Sunday, February 27, 2011

Keep M4 Clean And It's Reliable

The simplicity of the man. Part one: the clothing

There are situations in life, when people look at you with a clear expression in his face, an expression that seems to say: "Why?". This air of loss appears as if by magic all the time in which we women venture into speculations that even if you have a degree in philosophy, difficult to understand.
I think the obvious choice of clothing, for example. If the morning is scheduled for an important meeting in the office, the average man will, as the only difficulty, that the tie to match the dress. The woman, after checking the weather on the Internet, to see if it will rain or not, whether there will be wind or it will be hot, open the cabinet and will be seized by an irrational horror vacui. That is, you will have in front of dozens of clothes, but not see them. It is as if he had opened, I know, the closet, or door of the library. It is understandable if you think about it: choose from over one million combinations of statistics, it's like to grips with the concept of infinity. The argument will proceed in stages. Skirt or pants? Dress or suit? Color? Accessories? Humor? And then, because we're on a blog that talks about discrimination, specifically in view of a business meeting, a woman will always ask if that che indossa sarà troppo provocante, o troppo serioso, o troppo sciatto. E già questo ci dà la dimensione della quantità di pressioni a cui, ogni giorno, una donna è sottoposta. L’uomo invece, è una creatura semplice. Ti guarda interrogativo mentre componi sul letto i vari abbinamenti tra cui scegliere, ma non osa parlare, perché secoli di evoluzione gli hanno insegnato a percepire il pericolo. E quella, la situazione della donna che sceglie l’abbigliamento prima di uscire di casa con i minuti contati, È una situazione di pericolo. Adesso, qualcuno di voi starà sorridendo, pensando ai classici luoghi comuni che differenziano uomini e donne. Ma io non rido. Perché mi domando come mai una donna, nei millenni, has declined in these states. I mean, when we were monkeys, both male and female each had her hair (oh my God, even now, in the absence of wax), and were not big problems with pairing. That is, the female monkey, walking in the jungle, not wondered "What the other monkeys will think of me?" Man is simple because it is quiet. The company did not have it with him. And even biology.
In short, this reflection you throw it there as well. Then everyone who wants to draw the conclusions. For my part, I believe that the famous man's simplicity is not always to blame. Indeed, we often learn from them. Maybe not always, perhaps is better than someone in the face every now and then couple of questions that go beyond "What's for dinner?". But sparingly, without exaggeration. Why then there are cases in which too many questions cause suffering, a suffering that there is no solution. So it is better to draw a deep breath and recite this mantra: "I'ma man, I'ma man, I'ma man."
End Part.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Lord Of The Ring Free Font

The scent of memories. Ode to Aunt Jolene

you like this evocative title? To me a lot, because it represents my mood at the moment. I think they are the first signs of spring, even though today there are two degrees and the bora as never before. But obviously feel some pollen in the air that makes me a bit 'nostalgic, a bit' sad, a bit 'boring, and strangely a little' sound. Perhaps more than in the spring I need a vacation, let's face it. is that yesterday I read a beautiful post I talked about faraway places, but Italian . Of those many small places that many do not know, but that ooze charm from every street. I was struck by this post (because it is one of the few without spelling mistakes) and I recalled pieces of pictures, sounds and sensations of my past. I do not know why, but I remembered an old great-aunt who lived in Naples. Aunt Yolanda, Jole said. When I was twelve I went to see with my parents. He lived in an apartment in an old palace Naples, one of those where there was the goalkeeper who were giving money to make you use the elevator. The windows of my room opened onto a small balcony from which you could see the sea. I have good impression in the mind the image of my awakening, in a summer morning with the smell of laundry hung in the sun mixed with the coffee just came out and the light that came into the room and the blue sea. In this picture you add up the memories of the traffic noise and voices of people walking down the street. The voice of the grocery store, one of the news, the children playing football on the sidewalk and called themselves all Diego, in honor of Maradona. For me, memories are exciting because ever since we found little of poetry, ed è piacevole farli riaffiorare oggi, in mezzo a tutta la tecnologia da cui sono circondata, in mezzo alle scartoffie del lavoro, alle preoccupazioni e alle incombenze della vita quotidiana.
E poi c'era zia Jole. Una dei sei fratelli di mio nonno. Bellissima in gioventù e dotata di un'energia che oggi ce la sogniamo. Zia Jole non si è mai sposata, né ha avuto figli. Vantava spasimanti e fidanzati illustri, ai quali però non ha mai detto "sì". Non in senso coniugale, almeno. Zia Jole ed io avevamo un rapporto speciale. Sebbene ci vedessimo molto raramente, avevamo instaurato un bellissimo feeling. Mi comprava un sacco di libri e di riviste, chiacchieravamo per ore di tutto e di niente, ci volevamo bene. Quando ancora there was no food globalization, she would come for short periods of Trieste and took us to the buffalo that had nothing to do with what we used to eat us. And since ended up in about a half-day, Aunt Jolene, age 85, was preparing the stock market, was started at the door and told us: "Did you like? Then I jump in Naples and I will carry." As if it falls to local supermarket and not be one thousand kilometers by train. Then we had to stop at five.
Aunt Jolene was not exactly the stereotype of southern women. At least not of that era. He was skinny, single, independent and somewhat 'revolutionary. A careful examination, however, even his other brothers were very "normal". Starting precisely from my grandfather, who strengthened by its two degrees, one in chemical engineering, the other drugs, he took the liberty of creating poisonous potions to preserve in case one day he had been diagnosed with an incurable disease. "So me and I will not be fooled suicide by doctors, who are all balls." He liked to say.
But there was something that made her special Aunt Jolene. And that was his serenity of his life in doing what he wanted. Without giving credence to the expectations of others, without giving in to "suggestions" of society. Surely my beloved great-aunt would not be taken to the streets for the event If not now when, or concern itself with the problem of shares rose. So she did what he wanted anyway. And he did it with a light from which many of us would have to learn. Me included. Sure, you probably did not have the desire to sit in a board of directors of a listed company, but even if he had, would surely have found a way to do it. And I'd still have her here, Aunt Jolene, who passed away at the tender age of 96 years. I'd love to hear from you what he thinks of the current situation of Italian women. And I would like to hear what would come out. I would talk to her about all these things, maybe on that balcony overlooking the sea, watching the sheets hanging in the wind and one of his legendary drinking coffee.
Ah, my dear aunt, how I miss you.

Deducting Student Loan Interest

Women

Non ho nemmeno fatto in tempo a scrivere di quote rosa, che già l'iniziativa è miseramente naufragata. Allora, intanto la commissione Giustizia del Senato ha dato parere negativo per via di un'apparente incostituzionalità. Ora, non sono un'esperta giurista, né ho studiato legge, ma all'Università un esamino di diritto pubblico l'ho fatto, e quando ho letto la Costituzione, mi pareva che il senso di parità tra uomo e donna fosse abbastanza chiaro. Poi possiamo anche andare a ravanare sui singoli articoli, sulle virgole, sulle parole esatte, ma nessuno mi toglie dalla testa che il messaggio generale della nostra Costituzione sia quello della piena uguaglianza e tutela di tutti i cittadini italiani, che devono avere the same opportunities and freedom of expression and personal fulfillment, family, social and professional. Here, from this point of view, a provision that provides for a 30% quota for women on the board of listed companies seems to go, albeit slowly, in the direction indicated by the Constitution.
I will not dwell on the details of the legal dispute, but only carry the excerpt I was most indignant
In practice, the penalty for companies that do not include 30% of women in the Board of Directors, consists in dissolving the Board itself. That, frankly, it seems to me the least, as well as absolutely "proportional." Why is this the small detail that makes us understand how great is the discrimination against women: consider exaggerated a penalty in front of a form of racism. It means that an accident did not understand the problem, which is a problem cultural and social in the long run also brings a financial loss. It means that the issue is serious and requires serious attention. So, if you tell me that is no exaggeration to close a Board of Directors for this shit, allora ti dico che è anche esagerato che tu guadagni un milione di euro l'anno per amministrare una società in perenne perdita. Applichiamolo ovunque allora, questo benedetto principio di proporzionalità. Per me, quello che ti aspetta sotto casa per tagliarti le gomme della macchina potrebbe anche cavarsela con una sanzione amministrativa di 5 euro. Non vorrai mica denunciarlo? Per me non sarebbe proporzionale: in fondo ha solo tagliato le gomme a te che te lo meritavi.
Chi si prende la briga di contestare questa sanzione, evidentemente non ha ben presente il tipo di danno che il comportamento illegale reca alle donne, che è un danno che, oltre che economico, è anche psicologico e sociale. Una donna non sarà libera of self-determination. And for me, the deprivation of liberty is a serious issue. Now, you can tell me that the legal standard there is nothing to prevent women from access to the Board, but, as I have said elsewhere, there was not no law that prevents you from learning to read and write, yet they felt the need to make school compulsory. And why? Because of illiteracy, as well as the exclusion of women from vital centers of power and economy worsen our civilization.
Well, coming back to practice, now it appears that the shares rose will begin to enter the scheme in 2018, ie seven years (probably a man, a member of any Board, si è fatto il conto di quanto gli mancava alla pensione) e pare che la sanzione prevista per le società che non si adegueranno sarà, udite udite, una diffida della Consob e una multa.
Preso atto di ciò, vado a pranzo, che per protesta non cucinerò io.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Ruby Red Slippers Tattoo

shares rose unconstitutional (and vicinity): revolutionizing the job?

Questo post a blog unificati nasce da un'idea e uno scambio di vedute su Twitter e in rete tra Monica Cristina Massola , Stefania Boleso , Lorenza Rebuzzini , Manuela Cervetti , Benedetta Gargiulo , Maria Cimarelli , Paola Liberace e Mariangela Ziller .

After an excerpt of transactions on the network:

"Do not just be for women to be candidates, this is exploitation."
"But if I'd really like asking" Who's good? "Were women in mind"
"The question is: is this enough to introduce people to the event (as will happen in banks CDA) as long as women ?
"I'm sure there are smart women ready to assume important roles. How to get him the chance?"
"More and more clear to me that this is not part of time or conciliation: you need to revolutionize the work, nothing less "
" revolutionize the work! It 'the only one. But starting with the women (mums!), Not imitation of men. "
(following in the Twitter hashtags # rivoluzionareillavoro found no record of sentences that have made us think ...)

we decided to write on topics of real opportunities for women in the profession: how to revolutionize the current organization of work, and the law currently under discussion in the Board shares rose.

Come avrete intuito, questo post va in onda a blog unificati. Tipo messaggio del Presidente della Repubblica il 31 dicembre. E, non per darmi delle arie, ma anche io vi faccio gli auguri. Auguro a tutti, uomini e donne, che domani venga approvata la legge sulle quote rosa. E così vi svelo già la mia opinione in merito: un terzo delle donne nel Consigli d'Amministrazione delle società? Sì, grazie. È un po' poco, ma per ora ci accontentiamo. Meglio un terzo che un milionesimo. Certo, le solite prime della classe, tipo Norvegia, Spagna (?) e Francia (?) hanno quote del 40%, ma insomma, non vorremo mica stravolgere così di botto secoli di inciviltà italiana! Bisogna andare per gradi. Magari un giorno facciamo assistere le donne a una riunione del CdA dal buco della serratura. Il giorno dopo le facciamo entrare, magari per portare il caffè. Il terzo qualcuna si può appoggiare al tavolo di cristallo, meglio se in posa accattivante. Così, dopo una settimana di silenziosa presenza, l'uomo medio italiano si sarà abituato e sarà pronto per assorbire lo shock di condividere il potere con il genere femminile. Comunque il panico farà presto a rientrare, dato che "un terzo" coincide matematicamente con il concetto di minoranza. Per cui non ci sarà il pericolo di una guerra tra i sessi.
Detto questo, leggo ovunque i commenti dei soliti moderati (tipo mia madre), che con una certa spocchia criticano il meccanismo shares rose. They say that the presence of women can not be imposed by law. They say that the shares rose to hurt women. Alessandro De Nicola wrote on Sole24Ore a few days ago that "It is idle to discuss whether women are good for the budget of the society, and the manager so good, bad or inappropriate ones do not. Surely it will not be any bureaucracy can be determined." Idle a tube. If I read the data that say that, where there are also compounds of the Board of Directors by women, companies have better performance than those in which the Board is 100% testosterone, means that, regardless of whether the women managers are good or bad , the shares rose improve the situation. E De Nicola continues: "The price rose is counterproductive in other respects: it makes the ladies chosen to consider the simple 'recommended' and creates a small caste of 'golden skirts' as they are called in Norway ... "I mean, we have not even begun to provide for a lousy 30% of women in SO that's already talk of recommendations and golden skirts?! But we would like to say something about the "gold pants" instead? and recommendations Gender enjoyed by men? "I mean, today, and not by law, the majority of the Board of Directors Italian companies is made up of men only. Of these, many have also bad figures. I think to Alitalia for example, or Trenitalia (everything ends in "Italian" in short. Ah yes, Telecom Italy). In this case no longer speak of recommendation? What, only now suddenly discover the value of the capacity and preparedness? Now we're talking about women? Behold, I send this thing to me really angry. Covertly, but even so, I say, "Well women, but they must be able and prepared, eh!" And then say something unpopular: who cares if they are not brave or prepared. Some will be good, some not. Some will be awful, some not. Just like men. For me this is the real equality: women must have the same right to fail as men. It is not that because now they allow them a third of the seats, these women must work twice as many men.
The main critics of this law is much talk of meritocracy. They say that the positions of power must be filled by qualified people, regardless of gender. Well, I say. But today we are confident that the seats in the Board of Directors are assigned to real merit? Because if not, then what are we talking about?
Sorry, I increased the pressure. Now I am calm.
Instead, there is another issue that concerns me, that is precisely the number of women interested to take advantage of the shares rose. Are there? And how many are they? And where are they? At what step the organizational company have stopped (or have been stopped)? There are many companies that count rates in Italy high level of women in clerical, some level framework, and virtually no leadership. If within one year should come into force on the mechanism of the shares rose, we should take a crash course in management for women. It would also be nice that there were parallel course to explain to people how it is normal and due to that they also will occupy the children and home. Why are you doing? Incentives for women to have a career to pursue all his skills and then leave her children by the social worker? But in the end there is another thorny issue which is discussed shortly, which is the imbalance in work and private life. It is assumed that you must necessarily choose: between work and children, work and marriage, tra lavoro e salute. Sì, lo so, sto facendo un discorso da femmina. Mi è stato detto proprio l'altra sera a cena: le donne vogliono fare tutto e non sono disposte a concentrarsi su un'unica cosa. Vogliono essere madri, mogli, amanti, lavoratrici, amiche. L'uomo invece, una volta che ha scelto il lavoro, non si pone altre questioni. Sta bene così. Beh, scusate, ma a me pare riduttivo. E comunque, statistiche alla mano, la qualità del lavoro aumenta quando aumenta anche la qualità della vita, e questo significa che se ho il tempo per andarmi a fare una birretta con gli amici, o fare i compiti con mio figlio, poi sarò più produttiva in azienda. L'attuazione delle quote rosa in Italia, seppur con percentuali ben lontane dalla parità, implicherà anche una certa rivoluzione nel lavoro. Come tempi e come modi. E di questo, ne godranno anche gli uomini.

Se volte altre opinioni in merito, sicuramente più serie delle mie, questi sono i link dove potrete trovarle:

http://www.mammeacrobate.com/work.html
http://www.workingmothersitaly.com/category/blog/
http://pensieridistefania.blogspot.com/
http://milanoelorenza.blogspot.com/
http://pontitibetani.wordpress.com/
http://www.controgliasilinido.com