The Brazilian Post - Issue 88 - English

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June 04th – 17th 2013 LONDON EDITION

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WONDERFUL MARACANÃ A Friendly match between Brazil and England (2-2) marked the international debut of the refurbished, iconic Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Despite of not being 100% ready, with works in progress on the outside, the beauty of the site seduced the crowds. Rosa Bittencourt, The Brazilian Post’s correspondent in Rio, was there and tell us about the party.

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Front Page PARTY IN RIO

Fans approve new Maracanã, but Brazil only draw with England Although the works in progress on the outside, stadium beauty seduced the most of the public

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By Rosa Bittencourt*

he Brazilian fans were in large crowds for the official reopening of the Mario Filho Stadium, popularly known as Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro. There were children, friends, families, lovers and those just curious to step into the stadium and watch the match Brazil vs. England, which finished 2-2 (read game analysis on page 8).

It was the first and only major test of the new stadium, which will be the main stage of the Confederations Cup which starts on 15 June (read more on page 12), then it will host seven games during the World Cup 2014, including the final, and various events of the 2016 Olympic Games, including the opening and closing ceremonies.

With super-enhanced security and

Brazilian and English players before the kick off at Maracanã

the streets near the stadium closed, arrival at the site was strangely quiet, even with tens of thousands of people heading to the same destination. A total of 66,000 people who attended the game, the total income earned was 8.6 million reais (around £2.5 million), a record in Brazil. When I left there was congestion for cars and crowding on buses and metro as access was slow because most people left the stadium at the same time.

Inside and out, there were many praises of the new Maracanã. But there was no shortage of criticism: long queues for the bathroom (especially thr ladies),

long queues to buy snacks or drinks. But overall the beauty of the new stadium seduced most of the spectators.

The Brazilian team, led by Luis Felipe Scolari, was widely criticised and at the end of the game, you could hear many fans chants: “I just came to see the new Maracanã” or “I’ve seen much better games here beforece.” The “beloved” Neymar was spared, although there were one or two hysterical fans screaming for him to score Inside the Maracanã Stadium, the grandiosity and the presence of inspectors ensured that everyone remained seated (though there were

complaints that some fans did not stick to this) and access aisles were kept free.

Without caxirolas, which were prohibited

by FIFA (read more on page 12), thousands of inflatable sticks distributed at the entrance helped supporters to make party were.

Once in life

To get to the new stadium, most people travelled to the Maracanã station, and joy was on the face of every fan. Guides were scattered along the sidewalks, they were fiendly and helpful.

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EDITORIAL

espite the best efforts of Brazilian players in the first half of the match against England, a draw was the final result. The “new stadium” was the star of the party, even with a bureaucratic mess that threatened the game four days before, plus the unfinished works around the grounds.

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Everyone seems to share the same hope of being champions at home for the first time when we host the world cup next year.

a good show, the question remains of how the two will stand up to the pressures of footballs biggest challenge.

In the UK, Brazil has been criticised because of its bureaucratic gridlock, but the commentators praised the stadium calling it a “wonderful arena.”

As would be expected, all these football games are being seen as “tests” for 2014, and at this inaugural game, all aspects were evaluated, including the Brazilian team, to the disapproval of some fans.

You can find out what the home fans thought, straight from Rio de Janeiro, with an account from our correspondent Rose Bittencourt.

While the stadium and team put in

The game illustrated well possible optimism for the 2014 World Cup: Despite all the problems, the party will be approved by the fans. As the classic old Brazilian saying, passed down since colonial times when the country did its best to appear organised even when things are going wrong behind the scenes, this event will be for “the English to see”.

From now on, and even more after the Confederations Cup (read more about the tournament on page 12), Brazil enters its countdown to the 2014 World Cup. And we need to be optimistic and hope that the games really will create a legacy of benefits for those interested in Brazil and many others who don’t know they are yet!

Ana Toledo ana@brazilianpost.co.uk Editor in Chief

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FORA DO EIXO

Independent Music off the Axis

Jeff Thompson giving a talk in Uganda, where he introduced the Brazilian Fora do Eixo movement

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By Andrew Dubber* n a hotel in the town of Jinja, Uganda, Jeff Thompson is giving a talk. Thompson co-runs a small independent record label in Manchester and is both a member and a passionate advocate of a cooperative arts organisation. In fact, he’s an advocate of cooperative arts organisations in general.

A year earlier, he was instrumental in helping establish the fledgling Bayimba Creative Co-op for the independent arts scene in Uganda – and now he’s back as part of the grassroots music industry conference Un-Convention to help develop that nascent independent music infrastructure.

As part of his talk, Thompson introduces the small group of gathered musicians and music workers to a project that has been going on in Brazil for the past eight years. To the people gathered, the idea is instinctively appealing, and yet the numbers seem implausible. A cooperative and collaborative system for independent music that incorporates 200 cities, 30,000 artists, 6,000 shows a year and turns over a value of around $44m just within Brazil.

This is a network of collectives that has its own political movement. It has its own university. It even has its own currency and bank.

And it has built this incredible infrastructure on the principles of collaboration, solidarity economy and open source platforms. To the assembled East African musicians, it seems too good to be true – but also far too good not to try and emulate.

In 2010, I learned of the fascinating countercultural movement Fora do Eixo (Outside of the Axis) – the network of independent music collectives working right across Brazil, providing an alternative to the globalised, corporatized music business. The network connects together a wide range of cultural producers, festivals, record

labels, artists and other small, local music enterprises through open source online tools and a range of different collaborative methodologies that range from distribution systems to gig swaps.

The fundamental and overarching principle that collaboration is better than competition for artists and entrepreneurs working in the independent music sector is catching on fast The network was initially both inspired and enabled by the innovations of Brazilian Culture Minister Gilberto Gil, who revolutionised Brazil’s approach to culture by moving the focus outside of the cultural and economic ‘axis’ of Rio and São Paulo. By championing informal and ad hoc approaches to cultural creativity, Gil did not so much cause as set the foundation stones for a renaissance in Brazilian popular culture, and in particular, popular music.

The Fora do Eixo movement has already inspired new practices being established within the UK music scene.

Working in Manchester, Thompson and his label partner Ruth Daniel have been instrumental in establishing Off-Axis, a cooperative music touring network that draws many of its central principles

from the Fora do Eixo model – and those principles are spreading rapidly.

At the time of writing, Thompson and Daniel are now in Barcelona with the founders of Fora do Eixo at a music industry conference called Primavera, where they are discussing the network and introducing it to new groups of independent music workers.

Meanwhile, in Budapest, Anita Kiss is starting to share some of the same principles and innovations in an attempt to establish a new Eastern European equivalent to the Fora do Eixo model. Not every part of the model can be simply picked up and transplanted into another geographic context; there are differences that arises from the size of the place, the political and economic histories and climate of both the country and the industry and there are different cultural norms at stake wherever you go.

However, the fundamental and overarching principle that collaboration is better than competition for artists and entrepreneurs working in the independent music sector is catching on fast.

Fora do Eixo has connections in different parts of Latin America and further afield. Music industry people as far away as New Zealand and India are starting to take an interest in this Brazilian innovation in music industry practice.

Although the movement has its detractors, and is not above criticism (tensions always result whenever people’s art, income and business models are on the line), it’s fair to say that through collaborative practice and a rejection of the corporate structures of the traditional music industries, the overall economic value of music activity in the country has been enormously lifted.

With the support of Birmingham City University, and in partnership with Birmingham filmmakers Blue Hippo Media, I am currently in pre-production for a documentary feature film with the

working title Occupy Music.

The film features interviews with the originators of Fora do Eixo, with Gilberto Gil himself, with leaders of the collectives from cities around the country, with fans and popular artists from within the network, as well as music industry commentators from around the world.

The filming of Occupy Music coincides with an Un-Convention summit in November in Rio de Janeiro at which representatives from the independent music industries from the UK, the United States, Europe, Latin America, India, Australasia and elsewhere will convene to examine the practices of Fora do Eixo with the intention of adopting their methods and approaches to their own local scenes.

Occupy Music is set to be a vibrant and colourful documentary featuring a range of music by some of Brazil’s most exciting artists and performers. It will take the viewer on a tour through Brazil from the rainforests to the beaches, from enormous cities to the rural towns, from backroom bar gigs to large rock festivals.

And it will explore a very Brazilian idea that looks set to fundamentally challenge the global music industry orthodoxy – which, for someone whose area of research is Music Industries Innovation, is a very exciting proposition indeed.

*Andrew Dubber is Professor of Music Industry Innovation at Birmingham City University (http://andrewdubber.com/)

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FOREIGN INVESTMENT

In London, the governor defends role of Minas Gerais

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inas Gerais has developed at a faster rate than the national average in recent years. In this time the state has diversified its economy, has undergone important processes of infrastructure development, attracted a large number of companies and showed new means of balancing trade within and outside of Brazil. The governor of the state, Antonio Anastasia recently presented these experiences that have also proved conducive to attracting foreign investment, to entrepreneurs and potential investors at the Embassy of Brazil in London.

‘London is one of the most important cities for attracting investment’ - Roberto Jaguaribe As the second largest exporter in Brazil (in 2012 export revenues was US$ 33.4 billion), Minas Gerais is a leader in the production and export of goods such as iron ore, lead, zinc, niobium, and agricultural products as coffee, milk, beef, sugar, ethanol and grains. The Gross Domestic Product from Minas is around US$ 200 billion, 9.3% of the Brazil’s GDP,

Governor presented to international investors the economic potential of Minas Gerais Estate

growth in the region often exceeds the national average – added to this, it also has one of the best rates of employment in the country.

Strengthening these capabilities, and also attract more investments called “new economy” are part of the ongoing efforts of the local Government. According to the governor, the state is now more prepared to receive investments in the sectors of biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology, aerospace and renewable energy.

“We need to improve our infrastructure, and, therefore, need foreign investment. We therefore have a portfolio of very bold projects of public-private partnership and here we are presenting them to investors.

Our goal is to attract companies, especially in the new economy, in science, health, microelectronics,

information technology, defence system of the production chain of steel and automobiles,” said Anastasia.

Earnings from exports of technologyintensive products produced in Minas Gerais territory increased from $ 900 million in 2002 to $ 2.7 billion in 2012.

During this period, the state’s share in Brazilian exports of this sector increased 34%. The Government has been working to be more competitive in this area and, are therefore seeking international partners interested in investing in local businesses.

Emphasising the goals of the state on their visit to England, the Secretary for Economic Development, Dorothea Werneck, highlighted the need to make the state more known, placing it as an alternative to investors. “This trip gives us the possibility to consolidate Minas as clear alternative investments. We are very focused on the new economy. Areas

are important due to the technology and quality of jobs created.”

To boost the attraction of technology-based enterprises, the regional government recently sent a bill that allows incentives to promote entrepreneurship in this field to the Brazilian Legislature. This was titled: “Startup Minas”, the program’s aims, among others, are to promote the transfer of knowledge and skills between local and global entrepreneurs.

Aiming to leverage this business environment, the Government of Minas currently leads major works and projects aimed at modernising the infrastructure of the state and business opportunities found there.

For example, the proposed expansion of the Tancredo Neves International Airport, which will provide increased operational capacity and new access to the airport complex, will require an estimated investment of US$ 500 million.

Brazil’s ambassador to the UK, Roberto Jaguaribe, said that London is the largest investor in the world market and, therefore, a very important place for presenting Brazilian business opportunites.

“I have no doubt that London is one of the most important cities for attracting investment, financial, human and technological development of Brazil in general and the obvious interest of a large state such as Minas Gerais. Minas is one of the most representative of Brazil, as well as offering great wealth potential it is also capable of sound governance, and has shown to other states that it is possible to overcome difficulties and create conditions attractiveness to foreign markets.”

BUSINESS

Brazil to write off $900m of African debt

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By The Brazilian Post

razil has said it plans to cancel or restructure $900m worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent.

Brazilian officials have said that while visiting Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to mark the African Union’s 50th anniversary, President Dilma Rousseff was set to announce a new development agency alongside the cancellation to offer assistance to African countries.

“The idea is to create a special

relationship with Africa and is just one strategy in Brazil’s current foreign policy,” said Thomas Traumann, presidential spokesman, to reporters in Addis Ababa.

Among the 12 countries whose debts were pardoned, Congo-Brazzaville was the highest with a $352m debt cancelled, with Tanzania’s $237m debt the second largest.

Brasilia pardons debts for 12 African countries after creating agency to support development in continent Traumann also said the move was part of Brazil’s efforts to boost economic ties with Africa, home to some of the

world’s fastest growing economies. He added that Brazil recently established an agency to support investments in industry and development in Africa and Latin America.

Rousseff has met with several African leaders, including Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, with whom she signed a series of cooperation agreements on agriculture, education, air transport and science.

Brazil’s interest in Africa is part of a larger trend boosting so-called SouthSouth cooperation, which has attracted investment from emergent economies in

developing countries, namely in Africa.

Brazil, one of five members of the BRICS emerging nations group and with a GDP of $2.425tn in 2012, is the world’s seventh largest economy.

The BRICs countries - comprising Brazil, China, India and Russia - are now Africa’s largest trading partners and its biggest new group of investors. BRICSAfrica trade is seen eclipsing $500bn by 2015, according to Standard Bank.

Traumann said most of Brazil’s future assistance would target infrastructure, agricultural and social programmes.

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Get your team on the pitch for The Champions Tournament

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By The Brazilian Post o you know the next David Luis or Gareth Bale? If so you better tell them to prepare their boot, put on their uniform and join their teammates because the competition is here. It’s The Champions Tournament, will be held on 15 June in London and is open to all amateur teams in the capital, be they longstanding groups or recently formed. What matters is the spirit of football and your bravery to go up against opponents in pursuit of the championship trophy.

The tournament will be played throughout the day. The style will be 7-Aside, that is with one goalkeeper and six players on a smaller pitch. The matches will be played at Crystal Palace Park, South London.

And don’t assume that the championship is only for the big guys.

The event is a day for the whole family.

Crystal Palace park is full of attractions and activities for children and those taking part are encouraged to bring as many people as possible to cheer and follow the matches. The goal of The Champions Tournament is valuing the amateur athlete and the various nationalities found in London, as well as promoting healthy entertainment to families and bringing the communities together.

The tournament is open to all amateur teams in the British capital who wish to participate

On Sunday 16 June, with the tournament champion decided, thre will be a closing ceremony, which will take place from 3pm in the Cathedral Revival Church (42-44 Norwood High Street, SE27

9NR). The Champions Tournament will award first, second and third places as well as best player, coach, referee and goalkeeper.

The Brazilian Post will cover the

The tournament will be played on June 15, in the form ‘7 Aside’ Teams interested in participating in the tournament must confirm attendance by the payment of the registration fee, by calling 077 5763 8616 or by emailing info@planetfaith.co.uk.

Before the ball gets rolling on the 15th, there will be an opening ceremony, teams will be invited to perform in the parade and the official oath and have their photos taken. Teams that wish so can have their logo emblazoned on the opening track, and for that, you also need to confirm by the 7 of June.

event and through the printed newspaper and online platforms (website and Facebook), will be reporting events from the tournament and the closing ceremony with videos, photos and interviews.

If you are passionate about football and want to put your team on the field, do not miss this opportunity! It will be a great chance to network with the Brazilian community, and other nationalities, in a day of the beautiful game.

The Champions Tournament When: 15 and 16 June (tournament and awards) Where: Crystal Palace Park and Cathedral Revival Church

Beyond the football matches, the whole family can enjoy a day in Crystal Palace Park

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PROFILE

Gaio de Lima:

‘We are what we share’ A Text and photo: Rômulo Seitenfus

fter 11 years without a haircut, and with a famous set of dreadlocks, musician Gaio de Lima held a charity gig with a difference. Included in the ticket price was the opportunity to take to the stage and cut off his dreads while he performed. The proceeds went to supporting two charities that help children with cancer.

“It was great to see over 200 people cutting my hair. Everything was donated to two institutions, one in Brazil - Support Children with Cancer and another in England - Children with Cancer UK. My mother died from this disease before I came to London, but my philosophy has always been this: we are what we share.

Everything is a reason to help the next song, dance, and even a simple hair.

Sometimes I wonder if I follow religion or something, I say I’m just human”.

Born between two favelas of Rio de Janeiro - o Morro da Coroa e do Fallet in the Santa Tereza neighbourhood, Gaio grew up to the sound of music. His grandfather, a strong active from Velha Guarda da Mangueira (a famous samba troup), made sure that his grandson had a solid education with the records of the large names of samba including: Cartola, Candeia, Nelson Cavaquinho, Bezerra da Silva e Paulinho da Viola.

Today, Gaio de Lima is the founder and creator of Clube do Choro UK, and the Clube do Samba UK. Both projects have been gaining a growing cosmopolitan audience each month, with the objective of exchanging cultural knowledge. The Brazilian has created a format that showcases the customs and culture of several places in the world. Each event shows a little bit of Brazil to a new audience and encourages between people.

Gaio lives by this ethos, inviting people from different parts of the world to participate in the concerts. Each month sees the audience surrender to the charms of music, dance and sing while dancing while dining on a genuinely Brazilian menu. This was exactly the scene when I was invited to join the samba, presented by my interviewee.

Asked how he finds life in London, the humorous Gaio makes a comparison: “it’s like eating fruit salad. There is a selection of fruits of every country in the world, mixed to deliver tasty diversity.”

For the creator, his projects aim to know the differences and unite again.

“I want all who participate to learned something important. From Nigeria to Lithuania, I have worked on projects with artists around the world and for

that I feel happy to see all this merger taking shape and generating new ideas.

More than participating and creating projects, I seek a union: I want to break geographical boundaries through music experience. Many use weapons to ward off people, I use art to bring them closer.

The Clube do Choro UK and Clube do Samba UK are projects for everyone. All artists are at the club where even if you are on the stage or in the crowd, everyone is on the same level”.

When answering my request to talk about his own style, the musician gave a poetic response. “My music is also the world’s music, it is sound, silence and a rhythm of fast and slow steps that

humanity creates and enjoys around the world. Good music is the wind that blows naturally in all corners for everyone”.

Asked what impact a carioca upbringing had on his personality, my interviewee has a fun take on things. “I was abducted by the irresistible cultural scene in Rio, welcomed and guided by great masters of Brazilian culture and international music. I learned you didn’t need to have a knack for cunning trickery, but that great cleverness was to understand how this place of such rascality worked. I will always love Lapa!”

When asked about what’s on his dream playlist and what the greats of history that feed their inspiration, Gaio

cites several influences. “In my jukebox plays everything: Wes Montgomery, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Paco de Lucía, Oscar Peterson, among others. I had many inspirations that helped me to understand the world, I realised that the changes start and end with the singular form of a collective - Gandhi, Luther King, Mandela, Patrice Lumumba, João do Vale, Vinicius de Morais, Jacob do Bandolim, and my mother Mariete”.

Asked how he sees himself, Gaio de Lima says: “the mirror shows me every day that my face gets older, but my music becomes more youthful, without losing the knowledge acquired over the years”.

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Continued from page 02 >> But, near to the entrances of the stadium, huge queues formed from 3pm.

The gates opened 30 minutes late with a few people still witing to get in.

I saw a group of friends who paused for a photo in the hallway celebrated havinge got two tickets at the last minute.

Banker Renata Xavier came with two brothers and managed to buy tickets on Saturday for 140 reais (almost £50). The trio was joined by their friend, Natalia Moreno, a psychologist who lives in Rio. Daniela Sobral and Rui Castro, both public officials, were also enjoying the atmosphere of great celebration. The couple won two tickets in a promotion from a hypermarket. “We purchased

last week and did not believe when we saw that we were drawn. We were only assured when we were handed the tickets in our house.”

From London to Rio

From the UK, the retired Michael Farren, 67, and his wife, Louise, arrived in Rio for a short stay of six days and five nights.

“We came especially to cheer for England, but we will know Rio and its beauties.

Here everything is very beautiful,” they said smiling all the time. “Today it’s all about the party,” said Louise.

The actress Patricia Pillar summarized Brazil’s performance in the field: “It was very raw.” According to her, what was wonderful was the Maracanã. “The team is starting, could have been better. Let’s see the games in the Confederations Cup.”

More than 300 million pounds

The works in the Maracanã stadium, initiated in the second half of 2010, cost more than 800 million reais and the new stadium was handed over to FIFA with nearly six months late and is still unfinished. The week before reopening for the game Brazil V England, workers staged a kind of collective effort to deliver the stadium as close as possible to the original design. Last Thursday, officials tired to prevent the opening match, following a warning that the stadium would only be released after confirming the safety and hygiene for the fans. On the same day, the state government revoked the injunction and in the end the game took place without problems. *Rosa Bittencourt, correspondent of The Brazilian Post in Rio

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ON THE PITCH

Daniela Barone

Brazil needs to learn how to win

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By Guilherme Reis

ushed by the crowd and back to the country’s most famous football place, the Brazilian team started very well Sunday’s game against England. In 30 minutes into the game, Brazil had already aimed 15 times on goal, while the English team had not yet made any try. The possession of Brazil was over 60%.

Despite this, and despite the good performances of Neymar and Oscar, who led the team in attack, the first half ended 0-0.

In the final stage, the England team improved, leaving the game more balanced and also more open. After 12 minutes, Hernanes kicked from outside

the area, the ball hit the crossbar and at the rebound, Fred opened the scoring.

The Brazilian team, however, dozed.

Retreated a lot and failed to keep the ball, opening spaces for the English to play.

England turned the game, first with Chamberlain and then with Rooney. It seemed that the party had gone awry with the English feasting at brand new Maracanã.

At least, in a good move from the right, Lucas placed the ball at the foot of Paulinho, who within the area hit a nice kick and tied the game. Brazil pressed at the end but the draw remained.

A few days before debuting at the Confederations Cup, the Brazilian team does not have a team that seems ready.

The first team may already be defined in

the head of coach Scolari, but the pitch still needs more interplay, more daring, particularly Oscar and Neymar, in addition to something else that everyone has asked over the past few years, which is nothing more than a warrior sprit and therefore a greater identification with the fans.

This match did in some way prove that, playing at home, Brazil can keep opponents at bay, fearful and posted on the defence. What was missing, and urgently needs to be improved, was shooting. Brazil will have most possession in most games at home, and need to learn how to use it more efficiently, putting the ball in the net and not giving the opponent a chance to react.

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Technology REAL OR VIRTUAL LIFE?

Could you live without the internet?

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By Rafael Cabral ould you spend a year without using the internet to communicate with friends, or see any online information? This was the challenge taken by Paul Miller, editor of the technology website The Verge, in the middle of 2012. He felt that being connected 24-7 was emphasising his problems and made him work excessively, so he decided to rediscover life offline and tell his readers about it.

“I didn’t know myself apart from a sense of ubiquitous connection and endless information. I wondered what else there was to life. Real life, perhaps, was waiting for me on the other side of the web browser”, he said.

After a year chronicling the struggles and pleasures of a disconnected routine, Miller returned to the web on the 1st of May 2013, with an article named ‘I’m still here: back online after a year without internet’

In late 2012, Miller started to abandon the positive choices, spending hours and hours playing the videogame or doing absolutely nothing

and a mini film documentary about his experience.

“My goal, as a technology writer, would be to discover what the internet

had done to me over the years. To understand the internet by studying it at a distance. I wouldn’t just become a better human, I would help us all to become better humans. Once we understood the ways in which the internet was corrupting us, we could finally fight back”.

‘My goal, as a technology writer, would be to discover what the internet had done to me over the years.

To understand the internet by studying it at a distance’ – Paul Miller Miller recalls that the whole experience started because he felt at the age of 26 that the internet was making him unproductive, but the video shows that it was a year of highs and lows.

In the first period, Miller’s offline life brought positive results, causing him to lose 15 pounds, doing physical activities

and improving the relationship with his family. Instead of spending hours and hours deleting emails or interacting on social networks, he began to see more friends, cycle and play with his niece.

The journalist also found the disconnection brought him a new sense of focus and attention (“Now I can read 100 pages of the ‘Odyssey’ at once,” he said). Planning to write his first novel while off the internet, Miller hoped to spend his time reading classic literature and modifying the draft of his book, but with the time the motivation vanished.

In late 2012, the journalist started to abandon the positive choices, spending hours and hours playing videogames or doing absolutely nothing. Socializing was much more complicated without social networks as people use their mobiles less and less. “I would stay at home for days at a time. If my phone ran out of battery and nobody could get hold of me. At some point my parents would get fed up with wondering if I was alive, and send my sister over to my apartment to check on me. On the internet it was easy to assure people I was alive and sane, easy to collaborate with my co-workers, easy to be a relevant part of society”.

Finishing the experience, Paul says he was able to understand himself better during the period away from the web, but that now he can see his problems like lack of motivation and depression exist outside of his internet connection and that the resolution will be much more complex than simply disconnecting a cable. He came to the conclusion that the real Paul and the real world were intrinsically connected to the internet. “I do not mean that my life was different without internet, only it was not real life.”

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June 04th – 17th 2013

Sport 15 TO 30 JUNE

Countdown to the Confederations Cup the Confederations Cup were sold. Over 95% of tickets sold were purchased

by Brazilian fans, and 50% live in their own host cities. The federal government expects the competition to generate 3.6 million tourists to the country.

A few days before the start of the competition, there were no problems with lack of space in hotels. According to the Brazilian Association of Hotels, the occupancy rate is estimated at 75% in Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte, and between 60% to 65% in Recife and Salvador.

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By Renato Brandao razil will once again be the centre of attention for the football world on June 15th when the Confederations Cup kicks off.

The first large international competition in the country since the 1950 World Cup, the tournament is seen as a major test for assessing whether Brazil is prepared to host the World Cup next year.

“For us as organizers of the World Cup 2014 it is important to note the logistics of the tournament. The stadiums are ready, but will the logistics, transport, control, ticketing, security work? It is important to us and we will be watching it,” said Joseph Blatter, FIFA president, in a recent interview to the entity official website.

Contested by eight teams, the Confederations Cup will use six new or remodelled stadiums - the National Stadium Mane Garrincha (Brasília), Maracana Stadium (Rio de Janeiro), the Mineirão Stadium (Belo Horizonte), Castelão Stadium (Fortaleza), Arena Pernambuco (Recife) and Arena Fonte Nova (Salvador).

Security

A major concern for large events is safety. During the Confederations Cup, this responsibility is shared between thousands of private agents and public forces (Military Police and Armed Forces).

The first will take care of comfort and conflict resolution within the six stadiums of the tournament, while the public forces will be tasked with patrolling the six host cities.

‘I’m sure everything will go well, maybe not 100%, but this will give us the experience needed for next year’ - Joseph Blatter Although Brazil is not at high risk of potential terrorist acts, the recent attack on the Boston Marathon (which left three dead and 176 wounded) made

Caxirola vetoed

Brazil won the last two editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009 (photo)

national authorities remain on alert. The Brazilian Army is confident it will be able to prevent any attack of this nature and claims to have 600 military specialized in combating terrorism in the six cities hosting the Confederations Cup. Moreover, the airspace of these cities will be patrolled by up to ten Brazilian Air Force aircraft. Prepared to take off within one hour before or four hours

MEETING

after the start of the games, these planes are allowed to intercept any aircraft that disregard the warnings of the air traffic control and is not identified in a period of three minutes.

Tickets and Hotels

By the end of May, over 640,000 tickets for a total of approximately 825,000 made available for the 16 matches of

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For the first time, four world champions will contest the FIFA Confederations Cup: Brazil, Italy, Spain and Uruguay. Together, the quartet holds 12 of the 19 world titles.

Formed by Brazil, Italy, Mexico and Japan, Group A should be a more balanced competition.

Winner of the last two editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the Brazilian team has a lot of expectation around the world. Besides the enormous pressure playing at home, the team led by Luiz Felipe Scolari will have the opportunity at this tournament to convince Brazilian fans and the world about their chances at the World Cup. Italy was the big surprise of the last European Championship in 2012, when they eliminated England and Germany before finishing runnersup. In qualifying for the World Cup, even without shine, the Italians ensured their place without difficulty.

In a friendly against Brazil in March, Italy managed to snatch a 2-2 draw

after being behind by two goals.

In theory, Italy should be the toughest opponent for Brazil during the first round. However, the Mexicans and Japanese will be no push-overs. Proof of this is the history of these two teams against Brazil in the Confederations Cup: against Mexico, Brazil have won just once and had two losses. Against the Japanese, just two draws.

Comprising Spain, Uruguay, Nigeria and Tahiti, Group B should have, in theory, the current world and European champions in first position and Uruguay second.

Spain, who has dominated world football since 2008, will again be the team to beat.

Uruguay paints as the second force in the group and if it can qualify for the semi-final could cause an upset. Nigeria should be its hardest group opponent. Meanwhile, Tahiti is the candidate to be the punching bag in the tournament.

Announced a few months ago to represent and promote the image of Brazil in the World Cup, the ‘caxirola’ (rattle commissioned to be the Brazilian ‘vuvuzela’) will not be heard in stadiums during the Confederations Cup. All on account of an incident in the derby between Bahia and Vitoria last April in Fonte Nova, which marked the debut of the musical instrument in official matches. Disgusted with the defeat to their biggest rival, fans threw thousands of caxirolas on the pitch of Fonte Nova.

To avoid this kind of embarrassment in the Confederations Cup, the World Cup Local Organising Committee banned the instrument from Brazilian stadiums.

MATCHES Group A MATCH

DATE – TIME

(1) Brazil X Japan

15/6 – 8pm

PLACE Brasília

(2) Mexico X Italy

16/6 – 8pm

Rio de Janeiro

(5) Brazil X Mexico

19/6 – 8pm

Fortaleza

(6) Italy X Japan

19/6 – 11pm

Recife

(9) Italy X Brazil

22/6 – 8pm

Salvador

(10) Japan X Mexico

22/6 – 8pm

Belo Horizonte

Group B MATCH

DATE – TIME

(3) Spain X Uruguay

16/6 – 11pm

PLACE Recife

(4) Tahiti X Nigeria

17/6 – 8pm

Belo Horizonte

(7) Spain X Tahiti

20/6 – 8pm

Rio de Janeiro

(8) Nigeria X Uruguay

20/6 – 8pm

Salvador

(11) Nigeria X Spain

23/6 – 8pm

Fortaleza

(12) Uruguay X Tahiti

23/6 – 8pm

Recife

Semifinal MATCH

DATE – TIME

(13) 1ºA X 2ºB

26/6 – 8pm

PLACE Belo Horizonte

(14) 1ºB X 2ºA

27/6 – 8pm

Fortaleza

3rd Place MATCH

DATE – TIME

PLACE

(15) Loser 13 X Loser 14

30/6 – 5pm

Salvador

Final MATCH

DATE – TIME

PLACE

(16) Winner 13 X Winner 14

30/6 – 11pm

Rio de Janeiro

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READY TO GO

Neymar and his new challenge

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By Tico Silverio

t’s official: Neymar is now a Barcelona player. After numerous speculations, rumours and negotiations, the former number 11 of the world’s most famous village (Vila Belmiro, Santos stadium) is ready with his bags for the biggest challenge of his career, playing at Barça. Neymar, who in just three years went from promising starlet to the main man in the Brazil team, now has the chance to prove to critics that he is much more than a poster boy.

But playing alongside Messi, Iniesta and Xavi may not be as easy as it seems.

The quality of the Barcelona team, the structure that the club offers and strength that it has in the football world are indisputable, but adaptation may take a while.

Firstly, Tito or whomever is the Barcelona coach next season will have to find the best position for Neymar. In Santos he had complete freedom, having virtually no accountability in the tactics department. In Barca, Messi already has that privilege. Neymar would probably assume the position of David Villa on the left side, with Messi acting as a false striker and Pedro assuming the

final position of the right side, which theoretically will not change much the style of play of Neymar.

Subsequently, a development of his defensive skills will also have to be carried out because of the playing style of the Spanish team, which is characterized by lots of pressure on the opponent.

Another challenge for the former Santos player is coming to terms with no longer being the star of his side. Messi is undoubtedly top dog at Barca, with the great Iniesta and Xavi as his sideshow. So Neymar may suffer a bit from a lack of attention. For the hairstyles, visual changes and choreography, that in the Spanish club are prohibited, will not have the same impact they had in Brazil, which in a way can affect the performance of the player, as Neymar brings a lot of personality to field.

Another factor that may hinder the adaptation of the player’s current phase of Barcelona, which, despite the Spanish title, had a season quite irregular, emphasized by the team’s humiliating elimination in the Champions League to Bayern Munich. This phase may reflect the irregular lack of patience and a greater demand by both the fans and the press, that the high investment and technical quality of Neymar will require fast results and immediate adaptation.

Brazilian player will finally play alongside Messi - in the photo, players shake hands after the final of the Club World Cup in 2011, in which Barcelona beat Santos 4-0

Despite all the difficulties that Neymar may face he chose Barca as his new home, with destinations such as Real Madrid, playing a football more bureaucratic, and Bayern Munich, whose greatest strength is the collective, being seen as less suitable for him to

be able to shine. Barcelona will offer a great challenge for the 21-year-old, who currently carries the pressure of being the great hope of Brazilian football.

Playing alongside Messi, Iniesta, Xavi and co will certainly be a lot easier than carrying the piano alone in Santos.

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June 04th – 17th 2013

GRAND SLAMS

Tennis: from Paris to London

The world’s oldest and most famous tennis competition begins in London in June 24th

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By Jamie Jubon

he world’s oldest and most famous tennis competition begins in London in just under three weeks time when Wimbledon gets under way.

South-West London will once again welcome the very best players the sport has to offer for the third Grand Slam tournament of the year.

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and a fit-again Rafael Nadal will once again be the four overwhelming favourites to lift the old trophy, although the likes of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych and Juan Martin del Potro will all be hopeful of springing a surprise and having a good run themselves, having excelled at previous Championships.

In what has become an annual talking-point in the British press, Andy Murray will once more attempt to become the first British man to lift a home Grand Slam for over 70 years.

The British player is missing this week’s French open due to injury, but is hopeful of being fit for no doubt the biggest tournament of his year.

The major difference for Murray of

course going into this year’s tournament, is that he has finally broken his Grand Slam duck and ended Great Britain’s ridiculously long wait for a Major with his victory at the US Open last year.

That, along with also triumphing on the Wimbledon grass-courts at the Olympics last year, should give the Scot added belief that he can go one better than last year, when he lost to the great Roger Federer in four sets having taken an early advantage.

Murray’s form this year has been patchy to say the least. A run to the Australian Open Final in January culminated in defeat to Novok Djokovic, having again been leading.

He then equalled his career-best ranking by climbing to number two in the world, a position he still currently occupies.

This was after a mammoth victory over David Ferrer at the Indian Wells Masters tournament on the hard-courts.

However, the transition to clay in the last month-and-a-half has not been a smooth one, and his withdrawal from Roland Garros because of injury ensured his time on the orange surface this year would be a distinctly unmemorable one.

He failed to go deep into any of the Masters 1000 tournaments but Wimbledon will hopefully be a different story as he re-adjusts again from playing on by far his least favourite surface.

Another fascinating story this year at Wimbledon will be the return of Rafael Nadal. At the time of writing, it is hard to know what kind of mindset Rafa will take to SW19 this year with the French Open currently about to enter its second week.

The king of clay still remains the favourite for the French title, but Djokovic’s play this week has been sparkling and the Serb possesses his best chance yet of usurping Nadal as French champion.

If Rafa does go on to win the title on Sunday though in what would be an incredible 12th Grand Slam title, the Spaniard will take huge belief going into Wimbledon that he can go all the way there too.

For Djokovic, he has openly admitted that the French Open is the biggest tournament of his year.

Roland Garros remains the only Slam to have evaded him, and were he to be victorious this week he would join

Nadal and Federer in having triumphed at all four majors.

It would also cement his own place as one of the best players to have ever played the game. If one player is to beat Nadal on the Paris clay for only the second time, it is hard to look beyond Djokovic.

Regardless of what happens this week, Nole will surely be the favourite to win Wimbledon for the second time in his career.

Undoubtedly the world’s top player on hard-courts, the semi-final defeat to Federer last year when he was the defending champion will still rankle with Djokovic, and it is almost certain that the Serbian will go deep into the tournament again.

The chances of Roger Federer adding to his record collection of Grand Slam titles seem to get slimmer by the year, yet time and again the Swiss master defies the opinions of many to consistently challenge for, and occasionally win, more Major titles.

Of course, Murray will be the crowd favourite, but support for Federer in last year’s final against Murray was evident as well.

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