Text description provided by the architects. Located in Paraty, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Casa Laranjeiras is a weekend residence designed for a family seeking closeness to nature. Surrounded by the Atlantic Forest, the house stands out for its integration with the environment, offering an immersive experience in the tropical landscape. The architectural design follows a minimalist approach, featuring simple, geometric volumes. The structure is organized into two distinct blocks: one for the bedrooms and another for the social and service areas. Large openings connect the internal spaces to the exterior, promoting a fusion between indoors and outdoors, allowing for cross ventilation and abundant natural light. and where the built and natural elements intertwine in a silent embrace You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Please Register or Sign in to view this content Quantum Commodity Intelligence is a premium paid subscription service for professionals in the oil Quantum Ammonia service subscribers have access to: Get in touch with us for subscription information on all Quantum platforms The structure is organized into two distinct blocks: one for the bedrooms and another for the social and service areas Large openings connect the internal spaces to the exterior promoting a fusion between indoors and outdoors allowing for cross ventilation and abundant natural light all images by Fernando Guerra and stones harmoniously interact with the greenery of the forest The color palette and textures contribute to the house’s subtle camouflage within the natural setting emphasizing an architecture that respects and values the environment is a space where the built and natural elements intertwine in a silent embrace Casa Laranjeiras blends with the Atlantic Forest in Paraty the residence emphasizes harmony with its lush tropical surroundings minimalist geometric volumes define the house featuring distinct blocks for bedrooms and social areas large openings connect indoor spaces to the outdoors ensuring natural light and cross ventilation throughout and stone complement the greenery of the forest Casa Laranjeiras’ design prioritizes subtle camouflage within the natural environment social and service areas open out to the tropical scenery thoughtfully selected materials promote a dialogue between the built structure and the forest the transition walkway offers a sensory journey an organically shaped walkway clad in biriba wood links the residence’s two main blocks the residence serves as a harmonious space where architecture and environment coexist architects: mf+arquitetos | @mfmaisarquitetos photography: Fernando Guerra | @fernandogguerra designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The FIVB is deeply saddened by the loss of Walter Pitombo Laranjeiras the President of the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) Walter Pitombo Laranjeiras has led the CBV as its President since 2014 after chairing the organisation from 1995 to 1997 He also previously served as the Vice-President of the organisation he is a former an athlete and coach of the Alagoas volleyball team and managed the Alagoas Volleyball Federation for over three decades The FIVB and global Volleyball Family extends its deepest condolences to the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation South American volleyball community and Walter Pitombo Laranjeiras’s family and loved ones during this difficult time The FIVB is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball on a global level Working closely with national federations and private enterprises to develop Volleyball as a popular media and entertainment sport FIVB Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Phone: +41 213 453 535 Fax: +41 213 453 545 Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Already a member? 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Sign up Explore our Food Tours → If there is a word to describe the Laranjeiras (“Orange Trees”) neighborhood you pass by the creamy yellow and white façade of the elegant 19th-century National Institute for the Education of the Deaf on your right you could come across the youth orchestra Camerata Laranjeiras playing free concerts at the General Glicério fair It’s measurably Rio’s most progressive neighborhood – in the 2012 mayoral election it was the neighborhood that most favored human rights activists and opposition candidate Marcelo Freixo (48 percent of the neighborhood voted for him in the election against Mayor Eduardo Paes whereas the city as a whole voted only 28 percent for Freixo) Follow the rising street to its top and you’ll find yourself at the tourist train When Ricardo Linck was ready to leave his career as a TV journalist his mother-in-law spotted a butcher shop on a corner near them in a residential corner of Rio so tranquil that you just nearly forget the traffic jams smog and those unsightly pipes carrying raw sewage to the ocean instead you see parents walking their kids back home during the afternoon and dog walkers ambling around throughout the day Linck’s mother-in-law saw a “for sale” ad for the butcher shop in the newspaper and he planned to buy it and make a deli similar to one his wife already owned “This is the kind of place where people want to sit down relax and have a chat – perfect for a café.” Although Brazil is one of the world’s most prominent coffee producers Rio’s café culture is pretty much nonexistent Coffee here is usually drunk in black shots heavy on the sugar and light on the wait time Clients grab their tiny cuppa in thumbnail-sized plastic cups or small glasses and drink it while standing at lanchonettes Coffee is to be taken in small doses; beer is the drink of leisure and lounging with its thoughtful beer and wine selection Linck does the basics and does them well: The Maya Café breakfast at an economical price of 70 reais (or about US$18.50) and which could stuff three people comes with perfectly toasted buttery croissants four fruits and plain honey and yogurt to mix them with We had ours with a nicely tart orange-blackberry juice Right now he has several Japanese imported beers (Hitachio Nest White Ale is a tasty one with notes of coriander but Linck says he’s cycling them out in favor of Brazilian ones both to minimize his carbon footprint and because Brazilian craft beer just keeps getting better and better with banana and clove flavors and produced in the interior of Rio de Janeiro Linck’s success as Brazil enters its worst economic crisis in two decades seems to say something about his enterprise loading map - please wait...Map could not be loaded - please enable Javascript!→ more information Volume 13 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986031 The death-positive movement, the most recent manifestation of the death awareness movement, contends that modern society is suffering from a “death taboo” and that people should talk more openly about death (Koksvik and Richards, 2021). This movement is striving to shift the dialogue about (and place of) death and dying into community spaces (Breen, 2020) scant attention has been given to community-level interventions for death or to the public's readiness to fully participate in these interventions The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the global need for communities to be prepared for illness the general population and health and social care professionals became keenly aware of a variety of issues connected to mortality and the end-of-life challenging tendencies to avoid discussions about death and dying Two related concepts attempt to counteract this reluctance to consider or discuss death: death literacy and grief literacy We argue that the Death Café approach can be a useful strategy to improve both death and grief literacy levels and may help promote the burgeoning concept of compassionate communities as part of palliative care (Graham-Wisener et al., 2022) forming the circles of care around the dying and the bereaved requires a high degree of comfort with intimacy and trust in the ability of community members to both offer and accept care from non-professionals during a vulnerable time in life We believe that the personal sharing and interaction that takes place at Death Café events can help build the foundations of compassion and comfort that will allow this exchange of care to occur more naturally in groups and communities Storytelling is what makes these events and facts intelligible; it gives them a function establishing the order of events in the past Death Cafes can offer this meaning-building activity of mutual storytelling and sharing at the community level Death Cafes are arguably aligned with both death and grief literacy and Compassionate Community efforts The pandemic has drawn attention to the need to develop grief literate societies and compassionate communities (Table 1). Although there is no single solution for assisting someone who is grieving, we provided some tips that may allow for mutual understandings and interdependent support both in the bereaved's day-to-day settings, as well as in broader society (Fang and Comery, 2021; Breen et al., 2022) Table 1. Strategies to promote grief literate societies and compassionate communities (Bartone et al., 2019; Breen et al., 2022; Hasson et al., 2022) Community-level interventions are a crucial component of a multifaceted public health strategy regarding end-of-life particularly given the increasing challenges imposed by the changing demography of death and COVID-19 Promoting death and grief literacy through education and community development strategies is essential to attain the skills and culturally appropriate values for a compassionate community Achieving improved levels of these literacies for both the general public and health and social care professionals is a process that should be prioritized and social educators must collaborate with communities in the design of death and grief literacy projects Rather than focusing on individual-level acute grieving initiatives like Death Cafés can promote community-wide literacy around all facets of death and loss We suggest a dual approach: developing specialist resources while also investing in community capacity to understand grief give empathetic care and reduce the stigma of death and bereavement there can be unforeseen consequences of making bereavement care a societal responsibility and charitable sectors may decide to dispense with grief care if they view the community as the sole source of such assistance effective joint procedures and true community partnerships among professionals and the public are vital to developing death and grief literacy for all All authors listed have made a substantial and intellectual contribution to the work and approved it for publication This work was funded by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020) and under the Scientific Employment Stimulus—Institutional Call—[CEECINST/00051/2018] The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher Compassionate communities and end-of-life care PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Peer support services for bereaved survivors: a systematic review A call to action: an IWG charter for a public health approach to dying Life experience with death: relation to death attitudes and to the use of death-related memories PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Grief literacy: a call to action for compassionate communities The effect of suppressing funeral rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic on bereaved families Death cafés: where communities affirm grief PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Google Scholar Google Scholar Google Scholar Understanding grief during the first-wave of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom-A hypothetical approach to challenges and support PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Google Scholar Complicated grief: what to expect after the Coronavirus pandemic Graham-Wisener Understanding public attitudes to death talk and advance care planning in Northern Ireland using health behaviour change theory: a qualitative study Hasson N Urtaran-Laresgoiti M Nuño-Solinís R Moreno I Espiau G Grajales M. 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Where once they had access to clean water, now they have to buy it with emergency aid from Vale. They report delays and cuts in their payments agreed at the time of the eviction ambiguity on the part of the state prosecutors The initial fear of a possible collapse gave way to indignation after countless unsuccessful negotiation meetings with the company which they see as interfering with the legal procedures for remediating the material and moral damages caused to the communities says Vale has manufactured an excuse to move the communities from areas where it intends to expand its business “Vale threw us out of our home because it wants to use this land for mining in the future — either as an exploration reserve or to mitigate future problems it might have with the community,” she says “We see that the company is highly interested in buying the land but they’ll only negotiate in blocks — never with individual residents “Vale has cut our basic income in order to pressure residents to negotiate their land soon and speed up the process,” Couto adds The company said it was important that we negotiate soon so that we could ‘rebuild our lives.’” the company abandoned the emergency work and concluded that using explosives was not “technically feasible.” By then it had degraded yet another preserved area The region affected by the work coincides with two mining sites in which Vale is interested: the Baú mine and the Apolo project If Vale resumes the process and obtains a license for the Apolo project it could become the company’s second-largest operation in Brazil The Apolo project is mentioned in a document drawn up by prosecutors in March this year which notes that the mining agency website has records of prospecting in the area and that affected communities have pointed to the interest in mining as a factor for their transfer out of the area an activist with the Movement for Sovereignty in Mining (MAM) says Vale took advantage of the situation to expand its area of influence for future investments and they were traumatized after [the] Brumadinho and Mariana [disasters],” he says the latter being a tailings dam collapse in the Minas Gerais town of Mariana in 2015 in which Vale was also involved “Vale used these crimes to raise alarm and dominate new territories in Minas Gerais,” Paulo says there is total interest in mining in this region where there are large ore deposits that companies won’t reveal.” Paulo says he doesn’t believe in the prospect of a failure of another Vale tailings dam in Barão de Cocais for which the company initiated an emergency protocol in November last year its construction method prevents collapse by liquefaction,” Paulo says We see this as another plan to evict the population from areas of mining interest.” He says Vale now owns a large part of this land and wants to control the area otherwise it would have focused on decommissioning the dam and negotiating the return of the families Decommissioning calls for the complete deactivation and proper disposal of the mining waste held in the dam and the subsequent reoccupation of evacuated territories by the former residents also says Vale has a hidden interest in the vacated areas but they have commercial interest in the areas,” he says “That’s why they say they can only decommission the dam in 2029 People will give up these lands when they no longer see their neighbors; by then their properties will already have changed completely the company is paying much less for the land than it did at the beginning of the negotiations and its intention is to devalue it and control it.” Although prosecutors announced on May 27 that the company plans to build a wall to contain the waste that could reach the communities they note it still hasn’t made a decision about decommissioning the dam Minas Gerais state prosecutors and public defenders and Barão de Cocais municipality have followed a very similar path to Vale’s agreement in Brumadinho the decision on how to mitigate a similar tragedy is being hashed out without the participation of the affected communities Families affected by the threat posed by the potential collapse of Sul Superior still have four main demands: the immediate decommissioning of the dam; the continuation of basic income payments until such decommissioning is completed; compensation for the moral economic and reputation damage caused to Barão de Cocais as well as for the fear instilled; and compensation for the families affected by the dam and while the company detailed the measures it’s taking with regard to the dams and the communities it did not respond about its mining interests in the region Mongabay also tried to contact the state prosecutors’ office of Minas Gerais but did not receive a response The latest hearing in the ongoing negotiations took place on July 2 at the Minas Gerais Court of Justice None of the demands made by the communities were settled but Vale was ordered to keep paying emergency aid to the affected families The public agencies involved were to present a proposal in agreement with Vale which also has a right to make a counterproposal This story was reported by Mongabay’s Brazil team and first published here on our Brazil site on July 27 Banner image: The Socorro community in the municipality of Barão de Cocais The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] Portugal - 1906 - An ancient photograph of Fr Michele Rua visiting the "College of the Sacred Heart" Fr Rua went to Portugal for the inauguration of the new headquarters of the "Oficinas de São José" in Prazeres Fr Rua had been in Spain to visit Viana and Vigo ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Sign In Subscribe Now The sky’s the limit for two West Shore Air Cadets who have their sights set on soaring above the clouds both members of the 848 Royal Roads Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron have been selected for summer courses geared to enabling them to pursue their quest to become commercial pilots Warrant Officer First Class Laranjeiras obtained his glider license when he was 16 and earned his private pilot license last summer “My goal is to become a commercial pilot,” he said He is heading to Hong Kong for two and a half weeks in July as part of a National Scholarship Training Course where he will spend time touring aviation facilities and other flight-oriented installations with cadets from other countries “I’m looking forward to meeting other like-minded individuals from different backgrounds,” he said “I spent a month in Europe with my father recently and I’ve always had a fascination with travel and exposure to different cultures.” Flight Corporal Pottumutu hopes to follow up becoming a commercial pilot by shooting for the stars and setting a goal to become an astronaut “She was also the first neurologist to do that a true role model for me personally,” Pottumutu said attending the Advanced Aviation Technology Course where she will learn about airport operations at Canador College “I’m looking forward to meeting people with similar or different career aspirations and learning more about aviation,” she said “I went to Cold Lake for three weeks on a course so that gives me a sense of what to expect.” The two cadets have also been involved with different elements of the music programs at Belmont secondary played alto and tenor sax with the school band He also enjoys volunteering with local elections “I have a passion for anything political,” he said adding that he also enjoys reading historical literature Pottumutu plays alto sax with the jazz and concert bands and sings in the school choir and finds the time she spends volunteering at the Victoria Hindu Parishad “very rewarding.” Both credit their time with cadets for improving their self confidence and providing them with opportunities to achieve their goals commanding officer of the 848 Royal Roads Squadron and music director at Belmont said Pottumutu and Laranjeiras exemplify what the cadet program is about “Their hard work has resulted in the opportunities of a lifetime,” he said Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines private equity investor Nargilla Rodrigues and her two colleagues bring a fourth co-worker to the Rotisseria Sírio Libanesa in Rio’s Largo do Machado neighborhood to initiate him to their weekly lunch ritual An army of diners in business attire have packed the small restaurant and clump around the to-go counter Rodrigues grabs a standing table and fires off an order of stuffed cabbage leaves kafta and lentil rice like they are shares in a fire sale an employee at the restaurant for 19 years Soon the bankers’ small table is overflowing “The best thing about this restaurant?” Rodrigues ponders the question the photos of Syrian mosques laminated to the walls and chattering customers filing in and out The recipes for kafta and over 20 other menu items were passed down by the Syrian brothers who founded this restaurant In 1977 they sold it to then-employees and Portuguese immigrants Arlindo Freitas da Costa and João Rocha Pereira The menu has changed very little since the place was founded in the 1960s known here as coalhada seca – the strained and thickened yogurt that can be eaten with pita onions and mint – along with more widely known Syrian foods in Rio such as triangle-shaped esfiha pastries and both oblong and pan-baked kibe Lebanon and nearby countries immigrated to Brazil most of them economic migrants fleeing uncertainty in their countries after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and through World War II This means many Syrian foods have become standard in corner snack bars You’ll need to go to a place like Rotisserie Sírio Libanesa or a beloved rice and lentil dish topped with a tangle of crispy Many simply call the Rotisseria Sírio Libanesa “the Arabe,” an umbrella term for Middle Eastern culture that has become commonly used in Rio over the decades The restaurant’s one location serves an estimated 1,000-plus esfihas per day and people come from all across the city to eat often standing at the counter or ordering food to go It is Syrian food as most cariocas experience it: fast affordable and a normal part of the Rio diet Familiarity with Syrian culture due to the early 20th-century migrants seen in blockbuster restaurants such as the Rotisseria Sírio Libanesa and in the SAARA open-air market in Old Rio has helped pave the way for attitudes about new Syrian refugees coming to Rio Pereira is quick to praise the other Syrian restaurateurs in Rio and says that because of Brazil’s profile as a humanitarian country he envisions the new refugees integrating well In former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s address to the U.N she said Brazil had “open arms to refugees,” and special refugee application guidelines have allowed roughly 2,000 Syrian refugees from the current conflict to register in Brazil One thing that affirms Pereira’s respect for Syrian culture is the way customers respond to Syrian recipes Pereira stresses that he takes special care to keep the quality of ingredients high lentils and flour from Canada and fresh cheese for the soft wildly popular cheese esfiha from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais A rare menu addition over the years has been a house brew of Brazilian maté that in this case has less sugar and more flavor than most found in Rio the restaurant serves over 6,000 liters of maté per day Rotisseria Sírio Libanesa’s doors have remained open as the neighborhood has developed around it and boomed with the arrival of the Largo do Machado metro station he says that he remembers news of President João Goulart being led away from his nearby palace at the beginning of Brazil’s dictatorship is still steaming ahead is auspicious for the new Syrian arrivals who may try their hand in Rio’s food industry Editor’s note: While researching neighborhoods to visit in 2018 we had an excellent meal at Rotisseria Sírio Libanesa a restaurant that straddles the border of Laranjeiras and Catete So we thought it was worthwhile to republish this 2015 review Eurovoix The next artist to feature in our “Who Is” series for the Junior Eurovision 2018 season is Rita Laranjeira from Portugal Rita Laranjeira was chosen to represent Portugal at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk Let’s get to know a bit more about her Thirteen-year-old Rita Laranjeira was born on 3rd March 2005 in Sintra, Portugal. The young singer is no stranger to singing on stage, as seen in her YouTube videos which feature her many stage performances over the past year Earlier this year she also participated in the final of Kids Music Fest in Portugal Rita performed covers of “Eu sei” The professional jury panel reviewed Rita and nine other artists’ performances before ultimately crowning the young singer as the winner She will be singing “Gosto de Tudo” in Minsk ortugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Portugal debuted at the 2006 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Budapest The country placed second-last that year and the year later They were not to return until 2017 where they were represented by Mariana Venancio I have been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2006 and more recently I've enjoyed watching partner contests such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Young Dancers I joined Eurovoix as an editor at the beginning of 2017 You may also follow me in facebook @rita laranjeira and instagram #im_rita_laranjeira Rita Laranjeira has given small hints as to what we can expect from her performance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for Portugal Speaking to RTP about her participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Rita Laranjeira has given hints as to what we can expect from her on stage Rita has been working with Marco De Camillis on her performance for the contest in Minsk revealing that she will be dancing during her performance Rita also stated that Malta is her favourite of the songs revealed so far as taking part in this years contest Malta is being represented by Ela and her song “Marchin’ On” Thirteen-year-old Rita Laranjeira was born on 3rd March 2005 in Sintra, Portugal. The young singer is no stranger to singing on stage, as seen in her YouTube videos The professional jury panel reviewed Rita and nine other artists’ performances before ultimately crowning the young singer as the winner Source: RTP / ESC Portugal Portugal debuted at the 2006 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Budapest it has been a pleasure to find out more about this amazing continent through the Eurovision Family of Events it's been brilliant to see the site grow and flourish and continue to bring our readers everything from the world of Eurovision.