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|State of Rio Grande do Sul
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|Liberdade, Igualdade, Humanidade (Portuguese)
"Liberty, Equality, Humanity"
|Hino Rio-Grandense
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|Porto Alegre
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|Tarso Genro
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|Vice Governor
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|Jorge Alberto "Beto" Grill
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|Gaúcho or Sul-rio-grandense
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|R$ 199,499,000,000 (4th)
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|R$ 18.378,17 (6th)
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|0.832 - high (4th)
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|90000-000 to 99990-000
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Rio Grande do Sul (;[2] lit. "Great Southern River") is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index (HDI) in the country.[3] In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine producing center in Brazil, the attraction is Italian gastronomy. Besides the European influence, the gaúchos, or inhabitants of Rio Grande do Sul, strongly cultivate the traditions of the Pampas - region of the border with Uruguay and Argentina - such as drinking mate (known as chimarrão drunk in special gourd cups), eating the typical barbecue, known as churrasco, and the traditional clothes are the bombachas (baggy trousers), boots and large hats. Although the majority of the population dresses non-traditionally, there is a widespread value for tradition and culture, which renders the image of "cultural zealots" sometimes attributed to the gaúchos.
Rio Grande do Sul is bordered to the north by the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Uruguay, and to the west by Argentina.
The northern part of the state lies on the southern slopes of the elevated plateau extending southward from São Paulo across the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, and is much broken by low mountain ranges whose general direction across the trend of the slope gives them the appearance of escarpments. A range of low mountains extends southward from the Serra do Mar of Santa Catarina and crosses the state into Uruguay. West of this range is a vast grassy plain devoted principally to stock-raising - the northern and most elevated part being suitable in pasturage and climate for sheep, and the southern for cattle. East of it is a wide coastal zone only slightly elevated above the sea; within it are two great estuarine lagoons, the Lagoa dos Patos and Lagoa Mirim, which are separated from the ocean by two sandy, partially barren peninsulas. The coast is one great sand beach, broken only by the outlet of the two lakes, called the Rio Grande, which affords an entrance to navigable inland waters and several ports. There are two distinct river systems in Rio Grande do Sul - that of the eastern slope draining to the lagoons, and that of the Río de la Plata basin draining westward to the Uruguay River.
The larger rivers of the eastern group are the Jacuí, Sinos, Caí, Gravataí and Camaquã, which flow into the Lagoa dos Patos, and the Jaguarão which flows into the Lagoa Mirim. All of the first named, except the Camaquã, discharge into one of the two arms or estuaries opening into the northern end of Lagoa dos Patos, which is called the Guaíba River, though technically it is not a river but a lake.The Guaíba River is broad, comparatively deep and about 56km long, and with the rivers discharging into it affords upwards of 320km of fluvial navigation. The Jacuí is one of the most important rivers of the state, rising in the ranges of the Coxilha Grande of the north and flowing south and southeast to the Guaíba estuary, with a course of nearly 480km It has two large tributaries, the Vacacaí from the south and the Taquari from the north, and many small streams. The Jaguarão, which forms part of the boundary line with Uruguay, is navigable 42 km up to and beyond the town of Jaguarão.
In addition to the Lagoa dos Patos and Lagoa Mirim there are a number of small lakes on the sandy, swampy peninsulas that lie between the coast and these two, and there are others of a similar character along the northern coast. The largest lake is the Lagoa dos Patos (Lake of the Patos - an Indian tribe inhabiting its shores at the time of European discovery), which lies parallel with the coastline, northeast and southwest, and is about 214km long exclusive of the two arms at its northern end, 40 58 km long respectively, and of its outlet, the Rio Grande, about 39 km long. Its width varies from 35 to 58 km. The lake is comparatively shallow and filled with sand banks, making its navigable channels tortuous and difficult. The Lagoa Mirim occupies a similar position farther south, on the Uruguayan border, and is about 175km long by 10 to 35 km wide. It is more irregular in outline and discharges into Lagoa dos Patos through a navigable channel known as the São Gonçalo Channel. A part of the lake lies in Uruguayan territory, but its navigation, as determined by treaty, belongs exclusively to Brazil. Both of these lakes are evidently the remains of an ancient depression in the coastline shut in by sand beaches built up by the combined action of wind and current. They are of the same level as the ocean, but their waters are affected by the tides and are brackish only a short distance above the Rio Grande outlet.
Fully one-third of the state belongs to the Río de la Plata drainage basin. Of the many streams flowing northward and westward to the Uruguay, the largest are the Ijuí of the plateau region, the Ibicuí, which has its source near Santa Maria in the central part of the state and flows westward to the Uruguay a short distance above Uruguaiana, and the Quaraí River which forms part of the boundary line with Uruguay. The Uruguay River itself is formed by the confluence of the Canoas and Pelotas rivers. The Pelotas, which has its source in the Serra do Mar on the Atlantic coast, and the Uruguay River forms the northern and western boundary line of the state down to the mouth of the Quaraí, on the Uruguayan frontier.
Rio Grande do Sul lies within the south temperate zone and is predominantly humid subtropical (Cfa, according to the Köppen climate classification). The climate is subtropical highland (Cfb) in the highest areas. There are four relatively well-marked seasons and rainfall is well distributed throughout the year, but occasional droughts can occur. The winter months, June to September, are characterized by heavy rains and by a cold southwesterly wind, called minuano, which sometimes lower the temperature to below freezing, especially in the mountainous municipalities, where snowfalls can occur. The lowest registered temperature in the state was -9.8°C in Bom Jesus, on August 1, 1955.[4] In summer, the temperature rises to 30°C, and heat related injuries are not uncommon.
Several ecoregions cover portions of the state. In the northeastern corner of the state, between the Serra do Mar/Serra Geral and the Atlantic, lies the southern extension of the Serra do Mar coastal forests, a belt of evergreen tropical moist forests that extend north along the coastal strip as far as Rio de Janeiro state. The high plateau behind the Serra do Mar is occupied by the Araucaria moist forests, a subtropical forests characterized by evergreen, laurel-leaved forests interspersed with emergent Brazilian Pines (Araucaria angustifolia). The Paraná-Paraíba interior forests lie on the lower slopes of the plateau south and east of the Araucaria forests, including much of the lower basin of the Jacuí and its tributaries. These forests are semi-deciduous, with many trees losing their leaves in the winter dry season. The Atlantic Coast restingas, distinctive forests which grow on nutrient-poor coastal dunes, extend along the coast, as far as the Uruguayan border.
The southeastern portion of the state is covered by the Uruguayan savanna or Pampa, which extends south into Uruguay, in a plateau named Serras de Sudeste (Southeastern Mountain Ranges).
During the Brazilian Colonial period, the province of Rio Grande do Sul was the scene of bloody wars: the dispute between Portugal and Spain for the Sacramento Colony and the Guarani Missions War. It was also a focal point for internal rebellion from the 19th to the early 20th century.
See main article: Guarani War. Originally, the region was part of the Spanish possessions in South America. However, the Spaniards were much more interested in their achievements in the Pacific Coast, where gold, silver, and gems, were quickly found. Even in the Atlantic coast, their attention was caught by the Plata estuary, where they built the seaport of Buenos Aires, in its right bank.
The Spanish occupation of the Southeastern region of the continent, consequently, followed the course of the Plata and its tributaries, especially the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
The first Spaniards to reach the region that is nowadays Paraguay, Northwestern Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones), and Rio Grande do Sul, however, were not merchants or military conquerors; it was the Jesuit priests who established there, with the idea of converting the indigenous population to Catholicism. To that end, they founded villages known in Castilian as misiones or reducciones, and in Portuguese as missões or reduções, populated by Guarani Indians.
In the early 17th century, the Jesuits founded missions to the East of the Uruguay river, in the Northwest of modern Rio Grande do Sul.[5]
The Missões were destroyed by slave-preying bandeirantes, between 1636 and 1638; however, in 1687, the Jesuits were back to the region, having (re)founded seven reductions - the Sete Povos das Missões. The region remained under Spanish sovereignty, though in practice the Jesuits operated quite independently, up to the late 17th century. But in 1680, the Portuguese founded Colônia do Sacramento on the Northern bank of the Plata River, in nowadays Uruguay. War ensued, and was intermittent until the independence of Uruguay in 1828.[6]
The logistics of defending Colônia against the Spaniards led to the population of Rio Grande do Sul's coastal region. In 1737, a fortified village (today the city of Rio Grande) was built at the entrance of Lagoa dos Patos. In 1752, a group of Azorean settlers founded Porto Alegre; to the west, Rio Pardo was also founded. Towards the middle of the century, Portuguese and Brazilians arrived to the west of the region, clashing against the Jesuits and the Guaranis. Up to 1756, the Guaranis fought back, under the leadership of Sepé Tiaraju, who was popularly canonised into São Sepé (Saint Sepé). However, the Portuguese and Brazilians eventually quelled the resistance, again destroyed the Missões, and the region turned definitely into Portuguese hegemony.[7]
In 1738 the territory (which included the present state of Santa Catarina) became the Capitania d'el Rei and was made a dependency of Rio de Janeiro. Territorial disputes between Spain and Portugal led to the occupation by the Spaniards of the town of Rio Grande (then the capital of the capitania) and neighbouring districts from 1763 to 1776, when they reverted to the Portuguese. The capture of Rio Grande in 1763 caused the removal of the seat of government to Viamão at the head of Lagoa dos Patos; in 1773 Porto dos Cazaes, renamed Porto Alegre, became the capital. In 1801 news of war between Spain and Portugal led to the capture of the Sete Povos and some frontier posts.
In 1777, the Santo Ildefonso Treaty granted the coastal region to Portugal, and the Missões to Spain; but, in practice, both regions were populated by Portuguese and Brazilian settlers. In 1801, the Badajoz treaty handed the Missões to the Portuguese; only the borders between nowadays Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul remained in dispute.[8]
See main article: Argentina–Brazil War.
The districts of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande had been separated in 1760 for military convenience, and in 1807 the latter was elevated to the category of a "capitania-geral", with the designation of "Sao Pedro do Rio Grande", independent of Rio de Janeiro, and with Santa Catarina as a dependency. In 1812 Rio Grande and Santa Catarina were organized into two distinct comarcas, the latter becoming an independent province in 1822 when the Empire of Brazil was organized.
In 1816, the Portuguese captured Uruguay, which became a Province of Brazil (Província Cisplatina). This situation outlasted Brazil's independence from Portugal in 1822; in 1825, however, Juan Antonio Lavalleja proclaimed the independence of Uruguay; war followed, until in 1828 Brazil recognized Uruguayan independence.
See main article: Guerra dos Farrapos.
Populating Rio Grande do Sul was a constant concern of the Portuguese. To that end, the metropolitan Crown distributed land in the form of enormous latifundia.[9]
In those large latifundia, cattle raising was the predominant economic activity. The Guaranis, under Jesuit rule, had started raising cattle in the Missões. The destruction of the Missões left astray immense herds, which went feral. Thus the newcomers from São Paulo and Santa Catarina settled by re-domesticating these "gado xucro" herds.[10]
The Azorean settlers, on the other hand, mainly introduced wheat crops in much smaller properties. Up to the beginning of the 19th century, wheat was the main export product of Rio Grande do Sul.[10]
However, the introduction of charqueadas in the Southern coast, following the 1777 drought in Ceará, opened new opportunities to husbandry, as from them on, instead of moving herds by land to São Paulo, cattle could be sold in the relatively nearby region of Pelotas, to be slaughtered and processed there, and further transported by sea to Santos, Rio de Janeiro, and other Brazilian harbours. The cheap jerky was commonly used as food for the enslaved laborers in other parts of Brazil.[11]
Up to 1830, political unrest in Argentina and Uruguay favoured the jerky producers of Pelotas. But with order restored in these countries, competition by Argentinian and Uruguayan jerky producers become a concern. The jerky industry of the Plata was favoured by the superior quality of Argentinian and Uruguayan pastures, by their better seaports,[12] and by their use of free labour, instead of slavery.[13] Consequently, the regional elites soon started to demand customs protection for the gaúcho jerky against the product of the Rio da la Plata; on the failure of the Imperial government to address those concerns, political demands of greater autonomy, and ideas of a federal relationship towards the rest of Brazil were put forth.[12]
These escalated into full rebellion in 1835. In 1834, the Imperial government issued an "Ato Adicional", allowing for elected Provincial legislative assemblies. The first gaúcha Legislative Assembly, inaugurated in April 1835, quickly confronted the Emperor-designated provincial governor. Rebellion broke out in the province on September 20, 1835; giving up hope upon Imperial redress of the situation, the gaúchos proclaimed independence of the Piratini Republic on September 11, 1836.[14]
The ensuing Guerra dos Farrapos lasted ten years. The rebels stormed Porto Alegre, but were driven out from there in June 1836. From then on, the Empire was able to control most of the coastal region, achieving decisive strategic advantage from this fact. However, in 1839, the rebels were still able to invade Santa Catarina, where they proclaimed a Juliana Republic, in a federal relationship with Rio Grande do Sul (during the Santa Catarina campaign, Giuseppe Garibaldi joined the rebels for a while before he returned to Europe and eventually became a hero in his native Italy). The Empire soon retook initiative, though, and from them on the rebels fought in the defensive.[15]
In 1842, the Empire assigned a new Provincial governor and military commander, the Baron, later Duke of Caxias. The inability of the rebels to secure contact with the world through a seaport, the dwindling economy of the Province, combined with Caxias' superior capabilities as military commander, led to the fall, in 1843, of important rebel strongholds, Caçapava, Bagé, and Alegrete. Economically exhausted and militarily defeated, the rebels accepted Caxias' rather generous terms of surrender. A general amnesty was declared, the rebellious officials were incorporated into the Imperial Army, slaves enrolled in the rebel Army were freed. Additionally, the Empire imposed a 25% tax on foreign jerky imports.[16]
The province suffered greatly in the struggle, but recovered quickly, not only due to the import tax protection, but mainly due to renewed instability in Argentina and Uruguay: Rosas' government in Argentina continually interfered in Uruguayan affairs until 1851, and Buenos Aires was blockaded by the French and the English from 1845 to 1848.[17]
At mid-19th century, Rio Grande do Sul was repeatedly involved in war between Brazil and its neighbours. Those included war against Argentina and Uruguay (deposal of Juan Manuel Rosas, Argentinian dictator, and Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana, Uruguayan president, 1852) and intervention in Uruguay (deposal of Atanasio Cruz Aguirre, 1864). This, in turn, led to Paraguayan intervention, and the Paraguayan War, known in Portuguese as Guerra do Paraguai.
In the war against Rosas, 75% of the Brazilian troops were gaúchos. As the only Brazilian boundaries actually facing foreign armies able to project the Empire's power, Rio Grande do Sul and its gaúchos quickly developed a reputation as soldiers.[18]
See main article: Triple Alliance War.)
During this long and bloody war against Paraguay, Rio Grande do Sul remained usually a secondary front. But in 1865 a Paraguayan division invaded the state, occupying Uruguaiana by August 5. By August 16, troops of the Triple Alliance put siege to Uruguaiana, and by September 17, an ultimatum was delivered to General Estigarribia, commander of the Paraguayan division. Having no possibility of breaking the siege or defending the position, the Paraguayans surrendered, under conditions, the following day.[19]
But if the territory of Rio Grande do Sul was spared most action, its dwellers provided a very significant part of the Brazilian troops: about 34,000 soldiers, more than 25% of the Brazilian army. This military characteristic of Rio Grande do Sul lasted long after the Triple Alliance War: in 1879, of a standing army of less than 15,000, more than 5,000 were in Rio Grande do Sul. On the other hand, during the late Empire, more Brazilian generals were from Rio Grande do Sul than from any other province. In 1889, of 25 generals born in Brazil, four were from Rio Grande do Sul; and of the three born abroad, two were born in Uruguay but made their careers in Rio Grande do Sul.[20]
Political agitation was frequent in Rio Grande do Sul, but no important revolution occurred after the Ponche Verde Treaty in 1845 until the presidency at Rio de Janeiro of General Floriano Peixoto, whose ill-considered interference with state governments led to the revolt of 1892-94, under Gumercindo Saraiva.
After the Paraguayan War, Rio Grande do Sul underwent important changes in its economy. Railways connected the countryside to Porto Alegre and Rio Grande. Together with the introduction of steam ships, this reduced the costs and duration of transportation, facilitating the province's exports. New cattle brands were introduced, and barbed wire was used to demarcate properties.[21]
As a consequence, the population of the province doubled between 1872 and 1890, from 434,813 inhabitants to 897,455.[22] This was partly due to immigration: about 60,000 immigrants, mostly from Italy, and, in lesser numbers, from Germany, came to Rio Grande do Sul during this period. Most of the Italians settled in the Serra Gaúcha, and most of the Germans in the valleys of the Jacuí, Sinos, and Caí, as small landed proprietors, and agricultural producers. In the area of German settlements, a messianic movement, the Muckers (German for false Saints) erupted in 1874, and was smashed by the Brazilian Army.[23]
Also during this period, the Liberal Party established its hegemony over the province, meaning control of the provincial legislature, the National Guard in Rio Grande do Sul, and most of the municipal governments. Before the War of the Triple Alliance, the Conservative and Liberal parties had alternated in local power, following the national tendency. But, from 1872 on, the Liberals, under the leadership of Gaspar Silveira Martins, were able to retain provincial power, even when the Conservatives won at national level.[24]
In this struggle the revolutionaries occupied Santa Catarina and Paraná, capturing Curitiba, but were eventually overthrown through their inability to obtain munitions of war. An incident in this struggle was the death of Admiral Saldanha da Gama, one of the most brilliant officers of the Brazilian navy and one of the chiefs of the naval revolt of 1893-94, who was killed in a skirmish on the Uruguayan border towards the end of the conflict.
In 1923, civil war again exploded between supporters of State President Borges de Medeiros and opposition linked to the Partido Libertador and Assis Brasil.
In 1930, State President Getúlio Vargas, after unsuccessfully running in the presidential elections against the candidate of São Paulo, Júlio Prestes, led a revolt against the Federal government, and succeeded in overthrowing it. This eventually led to the Vargas dictatorship in 1937 and the period known as the Estado Novo.
According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 10,860,000 people residing in the state. The population density was 38.53PD/km2.
80.8% (2004); Population growth: 1.2% (1991–2000); Houses: 3,464,544 (2005).[25]
The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) counted 8,776,000 White people (80.80%), 1,495,000 Brown (Multiracial) people (13.77%), 529,000 Black people (4.87%), 43,000 Amerindian people (0.40%), 11,000 Asian people (0.10%).[26]
People of Portuguese - mostly Azorean - background predominate in the coastal region. The Southwest, on the other hand, was originally populated by Pampeano Indians.[27] Like the other Gauchos from the La Plata Basin the population there was a result from the mixture of Spanish and Portuguese men with Amerindian women with a possible predominant Spanish ancestry and also a significant African contribution,[28] resulting in a population that is 81.20% White.[29]
These speculations about a supposed Spanish predominance among the population of Southwestern Rio Grande do Sul are widely spread, but they contradict the historic knowledge about the region. In fact, there was always very smallish Spanish colonial presence there, in practice restricted to Jesuit initiatives towards the Amerindian populations, which, of course, had no genetic impact in the demographic composition. On the other hand, it is well established that it is Northern Uruguay that has always had an important Luso-Brazilian presence,[30] which in fact impacts until nowadays its language, not the other way round.[31]
People of German descent predominate in the Sinos Valley (Novo Hamburgo, São Leopoldo, etc.) and in the center-eastern part of the State (Santa Cruz do Sul). People of Italian descent predominate in the mountains (Serra Gaúcha, Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves, etc.). The Northern and Northwestern parts of the State also have significant numbers of people of both Italian and German descent. There are sizeable communities of Poles and Ukrainians across the state. People of African ancestry are concentrated in the capital city and in some cities in the litoral, such as Pelotas and Rio Grande.[32]
According to Argentine demographer Miguel Ángel García, Italian immigrants were 60% of the total immigration to Rio Grande do Sul[33] and according to French historian Jean Roche as of 1950 people of German descent made up 21.6% of the state's population.[34]
The region that is now Rio Grande do Sul was originally settled by Amerindian peoples, mostly Guaraní and Kaingangs.[35] European presence in the region started in 1627 with Spanish Jesuits. The Jesuits established Indian Reductions in the region; those reductions where populated exclusively by Amerindians, mainly Guarani, and certainly not by Europeans, either Spanish or Portuguese. Portuguese Jesuits established Indian Reductions in 1687 and dominated the region. Most of the Indians of the region became Catholics and went to live among the Jesuits. These reductions were destroyed by the Bandeirantes from São Paulo in the 18th century, who wanted to enslave the Indians. The Portuguese settlement in Rio Grande do Sul was largely increased between 1748 and 1756, with the arrival of two thousand immigrants from the Azores Islands, Portugal. They settled many parts of the state, including the nowadays capital, Porto Alegre. Blacks were 50 percent of Rio Grande do Sul's population in 1822. This proportion decreased to 25 percent in 1858 and to only 5.2 percent in 2005. Most of them were brought from Angola to work as slaves in the charqueadas.
German immigrants first arrived to Southern Brazil in 1824. They were attracted to Brazil to protect the country from invasions of the neighboring countries and to populate the empty interior of the southern region. The first city to be settled by them was São Leopoldo. In the next five decades, around 28 thousand Germans were brought to the region to work as small farmers in the countryside.[36]
Italian immigrants started arriving in Rio Grande do Sul in 1875. They were mostly poor peasants from Trentino and Veneto, Northern Italy, who were attracted to Southern Brazil to get their own farms. Italian immigration to the region lasted until 1914, with a total of 100,000 Italians settling there in this period. Most of the immigrants worked as small farmers, mainly cultivating grapes in the Serra Gaúcha part of the state.[37]
Other European immigrants also migrated to Rio Grande do Sul, mostly coming from Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine).
European genomic ancestry predominates throughout Brazil at 80%, except for the Southern Region (which includes Rio Grande do Sul), where it reaches 90%. "A new portrayal of each ethnicity contribution to the DNA of Brazilians, obtained with samples from the five regions of the country, has indicated that, on average, European ancestors are responsible for nearly 80% of the genetic heritage of the population. The variation between the regions is small, with the possible exception of the South, where the European contribution reaches nearly 90%. The results, published by the scientific magazine 'American Journal of Human Biology' by a team of the Catholic University of Brasília, show that, in Brazil, physical indicators such as skin colour, colour of the eyes and colour of the hair have little to do with the genetic ancestry of each person, which has been shown in previous studies".[38]
Porto Alegre (the state's capital city), Caxias do Sul, Pelotas, Canoas, Gravataí, Santa Maria, Viamão, Novo Hamburgo, Alvorada, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande, Passo Fundo, Uruguaiana, Sapucaia do Sul, Bagé, Cachoeirinha, Santa Cruz do Sul, Guaíba, Bento Gonçalves, Erechim, all of them having more than 100,000 inhabitants.
The industrial sector is the largest component of GDP at 42.6%, followed by the service sector at 41.1%. Agriculture represents 16.3% of GDP (2004). Rio Grande do Sul exports: footwear 18.1%, soybeans 14.2%, tobacco 13.6%, vehicles 8.1%, frozen meat 7.2%, chemicals 6.8%, and leather 5.3% (2002).
Share of the Brazilian economy: 6.7% (2005).
One of the most prosperous Brazilian states, Rio Grande do Sul is known especially for its grain production, viticulture, ranching, and for its considerable industrial output.
4.367.980 (March/2008);
496 (2007).[39]
There are more than 100 universities in whole state of Rio Grande do Sul.[40]
and many others.
With 37.6 thousand square meters of constructed area and four levels, the passenger terminal at Salgado Filho International Airport can receive 28 large airplanes simultaneously.The terminal has 32 check-in counters, ten boarding bridges, nine elevators and ten escalators. It has a totally automated aircraft movement control center and the main spaces are air conditioned.The apron, surfaced with prestressed concrete, can serve jumbo jets like the Boeing 747-400. The garage structure has eight levels, 44 thousand square meters and 1,440 parking spaces.Another terminal, with 15 thousand square meters and capacity for 1.5 million passengers a year, serves general, executive and third-tier aviation (conventional piston-engine and turboprop planes).Porto Alegre Airport was the first one administered by Infraero to have integrated check-in. This service offers flexibility in use of terminal facilities and installations, enabling carriers to access their own data centers via shared-use computers from any check-in counter position. This makes it much easier to allocate counter space according to demand fluctuations, making for less idle space.The Aeroshopping area – a center for commerce and leisure – operates 24 hours a day with shops, services, a food court, along with a triplex cinema, the first to be established at a Brazilian airport.Salgado Filho International Airport also has an air cargo terminal, built in 1974, with 9,500 thousand square meters of area and capacity to handle 1,500 tons of export cargo and 900 tons of imports each month.The average daily movement (arrivals and departures) is 174 aircraft, flying scheduled routes connecting Porto Alegre directly or indirectly to all the country's other major cities, as well as smaller cities in the interior of the states of the South Region and São Paulo. There are also international flights with direct connections to cities of the Southern Cone.
Kraemer International Airport opened on July 5, 1946, this airport came under Infraero administration on October 27, 1980. It is located in the rural zone of Bagé, 60km from the Uruguayan border and 380km from Porto Alegre. Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport does not operate with scheduled commercial flights. There are two daily flights carrying bank pouches, as well as air taxi services and executive jets. Most of the airport's users are businesspeople from the central part of Brazil who have interests in the region in breeding thoroughbred English and Arabian horses, cattle ranching, fruit growing, wine making, wood pulp and power generation.
Located on the border with Argentina (at Paso de los Libres), Uruguaiana is considered the major inland port in Latin America, thanks to its strategic position with the countries of Mercosur. Rubem Berta International Airport, however, does not operate any scheduled regional flights – a situation Infraero intends to change, as was confirmed in an official visit to the airport in December 2004.With more than 700 thousand square meters of constructed area, it is the largest airport in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.There are two highways, BR-290 and BR-472, running near the airport, besides a railroad line about 2,500 meters from the terminal. Located 9km from the city center, this airport is at an elevation of 78 meters and the average annual temperature is 20C, with a good deal of variation from summer to winter.Located 630km from the state capital (Porto Alegre), Uruguaiana was founded on May 29, 1746, and has a current population of 126,936. Farming and ranching are the main economic activities of the region, which has 1,509 rural properties.
The state of Rio Grande do Sul is renowned as one of the most culturally rich states of Brazil. Rio Grande's music is a blend of many styles (most a continuum of rhythms found in neighboring countries), including the Chamamé, Milonga, Polca and Chacarera. The inhabitants of the state are known in the country for drinking chimarrão, a local version of the mate drunk in neighbouring Uruguay and Argentina, and for consuming churrasco very regularly (a practice common due to the abundant sources of high quality meat), even going so far as considering this one of the most important elements of everyday life. Porto Alegre is home to Sport Club Internacional, and also to Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. They are arch-rivals, one of the biggest rivalries in Brazil.
Each region of the state has its own cultural background. In the pampas (Southwest), the culture is still largely influenced by the old Gaúchos. Gaúcho is a term that can describe anyone born in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. However, it is also used to describe the 19th century rural workers of the region.Other parts of the state have a slightly different culture, influenced mainly by German or Italian immigrants. After some generations, the descendants of immigrants were integrated in the local society, even though their cultural influences are still strong, mostly in the countryside. Albeit these differences, the Gaúcho people maintain a particular zeal for their culture and its variations.
As in all Brazil, Portuguese is the main spoken language. A few expressions of Spanish origin are common (such as "gracias" instead of "obrigado", or the expletive "tchê") etc., due to the proximity with Argentina and Uruguay and their common Gaucho past. Also a few words of German origin, particularly referring to culinary, have entered the vocabulary, such as "chimia" (from "schmier") and "cuca" (from "kuecher"). Words of Indian Guarani language origin also make up the vocabulary. Example is the largely used word "guri", meaning "boy".
The gaúchos are also famous by their use of the pronoun "tu", instead of "você". In the traditional gaúcho dialect of the Pampas, the verb is conjugated correctly in the second person singular, just like the European Portuguese (tu cantas, tu bates, tu partes, tu pões). In the colloquial Portuguese of Porto Alegre, however, the verb is conjugated in the second person as in the third person (tu canta, tu bate, tu parte, tu põe).[41]
A considerable difference between the Gaúcho Portuguese and the Southeastern dialects is that in Gaúcho Portuguese the "rr" digraph is articulated with the glottis, just like the English "h", instead of being uvular or velar. Also, in Gaúcho Portuguese the letters "s" and "z" are never pronounced as palato-alveolar consonants, although this is common in Southeast. For that reason, the gaúchos usually say that the Southeastern dialects are "squeakier".
In Rio Grande do Sul, as in most of Brazil, the letters "t" and "d" are pronounced as palato-alveolar affricate consonants, when immediately succeeded by the vowel "i". Besides that, in Porto Alegre, the unstressed "e" and "o" are "reduced", like in most of Brazil, into and, respectively. Therefore, in Porto Alegre, the unstressed "te" syllables are pronounced, for example, while in the dialect of the Gaúcho Pampas they are pronounced :
Porto Alegre: antigamente -
Gaúcho Pampas: antigamente -
(compare Spanish: antiguamente -)
The dialect of the Pampas had suffered strong influence of Spanish language, while the dialect of Porto Alegre suffers influence of the Southeast. For that reason, the dialect of the Pampas sound "purer", because the phonology of Spanish is much more uniform than Portuguese.
Some conventions describe the unstressed "a" as an near-open central vowel, just like European Portuguese. For example, "estrela" may be described as . However, this closure is much less evident in Porto Alegre. In fact, while the closure of this phoneme is so obvious in Lisbon that it may be closer to a mid vowel, in Porto Alegre the closure is only a free variation.
Also, the vowel nasalization in Porto-alegrense Portuguese is far different from that seen in French, for example. In French, the nasalization extends uniformly by the entire vowel. In Porto Alegre, the nasalization is not uniform, but instead occurs only at the end of the vowel, therefore being closer to the nasalization of Hindi-Urdu phonology. For example, the word "bom" must not be pronounced as French "bon". Instead, the "om" sequence must be just like the mystical syllable "Om" of Indian religions. In some specific cases, the nasalization may be even considered a free variation of some nasal consonants like
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"Dom Sebastião I era o décimo-sexto Rei de Portugal, e sétimo da Dinastia de Avis. Era neto do rei João III, tornou-se herdeiro do trono depois da morte do seu pai, o príncipe João de Portugal, duas semanas antes do seu nascimento, e rei com apenas três anos, em 1557. Em virtude de ser um herdeiro tão esperado para dar continuidade à Dinastia de Avis, ficou conhecido como O Desejado; alternativamente, é também memorado como O Encoberto ou O Adormecido, devido à lenda que se refere ao seu regresso numa manhã de nevoeiro, para salvar a Nação."
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Minority languages spoken in Rio Grande do Sul include Indigenous languages (Guarani, Kaingang, etc.), and European derived Languages (Talian, Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, Pomeranian Low German (Low Saxon), and Polish).
Most of the German dialects speakers in southern Brazil spoke or eventually adopted Hunsrückisch so that it became the most commonly used German dialect in this part of the world and is still spoken by many people today (also referred to as Riograndenser Hunsrückisch to differentiate it from the Hunsrückisch spoken in Germany).
In its 180 years of history Riograndenser Hunsrückisch has been influenced by Portuguese and by other German dialects (such as Pomeranian, Pfälzisch).
Talian is a Brazilian variety of the Venetian language, also often called Vêneto for that reason.
All minority languages in southern Brazil have experienced a significant degree of decline in the last few decades.
See main article: Paleorrota. Rio Grande do Sul has a great potential for palaeontological tourism, with many palaeontological sites and museums in the geopark of paleorrota. There is a large area in the center of the state that belongs to the triassic. Here lived Rhynchosaur, thecodonts, exaeretodons, Staurikosaurus, Guaibasaurus, Saturnalia tupiniquim, Sacisaurus, Unaysaurus and many others. Paleorrota is in Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation.
On 21 and 22 May 2011, was held the first day of Paleorrota, where the museums of palaeontology at Porto Alegre, Candelária, Santa Maria, São Pedro do Sul and Mata, opened their doors to visits from tourists. The day of Paleorrota should occur every year in May during the week's national museum. Earlier this week, on May 17 is the anniversary of the city of Santa Maria.
Ecotourism is very popular in the Germanesque cities of Gramado and Canela; their cold weather is among their attractions for internal tourism. Tourism is also high in the wine regions of the state, principally Caxias do Sul and Bento Gonçalves. The pampas of the native Brazilian gaúcho are both a national and international curiosity to tourists and their customs are alive in the capital city of Porto Alegre as well as in the cities of the "interior" or western Rio Grande do Sul such as Santa Maria and Passo Fundo. The state is also home to the historic São Miguel das Missões, the ruins of an 18th century Jesuit Mission.The state of Rio Grande do Sul and its cities have developed a series scenic routes to appeal to tourists. The Rota Romântica is a popular scenic drive that exhibits the diverse Germanic culture of the mountainous regions of the state referred to as the Serra Gaúcha. One can visit the state's Italian settlements through Caminhos da Colônia, tour the wine country through the Rota da Uva e do Vinho and visit a subsection of the Rota Romântica called the Região das Hortênsias, the region filled with beautiful blue hydrangea flowers each spring.
In the far western area of the state are the remnants of Brazil's 17th century Jesuit missions or reductions (aldeias) to the Guaraní Indians.
Of all the ruins left behind by the vanished Guarani Missions, the most significant one is São Miguel or São Miguel Arcanjo, located nearby the present city of Santo Ângelo. There is an ongoing Light and Sound (or Som e Luz in Portuguese) show presented at the ruins of the São Miguel church.


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from the weekend
The sun was out this weekend and it was almost warm-ish. I had some new reading material on hand, and even managed more than a quick flick through. Thinking about making some marmalade.
After Luca's morning soccer game, we were all off to a local birthday party for one of Julia's school friends. It was quite pleasant to all be gathered at a farm, with all the parents actually staying (too far out of the way to drop and go) and knowing everyone that was there. There is a sense of community here that I have not felt anywhere else I have lived.
On Sunday Daniel put a little more verandah work in, and even managed to entertain a friend at the same time. With the social obligatory beer of course.
I've been pattern making and dabbling in a little sewing.
Two planes created some patterns in the sky just before sunset. They looked as is they were having quite a bit of fun up there.
Don't forget that my book giveaway ends at 12pm today (AEST). You can enter here.
I do hope you all had a lovely weekend.
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- Becky said...
It looks like you had a wonderful weekend.
- June 27, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- The Provincial Homemaker said...
The green cardigan looks even better on its intended recipient. Gorgeous. Sounds like a lovely weekend too.
- June 27, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Tammi said...
Ours was a pretty cruisy weekend :) No sport meant a break in the usual routine and lots of time to indulge in some homey crafts.
Looks like you guys had a lovely weekend too...Love Violets cardi, just adorable.
- June 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Small Things Simple Pleasures said...
Snap! (twice actually). Keep my cotton in the same tin (different colour) and have a husband who likes beer.
- June 27, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- purplepear said...
Your photos are lovely, I particularly like the one of your daughter in her new cardi.What a lovely weekend.We also had some glorious winter weather.
- June 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- ingrid said...
Beautiful! Your children are so gorgeous - it is lovely to see them all together like that.
- June 27, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- oscarlucinda said...
Eep - the photo of Violet and her big grin is too cute!
PS. Thanks for your tips re the burp cloths...if you think of it, can you post a little pic of them so I can see how you sewed them together. I'm not a very intuitive sewer and am more of a visual learner!! I'm sure they're the most simple things to make too - so sorry to be so hopeless!
- June 27, 2011 at 10:50 PM
- Regina said...
hi tania,
it looks like you had a wonderful weekend !!!
i like all the photos,they are fantastic.
- June 28, 2011 at 12:06 AM
- BLD in MT said...
Ah, lovely.
- June 28, 2011 at 1:30 AM
- Mongs said...
simple things warm your heart, what a lovely weekend
- June 28, 2011 at 2:24 AM
- rhonda jean said...
Hi Tania! I love the pea green cardy and I love seeing men drink beer from a glass. Is it a large bottle of beer or home brew? I have that same Clematis tin, although mine is a bit more battered than yours. Your little girl's skirt is gorgeous above. She looks beautiful all dressed up.
- June 29, 2011 at 5:28 AM
- Catherine said...
It looks like a beautiful weekend Tania with lots of lovely simple things to make you happy. I love the sweet smile of your little girl, she's so happy:) xo
- June 29, 2011 at 9:02 PM

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BRACE YOURSELF- Howie Day
Am C G Am C G
So you think you can hold the world up by a string with all that you have
Am G E7 F C G
And I would hold every part of you I could hold
Am G Dsus2 Dm C Am G
And I'm on......and I'm on again brace yourself with all that you have
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Oh, i'm in love again brace yourself now.....
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OZARK, Ala. — The Rams finally ran out of pitching.
After getting a pair of gutty performances on the mound from ace Ken Nesbitt and Demonzio Stubbs in the opening two rounds of the conference tournament, Stillman rocked ASU starter Clifford Peterson on Saturday and sent the Rams into the loser's bracket.
Stillman, the West's No. 1 seed, scored 10 runs in the second inning and never looked back, winning, 14-3, in seven innings.
The Rams will play at 10 this morning against either Paine or Miles. If the Rams win, they will need to beat Stillman twice in the afternoon to claim the conference title.
Peterson pitched just 1 1/3 innings and gave up nine runs and six hits.
Corbin Williams was 3-for-3 at the plate to lead the Rams, while Rickey Harris was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LADY CAVS FALL: Darton's road to a second straight Region XVII title just got a lot more challenging.
The Lady Cavs lost Saturday's semifinal game to Gordon, 4-3, sending Darton into the loser's bracket.
A win would have put Darton in the championship game, but now the Lady Cavs will need to beat ABAC at 10 this morning then beat Gordon in back-to-back games this afternoon to advance to the national tournament.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DC BASEBALL SPLITS: The Cavs split a doubleheader Saturday with Middle Georgia, which clinched the regular season Region XVII title after winning the opening game, 4-1.
Darton, which held the region lead for most of the season before losing seven of eight games the last two weeks, won the second game, 6-3.
The victory gave Darton its 35th victory, setting a school record for wins in a season.
The Cavs (35-15, 20-8) are in second place in the region but only have a one-game lead over Georgia Perimeter, which will play Darton in a four-game series next week to end the regular season.
If Darton at least splits with Georgia Perimeter, then the Cavs clinch the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament May 10-13.
With its regular season region title, Middle Georgia automatically qualifies for the district tournament. The other ticket to district will be handed out to the champion of the region tournament (unless Middle Georgia wins the tournament, which means the runner-up will advance to district).
Darton freshman A.J. Sunstrom picked up the loss in the opener, and Cody Wofford and Russell Melton were the lone Cavs with more than one hit.
Cavs ace and former Lee County star Matt Aldrich threw a complete game in the nightcap, allowing seven hits and striking out nine.
Kevin Manos, Parker Nix, Tripp Calhoun and Bryant Alonso all drove in runs for Darton.
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Even the finest German winemakers have been faced with a double whammy: light, sweetish white wines were simply out of favour, and the complexity of German labeling made these wines a much more difficult selling proposition than varietally-labeled wines from Australia or Chile.
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Good news and bad news now when it comes to looking for a place to rent, the vacancy rate in Grand Junction has double over the past year, but that's because of the overall economy and people moving out of the valley.
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The housing authority says this is making it easier for clients to find a home, but the down side is that it's because people are packing up and moving out of the city.
New numbers will be released in May and the housing authority tells us that they expect the vacancy rate to increase even more.
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At Wiggio, we're all about working in groups — which is why we're adding to our team. We're currently on the lookout for a Boston student to come into the office during the spring semester and assist with marketing communications tasks.
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We're a laid back yet hard-working team, and we're looking for a student that can perform the aforementioned tasks as well as make our CEO laugh and play ping-pong. This is a great opportunity to get exposure in the Boston start-up community, and to boost your resume with the experience of leading a marketing campaign from start to finish. If interested, please email a cover letter and resume to email@example.com.
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VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System: No wrongdoing in outbreak of Legionnaires
The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System said an internal investigation so far has found no evidence of wrongdoing at its facilities during an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease tied to five deaths, and apologized to veterans and families affected by the incident.
The emailed statement to the Tribune-Review cautioned that "reviews are ongoing" — a reference to national VA and Inspector General probes. It emphasized that local VA officials continue to take steps to control the Legionella bacteria and protect the safety of veterans.
"We sincerely apologize to any veterans and families who have been impacted by Legionella contracted at our facilities, and we will continue to do everything we can to keep the veterans we serve safe," said the statement issued by Pittsburgh VA spokesman Dave Cowgill.
Cowgill released the statement in response to questions submitted by the Trib to the VA's top leaders, including Dr. Robert Petzel, undersecretary for health of the Veterans Health Administration and top aides to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. Those officials did not respond directly and Cowgill's statement continued a pattern of local and regional VA officials ignoring questions the Trib has posed about the outbreak — despite a claim in the statement that the VA has been transparent.
In fact, VA officials have said little about the outbreak, which sickened as many as 21 veterans at the Oakland and O'Hara campuses between January 2011 and November 2012. Legionella bacteria also were found in a building at the VA Butler campus, but officials reported no cases there of Legionnaires', a form of pneumonia.
Records show the VA was aware of two cases within four months in 2011, which is within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended six-month range for action, but local VA officials did not tell the public it had a problem until mid-November 2012.
The statement said VA Pittsburgh officials are cooperating with the national VA Office of Inspector General, which is expected to issue a report this month.
"We're looking for answers, not just an apology," said Judy Nicklas, daughter-in-law of William Nicklas, 87, a Navy veteran of World War II who died Nov. 23. She said "it's nice" the VA apologized but it's not enough.
Judy Nicklas, 55, of Adams and her family have expressed frustration at what they say is a lack of answers from the VA. The family has announced plans to sue.
Sandy Riley, 60, of Swissvale, whose brother Navy veteran Lloyd "Mitchell" Wanstreet, 65, of Jeannette died July 4 of a Legionella infection, said the apology is too little, too late.
"They're apologizing, but obviously that doesn't bring our families back," said Riley, whose brother died at the VA's Oakland campus on University Drive after an extended stay at the Heinz campus in O'Hara for a leg ailment. "An apology isn't enough. It's just frustrating."
Cowgill said a team of clinical and environmental experts from the Veterans Health Administration conducted a review of practices and protocols at the Pittsburgh VA but would not say when the review took place.
Cowgill said the VA submitted action plans to address recommendations made by the Joint Commission, a watchdog and major accreditor of hospitals nationwide that conducted an unannounced survey of the University Drive hospital campus on Dec. 18.
The Joint Commission asked the VA to "map its plumbing system in order to identify stagnation risks posed by dead-end sections of plumbing," Cowgill said. The watchdog also recommended changes to the way the VA samples and tests its water systems.
The Joint Commission did not respond to a request for comment. Cowgill said the Joint Commission on March 1told the VA that "evidence of standard compliance has been accepted and no further response was required."
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Black Friday is more than a week away, but a group of small-business owners in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky wants to attract shoppers' holiday spending dollars first.
Starting Thursday, more than 100 small and independent businesses in about 18 neighborhoods are preparing for the four-day BuyCincy Holiday Event.
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Under the ACA: 889,000 uninsured Tennesseans can get health care; 59,000 young people can stay on their parents' plan; 1.4 million people with private insurance have received coverage for at least one preventive service; 1.2 million gain expanded mental health and substance use coverage; and 74,100 seniors save $768 a year on prescriptions.
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CONYERS — The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 48-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his younger brother twice in the side.
According to a report by the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, Mark Anthony Joyner, of a Brandy Woods Drive address, stabbed his 46-year-old brother, who lives at the same address, after the younger sibling threatened to "kill everyone in this house."
The victim reportedly made the threat after his mother, who also lives at the same address, asked him to finish repairing the brakes on her vehicle.
The suspect, who was in the kitchen of the home, allegedly picked up a knife and started chasing the younger brother. According to the mother, the brothers ran out to the garage where they fought and then came back into the house.
Once back inside the house, the victim reportedly yelled that he had been stabbed twice in the side.
When deputies arrived they found the victim standing in the dining room holding a towel to his side. A puddle of blood was in the front doorway area with multiple blood trails leading from it. A knife was nearby.
The victim was treated at the scene by National EMS and transported by ambulance to an Atlanta area hospital.
The suspect had fled by the time officers arrived.
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UC Davis West Village is a new campus neighborhood located on UC Davis land adjacent to the core campus in Davis, California. It is designed to enable faculty, staff and students to live near campus, take advantage of environmentally friendly transportation options, and participate fully in campus life.
Homes for sale to faculty and staff are planned to be priced at below-market values. Student residences will be competitively priced, as compared to other rental options in the City of Davis or on campus, based on location and amenities.
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- UC Davis West Village is the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. It is on track to demonstrate, for the first time, that zero net energy is practical on a large scale.
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- Energy efficiency measures have reduced projected energy demand by approximately 50 percent as compared to current building code requirements. Renewable energy will meet the remaining energy needs on an annual basis.
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Tajudeen Oladiran is an Arizona attorney who is currently of counsel at Aguilera International Counsel. A Biglaw refugee, he spent a year at Greenberg Traurig, as well as a year working for the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
Given those credentials, we were surprised that he would file one of the craziest motions we've come across here at Above The Law.
From the U.S. District Court of Arizona:
It is a motion in a case that Tajudeen Oladiran and his wife filed against Suntrust Bank for racketeering. We gather from the motion that Oladiran was not pleased with the ruling by "the Dishonorable Susan R. Bolton" (as she's identified in the caption). Oladiran wrote: "I just read your Order and I am very disappointed in the fact that a brainless coward like you is a federal judge."
A lesson on how not to address the court, after the jump.
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Can you contact this freak to see what sent him over the edge and caused him to file this motion that, apparently, threatens a federal judge? Has he been disbarred or arrested yet?
Here is the text of the motion (which is available for download below):
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CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 – Rafal Blechacz, piano/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow – DGG
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CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 – Rafal Blechacz, piano/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow – DGG 477 8088, 74:55 [Distr. by Universal] ****:
Rafal Blechacz won the 2005 Warsaw Chopin Competition and therefore has the right to play all the Chopin he desires. He does possess a real sympathy for the composer and a strong set of fingers, as witnessed by this writer in San Jose, where Blechacz performed the set of Op. 28 Preludes within an integrated vision. For the two concertos (rec. July 2009) he collaborates with Polish conductor Jerzy Semkow (b. 1928), who has made Chopin work with soloists like Tamas Vasary and Maurizio Pollini.
The E Minor Concerto benefits from the long orchestral introduction, plastic and warm, courtesy of the Royal Concertgebuow strings, winds, horns, and recording engineer Rainer Maillard. The transition to E Major is perhaps the first movement's most fascinating contribution, the three main themes supported by a minimalist orchestral tissue that provides a kind of halo around the keyboard. The general tone of the movement lies in the nocturne, which Blechacz applies with a silken line, shaded by personal rubato and degrees of dynamic variety that prove most engaging. When the rhythm picks up, quasi-krakowiak, the mutual filigree between piano and inflamed orchestra becomes dramatically intense, certainly on a par with the classic collaborations by Brailowsky and Rubinstein. The balance of bravura and poetry Blechacz negotiates with pearly fervor, his upper register clearly without the over-bright "ping" that ruins many a piano inscription. I well like the move to the recapitulation, with Semkow's underlining the bass harmonies and insisting on clear articulation from the woodwinds.
The Larghetto, too, exploits E Major as a source of poetic reverie, and Blechacz integrates his cantilena into a color brew that includes some strong writing for the bassoon. Several thoughtful ritards inform this rendition, whose declamatory-parlando episodes convey as rich a tapestry as the brilliant fioritura that owes its vocal, even chime-like quality to the influence of Bellini's operas. The last movement, a bold rondo in the manner of Hummel and Kalkbrenner, sings in the syncopated duple meter quite fleetly in Blechacz's modulated performance. What I particularly admire in this rendition is the feeling of freedom both Blechacz and Semkow impart, the national figures seeming to arise spontaneously out of their own lyric impulse.
The F Minor Concerto (1830) we must recall is basically a student work, but testifies to a most precocious talent. The temper of the music, composed a good year prior to the E Minor Concerto, seems more impassioned, more impulsive and frenetic in its declamations and vaults to the stars. The music well serves a vehicle for Chopin's own keyboard talent, his penchant for ornamental lines and poetic meditation. At moments, the writing becomes modest and bare, the keyboard playing a thin soprano melodic line with secco accompaniment. The flexibility and tensile gossamer quality of the arioso tissue makes for compelling listening, for rarely has the piano sung in such transparent textures. When Semkow's trumpets and tympani come bursting in, they do so in a grand manner, striding forth in national rhythms that were soon to announce Chopin's departure for Paris. Piano and oboe move to the development of the first movement in resonant acrobatic terms, the agility and lithe filigree constantly ablaze in autumnal colors. Blechacz emphasizes the vertical unity and contiguity of the two hands, their often bold accommodation of Lydian harmony to Chopin's own uses. The martial swagger of the first movement has rarely enjoyed such a superb notion of harmonic closure.
The heart of the F Minor Concerto, again, lies in the wonderful Larghetto movement, a love song for Konstancia Gladkowska but later dedicated to Countess Delphine Potocka. Chopin's exquisitely ornamental style fuses with bel canto operatic procedure that flows and ebbs quite naturally until the tremolando dramatic middle section, which even for a young composer of twenty, comes as a dark revelation. The sparkling filigree back to the da capo mark Blechacz as a special sound at the keyboard. The last movement Rondo moves from art song to national dance, the rhythm's exploiting the mazurka and the sound of col legno strings. The middling tempo Semkow provides gives us enough of the folk details in the coloration to complement Blechacz's brisk acrobatics and so ensure a modern classic realized before our very ears.
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We work hard to ensure that it's easy to eat well at Bowdoin. Our philosophy is that there are no "good" foods or "bad" foods. Everything is fine if eaten in moderation. It also helps if you exercise regularly, drink enough liquids, get adequate sleep, and find ways to deal with the stresses of young adulthood and college life.
Most students at Bowdoin are on a meal plan that allows them to access our facilities every day. We offer 24 meal opportunities per week which include breakfast, lunch or brunch, and dinner, seven days a week. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights there is another light meal period from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am called SuperSnack. The a la carte operations at Smith Union are open each day and can supplement and add variety to your dining experiences.
You'll find our staff concerned and accommodating should you have special dietary issues. If you have a food-related medical condition, please email Dining Director, Mary Lou Kennedy, M.A., R.D. or call 725-3067 to make an appointment. Bowdoin Dining Service will work directly with you to assist you in making menu selections and making sure that we have any unusual products or ingredients available if necessary.
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