Cet afflux de candidats à Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne est particulièrement important. Cette université a été l’un des plus affectés par le mouvement. De Janvier 28 – juste avant le début de la grève -, j’ai publié ce blog sur la réunion littéral avec plusieurs enseignants et chercheurs de Paris-1.

Elle a expliqué les raisons de ce mouvement, la colère de l’université. Dans un bunkerisee Sorbonne Recteur, l’assemblée générale régulièrement montré la profondeur de cette protestation – ici le récit de l’une de ces communes AG-4 à Paris, suivie par l’occupation temporaire d’un bâtiment à l’initiative des historiens. Je rencontre régulièrement avec de nombreux Université de Paris-1 dans les manifestations. Le centre de Tolbiac, les premières fois que la mise au point, souvent le siège d’une mobilisation aux côtés des étudiants universitaires …

Détails de l’enregistrement des premières années est encore plus révélatrice. Ainsi, le département d’histoire est à la pointe de la Gold Strike circulation, les inscriptions sont en hausse de 35% et 800 inscrits en première année! Même histoire de la philosophie. Augmentation de l’économie, avec plus de 6%.

Tous ces facteurs n’ont pas conduit à une “fuite”, plutôt que les diplômés ou les étudiants qui maîtrisent de haute qualité, tant dans le secteur de la recherche dans l’étude “pro”. Mais la terrible pénurie de contrats PhD – un contrat en perspective pour les trente inscrits dans le maître d’étude dans les relations internationales, par exemple – peut conduire à un mécontentement massif. Ce n’est pas le cas, montrant que l’appétit pour l’éducation et l’attractivité de l’université restent très fortes.

Emak

Membaca novel Emak karya Daoed Joesoef itu ibarat membaca sebuah cerita yang jika tidak beranjak dari kisah hidup penulis sesungguhnya, terasa ‘too good to be true’. Tetapi rupanya memang novel itu beranjak dari keseharian kehidupan penulis waktu kecil yang membekas dalam ingatan penulis, terutama kata-kata Emak yang bijak, obrolan Bapak dengan Singgih, dan pengaruh Emak yang membuat penulis menjadi orang Indonesia pertama yang mempelajari ilmu ekonomi di Lembaga Pendidikan Tinggi Perancis dan dianugerahi gelar doktor tertinggi dari jenisnya, yaitu Doctorat d’Etat atau doktor-negara cum laude di Universitas Sorbonne Perancis.

Dalam novel yang diterbitkan oleh Penerbit Buku Kompas ini akan mendapati Daoed Joesoef sang penulis sebagai pribadi yang dibesarkan dalam keluarga yang terbuka, egaliter, mencintai keragaman, dan menjadikan pendidikan sebagai kekayaan dan hal yang utama. Pendidikan yang tidak cuma sekedar pendidikan tetapi pendidikan yang filosofis yang bisa mencapai arti dan makna dari ilmu yang dipelajari.

Seperti kata-kata yang diingat oleh penulis dari Emaknya: “kekayaan benda berpisah dari kita bila diberikan kepada orang lain, tetapi kekayaan pikiran tetap melekat pada kita walaupun dibagi dengan orang lain. Bahkan bila tidak dibagi dengan orang lain ini, kekayaan pikiran itu akan raib, bisa hilang lenyap dengan sendirinya karena kita sendiri lama-lama bisa tidak mengingatnya lagi. Sementara orang lain tidak tahu bahwa pikiran yang raib itu pernah ada karena tidak pernah mendapatkannya… Salah satu sumber yang tak pernah kering, dari kekayaan pikiran ini adalah buku. Sedangkan cara menggali sumber itu adalah membaca… Bukan kebetulan kalau Allah menyuruh kita membaca”.

Di Bab XII Emak dan Kebebasan Bernegara Merdeka, seandainya bukan bagian dari novel, bab ini memudahkan memahami konsep bernegara dan membuat tahu apa yang dipikirkan oleh seorang Daoed Joesoef tentang konsep negara.

Sedang di Bab XIII, Emak dan Kemurnian Beragama merupakan bab yang menjelaskan keragaman di Indonesia. Pendapat Emak dan Bapak tentang Syariat Islam dan penolakannya terhadap negara Islam terlahir dari pemikiran kondisi real indonesia yang bersuku-suku, bermacam adat, keturunan, agama, ras, dst. Menurut mereka, Islam jangan disamakan dengan adat istiadat Arab yang dianggap sebagai budaya Islam.

“… Para penganut agama lebih baik membuat agamanya seperti garam saja, menyatu dan melebur dalam makanan, dapat dirasakan kebaikan manfaatnya serta ketepatan pemerataannya, tanpa kelihatan sedikit pun kehadirannya. Bukankah setiap agama seharusnya menjadi rahmat bagi kita semua. Jadi kalau Islam mau dibuat maslahat bagi manusia, janganlah ia disendirikan bagai garam dalam botol Arab yang pantang disentuh, tetapi dibiarkan lebur menyatu dengan semua bahan yang membuat makanan sempurna lezat.” Kata-kata Emak diatas itu masih relevan untuk saat ini bahkan untuk yang akan datang.

Dalam novel Emak ini, tidak hanya pendidikan dan agama, tetapi konsep politik, sekulerisme, kemerdekaan disinggung dalam masing-masing bab. Tidaklah mengherankan jika membaca buku itu akan mengetahui dari mana muara seorang Daoed Joesoef berasal dan terus menerus mendedikasikan hidupnya untuk pendidikan.

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Daoed Joesoef adalah mantan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan dalam Kabinet Pembangunan III ( 1978-1983) yang mempopulerkan NKK/BKK yang ditentang oleh para aktivis mahasiswa. Menulis banyak artikel mengenai ekonomi, keuangan, hubungan internasional, pendidikan, kebudayaan, dst.

Oggi Madame X aveva, per il terzo lunedì consecutivo, una maglia di lana a righe orizzontali grige e nere, assai simile a un mio pigiama di Oviesse (me l’aveva portato la Befana qualche annetto fa, credo…). Intediamoci, non voglio dire che si veste sempre uguale, capita anche a me ed è quello a cui pensavo: ci sono giorni, luoghi, appuntamenti a cui viene spontaneo vestirsi secondo determinati criteri, con abiti a cui siamo affezionati o che riteniamo adeguati. Sono convinto, ad esempio, che chi mi dovesse notare più di una volta in un particolare locale di Genova, crederebbe che sia solito portare il collo alto pure d’estate, che non mi cambi mai o che abbia sempre un vistoso succhiotto sul collo (o in alternativa una orribile cicatrice).

Mentre scendevo le scale dopo la lezione e cercavo un bagno, che alla Sorbonne non si trova mai, ho pensato che quando penso alle persone le visualizzo sempre vestite allo stesso modo, come portassero una uniforme, come se fossero Dylan Dog o il corvo Rockfeller.

C’era la mamma di un mio compagno delle elementari che, nell’85, aveva un cappotto grigio. Ce l’ha ancora, ce l’ha tutti i giorni e se mi capita di pensare a lei – non capita mai, mi è capitato oggi nello scrivere questo post – la penso in cappotto grigio, di lana. C’è un mio compagno del liceo, che ha sempre i pantaloni rossi. O quell’altro, con il maglioncino grigio a V e la polo verde acqua sotto. No, non andava di moda neppure negli anni ‘90. E il mio compagno di banco, aveva una felpa ocra, con un pesce davanti.

Mia nonna ha un maglione grigio e beige, l’altra ha la cappa azzurra che portava in casa sua e le ciabatte blu, aperte davanti. Mia mamma ha la vestaglia che ha smesso vent’anni fa. Lei un piumino bianco. La mia maestra un cappotto senape, la mia prof di italiano del trienno un completo turchese e gli occhiali di Fendi, quella del biennio le ascelle pezzate, ma la adoravo lo stesso. Una mia amica, in campagna, aveva un orologio Hip Hop, verde acqua. Lui ha una maglietta di Celio che ho anche io, dannazione.

Il mio amico, che ora sta cercando una borsa per la moglie  dalle parti di place Vendôme e che tra poco raggiungo, ha delle maglie da rugby, anche se son dieci anni che non le mette più. Ne ha una verde, in particolare, e dopo gli chiedo se se la ricorda. Il mio primo compagno del liceo ha la maglia degli All Blacks, a proposito.

Lui ha una maglietta col colletto, di cotone, a righine e col taschino storto.

The Left Bank is synonymous with literary cafes, the Existential philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, bourgeois art galleries and gauche chic designers like Yves Saint Laurent and Sonia Rykiel.  Nowadays, the philosophers may have decamped from the Café de Flore, but there are still plenty of students from the Sorbonne university and academic bookshops to keep up its ‘intellectual’ atmosphere.

On one of our many Paris visits last year, Steven and I stayed at the Hotel Design Sorbonne, which is just a few steps away from the Boulevard Saint Germain, the Pantheon, Luxembourg Gardens, the Seine and of course, the Sorbonne.

The hotel is tucked away on a peaceful side street and is accessed by a quaint courtyard. The reception/lounge area is a mix of a typical French salon interior and bold, contemporary colours, flock wallpaper and striped velvet seating.  There are a number of coffee table books, magazines and Paris attraction maps, as well as an iMac for web browsing. 

The corridor looks like something surreal from a Jeunet and Caro film, with custers of quirky photographs and lines of poetry emblazoned on the carpet. 

Our room had a dark, romantic atmosphere due to colour scheme of chartreuse, silver and black – even curtains and doors were black!  The bed was extremely comfy, with fluffy pillows, crisp cotton linen and a throw in complementing colours.

The bathroom had beautiful dusky brown and gold flock tiles but was pretty tiny, although I’ve heard that they have rooms with larger ones if you’re staying for longer and need more space.

Like most forward-thinking hotel, they have installed an Apple iMac in each room, so you can access the web and watch TV and DVDs without hassle.  It seems that hotels now want to give guests a more homely experience, rather than leaving us detached from the world, charging guests 10 Euros a day for using wifi. It also eases them off unnecessary concierge duties!

We ate breakfast outside and tried out the bakeries around the rue de Buci for a croissant and café crème, although the breakfast room at the hotel looked delicious.  

One thing that impressed me most about the hotel is that they have since kept in touch by email and regularly report on their fabulous meanderings around the city on their Paris newsblog.  I had serious food envy over their tasting session of mille-feuilles by legendary Paris pâtissier, Pierre Hermé and am planning to eat at La Bouche, a laid-back restaurant with innovative cuisine in Ménilmontant, which they visited and recommended.

Hotel Design Sorbonne is part of the Hôtels de Paris Rive Gauche group, that runs three other boutique hotels on the Left Bank, with the hotly anticipated BJ luxury design hotel (formerly the Hotel Ferrandi) opening next Autumn.  If you want a ‘home away from home’ or a more private stay, they also have a designer studio in the Marais, a bijou apartment by the Canal Saint Martin for up to four people and a luxury apartment in the Mouffetard area.

Hotel Design Sorbonne is the perfect base for Paris newbies, as it is within walking distance of the chic designer shops on the Boulvard Saint Germain, the buzzy Latin Quarter, the markets on Rue Mouffetard and of course, the Seine.  The hotel is quiet at night due to its side street position, so if it’s all about getting up and out  in the morning, you’re pretty much guaranteed a good night’s sleep.

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Rates range from 100 – 350 Euros per night and a continental buffet breakfast is 12 Euros.

Hotel Design Sorbonne, 6,  rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris. £

Metro: Line 10 : Cardinal Lemoine, Cluny Sorbonne. RER B : Luxembourg.

Another precious book–Madame Curie, A Biography by Eve Curie, first published in 1937, translated to English by Vincent Sheen. The cover has a picture of Madame Curie–a serious woman looking directly at the camera. Inside there is a portrait of her made in 1929, when she was 62 years old. Apparently, Eve Curie didn’t become a scientist like her father, mother and sister, but she brought her family, especially mother, to life in this book. Every page was radiant like the radium to which Madame Curie devoted her entire life.

Hans Kelsen a fost un savant de renume mondial în domeniul teoriei dreptului. S-a născut în anul de graţie 1881 la Praga, din părinţi evrei. Cam cu doi ani înainte de Franz Kafka, un alt evreu celebru născut în Capitala Boemiei… M-am întâlnit cu Hans Kelsen în timpul studilor mele legale. Este fascinant. Oricât ar încerca să-l critice unii autori, în numele unui liberalism prost înţeles, nu se pot ridica la înălţimea filosofică a gândirii sale juridice.

Kelsen a studiat Dreptul la Viena în perioada de maximă efervescenţă culturală a oraşului, de dinainte de Primul Război Mondial. În 1919, devine profesor de Drept Public şi Administrativ la Universitatea din Viena. În 1920, participă la redactarea Constituţiei Austriece. Acest document constituie şi astăzi baza legii constituţionale austriece.

În 1930, devine profesor la Universitatea din Köln, de unde este alungat de nazişti în 1933… Se refugiază la Geneva, unde predă Dreptul Internaţional. Aici, la Geneva, publică în 1934 Teoria Pură a Dreptului – Reine Rechtslehre – un titlu cu rezonanţe kantiene. În 1940, emigrează definitiv în Statele Unite, unde este profesor de Political Science şi International Law.

Sursa informaţiilor biografice: Articolul Hans Kelsen, Wikipedia.

La seconde étape date de la fin du XIX^e siècle et du début du XXe siècle, lors de la floraison des travaux de Gerber, Hering, Jellinek, qui trouvent leur couronnement dans l’œuvre de du juriste autrichien, Hans Kelsen, et leur philosophie, dans le positivisme juridique. Hans Kelsen définit l’État de droit comme la structuration d’un ordre juridique, hiérarchique et pyramidal dans lequel les normes s’emboîtent et s’articulent à l’interieur d’un tout organique, stratifié succesivement par la constitution, la legislation et le règlement. Il est difficile de sous-estimer la force d’une telle construction. L’oeuvre magnifique de Hans Kelsen n’est pas seulement l’aboutissement de la science juridique allemande pour maintenir dans le cadre d’un État monarchique une place où soit instaurée la garantie des droits individuels et où soit inscrite la coexistence de l’État de droit et de l’État de police, elle vise aussi à enraciner le droit dans l’État conçu comme la seule institution capable de l’établir véritablement au moment même où les sirènes du romantisme politique, en dévaluant l’État et en ridiculisant l’État de droit, aboutissaient, dans un pays qui connaissait un développement démocratique insuffisant, non à un renforcement des libertés, mais à un accroissement des privilèges. En ce sens la véritable portée de kelsénisme est de nature historique: ce sont bien les États modernes qui ont produit et garanti les droits individuels, lesquels n’étaient nullement respectées dans les empires ou les seigneuries.

Source: Blandine Barret-Kriegel, État de droit in Olivier Duhamel, Yves Mény, Dictionnaire constitutionel (Paris: PUF, 1992).

musée (n.m.) : museum.

The past week was a sight for sore eyes (if such things exist in Paris), as this ancienne étudiante of art history hit up the Musée du Louvre and Paris’ center for l’art contemporain, the 104.

L’année passée, when I was in Paris, I was taking cours en l’histoire de l’art at the Sorbonne (Paris IV), so I’ve actually already been to the Louvre upwards of 25 times or so, but I love going with a visite guidée because I’m bound to see things I haven’t previously noticed or found particularly interesting.  Plus, thanks to the fact that Napoleon a volé an astounding number of incomparable oeuvres from different countries around the world, you’ll not likely to ever feel that you’ve exhausted the ressources ésthetiques that the Louvre has to offer (and Francois Ier’s commandes aren’t hurting the collection either).

On trip no. 1 to the Louvre, our professeur decided to take us through the Italian painting collections.  Here you’ll find Giotto, Da Vinci, Raphael, et Caravaggio, but an unexpected addition to the early Italian paintings collection (housed in the Salon de Peinture historically used for the annual  exhibits organized by the Académie royale de peinture et sculpture) was a contemporary work by Pierre Soulages.  This isn’t the first time that contemporary art has invaded the Louvre or the nearby gardens.  (Two examples I recall are those of spring ‘08 : the famous exposition of Louise Bourgeois‘ giant spider in the Tuileries and Jan Fabre’s invasion of the Northern Schools’ galleries.)  The unlikely juxtaposition of Soulage is (like it was for Bourgeois) a reference to his current retrospective at Centre Pompidou.

Another less-predictable aspect of our 1st evening at the Louvre was a visit to the african art galleries, said to be “inaugurées” by former president Jacques Chirac…which according to our prof. essentially means that he forced the conservateurs at the Louvre to add African art to the heavily occidental collections.  My favorite work in these galleries was a lanky wood-carved statue (which despite it’s nearly anorexic silhouette was sporting perky curves in all the right places).

Our next Louvre visit primarily focused on the two cours de sculpture (Marly & Puget), formerly outside areas of the palais which have since been turned into green-house-like pavilions.  We visited the sculpture of Voltaire by Pigalle,  scandalous for depicting an old man in the style of hunky war heroes, as well as the galleries of small sculpture, created to gain éntrée to the annual salons.  But probably my favorite sculpture moment was when my fairly proper professor turned to us and said “Ah!  Il devient un peu chaud, n’est-ce pas?” (Oh!  It’s getting a bit hot, isn’t it?).  This delightful joke was referencing a work where a satyr was aggressively taking advantage of his woman of choice (though from the look on her face, she didn’t seem to mind one bit).

The day after our 2nd Louvre visit, I went to the CENTQUATRE a contemporary art and cultural center located in the 19th arrondissement, for a conference discussing art and cuisine.  The space was actually gorgeous, home to the former city funeral services, and offered an array of funky, wacky, and kitschy items to peruse at your leisure.  However, the most interesting artistic element of the conference was an intervention by Philippe Mayaux, sculpteur who in 2006 had an exhibition called “Hors d’oeuvres” featuring a series Savoureux de toi (literally “tasting/appetizing of you”).  To create this series he sculpted different parts of of his wife’s body in chocolate and then reassembled them in a manner resembling the typical goodies you would find at a local pastry shop (only made of fingers, bones, and genitals, among other body parts).  And yes, every piece of work was 100% comestible.  As a lover of food and a peruser of wacky conceptual art, this was clearly the highlight (or at least the most intriguing encounter) of my semaine of art outings.

—vocabulaire—

ancienne étudiante > former student

l’art contemporain > contemporary art

Musée du Louvre > the Louvre Museum

L’année passée > Last year

cours en l’histoire de l’art > art history courses

visite guidée > guided visits

a volé > stole

oeuvres > works

ressources ésthetiques > aesthetic resources

commandes > commissions (i.e. when a patron asks an artist to create a certain work)

professeur > professor

Académie royale de peinture et sculpture > “The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture”, founded in 1648; a historically conservative and all-powerful group of leading artists, most famous for their annual salons (starting in 1663) to exhibit the works of members of the academy.  It no longer exists as it was replaced by the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Academy) and finally, the Institut de France (French Institut).

exposition > exhibition

inaugurées > inaugurated/unveiled

conservateurs > curators (who happened in the case of the Louvre to have been rather conservative concerning the issue of the african art galleries…oh the humor of french linguistics)

occidental > western, typical of western culture

cours de sculpture > sculpture courtyards

palais > palace (The Louvre was once the royal palace of the French monarchs)

éntrée > entry

intervention > presentation (in the context of a conference)

sculpteur > sculptor

comestible > edible

semaine > week

October 17th 2009 saw the end of one of the most significant contributions to the antiprohibitionist fronts in Spain and Europe of the past decade. Gaspar Fraga González, founder and director of Cañamo magazine, shed his mortal coil and peacefully departed on his final trip, surrounded by his loved ones, at the age of 65. His long battle with cancer had broken his body, but not his will. As the Commander of the Cañamo vessel, he stood at the helm until the very end, inspiring those around him with his strength and determination in the face of adversity. His remains were put to rest in his beloved city of Barcelona to the music of his also beloved Frank Zappa and the adulations of the many present. He is survived by his two wifes, Sara and Mari Carmen, his daughter Lidia, two grandchildren, and many loving friends.

The passing of Gaspar Fraga marks the end of an era that began in 1997 when the first issue of Cañamo hit the stands and became an immediate hit. Over the course of 142 issues and 12 years, Gaspar became the face of pro-cannabis antiprohibitionism in Spain and abroad, and worked actively in promoting the magazine’s stated goal of normalization by means of information, producing a huge body of written work between articles, research and his contributions to the Cannabis Cafe online community. He also contributed actively with European drug law reform group ENCOD and was often called upon to appear on TV to counter the anti-drug spokespeople, which he did with such demolishing efficiency that they often ended up agreeing with him.

Gaspar Fraga was a scholar of great eruditeness trapped in the body of a charming and boyish rebel to the bone. For many years, he was a rebel without a cause, banned from his native city of Madrid by the Franco regime for being a young long hair with a bad attitude. He went to Paris and studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, worked as a, paparazzi, model, current and fashion photographer and journalist and tossed pavement in May of 68. In 1970 he moved to Barcelona, to the neighborhood of Gràcia, where he became actively involved in the city’s flourishing counterculture as the editor of the underground Rock Comix, and in the 80s he made a decisive contribution to recovering the traditional festivities of Gràcia, which today congregate over a million people over the course of nine days every August.

But it was Cañamo that truly gave cause to his rebellion. Under his guidance, the impact of the magazine has gone further and longer than anyone could have expected. As Commander of Cañamo, Gaspar brought us to the very moment of truth, but for reasons known only to the higher powers, has left us to take this historic step without him. His legacy is now ours to uphold, and he was confident we can. Rest in peace, dear friend, we will not let you down.

France 2 – jeudi – 0h- jeudi 22/10

Dénigré, décrié et soigneusement passé sous silence, le premier colloque des intellectuels et artistes noirs s’est tenu à Paris en 1956, à la Sorbonne.

Daoed Joesoef
alumnus Universite Pluridisciplinaires Pantheon-Sorbonne

Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono telah membentuk Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu II. Ada wajah lama, wajah baru, intelektual/akademisi independen, politikus dan beberapa loyalis yang di Amerika biasa disebut the President’s men.

Walaupun punya kewenangan dan hak prerogatif dalam membentuk komposisi dan struktur kabinetnya, ternyata dia tidak sebebas seperti yang dimungkinkan oleh kewenangan dan hak tersebut. Dia kiranya menyadari bahwa diperlukan sebuah pemerintah yang kuat untuk bisa membangun Indonesia menjadi suatu negara industrial maju, demi meningkatkan kesejahteraan rakyat dan memperbaiki citra, martabat, dan posisi riilnya di dunia internasional.

Sebagai langkah kondisional awal ke arah itu, dia membentuk suatu “kekuatan politik” dengan jalan membentuk koalisi antara partainya dan empat parpol lain yang nyaris mematikan esensi demokrasi, yaitu meredam adanya oposisi. Pembentukan kekuatan politik melalui koalisi parpol tentu tidak tanpa harga. Harga ini cukup mahal berupa jatah kursi kementerian bagi politikus yang berasal dari parpol yang diajak berkoalisi. Bagi parpol, partisipasi di jajaran eksekutif memang didambakan. Pertama, menaikkan gengsinya di mata masyarakat karena mayoritas warganya yang berpendidikan rendah menganggap kedudukan menteri di jajaran eksekutif jauh lebih “hebat” daripada kedudukan wakil rakyat di jajaran legislatif. Kedua, anggotanya selaku menteri dapat memanfaatkan secara terselubung aparat birokrasi departemen demi memenangkan Pemilu 2014 kelak.

Demi membangun kekuatan pemerintah yang akan dipimpinnya dia menggalang pula suatu “kekuatan teknis” dengan merekrut pakar-pakar nonpartai. Dengan begitu sekaligus dia ingin menunjukkan adanya citra zaken cabinet”- kabinet pakar seperti yang diharapkan oleh kaum intelektual. Parpol-parpol yang menyodorkan anggotanya untuk berpartisipasi dalam kabinet mengklaim bahwa mereka adalah “pakar” pada bidang-bidang yang diusulkan.

Namun, apakah ukuran “kepakaran” itu? Dapat diduga bahwa ukuran itu adalah hal dan kemampuan yang bersifat teknokratis semata-mata, baik bagi yang berstatus nonpartai maupun yang anggota parpol. Dapat dipastikan bahwa selama fit and proper test, Presiden SBY tidak pernah menyoal bagaimana pandangan para pakar tersebut tentang ke-Pancasila-an dari tindakannya kelak di bidang-bidang kehidupan yang menjadi urusan kementerian yang dipimpinnya. Dengan kata lain, baik presiden yang menguji maupun pakar-pakar yang diuji sama sekali menganggap sepi kegunaan filosofi Pancasila sebagai pandu (guidance) bagi kebijakan pemerintah. Kalau Presiden dan para pakar bekerja untuk diri sendiri di dunia privat masing-masing, mereka memang tidak dituntut berfilosofi. Namun, selaku presiden dan menteri dari Republik Pancasila, mereka tidak bisa tidak berfilosofi dalam kerjanya sehari-hari di ranah publik. Hanya dengan berfilosofi itulah mereka dapat menangkap aspek human dari setiap masalah yang dihadapi dan solusi yang tepat sebagai konsekuensinya. Dan nyaris di setiap sila dari Pancasila digambarkan, secara eksplisit atau implisit, aspek homo humanus itu.

Demi kehadiran unsur kekuatan dalam pemerintahannya, Presiden SBY tidak lupa memasukkan orang-orang yang dianggapnya loyalis. Apa ukuran, lagi- lagi, dari loyalitas ini ? Secara lugas (zakelijk) dan demokratis ukuran ini seharusnya berupa pandangan-pandangan yang kritis dari orang-orang tersebut terhadap apa pun yang dipikirkan dan dilakukan oleh presiden, yang mereka anggap keliru.

Namun, yang sering terjadi, sesuai dengan insting egoistis yang berpadu dengan kultur kefeodalan kita, yang dianggap loyal oleh penguasa adalah yes men dan karena menyadari hal ini, para loyalis selalu memberikan, kalau diminta, pendapat-pendapat ABS- “asal bapak senang”. Padahal, kalau konjungtur sosio-politik berubah menjadi buruk bagi penguasa, para loyalis seperti itu yang cenderung lebih dulu hengkang menjauh. Alih-alih mengulurkan tangan untuk membantu tegak, bersuara lantang untuk membela penguasa yang dahulu mereka puja, malah mereka memilih tutup mulut. Dengan sikap seperti itu, mereka tunjukkan tidak mau membela yang salah, padahal penguasa yang dulu mereka puji dan puja itu kini jatuh dan dipersalahkan karena justru banyak-sedikitnya telah mengikuti “nasihat-nasihat intim” dari mereka. Bukankah hal ini yang pernah dialami oleh Bung Karno, Pak Harto dan presiden-presiden yang berguguran di era Reformasi. Karena disanjung-sanjung tanpa disadari mereka telah membiarkan dirinya dipagari oleh orang-orang yang, menurut Bung Hatta, tidak punya innerlijke beschaving- keadaban murni yang betul-betul dihayati.

Pembangunan Nasional

Ada risiko bahwa Presiden SBY tidak mampu menggerakkan pembangunan nasional yang pantas disebut sebagai a valueable legacy bagi generasi penerus. Sesudah bersusah payah mengumpulkan aneka talenta dalam kabinet, yang berpotensi untuk mengadakan reform dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat, berbangsa dan bernegara demokratis, namun diberi petunjuk dan arahan untuk berbuat business as usual. Kemandekan/ krisis nasional, yang katanya disebabkan oleh paradigma pembangunan Orba yang keliru, sebenarnya tidak hanya menghancurkan, tetapi juga menciptakan peluang-sekali-dalam-satu generasi, asalkan pemerintah/ penguasa negeri tidak mengetengahkan konsep yang itu-itu saja, berhenti mengucapkan the same old thing.

Usaha pembangunan nasional memang harus berkelanjutan (continous), tetapi pikiran konseptual-filosofis yang mendasarinya harus berubah (discontinous), mengingat pembangunan tetap menyebabkan kemandekan/krisis seperti yang kita alami selama era Reformasi. Sudah tahu pembangunan ala Orba keliru, maka itu ia dulu dijatuhkan, tetapi paradigma dan cara kerjanya tetap diteruskan. Seolah-olah kemandekan/krisis itu tidak terjadi di sini tetapi di negeri antah-berantah. Bila presiden, selaku kepala negara dan kepala pemerintahan, menyia-nyiakan kemandekan/krisis sebagai pelajaran sejarah yang berharga, maka totalitas efektivitas keseluruhan kabinet akan jauh lebih kecil daripada jumlah efektivitas dari setiap menteri yang menjadi bagian dari kabinet.

Kita bisa mendelegasikan otoritas, tetapi tidak pertanggungan jawab. Selaku rakyat yang ikut berpemilu, kita sudah mendelegasikan otoritas itu kepada pemerintah dan parlemen. Tanggung jawab yang tidak mungkin didelegasikan mendorong kita untuk bersikap kritis konstruktif, bukan defaitis. Hal seperti ini kita harap disikapi pula oleh menteri-menteri nonparpol, terutama yang berpretensi intelektual/akademis independen, mengingat kabinet tetap didominasi oleh politikus parpol yang bersikap partisan.

Kita telah memiliki pemerintah untuk periode lima tahun kedepan. Kepada presiden dan wakil presiden terpilih dan semua menteri anggota Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu II serta para pejabat setingkat menteri, pantas kita ucapkan selamat bekerja. Namun, ada alasan untuk mencemaskan keserasian team-work kabinet. Maka, marilah kita menyilangkan jari, let us cross our fingers, sambil berdoa menurut kepercayaan masing-masing, agar kinerja putra-putri “pilihan terbaik” itu tidak gagal. Rakyat Indonesia sudah menderita sejak zaman penjajahan dan telah berkali-kali dikecewakan oleh janji-janji muluk para pemimpin demagogis. (Suara Pembaruan, 21 Oktober 2009)

Nous en reparlerons, je vous le rappellerai, mais d’emblée, alors que la nouvelle m’est parvenue il y a peu, je donnerai une nouvelle conférence en Sorbonne en 2010 sous l’égide de l’Observatoire Musical Français, le 17 avril prochain. Toujours enclun à travailler sur les liens entre musique et arts plastiques, je me pencherai cette année sur les liens très forts unissant le compositeur américain Earle Brown, le sculpteur Alexander Calder, et le peintre Jackson Pollock, pour une conférence intitulée : “Ouverture et mobilité dans la musique d’Earle Brown : une approche conceptuelle plastique”. Tout un programme donc auquel je vous convie d’autant plus que la séance comptera aussi les interventions de Victoria LLORT LLOPART pour “Le visuel et le sonore chez Nietzsche” et de Violaine ANGER pour “Le son et le visible. Comparaison de deux réflexions sur la partition musicale, celle de Paul Klee et celle de Vassili Kandinsky”. Bien à vous ///

ok so i left home (Paris) at 9h30 am and arrived home (Stockholm) at 7h pm. I took 2 buses, 1 train, 3 subways, 2 planes in 36hours and i’m exhausted ! Really and truly tired and feeling a little..bla. My mom picked me up at the airport yesterday morning at 9am, we had a great FRENCH breakfast at home, my puppy recognized me ! but he’s so big, he’s not a puppy anymore ! Then we spent the day in Paris shopping for new shoes, having hot chocolate and cookies at Starbucks…it was awesome.

j’ai quitté la maison (Paris) à 9h30 du matin et je suis arrivée à la maison (Stockholm) à 7h du soir. J’ai pris 2 buses, 1 train, 3 métros, 2 avions en 36h et je n’en peux plus! je suis lessivée. Maman est venue me chercher à l’aéroport hier matin à 9h, on a pris un super petit déj à la maison, Elio m’a reconnu ! il est devenu enorme, ce n’est plus un bébé ! On a passé la journée dans Paris à la recherche de jolies chaussures, en faisant une pause à Starbucks. C’était parfait.

At 6pm we met in front of La Sorbonne Panthéon with my friends and parents. Ok so we didn’t have gowns and hats, i was a little disapointed but guys suited up and well, so did girls. It was nice. We were called one by one to grab our diploma, and i reached my personal goal, “AB mention”   Then we had champagne and petits fours, it was fun to talk to everyone again, most of them are looking for jobs so im feeling super lucky i found this one. After a while my parents grew bored and we went out for diner with my sister. Before going to bed i watched the most disturbing docummentary about the revival of the KKK in the US… some people are so scary.  And before i knew it it was wednesday morning and i had to leave  

A 18h rendez vous devans la Sorbonne Panthéon avec mes amis et parents. Ok donc finalement, pas de toges, ni de petits chapeaux, j’étais quand même un peu déçu. Mais tout le monde s’était fait beau, c’était très sympa. Ils nous ont appelé un par un pour nous remettre notre diplôme, j’ai même eu la mention AB (petite victoire perso). Puis champagne et petits fours pour tout le monde. C’était agréable de revoir ma classe, ils cherchent presque tous du boulot, je réalise à quel point j’ai eu de la chance. On a fini la soirée au resto avec ma famille, puis j’ai regardé un docu très perturbant sur la monté du KKK aux USA…terrifiant. Et puis, c’était déjà l’heure de repartir.

I’m back with 2 new pairs of shoes, a new beret, new gloves and a borrowed sweater i need to show you guys soon. But for now the plan is :

Mean girls + m&m’s peanuts butter (we recieved a box full of them from my dearest Sash today !!!)  and hot bath !!!!

Je suis de retour avec 2 nouvelles paires de chaussures, un nouveau beret, des nouveaux gants et un gilet emprunté à Crispin. Il faut que je vous montre tout ça ! Mais pour le moment ça va être:

un bon bain chaud + Mean Girls + m&m’s au beurre de cacahuètes (un merveilleux paquet est arrivé des USA aujourd’hui rempli de m&m’s..SASH YOU ROCK)

la semaine du goût: literally, “the week of taste”; a week-long, nation-wide celebration of gastronomie in France

So this week is essential one des rêves, as all of France is mobilizing to celebrate, recognize, and raise awareness about the importance of l’alimentation. I’ve already spent the last two days in a 9-5 (or so) colloque at the Sorbonne, listening to presentations about restauration with examples from all over the world.  Everything from Slow Food in Japan to restaurants haut de gamme in Brazil, and French fusion in New York.  Not to mention the talks about food in France itself.

But of all the talks given, the one which struck me the most mentioned bistronomie, a fairly new movement in french cuisine where chefs decide ils en ont marre des étoiles Michelin.  With about 30 recognized nouveau bistros of this type in Paris (y compris le Comptoir de Relais, L’Os à Moelle, Le Beurre Noisette, Le Violon d’Ingres…) this means high quality, creative, and less “froo-froo” food…all at a prix serré.  I’ve heard about bistronomie before, but after this talk- being that I’m interested in analyzing French food criticism- I’m thinking this might be a fun era of focus.

But for those who are hoping for something a little less académique, of course the week has something for you as well.

Yesterday night, I took a cours gratuit at the Cordon Bleu.  We watched chef Jean-Jacques demonstrate proper dacquois-making technique, and then got to déguster these beautiful pastries (we were worried that they would get sold in some secret Cordon Bleu bake-shop as opposed to entering our famished bouches). At the end of the class, even the regular students were so excited that there was literally a pastry paparazzi.

Then today, chef Gérard Cagna, a 2 étoile Michelin chef, presented his food “show” (yes, they used the word show) in one of the amphitheatres of the Sorbonne géographie building on Rue Saint Jacques.  After experimenting with the limited cooking tools that most students are equipped with (quelques casseroles, des plaques électriques,  et un micro-onde) he demonstrated how to cook simple, but delicious and elegant food at home.  But better than the risotto-making tips and ridiculously impressive chopping, we got to leave with a pochette surprise full of kitchen ware like un fouet, une cuillère en bois, and un éplucheur.

The week’s still not over, and I’m definitely excited for the the Marché de Rue de Levis in the 17e from Thursday-Saturday and my restaurant reservation at l’Epi Dupin, a resto bistronomique in the 6e.

Bon appétit!

—vocabulaire—

des rêves > of dreams

l’alimentation > the act of eating

colloque > colloquium

restauration > restaurant/food business

haut de gamme > high end

bistronomie > bistro-gastronomie, a revival of elegant, simple, fresh cuisine

ils en ont marre des étoiles Michelin > are sick of Michelin stars

y compris > (here) included

prix serré > lowered prices (literally “tightened prices”)

académique > academic

cours gratuit > free course

Cordon Bleu > famous French culinary school

dacquois > a pastry base made from egg whites and sugar, kind of a compromise between a cake and a meringue

déguster > taste

bouches > mouths

géographie > geography (these studies include l’alimentation, and the link between food and geography)

quelques casseroles, des plaques électriques,  et un micro-onde > some pots, hot plates, and a microwave

pochette surprise > goodie bag

un fouet, une cuillère en bois, and un éplucheur > a whisk, a wooden spoon, and a (potato/carrot) peeler

resto bistronomique > restaurant in the bistronomic tradition

Bon appétit! > Enjoy your meal!/Happy eating!

dia 29 na porta da escola, na rua victor-cousin: esperando com os outros candidatos/alunos a prova de francês, pra decidir em que nível entrar. tem chamadinha na porta e tudo o mais.

fachada da escola: o curso de francês é dado pela prefeitura de paris e o preço é muito abaixo, apesar dos professores serem da sorbonne. muitos estrangeiros na minha sala: japoneses, ucranianos, israelenses, húngaros, chineses, filipinos, mexicanos, australianos, irlandeses.

pátio interno da escola. é uma escola de crianças, elementar, durante o dia…

interior da escola. as salas de aula são subindo a escadaria. a minha fica no terceiro andar, uns seis lances de escada – é por isso que a francesada mantém a forma, apesar do tanto de vinho e queijo, já descobri tudo.

minha primeira aula de francês, agora, no dia 06 de outubro, com a professora fabienne, uma geminiana animada. adoro, os colegas parecem ótimos. tanta gente de tanto país diferente girando o mundo e se encontrando em paris pruma classe de francês. tantas profissões diferentes: pedreiro, designer de cor da pegeuot, engenheiro, advogada, esteticista, dona-de-casa, agente de segurança, enfermeira, economista, professora de judô, pesquisadora na área de biologia, professora de história, jornalista, escritora…

foto que fiz ontem, dia 06, voltando da minha primeira aula de francês. é notredame, nossa dama, que badala pra mim seus sinos de nove horas da noite, quando volto pra casa a pé, em paris.

Wow.

I am going to try very hard to refrain from drenching this post in hyperbole (good start, I know), but Paris was absolutely amazing. On the train ride up from Aix I began to worry that after 10 years of putting Paris on a pedastal it wouldn’t even come close to meeting my expectations. Well, it did. And while I know that part of what made last weekend awesome was finally seeing my friends and my girlfriend again, I really did fall in love with the city.

THURSDAY

The four of us finally met up at the hotel late Thursday night (after some stressful travel all around) and basically just crashed. Our hotel was in Saint Denis, a city just north of the official Paris city limits that could hardly be called inviting. But it was a cheap place for us to stay, so it worked.

FRIDAY

We left the hotel around 9 in the morning, hopped on the Metro and got off at the Champs-Élysées. About 45 seconds after exiting the station we came across some ornate ceremony outside one of Paris’ countless palatial buildings. There was an orchestra/band dressed in full formal wear and a steady stream of well-dressed people walking a red carpet into the building. Probably a state function or ceremony, but I like to think the music was welcoming us to the city. We all felt like the city was pretty quiet for a Friday morning. There weren’t a lot of people or cars out, and with a few expections it was like that all weekend.

For our first destination, we walked to the Eiffel Tower. ‘Walking’ really was the word of the day. We walked and walked and walked and walked. I don’t have a distance estimate, but it was impressive. As was the Eiffel Tower. We didn’t go up (college students on a budget) but just hanging out by it and walking under it was cool. Less cool was the horde of salesmen pushing little metal and plastic Towers. There must have been 25-30 there, all selling identitcal products. I suppose every major tourist desintation has silimilary comical side effects, but this was particularly striking.

After the Tower we walked along the Seine to Notre Dame Cathedral. It was as imposing and regal as you’d expect a renowned Gothic cathedral to be, especially the ornate entrance and doors. But at the same time, I felt like like the National Cathedral and National Basilica in Washington, DC were just as impressive. Then I thought about the history – Notre Dame has seen so much; walking its floors means walking the same ground millions have walked on for centuries. After our tour we found a nice café and had lunch facing the Cathedral. It felt very Parisian, even if the streets were still curiously empty.

After that we walked to the Latin Quarter, which was my favorite neighborhood of the weekend. There, we saw the Sorbonne (France’s Harvard), the Pantheon (final resting place of Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Louis Pasteur, Pierre et Marie Curie and other “great men” of France) and the Luxembourg Gardens. We stayed in the gardens for almost an hour, taking a much needed break. It has a very different feel than Central Park (more stately, less of a relaxed feeling), but it was a very tranquil place to watch life go by.

After recharging our batteries we walked to the Louvre, which has free admission on Friday nights for people under 26. Because it was a Friday night, the musem wasn’t overcrowded, which was great. It was also very cool to be there at night, which made it seem “more mysterious and spectacular,” as Becca said. We didn’t come close to seeing everything (that would take at least a full day), but I saw the pieces I most wanted to see: “Liberty Leading the People,” “Mona Lisa” and the “Code of Hammurabi.”

Following the Louvre we staggered towards dinner, exhausted from walking the heart of Paris. I had a great salad of lettuce, three cheeses, ham, artichoke, tomatoes and copious amounts of olive oil.

SATURDAY

We slept in – we had earned it. Then we took the train to Versailles around 11. Oh. My. Goodness. If there is a more decadent place on earth, I’d like to see it. The royal bedrooms and Hall of Mirrors in particular made my jaw drop and my stomach turn. I’d have revolted too if my leaders lived like that.

We went back to the hotel for an afternoon nap then got ready for our last night in Paris. We found a restaurant near the Champs-Élysées, which was the concensus favorite meal of the weekend. I had the best duck of my life, supplemented by excellent scalloped potatoes and the requisite bread with olive oil. Afterwards we walked the Champs, which felt like a classier, less exciting Times Square. We ended up at the Arc de Triomphe, which was so beautiful at night that we decided to trek back to the Eiffel Tower to see it illuminated. Good move on our part. While the Tower was impressive during the day, it was inspiring at night. Paris does a great job with the lighting, alternating beween a mellow golden hue and a dazzling 5 minute blitz of flashing lights that occurs every hour or so.

SUNDAY

We had breakfast in a café facing the Musée d’Orsay, which was where I said my goodbyes. I was the first to leave, and it was especially hard to say goodbye to Chris and Becca, who I won’t see until the summer. I’ll be seeing Heather at least once more this semester. So it was back on the TGV (France’s high speed train) for me. I spent the southbound ride doing homework and feeling a bit lonely, but when I got to Aix I felt like I was coming home, which was a very pleasant surprise. And when I got back to the house Odile had a chocolate cake waiting for me. Life is good.

P.S.

I ordered a new computer, so I should be able to start putting pictures up again in a little over a week.

Allons droit au but : je suis déçue.

Terriblement déçue par le nouveau roman de Jean-Marc Parisis « Les aimants ». Et j’ai l’impression d’être la seule… La presse littéraire est unanime et crie au chef d’œuvre ! D’après elle, Parisis signe-là son meilleur roman. Foutaise ou copinage ? Quoi qu’il en soit, je ne partage absolument pas ce point de vue. Et sans vouloir contredire ces chers critiques littéraires, je pense l’inverse. C’est de loin son moins bon roman…

Et je ne suis pas en train de régler mes comptes. J’adore Jean-Marc Parisis. Son style poétique désenchanté ; son imaginaire chatoyant et ses thèmes souvent douloureux me plaisent. Parfois, en le lisant, je pense à Charles Bukwosky (la grossièreté en moins…). Car comme lui, il arrive à rendre le quotidien lumineux. A l’éclairer sous un nouveau jour. A le rendre romantique et fascinant.  Désillusionné, il ne tombe pourtant jamais dans le pathos. Il se contente de décrire les choses telles qu’elles sont et c’est ce qui les rend belles.

Excepté dans « Les aimants ». Parisis bascule dans les clichés. Un jeune homme et une jeune fille se rencontrent sur les bancs de la fac. Ils sont à la Sorbonne, en lettres, flânent dans le quartier Saint Germain ; passent leur temps au Rostand ; écrivent et se font lire leurs manuscrits…. Bref cela manque d’originalité. On a l’impression d’avoir déjà lu 100 fois ce roman. Et puis à part une ou deux phrases bien tournées son style tombe à plat. Il n’y a pas d’émotion. On ne ressent pas le vécu. Il ne se passe rien.

Mais où est passé l’auteur de la mélancolie des fast-food ?

Editions Stock 2009, 100 pages, 13,50€

Le Comité Colbert (appelé à l’origine groupement Colbert) est une association fondé en 1954 à l’initiative du plus ancien parfumeur français Jean-Jacques Guerlain qui se consacre à la promotion de le luxe en France et à l’étranger.

Jean Jacques Guerlain

Aujourd’hui, le Comité Colbert compte 70 membres recouvrant plus de 130 métiers dans dix catégories : couture et mode, parfum, or et matières précieuses, argent et bronze, cuir, cristal, faïence et porcelaine, vigne, accueil, hôtellerie et gastronomie, édition et décoration.

Les membres du Comité Colbert sont:
Air France, les créateurs Breguet, Cartier, Champagne Bollinger, Champagne Perrier-Jouët, Chanel, Château Ruinart, Château de Versailles, Comédie Française, Christian Dior Couture, Parfums Christian Dior, Givenchy, Hermès, Hôtel Ritz, Hôtel Bristol, Jean Patou, Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, Meller, La Maison du chocolat, Lanvin, Leonard, Longchamp, Louis Vuitton, Van Cleef &amp Aparels, Lenôtre, Rémy Martin, Pullman Orient Express, Musée du Louvre, Sorbonne, l’Orchestre national de France, Hôtel Ritz (Paris), Boucheron, D. Porthault, Lacoste, Yves Saint Laurent

La lutte contre les contrefaçons constitue une mission importante du Comité Colbert depuis 1995, le Comité Colbert s’est associé avec la Douane française pour lutter contre l’importation de contrefaçons, notamment à travers des campagnes d’affichage.

“Le Comité Colbert est une entité unique où la force collective transcende l’identité de chacun” Françoise Montenay, présidente du Comité Colbert.

http://www.comitecolbert.com/

Bonjour à tous !

Voici un nouveau site destiné aux élèves de Paris-Sorbonne qui nous permettra d’échanger et d’apprendre plus facilement au cours de notre année à Bonn : nous vous souhaitons une excellente visite, en espérant que vous trouverez ce que vous cherchez !

N’hésitez pas nous faire part de vos remarques et appréciations en ajoutant un commentaire !

Bonne lecture !

É fácil apaixonarmo-nos por uma cultura, uma civilização, e no caso de Clotilde Reiss uma paixão converteu-se num amor doce. Desde nova que o Irão representa para a jovem Clotilde um lugar místico, não apenas um lugar no plano histórico, como a terra dos Safávidas e Afsharidas, mas a terra de um povo único, onde se sente verdadeiramente em casa. Talvez não fosse o Irão contemporâneo que procurasse, mas os elementos, algo, que a fizessem compreender aquela cultura, para ela tão próxima.

A profunda devoção de Clotilde Reiss levou-a a licenciar-se em história na Sorbonne e a aprender farsi na INALCO. Foi como bolseira do Institut Français de Recherche en Iran que é apanhada em plenos protestos de rua. Os “crimes terríveis” que cometeu (entregar um relatório à secção cultural da embaixada e tirar fotografias) podem levar a que seja condenada a mais de cinco anos de prisão, ou, na pior das hipóteses, à morte. É tratada como uma espia da DGSE.

O que me impressiona é o facto do jogo diplomático estar a ser conduzida pela imprensa. Nada de novo no “État Français”. Quem conduz os países senão mesquinhos interesses económicos, no qual os média são peças manipuláveis? Uma jovem mulher detida numa república teocrática islâmica é um verdadeiro rebuçado para os gulosos editores que se escondem por detrás da capa da democracia. É a “Clotilde” em si, a jovem mulher, com que a imprensa realmente se preocupa?

Toda esta estória é o reflexo da decadência de dois sistemas, o islâmico e o ocidental, da nossa parte com a perda de valores morais, pseudo-baluartes de superioridade, e a de um regime que faz de tudo para se abarreirar. Clotilde é refém do regime de estúpidos e de uma política externa “pop-star”.

A plan to make 4,000 electric cars available for Parisians to pick up and drop off at rental stands still has some kinks to be worked out.

Could the City of Lights soon become the City of Electric Cars? Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, building on the success of the city’s popular Vélib curbside bike rental scheme, is planning to deploy a fleet of 2,000 electric cars that customers can pick up and drop off at rental stands around the city. Another 2,000 vehicles will be offered in two dozen surrounding cities.

The green scheme, dubbed Autolib (short for “automobile” and “liberté”), is scheduled for launch as early as the end of 2010, although city officials say the startup date could be closer to mid-2011. Advocates say the system would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 22,000 tons a year while improving traffic congestion as fewer Paris residents would need to own cars. It would be the first major city to offer such a service. “This could revolutionize transport,” Delanoë told French radio station RMC when he first proposed the program in June 2008… Read more (by Leona Liu, Spiegel) 

This FUTURE VOITURE article – partly excerpted – is dedicated to my Californian Twitter and Facebook friends, one of them, a filmmaker, meanwhile living in Paris.

While I had formerly studied at the Sorbonne – Université de Paris – and spent quite some time, privately as well as on business, in the French capital I’m nowadays looking forward to the further optimization of this seminal development.

haplif – Frank Kalder  (Global Haplifnet)

L’Ordre des Experts Comptables de la région d’Orléans tiendra son Assemblée générale annuelle, le Vendredi 25 septembre 2009, au Centre de Conférences, à Vierzon sur  le thème : 

Créer, reprendre, céder ou transmettre une entreprise :
le parcours de la réussite !

Si vous souhaitez participer, aux temps forts de cette manifestation animés par Stéphane DE LAAGE, Rédacteur en chef d’Acteurs Eco, journaliste d’entreprises et correspondant presse, contacter le secrétariat de l’Ordre des Experts Comptables au 02.38.24.09.24 ou par mail : croec@orleans.experts-comptables.fr.

 - 14h30-15h30 : table ronde La création et la reprise d’entreprises 

Avec la participation de : Ghislain DECLERCQ, notaire ; Olivier MARCELIN, Directeur du département ingénierie financière de CIC Banque CIO-BRO ; Jordane BIASSE, Responsable du service Transmission-reprise d’entreprises à la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Cher ; Corinne MARTINEZ, Expert Comptable et le témoignage d’un créateur d’entreprise.

-15h30-16h30 : table ronde La reprise et la transmission d’une entreprise en difficulté 

 Avec la participation de : Maître ZANNI ; mandataire judiciaire ; Maître NEYRET, avocate spécialisée dans la transmission d’entreprises ; Sylvie RODIER, Directeur CARCIE (CarCentre Ingénierie Entreprises) ; Antoine POURIEUX, Expert Comptable et le témoignage d’un repreneur d’une entreprise en difficulté.

- 17h30 Conférence de Jacques MARSEILLE, 

Les atouts de la France dans la mondialisation

Titulaire d’une chaire d’histoire économique et sociale à La Sorbonne, auteur, chroniqueur, Jacques MARSEILLE est l’invité de l’Ordre des Experts Comptables de la région. Une rencontre particulièrement passionnante dans le contexte de la crise financière grâce à l’expertise ainsi qu’à la personnalité de Jacques Marseille qui a notamment signé L’argent des Français en 2009. 

Et finalement, se dire qu’en tant que femme on n’est pas mal loties de nos jours. Enfin, en France et si on compare avec l’époque médiévale, justement !

Ce petit havre de paix se cache tout près de la Sorbonne : les frustrés du jardin potager pourront y admirer courges et bettes (les légumes) en train de grandir au soleil, sans se soucier le moins du monde de la circulation aux alentours. Comme les promeneurs, d’ailleurs.

Après avoir admiré chardons et vigne vierge…

…puis observé de plus près le manège des abeilles…

…ne vous arrêtez pas au premier jardin. Il continue le long du musée du Moyen-Age. Les heureux parents de bambins surexcités seront soulagés d’apprendre qu’une petite aire de jeux a été aménagée, et que de curieuses traces d’animaux devraient les tenir en haleine un moment avant que vous ne leur révéliez le secret de ces empreintes, expliquées sur un panneau !

Supplément crânerie : Grâce à des panneaux dispersés dans les coins, vous en saurez plus sur ces fameux cahiers intitulés le “Ménagier”, petit guide à l’usage de la parfaite femme d’intérieur. Oui, les bourgeois gentilshommes du Moyen-âge trouvaient judicieux d’élaborer ces petits bijoux de ringardise, où prières, conseils de dévotion (au mari ?), de cuisine et de jardinage étaient dispensés. Au moins, cela forçait la bonne société à apprendre la lecture aux femmes, et c’est déjà ça !

Site du jardin médiéval et du musée

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Deux contrats de partenariat public-privé pour la rénovation universitaire, le premier du genre, a été vendredi par la ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, des Universités de Paris VII et Paris IV et de deux opérateurs privés. Le montant total des deux contrats est de 226 millions d’euros pour cette société qui fait partie du Plan Campus lancé en Janvier 2008. Le contrat de partenariat de Paris IV (Sorbonne), avec un consortium mené par Bouygues Construction, pour une période de 28 ans est de 68 millions d’euros. Celle de Paris VII (Denis Diderot), conclu pour une période de 30 ans avec un consortium mené par Vinci-GTM était de 158 millions d’euros. “Ce sont les deux premiers contrats de partenariats public-privé, des universités, Valérie Pécresse a lieu lors de la signature de son ministère, en présence des présidents des deux universités et les représentants des entreprises concernées.

“Ces deux opérations, l’État a un investissement total de EUR 226 millions d’euros pour les universités parisiennes et de leurs 47.000 étudiants», at-elle souligné, ajoutant que les deux projets seront entièrement financés par le ministère du budget . En vertu de cette entente de partenariat public-privé de construction Bouygues et Vinci-GTM soutenir la conception, la construction, mais aussi l’entretien des bâtiments. En contrepartie, l’Etat s’engage à les deux opérateurs pour la durée du contrat, un loyer annuel, y compris le remboursement de l’investissement par la société lors de la construction et les coûts d’entretien des bâtiments. Le loyer annuel de Paris IV et Paris VII est d’environ 5 et 10 millions d’euros hors taxes, a été dans l’entourage de la ministre.

Selon Mme Pécresse, la formule permet de mobiliser des financements privés, en plus de fonds publics “mais aussi” d’assurer le bon entretien des bâtiments sur la durée », dit-elle, affirmant que” dans le passé, l’Etat a une difficile de répondre à cette charge. Le projet de rénovation de l’Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, sur le site de Clignancourt, dans le neuvième arrondissement de Paris. Prévue pour le début de 2013, le projet comprend la démolition des bâtiments existants et la construction d’une nouvelle série de 21000 m2, composé de huit salles de classe, une musique et un de sciences du sport. Le programme de Paris VII-Denis Diderot propose à son tour la construction de quatre bâtiments sur le HD Rive Gauche, dans le treizième arrondissement de Paris. Sur une superficie totale de 44.500 mètres carrés, le pays hôte, y compris le Département de mathématiques et de langues des pôles et des sciences humaines.

Certaines universités ont, ces derniers mois, a exprimé ses craintes sur le système de partenariat public-privé (PPP), la crainte que l’entreprise prend le contrôle de la propriété d’une université. “Le Campus, autres PPP sera signé”, a averti Mme Pécresse, se référant à l’affaire du Département de médecine, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin. “Au total, plus de 3,5 milliards d’euros investis par mon ministère, ici, en 2012, pour les logements universitaires», dit-elle.

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