or black, the Kodak IM5 can be seen at CES 2015 on the Kodak stand in South Hall 1, Booth 21818 and at the Pepcom Digital Experience event. It will be avail-able globally, starting with roll-out in Europe from end of Q1 2015.

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New Aerokit for the Porsche 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S

New Aerokit for the Porsche 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S

Porsche Exclusive is now offering an Aerokit for the Porsche 911 Turbo models. This performance pack-age includes a new, distinctive front spoiler and a completely redesigned rear deck lid that has a fixed rear spoiler with side winglets while maintaining the automatically adjusting rear wing. The expressive front spoiler with side fins and the striking rear fascia add even more character and sportiness to the car's traditional 911 Turbo silhouette.

Along with an attractive look, aerodynamic function was also a top priority during development. The “Aerokit Turbo” underwent extensive wind tunnel testing and test drives on the test circuit at the Porsche Development Center in Weis-sach, Germany.

The key goal in its development was to improve driving dy-namics by further increasing downforce, while preserving the same coefficient of drag as the standard equipment. This ensured the proper integration of the flow-optimized Aerokit into the harmoniously balanced overall concept of the high-performance 911 Turbo models. For example, the aerodynamic components of the “Aerokit Turbo” generate even more downforce at the front and rear axles, which in-crease driving stability, particularly at high speeds. For in-stance, the total downforce generated by the 911 Turbo adaptive aerodynamics at 186 mph on the track was in-creased by 37 lbs, to 57 lbs, in the Speed setting, and by 40 lbs, to 331 lbs, in the Performance setting.

Customers can order one of two versions of the “Aerokit Turbo” - in the car’s body color or in high-gloss black. In addition to the Aerokit add-ons, the standard side skirts and rear fascia are also painted. In the black version, the air intake cover on the rear lid is also painted black to match the retractable rear wing.

The Aerokit will be available on all 911 Turbo and 911 Tur-bo S models worldwide via Porsche Exclusive, or it can be retrofitted by Porsche Tequipment. The “Aerokit Turbo” can now be ordered from Porsche Exclusive when ordering a new car at the MSRP of $6,950. Aerokit retrofitting will also be offered by Porsche Tequipment through participating authorized Porsche dealers, with an MSRP of $6,886 (ex-cluding paint finish, assembly, and installation). All provi-sions of the vehicle warranty remain in force in the case of retrofitting of the genuine Porsche Tequipment component at an authorized Porsche dealer.

Porsche’s GT family is proud to announce the addi-tion of an exciting new member: the Cayman GT4. This is the first Porsche GT sports car based on the Cayman and features components of the 911 GT3. Clocking a lap time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds on the North Loop of the Nurburgring, the Cay-man GT4 earns the same lap time as the 2011 911 GT3 and positions itself as the new benchmark atop its market segment. The Cayman GT4 clearly demonstrates Porsche’s dedication and passion to continue to promote truly industry-leading two-door sports cars in the future - sports cars that are developed at the Motorsport department in Weis-sach.

The engine, chassis, brakes, and aerodynamic de-sign of the Cayman GT4 are configured for max-imum driving dynamics while retaining the ver-satility and everyday utility that are typical of the two-seater Porsche coupe. Powered by a 385 hp 3.8-liter flat-six engine derived from the 911 Car-rera S engine, the Cayman GT4 transmits its pow-er solely through a six-speed manual transmission with dynamic gearbox mounts. Zero to 60 mph is accomplished in 4.2 seconds; its top track speed is 183 mph. The chassis - which features a 30 mm lower ride height and a generously sized brake sys-tem - consists almost entirely of components from the 911 GT3.

Ready for the race track: The first Porsche Cayman with added downforce at both axlesThe exterior of the Cayman GT4 highlights it as a member of the Porsche GT family and provides a clear distinction to related mid-engine coupes. Three pronounced inlet openings at the front and a large fixed rear wing are part of an aerodynam-ic package which is systematically designed for

downforce. Upon request, the performance capa-bilities of Cayman GT4 can be taken even further. Available options include the Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) system, full bucket seats made of carbon fiber composite, and a custom Sport Chrono Package featuring a Track Precision app.

The interior of the Cayman GT4 focuses on max-imizing the experience of unfiltered driving en-joyment for both driver and passenger. Standard sport seats, which are upholstered in a combina-tion of leather and Alcantara(®), offer excellent lat-eral support. The new Cayman GT4 sport steering wheel guarantees ideal control and direct steering feedback due to its compact dimensions.

Technical aspects of this new GT sports car are based on the 911 GT3. As a mid-engine sports car and a prime example of driving dynamics in its class, it follows the conceptual tradition of such cars as the 904 GTS, 911 GT1, Carrera GT and 918 Spyder.

GT sports cars engineered by Porsche embody the most passionate connection possible between ev-eryday driving and Porsche’s competition heritage and highlight the sporty core of the brand: Intelli-gent Performance.

The Porsche Cayman GT4 celebrates its world pre-miere in early March at the Geneva International Motor Show. This vehicle will arrive at U.S. deal-ers in July 2015. The starting MSRP for the Cayman GT4 is $84,600. MSRP does not include a destina-tion charge of $995.

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The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-en-gined supercar, de-

signed and developed by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Mol-sheim, France, by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

The original version had a top speed of 407.12 km/h (252.97 mph). It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.

The current Super Sport version of the Veyron is recog-nized by Guinness World Records as the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph), and the roadster Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse version is the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) .

The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabal of Volkswagen, with

much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.

Several special variants have been produced. Since Decem-ber 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customize exterior and interiors colours by using the Veyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website. www.bugatti.com/

Bugatti Veyron

The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabal of Volkswagen, with

much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.

Several special variants have been produced. Since Decem-ber 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customize exterior and interiors colours by using the Veyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website. www.bugatti.com/

Bugatti Veyron PRICE$1,495,000 – $1,695,000

FUEL EFFICIENCY15.6 - 41.9 l/100 km

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Engine Type W16 8.0 litresPower 1,001 hp @ 6,000 rpm (746 kW)Torque 922 lb·ft @ 5,500 rpm (1,250 N·m)Induction TurbochargedPower to weight ratio 375.1 W/kgBore 86 mmStroke 86 mmFuel type PremiumCO₂ emissions 13,830 kg/yearOther engines noneTransmission 7-speed automaticDrivetrain AWD

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