Tudo o que depender do Governo do Estado para agregar valor ao café e melhorar a renda do produtor será feito. Esse esforço será “gigantesco, ciclópico”, segundo o vice-governador Antônio Anastasia, que participou da abertura do debate público “Café: Importância na saúde e na economia mineira”, realizado na tarde desta segunda-feira (23/11/09) na Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais. Anastasia informou que o governador Aécio Neves foi a Brasília para um encontro com o ministro da Fazenda, Guido Mantega, onde pediu uma política para o café, já que as vendas não cobrem os custos da maioria dos produtores.

A reunião conjunta das Comissões de Saúde e de Política Agropecuária e Agroindustrial, pedida pelos deputados Carlos Mosconi (PSDB) e Antônio Carlos Arantes (PSC), foi aberta pelo presidente da ALMG, deputado Alberto Pinto Coelho (PP). “Não nos cansaremos de buscar uma conjugação de esforços para encontrar caminhos para fortalecer a cafeicultura em Minas e no País”, disse o presidente.

Anastasia disse que a Alemanha, que não produz um grão de café, detém 70% dos estoques mundiais e dita os preços ao produtor e ao consumidor, preparando os blends e os cafés especiais. “A oportunidade que surgiu para os alemães há 60 anos, no pós-guerra, não foi percebida pelas lideranças brasileiras, que tinham o capital, enquanto a Alemanha estava arrasada pela guerra”, lamentou.

O vice-governador fez um apelo à criatividade e à capacidade de inovação do setor. Antes de deixar a reunião, Anastasia foi abordado pelo presidente do Conselho Nacional do Café, Gilson Ximenes Abreu, que pediu uma trégua para os produtores endividados, argumentando que a dívida não foi feita por má administração das propriedades, mas por indução de políticas desastradas nas décadas passadas.

Quadro internacional é desfavorável para cafeicultura

O secretário de Estado de Agricultura, Gilman Rodrigues, mostrou pessimismo quanto ao apelo à criatividade feito pelo vice-governador. “Para implantar novas tecnologias, é preciso ter renda. Seria péssimo conselho sugerir ao produtor que faça novos endividamentos. Por mais que interesse ao Governo Federal dizer que a crise acabou, para o cafeicultor não acabou, porque os países compradores estão quebrados, o dólar está baixo”, explicou.

O secretário mostra algumas contradições: o salário mínimo e os fertilizantes subiram mais de 500% em dez anos, e o preço do café, apenas 24%. No entanto, o consumo nacional subiu, nos últimos cinco anos, de 39,3 milhões para 46 milhões de toneladas anuais. Ou seja, a crise estrutural está instalada há anos e mesmo assim a produção aumenta. Até para pressionar o Governo Federal por uma política adequada falta poder de fogo à cafeicultura, segundo Gilman Rodrigues. O café já respondeu por 70% da pauta de exportações brasileiras. Hoje é apenas 6,9%. Por essa razão, o governo não vem cumprindo sequer sua política de preços mínimos, de acordo com o secretário.

A resposta para a resistência do produtor de café foi dada pelo secretário de Estado de Ciência e Tecnologia, Alberto Portugal. “Café é casamento, um investimento que se faz para amortizar em 15 a 20 anos, como o cacau e a borracha. O produtor decepcionado não pode parar de produzir e substituir a cultura de um ano para outro, como pode fazer o produtor de soja”, informou.

O presidente da Comissão de Saúde, deputado Carlos Mosconi, declarou que acompanha há anos negociações intermináveis para se estabelecer uma política para o café. “Acompanho essa luta que é travada com muita raça pelos produtores, mas não se chega a uma solução plausível, que é a renda no final da safra. O Governo Federal não dá ao café a importância devida, nem mesmo a sua importância histórica. O declínio da atividade traz problemas sociais gravíssimos para produtores e trabalhadores do café. Estamos aqui para procurar outros caminhos a serem percorridos”, declarou.

O deputado Antônio Carlos Arantes (PSC), que também representa os cafeicultores do Sul de Minas, relatou uma reunião recente em Londres, da qual participaram produtores da África. “Vi de perto a perversidade do mundo capitalista, e ouvi relatos de como a situação na África é mais terrível que aqui, onde o mercado absorve grande parte da produção. Os africanos esperam de nós a liderança para negociar políticas internacionais”, disse Arantes.

O presidente da Comissão de Política Agropecuária, deputado Vanderlei Jangrossi (PP), mencionou a grande força reivindicativa dos cafeicultores, que reuniram 20 mil pessoas em praça pública em Varginha. “Minas responde por 60% da produção nacional. Eles pediram preço mínimo, mas não foram atendidos”, lembrou. Jangrossi dá um bom exemplo de lucratividade, que é o do ex-governador paulista Orestes Quércia, que produz café de alta qualidade e o vende nas cafeterias que possui em todo o mundo.

Produtores pedem controle de estoque

O chefe de gabinete da Secretaria de Produção e Agroenergia do Ministério da Agricultura, Robério Oliveira Silva, alertou para o alto estoque de café nos países consumidores. Ele defendeu o controle de oferta, por meio de um plano de safra. A proposta foi defendida também pelo diretor da Federação da Agricultura de Minas Gerais (Faemg), Breno Pereira de Mesquita, que reivindicou mais recursos para o seguro agrícola e adequação do preço mínimo ao real custo de produção. “O custo de produção é maior que o valor de venda. O problema começa aí, temos que ser realistas.”

Na fase de debates, os produtores eram unânimes em pedir uma política reguladora de estoque e a prorrogação das dívidas. Segundo eles, a situação é grave e urgente, pois há produtores que sequer têm condições de pagar o 13º salário a seus funcionários.

Benefícios do café para a saúde humana

Quanto às qualidades do café para a saúde humana, as informações começaram com o relato do subsecretário de Estado de Saúde, Luiz Felipe Caram, de que o café é estimulante do aprendizado escolar e benéfico para os pacientes de diabetes 2. “Desde 2005 a lei não permite nenhum grau de impureza no café”, assegurou.

A professora Rosemary Alvarenga Pereira, da Universidade Federal de Lavras, disse que o Brasil é o maior produtor mundial, o maior exportador e o segundo maior consumidor de café. Ela reuniu um acervo de 37 mil documentos técnicos publicados nos últimos 30 anos em 5 mil revistas médicas, para afirmar os benefícios do café para a saúde humana.

Segundo ela, quem toma de uma a três xícaras do produto por dia tem 24% menos chance de ter doenças cardiovasculares. O café é benéfico ainda para a redução do colesterol e tem poderes antioxidantes.

Para a pesquisadora, é fundamental informar a população sobre a verdade de alguns mitos relacionados à bebida: “Não existe nada que comprove que o café provoque úlcera, azia ou cause hipertensão. É preciso esclarecer isso, principalmente para os jovens”, afirmou.

Jag tänkte passa på att lägga upp lite bilder som min kära duo-dansare Elle skickat till mig i från helgen. Den första föreställer mig och Äddä… Vi konverserar lite casual över en kopp java…..

Vi hamnade i en het diskussion och Äddä stod på sig medan han blickade drömmande mot taklampan som glittrade förföriskt i ångorna från nygräddade croissanter…

Vi avslutade det hela med ett ack så charmigt pose-kort.

Nästa fik; Innergården 1891. Elles latte fastnade på bild. Trots hutlösa priser och förbannat mycket folk satt vi där och gaggade en stund.

Senare på kvällen skulle Elle kila iväg och se lord Xon och The Donies på M.S Medvind. Hon hade gjort sig snygg för kvällen och Äddä passade även på att posea lite här med

En lyckad dag för oss alla tror jag. Sedan helt off-topic, Elles mamma ser ut som den här katten;

Hahahah =))

Earlier this year, Fiat Group purchased 20% of Chrysler Group, leaving 55% to the UAW (United Auto Workers) and the rest to the US and Canadian Governments.  To American drivers who remember when Fiats and Alfa Romeos were last sold in the United States, this can conjure up bad memories of rotting floorboards, rusty fenders, and finicky engines.  I think the new Chrysler/Fiat merger means good things to those of us stateside, and I’ll tell you why.

Since the last Fiat or Alfa Romeo was sold in the United States, their cars have been improved, and are fairly well received in Europe.  Now that Fiat has controlling stake in Chrysler, they automatically have a dealership network, parts suppliers and manufacturing plants in North America.  This means easy integration into America, and with Chrysler’s current lack of upcoming products, an opportune time to replace existing designs and platforms with Fiat and Alfa Romeo’s existing hardware.  Currently, the only vehicles set to show up in calendar year 2010 are the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the redesigned 2011 Chrysler 300C.

With that in mind, Fiat plans to incorporate its own cars into Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealerships, starting with the Alfa Romeo MiTo, and possibly the Fiat 500 later on.  In addition to bringing fresh styling to the Chrysler vehicles, the traditionally smaller cars produced by Fiat and Alfa Romeo will raise Chrysler’s average fuel economy, making it more likely that the newly-formed group won’t get in trouble for meeting new, stringent CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards, set to take effect in 2012.

In addition to the influsion of cars and technology, Fiat also brings cash flow to the table, able to help out a struggling Chrysler and keep them afloat long enough for the new products to hit showroom floors.

Another interesting facet to this story is the Dodge Ram truck line.  Recently, television ads have told us all about the new Ram trucks, and the new 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty line.  Chrysler confirmed recently that they are actually splitting the Ram truck line off, as its own brand.  This makes it easier to meet the aforementioned CAFE requirements, and allows the Ram brand to branch off into big-rig territory.  This is still a rumor which may or may not come true, but in my mind is likely.

It’s a troubling time to be Chrysler, but with a little luck, and some fresh new products, they have every chance to make it, although I predict that the Chrysler of a few years from now will be very much different from today’s Chrysler, with smaller, more fuel-efficient cars and less of a dependance on SUV and truck sales.  They will also have streamlined their product lineup, and will be more of a niche player in the automotive marketplace.  While Fiat and Alfa Romeo will donate new vehicles, all of the poorly-selling vehicles currently in showrooms will be phased out or replaced, but mostly just phased out.  Look for more modern interiors, with all of today’s avaliable technologies, as well as more highly-engineered engines, capable of doing more with less, which is the current mantra of engine designers.

by John Suit

Photo Sources: www.chrysler.com, Road Reality

Café, café humeante en Malmö.

Siempre con vistas al puerto en las tardes de invierno.

La jarra de café ha perdido su tapa pero no su elegancia sueca.

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Jarra café scandinavian style / 18 eur + portes

Divercity Cafe si ProFM’s Cool vor sa predea o ora de muzica diferita,iar profii vor fi :Animal X,Simplu,Puya si Claudia Pavel.Ei se vor implica activ in educatia liceenilor dand astfel startul primei etape a S’cool Music Tour,proiect ce vizeaza familiariarea si educarea elevilor de liceu in ceea ce priveste industria muzicala,pirateria, copyright-ul, promovarea online, consumul legal de muzica, artistii, casele de discuri, mass-media si functionarea acestora.Speram ca proiectul sa fie un adevarat succes!!!

sursa: http://www.divercitycafe.ro

Monday November 23, 2009 5:46 pm.

it continues to feel like the middle of the night, when it is not even considered evening.  got a job today, at the school in Tarnów, which is where I wanted to work.  They want me to show up by Thursday, so that I can start right away.  That feels a little crazy.  That means we have to leave Wednesday, or Thursday, but the latter would suck;  to travel for 8 hours and then start the next day.

hooray that they were desperate enough to hire me, boo that they are actually desperate and need me there right now.

still, that settles a lot of the worry in my mind.  and it is close enough to prague that i could go visit, and it is only an hour from Kraków, so i can hang out there, too.

also, there is family nearby.  Maria Kawa and her awesome husband.  they live on a farm in a village about 15 minutes outside of Tarnów, in two rooms, with an outhouse, geese in the trees and ducks underfoot.  they have lived in the same house for forever.  my mom has pictures from when she went to visit them in the 80’s, in that two room house.  they came into a little bit of money, so they bought a fridge.  and that’s it.  the rest is for their children, who are living in London and Ireland, working construction.  maybe they are back now, who knows?  i haven’t met their kids, though i did meet their grandkids.  that little brat.  some aspects sit uneasy with me.  like the preferential treatment of the boy, while the older girl is blamed when he hits her.

“you should know better than to sit that close to him.”

for reals.  puke.

anyway, whatever, it is not my place to say.  just makes me grumble a little is all.

but i will be living near them now, and i still have to work out all the details with the school.  i wish there was more time to get ready.  not at all any time.  fuck.

wish i had taken the time then, too.  but last week at this time i was sitting there, feeling flushed, waiting to go, not wanting to go.

what the hell kind of hold is that?

being purposely obscure.  again.

damn straight.

anyway, sara and i are sitting in café katyrenka, which does not have internet, but does have celebratory wine.  another aspect of me having to leave so quickly is that i don’t want to leave her behind/unsupported.  but they need me there so fucking quickly.  i want her to come with me.  she is waiting to hear if they have another opening.  argh.

not sure what to do.

one thing is for sure, i am sick of this in-between.  i need to feel a settling of things, which has eluded me for 6 months or so.  it’s fine to be a world traveler, but really i need to put down roots every now and then, so i can not feel as crazy.

there are so many things that make me feel crazy.

one of them is the fact that i do not have my glasses.  they are in the shop, since they fell apart all on their own.  they couldn’t fix them in-shop, so they had to send them out, which means everything is a little bit foggy, or far away.  there is a buffer between me and the world, which makes me feel drunk even when i’m not.  so then i figure, might as well get drunk, right?

good thinking.

today is the day of short declarative statements.

i hope that everything turns out well with the school, as i have high hopes about their thesis statement.  they are all about engaging students, and having fun.  every sunday is baseball sunday, though it’s really more a kind of softball that they play.  they have extracurricular clubs and drama societies and a lending library.  awesome.  i am really excited that they have given me the chance.

arggh.

anyway, i never wrote about the train to warsaw, or to toruń.  there was too much going on, and then we were here, and it was raining, and we had a cat mewing outside our door and we were walking across the bridge and being busted by the transit police.  it was really nerve-wracking, the train, because we were sitting in the restaurant, saying goodbye to Thomas, and waiting for sara to show up, so we could head back to hotel pivovar and get all of our fucking luggage.  oh god, there was way too much luggage.  well, she didn’t show up, and 6:30 rolled around, which was panic-time, so we said our goodbyes and ran for the metro.  we were hoping to see her on the way to the metro, but she was somewhere in the vicinity, lost, unable to find the restaurant.  it is a Mexican restaurant run by expatriates.  i wasn’t hungry, so i didn’t get any tacos or anything.  i was also worried that they would not be any good, or that they would be too good, and the melancholy of missing san francisco would merge with the poignancy of leaving prague and make my fucking head explode.

plus i wasn’t hungry.

so we rushed to the hotel, grabbed all of our luggage, remembered that the wheel was broken on the big, heavy suitcase, dragged it up the fucking hill, sweating and cursing, wondering how we have so much stuff.  down the elevator to the metro, and then on the train, switch to the red line for one goddamn stop, argh, too much luggage, and then we had to drag everything down the platform to the elevator.

and sara and leo were waiting for us in the train station, near the ticket counter.

they had shown up at the restaurant shortly after we had left, and CR had taken them to the train station.  what a nice guy.  she already had all of her stuff, so it really worked out for the best.  if she had met us there, we would have had to part ways anyway, so we could go get our stuff.  it just sucked that it was so uncertain for so long.

anyway, we had to wait for the platform to be announced, which they only do about fifteen minutes before the train leaves.  then drag drag drag, and then wait for the train to arrive.  we devised an awesomely cunning scheme to get all of our stuff on the train, which involved me getting on the train, and mom and sara throwing everything up to me.  this backfired, though, when all of our stuff took up the only available space by the door, and still there was stuff to get on the train.  i had to throw it in an empty compartment and rush back for more, hoping it would not be noticed/stolen.  somehow we got it all on the train, and started to settle down for the night, when the ticket collector came by and told us we were in the wrong car.  the next car down was for warsaw, and the train was going to separate in the night so we had to make sure we were in the right car.

flashback to three years ago.  mom and i are taking a night train to warsaw, and we have second class tickets, so we climb on the train that says “2” on the outside.  we don’t pay attention to any signs inside the train.  if we had, we would have noticed that they all said “pierwsze klas.”  oops.  first class on the inside, second on the outside.  not really our fault, would you say?

the first ticket collector said nothing about our misplacement, a fact that would return to piss me off greatly later.  we went to sleep, and were woken in the middle of the night by a woman who my mom later dubbed “hitler’s girlfriend.” she told us we were in the wrong class and would have to move.  granted, she did ask where we were going first, so she would have let us stay had we been going anywhere but the big city. but, well.   so she kicked us out.

let me tell you how hard it is to find two open places on a packed train to warsaw at 3 in the morning.

let me also tell you that polish men are so determined to help a lady out, that if you are put in their already over-crowded cabin, they will wake from sleep and put your luggage up on the rack for you.  then they will give you their window seat.

even if you are not a lady.

though it is possible that mom stole that window seat.  as she is wont to do.

so, when the ticket collector told us that we had to be in the next car down, and then i saw that the next car down said first class, i grew a bit uneasy.

she assured us that it was fine, it had been made second class just for the journey, don’t worry, sit down.

so we moved all of our stuff, and mom stole my window seat.  we tried to turn out the light (you can’t), luxuriated in our first class cabin, and tried to fall asleep.

i think it was in Krakow, the first separation of the train.  i can sleep on a stopped train, and i can sleep on a moving train, but when one state becomes another, that’s the end of that.  so, we stopped, we backed up, we moved forward, we crashed into other cars, and then we moved on.  but that was the end of my sleeping for pretty much the rest of the journey.  we stopped somewhere else, as well, and did the same thing.  but that second time it was three times as long a pause in the journey.  then i remember looking out the window, later, and seeing a sign for Katowice.

then someone came into our cabin and asked if we were going to Katowice.

we weren’t.

at some point some folks came on the train and settled in the cabin next to ours.  i know that they were speaking very loudly, and i was trying not to listen, because it was interfering with my trying to sleep.  i don’t know what the hell was going on, all i know is that we were woken by a gentleman coming into our cabin and asking us to make sure that we had all of our things.  i couldn’t figure out why.  apparently there were police on our train, and someone had had something stolen, and oh my.  we tried, valiantly, to sleep through it all.

except sara, who just slept through it all.

sara is a really good sleeping person (from terry’s offhand compliment to Melissa, after she dropped her F-bomb at the white board: “and you are a very good … drawing person.”)  she can sleep through anything, including policemen on the train and strange men asking us to make sure that we have all of our belongings.

mom later said that she thought one of the men who came in “was a communist.”  i’m not sure what she meant by that.  i think it was that she was all asleepy, so the figure of authority at the door threw her back to visiting the country during the communist occupation.  or maybe she is just nuts about communists.

i know some communists, and they don’t generally look like that.

anyway, we got to warsaw with all of our things still in our possession, and, exhausted, got tickets for the next leg of our journey.  we had to wait an hour on the platform for the train to toruń, so we had the worst coffee ever and laughed about all of our stuff.  i was surprised to hear that the announcements for the trains are in polish and english now.  a couple of years ago they would make no concession to english speakers, even in the capitol.  weird.

i did make sara go outside and look at stalin’s palace of culture and science, behemoth skyscraper across the street from Warszawa centralna station.  then we waited.

the last time i took the trains here, they would barely stop.  you would throw your things on, and hope to get yourself on before they took off from the platform at speed.  things have changed a little, because we had time to get all of our crap on the train.  a gentleman asked me if i needed help with the luggage, but he did it in polish and i was not at all present to hear what he had to say.  we ended up sitting in his cabin, and mostly sleeping, before we got into a discussion about the “pig flu” and the storks that sit on the chimneys and how western Poland has much more beautiful architecture than eastern Poland, because the Russians tore all of the beautiful ancient buildings down and constructed their “building monsters.”  he may have said “monsters of buildings.” his english was pretty good.

english is definitely more prevalent than it was just two years ago.  weird.

anyway, he helped us get our things off the train, and then he went off to Bydgoszcz and we went to our camping site hostel room and the rest, well, is history.

i think i need to head back to the house now and see about getting my shit together.

ok, love love. 6:52 pm

p.s. there is a guy in the corner playing the repertoire of hippie shit nora loved, redemption song, break on through, all sorts of crap, on a guitar, and singing along in his thick-accented english.  love it.

I was suuuper thrilled when Kamal and Luk took me here…Cafe Mondo! and guess what? It is in Jaynagar! which comes as a happpiiiie news to all the people who live / work in Jaynagar. This part of Bengalooru has a lot of places, but not a single one where you get nice espresso coffee, good ambience (Not the CCD types) and a little Italian, a little continental and short eats to go with your coffee and smoothies….but now cafe Mondo has all this to offer and more! (I cant stop using exclamations! )

This a little, nice colourful, quite and pretty place located near south-end circle. A perfect place to spend your time with your friends. I love the ambience here, its quite and you are amongst like minded Jayanagarites. Esha, the owner is quite sweet, and also recommends the the day’s special desserts to go with your sandwiches or even the salads. Thier cakes are something you cannot miss. Even for the pregger cravings, this place is ideal for a quick stop over after your visit to Gunasheela’s

Another good thing about the place is that its complete vegetarian and does not offer booze. Their gelatos are a great treat to the ones with the sweet tooth

I loved their pizza and pizzettes, apart from the quiches and nice brown bread sandwiches, especially the Roasted Vegetable sandwich served with excellent salad and wafers. They also have a good choice of salads for the calorie watchers. The ingredients that go in to your food taste really fresh and of good quality. The place is clean and pretty and offers great service and value for money. The food is so fresh, and made of great quality that you will not feel like you are eating in a coffee shop.

This is such a breath of fresh air in Jayanagar.. I can’t wait to go back!

My say about;

Ambience: Bright and airy, divided in to two parts, one is interior seating and one is outside…I prefer sitting outside

Crowd: Mostly working executives and students

Hygiene: Great

Service: Excellent

Would I recommend it: Definitely yes!

PS: http://bangalore.burrp.com/establishment_cafe-mondo/review_cafe-mondo—true-to-its-promise/wok_f4v

¡Hola a todos! Esta semana estrenamos cabecera para nuestros vídeos y continuamos con el recorrido por Valencia.

A continuación, una calle donde podéis hacer vuestras compras: la C/ Colón, y un café donde parar a tomar algo: el Café Lisboa.

La calle Colón es como la arteria principal para ir de shopping y el Café Lisboa, un rinconcito mágico con una terraza donde tomar el sol. Allí fuimos después de comer algo en el Orient Xpress.

¡Disfrutad el vídeo!

Anak perempuanku yang baru tahun pertama kuliah, malam itu minta dijemput ke kampusnya sepulang dari kegiatan outbond ke luar kota. Pada waktu yang bersamaan saya telanjur ada janji mau ketemuan dengan seorang teman, di sebuah café di Jogja. Lokasi café dan kampusnya sama-sama jauh dari rumah, tapi jalurnya searah. Agar saya tidak perlu bolak-balik menjemput anakku lalu pulang dan berangkat lagi padahal rutenya sama, maka tiba-tiba saja muncul ide untuk menggabungkan kedua agenda itu. Saya merencanakan untuk menjemput anakku dulu, kemudian pulangnya mampir ke café ketemu seorang teman.

Sebelum berangkat dari rumah saya berdoa di dalam hati. Benar-benar saya berdoa dengan hidmat. Bukan sekedar selintas di pikiran dengan kata ‘mudah-mudahan’, sebagaimana salah kaprah yang sering dilakukan orang bahwa dikiranya yang namanya berdoa itu cukup dengan melintaskan harapan di pikiran, lalu selebihnya : “Tuhan kan Maha Tahu” (ya memang sudah sejak dulu kalau Tuhan itu Maha Tahu). Doa saya bunyinya kira-kira begini : “Tuhan, kalau sekiranya niat mengajak anak perempuanku mampir ke café malam ini adalah baik, tolong dimudahkan. Tapi jika menurut Panjenengan tidak baik, beri saya keikhlasan untuk nyopir bolak-balik…”.

Sampai di kampus, anak perempuanku pas baru tiba juga. Dia langsung masuk mobil lalu kemudian saya memutar balik kendaraan. Sebelum mulai jalan, anakku saya tanya dulu tentang kesediannya untuk saya ajak mampir café dan menemani bapaknya ketemu seorang teman. Jangan-jangan dia kecapekan dan tidak setuju. Tapi rupanya anakku setuju dan bersedia ikut ke café. Maka meluncurlah kami ke sebuah café. Ya, seorang bapak berusia menjelang setengah abad bersama anak gadisnya lalu turun dari mobil dan masuk café.

Sesampai di sana, mengambil tempat duduk, pesan makanan dan minuman sekedarnya, lalu saya pun ngobrol ngalor-ngidul dengan teman. Sementara anakku yang juga duduk semeja (barangkali) turut mendengarkan obrolan orang tuanya sambil memainkan HP-nya. Sesekali anakku saya ajak bicara. Sekitar satu setengah jam lebih sedikit lamanya kami nongkrng di cafe, hingga kemudian kami pun pulang.

Sebenarnya tidak ada yang luar biasa dengan peristiwa ini. Lebih-lebih di kota besar, nongkrong di café malam-malam bagi seorang perempuan maupun orang tua sebaya saya bukanlah hal yang aneh. Tapi tidak bagi bapaknya anak perempuanku itu yang  termasuk manusia konservatif. Maka momen itu saya manfaatkan untuk mendiskusikan beberapa hal, sambil kami berkendaraan pulang.

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Seorang bapak dan seorang anak perempuan malam-malam nongkrong di café tanpa ada alasan yang jelas, sepanjang pemahaman saya tidak pernah ada referensi rujukannya. Artinya, kalau mau ditimbang-timbang antara manfaat dan mudharatnya, hampir pasti, sekali lagi hampir pasti lebih banyak mudharatnya. Begitulah menurut ilmu yang pernah saya pelajari sejak dari buaian dulu hingga sekarang sebelum masuk kubur. Jika kemudian di jaman sekarang pemandangan itu seperti lumrah dijumpai, maka itu pasti bukan salah ilmunya melainkan pelaku jamannya. Kalau jamannya sih baik-baik saja, sekedar pergantian waktu dari malam ke siang, hari ke bulan, tahun ke abad, dst. Tapi justru pelakunya ini yang susah diatur karena memiliki nafsu dan akal yang keduanya sering uncontrollable.

Sambil berkendaraan santai, sambil saya bercerita menunjukkan café-café yang kalau malam banyak dikunjungi anak-anak perempuan muda, entah pelajar, entah mahasiswa, entah pekerja, entah yang merangkap semuanya. Termasuk hotel yang menerapkan tarif spesial short time sehingga banyak dikeluar-masuki tamu. Termasuk tempat-tempat makan yang enak. Lho, kok bapaknya malah tahu? Lha itulah repotnya, untuk bisa memberitahu memang harus tahu duluan (dasar!).

Tapi inti sebenarnya dari obrolan bapak dan anak perempuan itu adalah memberi sebuah pemahaman (bukan nasehat, sebab anak sekarang suka apatis kalau mendengar istilah nasehat apalagi dari orang tuanya). Pemahaman bahwa bukanlah hal yang baik dan benar kalau ada anak perempuan malam-malam suka keluyuran dan nongkrong di café, kalau bukan karena ada urusan yang mendesak (tapi celakanya sekarang ini segala urusan itu kok ya kelihatannya mendesak semua, atau terkadang didesak-desakkan).

Bukan tidak boleh (takut juga bapaknya kalau dibilang suka ngatur), sesekali okelah oleh karena ada alasan yang dapat diterima oleh pertimbangan akalnya sendiri (tidak dibutuhkan akal orang lain untuk mempertimbangkannya). Maka itulah pentingnya mendidik dan memberi makan yang sehat bagi akalnya sendiri, agar tidak bergantung kepada akal orang lain. Namun kalau nongkrong di café itu menjadi kebiasaan…., ya bukan salah juga. Hanya ya itu tadi, digaransi bahwa mudharatnya lebih besar ketimbang manfaatnya.

“Lagian ya ngapain saya nongkrong di café”, komentar anak perempuanku ini membuat hati saya mak plong….. Saya percaya dengan kejujurannya (kalau tidak percaya ya jangan jadi bapaknya).

Ngiras-ngirus (sekalian) saya bercerita kepada anakku bahwa terkadang bapaknya juga nongkrong sampai malam di café, untuk tujuan ketemu klien atau partner kerja, melakukan lobby, meeting dan terkadang juga berjudul hang out. Sebab profesi bapaknya memang menuntut untuk banyak ketemu orang. Tapi saya memastikan kepada anakku bahwa dari rumah tujuannya mesti benar dan lurus dulu, sebab di luaran sana banyak fasilitas untuk miring-miring, bahkan terkadang dapat diperoleh dengan gratis.

Akhirnya anak perempuanku tertawa ngakak ketika saya bilang : “Tapi ibu tidak tahu kalau bapak pergi ke café. Bapak bukannya berbohong sama ibu, melainkan hanya tidak mengatakan yang sebenarnya…..”, dan anakku pun terus tertawa. Saya tidak tahu tertawa ngakaknya anakku ini karena menganggap cerita bapaknya ini lucu, atau malah melecehkan bapaknya, atau jangan-jangan senang karena punya bapak ‘enggak seberapa gila’. Sebab ibunya anak perempuanku ini lebih konservatif lagi dibanding bapaknya, sehingga rentan terhadap kemungkinan salah paham. Biar tidak sulit menjelaskannya (kelamaan diskusi sebelum berangkat malah akhirnya tidak jadi pergi), mendingan tidak mengatakan yang sebenarnya tanpa harus berbohong.

Dunia ini memang butuh orang-orang yang konservatif. Dunia menjadi indah justru karena ada orang-orang yang konservatif cara berpikirnya, juga negara dan keluarga, agar perilaku kehidupan ini sak madyo (sedang-sedang saja), proporsional, sewajarnya dan tidak kebablasan seperti para penguasa otonomi daerah.

Yogyakarta, 23 Nopember 2009
Yusuf Iskandar

Precio:

• $245

Descripción:

• Discos ámbar de murano
• Cristal cortado hecho a mano
• Incluye aretes

Para más detalles, ver Términos.

Gente Milenio Tampico:

• Puedo llevar las piezas para que las vean y se las prueben, de preferencia en horario de descanso entre 2 y 3pm.

Precio:

• $198

Descripción:

• Disco de agata café
• Cristal cortado
• Cadena de aluminio

Para más detalles, ver Términos.

Gente Milenio Tampico:

• Puedo llevar las piezas para que las vean y se las prueben, de preferencia en horario de descanso entre 2 y 3pm.

Precio:

• $246

Descripción:

• Discos de agata café
• Cristal cortado
• Cadena de aluminio
• Incluye aretes

Para más detalles, ver Términos.

Gente Milenio Tampico:

• Puedo llevar las piezas para que las vean y se las prueben, de preferencia en horario de descanso entre 2 y 3pm.

XD es que no puedo dejar de recordar las declaraciones de la sexy Megan, alegando que TODAS las mujeres piensan que es una zorra solo porque es bonita y por el cuerpo de tentacion que tiene, pues para que vean que ella es una actriz seria y dama de sociedad, salieron a la luz las fotos que realizo para el New York Times Magazine, abriendo las piernas como es su costumbre y dejando ver un poco de su vajay yay!! claro Megan, despues de esto NADIE creera que eres una puta… bitch please!

click en las pics para agrandar

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O cientista social Raimundo Santos e o ensaísta Luiz Sérgio Henriques são os convidados de estreia do ciclo de debates promovido pela Ascom intitulado ’Café com Debate’. Os debates desta série terão como eixo temático assuntos do interesse da comunidade, tais como educação, história, ciência, política, cultura, religião, cidadania, democratização da informação, etc.  Café com Debate contará com a exposição de dois convidados, um palestrante da UFRRJ e um convidado externo, seguidos de um debate com a participação do público presente. GRAMSCI E A ESQUERDA CONTEMPORÂNEA Como uma das atividades empreendidas pela Comissão de Comemorações do 100 anos da Rural neste ano de 2009, na proxima 3ª feira, dia 24/11, às l0 h no Auditório Hilton Salles/P1, será lançado o livro do professor Raimundo Santos A importância da tradição pecebista. Acompanhará o evento o debate sobre o tema “Gramsci e a esquerda contemporânea”, com a participação do ensaista Luiz Sérgio Henriques, tradutor de obras de Gramsci ao português e editor do site Gramsci e o Brasil (www.gramsci.ogr) e do proprio prof. Raimundo Santos. Consultados pelo Rural Semanal, os palestrantes adiantaram os principais eixos das suas exposições. Luiz Sérgio Henriques tentará mostrar como Gramsci se firmou como um dos clássicos da política no século XX e, nesta condição, ainda pode nos ajudar a entender os problemas do nosso próprio tempo. O palestrante observa que há aspectos ultrapassados e aspectos atualíssimos no pensamento de Gramsci, de modo que estudar este pensador é necessariamente um desafio, para além de qualquer ortodoxia. O ponto de partida devem ser os problemas da democracia brasileira, admitindo-se que existe uma distância de tempo histórico, que não se pode desconhecer, entre Gramsci e o Brasil. Luiz Sérgio Henriques disse ainda que o estudioso deve estar atento a isso, se estiver de fato preocupado em utilizar o pensamento gramsciano como um recurso para fazer avançar a democracia brasileira.Em sua breve fala, Raimundo Santos pretende se referir à presença do pensamento de Antonio Gramsci na cultura política pecebista, da qual se ocupa o volume recem publicado com o selo da Fundação Astrojildo Pereira, de Brasilia.

I often thought this week might never come. But hopefully it has.

By the end of this week I hope to be the proud proprietor of The Hideaway Cafe. There are a few minor details to attend to, like signing the lease and handing over a big wodge of cash, choosing a menu, maybe even a new name. But fingers crossed, by this time next week, I’ll be tamping pucks and frying eggs over-easy to my heart’s content.

I’ve wanted to own a cafe for a few years now, and this blog will tell you how I came to do so, and what it’s like to start and run a small (but hopefully soon to be perfectly-formed) cafe in the heart of Brighton.

Precio:

• Sin aretes:       $125
• Con aretes:     $148

Descripción:

• Dijes de murano con colores mezclados al interior
• Disponible como gota o caracol
• Colores disponibles actualmente:
  •  -PENDIENTE
• En cordón o gamuza, largo personalizable

Para más detalles, ver Términos.

Gente Milenio Tampico:

• Puedo llevar las piezas para que las vean y se las prueben, de preferencia en horario de descanso entre 2 y 3pm.

*Se ve más oscuro en la fotografía: son muranos café con interior plateadito

Precio:

• $245

Descripción:

• Diseño artesanal de cruz con cristal murano
• Gamuza café
• Incluye aretes

Para más detalles, ver Términos.

Gente Milenio Tampico:

• Puedo llevar las piezas para que las vean y se las prueben, de preferencia en horario de descanso entre 2 y 3pm.

Unwiderstehlich, wirklich unwiderstehlich, diese französischen Pâtisserien! In der Passage Jouffroy findet sich eine weitere erwähnenswerte: Le Valentin. An deren Fenster, über dem der Pâtissier selbstbewusst den Schriftzug La Tour des Delices (ein I ist ihm schon abhanden gekommen – ob das wohl aus Marzipan war?) angebracht hat, drücken sich die Besucher der Passage regelmäßig die Nasen platt. Das ist nicht weiter verwunderlich, denn die Auslage zeigt so herrliche Köstlichkeiten, dass ein Besuch des Cafés trotz der nicht gerade niedrigen Preise geradezu von zwanghafter Unausweichlichkeit war.

Auch hier war wieder eine heiße Schokolade angesagt, zu der wir kleine Törtchen orderten: für die Lieblingszicke einen kleinen Mont Blanc und für mich eine Polonaise. Beides war außergewöhnlich gut, ganz besonders aber der Mont Blanc mit dem feinen Maronenpüree, derweil mir die Polonaise einen Hauch zu süß erschien. Das nahrhafte Getränk war auch hier selbstverständlich aus geschmolzener Schokolade hergestellt, kam allerdings schon mit Milch gemischt an den Tisch, dafür aber ganz ungesüßt, so dass man selber den gewünschten Süßegrad einstellen konnte.