terça-feira, 24 de julho de 2012

A Maioria...





















Ou talvez não.

Em todo o caso: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VflKiZzb4h4.






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Merci. Thanks. Danke. etc...












E como se acabou mais um ano letivo,  é tempo de intros e extrospeção; 


E\OU é tempo de descansar e relaxar a alma (para quem tenha isso, ainda [Pergunto: O que é uma alma?]); 


E\OU é tempo de esperar Setembro (novo ano, novos desafios, mudanças [?]). 


Pelo que me contam, e relatam, e percebo,  as pessoas ie os nossos sublimes e superiores Academiciens, andam curiosos mas não ousam falar abertamente (ainda) das opções.


Notwithstanding, aqui fica o meu apreço e merci beaucoup pelos varios readings, aqui fica uma figura com o last month (o last year from now, backwards, é bem MAIS impressive).


E sim, vem aí ''beaucoup movement''.


Nao, nao estou a falar de casting votes, 


Estou a pensar na reorg ESup sem ser no papel um despacho mas que vai ser A reorg. Eu já aqui mencionei. 

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THE difference...


















To all those (some from the about 5,000 or getting into it) that follow this blog, I have NOT forgotten the challenge (that a friend and colleague put to me) to explain herein HOW is Cambridge different and HOW can any PT-garden by the 'Atlantique Ouest' university boost itself research wise to a Cambridge-like-status, nearly lunch-free.

 I will return (who said that??) after this summer fronts of work there SW and there NE, and I will deliver (who said that?) an appraisal, written in situ, on WHAT makes Cambridge different. I must warn you, however, that it takes a quantum leap of faith and yes, forget Oxford, that's just a place where by chance a city has a university. Seemingly... .

I also fear that most of those who may even come to read that (wait for eg October) post upon some recommendation from some of you, will say, in a rather silly and boring manner, repeating and repeating ad nauseam, que  nao se pode aplicar, que ja sabem tudo, ''nao precisamos de saber mais nada''.

In any case, I shall return (who said that?).




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Proposta para o periodo pre-eleitoral...


















Would like to suggest a change for the auto-parking spaces: new characters, some attractive and interesting exotic elements, less nasty-visual-smelly-smoking features, more colorful, truly reliable, Ganesha*-like presences, in short, a change, a significant change. If they can, ...


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* Please do visit the Oriental Studies section in the British Museum

segunda-feira, 16 de julho de 2012

Call me old-fashioned, but chalkboards are much better.

cf. http://telescoper.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/student-comments/.


Interesting. 


But let PC wait until he has to deal with instantaneous-customer-gratification-sort-of aka click me please I wanna stand out in the crowd. 


Or as WS, aka ''The bard'', put it gently: 


So farewell to the little good you bear me.
Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness!
This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth
 The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms,
And bears his blushing honours thick upon him;
The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,
And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely
His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root,
And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured,
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,
This many summers in a sea of glory,
But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride
At length broke under me and now has left me,
Weary and old with service, to the mercy
Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye:
I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,
More pangs and fears than wars or women have:
And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
Never to hope again



Yeah, chalk talk chalk board. 




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Red Bull...

ou Ferrari ou Lotus ou McLaren ou Mercedes ou ...


Ie, estou sem palavras: http://www.labcom.ubi.pt/sub/evento/362.


Wow. 


Mas porque não há mais faculdades e conselhos cientificos assim? O gap para outros certos modelos de uso 'private sources endowed for research' é significant. 


Mas em terra de lentes de optica e em que todos dizem ver muito bem e não precisam de ..........Ouch! Ahhh. Grrspt. Mas que trambolhão. Isso aí é a porta ou a jjjjjjjjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................


Wow. 


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Apollo...

Apollo, dude, apollo.

Apollo?

(t um office mate q é California, man, the sun, the beaches, surfin is good...; É fascinante c no UK se consegue rapidamente aprender se alguém, é aussie down-under, US east ou califorina coast, deep south...)

Yeah man, Apollo.

Isto a proposito de um mail que recebi sobre 'clearer communication & soul reaching inclusion of all'. Sort of. Achei piada e comecei a rir. Foram varios os posts aqui neste blog sobre criticas a falta de comunicação, a falhas de inclusão, saber ouvir e ouvir. Parece que resultou. Em parte. E pouca. Só.

Está aqui em Londres, no old Vic, ali p\bandas da Waterloo station, uma peça de teatro fascinante. Brilhantemente encenada. Tem por titulo 'Democracy', de M. Fryan. É exasperante que não a possam ver. Tem alguns hints de como haver (ou não deixar que haja) 'transparencia' e 'inclusão' em politica. Passa-se nos anos 60-70, RFA-RDA, brilhante diria. O mais curioso é o ' and in the end of the day...'.

Mas não façamos digressões. Mail de amigo(s) dizem-me que 'estamos todos fartos', 'já não se aguenta', 'férias', 'mais um paragrafo teu e fecho'.

Ok, last one. Só para dizer, repetir,  que acaba por fazer rir quando surgem (too little, too late?) belos sonetos informativos com palavras 'doces', após posts e posts a 'claim for a far better posture & attitude'. O Apollo? É um teatro, mais um, onde a BBC faz regularmente shows de stand up comedy, alguma corrosiva, alguma surely politically incorrecta. Mas em ... D-e-m-o-c-r-a-c-y.




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Too late..., U won't see it anymore (some, maybe)








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esprit-de-corps, mud & getting 3.7litros (...wrong stuff)












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sexta-feira, 13 de julho de 2012

Not yet...

























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It happens...













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Beware the selection & the invitations for a BoARd. Can trustees be trustworthy? ,'quis custodiet ipsos custodes' indeed...









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Game, Set & Match












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Challenge...












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Frequent...












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quarta-feira, 11 de julho de 2012

Leadership & Strategy (or maybe not)









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newsletter (sort of ...)









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'Leadership'-by fast food packing, come again, NEXT!!!!!









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leader vs LEADER












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Bless him... Can anyone print this and send it 2 any Komissar-KaS7-boring-repetition, please can I leave the room? Now!?!...

Leading article: Teachers can do more – but there are limits http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-teachers-can-do-more--but-there-are-limits-7932577.html

The issue is not wheter it is better. It is THE difference. Not boringly excluding it, by KaSsete et al.

Ex-student cuts fees for poor at Oxford university http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/exstudent-cuts-fees-for-poor-at-oxford-university-7936120.html

True focused learning<~>teaching, not the boring diKtaT enforced message via KaSsetee

Trinity College tops Cambridge league table http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/trinity-college-tops-cambridge-league-table-7932674.html

segunda-feira, 9 de julho de 2012

Say again? You got less applicants? You raised the fees? Say again...s.l.o.w.l.y...

University applications down 8.9 per cent as tuition fees triple http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-applications-down-89-per-cent-as-tuition-fees-triple-7924447.html