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Lose the chords

While surfing the web, I found some interesting links and articles. Energizer has a charging dock to charge Wiimotes but there are no chords. The wiimote is charged by induction.

Here is a link, http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/wiimotes-get-wi.php

After reading it, I remember a product i saw anounced in Target online store. Powermat. Another charger via induction.

here are the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKhxk4m1ag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU4lb5L8GLU&feature=related

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Convergence

Almos 4 weeks of abscence from the blog, shame on me. But i will compensate it with this very awesome video, so enjoy it.

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

I tried many times tom embed to the blog but the layout of the page does not let me do it so i just gave you the link.

Enjoy!

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Stiglitz on Mexico's reaction to crisis

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (born February 9, 1943) is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He has won two Nobel prizes, and he is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economistof the World Bank. He is known for his critical view of the management of globalization, free-market economists (whom he calls "free market fundamentalists") and some international institutions like the IMF and the World Bank.

Recently, Stiglitz stated that Mexico's reaction to the global economic crisis has been one of the worst anywhere.

"Statistics showing growth have been very weak and pessimistic" for Mexico, Stiglitz said. "The combination of a very weak recovery in the United States and a fiscal policy that doesn't stimulate the Mexican economy is worrying." Stiglitz spoke to attendees of an event organized by Grupo Mexicana and Grupo Posadas, two major Mexican companies.

El Universal reported that Stiglitz said Mexico's position in the face of this crisis was "unusual."

"In contrast, countries such as Australia, which was the first country in the developed world to emerge from the recession," Stiglitz said, "applied strong measures through a packet of well-defined incentives."

Although Mexico is dependent on the U.S economy, that represents a risk, he warned.

"Many people hope that a recovery in the U.S will be the solution," he said. "But Mexico needs an alternative."

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Not new ...

I don't think this will be completely relevant but it's fine if we start creating conscience in every mexican. After making the "Indice de Percepción de Corrupción en México" by Transparencia Internacional, corruption in our country got worst comparing it with 2008. I think that the majority are tired of this kind of acts that attempt against us and our economy. Specialists said that the cause of this problem are factors as the weakness of institutions and the lack of one politic of state.

The director from Transparencia Mexicana, Eduardo Bohórquez, said that one of the reasons is that in the international perspective crime and drug trafficking, but mainly the lack of transparence. He also said that is disappointing how this problem is in the national agenda but is not taken serious by the nation. Specialists said that this study shows that the State, the legal system and the government are far from representing the society.

It's definitely ridiculous how anyone do something to solve this; how can we explain that Chapo Guzmán or Carlos Slim are more powerful that the proper president or the PGR? The only answer is corruption.

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North Korea Article

North Korea

The article we read in class is not the first one I read about North Korea. In this article the author kept positive compared to the other article. He said that Christianity can be the solution for a unified Korea. Reading that North Koreans can’t access to anything such as internet, trips, books, or a “normal” education seriously freaked me out. For me one of the most impressive stuff I read about is that they have like their own god, which was actually a person and their head of state his name was Kim Il Sung, they still worship him all times and call him “The Great Leader”. They also have 10 commandments like Christians do and worship also his son Kim Jong Il like Christians worship Jesus.

Korea is bordered in the northern side by China, and Russia, that’s why North Korea adopted the communist position. By the other side, South Korea was occupied by the USA that’s why they went better for the democratic position. In 1950 they had a civil war to unify the Koreas, North Korea invaded South Korea during three years, well actually we can say that officially the was isn’t over yet. That war turned to be USA, South Korea and 16 more nations vs. North Korea, Russia, and China. They had no peace treaty but they did have an armistice. South Korea became an international power, but North Koreas has declined in the economic perspective, also they live in poverty and starvation.

As I said above, the population is ignorant of what is happening in the world. I read in the other article that they can’t change of village or visit other cities. Obviously getting out of North Korea for normal people is impossible, and when the state people gets out they are prohibited from telling other people how the world is outside North Korea. Tourists can’t access North Korea, or have you ever seen a promotion to North Korea in any travel agency? Then the mass media is controlled by the government and they only transmit negative news form the world. Foreign books and photographs are forbidden. Every North Korean is monitored by the surveillance system. Disloyalty to the Great Leader is criticized and punished, and the prisoners are taken to a camp for political prisoners, from where they say very few come back.

This author keeps positive talking that religion can unify the Koreas. He proved the statement by talking about some Christians missioners that went to help the population.

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Mejico hits the news

Again.

Here in Mexico we have the luck of always finding our way into the news; always in a bad context.

Do you remember that six months ago Mexico and "The Swine Flu" were the breaking news. And suddenly everyone talked about how we will and are infecting the world.

And once again We are in the news. About a week ago the Prince of Netherlands came to Mexico to talk about investments in clean energy and the petroleum business. Everything was alright until the end when the Prince said a Mexican proverb to end "Camaron que se duerme se lo lleva la chingada". He was very proud of himself because he said it in a perfect spanish, but everyone stare at their surroundings impress with the sentence. After the incident we knew that one of his workers told him the proverb a little modified because he did not know about coloquial Mexican spanish. Since then we have been in the news but not for the energy deals but for the mexican proverb.

Funny, but true.

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Jews in American history

While reading some blogs, I found this image. I found it interesting because we know is a fact that Jews are always present in American history politics and economy. Is this signature a mixed signal to tell us they are in control?

I don't think so but it got me thinking. How many Jews have passed through the senate? Thousands. Many have been in control of the Central Bank in USA. Let's face it, they kind of control us(Americans).

This influences has been seen in the relationship between USA and Israel. Nowadays USA's president (Barack Obama) had shown some suppor for palestinian's authority and people. But in the last month we have seen the withdrawal of that support. The dialogues have back-fired and now Abbas has resigned. All this developments in the diplomacy between Israel-(USA) and Palestinian leaders. Have Jews influenced American diplomacy that much? Why are now americans not supporting palestinians?

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Taiwan and China

The political status of Taiwan is controversial. Not only is it controversial whether Taiwan should remain as part of the Republic of China, become part of the People's Republic of China, or become an independent Republic of Taiwan, different groups have different concepts of what the current situation is.

The political solution that is acceptable to most of the current groups is the status quo, which is to leave Taiwan's status the way that it is.

The current position of the People's Republic of China is that Taiwan is part of China and the PRC is the sole legitimate government of China. In addition to the problem the People's Republic of China is unwilling to negotiate under any other formulation than a one China policy.

Within Taiwan, support for Taiwan independence and Chinese reunification exists as part of a political spectrum with most people apparently in the middle.

The current controversy is over the term one China, which the PRC insists is necessary to begin negotiations.

-> When given a choice between the three options of independence, status quo, or unification, typical results of recent polls show 20% in favor of independence, 15% in favor of unification, and about 50% in favor of status quo.

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Forbes' Most Powerful

Forbes magazine released, for the first time, its list of the most powerful persons in the world, which is composed by 67 names (one for each 100 million people in the world), including political leaders, entrepreneurs, religious leaders, terrorists and others. The list also includes two Mexicans: Carlos Slim (who has a valued fortune of around 35 billion dollars and is currently the third richest person in the world) occupies the 6th place of the list, while Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, occupies the 41th position.

As stated by Forbes, the objective of the compilation of the list is to expose, not glorify, power and to show how easy it can be to lose it, but also how difficult it is to obtain it. There were four main criteria considered when completing the list: number of persons they influence, the capacity to project further than their immediate social sphere, their access and control of resources and how actively they exert their power.

According to Forbes, the most powerful person in the whole world, who takes the top spot of the list is USA's President Barack Obama. Next were the Chinese and Russian leaders Hu Hintau and Vladimir Putin. Others that were included in the list were the founders Apple (Steve Jobs) and Google, the pope Benedict XVI, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey and Osama Bin Laden. To view the complete list head to Forbes webpage.

Source: Periódico El Imparcial, November 12 2009; General 02.

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We always talk about the important events around the world, but it is also very important to consider the happenings in Mexico. Mauricio Fernández, the new Mayor in San Pedro Garza García in Monterrey, Nuevo León, has caused controversy since his campaign at first stating his plan to clean the city of all narcotraficants and kidnappers.
A week ago, in a public declaration, Fernández reinforced his commitment against organised crime and declared the murder of El Negro Saldaña(a high-profile narcotraficant) and 3 other people 5 hours before the authorities in DF even found the bodies. The video presented talks about how the Mayor of San Pedro will be called upon to declare how he got this information.
He first stated that the Governor has tipped him of, comment that the Governor exposed as untrue. Then he declared he had an iformant, but how could this have been possible if not even the police had knowledge of the murder? This declarations, along with his plan to guarantee peace in San Pedro have led some to believe he may be linked to a certain cartel, to the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, wih which he made a deal.
We have to wait and see how this issue is resolved.

"Desata polémica plan de Mauricio ." Milenio.Com. 02 Nov 2009. Milenio, Web. 12 Nov 2009. .
"Mauricio Fernández, narco y mentiroso." Informador.com.mx. 11 Nov 2009. El Informador, Web. 12 Nov 2009. .

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Recession is NOT over

Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, president of the Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores of the Cámara de Diputados who you may know from the congress Dirige Tu Vida, qualified president Calderón's declaration about the end of the recession as nonsense and as a lie. Muñoz Ledo considers that there is no recuperation of the country's economy, as there isn't a project for new investments.

He stated that every piece of data point to the continuation of the slope, and that there is no reason for it to be the other way around because there are no economy growth factors present. He added that a clear sign that recession is not over is that there isn't an increase neither in consumption nor in exportations.

Muñoz Ledo further stated that for the life quality of Mexicans to change, the destitution of president Calderón is required, as he doesn't have the legitimacy or the basic orientation to improve the country's situation. He declared that as the President doesn't have majority in the Congress, he can't govern the country. As if that wasn't enough, he even said that we need to name an interim president to carry out an efficient reformation of the State, as the actual system doesn't work.

Source: "Es mentira que acabó recesión: Muñoz Ledo" Periódico El Imparcial [Hermosillo] 8 Nov 2009. General: 05

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Recession is Over

That is, according to Mexico's president Felipe Calderón. Yesterday, when participating in the inauguration of the Bloomberg Mexico (a financial software, news and data company) Economic Forum, Felipe Calderón stated that Mexican economy has grown 2.7% during the third trimester of the current year, as reported by Secretaría de Hacienda. He said that these are good news, as they impliy the end of the recession (at least in Mexico), and that the government is working hard on making this recuperation to continue and to grow.

He also said that the 2.7% economy growth was accompanied by a 4.6% inflation, and that from this positive tendency the Mexican government is expecting an economic growth of at least 3% in 2010 and of 5% by the end of his administration. Calderón further stated that his government's intention is to transform Mexico into one of the most strong economies in a global level and that moments like this are the best moments to improve the country's economy.

Is this truly the end of the recession in Mexico? What can we expect from this? Do you think we can become a strong economy on a worldwide level, as Calderón thinks we can? I think only time will tell, but it is not only up to the government, it is also up to us.

Source: "Acaba la Recesión, asegura Calderón." Periódico El Imparcial [Hermosillo] 6 Nov 2009. General: 09

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Abbas resigns!

Look at this!!

Abbas resigns!

I think that from our classes that you'll be able to understand all of this article!  Please let me know!!

Maestro.

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Are they all linked?

I will use this blog to share an interesting link t you. Is a news report about a girl in USA that with her grandfather went trough the genalogy of Obama. Thanks to that they discovered thet obama was related to John "Lackland" Plantagenet ; who was King of England and signer of the Magna Carta. Also both the girl and their grnadfateher realized that all of the US presidents were related except one of them.

Even though this may or may not be accurate, it is interesting how this news start rising. Do they want to link Barack Obama to English royalty so that the dream of having an african american in the presidency dies? Or is it just a coincidence?

Here is the link, read it, analyse it and think about it.

http://bit.ly/4eIXgs

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Palestinian Leader

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek for re-election in the elections of next year.And officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) told to the West Bank that Mahmoud was not running in the 24 January election.
Mr Abbas said that they had a lack of progress in peace with Israel and he also said that they failure in the way that they didn’t acquire reconciliation with Hamas.In the other hands PLO officials are trying to change Mr. Abba’s mind.Yasser Abed Rabbo, a senior adviser to Mr Abbas, told AFP news agency that the Palestine Liberation Organization is an executive committee and had rejected his decision and said it would still support him in the election.
Mr. Abbas took the status of Palestinian Authority a year later that Yasser Arafat died (2004).

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A little stress may help you live longer

There are 2 types of stress the bad one and the good one; the bad kind is chronic like the tension caused by a sick relative or a unhappy marriage. But there are a lot of positives associated with short bursts of stress that ease up quickly like being stuck in traffic or sweating through a presentation at work.
In a study at Ohio University says that brief but intense stress were better able to fight flu; it also reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s.
The reason is that stress jolts you into repair mode. It works like when you injure yourself your body reacts and starts to fix itself, healing your injury and revving up your immune system to protect against infection. Short term stress works the same way. Initially, it produces free radicals and hormones such as cortisol that wreak havoc on your tissues. But then, when your body senses the damage, it calls in the cleanup crew. If the stress is short-lived, you can heal quickly and still have enough energy left over to repair everyday wear and tear, like a scratch or a bruise.
Some researchers who study aging even go so far as to conclude that low-intensity stress could actually help extend your life.

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H1N1 vaccine arrives for troops in war zones, but not enough

The government of the United States just sent the first shipment of H1N1 vaccine to their troops, but they sent them to Iraq and Afghanistan and they arrived late Tuesday, but it is only the half of what it is needed. The vaccine was at Qatar and later was distributed to bases in the regions in 24 hours of its arrival.The U.S. Central command asked for 300, 000 doses to vaccinate the U.S troops against H1N1 in war zones and more areas of the Middle East, but they only have received 150, 000 doses to vaccinate.

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More detainees released from Guantanamo Bay

This weekend, six Chinese Uighurs, arrested in 2001, were released from Guantanamo Bay. Their release had been delayed because they couldn’t return to China, since they would be prosecuted there as terrorists, but now they have been taken to the tropical island of Palau. This news reminds us of Obama’s promise to close the Cuban detention facility before January, which now seems quite unlikely to be kept, since the deadline gets closer and no significant difference has been made. Over the past eight months, only 26 detainees have been freed, and 215 remain.

"The detention facilities at Guantanamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order"

(Obama; January 22, 2009).

Here's the original article:
Washington Post - Six more released from Guantanamo Bay

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U.N to evacuate 600 staff from Afghanistan

The United Nations said on Thursday it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilize the country.
Spokesman Aleem Siddique said the United Nations would relocate about 600 of its roughly 1,100 international staff, with some being moved to safer sites within Afghanistan and the rest withdrawn from the country temporarily.
The move, a week after five U.N. foreign staff were killed by militants in Kabul, is a blow for U.S. president Barack Obama's counter-insurgency war strategy, which foresees an influx of civilian assistance alongside extra troops.

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How to End the Global Food Shortage

By Jeffrey D. Sachs Thursday, Apr. 24, 2008

The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a looming hunger crisis in poor countries and a looming energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, corn and rice prices have more than doubled in the past two years, and oil prices have more than tripled since the start of 2004. These food-price increases combined with soaring energy costs will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even undermine political stability, as evidenced by the protest riots that have erupted in places like Haiti, Bangladesh and Burkina Faso. Practical solutions to these growing woes do exist, but we'll have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.

The crisis has its roots in four interlinked trends. The first is the chronically low productivity of farmers in the poorest countries, caused by their inability to pay for seeds, fertilizers and irrigation. The second is the misguided policy in the U.S. and Europe of subsidizing the diversion of food crops to produce biofuels like corn-based ethanol. The third is climate change; take the recent droughts in Australia and Europe, which cut the global production of grain in 2005 and '06. The fourth is the growing global demand for food and feed grains brought on by swelling populations and incomes. In short, rising demand has hit a limited supply, with the poor taking the hardest blow.

So, what should be done? Here are three steps to ease the current crisis and avert the potential for a global disaster. The first is to scale-up the dramatic success of Malawi, a famine-prone country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and high-yield seeds. Malawi's harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion in all. Such a fund could fight hunger as effectively as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is controlling those diseases.

Second, the U.S. and Europe should abandon their policies of subsidizing the conversion of food into biofuels. The U.S. government gives farmers a taxpayer-financed subsidy of 51¢ per gal. of ethanol to divert corn from the food and feed-grain supply. There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not produce foods--tree crops (like palm oil), grasses and wood products--but there's no case for doling out subsidies to put the world's dinner into the gas tank.

Third, we urgently need to weatherproof the world's crops as soon and as effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond--which collects rainwater to be used for emergency irrigation in a dry spell--can make the difference between a bountiful crop and a famine. The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise.

What is true for food will be true for energy, water and other increasingly scarce resources. We can combat these problems--as long as we act rapidly. New energy sources like solar thermal power and new energy-saving technologies like plug-in hybrid automobiles can be developed and mobilized within a few years. Environmentally sound fish-farming can relieve pressures on the oceans. The food crisis provides not only a warning but also an opportunity. We need to invest vastly more in sustainable development in order to achieve true global security and economic growth.

I found this interesting article of how to the food shortage, and it is impotant because is somethig that is happening this days and we need to deal with it. To deal with the food shortage we need the help all people of the country, also the help of the government.

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Recent news on the Arab-Israeli conflict

The Israeli navy intercepted yesterday an Antiguan vessel carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons, including rockets, hand grenades, mortars and at least 3,000 missiles, allegedly intended for Hezbollah. The ship, Francop, was a 100 miles off the Irsaeli coast, and had "dozens of shipping containers, carrying numerous weapons, disguised as civilian cargo among hundreds of other containers on board". The crew was apparently unaware of the smuggling, and the Israeli military searched the Francop with the permission of its captain. A spokesperson said that "the weapons originate from Iran and were intended to reach the Hezbollah terror organization for use against the state of Israel and its citizens", but Iran and Syria have both rejected Israel's accusations. Hezbollah denied any link to the weapons, and accussed Israel of piracy in international waters.

Here's the link to the orginal article

BBC News - Israelis 'seize Iran arms ship'

Another article, where Hezbollah denies any link to the weapons.

BBC News - Hezbollah denies arms ship claims

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Racism in Europe

Europe is one of the places that people still think that there is racism, because it is a complex area with many cultures in a relatively small area that has seen a lot of conflicts in the past.
There is two ways in which racism could be represented: with ethnic and national conflicts.
In most cases the ethnic differences creates conflicts over land and strategic resources. And in the other hand, with nationalism creates more conflicts between great religious empires.

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Did you know?

I was looking for global issues and this subject gain my attention:

· Did you know that almost half of the world (approximately billion people), live on less than $2.50 a day?

· That nearly a billion people in the 21 century didn’t know how to read a book or sing their names.

· 1 billion children live in poverty.

· 640 million children live without adequate shelter

· 400 million children do not have access to health water

· 270 million children do not have access to health services

· 10. 6 million died in the 2003 before the age of 3.

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Conflict between Jews and palestinians

Conflict between Jews and Palestinians
I found this information about the points of view of each “culture”.
For the Jewish-Israeli side, Zionism is a heroic enterprise of self-defense against the miserable historical fate of the Jews. The gross historical injustice of the Diaspora was replaced by the incarnation of historical justice in the Land of Israel. The war of 1948 is the “War of Liberation,” and a magnificent victory of the “few against the many.”

That, needless to say, is not the way the Palestinians see it. The Zionist enterprise, from the Palestinian point of view, is no more than a movement of settler colonialism, imposed upon them by force...This catastrophe of 1948 is the formative experience and crucible of Palestinianness and the backbone of Palestinian identity, and is the foundation of a collective self-image as the victims of a gross historical injustice.

In my opinion, I don’t think that it is worth to fight a lot only for a land, because if you think it well there is no specific land of every country, all is imaginary. And I think it is better to avoid a fight for something with another solution: they could give a part of territory to each one and the problem will stop.

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