João de Carvalho lives for the stage. It feeds on the adrenaline when he step into the scenario, drinks from the words he recites to the audience and the breathe through the characters he transports into the scene, perhaps, for all this is, one of the biggest names and defenders of Portuguese theater, in addition he is a director, producer and teacher of one of the oldest and most honorable professions in the world.

How is being part of a family of several generations of actors and artists?

João de Carvalho: From actors, artists and military. My grandmother was a concert pianist. My dad is the third of five children, three of whom are actors, my aunt Maria Cristina, my uncle John Adams and of course, my father. Only the other two didn't follow the path. One is a military like my grandfather and the other is tailor. After continuity came with me and I have a nephew who also intends to follow an artistic career.

It was inevitable?

JC: It was not inevitable that my sister is a journalist, one of my sons is a geologist and the other is a pilot. Our family is very connected to the arts, because despite my grandfather was from the army he loved music, married in remarriages with an extraordinary pianist, which makes us a little music lovers. The artists end up liking all the arts. I have my limitations, but also play, I have a taste in music, not all, it must have some quality, but I respect the differences.

Besides actor, you are director, also a producer and teacher. In all these areas related to the arts, what is the one you like to do more?

JC: Being an actor. The transformation that happens on stage is indescribable. I give an example, I go to a show full of tooth pain, or sciatica or burned and when I get on stage, nothing, when I leave everything comes back again. That's the magic. It's you being out here and saying: I do not feel like doing this, you enter and suddenly everything changed, you have the audience in front of you, you feel the breath of an audience, you feel people support your work and in that day you were snippy, but once you enter the lateral wings of the stage, o the backstage and you enter into the light, everything disappears. There is nothing can pay this feeling. Either on television or in the movies, the stage gives us everything.

You sense any difference, as a professor, among the new generation of actors and the rest?

JC: No. You know that at any given time there is the talk of generational conflict and that not always happen. The older generations realize that it takes certain continuity. My father, Rui de Carvalho, already talked about this, you need to exchange experiences, youth needs us to prove ourselves, we transmit the knowledge of the technique, which is what we have and we passed on to the young. And we won with all this, because we do no longer perform like in the 40s, we changed completely. Years ago it was said that the actors in Portugal did not know how to perform in television; they were very theatrical, so now we are equal or better than the Brazilians. There was a learning base that is always in the theater that has this purity of experiences from the exuberance of youth, the new and crazy, this is what Dali said, the difference being me and a madman is that I am not crazy. The madness has to exist forever. The artist should never lose the inner child, losing the fantasy, the magic is lost and it loses everything, it is better to do then something else.

Elvio Sousa is the face of archeology in Madeira and one of the leading scientists in this field nationally wide. It was one of the driving forces behind Archais, an association that has as its main objective the dissemination of Portuguese expansion in archeology through excavation and lectures. A survey with more than ten years can also be visited archeological museum of Quinta do Ribeirinho in Machico and that will be the subject of a documentary in 10 episodes on the history channel and RTP1next year.

Over the years you created Archais, did a series of excavations across the island and rise a museum in Machico, tell me a little of that history.
Elvio Sousa: It is been born for ten years. Yes? In 1996 I finished the college and I thought of making in partnership with my colleagues an associative structure that could disclose the archeology of Madeira. In 1998 we created the institution in order to fill these gaps in heritage and this had a regional impact, because alerted consciences, above all, was independent and equidistant from any political activity which was important. The first archaeological excavation took place in 1999 in the parish of Machico, which turns out to be the most important site nationally to understand the archeology of Portuguese expansion and also in the Quinta do Ribeirinho. I can take a leap of over ten years and in 2003 we opened a small museum that has a very strong archaeological component. So in 2006 we did 10 years and we are reaping the fruits of that labor.

The Archais disappeared?
ES: No, now has a more pedagogical component. Conducts and participates in conferences and training sessions with the students. It lost over the years the critical aspect of intervention in society.

Recently you submitted a doctoral thesis on regional archeology, which had the highest score. Tell me a little of the importance of this work?
ES: There was this need when doing research and due to the activity of the association. We had to go to the sites to confirm and substantiate the complaints were referred to us. When there is an alert is necessary to check its veracity, if not we could fell in discredit, as some associations did. And then there was that investing in research and to get that accreditation I had to devote myself to the academy. I did my Masters and PhD with some sacrifice, but it is important to have these degrees mainly to validate the research. Recently, we submitted an application for national archeology projects, funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation, with the aim of studying the expansion of Portuguese archeology, through a documentary and was approved. It was the only application of Madera from the three that were supported at a national level. The fact that I have a degree of doctor, modesty aside, helps to validate the research work. I did everything with an enormous pleasure and I even liked to go further.

The project itself will revolve around the archaeological findings in Madeira?
ES: Exactly, on Madeira and Porto Santo. It is a set of 10 documentaries that will be issued by the history channel, very interactive, with virtual reconstruction all scenarios through the prism of historical archeology of the Portuguese expansion, i.e., how it was populated and how it was growing over time. It is a glimpse of everyday life, where we can see what they ate, what were the items that were part of the house, which was the clothing worn by the ladies, we found in excavations rings, combs, pins and all these findings help build that past. The documentary covers several areas, but all are intertwined with the history of the archipelago. After it will be also be issued on RTP 1. It is a partnership between the CEAM (study center of modern archeology), of which I belong to the national level, supported by the Gulbenkian and the Portuguese television. The project is worth 19 000 euros which is enough to build a documentary, we are assertive enough. I had done some consulting for the history channel. We are going to create a dynamic record, not static, nobody is José Hermano Saraiva, who possessed a great ability to communicate. We are going to use the language of the media, three-dimensional features and historical data to help capture the viewers' attention. It is a very interesting project because it gives us a lot of experience and I think it will have some impact to publicize archeology.

"Madera in transition" is a group of people who tries to show new possibilities, new ways to build a better, more sustainable and more environmentally friendly world. Predominately are glances of hope that intend to reverse the idea of ​​a society increasingly dehumanized and less supportive.

How surfaces the group "Madera in transition"?
Margarida Sousa: The group was born out of a conference of Álvaro Fonseca, professor at the New University of Lisbon, about "the rebirth of citizenship," in the end everyone had questions and problems they wanted to solve. So we decided to arrange a meeting, under the theme "build a new world" and each person brought into the conversation what we thought was important to change our society and thus arises "Madera in transition." People meet and one of them suggested the creation of a fair trade, another a film cycle and other still wanted to bring traditional European dances. Our motto is to share an idea and so it is more likely to happen. People bring these projects and who identifies with the concept and wants to make it happen, participates.

Other aspects of the group are the workshops.
MS: That came on with the trade fair, for this particular event we invited the gene bank at the University of Madeira. They brought their seeds, we brought our own and there was an exchange. After we felt appropriate, in addition to the seeds, they did a workshop where we were taught how to collect the seeds and explain the work of the bank, because this group is very attached to permaculture, everything that has to do with ecology and sustainability. All workshops around these aspects interest us. Another project that emerged under "volunteering Madera" was the creation of a community arboretum for this because I contacted the regional directorate of agriculture that will provide training in order to implement this idea.

Where all this work began?
Maurília Cró: In the French brook, Santa Cruz. After the fires, after the cleaning, we made the recovery of the all area, mostly the soil. One of the things that were completely destroyed was the earth, was all black, and burned. It was devastating. We had some knowledge on permaculture, which speaks primarily on how to take care for the soil and earth, we felt fit to put into practice all what we learn. We've been aligning trunks because of the rain and we begin to make a nursery of trees and plants to replant after, since we are in the first phase that is preparing the ground. At the end we will use vegetables seeds and fruit trees and begin to replant.

Tell me a little bit what was the reaction of people to your arrival at the site?
MC: It was very interesting. The people received us with open arms. They lost everything, their houses were burned, but they were worried about the gardens, no longer had them. They wanted flowers, orchids and booties. This demonstrates the value that people place on plants.

How many elements have the group as a whole?
MS: It is difficult to quantify because it is a very open group. At the trade fair we had 150 people, depends from event to event. In general meetings we've had between 10 to 30 people. It is very variable. Our motto is: I can be here today, but tomorrow I might not be. We have no big plans, nor presidents.

It is a private institution of social support that aims to answer the needs of the most vulnerable groups in our society, especially the poorest people of the city of Funchal. Altogether they own six centers develop diverse educational and recreational activities among young people and the elderly. Another of its aims is to develop the project of a Foundation t in order to extend its scope of action to other areas of the world.

What are the areas of intervention of the "Garouta do Calhau" association?
Ricardo Silva: Our first objective when we were born ten years ago, was working with the elderly, promote active aging, focusing on quality of life of the senior population. This social extract was a generation that had passed great difficulties, had gone through colonial wars and now with the retirement had to be helped to slow aging. To this end we have developed several activities in our community centers. Soon after we started working with children. We now have a project that is monitored study, 120 children are received at our facility, but as there is school full time in all educational institutions of Funchal, we worked more on our Romeiras center, where we have them in the morning and afternoon, the remaining centers are only available for the students in the late afternoon. Other aspects of the association, which has existed since its inception, is the "fun holidays", this initiative draws about 300 children of the streets, i.e., they get 3 months of summer with us. We have a number of activities available to young people from the equestrian center to the Aqua Park, etc. We want to give to the kids of these poor families, from deprived areas of the city, a quality holiday. So now that our users are children, young people and the elderly.

So where arises the idea of the "Garouta do Calhau" Foundation?
RS: "Garouta do Calhau" is essentially a brand that began to be use by the community development association of Funchal, so we do not lose our identity and now we have created a foundation. The association aims to work exclusively in the capital, the Foundation aims to use our experience, our knowledge to be able to participate in other activities elsewhere, diversified all our background support. We intend to work in the cultural, the scientific, health and poverty areas anywhere in the world. The foundation has supported an association of solidarity in Colombia years ago and already had done some work in Brazil that we want to extend to Madeira, but to all areas that are needed. We are not a rich institution in funds, there is a knowledge and a willingness we want to make available to people and also motivates them in solving their own problems. Of course, there are difficulties that can be overcome only with money, our aim is to also raise funds through the brand, notably by selling t-shirts and our own pebble stones.

How did the partnership worked with Colombia, you sent technicians?
RS: There were occasional situations. In Colombia's case was a piece of jewelery designed by Nini Andrade, who was subsequently auctioned. All the proceeds from the sale were sent to an association that works with underprivileged kids in Bogotá. This is the spirit of the association, the bottom is not distribute what we have, but use our knowledge for the benefit of our partners to support a particular cause.

How did those projects come to the association?
RS: In both cases were always connected to the professional field of Nini. She was in the capital of Colombia to develop a project of decorating for a hotel and had knowledge of the needs of the institution and decided to help.

It's one of the compelling personalities of the revolution in April 1974. Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho says he can look himself in the mirror every day, because we always lived according to his conscience and his values. It is also a man who is not afraid of the words, so he speak without constraints on what he thinks about, what he knows, what he lived, what he won't forgot and about disappoint him.

In the recent celebrations of the 25th of April you decided not to attend, you said that the ideals of the revolution had died as a result of the financial crisis that we are going through.
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho: The ideals of April 25th do not disappear easily. They persist in the hearts and minds of the Portuguese who lived intensely the revolutionary process that followed. What happen is that have been deeply tainted by the political class that from this period took charge of the fate of the country in terms of political and economic management. However, every day and has now gone 38 years, I am confronted on the street by anonymous people that come to me give a hug and a handshake and ask me to do another April 25th. The Portuguese hold these ideals at heart, this hope, it's alive, and so I refute his claim.

Part of the responsibility may be political, but the Portuguese are not the most involved people in civic terms.
OSC: The people were always conditioned during the nearly fifty years of dictatorship of Salazar who then continued with Marcelo Caetano and so it was a nation that was growing in fear of saying things were wrong, fear of been arrested and that remains alive in Portuguese. When a large public demonstration arises, protesting and challenging the power I think very surprised that there is something germinating. If not for the Armed Forces Movement (FMA) tired of waiting for the government and its policy for the end of the colonial war that lasted 13 years and was impoverishing the country, 40% of the state budget in 1973 was for the defense ministry, Portugal would not be a European geostrategic space, taking responsibility to walk quickly to recover the independence of colonial peoples. The prospect of the government of those days was to keep the colonial war until victory, which was unthinkable. The Communist Party fought for workers' rights too, had hundreds of militants and leaders arrested during the dictatorship who were exiled to Tarrafal, but the Communists and the Portuguese were not going there alone. Only military personnel who considered all limits were exceeded and that an historical intervention was necessary, but nobody else did. If not so, the dictatorship would have continued for many years.

So you think that there is a dictatorship present in terms of mentality? The Portuguese complain a lot, but then do nothing.
OSC: There is a game of the governments, of the past, of the present and those who will come. They know this characteristic of the Portuguese people, when there's a street protest, they say they are right, but everything remains the same. It is a game between astute politics and weak protest; we all know that it all leads to nothing. The power that can actually change things is the military. I'll give you an example, in November last year, was being prepared a manifestation of officers, sergeants and soldiers of the armed forces promoted by their associations, resulting in what is happening in this economical crisis, of course, a journalist of the lusa agency questioned me if I would be there, I said no, for two reasons: one, this week-end I would not be in Portugal, because I was going to give a lecture. Two, even if I was here I will not going to be there, because I'm against demonstration in uniformed military or civilian, in the street. It's the same as being at the level of the workers and their unions. The military is a reserve of the nation, are the last bastion of power and are on its side, it can refuse to act against the people, for that there is the police. The military are the defense of the nation, the regime and the state. One manifestation of the military should only happen when meet the popular aspirations and all limits are exceeded, i.e. the constitution is being put on the shelf by interested parties around and them the concentration should be a military operation to overthrow the government. What I said! In the weeks that followed Freitas do Amaral, Mário Soares and comrade Vasco Lourenço president of "Association April 25th," said much worse, very strong words and it seemed that no one said anything. There was even a group of citizens that filed against me a criminal complaint to the attorney general of the republic claiming that I encourage violence and a coup of the state. The biggest fear of bourgeois power is the military. The people can protest, but there are always arguments. When the military understand that there is a legitimate need to take a stand, power shakes.

However, in a recent interview you said you were sorry for having participated in the 25th of April.
OSC: That was a misunderstanding. When I said that I was taking in account the actual situation of the country after 38 years of revolutionary process with April 25th, the situation is so severe, there are more than two million Portuguese in poverty. The scenario is worsens without great prospects, the country is always giving guarantees to financial and international institutions, all this was not enough against the rising unemployment. If I guessed that 38 years later the door open to hope, to increase the quality of economic, social and cultural development of the people was a panorama of misery, might not have participated in the April 25th, was a relief. I and my comrades of the revolution consider ourselves somewhat responsible for the current situation. We, the armed forces who did the revolution in body and soul risking family, profession and life did it with a generosity of such order to free them from the chains of fascism and allow people to integrate into the level of life other countries and are a responsibility we feel inside. I am sorry; there was the April 25th of 1974, in the days that followed, and an immense joy invaded people after 48 years of being oppressed. If there had not been a revolution people were still be in poverty, but the power had that responsibility. A few days ago I read a poem about a reactionary of April's revolution, it was horrible, friends told me not to pay any attention but eventually it grinds. Back then we intervene with such great generosity, but there we are portrayed as traitors to the motherland. Portugal is in starvation and the captains of April are guilty of that! I wonder if this is what is said by these people echoes in the general public? My hope that is not.

This private institution of social solidarity helps people with special needs. It is a project that survives of their activities, cultural events and donations from anonymous people in the form of plastic caps. It is above all a haven for those needing a helping hand, where someone will listen and understand, all under the management of a young and very energetic director, Filipe Rebelo.

How the association without limits does begin?
Filipe Rebelo: The association without limits (AWL) comes through a gap in the Portuguese Association of Disabled (PDA), we came to correct many errors at the level of status, activities and public contests, and it all turned into something more regional. We are use to bring projects from outside, we copy what others have, but we are just as capable as others to convey ideas, the aim is to be creative. I had this dream in a drawer for some time, about four years I had been proposing to the former management of PDA the forming of an association, did not find appealing the one at the time, but never gave up and since January 2012 started to exist and structured in the same way the other. The idea is to help others and not just those with special needs. The word handicap is always very large, it includes many people from children, adults, the deaf, the blind, the dumb, the quadriplegics, paraplegics and even the soldiers wounded in combat, usually we associated the term only to persons in wheelchairs, however, has much to unravel. There is much to demystify. We also want to embrace the elderly, because they are the future. They have limited mobility, vision and hearing, and while I understand that people do not want to be labeled, I do not like being labeled as handicap, but clearly are people with special needs. The reality is this. The association has a very large extent, whether in social, educational, cultural and sporting events. We took the care to cover these areas, because only then makes sense. Since then we have developed a set of partnerships, together with the PDA because it would be unfair not to include it. We worked in different molds, i.e., one supports the other claims and increasingly we have to create synergies with the different organizations that exist, because people should realize that is their natural habitat. Many organizations think they can intervene in all, who wants it all, nothing does. If I am specialized in a particular area, I'm not going to interfere in another, but I will refer users to the specialties they need. I have this philosophy until I died whatever the nature of organizations where you can find me. The bridges must be made. People have to network more.

It is one of the aspects of AWL, the change in attitudes by educating the young?
FR: No doubt. Children are the best vehicle for communication. Virgins in terms of mentality do not pay water, electricity and not have to vote. We have to implement these policies on them, they are the future. They have no vices. The political class is full of vices. It takes a big man to change that. I do not like to treat people by numbers; they must be treated as human beings. We have 500 members, but I do not worry about it. We have to check is whether the work is done and if the help comes to the real needs of these people, is a project on the ground. We have to work; people must fight, because we have created our unemployment. I work here on a voluntary basis, although people do not believe me, if by chance there was money, I had already be dismissed of this association. People do not know what volunteering is. You must be paid? Yes, I agree. If we spend a few hours, not to earn a paycheck, but can receive an amount for fuel, I agree with that. The time they give is very good, but should not lose money. Attitudes must be changed quickly, in particular the politicians. I'm in this association for several years we have never received any support from social services, always invent reasons to never allocate the funds, I ask only 500 Euros per month to pay for water, electricity and gasoline. I agree that the regional situation does not sit well with so many institutions of a social nature, many we have to close some, are mere lobbies, which is after all their active role? We have to regroup and leave on the ground the associations that are in fact working.

So many of those association do nothing?
FR: Yes, it's a bit out there. There are associations of deaf friends, family members of people with disabilities or others who do nothing, or have a very irregular activity. The idea of creating an association comes from a family experience, someone who was ill, deaf or amputated. Currently, they were contacted to pay the expenses of everyday life, light, water, income and stamp duty. The AWL is a private charitable thinking about the future, without forgetting yesterday.

One of your fights is architectural barriers, yet little has been done in this area.

FR: I'm not afraid of architectural barriers, I'm afraid of the psychological barriers that people create and try to foist upon others. Two people can carry in a wheelchair and overcome an obstacle, but if in the route there is a car parked on the sidewalk, no longer we can do anything. Ignorance is huge. Clearly it is a matter of civic education, both from the standpoint of regional government, more central, in the sense that it is essential to create an educational national program about people with special needs in schools. There is already a national day of grandparents and disability, but there was never a serious educational policy in this direction, now we intend to eliminate physical education in schools, which is an aberration. So, let's spend more money on doctors? Let's spend more on health? Sounds like a bad joke. By taking the mandatory need of this discipline, we are affecting younger people in their social skills, not to mention the physical issues. Physical education is a gateway to socialize, step in, adapt and all of these areas are interlinked. Just who is on the ground understand these psychological barriers. The architectural barriers are created by the incompetent who live in their offices, do not seek, do not learn and think they know everything. Do not know the background to the question, please ask for help. This is a country of engineers and bench coaches, as we say. Basically, we are all stupid because we cannot admit the mistake, as we point out the others, how we are going to recognize our own? It's our society and we are not prepared, we must be more open, more interventional. We are building houses with three or more floors, we will not get old?

It is also a question of space.
FR: Yes, clearly, but there should be a requirement for an elevator. It's expensive, pity, but no building permit. Now there are thermal studies for homes, solar panels, with the objective of saving, but this crucial technical aspect is viewed with suspicion.

Carla Afonso was a journalist. In her 38 birthday she decided to change her life and focus on neuro linguistic programming. A language that allows us to access to our internal structure and enhance our abilities to achieve personal excellence in our careers while being happier.

You had a career in journalism and were in your path you find the Neuro Linguistic Programming?
Carla Afonso: M work tired me. I thought I could make stories more interesting, because the social side has never interested me and they demand more of this aspect of the private life of artists instead of their work. I confess that from the standpoint of my values, this world has become less attractive. So I like to work and equate several hypotheses, one was still clinging to a career that no longer give me any pleasure and end up old and bitter and the other was to change my life and find another route. I was teaching at the college of journalism that was a very important experience for me in a personal point of view, I thought I could continue to provide training for adults and I stumbled in neuro linguistic programming when I started working as a trainer. I was interested in this subject; I bought books, read articles and dropped me on my lap the opportunity to have a certification.

But, what is NLP in layman's terms?
CA: The NLP in layman's terms is an area that appears in the U.S. in the mid-'70s and who goes in search of areas of excellence of people. It studies subjective issues that are: how we do things? Most of the actions that we outlined in our day-to-day we do it on autopilot and do not question that we do without thinking, but the way we do is an unconscious choice. NLP will drink its knowledge from other disciplines, cybernetics, positive psychology, therapies, etc. Go get those disciplines that already exist for its theoretical torso. Neuro Linguistic Programming will use all this knowledge into practice so that people can have excellent results. In the area of ​​communication goes in search of the factors that make them especially effective and search for the structure of things, teach us how we can reproduce behaviors and performances as well as possible.

How all these factors are reflected in a professional performance? Or can also cover aspects of the personal life?
CA: Is used for people to reflect on what moves you inside. Then there is another aspect that is how they communicate? What they say to themselves and others. Another application area is how do you set goals? Most people typically know what they not want but cannot say what they want instead. NLP helps us to focus on what we want, promotes self-knowledge and deep personal alignment around what characterizes us as individuals. It is a discipline that has had great results at the individual level, but also in organizations because it helps them to set goals creates action plans and phase to phase helps them achieve the results they want from a practical standpoint.

The success of this course is not due to the great pessimism of the Portuguese?
CA: Yes, the Portuguese are pessimistic, some, I find many, but it is not necessary to be pessimistic for the neuro linguistic programming to results. Now, as a country we are going through a phase where people are more fearful and there maybe blockages and negative beliefs to overcome, however, NPL has excellent results in who is optimistic and proactive, because it focuses on what people want to improve on their lives. In terms of mental flexibility, helps set a goal to be achieved, for example, in our lives always insist on doing things a certain way, even in our personal lives, in marriage, people change partner for others who are similar to the previous one. We humans, we tend to do things the same way. Neuro linguistic programming alerts us to this issue and removes us from the autopilot and helps create awareness of what you are doing and why they do this so that we can in good conscience choose the best path for you, this point in a personal view has a dramatic impact.

Urbelino Ferreira is a current member of the board of the association of writers of Madeira and one of the most prominent figures of the cultural activity in the island. In this talk, we spoke about this organization, writers and also books.

Why there was a need to create an association of writers in Madeira (AEM)?
Urbelino Ferreira: Well, then, some two decades ago, (cannot remember the exact date of the foundation of the association) everyone felt the need to create an organization from a cultural standpoint, with writers of different areas, whether in journalism, literature and college professors who wrote texts as a collaboration in the newspapers. In the post-April 25 there was this urge to be organized. They created the association of writers from Madeira to be gathered and create plans for cultural development.

Also weighed the fact that were islanders and are far from large urban centers, said more cultural?
UF: On the issue of isolation I do not think it had a weight; it had more to do as an organized movement. Although there was a distance that still exists at the time there was a spirit, with the revolution of April, a kind of creative wave that pushed for the creation of clubs, organizations and associations of different areas, because during the dictatorship there was the fear of form such organizations. At the time, participants of culture in all areas were writing papers and books, without saying much of everything, because there was censorship.

What has changed in the twenty years of existence of the association of writers Madeira? For better and worse?
UF: What has improved because I have a deep organizational spirit, half a dozen years after the death of former President, We had elections that had never existed before, we created a headquarters, it was that fundamentally has changed. Which doesn't mean that the before and after, post-death Jose Antonio Goncalves, improvements were not there. There were changes in the organizational design of the association, but not in cultural participation. Jose Antonio Goncalves regardless of not having or not that organization spirit, had almost no need for it, was a liberal, a mentor of the culture. He always was creating, participating, developing projects and organizing cultural events throughout the year. For all these reasons he did not need all this organizational design, which was much more productive before the election of the AEM, because Jose Antonio Goncalves was a cultural actor, made culture the whole day, was permanent. Even individually he was culture, talking about it and even offering the books he published. It was a constant in his life. In the post-mortem, after the elections, some problems and frictions within the chosen direction generated a lack of continuity. There was all this start with the organizational headquarters and a set of interests, there was even the idea of ​​creating a body of analysis of new authors who were appearing, which was never done. There were organizational visibility, but the performance plan was not feasible. In this second term to which I belong, the situation deteriorated completely, because we have not convened a single meeting of the executive direction. There is no approved plans, or accounts, there is not even cultural visibility, with the exception of "meeting on Wednesdays," which lasted a few months, was a conversation with political, literary or artistic figures and a handful so to speak and after that nothing has been done to date.

Speaking of writers, you state that there is very little literary quality in Portugal. The last 20 years everything is published, this is the reality?
UF: I must confine myself exclusively to the panorama of Madeira. In the post-April 25, with the freedom of expression, there were many people who love to read, buy books and write texts that were called in the drawer and of course, that with freedom of April, they wanted to express their views. It has been publishing books in different areas, less in the novel, more in the poetry and tales, which from my point of view; they actually have little quality, which is why we want to implement such a group selection of literature. The so-called Liberal editor has published many, many books that do not have much cultural value. This is my opinion.

Luisa Nunes was born on the island of Terceira. Her sugary memories and earthy and sea flavors made her decided to create a concept that brings the cuisine of the Azores to the world, the richness of its more traditional tastes, which you can taste in Oporto, in the store number 27 in the center Bombarda commercial center.

How surfaces the idea of ​​Aunt Lhú?
Luisa Nunes: The idea of Aunt Lhú came because of what is happening today, unemployed young graduates that have to create an alternative. I always cooked and friends challenged me to do it commercially. I started for fun on the internet, a blog, then moved on to street fairs, I had great acceptance and the final step was the store. I am an architect by profession, but inevitably have a vein to the cuisine that is amazing, I do not know why. Maybe because it is also an artistic environment, you can create in the kitchen.´

Explain to me the concept.
LN: Aunt Lhú childhood memories are based on traditional sweets of the Azores. I pile the recipes of my grandmother, my mother and my aunts and from them I will get the flavors that were lost and give people a quality product. A good one.

But then you have done some sort of search.
LN: Just went in search of recipes that they kept at home, talked to professional people, i.e. working in this area and so that was the basis for my work.

You worked at first at home.
LN: Well, the idea is to have a handmade product, I have a target audience, which is someone who enjoys a different product and maintain it non-industrial. Our goal is to have a craft production to ensure quality.

Source of inspiration. Light of the blind. Door open. The life of Mary do Sameiro Alvaro blind at age seven, is a dogged fight against the difference. An unforgettable trip.

'See? There are many ways of seeing. To see is to contact, understand. No matter whether it is with eyes, hands or with one's explanation. " This sentence perfectly reflects the personality of Mary and passionate fighter Sameiro Alvaro. Natural Monsoon, where he was born in 1932, fails to see, slowly, after seven years.
When he attends the Primary School - now the first cycle - it looks very bad. Unable to continue studying in a class of children visuals, launches a lifetime of achievements. As an example, learn to run and ride a bicycle in the village streets. "Broke three teeth, broke his head. But I wanted to live like other children. I was never convinced that he could not. I struggled forever! "Exception, with a smile.
The quiet life of the province does not tell you anything. Whatever is studying. But how? No parents or teachers know Braille. (Braille - reading and writing system for blind people through raised dots. Invented by Frenchman Louis Braille, possibly in 1825, is now used worldwide).
Disappointed that no one will be able to teach anything, he resorts to cook at his parents' home. That's how we learn the sewing machine and other seams. "I felt I was not a girl like the others. That growth was different. That face society was different. " He adds: "People looked at me with pity, as the poor thing. But I never liked being told that things were done well for me consolation. The lack of sight is not no head. "