Fausto

Ain't Got No...I've Got Life

Juana Molina

David Harvey

criptopórtico

Mike Teavee

The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink --
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK -- HE ONLY SEES!
'All right!' you'll cry. 'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
The younger ones had Beatrix Potter
With Mr. Tod, the dirty rotter,
And Squirrel Nutkin, Pigling Bland,
And Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and-
Just How The Camel Got His Hump,
And How the Monkey Lost His Rump,
And Mr. Toad, and bless my soul,
There's Mr. Rat and Mr. Mole-
Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books,
Ignoring all the dirty looks,
The screams and yells, the bites and kicks,
And children hitting you with sticks-
Fear not, because we promise you
That, in about a week or two
Of having nothing else to do,
They'll now begin to feel the need
Of having something to read.
And once they start -- oh boy, oh boy!
You watch the slowly growing joy
That fills their hearts. They'll grow so keen
They'll wonder what they'd ever seen
In that ridiculous machine,
That nauseating, foul, unclean,
Repulsive television screen!
And later, each and every kid
Will love you more for what you did.

in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

Gulf Oil Tracker

Na sombra Cleópatra jaz morta...

mirror mirror on the wall

que nojo

Frasco de 150ml

Cara e mãos

O creme de Baba de Caracol não é igual aos cremes que já experimentou no passado!

A base do creme de Baba de Caracol é apenas um único ingrediente, a proteína de caracol (helix aspersa), que com as suas propriedades regeneradoras, permite a este creme performances fantásticas. A proteína de caracol é uma secreção 100% natural que apresenta propriedades de reparação de células e regeneração dos processos de rejuvenescimento da pele humana.

Estudos das mais respeitadas universidades indicam que a proteína de caracol ajuda a hidratar, melhoram a aparência da pele com sinais de envelhecimento, reduz estrias e marcas, elimina celulite e quelóide, tornando a pele macia, sedosa e jovem.

A proteína de caracol (helix aspersa) estimula a formação de colagénio (essencial para a regeneração de células), elastina (para a elasticidade da pele) e componentes dérmicos que reparam o envelhecimento da pele.

surreal

Esta e outras aqui

estranho, muito estranho

uma espécie de regresso

coolness

Can You Dig It?
Some Reflections on the Sociological Problems Associated with Being Uncool
David Beer
University of York

Coolness is an elusive concept. This research note seeks to understand its place in the life of the sociologist. Reflecting on the recent experiences of the author, this piece focuses on the problems of studying music cultures where the interested researcher has become uncool. It begins by tracking this problem, with particular regard to the problems of identifying and studying the very aspects of culture that the researcher wishes to investigate, before suggesting how we might react where we think our uncoolness is a problem in our research. The note concludes with a discussion of the implications of these issues for sociology more generally.

Key Words: changing lifecourse • changing mediascapes • cool • cultural sociology • future of sociology • hipness • music culture

Sociology, Vol. 43, No. 6, 1151-1162 (2009)

... humans need fantasy to be humans, to be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape...

Terry Pratchett HogFather

...

They are back!

Mike Patton

... não consigo parar...

Red Queen Effect

"It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place" (Lewis Carroll)

questões que me angustiam todos os dias...

Caro(a) colega



Que fazer quando o TOC se vê impossibilitado de cumprir prazos legais devido a doença ou parto? Por que motivo os revisores oficiais de contas têm a figura de “ROC suplente” e os técnicos de contas não?



Em que condições concretas pode a administração fiscal reverter para o TOC a responsabilidade prevista no artigo 24.º da LGT? A quem interessa a ambiguidade da lei?



Como pode um TOC obter formação de que está a necessitar com urgência sobre um tema específico? Passar um dia inteiro a ouvir um formador falar é uma formação eficaz, ou serve essencialmente para cumprir a obrigação de créditos?



Por que motivo são apagadas do fórum no site da Internet da OTOC mensagens que se referem a questões incómodas para a actual direcção da OTOC?



Sabe quanto vai ser investido na “Casa TOC” e quantos dos 80.000 profissionais poderão vir a usufruir dela?



Estas e outras questões foram consideradas na elaboração do programa eleitoral da LISTA C, concorrente às próximas eleições para os órgãos da Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas. Acreditamos que a LISTA C é portadora de respostas e propostas sérias e credíveis para a melhoria e desenvolvimento sustentado da profissão, propostas que vão ao encontro das dificuldades e expectativas de todos os profissionais.



Convidamo-lo a verificar isso mesmo consultando o programa, notícias e diversos outros textos informativos nos sites da candidatura:



www.alternativadefuturo.com
www.alternativadefuturo.blogspot.com



É importante que o(a) colega exerça o seu direito de voto, intervindo dessa forma na evolução da profissão de Técnico Oficial de Contas.



Lista C – Alternativa de Futuro

Pela Profissão e com todos os Profissionais

If real life was like Facebook

light graffiti

so sad... so early

there we go again...

Paradox

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