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Travel

Brazil: Home Of Carnival And The 2016 Olympics

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, D.S., Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders

The first evidence of Stockbreeding and
human settlement in Brazil agriculture increased rapidly,
can be traced back some over the next two centuries.
8,000 years. Two distinct Tobacco, rice, cotton, cocoa
developments occurred and dye-producing plants had
within the country, one in the great influence on the economy
Amazon Basin and the other of the period. The discovery
to the south, along the coast. of gold slowed the growth
Europeans first reached of agriculture in the interior.
Brazil in January of 1500, Large gold strikes occurred
when Spaniard Vicente in 1694 in Minas Gerais, and
Yáñez Pinzón landed. in 1718 there was another
Several months later in April, Portuguese explorer Pedro find in Mato Grosso. The
Cabral arrived in Brazil, which he claimed for Portugal mining of diamonds began
on May 3, 1500. These new territories were first called the in 1699, which, like the gold
Ilha de Vera Cruz (Island of the True Cross) and allotted finds, shifted labor away
to Portugal by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. However, One of Brazil’s many samba school parades through the Sambadrome during Rio’s 2004
Spain did not recognize this claim until 1522. Brazil Travel on page 15 Carnival. Photo by Alan Betensley
was divided into 13 fiefdoms in
1532, each under a “captain.”
They enhanced cooperation
between the captains in 1548
when King John III of Portugal
sent a governor to hold together
these captaincies.
The 16 century colonization
th
began in the northeast, where they
imported slaves from Africa to
labor in the cane fields. In 1554,
the Jesuit missionaries in São
Paula started the conversion of the
Indians to Christianity. The French
and Dutch attempted settlements,
but revolts of Portuguese settlers This photo from August 2012 shows Rio’s Maracanã Stadium being reformed to meet international requirements needed for the World Cup in 2014
destroyed these communities. and the Summer Olympics in 2016. Photo by Don Kiselewski

Pet Matters

by Pat Deshong, President of Furry Friends
Adoption, Clinic & Ranch, November 2021 door, dragging her rear behind her, wobbling along, with these find Susan and locate her
amazing eyes and this pure essence of love that emanated from children, and eventually
her. Much like a special needs kid. I often say I can see God when were able to get word
“For the Love of Animals” I look in a kid’s eyes with a disability. The same was true here. to Susan that we had
features real stories happening Chuley was just this incredible, loving, ball of radiant joy. She her dog! It was a tear
at Furry Friends in Jupiter. immediately came up and gave me a sloppy bulldog slobbery kiss, jerking reunion when
We are The Humane Society and that sealed the deal. She was coming home.” - Carl Susan and Marley were
of Greater Jupiter/Tequesta finally reunited. Susan
and the only no-kill shelter 6 Month Adoptaversary for the hounds who said “12 out of 10!! I
open to the public in northern were left for dead in a dumpster am so grateful that you
Palm Beach County. We’ve It was mid-October 2020, President Pat Deshong received found my baby!! Just
been rescuing, rehabilitating, a text she would not soon forget. As she opened her messages, thank you, THANK
and re-homing the homeless she was horrified at the images of two emaciated dogs and YOU a million times
animals in our community for immediately agreed to help. Fast forward to about 6 months over!” with tears of joy
more than 30 years. Our not since their adoption, and we are happy to share a glimpse of the watering in her eyes.
for profit 501c3 organization highly anticipated transformation. Hope has been living with her
consists of our Jupiter based new forever family, the Jacobs, since the end of November. Her We thank you for your continued support of our mission to
Adoption Center, Veterinary Clinic (open to the public), Thrift transformation is nothing short of miraculous and is why we do rescue, rehabilitate and rehome abandoned and abused dogs and
Boutique, and Palm City Ranch. what we do everyday...so more dogs will have “Hope” for a new, cats in our community. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, we do
loving furever home. not receive any federal, state, or local funding. We rely primarily
on donations, grants, and our fundraising efforts to continue our
As we approach the end of the year we mission of rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing every animal
wanted to highlight a few memorable stories in our care. Your caring support helps us put an end to animal
suffering. We depend on your donations to offset the cost of care
from Furry Friends in 2021 so far. at our adoption facility and low cost veterinary clinic.

Special needs dog, Chuley, gets adopted We are proud to be part of the #GivingTuesday global
Chuley was surrendered to Furry Friends in December 2020. movement for generosity, and hope that you will include Furry
She was a beautiful black and white bulldog with the sweetest Friends in your plans for giving on Tuesday, November 30,
disposition. Her owner thought she had been bitten by a tick which 2021. We believe we can make our community a better place by
caused severe weakness in her back legs that made it very difficult continuing to provide care and shelter for homeless pets in Palm
for Chuley to walk. Our staff worked tirelessly with Chuley several Beach and Martin County.
times a day until she was able to stand on all fours and take a
few unassisted steps, but her Scan the QR code below to find out how you can help support
journey was far from over. Furry Friends!
Chuley now lives on a
10 acre farm with pigs and Susan and Marley get reunited thanks to the
ducks and her new dad Carl detective work of Furry Friends
who is a professional violinist Susan was going to be in the hospital for a few days, and like
that started The Grace Notes many of us do, hired a dog walker to take care of her dog Marley.
Project, a nonprofit where This “dog walker”, took the money up front, stole the dog's bed,
he combines his musical leash, collar and crate and did the unthinkable...dumped Marley
gifts with service to the on the street. Although Marley had a microchip, the information Blessings to you for your support and faith in us… all for the
underserved and special was not up to date. The team at Furry Friends was so determined LOVE of animals!
needs communities. to get a hold of someone, they searched deep into social media to
“She came through the Paid Advertisement Patricia Deshong, President