Eu Sou Meu Próprio Avô

EU SOU MEU PRÓPRIO AVÔ
Homer & Jethro 1956 RCA Victor 6765

Muitos, muitos anos atrás, quando eu tinha 23 anos
Eu me casei com uma viúva linda
Essa viúva tinha uma filha crescida de cabelos vermelhos
Meu pai se apaixonou por ela e logo os dois se casaram

Isto fez do meu pai meu genro e mudou minha vida pra sempre
Porque minha filha era a minha mãe porque ela era a esposa do meu pai
Pra complicar o negócio mais ainda, apesar de me dar alegria,
Eu logo me tornei o pai de um menino

Eu sou meu próprio avô
Eu sou meu próprio avô
Sei que é engraçado
Mas é verdade
Eu sou meu próprio avô

Meu bebê então se tornou cunhado do meu pai
E assim se tornou meu tio embora isso me tenha entristecido
Pois se ele era meu tio então isso o fazia ser irmão
Da filha crescida da viúva que era, claro, minha madrasta

A esposa do meu pai então teve um filho que os mantinha ocupados
E ele se tornou meu neto pois ele era filho da minha filha
Minha esposa agora é a mãe da minha madrastra e isso me entristece
Porque apesar de ser minha esposa ela é também minha avó

Eu sou meu próprio avô
Eu sou meu próprio avô
Sei que é engraçado
Mas é verdade
Eu sou meu próprio avô

Ah, se minha esposa é minha avó então eu sou seu neto
E todas as vezes que penso isso, eu fico quase louco
Porque agora eu me tornei o caso mais estranho que você já viu
Como marido da minha própria avó eu sou meu próprio avô

Eu sou meu próprio avô
Eu sou meu próprio avô
Sei que é engraçado
Mas é verdade
Eu sou meu próprio avô


----
Original em Inglês

I'M MY OWN GRAMPA -
Homer & Jethro 1956 RCA Victor 6765


Many, many years ago when I was 23
I was married to a Wider who was purty as can be
This Wider had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy


I'm my own grampa,
I'm my own grampa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grampa


My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle then that also made him brother
Of the Wider's grown up daughter who of course was my step-mother

My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my granchild for he was my daughters son
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife she's my grandmother too


I'm my own grampa,
I'm my own grampa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grampa


Oh if my wife is my grandmother then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
For now I have become strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my own grandmother I'm my own grampa


I'm my own grampa,
I'm my own grampa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grampa

Campanha da Dignidade

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Inclua esse trecho de HTML na sua página:

<iframe style='width:500px; height:375px;'
src='http://www.popfly.com/users/gcsfred/TeologiaDaDignidade_Teses.small'
frameborder='no' allowtransparency='true'></iframe>

ou visite este link.



Ou ainda, inclua um link para essa imagem abaixo:






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My daily SharePoint frustration - V

The error message:

Could not load type 'Blah.Control'. at System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.GetType(String typeName, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean throwOnError)

at System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.ProcessInheritsAttribute(String baseTypeName, String codeFileBaseTypeName, String src, Assembly assembly)
at System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.PostProcessMainDirectiveAttributes(IDictionary parseData)

The context:
I was trying to create a custom field type with a custom control. The problem appeared when I was trying to create a new column in a list. Apparently SharePoint wasn't finding the class for the inheritance of the control, declared in the ascx file.

The solution (or workaround):
I checked that the public key token was the same in the GAC, in the ascx.
I checked that the FieldTypeClass in the field declaration was correct in my fldtypes_blahblahblah.xml
I reset IIS. (I think this is what "solved" the problem). It is as if resetting IIS forced SharePoint to "reconsider" the proper version of the assembly in the GAC (flushed whatever from memory).

My daily Microsoft frustration - II

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
Doc explorer failed you

My daily Microsoft frustration - I

Debugging is out to lunch today. It's an horror movie: IIS turning zombie.

For the Record: Why Privatize the Variables?

I don't like using private variables when I suspect the variable may have a different use in the future. I can't understand the "movement" towards not using protected variables at all. Some even suggest using private variables with public accessor methods instead of protected variables! I like protected variables. Perhaps someone will see a different use of my code in the future.

THE ZENN WILL MAKE ITS CANADIAN DEBUT ON SATURDAY

NEWS RELEASE

ZENN Motor Company Inc.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

(TSXV: ZNN)

THE ZENN WILL MAKE ITS CANADIAN DEBUT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4^TH, 2008 IN SAINT-JEROME, QUÉBEC

Toronto, Ontario – September 16, 2008– ZENN Motor Company Inc. (“ZMC” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the Canadian debut of its all-electric ZENN in the province of Québec. Following the announcement by Transport Minister Julie Boulet of a three year province-wide pilot project enabling the sale of low-speed vehicles (LSVs), ZMC has obtained a Retailer license to enable direct customer sales from its factory in Saint-Jérôme, Québec.

To celebrate its Canadian debut, ZENN Motor Company is hosting a launch event for the made-in-Québec, zero-emission, no-noise ZENN at its Saint-Jerome manufacturing facility on Saturday, October 4^th. All prospective consumers who signed up for ZMC’s waiting list via its website will be invited to test drive the ZENN, meet ZMC officials and enjoy the momentous event of bringing the first commercial electric low-speed vehicles to the Canadian market. This launch event will mark the first day of sales operations and the Company will be taking orders and deposits on a first-come, first-served basis for the first ZENN deliveries in Canada.

“The all-electric ZENN is proudly manufactured in Québec and it is certainly fitting that its Canadian debut is in this highly progressive province that is committed to supporting zero emission transportation solutions,” stated Ian Clifford, CEO of ZENN Motor Company. “This represents an exciting milestone for ZMC as this is the first time we can actively market our vehicle at home where the car is produced.”

ZENN Motor Company plans to market the ZENN through a unique factory-direct approach. Retail operations for ZENN Motor Company will be based in Saint-Jerome and will offer customers the opportunity to not only see first-hand how their new vehicle will be constructed, but to also meet the people who will be building their ZENN.

The ZENN is a fully featured all-electric low-speed vehicle that offers consumers a guilt-free driving experience. The ZENN represents everything good about personal transportation: it’s stylish, fun and socially responsible. The ZENN cruises at a federally regulated top speed of 40 km/h and can travel on roads with posted speed limits of 50 km/h. Featuring generous seating for two plus 13 cubic feet of storage, the ZENN is perfect for those short local trips to pick up groceries, drop off dry cleaning or rent a movie The ZENN provides a range of 50-80 kilometres per charge and ‘topping up the tank’ is as easy as plugging in your cell phone. The cost of driving a ZENN is less than 2 cents per kilometre and as little as four hours of charging will provide 80% capacity from a completely ‘empty’tank’. The ZENN has a retail price in Québec of $16,900.

The ZENN will be officially launched at the Company’s manufacturing facility at 921 Chemin de la Rivière du Nord, in Saint-Jérôme, on Saturday, October 4^th at 11:00am. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony will commence promptly at 11:30am and interested consumers who would like to attend and test drive a ZENN are asked to register by clicking on the following link:

http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,M3,301b6f7e-3cbc-480a-a4b6-6ec9bf2c4a7d

For members of the press who wish to coordinate an extended test drive and interview with senior ZMC officials, during the morning prior to the press event please contact Catherine Scrimgeour at (416) 535-8395 x 201.

ABOUT ZENN MOTOR COMPANY (ZMC)

www.ZENNcars.com

ZENN Motor Company, Toronto, Canada, is dedicated to being the global leader in zero emission transportation solutions for markets around the world. Driven by quality, ingenuity, and a philosophy of social responsibility, the ZMC team is redefining what is possible in both urban and business fleet transportation.

The ZENN™ (Zero Emission No Noise) provides a complete, no-compromise transportation solution for environmentally conscious drivers who want to dramatically reduce their operating costs, and free themselves from dependence on oil. The current ZENN low speed vehicle is perfect for urban commuters and commercial fleets such as resorts, gated communities, airports, college and business campuses, municipalities, and parks. The current ZENN is sold through a growing network of retailers across the United States and factory-direct in Québec, Canada.

The planned commercialization of the ultra capacitor being developed by ZENN Motor Company’s strategic partner, EEStor Inc. for future ZENN vehicles will enable ZMC vehicles to travel at greater speeds and distances, just like a traditional car but at a fraction of the cost and with zero emissions!

For additional information please contact:

Catherine Scrimgeour

Public Affairs Specialist

ZENN Motor Company

Tel. (416) 535-8395 x 201

cscrimgeour@ZENNcars.com

Feridas Abertas da Fome

Do repórter fotográfico Arnaldo Carvalho, autor das chocantes fotos do caderno especial Feridas Abertas da Fome.

Real world software engineering - II

You know the company has a problem when the developers/engineers cannot validate the veracity of the product marketing and, worst, start believing it.

Zona da Reforma

Certas coisas são tão boas que me deixam ansioso. É o caso da Zona da Reforma:

http://zonadareforma.blogspot.com/

É tão boa e me deixou tão ansioso que não tive coragem de assistir por meses. Finalmente hoje assisti a alguns vídeos que, claro, matam a pau.

Divulgue!

My daily SharePoint frustration - IV

I got a message in my build saying "SPWeb is not CLS-compliant". I couldn't find out how to inspect SPWeb to confirm the fact. So I gave up and added false
to my project (Project/PropertyGroup element in the .csproj file)
Problem solved (or postponed?)

Real world software engineering

In my Real World Unified Process (RWUP), it is conceivable that one will look at the technology, look at the delivery date, prioritize problems and tweak requirements based on features/limitations of the technology.

Meaningful error messages

This is error code -2145091577. I was trying to enable my mouse in Hyper-V for about 1 hour, fighting with keyboard sequences. Only to arrive at error code -2145091577. Can't software have more meaningful error messages?

Montoneros, una historia

Sinopsis:

Film documental. Ana, una ex-montonera, evoca la experiencia de los años violentos de la Argentina en el movimiento montonero con los ojos del presente y con los interrogantes que aún no ha podido responderse. Historia personal y colectiva a la vez, evoca los días tumultuosos de su juventud, desde su ingreso en la Universidad hasta su encierro en la Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada, y desde su vinculación con Juan, combatiente convencido, hasta el nacimiento de la hija de ambos, va enhebrando los restantes testimonios y las imágenes tomadas de noticieros y videotapes que reproducen rostros y episodios clave de aquellos años: el ajusticiamiento de Aramburu, los copamientos y los choques armados, la masacre de Ezeiza, el regreso de Perón al gobierno, la vuelta de los Montoneros a la clandestinidad, el tiempo de Isabel y López Rega y la usurpación del poder por la Junta Militar, con su secuela de crímenes, secuestros y desapariciones.

Dirección: Andrés Di Tella
Guión: Roberto Barandalla y Andrés Di Tella
Idioma: Español.
País: Argentina.
Género: Documental.
Tiempo: 88 Minutos.
Fecha de Estreno: 26 de noviembre de 1998

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361924/

(I just watched it today - Acabei de ver hoje)

Violence in Brazil

I was born in Rio in 1974 and was raised in Porto Alegre, south of Brazil. In 1998 I moved to Canada to work with software. Along with the majority of Brazilians, I too know well how violence affects daily living there. I was only robbed twice, but I know of too many sad stories of violence. One cousin of mine was robbed thrice at gunpoint while entering his car. Another cousin took a series of bad decisions in life and was assassinated by order of the local drug lord in Rio. She was a mother of two at the time. In the many circles of conversation of Brazilians I have sat, stories of violence are an unavoidable theme. If you get a chance to sit in a circle like that, ask them to tell some of these stories. Albeit being a Canadian citizen now (my garage is full of stuff and I learned to skate on ice), I keep my Brazilian identity. My parents, my in-laws and many of my friends live there. This and other inexplicable reasons maintain alive within me a keen interest in the country.

I was listening to a Brazilian journalist in August who was comparing numbers of the violence in Iraq and in Rio de Janeiro[1]. Rio de Janeiro is one among 26 States in the Federation. The rate of killings was higher in Rio de Janeiro than in Iraq in the beginning of 2008. As he was saying, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count website, from January to May 3458 Iraqis – both militaries and civilians – were killed. For the same period in Rio de Janeiro, according to official records from the Secretaria de Segurança Pública, there were 2441 homicides, 87 deaths by thievery, 17 episodes of bodily harm followed by death and 6 policemen killed in action, yielding a total of 2551 assassinations. Considering that the population of Iraq is twice bigger than that of Rio de Janeiro, one can say that Rio’s death toll is higher than Iraq’s.

Death by the police is also a concern. According to official records, in the State of São Paulo the police killed 538 people in the first half of 2006, an increase of 87% from same semester in the previous year. Police in Rio de Janeiro, in turn, killed 694 people in the first semester of 2007. As one Brazilian friend of mine here in Ottawa says half-joking, if he’s ever caught between fires of police against thieves, he’ll run towards the thieves.

Unfortunately, violence is not restricted to the largest urban centres. It is in fact spread over large regions of the country (if you ask me I can show you a map). It affects the daily habits of common people in practice. The book Violência Urbana [2] takes a serious look at urban violence. I believe the authors stated the following not in an alarmist but rather thoughtful way:

“The notions of security and communitarian life were substituted by the feeling of insecurity and by the isolation that fear imposes. The other is not seen any more as a potential partner; the unknown one is seen as a threat. The feeling of insecurity transforms and disfigures life in our cities.”

For those interested in knowing more about violence in Brazil I recommend the movies “Ônibus 174” - a documentary by Padilha and Lacerda (which reminds me of highway 174 here in Ottawa, where I drive almost daily) - and “Cidade de Deus” (City of God) by Lins and others.

As a Christian, I am reminded of the Parable of the Good Samaritan. It is one of the PG-rated parables of Jesus for scenes of violence. The religious characters of the parable did not help the victim precisely because of their religious duties and rituals. This is one reason why I value a Christianity that is not restricted to a Sunday morning moment but is intertwined with daily living and action. And this is also one reason why I fear an idolatry of the religious experience that alienates one from these difficult realities.

Gustavo K-fé Frederico


[1] Diogo Mainardi’s podcast, Veja magazine, 5/Aug/2008

[2] Violência Urbana, by Paulo Pinheiro and Guilherme Almeida, 2003 (ISBN-13: 978-85-7402-483-7)

Reciclagem

(Imagem original no blog orinando.blogspot.com)

Windows update, unhelpful help

"Sorry, you got a code 737D problem. Do you want some help? Check your spelling."

This is a Windows Update in Windows Server 2008.

Passing parameters between pages via URL in SharePoint

Many blog posts write about how to pre-populate fields in SharePoint using JavaScript. It wasn't clear to me how to pass parameters through the URL between SharePoint pages.

For instance, assume that a certain page has a URL parameter passed to it. How to embed this value in the URL to a new list item? (Often a customized version of NewForm.aspx)

Consider two pages: the source page and the NewCustomForm.aspx. This is how I did it:

1. I copied an existing schema.xml from a 'base' list template. In my case, 12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\DiscussionsList\Discuss\schema.xml.

2. Adding a new field to the content type, I added a new FieldRef under ContentTypes/FieldRefs in schema.xml.

<viewfields>
<!-- custom by Gustavo -->
<fieldref name="MyField">
</fieldref>
<!-- end custom by Gustavo -->

3. I also added a new Field under Fields.
<Field
Type="Text"
Name="MyField"
DisplayName="MyField">
</Field>

4. I added a reference to the new field in ViewFields under the proper View.

<!-- custom by Gustavo -->
<FieldRef Name="MyField">
</FieldRef>
<!-- end custom by Gustavo -->

5. Now the brain surgery: the task now is to embed the URL parameter in the link that creates a new item. In my case, the view I was working in (the view defined in schema.xml) defined a hyperlink with text and the URL in it. My task was to modify this hyperlink to append the parameter. (careful: if the redirection between pages is done by JavaScript, the href in the a element may not be the actual URL. This was my case). I begin adding a JavaScript function under the View/Toolbar element. It just gets the value of the parameter:

<Toolbar Position="After" Type="Freeform">
<IfHasRights>
<RightsChoices>
<RightsGroup PermAddListItems="required" />
</RightsChoices>
<Then>
<!-- customization by Gustavo -->
<HTML>
<![CDATA[<SCRIPT>

function GetMyFieldFromURL() {

var qs = location.search.substring(1, location.search.length);

var args = qs.split("&");

var vals = new Object();

for (var i=0; i < args.length; i++) {

var nameVal = args[i].split("=");

var temp = unescape(nameVal[1]).split('+');

nameVal[1] = temp.join(' ');

vals[nameVal[0]] = nameVal[1];
if("MyField" == nameVal[0]) {
return nameVal[1];
}
}

return "";

}
</SCRIPT>]]>
</HTML>
<!-- end of this customization by Gustavo -->

6. Now I can append the parameter to the URL:

<HTML><![CDATA[ <table width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 > <tr> <td colspan="2" class="ms-partline"><IMG SRC="/_layouts/images/blank.gif" width=1 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ms-addnew" style="padding-bottom: 3px"> <img src="/_layouts/images/rect.gif" alt=""> <a class="ms-addnew" ID="idAddNewDiscuss" href="]]></HTML>
<URL Cmd="New" />
<HTML><![CDATA[" ONCLICK="javascript:NewItem(']]></HTML>
<URL Cmd="New" />
<HTML><![CDATA[?MyField='+GetMyFieldFromURL(), true);javascript:return false;" target="_self">]]></HTML>
<HTML>
<!-- _locID_text="onetid6" _locComment="{StringCategory=HTX}" -->$Resources:core,Add_New_Discussion;
</HTML>
...

7. Continuing the brain surgery: include JavaScript under the PlaceHolderMain section that does the lookup and populates the fields in the target form (customized NewForm.aspx). I followed this blog post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/archive/2007/06/13/using-javascript-to-manipulate-a-list-form-field.aspx

I modified copied this function to populate a regular text field instead of select options.

function fillDefaultValues() {
...

setTextFromFieldName("MyField", vals["MyField"]);

}

function setTextFromFieldName(fieldName, value) {
if (value == undefined) return;
var theInput = getTagFromIdentifierAndTitle("input","",fieldName);
theInput.value=value;
}

And this is it. Just wait for the patient to wake up from the anesthesia and everything will be alright.

This is how to see it in action:
Put your list somewhere.
Verify that the hyperlink to create a new item actually has the parameter (careful: if the redirection between pages is done by JavaScript, the href in the a element may not be the actual URL)
Click on the link to create the new list item. The parameter must be in the URL at this stage.
Note that the value of the URL made its way to the form.


If you find an easier way to do this, please let me know.

Buzzword of the day: metadata

The buzzword of the day is "metadata". The term is often abused by software developers and architects, frequently ending up in documentation for the end user. What a beautiful idea to annotate data, or set data about data. It is more interesting when the data is easily accessible and useful.

Rio x Iraque

"Espantosamente nos últimos 2 meses matou-se mais no Rio de Janeiro do que no Iraque. Claro que foi um exagero. Sempre exagero. [...] No caso, exagerei no número de mortes da guerra no Iraque. Na realidade, a taxa de assassinatos no Rio de Janeiro não superou a do Iraque somente nos últimos 2 meses e sim em todo o ano de 2008. De Janeiro a Maio segundo o site Iraq Coalition Casualty Count foram mortos exatamente 3458 iraquianos entre civis e militares. Pro mesmo período no Rio de Janeiro de acordo com os dados oficiais da Secretaria de Segurança pública foram cometidos 2441 homicídios dolosos, 87 casos de latrocínio, 17 episódios de lesão corporal seguidas de morte, e 6 policiais mortos em serviço. Total: 2551 assassinatos. Considerando que a população do Iraque é duas vezes maior do que a do Rio de Janeiro, pode-se dizer que a nossa guerra é bem mais mortal do que a deles.
"

Podcast de Diogo Mainardi, jornalista
Revista Veja, 5 de Agosto de 2008

http://veja.abril.com.br/idade/podcasts/mainardi/

Software design

Part of the task of software design in my experience consists of describing the system with some language that is understandable to developers (and tester and often stakeholders). It is a modeling exercise. And I emphasize language.

Teologia do Chimarrão (Theology of Chimarrão)

Teologia do Chimarrão:




(Me faz lembrar das classes da Escola Bíblica Dominical na igreja que eu participava... com chimarrão, é óbvio)

Amazon deforestation increases by 69% in last 12 months

"
Last Updated: Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 6:08 PM ET
The Associated Press

Amazon deforestation jumped 69 per cent in the past 12 months — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.

Some 8,147 square kilometers of forest were destroyed between August 2007 and August 2008 — a 69 per cent increase over the 4,820 square kilometers felled in the previous 12 months, according to the National Institute for Space Research, or INPE, which monitors destruction of the Amazon.

"We're not content," Brazil's environment minister, Carlos Minc, said.

"Deforestation has to fall more, and the conditions for sustainable development have to improve."

Brazil's government has increased cash payments to fight illegal Amazon logging this year, and it eliminated government bank loans to farmers who illegally clear forest to plant crops.

The country lost 2.7 per cent of its Amazon rain forest in 2007, or 11,000 square kilometers. Environmental officials fear even more land will be razed this year, but they have not forecast how much.

Minc says monthly deforestation rates have slowed since May, but environmental groups say seasonal shifts in tree cutting make the annual number a more accurate gauge.

Most deforestation happens in March and April, the start of Brazil's dry season, and routinely tapers off in May, June and July. Last month, 323 square kilometers of trees were felled, 61 per cent less than the area razed in June.

Environmentalists also argue that INPE's deforestation report wasn't designed to give accurate monthly figures but to alert and direct the government to deforestation hot spots in time to save the land.

The Amazon region covers about 4.1 million square kilometres of Brazil, nearly 60 per cent of the country. About 20 per cent of that land has already been deforested."

From CBC.ca [Associated Press source]
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/08/30/amazon-deforestation.html

Canticus Hereticus

Canticus Hereticus

Disponível em CD na livraria evangélica próxima da sua casa.

Canticus Hereticus

Hino 1

[...]

Quando o mal te sobrevier

Não te aflijas e não temas

Sacrifica um carneirinho

Duas pombinhas e três emas

Hino 2

[...]

Piu, piu, piu

Arrepio, piu, piu

Em minh'alma, má

Pois grande és tu, tu, tu

Hino 3

Setenta e sete pecados

Setenta e sete pecados

Anda um pouquinho, descança um pouquinho

Setenta e oito pecados

[...]

Hino 3,5

[...]

Então ouvi a voz do marm-anjo

Que disse: "güenta, bróder,

Que a bênção vai rolar"

Hino 4

[...]

Canta a minh'alma, ó Senhor,

Ponha um salmo-nela

Hino 5

[...]

Ao andar por dunas no deserto

Mandaste escorpiões atrás de mim

Me morderam na perna

Obrigado porque não tive que amputá-la

Ao atravessar o rio Jordão

Mandaste piranhas ferozes

Poderia ter sido bem pior

Obrigado pois tinha um hospital lá perto

Crente amigo, escute bem

Guarde sempre consigo

O Talismã da Sorte

Que afasta o perigo

Hino 6

Eu, eu, eu

Eu quero é Zeus

Visite http://louvorbrasil.pbwiki.com e conheça outras músicas heréticas e/ou incitativas. Sempre oportunas para acampamentos, retiros e festinhas.

My daily SharePoint frustration - III

Having created a custom content type in schema.xml, when trying to create a list with the content type, I get a message like "path is too long" in the browser. ( HRESULT=0x80010135 )
The problem seemed to be related to either serialization of types in the SharePoint RPC, or problem with reference of types or variables in RPC.
I was following the article "How to: Create a Custom List Definition" (
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms466023.aspx ) and I used guidgen to generate a new GUID for my content type. I just copied and pasted the GUID, so I had something like
<ContentType ID="C9FC944F-4124-4DB2-9E37-20CD2E55DCF9" ...
That caused the problem. I needed to follow the format described here for content type IDs. To start with, it was missing the leading "0x" to denote hex encoding, and there are no dashes.
Following the content type ID format solved the problem.

My daily SharePoint frustration - II

I was trying to create a custom list definition based on the discussion board thing. I was getting the error "One or more field types are not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete these fields." in SharePoint when trying to create a new item.
I was following the instructions from this MSDN article.
All posts I read were saying that my schema.xml file should refer to internal names. But I copied \FEATURES\DiscussionsList\Discuss\schema.xml , so if there were bad internal names it was SharePoint's fault, so I thought. It so happens that the problem was not related to internal names or escaping of space characters in internal names. It happened because I wasn't referring to the name of my custom list. (and I'm using a different BaseType)

Before:


After:



The error message didn't help me much either...

My daily SharePoint frustration - I

When trying to access the main page of the site:

Parser error

This page allows a limit of 100 controls

(or 200 controls).

Solution 1: change \inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\web.config
<safemode maxcontrols="n" ... where n is a larger number.

Solution 2: "iisreset"
in Windows Server 2003

or


c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd LIST apppool /apppool.name:"SharePoint - 80"
c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd recycle apppool "SharePoint - 80"
c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd stop site "SharePoint - 80"
c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd start site "SharePoint - 80"

in Windows Server 2008

Solution 2 worked for me :|

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Arquitetura do quasi-templo - IV: Minnekon

Minnekon em Mineápolis, Estados Unidos. (Fotos do blog de Peter Rollins)


(palavras-chave: arquitetura, templo, arquitetura do templo)

GAC it within Visual Studio

It is convenient to GAC a .NET assembly directly in Visual Studio 2008. In Visual Studio, go to "Tools" in the menu and choose "External Tools..." Enter the information in the dialog as shown above. (The assembly in your project may need to have a strong name). After building your project, select it and choose "GAC it" from "Tools". There you go, you have just GACed your assembly.

Congregação por Tradição

Por Gabriela Fernanda Ibarra

Tradução: Pajé Raoni

"As minhas ovelhas escutam a minha voz;
eu as conheço, e elas me seguem.
Eu lhes dou a vida eterna, e por isso elas nunca morrerão.
Ninguém poderá arrancá-las da minha mão.
O poder que o Pai me deu é maior do que tudo,
e ninguém pode arrancá-las da mão dele.
Eu e o Pai somos um."
João 10.27-30

Qualquer tentativa intelectual de valorizar a resistência e validade da congregação cristã como Instituição formal (que é parte do Corpo de Cristo) nestes dias e nestas Américas atuais pode francamente levar-nos com muita facilidade a incongruências involuntárias. Não obstante, o paradoxo não é um perigo do qual deve-se fugir, senão uma simples demonstração de que nos faz falta continuar pensando sobre o assunto.

Em nosso continente sobressaem vozes divididas, umas anunciando o "fim do reino congregacional" e outras reivindicando a forma congregacional chamando a seus grupos de reunião de "A" igreja. Assim sendo, me referirei aos grupos congregacionais que conheço e conheci, sem querer fazer aqui uma generalização maior.

Em princípio, não estou muito certa - teologicamente falando - que verdadeiramente haja uma palavra bíblica com hermenêutica incontestável que contenha o imperativo de reunir-se em uma comunidade institucionalizada e designada para a assembléia dos crentes em Jesus Cristo.

O fato de termos o registro histórico de que os primeiros cristãos faziam-no em suas circunstâncias particulares não pode fazer parte de nenhuma coleção doutrinária bíblica. A imitação de costumes não admite absolutização dogmática e toda instituição nascida de uma perpetuação dos costumes não pode ser obrigatória.

Resgatar o simples testamento histórico daquele século visando a manter uma tradição é uma valorização necessária de nossa história. Mas seria também recomendável considerar este século onde estamos contextualizados e ver sem medo e sem assombro que a tradição da assembléia pode variar e que não é saudável a rigidez absoluta da cultura relativa.

A vida de ekklesia (que não é de episinagoga) em nossos tempos e em alguns de nossos países se está convertendo - ou conseguiram convertê-la - em uma política de afluência impossível de escapar, a qual já é vivida com mal-estar e insatisfação por causa da obrigatoriedade. Obrigatoriedade que se utiliza como princípio sustentador e se indentifica com a salvação por mérito (princípio redentor).

A má transformação da tradição de ekklesia não pode nem deve - em honra a essa tradição - ser imposta como uma carga pela qual se luta e se suplanta em modo de sacrifício.

Nem paramos para pensar se ouvimos bem a Marcos 4.23-24 e a Lucas 8.18 antes de converter em mandamento uma exortação pastoral de Hebreus 10.24-25?

Porque a marca de pensarmos uns nos outros para ajudarmos todos a terem mais amor e a fazerem o bem se dá no âmbito de episinagoga e não necessária e exclusivamente no de ekklesia.

No tempo histórico em que se escreveu o texto de Hebreus, o contexto mundial era muito diferente do nosso nas Américas. Nós aqui não temos a fé cristã proibida pelos estratos religiosos e governamentais. Os cristãos de então se convocavam a umas assembléias secretas às quais não temos porque imitar hoje, a não ser que em algum de nossos países um regime ou um presidente nos persiga para exterminar-nos, ou a religiosidade oficial nos declare extermináveis.

Para preservar-nos como corpo de crentes de baixo de uma severa perseguição política e ditatorial, a ekklesia convocada em forma de alarme e de resistência é uma necessidade imposta pelas más "condições" históricas, mas não existe nas Escrituras um mandamento sobre o encontro, o qual por falta de assistência seja quebrado.

Existe a apostasia como renúncia à fé cristã, mas não existe a figura de "deserção congregacional" passível de punição.

É verdade que em muitos casos particulares, uma pessoa que renuncia à fé cristã obviamente não assiste à assembléia cristã. A apostasia fere simultaneamente a ekklesia e a episinagoga. Mas é verdade também que o inverso não se dá sempre por relação matemática. De modo que não se pode acusar um cristão de "apóstata" por haver abandonado a instituição cultural da qual era membro.

Em nossas Américas todavia se ensina e se amedronta homileticamente mediante a mensagem de que o abandono da membresia é um abandono automático de Deus. Ou que fora da assembléia o único que espera o cristão é uma vida de pecado e perdição, de frieza espiritual, de desintegração psicológica, de más obras e de indiferença moral. Como se a assembléia fosse uma garantia protetora de todas essas desgraças descritas e não - como chegou a ser em muitos casos - a precursora da adversidade dos fiéis e a propulsora da incredulidade das pessoas.

Isto é especialmente verdade nas comunidades onde se relaciona os "fazeres" congregacionais com a identidade cristã genuína. Quanto mais presente, visível e ativa está uma pessoa na ekklesia, mais maturidade cristã se lhe atribuirá, coisa que certamente é um uma mentira ou uma simples ilusão, além de um preconceito que ninguém está autorizado a emitir.

Cheguei a ouvir alguns pastores dizerem que a ekklesia é um modelo dado por Deus para o crescimento do seu Reino!

Um cristão pode prescindir da ekklesia histórica, cultural e tradicional sem que por isto esteja prescindindo do ato de episinagoga nem da fé em Jesus Cristo.

Não é que Jesus Cristo não possa estar presente em todas as formas culturais de ekklesia. É justamente o contrário o que tento dizer: que Jesus Cristo pode estar presente também em todas as formas de episinagoga quando nós que cremos nele nos reunimos em seu nome, seja na ekklesia ou fora da ekklesia.

Nós que escolhemos momentânea ou definitivamente estar fora da ekklesia não somos os que pregamos o abandono congregacional e não o promovemos nem o difundimos como solução para as aberrações eclesiais. Ao contrário, a pregação contra a liberdade dos crentes cristãos sai precisamente do institucionalismo exclusivo, por rancor e por ressentimento.

As pessoas abandonam as dogmatizações culturais mas não abandonam Jesus Cristo nem deixam de ser parte do seu Corpo, então dá raiva nas confrarias doentes o fato de Jesus Cristo não jogar fora os que o buscam.

____________________

Ekklesia: assembléia popular grega que extraía "fora de" um grande grupo de pessoas outro grupo menor de pessoas que compartilhavam a discussão e as lides de um tema único com um fim particular. Por analogia usou-se para a igreja cristã.

Episinagoga: "Coleção ou coleta, convocação". Por analogia usa-se para reunião ao redor da sinagoga, fora da sinagoga, não necessariamente dentro da sinagoga, já que às vezes não os deixavam entrar ou lhes apedrejavam. Eram livres para criar uma ekklesia onde poderiam levar-lhe a cabo. Sabiam bem que o Logos morava neles e não nos edifícios. Nós os esquecemos e levamos a analogia longe demais.

( artigo original em Espanhol: http://teologiasinnombre.blogspot.com/2007/10/congregacion-por-tradicion.html )

Whatever

I believe in the Whatever.
Whatever I feel, Whatever I think.
Don't ask me why.
It boils down to faith.
Faith in the Whatever.
Whatever it is.

Passion for peace inspires “return to roots” for Chilean denomination

From
http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/news/releases/2008/02/Release01.htm

"February 1, 2008
-Deborah Froese

SANTIAGO, Chile —Gracious and unassuming, Omar Cortés Gaibur seems an unlikely revolutionary, but his passion for peace has inspired change. A teacher of theology and an international ministry worker for Mennonite Church Canada Witness (MC Canada) and Mennonite Mission Network (MMN), Cortés Gaibur has been instrumental in articulating a vision of Anabaptism among Baptist churches in Chile and in shaping a ministry partnership agreement to promote it. This partnership, between MC Canada, MMN and the Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Chile (UBACH), revolves around the development of an Anabaptist Christian Resource Centre for Peace. Known as Centro de Recursos Cristianos Anabautistas por la Paz in Spanish – or CERCAPAZ – the initiative outlines concrete, practical ways for Chileans to embrace Anabaptist peace theology. In a nation where systemic conflict has fuelled societal and family violence, CERCAPAZ offers desperately needed tools and training for church workers and others. Cortés Gaibur is the project coordinator.

Cortés Gaibur grew up in Chile and Mexico under the influence of a Presbyterian grandmother and a Syrian-Muslim grandfather. He credits his grandparents with instilling in him a strong respect for those of other religions and an appreciation for peace work. For example, when the United Nations decreed that land should be set aside for the nation of Israel, Cortés Gaibur’s grandfather knew that it would result in refugee status for many Palestinians, some of whom he was related to. He also understood that such knowledge could jeopardize his relationship with a neighbour who happened to be Jewish. Before any tension could develop between them, Cortés Gaibur’s grandfather approached his neighbour and gently conveyed his disappointment with the UN’s decision while expressing concern for their friendship.

“We grew up with that kind of story,” Cortés Gaibur says. “We learned to understand that peace and dialogue, respect, are the most basic values.”

Cortés Gaibur was introduced to Anabaptist theology in the early 1990s by Titus Guenther, an Associate Professor of Theology and Missions at Canadian Mennonite Bible College (now Canadian Mennonite University) who at that time taught church history at the Evangelical Theological Community in Santiago (now the Faculty of Evangelical Theology). When they shared their perspectives on spirituality, Guenther’s reflection on Anabaptist peace theology struck a chord with Cortés Gaibur. Although Cortés Gaibur expressed his longing for a Mennonite Church in Santiago, Guenther persuaded him to continue pastoring the Baptist church then under his care, where he could sow seeds of interest in Anabaptism.

Through Guenther’s connections, Cortés Gaibur travelled to Vancouver to study at Regent College. When he completed his studies in 1997, he returned to Chile as a worker for the Commission on Overseas Mission (COM), the predecessor to MC Canada Witness. He immediately began developing programs to deal with violence. With his wife Ester and financial assistance from COM, he created the program "5 & 2 Multiply for All", a shelter for abused women in Conchali, Santiago. In 2005 he helped to establish "Sanctuaries of Peace", a neighbourhood abuse and domestic violence prevention program that involves local churches and continues to be a vital component of the CERCAPAZ plan.

UBACH’s vision is often referred to by leaders as a “return to Anabaptist roots”, implying a history of Anabaptism within the Baptist church in Chile. Cortés Gaibur explains that some of the European immigrants who introduced Baptism to Chile arrived with an Anabaptist image of church, although the Southern Baptists with whom they developed a relationship encouraged growth in another direction. With rising membership and an increased desire to find its own identity, UBACH made a decision several years ago to move away from that particular theology. They sought a return to their roots. Although Cortés Gaibur acknowledges UBACH’s spiritual heritage, he attributes the current rise of Anabaptism to visiting professors like Guenther who brought peace theology to Chile in the early 1990s. “It’s a movement more than history,” he says.

UBACH’s renewed focus on Anabaptism has significant implications. Representing 35,000 members and 500 congregations – twice the number of MC Canada congregations – UBACH also influences the 100,000 Chileans who attend member church worship services regularly.

UBACH General Secretary Freddy Paredes acknowledges that although the current leadership has made an intentional theological shift, it will take time for it to filter into local congregations. Paredes, who once studied under Cortés Gaibur and helped him draft the plan for CERCAPAZ, believes the partnership will support and encourage growth of UBACH’s Anabaptist identity. He is appreciative of MC Canada and MMN support. “I see the hand of God working in this development process,” he writes through a translator. “The formation of this strategic alliance for the Kingdom of God, and its practical expression through CERCAPAZ, has meant a great personal satisfaction for me.”

Tim Froese, Executive Director of MC Canada Witness International Ministries and Mission Partnership Facilitator for Latin America, sees UBACH as “a large ministry partner with missional-minded leadership, access throughout the country and many gifts.” He notes that UBACH has been active in building relationships with other Latin American Anabaptists/Mennonites by attending two regional gatherings in 2007. Although MC Canada Witness has had various church partners in Chile over the years, Froese believes CERCAPAZ offers potential for a new, more closely knit partnership. “Omar is a significant resource for CERCAPAZ in developing this vision,” Froese says. “Without being aware of the extent of his teaching influence, Omar has helped give voice and structure to a missional identity and vision for UBACH and has thus paved the way for our partnership to become one of church to church [MC Canada and UBACH].”

A few short years ago, CERCAPAZ would have seemed implausible. “It’s amazing to me how quickly things can change,” says Linda Shelly, Director for Latin America, MMN. She first visited Cortés Gaibur at the Baptist Seminary in Santiago in 2003. “The Rector pulled out their statement of mission that identified their theology as Anabaptist... Omar as well as the other seminary officials said this is clearly in contradiction with our own conference [UBACH].”

However, the idea of Anabaptism spread as UBACH pursued a new identity more closely addressing the needs of Chileans. Just three years later, in late 2006, UBACH president Raquel Contreras Eddinger told Froese that “We [UBACH] are looking for an identity. We think we want to be Anabaptist. We want to be a peace church.” By early 2007, when Contreras Eddinger’s term was ending, Cortés Gaibur helped her to shape an Anabaptist vision for UBACH, which she shared at the annual assembly. She was re-elected.

“A Kairos moment,” Cortés Gaibur muses, reflecting on the event. The CERCAPAZ agreement is shaped with phrases such as “communities of peace,” “horizontal leadership” and “respect for the individual conscience” – a statement which demonstrates sensitivity to Chile’s history of dictatorial leadership. CERCAPAZ encourages congregations to become “Sanctuaries of Peace” or communities of refuge for those who feel their rights or dignity have been violated. Training is offered to help congregational leaders recognize and cope with issues of family violence. Other anticipated projects include regional meetings, campaigns for violence prevention, and the establishment of relationships with other Anabaptist churches.

Publication of resource material is also part of the program. MC Canada Witness and MMN jointly financed over half of the cost for production of 2,000 copies of Radical Coexistence; Spirituality in the 21st Century by John Driver (Eidiciones Kairós, 2007), which was launched in the fall. The balance of funding will be recuperated through book sales.

The CERCAPAZ vision is spreading like wildfire. A workshop held in Oct. led to the scheduling of a Dec. peace march. November seminars on abuse prevention and conflict mediation were attended by churches and non-governmental organizations. Sanctuaries of Peace are met with enthusiasm and Cortés Gaibur reports that several new communities are scheduled to begin this year.

“One of the things that is interesting is that many people from outside the church look at this program with enthusiasm and are interested to be a part of it,” Cortés Gaibur says. “Just today I made a call to a friend who is a teacher and not associated with any church. I asked if he would like to help out with this program and he replied ‘Of course. That is the most wonderful program that I would like to participate in’.” Cortés Gaibur reports hearing people say they are thrilled to be learning how to deal with the real issues that face them.

Anabaptism, it seems, meets many Chileans’ needs. Cortés Gaibur simply opened a door by living in accordance with his own personal convictions and left the rest to God.

Currently, Cortés Gaibur teaches at the Baptist Seminary in Santiago and is the Executive Secretary of the Latin American Theological Fraternity. He would rather build relationships than deal with the inevitable paperwork that accompanies his position – indeed, paperwork often falls behind. He tends to deflect praise for himself by focusing on others. “I want to say you have helped me,” he says at the end of our interview. “Now I know what to write for my reports.”

UBACH celebrates its 100th anniversary from Jan. 8-13 in Temuco, Chile. Representatives of MC Canada, Jack Suderman, General Secretary and Janet Plenert, Executive Secretary of Witness, are in attendance to share Anabaptist perspectives, meet with the UBACH executive and lead workshops on Anabaptism.

Sidebar: Wordplay

The Spanish acronym for Centro de Recursos Cristianos Anabautistas por la Paz (Anabaptist Christian Resource Center for Peace), CERCAPAZ, offers a clever play on words. “CERCA” means “close or near.” The translation of “PAZ” is “peace.” CERCAPAZ can also be pronounced “SER CAPAZ,” with “SER” and “CAPAZ” meaning “to be” and “capable” respectively. Thus, peace is within UBACH’s proximity and capability.

Sidebar: Bread, fish and servanthood

Teacher and theologian Omar Cortés Gaibur takes biblical principles to heart and finds unique ways to share the message of mission. The program 5 & 2 Multiply for All was inspired by the story from Mark 8:1-8 of five loaves of bread and two fish that fed a crowd of four thousand. Under 5 & 2 Multiply for All, Cortés Gaibur and his wife Ester created a shelter for victims of family violence.

At the shelter’s opening banquet, Cortés Gaibur invited high-ranking city officials to participate. While those attending the ceremony expected a fancy meal, the fare was simple – five pieces of bread and two small fish – and the attending officials were invited to do the serving. “It was a way of saying that this is what we have and that this miracle of love extends through us,” says one observer.

The experience left quite an impression on the serving authorities, one of whom noted that he now understood that the miracle of bread and fish wasn’t just a miracle that happened two thousand years ago; it was something that could happen even today.

Enough money was raised that evening to buy groceries for the shelter.

The program 5 & 2 Multiply for All is still in operation today, although it has been modified and is now run by the Baptist Church of Conchali.

"

The World’s Best Commercials 2007

I just watched The World’s Best Commercials 2007, by the London International Awards 2007. It's all great stuff.

Click below to watch the commercials:

http://www.liaentries.com/winners/?id_medium=6&view=icons&range=w

My picks (click on the links to watch the commercials):


Aoi Advertising Promotion Inc., Tokyo
Asience Shampoo
"Hairy Tale" ( also here )


Berlitz
"Tights"


Dortmund Philharmonic Concert Hall
"Symphony in Red"


Apparel
Entrant: Madre, Buenos Aires
Nike Women
"Surgery"


Aoi Advertising Promotion Inc., Tokyo
Goma-Mugi Tea
"A Fire Man"


Vegaolmosponce, Buenos Aires
Impulse
"Airport", "Train"," Plane"," Ring


Mad Cow Films, London
Citroen
"The Bulb"


Robber's Dog Films, Auckland
Vodafone
"Make The Most of Now"


Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, London
Camelot Lottery
"Darts"


McCann Worldgroup, San Francisco
XBOX 360
"Cops and Robbers - 3:00"


BETC Euro RSCG, Paris
CANAL+
"Brokeback Mountain"


Duval Guillaume, Brussels
Pure FM
"The Deer Hunter"


Jung von Matt, Hamburg
Dortmund Philharmonic Concert Hall
"Symphony in Red"


.start, Munich
MINI
"MINI Safety Feature Campaign 'DEF MINI Records' -The Disc Brakes"


harvest, Santa Monica
Aids Awareness
"Condom vs. AIDS"


Leo Burnett Brussels, Brussels
Société Wallonne Des Eaux
"Rain Dance"

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Now the "Christian" stuff: there's lots of information on culture "over there". I suppose it is a good advice for any believer, but pastors mainly should be the ones interpreting culture. There's art, there's communication, there's hope, there's reality, there's surreality. All the good stuff that is lacking in churches. This language is rich.

Deconstruction in a Nutshell

"Deconstruction in a nutshell? Why, the very idea!
The very idea of a nutshell is a mistake and a misunderstanding, an excess of journalistic haste and impatience [...]. Nutshells enclose and encapsulate, shelter and protect, reduce and simplify, while everything in deconstruction is turned toward opening, exposure, expansion, and complexification [...].
The very meaning and mission of deconstruction is to show that things - texts, institutions, traditions, societies, beliefs, and practices [...] - do not have definable meanings and determinable missions, that they are always more than any mission would impose [...].
Whenever it runs up agains a limit, deconstruction presses against it. Whenever deconstruction finds a nutshel - a secure axiom or a pithy maxim - the very idea is to crack it open and disturb this tranquility. Indeed, that is a good rule of thumb in deconstruction. That is what deconstruction is all about, its very meaning and mission, if it has any. One might even say that cracking nutshells is what deconstruction is. In a nutshell.
Deconstruction is the relentless pursuit of the impossible, which means, of things whose possibility is sustained by their impossibility, of things which, instead of being wiped out by their impossibility, are actually nourished and fed by it.
"
(In "Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida", ed John D. Caputo
ISBN 0-8232-1755-8, p.31,32)

Hidden pockets in SharePoint's property bags

Yes, there are hidden pockets in SharePoint's property bags. Even if you call web.Properties.Update() you may not persist the changes. Call web.Update() after. For instance, this is how one can delete from the property bag:

if (currentWeb.Properties.ContainsKey(newKey))
{
currentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

currentWeb.Properties.Remove(newKey);
currentWeb.Properties.Update();

currentWeb.AllProperties.Remove(newKey);
currentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;

currentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
currentWeb.Update();
currentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
}

Yes, one must wrap changes with the AllowUnsafeUpdates set.
(I spent hours trying to understand this hidden feature)

Teologia da Dignidade - o jogo

(Para incluir o jogo no seu site ou blog, clique em 'share')

Um sonho (un sueño)

Tradução do Espanhol para o Português: Fé Natábua (Oráculo) (dá um desconto, tchê)

Do blog "Palabra Lateral" por Benjamín: http://palabralateral.blogspot.com/2008/08/un-sueo.html

"

'O SENHOR diz ao seu povo: “Depois disso (da restauração de Israel da ruína e antes do juízo do império opressor), eu derramarei o meu Espírito sobre todas as pessoas: os filhos e as filhas de vocês anunciarão a minha mensagem; os velhos sonharão, e os moços terão visões. 'Joel 2.28

Eu venho da segunda geração pentecostal de raízes inimaginavelmente repressivas. Tenho algumas memórias de momentos vividos nela que até hoje às vezes me quebram e me doem. Venho de uma família quebrada e profundamente desestruturada, apesar de seu intenso compromisso com a igreja.

Venho de uma cultura que não teve tempo para celebrar aniversários, festas especiais, ou bodas. Uma cultura que desprezou o conhecimento, a arte, a literatura, a política, a ciência, a tecnologia, os esportes, enfim, tudo aquilo que não era "espiritual".

Desde pequeno, minha mente e meu coração buscavam penetrar o mistério do tempo, o mistério do mundo lá fora, desse mundo ausente e alheio aos interesses particulares da igreja.

Desde então, apesar da constante inversão que a igreja cristã faz dentro dos seus próprios assuntos e problemas, meu sonho, minha paixão, meu arrepio interminável tem sido ver uma geração cristã que quebre para sempre a falsa divisão que existe entre o espiritual e o secular. Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde exercer o cargo de Assessor Principal do Governo do Estado, reger uma Orquestra Filarmônica, exibir quadros no Museu de Arte Contemporânea, administrar um café literário aonde se reúnam os escritores mais destacados da região do país, exercer o cargo de Deão da Faculdade de Ciências Políticas, ser um cantor ouvido em todas as rádios e visto em todos os canais de televisão, tudo isso seja considerado pela igreja como um ministério de serviço ao Senhor, tão válido e legítimo como dirigir o louvor ou uma célula de discipulado.

Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde já não tenhamos mais medo que nossas inclinações artísticas, intelectuais, profissionais sejam consideradas como algo secundário, sem importância para a "obra do Senhor".

Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde todas as capacidades - sejam elas úteis ou não para a gerência interna da igreja, sejam apreciadas, respeitadas, promovidas e cultivadas.

Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde junto com as Agências de Missões, de Discipulado e de Ministérios Cristãos exista um Departamento de Artes, com espaços para a dança moderna, a música contemporânea, a pintura, a escultura, a arte digital, a poesia, a literatura e o periodismo. Um Departamento de Formação Política e Cívica para treinar líderes para o serviço público. Um Departamento de Empreendimento onde possam acolher e estimular as habilidades empresariais e de negócios.

Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde a ação social não seja considerada uma ameaça à pureza da doutrina ou uma inclinação comunista, senão uma responsabilidade essencial do amor cristão em uma sociedade dolorida e carente.

Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde a misericórdia não seja uma visita de vez em quando a uma prisão ou a um hospital no Natal, ou um programa para cortar os cabelos dos pobres, mas que seja uma gestão permanente da igreja que comprometa não só a caridade, mas seus recursos materiais e as pessoas que compõem o corpo de crentes.

Sonho com uma comunidade de crentes onde todas as pessoas - especialmente as mulheres e os jovens, sejam reconhecidos na diversidade de suas capacidades e que, por fim, ser cristão não seja um estereótipo de ser humano que fala de certa maneira, e que só se reúnem entre eles, mas que por fim haja espaço, amor e aceitação para a multiforme graça de Deus, expressa em outras formas de ser, de sentir e de pensar a realidade de Deus no mundo.

Este é o meu sonho mesmo aos cinqüenta e quatro anos de vida.

"
(Nota: acho interessante as idéias do irmão. Embora ache necessária a idéia de quebrar a divisão entre o sacro e o secular, teria receios de criar ministérios e departamentos. Talvez a criação de comitês não ajude muito. Também não gosto muito da concepção da igreja como empresa. Penso que igrejas necessitam ser mais criativas e menos burocráticas ao tentar enfrentar o problema. Mas a intenção é excelente. )

Violência Urbana

Título: Violência Urbana
Autor: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro e Guilherme Assis de Almeida
Edição: 1a. edição, 2003
ISBN: 85-7402-483-X
ISBN-13: 978-85-7402-483-7
Série: Folha Explica - Sociologia

"De dia, ande na rua com cuidado, olhos bem abertos. Evite falar com estranhos. À noite, não saia para caminhar, principalmente se estiver sozinho e seu bairro for deserto. Quando estacionar, tranque bem as portas do carro e não se esqueça de levar o som consigo. De madrugada, não pare em sinal vermelho. Se for assaltado, não reaja --entregue tudo.

É provável que você já esteja exausto de ler e ouvir várias dessas recomendações. Faz tempo que a idéia de integrar uma comunidade e sentir-se confiante e seguro por ser parte de um coletivo deixou de ser um sentimento comum aos habitantes das grandes cidades brasileiras. As noções de segurança e de vida comunitária foram substituídas pelo sentimento de insegurança e pelo isolamento que o medo impõe. O outro deixa de ser visto como parceiro ou parceira em potencial; o desconhecido é encarado como ameaça. O sentimento de insegurança transforma e desfigura a vida em nossas cidades. De lugares de encontro, troca, comunidade, participação coletiva, as moradias e os espaços públicos transformam-se em palco do horror, do pânico e do medo." [grifo do K-fé]

"Escutem! Eu venho como um ladrão." Apocalipse 16.15a

Quando Jesus vier você vai dar um tiro nele?

"Está lá um corpo estendido no chão". É falta. Violência urbana existe. Todos nós sabemos o que é na prática. Qual o problema? Acho que é que as igrejas não vão saber caracterizar bem o problema. Algumas posições comuns de ouvir:

1. "É tudo culpa das drogas. Se os jovens fossem crentes não teriam esse vício que gera a violência."
Não consigo acreditar que o problema seja apenas sobre drogas. Será que emprego, habitação e custo de vida não estão relacionados a violência? Ao invés, esta resposta me lembra a parábola de Jesus: "O fariseu ficou de pé e orou sozinho, assim: “Ó Deus, eu te agradeço porque não sou avarento, nem desonesto, nem imoral como as outras pessoas. Agradeço-te também porque não sou como este cobrador de impostos." Lucas 18.11

2. "É responsabilidade do Estado. Igreja e Estado devem ser separados."
Quem é o Estado? O interlocutor não faz parte da sociedade? Porque parece querer se esquivar do problema. Quer dizer que a polícia é que deveria lidar com a violência? Quer dizer que 'igreja' (uma igreja local, por exemplo) não deve se envolver com política? Não deve ajudar o próximo para não fazer política? Quer dizer que o cristão deve se negar a votar, por exemplo, e se isolar em ocas esperando Jesus voltar? (Interessante que às vezes as mesmas pessoas que dizem que Estado e Igreja devem ser separados gostam de votar em 'políticos crentes')

3. "Cantemos mais forte, irmãos."

A atitude "cantemos mais forte" por um lado ignora o que se passa ao redor.

4. "Cantemos mais forte, irmãos.

Aleluia, Aleluia, Aleluia!
Persegui os inimigos e os alcancei
Os consumi, os atravessei
Sob os pés do Senhor caíram
Não mais se levantaram."

O linguajar bélico adora pisar no inimigo. Pau no inimigo! Pau no diferente, pau no fraco! Aqui dentro somos nós que mandamos. Na nossa imaginação vamos dar o troco. No filme no mundo-espiritual-faz-de-conta nós somos os policiais durões que batem no inimigo. À seguir cantar "visitante seja bem-vindo". Quarta-feira tem culto de batalha espiritual. Quinta-feira culto da vitória. Quem sabe a gente dá uns tiros no culto pra incrementar a coisa?

5. "É o fim do mundo. Só vai ficar pior. Bú! Levou um susto? Fica esperto! Vigia, irmão! Jesus pode voltar a qualquer hora. "

Agora que estamos na arca de portas fechadas, e cantemos mais uns corinhos, não muito alto agora, irmãos. Esperemos Jesus voltar. Enquanto isso, aproveitando que tem galinha dentro da arca, vamos brincar de jogar ovos pela escotilha da arca nas pessoas que morrem afogadas pedindo ajuda. Bú! Fica esperto, irmão. Jesus vem como um ladrão. Em vez de promover a paz e a esperança a pessoa fica amedrontando mais o povo.

6. "Vamos evangelizar"

Se "evangelho" é "boa-notícia", qual é a boa notícia? Se tem violência nas cidades qual é a boa notícia? Ou será que o seu evangelho não diz nada sobre violência urbana? Se o bom samaritano cuidou do homem assaltado, o que é que você está fazendo que é equivalente?

7. "Jesus era Arminiano ou Calvinista? Deus é omnisciente? "

Sei lá. Pergunta ao Papa. Nunca entendi esses lances teológicos. Mas abaixa aí pra não levar um tiro. Cadê o capacete da salvação?

8. "Vire pro irmão do seu lado e diga: 'Jesus te ama e eu também'"

O buraco da bala é mais embaixo. Como lemos e com sabemos, a violência minou o sentido de coletivo e o pertencer a uma comunidade. Não estaria na hora de igrejas estarem cientes da importância da comunidade (do bairro, por exemplo), priorizarem os relacionamentos entre as pessoas, e levarem a sério a construção dessa comunidade-exemplo?

Alô alô, bons samaritanos, aonde estão vocês?
Quando os crentes brasileiros lêem a parábola do bom samaritano com quem se identificam?

(pô, agora que eu "estou" Menonita tenho que escrever sobre paz e violência)

Cracked display, FutureShop's warranty

This is my father's Acer notebook. We bought it at FUTURESHOP here in Ottawa. As you can see it has a cracked display. We bought the 'extra-super-duper-extended-valid-all-over-the-world' warranty, so that if it broke in Brazil my father could fix it there under the warranty. The display cracked alone, likely wiggling in the passenger's seat of my father's car. 100% sure it didn't fall. I managed to bring the notebook to Canada to get it fixed. But the warranty didn't cover it. That's right, it was considered 'abuse', even though I explained it wasn't abuse, that it happened all of a sudden with normal use. It's in the fine print. I get angry because it's not abuse but they use the word anyways. Why not call it accident? They would charge me $400 to get it fixed (and a new notebook was $499). I now use it anyways with the cracked display. I may get a flat panel monitor one day to use with it.
Conclusion: 1- I'll never buy extra warranties at FutureShop because they are bad. 2-Notebook displays crack easily.