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To: Paul Senior who wrote (35241)	5/28/2008 9:18:54 AM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218863

Curitiba has been on my radar since elmat mentioned it a couple of years ago. Check these out... picasaweb.google.com

To: Paul Senior who wrote (35241)	5/28/2008 9:28:03 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218863

House is one year old. I will fetch some photos of the neighborhood on my private PC at home if you past those coordinates exactly like this 25 23 20s, 49 20 13w on Google Earth you see the roof of the house (the white square) when it was being built 2006

To: Paul Senior who wrote (35241)	5/28/2008 1:00:07 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218863

How consumption progressed: 1994-1998 First time hyper inflation ended: • Chicken consumption increased • Yogurt consumption • Dental treatments increased • Lots of cheap items from China being sold • (no increase on housing, no easy credit, no car sales boom) 1999 false start ends. BRL is floated and tanks. FHC presidency ends, Lula candidate. BRL devalued down to 3.9/USD) Lula elected 2002 2003-2004 Second time Brazilian Real (BRL) stabilizes • Eating out increases • Mobile phones climb • Car sales start climbing up • Domestic airtravel increases • Families start making Parties • Beauty products boom • Shopping Malls expanded • Clothes retailing up • Construction materials quality improves 2005-2008 BRL goes up vs USD • International travel booms • Buying over the Internet foreign goods increases • Car sales skyrocket • Credit easing • Housing start booming • Mobile Phones skyrocket • PC sales up • Consumer household goods up • Shopping Malls proliferates 2009-2011 Need to plot this period