Sunday, January 30, 2011
China plans a city 53 times larger than New York
While major European capitals are drowning in debt due to expansion and modernization, and while several cities in the U.S. are victims of neglect of its people, populations in China continue to grow.
The authorities responsible for urban planning in China plan to invest 303 billion dollars to create a megacity of 42 million people in the South East, reports the Telegraph. The megacity will the combination of nine cities that are established near the Pearl River Delta.
The most populated cities that will comprise this project are to Guangzhou, with 11.7 million inhabitants, and Shenzhen, with 8.9 million. A join them Dongguan (6.4), Foshan (5.4), Zhaoqing and Huizhou (3.9 each), plus Jiangmen (3.8), Zhongshan (2.4) and Zhuhai (1.5 .)
The areal extent of the new city will mean an area of over 16,000 square kilometers, about 53 times the size of the New York area. However, it would comprise only 10% of China's economy. Officials say that the management and administration of the megacity would have a special status as a city could not be considered in the conventional sense.
"The idea is that when cities are up, residents can travel freely and use health services and other facilities in different areas," said one of the leaders of the project.
Sonia
The authorities responsible for urban planning in China plan to invest 303 billion dollars to create a megacity of 42 million people in the South East, reports the Telegraph. The megacity will the combination of nine cities that are established near the Pearl River Delta.
The most populated cities that will comprise this project are to Guangzhou, with 11.7 million inhabitants, and Shenzhen, with 8.9 million. A join them Dongguan (6.4), Foshan (5.4), Zhaoqing and Huizhou (3.9 each), plus Jiangmen (3.8), Zhongshan (2.4) and Zhuhai (1.5 .)
The areal extent of the new city will mean an area of over 16,000 square kilometers, about 53 times the size of the New York area. However, it would comprise only 10% of China's economy. Officials say that the management and administration of the megacity would have a special status as a city could not be considered in the conventional sense.
"The idea is that when cities are up, residents can travel freely and use health services and other facilities in different areas," said one of the leaders of the project.
Sonia
The system of the barter gets in Spain
The business of the barter starts doing a hollow to him between the companies and individuals. Worldwide there are already a lot of commercial transactions that are realized by this long-lived system.
Little by little, the technology has been modifying the rules of the barter and increasingly companies sign to a system that can have many advantages.
This exchange is one of the big attractions for the SMEs and autonomous: it increases the liquidity of the small enterprises, since it allows them to buy products and services without having to resort to his treasury. For example, an attorney enters the network of one of these platforms and offers his services valued for 2.500 Euros. This quantity goes on to an account, similar to that of a bank, though the money cannot do cash to him. The attorney will be able to buy a portable computer, for 1.200 Euros to a company of computers and this one it will be able to spend the same quantity in furniture or in any other thing that he needs.
The logic of the business is simple, but ingenious in Internet platforms they are contacted and there are exchanged those products and services that they need for those who exceed them.
Another advantage of buying by this system is that ' the product with which you pay only has supposed the cost of production: it is like to buy always in sales, but without losing monetary liquidity.
In Spain, the offer has less tradition but it begins to win followers. They are several companies those that have realized the barter successfully
María José González
Little by little, the technology has been modifying the rules of the barter and increasingly companies sign to a system that can have many advantages.
This exchange is one of the big attractions for the SMEs and autonomous: it increases the liquidity of the small enterprises, since it allows them to buy products and services without having to resort to his treasury. For example, an attorney enters the network of one of these platforms and offers his services valued for 2.500 Euros. This quantity goes on to an account, similar to that of a bank, though the money cannot do cash to him. The attorney will be able to buy a portable computer, for 1.200 Euros to a company of computers and this one it will be able to spend the same quantity in furniture or in any other thing that he needs.
The logic of the business is simple, but ingenious in Internet platforms they are contacted and there are exchanged those products and services that they need for those who exceed them.
Another advantage of buying by this system is that ' the product with which you pay only has supposed the cost of production: it is like to buy always in sales, but without losing monetary liquidity.
In Spain, the offer has less tradition but it begins to win followers. They are several companies those that have realized the barter successfully
María José González
THE VIDEO GAMES SERVE INTERESTING THINGS TO ENTERTAIN AND TO BE LEARNED
Pro Evolution Soccer, Grand Theft Car, Mario Bros, Sims, Fifa ... are video games very known between the teenagers.
They have done a study and the list is elaborated from the tastes of 450 Basque students between 11 and 18 years by Jose Inazio Imaz, teacher of the UPV/EHU in the Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences of the Education.
The sociologist has published the book ' Influence of the screen in the education: that the video games are not so bad as we believe but they can be very educational for the teenagers.
In the educational area the video games, televisions, Internet etc ... they can have a very important paper in the classrooms and serve of great help the young persons.
Mari Carmen
They have done a study and the list is elaborated from the tastes of 450 Basque students between 11 and 18 years by Jose Inazio Imaz, teacher of the UPV/EHU in the Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences of the Education.
The sociologist has published the book ' Influence of the screen in the education: that the video games are not so bad as we believe but they can be very educational for the teenagers.
In the educational area the video games, televisions, Internet etc ... they can have a very important paper in the classrooms and serve of great help the young persons.
Mari Carmen
Friday, January 28, 2011
The unemployment rate, the highest since 1997
The total number of unemployed people stood at 4,696,600, a record in Spain. 2010 became the fourth year that increases the number of unemployed people.
Against the number of jobs lost, last year it was five times below the previous exercise scale unemployment rate to 20.3%, the highest since 1997. 2010 has finished with the highest unemployment rate in history, nearly 4,700,000 people.According the active population survey, unemployment rate returns to exceed 20 percent after the break that occurred during the third quarter. In 2010 which has risen more unemployment has been in the construction sector, followed by industry. The number of households with all members unemployed has risen again and are now more than 1,300,000. Unemployment rose 370,100 people in 2010 compared to 2009, 8.5% higher, reaching the total number of 4,696,600 unemployed people and the unemployment rate at 20.33%, which is 1.5 points higher than the previous year according to data from the Active population Survey issued by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The unemployment rate reached its highest level and the comparable historical series, beginning in 2001. Going back earlier, using non-comparable series, not reached a percentage of this nature since the second quarter of 1997, when the unemployment rate came to stand at 20.72%. The number of unemployed, meanwhile, is also a record for the Spanish economy.
Cynthia
Against the number of jobs lost, last year it was five times below the previous exercise scale unemployment rate to 20.3%, the highest since 1997. 2010 has finished with the highest unemployment rate in history, nearly 4,700,000 people.According the active population survey, unemployment rate returns to exceed 20 percent after the break that occurred during the third quarter. In 2010 which has risen more unemployment has been in the construction sector, followed by industry. The number of households with all members unemployed has risen again and are now more than 1,300,000. Unemployment rose 370,100 people in 2010 compared to 2009, 8.5% higher, reaching the total number of 4,696,600 unemployed people and the unemployment rate at 20.33%, which is 1.5 points higher than the previous year according to data from the Active population Survey issued by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The unemployment rate reached its highest level and the comparable historical series, beginning in 2001. Going back earlier, using non-comparable series, not reached a percentage of this nature since the second quarter of 1997, when the unemployment rate came to stand at 20.72%. The number of unemployed, meanwhile, is also a record for the Spanish economy.
Cynthia
Arzak, Subijana, Berasategi and Aduriz, among the 20 most influential chefs in the world
Gipuzkoa chefs Andoni Luis Aduriz, Juan Mari Arzak, Martin and Pedro Subijana Berasategi listed the twenty most influential chefs in the world, which was published yesterday in the Madrid Fusion gastronomic summit international.
Rounding out the list of the Catalan Ferran Adrià and Joan Roca, Peruvian and Brazilian Acurio Alex Atala, the French Michel Bras, Alain Ducasse, Pierre Gagnaire, Joel Robuchon, the Italian Massimo BoTur cell lines, the Japanese Nobu Matsuhisa, Tetsuya Wakuda Yoshihiro Narisawa and ; the British Heston Blumenthal, the American Thomas Keller and Grant Achatz, and Denmark's Rene Redzepi.
These twenty essential to world cuisine has been voted by nearly a thousand international journalists accredited to this appointment, which will address the latest trends in cooking and take the pulse of an industry that seems to suffer in excess of the crisis economic.
Out of the list have been a dozen other international chefs, including Pascal Barbot, Denis Martin, Charlie Trotter, Denis Martin, Magnus Ek and José Andrés.
Following the election of the most influential, the IX edition of Madrid Fusion, which yesterday celebrated its last day, began to remove the table and folded tablecloths until next year. Along with the explosion of flavors Peruvian hand Acurio and the tempting food in the parallel meeting displayed Sweet Fusion, yesterday was focused on analyzing different business models for success in the world of gastronomy.
BORJA
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Germany wants to solve spanish problems
Merkel studies provide skilled jobs for unemployed young Spanish, with this method they want to solve part of its national deficit of skilled professionals, and simultaneously contribute to alleviating the high unemployment that hampers to Spain.
According to German media sources, this project of bilateral cooperation in the workplace is among the main themes of the German agenda for the next regular Spanish-German consultations scheduled for the February 3 in Madrid.
Berlin also plans to extend this proposal to other countries in southern and eastern Europe, mainly the most affected by the debt crisis and unemployment.
The German Government has reiterated on many occasions in recent months that requires thousands of skilled workers, especially in the field of engineering and telecommunications, to continue propelling its economic growth. Depending on the studies, Germany states between 500,000 and 800,000 new skilled employees.
Ion Ander
According to German media sources, this project of bilateral cooperation in the workplace is among the main themes of the German agenda for the next regular Spanish-German consultations scheduled for the February 3 in Madrid.
Berlin also plans to extend this proposal to other countries in southern and eastern Europe, mainly the most affected by the debt crisis and unemployment.
The German Government has reiterated on many occasions in recent months that requires thousands of skilled workers, especially in the field of engineering and telecommunications, to continue propelling its economic growth. Depending on the studies, Germany states between 500,000 and 800,000 new skilled employees.
Ion Ander
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