Séneca

Séneca, in Octavia

Motivado pela leitura, nesta quarta-feira 23/07/2008, de uma das Cartas a Lucílio escritas pelo filósofo Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Córdova, 4 a.C. — Roma, 65 d.C.) e na expectativa de que passe por este Trevo do Talvez alguém interessado pela publicação de um livro meu cuja elaboração consumiu a maior e melhor parte dos meus últimos trinta anos, e a respeito do qual escrevi recentemente aqui um post intitulado Autor à procura de uma editora procura outro Gilberto Amado, decidi publicar um conjunto de textos extraídos dele em que trato da relação entre viagem e cultura, entendida esta no sentido que é entendida por Dietrich Schwanitz, por exemplo.

Eis:

Viajar é cultura, proclama em tom dogmático o inculto comodista falto de imaginação; a indústria do turismo cresce tanto justamente porque tanta gente acha que ver implica em saber, como se o restrito ato de ler bastasse sempre para aprender. Conforme observou o jornalista Daniel Piza, ocorre que certas viagens exigem repertório de vida e cultura para serem feitas e terem as conseqüências mais duradouras; ele escreve em Mistérios da Literatura que as experiências são voláteis quando não acompanhadas de informação e reflexão, de revisão e reformulação dos juízos – enfim, do trabalho mental. Para bem avaliar quão pouca é a sabedoria que decorre diretamente de viajar, acrescente a isto que, de acordo com Rainer Maria Rilke, cada experiência tem uma velocidade especial segundo a qual deve ser vivida, para que seja nova, profunda e frutífera.

Tempo e distância: caros paliativos para a pobreza espiritual e cultural. O tédio torna tudo bom, tudo bem no passado e longe daqui, temporariamente. Abordando este aspecto paliativo da distância, Fernando Pessoa escreve a seu amigo Mário de Sá Carneiro: Há barcos para muitos portos, mas nenhum para a vida não doer, nem desembarque onde se esqueça.

Lustre o sapato; ilustre a cabeça.

Viajar é diversão, antes de ser cultura; faz a inversão o parco de leitura e o falto de imaginação. R. W. Emerson colocou esta questão assim: Podemos viajar por todo o mundo em busca do que é belo, mas se já não o trouxermos conosco, nunca o encontraremos. Escrevendo em 1876, Nietsche dizia que a doença moderna é um excesso de ‘experiências’. E com ironia aconselhava: Que todo mundo volte para casa em tempo, para não se perder nas experiências. Em outro momento ele comenta que, muitas vezes, os jovens se queixam de não terem tido nenhuma experiência, enquanto sofrem justamente por terem tido muitas. E exclama: É o cúmulo da irreflexão moderna!

Toda pessoa apenas inculta sabe ao menos um pouco do que perde por não estudar; nenhum vicioso inteligente desconhece inteiramente as comodidades das virtudes.

Vá ler, cara! Leia ao menos muro.

Da carta de Sêneca,

que li numa edição de bolso da L&PM,

extraí os seguintes trechos:

“Que benefício pode trazer uma viagem a quem quer que seja? Jamais controlou prazeres, conteve paixões, reprimiu impulso de raiva, refreou ímpetos amorosos, nunca livrou a alma de qualquer um de seus males. Uma viagem jamais emitiu um julgamento ou desfez um erro. Seu efeito se iguala ao que uma criança sente quando se depara com o desconhecido, ou seja, diverte por um breve tempo enquanto é novidade”.

*

“A viagem te dará o conhecimento dos povos, te fará observar diferentes formas de montanhas, locais que não são visitados pelos comuns, vales cavados por fontes incessantes, alguns rios que oferecem espetáculos naturais, assim como Nilo, com seu fluxo e refluxo no verão; assim como o Eufrates, que some por completo para ficar sob a terra e ali traçar o seu curso invisível e dali aparecer em grande correnteza; também como o Meandro, tema eterno dos poetas, que mistura suas curvas e, muitas vezes, perto de seu leito, curva-se, mais uma vez, antes de se fazer presente. No que diz respeito às demais coisas, a viagem não ter fará melhor nem mais racional.

O campo de toda a atividade deve ser o estudo, e nomeio dos sábios, para relembrar as verdades adquiridas e para descobrir novas. Assim, é dever retirar a alma de sua terrível escravidão, libertá-la. Enquanto ignorares o que deve ser evitado e deve ser procurado, o que é imprescindível e o que é supérfluo, o que é justo e o que é injusto, o que é honesto e o que não é honesto, jamais viajarás, será apenas um errante”.

*

“Se alguém quebrou ou torceu a perna e não pode andar de carro ou barco, chama o medito para endireitar a fratura ou o músculo torcido. Mas e essa alma, quebrada e deslocada em tantos lugares, acreditas que as mudanças de lugar poderão recuperá-la? O ferimento é muito grave para ser curado apenas com uma mudança de lugar.

A viagem não cria um medido nem um orador; não se consegue aprender nenhuma arte apenas porque estamos em determinado lugar. Então, a mais importante de todas as artes, a sabedoria, pode ser obtida em uma viagem? Nenhuma viagem, acredita, pode defender-te de tuas paixões, raivas, medos. Se fosse possível, toda a humanidade passaria em fila por ali. Tais males estarão junto a ti e te acompanharão por terras e mares enquanto estiveres carregando suas causas”.

P. S. Peço desculpas por não ter o livro em mãos para citar aqui suas tradutoras.

Séneca

Séneca

Both were plopped down on sovereign territory in struggling cities using the same federal guidelines.

So if a U. S. district judge ruled last week that the Seneca Nation of Indians cannot use its footprint in Buffalo for gambling, what about Niagara Falls?

One is a makeshift casino, the other a $450 million gambling center with 4,200 slot machines, seven restaurants and a 26-story hotel.

Both were plopped down on sovereign territory in struggling cities using the same federal guidelines.

So if a U. S. district judge ruled last week that the Seneca Nation of Indians cannot use its footprint in Buffalo for gambling, what about Niagara Falls?

“The illegality is the same, but an illegal act isn’t a problem unless someone challenges it. Right now, no one’s challenging it,” said Joel S. Rose, who spearheaded the court victory in Buffalo. “If people in Niagara County who don’t want a casino see what’s happening in Buffalo, who’s to say what could happen?”

It’s too early to tell whether last week’s federal court ruling will put an end to the Seneca plan for a $333 million casino complex in Buffalo, but those involved in the case highly doubt the decision will bring gambling to a halt in Niagara Falls.

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Of Vocabulary and the Fourth

Filed under: Diversity, Politics, Sense of place — Ed Quillen at 11:34 am on Saturday, July 5, 2008

[Thus it seems odd that we often read of patriots and patriotism, but seldom see mat riots and matriotism — they ought to be pretty much the same thing. On the other hand, if we’re trying to avoid sexism, matriot is no improvement on patriot.] 

UPDATED LINK: http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/of-vocabulary-and-the-fourth?

 

When I see these ruminations, plucked from the GOAT’S hinterlands, I am immediately plunged back into some of the philosophical swing stage discussions in which I, and my coworkers engaged. Life isn’t always fair; versus, if it’s not right, fix it.

What then, to make of the fact that the 160th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention passed with relatively little fanfare? (If you need a refresher check this, and this out.)

In a web search yesterday of “seneca falls” 160 anniversary, I found just 4,130 results. This is a sad commentary when, “hillary sleaze” will get you 3,650, and “hillary liar”, will get you another 3,690 hits.

10 years ago Hillary Clinton, as First Lady, gave a speech commemorating the 150^th anniversary. So you see, the gravitas of Senator Clinton is now synonymous with the date. 

Remarks by the First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton

150th Anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention 

Seneca Falls, New York

July 16, 1998

http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/generalspeeches/1998/19980804-3206.html

It makes perfect sense that Senator Obama chose this week to fly away on his much anticipated but delayed international trip. How lovely it would have been to overwrite history at the Brandenburg Gate. Alas, the Germans wouldn’t allow it.

Frederick Douglass would not be amused. He would have an idea on how to fix it.

Séneca

Séneca, in Hercules Furens

Note: For New Rome, the primate city is a proposed new city, at the present site of Rome, New York, called New Rome. Hopefully, Albany can fade away quietly.

Jerry’s success continued in 1902. In late August, his younger brother, Frank, paced him in the Metropolitan Association meet held this time at Celtic Park. Jerry won easily, but Frank, exhausted from setting a fast pace in the 3-mile race, finished fourth. Jerry was suspended by the AAU in September for having accepted a suit of clothing for winning a race. He was soon reinstated but his appetite for racing was waning. His brothers’ weren’t though. Frank was improving and some observers thought Tom, the youngest, was the fastest of the lot. Commentators attributed their success to unorthodox training methods. The Pierce brothers reputedly got in shape by hunting moose and deer on their reservation in Canada.

In 1904 Frank qualified to run in the marathon at the Olympics to be held at the St. Louis World’s Fair that year. In the days before the race, he was listed as one of the favorites. On the day of the race, the temperature was in the 90s in the shade, of which there was none, the humidity was high and the race course ran along a dusty road over which race officials drove automobiles immediately ahead of the runners. The runners had nothing but dust to breathe. Frank was forced to drop out of the race before the 20-mile mark as were several others. Thomas Hicks, the eventual winner was given a concoction of strychnine and brandy by his trainer to give him the energy to finish the race. He almost died after finishing the race.

We’re not done with Native American participation in the 1904 Olympics yet. Next time we’ll look at lacrosse and football.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.

                              Seneca

Der Weg zur Bewertung von Wissen ist gefunden. „Um den Erfolg des Wissensmanagements messbar zu machen, ist das Unmöglich geglaubte jetzt möglich: Die kontextgebundene Ressource Wissen wird objektivierbar gemessen.“ Die Objektivierbarkeit des Wissens bekommt den Status der Verdinglichung, das heißt die Ressource wird aus ihrem zeitlichen, situativen und personellen Kontext entnommen. Durch die Entziehung des spezifischen Kontextes ist gleichzeitig eine unmittelbare und scharfe Erfassung möglich. Diese findet anhand vermittelter Messgrößen statt. „Der Anspruch, Wissen exakt messen zu können, gaukelt dort keine Objektivität vor, wo nur Unschärfe sein kann oder ist. Erste Ansätze einer qualifizierten Erfassung zeigt, dass jede Organisationen in der Lage ist, Wissensbewertung in Form einer „Positionierung des Gebrauchs“ durchzuführen.“

Traditionelle Bilanzen und Managementinstrumente reichen nicht aus, um die Ressource Wissen umfassend zu beschreiben und zu steuern. Mit dem Wissensbilanz System Seneca ist ein effizienter und effektiver Umgang der Ressource Wissen, um den entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil für Unternehmen das Unternehmens Wissen zu verdinglichen.

Als vor über zwanzig Jahren Peter Drucker in seinem Buch “The Age of Discontinuity“ schrieb, dass die größte Managementaufgabe des nächsten Jahrhunderts im Produktivmachen der Wissensarbeit liegen würde, genauso, wie im Jahrhundert zuvor im Produktivmachen der Handarbeit, konnten nur wenige erahnen, wie zutreffend seine Prognose sein würde. In den vergangenen 200 Jahren hat sich ein fundamentaler gesellschaftlicher Wandel, weg von der arbeitsintensiven Agrargesellschaft hin zu einer wissens- und informationsorientierten Gesellschaft, vollzogen.

Der damit einhergehende Veränderungsprozess bestimmt eine neue Wertigkeit der einzelnen Produktionsfaktoren. Wissen gewinnt als zukunftsweisender Produktionsfaktor immer stärker an Bedeutung und beschränkt damit die traditionellen Faktoren in Form von Boden, Arbeit und Kapital. Aufgrund dieses Veränderungsprozesses wird Wissen immer häufiger als „der vierte Produktionsfaktor“ bezeichnet.

Die Wissens- und Informationsgesellschaft hat unsere Wirtschaft dramatisch verändert und beschleunigt. Informationstechnologie, Telekommunikation und die neuen Medien lassen die Welt wie ein globales Dorf erscheinen. Weder Land, Kapital oder Arbeit sind Ressourcen, die in der heutigen Wirtschaft zählen, sondern das Wissen wird zum zentralen Produktionsfaktor. Dies führt zu neuen Bedingungen für Unternehmen. Sie stehen unter Druck, Produkte innerhalb kürzester Zeit auf den Markt zu bringen, die Arbeit dynamisch und global zu koordinieren oder den Wissensverlust aufgrund hoher Fluktuation zu verhindern. Es drängt sich eine bessere Nutzung des Produktionsfaktors „Wissen“ auf, um nachhaltig erfolgreich zu bleiben.

Das zunehmend durch internationalen Wettbewerb, Technologisierung und verkürzte Produktlebenszyklen gekennzeichnet ist, sind Wissensvorsprünge in vielen Bereichen der entscheidende Wettbewerbsvorteil. Um diesen gesteigerten Anforderungen begegnen zu können, haben Unternehmen begonnen, ihr Wissen mit Hilfe des Wissensbilanz Seneca Systems gezielt zu managen, um es zu identifizieren, zu entwickeln, es nutzbringend einzusetzen und zu bewerten. Es gilt auch hier ein Satz von Peter Drucker „You can’t manage what you can’t measure“. Dies macht deutlich, dass verlässliche und aussagekräftige Methoden zur Messung und Bewertung von Wissen Voraussetzung für eine effektive Steuerung dieser wichtigen Ressource sind.

Das Wissensbilanz Seneca WM Modul für Informations- und Wissensmanagement verfolgt auch das Ziel, dass möglichst jeder jederzeit auf genau die Informationen und genau das Wissen zugreifen kann, das er benötigt. Dabei ist die aktive Steuerung von Wissen und Informationen zum Mitarbeiter eine wichtige Komponente.

Das Seneca System beweist auch, das Motivation und Zufriedenheit eine hohe Bedeutung für die Leistung eines Mitarbeiters und äußern sich neben guten Resultaten auch darin, dass der Mitarbeiter Freude an seiner Arbeit hat. Von Unternehmensseite kann viel dafür getan werden, dass ein Rahmen geschaffen wird, in dem diese Freude mit Seneca möglich ist.

I guess since this is the first entry in my new Blog, I should tell you a bit about me...

My name is Joseph and I am a husband, a dad, a brother, an uncle, a godfather and a digital video producer. 4 years ago I made the jump from full time employee for "The Man" with an education in Digital Media Technical Production and an idea, to a full time "video guy". It wasn't easy and it was definitely scary, but it was strategized. I knew that as planned a move as it was, any entrepreneurial venture can fail for any number of reasons. Small business equipment failure and minimal funds to replace gear, low season or too much business without time management skills and a million other reasons. It was bold, but I had too clear of a vision and a plan, so we did it. Well I did it, but I say we because Lex (Alexiis...my wife), and I would both experience a roller coaster of low seasons and high season, new gear and broken equipment, canvasing for business and getting "that phone call". This occurred over the first couple of years, and still does in some regards. It's strengthening sometimes, to say the least.

I run a wedding video production company that includes me, a couple of really good videographers and my buddy's photo studio (I'll explain that last part another time). A Day To Remember (herein known as ADTR) has been in operation for 7 years (first 5 years as Mista Media) and I'm doing well with this business. Weddings are a good core staple in my multi-stream income, which is what I think all successful entrepreneurs and business owners need to look for...multiple streams of income. Anyways, weddings are really cool. I love the food! I'll be doing some destination weddings next year! I'll keep you posted.

I also run a corporate video production company called JS Digital. I've got some good accounts with JS Digital, one in particular is Cara Operations...you know, Harvey's, Swiss Chalet. Milestones, Montana's and Kelsey's. This account has been great, as well I've got Club Intrawest and Blue Mountain as a new account to do some production with. I'm dealing with the Pita Pit and some other really big restaurants there as well as art gallery's and clothing stores. It's all pretty amazing.

Another one of my multiple streams is from teaching. I have been teaching at the post secondary level for the past 5 years. I teach in the field of communications, specifically digital video production and post production. I was teaching at Seneca College - York Campus and am now at the Toronto Media and Film College. Cool gig! I love teaching and the job is 5hrs a day, 2 days a week for 7 weeks at a time. they have even asked me to go to China to teach for 1 month...twice! The last time was just before the weekend. I'll keep you posted on that too.

I also have a 1-2 day a week part time job at Vistek. I really got this job out of selfishness...I wanted to be able to play with the cameras, get good rates on rentals and employee discounts. Why not?! It will help me to do what I love on a new level because of my access to equipment, I stay on the cutting edge, I get to teach and when I have a low period in my main business, I up my hours with Vistek. Again...it's a beautiful thing.

Now, I am not by any stretch of the mind the be-all-end-all with video, but I figured that it might be interesting to someone who wants to hear the good the bad and the ugly from a real nose to the grindstone video producer. I test cameras, I edit and shoot almost every day, I've made alot of videos, have some good accounts and made alot of mistakes along the way. So far, it's been really interesting.

I look forward to what every day has to offer because everyday is different than the one before. Happy planning, shooting, directing, producing, editing and delivering.

talk to you tomorow

"Un hombre sin pasiones está tan cerca de la estupidez que sólo le falta abrir la boca para caer en ella."

Séneca

P.D: Yo también te echo de menos asqueroso, una semana más... sólo una semana más y volverán esas noches de parloteo que tanto nos gustan en el balcón hasta el amanecer...

Kant Fundamento da Metafísica dos costumes, Crítica da Razão Prática

Tocqueville Da Democracia na América

Marx Manifesto do Partido Comunista, Manuscritos de 1844, Antologia do Capital

Hegel A Introdução à História da Filosofia, O Sistema da Vida Ética

Schopenhauer Mundo com Vontade de Representação

Nietzsche Assim Falava Zaratustra, Crepúsculo dos Ídolos, Ecce Homo

Husserl Meditações Cartesianas

Bergson As Duas Fontes da Moral e da Religião, A Evolução Criadora

• Os que já saíram e que, também, são de elevado valor:

Platão O Banquete, Fedro, Apologia de Sócrates

Aristóteles Política

Séneca (Os Estóicos), A Vida Feliz, Manual (Epicteto), Pensamentos (Marco Aurélio) (meu favorito)

Santo Agostinho Confissões

Maquiavel O Príncipe, A Arte da Guerra

Descartes Discurso do Método, Meditações Metafísicas

Pascal Pensamentos

Kierkegaard O Desespero Humano

Locke Dois Tratados do Governo Civil, Carta e Ensaio sobre a Tolerância

Leibniz Discurso da Metafísica, Monadologia

Voltaire Cândido ou o Optimismo, Tratado sobre a Tolerância

Hume Investigação sobre o Entendimento Humano, Diálogos sobre a Religião Natural

Confesso, que estava à espera de Sartre e de Rousseau. Fica para próxima. :)

Medical Mutual Quotes SuperMed One Quotes Ohio Health Insurance

Cleveland – The report card from The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has been issued and Medical Mutual of Ohio’s commercial products have passed with flying colors.

In recognizing Medical Mutual’s commitment to provide quality healthcare to its members and noting improvements to the company’s business structure, NCQA awarded Medical Mutual the Accreditation Status of Excellent – the highest level achievable.

Medical Mutual products included in the Excellent Accreditation Status are Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans SuperMed Plus® and Ohio Med™. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans HMO Health Ohio® and SuperMed HMO® and Point-of-Service (POS) Plans SuperMed Select® and SuperMed Preferred.

In addition, Medical Mutual’s Medicare Advantage products were reviewed by NCQA and were awarded Commendable Status.

NCQA is an independent, non-profit organization that assesses and reports on the quality of the nation’s managed care plans.

“Our accreditation achievement is important because health plans earning NCQA accreditation tend to substantially outperform non-accredited health plans across a wide range of measures of clinical quality and member satisfaction,” said Paula Sauer, Medical Mutual’s vice president of Care Management.

“This good news means Medical Mutual’s HMO and POS plans have maintained their Excellent Accreditation Status under the Managed Care Organization (MCO) accreditation review,” said Sauer. “It also indicates Medical Mutual’s PPO plans received Excellent Accreditation Status the first time they were evaluated under MCO accreditation review.”

The Excellent Accreditation Status was awarded after rigorous evaluation by NCQA of all aspects of Medical Mutual’s plans, including preventive health services, member satisfaction, physician credentialing and quality improvement.

The review included both on and off-site evaluations conducted by a team of physicians and managed care experts. A national oversight committee of physicians then analyzed the team’s findings and assigned Medical Mutual’s Excellent Status based on the Company’s performance compared to NCQA standards.

Founded in 1934, Medical Mutual of Ohio is the oldest and largest health insurance company based in Ohio. The company serves its customers through high-quality, affordable group and personal health insurance plans, and third-party administrative services to self-insured group customers.

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-Hola joven. Un café. Desde luego has tenido suerte con tu trabajo, puedes ver a todas las chicas en bikini

-Así que estudias psicología. Habrás leído a Sigmund Freud (pronunciado como se lee, Fre-ud)

-Usted tiene que leer a Marx y a Lenin, o pasará su vida en la ignorancia.

-No quiero ofender, pero los españoles son francamente incultos.

-Hay que leer para que así, cuando te venga un brasa como yo, no quedes como un ignorante.

-Y como dijo Séneca: "Ser o no ser"

--Seneca

Too many people spend too much time and energy buying and doing things they don't want or need, trying to impress people who we don't care about and don't care about us.

Franciscus van den Enden