This week has been in the news ...
* MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28
-A English drug of origin groups is effective against leukemia
- emerged from the thesis of Dr. Clara Fields in the Hospital de Bellvitge.
- The patented the University of Barcelona, \u200b\u200band pull the pharmaceutical Advancell.
- lymphocytic leukemia is most common in developed Western countries.
- Natalie Portman and Colin Firth, the best performers of the year.
- Tom Hooper, best director Oscar for 'The king's speech. "
- Melissa Leo and Christian Bale won an Oscar as best performers in the cast.
- Mexico's 'Biutiful' does not win the Oscar for best foreign language film.
- Anne Hathaway and James Franco met as presenters at the gala.
-The English athletes shine in the Sahara Marathon
María Dolores Jiménez
* TUESDAY, MARCH 1
"Three keys to reducing the risk of breast cancer - Guardeño reissued victory in the women's category, followed by Monica Zamora and the Basque Batan Olatz Mitxelena. The male
- , Jon Salvador ends in second position.
- The winner of the event was the Algerian Bouchouit Alhassan.
- died at age 56 at his home in Malaga.
- has died after suffering a long illness.
- On July 22, 1974 was crowned Miss Universe.
* TUESDAY, MARCH 1
- Exercise: walking at least three hours a week.
- not take more than two or three glasses of wine a week.
- Control weight with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
-European Justice prohibits gender differences in insurance premiums
-up Dutch test maximum speed 130 km / hr in highways
* WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
- Happiness increases life expectancy and improved health
- Individuals who live longer recognized to be happy.
- anxiety and pessimism are associated with higher rates of disease.
His representative, Nicole Chabot said that Serena suffered last week, "pulmonary embolism" to return to Los Angeles after being in New York seeing a specialist to fix the foot injury which is away from the track since winning Wimbledon.
-Unemployment rose in February at 68,260 people and slashing 4'3 million unemployed
-Libya expels UN Human Rights Council
-actor found dead José Conde, secondary in many English television series
- was found dead last Friday in an abandoned building in Madrid.
- showed no signs of violence, so it could be a natural death or suicide, according to Police Headquarters Madrid.
* THURSDAY, MARCH 3
-The "Tupperware", an ally to follow a heart-healthy diet
- The best way to maintain nutritional balance and break the monotony.
- The routine work can lead to abuse of pre-cooked, fried, or canned.
- King of healthy diet is still fish, vegetables and carbohydrates.
-57% of the English did not consume enough fruit and vegetables daily
- Experts warn of danger to leave the Mediterranean diet.
- In the fourth and fifth of food consumed daily are alcoholic beverages and drinks.
- 20% of the population has been on a diet lately.
-Álex de la Iglesia: "I still love the film academy, but I reset Friends"
- filmmaker forward some details of his film 'The spark of life', starring Salma Hayek and Jose Mota, premiering in October.
- Sinde regard to the law, insisted that in this country "is not well accepted by the changes of opinion." -170,000
- 1,910,200 women are employed part-time compared to 564,300 men.
- 25% of women who work part time doing it to care for children, compared to 3% of men.
- The female unemployment rate increased to 20.79%, but this is doubled to 48.37% among women with no education.
- The ABC has said that they did not intentionally but were caught off guard when focusing on Penelope Cruz.
- They say it would have been a great television moment.
- Still, some say it is an act of censorship and homophobic.
- "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" comes to Broadway on Manolo Blahnik heels (which I say that if I resist Loboutin, some Manolos would not bad ... - D)
- a musical adaptation of the famous 1995 film premieres on Broadway.
- Manolo Blahnik shoes created exclusively for the work.
- even made a giant representation of them, decorating the bus traveling in the three 'drag queens' protagonists.
"Spring will come with more aggressive pollen that threaten to stay longer
-acquitted the store SGAE rebelled against the canon
- SGAE claimed 16,759 euros to the store Padawan.
- The decision to trade disclaims any payment, making it the first case in applying the new concept of digital fee imposed by the EU.
-A University of Chicago generated a huge controversy by providing a live sex class
- occurred during a course on sadomasochism and fetishistic practices at Northwestern University in Chicago.
- A naked woman gave a demonstration of a female orgasm (so expensive to "sell", it never hurts to remember that sex-even if there is love, "we must be generous @ s. ...)
"Half of the children repeat a grade compared with 36% of girls
* SATURDAY, MARCH 5
" The Hayabusa, new Japanese bullet train, will travel 714 kilometers in just 3 hours
- reaches 300 kilometers per hour in six minutes.
- In the 46 years of Japan's high speed has never been a fatal accident.
- A seat in first class one-way costs around 230 euros.
-A trip to "taste" Barcelona
- Catalan cuisine combines Mediterranean diet with a very elegant image
- is a province attracts more stars Michelin Guide.
- 10 to 13 March is celebrated Film Festival and Film & Cook food in the capital.
traditional Catalan cuisine based on the Mediterranean diet is rich in vegetables and prepared dishes, but has a strong presence both meat and fish. In addition to the international almost pa amb tomàquet, one can not go to Barcelona without trying snails, sausages, spring onions, or samfaina escudella .
But the secret of world-famous Catalan restaurant goes beyond ingredients and recipes. For years, locals have known with the greatest impact to the design and architecture serving dishes , creating spaces in line with the philosophy of your kitchen and also worked image and brand.
Stoves with names
Each year, the province Barcelona is one of the stars in the Michelin Guide, which rewards the best cuisine in the peninsula. The restaurant Can Fabes in Sant Celoni, the recently deceased Santi Santamaría, and Sant Pau in San Pol de Mar, Carme Ruscalleda have three stars, the Lasarte of the capital, directed by Martin Berasategui is recognized two, and 25 other establishments boast a star. Many of them are part of hotels, as Drolma Fermin Puig Carles Gaig or Gaig, a circumstance that inevitably connects them to the foreign public. However, locals claim that eating out is also his first leisure option.
is estimated that 30% of the money spent by visitors in Barcelona is collected by restaurants and, although usually quote the most exclusive, no inns to suit all budgets. Concentration foci of hospitality are the Eixample and Ciutat Vella. However, the interest of tourists for food can also be checked in other places, such as the picturesque La Boqueria market, which has become an obligatory stop for the curious.
Film Festival and gastronomy
For all these reasons, Barcelona is the city chosen to host the first edition the film festival and food Film & Cook, which takes place from 10 to 13 March at the headquarters of the FAD (Promotion of Arts and the Design Promotion), close to Plaça dels Angels.
The event program can be found screenings and talks by masters of the kitchen. Among the major events is the premiere our country of the documentary "El Bulli, cooking in progress" , who will attend its protagonist, the chef Ferran Adria. Carme Ruscalleda give a talk on Mediterranean cuisine to accompany the screening of the film "Mediterranean Diet" and the Torres brothers, the restaurant Dos Cielos, food will have a demonstration film. Mey Hofmann, director of the school that bears his name, also participate as a speaker.
Film & Cook will feature chefs from other Catalan and Carles Mampel of Bubó, and Manuel Jara, Masquepostres , who spoke on the creation of sweets. Jordi Herrera, Manaira and Planagumà Pere, Les Cols, bet for the green kitchen, while Daniel Brin, La Maison du Languedoc Roussillon, will explain the secrets of French gastronomy.
These lessons lectures will take place alongside the projections passes, which will be in morning, noon, afternoon, evening and tramp session. Additionally, the facility will have a bar that serves a selection of recipes.
* SUNDAY, MARCH 6
-marrow donors in Spain are now more than 86,000
-Croatian tennis player Ivo Karlovic sets a new record throw in 251 km / h
-German Graduates reach full employment
- Graduates at universities in Germany are the first workers in most European economies are no longer getting unemployment.
- Germany has the highest employment level since 1990
-Students "Bologna" pay up to 16% more per credit
Pros and cons of the plan
Pros
The Bologna Declaration is an initiative to reform the education system in Europe , signed in the Italian city on June 19, 1999, for 29 countries in Europe which then formed the European Union and other the European Free Trade Area and eastern and central Africa. By signing this declaration gave rise to the Bologna process Bologna or plan that has been shaping up later, with changes and the inclusion of more states.
Its aim is to reform the university system in Europe through the European Higher Education (EHEA), organized by quality, mobility, diversity and competitiveness. The plan aims at the full mobility of students and teachers within the continent and the homogenization higher studies in Europe.
New credit system. The plan involves changes that lie Bologna, basically, that there will be a new credits and degrees, a new research funding and more mobility for both students and teachers, researchers and other university community members .
Credit is the academic unit. The Bologna process presents two alternatives: degrees of 240 credits (4 years) or 180 credits (3 years). Spain chose the former, like Scotland, Greece and several Eastern European countries.
Class hours and jobs. To post credits not only take into account the hours of lectures (those given by the teacher and the exam), but student work (papers, seminars, study hours). Each credit ECTS (European Credit Transfer System, for its acronym in English) is about 25 to 30 hours per week. The credits are appended to the title, describing the studies completed to enable approval in Europe.
Mobility. Thus, bearing in mind the experience of the current Erasmus program seeks to foster student and labor mobility.
The new degrees are structured into two levels: level (general) and Postgraduate (specialist). Access to the second cycle requires completion of the first. Disappear and diplomas and degrees to make way for the above qualifications.
The third cycle, or doctorate (from 3 or 4 years), includes a period of training and other research, and requires the submission of the thesis. The application in Spain, whose first pilot was done in the University of Murcia in 2005-2006, started in 2008-2009. However, until 2015 the university who are studying pre-plan Bologna may choose to continue with their plan or switch to the new model. Degree studies in our country will be completed in 4 instructional courses and 240 credits, except Architecture, 300 credits, and Medicine, 360.
The National Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation (ANEC), founded in 2002, will be responsible for evaluating, certifying and accrediting higher education courses, teachers and institutions.
Cons
Students have always taken the lead in the protests and have been very critical before the reforms.
in all English universities there were groups which oppose the plan, most of them organized in assemblies and by faculty. Not everyone is opposed to the reforms, but rather the way these have been carried out and see that there are more cons than pros.
The commodification of the university is the main criticism is Bologna plan. The opponents to the plan claim that the reforms have been attending over the economic interests of large business conglomerates to the educational community.
A quarry business. Critics also believe that the intended target create a positive educational common area lies the idea of \u200b\u200bturning the European university in just a quarry for big companies, apart from its role as a training and human development, and becoming a mere individual plant valid for the labor market.
The credit system, for opponents of the plan Bologna, equates the student to schedule working hours, due to increased binding
hours and prevents combine studies with a work.
only for the elite. They claim that the increase that has occurred for the second cycle degrees will lead to the gentrification of the university, as not everyone can afford.
Scholarship System. note that the current cease to exist scholarships, they will be replaced by grants, loans (bank loans to be repaid with interest).
low-skilled workers. also criticize the graduate degree will be comparable to the current FP and that will mean very little basic training specialized and therefore give rise to highly skilled workers.
Marginalization. pure performance criteria where underlying the new careers, according to critics, will result in the marginalization
less technical careers or considered less practical.
The number of English students who want to study or work in other European countries is not large enough for a reform such as that done with Bologna, say some opponents of the plan.
Lack of debate. In all of them, organizations that oppose the process believe that reform is such that should have launched a thorough public debate that they believe has not been done.
Its aim is to reform the university system in Europe through the European Higher Education (EHEA), organized by quality, mobility, diversity and competitiveness. The plan aims at the full mobility of students and teachers within the continent and the homogenization higher studies in Europe.
The plan aims to mobility and the unification of studies
New credit system. The plan involves changes that lie Bologna, basically, that there will be a new credits and degrees, a new research funding and more mobility for both students and teachers, researchers and other university community members .
Credit is the academic unit. The Bologna process presents two alternatives: degrees of 240 credits (4 years) or 180 credits (3 years). Spain chose the former, like Scotland, Greece and several Eastern European countries.
Class hours and jobs. To post credits not only take into account the hours of lectures (those given by the teacher and the exam), but student work (papers, seminars, study hours). Each credit ECTS (European Credit Transfer System, for its acronym in English) is about 25 to 30 hours per week. The credits are appended to the title, describing the studies completed to enable approval in Europe.
Mobility. Thus, bearing in mind the experience of the current Erasmus program seeks to foster student and labor mobility.
The new degrees are structured into two levels: level (general) and Postgraduate (specialist). Access to the second cycle requires completion of the first. Disappear and diplomas and degrees to make way for the above qualifications.
The courses are structured in two cycles: Degree and Postgraduate
The third cycle, or doctorate (from 3 or 4 years), includes a period of training and other research, and requires the submission of the thesis. The application in Spain, whose first pilot was done in the University of Murcia in 2005-2006, started in 2008-2009. However, until 2015 the university who are studying pre-plan Bologna may choose to continue with their plan or switch to the new model. Degree studies in our country will be completed in 4 instructional courses and 240 credits, except Architecture, 300 credits, and Medicine, 360.
The National Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation (ANEC), founded in 2002, will be responsible for evaluating, certifying and accrediting higher education courses, teachers and institutions.
Cons
Students have always taken the lead in the protests and have been very critical before the reforms.
in all English universities there were groups which oppose the plan, most of them organized in assemblies and by faculty. Not everyone is opposed to the reforms, but rather the way these have been carried out and see that there are more cons than pros.
The commodification of the university is the main criticism is Bologna plan. The opponents to the plan claim that the reforms have been attending over the economic interests of large business conglomerates to the educational community.
A quarry business. Critics also believe that the intended target create a positive educational common area lies the idea of \u200b\u200bturning the European university in just a quarry for big companies, apart from its role as a training and human development, and becoming a mere individual plant valid for the labor market.
The opponents criticize the excessive commercialization Bologna
The credit system, for opponents of the plan Bologna, equates the student to schedule working hours, due to increased binding
hours and prevents combine studies with a work.
only for the elite. They claim that the increase that has occurred for the second cycle degrees will lead to the gentrification of the university, as not everyone can afford.
Scholarship System. note that the current cease to exist scholarships, they will be replaced by grants, loans (bank loans to be repaid with interest).
low-skilled workers. also criticize the graduate degree will be comparable to the current FP and that will mean very little basic training specialized and therefore give rise to highly skilled workers.
Marginalization. pure performance criteria where underlying the new careers, according to critics, will result in the marginalization
less technical careers or considered less practical.
The number of English students who want to study or work in other European countries is not large enough for a reform such as that done with Bologna, say some opponents of the plan.
Lack of debate. In all of them, organizations that oppose the process believe that reform is such that should have launched a thorough public debate that they believe has not been done.
"A blank book is a bestseller in the UK
- contains 200 pages and is achieved through Amazon for 5.45 euros.
- has been a hit with students, who use it to take notes in class.
- "is the result of 39 years of meticulous research," laughs the author.
-Wetlands, a commitment to biodiversity
- The Ramsar Convention highlights the wetlands of international importance.
- environments are characterized by its ecological richness.
- Wanted sustainable development in these areas.
The relevance of wetlands
From north to south Spain has these ecosystems of vital importance in maintaining biodiversity and the hydrological cycle. They can be quite varied, from ponds to mangroves, past ponds, marshes, dunes, mudflats, marshes, riparian forests ...However, despite the beauty you can discover each visit one of them and their importance, the fact is that in Spain have already gone up to 60% . To facilitate their protection, in 1982 Spain joined the Ramsar Convention, whose mission is "the conservation and wise use of wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation as a contribution to achieving sustainable development throughout the world. "
According to the classification of this entity, of the wetlands that are in our country, to 73 are included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance . These are areas of great diversity, which help maintain and restore groundwater aquifers, stabilize atmospheric phenomena, help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and offer great potential for tourism, provided they are carried out in a responsibly. This is also breeding grounds for many migratory birds.
Under this Convention, Spain is the third country with the highest number of wetlands of international importance, following Great Britain and Mexico.
Diversity in Spain
All regions welcome in its territory any of the 73 wetlands included in the Ramsar Convention. Andalusia is what allows for a greater number, some of great importance. The most important of all is Doñana, which is also a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve. Its 111,646 acres make it the largest wetland Europe. It is a paradise for bird lovers, especially during autumn and winter. It is characterized by a wide variety of landscapes.also highlights in the south of the peninsula Lagoon Fuente de Piedra (Málaga), where the color pink flamingo is the protagonist. Spring is the best time of year to enjoy its almost 1,400 hectares. It has come to shelter up to 20,000 breeding pairs of flamingos. Singular is the ringing of these birds, which every year attracts many participants.
Cadiz, with the Laguna de Medina and Laguna Salada , Cordoba, with those of Zonar, Corner and Bitter, and Almeria, with the Salinas de Cabo de Gata and the Albufera of Adra, also are other Andalusian provinces that are home to areas of great value. After
Doñana, Tablas de Coldstream is the second largest wetland in Spain, according to the Ramsar Convention list. It is a paradise in the middle of Castilla La Mancha, due to exploitation, overexploitation, fire ... almost disappear. Gone are the years in which just 10 of its more than 1,900 hectares were flooded.
from the lakes of the Delta del Ebro Villafáfila
In Zamora, highlights the lagoon complex Villafáfila , composed of three major lakes (Salina Grande, Barilla and Salina) and smaller ones, and is home to world's largest population of great bustards.
On the east coast highlights the Ebro Delta, which is the largest wetland in Catalonia wide. The landscape is very unique, being a completely flat land where they live natural and human exploitation. Another important point is the Albufera of Valencia, also an example of interaction between man and nature.
between Teruel and Zaragoza is located, about 1,000 meters, the Gallocanta Lake , where there are lots of cranes, as well as diving ducks and coots.
While currently only 73 are included in the Ramsar Convention, the truth is that many more exist in Spain, worth knowing and preserving.
could have chosen many other songs ("Heart Tango", "we went Pa Madrid", "heads or tails," with a song in the teeth "," wherever you are today, "history chairs "...) but today, perhaps because of the message, for the moment, so and so much history together and because in the end, hope is what moves the heart, I'll stick with it. And I dedicate to you, with all my love.
Take care and above all, be very happy.
is most important, what you feed it. Aurrera
beti!
