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<title><![CDATA[Sistema Financeiro dos EUA: o Melhor do Mundo!...segundo o World Economic Forum]]></title>
<link>http://blogdocredito.wordpress.com/?p=511</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fernando Blanco</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A notícia abaixo é para quem estomago forte!
O World Economic Forum é um think-tank internacion]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A notícia abaixo é para quem estomago forte!</p>
<p>O World Economic Forum é um think-tank internacional, famoso pelo seu evento anual em Davos, na Suiça, em que reúne uma invejável constelação de líderes e celebridades mundiais, de todas as matizes e perfís (de Sharon Stone a Bill Gates, de Bush a Lula e por aí vai).  </p>
<p>Pois bem, o Forum acaba de divulgar um estudo em que analisa, dá notas e monta um ranking dos melhores sistemas financeiros do mundo desenvolvido e emergente.</p>
<p>Foram analisados 52 países e o nosso Brasil ficou com um pouco honroso 40o lugar, sendo apenas o terceiro da América Latina. No entanto, o que choca mesmo é o fato da Medalha de Ouro na categoria Melhor Sistema Financeiro do Mundo ser...o dos EUA!!! E o segundo é o do Reino Unido!!! Logos estes, os dois piores exemplos do mundo!!! Não adianta louvar a multiplicidade de produtos à disposição da sociedade, o acesso amplo e irrestrito, ou sua capacidade tecnológica, etc, quando o sistema simplesmente implode e fica na dependência do governo para se evitar uma hecatombe mundial. É como numa luta de boxe em que um lutador bate no outro durante 11 rounds, mas leva um upper na ponta do queixo, no 12o e último round, e cai duro no chão - ganhava 'por pontos' de 100 a zero, mas perdeu, por nocaute, mesmo levando um único soco.</p>
<p>Definitivamente, o pesquisador-chefe, aquele que montou as hipósteses e atribuiu pesos para cada uma das 120 variáveis, tem um certo viés ULTRA LIBERAL. Já o nosso Brasil, cujo principal defeito deve ser o alto custo do dinheiro, seguramente deveria estar melhor posicionado. De qualquer forma, é impossível julgar um modelo que contempla 120 elementos diferentes - perde-se completamente a sensibilidade dos fatores que mais pesam.</p>
<p>Sim, pisaram na bola - deveriam ter revisado o tal modelo antes de publicar.</p>
<p>Abaixo, um resumo publicado no Portal Terra (em português) e o oficial do Forum (em inglês), através do qual é possível baixar os vários papers e rankings completos.</p>
<p>Abraços, F.</p>
<p><a href="http://br.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200809091428_RED_77396617">http<em>://</em>br.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200809091428_RED_77396617</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/FinancialDevelopmentReport/index.htm">http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/FinancialDevelopmentReport/index.htm</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Grampo no STF]]></title>
<link>http://eupresidente.wordpress.com/?p=48</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zé Américo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Grampo utilizado para escuta no STF.
Forneço, em primeira mão, informações sobre o grampo que ut]]></description>
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<p>Forneço, em primeira mão, informações sobre o grampo que utilizei para bisbilhotar as conversas de Mendes, no STF. Trata-se do modelo Hairless-171, fabricado em Israel por uma empresa ultrassecreta situada nas ruínas de Qumrã, nos arredores do Mar Morto. Este grampo foi um presente de meu amigo Vladimir Putin, quando nos encontramos em Davos no ano passado.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Capitalismo Criativo]]></title>
<link>http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/?p=162</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rjfcosta</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Um recente artigo da Harvard Business School despertou-me o interesse sobre o tópico de hoje: capit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://mentesbrilhantes.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/creative_capitalism.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-163" style="border:1px solid white;" src="http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/creative_capitalism.jpg?w=228" alt="" width="182" height="240" /></a>Um recente artigo da <a title="HBS" href="http://hbswk.hbs.edu/" target="_self">Harvard Business School</a> despertou-me o interesse sobre o tópico de hoje: <a title="CC" href="http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5988.html" target="_self"><strong>capitalismo criativo</strong></a>.</p>
<p>O conceito torna-se objecto de forte discussão pública desde o famoso discurso de <strong>Bill Gates</strong>, feito em Janeiro passado no <strong>World Economic Forum</strong>, em Davos.</p>
<p>Nesse discurso, Gates afirma, no seu polémico estilo, que muitos dos grandes problemas mundiais não podem ser resolvidos através de filantropia, mas requerem em alternativa que as <strong>empresas </strong>e o <strong>mercado livre </strong>contribuam de uma forma nova para os resolver: daí o nome de "capitalismo criativo".</p>
<p>Segundo o artigo da HBS, esta nova tendência cruza os <strong>ganhos financeiros</strong> com a <strong>contribuição social</strong>, num mundo que está em forte mudança, e em que as tendências são radicalmente diferentes das que vivemos num passado recente.</p>
<p>São <strong>cinco </strong>as <strong>grandes forças</strong> que levam ao emergir do capitalismo criativo, a saber:</p>
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<li><strong>Recursos</strong> - actualmente, as empresas e o mundo dos negócios em geral são a maior fonte de recursos mobilizáveis para a resolução dos problemas de forma eficaz, a larga distância do Estado, das ONG's ou das organizações religiosas;</li>
<li><strong>Procura</strong> - existe uma cada vez maior força de potenciais consumidores, cidadãos, votantes, líderes de opinião para quem a postura ética e a responsabilidade social são drivers de escolha e recomendação (o que vai de encontro ao que defendi no meu artigo <a title="BE" href="http://persona.mindcapital.net/index.php?option=articles&#38;task=viewarticle&#38;artid=31&#38;Itemid=3" target="_self">Business Ethics</a>). Por outro lado, existe um imenso mercado potencial de pessoas com poucos recursos, que necessitam de uma oferta específica para as suas necessidades. O exemplo mais marcante desta tendência é precisamente o fenómeno do <a title="MC" href="http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/microcredito-afinal-onde-estao-os-empreendedores/" target="_self">microcrédito</a>, que referenciei noutro post, em que se concede crédito a quem não tinha a ele acesso, devolvendo ao circuito do mercado milhares de empreendedores e futuros consumidores.</li>
<li><strong>Modelação Corporativa</strong> - a forma como as organizações se moldam e interagem entre si está a mudar radicalmente. Redes, colaboração e conectividade são <em>buzzwords </em>que simbolizam o quebrar das barreiras tradicionais (geográficas, organizacionais, legais). Sobre este tema já escrevi nos meus posts <a title="W20" href="http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/web-20-a-competitividade-pos-capitalista/" target="_self">Web 2.0: a competitividade pós-capitalista</a> e <a title="IC" href="http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/inovacao-colaborativa/" target="_self">Inovação Colaborativa</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Transparência </strong>- uma geração de novos cidadãos e consumidores globais e exigentes, cada vez mais informados online numa comunidade de conectividade permanente, exigem uma gestão cada vez mais ética e transparente, especialmente após os escândalos da Enron (cf. <a title="BE2" href="http://persona.mindcapital.net/index.php?option=articles&#38;task=viewarticle&#38;artid=31&#38;Itemid=3" target="_self">Business Ethics</a>).</li>
<li><strong>Exemplo Inspiracional</strong> - cada vez mais pessoas valorizam líderes e organizações com valores, com uma conduta moral irrepreensível e inspiradora, com uma visão de longo prazo, que faça crescer quem os rodeia. No fundo, o grau de desafio e inspiração que refiro no meu post <a title="PI" href="http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/o-paradoxo-de-icaro/" target="_self">O Paradoxo de Ícaro</a>.</li>
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<p>No artigo da HBS, reforça-se o emergir destas tendências com os exemplos de companhias como a <strong>Southwest Airlines</strong>, a <a title="Google" href="http://mentesbrilhantes.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/google-o-exemplo-da-estrategia-blue-ocean/" target="_self"><strong>Google</strong> </a>ou a <strong>Starbucks</strong>, que estão <em>orientadas para satisfazer as necessidades de um vasto leque de stakeholders, que não apenas os accionistas</em>. Um recente estudo demonstra que estas companhias cresceram em ROI cerca de <strong>10 vezes mais </strong>que as companhias do S&#38;P 500!</p>
<p>Para quem esteja interessado em aprofundar este tópico, recomendo o blog <a title="CCBlog" href="http://creativecapitalismblog.com/" target="_self"><strong>Creative Capitalism</strong></a>, que é uma fonte riquíssima de pensamento e informação.</p>
<p>Deixo ainda aqui dois <strong>vídeos </strong>de <strong>Bill Gates</strong>. O primeiro, breve (5 mins.), explica rapidamente o conceito de capitalismo criativo. O segundo, longo (+ 30 mins.), reproduz integralmente o discurso de Davos.</p>
<p>Enjoy it ;-)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Davos]]></title>
<link>http://ufudervo.wordpress.com/?p=44</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wiewasmeinsch</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Nach zwei Tagen sind wir gestern in Davos angekommen.
Die erste Nacht verbrachten wir unfreiwillig i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nach zwei Tagen sind wir gestern in Davos angekommen.</p>
<p>Die erste Nacht verbrachten wir unfreiwillig in der St. Galler Provinz, weil wir dort noch unser per Ricardo-gekauftes Zoom-Objektiv abholen mussten. Bei der Frage nach einem günstigen Schlafplatz gerieten wir an eine selten unfähige Person, die partout nicht verstehen wollte, dass wir ein nur ruhiges Plätzchen suchen und nicht ein Hotel oder einen Campingplatz. "Ja aber, darf man denn das?" Das muss wohl der örtliche SVP-Einfluss sein. Wir rätseln über einen lokalen, belämmernden Toni Brunner-Faktor und machen uns dann morgens so schnell es mit dem Sidi halt geht aus dem Staub. Bei längerer Aufenthaltsdauer ist dieser - wie uns die beängstigenden Opferzahlen bei den letzten Wahlen vor allem auch jüngerer St. Galler zeigen, ja scheinbar ansteckbar.</p>
<p>Der Sidi kam schon das erste Mal ganz gehörig ins Schnaufen. Im 2. Gang muss er sich raufquälen und die Kolonne hinten dran konnte sich somit zwischen Managerstress in Zürich und Schickeria- Stress in Davos wenigstens kurzzeitig entspannen. Am schönen Seelein angekommen wollten wir die Velos für einen Ausflug um den See und ins Dorf nehmen. Allerdings dauerte das Nehmen ca. 2 Stunden weil wir auf der Suche nach dem Schlüssel den ganzen Camper auseinandernehmen, schliesslich noch Sigrists daheim in Bern aufschrecken um ihn dann eigentlich schon resigniert doch noch in einem Hosensack in den Tiefen von meiner Kleidersammlung aufzustöbern.</p>
<p>Davos, gemäss Werbetafel die höchstgelegene Stadt Europas ist eher ein ungeordnetes Strassendorf mit allem was die Schönen und Reichen begehren - also gar nicht so schön aber dafür überall Leute, denen man nicht zu ihrem Vorteil ansieht, dass für sie Geld noch nie ein limitierender Faktor war. Die Landschaft hingegen ist wunderbar, unser Standplatz gleich am See perfekt, das zweite Essen schon auf hohem Niveau und der gratis Internetempfang direkt im Auto praktisch.</p>
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<p>Zum Schluss noch einige Schlagworte:</p>
<p><strong>Tempo</strong>: nome mit dr Rueh. <strong>Schlafen</strong>: tüüf und gsund. <strong>WC</strong>: machnmal geruchsneutral. <strong>Kochen</strong>: eng. <strong>Stimmung</strong>: nach zeitweiligem Packkater gut. <strong>Kamera</strong>: was lange währt...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[GeorgIA Soros]]></title>
<link>http://deverifica.wordpress.com/?p=236</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deverifica</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[COME SOROS E IL FOREIGN OFFICE CREARONO L’ODIERNO REGIME GEORGIANO
Dopo aver servito i suoi padro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span style="color:#800000;">COME SOROS E IL FOREIGN OFFICE CREARONO L’ODIERNO REGIME GEORGIANO</span></h1>
<h1><img class="alignleft" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/silverbeam/CSM%20Blog/soros.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="162" align="left" /><span style="color:#000000;">Dopo aver servito i suoi padroni nelle guerre dei Balcani del 1990-1991, <strong>George Soros</strong> lavorò ad un ciclo di missioni di addestramento a Belgrado, da cui lanciò più tardi la “Rivoluzione Rosa”, la “Rivoluzione Arancione”, e altri elementi di una serie di insurrezioni pensate per destabilizzare gli stati nazionali prescelti e creare un “anello attorno alla Russia” con cui arrivare al confronto armato tanto desiderato da Londra. Una delle operazioni più importanti di Soros fu il rovesciamento del presidente georgiano <strong>Eduard Shevardnadze</strong> e la sua sostituzione con <strong>Mikheil Saakashvili</strong>, educato nell’ambito del progetto “<strong>Open Society Institute</strong>” da lui animato da alla <strong>Columbia University</strong>.</span></h1>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Proprio per mandare a casa Shevardnadze, dal 1994 al 2004, con i tanti progetti e sottoprogetti di Soros furono spesi più di 40 milioni di dollari.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Nei primi mesi del 2003, Soros cominciò a pieno regime le azioni con cui attivare le “truppe” che avrebbero dovuto iniziare la conquista “democratica” della <strong>Georgia</strong>. Nel novembre successivo, il quotidiano canadese Globe and Mail fornì una descrizione molto precisa della cosa:</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">"Tbilisi – È in febbraio che il finanziere miliardario George Soros ha posato la prima pietra del progetto di rovesciamento del presidente georgiano Eduard Shevardnadze."</span><span style="color:#000000;"><br />
</span><span style="color:#000000;"> "In quel mese, con i soldi provenienti dal suo Open Society Institute un attivista di Tbilisi, il trentunenne <strong>Giga Bokeria</strong>, fu spedito in <strong>Serbia</strong> per incontrare i membri del movimento <strong>Otpor</strong> [resistenza] e imparare da essi come condurre dimostrazioni di piazza simili a quelle che avevano rovesciato il dittatore Slobodan Milosevic. Nell’estate, poi, la fondazione del Sig. Soros rimborsò il viaggio di ritorno in Georgia ad alcuni attivisti di Otpor, i quali istruirono per tre giorni consecutivi oltre un migliaio di studenti su come allestire una rivoluzione pacifica."</span><span style="color:#000000;"><br />
</span><span style="color:#000000;"> “Lo scorso fine settimana, il <strong>Liberty Institute</strong>, fondato con l’aiuto del Sig. Bokeria, è stato lo strumento con cui organizzare le proteste di piazza che hanno forzato il Sig. Shevardnadze a rassegnare le proprie dimissioni. Il Sig. Bokeria ha detto di aver imparato a Belgrado… come usare le tattiche di pressione popolare che si sono dimostrate così persuasive a Tbilisi, dopo le dubbie elezioni parlamentari di questo mese."</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">La Georgia non è stata l’unica nazione colpita dalle truppe giacobine della rivoluzione “colorata” addestrate da Soros. Il copione è stato ripetuto anche in Ucraina e in altre nazioni un tempo appartenenti al blocco sovietico.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Come attestò il giornalista Mark Almond il 14 novembre 2007, Saakashvili giunse al potere nel 2004 grazie ai tanti milioni di dollari forniti a lui e ad ogni suo uomo (lungo tutta la scala gerarchica) dal miliardario Soros e dall’allora vice segretario generale dell’ONU Mark Malloch Brown (oggi Lord Malloch Brown, segretario generale del Foreign Office britannico). Almond scrisse che, durante le elezioni del 2007, i poliziotti del governo Saakashvili, ben pagati con 1000 dollari al mese (una bella cifra in Georgia), agirono come una milizia in grado di dare man forte alle intimidazioni contro le opposizioni.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<h1><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#800000;">Il golpista dell'Impero &#124; <span style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;">Lord Malloch Brown non è soltanto quel collaboratore di Soros che aiutò a rimpinguare le casse degli apparati di ‘guerra allo stato nazionale’ con i soldi delle Nazioni Unite: egli è anche socio in affari con Soros.</span></span></span></h1>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_02/mallochMS1711_228x363.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="192" align="left" /><span style="color:#000000;">Nell’aprile 2007, <strong>Malloch Brown</strong> fu eletto vicepresidente del <strong>Quantum Fund</strong>, la finanziaria da cui provengono i tanti miliardi dello speculatore Soros. Una settimana dopo era nominato direttore generale del Foreign Office. Il Financial Times riportava che “Sir Mark [ora Lord Malloch Brown] sarà anche vicepresidente del filantropico miliardario Open Society Institute, che promuove la democrazia e i diritti umani, particolarmente in Europa orientale e nell’ex Unione Sovietica”.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Il quotidiano inglese aggiungeva, il primo maggio dello stesso anno, che “con una lettera agli azionisti dei vari hedge fundsdel Quantum Fund, il Sig. Soros diceva che Sir Mark avrebbe espresso consigli su un ventaglio di questioni a lui e ai suoi due figli, che quotidianamente gestiscono la società. Con i suoi tanti contatti internazionali, Malloch Brown aiuterà a creare occasioni in giro per il mondo per l’amministrazione del fondo di Soros…”</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Lord Malloch Brown è nel business dei "cambiamenti di regime" da una vita. </span><span style="color:#000000;">Nato</span><span style="color:#000000;"> in </span><span style="color:#000000;">Rhodesia</span><span style="color:#000000;"> da una famiglia di proprietari terrieri dell'Impero, un certo istinto coloniale gli scorre nelle vene. Nel 1986 abbandonò la carriera di giornalista all'Economist per entrare nella sezione internazionale di un aggressivo studio di consulenza politica americano, <strong>Sawyer &#38; Miller</strong>, per cui svolse attività di consulenza in favore di <strong>Corazon Aquino</strong>, allora leader dell'opposizione filippina. Egli si vanta di aver partecipato in maniera decisiva al rovesciamento del presidente <strong>Marcos</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Nel 1990 Malloch Brown rappresentò il romanziere fascista peruviano <strong>Mario Vargas Llosa</strong>, che si candidò alle elezioni presidenziali proponendo la legalizzazione della droga e sacrifici per le classi popolari. Naturalmente perse. Lo studio Sawyer &#38; Miller ha anche promosso campagne a favore del <strong>Dalai Lama</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Malloch Brown e Soros tramano in combutta contro gli stati nazionali almeno dal 1993, quando il primo aderì a un gruppo organizzato dal finanziere anglo-ungherese, che aveva il compito di stilare suggerimenti su come spendere un fondo di 50 milioni di dollari per "ricostruire" la <strong>Bosnia</strong>, dopo che questa era stata distrutta dalla guerra orchestrata dai britannici.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Durante il suo mandato come vicesegretario dell'<strong>ONU</strong>, egli e Soros sembravano inseparabili, come Gianni e Pinotto. Nel 2002 tennero assieme una conferenza stampa a Monterrey, nel Messico, per annunciare piani su come usare i fondi dell'ONU, integrandoli con fondi procurati da Soros, per controllare l'economia e la politica dei paesi del terzo mondo. Soros non agiva come filantropo, ma in veste di presidente del <strong>Soros Management Fund</strong>, un noto fondo speculativo.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Oggi non esisterebbe il governo Saakashvili senza Soros e Malloch Brown. Nel gennaio 2004, alla riunione del <strong>World Economic Forum</strong> a <strong>Davos</strong>, Soros, Malloch Brown e Saakashvili comparvero assieme ad una conferenza stampa per annunciare un fondo di 1,5 milioni di dollari, due terzi dei quali provenienti dall'Open Society Institute e un terzo dal <strong>Programma di Sviluppo dell'ONU</strong>. I fondi erano destinati ad un "programma di riforma della governance" in Georgia, il cui progetto principale erano bustarelle organizzate: un "Fondo di supplemento salariale".</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Il rapporto dell'<strong>UNDP</strong> – allora diretto da Malloch – confessava che quei finanziamenti avevano spinto "il presidente russo <strong>Vladimir Putin</strong> [...] a rimproverare il Sig. Saakashvili di essere sul libro paga del Sig. Soros". Nel 2006, i supplementi salariali superavano il milione di dollari al mese, secondo il rapporto UNDP.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;">Questi fondi sono andati ad un vasto contingente di agenti di Soros che sono il governo della Georgia: il capo del Consiglio per la Sicurezza Nazionale <strong>Alexander Lomaia</strong>; il vice ministro degli Esteri Giga Bokeria (uno dei primi ad essere addestrato dagli squadristi serbi di Otpor); il presidente della Commissione per l'Integrazione Europea del parlamento georgiano, <strong>David Darchiashvili</strong>; e tanti a seguire.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;">Ora Lord Malloch Brown è il segretario generale del Foreign Office. Si sarà preoccupato di dimettersi dal Quantum Fund e dall’Open Society Institute? Lo diciamo a coloro che ancora si indignano per i conflitti d’interesse, senza guardare più in alto.</span></p>
<h3><span style="color:#000080;">Fonte: www.movisol.org<br />
Link: http://www.movisol.org/08news178.htm</span></h3>
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<link>http://geochemsoc.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>geochemsoc</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This call for sessions CLOSES 16th September 2008!
The science committee, chaired by Chris Ballentin]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.goldschmidt2009.org"><img class="size-medium wp-image-10 alignleft" src="http://geochemsoc.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/davos09.jpg?w=215" alt="" width="215" height="300" /></a>The science committee, chaired by Chris Ballentine, Janet Hering and Philippe van Cappellen have identified <a href="http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/themes">20 themes</a> that will form the focus of <a href="http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/">Goldschmidt2009</a>.</p>
<p>However, are there other sessions that could be added to improve the coverage of geochemistry?</p>
<p>If you want to bring your geochemistry community together around a current 'hot' topic by convening a session at the Davos Goldschmidt in 2009 please submit your suggestion through the <a href="http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/sessionSuggestion">conference web site</a>.</p>
<p>If you have any questions about suitability or overlap with existing sessions, please contact the appropriate theme chair before submitting.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>madurejo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Niat ingsun mau menuju bandara Soeta (Soekarno - Hatta) naik taksi lalu meninggal tidur sopirnya. Ma]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Niat ingsun</em> mau menuju bandara Soeta (Soekarno - Hatta) naik taksi lalu meninggal tidur sopirnya. Maka begitu <em>nyingklak</em> taksi, segera mengomando sopirnya : "Ke bandara, pak", dan lalu duduk santai. Pak sopir yang kelihatan sudah cukup tua, saya taksir umurnya 60an tahun, dengan lincahnya segera masuk ke jalan tol. Siang hari jalan menuju bandara masih relatif sepi, tidak <em>kemruyuk</em> seperti ketika hari beranjak sore. Taksi pun melaju lancar.</p>
<p>Belum lama melaju di jalan tol yang masih belum gegap-gempita, saya perhatikan gerak laju taksinya <em>kok</em> rada <em>mereng-mereng</em>. Injakan gasnya memunculkan bunyi mesin yang tidak konstan. Kendaraan lebih sering berada di atas marka pembagi lajur jalan (bukannya di antara garis putih putus-putus).</p>
<p>Tidak biasanya sopir taksi memilih berada di lajur paling kiri dengan kecepatan sedang-sedang saja (padahal jalanan lagi sepi dan longgar). Gerak-gerik sopirnya terlihat gelisah, kaki kirinya (kaki yang kanan tidak kelihatan) sering digoyang-goyang ke kiri dan ke kanan. Tangan kirinya (tangan yang kanan juga tidak kelihatan) sebentar-sebentar menggaruk kening yang sepertinya tidak gatal dan mengusap belakang kepala yang sepertinya dari tadi tidak ada apa-apanya. Sesekali berdehem, sengaja batuk dan melenguh seperti sapi.</p>
<p>Tidak terlalu sulit untuk menyimpulkan bahwa pak sopir taksi sedang ngantuk berat. "Wah, bahaya, nih", pikir saya. Terpaksa saya jadi ikut waspada memperhatikan jalanan di depan. Niat untuk tidur di taksi saya batalkan, sebab saya merasa sedang berada dalam situasi <em>unsafe condition</em>. Sekali saja pak sopir <em>mak thekluk</em>....., tersilap sedetik saja karena ngantuknya, maka bahaya mengancam keselamatan taksi dan penumpangnya. <em>Gimana nih?</em> Mau minta berhenti lalu ganti taksi di tengah jalan tol <em>kok ya gimana gitu loh.....</em></p>
<p>Maka saya putuskan untuk mengajak ngobrol sopirnya. Itulah yang kemudian saya lakukan.</p>
<p>"Pak...", panggil saya memecah keheningan (sebenarnya ya tidak hening, <em>wong</em> deru kendaraannya cukup bising). "Bapak kelihatannya capek sekali...", kata saya.</p>
<p>"Iya pak, saya agak kurang tidur", jawab pak sopir. "Kurang tidur kok agak. Ya tetap saja tidurnya kurang", kata saya tapi dalam hati.</p>
<p>"Ngantuk ya pak?", tanya saya lagi berbasa-basi memastikan, karena tujuan saya hanya untuk mengajak bicara (<em>lha wong</em> sudah jelas ngantuk kok ditanya juga....)</p>
<p>Di luar dugaan saya, pak sopirnya malah berkata jujur : "Iya pak, saya sendiri heran. Mungkin cobaan saya, ya.....", sampai di sini saya masih belum <em>ngerti</em> apa maksud perkataan pak sopir. Lalu, lanjutnya : "Kalau sedang tidak <em>narik</em> penumpang, saya enak saja <em>nyusup-nyusup</em> jalan. Tapi kalau sedang membawa penumpang rasanya sering sekali ngantuk".</p>
<p>"Waduh, gawat nih", kata saya dalam hati. <em>Lha</em>, saat itu saya sedang jadi penumpang yang ditarik pak sopir <em>je.....</em> Ini kejujuran yang jelas tidak pada tempatnya. Ini adalah perilaku jujur yang tidak dianjurkan dan tidak terpuji (yang mau memuji ya siapa......). Jujur yang malah bikin takut.</p>
<p>Tiba-tiba saya ingat kalau di dalam saku tas ransel saya ada tersimpan permen "Davos". Permen "Davos" adalah permen <em>jadul</em> (jaman dulu) yang bungkusnya berwarna biru tua dengan rasa <em>peppermint</em> yang tajam. Rasa pedasnya sangat <em>nyegrak</em>, sehingga sering membuat pengulumnya rada megap-megap. Tapi jangan heran kalau permen pedas ini masih banyak penggemarnya.</p>
<p>Segera saya rogoh saku ransel, saya ambil permennya, saya sobek bungkusnya, lalu saya tawarkan kepada pak sopir. Agak malu-malu tapi mau juga pak sopir menerimanya. Akhirnya saya dan pak sopir kompak mengulum permen "Davos" bersama-sama.</p>
<p>Entah karena kepedasan <em>ngemut </em>permen, entah karena kemudian saya ajak ngobrol, yang jelas kemudian pak sopir sudah tampak lebih sumringah, tidak lagi ngantuk seperti tadi. Tampaknya pak sopir sudah lupa dengan ngantuknya. (Aha... Ini dia. Tips baru untuk menghilangkan ngantuk, yaitu berusahalah untuk melupakan ngantuknya. Cuma <em>cilakaknya</em>, cara termudah untuk melupakan ngantuk, ya tidur..... Huh...!).</p>
<p>Permen pedas cap "Davos" berhasil menjadi pemecah kesuntukan yang dialami pak sopir taksi. Menit-menit berikutnya suasana berubah menjadi obrolan di dalam taksi. Obrolan yang <em>makin asyik aja....</em> Apalagi kalau topiknya adalah kisah "kepahlawanan". Maksud saya adalah kisah nostalgia pada jaman "perjuangan" episode kehidupan seseorang.</p>
<p>Bagi pak sopir taksi, kisah itu adalah tentang pekerjaannya sepuluh tahun yang lalu sebelum menjadi sopir taksi. Masa keemasan pak sopir ketika masih menjadi koordinator Satpam di kawasan pertokoan Mangga Dua. Dengan semangat empat-lima, pekerjaan hebatnya yang dulu itu diceritakannya dengan runtut sampai ke detil-detilnya, hingga akhirnya beliau terpaksa lengser keprabon saat terjadi kerusuhan Mei 1998. Dengan getir dituturkannya bahwa beliau akhirnya di-PHK karena saat terjadi kerusuhan rupanya banyak anak buahnya yang terbukti turut menjadi aktivis. Maksudnya, turut aktif menjarah toko-toko yang seharusnya menjadi tanggungjawabnya.  </p>
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<p>Ada dua pelajaran tidak terlalu penting tapi nyata. Pertama, tentang membangunkan sopir ngantuk. Kedua, tentang "menjinakkan" orang tua agar suka diajak bicara (tidak semua orang tua suka diajak cerita-cerita, <em>lho</em>.....)..</p>
<p>Untuk yang pertama, siapkanlah permen pedas. Semakin pedas semakin baik, asal bukan permen rasa sambal.... Untuk yang kedua, menggiring pembicaraan ke arah kisah "kepahlawanan", "perjuangan", "semangat empat-lima", atau pokoknya yang sejenis itulah.....</p>
<p>Maka bagi kawan-kawan muda yang sedang mencari calon mertua, ada baiknya melakukan orientasi medan dan studi referensi tentang kisah "kepahlawanan" dari kandidat mertua. Hanya satu hal sebaiknya jangan dilakukan, yaitu ketika tahu sang kandidat mertua sudah ngantuk, janganlah lalu disuruh ngemut permen pedas.....</p>
<p>Yogyakarta, 15 Agustus 2008<br />
Yusuf Iskandar</p>
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<link>http://peregrinacultural.wordpress.com/?p=581</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peregrinacultural</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Este é o segundo da série de perfis das pessoas votadas como os maiores pensadores do mundo de h]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span><span style="font-family:&#34;">Em 2006 foi laureado com o Prémio Nobel da Paz. É autor do livro <strong><em>Banker to the poor</em></strong> (em Portugal, <em>O banqueiro dos pobres, </em>sem edição no Brasil). Pretende acabar com a pobreza através do banco que fundou, do qual é presidente.  O governo de Bangladesh é o principal acionista deste banco [Grameen Bank], que oferece ativamente microcrédito para milhões de famílias. Yunus afirma que é impossível ter paz com pobreza.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Muhammad Yunus formou-se em Economia em Bangladesh, doutorou-se nos EUA e foi professor na Universidade de Dhaka. Em 1976, constatou as dificuldades de pessoas carentes em obter empréstimos na aldeia de Jobra, em um Bangladesh empobrecido e recém-separado do Paquistão. Por não poderem dar garantias, os bancos recusavam-lhes as pequenas quantias que permitiriam comprar materiais para trabalhar e vender, e os usurários taxavam os empréstimos com juros altos.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Muhammad Yunus criou então o Banco Grameen, que empresta sem garantias nem papéis.O banco tem 7.500.000 (sete milhões e meio de clientes) em mais de 70 mil aldeias em Bangladesh.  Mulheres são a maioria de sua clientela: elas são 97% dos beneficiários. A taxa de crédito paga de volta, sem danos, sem insolvência é de 98,5%. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">O seu lema é: Dê poder aos pobres.  [ <em>Empower the poor </em>].  Ele acredita, por exemplo, que as mudanças na vida cotidiana mundial conseqüentes dos avanços em tecnologia, estão trazendo mais modificações na vida de todos do planeta que não se pode comparar com qualquer tipo de desenvolvimento do passado.  Por isso é imprescindível que a tecnologia mais avançada esteja ao alcance de todos inclusive dos mais pobres entre os pobres.  Um exemplo do avanço da tecnologia que ele dá, é uso dos telefones celulares que trouxeram grande revolução no modo de vida de milhões e milhões de pobres no mundo.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&#34;">Yunus criou uma variedade enorme de negócios todos sob o domínio das Companhias Grameen. A maioria destas companhias  tem a ver com tecnologia: a maior companhia de telefones celulares de Bengladesh, que também é a maior companhia privada do país, um provedor de internet, uma companhia de produtos eletrônicos, uma companhia de consultoria de negócios na internet, e uma construtora de edifícios com escritórios de alta tecnologia.   Yunus ajudou também a criar aproximadamente 25 companhias e instituições tanto em Bengladesh, como em outros países, cujo intento é ensinar aos pobres como saírem da pobreza, como melhorarem seu modo de vida.  Entre os muitos negócios que construiu com esta finalidade estão companhias de criação de peixes em tanques, companhias de tecelagem em malha e planos de saúde.   Sua maior preocupação no mundo da tecnologia é a invenção de ferramentas tecnológicas que possam vir a ajudar os pobres diretamente, principalmente ajudar às mulheres pobres de países do terceiro mundo.  </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&#34;">Quando perguntado por que esta preocupação de colocar alta tecnologia a serviço dos pobres ele responde que <strong>não é</strong> um seguidor de C.K. Prahalad, autor do livro: <strong><em>The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid</em></strong>. [ traduzido para o português como: <em>A Riqueza na base da pirâmide</em>, publicado pela Editora Bookman: 2005, 391 páginas, acompanhadas por CD].   Porque “<em>os pobres não são os meios de se fazer dinheiro; eles são um mercado que necessita de ajuda.  Os ricos não devem enriquecer a custa dos pobres</em>”.</span></span></span></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Diego Laje</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tiananmen360.lt.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/trabajo-de-ocde-sobre-como-pueden-competir-los-latinoamericanos-en-china/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Este trabajo de OCDE y el Foro Económico Mundial recorre las alternativas para las empresas latinoa]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[If Henry ford would have been alive today, much to every one&#8217;s dismay or rather tumultous stat]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Henry ford would have been alive today, much to every one's dismay or rather tumultous state of affairs, Henry Ford would have proudly proclaimed that you can have any colour as long its electric, and its happening, the vice president of SAP by name <a title="Shai Agassi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai_Agassi">Shai Agassi</a>, has launched a company in October 2007 called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Better_Place">Project Better Place</a>, an initiative which he started out of his own interest to contribute towards the global warming. He in association with the Isreali government are trying to launch an exchangeble battery program, which would be in association with Renault and Project Better Place. The whole concept would be like a pre-paid mobile chanring point, where the same concept would be applied to electric cars. It works like somewhat like this, take an instance that in a month X would talk for 300 bucks, so the pre-paid that the person would buy would be 300 bucks and an additional in case of emergencies, now apply this same concept to the rechargeble batteries of cars, if X wanted to drive 400 miles, the recharge would be available for 400 bucks. This is funded by Monthy miles which would be minutes for the telecom operator, Thomas Friedman also in his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=1&#38;oref=slogin">NYT article</a>, mentions the same approach which would be to lay effective infrastructure, and have national recharging networks and facilities, This has also been talked in <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/120552">Davos </a>Extensively about the infrastructure for the Electric car which the Isreali government wants to mass produce just similat to the mass production of the black model T.</p>
<p>Here are the video's to the Davos Infrastructure</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/-U1U9HSviU0'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/-U1U9HSviU0&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Have a look at the video - Shai Agassi - Revolutionizing the Eectic Car</p>
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<p>I wish this idea take out big time for tax incentives and a vision to eliminate gasoline transportation, The infrastructure should be powered by Open Source or Gnutella Networks as i personally feel Open Source will bring in more innovation and personalization which would bring participation. Hail Richard Stallman.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>FAOUZI Dhaouadi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[LE DÉFI DU SAVOIR ET DE L&#8217;ÉDUCATION
 
L&#8217;année scolaire s&#8217;est achevée. Un grand]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">L'année scolaire s'est achevée. Un grand merci pour le corps enseignant et aux administratifs des différents établissements scolaires de la ville de MATEUR.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Comme à toute fin d'un cycle, nous nous devons de faire le bilan d'une année scolaire où les parents et la collectivité dans son ensemble, ont fait des sacrifices énormes.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Le résultat au niveau national c'est que les indicateurs sont au beau fixe et nous permettent de voir l'avenir en toute sérénité.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Le meilleur des témoignages est le rapport annuel du FORUM MONDIAL DE DAVOS qui classe la TUNISIE première au niveau arabe et africain, en ce qui concerne la qualité de l'enseignement des mathématiques et des sciences ; mais aussi nous sommes les premiers en matière de la qualité du système éducatif. Il faut noter avec fierté tout l'intérêt  accordé au secteur de l'éducation. Cet intérêt est à la mesure des mutations très profondes au niveau mondial ce qui oblige tout système éducatif à s'adapter  aux exigences du marché de l'emploi avec une place de choix pour la maitrise de la culture numérique et l'utilisation des nouvelles Technologies de l'information et de la Communication (TIC).</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">En ce qui concerne notre ville, bien que les résultats soient dans l'ensemble acceptables quant au nombre de réussites, toutefois nous ne pouvons nous satisfaire du nombre uniquement nous sommes plus portés sur les mentions car le défi actuellement consiste à gagner le pari de l'excellence et atteindre les hautes qualifications.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Dans ce volet, les résultats scolaires de la ville de MATEUR à l'échelle nationale et régionale ne sont pas brillants tant au baccalauréat qu'à l'examen de la neuvième année de base. Très peu de mentions et très peu d'admissions aux lycées pilotes.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Le dossier scolaire à MATEUR mérite d'être observé avec minutie et avec gravité. L'accent doit être mis sur la nécessité de procéder à l'évaluation des résultats locaux aux examens nationaux et d'assurer le suivi de la situation de l'ensemble des institutions éducatives de notre ville.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Il n'est pas concevable qu'une ville qui a enfanté " el marhoum Slah KHAMOUMA polytechnicien " et tant d'autres talents se trouve actuellement en une place peu enviable en terme de mentions et d'excellences scolaires.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">Nous voulons que les générations futures mateuroises puissent à la sortie de leurs scolarités s'adapter  aux exigences de l'excellence qu'exige le marché de l'emploi, notamment dans le domaine des nouveaux métiers, des langues et des compétences</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"> A bon entendeur salut </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;">A bientôt </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:6pt 0;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"> Fakhreddine MEZZI </span></p>
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<link>http://interdot.wordpress.com/?p=137</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matías</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Cuando habla Bill Gates tomo sus palabras con pinzas, pero esta frase de su speech en Davos en Enero]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cuando habla Bill Gates tomo sus palabras con pinzas, pero esta frase de su <a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/MediaCenter/Speeches/Co-ChairSpeeches/BillgSpeeches/BGSpeechWEF-080124.htm">speech en Davos</a> en Enero, donde habla del "capitalismo creativo", es muy interesante:</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="Text1">There are billions of people who need the great inventions of the computer age, and many more basic needs as well. But they have no way of expressing their needs in ways that matter to markets. So they go without.<br />
If we are going to have a serious chance of changing their lives, we will need another level of innovation. Not just technology innovation—we need system innovation.</span></p></blockquote>
<p>Necesitamos innovación a nivel del sistema. Un giro de 180 grados es inevitable si queremos reducir las desigualdades.</p>
<p>La discusión que abrió Gates en Davos se sigue ahora en un excelente <a href="http://creativecapitalismblog.com/">blog</a> al que llegue por <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/creative-capitalism-the-blog/">Freakonomics</a>.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>drallah</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection. We write, like Proust, to render ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection. We write, like Proust, to render all of it eternal, and to persuade ourselves that it is eternal. We write to be able to transcend our life, to reach beyond it.</em><br />
-Anaïs Nin, entry for February 1954, in The Diary of Anaïs Nin</p>
<p>As little as five years from now, a sprawling township will spread across the Mose valley. Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC) -- that has a 60 per cent stake holding in the Lavasa project with the LM Thapar group, Venkateshwara Hatcheries and private investors for company -- believes that by then there will be 100,000 primary inhabitants and a floating population of a million. Their vision is of a self-sufficient hill town. The likeness, if all goes to plan, will be to Davos. Nearly 12,500 acres of high valley land, contracted by Lavasa, circling most of the 20-km dammed Varasgaon lake, is in the throes of massive infrastructure building. The approach highway is the first sign, leading up to a network of arterial and trunk roads. For now, all roads lead to three hotels that are under construction, with a total room size of 560. To be managed by the Novotel, Starwood and ITC chains, they will be the first to see completion later this year. An 18-hole golf course is being laid out, a club house planned and, eventually, shopping centres. <a href="http://therotundaramblings.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/picture-13.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-325" title="picture-13" src="http://therotundaramblings.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/picture-13.png" alt="" width="500" height="196" /></a></p>
<p>The star attraction at Lavasa is the waterfront; all development springs around it. According to locals, however, Varasgaon lake actually all but dries up in the months leading up to the monsoon. That problem has been addressed. HCC, with their strength in infrastructure, has built a mini dam that has created a reservoir holding of 1.8 million cubic metres of water. Eighteen such dams and check dams will ensure year-round lake views. Dasve's architectural style is derived from the fashionable resort town of Portofino (Italy) and its pastel-coloured coastal residences, Damanhole in Phase 2 will sport a Western Ghat vernacular style.<a href="http://therotundaramblings.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/picture-2.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-326" title="picture-2" src="http://therotundaramblings.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/picture-2.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="220" /></a><a href="http://therotundaramblings.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ekaant.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-327" title="ekaant" src="http://therotundaramblings.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/ekaant.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="220" /></a></p>
<p>A Hill Station encapsulated inside the mystic Sahyadri ranges provides a perfect setting for a getaway for many a travelers and tourists. The maddening pace of city life, the endless traffic jams, and the stifling work cubicle…is all conveniently forgotten at Lavasa wherein different kinds of leisure and recreation activities provide a refreshing escape from the metropolis. Lavasa offers exciting diversions such as star-gazing, boating, treks &#38; relaxing. There are also cinemas, theatres, parks and meditation centers planned over the next decade. Setting new benchmarks in construction, planning and service delivery Lavasa offers its residents a level of town infrastructure hitherto, unknown in India. The high quality roads to Lavasa would provide total connectivity to its residents and visitors. Lavasa is approached by various routes. World-class road from the Chandni Chowk (Pune) to Lavasa makes traveling speedy and comfortable. I have christened the road from Pirangut to Lavasa as the Lavabahn (Autobahn - (German: IPA: [ˈaʊtoːbaːn], plural Autobahnen; English) is the German word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least 60 km/h (37 mph) and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries.).This road was laid out three years ago &#38; has weathered 4 Western Ghat Monsoons with not a pot-hole along its length. this actually tells you the whole story about corruption and Mumbai Municipal Corporation Road Contractors!). Along the Autobahn, the drivers can stop at rest areas for fuel, food and beverages. In Germany, they are called Raststätte(n), while in Austria they are known as Raststation(en). These rest areas have restaurants serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurants may legally serve alcoholic beverages. Many of the rest stops also have motels. In Germany, the rest areas were operated by a government-owned company until 1998, when it was privatised. On our Lavabahn you get excellent Masala Chai with Jaggery (Instead of Sugar) at small village rest areas selling Chaha! Just before you leave urbanization, there are numerous small &#38; medium sized hotels &#38; restaurants selling Bata-Wada &#38; Masala-Chai.<br />
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The best Cloudscapes on the Lavabahn are seen between 9am and 11am and then again 5pm and 7pm in the monsoons.The color of a cloud tells much about what is going on inside the cloud. Clouds form when relatively warm air containing water vapor is lighter than its surrounding air and this causes it to rise. As it rises it cools and the vapor condenses out of the air as micro-droplets. These tiny particles of water are relatively densely packed and sunlight cannot penetrate far into the cloud before it is reflected out, giving a cloud its characteristic white color. As a cloud matures, the droplets may combine to produce larger droplets, which may combine to form droplets large enough to fall as rain. In this process of accumulation, the space between droplets becomes larger and larger, permitting light to penetrate much farther into the cloud. If the cloud is sufficiently large and the droplets within are spaced far enough apart, it may be that a percentage of the light which enters the cloud is not reflected back out before it is absorbed (Think of how much farther one can see in a heavy rain as opposed to how far one can see in a heavy fog). This process of reflection/absorption is what leads to the range of cloud color from white through grey through black. For the same reason, the undersides of large clouds and heavy overcasts appear various degrees of grey; little light is being reflected or transmitted back to the observer. Other colours occur naturally in clouds. Bluish-grey is the result of light scattering within the cloud. A greenish tinge to a cloud is produced when sunlight is scattered by ice. A cumulonimbus cloud which shows green is an imminent sign of heavy rain, hail, strong winds and possible tornadoes. Red, orange and pink clouds occur almost entirely at sunrise/sunset and are the result of the scattering of sunlight by the atmosphere. The clouds are not that color; they are reflecting the long (and unscattered) rays of sunlight which are predominant at those hours. The effect is much the same as if one were to shine a red spotlight on a white sheet. In combination with large, mature thunderheads this can produce blood-red clouds.The sky is a veritable canvas at Lavasa. Ekaant is the place for cloud-gazing &#38; the best cloudscapes from Ekaant are visible at Dawn/Dusk.</p>
<p>Saturday morning I was woken up with the whiff of fresh "Bhuttas" wafting into the clouds entering my bedroom at Ekaant. I was wondering at the odd sense of timing of roasting Bhuttas &#38; then heard the pitter-patter of kid's feet. On looking out of the Balcony, saw over a dozen kids being chased by a Yogi Bear. This was my first introduction to children's voices &#38; laughter at Ekaant. The kids were having a blast. Yogi Bear was a big hit &#38; now was being chased by the tots into the Ekaant lobby. The parents were getting them to pose with Yogi Bear for their proud vacation snaps. Lavasa had something for all ages.</p>
<p>Had got up late &#38; decided on an early Lunch. I was the first resident to come in for lunch into the multi-cuisine restaurant. I was greeted by the new F &#38; B manager Mr Pant who requested for ten minutes before the buffet would be served. we got talking and incidentally he had set-up one my my favorite watering-holes at the Radisson, Jalandhar in 1999. Since I work 5 days a month at Jalandhar since 1999, someone talking about Jack-Daniel's got me hooked! Jack Daniel's is the finest pub one can find in North India at one of the most unlikeliest of towns-Jalandhar. I was amazed at the buffet layout- there was an artichoke salad, a tandoori-chicken salad, deicious prawn-curry at 2500 feet above sea level topped off with hot Kheer-Sevian. As I was finishing my Lunch, the gang of kids accompanied by a large tourist group descended on the Restaurant. I decided to leave behind the fun and frolic &#38; laughter and take a walk around the Lake. The Dasve Lake which is designed to provide sporting and recreational facilities is enhanced by a 2.4 kms promenade which once completed, will form part of the retail and entertainment hub at Lavasa. With arbours, pedestrian bridges, shopping enclaves and dining areas, this will be the heart of Dasve. I was back to where I belonged - the time of the day not-withstanding. This was bliss.</p>
<p><em>Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." </em><br />
-John Muir (1838-1914)</p>
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<link>http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/?p=316</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jeroendemiranda</dc:creator>
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Tim O&#8217;Reilly: 
&#8230;. the internet as Web 2.0 is displacing Microsoft Windows as the domina]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_11.html#oreilly">Tim O'Reilly</a>: </span></p>
<p><strong>.... the internet as Web 2.0 is displacing Microsoft Windows as the dominant software development platform, </strong></p>
<p>.... the competitive edge comes from aggregating the collective intelligence of everyone who uses the platform..... '</p>
<p>'Web 2.0 is a transformative force that's propelling companies across all industries<br />
towards a new way of doing business characterized by harnessing collective intelligence, ....</p>
<p>from: <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/web2/">http://radar.oreilly.com/web2/</a></p>
<p>Wikipedia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2">definition of Web 2.0</a></p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>The two other sites that I like best to keep me current on Web 2.0 developments are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/">ReadWriteWeb</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.programmableweb.com/">Programmableweb</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Some of the Web 2.0 platforms that I am using:</p>
<p>Social Software:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com">LinkedIn.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.friendfeed.com">FriendFeed.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Blog related:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.com">Wordpress.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.twitter.com">twitter.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bloglines.com">bloglines.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.feedburner.com">feedburner.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.technorati.com">technorati.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.digg.com">digg.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pingomatic.com/">pingomatic</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Content oriented sites:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.Flickr.com">Flickr.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Bookmarking:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://del.icio.us/">del.icio.us</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>My posts on Web 2.0:</strong></p>
<p>Definition:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/what-is-web-20/">What is Web 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tinyurl.com/67e3jy">Groundswell</a> - by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff (Forrester)</li>
</ul>
<p>IT market and trends:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/gartner-identifies-the-top-10-strategic-technologies-for-2008/">Gartner on Web 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/forrester-research-top-enterprise-web-20-predictions-for-2008/">Forrester Research on Web 2.0</a></li>
<li><a title="What is Wikinomics? ‘How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything’" rel="bookmark" href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/what-is-wikinomics-how-mass-collaboration-changes-everything/">What is Wikinomics? ‘How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything’</a></li>
<li><a title="Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0" rel="bookmark" href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/enterprise-20-and-web-20/">Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Platforms:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/facebook-presentation-by-mark-zuckerberg-ceo/">On Facebook</a></li>
<li>On <a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/what-is-linkedin/">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li>On <a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/mashup-matrix/">Mashup's</a></li>
<li>Comprehensive <a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/how-to-get-an-overview-of-1000-web-20-sites/">list of Web 2.0 applications</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Vertical platforms:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/twitter/">What is Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/what-is-satisfaction/">Customer Services</a></li>
<li>Web 2.0 and <a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/web-20-and-project-management/">projectmanagement</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Social networking and Blogging; privacy:</p>
<ul>
<li>Social networking and <a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/facebook-killed-the-private-life-social-networking-and-privacy/">privacy</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/what-is-social-networking-look-at-this-video-to-learn/">Video explaining Social networking</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Technology:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/i-have-so-many-usernamepasswords-can-i-handle-this-more-easily-yes-start-using-openidorg/">Identity management</a> and Web 2.0</li>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/what-is-delicious/">Bookmark sharing</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Blogging:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/a-way-to-increase-the-hitrate-on-a-blog/">Blog hitrate increases</a></li>
<li>Tips for <a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/tips-for-writing-the-best-blog-post/">writing the best blog post</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jeroendemiranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/desktop-tool-for-creating-and-editing-blog-posts/">Desktop tool for blogging</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Great sites where you can learn more about Web 2.0:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/web2/">http://radar.oreilly.com/web2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/">http://www.programmableweb.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/">http://www.readwriteweb.com/</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Forrester research on Social Networking in the Enterprise:</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/KDKl_yl7UbY'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/KDKl_yl7UbY&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDKl_yl7UbY">Video</a></p>
<p>On Web 2.0:</p>
<ul>
<li>managers: try it yourself; play with RSS, feeds, make  your own blog, participate in a wiki, ....</li>
<li>it is still very early stage</li>
<li>some things work; some things do not work</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>'                                   The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models':</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/2xXlZK5rCls'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/2xXlZK5rCls&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXlZK5rCls">Video</a></p>
<p>Great video on Web 2.0 (<a href="http://gaia.world-television.com/wef/worldeconomicforum_annualmeeting2007/default.aspx?sn=19781">Davos Annual Meeting 200</a>7)</p>
<p>'The rapid rise of online social networks is both a social and business phenomenon, the impact of which is only beginning to be understood. The consumer-powered Web 2.0 creates innovative ways for businesses to operate and people to communicate.</p>
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<li>What is driving the emergence of virtual communities? Is the rapid rise in their valuations justified?</li>
<li>How are companies beginning to use social networking strategies for product and market development, as well as for communication?</li>
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<li>Caterina Fake, Founder, Flickr, USA</li>
<li>William H. Gates III, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, USA</li>
<li>Chad Hurley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YouTube, USA</li>
<li>Mark G. Parker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nike, USA</li>
<li>Viviane Reding, Commissioner, Information Society and Media, European Commission, Brussels'</li>
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<p>Related information:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.web2summit.com/">Web 2.0 summit 2007</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE"><span>Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us: great short video explaining the technological essence of Web 2.0</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.web2expo.com/">Web 2.0 Expo</a></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Farzad</dc:creator>
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Whenever India celebrates Independence day, the first song that plays all over the radios and telev]]></description>
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<p>Whenever India celebrates Independence day, the first song that plays all over the radios and televisions will be that of Rahman's Vande Mataram. Talking about Vande Mataram, two people redefined the sound of patriotism. And the names we thank is Bharath Bala and A R Rahman. Hardly, when the new generation of Indians seems to forget the great lines of Rabindranath Tagore, it was Bharath Bala who felt that it must not happen. So he brought up the idea and Rahman gave complete justice to it.</p>
<p>Bharath Bala shares his experience with Rahman on Vande mataram for an exclusive interview for a leading news portal.<br />
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<font color="Grey">A R Rahman and Vande Mataram</strong></font> : Rahman is my schoolmate and a friend. We have worked together in over more than a hundred commercials. When the idea of Vande Mataram came to me, I created a CD cover with the tricolour and presented it to him. I said to him, "This is your first music album." Till that time he was scoring music only for feature films.</p>
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It was an enormous challenge for both of us. We then embarked on a journey to discover India and ourselves. It took six months of traveling before he wrote Maa Tujje Salam. The effort was to create something which we would be proud of even after five or 10 years. We turned out to be right.<br />
I was in a different spirit all the time. It was magical and there was a certain madness when we held on to an idea and believed in it no matter what. We never thought about the result.</p>
<p>The beauty of Vande Mataram was the feeling I got when I heard it for the very first time, and then again after 10 years. The feeling remained the same, and I think it did for a lot of Indians too.</p>
<p>My father saw Vande Mataram before he passed away. I am sure he would have been very proud of it. After we did Maa Tuje Salam, India Today told my father that though the song starts with Maa, it should have been Appa Tuje Salam because it was he who influenced me to make that song.</p>
<p>Rahman and I do very little work but the work we did would probably live forever.</p>
<p><strong>Making Jana Gana Mana</strong></p>
<p>It was Kanaka, my wife, partner and co-director who said we should do Jana Gana Mana next. The idea inspired us to create anthems with the greatest maestros and the young contemporaries so that it became a part of India.</p>
<p>So, we brought in singers both young and old like D K Pattammal, Bhimsen Joshi, Lata Mangeshkar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Balamurali Krishna, Hariharan and Rahman to sing Jana Gana Mana. I think it was an inspiring journey for all the talents involved. The beauty of the idea is so big that it brought people together. And we were the catalyst.</p>
<p>Today, we have done 35 renditions of Jana Gana Mana, 20 films and still it continues...</p>
<p>Today, 600 theatres across the country play the anthem before every movie. I have even seen people singing along.<br />
It has been ten years since we did Vande Mataram. Today, it has become a benchmark for schools to choreograph patriotic songs. It has also become cool to say Vande Mataram today! That is the best compliment we have received.</p>
<p><strong>The Incredible India campaign</strong></p>
<p>We don't push ourselves to think of a patriotic idea. It's not a marketing strategy.</p>
<p>We have been doing the Incredible India campaign for the last three years. The campaign has won numerous awards in many countries. At the Davos economic forum, we have done a film showcasing India as an emerging country.<br />
I feel every Indian is patriotic; we only have to evoke emotionally. I am proud that my name is associated with something truly Indian.</font><font face="Georgia"></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>simoncurrie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[キリンの新スポーツドリンク・ソニック（SONIQ) のCM、まるでRed Bull Crashed Ic]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>キリンの新スポーツドリンク・ソニック（SONIQ) のCM、まるでRed Bull Crashed Ice のインライン版。そしてライダーによってはホッケーのヘルメット使ってる人と、ストリートのメット使ってる人がいる。まあ、インラインのパーク・フリーライダー達なんだろうけど（調べてません）、転んだ時は絶対インラインの方が痛いな～。</p>
<p>Kirin SONIQ</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.kirinsoniq.com/fullscreen.html" target="_blank">TVCF をクリック</a>。</p>
<p>そしてRed Bull Crashed Ice</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mike Speiser</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laserlike.com/2008/06/11/supply-demand-the-capacity-model-and-china/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent me an email entitled Four Major Transformations by Herb Meyer.  The email sa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend of mine sent me an email entitled <em>Four Major Transformations</em> by Herb Meyer.  The email said the paper was presented at Davos.  I cannot confirm that this is by Herb Meyer or that the contents of the argument are accurate, but I found a copy of the email I received <a href="http://forum.themarkettraders.com/read-m/26/3773/3783" target="_self">here</a>.  I assume that the details of Herb's paper are accurate, but even if they aren't I think the point of this post is still applicable.</p>
<p>Here is a snippet of the paper that I would like to discuss:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>The Emergence of China</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">In the last 20 years, China has moved 250 million people from the farms and villages into the cities. Their plan is to move another 300 million in the next 20 years.  When you put that many people into the cities, you have to find work for them.  That's why China is addicted to manufacturing; they have to put all the relocated people to work.  When we decide to manufacture something in the U.S. it's based on market needs and the opportunity to make a profit.  In China, they make the decision because they want the jobs, which is a very different calculation.<br />
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While China is addicted to manufacturing, Americans are addicted to low prices.  As a result, a unique kind of economic codependency has developed between the two countries.  If we ever stop buying from China, they will explode politically.  If China stops selling to us, our economy will take a huge hit because prices will jump.  We are subsidizing their economic development; they are subsidizing our economic growth.   </p>
<p><strong>The capacity model and enterprise sales.</strong></p>
<p>Enterprise sales professionals frequently use a revenue prediction and management tool called the capacity model.  The capacity model assumes infinite demand.  So rather than building a bottoms-up demand model, the capacity model simply focuses on the supply side of the equation -- the number of quota carrying sales representatives.  Assume that each sales rep can sell x million of product per year.  Assume that you need y number of people supporting each rep.  Assume that each rep attains 25% percent of her quota during the first quarter, 50% percent during the second full quarter, and 100% by her third quarter on the job.  It's a bit more complicated than this, but not much.  And it works really well... until demand becomes an issue (e.g., competition, market maturity, recession).  Then management often assumes that sales leadership needs to be replaced due to "bad execution" when the reality is that it may be time to change the overall corporate strategy (enter new markets, change pricing model, exit market, use M&#38;A to consolidate market).  It's really hard to predict demand, so most large companies rely on some type of supply driven model far too long.</p>
<p><strong>China and the capacity model.</strong></p>
<p>China is pursuing the capacity model writ large.  And as long as supply outstrips demand, it will work.  But at some point the combination of a doubling of Chinese labor working on manufacturing (increasing supply), the large number of people moving into manufacturing from India and Eastern Europe (increasing supply), increases in productivity (increasing supply), and the certainty of a global economic downturn at some point in the future (lowering demand) will lead to a collapse in the prices of manufactured things.</p>
<p>There are other constraints that may temporarily slow things down -- the availability of energy and other non-labor inputs required for manufacturing could act as a short or medium term throttle on supply.  But these issues will be resolved.  And then what happens?  Economic theory argues that, in an efficient market, prices will drop to near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_cost" target="_self">marginal cost</a>.  We know that the marginal cost of bits is near zero and that pricing for many of those things is FREE.  But what happens when the marginal cost of atoms approaches zero?  </p>
<p><strong>Razor and blades.</strong></p>
<p>Might the cost of many manufactured things get close to zero?  Is FREE the future of bits and atoms [I haven't read <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free" target="_self">Chris Anderson's new book</a> -- perhaps he has the answer]?  Don't roll your eyes, it's possible.  We may see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_and_blades_business_model" target="_self">razor and blades business model</a> much more frequently in the future.</p>
<p>It is already happening:</p>
<p>+ Free atoms can increase barriers to entry, allowing providers to charge for services.  For example, the recent move by Apple to allow carriers to subsidize their phone was a brilliant move by the carriers to keep those consumers addicted to the crack of "cheap" phones.  And they already do offer some phones for "free" with an agreement to use their services for 1 or 2 years.</p>
<p>+ Cable vendors use this model with set-top boxes and cable service.  TiVO makes a better product, but why buy when you get a DVR for free?</p>
<p>But these cases are examples where average revenue per user (ARPU) is extremely high.  With the marginal cost of manufactured products dropping dramatically, service providers will be able to offer free products based on much lower ARPU.</p>
<p>What's next?</p>
<p>+ Free computers, pay for data plans?</p>
<p>+ Free cars, pay for the gas ;-)</p>
<p>What can you give away for free and then make money on the services?</p>
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<link>http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/?p=1681</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidderrick</dc:creator>
<guid>http://davidderrick.lt.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-wef-%e2%80%9con%e2%80%9d-the-middle-east/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The World Economic Forum’s regional meetings used to have names such as The Middle East Economic S]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The World Economic Forum’s regional meetings used to have names such as The Middle East Economic Summit. The one in Sharm El Sheikh last month, which I half-attended, used a formula which they first adopted a few years ago. It was “The World Economic Forum on the Middle East”.</p>
<p>Illogical name. The WEF isn’t an event. It’s an institution. One wasn’t even supposed to call Davos “Davos” in the old days. It was the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting. The institution was all. The WEF isn’t pronouncing on anything either, in case anyone took the “on” that way.</p>
<p>There are now three middle easts.</p>
<p>A) Iran, Syria, their non-state allies, Hamas and Hezbollah, and their ideological allies on the street.</p>
<p>B)  Israel and the two countries  that have made peace with it, Jordan and Egypt: non-oil economies.</p>
<p>C) The Sunni oil economies of the Gulf.</p>
<p>Iraq is poised between all three. Lebanon, a half-colony of A), is torn several ways. The WEF has always pitched its regional tent in B), though all sides are welcome at Davos. I wish it would move away from the second-class resort of Sharm El Sheikh (an Israeli creation, between 1967 and ’82) to a  place where large numbers of people struggle and work, but the Egyptian government built a congress centre there for them and it looks set to  alternate between there and the Jordanian Dead Sea. But it could go to one of the boom towns. Or into the eye of the storm. It’s in the wrong place. Or perhaps that middle ground is where it has to be.</p>
<p>The Sharm meeting was sometimes impressive. The programme was focussed, but one could wish for the return of some of the Forum’s homelier touches. Bush’s speech made no impression. The Iraqi cabinet did make an impression. Many of the participants reminded one why the Forum is still the <em>non-pareil</em> organiser of such meetings. One or two had one thinking viscerally, with EM Forster’s Maurice, “how unfit they were to set standards or control the future”.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[best chinese restaurant in switzerland]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 10:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Janet Ching</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A lot of friends have asked me what do I think about the chinese restaurants here in Switzerland. My]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span><span style="font-size:180%;">A</span> lot of friends have asked me what do I think about the chinese restaurants here in Switzerland. My genuine feeling is that they are not authentic enough and the interior decoration of the restaurants are usually rather old-fashioned with a lot of red and dragon pillars. I am sorry to be so critical but these styles almost do not exist in Hong Kong or even Shanghai anymore. One thing I don't understand why the Japanese restaurants here can be comtemporary but why not the chinese restaurants too. Having said that, I did come across a very nice Chinese restaurant in Davos, the best I have been here in Switzerland. I was so impressed with the interior design and the food was delicious. To be honest, we did not specifically intended to have chinese food that day, I was just curious with the large windows and lights inside and went upstair to check out. I was surprised to find out it's a chinese restaurant as the name ZAUBERBERG does not look chinese at all. Later during the dinner, I discovered that the female boss is also from Hong Kong but she has moved to Holland for over 14 years and then moved to Davos. to start her own restaurant. I said to her that I like the setting of the restaurant very much and she told me that it was designed by her friend who is a HK designer. Then I thought 'no wonder' it made me feeling as if I was in HK. </span></p>
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<p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R1ULg8pVTnI/SDqXSUu72ZI/AAAAAAAADmA/Z8_DS6aVQpA/s1600-h/Hotel+Europe.jpg"><img style="float:right;width:216px;cursor:hand;height:153px;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R1ULg8pVTnI/SDqXSUu72ZI/AAAAAAAADmA/Z8_DS6aVQpA/s320/Hotel+Europe.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="274" height="131" /></a>ZAUBERBERG Chinese Restaurant<br />
<span>Hotel Europe<br />
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<p>Promenade 63, 7270, Davos, SWITZERLAND</p>
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