Sharing Work and Food - Imagine That

Here's an article by Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food Policy Council, quoted in full because I don't know how to link to it on Facebook.

SHARING WORK AND FOOD CREATES AN UPSIDE TO THE ECONOMIC DOWN

BY Wayne Roberts

Unlike most people, Thomas Homer-Dixon doesn't think today's world economic crisis is very complicated. He thinks it's very complex, which makes for a world of difference in understanding which government anti-recession programs will fail (most of them) and deciding which ones can help.

Homer-Dixon, who chairs a centre for global systems analysis at the University of Waterloo, is one of the world’s leading thinkers in the field of “complexity theory,” and the author of several international bestsellers, including The Ingenuity Gap and The Upside of Down. He brings a missing dimension to thinking about remedies to the looming economic collapse that that’s so far been excluded from public and media debate. “If ever there was a case of experts not knowing what’s happening, it’s this economic crisis,” he says.

Hang in for the introductory lecture on Chaos Theory 101, and you’ll be able to follow and lead the economics debate in fresh ways.

Homer-Dixon is the first to admit he has no straight-ahead answers to a downturn that’s much more challenging that the Great Depression of the 1930s, to which it’s often unthinkingly compared. “We’ve never seen a collapse on this scale before in an environment of such enormous complexity and such a huge number of unk-unks,” he says, in a reference to the term used during his days working with Pentagon analysts who referred to unknown unknowns.

The way in which a relatively small proportion of mortgage defaults in one country during the fall of 2008 precipitated the collapse of a global economic house of cards expresses a telltale, if seemingly illogical, sign of complex systems in crisis – a very small cause leading to a very huge result, like the final grain of snow or shift of wind that produce a mountain avalanche.

But in Homer-Dixon’s view, that small cause, and even slightly bigger versions of that small cause – the breakdown of integrity in the global financial system, or the inequality that put home purchases beyond the reach of typical families, for example – is only a small part of an overall mix of “cascading failures.” His list of factors converging into a catastrophic perfect storm include intensified inequality, increased global warming, rising resource prices, and the “sheer productivity of capitalism – in many ways the deepest of all causes,” he says, since it produces chronic gluts in desperate search for markets. Together, they overloaded a rigid and “tightly coupled” global financial system that spread uncontrollable wildfires.
“Multiple stresses that reinforced each other” led to “a collapse of assets greater and faster” than anything witnessed during the simpler days of the Great Depression, he says. That’s why simplistic and one-dimensional rhetoric from politicians and pundits about fixing the problem, putting the pieces back together, and managing the crisis betrays a failure to understand what’s going down, he says. “Complex problems require complex solutions. It’s the law of requisite variety. We need a repertoire of responses as complex as the environment. “We must move from management to complex adaptation.”

Just as bodies under stress require core strength in the lower abdomen, economies and societies under shock require sources of core strength, what hip policy experts increasingly refer to as “robustness” and “resilience.” Government policy makers need to focus their view on the prize of supporting resilience in the population. Failure of governments to be on constant alert for the pitfalls of economic giantism or to be on guard for stresses in social resilience “is like not requiring cities to be earthquake-proof,” he says.

“Resilience means helping people to take care of themselves better in tough times,” rather than relying on specialization and expertise, he says, a guideline that puts a community’s ability to feed itself and care for each other at the top of his to-do list.

Here’s how I simplify Homer-Dixon’s analysis, in ways that he may or may not agree with.

When public money is used to keep enterprises afloat, the public has a right to demand that public benefits be spread among the general public. In my opinion, a longstanding (if best-kept secret) of Canadian employment insurance policy should be extended to all public enterprises and bailed-out private enterprises, including car companies and banks. Canada’s federal government allows workers at a company facing lay-offs to opt for everyone sharing the layoff by working a four day week, and everyone sharing the employment insurance by being covered on their one day a week of unemployment. This measure does not cost the employment insurance system a dime, since five people taking a payout for a day is the same as one person taking a payout for a week. It allows a workforce to stay intact for better times, maintains morale among workers and within a community, and protects younger workers with families, a group unlikely to enjoy high seniority.

This simple measure would abolish unemployment overnight, maintain purchasing power in the community, and buy people the time to become more resilient and self-reliant in their own lives, by gardening, cooking from scratch or insulating their walls, for example. It would even give people some time to sleep, the least acknowledged of the crucial determinants of health and well-being.

Only the epidemics of workaholism and every-man-for-himselfishism have kept this obvious low-pain remedy off the agenda for so long.

Having bolstered purchasing power in the community-at-large, the multiplier effect of that purchasing power needs to be captured for public benefit by requiring all government and publicly-bailed-out institutions to purchase local and local-sustainable food, recognizing that the food industry already produces almost as many jobs as the auto industry and can directly employ local people. Since one job for a local farmer commonly leads to five jobs producing farm inputs or off-farm processing, this doable measure is an employment bonanza that also yields major health and environmental benefits. This also fulfils Homer-Dixon’s call for self-reliant and unplugged systems that remove essentials of life from the vagaries of uncontrollable forces.

This depression does not have to hurt. Get beyond the complications into the complexity, and discover what Homer-Dixon calls “the upside to down.”

(adapted from NOW Magazine, February 26-March 4, 2009. Wayne Roberts is the author of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food.)

Terminam hoje os Saldos

Hoje termina o periodo de saldos de inverno. Serve o presente post para agradecer a todos os nossos clientes e amigos que nos visitaram neste periodo, onde adquiriram artigos com valores inferiores aos practicados durante o ano. Mas hoje ainda podem deslocar-se à nossa loja e aproveitar esta fantastica oportunidade de comprar grandes marcas com valores apelativos.

Venha visitar-nos e aproveite os ultimos grandes descontos.

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BBC's The Big Read top 100 books

A friend passed this on. She says the BBC believes the average person will only have read 6 books from this list. At least 6 of these I had to read for school. It is definitely a British list but there are several important books on it.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings X
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series
5 To Kill a Mockingbird – X
6 The Bible - X (though I may have skimmed the begats)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell X+
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott X
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (started but didn't finish)
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - hahahaha! About 5 or 6 of them
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier X
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien X+
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - X
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald X
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - X+
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck X
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll – X+
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame X
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy -
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis X
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis – X+
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini – X
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne – X+
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell X
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown -
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery - X+
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood -X
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding X
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan X
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel X+
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley X
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - X
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac -
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding -
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville -
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens -
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett - X+
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce - (I tried, oh how I tried!)
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola - (I tried this one in French but didn't finish)
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White - X
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - X (I think so)
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery X
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare - X
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl - X
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Read - 31
Loved - 9

Recent reads that I really enjoyed:
Eva Hoffman - Lost in Translation
Heather O'Neill - Lullabies for Little Criminals
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sara Gruen - Water for Elephants

Currently reading (both nonfiction):
Tony Horwitz - Confederates in the Attic
Ronald Wright - Stolen Continents

On my reading shelf just waiting for me to get to them:
Isabel Allende - Eva Luna
Marie Phillips - Gods Behaving Badly
Dionne Brand - What we all Long For
Alexandra Fuller - Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Purple Hibiscus

Anyone else have any good reads to suggest?

To participate, say on Facebook, copy and paste into your own notes then delete my comments add your own and tag the friends you want to share this with.

Instructions:
1) Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read.
2) Add a '+' to the ones you LOVE.
3) Star '*' those you plan on reading.
4) Tally your total at the bottom.
5) Tag your friends including the person whose list you saw!

Candeeiro / Lamp Foscarini Caboche

Foscarini - Caboche, de design moderno este candeeiro de tecto difunde a sua luz de forma espantosa que deixará os seus amigos de boca aberta! Composto por globos transparentes de polimetilmetacrilato; é mais uma das excelentes criações da famosa designer Patricia Urquiola e em co-autoria com Eliana Gerotto. Lançado em 2006, este é um candeeiro fantástico para iluminar qualquer área da sua casa ou do escritório.

Foscarini - Caboche, Modern Designer Pendant Light This 'Caboche' modern designer pendant light, is certainly a ‘wow-factor’ suspension lamp! Composed of transparent globes made of polymethylmetacrylate; by hot designer Patricia Urquiola and co-creating with Eliana Gerotto. Launched in 2006, this is a fantastic piece to illuminate any area of the home or office.

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Camas Reclináveis / Wall Bed Unit

Esta cama reclinavel pode ser complementada com um confortável sofá ou uma secretária, a unidade transforma-se com um simples movimento numa cama king size, é adequada para uso diário, o sofá é totalmente desmontável e é lavavel dependendo do tecido selecionado.


This wall bed unit can be fronted with or without a comfortable sofa or desk, the unit transforms with one simple movement into a UK king size bed "slatted base" that is suitable for every day use, sofa covers are fully removable and can be washed or dry-cleaned depending on the selected fabric.

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Siza Vieira recebeu hoje medalha da Rainha Isabel II

O arquitecto português Siza Vieira recebeu hoje em Londres o prémio Medalha de Ouro Real de 2009 pela sua contribuição para a arquitectura internacional, distinção atribuída pelo Instituto Real dos Arquitectos Britânicos, em nome da Rainha Isabel II.

Álvaro Siza Vieira, 75 anos, junta a Medalha de Ouro Real a importantes prémios internacionais da área, com destaque para o Prémio Pritzker (1992), considerado o Nobel da Arquitectura, três prémios Secil (1996, 2000 e 2006) e Prémio Wolf, categoria de Artes (2001). O prémio é dedicado à família e em especial aos filhos. Siza Vieira tem dois filhos, Álvaro Leite Siza, também arquitecto, e Joana Marinho Leite Siza, fruto do casamento com Maria Antónia Siza, falecida em 1973.

A obra do arquitecto pode ser encontrada em vários pontos do mundo, como por exemplo no Brasil, Coreia do Sul, Espanha, Estados Unidos, Argentina, Finlândia ou Itália.Actualmente o arquitecto tem vários projectos parados ou suspensos devido a dificuldades dos promotores.

"Eu tenho vários casos, sobretudo em Espanha, onde tenho trabalhado bastante", referiu o arquitecto portuense. Para ele a culpa é da fórmula de investimento usada, em que os bancos podem deixar de fornecer financiamento, mesmo a empresas fortes, como era o caso. Entre 1980 e 1984 Siza Vieira trabalhou no edifício de habitação Bonjour Tristesse, em Berlim, Alemanha. Em 1988 iniciou o projecto para o Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, em Santiago de Compostela, Espanha, que viria a ser finalizado em 2003.

Ainda em território espanhol, Siza Vieira realizou um estudo urbanístico geral para Expo de Sevilha, que teve lugar em 1992. 2008 viu o arquitecto edificar a nova sede da Fundação Iberê Camargo, em Porto Alegre, Brasil e a Faculdade de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Lleida, na Catalunha, Espanha. Entre outros grandes projectos internacionais de Siza Vieira encontram-se a Faculdade de Ciências da Informação, em Santiago de Compostela, Espanha, o Paul Getty Museum, em Santa Mónica, Estados Unidos, e o Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Helsínquia, na Finlândia.A Medalha de Ouro Real é atribuída desde 1848 e no passado distinguiu arquitectos como Frank Lloyd Wright (1941), Le Corbusier (1953), Frank Gehry (2000) e Oscar Niemeyer (1998). Em 2008, o galardoado foi o britânico Edward Cullinan. Álvaro Siza Vieira destacou à Agência Lusa no passado mês de Janeiro a "satisfação" por receber um prémio de "muito prestígio" como a Medalha de Ouro Real.

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Kartell Cadeira /Chair Mademoiselle

Cadeira Mademoiselle da Kartell. O Brilho, as cores modernas e simples, com um design linear transformam a Mademoiselle numa cadeira chique e luxuosa. A sua estruturaé resultado da injecção de um molde de policarbonato sobre a qual um banco de poliuretano é expandido e colocado. O assento é estofado com 100% poliéster Kvadrat ® tecidos em cores sólidas, tornando o seu estilo ideal para locais de negócios ou ambientes mais formais. O tecido é invulgarmente espesso e macio, tornando-o tão confortável como atraente para os seus olhos. Desenhada por Philippe Starck, 2003.

kartell mademoiselle chair, Bright, modern colors and a streamlined, linear design make the Mademoiselle Chair a chic and luxurious choice for seating. Its frame is an injected mold of polycarbonate upon which a seat of expanded polyurethane is placed. The seat is upholstered with 100% polyester Kvadrat® fabrics in solid colors, making this style ideal for business or formal settings. The fabric is unusually thick and soft, making this chair as comfortable as it is appealing to the eye. Designed by Philippe Starck, 2003.

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Greg Norman is the first to wake up and smell the (7-11 brand) Coffee...

If you are like a lot of folks, you are just glad to have a steady source of income - and would not be totally pi$ed if your boss said, "we need you to take a pay cut in order to guarantee that you and ALL of your co-workers get to keep their jobs". Meanwhile, we read everyday that pro athletes are making ever increasing demands for even more millions of dollars (can you hear me 'Quan ? Manny ? ) - seemingly TOTALLY unaware of a worldwide recession that scares the hell out of most normal folks.

Well - SOMEONE in the pro athlete ranks has finally woken up to reality. Who is that someone ? None other than the Shark - Greg Norman.... According to a report out of Brisbane (that's in Australia, ya'll...), The Great White One states ``Prize money's being scaled back in Europe, I wouldn't be surprised if prize money's scaled back in the U.S. just out of respect to every citizen and taxpayer over there who's suffering dramatically,'' the two-time British Open champion was quoted as saying Wednesday on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Website. ``It seems like on the PGA Tour the players are still playing for a million dollars first week, like they're recession-proof." He further states ``I think there's got to be a lot of sensitivity shown. If I was PGA Commissioner that's what I would be recommending.''

Hats off to Greg Norman for recognizing that we are now living in a VERY different world than even a year ago. As far as the rest of the pro athletes who have not figured this out yet - well, ya better look around dude. Remember, it all starts with the CONSUMER who creates DEMAND for your product or service.

Hmmm - maybe that 7-11 coffee doesn't taste so bad after all....

P.S. - Mr. Tim - are you listening ????

Cadeiras / Chairs Contract Jaime Hayon

BD Barcelona, Jaime Hayon, Como um exemplo ideal para utilização em espaços interiores e ao ar livre no jardim, num terraço, a piscina, o restaurante e ou no hotel, a versão base da cadeira Showtime existente em dois acabamentos. Feitas de polietileno de média densidade, está disponível como uma cadeira simples ou dupla, com uma cobertura opcional para o modelo único, que o protege do sol oucriar espaços privados. Disponivel em três cores - laranja, areia e azul-cinzento - a cadeira é complementada por um quadrado, redondo ou octogonal início em numa escolha de mármore branco ou preto HPL. A base e a coluna é feita de alumínio e pintados com uma gama de cores com um acabamento texturizado. Uma versão mais sofisticada da cadeira é o lacado de alto brilho e com estofos de pele e a possibilidade de combinar cores.

BD Barcelona, Jaime Hayon, As an example and ideal for use indoors and outdoors in the garden, the terrace, the swimming pool, the restaurant and the hotel, the basic version of the Showtime armchair comes in two styles. Made out of medium-density polyethylene, it's available as a single chair or a double, with an optional cover for the single model to either shelter from the sun or create ones own private space. Offered in a choice of three colours - orange, sand and blue-gray - the armchair is complemented by a two-height table available with a square, round or octagonal top in a choice of white marble or black HPL. The base and column are made of aluminium and painted in a range of colours with a textured finish. A more sophisticated version of the armchair is gloss lacquered and comes with leather upholstery and the option of combining colours.

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Mengalami dan mengeksplorasi itu

Mengalami dan mengeksplorasi itu melibatkan berbagai indra.
Lihat, cium, dengar, raba, dan rasa.
Dengan mengkolaborasikan hal ini, tentu dapat meningkatkan pemahaman seseorang dalam memahami sebuah konsep dan dapat meningkatkan daya bertahan pemahaman tersebut (informasi) dalam pikiran mereka masing-masing.

Masih ingat dengan pepatah berikut ini :

Saya dengar, saya lupa;
Saya lihat, saya ingat;
Saya kerjakan, saya mengerti.

Serviço estofador / Upholsterer

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A 4UDECOR dispõe de um serviço de estofador que responde aos mais dificeis desafios tal como apresentamos aqui. Uma cliente tinha este sofa antigo que foi literalmente "destruido" pela sua dalmata e contactou-nos para recuperar-lo mais 8 cadeiras, uma vez que já tinha contactado outras empresas que se recusaram a efectuar a estofagem. Em concreto este sofa foi todo decapado, recuperou-se toda a sua estrutura recorrendo a técnicas muito complexas, substituiram-se todas as molas por umas novas de igual estrutura e função, por fim, foi estofado com tecido fornecido pela cliente. O resultada está a vista, ficou simplesmente divinal. Se tem algum sofa, cadeira, chaise longue, poltrona que necessita de ser recuperado e estofado estamos à espera do seu contacto quer esteja em Cascais ou em qualquer outra zona do País.

The 4UDECOR have a upholsterer service that responds to the more difficult challenges as presented here. One customer had this old sofa that was literally "destroyed" by its dalmata and contacted us to recover it and 8 more seats since it had already contacted other companies who refused to make the upholster. In practice this was all pickled sofa, picked up its entire structure using techniques very difficult to replace all the springs for a new structure and function the same, finally, was upholstered with fabric provided by customer. The result is a view, it was simply divine. If you have any sofa, chair, chaise longue, armchair that needs to be recovered and upholstered we are waiting your contact whether in shell or any other area of the country.

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Night Putting with Laci Underall - The Cindy Morgan Interview

The title sounds like a cryptic line from "Wall Street" (think "Blue Horseshoe loves Anacot Steel) - but it's true... Cindy Morgan, the real Laci Underall of Caddyshack fame has recently been bitten by the Golf bug. For more insights into "Laci", what she has been up to, and her fond memories of making Caddyshack, keep reading, because Cindy was kind enough to sit down with us this week for a chat.

Believe me fellas, you will want to hear what she has to say-you may still have a shot...

THE INTERVIEW

Judge Smails: Welcome (back) to Bushwood, Laci - it's been a long time since we have seen you around here.

Cindy: Uh, my name is Cindy Morgan - Laci Underall was a CHARACTER that I played in the movie - by the way, why are your eyes glazed over ?

Judge Smails / Me: (coming to my senses) -uh, oh, of course....sorry. Cindy, thanks for taking time to talk to us here at Bushwood CC. Let's get started - sorry for that momentary lapse....

1. How did you get the role of Laci Underall ? Well, I am a Chicago girl, and prior to working in film I was an on-air radio personality at a Chicagoland station. After a while, I decided to try acting, so I moved to Los Angeles, hired an agent, and started looking for work. Believe it or not, I scored the Caddyshack role within my first 8 months in the business.
2. Who else was a candidate for the role ? As I understand it, there was one other strong candidate who had actually been promised the role - Sarah Holcomb (girlfriend of Brian Doyle Murray, and ultimately Danny Noonan's on-screen love interest Maggie). I did not find out about that until the last audition, and by then I had completely decided that I had to take an "all or nothing " approach to getting the role.
3. What is one thing that you have in common with Laci ? Hmmmm, that's a good one. Well, I went to Catholic School for 12 years, so I cannot say that I had a lot of "real life" experiences that would have rivaled Laci's. However, we all have a "fantasy side", and that's what I drew on to create Laci. Laci likes to have fun with people, and always keep them wondering what she will do next - she enjoys life to it's fullest. I am fortunate that people found me believable portraying that in the role.
4. Your character Laci personified "SEXY" for an entire generation of (us) men - how did that effect your personal life going forward ? Quite a lot,actually. I did not work for over a year after Caddyshack - and there is an interesting story behind that. When I took the role, I was also working as the "Irish Spring" girl in their commercials - so my image was very important. I was aware that the script has a nude scene in it - which I was ok with, because I knew that still photos could not be captured from the film(at that time), and that was all I was concerned about. Imagine my surprise when I heard that a Playboy photographer was going to be on set when we were filming the scene. The short version is that I put my foot down, and said that only the camera guy, the director, and the two people in the scene were going to be on set - or I would walk. I eventually won the argument - but it cost me. Any mention of "Laci" or Cindy Morgan was removed from the promotional materials, and I was sort of "black balled" in the business for a while, but I still know that I did the right thing.
5. When you are out in public, do people ever call you "Laci", or shout out old Caddyshack lines ? At the market - no, but at public appearances, people often call me "Laci". The Caddyshack references don't start until we get to the "back 9" in Charity events and the guys playing have had a couple (dozen) beers... it gets a little rowdy then !
6. Is Chevy Chase really that funny ? Absolutely - he is hilarious. I was very lucky to have most of my scenes with Chevy - he is a really smart guy and his wit as sharp on and off camera.
7. Do you play golf ? I JUST started 2 years ago. My putting and chipping are good, and I am working on hitting my tee shots better now...but I really enjoy playing.
8. Tell us something about filming Caddyshack that will surprise us : Caddyshack was filmed shortly after "Animal House" was released, and you probably noticed that there were a few folks in Caddyshack who were also in Animal House (trivia item - Dean Wormer's promiscuous daughter was none other than Sara Holcomb - aka Maggie, the Irish lass of Danny's affection). Filming Caddyshack was a bit like Animal House on the golf course - no one had ANY idea that the movie would be a hit, but we were all having a REALLY good time.
9. Men all over the world want to know what kind of guy snagged Laci Underall - tell us about him: I am still looking for Mr. Perfect - I've had a number of special people in my life - but have not found the right guy yet. (ed. note - she is still HOT !)
10. We all know that much of the script was improvised - tell us the funniest moment that you remember: Watching Ted Knight and Rodney Dangerfield work together was unbelievably funny. It was Rodney's first movie, and he was sweating every scene - nervous as could be. Ted was really getting into the whole "Judge Smails" thing (ed. note - I know, so was I). Probably the funniest thing was watching how Rodney (who was only originally supposed to have a cameo role) eventually stole the whole show, while Ted sort of smoldered - I think some of the frustration you saw the Judge express toward Al/Rodney was real !
11. You spent much of the movie in a very memorable outfit - a rather formfitting "tennis outfit" that made many a teenage boy feel....well, never mind, tell us about the outfit. SLOWLY : Ha Ha - you got a little nervous there yourself,Cash. Remember this was 1979, and women all over America were "braless and proud" - so my wardrobe was nothing that was uncommon at the time, it just seems to have "stuck" in the memory of a lot of people (ed. note - no shizz - more like BRANDED )
12. Two activities that Laci enjoyed - skinny skiing and attending bull fights on acid - which one is your favorite ? Ha - well, in real life I've done neither - but I am SURE that Laci was quite experienced at both of them...
13. Are you still a blonde ? Absolutely....
14. Who was your favorite cast member ? I really enjoyed working with a lot of them, but if I had to pick one, it would be Bill Murray. Watching him become "Carl" was simply hilarious.
15. Swimming pool scene - you wore a one- piece. Why wasn't was a bikini ever considered ? If you really think about Laci, she sort of took the "classic Country Club look" and then pushed the flirty side at every turn. The one- piece fit her personality - a bikini would have been too "obvious" for Laci. Plus, it's what the wardrobe folks wanted to use...(ed. note DAMN them!)

Cindy - Thanks for taking time to speak with us today. It has been a huge pleasure spending time with you. Check out more on Cindy here.

Mickelson takes fashion advice, torches Riviera

Earlier this week, Philly Mick broke out the WIDE white belt with his all black ensemble (perhaps to emphasize his new found "svelteness"???) - much to the chagrin of many people. He was taken to task for his attempt at fashion forwardness - after all, we expect Phil to remain the traditionalist. What's next, DL III in a visor and gel-spiked highlights ala Poulter ?

Phil was interviewed Friday night, and placed the blame for his fashion faux pas squarely on his wife. According to the Phil "Ame picks out all my clothes - they have these little animals sewed on the inside, and she just matches 'em up". Geez - after seeing her selection of footwear at the Ryder Cup this year, I'm not sure that's such a good idea.

On Saturday, Phil was back to a more traditional look (and a BLACK belt), and put a medieval style beat down on Riviera CC - scorching the field with a 62. In the post round interview, Phil attributed his success to the sage fashion advice he received from noted stylist to the stars, Shane B. Said Phil "I never knew how that WHITE BELT emphasized my, uh, pecs until Shane called me on it. I owe it all to him." When asked about his attire for tomorrow, he grinned slyly and said " Camo, baby, Camo"...

Worst Headline Ever

If there were an annual worst headline award, The Sun would probably win pretty much every year. Today's paper screamed "'Enormous' fraud at City Hall"

It makes it sound as though the city council or mayor has been caught doing something corrupt or fraudulent. Reading the article, one finds out there were 9 civil servants (working in social services) who are accused of insurance scams with Manulife, the city's supplier of health insurance. They allegedly made fake claims. This is being investigated, has been turned over to the Toronto Police right now, and the city sent the accused employees home (with pay, which is necessary when a charge is unproven).

Rob Ford, (the only councillor interviewed in this article on the same topic, opined "I've always said corruption is rampant at City Hall," he said. "I believe this is the tip of the iceberg."

The city is scrutinized in ways the federal and provincial governments aren't. The city is more efficient than any other level of government - it has to be - and yet, it is constantly being accused of waste. Our city budget is well in line with other large North American cities, it supplies services many other cities don't have to (due to good old Mike Harris), and every penny is watched. If 9 low-level employees of a company which employed over 50,000 were to scam their health insurance, nobody would claim the company itself was corrupt.

City News coverage of the same story

Audio Meridian F80

O F80 é um pequeno desktop tudo num só sistema de entretenimento doméstico projectado e construído pela Meridian Áudio em colaboração com a Ferrari. Incorpora uma coluna 2.1 com um amplificador de alta qualidade e processador de som digital, CD player, DAB / FM, leitor de DVD e uma variada selecção de entradas auxiliares áudio plugging no seu Media Player (MP3 e IPOD`s) ou outras fontes de áudio externas. Tudo isto em apenas 408 x 230 x 185 mm, graças à sua forma compacta pode colocar discretamente numa janela, mesas de cabeceira ou moveis de TV.

Disponivel em amarelo, vermelho, preto, prata e branco ou em Giallo Modena, para lhe dar o seu nome oficial. Seja lá como se chama, no entanto, é certamente a mais bonita. A cor é fantastica, brilhante e impecável é Ferrari.

Você ficará satisfeito ao ouviro som emitido por este equipamento. Bem como emprestar a sua competência no processo de pintura, a Ferrari também foi fundamental no desenvolvimento de uma ressonâcia baixa com materiais compósitos que são utilizados no chassis. Estes materiais foram necessárias para permitir a construção deste pequeno equipamento - principalmente devido à sua forma curva - que poderá manter a qualidade áudio a que a Meridian está associada. A sua rigidez e densidade, diminui a ressonância e elimina a possibilidade de vibração que normalmente está associado ao plástico do qual é feito construção.

Com apenas 6,5Kg, este peso combinado com a unidade de alimentação do funcionamento praticamente só mata o F80 da portabilidade, apesar da sua aparência compacta é facilmente transportavel de quarto para quarto ou para o exterior, para animar um churrasco.

The F80 is a small desktop all-in-one home entertainment system designed and built by Meridian Audio in collaboration with Ferrari. It incorporates a 2.1 speaker setup, high-quality amplifier and digital sound processor, CD player, DAB/FM tuner, DVD player and a healthy selection of auxiliary audio inputs for plugging in your Personal Media Player (PMP) or other external audio sources. The whole lot fits in a package that measures just 408 x 230 x 185mm so fits comfortably on most window sills, bedside tables or TV cabinets. Of course, given the eye-watering price and eye-catching looks, you may not want it in any of the above places but rather have it stood high on a pedestal in the centre of your living room, both to really show it off and to keep it from the reach of children and pets.

The version we were sent is finished in a resplendent bright yellow (red, black, silver, and white are also available), or Modena Giallo, to give its official name. Whatever it's called, though, it is most certainly beautiful. The colour is rich and bright and the glossy finish is spotless. If the only impetus Ferrari had in the F80's design was doing the paintjob, it would still justify the tie-in.

You'll be glad to hear, though, that this isn't the case. As well as lending its painting skills to proceedings, Ferrari was also key in developing the low-resonance, high mass composite materials that are used in the chassis. These materials were needed to enable the construction of such a small device - especially given its chosen curved shape - that could maintain the audio quality that Meridian is associated with. Its rigidity and density quells resonances and eliminates the possibility of rattling that you might normally associate with a plastic construction.

With only 6,5Kg, this weight combined with the unit's mains only operation pretty much kills the F80's portability, despite its compact looks. It's ok for moving from room to room or taking outside for a barbecue but a ghettoblaster replacement, this is not.

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Bushwood CC - "Movin On Up"...

Not unlike George and Weezy Jefferson, we here at Bushwood are "movin on up" with a whole new look . It's not quite a "dee-luxe apartment in the sky", but it's damn close.

Hope you like it, because your dues are going up to cover the cost...

Many thanks to the talented folks at 22 Lilies designs - Jen, you are a sweetheart.

‘Interaksi Dialektis’ Anak Sekolah Kejuruan

Pengantar



Hampir seminggu sudah saya melaksanakan Program Latihan Profesi (PLP) di SMKN 8 Bandung. Program yang rencananya sampai Juni 2009 ini setidaknya membuat saya lebih sadar tentang realita pendidikan kita saat ini. Rasa bangga juga tersirat melihat beberapa anak bangsa yang belajar merangkai peta hidupnya masing-masing demi meraih cita-cita yang mereka inginkan.

SMKN 8 Bandung merupakan sekolah bidang teknologi dan rekayasa yang nenpunyai konsentrasi khusus jurusan Otomotif. Selain SMKN 6 Bandung, sekolah ini juga merupakan sekolah kejuruan bidang Otomotif yang terbaik di Jawa Barat.

“Smart, Skill and Competence” menjadi slogan sekolah yang telah memiliki ISO 9001 : 2000 ini. Pemberian sertifikat yang baru beberapa bulan diberikan ini terkait dengan satu standar persyaratan sistem manajemen mutu yang berorientasi pada mutu produk/jasa. Mengutip perkataannya DR. Bachtiar Hassan, seorang Guru Besar UPI, bahwa standar ini mengharuskan sebuah organisasi perlu memperagakan kemampuannya dalam menyediakan produk yang memenuhi persyaratan pelanggan dan peraturan yang berlaku serta bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kepuasan pelanggan.

Pada tulisan kali ini saya tidak akan membedah pada wilayah profil sekolah ini, tapi saya hanya ingin mengatakan kepada saya sendiri, anda dan orang di sekitar kita tentang paradigma pendidikan kejuruan kita saat ini.

Setiap orang yang membaca slogan “Smart, Skill and Competence” mungkin akan berpikir tentang outcomes yang dihasilkan oleh sekolah ini. Suasana industri sangat kental menjadikan seluruh proses kegiatan belajar mengajar di setiap sekolah kejuruan. Mungkin orang mengatakan, “hal ini wajar, karena orientasi utama mereka adalah pasar.”.

Technopoli

Prediksi ke depan bahwa sektor swasta akan menguasai segenap sektor strategis di negeri ini menjadi hal yang mungkin bisa terjadi kalau situasinya sperti ini terus. Saya jadi ingat perkataannya Gandhi, “Bumi mempunyai sumber daya yang cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan kita semua, namun tidak cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan segelintir orang tamak.” Betul, korporasi terbesar di dunia yang dikuasai oleh perusahaan-perusahaan Amerika Serikat menjadikan seluruh agendanya hanya untuk mengeruk kekayaaan semata, menyebarkan virus kapitalisme.



Dalam bidang otomotif misalnya, ketika muncul produk yang baru akan dipastikan munculnya para technophile (pecinta teknologi) yang kerjaannya terus menerus memuja (hype) produk tersebut, di satu pihak ada mereka yang technopobics atau pihak yang khawatir dengan dampak teknologi dari produk tersebut. Kedua pihak tersebut merupakan dampak dari munculnya sebuah produk teknologi terbaru. Ini konsekuensi ketika saat ini kita hidup dalam sebuah zaman yang disebut dengan technopoli (dunia yang kemajuannya dikarakteristikkan dengan kemajuan teknologi).

Interaksi Dialektis

Bangsa kita dituntut untuk mempunyai posisi yang jelas dalam percaturan seperti ini. Merujuk pada Manuel Castells, bahwa teknologi tidak sepenuhnya menentukan (determine) arah masyarakat, teknologi mencakup dan meliputi (embody) masyarakat. Namun demikian, masyarakat juga tidak sepenuhnya menentukan arah inovasi teknologi, masyarakat menggunakannya (use).

Saya pribadi, ketika proses mengajar sebisa mungkin mengarahkan siswa untuk melakukan ‘interaksi dialektis’ terhadap produk teknologi yang sedang/akan mereka pelajari ataupun yang sedang berkembang saat ini. Hal ini setidaknya akan memunculkan rasa kritis dan percaya diri dalam diri siswa itu sendiri.

Salah satu pendapat dari pakar pendidikan kejuruan, Prof. DR. H.A.R Tilaar dalam bukunya yang berjudul ‘Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia dalam Era Globalisasi ‘ mengatakan bahwa, ‘Dengan semakin berdayanya sektor swasta, dan semakin kuat dan berkembangnya masyarakat madani (civil society), maka fungsi pemerintah ialah mengarahkan dan memberdayakan yang lemah… Di dalam hal ini terjadi proses privatisasi kegiatan masyarakat bukan hanya terbatas pada lembaga-lembaga ekonomi, tetapi juga lembaga-lembaga sosial. Privatisasi lembaga-lembaga masyarakat di bawah bimbingan pemerintah akan lebih dinamis dan efisien dan peka akan perubahan karena tidak terjebak di dalam kungkungan birokrasi pemerintah yang lamban.’

Interaksi dialektis akan memunculkan sebuah pendapat konkret yang agak berbeda dengan pendapat sebelumnya. Pandangan diatas akan kontradiktif ketika dihadapkan pada pernyataan bahwa salah satu alasan yang mendasari privatisasi pendidikan adalah tekanan IMF dan Bank Dunia melalui Konsensus Washington yang berisi tentang usulan agar Pemerintah Indonesia mengurangi subsidi untuk kebutuhan sosial dasar, termasuk pendidikan agar bisa membayar bunga dan cicilan utang luar negerinya. Kedua, karena Indonesia masuk dalam negara-negara anggota WTO (World Trade Organization) yang didalamnya menyatakan bahwa setiap anggota harus menerapkan GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) yaitu memasukkan sektor pendidikan sebagai salah satu sektor yang akan dilebralisasikan. Lingkupnya terdiri dari Primary Education Services; Secondary Education Services; Higher Education Services; Adult Education Services).

Penutup

Secara bertahap, saya berusaha untuk meyakinkan semua pihak ternasuk para siswa saya (tentu disesuaikan dengan tahapan berpikir mereka) untuk sama-sama kita tidak mengulangi kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh para para pemimpin bangsa sebelumnya. Bertekuk lutut di hadapan antek kapitalis, menjual asset bangsa demi sejengkal harapan kosong. Kita bangsa besar, mempelajari dan mengaplikasikan teknologi adalah keharusan, tapi diperbudak teknologi adalah kesalahan bagi kita.



Idealis untuk kebenaran
Lebih berarti dibandingkan
Lemah dalam bergerak !




Wallahu’alam.

Conferência, apresentação e lançamento da revista Unidade7

Conferência, apresentação e lançamento da revista Unidade7*
19 de Fevereiro 21:30h Clube Literário do Porto
(a conferência confere um crédito para efeitos de admissão na Ordem dos Arquitectos)

O lançamento e apresentação pública da revista contará com a presença dos arquitectos Bruno Baldaia, Camilo Rebelo, Carlos Veloso, Désirée Pedro+Carlos Antunes (atelier do corvo), Pedro Bandeira e Pedro Machado Costa+Célia Gomes (as*), que apresentarão proposta suas desenvolvidas especificamente no contexto da Unidade7.

E / I / Migrações é o tema do número 7 da revista Unidade**.
A questão das fronteiras aborda-se não apenas do ponto de vista geográfico (com artigos escritos a partir de Portugal, Itália, Holanda, Suiça, Japão ou Suécia), mas também disciplinar, o que se reflecte na heterogeneidade profissional dos autores dos artigos, todos inéditos. Entre estes incluem-se os arquitectos Alexandre Alves Costa, Nuno Portas ou Francisco Barata, mas também o jornalista Carlos Magno, a socióloga Luisa Veloso e o escultor Alberto Carneiro, entre outros.

A Unidade7 é uma proposta de abertura: do debate, da crítica, da Escola.
A Unidade7 é uma revista sem conclusões.

*A Unidade7 conta com o apoio institucional Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto e da sua Associação de Estudantes, da Ordem dos Arquitectos, da Casa da Música, da Reitoria da Universidade do Porto e do Instituto Português da Juventude
**A Unidade, cujo primeiro número se publicou em Julho de 1988, materializa-se a partir da reflexão crítica sobre temas que se consideram fundamentais na cultura e arquitectura contemporânea, lidos a partir da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto.
Foram publicados até hoje 6 números, sob a direcção editorial e coordenação dos arquitectos (então estudantes) Jorge Figueira, Nuno Grande, Pedro Gadanho, Luís Tavares Pereira, Manuel Ventura, Pedro Cortesão Monteiro, Miguel Figueira, Joaquim Moreno, Pedro Bandeira, Alberto Lage, António Neves, Gonçalo Furtado, André Tavares, Filipa Guerreiro, Ivo Oliveira, João Paulo Cabeleira, Pedro Castelo, Rui Veloso e Vasco Melo, entre outros.
O número 7 desta publicação, que aqui apresentamos, publica-se assim vinte anos após o primeiro número e dez após o último. É editado por José Martins e Pedro Barata Castro.
UNIDADE 7 unidade7@gmail.com http://www.unidade7.com/
Clube Literário do Porto www.clubeliterariodoporto.blogspot.com/

Call for Submissions to Briarpatch

I like this magazine and it seems they are looking for submissions for their upcoming edition "How I learned to stop destroying the planet and love the global recession"

What if the economic recession we're presently experiencing
is not just a regrettable temporary setback in the never-ending
march of growth-fuelled prosperity, but the beginning of a
painful but ecologically necessary process of scaling back
our footprint to a more sustainable level?

How would we manage the decline so as to ensure the burdens
are shared out equitably? How would we go about reorganizing
our society and economy around conservation and community
well-being rather than economic growth and short-term profit?

The revolution envisioned above would require a fundamental
transformation in every aspect of our lives -- our jobs, our
homes, our food system, our arts and entertainment, etc.
It's certainly beyond the scope of a single issue of Briarpatch
to describe, but in our July/August 2009 issue, we hope to
sketch out some of the broad contours and specific
opportunities so our readers can get to work on the rest.

What principles should guide our efforts to reorganize our
lives and communities on a human scale? What initiatives
already underway deserve to be profiled, celebrated, and
imitated? What can we learn from what other people are doing
in other parts of the world? What books and films shed light
on the key issues and should be reviewed? How can our
efforts to cope with the global recession pave the way to
a more stable and sustainable future?

If you've got something to contribute to this discussion,
then we want to hear from you. We are looking for articles,
essays, investigative reportage, news briefs, project profiles,
interviews with luminary thinkers, reviews, poetry, humour,
artwork & photography that explore how we can unplug
from the growth machine and cope with the global recession.

We seek to cast a broad net in our approach, profiling
initiatives in energy alternatives, housing and urban
planning, transportation, job (re)training, ecological
economics and much more -- this is not an exhaustive list!

Queries are due by March 23, 2009. If your query is
accepted, first drafts are due by May 1, 2009. Your query
should outline what ground your contribution will cover and
include an estimated word count and a short writing sample.

Please review our submission guidelines before submitting
your query. Send your queries to:
editor AT briarpatchmagazine DOT com.

We reserve the right to edit your work (with your active
involvement) and cannot guarantee publication. Briarpatch
pays $0.05/word. http://www.briarpatchmagazine.com

Some of my blogging friends (and the non-bloggy ones too) have certainly been opining on exactly this topic - perhaps one of you wants to submit something. If I can get my act together, I just might as well.

Bakti kami untuk Pendidikan Indonesia !

Setelah sholat Isya (18/02), dua orang teman berkunjung ke tempat saya. Awalnya hanya untuk mengembalikan buku, tapi pada akhirnya nostalgia mereka pun dimulai disini.

Cerita tentang Program Latihan Profesi (PLP) atau program mengajar para mahasiswa kependidikan tingkat akhir di Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia yang mereka laksanakan semester kemarin menjadi sebuah cerita penuh hikmah bagi saya khususnya.

Awal cerita, mereka berdua merupakan bagian dari tim/perwakilan Universitas yang ditempatkan untuk mengajar di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) terpencil. Saya sendiri tidak mendaftar untuk mengikuti program ini, karena rencana studi yang mengharuskan mengikuti program ini satu semester lebih lambat dibandingkan dengan yang lain. Mereka mendapatkan tugas mengajar oleh pihak Universitas di daerah pedalaman Lampung dan Ciamis (nama daerah lengkapnya saya lupa). Khusus untuk yang di Lampung, perjalanan dari Bakauheuni sampai lokasi berjarak tempuh 3 (tiga) hari, perjalanan memakai mobil plus ojeg, bahkan salah seorang teman yang lain ada yang menempuh perjalanan selama seminggu ke tempat lokasi PLP.



Panjang jika saya tulis uraian cerita mereka berdua. Pengalaman mereka selama kurang lebih satu semester disana coba saya singkat saja.

1. Pedalaman Lampung (perbatasan Lampung- Sumatra Selatan)

Daerah yang dihuni mayoritas para transmigran Hindu ini sangat kekurangan sumber daya manusia, khususnya tenaga pengajar lulusan dari Lembaga Perguruan Tinggi Kejuruan (LPTK). Proses belajar mengajar pun tidak berjalan sesuai dengan ketentuannya. Ada hal yang lucu dimana seorang pengajar bertitel Sarjana Agama (S.Ag) mengajar mata pelajaran Kopling (clutch), ini hanya satu saja contoh, yang lain wah sangat banyak. Pengajar yang hanya lulusan SMK pun masih banyak ditemui disana.

Selain bergulat dengan hal itu, teman saya pun harus bergulat dengan babi, anjing yang masuk ke ruangan kelas (mayoritas disana Hindu). Mohon di maklum juga, ruangan kelas disana sangat berbeda dengan ruangan kelas ideal seperti di tempat-tempat yang relatif maju.

Fasilitas, dll wah saya kira tidak perlu saya ceritakan lagi deh..

2. Pedalaman Ciamis.

Pengalaman terkacau di seantero teman-teman saya yang mengikuti program ini adalah cerita dari teman yang satu ini.

SMK yang berada di pelosok, tenaga pengajar yang serba terbatas ternyata tidak mengurangi semangat korupsi menjalar ke sekolah ini. Korupsi, yang kita dengung-dengungkan untuk diberantas rupanya sangat merajalela di sekolah ini. Saya kaget juga, teman saya yang sebelumnya agak sedikit nge-preman and nge-genk, ini ternyata dihadapkan pada sebuah kasus seperti ini. Kasus korupsi yang melibatkan para oknum komite sekolah yang menjadikan kepala sekolah hanya suruhan saja. (Waduh.. berat juga nih).

Teman saya menduga, setiap bulannya puluhan juta dana sudah disalip oleh para oknum komite sekolah. Kekuasaan komite sekolah yang sepertinya tidak terbatas di sekolah ini, menjadikan kepala sekolah beserta para guru tunduk tidak berdaya. Sampai-sampai, gaji guru honorer pun harus dibayar oleh kepala sekolah sendiri. Padahal gaji kepala sekolah sendiri belum ada tambahan, karena belum ikut sertifikasi.

Penutup

Saya mungkin tidak terlalu detail menulis cerita ini. Tapi secara pribadi saya sangat salut dengan pengorbanan mereka yang luar biasa. Mereka yang dulu agak senang dengan dunia agak hura-hura, kini berubah drastis ketika sudah dihadapkan dengan realita yang ada.

Mereka memecut diri sendiri, dengan semangat pengabdian untuk negeri tercinta. Gaji yang seadanya dan berusaha survive di tengah pedalaman. Menjadikan mereka berbeda dengan kondisi sebelum mengikuti program ini satu semester kemarin. Ucapan syukur kepada Allah SWt, yang menjadikan mereka mengerti atas semua ini []

Candeeiro / Lamp Samurai

O dom da onipresença está reservado para um número muito especial, tais como o candeeiro Samurai, com as suas dimensões espetaculares este pode iluminar duas salas adjacentes simplesmente movendo o seu longo braço e sem necessidade de passar a base. Destinado a grandes salas, o Samurai torna-se o foco das atenções na medida em que se torna no centro das atenções. O objeto deixa de ser meramente funcional e desempenha um papel-chave na decoração graças ao seu design. Este modelo, desenhado por Robby Cantarutti, está disponivel em três acabamentos: branco, preto ou vermelho lacado. O Samurai tem como dimensões: 290 cm e 208 cm de altura, possui um difusor de metacrilato e funciona com lampafa E27 30W (Osram Dulux EL). Disponivel L 290 x A 208 cm 5320-03 difusor de metacrilato branco lacado 2 x 2G11 24W Max fluorescente compacta 5320-04 difusor de metacrilato preto lacado 2 x 2G11 24W Max fluorescente compacta 5320-06 difusor de metacrilato vermelho lacado 2 x 2G11 24W Max fluorescente compacta.

The gift of omnipresence is reserved for a special few, such as the Samurai standard lamp, whose spectacular dimensions mean it can light two adjoining rooms simply by moving its long arm and with no need to move the base.Reserved for large rooms, the Samurai lamp becomes the focus of attention as it presides over the scene from a height. The object ceases to be merely functional and plays a key role in the decoration thanks to its round, sculpted lines. This model, designed by Robby Cantarutti, comes in three stunning finishes with plenty of personality: white, black or red lacquer. The Samurai lamp is 290 cm long and 208 cm in height, it has a diffuser of methacrylate and runs on an E27 30W bulb (Osram Dulux EL).Floor lamp L 290 x H 208 cm5320-03White lacquerMetacrylate difusser 2 x 2G11 24W Max Compact Fluorescent5320-04Black lacquerMetacrylate difusser 2 x 2G11 24W Max Compact Fluorescent5320-06Red lacquerMetacrylate difusser 2 x 2G11 24W Max Compact Fluorescent.

Encomende já / Order Now:
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