The Avantgarde Magazine III Edition

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CONTENTS PAGE 1 EDITORIAL OPINION PAGE 3 THE XX POP FESTIVAL IS OVER! PAGE 4-5 IZMIR: FESTIVAL VENUE PAGE 6-9 THE KEYS OF THE FESTIVAL PAGE 11-14 SPORTS EDITION: TENNIS PAGE 15-16 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: M. SKRUNES PAGE 18-21 THE MAYORS' VIEW: PAUL SCHREIBER PAGE 23 OPEN CULTURE PAGE 26 EDITION ACHIEVED PAGE 27 HOW TO JOIN THE AVANTGARDE?



THE AVANTGARDE'S OPINION THE BESTS OF THE XX FESTIVAL OUR OPINION ABOUT THE XX EDITION OF THE LARGEST MUSICAL EVENT IN OUR WORLD, THE FESTIVAL, AND ITS PROTAGONISTS Music is the leitmotiv of our world from the first The Avantgarde Magazine dedicates its third day of the first year. Virtually the entire edition to reviewing the present and the future population studies and works with the goal of of the festival, and to speaking with the great becoming a world star of the music industry... protagonists of the twentieth edition of the or, if not, being billionaires in the same industry event. making records, operating clubs or organizing world tours to artists of all existing genres . On the one hand, we talk about the keys to Izmir as the venue for the Festival. A top, The XX Music Festival of our world has come to modern and beautiful city with a large number an end, whose headquarters for such a special of landmarks and a lot of history. Adró Súria i edition has been the Turkish city of Izmir. This Talarn has toured the most beautiful places in city, one of the most important and most the city. populated in our world, has met - notably - the expectations generated. We have lived a few On the other hand, Maya Parsons - Executive weeks of real excitement and fun at Ephesus Editor of our English edition -, tells us about her Festival Venue where, apart from enjoying experience at the Festival. She has walked the concerts by the best musical bands in the streets, the festival grounds and its world, we have also had events and activities surroundings and has enjoyed the experience for everyone. to the fullest. PAGE ONE | THIRD EDITION

HANDS OF JADE OSÓRIO-BHACON

THE XX POP FESTIVAL IS OVER! After four years of waiting and many weeks of preparation, contests and activities, the XX Pop Festival is over. We were really looking forward to the festival, as Rome XIX and Ezmirna have remarkably met expectations. Ephesus Festival Venue, Izmir's festival grounds, has become a place of enjoyment, party and fun for a few weeks of top-notch music. The local band DaVinlys, led by Ayça Brennan and Norman Harvey, prevailed as the best group of the event. While the second position went to AEONIAN - a New York band - and the Turkish band Valyrians completed the podium. by Adrió Súria i Talarn PAGE THREE | THIRD EDITION

IZMIR F E S T I V A L V E N U E The Government of Izmir, led by Mayor Edvin Rockford, knew how to attract everyone through a fun number of events where, apart Our gods decided that Ephesus Festival Venue from having fun, you could win a lot of cash! (Konak) would be the venue for the XX Pop Festival. The festival grounds are located in the ş gaveThe cartoon contest (Karikatür Yarı ması) out over a hundred million dollars in prizes; the heart of Izmir, one of the most important cities gave almostrope tournament (Halat Turnuvasi) in the world, in the western part of Turkey. one hundred million dollars in prizes, and had more than 60 participants divided into 23 According to the rankings of our world, Izmir is the teams; and the festival's private party (Özel Partisi sixth best city in terms of quality and is ranked Festival) motivated dozens of people to number four in terms of population. We can say participate to share a loot of ninety million dollars. that the gods had great wisdom and judgment when choosing Izmir as the venue for the twentieth Nearly $300 million in prizes at three of the edition of the most important event in our world. biggest events! by Jade Osório-Bhacon PAGE FOUR | THIRD EDITION

LANDMARKS OF IZMIR And, on the other hand, if your intention was to enjoy the Festival breaks visiting beautiful places and taking a breath of fresh air, in Izmir you must have had a great time. Halk Plaji (Public Beach), Saat Kulesi (The Clock Tower), Konak Square, Agora Open Air Museum or Basilica of St. John are just some of the beautiful monuments that this city offers us, and that leave us tremendously amazed. Due to scheduling problems, we were unable to meet Edvin Rockford, Mayor of Izmir, but we can echo his statements to the press after the festival ended: “When I was told that Izmir would be the venue for the festival, my heart was pounding, playing nice background music, I called my friends and my wife, whom I had hyped for months, and shouting: \"WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO HOST THE! FESTIVAL!\" I screamed. I ran like crazy from one corner of the house to another.” It is the dream of any mayor, to bring the most important event in the world to his city, and we can say that Izmir (and its government) has lived up to the expectations generated. PAGE FIVE | THIRD EDITION

Izmir XX has had a large number of protagonists, not only bands and artists: also community representatives and volunteers who have made possible the organization of a first-class event, with many contests and complementary activities. THE KEYS OF THE FESTIVAL by Maya Parsons - English Executive Editor of The Avantgarde The XX Pop Festival has already ended, and More than 200 people have taken it has left us a great number of part in the Festival, and thanks to protagonists. Some have been preparing all of them we have been able to for the great event of the music industry for experience a magnificent, four years, and others are protagonists organized and fun event. Each because they are part of the organization person who has taken part in the of the event and they have the festival, whether as an assistant, responsibility of engineer other activities organizer or artist, deserves that encourage even more people to visit thanks and recognition for their the city that hosts the festival. support and for her contribution. PAGE SIX | THIRD EDITION

BEER, JOINTS, SEX, MUSIC AND PARTY ON! Popmundo Festival XX is a long-awaited While the site was surprisingly colorful and event that took place in Izmir. With a huge fun-friendly, I enjoyed seeing everyone mix of music, famous bands, wild fans, and a having fun and passing beers and joints variety of activities, it was set to be the which made the festival’s atmosphere event of the year! It was not kids friendly inviting, too inviting actually! Who can say no though, so to everyone who brought their to stoned friends and drunk strangers? kids, shame on you! I’m kidding of course… or I know I won’t! am I? VENUE AND CAMPING The XX Pop Festival took place at the Festival grounds in Izmir. The site itself was mesmerizing and joyful and so many people were welcoming and helpful so I knew It was going to be great from the first glimpse! PAGE SEVEN | THIRD EDITION

What was exciting for me was the festival tent that you could buy and just chuck it down and make it a warm mini home for as long as the festival goes. It was a great idea to invite people over to enjoy a cup of coffee (or beer!), music, delicious food (don’t get me started on those yummy Baklavas) or something something secret (AKA Doing the no- pants dance). THE FESTIVAL AND THE MUSIC The Festival is in the end a music festival and this year it had a GSG lineup and there was something for everyone, from Jazz to Punk to Heavy Metal! The list included DaVinlys, Guns seM’ Roses, La La Land, The Smashing Pandas and I can go on forever. Since it was my first festival, I didn’t know what to expect but I know now that I had a blast, it was epic Ş əa n d D a V i n l y s w a s j u s t b r e a t h t a k i n g . bnem’s glorious voice, Ayça’s incredible dance moves, Çiçek’s heart-piercing-beautiful violin tones, and Erik’s guitar performance were on point which made everyone hyped and chanting for more! PAGE EIGHT | THIRD EDITION

MY EXPERIENCE AT THE XX FESTIVAL GOD SMACKINGLY GLORIOUS! I enjoyed every minute of every day and I’d do it all over again if I had the chance! What’s not to like? Beer? ya ah! Food ? hell yeah! Joints? oh com’on! Sex ? I’ll leave that to myself Music? I’m all for it! So yes! Expect to see me at the next festival! With love, Maya Parsons PAGE NINE | THIRD EDITION

XX POP FESTIVAL - EPHESUS FESTIVAL VENUE (IZMIR)

THE AVANTGARDE'S SPORT EDITION TENNIS SEASON IS OVER We started the year talking about the Pro Tennis Association, and we end it the same. The tennis season comes to an end, leaving a large number of protagonists, trophies and awards. The Avantgarde writes about it. by Corinne Bhacon PAGE ELEVEN | THIRD EDITION

I PTA SEASON IS DONE! +60 PARTICIPANTS, 14 MEDALS AND $130 MILLION IN PRIZES The first season of the Pro Tennis Association, the largest international tennis competition, comes to an end after 7 weeks (49 days) of continuous activity. The PTA Tour has passed through seven cities, five located in America and two in Europe. More than 60 different tennis players have competed week after week, handing out a total of 14 medals, 56 awards and $130 million. Numbers that have never been seen in tennis, and that demonstrate the motivation for athletes to be part of a modern and generous tennis association. For the first time in decades, we have been able to enjoy the best tennis in the world for a whole year. International athletes, from all continents and of all ages, have encouraged a very popular sport such as tennis, and many young people have been able to start their professional careers in the sport of racket. In this edition of The Avantgarde, we summarize the highlights of the world tennis season. We published the Top-10 of the PTA ranking, the Top-8 of the highest paid tennis players and, in addition, we interviewed Mathias Skrunes, the presumably best tennis player in the world and number one in the ranking for four consecutive weeks. PAGE TWELVE | THIRD EDITION

PTA Tour PTA Tour PTA Tour PTA Tour PTA Tour PTA Tour PTA Tour Major '119 Open '119 Open '119 Major '119 Open '119 Open '119 Major '119 Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Chicago London Nashville New York Madrid Esteban Quirk Esteban Quirk Caesare Costarella Mathias Skrunes Camila Valdéz Edward J. Vaughan Mathias Skrunes Mathias Skrunes Maximiliano Valdéz Vicenzo Costarella Lis Lyon Kerry Sheffield Mathias Skrunes Alan Giuliani The Pro Tennis Association was born with the AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE aim of offering an opportunity to all tennis On the other hand, Esteban Quirk - only 23 lovers worldwide to be able to travel, years old - is the PTA player with the most gold medals (two) and the first number one compete and enjoy their passion. Without any in the history of the tennis association ranking. Without a doubt, the rivalry between type of discrimination or requirement to be these two tennis players will shape the future of the PTA. Both have occupied the first two part of the Tour (just being over 16 years old), places in the ranking throughout the year, and we will see if other athletes such as we have seen very young players compete Caesare Costarella, Edward J. Vaughan or the Valdéz siblings (Max and Camilla) can with other much more veteran and storm the throne. experienced players, such as Camilla Valdéz, PAGE THIRTEEN | THIRD EDITION the 58-year-old Mexican tennis player, who won the gold medal at the Nashville Open. Without a doubt, Mathias Skrunes - another 46-year veteran - has been the athlete of the year. He has reached four finals, and has achieved three silver medals and one gold. He started the year losing two finals in a row, and closes it as number one in the PTA ranking.

TENNIS MEANS MEDALS... AND CASH! Tennis is not just a fun sport that allows you to TTOEHFNETNBHIESESPTY-LEPAAAYRIEDRS train, have fun and stay in shape. When you reach the professional level, if you work hard Tennis is not just a sport to keep fit, it can also bring and don't give up, it can become a source of you a lot of income if you are able to win trophies income that can allow you to have a week after week. The Avantgarde Magazine ranks the comfortable and calm life. Without any 8 highest paid tennis players of the year 119. financial stress. 1 MATHIAS SKRUNES - $31.25M Single tennis means that you are the only one to blame for your work, for better and for worse. Mathias reached the top position in the PTA ranking after The money you win if you play finals and raise winning the British Open, and has been at the top of the trophies is only for you, you do not have to ranking for four consecutive weeks. He took the gold medal share it with anyone. On the other hand, unlike in London and the silver medals in Rio, Sao Paulo and New other sports such as soccer or basketball, there York. will not be a President who will pay your salary when things do not go well. In tennis, if you 2 ESTEBAN QUIRK - $18.5M want money, you have to fight for it. Esteban won the gold medals in Rio and Sao Paulo at only The Avantgarde Magazine publishes the top 10 23 years old, he was also number one in the PTA ranking for of the PTA ranking, and the Top 8 of the highest three consecutive weeks. He is a very young tennis player, paid players of the season. with a great future ahead of him. He is the PTA member with the most gold medals. PRTAANKTEODP P10LAYERS 3 EDWARD J, VAUGHAN - $13M 1 MATHIAS SKRUNES - 5,270 POINTS 2 ESTEBAN QUIRK - 3,900 POINTS This British player won the US Open, the last Major event of 3 CAESARE COSTARELLA - 3,340 POINTS the PTA season, at just 23 years old. He is one of the most 4 EDWARD J. VAUGHAN - 2,630 POINTS promising tennis players in the world, and he is sure to lift 5 MAXIMILIANO VALDÉZ - 2,310 POINTS more trophies in the years to come. He is currently ranked 6 CAMILLA VALDÉZ - 2,080 POINTS number 4 on the PTA rankings. 7 VICENZO COSTARELLA - 1,740 POINTS 8 LIS LYON - 1,720 POINTS 4 CAESARE COSTARELLA - $12M 9 PAOLA COSTARELLA - 1,260 POINTS 10 C L A I R E Q U I R K - 1 , 2 6 0 P O I N T S Caesare has been one of the most outstanding athletes of the PTA season. He won the gold medal in Chicago, and reached the semifinals of the Rio and New York PTA Major. A very good season that has also served him to earn a lot of money! 5 VICENZO COSTARELLA - $9M Another member of the Costarella family who has enjoyed a very profitable 119 year. Vicenzo achieved the silver medal in London, giving the surprise, and also achieved points in Rio, Sao Paulo and New York. He currently occupies the seventh position in the PTA ranking. 6 LIS LYON - $8M Lis reached the semi-finals in London and, a week later, won the gold medal in Madrid. The Mexican tennis player, at number 8 in the PTA ranking, has accumulated a significant amount of money this year. 7 MAXIMILIANO VALDÉZ - $7.5M Silver medal in Chicago and semifinalist in New York. This London-born tennis player has had a pretty successful season. He is one of the PTA's oldest athletes, at 45 years old. 8 CAMILLA VALDÉZ - $7.25M Another member of the Valdéz family. Camilla won the gold medal in Nashville at the age of 58, being the oldest PTA champion. She is currently ranked number 6 in the PTA ranking. rFeigcueriveesdindimreilclitolynsfroofmdothllearPs.TTAh.e ranking only includes money

MATHIAS Q: After finishing the first season of the PTA, SKRUNES what is your opinion about the organization and the results of the Pro Tennis Association, after its THE AVANTGARDE'S first year of life? ATHLETE OF THE YEAR A: Is a good tournament, a lovely idea. As every theWe are pleased to meet Mathias Skrunes, new project, has some opportunitie areas. highest ranked player in the PTA, at his cozy In general terms is an excellent idea, doing a global tournament, new cities, everyone can get Tromso mansion. Where he rests after a great the chance to take part of PTA. season in which he has participated in the sevent PTA events, and where he also trains for the PTA Q: You are a veteran player (46 years old), who Finals that will be held, from day 1 to day 5 of takes great care of himself and trains like no one year 120, also in Tromso. else. For how many more years do you think you can stand out in the world of tennis? Q: You are the number one in the tennis world, the only one who has reached the finals of the A: As long as my legs be able to give me the three PTA Majors events and the one who has chance. At my age I take the double of care of won the most medals (4). Do you consider my whole body. At least I'll be playing for a yourself to be the best tennis player in the world? couple of years more. A: First of all, thank you for coming all the way to PAGE FIFTEEN | THIRD EDITION Tromsø. Welcome and pleased to receive you and all the audience. Of course not, I consider myself as a player with depth commitment to my career and to training. Being ranked as number one is a plus, but is not all. What gives a real meaning is having fun, and enjoying every every game. Q: I have seen in the living room the gold medal of London, and the silver of Rio and New York. Reaching a single final in a Major is very difficult, so reaching all three in the same year should be a practically impossible feat. How did you do it? A: As I said before, all is about training and focusing on the game. Studying each player and a bit of intuition. Once you got basic information of every player, is easy to make a plan for everyone. Sometimes brings good results, sometimes don't.

Q: Esteban Quirk and you have alternated Q: Not only do you end the year leading the PTA leading the PTA rankings throughout the year. points ranking, you also lead the earnings Esteban Quirk was number one the first three ranking. Thanks to your results on the playing weeks, and you the next four. While one was court, the PTA Tour has transferred you number one, the other was number two. Do you $31,250,000. You are the highest paid tennis consider Esteban your great rival on the PTA player in history, no one has ever achieved so Tour? much income in just one year. How important are financial prizes a significant motivation for A: Oh no, not only him but everyone who's in the athletes? tournament. Each one of them wants the same as me. He's young and very skilled player, but is not A: To be honest, it is important to know that the like a \"personal\" rivalry. efforts and time invested are well rewarded, we are professional athletes, of course receiving an Q: Right now there are three different PTA Majors award motivates us. In my particular case, money champion players. Next year the tie should be is not the only thing that motivates me, but it broken. Do you see yourself leading the PTA does attract my attention to know that you can Majors champion rankings? receive great prizes. A: Being number one is not crucial to me, what I Few people compete for a whole year, and all really want is to be forced to play at my maximum that goes with it, for small prizes. capacity. Breaking my limits, reaching a new level. If that gives me the prize of being ranked A competition with a huge prize will attract more as number one is good, but if not is not a big players, and that increases the competitiveness deal. among participants and facing the best will always be a great incentive. Q: You won the first edition of the British Open, the PTA Major held in London. Your name will Q: Thank you so much for your time, and good always be inscribed in the history of the luck for the next season! tournament, one of the most prestigious on the PTA Tour. London has always been an important A: Thank you for the time and I want to thank to city for tennis. Are you proud to have been the my family; Ax, Soile, Irina, Suevia, Aurea, to my first London PTA Champion? children Sofie, Elise, Kjell and Ragnar. Deep and sincere love, you give me the strength A: Of course, becoming the first in something is every day. always a good thing, a good anecdote, but then will come more players to get the same honour. I'm proud of the whole year as both of my victories and my defeats. London has a different atmosphere, a glamorous one, so more than proud I feel lucky to be living this moment and I feel grateful to life for the opportunity it is giving me to live my dreams. PAGE SIXTEEN | THIRD EDITION

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THE MAYORS' Miles Lacey, Mayor of New VIEW PAUL SCHREIBER York, interviews Paul Schreiber, former Mayor of Montreal. Both star in the second edition of our segment 'The Mayors' View'. Paul is one of the most beloved mayors in Montreal's history, and he spends a pleasant afternoon with us. I'm Miles Lacey, mayor of New York and subject It was faint at first but it soon turned into the sound of a sax solo backed by just the tightest of the first The Mayors' View interview. As the rhythm section. I knew then I was playing the subject of the first interview it falls to me to be the wrong sort of music. I taught myself how to play the saxophone, devoured every jazz I've chosenquestioner for the second interview. record I could lay my hands on, found an to interview Paul Schreiber, former mayor of amazing jazz duo and formed a band with Montreal. them. Once I started playing jazz I really felt like my life made sense, like I was in the right He's in NY supporting his basketball team the mode. But I didn't have anywhere that really Montreal Pistols. After the game we spent the felt like home evening in my office sharing whisky and talking. M: Did you always know you were going to M: Paul, I want to thank you again for agreeing to leave London? do this interview. I'd like to ask you to start by introducing yourself. P: Yes, I think so. Very soon after moving to London I'd contemplated moving to Rio. I'm old P: My name's Paul Schreiber and a long time ago I enough that I remember when new cities was mayor of Montreal. I recently got a second arrived and Rio was the newest city there was. chance and here I am. But I was advised not to move there, took that advice and regretted it for a while. Of course M: Tell us a little about your time before politics... if I had moved to Rio you wouldn't be interviewing me now. P: I'm from the North East of England and when I turned sixteen I moved down to London to make a living as a musician. I was a blues singer for a while but things just didn't click for me. One day on tour the bus radio lost signal. After a few minutes of static fading in and out a new station started coming through. PAGE EIGHTEEN | THIRD EDITION

FROM LONDON TO M: And then Montreal came along? MONTREAL'S CITY HALL P: Eventually. There were another dozen or so cities between me moving to London and Montreal appearing on the map. M: Were you in London much or were you doing the musician But when it did it just felt right straight away. Luckily Montreal thing of always being on the road? appeared after mobile phones so I was able to phone Hanna & we both agreed it's where we should be so that's where P: Mostly on the road. This was before bands had their own we moved. jets or people could charter private jets. This was even before mobile phones! If you were playing a gig in M: Did you decide to run for mayor straight away? Melbourne you could be on your tour bus for 24 hours before you got there. P: Not at all! It hadn't even occurred to me. But once the elections started I looked at the candidates and none of M: I've heard of this before but it's almost impossible to them seemed capable of doing the job so I threw my hat in imagine that world. There was no way to phone people in the ring. different cities from you? M: And became mayor? P: No. If you were on tour you basically only saw the people who were in your band or if you were on an organised tour P: Oh no, I didn't even make the second round! with other bands. I'd started dating Hanna [Weingärtner], we're still together all these years later, and we wanted M: Were you disheartened or did it make you more resolute? somewhere we both felt at home. She was from Berlin but she felt about it how I felt about London, it was okay but not P: Neither really. I was disappointed of course but the people home. who made the second round had joined the election after me. If they'd joined the election earlier I'd probably never have entered myself. I wanted to win of course but once I didn't that was the end of my ambition for elected office. PAGE NINETEEN | THIRD EDITION

After that the mayor resigned. I knew that I would be a good mayor and could help the city heal, help rebuild it from it's turbulent beginning. M: Do you think you accomplished that? P: Partly. After my term we had a terrible, thankfully short lived, mayor. After him we had David Kuehl, Pascaline Foulquier, Paul Vaughan, that's a good set of mayors to have. Pascaline was my Treasurer, David was my Chief of Police, Paul was named after me. They were good without me but I think that era of good governance was one I brought in. Of course it's not just mayors. Your dad was Treasurer in that period, Alina was Vice Mayor, although your dad, Alina & Paul were both a little after my time. \"NY SENT SOME DOCTORS TO HELP US GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL\" ELECTED AS MAYOR OF MONTREAL M: But obviously you did end up going for elected office again. What changed? P: The administration wasn't doing a good enough job. I don't mean they were making decisions I disliked I mean they were not up to the task. They mismanaged things, or maybe just ignored them, to the point our Doe health was atrocious. Really truly abysmal health. It was so bad we ended up with an outbreak of the plague. The literal plague. And still the government did nothing. I organised some citizens to help try and manage things and New York sent some doctors to help us get things under control. PAGE TWENTY | THIRD EDITION

STAGE OUTSIDE POLITICS M: You're out of politics now but still involved in M: It's good to see you enjoying your second Montreal. Tell me about your basketball team? chance. Could you tell us a little about how being a mayor is different now than it was then? P: The Montreal Pistols. We're in our second season now, it took us a full season to come up P: I don't know too much about being a mayor with a name! Things can be tough for an now. We never had to deal with zones thankfully. expansion team but we're improving. I don't play But we did have to deal with Doe subsidies. Too often, I'm strictly the sixth man. Hanna and I run much and you'd have more Does than jobs and the team together, I tend to focus on organising that would lead to an increase in crime. Too little the behind the scenes things and she leads the and you'd have jobs with no-one to work them. team on the court. Then we have Eileen Ryba, our The subsidy could only be changed every week or top scorer last season, Denver Mason, Abigail two so it was vital you got it as close to perfect Starr and a new recruit for this season is Jacob as possible. And as I've already mentioned if the de Man. heath of your Does dropped things could get really bad really quickly. We know we've got a long way to go to challenge for the championship but Hanna and I want to Overall my impression is there's a lot less build something for the people of Montreal. We've micromanagement now, and a lot more general got a great young team, really dedicated players, steering required. players the people of Montreal can be proud of. M: Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. It's a M: And you play your home games at a park little strange to be sat here sharing a whisky with named after you? you, when I was a kid you were this almost mythic figure from Montreal's past that my dad spoke P: Yes. I think it's a little too egotistical but about. It's been great to get the opportunity to Hanna convinced me that's where we should play. get to know you a little. It's strange to see a park named after me (Schreiber Memorial Park) and a hospital named P: I like the idea of being mythical but I like the after Hanna (Hanna Weingärtner Clinic). Both of idea of being a real live person even more. Thank those locales are thanks to Pascaline Foulquier. you for inviting me to do this interview. The only bigger surprise was finding out that we had a grandson we didn't know about, Mason M: Thank you. Is there anything ese you'd like to Rummens. And even some greatgrandchildren, say? Neven and Storm. Pascaline raised mine and Hanna's daughter Alexia. She and my sister Bike P: Just that throughout everything I've gone adopted Alexia so my greatgrandchildren are due through I'm blessed to have had Hanna with me to Pasca too in a way. every step of the way.

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Anne-Laure Bouleau Sempre que tenho algum tempo dentre os meus inúmeros afazeres que invento para UMA GARRAFA DE não cair na rotina, eu pego o jornal para ler VENENO X UMA os classificados. Juntamente com com as notícias publicadas, os anúncios que eles me SOCIEDADE DOENTE trazem, refletem bastante o comportamento e a necessidade da sociedade no momento. Não vim aqui falar sobre barganhas de itens comuns, nem de valorização de itens antes banais ou de queda brusca de outros até ontem caríssimos. Fato que inclusive levou alguns investidores à falência. Estas são notícias que todos nós sabemos serem comuns de quem lida com o mercado de especulação monetária. Nada novo por aqui. O que venho tratar é de um assunto um pouco mais sério e que considero merecedor de maior atenção por parte de todos os que lêem os jornais e dos que não o fazem também. Eu me refiro a busca cada vez mais frequente por garrafas de veneno e do absurdo número de pequenos comerciantes deste produto que traz um lucro irrisório, mas faz um estrago enorme na vida de muita gente. E ANTG R Uma pessoa coloca um anúncio em busca de H V D um frasco deste, num momento de angústia T E e desespero. O comerciante vê ali uma A oportunidade apenas, não pensa sequer na A possibilidade de ter alguém sofrendo do outro lado. Em quais tipos de horror sua Learn portuguese alma tem vivenciado a ponto de querer desistir de tudo. O vendedor de garrafa de Ê M venenos mortais também não pensa que S E aquela pessoa pode ter alguém que goste dela e que um aviso nem que seja por UP telefone, poderia ajudar a resolver as coisas e mudar o final desta história. E tudo isso G O para quê? Obter uma renda de vinte mil em média? Uma vida vale isso?! UTR PAGE TWENTY FOUR | THIRD EDITION

É importante ressaltar que nem todos cobram por isso. Alguns mandam a garrafa de veneno de presente, fazendo a pessoa ver que talvez o único ato de boa vontade direcionado a ela, seja uma oferta de algo que tire sua própria vida. Estas pessoas acham que estão fazendo um favor em oferecer sem cobrar nada. Mas nem procuram saber o que originou aquela triste procura do anunciante. Há também os que pegam o telefone e ligam para a vítima (vou chamar desta forma porque é o que são ao meu ver), não para dar algum apoio. Elas ligam para pedir seus bens materiais, dizendo que a pessoa não vai usar mais. Então que pelo menos não desperdice o item. Eu fico aqui pensando na falta de lisura desta pessoa. Pois se propõe a ligar para um suicida sem oferecer nenhuma palavra de carinho e ainda pede a ele que doe sua coisas como um último ato de generosidade. Além de não oferecer ajuda alguma, ainda faz chantagem emocional para piorar tudo. Por último há os bons samaritanos, cada vez mais raros hoje em dia, mas que ainda lutam por um mundo onde todos se ajudam. Eles ligam para o suicida e dedicam um bom tempo de sua própria vida pra \"resgatar\" aquela pessoa. Compartilham seu mundo alegre e sua energia positiva para que ela note que o mundo ainda é um lugar bonito, fazendo isso de forma completamente desinteressada. Os bons samaritanos no máximo desejam conquistar um novo amigo se o destino assim o quiser. A maior satisfação para eles é ver aquela pessoa renascer emocionalmente e se reintegrar a sociedade de forma alegre e produtiva. Deixando de ser um pessoa sombria e anônima para ser cheia de vida e amiga de muitos. Você que leu até aqui e se pôs a pensar no assunto ou já viveu algo parecido, está convidado para uma carta resposta. Podendo ser a favor ou contra a minha opinião. Creio ser um assunto polêmico e merecedor deste debate. PAGE TWENTY FIVE | THIRD EDITION

III EDITION: ACHIEVED! The third edition of The Avantgarde Magazine is already on the newsstands. The last edition that we launch in this year 119, a year that will always be special and unforgettable for us. It was during this year that The Avantgarde saw the light and when we began to receive feedback from readers. We close the year talking about the Festival, the most important event in our world. We toured Ephesus Festival Venue - Izmir's festival grounds -, and we also do a review of the Pro Tennis Association season and interview Mathias Skrunes, Athlete of the Year for The Avantgarde Magazine. But we can't close this edition without thanking all the people who collaborate every day so that our magazine - and everyone's - continues to create content and continues to be fun for our readers. To them, who dedicate part of their time to reading our pages, we must also thank them for their support. For them, The Avantgarde Magazine was born, and for them it is all our work. Special mention from The Avantgarde Magazine for Enrique Ferreira de Medeiros, creator of the official logo of the XX Festival, and for Erim Serim, creator of the official slogan. Two X's, just one winner! PAGE TWENTY SIX | THIRD EDITION

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