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         <title>México apuesta por parteras para reducir la mortalidad materna</title>
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         <description>En el año 2000 México se comprometió ante la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) a reducir en un 75 por ciento la taza de mortalidad materna en partos. Es decir, pasar de 89 a 22 muertes por cada mil nacimientos. El año para cumplirlo es el 2015, pero para 2011 apenas se había disminuido a 50 defunciones. Es por ello que a México le urge darse prisa, por ello ha recurrido a una tradición ancestral: la partería. Este nuevo programa gubernamental busca integrar parteras profesionales en el sistema de...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa5b81b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=M%C3%A9xico+apuesta+por+parteras+para+reducir+la+mortalidad+materna&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmexico-apuesta-por-parteras-para-reducir-la-mortalidad-materna"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=M%C3%A9xico+apuesta+por+parteras+para+reducir+la+mortalidad+materna&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmexico-apuesta-por-parteras-para-reducir-la-mortalidad-materna"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204856262/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa5b81b/kg/323/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204856262/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa5b81b/kg/323/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204856262/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa5b81b/kg/323/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/embarazo-800x533.jpg" alt="" title="embarazo" width="800" height="533" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-71028"/></p><p>En el año 2000 México se comprometió ante la <strong>Organización de las Naciones Unidas</strong> (ONU) a reducir en un <strong>75 por ciento</strong> la taza de mortalidad materna en partos. Es decir, pasar de 89 a 22 muertes por cada mil nacimientos. El año para cumplirlo es el 2015, pero para 2011 apenas se había disminuido a 50 defunciones.</p> <p>Es por ello que a México le urge darse prisa, por ello <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vidayestilo.terra.com.mx/salud/embarazo/mexico-apuesta-por-las-parteras-para-reducir-la-mortalidad-materna,b8b3c9c2c0477310VgnVCM3000009acceb0aRCRD.html">ha recurrido a una tradición ancestral</a>: <strong>la partería</strong>. Este nuevo programa gubernamental busca integrar parteras profesionales en el sistema de salud y con ello buscar una atención integral y de continuidad a las madres embarazadas.</p> <blockquote> <p>Una vez se atiende el parto, hay mucho interés para detectar problemas en el posparto. El hecho de conocer a la mujer en todo el ciclo reproductivo da mayor ventaja para que no mueran.</p> </blockquote> <p>Actualmente el gobierno mexicano cuenta con <strong>30 parteras</strong> trabajando en los ocho estados donde existe más indice de mortalidad materna: Guerrero, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Puebla y el Distrito Federal. Varias de ellas son egresadas de la escuela de la <strong>ONG Casa</strong>, ubicada en la localidad de <strong>San Miguel de Allende</strong>, Guanajuato. Sin embargo, es tan positivo el impacto que el Gobierno Federal ha decidido a abrir su propia escuela el próximo mes de agosto.</p> <p>El lugar elegido para esta escuela será en <strong>Tlapa</strong>, Guerrero y tendrá como objetivo y tendrá el objetivo de &#8220;atender a poblaciones que por razones geográficas no tienen accesibilidad fácil a los sistemas convencionales de salud&#8221;.</p> <p>Es muy importante no olvidar nuestros conocimientos ancestrales. De hecho, creo que es necesario que se invierta en investigar a fondo todas las medicinas que usaban nuestros antepasados y de esta manera se podrían crear nuevas medicinas basadas en la herbolaria mexicana.</p> <p>Mientras tanto, ya veremos que tanta aceptación tiene este nuevo programa del gobierno mexicano.</p> <p>Foto: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ensenandoacomeramihijo.com/">ensenandoacomeramihijo</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa5b81b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=M%C3%A9xico+apuesta+por+parteras+para+reducir+la+mortalidad+materna&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmexico-apuesta-por-parteras-para-reducir-la-mortalidad-materna"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=M%C3%A9xico+apuesta+por+parteras+para+reducir+la+mortalidad+materna&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmexico-apuesta-por-parteras-para-reducir-la-mortalidad-materna"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204856262/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa5b81b/kg/323/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204856262/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa5b81b/kg/323/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204856262/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa5b81b/kg/323/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Vuelos de Peña Nieto son pagados por contratista de EdoMex</title>
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         <description>Ya el periódico Reforma había hecho una distinción sobre cómo se trasladan los candidatos a sus diversos actos de campaña por todo el país. Salió a relucir que Josefina usa aviones privados de la empresa CEMEX, Andrés Manuel lo hace a través de vuelos comerciales y Enrique también en vuelos privados con la empresa con la que lo ha hecho desde que fue Gobernador del Estado de México. Hoy apareció una página llamada &amp;#8220;Peña Vuela&amp;#8221; en la que se expone que quien paga esos viajes y es dueño de los...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa4e855/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Vuelos+de+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+son+pagados+por+contratista+de+EdoMex&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvuelos-de-pena-nieto-son-pagados-por-contratista-de-edomex"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vuelos+de+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+son+pagados+por+contratista+de+EdoMex&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvuelos-de-pena-nieto-son-pagados-por-contratista-de-edomex"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204852341/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa4e855/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204852341/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa4e855/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204852341/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa4e855/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 23:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/penavuela-800x520.jpg" alt="" title="Pe&#xf1;a Vuela" width="800" height="520" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70999"/></p><p>Ya el periódico <em>Reforma</em> había hecho una distinción sobre <strong>cómo se trasladan los candidatos</strong> a sus diversos actos de campaña por todo el país. Salió a relucir que Josefina usa aviones privados de la empresa CEMEX, Andrés Manuel lo hace a través de vuelos comerciales y Enrique también en vuelos privados con la empresa con la que lo ha hecho desde que fue Gobernador del Estado de México.</p> <p>Hoy apareció una página llamada <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.xn--peavuela-e3a.com/">&#8220;Peña Vuela&#8221;</a> en la que se expone que quien paga esos viajes y es <strong>dueño de los aviones es el empresario Juan Armando Hinojosa Cantú</strong> quien está asociado con la familia Hank y que <strong>ha sido contratista con el Estado de México desde la administración de Arturo Montiel</strong>. A las empresas de Hinojosa se les han dado proyectos como la construcción del Hospital General Adolfo López Mateos y del Centro Médico ISSEMyM, contrato con un valor de alrededor de 300 millones de pesos; la construcción del Viaducto Elevado; y la obra y mantenimiento del Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Zumpango, con un contrato de <strong>7 mil millones de pesos a pagar en veinticinco años</strong>.</p> <p>Entre los viajes de Enrique se tienen 68 vuelos personales, 52 vuelos políticos y partidistas y 47 vuelos de trabajo.</p> <p>Además, la página dice que en sus viajes a Miami (31 de los 68 vuelos personales) <strong>se aloja en un departamento cuya renta por día es de 8 mil dólares</strong> y cuyo valor en el mercado casi alcanza los 3 millones de dólares y que, si es suyo, no aparece en su declaración patrimonial.</p> <p>No quiero que me acusen de malpensado o <em>hater</em> de Peña, pero <strong>son demasiadas coincidencias</strong>. Al parecer su vocero tendrá que salir nuevamente a desmentir, aclarar o tachar la información de &#8220;guerra sucia&#8221; hacia el candidato. Con esta noticia y la de las <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/ex-gobernador-de-tamaulipas-denunciado-en-eeuu">acusaciones de la DEA</a> a Tomas Yárrington creo que en el cuarto de guerra del tricolor deben estar bastante nerviosos.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa4e855/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Vuelos+de+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+son+pagados+por+contratista+de+EdoMex&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvuelos-de-pena-nieto-son-pagados-por-contratista-de-edomex"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vuelos+de+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+son+pagados+por+contratista+de+EdoMex&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvuelos-de-pena-nieto-son-pagados-por-contratista-de-edomex"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204852341/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa4e855/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204852341/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa4e855/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204852341/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa4e855/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Sol implacable, el Valle de México registra radiación solar extremadamente alta</title>
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         <description>Hay noticias que llegan un poco tarde. Eso me pasó con la reciente advertencia del Sistema de Monitoreo Atmosférico de la Ciudad de México (Simat) sobre el nivel de radiación solar extremadamente alto que se registró en el Valle de México, al oscilar entre 11 y 12 puntos en el índice de Rayos Ultravioleta (UV) -en una escala que va de 0 a 15-. Así que ahí me tienen, saliendo a marchar en las horas de mayor riesgo, que son de las 11 de la mañana a las 4 de...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa45ea8/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Sol+implacable%2C+el+Valle+de+M%C3%A9xico+registra+radiaci%C3%B3n+solar+extremadamente+alta&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsol-implacable-el-valle-de-mexico-registra-radiacion-solar-extremadamente-alta"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Sol+implacable%2C+el+Valle+de+M%C3%A9xico+registra+radiaci%C3%B3n+solar+extremadamente+alta&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsol-implacable-el-valle-de-mexico-registra-radiacion-solar-extremadamente-alta"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204849692/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa45ea8/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204849692/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa45ea8/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204849692/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa45ea8/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Sol.jpg" alt="" title="Radiaci&#xf3;n solar" width="786" height="622" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-71019"/></p><p>Hay noticias que llegan un poco tarde. Eso me pasó con la reciente advertencia del Sistema de Monitoreo Atmosférico de la Ciudad de México (Simat) sobre el nivel de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2012/05/22/14520972-alcanza-valle-de-mexico-radiacion-solar-extremadamente-alta"><strong>radiación solar</strong> extremadamente alto</a> que se registró en el <strong>Valle de México</strong>, al oscilar entre 11 y 12 puntos en el índice de <strong>Rayos Ultravioleta</strong> (UV) -en una escala que va de 0 a 15-. Así que ahí me tienen, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real">saliendo a marchar</a> en las horas de mayor riesgo, que son de las 11 de la mañana a las 4 de la tarde. Resultado: un color rojo-camarón que conservo hasta la fecha, además de las molestias derivadas de la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2011/04/cuidado-con-la-radiacion-esta-primavera">sobreexposición solar</a>.</p> <p>Para que ustedes no sean tan ingenuos como yo, les sugiero seguir las <strong>recomendaciones</strong> del Simat:</p> <ul> <li>Vestir camisa de manga larga, de preferencia con colores claros. </li> <li>Aplicar protector solar con un factor superior a 30. </li> <li>Utilizar gorra o sombrero y gafas con alta protección UV.</li> <li>Permanecer en la sombra entre las 11 de la mañana y las 4 de la tarde.</li> </ul> <p>Es importante hacerle caso a los que saben, no sólo para evitar mi error -que en última instancia es lo de menos-, sino, principalmente, para disminuir el riesgo de contraer <strong>cáncer de piel</strong>, sobre todo, melanoma maligno. Simplemente, el año pasado, el Servicio de Dermatología del Hospital General de México atendió a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/especiales/446837/exponerse-al-sol-sin-proteccion-causar-cancer-ojos/"><strong>26 mil personas</strong> con problemas en la piel</a>, 80 por ciento de los pacientes tenía tumores malignos, todos derivados de la <strong>exposición descontrolada al sol</strong>. El mayor daño fue cáncer de piel, pero antes, las personas padecieron otras afecciones. Además de los daños a corto plazo, tuvieron envejecimiento prematuro -una razón más para no entender a los que quieren ser <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/02/crema-mexicana-con-altos-niveles-de-mercurio-intoxica-a-varios-en-california">&#8220;blanquitos&#8221; artificiales</a>, cuando los &#8220;blanquitos&#8221; naturales tenemos tantos problemas justo por eso-.</p> <p>Ojalá ahí se quedara la cosa, pero no, la <strong>sobrexposición solar</strong> también <strong>afecta</strong> a los <strong>ojos</strong>. ¿Se acuerdan de eso de que si ves directamente al sol te quedas ciego? Obvio, no es inmediato, pero si lo hacen por 15 minutos seguidos, más vale que hayan tomado clases de braille. El primer daño que sufre el ojo humano ante los <strong>rayos ultravioleta</strong> es el deterioro de la cornea. Los primeros síntomas son dolor y vista borrosa. De ahí se puede seguir hasta un cáncer de conjuntiva o cataratas.</p> <p>Y si ahorita estamos <em>sobregirados</em> de <strong>radiación solar</strong>, más vale que nos preparemos porque dicen que en <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tabascohoy.com/noticia.php?id_nota=246970">agosto se va a poner peor</a>. ¿Han escuchado de la &#8220;canícula&#8221;? Es la temporada del año en que es más fuerte el calor. Así que habrá que reforzar las medidas para que no les pase lo mismo que a mí. Sí, lo sé. Todos me lo dijeron: ¿por qué no usaste bloqueador solar? ¿Por qué no usaste manga larga? Etc. Pues porque no tengo bloqueador y porque se me olvidó, como dice la canción <em>se me hizo fácil</em>. He aquí las consecuencias. Ustedes sean inteligentes y eviten enfermedades y molestias.</p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rp-online.de/niederrhein-sued/krefeld/nachrichten/ozon-warnung-buerger-sollen-auto-stehen-lassen-1.715269">Rp-online</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa45ea8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Sol+implacable%2C+el+Valle+de+M%C3%A9xico+registra+radiaci%C3%B3n+solar+extremadamente+alta&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsol-implacable-el-valle-de-mexico-registra-radiacion-solar-extremadamente-alta"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Sol+implacable%2C+el+Valle+de+M%C3%A9xico+registra+radiaci%C3%B3n+solar+extremadamente+alta&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsol-implacable-el-valle-de-mexico-registra-radiacion-solar-extremadamente-alta"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204849692/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa45ea8/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204849692/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa45ea8/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204849692/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa45ea8/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Ex gobernador de tamaulipas denunciado en EEUU</title>
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         <description>El exgobernador de Tamaulipas, Tomás Yarrington, ha sido denunciado en EEUU por usar dinero &amp;#8220;ilícito de sus años políticos&amp;#8221; para la adquisición de propiedades en Texas y el lavado de millones de dólares provenientes del narcotráfico, señalan hoy diferentes medios de comunicación. La compra de un departamento en South Padre Island y otra propiedad más extensa en San Antonio, acusan, se hizo con pagos de cárteles de la droga y de extorsión criminal. De acuerdo con lo publicado, se presentaron dos demandas civiles en su contra en una corte federal...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa3c6e6/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Ex+gobernador+de+tamaulipas+denunciado+en+EEUU&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fex-gobernador-de-tamaulipas-denunciado-en-eeuu"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Ex+gobernador+de+tamaulipas+denunciado+en+EEUU&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fex-gobernador-de-tamaulipas-denunciado-en-eeuu"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204846782/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa3c6e6/kg/325-326-327/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204846782/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa3c6e6/kg/325-326-327/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204846782/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa3c6e6/kg/325-326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70988" title="Tom&#xe1;s Yarrington" src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Tom&#xe1;s-Yarrington.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="535"/></p><p>El <strong>exgobernador de Tamaulipas</strong>, <strong>Tomás Yarrington</strong>, ha sido denunciado en EEUU por usar dinero &#8220;ilícito de sus años políticos&#8221; para la adquisición de propiedades en Texas y el <strong>lavado de millones de dólares</strong> provenientes del <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/detienen-a-el-loco-por-masacre-en-cadereyta-y-acusa-a-sus-jefes-narco-intriga-y-horror">narcotráfico</a>, señalan hoy diferentes <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTASIE84M03R20120523">medios de comunicación</a>. La compra de un departamento en South Padre Island y otra propiedad más extensa en San Antonio, acusan, se hizo con pagos de <strong>cárteles de la droga y de extorsión criminal</strong>.</p> <p>De acuerdo con lo publicado, se presentaron dos demandas civiles en su contra en una corte federal estadounidense. Esto se da tras la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tamaulipas.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/c84ec533b3a22e5ff3c71efcd88ef8f7">acusación de un empresario</a> de Ciudad Victoria, Fernando Alejandro Cano Martínez, acusado de comprar propiedades para <strong>lavar dinero de sobornos pagados por el cártel del golfo</strong> a funcionarios de Tamaulipas, derivado de una investigación de la multi-agencia Organización Crimen y Drogas.</p> <p>&#8220;Permanecemos firmes en nuestro compromiso en apuntar no sólo a los <strong>cárteles de la droga</strong>, sino también a aquellos que supuestamente les entreguen respaldo y servicios&#8221;, palabras del fiscal estadounidense del sur de Texas, Kenneth Magidson. Ojalá también se comprometieran a evitar el tráfico de armas, pero bueno, algo es algo. Y que las denuncias de <strong>lavado de dinero</strong> vayan surgiendo porque no creo que éste sea ni el único caso, ni que todos los <strong>lavado de dinero</strong> tengan sólo nacionalidad mexicana.</p> <p>Ya anteriormente se habían dado noticias de que <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/01/pgr-investiga-e-impide-salir-del-pais-a-3-ex-gobernadores-de-tamaulipas">ex gobernadores de Tamaulipas</a>, entre ellos <strong>Yarrington</strong>, junto con Manuel Cavazoz Lerma y Eugenio Hernández Flores, estaban siendo investigados por la PGR por relaciones con el crímen organizado. Y si recuerdo bien se notó por un error de un funcionario de prohibirles la salida del país cuando aún no había suficientes bases para hacerlo. Señalamientos  similares que también hizo recientemente, el padre <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=307582">Alejandro Solalinde al exigir</a> se investigara a Eugenio Hernández, junto con Fidel Herrera de Veracruz y Ulises Ruiz de Oaxaca, todos ex gobernadores, que brindan protección a grupos delincuenciales que trafican y asesinan a migrantes centroamericanos.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa3c6e6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Ex+gobernador+de+tamaulipas+denunciado+en+EEUU&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fex-gobernador-de-tamaulipas-denunciado-en-eeuu"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Ex+gobernador+de+tamaulipas+denunciado+en+EEUU&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fex-gobernador-de-tamaulipas-denunciado-en-eeuu"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204846782/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa3c6e6/kg/325-326-327/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204846782/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa3c6e6/kg/325-326-327/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204846782/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa3c6e6/kg/325-326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>The failure of Osborne’s austerity is not a minor cause for celebration; it should  signal the start of a new political era.</title>
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         <description>The UK is in recession. The IMF has told it to prepare a Plan B because the balance of risk is that things will get worse. Nick Clegg is saying the Coalition has got it wrong and is planning to invest in new housing to stimulate growth. Across Europe austerity is being rejected. Germany stands in isolation in the EU and &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/23/the-failure-of-osbornes-austerity-is-not-a-minor-cause-for-celebration-it-should-signal-the-start-of-a-new-political-era/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The UK is in recession.</p>
<p>The IMF has told it to prepare a Plan B because the balance of risk is that things will get worse.</p>
<p>Nick Clegg is saying the Coalition has got it wrong and is planning to invest in new housing to stimulate growth.</p>
<p>Across Europe austerity is being rejected.</p>
<p>Germany stands in isolation in the EU and G8 under a barrage of criticism that will surely sweep Merkel from office like Sarkozy before her.</p>
<p>I could say this is all entirely predictable, and is as I predicted, but that&#8217;s not a useful observation, and nor does it add to debate. The observation would also be superficial, as if what was going on was simply a matter of a minor change of direction. The reality is much more important than that: what&#8217;s happening is not just the rejection of a particular government&#8217;s economic strategy; the rjection of austerity is the rejection of a whole way of economic thinking, and that&#8217;s much, much more important.</p>
<p>To understand this it&#8217;s important to realise what Osborne believed when promoting austerity. He believed that his policy of “expansionary fiscal contraction&#8221;  would deliver growth for the UK. The fact that many  disagreed with him from the outset is not the point:  let&#8217;s take it at face value that he did genuinely believe that his policy was right.</p>
<p>If that was the case then his assumption was that people and companies would genuinely believe that he had the intention of cutting the share of spending undertaken in the economy by the government with the result that  they would also believe that the share of total national income to be spent by companies and individuals would rise.  As a consequence he thought, or at least he was told he should think, that people would act on this  information as rational economic agents and as a consequence would believe that if he was going to cut the share of national income spent by the government  in the future there would, eventually,  and inevitably be falls in taxation and as a result they could borrow now in the belief that they would have more income in the future  so that they can afford the repayments  on that borrowing when they fell due because their tax bills would be lower  at that time.</p>
<p>Now, I know that for most people that would appear to be a quite incredible argument. It requires that people believe politicians, and most don&#8217;t. It requires that people believe that there will be no change in government policy, and those are commonplace. It requires people to believe that everybody behaves rationally and in the same way,  which is highly implausible, but that is what economists tell us they do.</p>
<p>This whole idea, seen in this way, is very clearly based upon the fundamental  assumptions of neoliberal economics. That is, we have people who want to maximise their consumption, which is why they would borrow now at low interest rates if they thought they could repay  those loans in the future out of an increased income  as a result of tax cuts, and that we are dealing with people who are totally rational and are able to appraise information on future expectations without emotional engagement but  do so purely on the basis of factual analysis within known parameters of possibility, all of which can be probabilistically stated, giving rise to certain inevitable courses of conduct for everybody facing that circumstance.</p>
<p>Does that make George Osborne sound mad? Would you trust a man who based his whole economic policy on such a wild assertion?  I never did!  But nonetheless this is precisely why he adopted the course of action he did in June 2010 that has plunged us into the current recession and into unnecessary austerity.  And what is now very obviously, and entirely predictably to most of us, clear is that  all the assumptions underpinning this economic policy were completely and utterly wrong.</p>
<p>We do not live in a country made up of economically rational people.</p>
<p>We do not have a population of people who calmly, rationally and probabilistically appraise data to inform their behaviour in highly predictable ways.</p>
<p>Or alternatively, if we do have such people, they discount everything that politicians say about the future as nonsense, which means that the same net outcome results!</p>
<p>But  such simple statements of what might, slightly impolitely, be called the bleeding obvious (although it is beyond the wit of most economists to appreciate it) fundamentally change the basis on which any government must manage an economic crisis. The whole of the political right wing&#8217;s approach to economic management in such a situation is based on the assumption that if they only change the rules of engagement between government and the economy then people will respond in the rational way that George Osborne assumed and as a consequence of the government changing the rules, and reducing its own activity, they will  deliver growth through market  based activiy.  But candidly, as we now see, that assumption is simply and straightforwardly wrong. People don&#8217;t behave like. As a result the whole logic of supply-side reform  is wrong.</p>
<p>Now, in saying that I&#8217;m saying that means there is no reason for regulatory change, nor for removing unnecessary regulation, but what I do quite clearly say is that people do not rationally respond to those processes by creating new economic activity. That is just a myth.</p>
<p>In that case &#8211; and as I argue in The Courageous State &#8211; what we need now is an entirely  different approach to economics and an entirely different breed of politicians to implement the resulting policies.   Politicians like George Osborne have backed away from making any decisions. They have thought that by denying their responsibility for the economy they can leave the market to determine outcomes and take praise for doing so whatever happens. They are wrong. That isn&#8217;t what people expect. It isn&#8217;t what good managers do. Least of all, it is not what competent politicians do.</p>
<p>The job of a politician in a democracy is to provide leadership and to win a mandate from an electorae to deliver their vision of the future, which is an interventionist and proactive policy of delivering reform through the state, by the state, for the benefit of the people who have put those people in charge of the state. That the exact opposite of what Osborne has done, and the failure of his policy should now encourage all politicians not just to look for minor tweaks to the way in which we apply neoliberal economic thinking to the economy, but to rethink their whole approach to not just economics but politics itself for the benefit of the people of this country.</p>
<p>The failure of Osborne&#8217;s austerity is not a minor cause for celebration; it should  signal the start of a new political era.</p>
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         <title>De entrevista censurada, #MarchaYoSoy132, estudiantes inconformes y otros demonios</title>
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         <description>Ayer, Carlos Loret de Mola entrevistó a tres estudiantes de la Universidad Iberoamericana en su programa &amp;#8220;Primero Noticias&amp;#8221;. Ayer, el video titulado &amp;#8220;Loret de Mola con estudiantes de la Ibero&amp;#8221;, subido a Youtube por &amp;#8220;pajaropolitico2012&amp;#8221; fue bloqueado por derechos de copyright. Eso no impidió que se diera a conocer la entrevista, ni que se volviera a colgar en el sitio de videos por parte de otros usuarios. Además, la entrevista está completa en la página oficial de Televisa. ¿A qué voy con esto? Las nuevas tecnologías de información son una...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa2fa71/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=De+entrevista+censurada%2C+%23MarchaYoSoy132%2C+estudiantes+inconformes+y+otros+demonios&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-entrevista-censurada-marchayosoy132-estudiantes-inconformes-y-otros-demonios"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=De+entrevista+censurada%2C+%23MarchaYoSoy132%2C+estudiantes+inconformes+y+otros+demonios&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-entrevista-censurada-marchayosoy132-estudiantes-inconformes-y-otros-demonios"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204574103/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa2fa71/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204574103/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa2fa71/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204574103/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa2fa71/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/YoSoy132.jpg" alt="" title="#YoSoy132" width="952" height="564" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70977"/></p><p>Ayer, <strong>Carlos Loret de Mola</strong> entrevistó a tres <strong>estudiantes</strong> de la Universidad Iberoamericana en su programa &#8220;Primero Noticias&#8221;. Ayer, el video titulado &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3sa6lvub84">Loret de Mola con estudiantes de la Ibero</a>&#8221;, subido a Youtube por &#8220;pajaropolitico2012&#8221; fue bloqueado por derechos de copyright. Eso no impidió que se diera a conocer la entrevista, ni que se volviera a colgar en el sitio de videos por parte de otros usuarios. Además, la entrevista está completa en la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tvolucion.esmas.com/noticieros/primero-noticias/173936/estudiantes-ibero-hablan-sobre-yosoy132/">página oficial de Televisa</a>. ¿A qué voy con esto? Las nuevas tecnologías de información son una herramienta que, bien usadas, permiten difundir la información, aunque sea censurada de algún modo.</p> <p>Primero me detengo en la censura del video y luego paso a la entrevista. Sobre la censura, los caminos de la política de copyright y restricción en YouTube son misteriosos. Obviamente no es el primer video al que no puedo entrar porque fue bloqueado y seguro no será el último. ¿Será acaso que el perverso manejo de los medios de comunicación en estas <strong>elecciones</strong> nos está haciendo paranoides y a cualquier evento de este tipo le atribuimos implicaciones simbólicas que no tienen?</p> <p>Sobre la entrevista. Debo decir que <strong>Loret de Mola</strong> me parece un tipo nefasto, he visto &#8220;entrevistas&#8221; de este señor en donde &#8220;acribilla&#8221; al &#8220;entrevistado&#8221; y ni siquiera lo deja hablar. Unos aplauden esta actitud. Personalmente considero que si vas a entrevistar a alguien es para saber su opinión y la mínima cortesía que merece el invitado es que lo dejen hablar o refutar los cuestionamientos. La <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.animalpolitico.com/2012/05/estudiantes-cuestionan-a-televisa-en-entrevista-con-loret/">entrevista con <strong>estudiantes</strong></a> de la Ibero me pareció más bien &#8220;promedio&#8221;. El señor quiso meter zancadillas y justificar lo injustificable con supuestos videos que obviamente no podían pasar en ese momento -algo bastante apegado a su forma de &#8220;entrevistar&#8221;-, los jóvenes reviraron como pudieron. Fin.</p> <p>A mi juicio, las cosas más importantes que dijeron María José López, Rodrigo Serrano y Sandra Patardo son:</p> <ul> <li>El <strong>movimiento</strong> es <strong>apartidista</strong>, sin banderas, de estudiantes y nadie lo va a detener. Así que invitaron a los actores políticos a no &#8220;colgarse&#8221; de él. </li> <li>Aclararon que ellos <strong>no convocaron</strong> a la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real">#MarchaAntiPeña</a> y que no acudieron -aquí me metió un poco de ruido que dijeron que el evento había sido convocado antes del &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/quedo-claro-por-que-pena-nieto-no-queria-ir-a-universidades?utm_source=self&#38;utm_medium=banner&#38;utm_campaign=Destacados%2BHome">viernes negro de la Ibero</a>&#8221;, como comenté en otro momento, revisé el evento en Facebook hasta la primera página (y no eran pocas páginas, debo aclarar) y la primera acción se registró el 12 de mayo a las 18:31-. </li> <li>Insistieron que su bandera es que los <strong>medios no sean parciales</strong>, como lo han venido demostrando -aunque no dijeron &#8220;Televisa&#8221;-. </li> <li>Los movimientos ya no son como antes -décadas de los 60 y 70- ahora las <strong>redes sociales</strong> y el internet permiten otro tipo de organización. </li> <li>Convocaron a la manifestación <strong>#Yosoy132</strong> que se llevará a cabo el día de hoy en el Distrito Federal -punto de reunión &#8220;Estela de luz&#8221; o &#8220;suavicrema&#8221;- y en otros estados del país. </li> </ul> <p>Ahora vamos al asunto de la manifestación <strong>#Yosoy132</strong>. Me llama particularmente la atención las actividades y el código de ética propuesto. Se nota que hay de &#8220;estudiantes&#8221; a &#8220;estudiantes&#8221;, así que quieren ser ejemplo de civilidad y respeto, por ello, piden que no haya actos de vandalismo, respetar el espacio público y las vialidades, ¿lo lograrán? Al rato nos enteraremos.</p> <p>Este movimiento ha tomado tal importancia que el hashtag <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/c84ec533b3a22e5ff3c71efcd865a59d">#MarchaYoSoy132 lleva seis días como tema del momento</a> en Twitter en México, además de que ya han aparecido en medios de otros países. Siguiendo con la lógica del poder y la importancia de internet, desde este lunes comenzó a funcionar la cuenta de Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/Soy132MX">@Soy132MX</a> donde el movimiento estudiantil difunde algunos de los llamados a movilizaciones y extractos de la ideología, y se puso en marcha el sitio de internet <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://yosoy132.mx/"><strong>yosoy132</strong></a> que pretende crear una comunidad entre las distintas células en el contexto nacional.</p> <p>¿En qué acabará el movimiento de <strong>estudiantes</strong>? O, mejor dicho, ¿cómo se institucionalizará? La &#8220;operación cicatriz&#8221; de Televisa, con la entrevista de <strong>Loret de Mola</strong> y el comentario de Emilio Azcárraga en su cuenta de Twitter: &#8220;En Televisa valoramos a los jóvenes y escuchamos sus opiniones. Siempre estaremos abiertos a ellas&#8221;, ¿funcionará?</p> <p>Soy una entusiasta de los movimientos sociales, particularmente cuando soy afin a las causas que persiguen. El &#8220;viernes negro de la Ibero&#8221; le ha dado un giro a la campaña. Los <strong>estudiantes</strong> toman las calles, las redes sociales y los reflectores, sólo espero que también tomen las urnas con el mismo ímpetu, con el mismo reclamo de un voto informado, para que aprovechen que -y cito su página- &#8220;El poder está en nuestras manos, no perdamos la oportunidad de hacer y cambiar la historia de nuestro país&#8221;.</p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://yosoy132.mx/">Yosoy132</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa2fa71/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=De+entrevista+censurada%2C+%23MarchaYoSoy132%2C+estudiantes+inconformes+y+otros+demonios&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-entrevista-censurada-marchayosoy132-estudiantes-inconformes-y-otros-demonios"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=De+entrevista+censurada%2C+%23MarchaYoSoy132%2C+estudiantes+inconformes+y+otros+demonios&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-entrevista-censurada-marchayosoy132-estudiantes-inconformes-y-otros-demonios"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204574103/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa2fa71/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204574103/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa2fa71/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204574103/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa2fa71/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>El interés y el poder por encima del espíritu de servicio y superación</title>
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         <description>La noticia de Manuel Espino donde se incorpora con Peña Nieto sorprendió a muchos, pero en realidad es algo de lo más normal, porque en México, la gran mayoría de los políticos no tienen convicciones. El expanista vió una oportunidad de oro para saciar sus intereses y decidió hacer equipo con Peña Nieto, con lo cual el Yunque y la ultraderecha posiblemente buscará tener cabida en el gobierno priísta. No es el primero, Rosario Robles de la izquierda, y Ruth Zavaleta también de la misma posición ideológica pactaron con Enrique...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa1d46b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=El+inter%C3%A9s+y+el+poder+por+encima+del+esp%C3%ADritu+de+servicio+y+superaci%C3%B3n&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-interes-y-el-poder-por-encima-del-espiritu-de-servicio-y-superacion"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=El+inter%C3%A9s+y+el+poder+por+encima+del+esp%C3%ADritu+de+servicio+y+superaci%C3%B3n&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-interes-y-el-poder-por-encima-del-espiritu-de-servicio-y-superacion"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204837369/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa1d46b/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204837369/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa1d46b/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204837369/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa1d46b/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/chapulin_01-600x600.jpg" alt="El inter&#xe9;s y el poder por encima del esp&#xed;ritu de servicio y superaci&#xf3;n" title="El inter&#xe9;s y el poder por encima del esp&#xed;ritu de servicio y superaci&#xf3;n" width="600" height="600" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70951"/></p><p>La noticia <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/manuel-espino-expresidente-del-pan-manifiesta-su-apoyo-a-pena">de Manuel Espino donde se incorpora con Peña Nieto</a> sorprendió a muchos, pero en realidad es algo de lo más normal, porque en México, la gran mayoría de los políticos no tienen convicciones. El expanista vió una oportunidad de oro para saciar sus intereses y decidió hacer equipo con Peña Nieto, con lo cual el Yunque y la ultraderecha posiblemente buscará tener cabida en el gobierno priísta. No es el primero, Rosario Robles de la izquierda, y Ruth Zavaleta también de la misma posición ideológica <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.animalpolitico.com/animal-electoral/2012/05/02/firma-pena-nieto-alianza-con-ex-perredistas/">pactaron con Enrique Peña Nieto</a> dando sus convicciones al diablo en busca de poder.</p> <p>En Jalisco está pasando algo parecido, es cierto que nadie quiere el regreso del PRI con Aristóteles (una especie de Peña Nieto local), pero <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/tag/enrique-alfaro">Enrique Alfaro</a> quien había gobernado bien Tlajomulco terminó vendiendo su alma al diablo. Alfaro se dice, representa a la izquierda, dice no ser de un partido y afirma que su movimiento es ciudadano; el recibe dinero del DF y ha sido arropado por Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Pero Alfaro, quien ha causado un furor en Guadalajara, algo así como si fuera un Obama tapatío, por su perfil ciudadano, en realidad ha pactado con el PAN, pero con el ala más derechista de ese partido a la cual <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://archivo.lajornadajalisco.com.mx/2011/09/28/index.php?section=politica&#38;article=002n1pol">pertenecen gente como Herbert Taylor</a>, Emilio González (el todavía gobernador conocido por habernos mentado la madre en estado de ebriedad). Muchos tapatíos están esperanzados con Alfaro, pero el mismo se ha vendido al grupo de panistas que terminó generando repudio. Se rumora que Fernando Guzmán decline en favor de Enrique Alfaro.</p> <p>Siguiendo con Enrique Alfaro. El <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://enriquealfaro.mx/agenda-oficial/2012-05-27/movimiento-ciudadano-por-la-paz-pasos-por-la-esperanza?gclid=CNe__LnXlbACFUu4tgody3lK2g">decidió organizar una Marcha por la Paz</a> en Guadalajara, pero en realidad esta marcha <strong>es una copia de las marchas del Movimiento por la Paz</strong> organizadas anteriormente por ciudadanos tapatíos. En afán de parecer ciudadano, Alfaro se ha buscado apropiar de estas iniciativas para hacer proselitismo. Incluso algunos activistas ingenuamente se unieron a él (por su facha de progresista e izquierdista, y no saben que este mismo candidato tiene cercanía con esos políticos panistas que tanto criticaron. Con esto Alfaro decepciona a algunos (incluído a mi) que tenían la esperanza de tener un gobierno de izquierda en Jalisco, bien porque la mayoría no se ha dado cuenta.</p> <p>Esto es parte de lo mismo, el buscar el poder por el poder, los que están allá arriba no son los más preparados. A diferencia de mandatarios europeos como Merkel, Hollande o Sarkozy, los candidatos (incluídos los presidenciales y haciendo énfasis en Peña Nieto y Josefina) no tienen las suficientes herramientas (y no se han molestado en adquirirlas) para poder estar al frente de la silla presidencial. Así lo mismo las alianzas fatídicas PAN-PRD, las concertasesiones de el Jefe Diego con Salinas. El ver al coordinador de campaña de Josefina Vázquez Mota y diputado federal por el PAN <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elcerebrohabla.com/2012/05/09/gil-zuarth-josefina-y-sus-nexos-con-salinas/">Roberto Gil Zuarth platicar alegre de la vida con Carlos Salinas de Gortari</a>. A veces la crítica sobre el hecho de que Bartlett se incorporó con AMLO incluso suena a poco y de los 4 candidatos al menos parece tener un poco más de coherencia y principios.</p> <p>Lamentablemente la política en México es una burla. Es más, <strong>no podemos pensar que México es un estado democrático</strong> porque la división de poderes, es una simulación, se saltan los políticos de un lado a otro como chapulines, usan el servicio público para enriquecerse, no hacen nada, absolutamente nada para buscar el avance de este país. Lo único que tenemos de este remedo de democracia es la libertad de expresión, que también en parte es dada por el Internet y las nuevas tecnologías. México es una olla de presión, y créanme, como los políticos no pueden o no quieren darse cuenta, esto va a explotar, y como diría mi estimado Homero Simpson -Esto ahora sí se va a poner feo-.</p> <p>Imagen:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ambientemexicano.com/hogar-y-decoraci-n-c-3/grillo-p-332">Ambiente Mexicano</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1fa1d46b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=El+inter%C3%A9s+y+el+poder+por+encima+del+esp%C3%ADritu+de+servicio+y+superaci%C3%B3n&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-interes-y-el-poder-por-encima-del-espiritu-de-servicio-y-superacion"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=El+inter%C3%A9s+y+el+poder+por+encima+del+esp%C3%ADritu+de+servicio+y+superaci%C3%B3n&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-interes-y-el-poder-por-encima-del-espiritu-de-servicio-y-superacion"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204837369/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa1d46b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204837369/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa1d46b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204837369/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1fa1d46b/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Video: Does tax have to be taxing?</title>
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         <description>A video of a recent debate I took part in at the Royal Society of Arts: &amp;#160;</description>
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         <title>The branded ADKs – an image</title>
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         <description>It&amp;#8217;s taken a while but here&amp;#8217;s an image of the production ADKs with the latest version of the branding. The customer consultation group work concluded last week and &amp;#8216;Kit Yamoyo&amp;#8217;, with the literal photograph of mother with child, was by far the most popular &amp;#8216;brand&amp;#8217;. Clever, aspirational logos did not fare well. Kit Yamoyo means [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s taken a while but here&#8217;s an image of the production ADKs with the latest version of the branding. The customer consultation group work concluded last week and &#8216;Kit Yamoyo&#8217;, with the literal photograph of mother with child, was by far the most popular &#8216;brand&#8217;. Clever, aspirational logos did not fare well.</p>
<p>Kit Yamoyo means &#8216;Kit of Life&#8217; or &#8216;Life Giving Kit&#8217;. An alternative local name for ORS is &#8216;Manzi Yamoyo&#8217; or &#8216;Water of Life&#8217; so Kit Yamoyo plays nicely to that. And, as one of our musical trustees (we have two!) pointed out, Kit Yamoyo would work well in a song.</p>
<p>Click on the image below to view and download the various resolutions.<br />
<a rel="nofollow" title="ADK Mark XI in crate 10-1 by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/7254540662/sizes/l/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/7254540662_9bd7f57888_z.jpg" alt="ADK Mark XI in crate 10-1" width="640" height="623"/></a></p>
<p>For more images showing the details of the ADKs and what they contain please see: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-low-down-on-aidpods/">The low-down on AidPods</a></p>
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         <title>Time for a Green New Deal for Europe</title>
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         <description>The following has been issued by the Green New Deal group today. I am a member of that group: &amp;#8220;Tonight EU leaders will gather around the German Chancellor’s dinner table to discuss austerity versus growth. A discussion paper Help Save Europe With A Green New Deal makes the case for crucial new topics and solutions &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/23/time-for-a-green-new-deal-for-europe/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following has been issued by the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greennewdealgroup.org/">Green New Deal group today</a>. I am a member of that group:</p>
<p>&#8220;Tonight EU leaders will gather around the German Chancellor’s dinner table to discuss austerity versus growth. A discussion paper <strong>Help Save Europe With A Green New Deal </strong>makes the case for crucial new topics and solutions to be put at the top of their menu.</p>
<p><strong>Export led growth wont cut it as energy and raw material costs grow</strong></p>
<p>The present emphasis on export-led growth as a key solution to the Euro crisis, whilst benefitting successful economies like Germany and China, will not be enough to enable the rest of Europe to deal with its collapsing effective demand. Simply trying to emulate export titans and expecting countries in some unspecified way to pull themselves up by their export bootstraps is not an adequate solution for most of Europe.</p>
<p>Whilst most of the focus is on more export-led growth, an under recognised import- led threat to the whole of European economy comes from the huge bills run up from importing fossil fuels and raw materials.</p>
<p><strong>A Solution: Green New Deal for Europe</strong></p>
<p>What is required is a Europe-wide Green New Deal programme to dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels and raw materials by increasing the continents renewable energy supplies, ensuring all buildings are energy efficient and revitalising local and regional transport links. This would ensure a huge increase in domestic economic activity and eventually provide the countries of Europe with millions of jobs, vast numbers of business opportunities, substantial tax revenues and a haven for personal savings.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether the Euro stumbles on or breaks up, this move to a securer economic and environmental future for the nations of Europe should begin right away and should become a cornerstone of future economic policies.</p>
<p><strong>Green QE for Greece: the First Down Payment</strong></p>
<p>As a first step, while the Eurozone is still intact, the European Central Bank (ECB) should immediately announce a Green Quantitative Easing (QE) Emergency Programme for Greece. It has been estimated that there are more than 4 million households in Greece and so its first investment should be 9 billion Euros spent on fitting free solar panels for the occupants of one million south facing roofs in Greece, and a further 4 billion Euros to train a ‘carbon army’ to install energy saving measures in all Greek homes.</p>
<p>The ECB should then provide the necessary funding to extend this Green New Deal approach to all the Eurozone countries. The rest of Europe could introduce its own national Green QE programmes.  Since QE involves a central bank getting new money into circulation by creating money and using it to buy assets, this will not increase Europe’s debt levels according to the originator of the term ‘quantitative easing’ Professor Werner, Director of the Centre for Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development at the University of Southampton. He states that since the central bank can simply keep the assets on its balance sheet then there is no need for tax payers to pay or to expand public debt. The assets should simply stay on the central bank balance sheet.</p>
<p>Of course, a Green New Deal is only part of the picture to regenerate Europe. Face to face caring and wider infrastructural renewal such as housing, schools, hospitals, water and sewers systems and maintaining the local road networks will provide the backbone for a labour intensive transition for most countries. The personal care can be paid for by the state, particularly once domestic and international tax dodging are tackled. With some modest state pump priming, the majority of the funding for the rest of the infrastructure programmes can be provided by pension and insurance funds and from personal savings via bonds. The secure returns that can be earned from such investments are just what such funding sources need. The local jobs and business opportunities provided will help rebuild the tax base and allow for an eventual reduction in public debt.</p>
<p>In short to replace austerity with greener prosperity, Europe must shift the emphasis from export-led to domestic-led economic activity and to help achieve the latter should implement a Green New Deal across the continent, whilst cutting Europe’s the massive fuel and raw material import bills.&#8221;</p>
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         <title>Almost as gripping as Harry Potter? One person’s reaction to the Courageous State!</title>
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         <description>John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network shared an email with me this morning to which the PS was: PS Up late last night with Richard Murphy i.e. The Courageous State which I got yesterday through the post &amp;#8211; almost as gripping as Harry Potter! Even I&amp;#8217;m not sure about that. But you can buy it &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/23/almost-as-gripping-as-harry-potter-one-persons-reaction-to-the-courageous-state/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network shared an email with me this morning to which the PS was:</p>
<blockquote><p>PS Up late last night with Richard Murphy i.e. The Courageous State which I got yesterday through the post &#8211; almost as gripping as Harry Potter!</p></blockquote>
<p>Even I&#8217;m not sure about that. But you can <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.searchingfinance.com/products/soon-to-be-published/the-courageous-state-rethinking-economics-society-and-the-role-of-government.html">buy it here</a> or <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Courageous-State-Rethinking-Government/dp/1907720286">here</a>.</p>
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         <title>Religion, making babies and ‘peak child’: brilliant new Hans Rosling video</title>
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         <description>Break out the champagne, the sword-swallowing data guru is back, with a brilliant performance on religion and fertility, delivered, as far as I can tell, in Qatar. Conclusion: &amp;#8216;fertility has very little to do with the number of children in the world&amp;#8217;, and fertility is falling rapidly, everywhere (due to women&amp;#8217;s education and paid jobs + [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Break out the champagne, the sword-swallowing data guru is back, with a brilliant performance on religion and fertility, delivered, as far as I can tell, in Qatar. Conclusion: &#8216;fertility has very little to do with the number of children in the world&#8217;, and fertility is falling rapidly, everywhere (due to women&#8217;s education and paid jobs + access to birth control) &#8211; the world has reached a 2 billion &#8216;peak child&#8217; level. Compulsory viewing. And his entire back catalogue of TED talks (including the sword swallowing one) is on his <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.gapminder.org/videos/">Gapminder website</a>.</p>
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         <title>Vivir México Pool: En el hogar de los lobos marinos</title>
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         <description>A decir verdad, nunca me había atraído la idea de visitar Ensenada… a no ser que fuera para probar su famosa langosta con frijoles. En fin, todo eso cambió en el momento en el que vi esta foto de Mc Mexicano. Esto es Amanece en el hogar de los lobos marinos, tomada en 2010 en la marina de Ensenada, justo antes del amanecer. Si deseas que tus fotografías aparezcan en este espacio, y están relacionadas con México, abre una cuenta en Flickr y envíalas al pool de Vivir México. Ya...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9d005f/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+En+el+hogar+de+los+lobos+marinos&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-en-el-hogar-de-los-lobos-marinos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+En+el+hogar+de+los+lobos+marinos&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-en-el-hogar-de-los-lobos-marinos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204544066/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9d005f/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204544066/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9d005f/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204544066/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9d005f/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 04:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Lobos-marinos-398x600.jpg" alt="" title="Lobos marinos" width="398" height="600" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70948"/></p><p>A decir verdad, nunca me había atraído la idea de visitar Ensenada… a no ser que fuera para probar su famosa langosta con frijoles. En fin, todo eso cambió en el momento en el que vi esta foto de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buelna/4891538166/in/pool-97341195@N00/">Mc Mexicano</a>. Esto es <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buelna/4891538166/in/pool-97341195@N00/">Amanece en el hogar de los lobos marinos</a>, tomada en 2010 en la marina de Ensenada, justo antes del amanecer.</p> <p>Si deseas que tus fotografías aparezcan en este espacio, y están relacionadas con México, abre una cuenta en <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a></strong> y envíalas al pool de <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/vivirmexico/pool/">Vivir México</a></strong>. Ya verás que pronto saldrán publicadas.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9d005f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+En+el+hogar+de+los+lobos+marinos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-en-el-hogar-de-los-lobos-marinos"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+En+el+hogar+de+los+lobos+marinos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-en-el-hogar-de-los-lobos-marinos"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204544066/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9d005f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204544066/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9d005f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204544066/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9d005f/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Privatización, subsidios o refinerías: ¿Qué política prefieres para las gasolinas?</title>
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         <description>El precio de las gasolinas es un tema que interesa a prácticamente todos los mexicanos. El precio actual de la Magna es de poco más de 10 pesos, pero prácticamente cada mes se realiza un aumento de aproximadamente 10 centavos; lo que provoca el enfurecimiento de todos los que tenemos un vehículo de combustión. A todos nos gustaría que la gasolina estuviera más barata; pero, ¿cuál es la mejor estrategia a seguir?, ¿subsidios, refinerías o privatización? A continuación algunas de las propuestas de los tres actores políticos. López Obrador Prácticamente...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9c50ec/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Privatizaci%C3%B3n%2C+subsidios+o+refiner%C3%ADas%3A+%C2%BFQu%C3%A9+pol%C3%ADtica+prefieres+para+las+gasolinas%3F&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fprivatizacion-subsidios-o-refinerias-que-politica-prefieres-para-las-gasolinas"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Privatizaci%C3%B3n%2C+subsidios+o+refiner%C3%ADas%3A+%C2%BFQu%C3%A9+pol%C3%ADtica+prefieres+para+las+gasolinas%3F&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fprivatizacion-subsidios-o-refinerias-que-politica-prefieres-para-las-gasolinas"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806047/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9c50ec/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806047/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9c50ec/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204806047/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9c50ec/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 01:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Gasolina-800x600.jpg" alt="" title="Gasolina" width="800" height="600" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70941"/></p><p>El precio de las gasolinas es un tema que interesa a prácticamente todos los mexicanos. El precio actual de la <strong>Magna</strong> es de poco más de <strong>10 pesos</strong>, pero prácticamente cada mes se realiza un aumento de aproximadamente <strong>10 centavos</strong>; lo que provoca el enfurecimiento de todos los que tenemos un vehículo de combustión. A todos nos gustaría que la gasolina estuviera más barata; pero, ¿cuál es la mejor estrategia a seguir?, ¿subsidios, refinerías o privatización? A continuación algunas de las propuestas de los tres actores políticos.</p> <h2>López Obrador</h2> <p>Prácticamente todos conocemos la postura de López Obrador respecto al precio de las gasolinas: <strong>bajar los precios</strong>. Y no solo de las gasolinas, sino también de la luz, el gas y el diesel. Para lograrlo, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=303725">propone la <strong>construcción de cuatro refinerías</strong></a>, además de la refinería Bicentenario cuya construcción está en proceso.</p> <p>Según su punto de vista, el estado es quien debe manejar todos los energéticos del país:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mis contrincantes quieren seguir privatizando la industria eléctrica. Son beneficios a un pequeño grupo a costa de la destrucción del país.</p> </blockquote> <p>Para López Obrador, producir la gasolina en México ahorraría <strong>3 pesos por cada litro</strong> por el flete. Construyendo las refinerías en México se podrán ahorrar 80 mil millones de pesos, cantidad que cuesta una refinería:</p> <blockquote> <p>No es lo mismo vender petróleo crudo que cuesta 5 dólares y se vende en cien dólares. Esa utilidad no se obtiene en la refinación. Se ahorraría en producción porque no se paga renta a la naturaleza.</p> </blockquote> <h2>Gabriel Cuadri</h2> <p>Una de las promesas de campaña del candidato a la presidencia por <strong>Nueva Alianza</strong> ha sido la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://noticias.terra.com.mx/mexico/locura-construir-refinerias-quadri,a7be209fef577310VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html">de <strong>eliminar los subsidios a las gasolinas</strong></a>; ya que considera que tanto el subsidio como el manejo de refinerías por parte del estado es una &#8220;propuesta delirante&#8221; y que jamás arriesgaría los recursos públicos de los contribuyentes:</p> <blockquote> <p>El Gobierno no tiene nada que hacer construyendo y operando refinerías, me parece que es algo que está distrayendo recursos y que implicaría un severo pasivo para las finanzas públicas.</p> </blockquote> <p>Su propuesta es que si México quiere refinerías, que las haga el sector privado:</p> <blockquote> <p>Si desmantelamos los subsidios inmediatamente habría un pequeño pico inflacionario que podríamos controlar fácilmente a través de las herramientas de política monetaria con las cuales cuenta el Banco de México.</p> </blockquote> <p>Además considera que el precio de las gasolinas no es proporcional a la inflación en el país. Como ejemplo puso a <strong>Brasil</strong> y <strong>Venezuela</strong>. En el primero el litro cuesta lo doble que en México y la inflación es mucho más baja. En el segundo los precios son de risa y la inflación es muy alta.</p> <h2>Felipe Calderón</h2> <p>El pasado 12 de mayo, ante delegados del <strong>Young 20</strong> &#8212;un grupo de jóvenes líderes que realizarán una reunión paralela al G20 en el próximo mes de junio&#8212; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&#38;seccion=seccion-nacional&#38;cat=1&#38;id_nota=833391">criticó a &#8220;algunos candidatos&#8221;</a> que proponían la eliminación del subsidio a las gasolinas, ya que no aclaraban que esto provocaría un aumento de 10 a los 14 pesos:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cada aumento de nueve centavos a la gasolina, que es menos de un centavo de dólar, es un escandalazo político. Hasta juicio político me quieren hacer por eso. Es un aumento gradual.</p> </blockquote> <p>Con esto, defiende su política de aumentos graduales, ya que un aumento de golpe provocaría una revuelta y sobre todo, tendrá un alto costo político:</p> <blockquote> <p>El último intento fue en Nigeria, en diciembre y enero pasados. Una presidenta muy valiente, muy inteligente que se decidió a eliminar los subsidios a los combustibles fósiles y se le armó una revuelta terrible, que tuvo que dar marcha atrás, y volver a bajar los precios de los combustibles.</p> </blockquote> <hr /> <p>Estas son prácticamente, las tres diferentes políticas que rondan en torno al precio de las gasolinas. ¿Tu cuál prefieres?</p> <p>Foto: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogdomoquenco.blogspot.mx/2011/11/gasolina-e-vantajoso-em-todos-os.html">blogdomoquenco</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9c50ec/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Privatizaci%C3%B3n%2C+subsidios+o+refiner%C3%ADas%3A+%C2%BFQu%C3%A9+pol%C3%ADtica+prefieres+para+las+gasolinas%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fprivatizacion-subsidios-o-refinerias-que-politica-prefieres-para-las-gasolinas"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Privatizaci%C3%B3n%2C+subsidios+o+refiner%C3%ADas%3A+%C2%BFQu%C3%A9+pol%C3%ADtica+prefieres+para+las+gasolinas%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fprivatizacion-subsidios-o-refinerias-que-politica-prefieres-para-las-gasolinas"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806047/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9c50ec/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806047/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9c50ec/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204806047/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9c50ec/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Manuel Espino, expresidente del PAN, manifiesta su apoyo a Peña</title>
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         <description>¡Las vueltas que da la vida! El día de hoy el expresidente nacional del PAN, Manuel Espino hizo público su apoyo y el de su movimiento &amp;#8220;Volver a Empezar&amp;#8221; a la candidatura del priista Enrique Peña Nieto. Espino, a quien algunos asocian con el grupo de extrema derecha &amp;#8220;El Yunque&amp;#8221;, anunció en una asamblea de su movimiento y en presencia del abanderado tricolor que tendría su voto y el de los más de 940 mil afiliados que conforman &amp;#8220;Volver a Empezar&amp;#8221; y que incluye a varios exdirigentes y exfuncionarios públicos...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9b6d16/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Manuel+Espino%2C+expresidente+del+PAN%2C+manifiesta+su+apoyo+a+Pe%C3%B1a&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmanuel-espino-expresidente-del-pan-manifiesta-su-apoyo-a-pena"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Manuel+Espino%2C+expresidente+del+PAN%2C+manifiesta+su+apoyo+a+Pe%C3%B1a&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmanuel-espino-expresidente-del-pan-manifiesta-su-apoyo-a-pena"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806468/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b6d16/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806468/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b6d16/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204806468/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b6d16/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/02/manuel-espino-big-800x528.jpg" alt="Manuel Espino" title="Manuel Espino" width="800" height="528" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-65931"/></p><p>¡Las vueltas que da la vida! El día de hoy el expresidente nacional del PAN, <strong>Manuel Espino <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/02/manuel-espino-felipe-calderon-es-un-alcoholico">hizo público su apoyo</a></strong> y el de su movimiento &#8220;Volver a Empezar&#8221; <strong>a la candidatura del priista Enrique Peña Nieto</strong>.</p> <p>Espino, a quien algunos asocian con el grupo de extrema derecha &#8220;El Yunque&#8221;, anunció en una asamblea de su movimiento y en presencia del abanderado tricolor que tendría su voto y el de los más de <strong>940 mil afiliados que conforman &#8220;Volver a Empezar&#8221;</strong> y que incluye a varios exdirigentes y exfuncionarios públicos que militaron en Acción Nacional.</p> <blockquote> <p>Tuvimos una reunión con el movimiento. Hoy votamos. Primero decidimos que nos íbamos a pronunciar por un candidato; luego, por quién. Y el movimiento nacional, por conducto de su asamblea, <strong>decidió que va a respaldar a Enrique Peña Nieto</strong>.</p> </blockquote> <p>La relación entre Manuel Espino y el PAN no fue del todo agradable y terminó con los tribunales resolviendo su salida del Partido tras una lucha contra la decisión de la dirigencia nacional. Además siempre <strong>fue un gran crítico de la administración de Felipe Calderón</strong> a quien <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/02/manuel-espino-felipe-calderon-es-un-alcoholico">llegó a llamar &#8220;alcohólico&#8221;</a>.</p> <p>¿Podíamos esperar algo diferente de semejante personaje? Lo dudo. Desde que inicio su proceso de expulsión quedó claro que haría lo que fuera para no quedarse excluido del panorama político y hoy vemos cómo <strong>se ha ido con el mejor postor</strong>. El apoyo de alguien del tamaño de Manuel Espino no saldrá barato al PRI, ya veremos qué hueso le merece este apoyo, pero también nos debe poner a pensar en otras cosas. ¿Por qué aceptaría el PRI un acuerdo con alguien como Espino?</p> <p>Sin duda este repentino respaldo <strong>le restará algunos votos a la abanderada blanquiazul</strong>, lo que me hace pensar que Peña se cubre la espalda ante un posible avance de la panista en lo que queda de la campaña. Si Peña Nieto y su equipo hubieran estado tan seguros de ganar con un amplio margen, <strong>¿no hubiera sido mejor darle la espalda</strong> a alguien que sólo quiere un hueso?</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center"><p>Panistas: congruencia es reconocer que el PAN se extravió y que existen mejores candidatos fuera de sus filas. No se cieguen. VOTO ÚTIL: EPN</p> <p>&#8212; Manuel Espino (@ManuelEspino) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ManuelEspino/status/205044527818473472">May 22, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9b6d16/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Manuel+Espino%2C+expresidente+del+PAN%2C+manifiesta+su+apoyo+a+Pe%C3%B1a&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmanuel-espino-expresidente-del-pan-manifiesta-su-apoyo-a-pena"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Manuel+Espino%2C+expresidente+del+PAN%2C+manifiesta+su+apoyo+a+Pe%C3%B1a&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmanuel-espino-expresidente-del-pan-manifiesta-su-apoyo-a-pena"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806468/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b6d16/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204806468/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b6d16/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204806468/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b6d16/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Twitteros: doblemente adictos</title>
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         <description>Muchos hemos sentido la irrefrenable necesidad de revisar Facebook o Twitter. Uno nunca sabe cuándo te llegará una mención o te etiquetarán en una tierna foto de gatitos -aunque a últimas fechas los etiquetados son más bien de corte electoral-. Desde el momento en el que se abre una cuenta, parece que estamos condenados a mantenernos al tanto de lo que pasa, aunque no pase nada. El mundo se divide entre lo que sucede allá afuera y la vida 2.0, la segunda cobra una fuerza y una intensidad que se...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9b05ad/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Twitteros%3A+doblemente+adictos&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Ftwitteros-doblemente-adictos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Twitteros%3A+doblemente+adictos&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Ftwitteros-doblemente-adictos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204534496/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b05ad/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204534496/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b05ad/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204534496/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b05ad/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 21:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Twitter-Addiction-e1337719706918.jpg" alt="" title="&#34;How addicted to Twitter are you?&#34;" width="640" height="442" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70932"/></p><p>Muchos hemos sentido la irrefrenable necesidad de revisar <strong>Facebook</strong> o <strong>Twitter</strong>. Uno nunca sabe cuándo te llegará una mención o te etiquetarán en una tierna foto de gatitos -aunque a últimas fechas los etiquetados son más bien de corte electoral-. Desde el momento en el que se abre una cuenta, parece que estamos condenados a mantenernos al tanto de lo que pasa, aunque no pase nada. El mundo se divide entre lo que sucede <em>allá afuera</em> y la vida 2.0, la segunda cobra una fuerza y una intensidad que se convierte en algo mucho más real y más tangible, aunque esté sólo en la pantalla. Dicen que esto es así porque <strong>hablar de uno mismo produce satisfacción</strong>. Pero ¿saben qué es más satisfactorio que hablar de uno mismo? Hablar de uno mismo mientras bebes café y escribes que estás bebiendo café.</p> <p>Obviamente, supe de esto por <strong>Twitter</strong>. Revisaba las noticias y encontré un encabezado que me llamó la atención: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.abc.com.py/curiosidades/el-placer-de-las-redes-sociales-es-comparable-al-sexo-segun-estudio-400683.html">El placer de las <strong>redes sociales</strong> es comparable al sexo, según estudio</a>. Vaya sorpresa. Si hablar de uno mismo es tan gratificante, eso explica la adicción a las redes sociales. Pero no sólo eso. Hace un par de días leí otra nota: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=662528">Twitteros mexicanos, <strong>adictos al café</strong></a>. Me dio mucha gracia porque recordé las numerosas historias que he leído en el <em>Timeline</em> sobre el café. Que si ya van por su café, que necesitan café, que están tomando café, que se derramaron el café, que el café es mejor en tal lugar que en el otro. Me los imagino con el dispositivo móvil en una mano y el café en la otra. Escribiendo y bebiendo simultáneamente.</p> <p>Vayamos por partes o, mejor dicho, por <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/2012/02/08/neurociencia/1328706246.html"><strong>adicciones</strong></a>. De acuerdo con el estudio realizado por dos neurólogos y publicado en la edición del 7 de mayo de <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em> (PNAS), hablar de uno mismo genera una <strong>secreción de dopamina</strong>, un químico vinculado a los sentimientos de placer o la anticipación de una recompensa. Los investigadores dijeron que la mayoría de la gente dedica de 30 a 40 por ciento de su discurso a “informar a otros de sus propias experiencias subjetivas”, pero en los <strong>medios sociales</strong> este porcentaje llega a <strong>80 por ciento</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>La gente hace confidencias tan voluntariamente porque hablar de uno mismo es en sí mismo un acto con un determinado valor, como lo son las actividades que generan una recompensa inmediata, como comer o hacer el amor.</p> </blockquote> <p>Lo único que se me ocurre que puede ser mejor que comer o hacer el amor, es comer o hacer el amor y comunicarlo en las <strong>redes sociales</strong>, subiendo fotos de sus platillos -cosa que detesto, por cierto- o presumiendo sus hazañas sexuales. Eso explica por qué cada vez que cierro una cuenta de <strong>Twitter</strong> jurando que nunca más abriré otra, termino regresando y hasta haciendo una alterna.</p> <p>Ahora vayamos al <strong>café</strong>. De acuerdo con un estudio de E.Life, <strong>33 por ciento</strong> de los usuarios del microbloging toma café mientras interactúa en <strong>Twitter</strong>. Esta tercera parte de twitteros toman café mientras utilizan la red social, pues lo consideran una bebida de uso continuo y variado que ofrece diversos beneficios. Las bebidas alcohólicas ocupan el segundo lugar, con 31 por ciento, los que toman agua simple representan 26 por ciento -pueden sumarme en este apartado, digo, por aquello de la dopamina-, y sorprendentemente y contraviniendo todos los pronósticos del <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2011/09/mexico-es-el-mayor-consumidor-de-refresco-en-el-mundo">país con mayor consumo de refresco</a>, sólo 8 por ciento lo toma mientras siente placer hablando de sí mismo.</p> <p>Por eso digo que los <strong>twitteros</strong> son doblemente adictos: a hablar de sí mismos y al <strong>café</strong> -yo sólo a lo primero y culparé a la dopamina por eso-. Pero vamos a verlo en contexto, hace poco fue el Día Mundial del Internet y la Asociación Mexicana de Internet (AMIPCI) presentó un <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/habitos-de-los-usuarios-de-internet-2012">estudio sobre los hábitos de los usuarios</a> en México. El estudio reveló que sólo una tercera parte de la población de nuestro país somos usuarios de internet, los demás tienen que obtener satisfacción hablando de sí mismos <em>a la antigua</em>. O sea, sólo un tercio de mexicanos podemos darnos el lujo de esas <strong>adicciones</strong>. También, sólo ese tercio tenemos el lujo de recibir y generar información a raudales todos los días. Ese tercio que últimamente ha dado tanto <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real">de qué hablar</a>. Y como parte de ese tercio, creo que además de obtener satisfacción hablando de uno mismo y tomando café, podemos aprovechar de vez en cuando el foro y decir cosas inteligentes que tienen que ver con uno, pero también tienen que ver con el bienestar del país -y ya mejor me callo porque parece que tengo el superpoder de convertir cualquier nota trivial en un panfleto, además quiero revisar mi perfil de Twitter <em>tumtumpas</em>-.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9b05ad/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Twitteros%3A+doblemente+adictos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Ftwitteros-doblemente-adictos"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Twitteros%3A+doblemente+adictos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Ftwitteros-doblemente-adictos"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204534496/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b05ad/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204534496/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b05ad/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204534496/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9b05ad/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>El infierno de la explotación sexual, liberan a 27 mujeres víctimas de trata en La Merced</title>
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         <description>No imagino, ni siquiera un poco, el horror que viven las víctimas de explotación sexual, el daño que les provocan y las secuelas que conlleva. ¿Cómo sobrevivir a algo así? ¿Cómo superar los años de vejación, sometimiento y tortura? No tengo idea. Hoy, 27 mujeres, cinco de ellas menores de edad, se enfrentan a esas interrogantes, las cuales, supongo, son menos terribles que la vida que llevaban. Este grupo de mujeres fue rescatado de una red de trata de personas que operaba en la colonia Merced, delegación Venustiano Carranza. La...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f98ecad/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=El+infierno+de+la+explotaci%C3%B3n+sexual%2C+liberan+a++27+mujeres+v%C3%ADctimas+de+trata+en+La+Merced&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-infierno-de-la-explotacion-sexual-liberan-a-27-mujeres-victimas-de-trata-en-la-merced"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=El+infierno+de+la+explotaci%C3%B3n+sexual%2C+liberan+a++27+mujeres+v%C3%ADctimas+de+trata+en+La+Merced&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-infierno-de-la-explotacion-sexual-liberan-a-27-mujeres-victimas-de-trata-en-la-merced"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204790888/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f98ecad/kg/326-327/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204790888/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f98ecad/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204790888/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f98ecad/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Prostituci&#xf3;n.jpg" alt="" title="Explotaci&#xf3;n sexual" width="640" height="427" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70893"/></p><p>No imagino, ni siquiera un poco, el horror que viven las <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/04/te-invitaron-a-participar-en-nuestra-belleza-mexico-cuidado-pueden-ser-tratantes-de-personas"><strong>víctimas de explotación sexual</strong></a>, el daño que les provocan y las secuelas que conlleva. ¿Cómo sobrevivir a algo así? ¿Cómo superar los años de vejación, sometimiento y tortura? No tengo idea. Hoy, 27 mujeres, cinco de ellas menores de edad, se enfrentan a esas interrogantes, las cuales, supongo, son menos terribles que la vida que llevaban. Este grupo de mujeres fue <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=308275">rescatado de una red de <strong>trata de personas</strong></a> que operaba en la colonia Merced, delegación Venustiano Carranza.</p> <p>La fama de la <strong>Merced</strong> es casi mítica, no se necesita ser capitalino para saber que es una <strong>zona roja</strong>, una de las más bajas y dudosas. El asunto es cómo encarar esto, es decir, como autoridad ¿con qué elementos puedes actuar apegado a derecho y, al mismo tiempo, <em>limpiar</em> la zona? El procurador local, Jesús Rodríguez Almeida, explicó que las investigaciones de la Fiscalía de Delitos Sexuales detectaron una red de vínculos entre los casos conocidos en <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/07/01/callejon-de-manzanares-escenario-de-la-esclavitud-sexual-en-el-df">operativos anteriores en Manzanares</a> y Santo Tomás, y el hotel Roma, así se pudo obtener una orden de cateo.</p> <p>Con orden en mano, pudieron <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=662583">registrar el hotel Roma</a>, ubicado en el número 73 de la calle Rosario esquina con Manzanares, un predio casi en abandono, que no cuenta con agua o luz, se alumbraban literalmente con la luz del día y aprovechaban la oscuridad para pasar desapercibidos, como el escenario de una película gore en el que se realizaban las peores atrocidades con estas mujeres.</p> <p>Ahí estaban ellas, la mayoría originarias de Veracruz y Puebla, recibiendo cada mes la misma lección del mismo sujeto: decir que eran mayores de edad, que estaban en ese lugar por su voluntad, que nadie las obligaba a <strong>ejercer la prostitución</strong>, como un mantra maligno que ni repetido hasta el hartazgo encontraba sentido.</p> <p>Los hilos de la fatídica historia se iba tejiendo. Tras el operativo, la Policía de Investigación detuvo a cuatro personas, presuntos miembros de la banda dedicada a la <strong>explotación sexual</strong>. Cuando realizaron el cateo, los agentes de investigación descubrieron que el hotel es propiedad de la familia Rodríguez Ruvalcaba, que también era propietaria de otro inmueble del callejón de Santo Tomás donde se ejercía la prostitución. El dueño del predio ubicado en Manzanares, Manuel Rodríguez, se encuentra bajo proceso penal, junto con otras seis personas, por delitos de delincuencia organizada, lenocinio y corrupción de menores.</p> <p>¿Esta es una historia con final feliz -al más puro estilo de &#8220;La Ley y el Orden, UVE&#8221;-? El final se me anuda por completo. En abril pasado, los <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/04/27/la-camara-de-diputados-aprueba-la-ley-contra-la-trata-de-personas">diputados aprobaron la Ley General para prevenir, sancionar y erradicar los delitos en materia de <strong>trata de personas</strong></a> y para la protección y asistencia a las víctimas de estos delitos. De acuerdo con esta ley se impondrá una pena de 20 a 40 años de cárcel y de 2 mil a 20 mil días de multa a quien incurra en el delito. Además, el dictamen incluyó la creación de un fondo para <strong>atender a las víctimas</strong> y estableció que éstas deben recibir una reparación del daño de manera integral, adecuada, eficaz y efectiva, proporcional a la gravedad del daño causado y a la afectación sufrida. ¿Será eso posible? Si una persona te arruina la vida de esa forma, 40 años en la cárcel parece poco castigo y ¿acaso hay forma de reparar un daño de esa magnitud?</p> <p>Supongo que eso es mejor que nada. Después de todo, combatir el <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/01/trata-de-personas-en-mexico-ilicito-millonario-y-creciente">segundo ilícito más rentable para el crimen organizado</a> en nuestro país no es una tarea fácil y, por lo menos hoy, esas 27 mujeres tienen la oportunidad de recuperar su vida o lo poco que queda de ella.</p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/verfoto.php?cat=31336">Cambio de Michoacán</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f98ecad/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=El+infierno+de+la+explotaci%C3%B3n+sexual%2C+liberan+a++27+mujeres+v%C3%ADctimas+de+trata+en+La+Merced&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-infierno-de-la-explotacion-sexual-liberan-a-27-mujeres-victimas-de-trata-en-la-merced"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=El+infierno+de+la+explotaci%C3%B3n+sexual%2C+liberan+a++27+mujeres+v%C3%ADctimas+de+trata+en+La+Merced&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fel-infierno-de-la-explotacion-sexual-liberan-a-27-mujeres-victimas-de-trata-en-la-merced"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204790888/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f98ecad/kg/326-327/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204790888/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f98ecad/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204790888/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f98ecad/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <description>En el 2006 se decía que AMLO tenía rasgos mesiánicos, incluso Enrique Krauze (quien ahora piensa, aunque con reservas, darle su voto) lo llamó el mesías tropical e incluso escribió un artículo con ese nombre. Pero parece que el mesianismo se ha quedado corto a comparación del culto a la personalidad que le han creado a Enrique Peña Nieto. En Televisa construyeron una imagen telenovelesca en torno a este candidato, se le hizo publicidad a través de &amp;#8220;reportajes noticiosos&amp;#8221; e incluso apareció en varios programas de la televisora, a la...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f97a477/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Enrique+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto%2C+el+culto+a+la+personalidad&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fenrique-pena-nieto-el-culto-a-la-personalidad"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Enrique+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto%2C+el+culto+a+la+personalidad&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fenrique-pena-nieto-el-culto-a-la-personalidad"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204789983/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f97a477/kg/319/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204789983/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f97a477/kg/319/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204789983/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f97a477/kg/319/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/vochope&#xf1;a.jpg" alt="Enrique Pe&#xf1;a Nieto, el culto a la personalidad" title="Enrique Pe&#xf1;a Nieto, el culto a la personalidad" width="650" height="492" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70871"/></p><p>En el 2006 se decía que AMLO tenía rasgos mesiánicos, incluso Enrique Krauze (quien ahora piensa, aunque con reservas, darle su voto) lo llamó el mesías tropical e incluso <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.letraslibres.com/revista/convivio/el-mesias-tropical">escribió un artículo con ese nombre</a>. Pero parece que el mesianismo se ha quedado corto a comparación del <strong>culto a la personalidad que le han creado a Enrique Peña Nieto</strong>. En Televisa construyeron una imagen telenovelesca en torno a este candidato, se le hizo publicidad a través de &#8220;reportajes noticiosos&#8221; e incluso apareció en varios programas de la televisora, a la cual ahora <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/yosoy132-universitarios-protestan-por-una-eleccion-libre">le llueven críticas</a> por tratar de imponer a un candidato.</p> <h2>Peña Nieto y su club de fans</h2> <p>Lo que me sorprende, y esto lo veo a través del Internet y también de varios eventos que realizan, es como crean una especie de fanatismo alrededor de este personaje. Que yo recuerde Enrique Peña Nieto es el primer candidato que tiene un club de fans. Me llama la atención porque los candidatos tienen seguidores, ¿pero fans?, fan, es una forma bonita y eufemística de decir &#8220;fanático&#8221;, y lo que están creando es un fanatismo alrededor de él, sobre todo los jóvenes que por primera vez van a votar. En su página especial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://clubdefansdeenriquepenanieto.com/">para los fans de Peña Nieto</a> se pueden ver frases como &#8220;te admiro&#8221;, camisas de Peña Nieto con forma de un corazón para las mujeres, y otra para los hombres con una imagen de Peña Nieto parecida a la que manejó Barack Obama con la frase &#8220;soy tu fan&#8221;. ¿Qué los políticos deberían ofrecer propuestas y no buscar fanáticos?.</p> <p>Llegan al punto donde muestran fotos de Enrique Peña Nieto con un beso como si se tratara de un artista pop como Justin Bieber como la que pueden ver a continuación:</p> <p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70870" title="Enrique Pe&#xf1;a Nieto fanatismo" src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/vota-foto-fan-800x282.jpg" alt="Enrique Pe&#xf1;a Nieto fanatismo" width="800" height="282"/></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Naturalmente es presentado como un popstar. En una nación desarrollada, un político que busca votos con fotografías con besos de fanáticas como los que se ven aquí, causaría repulsión y ese candidato estaría confinado a la derrota, pero aquí se crea una imagen que nada tiene que ver con sus propuestas o con su plan de gobierno. Por el contrario, la imagen es lo que importa, frases como &#8220;te admiro&#8221; no deberían tener cabida porque no sabemos que se le puede admirar como político. Este tipo de fanatismo es totalmente antidemocrático, porque ya no es una especie de redentorismo o líder carismático que dice cambiar a una nación. Esto se aleja de la política, es un artista, un popstar, <strong>que no canta, no baila, no actúa</strong> y solamente es experto en el arte de la demagogia.</p> <p>En este mismo sitio se publican videos como <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&#38;v=pDuy-Qos19M">la promoción de un baile llamado Zumba</a>, que otra vez repito, no se qué tiene que ver esto con el desarrollo de la nación. Lo de las 5 refinerías de AMLO suena loco, pero a fin de cuenta son temas de interés para México, no el promover un baile. Más bien, como se diría en el argot norteño, este candidato &#8220;nos va a mandar a Chihuahua a un baile&#8221;. Para seguir la cuestión del fanatismo, graban videos donde unos jovencitos están emocionados por ver a Enrique Peña Nieto, pero en el mismo formato se ve como estos jóvenes (quienes votarán por primera vez), parece que van ir a ver al artista de sus sueños y no que van a ir a un mitin político:</p> <p></p> <h2>Peña Fest</h2> <p>El Peña Fest es otra innovación en la forma de hacer política, este es un espacio donde se instalan juegos, paredes para escalar, y otras cosas para que la gente se entretenga mientras se expone a la marca &#8220;Peña Nieto&#8221;. Sus organizadores <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://1070noticias.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=17268:descartan-que-qel-pena-festq-instalado-en-el-centro-de-gdl-busque-votos-para-el-priista&#38;catid=98:zona-metropolitana&#38;Itemid=513">niegan que este evento</a> que se realiza en diferentes ciudades de la República Mexicana sea un acto de proselitismo o busque votos, pero el simple hecho de que se maneje la imagen de Peña Nieto en este evento automáticamente contradice los argumentos de los organizadores. Naturalmente lo que se busca es generar un posicionamiento positivo de los candidatos.</p> <p></p> <h2>Ectivismo</h2> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ectivismo.com/">Ectivismo es una aberrante degradación</a> de la palabra activismo. Y <strong>&#8220;hacer ectivismo&#8221;</strong> es básicamente hacer proselitismo a favor de Peña Nieto, una forma de engañar a los jóvenes que ingenuamente buscan un México mejor. El ectivismo se realiza a través de Internet principalmente, aunque también trabajan en campo (como en el Peña Fest), todos esos Trending Topics a favor de Peña Nieto en Twitter (que terminan siendo un arma de doble filo porque sus opositores los usan para burlarse del candidato) se cree son creado por los ectivistas, aunque también se cree, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinembargo.mx/opinion/21-05-2012/7052">existe gente pagada que trabaja en horarios de oficina que twittean</a> y crean &#8220;bots&#8221; para generar un falso apoyo en torno al &#8220;candidato del copete&#8221;. Los ectivistas son voluntarios que ninguna remuneración a cambio (tal vez el creer que están impulsando al &#8220;mejor candidato&#8221; o bien, que empiezan desde abajo para buscar hueso en el PRI) hacen proselitismo. El Ectivismo <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.morena.org/">podría ser algo parecido a la Morena</a> de López Obrador, aunque Morena en realidad es un asociación civll (con el claro propósito de hacer proselitismo a favor de AMLO) y el ectivismo, dicen <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mexico.cnn.com/videos/2012/05/18/quienes-son-los-fundadores-de-ectivismo">es una idea de un grupo de jóvenes</a> que deseaba apoyar a Enrique Peña Nieto aunque no hay que pensarle mucho para saber que se trata de una estrategia de campaña diseñada por el PRI y sus allegados.</p> <p>Todo este aparato se complementa, el club de fans, ectivismo y el Peña Fest. Los ectivistas participan en el Peña Fest como organizadores (lo que contradice la afirmación de que &#8220;ectivismo&#8221; no recibe recursos del PRI), y también en el Peña Fest se obsequian camisas del club de fans de Enrique Peña Nieto. Es todo un aparato que tiene como fin, generar un <strong>culto a la personalidad</strong> hacia un personaje que entregó malos resultados en el Estado de México, que tiene un escaso nivel de cultura, y que está rodeado de gente corrupta. El equipo de Peña Nieto sabe que los jóvenes son el sector más influenciable, y para cooptar votos. Qué mejor que se conviertan en fans, o aún mejor, en ectivistas.</p> <p>No niego la necesidad de la mercadotecnia política en una campaña, pero esto está muy alejado de lo político y muy cercano de lo fanático. La gente debe razonar su voto en torno al candidato que sea el más apto para gobernar y no en base a un personaje magnificado, que habla de compromisos, pero tiene un historial lo suficientemente preocupante, para que cientos de miles de mexicanos <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real">hayan salido a marchar para manifestar su repudio</a>.</p> <p>Imagen:<a rel="nofollow">enriquepenanieto.com</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f97a477/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Enrique+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto%2C+el+culto+a+la+personalidad&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fenrique-pena-nieto-el-culto-a-la-personalidad"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Enrique+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto%2C+el+culto+a+la+personalidad&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fenrique-pena-nieto-el-culto-a-la-personalidad"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204789983/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f97a477/kg/319/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204789983/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f97a477/kg/319/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204789983/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f97a477/kg/319/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Flat taxes – a great way to help the poorest pay for the richest</title>
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         <description>I&amp;#8217;ve gor an article on Comment is Free under the above title this afternoon, analysing the Taxpayer&amp;#8217;s Alliance proposal for a flat tax in the UK. Read it here.</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve gor an article on Comment is Free under the above title this afternoon, analysing the Taxpayer&#8217;s Alliance proposal for a flat tax in the UK.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/22/flat-taxes-taxpayers-alliance?INTCMP=SRCH">Read it here.</a></p>
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         <title>Is the shadow banking system the beginning of the end for capitalism?</title>
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         <description>I&amp;#8217;m in Copenhagen today. I was talking about tax evasion and information capture yesterday; today I chaired a session on shadow banking at Copenhagen Business School. I&amp;#8217;m not going to discuss details of that session now but trust me, this is an intellectually fascinating and simultaneously deeply depressing stuff, especially when the overall theme of the &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/22/is-the-shadow-banking-system-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-capitalism/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m in Copenhagen today. I was talking about tax evasion and information capture yesterday; today I chaired a session on shadow banking at Copenhagen Business School.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to discuss details of that session now but trust me, this is an intellectually fascinating and simultaneously deeply depressing stuff, especially when the overall theme of the conference is locating global value chains.</p>
<p>What is readily apparent is that right now the US might know something about its shadow banking structures. Outside the US we have no clue what it is, where it is, why it is, precisely how much it has, what the flows through it are and how we tax it.</p>
<p>Suffice to say that the EU shadow banking sector &#8211; centred more on the City of London, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Ireland &#8211; may be worth $20 trillion or more. And it may well be that it plays a real role in providing some liquidity. But as clearly, much of the market may well be wholly artificial. We have no clue how much of this market is real and how much is simply intra-group trading that is designed to create flows of the type decribed in Panorama last week that result in profit relocation to places like Luxembourg.</p>
<p>But perhaps most interesting was the contention from Anastasia Nesvetailova from City University who argued we&#8217;re seeing a real change in capitalism itself, although she was not alone. Once we assumed (maybe even knew) that capitalism was structured around the idea of trade, where the idea was that value was added within the process of creating, transformation and exchange. But that may no longer be where global capitalism sees much of its return arising; the whole shadow banking structure of repo markets, securities lending and securitisation may actually be all about capturing a synthetic profit that may redistribute wealth (as I am sure it does) but where in fact the whole process is, as Minsky would have it, a giant Ponzi scheme which is not only not zero sum but is actually destructive.</p>
<p>That destruction might happen for three reasons. First, clearly substantial resources are being dedicated to this shadow market which deny real human capital to real markets and those people are being paid.</p>
<p>Second, if this process records synthetic value creation, as I think it might (although finding where the records are is of course part of the process) then it undermines the whole credibility of wealth recording.</p>
<p>But most of all, thirdly, if this sector is reallocating resources to a rent seeking behaviour that seems to pay rewards without creating value the implication of this by reducing the capital available to real value creation to delver human need is enormous: this destroys real value by denying capital to real value creation that meets human needs.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m aware of the Marxist nature of this analysis &#8211; that it looks like as Marx predicted that capitalism has reached a phase where it actually begins to destroy itself. Well, I&#8217;ll ignore Marx &#8211; but the fact remains that this process of value destruction does at least appear to be plausible - and that means two things. First it adds enormously to the case for a financial transaction tax. Second it suggests there are enormous research issues here that need attention to be focussed not just on the regulatory issues of this market but on its macroeconomic consequences.</p>
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         <title>Development’s 2 tribes; post-2015; the Big Dope Hunt; Save the Kids v The Economist; the next frontier; Millennium Villages under fire; African take-off: great advocacy videos: links I liked</title>
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‘Both camps should show greater humility: macro-development practitioners about what they already know, and micro-development practitioners about what they can learn.’ Magisterial overview from Dani Rodrik of progress in the two great development wonk tribes – [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And please don&#8217;t forget to fill in the reader survey to the right &#8211; only takes a few minutes, promise.</em></p>
<p>‘Both camps should show greater humility: macro-development practitioners about what they already know, and micro-development practitioners about what they can learn.’ Magisterial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/doing-development-better">overview from Dani Rodrik</a> of progress in the two great development wonk tribes – the macros and the micros (who just won the World Bank presidency, in the shape of Jim Kim)</p>
<p>New website on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://post2015.org/">all things post-2015 </a>(you know, what comes after the Millennium Development Goals etc)</p>
<p>‘Cannabis worth £5,000 found in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.co/LK3T8k2z">bin bag donated to Huddersfield&#8217;s Oxfam </a>Wastesaver depot’ A possible successor to the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=9725">big bra hunt</a>?  [h/t Liz Stuart]</p>
<p>Save the Children’s annual ‘<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.8047221/k.71F5/Chronic_Malnutrition_and_Child_Survival__Index.htm#.T6i7bug7U3M ">State of the World’s Mothers</a>’ report names Niger as the worst country in which to have kids and promptly gets <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.co/uptEQ1u6 ">attacked by the Economist</a>, which makes itself look very silly indeed (read the comments) [h/t Alex Cobham] </p>
<p>‘What is the next frontier? I would put money on industrial development and, with it, a new breed of industrial policy.’ Chris Blattman says forget RCTs, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisblattman/~3/OZor42EsciU/">industrial policy is the next big thing </a>(wait, wasn’t it the last big thing too?)</p>
<p>The blogosphere has been abuzz with critiques of the latest bit of <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">self-serving hype</span>, evaluation from the Millennium Villages Project – here’s a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://aidthoughts.org/?p=3330">nice example from Aid Thoughts</a>.</p>
<p>Five (interesting) reasons to expect <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/five-reasons-why-kenya-and-africa-should-take-off">developmental take-off in Africa</a>, from the World Bank’s Africa Can blog.</p>
<p>What makes a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blog.witness.org/2012/05/anatomy-of-a-good-advocacy-video/">top advocacy video</a> (and here&#8217;s an example, on rape in the US military) [h/t Global Voices]</p>
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         <title>The EU takes a small step towards a Green New Deal</title>
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         <description>This is from an  FT email this morning: Commonly-backed “project bonds” pilot to fund pan-European infrastructure projects were approved by EU diplomats on Monday and will be discussed by EU leaders at a summit meeting on Wednesday, reports the FT. The small trial, the first element of a new “growth compact”, would see about €230m in EU funds allocated through 2013 &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/22/the-eu-takes-a-small-step-towards-a-green-new-deal/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 05:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is from an  FT email this morning:</p>
<blockquote><p>Commonly-backed “project bonds” pilot to fund pan-European infrastructure projects were approved by EU diplomats on Monday and will be discussed by EU leaders at a summit meeting on Wednesday, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/YB9GAI/JIDB9/30D2YD/VLEKRD/E4/h?a=2012&amp;b=5&amp;c=22">reports the FT.</a> The small trial, the first element of a new “growth compact”, would see about €230m in EU funds allocated through 2013 to back the bonds, which would finance cross-border transport, communications and energy infrastructure programmes that are frequently ignored by individual member states. The plan is backed by French president Francois Hollande but documents seen by the FT suggest that the trial was original intended to run to 2015, but Germany requested a shorter trial.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve been arguing for such bonds since 2003, and have done so <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greennewdealgroup.org/">through the Green New Deal since</a> 2008. It&#8217;s a shame that they&#8217;ve taken so long to cotton on.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s shame that the su is so small. I argue for £20 billion of such investment in the UK alone a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2011/07/26/the-alternative-economic-policy-we-need-2/">nd discuss how to fund it here</a>. Give it a year or two and they&#8217;ll see the merit of what we proposed years ago.</p>
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         <description>I&amp;#8217;m chairing a panel session on shadow banking at Copenhagen Business School this morning. In the circumstances the revelation of email from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others in the US about their compliance with naked short selling regulations is telling. Perhaps the best quite on the issue is this, from Rolling Stone: Now, through the magic &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/22/banks-and-regulatory-compliance/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 05:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m chairing a panel session on shadow banking at Copenhagen Business School this morning. In the circumstances the revelation of email from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others in the US about their compliance with naked short selling regulations is telling. Perhaps the best quite on the issue is this, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/accidentally-released-and-incredibly-embarrassing-documents-show-how-goldman-et-al-engaged-in-naked-short-selling-20120515">from Rolling Stone</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Now, through the magic of this unredacted document, the public will be able to see for itself what the banks’ attitudes are not just toward the &#8220;mythical&#8221; practice of naked short selling (hint: they volubly confess to the activity, in writing), but toward regulations and laws in general.</p>
<p>&#8220;Fuck the compliance area – procedures, schmecedures,&#8221; chirps Peter Melz, former president of Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (a.k.a. Merrill Pro), when a subordinate worries about the company failing to comply with the rules governing short sales.</p></blockquote>
<p>In other words, we&#8217;ll do what we like, we don&#8217;t care about the rules and we&#8217;ll deny what we&#8217;re doing, using the most expensiev lawyers money can hire if need be to do so .</p>
<p>I think that sums banking up.</p>
<p>It should be an interesting session, just as yesterday was on regulation, offshore and related issues.</p>
<p><em>Hat tip: Robert Palmer at Global Witness</em></p>
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         <title>Vivir México Pool: Oro en la playa</title>
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         <description>Una playa muy poco representada en esta sección es Mazatlán, bueno, casi todas las playas del norte del país. Sin detenerme en las posibles causas, los dejo con esta imagen de Hotu Matua, Oro en la playa, tomada en 2009 en el estado de Sinaloa. Si deseas que tus fotografías aparezcan en este espacio, y están relacionadas con México, abre una cuenta en Flickr y envíalas al pool de Vivir México. Ya verás que pronto saldrán publicadas.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9297c4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+Oro+en+la+playa&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-oro-en-la-playa"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+Oro+en+la+playa&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-oro-en-la-playa"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204767285/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9297c4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204767285/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9297c4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204767285/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9297c4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 04:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Oro-en-la-playa1-800x575.jpg" alt="" title="Oro en la playa" width="800" height="575" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70877"/></p><p>Una playa muy poco representada en esta sección es Mazatlán, bueno, casi todas las playas del norte del país. Sin detenerme en las posibles causas, los dejo con esta imagen de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotu_matua/">Hotu Matua</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotu_matua/4022662509/in/pool-97341195@N00/">Oro en la playa</a>, tomada en 2009 en el estado de Sinaloa.</p> <p>Si deseas que tus fotografías aparezcan en este espacio, y están relacionadas con México, abre una cuenta en <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a></strong> y envíalas al pool de <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/vivirmexico/pool/">Vivir México</a></strong>. Ya verás que pronto saldrán publicadas.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9297c4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+Oro+en+la+playa&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-oro-en-la-playa"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+Oro+en+la+playa&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-oro-en-la-playa"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204767285/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9297c4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204767285/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9297c4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204767285/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9297c4/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>¿Quién le cree al PRI? Oficio falso pidiendo que investiguen a estudiantes circula en Facebook</title>
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         <description>La primera ley de Zymurgy sobre la evolución de sistemas dinámicos dice: una vez que abres una lata de gusanos, la única forma de volverlos a meter es usar una lata mayor. Pues bien, el asunto del espionaje de Enrique Peña Nieto y su equipo a los 131 alumnos de la Universidad Iberoamericana que se manifestaron en su contra ya se abrió, liberando muchos gusanos. El día de hoy encontré que estaba circulando en Facebook un supuesto oficio, girado a Laura Herrera Olvera, de Relaciones Públicas COMIP, que se atribuye...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f911b5e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=%C2%BFQui%C3%A9n+le+cree+al+PRI%3F+Oficio+falso+pidiendo+que+investiguen+a+estudiantes+circula+en+Facebook&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fquien-le-cree-al-pri-oficio-falso-pidiendo-que-investiguen-a-estudiantes-circula-en-fb"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=%C2%BFQui%C3%A9n+le+cree+al+PRI%3F+Oficio+falso+pidiendo+que+investiguen+a+estudiantes+circula+en+Facebook&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fquien-le-cree-al-pri-oficio-falso-pidiendo-que-investiguen-a-estudiantes-circula-en-fb"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204758567/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f911b5e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204758567/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f911b5e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204758567/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f911b5e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Enrique-Pe&#xf1;a-Nieto.jpg" alt="" title="Enrique Pe&#xf1;a Nieto" width="800" height="623" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70854"/></p><p>La primera ley de Zymurgy sobre la evolución de sistemas dinámicos dice: una vez que abres una lata de gusanos, la única forma de volverlos a meter es usar una lata mayor. Pues bien, el asunto del <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/circulan-video-en-el-que-enrique-pena-nieto-investiga-a-una-estudiante-se-les-chispoteo">espionaje de <strong>Enrique Peña Nieto</strong></a> y su equipo a los <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/yosoy132-universitarios-protestan-por-una-eleccion-libre">131 alumnos de la Universidad Iberoamericana</a> que se manifestaron en su contra ya se abrió, liberando muchos gusanos. El día de hoy encontré que estaba circulando en <strong>Facebook</strong> un supuesto oficio, girado a Laura Herrera Olvera, de Relaciones Públicas COMIP, que se atribuye a Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, presidente nacional del <strong>Partido Revolucionario Institucional</strong> (PRI), en el que se pide que <strong>investiguen</strong> a dichos <strong>estudiantes</strong>, así como a sus parientes cercanos.</p> <p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Oficio-que-circula-en-FB-pidiendo-que-investiguen-estudiantes.jpg" alt="" title="Oficio que circula en FB pidiendo que investiguen estudiantes" width="753" height="960" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70855"/></p> <p>Las reacciones. Por un lado, el enfado e indignación de un sector de la población; por el otro, el desmentido de los priístas. A la letra, el <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.notipri.com/2012/05/falso-el-documento-que-alude.html">comunicado tricolor</a> dice:</p> <blockquote> <p>El día de hoy en las redes sociales comenzó a circular, en papel supuestamente membretado con el logotipo del Partido Revolucionario Institucional, una comunicación fechada el día 16 del presente mes y año, dirigida a “Laura Herrera, Relaciones Públicas COMIP” en la que se le solicita “la investigación de los alumnos del llamado “131” así como de sus parientes cercanos”. En la parte inferior dice “Atentamente, Lic. Pedro Joaquín Coldwell”, sin que lleve firma alguna.<br /> El documento trae también un supuesto sello del Notario Público Rodolfo Cerón Palma, del estado de Yucatán.<br /> El <strong>PRI</strong> informa de manera categórica que el <strong>documento</strong> en cuestión es <strong>falso</strong>, y que su presidente, Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, no ha solicitado investigación alguna.<br /> El Notario Cerón Palma ha desconocido también el sello del comunicado y ha informado que mañana presentará la denuncia respectiva ante la autoridad correspondiente.</p> </blockquote> <p>En este caso, debo conceder en el punto. El oficio no está firmado; el sello es bastante extraño -es decir, ¿por qué sella un notario un oficio del PRI?-; busqué en Google a la tal &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mx.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070531142347AAR2s9h">Laura Herrera Olvera</a>&#8221; y encontré que sus parientes también la andan buscando o, por lo menos, a un homónimo, incluso entré a la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pri.org.mx/ComprometidosConMexico/index.aspx">página oficial del <strong>PRI</strong></a> para ver sus directorios y nada; tampoco encontré qué era &#8220;COMIP&#8221; -salvo un par de organismos de otros países, sin parentezco-. Es decir, no hay elementos que sostengan a dicho documento como veraz. Ahora que el video que salió en &#8220;Punto de Partida&#8221;, que es de muchos conocido, ahí sí no tienen forma de &#8220;desmentirlo&#8221; o decir *yo no fui, fue teté&#8221;.</p> <p>El asunto es que como sus <em>mañas</em> son de todos conocidas y existen otros medios que lo constatan, darle crédito a este tipo de información que circula por la red es más bien fácil.</p> <p>Y hablando de información que circula por la red, la semana pasada publiqué que <strong>estudiantes</strong> de la Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (FIME) de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/estudiantes-de-la-uanl-denuncian-actos-de-presion-para-votar-por-enrique-pena-nieto">denunciaron actos de presión</a> para votar por <strong>Enrique Peña</strong>, información que conocí por un comentario en este espacio. Después de la nota, recibí un mensaje privado en mi perfil de <strong>Facebook</strong> de una persona que pertenece a esa comunidad universitaria para proporcionarme más información al respecto -debo advertir que, derivado de este trabajo, acepto todas las solicitudes de amistad que me llegan-.</p> <p>Esta persona -cuyo nombre no revelaré, por razones obvias-, me comentó que el rector de la UANL citó a los directores para contar con su voto a favor de <strong>Peña Nieto</strong> porque, se supone, el candidato tricolor le ofreció un buen puesto si llega a la presidencia. Así, cada uno de los directores tiene que convencer a los maestros y ellos a los alumnos para contar con su voto. Resultado: el ya expuesto en la nota anterior.</p> <p>Por si ustedes no lo saben o no se han dado cuenta, puedo ser optimista, pero no crédula. Me gusta tomarme toda la información con reserva y procuro indagar la fuente de los hechos. Revisé el perfil de esta persona y encontré que, efectivamente, pertenece a dicha institución, que ni es un bot, ni es activista. La única nota que encontré que se vincula a las elecciones fue justo la que yo publiqué y expresó su preocupación, hasta ahí. Es decir, una persona que, a ojo de buen cubero, no gana nada pasando este tipo de información, igual la pasa -en este caso a mí-, con la intención de que se conozca. ¿Cómo lo supo? No lo diré. Lo que sí digo es que he sido testigo más o menos cercano de este tipo de asuntos -en otro tiempo de mi vida- y que el asunto suena perturbador, delicado, pero, tristemente, creíble. Que se puede comprobar, no. De ahí que yo dejo la información que me proporcionan y que cada quien saque sus conclusiones.</p> <p>La dudosa credibilidad el <strong>PRI</strong> está más empañada cada día y es muy fácil aceptar como ciertas este tipo de cosas. La lata de gusanos ya se abrió y ahora andan rondando de aquí para allá sin que se puedan contener. A veces no hace falta mucho, un video de menos de 20 segundos, un oficio apócrifo, un dato <em>pasado en corto</em>, cosas que se suman a las otras que ya todos sabemos, porque son parte de nuestra vergonzosa historia nacional, y que siguen circulando en mi cabeza como un gran NO, eso no quiero para mi país. Lo malo es que parece que <em>allá afuera</em>, los que no tienen internet, ni se enteran de lo que está pasando; lo peor, que parece que los priístas ya están tan seguros de su victoria que hasta dicen que su principal preocupación es la forma en que &#8220;van a recibir al país&#8221; -por lo menos eso leí de un priísta que está trabajando en la campaña-.</p> <p>Y a todos los demás, que nos lleve la tristeza, ¿no? Una cosa es que el oficio que circula sea falso y otra, muy distinta, que acepte que el tricolor ya ganó. Todavía faltan muchas cosas y esto aún no está definido. Si el día de las elecciones todo se lleva conforme lo marcan las reglas, si el copetón <strong>arrasa las elecciones</strong> y la mayoría abrumadora del país se pone la soga al cuello haciendo que regrese ese partido al poder, con todo el dolor de mi corazón tendré que aceptar la derrota -y a lo mejor hasta hago maletas, porque no me imagino viviendo en un país con ese señor en la presidencia-, pero si no es así, entonces no habrá poder humano que me calle la boca -o, mejor dicho, me amarre las manos-, así que qué bueno que los <strong>priístas</strong> ya están <strong>preocupados</strong> por lo que va a pasar después, deberían estarlo, particularmente si no ganan.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f911b5e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=%C2%BFQui%C3%A9n+le+cree+al+PRI%3F+Oficio+falso+pidiendo+que+investiguen+a+estudiantes+circula+en+Facebook&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fquien-le-cree-al-pri-oficio-falso-pidiendo-que-investiguen-a-estudiantes-circula-en-fb"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=%C2%BFQui%C3%A9n+le+cree+al+PRI%3F+Oficio+falso+pidiendo+que+investiguen+a+estudiantes+circula+en+Facebook&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fquien-le-cree-al-pri-oficio-falso-pidiendo-que-investiguen-a-estudiantes-circula-en-fb"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204758567/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f911b5e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204758567/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f911b5e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204758567/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f911b5e/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Crecen los apoyos a López Obrador</title>
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         <description>Gracias a todos los participantes en la manifestación mundial en favor del cambio verdadero. Nunca jamás traicionaré la causa de todos — Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) May 20, 2012 En todos los estados del país y en diversas ciudades del mundo hubo marchas a favor de Andrés Manuel López Obrador, un día después de otras varias organizadas en contra de Enrique Peña Nieto. Con gritos como &amp;#8220;¡El pueblo consciente no vota por copetes!&amp;#8221;, el contingente proAMLO siguió la misma ruta que los llevó del Zócalo al Ángel de la Independencia. Fueron...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9023c4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Crecen+los+apoyos+a+L%C3%B3pez+Obrador&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fcrecen-los-apoyos-a-lopez-obrador"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Crecen+los+apoyos+a+L%C3%B3pez+Obrador&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fcrecen-los-apoyos-a-lopez-obrador"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204754658/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9023c4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204754658/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9023c4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204754658/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9023c4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/AMLO-800x531.jpg" alt="" title="Andr&#xe9;s Manuel L&#xf3;pez Obrador" width="800" height="531" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70814"/></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center"><p>Gracias a todos los participantes en la manifestación mundial en favor del cambio verdadero. Nunca jamás traicionaré la causa de todos</p> <p>— Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lopezobrador_/status/204314326000078848">May 20, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p></p> <p>En todos los estados del país y en diversas ciudades del mundo <strong>hubo <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinembargo.mx/20-05-2012/239435">marchas a favor</a> de Andrés Manuel López Obrador</strong>, un día después de otras varias organizadas <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/al-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial">en contra de Enrique Peña Nieto</a>. Con gritos como &#8220;¡El pueblo consciente no vota por copetes!&#8221;, el contingente proAMLO siguió la misma ruta que los llevó del Zócalo al Ángel de la Independencia.</p> <p>Fueron <strong>alrededor de 55 ciudades del mundo</strong> en las que mexicanos que ahí radican se reunieron para expresar su apoyo al candidato del Movimiento Progresista entre las que destacan Tokio, Amsterdam, París, Berlín y Los Ángeles. Quienes las organizaron señalan que siente <strong>impotencia por no poder participar activamente en el proceso electoral</strong> pero que con su <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/04/todo-listo-para-que-mexicanos-voten-desde-el-extranjero">voto desde el extranjero</a> y estas manifestaciones, aunque pequeñas, sienten que pueden <strong>ayudar a generar un cambio significativo</strong>.</p> <p>A la par de las manifestaciones contra Peña, hemos visto también cómo poco a poco <strong>Andrés Manuel ha ido subiendo en las preferencias</strong>. De hecho, <em>Reforma</em> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinembargo.mx/20-05-2012/239431">publica hoy</a> que <strong>entre universitarios el candidato de las izquierdas ha ganado 16 puntos</strong> de preferencia mientras que Peña y Josefina han perdido 9 puntos cada uno. Y a esto debemos sumarle <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinembargo.mx/17-05-2012/237359">los resultados en el simulacro electoral</a> hecho en la UNAM en el que Andrés Manuel ganó con <strong>alrededor de 85% de los votos</strong>, mientras que los otros tres contendientes rondaban en 5% cada uno.</p> <p>Es muy interesante ver cómo crece el apoyo hacia López Obrador. El sábado escribía sobre lo necesidad de <strong>que las muestras de rechazo a Peña se conviertan en una opción viable y tangible</strong> que permita impedir la llegada del PRI al poder, o existiría lo posibilidad quel movimiento se diluyera. ¿Será posible que esa opción se empiece a construir alrededor de AMLO? Incluso en redes sociales se pedía por <strong>la declinación de Josefina a favor de Andrés Manuel</strong> para formar un bloque opositor lo suficientemente fuerte como para ganar.</p> <p>Si Josefina no declina y Andrés Manuel sigue subiendo en las preferencias entonces queda la pregunta de si sus seguidores jugarían al voto útil con tal de no ver llegar al PRI al poder, además de que también tendría que convencer a los indecisos. Al final todo se reduce a la pregunta que hace tiempo ya nos hacían sus seguidores en redes sociales, <strong>&#8220;¿qué prefieres olvidar, 70 años de corrupción, 60 mil muertos o un plantón en Reforma?&#8221;.</strong></p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/32932/Crece_popularidad_y_preferencia_electoral_de_AMLO_Mitofsky">SDP Noticias</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f9023c4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Crecen+los+apoyos+a+L%C3%B3pez+Obrador&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fcrecen-los-apoyos-a-lopez-obrador"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Crecen+los+apoyos+a+L%C3%B3pez+Obrador&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fcrecen-los-apoyos-a-lopez-obrador"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204754658/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9023c4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204754658/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9023c4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204754658/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f9023c4/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Detienen a “El Loco” por masacre en Cadereyta y acusa a sus jefes: narco, intriga y horror</title>
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         <description>Una semana después del macabro hallazgo de 49 cadáveres mutilados en el municipio de Cadereyta, Nuevo León, ya detuvieron a 44 personas, resultado del operativo &amp;#8220;rastrillo&amp;#8221; que llevó a cabo la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena), en coordinación con los comandos militares territoriales en los estados limítrofes, quienes sellaron las posibles salidas, evitando que se escapara algún criminal. Entre los detenidos destaca Daniel de Jesús Elizondo Ramírez, alias &amp;#8220;El Loco&amp;#8221;, líder de Los Zetas en Cadereyta, uno de los presuntos responsables de la masacre, quien soltó la sopa afirmando...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f8fdcea/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Detienen+a+%E2%80%9CEl+Loco%E2%80%9D+por+masacre+en+Cadereyta+y+acusa+a+sus+jefes%3A+narco%2C+intriga+y+horror&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fdetienen-a-el-loco-por-masacre-en-cadereyta-y-acusa-a-sus-jefes-narco-intriga-y-horror"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Detienen+a+%E2%80%9CEl+Loco%E2%80%9D+por+masacre+en+Cadereyta+y+acusa+a+sus+jefes%3A+narco%2C+intriga+y+horror&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fdetienen-a-el-loco-por-masacre-en-cadereyta-y-acusa-a-sus-jefes-narco-intriga-y-horror"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204481434/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8fdcea/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204481434/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8fdcea/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204481434/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8fdcea/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Presentan-a-presunto-responsable-de-la-matanza-de-Cadereyta.jpg" alt="" title="Presentan a presunto responsable de la matanza de Cadereyta" width="620" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70827"/></p><p>Una semana después del macabro hallazgo de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/mayo-de-carniceria-humana-con-los-49-cadaveres-en-nl-ya-van-90-en-solo-10-dias">49 cadáveres mutilados</a> en el municipio de Cadereyta, Nuevo León, ya <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/arrestananuevepormasacreencadereyta;incluidoliderdelictivo-1291902.html">detuvieron a 44 personas</a>, resultado del operativo &#8220;rastrillo&#8221; que llevó a cabo la <strong>Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional</strong> (Sedena), en coordinación con los comandos militares territoriales en los estados limítrofes, quienes sellaron las posibles salidas, evitando que se escapara algún criminal. Entre los <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/05/21/los-asesinatos-de-cadereyta-se-ordenaron-para-causar-confusion">detenidos destaca Daniel de Jesús Elizondo Ramírez</a>, alias &#8220;El Loco&#8221;, líder de <strong>Los Zetas</strong> en Cadereyta, uno de los presuntos responsables de la masacre, quien <em>soltó la sopa</em> afirmando que recibió órdenes de Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, “el Lazca” y de Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, “el Z40” -o sea, los <em>meros meros</em> de <em>la última letra</em>- para la matanza y el abandono de los cuerpos.</p> <p>El <em>comunicativo</em> criminal informó que la orden de sus superiores fue llevar los cuerpos a la plaza principal de Cadereyta, pero desobedeció las órdenes y abandonó los cuerpos en el kilómetro 47 de la carretera libre Monterrey-Reynosa -o sea, que además de <em>comunicativo</em> es desobediente-.</p> <p>El general de Brigada Edgar Ruiz Villegas Meléndez, subjefe operativo del Estado Mayor de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, informó que en su <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/6bc5ee9e737adc876bed38b8163bff1a">declaración “El Loco”</a> advirtió que la acción fue avalada por el jefe de <strong>Los Zetas</strong> en ese estado, conocido como “El Morro”. Se supone que las cosas fueron más o menos así: el detenido tuvo que coordinarse con un individuo apodado “EL Camarón” para la entrega de los cuerpos que debían arrojar en la plaza principal de Cadereyta, junto con una manta que los incriminaba como responsables de la matanza. Después, un representante de “El Camarón”, conocido como “El bocinas” -uno de los reos que se <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/02/de-ingobernabilidad-en-nuevo-leon-carceles-y-otros-demonios">fugó del penal de Apodaca</a>, Nuevo León, el 19 de febrero pasado-, lo citó en el poblado de Los Herrera, en donde se encontraba con 30 sicarios y los 49 cuerpos, los cuales fueron transportados en varias camionetas incluyendo un camión de carga. Pero, como ya sabemos, desobedeció la orden de dejarlos en la plaza principal y los dejaron en donde fueron localizados.</p> <p>Como parte de la maniobra, se difundió por Internet un <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/09b3IUQzaYQ">video</a> en donde se observan detalles del evento, el cual se supone que fue grabado por “El Bocinas”. El texto íntegro del narcomensaje, según el <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2012/05/video-la-masacre-de-cadereyta-nuevo-leon%E2%80%8F/#more-11079">blog del narco</a> -yo por más que quise leer lo que decía, no le entendí nada- es “Esto va para todos los Golfos, Chapos, Marinos, Huachos y Gobiernos nadie nos va poder hacer nada se la van a Pelar Atte: Loco, Z40 y Comandante Lazcano”. De ahí que desde que se dio a conocer el hecho, se adjudicaran los muertos al grupo de <strong>Los Zetas</strong>.</p> <p>Pero después aparecieron unas &#8220;narcomantas&#8221; en las que <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2012/05/texto-integro-de-narcomantas-firmadas-por-los-zetas/#more-11069"><strong>Los Zetas</strong> se deslindaban de los hechos</a> -sólo reconocieron los muertos de Jalisco y los 9 colgados de Nuevo Laredo- y pidieron a las autoridades que investigaran bien, antes de acusarlos, señalando, ya de paso, al <strong>cártel del Golfo</strong>: &#8220;cuando nosotros ponemos mantas decimos “Las Golfas” y ellos se ponen “Golfo”. Señores no sean tontos analicen las cosas y no hagan su trabajo a lo fácil&#8221;.</p> <p>En la presentación del detenido, el militar dijo que &#8220;El Loco&#8221; aceptó su responsabilidad en la masacre y en la colocación de mantas, las cuales se suponen fueron para confundir a las autoridades y responsabilizar al <strong>cártel del Golfo</strong>. &#8220;Confusión&#8221; que duró poco, pues más se tardaron en apresarlo que él en decir cómo había estado la cosa.</p> <p>Como quiera que sea, con la operación &#8220;rastrillo&#8221; van 44 detenidos, si ellos están ligados o no a los cadáveres de Cadereyta es otra cosa muy distinta. Se supone que con la captura de &#8220;El Loco&#8221; y su dos cómplices ya son 11 los <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2012/377598/6/cae-el-presunto-autor-de-la-matanza-en-cadereyta.htm">detenidos relacionados con la masacre</a>, los otros ocho fueron <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=662307">apresados en el municipio de China</a> y, a raíz de dicha detención, se localizaron cinco fosas clandestinas, donde había nueve cuerpos. Lo que no tiene sentido es que estos ocho son presuntos integrantes del <strong>cártel del Golfo</strong>. ¿O fueron <strong>Los Zetas</strong> o fueron los del Golfo -o en sus tiempos libres, los criminales de los dos bandos se juntan para matar gente, desmembrarla y tirarla, por pura diversión-?</p> <p>Parece que la intención original de <strong>Los Zetas</strong> -o quienes hayan sido- era, que más allá de &#8220;confundir&#8221; a autoridades y opinión pública, el <strong>ejército</strong> <em>les hiciera el favor</em> de <strong>limpiar la zona</strong> por ellos, cayera quien cayera. Digo, porque si hacemos cuentas, van ocho <strong>del Golfo</strong> contra tres de <strong>Los Zetas</strong>, numéricamente <em>la última letra</em> lleva ventaja. Considerando que &#8220;El Loco&#8221; desobedeció la orden original, supongo que por los <em>jefes</em> mejor que lo apresaran, aunque terminara cantando mejor que un ruiseñor.</p> <p>Si los demás detenidos están <em>con melón o con sandía</em> no lo han aclarado las autoridades.</p> <p>Ahora, yo sólo quiero hacer notar un detalle que parece que se olvida entre la algarabía de haber detenido a &#8220;El Loco&#8221;. Él no mató a las personas. Fue simplemente el tipo al que le tocó <em>tirar la basura</em>. En esa masacre participaron muchos más, desde los líderes que organizaron la matanza, hasta los que la ejecutaron y mutilaron -salvo que hayan sido distintos, desconozco la <em>cadena de montaje</em> criminal- y claro, los que dispusieron de los cuerpos -además del detenido-. Otra cosa que tampoco se ha dicho es ¿quiénes son los muertos? Claro, el proceso de identificación es mucho más tardado y menos pomposo que la captura de delincuentes. Y como si los mexicanos no tuviéramos suficiente con nuestro melodrama nacional, todavía nos toca <em>chutarnos</em> las intrigas entre grupos criminales. Lo que hay que ver.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f8fdcea/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Detienen+a+%E2%80%9CEl+Loco%E2%80%9D+por+masacre+en+Cadereyta+y+acusa+a+sus+jefes%3A+narco%2C+intriga+y+horror&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fdetienen-a-el-loco-por-masacre-en-cadereyta-y-acusa-a-sus-jefes-narco-intriga-y-horror"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Detienen+a+%E2%80%9CEl+Loco%E2%80%9D+por+masacre+en+Cadereyta+y+acusa+a+sus+jefes%3A+narco%2C+intriga+y+horror&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fdetienen-a-el-loco-por-masacre-en-cadereyta-y-acusa-a-sus-jefes-narco-intriga-y-horror"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204481434/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8fdcea/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204481434/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8fdcea/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204481434/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8fdcea/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Los ciudadanos no nos podemos dividir, tenemos que estar juntos para luchar por el bien del país</title>
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         <description>Tanto muchos de ustedes como yo, están preocupados por la posible llegada de Enrique Peña Nieto y todo lo que esto representa, a la Presidencia de la República. Al igual que el 2006 se respira un ambiente de miedo en varios sectores de la población, sobre todo entre la gente con la que convivimos. Aunque cabe que recalcar que el origen de dicho miedo es muy diferente. En el 2006, el miedo a López Obrador se originó por medio de una guerra sucia creada por la campaña del PAN, por...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f8e6dd0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Los+ciudadanos+no+nos+podemos+dividir%2C+tenemos+que+estar+juntos+para+luchar+por+el+bien+del+pa%C3%ADs&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-ciudadanos-no-nos-podemos-dividir-tenemos-que-estar-juntos-para-luchar-por-el-bien-del-pais"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Los+ciudadanos+no+nos+podemos+dividir%2C+tenemos+que+estar+juntos+para+luchar+por+el+bien+del+pa%C3%ADs&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-ciudadanos-no-nos-podemos-dividir-tenemos-que-estar-juntos-para-luchar-por-el-bien-del-pais"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204734150/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8e6dd0/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204734150/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8e6dd0/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204734150/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8e6dd0/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/anti-pe&#xf1;a-portada-a-800x533.jpg" alt="Los ciudadanos no nos podemos dividir, tenemos que estar juntos para luchar por el bien del pa&#xed;s" title="Los ciudadanos no nos podemos dividir, tenemos que estar juntos para luchar por el bien del pa&#xed;s" width="800" height="533" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70793"/></p><p>Tanto muchos de ustedes como yo, <strong>están preocupados por la posible llegada de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/tag/enrique-pena-nieto">Enrique Peña Nieto</a></strong> y todo lo que esto representa, a la Presidencia de la República. Al igual que el 2006 se respira un ambiente de miedo en varios sectores de la población, sobre todo entre la gente con la que convivimos. Aunque cabe que recalcar que el origen de dicho miedo es muy diferente. En el 2006, el miedo a López Obrador se originó por medio de una guerra sucia creada por la campaña del PAN, por los poderes fácticos que están impulsando ahora la campaña de Peña Nieto, por el mismo PRI (a las pruebas me remito <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKRgmCoQq20&#38;feature=relmfu">viendo los spots de Roberto Madrazo</a> que se pueden consultar en Youtube) y también cabe decirlo, por los errores que cometió el mismo López Obrador hacia el final de la campañas, así como los que cometió después de las elecciones. En este caso, en el 2012, no hay un agente que quiera imponer miedo en la sociedad, más bien, esta animadversión en contra de Enrique Peña Nieto viene desde la ciudadanía.</p> <p>A mi parecer, el miedo que sentimos varios de los ciudadanos está bien fundamentado, uno puede conocer razones de peso al leer libros de historia contemporanea de cualquier historiador reconocido, sea Lorenzo Meyer, Enrique Krauze entre otros varios; también se puede constatar con el historial del PRI reciente con personajes como Mario Marín, Ulises Ruiz (quienes cometieron actos de represión y tortura) o Humberto Moreira (que dejó a Coahuila con una deuda que pagarán varias generaciones de coahuilenses), algunos de ellos cercanos al candidato. También podemos constatarlo con el desempeño de Enrique Peña Nieto en el Estado de México, para lo cual los invito a revisar información de fuentes oficiales como la SHCP, y evaluaciones de otros organismos nacionales e internacionales. O bien, la gente que vive en la Ciudad de México o quienes hemos ido a la capital en varias ocasiones podemos constatar la diferencia que hay entre la gestión de Peña Nieto en el estado de México (donde personalmente encontre incluso obras inconclusas y oxidadas en municipios del área conurbada de la Ciudad de México como Cuautitlán Izcalli. Claro sin dejar pasar hechos lamentables como la masacre de Atenco. Con Obrador fue diferente, pues si bien este candidato tiene varios defectos y está lejos de ser el candidato que necesita México varios datos fueron inventados o magnificados para causar miedo en la población, como el supuesto de que endeudó al DF (en este caso también pueden consultar fuentes de la SHCP o el Inegi para constatar que el aumento de la deuda en su gestión es similar por ejemplo, a la que dejó Ramírez Acuña en Jalisco), que sería un Hugo Chávez e implantaría una dictadura.</p> <p>Por eso comprendo el sentir de la población y aplaudo el hecho de que salgan a las calles a manifestarse en contra del candidato, hecho que <strong>algunos medios de comunicación allegados al PRI han calificado como fascista</strong>, pero que a la vez ha sido aplaudido por medios internacionales quienes también siguieron manifestaciones mundiales como la de España, Chile, o Estados Unidos. Afortunadamente no se reportaron actos de violencia y las marchas han sido pacíficas, donde los manifestantes se han limitado a gritar consignas, mostrar pancartas o disfraces.</p> <p>Pero ante todo esto es muy importante <strong>no caer en el juego de que nosotros queremos dividir México</strong>, como lo sugieren las cúpulas del PRI, por eso es importante ser tolerantes con aquellos que tienen una visión diferente de las cosas, porque a fin de cuentas son parte de nuestra sociedad. La manifestación debe de ser contra el candidato y los poderes de facto que están detrás, no contra aquel sector de la población que simpatiza con el PRI, <strong>con ellos podemos dialogar y debatir</strong>, pero no podemos discriminar ni denigrar, incluso hay que notar que no todos los políticos son corruptos por ser priístas, existe gente dentro del partido con las más sinceras intenciones de lograr cambios positivos (al igual que en los otros partidos) por lo que sería un craso error generalizar, aquí el blanco de la crítica es ese sector del partido (más los intereses que lo acompañan) que está buscando la presidencia. No podemos caer en el juego del 2006 cuando caímos en la descalifiación de quien tenía una posición diferente. Tenemos que enseñarle al equipo de Peña Nieto, a su campaña y a su partido, que <strong>nosotros no queremos dividir el país</strong>.</p> <p>También quiero recalcar, está bien que nos manifestemos en contra de un candidato al cual percibimos nocivo para el país, pero este &#8220;despertar de la ciudadanía&#8221; no debe quedar en solo eso. Más cuando los candidatos que tenemos son un reflejo de la sociedad, y cuando este deterioro político no solo es algo exclusivo del PRI, sino que también se ve en el PAN y el PRD. Debemos de ver esto como un inicio <strong>donde la sociedad se empiece a involucrar en el quehacer público</strong> no solo con manifestaciones &#8220;en contra de alguien&#8221; sino con propuestas, buscar incidir en el quehacer público. Ahora más que nunca tenemos la oportunidad de transitar a una democracia participativa y no podemos dejarla ir. Como ciudadanos no tenemos el derecho, tenemos la obligación de involucrarnos activamente en el quehacer público, desde participar en la asociación de colonos, ser parte de una organización civil, colaborar ayudando con sectores vulnerables de la sociedad, o bien tratar de incidir en políticas públicas aunque sea fuera de un partido.</p> <p>Ese ingenio para hacer posters creativos alusivos a Peña Nieto, debemos utilizarlo para crear, para construir. Creo que debemos de darnos cuenta que debemos de dejar de depender del gobierno, y sabernos capaces de lograr cambios en la sociedad desde nuestras trincheras. Construir es más difícil que criticar, pero me queda claro que es el camino para que el país salga adelante, porque tenemos que mejorar como sociedad, y cuando lo hayamos hecho, nos daremos cuenta que el nivel político mejora y no tendremos que ir cabizbajos a las urnas a votar por el menos peor.</p> <p>No todos pensamos igual, pero creo que tenemos en claro una cosa, queremos que este país salga adelante, queremos un país democrático y no autoritario, queremos libertad de expresión y no represión, pero sobre todas las cosas, necesitamos hacer un cambio como sociedad.</p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lajornadajalisco.com.mx/2012/05/20/los-anti-pena-nieto-no-quieren-el-cambio-sino-que-siga-el-pan-aristoteles/">La Jornada Jalisco</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f8e6dd0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Los+ciudadanos+no+nos+podemos+dividir%2C+tenemos+que+estar+juntos+para+luchar+por+el+bien+del+pa%C3%ADs&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-ciudadanos-no-nos-podemos-dividir-tenemos-que-estar-juntos-para-luchar-por-el-bien-del-pais"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Los+ciudadanos+no+nos+podemos+dividir%2C+tenemos+que+estar+juntos+para+luchar+por+el+bien+del+pa%C3%ADs&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-ciudadanos-no-nos-podemos-dividir-tenemos-que-estar-juntos-para-luchar-por-el-bien-del-pais"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204734150/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8e6dd0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204734150/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8e6dd0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204734150/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f8e6dd0/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Key assumptions in the Taxpayer’s Alliance tax report all say poverty is their aim</title>
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         <description>I have only had time to scan the New Taxpayer&amp;#8217;s Alliance report on tax in the 21 Century, and will be in a conference all day today, but it is clear that key assumptions are: 1) Inequality not only does not matter, but inequality is good 2) Equality of opportunity is not really worth paying for &amp;#8211; &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/21/key-assumptions-in-the-taxpayers-alliance-tax-report-all-say-poverty-is-their-aim/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have only had time to scan the New Taxpayer&#8217;s Alliance report on tax in the 21 Century, and will be in a conference all day today, but it is clear that key assumptions are:</p>
<p>1) Inequality not only does not matter, but inequality is good</p>
<p>2) Equality of opportunity is not really worth paying for &#8211; so there are limits to the value of education for all</p>
<p>3) Unemployment and other benefits are bad &#8211; people should be forced to work for whatever is available in wages</p>
<p>4) Most currently public services should be paid for</p>
<p>5) There is some reason for providing universal healthcare &#8211; but only some</p>
<p>6) Charity should replace benefits</p>
<p>7) Markets work &#8211; and externalities such as pollution, health and safety and catastrophic failure are not the business of government.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a horrdi world view.</p>
<p>It also makes the claim that the average family will be better off horribly untrue. This is a plan to deliver them to grinding poverty to support the rich.</p>
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         <title>The Taxpayer’s Alliance – supporting tax havens to undermine democracy</title>
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         <description>The Taxpayer&amp;#8217;s Alliance and IoD&amp;#8217;s new report on tax is amazing in many ways &amp;#8211; mostly for the obvious abuses it wants to promote in society. Take this example, of obvious interest to me: So le&amp;#8217;s ignore the tax evasion and the crime and instead say these are moral places. Why are they moral? Because &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/21/the-taxpayers-alliance-supporting-tax-havens-to-undermine-democracy/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 05:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.2020tax.org/2020tc.pdf">Taxpayer&#8217;s Alliance and IoD&#8217;s new report</a> on tax is amazing in many ways &#8211; mostly for the obvious abuses it wants to promote in society. Take this example, of obvious interest to me:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-shot-2012-05-21-at-06.50.54.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15658" title="Screen shot 2012-05-21 at 06.50.54" src="http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-shot-2012-05-21-at-06.50.54.png" alt="" width="465" height="134"/></a></p>
<p>So le&#8217;s ignore the tax evasion and the crime and instead say these are moral places.</p>
<p>Why are they moral? Because they subvert the will of democratially elected governemtns to impose taxes their people ask for. That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re moral.</p>
<p>This is the perverted and fundamentally anti-democratic morality of the far right in action.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s what this report is about &#8211; ignoring the wishes of people and imposing the wishes of the minority &#8211; even if, and maybe especially if, it helps money launderers and tax evaders.</p>
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      <author>info@g20voice.org (www.g20voice.org)</author><enclosure url="http://www.2020tax.org/2020tc.pdf" length="7219068" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://www.2020tax.org/2020tc.pdf" fileSize="7219068" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>The Taxpayer&amp;#8217;s Alliance and IoD&amp;#8217;s new report on tax is amazing in many ways &amp;#8211; mostly for the obvious abuses it wants to promote in society. Take this example, of obvious interest to me: So le&amp;#8217;s ignore the tax evasion and the crime </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>www.g20voice.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>The Taxpayer&amp;#8217;s Alliance and IoD&amp;#8217;s new report on tax is amazing in many ways &amp;#8211; mostly for the obvious abuses it wants to promote in society. Take this example, of obvious interest to me: So le&amp;#8217;s ignore the tax evasion and the crime and instead say these are moral places. Why are they moral? Because [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>G20,london,summit</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/org/lWWh/~3/GIDEXX5wv0s/</feedburner:origLink></item>
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         <title>¿Sabes cuáles son las 5 empresas con más quejas ante Profeco?</title>
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         <description>Ya se ha dicho, como consumidores tenemos el poder de decidir a qué empresa beneficiar, pero para encausar bien ese poder y elegir con prudencia necesitamos información. La Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco) abrió el Portal del Consumidor a finales de marzo. En él, hay interesantes artículos sobre publicidad engañosa y pistas para aprender a consumir y dónde quejarse. También tiene una sección que se llama &amp;#8220;Las 20 +&amp;#8221;, sección que muestra cuáles son las empresas que acumulan más quejas por parte de los consumidores. La pregunta de los 64...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f893872/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=%C2%BFSabes+cu%C3%A1les+son+las+5+empresas+con+m%C3%A1s+quejas+ante+Profeco%3F&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsabes-cuales-son-las-5-empresas-con-mas-quejas-ante-profeco"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=%C2%BFSabes+cu%C3%A1les+son+las+5+empresas+con+m%C3%A1s+quejas+ante+Profeco%3F&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsabes-cuales-son-las-5-empresas-con-mas-quejas-ante-profeco"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204707139/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f893872/kg/319-326-327/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204707139/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f893872/kg/319-326-327/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204707139/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f893872/kg/319-326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 03:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/CFE-la-empresa-con-m&#xe1;s-quejas-ante-Profeco-e1337394274711.jpg" alt="" title="CFE la empresa con m&#xe1;s quejas ante Profeco" width="640" height="674" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70681"/></p><p>Ya se ha dicho, como <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/03/profeco-pide-a-consumidores-que-la-pongan-contra-las-cuerdas"><strong>consumidores</strong></a> tenemos el poder de decidir a qué empresa beneficiar, pero para encausar bien ese poder y elegir con prudencia necesitamos información. La <strong>Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor</strong> (Profeco) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/03/quieres-saber-como-se-comportan-las-empresas">abrió el <strong>Portal del Consumidor</strong></a> a finales de marzo. En él, hay interesantes artículos sobre publicidad engañosa y pistas para aprender a consumir y dónde quejarse. También tiene una sección que se llama <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.consumidor.gob.mx/wordpress/?page_id=1173">&#8220;Las 20 +&#8221;</a>, sección que muestra cuáles son las empresas que acumulan más quejas por parte de los consumidores. La pregunta de los 64 mil, ¿cuáles son las <strong>cinco empresas con más quejas</strong> acumuladas? Creo que todos tenemos una idea muy aproximada de cuáles son porque abundan los reclamos y las críticas hacia ellas. Aquí te las presento:</p> <h3>Comisión Federal de Electricidad</h3> <p>¿Y cuál más si no? Claro que en eso de quejas la CFE se lleva oro con creces.<br /> Número de <strong>quejas</strong> recibidas durante 2011: <strong>14 mil 174</strong>. Porcentaje de conciliación: 80 por ciento. Concilia en línea: sí.<br /> Motivos de las quejas:<br /> - Realiza cobros no pactados originalmente.<br /> - Se niega a reembolsar el importe de los errores en el cobro.<br /> - Se comenten errores en la facturación.</p> <h3>Telcel</h3> <p>Pero si alguien merecía la plata era, sin duda, Telcel, si me dieran un peso cada vez que leo en Twitter que Telcel apesta, seguro saco, de menos, para una buena cena.<br /> Número de <strong>quejas</strong> recibidas durante 2011: <strong>5 mil 61</strong>. Porcentaje de conciliación: 94 por ciento. Concilia en línea: sí.<br /> Motivos de las quejas:<br /> - Realiza cobros que no se apegan a lo pactado y se niega a reembolsar el importe de estos errores en el cobro.<br /> - Se niega a hacer válida la garantía de un bien o servicio aún estando vigente el plazo pactado.<br /> - Se niega a cancelar el contrato de un bien o servicio cuando el consumidor lo solicita y aún cuando éste está dispuesto a pagar la penalización por el acto.</p> <h3>Dish</h3> <p>Para mí fue la &#8220;revelación&#8221;, será que no conozco el servicio ni tengo a personas cercanas que lo hayan contratado, pero me da gusto, porque se ve que se tienen que aplicar bastante.<br /> Número de <strong>quejas</strong> recibidas durante 2011: <strong>4 mil 943</strong>. Porcentaje de conciliación: 86 por ciento. Concilia en línea: no.<br /> Motivos de las quejas:<br /> - Realiza cobros que no se apegan a lo pactado y se niega a reembolsar el importe de estos errores en el cobro.<br /> - Se niega a cancelar el contrato de un bien o servicio cuando el consumidor lo solicita y aún cuando éste está dispuesto a pagar la penalización por el acto.<br /> - Incumple con la entrega de productos o servicios, aún cuando el consumidor ha cumplido con lo pactado.</p> <h3>Iusacell</h3> <p>Mi hermana tiene Iusacell, dice que el servicio se muere a los dos pasos que sale de la ciudad. Yo no sé, ni me consta. No está tan mal como Telcel, pero se ve que tiene sus puntos flacos.<br /> Número de <strong>quejas</strong> recibidas durante 2011: <strong>2 mil 719</strong>. Porcentaje de conciliación: 90 por ciento. Concilia en línea: no.<br /> Motivos de las quejas:<br /> - Se niega a cancelar el contrato de un bien o servicio cuando el consumidor lo solicita y aún cuando éste está dispuesto a pagar la penalización por el acto.<br /> - Realiza cobros que no se apegan a lo pactado y se niega a reembolsar el importe de estos errores en el cobro.<br /> - Se niega a hacer válida la garantía de un bien o servicio aún estando vigente el plazo pactado.</p> <h3>Telmex</h3> <p>¡Ay, Telmex! No soy yo, eres tú. Definitivamente era previsible que estuviera Telmex en el &#8220;Top 5&#8221;, ¿a poco a ti no te ha hecho pasar un mal rato?<br /> Número de <strong>quejas</strong> recibidas durante 2011: <strong>2 mil 491</strong>. Porcentaje de conciliación: 91 por ciento. Concilia en línea: no.<br /> Motivos de las quejas:<br /> - Realiza cobros que no se apegan a lo pactado y se niega a reembolsar el importe de estos errores en el cobro.<br /> - Incumple con la entrega de productos o servicios, aún cuando el consumidor ha cumplido con lo pactado.<br /> - Se niega a cancelar el contrato de un bien o servicio cuando el consumidor lo solicita y aún cuando éste está dispuesto a pagar la penalización por el acto.</p> <p>Estas son las cinco <strong>empresas con más quejas</strong>, aunque se ve que están trabajando duro en eso de la conciliación. De las presentadas, la que tuvo menos porcentaje de conciliación fue &#8220;casualmente&#8221; la que tiene más quejas, y es que ¿quién se puede conciliar con CFE? Se supone que el propósito de esta lista es, además de proporcionar información al <strong>consumidor</strong>, incentivar a las empresas a mejorar su desempeño, es decir, que les de pena estar en esta lista y se esfuercen por mejorar el servicio. Se supone que la información se actualizará cada tres meses, pero yo creo que más de una se quedará en su vergonzoso puesto por mucho tiempo más.</p> <p>Si quieres conocer el resto de empresas puedes <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.consumidor.gob.mx/">ingresar al portal</a>. A mí me ha llamado la atención más de un artículo. Además recuerda que el titular de <strong>Profeco</strong>, Bernardo Altamirano, pidió que pusiéramos a la dependencia <em>contra las cuerdas</em>, así que hay que presionar y ponerlos a trabajar.</p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.consumidor.gob.mx/wordpress/?p=3329">Portal del Consumidor</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f893872/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=%C2%BFSabes+cu%C3%A1les+son+las+5+empresas+con+m%C3%A1s+quejas+ante+Profeco%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsabes-cuales-son-las-5-empresas-con-mas-quejas-ante-profeco"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=%C2%BFSabes+cu%C3%A1les+son+las+5+empresas+con+m%C3%A1s+quejas+ante+Profeco%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsabes-cuales-son-las-5-empresas-con-mas-quejas-ante-profeco"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204707139/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f893872/kg/319-326-327/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204707139/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f893872/kg/319-326-327/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204707139/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f893872/kg/319-326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Milenio adjudica la #MarchaAntiPeña a Josefina</title>
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         <description>Y volvemos a lo mismo. Las marchas que han surgido alrededor de todo el país tienen como uno de sus pilares el sesgo informativo con el que algunos medios están cubriendo la elección presidencial. Hoy Milenio nos dice con su primera plana cuánto les interesa el ser imparciales. Bajo el título &amp;#8220;Llama Josefina a &amp;#8216;tomar las calles&amp;#8217; contra Peña&amp;#8221;, en cierta forma le atribuye a la candidata la organización de la marcha de ayer. En la nota cita algunas de las palabras de la abandera del PAN: Las quiero invitar...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f887556/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Milenio+adjudica+la+%23MarchaAntiPe%C3%B1a+a+Josefina&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmilenio-adjudica-la-marchaantipena-a-josefina"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Milenio+adjudica+la+%23MarchaAntiPe%C3%B1a+a+Josefina&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmilenio-adjudica-la-marchaantipena-a-josefina"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204702551/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f887556/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204702551/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f887556/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204702551/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f887556/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 23:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/milenio.jpg" alt="" title="Portada Milenio" width="752" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70796"/></p><p>Y volvemos a lo mismo. Las marchas que han surgido alrededor de todo el país tienen como uno de sus pilares el <strong>sesgo informativo con el que algunos medios</strong> están cubriendo la elección presidencial. Hoy <strong>Milenio nos dice con su primera plana</strong> cuánto les interesa el ser imparciales.</p> <p>Bajo el título <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/8f5f3eb62bb61e396de9cd0eeab59b66">&#8220;Llama Josefina a &#8216;tomar las calles&#8217; contra Peña&#8221;</a>, en cierta forma <strong>le atribuye a la candidata la organización de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/al-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial">la marcha de ayer</a></strong>. En la nota cita algunas de las palabras de la abandera del PAN:</p> <blockquote> <p>Las quiero invitar porque en algunos estados se están organizando para cada sábado, viernes o domingo en la mañana a <strong>empezar a hacer marchas</strong>, las mujeres, las familias, los jóvenes y los hombres y luchar por la libertad de México, para evitar el riesgo que significa el retorno de ese partido, de ese grupo que no vamos a permitir que regrese.</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/milenio2-245x300.jpg" alt="" title="milenio2" width="245" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-70798"/></p> <p>Si bien las palabras de Josefina pueden son ciertas, ya que aunque se han posicionado en torno a la nota no han desmentido las palabras, la presentación de <strong>la nota en la primera plana se hace de manera tendenciosa</strong>. Se muestra el título y abajo una foto con la marcha que se vivió ayer en el Distrito Federal. Quien se meta a leer la nota podrá darse cuenta que los hechos no van por esa línea, pero alguien que simplemente la vea de reojo en un puesto de periódicos podría quedarse con una idea errónea. Cualquier persona con el suficiente sentido común (por no decir criterio editorial) se daría cuenta de ello.</p> <p>La respuesta de Josefina ha sido clara. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://josefina.mx/noticia.php?noticia=2851">En su página</a> publicaron un mensaje desmintiendo las declaraciones del diario:</p> <blockquote> <p>Me sorprende mucho que algunos medios como Milenio, entre otros, me hayan privilegiado hoy domingo por primera vez con sus primeras planas. Desgraciadamente <strong>lo hacen equivocadamente, atribuyéndome a mí la convocatoria a las marchas</strong> que cientos de miles de jóvenes mexicanos hicieron libremente en toda la República el día de ayer. Me parece injusto que <strong>algunos medios no celebren ni reporten con todo detalle</strong> el despertar de esta juventud mexicana. Es ofensivo que manipulen los hechos <strong>intentando hacer creer que nos queremos apropiar de lo que legítimamente les pertenece a todos los jóvenes</strong> de México. Celebro las marchas y <strong>coincido en las demandas de equidad de información sin manipulación</strong>… Pero les aclaro -para los que aún no se han dado cuenta- que estos jóvenes son libres y no necesitan que nadie les diga lo que tienen que hacer.</p> </blockquote> <p>¿Qué ganan atribuyéndole a ella <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real">la marcha</a>? ¿Quieren tacharla de intolerante, hacerla parecer que da &#8220;patadas de ahogado&#8221;? ¿Desprestigiar un legítimo movimiento ciudadano mediante su asociación con un candidato? Me inclino más a la última opción. Al parecer a alguien le preocupa que <strong>este sea el inicio del fin de Enrique Peña</strong>.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f887556/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Milenio+adjudica+la+%23MarchaAntiPe%C3%B1a+a+Josefina&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmilenio-adjudica-la-marchaantipena-a-josefina"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Milenio+adjudica+la+%23MarchaAntiPe%C3%B1a+a+Josefina&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fmilenio-adjudica-la-marchaantipena-a-josefina"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204702551/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f887556/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204702551/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f887556/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204702551/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f887556/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>It’s the Taxpayer’s Alliance worldview – where the rich get richer and all the rest gone go to……</title>
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         <description>I note the Taxpayer&amp;#8217;s Alliance are publishing a report in the morning on their ideas for the UK tax system. I haven&amp;#8217;t got a copy yet but the Guardian summarises its main recommendations as follows: The most eye-catching proposal in the 417-page report, which is jointly published by the Taxpayers&amp;#8217; Alliance and the Institute of &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/20/its-the-taxpayers-alliance-worldview-where-the-rich-get-richer-and-all-the-rest-gone-go-to/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I note the Taxpayer&#8217;s Alliance are publishing a report in the morning on their ideas for the UK tax system. I haven&#8217;t got a copy yet <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/20/chancellor-spending-cuts-income-tax?newsfeed=true">but the Guardian summarises</a> its main recommendations as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>The most eye-catching proposal in the 417-page report, which is jointly published by the Taxpayers&#8217; Alliance and the Institute of Directors, is a call for a &#8220;single proportionate income tax rate&#8221; of 30%.</p>
<p>This would be achieved by cutting the ratio of spending and taxation to 33% of national income, forcing Osborne to maintain the current level of spending cuts until 2020.</p>
<p>In his original fiscal mandate, outlined in his emergency budget in June 2010, Osborne had expected the austerity plan to continue until 2015. But in his autumn statement last year Osborne announced that the cuts would be extended for a further two years.</p>
<p>The report by the Taxpayers&#8217; Alliance says that a single income tax could be introduced in six steps:</p>
<p>• Cut taxes to 33% of national income. Taxes currently account for 37.5% of national income.</p>
<p>• Ensure that marginal tax rates do not exceed 30% and the personal tax allowance should rise to £10,000.</p>
<p>• Taxes on capital and labour income &#8220;disguised&#8221; as business taxes should be abolished and replaced with a tax on distributed income.</p>
<p>• Transaction, wealth and inheritance tax should be abolished.</p>
<p>• Consumption taxes should remain for the moment but transport taxes should be cut.</p>
<p>• Local authorities should raise half of their spending power from local taxes.</p></blockquote>
<div>The immediate temptation is to dismiss this as madness, and that would be appropriate except for the fact that we know these people have the ear of many people in the Tory party from David Cameron downwards.</div>
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<div>So let&#8217;s summarise what this means. First, all wealth taxes go. So the rich get richer.</div>
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<div>Second all taxes on business profits go. And since businesses of any substance are owned by wealthier people that means the rich get richer. How will they do that? By retaining their income in companies and selling shares in them free from capital gains tax: that&#8217;s how. The tax on corporate distributions they&#8217;re suggesting has a built in massive loop hole contained within it. How convenient for those who can defer their income because they&#8217;re already wealthy until a time of their choosing when it will be tax free!</div>
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<div>The personal allowance will increase very modestly to £10,000 and then 30% tax will due &#8211; which will hammer low earners and pensioners in particular, whose tax rates will rise considerably as a result, as will the tax rate for most on less than £45,000 of income a year. But of course the tax rate on the 10% eaening over both that will fall, in some cases considerably. So the poor, will lose and the rich will win. Now, there&#8217;s a surprise.</div>
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<div>And that will also be true for local taxes because forcing local authorities in poor areas to increase their tax yield from local communities will massively increase local taxes in these areas by reducing redistribution to them from richer areas, where the rate may well fall as a result. You&#8217;re not going to be surprised that as a result the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer and services in poorer areas will be massively curtailed, just where they are needed most. That&#8217;s not chance: that&#8217;s deliberate cold hearted callousness.</div>
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<div>And now let&#8217;s guess which services are going to be cut to reduce state spending by well over 10%. There are only a few where this might be possible. The first massive cut will be to beenfits, so the poor will get poorer. The next will be to pensions. So the poor will get poorer. After that there&#8217;s international aid, so the world&#8217;s poor will be poorer. And then there&#8217;s the NHS, so those who can&#8217;t afford to pay will die. And then there&#8217;s education, where those who can&#8217;t pay will be denied further education and no doubt many children will also lose out on nursery places so any prospect of social mobility is eliminated so that the rich stay rich.</div>
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<div>This is not a serious tax proposal. This is a propsoal to radically restructure society in the UK so that wealth is massively redistributed from the poorest to the richest.</div>
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<div>But that means this is a deliberate recipe for social division.</div>
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<div>Just as it is a recipe to create massive unemployment, no doubt with intent to force down wages to subsistence levels.</div>
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<div>And it is deliberately designed to ensure the poorest die young.</div>
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<div>It&#8217;s designed to deny any hope to most people.</div>
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<div>But most worrying of all, I think the whole reason for this is that it&#8217;s intended to drive a wedge through society as a pretext to creating a draconian state when people would quite reaonably object, as they would if this were ever to be seriously proposed.</div>
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<div>Is that possible? Oh yes, I&#8217;m afraid. There are many in the Conservatives now plenty mad enough to embrace this. And they hate most people in this country enough to want to deliver it. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s really worrying, because let&#8217;s be clear what this is: it&#8217;s a policy built on the basis of hatred of ordinary people.</div>
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         <title>The IPCC Special Report on Disasters and Adaptation: more than just climate science</title>
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         <description>Guest post from one time Oxfam research team member Arabella Fraser, who is currently in the Department for International Development, London School of Economics, writing a PhD on climate risk and vulnerability in informal urban settlements. She is also a consultant on climate adaptation and development issues, working most recently on urban adaptation planning in Latin [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Guest post from one time Oxfam research team member Arabella Fraser, who </em><em>is currently in the Department for International Development, London School of Economics, writing a PhD on climate risk and vulnerability in informal urban settlements. She is also a consultant on climate adaptation and development issues, working most recently on urban adaptation planning in Latin America and the Caribbean. </em></p>
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<p>The recent publication of the IPCC’s full <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/">SREX report </a>(or Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation) certainly provides researchers and practitioners with a 594 page <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CHIQFjAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTyrannosaurus&amp;ei=RHC2T8TFDcW_8gPGzPGaCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHy40PkyDeJQO5ENAxDXXJrcyKo0g&amp;sig2=cOkLz7jaD5N-NfkpOec-Sw">T-REX</a> of a document to grapple with. The product of 220 authors and over 18 thousand reviewers, it is a ‘state of the science’ juggernaut to fill the gap between the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CGIQFjAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipcc.ch%2Fpublications_and_data%2Fpublications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm&amp;ei=lnC2T_iTPNC78gPxsoizCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzt7ylVyUPBpjsCcJiAb-ZkaMuOA&amp;sig2=iSZ26mSNDkXfA1rcfF_-7Q">4th</a> (2007)and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ipcc.ch/#tabs-0">5th</a> (2014) overall IPCC Assessments.</p>
<p>The SREX has already generated much-needed headlines about the increased confidence of climate scientists that extreme weather events can be linked to man-made climate change, and the need for investment and improvement in disaster risk management (some of its authors talk about these main messages <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cdkn.org/2011/11/ipcc-srex/">here</a>).</p>
<p>It would be a shame, though, if the read-out by the wider climate and development community stopped there. Importantly, what SREX does is shift the terrain of IPCC reports onto a better integration of lessons from the social as well as the physical sciences. This was the first time that the IPCC’s Working Groups One (Physical science) and Two (Vulnerability and adaptation) had worked together on a single document. For the first time they joined forces with experts in disaster risk management. The result draws on a long scholarship in disaster studies that has stressed the unnaturalness of ‘natural’ disasters – climate events only become disasters, after all, when <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.radixonline.org/">vulnerable people are in the way</a>. One of the key messages is that increased exposure of populations and human assets is driving <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10197"></a>increased disasters, alongside changes in climatic events (see fig).</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10197"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10197" title="SREX petal diag" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/SREX-petal-diag.png" alt="SREX petal diag" width="548" height="297"/></a>SREX also changes the definition of vulnerability used since the 4th Assessment to make more explicit the role of social context, independent of physical events. The semantic change may be a tweak, but it matters. The IPCC’s definition has been ubiquitous in adaptation planning documents. The way ideas about vulnerability are framed also influences international discussions. It will be interesting to see if and how this affects debates about the scope of adaptation funding and the relationship between adaptation and development finance.</p>
<p>Alongside this ‘shift to the social’ SREX turns attention to all that we know about ‘the local’, which comes before the chapters on national and global issues. The report pulls in studies about the way people understand the risks they face and the importance of engaging with this knowledge. It finds both ‘high agreement’ and ‘robust evidence’ for the fact that integrating local knowledge with scientific knowledge improves disaster risk management and adaptation. Communicating risk means, in SREX, sitting down and sharing knowledge rather than simply telling people that they are at risk and what to do about it.</p>
<p>Where now? Too often social vulnerability analysis has been the exclusive preserve of NGO and community work, falling out of the purview of government planners. The problem is partly one of methods. It is a major challenge to incorporate contextual, multi-dimensional, dynamic and often qualitative analysis about risk and vulnerability into planning and evaluation frameworks that mostly demand numbers and high aggregation. In the context of climate change, SREX highlights the benefits of using human ‘storylines’</p>
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<p>alongside model projections. But what people tell us about how they coped in the past does not necessarily prepare them for an uncertain future, while their ability to cope may also have changed.</p>
<p>No surprise to readers of this blog, bringing what we know about the social and physical worlds together in practice is also a political as well as technical exercise. Not least because it means going beyond risk management policy to seek more structural changes, which get at the fundamental causes of exposure and vulnerability. SREX doesn’t avoid the fact that these causes are often institutional, governmental even. It sets out the evidence for more participation and more decentralisation, but also linking sub-national work better to governance at higher scales. It is hard to imagine a state-ratified report getting much more political than this. At <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.odi.org.uk/events/details.asp?id=2767&amp;title=managing-disasters-changing-climate-introducing-ipcc-special-report-extreme-events#report">ODI’s event to launch the report </a>summary last year author Mark Pelling alluded to the difficulty of getting even these issues established in the text. Development workers and theorists will have much to add, though, about the workings of power and exploitation in the most vulnerable parts of the world.</p>
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         <description>En esta temporada todo tiene que ver con los candidatos. Hasta la protesta de pilotos de Aeroméxico Connect resulta tener raíces electorales. El viernes pasado se dio la noticia de que 5 vuelos de la filial Connect fueron cancelados porque los pilotos no se presentaron a manera de protesta por el despido de uno de sus compañeros. El despido se dio, según la Asociación Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores (ASPA) porque días antes, durante un vuelo comercial de la empresa en el que viajó el candidato Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO),...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f879a71/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=De+pilotos+despedidos+y+democracias+que+no+despegan&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-pilotos-despedidos-y-democracias-que-no-despegan"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=De+pilotos+despedidos+y+democracias+que+no+despegan&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-pilotos-despedidos-y-democracias-que-no-despegan"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204443067/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f879a71/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204443067/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f879a71/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204443067/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f879a71/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70790" title="Connect aeromexico" src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/large_2589580330-800x577.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="577"/></p><p>En esta temporada todo tiene que ver con los candidatos. Hasta la protesta de pilotos de <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2011/10/empleados-de-aeromexico-implicados-en-trafico-de-cocaina">Aeroméxico</a> Connect</strong> resulta tener raíces electorales. El viernes pasado se dio la noticia de que 5 vuelos de la filial <strong>Connect</strong> fueron cancelados porque los <strong>pilotos</strong> no se presentaron a manera de protesta por el despido de uno de sus compañeros.</p> <p>El despido se dio, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/d029cc11afc8a4e33cdaa1b8d2f1d77b">según la Asociación Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores</a> (ASPA) porque días antes, durante un vuelo comercial de la empresa en el que viajó el candidato Andrés Manuel López Obrador (<strong>AMLO</strong>), el <strong>piloto</strong> lo saludó por el altavoz a manera de bienvenida. Me gustaría saber si lo que hizo este <strong>piloto</strong> fue sólo, como dice el sindicato, un saludo de bienvenida, o ¿se echó todo un discurso de apoyo al candidato?</p> <p>La verdad me surgen varios cuestionamientos. Suponiendo que lo que hizo el <strong>piloto</strong> fue lo segundo, manifestar su apoyo a <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/amlo-quiere-a-cuauhtemoc-cardenas-en-pemex">AMLO</a></strong> y más allá de una sencilla frase hizo todo un resumen de por qué lo apoya, pues sí, que falta de cabeza del <strong>piloto</strong>. En primera que molesto para los pasajeros pues lo último que esperas en un vuelo es tener que escuchar un discurso político, tengas la preferencia que tengas. Segundo, si en tu trabajo no se te paga por expresar tu opinión o no se te alienta a ello, debes reservártela pues en tus horas de trabajo, con el uniforme puesto y más si eres la cabeza del servicio la prioridad es cuidar la imagen de la compañía y una neutral, no identificada con una ideología es lo mejor. Y tercero, el riesgo de seguridad en que pones el vuelo ¿Qué tal si sus palabras encienden a alguien de una ideología contraria y le dan sus 5 minutos de locura? Estas poniendo en riesgo a todas las personas de ese vuelo y al propio candidato, en un lugar de mucho riesgo y del cual no pueden escapar (suena un poco exagerado, yo sé, pero es mejor evitar cualquier situación cercana a esto).</p> <p>Y por parte de la empresa si ya tienen establecido en sus reglas y políticas internas que los empleados, durante su trabajo no deben manifestar el apoyo a ideologías religiosas, políticas, etc., pues sí, ni hablar. El <strong>piloto</strong> incurrió en una falta y a veces los castigos pueden parecer demasiado estrictos, pero son la forma de cuidar que se cumplan. Pero lo que me extraña es no ver ningún comunicado de la empresa al respecto. Sobre todo cuando ya tienes a un grupo de <strong>pilotos</strong> protestando, afectando los vuelos y al sindicato declarando que el despido se dio por la simpatía del <strong>piloto</strong> a un candidato. Algunos <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=662140">medios</a> refieren a uno sobre la aclaración de que la ausencia de los <strong>pilotos</strong> no fue por una huelga, pero en su página no aparece ninguno publicado al respecto.</p> <p>¿Fue entonces una bienvenida al candidato, con ciertos tintes de simpatía lo que hizo el piloto? ¿Es esta la verdadera razón de su despido? No lo sabemos, pareciera que sólo hay una versión de los hechos y la empresa prefiere que esto se apague por si solo. Pero de ser así, esta sería una muestra de la poca <strong>madurez democrática</strong> que tenemos en general en el país. Los directivos de una empresa no tienen por qué despedir a alguien por su identidad religiosa o ideología política. Y los ciudadanos debemos mantener un equilibrio entre el no exaltarnos cuando alguien más demuestra su preferencia electoral, pues al final se pretende que todos acudamos a votar y eso de hacer de cuenta como si fuera algo en lo que sólo el 1 de julio vamos a pensar, es infantil. Pero también, así como debemos estar abiertos a escuchar a otros, debemos saber que otros pueden no pensar como uno, opinar diferente y no abusar de las situaciones de poder o en las que al resto no les queda mas que escucharte sin contradecirte para hacer campaña a tus preferencias y contaminar el ambiente cuando no era el momento.</p> <p>A mi parecer una referencia y saludo a que <strong>AMLO</strong> viajaba en ese vuelo no tiene nada de malo, son figuras públicas y de interés para el país, tan solo con cualquier famoso lo harían.  Si eso motivó un discurso del <strong>piloto</strong>, pobres pasajeros, el <strong>piloto</strong> sí se merece una llamada de atención o amonestación. Aunque no estoy segura si el despido, eso sólo si ya estaba contemplado en los lineamientos de la empresa. El caso es que en materia de <strong>democracia</strong> seguimos en pañales y no se ve cuando vayamos a despegar.</p> <p>Foto:  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/av8pix/2589580330/">AV8PIX Christopher Ebdon</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f879a71/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=De+pilotos+despedidos+y+democracias+que+no+despegan&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-pilotos-despedidos-y-democracias-que-no-despegan"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=De+pilotos+despedidos+y+democracias+que+no+despegan&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fde-pilotos-despedidos-y-democracias-que-no-despegan"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204443067/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f879a71/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204443067/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f879a71/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204443067/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f879a71/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>“¡Si hay imposición, habrá revolución!”, #MarchaAntiPeña, crónica de indignación virtual en el mundo real</title>
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         <description>Unos dicen que éramos 6 mil, otros que 46 mil, yo sólo sé que éramos muchos en esa marcha, que más de una ocasión se me puso la piel de gallina, que al principio tenía temor y que fue diferente a otras a las que he asistido. Un día antes revisé el evento programado en Facebook. La actividad en el muro de FB se empezó a registrar el 12 de mayo a las 18:31 -después de lo sucedido en la Ibero-, cuando las 26 primeras personas confirmaron su presencia al...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f867e6c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=%E2%80%9C%C2%A1Si+hay+imposici%C3%B3n%2C+habr%C3%A1+revoluci%C3%B3n%21%E2%80%9D%2C+%23MarchaAntiPe%C3%B1a%2C+cr%C3%B3nica+de+indignaci%C3%B3n+virtual+en+el+mundo+real&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsi-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=%E2%80%9C%C2%A1Si+hay+imposici%C3%B3n%2C+habr%C3%A1+revoluci%C3%B3n%21%E2%80%9D%2C+%23MarchaAntiPe%C3%B1a%2C+cr%C3%B3nica+de+indignaci%C3%B3n+virtual+en+el+mundo+real&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fsi-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204691873/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f867e6c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204691873/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f867e6c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204691873/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f867e6c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-10.jpg" alt="" title="&#34;&#xa1;Si hay imposici&#xf3;n, habr&#xe1; revoluci&#xf3;n!&#34; Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a rumbo a El &#xc1;ngel" width="640" height="428" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70757"/></p><p>Unos dicen que éramos 6 mil, otros que <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/05/19/miles-de-ciudadanos-se-manifiestan-en-la-marcha-anti-pena-nieto">46 mil</a>, yo sólo sé que éramos muchos en <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/al-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial">esa <strong>marcha</strong></a>, que más de una ocasión se me puso la piel de gallina, que al principio tenía temor y que fue diferente a otras a las que he asistido. Un día antes revisé el evento programado en Facebook. La actividad en el muro de FB se empezó a registrar el 12 de mayo a las 18:31 -después de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/quedo-claro-por-que-pena-nieto-no-queria-ir-a-universidades">lo sucedido en la Ibero</a>-, cuando las 26 primeras personas confirmaron su presencia al evento. En el historial se leían comentarios en diferentes sentidos, particularmente aquellos que desvinculaban al PRD del evento y que instaban a no acudir, arguyendo que era un evento orquestado por panistas. Hubo réplicas por parte de los organizadores y muchas recomendaciones de seguridad para el caso de que quisieran &#8220;reventar&#8221; la <strong>#MarchaAntiPeña</strong>.</p> <p>Con esa información en mente, decidí caminar de mi casa al punto de encuentro en el Zócalo capitalino por la misma ruta que haría el contingente horas después. La intención: ver los dispositivos de seguridad. Había patrullas en cada intersección. Afuera de Bellas Artes había un <strong>contingente del Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas</strong> (SME), viejos lobos de mar en el asunto de las movilizaciones. Sólo sobre Madero habían más miembros de seguridad pública y en el flujo de la gente empecé a identificar a algunos que iban por el mismo evento. Llegué al lugar de la cita con media hora de anticipación. Fui testigo de cómo un puñado de jóvenes preparaban pancartas y daban entrevistas a los medios que ya estaban presentes.</p> <p>Recorrí todo el zócalo. Pude ver algunos &#8220;orejas&#8221; pasando reportes: &#8220;sí, son como cincuenta jóvenes&#8221;, escuché. Conforme se acercaba la hora de la cita, empezó a llegar la gente. Comenzaron a repartir playeras negras con distintos motivos &#8220;antipeñistas&#8221;. La gente se arremolinaba en torno a ellos, incluso los &#8220;orejas&#8221; pidieron la suya. El contingente del SME llegó al Zócalo entonando Martinillo con licencia poética: &#8220;<strong>Peña Nieto</strong>, Peña Nieto, ¿dónde estás, dónde estás? ¡Chingas a tu madre, chingas a tu madre! Donde estés, donde estés&#8221;.</p> <p>Camarógrafos y &#8220;orejas&#8221; desviaron la atención de los jóvenes en el asta bandera y fueron &#8220;por la nota&#8221;. El contingente dio vuelta al Zócalo y se dispersó. Mientras, los asistentes a la <strong>#MarchaAntiPeña</strong> empezaron a llegar por montones. Algunos repartían carteles. Las playeras ya se habían acabado. Poco después de las doce y media la gente reunida en el zócalo avanzó hacia El Ángel.</p> <h2>&#8220;¡No vengo por mi torta, vengo por mis huevos!&#8221;</h2> <p>Me uní al contingente sobre Madero. Vi personal de seguridad vestidos de civiles -por si se preguntan cómo los reconozco es más que fácil identificar el corte, el porte y la mirada de pocos amigos-, sentí escalofríos. Unos chicos del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) ondeaban su bandera. Parados a un costado, en posición de saludo marcial, tres jóvenes vestidos de traje cargaban una televisión con una cita tricolor atravesada, en medio, el logotipo de Televisa, uno de ellos portaba en la solapa un identificador que decía &#8220;<strong>Tehipnotiza</strong>&#8221;. Como salidas de un cuento de hadas, pasaron por los lados unas damas disfrazas de princesas. Son de esos momentos que sólo se pueden presenciar en un evento como este.</p> <p>Una de las &#8220;esculturas vivientes&#8221; que trabajan afuera de la Casa de los Azulejos pidió a un hombre que iba enfrente de nosotros una pancarta con el logo del PRI, la imagen de una rata con cara de Carlos Salinas y la leyenda &#8220;<strong>Peña NO cumple</strong>&#8221;. Posó para las múltiples cámaras que lo captaron. Cuando pidió cinco pesos por las fotos, el flashes se volvieron a enfocar a la marcha.</p> <p>Tarjetas y panfletos circulaban de mano en mano y se repartían a los transeuntes, algunos decían:</p> <blockquote> <p>Enrique Peña Nieto es el nuevo plan de Carlos Salinas de Gortari y Elba Esther Gordillo para tomar el poder. Quieren engañarnos a los mexicanos con mentiras en la televisión, radio y periódicos. ¡Comparte esta información con tus familiares y conocidos! El futuro de México depende de ti.</p> </blockquote> <p>Llegamos a Eje Central. Los de seguridad de la marcha trataban de contener al mar de gente, pidiendo que dejaran circular un carril. Atrás de mí, marchaba Denise Dresser. Siempre es agradable ver a periodistas siendo parte del evento y no sólo mirando desde lejos, con ese halo de objetividad que engaña a tantos. Los helicópteros empezaron a rondar, provocando algunas rechiflas. Había demasiadas pancartas, unas más elaboradas que otras, pero todas contundentes. Recordando esos oscuros episodios de la historia nacional en los que el <strong>PRI</strong> fue protagonista. Y, claro, los que destacaban el vínculo entre <strong>Peña Nieto</strong> y <strong>Televisa</strong>.</p> <p>&#8220;Gaviota, Gaviota, ¡tu marido es un idiota! -Y tú también&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Peña farsante, que matas estudiantes!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡La gente consciente no vota por un copete!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Se ve, se siente, Peña delincuente!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Enrique, entiende, el pueblo no te quiere!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Si Peña pudiera, a su jefa la vendiera!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Se ve, se nota, su cara de ratota!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡No somos uno, no somos diez. Prensa vendida, cuéntanos bien!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Peña, ladrón, te quiero en la prisión!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡El que no brinque es Peña!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡El voto no se vende, el voto se defiende!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡No somos acarreados, somos ciudadanos!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡La prole unida, jamás será vencida!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Mentira, mentira, Peña no va arriba!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Pueblo informado, jamás manipulado!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Queremos presidente, no telenovelas!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Si el pueblo se organiza, no gana Televisa!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡No estamos todos, faltan los muertos!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡No vengo por mi torta, vengo por mis huevos!&#8221;<br /> &#8220;¡Ni un voto al PRI!&#8221;.</p> <p>Son algunas de las consignas que se escuchaban y replicábamos. Sobre Bucareli nos encontramos con unos peregrinos guadalupanos que iban a caballo y llevaban banda. La unión de movimientos no se hizo esperar, las fotos tampoco. &#8220;¡Charro consciente, se une al contingente!&#8221;, no se unieron, pero mostraron su apoyo o, al menos su adhesión temporal.</p> <p>Caminando por Reforma, al pasar por las sedes de distintos medios, surgieron con más fuerza las consignas contra la &#8220;prensa vendida&#8221;. Del otro lado circulaban los vehículos y, a diferencia de otras marchas en las que es clara la molestia por los inconvenientes derivados de la movilización, <strong>mostraban su simpatía</strong> tocando sus cláxons, sacando los brazos por las ventanillas con pulgar arriba, algunos, incluso, sacaban medio cuerpo y agitaban las manos.</p> <p>Al pasar por el Senado pensé que habría muestras de repudio, pero no las hubo. Sorprendentemente para mí, ha sido la marcha con menos groserías en las consignas. Desde la glorieta de Cuitlahuac se observaban las personas que ya habían llegado a El Ángel, el contingente que avanzaba y los que venían detrás, la calle estaba llena de gente, pancartas, gritos, música e indignación. La embajada de Estados Unidos también fue ignorada. Nadie se quejó del imperialismo yanqui, ni del capitalismo, las consignas siempre giraron en torno al <strong>repudio a Peña Nieto</strong> y el reclamo a los medios, particularmente a Televisa, para que dejaran de manipular la información.</p> <p>Llegamos a El Ángel con el contigente de la UNAM. Una vez más se notó que esta marcha no era &#8220;como las demás&#8221;, no hubo oradores, no hubo discursos, ni megáfonos maldiciendo. Había mucha gente que se acomodaba donde podía conforme llegaba, que mostraba sus pancartas y gritaba consignas. Un grupo de jóvenes llevó un monigote que mostraba la cara de los cuatro candidatos y acompañaban el cuadro con audios de sus discursos.</p> <p>A una voz, entonamos el himno nacional. Quizá, el momento más emotivo para mí, particularmente en el momento de gritar, más que cantar, &#8220;piensa, ¡oh, patria querida!, que el cielo <strong>un soldado en cada hijo te dio</strong>&#8221;.</p> <p>En ese momento, no había colores, ni partidos, no había líderes protagonizando el evento. Habíamos muchos mexicanos de todas las edades tratando de decirle a otros lo que los medios oficiales callan, tratando de recordarles la historia. Tratando, en fin, de hacer patente que las cosas no son lo que parecen. Nos desgañitamos gritando:</p> <p>&#8220;¡Ésta es la encuesta, ésta es la encuesta!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Aquí se ve, aquí se ve, que <strong>Peña Nieto</strong> presidente no va a ser!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Gracias Ibero, por ese viernes negro!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Que pase en Televisa, esa sí es noticia!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡México -sin PRI!&#8221;.<br /> &#8220;¡Si hay imposición, habrá revolución!&#8221;.</p> <p>Yo no vi agresiones, vandalismo, ni nada que pusiera en riesgo nuestra integridad. Vi, en cambio, gente de la más diversa, particularmente jóvenes, que se quedaban ahí, gritando y viendo cómo llegaban más y más al significativo lugar.</p> <p>El sol era implacable, algunos empezaron a partir, huyendo del tremendo calor. Yo me alejé al ritmo de: &#8220;¿dónde están, dónde están, los acarreados que nos iban a madrear!&#8221;, algunos todavía tuvieron fuerza para regresar al Zócalo. Hacia las cinco de la tarde, Reforma volvía a ser la calle animada que alberga a la Feria de Culturas Amigas, con mucha gente caminando de un lado a otro. Es agradable pensar que poco tiempo antes, fue el escenario de una reunión masiva que estaba haciendo historia o, al menos, se estaba intentando.</p> <h2>Sus voces</h2> <p>Pero lo que yo diga poco se compara con lo que dijeron ellos, así que aquí dejo los testimonios.</p> <blockquote> <p>Supe de la marcha por redes sociales, por Face me mandaron un poster, estuve investigando por ahí. -¿Qué te motivó a venir a la marcha?- Creo que ya es una acumulación de injusticias, de años de quejarse, que todo el país estamos conscientes de que las cosas están mal y creo que ya ha habido varios indicios de que la gente está despertando y ya está tomando el siguiente paso, ¿no? De pasar del hecho de saber que las cosas no están bien, de quejarse, creo que ya es un paso a <strong>ser más activo</strong> y a exigir realmente nuestros derechos y a decir nuestra opinión. Yo espero que la marcha tenga repercusiones no tanto mediáticas sino que más gente se haga consciente, que se empiece a cuestionar por qué estamos haciendo esto, porque finalmente somos apartidistas, somos ciudadanos que deciden tomar su tiempo y sus calles para manifestarse. Lo que yo espero es que realmente más personas se cuestionen todo eso y sobre todo <strong>que se informen</strong>, porque yo creo que uno de los principales objetivos de esta campaña es informar también.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Gerardo Ibarra, ex alumno de la Ibero</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Supe de la marcha por Facebook. Vine a la marcha porque odio a <strong>Peña Nieto</strong>, odio al PRI, mis padres odian al PRI, mis abuelos no pueden creer que sus nietos, sus bisnietos, vivan con el PRI. Ya estamos cansados. Quiero un México mejor para mi hija, para todos. Todo México. Por eso estoy aquí. Vengo del Estado de México, de Coacalco. Me tocó el gobierno de Peña Nieto y ahorita el de Eruviel, el de las chapitas. O sea, está peor. Entonces estamos en la lucha y seguimos y esperamos que México despierte, que reaccione, que se informe. Por eso estamos aquí, para ayudarlos a los que no tienen los medios, para <strong>que se informen</strong>.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Paola Trejo, empleada y ama de casa</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Me enteré de la marcha por Facebook y por Twitter. Vine porque estoy segura de que si gana el PRI va a ser un <strong>retroceso histórico</strong> completo y yo lo que quiero es que México demuestre que sí tiene memoria histórica y que ya no vamos a dejar que el PRI y el PAN nos sigan haciendo, nos sigan robando, nos sigan sometiendo a un sistema de corrupción y de represión. Esperemos que la marcha realmente haya cumplido su cometido que es <strong>informar</strong> y que la gente se haga mas consciente, que razone su voto este 2012 y que ya no nos dejemos llevar por lo que los medios de comunicación masiva, los que son los más populares, que nos están vendiendo, que no nos dejamos llevar por esa idea.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Chantal Gómez, estudiante de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, carrera de Relaciones Internacionales, UNAM</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Me invitaron por el Facebook. Vine porque ya estamos hasta la madre del gobierno que tenemos. Si seguimos unidos, avanzamos. Si tenemos miedo, nos paralizamos. Entonces hay que seguirle.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Victoria Nájera, ama de casa</strong>.</p> <p> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-23' title='Hacia la Independencia'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-23-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Hacia la Independencia" title="Hacia la Independencia"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-22' title='No a Televisa, no al PRI'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-22-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="No a Televisa, no al PRI" title="No a Televisa, no al PRI"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-21' title='Menos candidatos, m&#xe1;s ciudadanos'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-21-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Menos candidatos, m&#xe1;s ciudadanos" title="Menos candidatos, m&#xe1;s ciudadanos"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-20' title='&#34;&#xa1;M&#xe9;xico, despierta!&#34;'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-20-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="&#34;&#xa1;M&#xe9;xico, despierta!&#34;" title="&#34;&#xa1;M&#xe9;xico, despierta!&#34;"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-19' title='Manifestaci&#xf3;n con ritmo'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-19-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Manifestaci&#xf3;n con ritmo" title="Manifestaci&#xf3;n con ritmo"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-18' title='Libertad de expresi&#xf3;n animal'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-18-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Libertad de expresi&#xf3;n animal" title="Libertad de expresi&#xf3;n animal"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-17' title='&#34;Un soldado en cada hijo te dio&#34;'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-17-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="&#34;Un soldado en cada hijo te dio&#34;" title="&#34;Un soldado en cada hijo te dio&#34;"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-16' title='Entre El &#xc1;ngel y los candidatos'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-16-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Entre El &#xc1;ngel y los candidatos" title="Entre El &#xc1;ngel y los candidatos"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-15' title='&#34;&#xa1;&#xc9;sta es la encuesta, &#xe9;sta es la encuesta!&#34;'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-15-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="&#34;&#xa1;&#xc9;sta es la encuesta, &#xe9;sta es la encuesta!&#34;" title="&#34;&#xa1;&#xc9;sta es la encuesta, &#xe9;sta es la encuesta!&#34;"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-14' title='De los cuatro no se hace uno'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/marcha-14-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="De los cuatro no se hace uno" title="De los cuatro no se hace uno"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/si-hay-imposicion-habra-revolucion-marchaantipena-cronica-de-indignacion-virtual-en-el-mundo-real/marcha-13' title='&#34;M&#xe9;xico s&#xed; 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         <title>EU – in or out?</title>
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         <description>Ed Miliband is, according to the Observer, contemplating an EU refredum poll. That&amp;#8217;s a big issue. In or out? I&amp;#8217;ll come back to you on that one.</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 09:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ed Miliband is,<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/20/ed-miliband-eu-membership-referendum"> according to the Observer</a>, contemplating an EU refredum poll.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a big issue.</p>
<p>In or out?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll come back to you on that one.</p>
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         <title>The FT – and my “dangerous” work on the tax gap</title>
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         <description>The FT reported on HMRC&amp;#8217;s rebuttal of my work on the tax gap yesterday, saying: Revenue &amp;#38; Customs slammed claims that tax-dodging costs the country £120bn a year as “misleadingly high” in a report to MPs on Friday that sought to reassure the public that over 90 per cent of liabilities were collected. It said its own £35bn &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/20/the-ft-and-my-dangerous-work-on-the-tax-gap/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 09:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99ee21fa-a0c8-11e1-9fbd-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1vOm09CBS">The FT reported</a> on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmtreasy/124/12405.htm#a1">HMRC&#8217;s rebuttal </a>of my <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Documents/PCSTaxGap.pdf">work on the tax gap </a>yesterday, saying:</p>
<blockquote><p>Revenue &amp; Customs slammed claims that <a rel="nofollow" title="Additional information about the Tax Gap " target="_blank" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmtreasy/124/12405.htm">tax-dodging costs the country £120bn a year as “misleadingly high”</a> in a report to MPs on Friday that sought to reassure the public that over 90 per cent of liabilities were collected.</p>
<div>It said its own <a rel="nofollow" title="Government sees progress in tax collection - FT.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/98f7b9be-e467-11e0-844d-00144feabdc0.html">£35bn figure for the tax gap</a> – the gap between revenues that should be generated by the tax system and those actually collected – was “much more realistic” than the £120bn estimate that has been adopted by trade unions and activists, including the UK Uncut group.</div>
<p>It said the inflated figure was “dangerous” if left unchallenged because it gave a misleading impression of HMRC’s effectiveness and would encourage non-compliance by suggesting it was the norm. Richard Murphy, a campaigner who calculated the £120bn estimate, rejected HMRC’s criticisms. He called on HMRC to increase staff levels and crack down on small companies that were not filing tax returns or company accounts.</p>
<p>Mark Serwotka of PCS, a union representing HMRC staff, said: “The tens of thousands of staff in HMRC know that Richard is not overstating the tax gap, and they know that as well as it being an issue of political will, the problem is one of staffing.</p>
<p>“With 10,000 more job cuts planned by 2015, the government stands no chance of tackling this, when even a modest dent in the billions lost to our exchequer would change the debate about public spending overnight.”</p></blockquote>
<div>I&#8217;m grateful to Mark.</div>
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<div>His comment highlights all that needs to be known on this issue. When HMRC are dedicated to decimating their staff they&#8217;re not going to admit that doing so is going to massively harm the tax yield, are they? Whilst we have HMRC&#8217;s policy set by a board dominated by people from big business who have undertaken the most perfect example of regulatory capture of a public institution for private benefit as a result of which they demand that it cuts the resources available to collect the tax due to this country at benefit to large corporations they&#8217;re bound to describe my work that challenges their approach as dangerous.</div>
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<div>I sincerely hope my approach is dangerous to their best interests: it is meant to be. But it is in the best interests of the UK and for HMRC to say that my campaign to collect more tax using more staff to do so in pursuit of those who currently break the law without fear of prosecution is dangerous because I&#8217;m encouraging law breaking by showing how easy it is can only be described as disingenuous at best, and Orwellian in tone.</div>
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<div>It does not help that, as I have shown their own estimates are so riddled with errors, inconsistencies and straightforward wilful misstatement that anyone can see through them.</div>
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<div>I stand by my estimates - acknowledging that that is what they are &#8211; and all the more, I stand by my demand that they take real action to close the tax gap &#8211; which is what they are refusing to do.</div>
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         <title>Could the Observer be clearer, please?</title>
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         <description>This comes from today&amp;#8217;s editorial in the Observer: The economic conditions through which Britain is living reflect a disgraceful abdication of responsibility by a government that has consigned millions of lives to unnecessary and avoidable hardship and great anxiety about their future prospects. It is simply wrong to blame this on the economic tsunami sweeping &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/20/could-the-observe-be-clearer/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 08:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This comes<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/observer-editorial-goverments-calamitous-economic-policy"> from today&#8217;s editorial in the Observer</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The economic conditions through which Britain is living reflect a disgraceful abdication of responsibility by a government that has consigned millions of lives to unnecessary and avoidable hardship and great anxiety about their future prospects. It is simply wrong to blame this on the economic tsunami sweeping through Europe. Clearly a break-up of the euro would hit the UK hard and add greatly to the peril we face. But that has not happened yet and might still be avoided. What is clear is that Britain confronts this risk from a position of great weakness in substantial measure because of the economic strategy being pursued by the coalition government, whose leaders shamelessly blame an event that has not occurred for their mistakes. The true problem is that the framework in which economic policy is cast is 100% wrong.</p></blockquote>
<p>I wish they&#8217;d be a little clearer about what they think. Then I&#8217;d know whether to agree with them or not.</p>
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         <title>We’ve created a society for non-doms, but not for children in our schools</title>
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         <description>There&amp;#8217;s a great article under the above title by Peter Lampl  in the Observer this morning. As he says: What was painfully apparent from talking to the head and visiting secondary schools was that few bright children from areas such as Wakefield now have a chance of making it to top universities. From the outskirts of &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/05/20/weve-created-a-society-for-non-doms-but-not-for-children-in-our-schools/'&gt;[...]&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 08:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a great article under the above title by Peter Lampl  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/peter-lampl-education-reform-vital">in the Observer this morning</a>.</p>
<p>As he says:</p>
<blockquote><p>What was painfully apparent from talking to the head and visiting secondary schools was that few bright children from areas such as Wakefield now have a chance of making it to top universities. From the outskirts of Liverpool in the north to the coastal communities of Kent in the south, large swaths of the country have become educational wastelands – where children, despite their talents, face the bleakest of life prospects.</p>
<p>In London, meanwhile, where I now live, a very different phenomenon has transformed the capital&#8217;s most sought-after postcodes. The latest figures suggest that the rich from outside the UK now purchase the vast majority of super-prime property in London. Belgravia, Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Notting Hill, Chelsea and even exclusive enclaves in the home counties are becoming non-British zones.</p>
<p>It is not London&#8217;s weather that attracts the wealthy from overseas; for many, it is its non-domicile tax status. Among major countries, only in the UK do we allow wealthy foreigners to be permanent residents and not declare their worldwide income and pay tax on it. Instead, they make a one-off payment of £30,000 a year and pay tax on UK source income, which many do not have. At the same time, the UK is renowned for having the best private education money can buy.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a description of the failure of social policy written large in tax policy; and vice versa.</p>
<p>When we have policy intended to favour the rich we get a divided society that hamrs us all.</p>
<p>Which is precisely why we need to get rid of the domicile rule and introduce strongly progressive taxation, especially on wealth.</p>
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         <title>Al grito de “¡México Despierta!” marchan miles por una elección imparcial</title>
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         <description>¿Ir o no ir? La llamada &amp;#8220;Marcha Anti Peña&amp;#8221; despertó en mí sentimientos encontrados. En primer lugar por el nombre que permitiría capitalizar a grupos opositores todo lo que se lograra con la marcha y la exhibición de repudio. Finalmente asistí con la duda que generaba presentarme a un evento organizado enteramente a través de redes sociales. ¿Sería grande la convocatoria? ¿Qué sector de la población respondería a la convocatoria? ¿Se harían declaraciones a favor de un candidato? La cita en el Distrito Federal fue al medio día. Llegué a...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f83b1b3/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Al+grito+de+%E2%80%9C%C2%A1M%C3%A9xico+Despierta%21%E2%80%9D+marchan+miles+por+una+elecci%C3%B3n+imparcial&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fal-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Al+grito+de+%E2%80%9C%C2%A1M%C3%A9xico+Despierta%21%E2%80%9D+marchan+miles+por+una+elecci%C3%B3n+imparcial&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fal-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204678140/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83b1b3/kg/326-327/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204678140/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83b1b3/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204678140/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83b1b3/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 01:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/antiEPN0268-copy-800x533.jpg" alt="" title="Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a Nieto" width="800" height="533" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70715"/></p><p>¿Ir o no ir? La llamada <strong>&#8220;Marcha Anti Peña&#8221;</strong> despertó en mí sentimientos encontrados. En primer lugar por el nombre que permitiría capitalizar a grupos opositores todo lo que se lograra con la marcha y la exhibición de repudio.</p> <p>Finalmente asistí con la duda que generaba presentarme a un evento organizado enteramente a través de redes sociales. ¿Sería grande la convocatoria? ¿Qué sector de la población respondería a la convocatoria? ¿Se harían declaraciones a favor de un candidato?</p> <p>La cita en el Distrito Federal fue al medio día. Llegué a la hora que se había dicho y salí del Metro en el momento en que las campanas de la Catedral marcaban el medio día junto con un grupo de personas que viajaban en el mismo vagón que yo y que coreaban consignas contra Peña Nieto desde que se abrieron las puertas. Eran varias las personas que ya se encontraban en la Plaza de la Constitución, aproximadamente dos mil, las cuales con el paso del tiempo comenzaron a incrementarse. <strong>Ciudadanos que sin mucha experiencia en protestas se presentaron con pancartas hechas a mano</strong> y otros que con un poco de inversión llevaron playeras con las leyendas &#8220;Peña no cumple&#8221; y &#8220;El compromiso de Peña es con Televisa&#8221;.</p> <p>De repente un grupo de bastante numeroso comenzó a entrar al Zócalo por el andador de Madero. Al frente marchaban con una bandera del <strong>Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas</strong> quienes pedían no dar un voto a favor del PRI ni del PAN, pues eran lo mismo. En seguida <strong>comenzaron a corear &#8220;¡Obrador, Obrador!&#8221;</strong> y algunas de las personas que estaban cerca siguieron su ejemplo. Fue el único momento en toda la marcha en la que pude escuchar muestras de apoyo a alguno de los candidatos. Posteriormente el contingente del SME se diluyó con el resto de los ciudadanos.</p> <p>Un estruendo sacudió a quienes estábamos reunidos. Un fuego artificial había sido encendido, al parecer por <strong>un grupo de estudiantes de la UNAM</strong> quienes durante todo el recorrido, intercalado con los diversos gritos usados, lanzaban orgullosamente su característico Goya.</p> <p>El contingente comenzó la marcha hacia el Ángel de la Independencia por la calle de Madero, tomando Eje Central y luego Hidalgo para incorporarse a Reforma. Era un mar de gente que <strong>creaban sobre la marcha los gritos que los acompañarían</strong> por las calles. &#8220;¡El que no brinque es Peña&#8221;, &#8220;¡Gaviota, Gaviota, tu esposo es un idiota!&#8221; y el nuevo pero significativo <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://alt1040.com/2012/05/yosoy132?utm_source=self&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=Destacados%2BHome">&#8220;¡Yo soy 132!&#8221;</a>.</p> <p>La gente que caminó esos cuatro kilómetros durante más de hora y media era de lo más variada. <strong>Estudiantes de universidades públicas y privadas</strong>; hombres y mujeres; personas que vivieron las <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/estudiantes-desaparecen-tras-protestar-en-mitin-de-pena-nieto">épocas de represión</a> e inestabilidad económica <strong>marcharon de la mano con los jóvenes que no conocieron esa etapa de México</strong> y contaban sus historias; incluso niños que sin saber qué hacían ahí llevaban sus cartulinas con consignas escritas.</p> <p>Cuando llegamos a Paseo de la Reforma era más apreciable el enorme número de personas que se habían sumado a la protesta, de hecho quienes marchaban pedían a los que iban por la calle que se unieran. &#8220;¡La gente consciente se une al contingente&#8221;, gritaban. Los automovilistas atrapados en el tráfico ocasionado por la manifestación, lejos de mostrar enojo <strong>se unían con el sonido de sus cláxons</strong> y marcaban el ritmo para continuar gritando. &#8220;¡El que no pite es Peña!&#8221;. Algunos grababan con sus celulares a los ciudadanos, quienes iban en el Metrobús y los autobuses gritaban y levantaban la mano en señal de apoyo. <strong>Los turistas se detenían y miraban</strong> incrédulos el avance.</p> <p>Finalmente llegamos a la glorieta del Ángel de la Independencia donde la base ya se encontraba ocupada por un grupo y quienes llegaban tenían dificultad para avanzar. Poco a poco la gente comenzó a rodear toda la columna y el contigente siguió llegando. <strong>Casi 50 mil personas fueron las que marcharon</strong>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/05/19/miles-de-ciudadanos-se-manifiestan-en-la-marcha-anti-pena-nieto">de acuerdo a algunos medios</a>. El Himno Nacional fue entonado cuando ni siquiera la cuarta parte de los asistentes había llegado al monumento.</p> <p>Y después de esto, ¿qué? En primer lugar creo que es importante mencionar que la marcha de ayer iba más allá de una simple protesta contra una televisora y que <strong>la marcha de hoy fue más allá del repudio a un candidato</strong>. Hay que entender que lo que se está pidiendo es una elección imparcial y donde <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/una-semana-de-verguenza-para-la-prensa-mexicana">los medios hagan su trabajo</a> de una manera honesta. Ese es el sentir de la población que enfurecida por lo que <strong>parece ser el intento de imposición de un candidato</strong> gritó &#8220;¡Peña no va arriba!&#8221; y desconfía de las encuestas y lo que los medios les dicen.</p> <p><strong>&#8220;¡México despierta!&#8221;</strong> fue, a mi parecer, el grito más fuerte y más significativo. No porque estuviera dormido, sino porque doce años después de haber dado los primeros pasos de la vida en democracia mediante el ejercicio del voto que sacó al PRI del poder, la ciudadanía y las nuevas generaciones se están dando cuente de que <strong>no basta con votar, sino que hay que exigir de frente y alzar la voz</strong> cuando no se les está escuchando. Sí, hoy México despierta y eso es realmente esperanzador pero también es vital recordar que <strong>nada de esto servirá si todo este movimiento no se concreta en una opción viable para que el país avance</strong>.</p> <p> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/al-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial/antiepn0301-copy' title='Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a Nieto'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s1.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/antiEPN0301-copy-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a Nieto" title="Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a Nieto"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/al-grito-de-mexico-despierta-marchan-miles-por-una-eleccion-imparcial/antiepn0297-copy' title='Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a Nieto'><img width="100" height="100" src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/antiEPN0297-copy-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Marcha Anti Pe&#xf1;a Nieto" 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         <title>Los $100 de crédito a tu celular que te “regalan” los candidatos</title>
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         <description>La &amp;#8220;rumorología&amp;#8221; es oficio nacional y en épocas electorales crece exponencialmente. Y para ejemplo el desatado en días pasados (al rededor del 15 de mayo, por las fechas de las publicaciones). Me enteré apenas hoy del rumor de que un candidato estaba regalando $100 de crédito a tu celular mandando un mensaje al 4435. Está bien que los candidatos tiran la casa por la ventana o mejor dicho nuestra casa por la ventana, pero eso de regalar $100 de crédito sin ni siquiera haber estado presente en un mitin o...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f83aab5/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Los+%24100+de+cr%C3%A9dito+a+tu+celular+que+te+%E2%80%9Cregalan%E2%80%9D+los+candidatos&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-100-de-credito-a-tu-celular-que-te-regalan-los-candidatos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Los+%24100+de+cr%C3%A9dito+a+tu+celular+que+te+%E2%80%9Cregalan%E2%80%9D+los+candidatos&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-100-de-credito-a-tu-celular-que-te-regalan-los-candidatos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204677394/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83aab5/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204677394/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83aab5/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204677394/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83aab5/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 01:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70688" title="EPN, JVM y Telcel" src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/EPN-JVM-y-Telcel.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="347"/></p><p>La &#8220;<em>rumorología</em>&#8221; es oficio nacional y en épocas electorales crece exponencialmente. Y para ejemplo el desatado en días pasados (al rededor del 15 de mayo, por las fechas de las publicaciones). Me enteré apenas hoy del <strong>rumor</strong> de que un candidato estaba regalando $100 de <strong>crédito a tu <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/incostitucional-reformas-de-geolocalizacion-cndh">celular</a></strong> mandando un mensaje al <strong>4435</strong>. Está bien que los candidatos tiran la casa por la ventana o mejor dicho nuestra casa por la ventana, pero eso de regalar $100 de <strong>crédito</strong> sin ni siquiera haber estado presente en un mitin o algún compromiso de apoyo a su candidato pues no tiene mucho sentido. Lo que de momento pensé es: seguramente una vez que mandas el mensaje te estas dando de alta para que te manden propaganda. Por que sí, incluso en el mensaje que tienes que mandar empiezas por la palabra &#8220;alta&#8221;. El caso es que me puse a buscar información al respecto para ver la certeza de tal &#8220;regalo&#8221;.</p> <p>La verdad no fue difícil, y esa es mi intención, contarles lo que encontré y despejarles la duda para los que les llegue aún el <strong>rumor</strong>. Para empezar los <strong>rumores</strong> los encontré en blogs y foros no muy conocidos (al menos para mi) y que no me inspiraban mucha confianza al menos en los comentarios respecto a este tema. Y por lo visto también anduvo en las redes sociales. En la mayoría de los que entré decían que el crédito lo regalaba Josefina Vázquez Mota y uno decía que <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/circulan-video-en-el-que-enrique-pena-nieto-investiga-a-una-estudiante-se-les-chispoteo">Enrique Peña Nieto</a>. A veces mencionaban que el mensaje que tenias que mandar era ALTA + Nombre completo y otras veces ALTA + número celular + Josefina.</p> <p>La única referencia conocida era a un artículo de la página <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinembargo.mx/14-05-2012/233978">Sin embargo</a> en el que se comenta un mitin de Peña Nieto y entre la información se menciona:</p> <blockquote><p>Durante el mitin se corrió la voz de que se estaban regalando <strong>saldos para teléfonos celulares</strong> con solo poner la leyenda &#8220;alta&#8221;, luego el nombre completo con apellidos, y enviar el mensaje al <strong>4435</strong>.</p> <p>Los que siguieron las instrucciones confirmaron que como respuesta recibieron un mensaje en el que se les indicaba que en las próximas 48 horas tendrían cien pesos de tiempo aire.</p></blockquote> <p>Yo supongo que éste podría ser una de las publicaciones que más exponenciaron el <strong>rumor</strong>, pues el artículo tiene fecha de 14 de mayo y el resto de blogs y foros que vi lo tienen de 15 de mayo. ¿A que hora pasó a ser &#8220;oferta de campaña&#8221; de Josefina Vázquez Mota? Eso si no sé.</p> <p>Los comentarios en los diferentes sitios van desde personas que preguntan cómo hacerlo; otros que aseguran que ellos ya lo hicieron y ya tienen sus $100 o que &#8220;el amigo de un amigo&#8221; ya lo hizo y fue cierto; hasta los que recomiendan no hacerlo, que seguramente te cobrarán, te quitarán crédito o te mandarán propaganda.</p> <p>Yo me fui a la página de Telcel. Nunca la he revisado a fondo y pensé que a lo mejor ahí se mencionara un servicio que se ofrezca con ese número o un listado de los diferentes números que dan este tipo de promociones y quien los proporciona. El caso es que listado de servicios de momento no vi, pero entrando a la página de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.telcel.com/portal/promociones/begin.do?mid=1600">promociones</a> me encontré con una primera pista: &#8220;<em>Del 15 al 20 de mayo. Compra un Amigo Kit (&#8230;) y te regalamos $100 de Tiempo Aire para que lo regales a quien tú quieras</em>&#8221;. Al darle click en la parte de condiciones aparece el siguiente texto:</p> <blockquote><p>Para activar la promoción de los $100 de Tiempo Aire envía un SMS a la marcación<strong> 4435</strong> con la palabra ALTA un espacio y el número celular de 10 dígitos  al que aplicarás el <strong>Tiempo Aire de regalo</strong>, el Tiempo Aire se aplicará en un lapso no mayor a 48 horas y solo se podrá aplicar 1 vez por línea, no aplica para la misma línea del Amigo Kit comprado&#8230;</p></blockquote> <p>Como verán no hace falta agregar el nombre de ningún candidato. Tampoco es un regalo de los candidatos, de hecho es una promoción de Telcel y podría decirse que es un regalo que tú (porque tienes que hacer una compra) das a otra persona. Qué uso le dio Telcel al número <strong>4435</strong> antes del 15 de mayo lo desconozco, pero dudo que lo tuviera contratado para dar otro servicio. Seguramente es un número que usan con frecuencia para sus diferentes promociones.</p> <p>Si alguien mandó un mensaje a este número y realmente recibió <strong>crédito</strong> a cambio, seguramente fue pura coincidencia: acababa de comprar su teléfono, lo hizo en la fecha de la promoción y el número que proporcionó era el de alguien más. Ya si quiere &#8220;agradecer&#8221; la bonificación de <strong>crédito</strong> con su voto a algún candidato pues ya es cosa de cada quien, pero&#8230; no es necesario.</p> <p>Al final la <em>duda razonable </em>es un concepto que también debemos aplicar en la cotidianidad. Y otro que sugiero es el de la sabiduría popular: <em>No hay paso sin huarache. </em>Porque por ejemplo el partido Verde Ecologista ha repartido volantes y anunciado en Internet que te regala la descarga de 4 canciones. Yo no lo he hecho, porque 4 canciones no compran mi molestia de estar recibiendo propaganda en mi celular que es lo que supongo que sucede después; o posiblemente el costo del mensaje sea alto, con $20 ya tú estarías pagando las canciones y te quedas con la idea que te las &#8220;regaló&#8221; Peña Nieto. Ya nos platicarán los que si lo han hecho. Pero aún así, &#8220;regalen&#8221; lo que &#8220;regalen&#8221;, que no te vengan con chantajes, recuerda que tú eres dueño de tu voto.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f83aab5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Los+%24100+de+cr%C3%A9dito+a+tu+celular+que+te+%E2%80%9Cregalan%E2%80%9D+los+candidatos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-100-de-credito-a-tu-celular-que-te-regalan-los-candidatos"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Los+%24100+de+cr%C3%A9dito+a+tu+celular+que+te+%E2%80%9Cregalan%E2%80%9D+los+candidatos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Flos-100-de-credito-a-tu-celular-que-te-regalan-los-candidatos"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204677394/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83aab5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204677394/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83aab5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204677394/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f83aab5/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Plaza de la República y corredor peatonal Francisco I. Madero ganaron el Premio Obras CEMEX</title>
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         <description>El Distrito Federal es una ciudad con lugares muy lindos para recorrer. Al caminar por el Centro Histórico puedes toparte con edificios hermosos, sin contar las plazas y monumentos que son emblemáticos no sólo de la capital, sino del país. De cualquier forma, hay lugares a los que se les han dado una manita de gato y el resultado fue tan bueno que la Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda (Seduvi) del DF ganó tres premios, uno internacional y dos nacionales, durante la ceremonia de la XX Edición Premio Obras...&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f82b75d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&amp;title=Plaza+de+la+Rep%C3%BAblica+y+corredor+peatonal+Francisco+I.+Madero+ganaron+el+Premio+Obras+CEMEX&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fplaza-de-la-republica-y-corredor-peatonal-francisco-i-madero-ganaron-el-premio-obras-cemex"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Plaza+de+la+Rep%C3%BAblica+y+corredor+peatonal+Francisco+I.+Madero+ganaron+el+Premio+Obras+CEMEX&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fplaza-de-la-republica-y-corredor-peatonal-francisco-i-madero-ganaron-el-premio-obras-cemex"&gt;&lt;img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204673868/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f82b75d/kg/326-327/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204673868/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f82b75d/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204673868/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f82b75d/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 21:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s2.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Monumento-a-la-Revoluci&#xf3;n.jpg" alt="" title="Monumento a la Revoluci&#xf3;n" width="700" height="467" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70647"/></p><p>El <strong>Distrito Federal</strong> es una ciudad con lugares muy lindos para recorrer. Al caminar por el <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2011/08/peatonales-centro">Centro Histórico</a> puedes toparte con edificios hermosos, sin contar las plazas y monumentos que son emblemáticos no sólo de la capital, sino del país. De cualquier forma, hay lugares a los que se les han dado una <em>manita de gato</em> y el resultado fue tan bueno que la <strong>Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda</strong> (Seduvi) del DF <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.noticiasdetuciudad.df.gob.mx/?p=24074"><strong>ganó tres premios</strong></a>, uno internacional y dos nacionales, durante la ceremonia de la XX Edición <strong>Premio Obras Cemex</strong>, celebrada el jueves pasado en Monterrey, Nuevo León.</p> <p>El <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cemexmexico.com/PremioObras.aspx"><strong>Premio Obras CEMEX</strong></a> es un concurso creado y organizado por esta empresa, que cada año busca distinguir lo mejor de la construcción de México y el mundo. A través de la realización de este certamen, fomenta la cultura de innovación continua en la construcción, reconociendo el talento de quienes hacen posible mejores obras.</p> <p>El Proyecto Rehabilitación y Restauración de <strong>Plaza de la República</strong> y <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2011/06/el-mandala-verde-que-invadio-el-monumento-a-la-revolucion"><strong>Monumento a la Revolución Mexicana</strong></a> ganó en la categoría de Accesibilidad Internacional. La propuesta se destacó entre proyectos realizados por países como China, Costa Rica, Croacia, España, Montenegro, Panamá, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana. Pero no fue el único premio que ganó, también obtuvo el primer lugar nacional en Congruencia en Accesibilidad. Yo no sé mucho de arquitectura -es decir, nada-, pero la última vez que fui me quedé muy sorprendida con los cambios. Realmente es un lugar lindo, agradable para admirar y disfrutar. Estuve un buen rato contemplando detalles y el proyecto en su conjunto. Parecía niña chiquita. Supongo que no he sido la única, incluso hicieron el libro <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seduvi.df.gob.mx/portal/files/Boletines/34-04102011.pdf">&#8220;Restauración y Rehabilitación de la Plaza de la República y Monumento a la Revolución&#8221;</a> como testimonio del proyecto integral, el cual presentaron en octubre del año pasado en el mismo sitio.</p> <p>El que también obtuvo reconocimiento fue el Proyecto Integral y obra de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seduvi.df.gob.mx/portal/files/Boletines/Concluyen%20obras%20en%20Madero.pdf"><strong>Rehabilitación del Corredor Peatonal Francisco I. Madero</strong></a>, ubicado en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México, se quedó con el segundo lugar nacional en la categoría de Urbanismo. Les platico un poco del lugar -a aquellos que no lo conocen-, Madero destaca como eje articulador de tres espacios urbanos simbólicos para la convivencia social: Plaza de la Constitución, la explanada del Palacio de Bellas Artes y la Alameda Central, y en el circuito de calles peatonales ya existentes en el Centro Histórico como el corredor cultural Regina -que también quedó lindo, hay un mural de diosas que me encanta-, Motolinía, Gante, Filomeno Mata, Talavera, Alhóndiga y Santísima.</p> <p>El acondicionamiento del corredor peatonal, abarcó desde la avenida Juárez, a partir de su cruce con la calle López, hasta la Plaza de la Constitución. Se amplió la banqueta de la avenida Juárez, y el balizamiento del cruce de Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, para garantizar al peatón un recorrido seguro, en un espacio de poco más de 11 mil metros cuadrados, y cerca de un kilómetro lineal. También lo he caminado con gusto. A veces, me siento en alguna banca a fumar y veo cómo pasa la gente. Es un buen sitio.</p> <p>Estas obras fueron realizadas por el Gobierno del Distrito Federal, a través de la <strong>Seduvi</strong> y la Autoridad del Espacio Público, con la finalidad de mejorar la calidad de vida de los habitantes de la capital del país, así como las condiciones de sociabilidad, a través de una ciudad más amigable, con espacios públicos recuperados y bien cuidados. A mí me gustó el resultado, al parecer, al jurado también. Y así como me quejo de la <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vivirmexico.com/2012/05/mexico-necesita-reducir-el-uso-del-automovil-no-supervias-y-segundos-pisos">Supervía</a>, también sé apreciar y reconocer las obras que hacen de esta una ciudad tan particular.</p> <p>Imagen: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://artisticafood.com/2011/08/12/bienvenids/monu-revo/">Artistica Food</a></p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f82b75d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Plaza+de+la+Rep%C3%BAblica+y+corredor+peatonal+Francisco+I.+Madero+ganaron+el+Premio+Obras+CEMEX&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fplaza-de-la-republica-y-corredor-peatonal-francisco-i-madero-ganaron-el-premio-obras-cemex"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Plaza+de+la+Rep%C3%BAblica+y+corredor+peatonal+Francisco+I.+Madero+ganaron+el+Premio+Obras+CEMEX&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fplaza-de-la-republica-y-corredor-peatonal-francisco-i-madero-ganaron-el-premio-obras-cemex"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204673868/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f82b75d/kg/326-327/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204673868/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f82b75d/kg/326-327/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204673868/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f82b75d/kg/326-327/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Vivir México Pool: Atterrissage imminent</title>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://s3.vivirmexico.com/files/2012/05/Atterrissage-imminent-554x600.jpg" alt="" title="Atterrissage imminent" width="554" height="600" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-70570"/></p><p>Pareciera que este globo aerostático vuela tan bajo que apenas alcanzará a librar el plantío de agaves en su intento por aterrizar. Dado que el autor de esta imagen cuenta con fotos posteriores, podemos asumir que el aterrizaje fue todo un éxito. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickou/5379122071/in/pool-97341195@N00/">Atterrissage imminent</a> (o “Aterrizaje inminente”), es una fotografía de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickou/">mickou</a>, y fue tomada en Tequila, Jalisco.</p> <p>Si deseas que tus fotografías aparezcan en este espacio, y están relacionadas con México, abre una cuenta en <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a></strong> y envíalas al pool de <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/vivirmexico/pool/">Vivir México</a></strong>. Ya verás que pronto saldrán publicadas.</p> <img width='1' height='1' src='http://hipertextual.feedsportal.com/c/33160/f/538999/s/1f7ec8d7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=es&title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+Atterrissage+imminent&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-atterrissage-imminent"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td><td valign='middle'><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_es.cfm?title=Vivir+M%C3%A9xico+Pool%3A+Atterrissage+imminent&link=http%3A%2F%2Fvivirmexico.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fvivir-mexico-pool-atterrissage-imminent"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark_es.gif" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204401174/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f7ec8d7/kg/317/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204401174/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f7ec8d7/kg/317/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204401174/u/49/f/538999/c/33160/s/1f7ec8d7/kg/317/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>‘As serious as a heart attack’: Robin Hood Tax Global Week of Action Kicks Off</title>
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         <description>Update on substantial progress (and the risk the money raised won&amp;#8217;t go to development and climate change) from Oxfam head of advocacy (and generally merry man) Max Lawson
This week sees a Global Week of Action for the campaign for the Robin Hood Tax (aka the Financial Transactions Tax, or FTT). The FTT rose to prominence as [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Update on substantial progress (and the risk the money raised won&#8217;t go to development and climate change) from Oxfam head of advocacy (and generally </em><em>merry man) Max Lawson</em></p>
<p>This week sees a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/latest/robin-goes-global-week-action-2012">Global Week of Action </a>for the campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/">Robin Hood Tax</a> (aka the Financial Transactions Tax, or FTT). The FTT rose to prominence as a result of the financial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10174"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-10174" title="RHT weddingJPG" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/RHT-weddingJPG-300x200.jpg" alt="RHT weddingJPG" width="300" height="200"/></a>crisis, which continues to keep it in the spotlight as Greece stumbles towards the euro exit, not least because journalists are desperate for fresh ways to report a crisis that is simultaneously huge news and desperately dull. So from Cape Town to Paris, campaigners are pulling on their green tights and fat cat costumes, starting with a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/latest/merkel-and-hollande-wedding-vows-yes-robin-hood-tax">wedding in Berlin </a>for Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel (right).</p>
<p>In policy land, a revised impact assessment of the FTT by the European Commission was <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/may/15/hollande-merkel-financial-transaction-tax">obtained by the Guardian</a>.  The new assessment shows that the EC got its numbers wrong in a previous study that was seized upon by the FTT’s opponents. Recognizing that the majority of small and medium size firms do not rely on financial markets for investment (and so their access to capital would be unaffected by an FTT) reduces the cost to growth of an FTT to a tiny 0.2% reduction on a total predicted growth of about 80% between now and 2050.  Moreover, if the revenues from an FTT (€57 billion a year according to the EC) are invested in creating jobs, then this tiny negative then becomes positive so that an FTT would actually <em>boost</em> growth in Europe. Got that? An FTT is pro-growth. Alas, such positive conclusions are unlikely to make it into any speeches by David Cameron or the front page of the Financial Times.</p>
<p>The pressure on EU leaders is extreme.  The political debate is shifting from austerity to growth, with Angela Merkel faring poorly in some major state elections, and the victory of the socialist party in France. Monsieur Hollande has highlighted the FTT as one of the three main ways to boost growth in Europe.  The FTT is going to figure highly in the EU leaders’ ‘Growth Summit’ on 22nd May. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/global_view.html">Wall Street Journal</a> made the link last week, saying that ‘even if they are calling for an FTT, at least the left are talking growth’. </p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10184"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-10184" title="RHTlogo-1023x66" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/RHTlogo-1023x6610-300x19.jpg" alt="RHTlogo-1023x66" width="300" height="19"/></a>With millions across Europe facing unemployment and serious suffering, especially in Greece, it is great to finally hear leaders speaking out against the death spiral of austerity and recession.  It is also great that the FTT is one of the key things being cited to help with this.  The Robin Hood Tax has always been about helping the poorest in developed nations as well as helping finance the fight against climate change and poverty in developing countries.  If the proceeds of a tax on the unproductive and destabilising casino behaviour of the financial markets is used in part to create jobs and protect public services in Europe this would be a great redistribution and a great thing.</p>
<p>But this is also the biggest threat.  With global aid levels falling, and the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=9&amp;ved=0CIwBEBYwCA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGreen_Climate_Fund&amp;ei=5ee1T56WIsPZ8AOgsunLCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGf95yIk0SmsOGdap9n61bphcHl7g&amp;sig2=prCXLKn_uvvgJ0-zb0TKMQ">Green Climate Fund </a>sitting empty, revenues from the FTT are vital for global, as well as domestic causes. Before the election, Francois Hollande said publicly he would favour up to 30% being used in this way, but he has been ominously silent since.  Just last week in a closed door meeting with the heads of major NGOs, Chancellor Merkel reiterated her support for doing this.  But the exigencies of austerity and the European crisis make this far from certain.  Green groups in particular need to pile the pressure on France and Germany, ahead of next month&#8217;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;ved=0CIcBEBYwAw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2012_G-20_Mexico_summit&amp;ei=JOi1T4mbJMiI8gPw-Km2Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4MHYCiUq7ULlupDLtF9I3t0P3TQ&amp;sig2=HPNBO6YCX4KuhGhdW070kg">Mexico G20 </a>and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CIYBEBYwAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthsummit2012.org%2F&amp;ei=SOi1T4iuJ8Km8gOt0eSjCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpyJu9isqMO9QwSG_eLTWvu1msGA&amp;sig2=6hA62hNdmcda8qMbQGEwAg">Rio Earth Summit</a>.  </p>
<p>I was in South Africa last week for meetings with civil society and government G20 negotiators.  South Africa has a strong interest in a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10185"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-10185" title="Robin Hood person" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Robin-Hood-person4.bmp" alt="Robin Hood person"/></a>successful Green Climate Fund. They agreed to speak to Brazil and Argentina as the three countries outside Europe that joined the FTT ‘coalition of the willing’ at the G20 in Cannes, focusing on supporting an FTT for funding development and climate change. Pressure on France and Germany from these governments will be critical.</p>
<p>In the US, the G8 is taking place today, and President Hollande has promised to raise the FTT in discussions with fellow G8 leaders.  The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://robinhoodtax.org/">Robin Hood Tax USA </a>campaign is also being launched, by thousands of nurses dressed as Robin Hood, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AllRrDdoEJY">marching in Chicago</a>. Interviewed on US news recently, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/latest/us-nurses-demand-robin-hood-tax-heal-america">head of the US National Nurses Union </a>was asked by the presenter whether she was serious; she replied ‘we are as serious as a heart attack’.</p>
<p><em>And in place of the customary <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CEoQtwIwAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZzZIRMXcxRc&amp;ei=d-i1T_n8NYWE8gOo6NXACg&amp;usg=AFQjCNERhwdEr62i1B2wSSqKmdGIyVNEgQ&amp;sig2=FtAzZoN2tHYuht3L8k_SwA">Bill Nighy video</a>, here&#8217;s a nice <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinhoodtax/7218119762/sizes/z/in/set-72157629776525812/">infographic</a></em></p>
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         <title>voiceteam: 18m ppl threatened by food crisis across West Africa @BaabaMaal's seen its devastating effects http://t.co/2OlXsDGg  #Sahel2012</title>
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         <title>Dear readers, please tell us what you think about the blog (there’s prizes)</title>
         <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/G20Voiceupadates/~3/IJNXFaaC_Js/</link>
         <description>It has come to our attention that you (the readers) have been under-surveyed – haven’t asked your opinion on anything very much for over two years now (see here for summary of last survey in March 2010). So some technologically gifted people in Oxfam have put together the reader survey to the right (the big [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has come to our attention that you (the readers) have been under-surveyed – haven’t asked your opinion on anything very much for over two years now (see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=2178">here</a> for summary of last survey in March 2010). So some technologically gifted people in Oxfam have put together the reader survey to the right (the big red box). I would really appreciate you clicking on it – we’ve got a redesign and a second edition of the book of From Poverty to Power coming up later this year, so it’s an ideal time to make any necessary tweaks to improve the blog. Go on, two minutes of your time once every two years isn’t that much to ask. And to make it fun, we’ll give free copies of the FP2P second edition (ebook or treebook) to the best suggestions for improvements.</p>
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         <title>What’s the connection between power, development and social media?</title>
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         <description>This post also appears on the World Bank&amp;#8217;s People, Spaces, Deliberation governance blog, although sadly, without the neanderthal
I recently gave a talk about ICT and Development at the annual Re:Campaign conference in Berlin, organized by Oxfam Germany. Anyone who knows me will realize that this is a bit odd – despite being a blogaholic, I [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This post also appears on the World Bank&#8217;s </em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/whats-connection-between-power-development-and-social-media"><em>People, Spaces, Deliberation governance blog</em></a><em>, although sadly, without the neanderthal</em></p>
<p>I recently gave a talk about ICT and Development at the annual <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://recampaign.de/">Re:Campaign</a> conference in Berlin, organized by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CG0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.de%2F&amp;ei=LgOxT67sF4XV8gPM5_GgCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDcRlriAzmfb1ZSXbSPR-TDEkSxw&amp;sig2=c90aA3g8OdCXfwOrMj33mA">Oxfam Germany</a>. Anyone who knows me will realize that this is a bit odd – despite being a blogaholic, I am actually Rubbish At Technology. In front of 300 trendy,</p>
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<p>young (sigh) i-thingy wielding activists, I felt like a Neanderthal at a cocktail party. Still, at least the fear of being shamed up finally got me tweeting two weeks before the conference.</p>
<p>I decided to make a virtue of necessity and set out some core processes in development, and then reflected on what ICT does/doesn’t contribute. Why take this approach (apart from being a techno-caveman, that is)? Because there’s too much magic bulletism in development –microfinance, GM crops and now ‘cyber utopianism’. What all of these have in common is that they are too often presented as ‘get out of jail free’ cards, delivering development without all the messy business of politics and struggle. At best, new technologies shift power balances, sometimes favourably, sometimes not, but they don’t replace the process of struggle in development.</p>
<p>The core of my talk was to take the ‘four powers’ model of power within, power with, power to and power over and see how the spread of IT affects each of them in turn.</p>
<p><strong>Power within</strong> – that lightbulb ‘get up, stand up’ moment when an individual becomes aware of their identity and rights – is often the first step on the path of social and political change. It can come through conflict, education, conversation or through old technologies such as community radio for indigenous minorities &#8211; Quechua, a language spoken by some 10 million people in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, is rarely heard on television and is completely absent from the Internet. By contrast, 180 radio stations offer programmes in Quechua. What I haven’t yet seen is much link between social media and power within (do correct me if I’m wrong – this really is a first draft piece). Possible future avenues include distance learning, but often what is needed is low tech education – trained and paid teachers, chairs, textbooks, ending user fees.</p>
<p><strong>Power With</strong> – newly awakened people finding common cause with their fellows through social movements, faith-based organizations, trades unions, political parties etc etc. In this effort to build collective organization, IT can play a role, whether by facilitating access to information, or lowering the costs and barriers to organizing (think twitter and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/elshaheeed.co.uk">FB </a>in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CF0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FTahrir-Square-Today-we-are-all-Egyptians%2F108669335876090&amp;ei=kgSxT7DrDsbi8QP_sOirCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3AEoRjnI5LAMOCuugl6SJ4TTrRw&amp;sig2=PmkCYyOiZwVZ_tWkq9naTg">Tahrir square</a>). It can also help bring dispersed communities together in new and powerful ways – for example the truly impressive diaspora networks of Somalis and others that rely <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10090"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-10090" title="Pink-phones" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Pink-phones-300x200.jpg" alt="Pink-phones" width="300" height="200"/></a>heavily on social media, or one of my favourite Oxfam projects – <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPEmDXsakBk&amp;feature=player_embedded">pink phones in Cambodia</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Power To/Power Over</strong> involves aware, organized people expressing their needs and demands, and exercising some form of control over those in authority, first by putting the right issues on the table, and then getting the decisions and resources that are needed. Overall, I think this is where IT has most to offer. Some examples:</p>
<p>Getting news of human rights violations out fast, when urgency is vital, can alert national governments, international organizations and others.</p>
<p>Crowd-sourcing information so the authorities can’t deny what is going on, e.g. the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=1543">Stop Stock-outs campaign</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CGwQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fushahidi.com%2F&amp;ei=LgWxT4aFKYWE8gOukZW9Dw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFi1OPkMiTiJpegsdZzg_DoTKtYhQ&amp;sig2=KnR5paSMXwe18ipsYFxXRA">Ushahidi</a>: &#8220;Ushahidi&#8221;, which means &#8220;testimony&#8221; in Swahili, was a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Since then, the name &#8220;Ushahidi&#8221; has come to represent the people behind the &#8220;Ushahidi Platform&#8221;.</p>
<p>Markets: The biggest gains for farmers and fishers have come in access to credit and to agricultural market info.</p>
<p>Feedback and Accountability: Gaining access to official information in a comprehensible format is a core aspect of accountability, but IT can also increase the accountability of northern NGOs and campaigns to those in the South – e.g. the great work by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_1jnrj5VI&amp;feature=player_embedded">Al Jazeera </a>on the Kony2012 video.</p>
<p>All well and good, but IT is emphatically not a magic bullet. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=3720">Malcolm Gladwell’s </a>distinction between strong and weak ties is really helpful</p>
<div id="attachment_10091" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width:310px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10091"><img class="size-medium wp-image-10091" title="radio" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/radio-300x199.jpg" alt="Now that's what I call transformational technology...." width="300" height="199"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Now that&#39;s what I call transformational technology....</p></div>
<p>here. Strong ties are those deep bonds of trust and comradeship that allow you to ‘walk towards the guns’. Weak ties are the shallower, broader bonds that convince you to join the demo or sign the petition. IT undoubtedly helps with the latter, but no-one ever decided to risk their neck because of Twitter.</p>
<p>And let’s not forget ‘Bad Power’. IT can move everything in the wrong direction – strengthening elites, enhancing a culture of surveillance and control, excluding poor people and communities. Here’s a nice 10 minute <a rel="nofollow">RSAnimate talk by Evgeny Morozov </a>on the dark side of IT as a corrective.</p>
<p>In the rich countries, ICT undoubtledly has huge potential for transforming two key aspects of the North’s role in development: Do No Harm and Aid. ‘Do No Harm’ covers everything from climate change to intellectual property restrictions to the arms trade. In all of those IT can improve the speed and scale of campaigns, link up citizens in the North to the consequences of their governments’ or societies’ decisions in developing countries, and challenge pervasive ‘hegemonic discourses’ on everything from resource-intensive growth to privatization of social services.</p>
<p>On Aid, there’s clearly been growing interest in transparency and accountability (e.g. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CG8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidtransparency.net%2F&amp;ei=MAaxT4yFJJL48QPLwdzACQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQE65ub_WoIqD3iXTiQlS4hcNCHg&amp;sig2=wWfvN0f787OXJKqisWvaUg">IATI</a>), but the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CG8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Feiti.org%2F&amp;ei=YgaxT8rGJofs8gOAk7zECQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEC406HazllxYCU_XXnNW9xYslATQ&amp;sig2=6870C4A5tFUSUubkff-o9Q">EITI</a> (aargh, acronym-poisoning) provided a cautionary lesson that supply (of information) doesn’t simply create demand (for accountability). IT plus growing disenchantment with institutions, is also likely to drive interest in ‘disintermediation’ in aid, linking punters directly to poor people (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=8140">GiveDirectly</a>) or budding entrepreneurs (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CH0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiva.org%2F&amp;ei=nwaxT5nNO4ay8gPqu5ytCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOZwqD6mfyZ9VcX9H1nKnSVk-nLw&amp;sig2=fAOMtYOI5koEA8nbKHT1fA">Kiva</a>). At the business end, fast money disbursement via mobiles can massively improve disaster response. IT can also help us plug the realtime data gap after shocks hit.</p>
<p>Final thoughts? For the technophiles like those gathered in Berlin, the key thing is to remember, however platitudinous it may sound, that ICT is a means not an end – are you clear what the end is? What is your theory of change, beyond scattering new kit everywhere?<br />
In developing countries, the key is how poor/excluded people adopt, adapt and use technology: start there, and you’ll find exciting possibilities (see Twaweza in East Africa). Be too tech-led, and you may well end up in a dead end.</p>
<p>As you’ve probably realized, I have a long way to go in linking up the power analysis and IT worlds, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>And if you have 30 minutes to spare, you can see me <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.co/7ss7oV28">here</a></p>
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         <description>We have recently been doing some work in Wolverhampton with the Local Neighbourhood Partnership (LNP), talking to their neighbourhood wardens about how they can use Twitter to communicate on their patch, the sorts of conversations they could be having and showing them practically how to use it. As I live in Wolverhampton, [...]</description>
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<p>We have recently been doing some work in Wolverhampton with the <a rel="nofollow" title="Wolverhampton LNP" target="_blank" href="http://www.wton-partnership.org.uk/microsites.php">Local Neighbourhood Partnership (LNP)</a>, talking to their neighbourhood wardens about how they can use Twitter to communicate on their patch, the sorts of conversations they could be having and showing them practically how to use it.</p>
<p>As I live in Wolverhampton, sit on the board for my local LNP and use twitter in my neighbourhood with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/wv11">@WV11</a>, one of the examples I used when training them was live tweeting from our meetings.</p>
<p>Bi-monthly in each LNP area  there is a PACT meeting, Partners and Community Together where ASB officers from the council and housing associations, and other departments come to talk and answer enquiries, youth services deliver reports on the youth provision and the police attend and local policing priorities are set based on residents local needs. I, as @WV11, have been live tweeting/social reporting from my local meetings for months and last night as a result of our training an LNP in another area tried social reporting for the first time from their PACT meeting.</p>
<p>What was great following the #OXPACT tag (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://storify.com/Essitam/following-wv11-s-footsteps-oxley-lnp-live-tweeted  ">which you can see on Storify</a>) wasn&#8217;t just that they were trying out a new way of a communication &#8211;  that we had taught them &#8211;  but also local councillors were picking up the information and spreading it to their networks too. On their very first attempt at sharing information in this way they were responded to positively and made their part of Wolverhampton a better networked, more informed place.</p>
<p>I hope many more of the LNP wardens in Wolverhampton will be picking up on this and trying it out in their areas and that sharing information in this way spreads further in other cities too!</p>
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         <description>A guest post from Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva (right), who is taking over from me as head of research at Oxfam in a couple of weeks, (I’m not leaving, just changing jobs within Oxfam – more on that later).
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10119"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10119" title="Africa HDR cover-web" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Africa-HDR-cover-web-150x150.jpg" alt="Africa HDR cover-web" width="150" height="150"/></a>A guest post from Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva (right), who is taking over from me as head of research at Oxfam in a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10118"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10118" title="Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Ricardo-Fuentes-Nieva-150x150.jpg" alt="Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva" width="150" height="150"/></a>couple of weeks, (I’m not leaving, just changing jobs within Oxfam – more on that later).</em></p>
<p>Over the past two years, I spent most of my time working on the first <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.afhdr.org/en/">Africa Human Development Report</a> (left), which was launched yesterday in Nairobi. It was about time for the first African HDR, especially given recent famine in the Horn and repeated threats of humanitarian food crises in the Sahel. The report focuses on food security – for a large number of Africans (some 220 million), hunger is a daily threat &#8211; and often one with permanent consequences.</p>
<p>The premise of the Africa HDR is simple: food security, through better nutrition, can improve education, health, productivity, and other important social and economic factors that allow people to have a good life (see figure).</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10120"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10120"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10120" title="Fuentes 1" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Fuentes-1.png" alt="Fuentes 1" width="515" height="162"/></a>In contrast, malnutrition can be a long lasting burden:</p>
<p><em>“The perverse dynamic between food insecurity and poor education, bad health and poverty can last generations. Hungry children with weakened immune systems die prematurely from communicable diseases such as dysentery, malaria and respiratory infections that are ordinarily preventable and treatable. They start school late, learn less and drop out early. Malnourished mothers are at greater risk of dying in childbirth and of delivering low-birthweight babies who fail to survive infancy. Undernourished babies who make it through infancy often suffer stunting that cripples and shortens their lives. As adults they are likely to give birth to another generation of low-birthweight babies, perpetuating the vicious cycle of low human development and destitution.”  </em></p>
<p>Recent evidence reveals a jarring paradox in Africa. Several countries have been progressing very rapidly in the last years &#8211; between 2004 and 2008, African economies grew on average 6.5% annually; child mortality is decreasing; school enrollment is improving; and the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi/">Human Development Index</a> (a composite measure of health, education, and income) has risen faster than anywhere else since 2000. Yet Sub-Saharan Africa has not been able to turn improvements in human development into better nutrition indicators &#8211; especially compared to Asia’s progress in the last two decades. In sub-Saharan Africa the number of malnourished children increased by 55 million in the last 10 years. </p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10123"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10123" title="Fuentes 2" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Fuentes-2.png" alt="Fuentes 2" width="512" height="400"/></a>The stubborn persistence of hunger in sub-Saharan Africa is partly the result of a brutal neglect of the rural sector for decades, which led to widespread rural poverty, low agricultural yields, poor infrastructure, and limited basic services in rural areas:</p>
<p>- 93% of the arable land is rain-fed.<br />
- African farmers use less than 20 kgs of fertilizer per hectare of arable land, compared to nearly 350 kgs in Asia.<br />
- Since the early 1960s, production of cereals per capita has fallen 13% &#8212; the only region to suffer a decline. Today, cereal production in Africa is around 150 kgs per capita; in Latin America it is close to 300 kgs, and in Asia more than 350 kgs.<br />
- Only 30% of Africa’s rural population lives within 2 kilometres of a road. In South Asia, 58% do.</p>
<p>This policy bias reinforced a vicious circle of high levels of inequality, skewed control over resources, and access to opportunities against certain groups &#8211; for instance, women have less ability to own and inherit land (figure). As the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=10058">African Progress Panel Report </a>(launched last week) mentions, the new wealth is not creating the necessary employment or reaching marginalized groups. Add to that the detrimental effects of some international practices &#8211; including the lingering effects of structural adjustment, lavish northern agricultural subsidies, the production of bio-fuels, and neglect of agriculture in official development assistance.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10124"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10124" title="Fuentes 3" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Fuentes-3.png" alt="Fuentes 3" width="521" height="216"/></a>African governments face important policy decisions, mostly on how to transform the recent economic growth and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/africas-success-story-infant-mortality-down">advances in other development indicators </a>into long-term opportunities. The report focuses on four areas of intervention: increase agricultural productivity, strengthen nutrition policies, build resilience, and empower marginalized groups. </p>
<p>These are interventions that each African country will need to weigh against other national priorities. There is <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=4996">evidence </a>that African people recognize the attempts that governments make to improve access to food. And they also notice when they don’t: about 60% of respondents on the 2009 Gallup World Poll special issue on food security in Africa disagreed with the statement: “The government of this country is doing enough to help people get food”.</p>
<p>Creating better institutions and investing more resources are part of the solution. But any real improvement in the food security situation of African societies will need to make sure that all groups participate actively in the decision-making process. Solving the food security conundrum in Africa requires strong public action. The role of the agricultural sector in development and poverty reduction <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf">has been explored at length</a>. But the role of nutrition, social protection, and civic participation has not been duly recognized. Active citizens can play a critical role in ensuring that governments are held accountable and that any policy related to food is participatory and equitable (a very important issue given the recent <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfam.org/en/landgrabs">spate of land grabs</a>).</p>
<p>Too often in Africa (as well as other developing regions), governing elites do not reflect the public interest in their actions and policies. Issues of governance, agency, and democracy might seem unimportant for food security but, increasingly, we have learned that hunger and starvation are closely related to politics and political economy. This is why empowerment and resilience are important. Access to information, roads, and well-designed social programs allow people to make better decisions and better participate in markets and societies. The power structures that keep certain groups from accessing land or that bias public investment towards leaders’ constituencies must be clearly identified &#8211; and African governments, civil society, and other stakeholders will need to alter these power relations and give everyone a fair chance to avoid the perils of hunger and its negative consequences for human development.</p>
<p><em>And here&#8217;s the 6 minute launch video</em></p>
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      <author>info@g20voice.org (www.g20voice.org)</author><enclosure url="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf" length="7237809" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf" fileSize="7237809" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A guest post from Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva (right), who is taking over from me as head of research at Oxfam in a couple of weeks, (I’m not leaving, just changing jobs within Oxfam – more on that later). Over the past two years, I spent most of my time workin</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>www.g20voice.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>A guest post from Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva (right), who is taking over from me as head of research at Oxfam in a couple of weeks, (I’m not leaving, just changing jobs within Oxfam – more on that later). Over the past two years, I spent most of my time working on the first Africa Human Development Report (left), [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>G20,london,summit</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=10117</feedburner:origLink></item>
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         <title>Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia since Live Aid</title>
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         <description>This book review appears in the April/May edition of Charity Times
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This book review appears in the April/May edition of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.charitytimes.com/banners/digital_edition/CT_april2012_digitaledition.pdf">Charity Times</a></em></p>
<p>News coverage follows the dramatic – the tsunami, famine, or grisly civil war. Public perceptions in the UK of events in the developing world are inevitably skewed by that prism. New privileges human impact and English-speaking ‘guardian angel’ saviours, rather than structural causes.  And then it moves on, leaving in the public mind lingering images of starving children, or people being plucked from earthquake-shattered buildings.</p>
<p>In his book, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CIABEBYwAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FFamine-Foreigners-Ethiopia-Since-Live%2Fdp%2F0199569843&amp;ei=s8WXT9jROoOA8wPHrdCABg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJiZmj7ZeN8WbBuTAjxzC5JWG1Jw&amp;sig2=HBlRCLTp-wlwwyV1iC57zw">Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid</a>, Telegraph and ITV journalist Peter Gill (right) sets out to explore the other <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=9853"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-9853" title="petergill" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/petergill.bmp" alt="petergill"/></a>side of events. In the ‘biblical’ beginnings of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CFYQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1983%25E2%2580%25931985_famine_in_Ethiopia&amp;ei=HceXT8fPCMSG8gPsxsX7BQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt7NhENmFTD6irC2zy8g1xW2H4Gg&amp;sig2=heXxijLJ_-sYKBcVNtPlOA">1984/5 famine</a>, he was the first journalist to reach the epicentre of suffering, helping (along with the BBC’s Michael Buerk) to alert the outside world to impending disaster.  In 2008 and 2009 he went back to bring himself up to date on the intervening years, to find out what happened  before and after the TV cameras arrived, and how Ethiopians themselves understand the tumultuous last 25 years of their country’s history.</p>
<p>He brings a journalist’s craft to the task, interweaving reportage and a confident and eclectic grasp of the academic literature on the country. Through human stories, he retells the history of Ethiopia’s famines (a less infamous famine in 1973 led to the ousting of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CC0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHaile_Selassie_I&amp;ei=08eXT8-OO8ic8gOSvIWPBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7F8DhUWSJlXSOnppVs0jgnDtDnA&amp;sig2=-urLn0S3yQR4yUGxQ6jptw">Emperor Haile Selassie</a>), the transition years that followed the 1984/5 catastrophe, the fall of  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCYQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMengistu_Haile_Mariam&amp;ei=68eXT92VLMSJ8gOsqqXtBQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHh3M4kVg8pFjEhMtbW6AXRlaUEPQ&amp;sig2=Y74W1w0fecAM7Q8EZ_0PyQ">Colonel Mengistu</a> and his notorious Derg government, and the rise of its current Prime Minister, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CDkQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMeles_Zenawi&amp;ei=CsiXT8n6LcKX8gOd5KyFBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrmQqnh6ihuMLt8gL4r6u7cyAHAQ&amp;sig2=nBVLRfQmZuQ9r6HPb_TVFw">Meles Zenawi</a>.</p>
<p>His approach reverses the media order of things. Aid agencies (both big northern governments and NGOs like Oxfam, on which he has written a largely sympathetic  book, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CEgQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.co.uk%2Fbooks%2Fabout%2FDrops_in_the_ocean_the_work_of_Oxfam_196.html%3Fid%3DPam6AAAAIAAJ&amp;ei=J8iXT_ajHNLA8QPb44D-BQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFYR1vuzerh3eX1vlJHnHOJeTT5SQ&amp;sig2=606-2QiH_xsv64-KFeSaCw">Drops in the Ocean</a>) are not angels, but often bumbling bureaucracies whose actions are driven by a complex mix of altruism and institutional needs. In any case, centre stage belongs to Ethiopians themselves, and in particular the Ethiopian government.</p>
<p>Meles emerges as an extraordinary figure, who became head of state at 36 and promptly signed up for an Open University degree in business administration, getting one of the best firsts in the OU’s history. He then went on to get a masters in economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam (his thesis was on the developmental state in Africa). Can&#8217;t find the book or full thesis online (help please!), but here is <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgt.columbia.edu/files/conferences/Zenawi_Dead_Ends_and_New_Beginnings.pdf">a paper </a>of his on the same theme.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=9854"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9854" title="Peter Gill cover" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/Peter-Gill-cover.jpg" alt="Peter Gill cover" width="300" height="300"/></a>Over the course of several interviews, Gill probes Meles’ thinking, and is clearly dazzled by his intellect, largely giving him the  benefit of the doubt on his commitment to (eventually) stepping down (he has been in power since 1995 and elections have been widely questioned) and engineering a transition to a less authoritarian system.</p>
<p>Part of his admiration for Meles (whose record on human rights is far from spotless), is the transformation in Ethiopia’s management of hunger: In 1984, 7.9 million faced starvation and more than 600,000 died. By contrast in a drought on Zenawi’s watch in 2003, 13.2 million faced the prospect of famine, yet Gill reports that only 300 people died (no-one at Oxfam believes the figure was that low, by the way). Gill puts this extraordinary turnaround down to a massive mobilization by the state (including using its own domestic resources, not just aid – Gill goes into some detail on the government’s impressive <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.odi.org.uk/work/projects/details.asp?id=1144&amp;title=productive-safety-net-programme-psnp-ethiopia">social safety net programme</a>) and better reaction by the donors, who this time around, did not wait for TV images before acting.</p>
<p>The book’s main weakness stems from its strengths. Gill’s journalistic commitment to telling Ethiopia’s story through interviews and reportage is engaging, but comes at the expense of political analysis and subtlety, leaving him with little to say on its future, with our without Meles as its head of state. And oddly, much of the last chapter is devoted to an interview with aid guru <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CDIQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJeffrey_Sachs&amp;ei=08mXT4j4Foy68gPwkaCEBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGhfALRu5OBgOUgdc6ZLu-OBk6lCA&amp;sig2=3M61ciReRRFmChZpWjjwoA">Jeffrey Sachs,</a> of Columbia University, whose expertise on Ethiopia hardly rivals the many wise local voices featured in the book.</p>
<p>But overall Gill gets several important things very right. Famine is the result of politics and conflict, not drought – he quotes a centuries-old quote from a Portuguese Jesuit: famines are caused not by locusts but ‘the marching if the soldiers…. Which is a plague worse than the locusts because they devour only what they find in the fields, whereas the soldiers spare not what is laid up in houses.’</p>
<p>His focus on the role of states in reducing the risks of disasters and then responding to them when they occur, is also spot on – Oxfam is revising its thinking on this in a similar direction. If you want to understand what’s happened to Ethiopia since Geldof, Bono, Live Aid and the rest, this is a good place to start.</p>
<p>Author video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.meettheauthor.com/bookbites/1912.html">here</a></p>
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<p><em>Declaration of interest: Peter&#8217;s just starting a book on the role of INGOs, and I will be liaising with him for Oxfam</em></p><div class="feedflare">
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         <title>Theories of change = logframes on steroids? A discussion with DFID</title>
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         <description>‘Theories of Change is just the latest attempt to shine a light on what lies behind, what makes everything work or fail. We constantly reach for new tools, but we keep alighting on small islands and losing the big picture.’ Jake Allen, Christian Aid
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>‘Theories of Change is just the latest attempt to shine a light on what lies behind, what makes everything work or fail. We constantly reach for new tools, but we keep alighting on small islands and losing the big picture.’ Jake Allen, Christian Aid</em></p>
<p>I recently spoke at a half-day DFID seminar discussing a draft paper by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://isabelvogel.co.uk/about-me/">Isabel Vogel</a> – ‘Review of the Use of Theories of Change in international development’. The draft is <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10072">here</a> (keep clicking) – Isabel wants comments by this Friday 18 May, either on the blog, or emailed directly to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:info@isabelvogel.co.uk">info[at]isabelvogel.co.uk</a>. She is particularly looking for examples of documented theories of change (ToCs) originating in developing countries (as opposed to donor-funded programmes).</p>
<p>The level of interest was impressive – 40 DFIDistas in the room, plus 7 country teams via videocon and sundry NGOs and consultanty types. My overall impression was that Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) is driving the ToCs discussion in DFID, and not always in a good way. So in my allotted 5 minutes, I stressed that ToCs should not become a ‘logframe on steroids’ (a phrased nicked from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.miis.edu/academics/faculty/aortiz ">Alfredo Ortiz</a>) and the importance of power analysis and ToCs as a permanent aspect of the planning cycle - and not <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10073"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-10073" title="280px-Cynefin_framework_Feb_2011" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/280px-Cynefin_framework_Feb_2011.jpeg" alt="280px-Cynefin_framework_Feb_2011" width="280" height="276"/></a>just for programmes but for policy and campaigns work.</p>
<p>Plus their usefulness (albeit in different ways) in all 4 quadrants of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CG8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCynefin&amp;ei=w66wT_aRK4ne8QPR3-W1CQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzA-vYQup3e_BPYSsu4cj6tLlV1A&amp;sig2=ctmsKKPmZGgYwAtH0_majg">Cynefin</a> framework(Simple, Complicated, Complex, Chaotic – see graphic), rather than just in the simple/complicated quadrants preferred by development types. I also said we should throw away those horribly complicated ToC diagrams once we’ve finished them (lest they terrify those that follow).</p>
<p>The discussion confirmed these concerns. Lots of people (including many of the measurers) are fully aware of the risk and want to avoid it, but are struggling against powerful incentive structures that make it happen anyway (principally the results agenda, but also the difficulty of using non-linear ToCs in practice). <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;ved=0CIIBEBYwAw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hivos.nl%2F&amp;ei=XLKwT_mBLMLV8gOVp4CkCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGEFhbyG_T3ewXQm5xVsIkv40ThQ&amp;sig2=wTbtXuzsrnvFFUmgH_Z5XA">Hivos</a>, a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=7918">wonderfully cerebral</a>-but-practical Dutch NGO that has done a lot of thinking on this, talks about a broader range of ‘ToC thinking’ as a useful way to prevent it all being turned into just another toolkit (‘ticking the ToCs box?’). <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CGwQFjAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Frichardjdavies.wordpress.com%2F&amp;ei=_K6wT7C9EIPv8QPE1IC_CQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNE69qvLY7gXvzL5zVKNU1cAf79oHw&amp;sig2=DC4f0Vqmh5P5qaDAKA3UwA">Rick Davies</a> recalled that the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CHsQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLogical_framework_approach&amp;ei=1bKwT9PqOMen8QPPu9DOCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFk-pxtUdBAP_rCWyub0HtRZU5Lg&amp;sig2=Cyw7QhPqxHpEG9ChYOuFqg">logical framework approach </a>was originally a separate exercise to filling in the logframe table, but they collapsed/reduced into the table due to the structure and working practices of the aid business. Might the same fate await ToCs?</p>
<p>What of the benefits? In addition to those discussed in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=7739">previous posts</a>, Joanna Monaghan of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CG8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comicrelief.com%2F&amp;ei=QLCwT7LWF4WY8gOH0ZG9CQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWxWyWyPw3Xcxxmxnkx4BQrPs27A&amp;sig2=rG9KTAINHL_Z6436LkntlQ">Comic Relief </a>(a funder), sees ToCs as making explicit the hypotheses underlying funding decisions &#8211; ‘the rules of thumb we all carry around in our heads’. That allows partners to challenge them, if they think the funder has (gasp!) got it wrong.</p>
<p>People also saw ToCs as making people look at the evidence and identify what is known/unknown (that rather alarmed me – what were they doing <em>before</em>?), but also helping programmes adapt more quickly as new evidence emerges. From the MEL end, an explicit ToC also allows a discussion with beneficiaries on what indicators to measure progress against (rather than the funder just imposing them from outside).</p>
<p><strong>ToC challenges</strong><br />
When it came to the challenges of implementing ToCs, the big headache is how to balance donor accountability (reflected in the pressure for measurement and results, and holding partners to account against pre-agreed plans), and the ability to use ToCs intelligently to learn and adapt to changing environments.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10074"></a>ToCs are about people engaging intelligently with the complexity and nuance of context and process. But how do you rigorously assess the quality of people’s thought? The development community usually focuses on process and outcomes, whereas ToCs may demand <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10080"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10080" title="then a miracle happens" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/then-a-miracle-happens.jpg" alt="then a miracle happens" width="421" height="500"/></a>something more like academic assessment on how deeply people are thinking about things. ‘Accountability has to be about trying hard enough. We never ask questions about critical thinking, only about delivery on a set of results which 5 years ago we thought we would be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10079"></a>able to achieve.’ Stand by for quasi-professorial marks for project proposals (‘beta minus, must try harder’).</p>
<p>The more practical types worried over how you can balance constantly revisiting/revising a ToC with the need to get on and actually, you know, do something. One answer: pre-agree circuit breaker reviews at e.g. one year, two years into the project, when everyone knows the ToC is up for grabs; another – test (and fund) a series of ToCs in a pilot stage before deciding on a final ToC – a bit like the DFID-funded <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CGYQFjAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfid.gov.uk%2Fr4d%2FPDF%2FPublications%2FRPCTermsofReference.pdf&amp;ei=17CwT8mWK4X-8gPsoKmtCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHeRL3dsjRrNL-Z-zIBipI9JzF2eQ&amp;sig2=KlIEHQLMk12itq7JU77G0Q">research programme consortia</a>, which include (and finance) an ‘inception phase’ during which the recipient is allowed to test and finalise their research plans for the subsequent years. Perhaps there also needs to be a clear process for designated people to have access to a ‘red button’ change of direction in response to major contextual shifts that require a rapid revision of the plan (‘Mugabe dies’).</p>
<p>If failure is indeed a source of ideas etc, we need to create a safe environment to recognize, communicate and learn from it. That requires a shift in culture and incentives – e.g. circuit breaker reviews must have a convincing discussion on failure and what we’ve learned – if a project can’t demonstrate failure as well as learn from it, it probably isn’t trying hard enough.</p>
<p>Another plea from the practical peeps – can we separate out communities of practice from communities of theory, otherwise the practitioners are cowed into silence by the theory wallahs sounding off (who could they be thinking of?)</p>
<p>One final random thought: Is this (i.e. funding projects with plural ToCs, greater appetite for risk of failure etc) a suitable role for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=7594">philanthropic foundations</a> who are more able to take risks on failure than publicly funded donors?</p><div class="feedflare">
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         <description>Over the last 2 days the Podnosh team hosted 24 science communicators from across Europe. They were in Birmingham as part of the Open Places project which is looking at bringing together 69 science communication institutions and other stakeholders in European cities to partner with local policy makers to tackle socio-economic issues such [...]</description>
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<p>Over the last 2 days the Podnosh team hosted 24 science communicators from across Europe. They were in Birmingham as part of the <a rel="nofollow" title="Open Places" target="_blank" href="http://www.openplaces.eu/">Open Places</a> project which is looking at bringing together 69 science communication institutions and other stakeholders in European cities to partner with local policy makers to tackle socio-economic issues such as employment; education; climate change and poverty from a scientific perspective.We met with them to discuss social media and the ways in which it can be useful to them in their workplaces or on this and other specific projects.</p>
<p>We looked at different platforms such as blogs, Youtube, Twitter and Facebook. Gave presentations on <a rel="nofollow" title="Networking" target="_blank" href="https://scienceplaces.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/what-now-part-3-networking/">networking</a>, <a rel="nofollow" title="Sharing" target="_blank" href="http://scienceplaces.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/what-now-part-1-sharing/">sharing</a> and <a rel="nofollow" title="listening" target="_blank" href="http://scienceplaces.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/what-now-part-2-listening/">listening</a> and had brillinat guest speakers <a rel="nofollow" title="Shane McCraken" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shanemcc">Shane McCraken</a> of <a rel="nofollow" title="Gallomanor" target="_blank" href="http://www.gallomanor.com/">Gallomanor</a> talking about the <a rel="nofollow" title="Science is Vital" target="_blank" href="http://scienceisvital.org.uk/">Science is Vital</a> campaign and <a rel="nofollow" title="Jon Bounds" target="_blank" href="http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/">Jon Bounds</a> who talked about internet culture and memes &#8211;  or as one attendee put it &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" title="Open Places, Internet Culture and Why Cats are Hilarious " target="_blank" href="http://www.openplaces.eu/updates/blog/80266">Why cats are hilarious&#8230;.</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://podnosh.com/blog/2012/05/11/places-social-media-and-science-communications/training-2/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6245" title="training" src="http://podnosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/training-500x144.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="144"/></a></p>
<p>It was a lot to digest in 2 days but everyone seemed really enthused by what they had learned so in the final session we asked them to take a few minutes and write about what they felt they would take away with them from the sessions &#8211; what had really stood out for them;</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sciplacesinbirmingham.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/social-media-for-science-communication-my-conclusions/">Andrea Carlini of  Associazione Festival della Scienza</a> said she has stopped seeing social media as a broadcast tool and now sees it as a way to connect and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://jacqhoman.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/hooray-for-blogging/">Jacqueline Homan of Birmingham City Council</a> says we have unleashed her inner blogger and has contributed to conversations and will be contributing to other blogs in ways she&#8217;s never considered before.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://slcwm.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/social-media-training-final-thoughts-8-2/">Abi Bryan of the Science Learning Centre West Midlands</a> realised social media shouldn&#8217;t be a one way flow of information and conversations builds up networks and trust, while <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lynseyscicom.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/in-conclusion/">Lynsey Fairweather from Birmingham Thinktank</a> realised she&#8217;d like to create more audio and video content, comment and share more.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panoplyofdreams.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/time-flies-when-youre-drinking-tea-and-talking-lolcatz-26/">Claire Hopkins from Aston University</a> really took on board Nicks talk on social capital noting  &#8221;Not everything we put out into the world of social media needs to be heavyweight stuff. Just engaging with people – on anything – is important as it opens a conversation and starts to build trust within networks.&#8221; , as did Karen Gemal a project manager from th Danish Sciene Communication she quoted Nick saying “The loop of generosity generates social capital&#8221; and that her first steps will be to &#8220;get in the habit of following bloggers and tweets, rss-feeds and get familiar with the universe.&#8221;</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://centroscienza.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/lets-sum-up/">Alessia Dino, Project Officer with the Associenza Onlus</a> is now much more interested in social media as whole &#8211; realising her perceptions of the platforms and their usefulness were wrong before these past 2 days.</p>
<p>Emma Wadland of Ecsite  said she really enjoyed Jon&#8217;s session and blogged  &#8221;<a rel="nofollow" title="Open Places - Emma Wadland" target="_blank" href="http://www.openplaces.eu/updates/blog/80266">If you create something interesting enough, someone will take the time to spread it within their networks</a>&#8221; while <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nextstopuk.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/to-take-away/">Nisa Vidan</a> commented that this was one of the nest workshops she&#8217;s ever been to and wants to start experimenting with <a rel="nofollow">Soundcloud</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.audioboo.fm">Audioboo</a>.</p>
<p>Rebecca Harding said we had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rchthinks.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/social-media-what-have-i-learnt/">reinvigorated her interest in social reporting</a> and also she should &#8220;not to get bogged down with information, but instead save it and share it, this with the help of useful tools such as <a rel="nofollow" title="Delicious" target="_blank" href="http://delicious.com/">Delcious.com</a> and <a rel="nofollow" title="Evernote" target="_blank" href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote.com</a>.&#8221; and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://digbethblues.wordpress.com/1999/11/30/my-future-with-social-media/">Patrick Willcocks of Birmingham City Council</a> realised (among other things) that he needs to upgrade his smartphone!</p>
<p>And finally <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://birminghamsciencecity.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/social-media-for-the-innovation-community/">Pamela Waddell of Birmingham Science City</a> has asked for comments on her post about some of her thoughts on the use of social media in her organisation.</p>
<p>You can find links to all the sites that were set up by attendees along with other posts and sites we discussed in our<a rel="nofollow" title="PLACES delicious links" target="_blank" href="https://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/I4SW48"> delicious stack</a>  videos from the event on  both <a rel="nofollow" title="Podnosh Youtube" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/podnosh">our channel</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" title="PLACES youtube" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqgmcpI5QCU">Science Places channel</a> on Youtube, photos over on <a rel="nofollow" title="Podnosh - Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/podnosh/sets/72157629676702744/">Flickr</a> and see what others were saying by looking up the <a rel="nofollow" title="twitter sciplaces search" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23sciplaces">#sciplaces tag</a> on Twitter.</p>
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         <description>Jobs, Justice and Equity is the title of a new report published today by the Africa Progress Panel, a high powered group of ten luminaries including Kofi Annan and Graca Machel. And Bob Geldof. The report does an excellent job of assessing the cup half empty v half full narratives on Africa, and has some [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jobs, Justice and Equity is the title of a new report published today by the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.africaprogresspanel.org/en/pressroom/press-kits/annual-report-2012/">Africa Progress Panel</a>, a high powered group of ten luminaries <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?attachment_id=10067"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-10067" title="APRcover" src="http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/wp-content/uploads/APRcover-217x300.png" alt="APRcover" width="217" height="300"/></a>including <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CHgQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKofi_Annan&amp;ei=mbSqT4PhCoa18QPpy9mrAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTGLv030wzctiMgmHM-Ls1Mgzt5A&amp;sig2=q_dzXeZQt-gLpCMzLU9n7A">Kofi Annan</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CHEQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGra%25C3%25A7a_Machel&amp;ei=vbSqT9yuCs7B8gPt7LDLBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSnPU9kskNnYbKfPyEfyFNttQZAw&amp;sig2=GFuKK-YpAPDyDn6YR161IQ">Graca Machel</a>. And <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CHoQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBob_Geldof&amp;ei=3rSqT5HINcKI8gPawP32DA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVxebP_irW8-q0yExvjbfATW3r9A&amp;sig2=66cOz8rCKsOuoWsiNKDurw">Bob Geldof.</a> The report does an excellent job of assessing the cup half empty v half full narratives on Africa, and has some great graphics – it should become a standard reference on the region. Here are some highlights:</p>
<p>“The extreme pessimism surrounding Africa a decade ago was unwarranted. So is the current wave of blinkered optimism. Real gains have been made and Africa has an unprecedented opportunity for sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and poverty reduction. However, governments are failing to convert increased wealth into opportunities and employment for their most marginalized citizens and there is a growing demand for justice and equity. Inequalities across Africa are not only ethically indefensible, they are economically inefficient and politically destabilizing.”</p>
<p>The report points to 5 global trends that are shaping the continent: the youth surge; agriculture and climate change; the rise of the emerging powers; science, tech and innovation and ‘the rising tide of citizen action’.</p>
<p><strong>On growth</strong>: “Some of the fastest growing countries in the world are in Africa. From 2005-2009, Ethiopia recorded higher growth than China, and Uganda outperformed India. In 2011 Ghana had the highest rate of growth in the world.”</p>
<p><strong>On the youth surge</strong>: “Africa’s growth has done little to alter the labour market. Agriculture still accounts for almost two thirds of all livelihoods. Even in fast-growing economies like Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, formal sector employment has failed to keep pace with the new entrants to the workforce. Africa’s youth population will rise from 133 million at the start of the century to 246 million by 2020, requiring another 74 million jobs over the next decade simply to prevent youth unemployment from rising.”</p>
<p><strong>On poverty</strong>: “While rapid growth is creating an emerging middle class, only 4 per cent of Africans have an income in excess of $10 a day. Almost half of all Africans, 386 million people, still live below the $1.25 a day poverty line. Another 30 per cent – 246 million people – live in the poverty grey area, on between$1.25 and $2.50 a day. Nevertheless Africa has begun to turn a corner in terms of poverty. For the first time in over a generation, the number of people living in poverty has fallen. Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and more are getting into school. But while countries across Africa are becoming richer whole sections of society have been left behind. African wealth disparities are amongst the biggest in the world and unequal access to health, education, water and sanitation is reinforcing wider inequalities.”</p>
<p><strong>On food security</strong>: “The risk of food insecurity is higher in Africa than any other region. In Sub-Saharan Africa, over 200 million people are food insecure. Smallholder agriculture must be placed at the centre of a green revolution for Africa. Unlocking productivity will require new thinking, new approaches to public spending and strong political leadership. More needs to be done to stop speculators buying up large tracts of land. In the last decade Africa accounted for 948 acquisitions covering 134 million hectares – an area larger than France, Germany and the UK combined.”</p>
<p><strong>On resource mobilization</strong>: “Between 2000 and 2008, ODA flows to sub-Saharan Africa increased from $12bn to $36bnper year. In contrast, the value of natural resource rents rose from $39.2bn to $240bn. If governments could increase the share of rents captured by extraction, they could reduce aid dependence and increase domestic resource mobilization dramatically. In 2011, for the first time ever aid decreased by 3 per cent to Sub-Saharan Africa. But aid continues to be a crucial tool for African development particularly in food aid, education and post-conflict areas.”</p>
<p>And here are two nice summary infographics &#8211; first the cup half full, then the cup half empty</p>
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         <description>The video above shows how some people respond to adversity. Sound it Out lost core funding from the Arts Council last year and since then has been stretching it&amp;#8217;s network and imagination to keep going. Tamperine is a stroke of genius.</description>
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<p>The video above shows how some people respond to adversity. S<a rel="nofollow" title="sound it out" target="_blank" href="http://www.sounditout.co.uk/">ound it Out</a> lost core funding from the Arts Council last year and since then has been stretching it&#8217;s network and imagination to keep going. <a rel="nofollow" title="tamperine mentioned on a blog " target="_blank" href="http://clareedwards.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/the-pain-ahem-training-has-started-sponsor-sound-it-out/">Tamperine</a> is a stroke of genius.</p>
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         <description>Apologies for all the posts recently about packaging. It is a major focus at the moment but it&amp;#8217;ll soon pass! I thought it would be useful to describe how the packaging and the components have now come together to form the anti-diarrhoea kit (ADK). Until the start of the set-up period of the trial we [...]</description>
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<p>Apologies for all the posts recently about packaging. It is a major focus at the moment but it&#8217;ll soon pass!</p>
<p>I thought it would be useful to describe how the packaging and the components have now come together to form the anti-diarrhoea kit (ADK). Until the start of the set-up period of the trial we had talked about the packaging (the AidPod) as something distinct from the contents, but over recent months, with thanks to our packaging partner &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.piglobal.com/">PI Global</a>, the packaging has become part of the kit itself.</p>
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<p>The production prototype of the AidPod is made from rPET (80% recycled PET) and is transparent. This means that the branding can be carried on the information leaflet which is a component of the kit. This is really helpful because we need to finalise the packaging now, but we still have consumer consultation work to do before finalising the branding. If the branding were an integral part of the packaging, we would have had to finalise it later &#8211; after we&#8217;d finished asking our target consumers what they find most attractive from a branding point of view.</p>
<p>The second thing to note is the number on the leaflet. This will be carried on a label and will be applied as part of the packing process. This number will be unique for each ADK and will be used for various purposes including <strong>authentication</strong> and <strong>voucher redemption</strong>.</p>
<p>The authentication will work like this: anyone at any point in the distribution chain will be able to send this number by SMS text and will get an automatic reply indicating whether the ADK is authentic, or not, and its expiry date.</p>
<p>To redeem a voucher &#8211; given them by a mother or care-giver &#8211; retailers will enter this same code together with the code on the voucher. This will put cash on the retailer&#8217;s phone, to pay for the ADK.</p>
<p>Note that both authentication and voucher redemption can be done without opening the ADK. To open the ADK, the heat-sealed film must be removed. This heat sealed film provides waterproof protection for the content of the ADK while in transit as well as a tamper-evidencing mechanism. Care-givers will be trained not to accept an ADK if this seal has been broken.</p>
<p>Removing the seal and the leaflet reveals the soap sitting in a tray. This tray separates the soap from the medication within the pack. This was a requirement of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pra.gov.zm/">the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority (PRA) of Zambia</a>.</p>
<p>This tray also acts as a removable and replaceable lid. Removing the lid reveals the rest of the contents and these are: a packet containing 10 zinc supplement tablets (PedZinc), eight sachets of oral rehydration salts and a drinking straw.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" title="The ORS Question answered . . . by you" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/2012/02/21/the-ors-question-answered-by-you/">As mentioned in a previous blog post</a>, these ORS sachets are smaller than those available generally on the market, which make up a litre of solution. In urban areas, litre ORS sachets can be found for sale in some of the very few retail pharmacies in Zambia; in rural areas they are not seen. Our smaller sachets will make up just 200 ml of ORS solution which is much more appropriate for the home treatment of diarrhoea.</p>
<p>The ADK packaging, or AidPod, is much more than a simple container for the ADK components, as the next couple of features will show.</p>
<p>The AidPod is a measuring jug. It has calibration marks on it. Fill the AidPod to these calibration marks and you have exactly the 200 ml of water you need for one of the ORS sachets in the kit.</p>
<p>The AidPod is also a mixer. After filling the ADK to the calibration marks with water and emptying in the entire contents of one of the ORS sachets, stir with straw to dissolve the salts. There is no need to introduce another object such as a spoon, stick or finger which might be dirty.</p>
<p>The AidPod is also a device for administering the ORS solution. Very small babies will &#8216;suck&#8217; the solution from a corner of the AidPod. Older children can use the straw to drink the ORS. Straws are a novelty in remote rural areas and are likely to act as an incentive to older children to drink sufficient quantities of ORS.</p>
<p>The lid will also keep flies, dust and dirt out of the ORS solution and reduce the likelihood of contamination.</p>
<p>So there you have it. The ADK. Components as recommended by WHO and UNICEF (plus one or two others: soap and straw) in an active package which will help ensure that the kit is used and used properly (engagement and adherence).</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to acknowledge the key role that <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.piglobal.com">PI Global</a>, our packaging partner, have played in getting to this point. They have taken a basic concept, a few good ideas and made it real, with a patent pending.</p>
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         <description>I&amp;#039;m trying to write about this, but I keep seeing films that I haven&amp;#039;t watched yet and am getting lost in the joy and excitement of it all. I just saw this and nearly wet myself&amp;#8230; There was a launch event at the BFI Southbank last night and we got to see four films on [...]&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=perfectpath.co.uk&amp;#038;blog=234098&amp;#038;post=1743&amp;#038;subd=perfectpath&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1"/&gt;</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='posterous_autopost'>I&#039;m trying to write about this, but I keep seeing films that I haven&#039;t watched yet and am getting lost in the joy and excitement of it all.
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<div>I just saw <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://film.britishcouncil.org/piccadilly-roundabout">this</a> and nearly wet myself&#8230;</div>
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<div>There was a launch event at the BFI Southbank last night and we got to see four films on the big screen of NFT1.  I&#039;m enormously proud of what <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://timeimage.org.uk">Sam, Sarah and Harry</a> have done to get this project this far. They&#039;ve gone far beyond my expectations in a very short time.</div>
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<div>I think it&#039;s worth telling the story as I experienced it, &quot;Success has many fathers&#8230; etc.&quot; but I really do think we were in at the conception <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley'/>  </div>
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<div>It started in one of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/our-first-consulting-gig/">conversations we did with Counterpoint and British Council folk</a> all the way back in the summer of 2009, when we were trying to find social objects through which the council could engage digitally, someone from the Council said &quot;Well we&#039;ve got those old films in the archive&#8230;&quot; and we pounced.  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/Al_Robertson">Al Robertson</a> and I had the great pleasure of sitting and watching a large number of the films directly on the gorgeous <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steenbeck">Steenbeck machines</a> of the BFI and Al went and scoured the National Archives and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tuttlebc75.wordpress.com/category/film-archive/">wrote some lovely blog posts about it</a>.  There was a brief hiatus until Catherine Fieschi brokered a conversation with Martin Bright to get <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal_of_the_Mind">New Deal of the Mind</a> in to form a team of young, unemployed graduates to work on getting the archive digitised and online for a wider audience.  Quite early on, they managed the coup of getting Google involved in funding the digitisation process.  I very much enjoyed running an Action Learning Set for the team, getting them together every month at the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecollaboration.org.uk/">Centre for Creative Collaboration</a> to discuss what they were learning from working together and from working with large, well-established organisations like the Council, the BFI, Google and New Deal of the Mind.  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/brian_condon">Brian Condon</a> and I were really pleased when they said that they&#039;d like to come and carry out their work at the Centre and I was thrilled when, after our final Action Learning Set meeting, Sam and Sarah told me that they were going to create a company to carry on with the work and to branch out into helping other archive owners.  </div>
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<div>To me, Time/Image is one of the big stars of the Centre &#8211; I think they demonstrate the best of what we&#039;ve achieved over the last couple of years, quietly getting on with it, playing a full role in the life of the building *and* creating bloody good work, resulting in something that I had great doubts could really be achieved given the political complexities of the organisations involved &#8211; I&#039;m particularly impressed that the films in the collection are released under a Creative Commons Licence, which means that you (yes *you*) can download the films and re-use or re-mix them however you like as long as you fully attribute the source as the British Council Film Collection, you don&#039;t make commercial use of the film and you release any new works under the same licence. </div>
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<div>I&#039;d prefer a simple <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.creativecommons.org.uk/home/aboutCreativeCommons/AbouttheCreativeCommonsLicences.aspx">BY-SA to the BY-NC-SA</a> (I understand that might have been a step to far) and I&#039;m a bit disappointed that the films seem to be watermarked with the BC logo which might make some re-mixing efforts tricky, but you can&#039;t have everything&#8230;</div>
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<div>I was encouraged last night by seeing that <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://film.britishcouncil.org/our-projects/spotlight/2011/briony-hanson">Briony Hanson</a> the (relatively) new Director of Film at the BC seems to have fallen in love with the collection as whole-heartedly as I have. Look out for some creative ideas around re-use of the archive later this year. </div>
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<div>And if you&#039;d like a pop-up cinema presentation of any of the films, just give me a shout and I&#039;ll happily come and show them in your village hall/community centre/front room.</div>
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         <description>How do scientists let us know what they’re up to?  More importantly, perhaps how do they help us understand what they’re doing?  The communication of science is crucial… and next week Podnosh will be working with science communicators from all over Europe to explore how social media can play a [...]</description>
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<p>How do scientists let us know what they’re up to?  More importantly, perhaps how do they help us understand what they’re doing?  The communication of science is crucial… and next week Podnosh will be working with science communicators from all over Europe to explore how social media can play a role in their work.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not the first time we&#8217;ve done this. We thoroughly enjoyed social reporting for a Europe wide project on communicating science early in 2011.  We were supporting <a rel="nofollow" title="New optimists on the report" target="_blank" href="http://newoptimists.com/2011/02/10/science-communication-eu-policy-recommendations/">Kate Cooper at The New Optimists</a> and our work helped flush out enough detail in one conference to create a <a rel="nofollow" title="eucasc final reporting" target="_blank" href="http://blog.eucasc.eu/2011/02/conference-report-from-the-eu-cities-and-science-communication-conference-science-policy-recommendations-and-how-they-can-be-achieved/">final conference report (essentially) on the day</a> (radically speeding up how these things often happen)</p>
<p>It’s all part of a <a rel="nofollow" title="PLACES PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION" target="_blank" href="http://www.openplaces.eu/about">European project, ‘PLACES’</a> and as well as finding out about projects from other parts of Europe we’ll be looking at two very successful projects that we know about – Shane McCracken from <a rel="nofollow" title="Gallomanor Website" target="_blank" href="http://www.gallomanor.com/?gclid=CLuqnJTB5q8CFUxlfAodzyos5A">Gallomanor</a> will be giving the background to <a rel="nofollow" title="I'm a Scientist project" target="_blank" href="http://imascientist.org.uk/">‘I’m a Scientist Get Me Out of Here…</a>’  and the (again) <a rel="nofollow" title="New Optimists use of social media" target="_blank" href="http://newoptimists.com/2012/05/04/why-and-how-social-reporting-works-for-us/">Kate Cooper&#8217;s New Optimists</a>  is a great example of how social media can help to grow a project.</p>
<p>Any science projects online that we should be looking at?  Tell us about the ones that have caught your eye.</p>
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         <description>Through the efforts of Rohit Ramchandani (pictured on his last trip to Zambia in April/May this year), ColaLife&amp;#8217;s public health adviser, we are being considered for a Grand Challenges Canada Rising Stars in Global Health award and we need your help! The public is being asked to vote on their favorite applications/ideas which can be [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" title="Rohit with the Mark X AidPod by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/7098589271/"><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/7098589271_8e809da7ce.jpg" alt="Rohit with the Mark X AidPod" width="500" height="375"/></a></p>
<p>Through the efforts of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-team/#Rohit">Rohit Ramchandani</a> (pictured on his last trip to Zambia in April/May this year), ColaLife&#8217;s public health adviser, we are being considered for a <strong>Grand Challenges Canada Rising Stars in Global Health award</strong> and we need your help! The public is being asked to vote on their favorite applications/ideas which can be found here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rs.applications.grandchallenges.ca/">http://rs.applications.grandchallenges.ca/</a>. To vote for Rohit and ColaLife:</p>
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<li> Visit: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rs.applications.grandchallenges.ca/en/viewVideo/28735E6AA0EB3DA8882E2F">http://rs.applications.grandchallenges.ca/en/viewVideo/28735E6AA0EB3DA8882E2F</a></li>
<li>Click on the red &#8220;Login to like this application&#8221; button under the video</li>
<li>Click on the create a new account button (registration is free and necessary to vote)</li>
<li>You will receive an e-mail from Grand Challenges Canada Account Registration. Click on the link in the e-mail.</li>
<li>Log in and click on the red button to like the application</li>
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<p>Please help spread the word through your networks and feel free to pass along the instructions on how to vote. Thank you all for your help. We would not have gotten this far without your ongoing support for this idea, which we hope will help improve access to live saving medicines.</p>
<p>The video for the application was only allowed to be 2 minutes. You can see the full (4m) video on YouTube <a rel="nofollow" title="Rohit's Grand Challenges video" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoVJJXPd35M&amp;feature=g-all-u">here</a>. It is also embedded below:</p>
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<p>Thank you.</p>
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         <title>Wanted: Financial sustainability consultant</title>
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         <description>While we progress the ColaLife trial (COTZ) here in Zambia we are also working on a voluntary basis supporting our trustees to run the ColaLife Charity back in the UK. As part of this work, we are looking for a consultant to help us develop a financial sustainability plan for ColaLife &amp;#8216;the organisation&amp;#8217;. We are [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" title="Evening trading in Katete by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/7132852617/"><img class="alignright" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7132852617_e7a91771c0.jpg" alt="Evening trading in Katete" width="341" height="500"/></a>While we progress the ColaLife trial (COTZ) here in Zambia we are also working on a voluntary basis supporting our trustees to run the ColaLife Charity back in the UK.</p>
<p>As part of this work, we are looking for a consultant to help us develop a financial sustainability plan for ColaLife &#8216;the organisation&#8217;. We are seeking an experienced fund-raiser/social business developer to look at Business Modelling for ColaLife and its core future development.</p>
<p>The task is to research and produce a viable income generation plan &#8211; including cash flow. This would build on learning from the COTZ trial but not be part of it; rather, it will inform future options for the charity&#8217;s core costs. So, the work will not involve fund-raising for specific in-country trials, or scale-up/roll-out of the current trial (ie ‘project funding’).</p>
<p>We expect the task to cover some research into the viability of a &#8216;cross-subsidy&#8217; product, based on the AidPod (eg merchandising, licensing*, sponsorship) as well as the usual income streams a small charity/social enterprise might expect to apply for or develop &#8211; eg a mix of donations, fund-raising, events, sponsorship, small grants, organisational development grants etc.</p>
<p>The successful consultant will be able to work with one of our UK-based Trustees as well as liaising with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-team/#Jane">Jane</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-team/#Simon">me</a> in Zambia.</p>
<p>The full brief of the assignment can be downloaded here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ColaLife-SUSTAINABILITY-PROJECT-Brief-final-small.pdf">ColaLife SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT Brief</a> (PDF, 134 KB)</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to be considered for this work please send an expression of interest including your CV to act@colalife.org by 5pm GMT on 14 May 2012.</p>
<p>Shortlisted candidates will be contacted on 18 May and asked to provide a fully-costed proposal for this work to the same email address by 5pm  28 May 2012.</p>
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<p>* <small>We have a UK Patent Pending on the AidPod in anticipation that there may be interest in the commercial use of the AidPod which might cross-subsidise social uses.</small></p>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a collection of half baked thoughts following the truly excellent <a rel="nofollow" title="talk about local hyperlocal conference" target="_blank" href="http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/tag/tal12/">Talk About Local unconference</a> in Birmingham on Saturday.</p>
<p>Whilst they stew into something edible I just wanted to quickly share some very useful links plus a list of ideas generated as part of <a rel="nofollow" title="make it Local " target="_blank" href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/make_it_local">Make it Local </a>- the work done by Nesta on opendata and local government.</p>
<p>First the links &#8211; all mentioned by <a rel="nofollow" title="Jon Kingsbury at Nesta" target="_blank" href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/blogs/filter_author/jon_kingsbury">Jon Kingsbury</a>  (<a rel="nofollow" title="jon on twitter " target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jonkingsbury">twitter</a>) &#8211; who&#8217;s driving the Nesta Destination local programme.</p>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" title="civic commons" target="_blank" href="http://civiccommons.org/">http://civiccommons.org/</a>  is a us website which &#8220;is a marketplace for open innovation in government, tracking <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://civiccommons.org/apps">585 apps</a> in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://civiccommons.org/places">199 cities</a>. &#8220;  As Jon said &#8211; son&#8217;t re-invent the wheel, check ideas against this site.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" title="listpoint - code standards" target="_blank" href="http://www.listpoint.co.uk/">http://www.listpoint.co.uk/</a>  Jon described as &#8220;an open platform for code lists standards&#8221;collates a lot of work on data standards, what they means and saves time and energy for opendata work.</li>
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<div id="attachment_6204" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width:463px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nestamakeitlocal.wordpress.com/"><img class="size-full wp-image-6204" title="makeitlocallogo" src="http://podnosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/makeitlocallogo.jpg" alt="Make it Local - opendata and local governement programme from Nesta" width="453" height="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Make it Local - opendata and local government programme from Nesta</p></div>
<p>Make it Local -  was a project that Jon helped run for Nesta which  supported local authorities to work with local developers on open and data tools.   One of  the projects &#8211; for example &#8211; was Birmingham&#8217;s <a rel="nofollow" title="Civic Dashboard" target="_blank" href="http://civicdashboard.org.uk/">Civic Dashboard</a>.  Nesta created this make it local toolkit. &#8211; (<a rel="nofollow" title="make it local toolkit" target="_blank" href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/make_it_local/assets/documents/toolkit_for_creating_online_local_public_services">download as a pdf </a>) which gives from very practical thoughts on how to make data work in government more successful.  I cite the whole thing below, simply because i think it&#8217;s worth sharing:</p>
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<h3>Ten tips for creating online local public services using open data</h3>
<p><a rel="nofollow" title="nesta " target="_blank" href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/make_it_local">nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/make_it_local</a></p></blockquote>
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<h4>1 Generate the idea</h4>
<div>Focus on the needs of the <span id="more-6201"></span>audience. Look at examples of existing best practice in web services and describe why your idea is better than what already exists.<br />
• Social Innovation Camp <a rel="nofollow" title="sicamp.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.sicamp.org/">sicamp.org/</a><br />
• Seedcamp <a rel="nofollow" title="seedcamp.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.seedcamp.com">seedcamp.com</a><br />
• Kickstarter <a rel="nofollow" title="kickstarter.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.kickstarter.com">kickstarter.com</a><br />
• Stanford Research Institute’s NABC approach <a rel="nofollow" title="goo.gl/M9w8G" target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/M9w8G">goo.gl/M9w8G</a></div>
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<h4>2 Find the relevant data</h4>
<div>Finding relevant data for a service, in a format which is easy to use can be difficult. Data.gov.uk is the main repository for government data with over 5,400 datasets. Other useful sources of open data can be found at:<br />
• Infochimp: <a rel="nofollow" title="infochimps.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.infochimps.com">infochimps.com</a><br />
• Scraperwiki:<a rel="nofollow" title="scraperwiki.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.scraperwiki.com"> scraperwiki.com</a><br />
• Datamarket: <a rel="nofollow" title="datamarket.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.datamarket.com">datamarket.com</a><br />
• Guardian Data Store: <a rel="nofollow" title="guardian.co.uk/data" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/data">guardian.co.uk/data</a><br />
• Or you can ask for data if it can’t be found elsewhere: <a rel="nofollow" title="whatdotheyknow.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com">whatdotheyknow.com</a></div>
<h4>3 Understand the problem</h4>
<div>Within the area you’re developing, gather together people with knowledge and expertise. For example, there will probably be council officers with deep knowledge of the data, community issues and supplier details as well as any technical knowledge and an understanding of any legal issues. Engaging with these stakeholders early on can help you to map out and solve potential problems.<br />
• Human Centred Design Toolkit by IDEO: <a rel="nofollow" title="human-centered-design-toolkit" target="_blank" href="http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit">ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit</a></div>
<h4>4 Understand open data</h4>
<div>There’s a movement to open up government data, so that it can be easily found, is in a ‘machine readable’ format and has a license to be re-used. This is to be managed by the Government’s Public Data Corporation. The license of data is critical to re-use. An ‘Open Government License&#8217; applies to most government data (though some agencies are exempt).<br />
• Open Government License: <a rel="nofollow" title="open governemnt licence" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open- government-licence.htm">nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open- government-licence.htm</a><br />
• Good practice and government data: <a rel="nofollow" title="open government data " target="_blank" href="http://www.opengovernmentdata.org">opengovernmentdata.org</a></div>
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<h4>5 Access the data from council suppliers</h4>
<div>Data is often managed by third party service providers who may have no vested interest in opening up the data. Ensure you allow appropriate time and resources within your project plan to account for this.<br />
Get the data provider on board early and scope out the issues involved in getting the data you want. Make sure your deliverables take into account the dependency on the data provider.</div>
<h4>6 Create advocates</h4>
<div>A good idea still needs advocates to make it happen. This may include both internal advocates as well as external.<br />
Showcase examples of service provision that tap into the interests of different stakeholders. Community activists will engage with ideas that give citizens a voice. Policy makers will want to showcase current thinking.<br />
Find out what excites people and you’ll get a greater level of support from them.</div>
<h4>7 Release early, release often</h4>
<div>Launching with a ‘minimum viable product’ is likely to be more effective (and less risky) than a ‘bells and whistles’ product.Traditional approaches to development often try to specify a full set of features before launch.<br />
A more effective approach could be to use an ‘agile philosophy’ and focus on a core set of user stories, iterating quickly as you go. Enlist the help of some early users (usually six is enough) who can test out the service, you can then launch a ‘beta’ product to a wider audience.<br />
Minimum viable product: <a rel="nofollow" title="wiki minimum viable " target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product</a> Agile development: <a rel="nofollow" title="agile software development " target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development</a></div>
<h4>8 Understand public sector procurement</h4>
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<p>There are strict procurement processes within government that can make undertaking quick, agile projects difficult. Recent Government strategy aims to simplify procurement, making it easier for SMEs to tender.</p>
<p>Find opportunities to pitch a joint proposal with a local developer or agency. If you have an idea or want to pitch for a piece of work try and connect with other talented local developers and agencies to see how you could work together.</p>
<p>Government IT Strategy document: <a rel="nofollow" title="cabinet office and ict procuerment" target="_blank" href="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/government-ict-strategy">cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/government-ict-strategy</a></p>
<h4>9 Get the language right</h4>
<p>We use different words and acronyms to describe the same things and this can be an issue in creating a service for citizens to use. Avoid jargon and adopt a friendly tone of voice.</p>
<p>When creating the architecture for a new service, gain an understanding of how your audience might describe the things described in your data. Card sorting exercises can be helpful in doing this.</p>
<p>Card Sorting Exercise:<a rel="nofollow" title="boxes and arrows" target="_blank" href="http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/card_sorting_a_definitive_guide"> boxesandarrows.com/view/card_sorting_a_definitive_guide</a></p>
<h4>10 Measure success</h4>
<p>How do you know when you’ve made something brilliant? It helps if you know what you’re looking for. At the start, state what success would look like. Identify outcomes and measures for your success.</p>
<p>Tools like <a rel="nofollow" title="google analytics" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/analytics/">Google Analytics</a> can be used to measure the performance of your web service (number of visits, users, referrers). Qualitative feedback is also invaluable in providing useful metrics. When designing your service build in an easy-to-use mechanism for people to provide feedback.</p>
<p>Utilise Twitter and Facebook as well as tools like Uservoice <a rel="nofollow" title="uservoice" target="_blank" href="http://www.uservoice.com ">uservoice.com </a>and Get Satisfaction <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://getsatisfaction.com">getsatisfaction.com</a> to help gain feedback.</p>
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         <description>Actually, we are not calling them focus groups &amp;#8211; they are customer consultation sessions! Talking to people looking after under 5 children (care-givers) is a key part of the set-up phase of ColaLife. We need to know what our target customers would find attractive in an anti-diarrhoea kit (no, this isn&amp;#8217;t an oxymoron); how much [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, we are not calling them focus groups &#8211; they are customer consultation sessions! Talking to people looking after under 5 children (care-givers) is a key part of the set-up phase of ColaLife. We need to know what our target customers would find attractive in an anti-diarrhoea kit (no, this isn&#8217;t an oxymoron); how much they would be willing to pay for the ColaLife anti-diarrhoea kit (ADK) we are launching, and their awareness of the components it contains.</p>
<p><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/7129398465_755b0b1f54_m.jpg" alt="Ngombe focus groups - ADK" width="240" height="204"/> <a rel="nofollow" title="Ngombe focus groups - ADK by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/6983313952/"><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6983313952_3f656cf7a0_m.jpg" alt="Ngombe focus groups - ADK" width="240" height="180"/></a><br />
<small>First exposure to the ADK</small></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kzf.org.zm/">Keepers Zambia Foundation</a> are leading on this work and before going to our intervention districts later this week (Kalomo) and next (Katete), they used the contacts they had in peri-urban communities nearby to test the materials and techniques developed by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-team/#Beth">Beth</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-team/#Jane">Jane</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" title="Ngombe focus groups - brand by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/7129400919/"><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8017/7129400919_5695fa94b9_m.jpg" alt="Ngombe focus groups - brand" width="240" height="180"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" title="Ngombe focus groups - brand by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/6983315142/"><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/6983315142_56e131c5cc_m.jpg" alt="Ngombe focus groups - brand" width="240" height="180"/></a><br />
<small>How should it be branded?</small></p>
<p>The project plan demands that this work is completed by 23 May so that we can fix the branding and the recommended retail price of the ADK and Jane can complete the visuals for the training materials.</p>
<p>Initial indications are that our client group like literal, no-nonsense descriptions and pictures and not &#8216;clever&#8217; abstract logos. Watch this space . . .</p>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The skiers amongst you will know that there are big risks when going off-piste but the rewards are usually wonderful unless something awful happens. This is the territory we are in right know with the trial.</p>
<p>In our original plan we said we would use &#8216;off-the-shelf&#8217;, pre-approved, over the counter products to make up our ADKs (anti-diarrhoea kits). So these were going to contain:</p>
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<li>1 x blister pack of Zinc supplements</li>
<li>1 x small bar of soap</li>
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<p>Items 2 and 3 remain unchanged but there are such compelling reasons NOT to include two of the standard ORS sachets that we are not going to do it. Instead we are going to make up our own 4g ORS sachets which will make up just 200ml of solution each. And we will include eight and not two.</p>
<p><strong>So why stick our necks out and run this risk?</strong> <a rel="nofollow" title="The ORS Question answered . . . by you" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/2012/02/21/the-ors-question-answered-by-you/">As mentioned in a previous post</a> the 20g sachets which are generally available were never designed for home use &#8211; they were designed for use in hospitals where it makes sense to make up a litre of solution at a time. In the home it makes no sense at all, given that the average consumption is around 400ml in a day and any solution not used after 24 hours of mixing should be thrown away.</p>
<p><strong>So what are the implications of this change of plan?</strong> Well, we&#8217;ve had to come up with our own artwork for the new, smaller sachets (see the image to the left). We then have to import the packaging (from India) along with new machine parts to deal with the smaller packet size and weight of contents. We then have to run a three-month stability test on the new product and get approval from Zambia&#8217;s Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority (PRA) before the trial starts. Quite a few risks. However, the artwork has been signed off and the machine parts have been ordered, so we are on our way.</p>
<p><strong>What are the benefits of this new approach?</strong> The key benefit is that mothers and care-givers won&#8217;t have guess the amounts of ORS and water and risk making up a solution that is either too weak to be effective or too strong and cause osmotic diarrhoea. What tends to happen at the moment is that mothers and care-givers know that they do not need a whole litre of solution, so rather than mix up a whole litre and throw most of it away after 24 hours, they tip a part of a sachet into and indeterminate amount of water resulting in an ORS solution that is either too weak or too strong.</p>
<p>With our smaller sachets they will only make up 200ml at a time and they can use the AidPod itself as a measure. The production AidPod has a 200ml mark on it to indicate precisely the amount of water needed. We also think that it will be possible to use the AidPod as a mixer. Tests involving shaking an AidPod full of tea look promising in this regard! See the video below:</p>
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<p>So, all in all, we think it&#8217;s worth risking it and going off-piste at this point in the trial set-up phase as the potential benefits are wonderful.</p>
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         <description>I had a frustrating episode the other day trying to work out a three-way journey round Birmingham.  I wanted to know how to get to a given address by bus from the city centre.  In fact, what I&amp;#039;d have really liked would have been to know what the best journey was from where I was [...]&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=perfectpath.co.uk&amp;#038;blog=234098&amp;#038;post=1738&amp;#038;subd=perfectpath&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1"/&gt;</description>
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<p />I had a frustrating episode the other day trying to work out a three-way journey round Birmingham.  I wanted to know how to get to a given address by bus from the city centre.  In fact, what I&#039;d have really liked would have been to know what the best journey was from where I was starting off.  And to have a reasonable idea of how long it would take.  This is something I&#039;ve become used to being able to do easily in London, using TfL&#039;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/">journey planner</a>. Birmingham is a smaller city.  And it doesn&#039;t have the rich mix of transport types &#8211; there are trains and there are buses.  No tubes, trams or DLR to deal with.  
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<div>However, online timetabling for buses is run by National Express and the interface is primarily focused on bus routes rather than point to point navigation.  That is, you have to know which bus route passes near to where you are now and which ones pass the place that you&#039;re going to and then you have to look up to see where you might be able to join them up.  This might mean you have to go into the city centre, but if you&#039;re in the south of the city and you&#039;re going to the west, then perhaps there&#039;s one that cuts out the need to crawl into the middle of town.  In any case, it requires a better knowledge of city-wide geography than most locals have let alone visitors or, say, people who were born there, but haven&#039;t lived there for nearly thirty years.</div>
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<div>Messing with the structure of transport providers, public ownership or creating a new level of bureaucratic authority to deal with this seems over the top when the thinking behind integrating timetables online for a user-friendly perspective has already  been done.</div>
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<div>Ha! So I got this far with this post and then looked up transport authorities, because I was unsure what was in place.  I found <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://networkwestmidlands.com">network west midlands</a> and from there <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.travelinemidlands.co.uk/">Traveline</a> for the Midlands.  I don&#039;t know how I didn&#039;t get there before.  It&#039;s OK, but not very pretty.  And it&#039;s a bastard on mobile.</div>
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<div>Anyway, there&#039;s still a point in this. This is the sort of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lloyddavis.posterous.com/wont-get-fooled-again">vertical integration I wrote about recently</a>.  We&#039;re used to the idea of open data, but what about TfL opening up the source of their journeyplanner for transport authorities in other cities. What if Traveline became an open source project that anyone could contribute to?  Rather than creating something completely from scratch to make sense of the data, how about creating something that we can all join in on and improve?  </div>
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<div>Having already revealed my woeful research skills in this post once, I make no claims on the originality of the idea.  I&#039;m sure there are public transport and opendata geeks who&#039;ve been talking about it for years. Sorry.</div>
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         <title>Helping third sector organisations use audio to share sensitive stories online</title>
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         <description>For storytelling on the web, video is great. When a person talks about their experience in a video, it can be more engaging than the same words in text. Seeing a human face and hearing the story in her own words makes a story more authentic. Here&amp;#8217;s an example of [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For storytelling on the web, video is great. When a person talks about their experience in a video, it can be more engaging than the same words in text. Seeing a human face and hearing the story in her own words makes a story more authentic.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s <a rel="nofollow" title="Video: Ageing Well feedback on online course session 1" target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/U3TuZlvd2qo">an example</a> of a woman telling <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://birminghamsettlement.org.uk/">Birmingham Settlement</a> what she has learned about how to use the internet:</p>
<p></p> 
<p>But what if a person wants to share their story about a negative or dangerous experience? What if that person wants to share their story but is still at risk?</p>
<p><span id="more-6139"></span>Say, a woman who has left an abusive partner, and wants to share her story to help other women who may be trapped in a violent relationship. Say, a woman wants to talk about how she wants to join in local activities but cultural sensitivities mean she does not want to be recognised.</p>
<p>How can her story be shared online – to raise awareness or support other women in similar situations – anonymously?</p>
<p>Audio can be an effective way to capture a sensitive story and to share it anonymously.</p>
<p>Podnosh help train front line workers in third sector organisations, community groups and charities – such as <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gatewayfs.org/">Gateway Family Services</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://birminghamsettlement.org.uk/">Birmingham Settlement</a> – to use social media to raise awareness about their work and the people they help.</p>
<p>One way we do this is to encourage workers in these organisations to capture stories of the people they help every day.</p>
<p>To do this sensitively, we help people learn to use tools like <a rel="nofollow" title="Mobile and web platform to record and share audio" target="_blank" href="http://audioboo.fm/">Audioboo</a> to capture audio stories using a mobile phone or a laptop with a built-in microphone.</p>
<p>By using tools like Audioboo, the organisations we help can embed the audio clips in their own websites, post safely in social networks and make the audio available for reuse by other organisations or individuals, spreading the story into their networks.</p>
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         <description>I find myself in Birmingham for a couple of days (16th &amp;#38; 17th April), with the wherewithal to create a popup cinema to show some films from the British Council Collection.  I&amp;#039;m based in B30, but can come anywhere in Brum that&amp;#039;s easily accessible by public transport. Give me a shout on 07919182825 if you&amp;#039;d [...]&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=perfectpath.co.uk&amp;#038;blog=234098&amp;#038;post=1734&amp;#038;subd=perfectpath&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1"/&gt;</description>
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<p /> I find myself in Birmingham for a couple of days (16th &amp; 17th April), with the wherewithal to create a popup cinema to show some films from the British Council Collection.  I&#039;m based in B30, but can come anywhere in Brum that&#039;s easily accessible by public transport.
<p /> Give me a shout on 07919182825 if you&#039;d like me to come to you.
<p />What I bring:<br />1. A selection of short archive information films from the British Council collection &#8211; see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://timeimage.wikispaces.com">http://timeimage.wikispaces.com</a> for the whole catalogue, I have copies of the following 1940s films with me:<br /> 
<ul>
<li>The Man on the Beat (1945) (Why we trust policemen, filmed in Ladywood and Birmingham City Centre)</li>
<li>Student Nurse (1944) (The training of State Registered Nurses, filmed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital) </li>
<li>Local Government (What councils do and how to become a councillor)</li>
<li>We of the West Riding (everyday life in West Yorks)</li>
<li>City Bound (wartime public transport in London)</li>
<li>London Terminus (wartime day-in-the-life of London Waterloo Station)</li>
<li>Any of the films that are already available on YouTube (assuming you have an internet connection)</li>
<li>I may have others secreted about my person that I&#039;ve forgotten about</li>
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<p>2. My laptop &amp; pico projector popup cinema combo<br /> 3. My charming personality, a love of film, history and a willingness to natter.<br />4. Optional ukulele
<p /><b>I&#039;d need you to provide:<br /></b>1. A light-coloured screening surface (a matt-painted wall will do) (4&#039; x 3&#039; &#8211; 1.33m x 1m) is not bad<br /> 2. A room that is deep enough to project onto the surface at size and preferably the ability to darken the room<br />3. Two mains power points<br />4. Refreshments (some people find it *impossible* to watch film without popcorn and icecream &#8211; I&#039;ll settle for a cup of tea)<br /> 5. An hour should be plenty of time<br />6. There is no fee for entry to the popup cinema, though I&#039;ll happily pass the hat for tips/donations if that is acceptable to you (this is unfunded work).
<p />As is often the case with me, this is all very last minute.  If you want to do this, but can&#039;t fit it into the next couple of days, or if you&#039;re elsewhere in the country and would like me to come, let me know and I&#039;ll put you on the mailing list.<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lloyddavis.posterous.com/anyone-for-popup-cinema-in-birmingham-todayto">Originally posted on Lloyd&#8217;s posterous</a></div>
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         <description>We had a great day on Wednesday. Eric, the head of the AidPod team at PI Global had pulled together all those involved in the final stages of the packaging workpackage to review options and look at dependencies. Key players at this point are Charpak who will be manufacturing the AidPod container and lid; Amcor [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had a great day on Wednesday. Eric, the head of the AidPod team at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.piglobal.com/">PI Global</a> had pulled together all those involved in the final stages of the packaging workpackage to review options and look at dependencies. Key players at this point are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.charpak.co.uk/">Charpak</a> who will be manufacturing the AidPod container and lid; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amcor.com/">Amcor Flexibles</a> who will be providing the transparent film that will seal the AidPod and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pal.co.uk/">Packaging Automation Limited</a> who will be providing the machine that will stick these two bits together and heat-seal the ADK.</p>
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</a><small>The ColaLife Packaging Team at PI Global.<br />
Back Row, L-R: Eric, Anna and Tim (PI Global), Jane (ColaLife);<br />
Front Row, L-R: Stuart (Saunders &amp; Dolleymore LLP), Peter (Armcor), Chris (PI Global), Gary (Charpak) and Matt (Packaging Automation)</small></p>
<p>In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-n2z1oy67Q">this video</a>, Matt from Packaging Automation shows me how to use the machine. The machine that will be put together for us will have jaws made specifically for the AidPod and it will seal two ADKs at a time.</p>
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<p>The next steps for this part of the project are:</p>
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<li>To finalise the type of film to use. It needs to fulfil the tamper evidencing requirement and be strong enough for the conditions in Zambia. Amcor are also looking at a &#8216;microporous&#8217; option that will allow air, but not contaminants or water, to move in and out of the pack.</li>
<li>To manufacture of the jaws for the PA machine and then calibrate it to seal the film to the ADK.</li>
<li>To assemble and seal 100 ADKs in the UK for final testing in Zambia &#8211; to do this we will need to ship sufficient of the components of the ADKs to the UK &#8211; soap, ORS sachets, PedZinc and leaflets. We are waiting for the ORS sachet packaging to arrive from India so that we can produce our new 4g/200ml sachets for stability testing and will need to make 800 additional samples for shipping to the UK.</li>
<li>To do a final test of the assembled ADKs in Zambia.</li>
<li>To manufacture 41,000 ADKs and lids/trays</li>
<li>To ship the packaging machine, the AidPods and film to Lusaka.</li>
</ol>
<p>Things are staring to feel very real!</p>
<p>We wound up the day with Stuart from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dolleymores.com/">Saunders &amp; Dolleymore LLP</a>. Stuart has been guiding us through the process of patenting the AidPod to that we have some control over its use &#8211; we wouldn&#8217;t it to be used for cigarettes for example &#8211; and there may be scope for us to licence its use in the future and raise money to pump back into the ColaLife project.</p>
<p>The AidPod now has a British Patent Pending Number 1201701.8</p>
<p>Thanks go to Eric who had the foresight to bring us all together and to everyone who made time to be there on the one spare day in our short visit to the UK.</p>
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         <description>I scribbled this diagram in a notebook while on the train sometime ago and have been waiting to find the time to install a drawing package to make it prettier (I found dia &amp;#8211; it just works!).  It&amp;#039;s a gross simplification, but sometimes you have to take things up a level to see what&amp;#039;s really [...]&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=perfectpath.co.uk&amp;#038;blog=234098&amp;#038;post=1732&amp;#038;subd=perfectpath&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1"/&gt;</description>
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<div>I scribbled this diagram in a notebook while on the train sometime ago and have been waiting to find the time to install a drawing package to make it prettier (I found <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dia">dia</a> &#8211; it just works!).  It&#039;s a gross simplification, but sometimes you have to take things up a level to see what&#039;s really going on and to start talking about things that matter.  And it&#039;s all been said before in other forms, nothing spectacularly new here, just my take on what I&#039;ve seen.  I also recognise that this is still news to many people.</div>
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<div>For those of you who weren&#039;t raised as a systems analyst, you might do this kind of thing to show the &quot;client&quot; the logic of what you&#039;ve observed happening.  They always say &quot;Yes, but that&#039;s not how it really works&quot; or &quot;I think that&#039;s an oversimplification&quot;.  That&#039;s good, it means you&#039;re going to learn something new about how they see the system.</div>
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<div>About the Product/Hamster/Bait thing &#8211; people like to say in conversations about this &quot;<i>Wake up dude! You&#039;re the product!</i>&quot;*.  And.  I don&#039;t think it goes far enough.  We&#039;re not just the product, we&#039;re a product that drives the engines, like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://scripting.com/stories/2010/11/14/welcomeToYourHamsterCage.html">hamsters in a wheel</a> that puts electricity back into the grid, and (especially if we&#039;re particularly <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/sizemore">creative</a>/<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/documentally">interesting</a>/<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/scobleizer">hyperactive</a>) we&#039;re the bait for more product/hamster/bait to come along and join in.</div>
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<div>Anyway. Here&#039;s what I think when I show it to my internal client-side:</div>
<p />
<div>1. What about freemium services like Flickr?  Am I not still P/H/B if I pay for a pro account?</div>
<div> 2. There are overlaps, of course.  Some owners, employees and customers will be P/H/B in their own time.</div>
<div>3. How does this map onto offline social &quot;platforms&quot; like meetups, coworking spaces and members clubs?</div>
<div>4. Might want to further distinguish between Owner and Investor.</div>
<div>5. Another interesting (but more complex) dimension is lock-in &#8211; how easy is it for you to get your data out, archive it, re-use or re-mix it/</div>
<p />
<div>*I know.  I should stop taking part in conversations where people call each other &quot;dude&quot;.</div>
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         <description>Some (actually many) years ago I was working as an Information Manager at the Audit Commission.  I became increasingly frustrated by the difficulty of joining up data across, the organisation.  There were loads of opportunities to add more value to what we were doing by taking data collected in different contexts and telling stories based [...]&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=perfectpath.co.uk&amp;#038;blog=234098&amp;#038;post=1729&amp;#038;subd=perfectpath&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1"/&gt;</description>
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<p />Some (actually many) years ago I was working as an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://perfectpath.co.uk/2010/08/18/backstory-the-audit-commission-part-ii/">Information Manager at the Audit Commission</a>.  I became increasingly frustrated by the difficulty of joining up data across, the organisation.  There were loads of opportunities to add more value to what we were doing by taking data collected in different contexts and telling stories based on that data.  As an organisation, that&#039;s what we were really good at doing, telling stories based on data but we also valued innovation very highly and the key way that people saw they could innovate was in data collection and analysis.  This was also at a time when people were  getting used to the idea that they could use computers to do things that just hadn&#039;t been practical before.  In addition, managers were given a great deal of freedom to procure small-scale software to collect, collate and analyse data in interesting (but closed) ways &#8211; the priority in a study was for auditors to be able to create value for clients by telling them something useful, anything that achieved that was more important than any wider or longer-term use of the data.
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<div>I ended up boring all around me with two regular rants.  One was about agreeing on standards for data collection and ecosystem-wide metadata, the other was about thinking about horizontal standardisation rather than vertical integration when developing new software, to separate out how we dealt with each of the   Data, Application and Presentation layers and to ensure that when we developed or procured something new, we could easily get the data out to reuse later.  The hardest thing was getting people to understand that you could think about these things separately.  They found it really difficult to think about data independently of the process for collecting it, analysing and presenting it.  For a long time, people kept designing things where the data was locked in.  I drew a venn diagram that showed all of the applications in current and recent use and pointed out that all our procurement was either partially duplicating something that was already there or else filling in ever-tinier niche gaps between existing applications.  My point was that if we standardised our data management, we could focus attention on what we did with the data and re-use existing date to save some effort re-inventing the wheel.</div>
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<div>I think that those of us who tell stories on the web using data are at a similar stage now.  I think that means all of us who are writing or making media on the web, but also anyone who is using social tools.  The $1bn sale of Instagram to Facebook today has been another wake-up call.  My own Instagram feed is only a few days old, but I&#039;m following people who have been there for a while and see almost universal disappointment among long-term users and a desire to find something else that isn&#039;t currently tainted by Facebook.</div>
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<div>But shifting over to another service that still holds onto your content and helps you to manage your social graph isn&#039;t going to work for long.  The lesson from Instagram is that if a service is any good it will get swallowed up by one of the big boys (probably Facebook) and if it isn&#039;t any good, well, you probably won&#039;t want to be using it.  The time you&#039;ll have using the next platform will just get shorter and shorter as the bubble inflates &#8211; how many people do you think today have thought &quot;Blimey, $1bn shared between 10 people in less than two years? I&#039;ll have a piece of that!&quot;  The value to me of the services provided has slipped below the break-even point.  As long as I&#039;ve felt I&#039;m getting a good deal, I&#039;ve been relatively happy to be a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://scripting.com/stories/2010/11/14/welcomeToYourHamsterCage.html">hamster in my cage</a>.  But I feel the prospects of getting a good deal from vertically integrated social applications is getting slimmer and slimmer. And every time we switch cages, we have to leave something behind. In Instagram for example, you may be able to extract your photos, but what about the comments and lists of likes?  No matter what the promises about being able to get at &quot;your content&quot; most tech products don&#039;t see it as yours, it&#039;s theirs and it&#039;s their route either to revenue generation or to selling out to someone with deep pockets.  </div>
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<div>I don&#039;t think it&#039;s enough to say that I&#039;m just not going to use Product X.  We need to build a different model, one in which we hold and manage our own data stores and we have a choice of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://perfectpath.co.uk/2012/03/18/getting-comfy-with-davewiners-opml-editor/">tools</a> that we use to share that data with the world.  I would rather pay money for an honest service that simply processed my data in interesting, useful and innovative ways than to pay for my experience by losing control over the things that I make and say and the online relationships that I have with people.</div>
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         <title>Cargando un muerto ajeno: Alvear, Letelier, Tuma y el aborto terapeútico</title>
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         <description>&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#38761d;"&gt;UPDATE 8 de abril más abajo en verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;Se estima que en Chile -donde el aborto es penalizado bajo toda circunstancia- ocurren aproximadamente 150 mil abortos al año. O sea, 12 500 al mes o más de 400 al día o 17 abortos cada hora...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Este pasado 3 de Abril 2012, nuestros políticos y políticas del Senado tenían una oportunidad de oro, cuando se presenta tres mociones&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; sobre el aborto, para revertir la nefasta penalización que involucra la salúd de las mujeres en Chile. &lt;br /&gt;
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Si. Las chilenas seguirán 'quedando' embarazadas...con o sin Ley. &lt;br /&gt;
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Curiosamente, la mera mención del aborto siempre lleva al tema del sexo en Chile (nadie sabe por qué pero se especula que es el agua...) y fueron sesiones interminables dónde (además de la tradicional analogía del senador designado Larrain que relaciona todo con Sparta, Hitler y Stalin) los honorables se enredaban con los conceptos 'mujer' y 'madre' (lo que viene a explicar muchooooo...), y claro está, 'la guaguita por nacer'. Didacticamente, hubo hasta peluches y fetos de plástico en la tribuna por si acaso algún despistado no estaba enterado...&lt;br /&gt;
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Se sabía que la Alianza iba a votar -con usual fervor cuando se trata del útero ajeno- en contra de cualquier iniciativa. Tanto fue el entusiasmo que hasta se apersonaran algunos senadores que han hecho la &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.senado.cl/appsenado/index.php?mo=sesionessala&amp;amp;ac=asistenciaSenadores&amp;amp;legiid=482&amp;amp;camara=S&amp;amp;legiini=361"&gt;cimarra&lt;/a&gt; durante todo el año como, por ejemplo, la designada y transgénica Von Baer. Junto al otro cimarrero García-Huidobro, los dos figuraban pontificando sobre la laif. Que los proyectos incluían casos como niñas de 13 años violadas, le importaba poco. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Y parece que la actual situación desesperada de miles de chilenas tampoco le importa a algunos senadores de la Concertación. El cinismo e irresponsabilidad humana fue palpable en su votación y ausencia.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tres senadores DC (Pato Walker, Sabag y Alvear) &lt;b&gt;votaron en contra de todos&lt;/b&gt; los proyectos y eso que solamente era para iniciar un debate.&lt;br /&gt;
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D-E-B-A-T-E.&lt;br /&gt;
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La posición de Alvear no puedo sino ser la máxima expresión de la irresponsabilidad. No porque la senadora sea mujer sino porque ella representa un distrito que congrega la mayor cantidad de mujeres en Chile.&amp;nbsp;Y ya que la votación estaba peleada en una de las mociones (15 a favor y 18 en contra), &lt;b&gt;SE SUMA la ausencia injustificable del senador socialista Letelier y el PPD Tuma.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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¿Acaso existe algo más importante que votar a favor de la salud de la mujer chilena? &lt;br /&gt;
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Si agregamos los votos de Letelier y Tuma (los ausentes), la diferencia hubiese sido 17 a favor y 18 en contra...&lt;br /&gt;
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Entonces, y ya que de Patricio Walker y Sabag poco o nada puede esperar la mujer chilena, Alvear hubiese sido un voto decisivo pero se restó de querer emprender un debate nacional. Es más, Alvear se dió el lujo de votar en contra en tres instancias, sin mucho asco. Y eso que aquí estamos hablando de aborto en caso de violaciones de niñas o la vida en riesgo de la mujer.&lt;br /&gt;
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Por otro lado, la aspirante a la presidencia Lily Perez (RN) también votó en contra de dos de los proyectos y oportunamente estaba ausente para la votación del tercero. Ni tan liberal ni tan osada, la Lily...&lt;br /&gt;
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Lo de Alvear, Tuma y Letelier es incomprensible, si hasta el Chico Zaldivar, Frei y Nacho Walker se animaron y votaron a favor de debatir sobre el aborto terapeútico. Cantero, senador &lt;strike&gt;RN (&lt;/strike&gt;ahora 'Independiente' fue el único de la Alianza que votó a favor dos de los proyectos junto a los DC Rincón y Pizarro.&lt;br /&gt;
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Astutamente, la DC anuncia que tienen OTRO proyecto que involucra el aborto pero solo en el caso que la mujer corra un riesgo gigantesco y ahí si, después, quizás, tal vez, se interrumpe el embarazo. Un proyecto que -con suerte- se verá en otros 20 años...&lt;br /&gt;
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Con todo, las niñas violadas en Chile tendrán que seguir cargando con ese embarazo debido a que algunos senadores dicen ser solidarios...o solidarias pero solamente lo son con ellas mismas (y osan creer que serán reelectas...)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#38761d;"&gt;UPDATE (8 de Abril):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#38761d;"&gt;Misterio resuelto. Los senadores Juan Pablo Letelier, Carlos Kuschel y Eugenio Tuma se encuentran participando en la &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://secretariagrulacuip.org/portal/"&gt;126 Asamblea de la Unión Interparlamentaria Mundial &lt;/a&gt;que se realiza en Kampala, Uganda lo cual NO SIGNIFICA que tanto Letelier como Tuma no podían aplazar sus pasajes y quedarse una horitas más en Chile para la votación tan IMPORTANTE...Además, recién el 5 de abril se hace la clausura de la Asamblea (y mejor ni comentar lo relevante que son estas reuniones 'internacionales' y el peso que tienen...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;PROYECTOS PRESENTADOS:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;*Proyecto A: se podrá interrumpir el embarazo, sólo con fines terapéuticos, mediante intervención médica, cuando esta sea documentada por dos médicos cirujanos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"&gt;15 votos a favor y 18 en contra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;Proyecto B: admite el aborto por razones terapéuticas -riesgo para la vida la madre-; eugenésicas -el feto presenta o presentará graves taras o malformaciones físicas o psíquicas-, y ético sociales -embarazo producto de una violación, siempre que se practique dentro de las primeras 12 semanas de gestación. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"&gt;9 votos a favor y 22 en contra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;Proyecto C: despenaliza la interrupción del embarazo por razones médicas cuando hay riesgo vital de la madre o inviabilidad del feto. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"&gt;12 votos a favor y 19 en contra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;9 senadores que votaron a favor de los 3 proyectos (A, B y C)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
PS Allende B., Isabel &lt;br /&gt;
PS Escalona M., Camilo &lt;br /&gt;
PPD Girardi L., Guido &lt;br /&gt;
PRSD Gómez U., José Antonio &lt;br /&gt;
PPD Lagos W., Ricardo &lt;br /&gt;
PS Muñoz A., Pedro &lt;br /&gt;
MAS Navarro B., Alejandro &lt;br /&gt;
PPD Quintana L., Jaime &lt;br /&gt;
PS Rossi C., Fulvio &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;(pareo) PDC Ruiz-Esquide J., Mariano con Horvath Kiss, Antonio&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Se agrega a favor al proyecto C (pero votaron NO proyecto B):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strike&gt;RN&lt;/strike&gt;&amp;nbsp;'INDEP' Cantero O., Carlos &lt;br /&gt;
PDC Pizarro S., Jorge &lt;br /&gt;
PDC Rincón G., Ximena &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Se agrega a favor al proyecto A:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strike&gt;RN&lt;/strike&gt;&amp;nbsp;INDEP Cantero O., Carlos (ausente durante votación proyecto B) &lt;br /&gt;
PDC Pizarro S., Jorge (votó NO proyecto B)&lt;br /&gt;
PDC Rincón G., Ximena (votó NO proyecto B)&lt;br /&gt;
PDC Frei R., Eduardo (ausente durante votación proyectos B y C)&lt;br /&gt;
PDC Walker P., Ignacio (votó NO proyectos B y C)&lt;br /&gt;
PDC Zaldívar L., Andrés (votó NO proyectos B y C)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;Senadores Ausentes durante toda la jornada:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
PPD Tuma Zedán, Eugenio&lt;br /&gt;
PS Letelier Morel, Juan Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
RN Kuschel Silva, Carlos Ignacio&lt;br /&gt;
(Horvath Kiss, Antonio PAREO)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;VOTARON NO A LOS TRES PROYECTOS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;PDC Alvear V., Soledad &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;PDC Walker P., Patricio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:red;"&gt;PDC Sabag C., Hosaín &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Indep., RN y UDI):&lt;br /&gt;
Indep. Bianchi C., Carlos &lt;br /&gt;
Chahuán C., Francisco &lt;br /&gt;
Coloma C., Juan Antonio &lt;br /&gt;
Espina O., Alberto &lt;br /&gt;
García R., José &lt;br /&gt;
García-Huidobro S., Alejandro &lt;br /&gt;
Larraín F., Hernán &lt;br /&gt;
Larrain P., Carlos &lt;br /&gt;
Novoa V., Jovino &lt;br /&gt;
Orpis B., Jaime &lt;br /&gt;
Pérez S., Lily (ausente durante votación proyecto C) &lt;br /&gt;
Pérez V., Víctor &lt;br /&gt;
Prokurica P., Baldo &lt;br /&gt;
Uriarte H., Gonzalo &lt;br /&gt;
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         <description>&amp;#160; The above exchange took place recently between Wv11 a hyperlocal blog in Wednesfield (*disclaimer* I am the co-founder of Wv11 &amp;#8211; but this wasn&amp;#8217;t me tweeting this time), Wolverhampton Parks and Wolverhampton Homes, the ALMO  (Aram Length Management Organisation) that looks after housing for Wolverhampton Council. It was a simple [...]</description>
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<p>The above exchange took place recently between <a rel="nofollow" title="Wv11.co.uk" target="_blank" href="http://www.wv11.co.uk/">Wv11</a> a hyperlocal blog in Wednesfield (*disclaimer* I am the co-founder of Wv11 &#8211; but this wasn&#8217;t me tweeting this time), <a rel="nofollow" title="Wolverhampton Parks" target="_blank" href="http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure_culture/parks_green_spaces/rangers/wilf.htm">Wolverhampton Parks</a> and <a rel="nofollow" title="Wolverhampton Homes" target="_blank" href="http://www.wolverhamptonhomes.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx">Wolverhampton Homes</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" title="association of arms length management organisations" target="_blank" href="http://www.almos.org.uk/">ALMO  (Aram Length Management Organisation) </a>that looks after housing for Wolverhampton Council. It was a simple and common complaint involving litter.  There wasn&#8217;t an immediate solution as someone had to physically get out to the park  to deal with it but because the message was not only acknowledged positively but there was also a response given about the planned action, any other residents following this exchange knew something was planned to get the litter cleaned up and later on when it was dealt with they could see that the promise was carried through.</p>
<p>This wasn&#8217;t the first conversation of this sort to take part online and it surely wont be the last but to  my mind at least this kind of engagement can only improve communities.</p>
<p>It may start as small as getting rubbish collected from the park put just imagine the possibilities. If lots of people can take part in a wider conversations with service providers and local partners, if they are responded to as individuals and if they can see that not only are things are getting done as a result, but also see the processes in place that get them there they are more likely to engage in the future and feel part of the bigger picture that makes their neighbourhood tick.</p>
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         <title>The great unveiling – the production AidPod – the Mark XI</title>
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         <description>Tim Llewellyn of PI Global describes the latest version of the AidPod (Mark XI) over Skype Yesterday (28/3/12) was a big day. The highly anticipated Skype meeting with our packaging partner to present what is likely to be the version of the AidPod that will go into production was postponed from 11am to 3pm to [...]</description>
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<small>Tim Llewellyn of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.piglobal.com/">PI Global</a> describes the latest version of the AidPod (Mark XI) over Skype</small></p>
<p><small></small>Yesterday (28/3/12) was a big day. The highly anticipated Skype meeting with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.piglobal.com/">our packaging partner</a> to present what is likely to be the version of the AidPod that will go into production was postponed from 11am to 3pm to allow time for the video below to download so that the we, ColaLife team in Zambia, were properly prepared.</p>
<p>The image above is a screen capture of the Skype meeting. On the UK end (main picture) you have Tim Llewellyn demonstrating the Mark XI AidPod with team members Chris Griffin* and Eric Connolly in the background. To the left (inset) you see the ColaLife team in Zambia &#8211; permanent members Jane and me with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/about/the-team/#Rohit">Rohit</a> who is also with us at the moment as we tie up the recruitment of our monitoring and evaluation partner.</p>
<p>Anyway, the session did not disappoint, the Mark XI looks just perfect. We expect to receive samples of it tomorrow (30/3/12) and hope to sign-off the design so that the production process can start.</p>
<p>Below is the video mentioned above where Tim explains the Mark XI features:</p>
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<p>* Just for the record I wanted to describe how I met Chris. Jane and I received an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.unltd.org.uk/">UnLtd</a> Award way back in June 2010 when we decided to give up all other activities and focus on trying to get a trial of ColaLife underway. One of the networking opportunities provided by UnLtd was a pre-Christmas gathering of award winners and supporters of UnLtd from the private sector. And one point in the evening award winners were asked if there was anything we needed. I said that we had this great idea and a huge level of support for it but without an AidPod we couldn&#8217;t proceed. Chris came up to me and the rest is history. Frankly, I&#8217;m not sure what we would have done without PI Global as a partner. Put frankly, we would have struggled.</p>
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         <description>Hace un par de años atrás, una serie de suicidios de adolescentes causó una gran conmoción en Estados Unidos. Los medios de comunicación no se demoraron en indicar que todos ellos estaban relacionados—era una verdadera epidemia de suicidios de chicos gay, todos víctimas de acoso en sus escuelas. Una sospecha que se basaba en parte en el estereotipo de la juventud les-bi-gay-trans como una población intrínsecamente "en riesgo.” Por supuesto, nunca se interrogaron sobre los factores personales o sociales que empujan a un chico o chica de esa edad, que duda o se encuentra en abierto desafío de la heteronorma, a quitarse la vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ante los suicidios, la sensación de culpa e impotencia era palpable. Dan Savage, reconocido columnista—muy guapo y abiertamente gay—posteó un video en YouTube donde se dirigió directamente a la "juventud en riesgo” para decirle que, aún si enfrentaban problemas hoy, pronto estarían mejor: "It gets better". El formato rápidamente se popularizó. Este facilita el acoplamiento de una historia personal con la narrativa propuesta por la campaña a través de un slogan simple y emotivo—aún si el a quién se dirige este mensaje, el auditor imaginario, no sea del todo evidente. Hasta la fecha, cerca de treinta mil videos han sido subidos a la plataforma creada para promoverla. Entre ellos, el de un chico que se suicidó poco tiempo después de haber subido su propio video. La vida suele ser más complicada que el "copy" con que tratamos de capturarla.&lt;br /&gt;
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Una de las razones de la popularidad de It Gets Better tuvo que ver con el momento político que vivía Estados Unidos. La campaña vendió el “buenondismo” como antídoto frente el abandono de Barack Obama del movimiento LGBTI, que lo había apoyado durante la elección del 2008. Un abandono que se tradujo en los primeros años de la Administración en un tímido apoyo verbal hacia la diversidad sexual, y la más completa marginalización de asuntos LGBTI de la agenda pública. It Gets Better se auto-promueve como una campaña exitosa, aún si resulta imposible evaluar ese éxito. Los videos, después de todos, son sólo videos; quienes los ven, no son necesariamente su público objetivo declarado. En todo caso, ciertamente fue exitosa entre la clase política. No hay nada más fácil para un político que vender empatía, promover el bajar los brazos, y decir que las cosas "mejoran" por sí solas. En un momento de ironía total, Obama produjo su propio video. Se hubiera apreciado tanto más que la Administración promoviera políticas sustantivas de protección y apoyo a la juventud les-bi-gay-trans.&lt;br /&gt;
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De ahí pasamos a la traducción sin ninguna re-contextualización por parte de la Fundación Iguales de esta campaña, y su adopción en Chile. Es una traducción que retiene todos los problemas del original, y de hecho los acentúa. Partiendo con el título: "Todo Mejora." Pablo Simonetti—quien trabaja con palabras—habrá notado la utilización en esta traducción de un fraseo pasivo además de una forma verbal intransitiva, sin objeto. No hay indicación sobre qué mejora, ni cómo mejora, ni mucho menos quién lo mejora. Me parece de una perversidad absoluta ofrecerle a la diversidad sexual de Chile un simple "Todo Mejora," considerando que este último año lo único concreto que hemos visto en relación a ella han sido ataques de odio horrorosamente violentos, tales como el sufrido por Sandy Iturra Gamboa, o más recientemente Daniel Zamudio. (Y a estos podríamos añadir tantos otros crímenes que no son denunciados a la policía.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Aún si aceptáramos como válida para su nuevo contexto la premisa de la campaña original—que hay una crisis de suicidios gays, que la juventud les-bi-gay-trans se encuentra intrínsicamente “en riesgo,” que esto requiere recordarles que las cosas por arte de magia "mejoran"—nos saltamos en el caso chileno un paso esencial. Esto, porque en Estados Unidos, al contrario de Chile, sí existen mecanismos y recursos de apoyo para la juventud no-hetero, trans o con dudas, y que se enfrenta a un problemas cuyo origen es netamente sociocultural, como es la homofobia. En Chile, las organizaciones que intentan ofrecer estos recursos no dan abasto. Quizás Iguales debiera haber comenzado su trabajo desde este punto.&lt;br /&gt;
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Entonces, nos preguntamos, ¿todo mejora? &lt;br /&gt;
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La respuesta es que, por desgracia, no todo mejora. No puede mejorar, cuando no existe un marco legal que dé protección a quienes viven en Chile y continúan hoy experimentando la precariedad sexual a diario. No mejora, cuando la experiencia de esa precariedad sexual se encuentra directamente relacionada con la diferencial de poder que emerge desde la intersección de género, sexualidad, etnicidad y clase. (Pedro Lemebel tiene tantísima razón cuando nos recuerda que “ser pobre y maricón es peor.”) No mejora, cuando el Estado reniega de sus obligaciones internacionales en cuanto a resguardar los derechos de su población lésbica, gay, trans, bisexual e intersexual. No mejora, cuando las organizaciones que debieran dedicarse a presionar al Estado y a abogar por un cambio cultural, social y político que proteja a esta población, cesan de hacerlo y promueven en vez un discurso sentimental e individualista, completamente desconectado de un sentido de comunidad o responsabilidad social. No, las cosas no mejoran por sí solas: ¡somos nosotros quienes debemos mejorarlas!&lt;br /&gt;
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Suelo abstenerme de criticar el trabajo de activistas en Chile. Esto, en parte porque reconozco que es un contexto difícil. Para algunos puede parecer contraproducente el criticar las estrategias empleadas cuando no se tiene una perspectiva de terreno. En este caso, sin embargo, no hay terreno. Se trata de una campaña mediática, sin objetivos, que promueve una ideología que considero francamente dañina. Frente a esto, como feminista y estudioso de la cultura de las imágenes, mi rol es ayudar a abrir una reflexión crítica, e invitar a un debate real sobre qué política sexual queremos articular como movimiento para Chile.&lt;br /&gt;
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         <description>The progression of an idea in pictures. Click on the thumbnails below to see a gallery of pictures of each version of the AidPod from Mark I (November 2008) to Mark X (March 2012). It&amp;#8217;s taken more than 3 years but we are nearly there. Final prototypes (Mark XI) are expected on site next week. [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The progression of an idea in pictures. Click on the thumbnails below to see a gallery of pictures of each version of the AidPod from Mark I (November 2008) to Mark X (March 2012).</p>
<p>It&#8217;s taken more than 3 years but we are nearly there. Final prototypes (Mark XI) are expected on site next week. Watch this space.</p>
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<td><a rel="nofollow" title="AidPod Mark IX overview by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629602780135/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6843398520_bbb410bdc5_t.jpg" alt="AidPod Mark IX overview" width="100" height="87"/></a></td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" title="AidPod Mark VIII with lid 2 by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629238050530/"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/7005688705_795256625c_t.jpg" alt="AidPod Mark VIII with lid 2" width="100" height="97"/></a></td>
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<td><a rel="nofollow" title="AidPod Mark VIb black background by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629238030212/"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6237/6253618466_6a417f1318_t.jpg" alt="AidPod Mark VIb black background" width="100" height="100"/></a></td>
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<td><a rel="nofollow" title="AidPod Mark IV Profile Drawing by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/5559255550/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5052/5559255550_a9da175931_t.jpg" alt="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629602646291/" width="75" height="100"/></a></td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" title="AidPod with Social Products by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629238009568/"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4856052653_987583bf15_t.jpg" alt="AidPod with Social Products" width="100" height="80"/></a></td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" title="Simon Berry with the Mark II AidPod - Colour by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629602633443/"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4055/4352604942_9f7d20e379_t.jpg" alt="Simon Berry with the Mark II AidPod - Colour" width="100" height="67"/></a></td>
<td><a rel="nofollow" title="ColaLife aidpod Wedge in place (cropped) by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/sets/72157629602627791/"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2493/3954980123_9208b097d1_t.jpg" alt="ColaLife aidpod Wedge in place (cropped)" width="100" height="86"/></a></td>
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         <title>Who are social media surgeries for?</title>
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         <description>This post summarises emails I&amp;#8217;ve sent in response to enquiries about the Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery I coordinate – and advice to other Surgery Managers. It&amp;#8217;s about my personal take on what – and specifically who – the surgeries are for. It also stems from feeling protective of the helpers who volunteer [...]</description>
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<p>This post summarises emails I&#8217;ve sent in response to enquiries about the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/central-birmingham">Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery</a> I coordinate – and advice to other Surgery Managers.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s about my personal take on what – and specifically who – the surgeries are for. It also stems from feeling protective of the helpers who volunteer their time and skills for free at the surgery, the very social capital that makes the surgery work.</p>
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<p>The surgery description on the website says:</p>
<blockquote><p>“Volunteers are offering social media help to voluntary organisations, community groups, charities, clubs and societies in a relaxed, informal setting.”</p></blockquote>
<p>When individuals book a place or send me an enquiry, I quickly look at their website or search to find out a little about them. Basically, I&#8217;m doing a quick check asking “does this person represent a voluntary or community group or a charity?”</p>
<p>If the individual looks like a private business or a politician, then I&#8217;ll write back to them to find out more information − I don&#8217;t immediately say “sorry, you can&#8217;t come.” Our jobs and community activities aren&#8217;t always so clear cut. Life is messy. Relationships, work and communities overlap.</p>
<p>If the individual can come along to the surgery &#8211; and ask for help there &#8211; in a capacity representing her voluntary or community group, then great, come along. If she wants social media advice to help campaign for political reasons, or to improve her business, then the surgery isn&#8217;t the right place for her.</p>
<p>My response goes something like this:</p>
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<div>“Thanks for getting in touch about the Birmingham Social Media Surgery. I can see that you&#8217;ve booked a place at the next event.</div>
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<div>Please note, as it says <a rel="nofollow" title="Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery" target="_blank" href="http://socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/central-birmingham">on the website</a>, the surgery is for voluntary and community organisations, charities, local clubs and societies. The surgery doesn&#8217;t provide support to politicians or private businesses with their own resources for communications or training support.</div>
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<div>This is because the surgery is staffed by volunteers – and I don&#8217;t want any volunteer helping someone who they wouldn&#8217;t want to help or any paid-for public servant advising someone for electoral reasons. It puts them in an awkward position.</div>
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<div>Also, some of the volunteers provide paid-for social media consultancy and training as part of their day jobs. The surgery is a good way for them to provide free help back to the community they live in and care about.</div>
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<div>However, from past experience, I know that individuals wear many hats in and out of work. A communications manager in local government might be a scout leader. A nurse might coordinate a bridge club in a community centre. A self-employed mortgage broker might chair the local residents forum and want help setting up a website.</div>
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<div>Are you able to attend the surgery in an individual capacity &#8211; and ask questions &#8211; with your “community hat&#8221; on, rather than as a politician or business? If so, you&#8217;re very welcome to come along.</div>
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<div>If you need help using the internet to campaign for political reasons, or to improve your business, then the Surgery isn&#8217;t the place for you.</div>
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<p>Another, increasingly common, enquiry I receive is “I&#8217;m unemployed and trying to get my freelance business running. I need some help with social media.” I usually reply with links to <a rel="nofollow" title="Social media meetups in Birmingham" target="_blank" href="http://social-media.meetup.com/cities/gb/43/birmingham/?allGroups=false&amp;psize=20&amp;show=results&amp;radius=25.0">other meetups</a> that may be more suitable, such as the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.birminghamsmc.com/">Birmingham Social Media Cafe</a>.</p>
<p>I hope this text is useful for other surgery managers who may wonder how to handle enquiries and keep the surgery focused on the voluntary and community groups the surgery is there to help – those very organisations doing great work that <a rel="nofollow" title="Basking in social glow" target="_blank" href="http://lornaprescott.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/basking-in-social-glow.html">inspires</a> the helpers to keep coming back. I also hope this gives you more of an insight into coordinating a surgery and my personal view on who the surgeries are for.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d be interested to hear from others on how they handle this.</p>
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<div>For the young &#039;uns among you, when Twitter started up it had an IM mode &#8211; you could add twitter to your buddy list and all the tweets from people you followed ticked away in a chat window and when you wanted to tweet, you just said something but of course you had to remember to keep to 140 characters.  I loved it.  I could work away and just keep an eye on the (slowly) flowing river of tweets. There were no hashtags and @-replies were a crowd-created shorthand rather than a hardwired part of the system.   </div>
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<div>Of course gchat conversations are automatically archived in gmail and although I&#039;m sure I must have deleted many, I have just had a look and found that I have  534 sets of archived tweet chats from July 2007 to July 2008 some containing as many as 3,000 lines.  Above is a screenshot from the earliest one I have &#8211; you can see that they&#039;re all timestamped too.</div>
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<div>The question is, what to do with them all&#8230;?</div>
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<div>hmmm&#8230;..</div>
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         <description>This was the question Beatrice asked me. She wasn&amp;#8217;t sure if she could help as a surgeon at one of these events designed to support local community and voluntary organisations in a relaxed one to one format: I would like to make myself useful helping other people and I would [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_6086" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width:510px;"><a rel="nofollow" title="social media surgery in dudley" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinwray/5921616904/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-6086 " title="Dudley Social Media Surgery (image from Dan Slee)" src="http://podnosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Google-Image-Result-for-http___danslee.files_.wordpress.com_2012_03_5921616904_36fbccbc80_b.jpg-500x419.png" alt="Dudley Social Media Surgery (image from Dan Slee)" width="500" height="419"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dudley Social Media Surgery (image from Gavin Wray)</p></div>
<p>This was the question <a rel="nofollow" title="Beatrice's blog" target="_blank" href="http://keepingyourhead.wordpress.com/">Beatrice</a> asked me. She wasn&#8217;t sure <a rel="nofollow" title="social medis surgeries for community and voluntary groups " target="_blank" href="http://socialmediasurgery.com/">if she could help as a surgeon</a> at one of these events designed to support local community and voluntary organisations in a relaxed one to one format:</p>
<blockquote><p>I would like to make myself useful helping other people and I would like to know what skills I would need to be a good social media surgeon.</p>
<div> I am not a technical person by background. I have, however, spent a fair amount of time on the internet and it would be good to know what skills would be in demand at such an event.</div>
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<div>It seems I have a bit of time to mug up on skills before the event but I&#8217;d be grateful for any advice on where to focus. Twitter is my platform of choice. I have just splashed out on a camcorder and digital recorder but I doubt I will feel confident with these tools before the event. Can I still be a useful person if I stick to Twitter/Facebook/general internet skills?</div>
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<div>Oh yes &#8211; very.  <strong>The fact that Beatrice wants to help is really the most important skill/thing</strong> she needs &#8211; but I also replied with:</div>
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<li>Ability to ask simple questions like &#8220;what are you trying to achieve&#8221; or perhaps  &#8220;how do you use the web at the moment&#8221;</li>
<li>Willingness to listen to the answers</li>
<li>Enough knowledge/experience of say twitter or blogging or facebook to be a couple of steps ahead of the person you&#8217;re helping.</li>
<li>Patience, willingness to ask for help from another surgeon if they ask you something you can&#8217;t answer (including ability to google to answer questions you can&#8217;t answer)</li>
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<div>Ideally a laptop or similar so you can show people how the social web works in your experience.</div>
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<div>That&#8217;s about it really! A sense of fun helps too (see the pic above of &#8220;surgeon&#8221; and &#8220;patient&#8221; in Dudley)</div>
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<div>For other thoughts on keeping it simple at surgeries please see our <a rel="nofollow" title="recipe for a social media surgery" target="_blank" href="http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/08/12/recipe-how-to-make-a-social-media-surgery/">recipe</a> and <a rel="nofollow" title="simplicity and social media surgery" target="_blank" href="http://podnosh.com/blog/2011/06/22/social-media-surgeries-simplicity-and-being-there/">later clarification</a>.</div>
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<div>I&#039;m just noting it here in case anyone else has seen a similar effect.  I think that it&#039;s a combination of uploading from my HTC Desire S to Flickr via the Tedious-Admin-G network at C4CC but I need to try somewhere else to see whether it&#039;s this network or a more general issue with the phone and Flickr.</div>
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Bu bölümde Kapsayıcı piyasalar adı verilen bir kavramdan söz edeceğiz. Bu, Güneydoğu Avrupa’da ve Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu bölgesinde Türkiye dahil 6 ülkenin içerisinde yer aldığı bir tanımlama olarak yer almaktadır. Bunun dışında başka bölgeler de var ancak bunun ne anlama geldiği, kapsayıcı piyasaların ne olduğunu konuğumuza soracağız. Gökhan Dikmener, Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı Kapsayıcı Pazarlar Bölge Koordinatörü bugünkü konuğumuz. Hoşgeldiniz Gökhan Bey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gökhan Dikmener (G.D.): Hoşbulduk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U: Öncelikle o ilk soruyu sorayım. Kapsayıcı piyasalar ne demek?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Kapsayıcı piyasaların tanımı ile başlamak istiyorum. Daha sonra tanımı genişleterek devam edebiliriz. Dezavantajlı grupları talep tarafında müşteri olarak, arz tarafında ise çalışan, girişimci ve değer zincirinin çeşitli noktalarında yer alan insanlar olarak biraraya getiriyor.Bunun iki yönü var. Belkide daha basit bir tanım vermek gerekirse yoksullarla birlikte yoksullar için üretmek diyebiliriz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Bu program bazında dezavantajlı dediğimiz kavram yoksul kesimi içermektedir. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Birinci grup olarak yoksullar. Daha sonra belki bu tarzda hizmet ve servisler. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U: Gençler, kadınlar hatta engellilerin de dahil olduğu...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Evet, engellileri de dahil etmekte fayda var. Ürün ve hizmetlerin ulaşamadığı ve ulaştıramadığı kişiler olarak tanımlayabiliriz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Bu kesimleri hem üreten haline getirmek hem de talep olarak bakıldığı zaman, birer müşteri ya da alıcı haline getirebilmek için hem onların yaşam standartlarını yükseltmeyi hem de alım güçlerini yükseltmeyi hedefleyen bir iş modeli. Bunun desteklenmesi üzerine kurulan bir programdan bahsediyoruz. Peki bu dünyanın hangi bölgelerinde yoğunlaşıyor? Az önce saydığım bölge Türkiye’nin de  içinde bulunduğu bölge ama özellikle hangi bölgelerde var?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Bu UNDP’nin küresel bir inisiyatifi. UNDP’nin özel sektör alanında 3 tane küresel inisiyatifi var. Bir tanesi Kapsayı Piyasalar Programı. Bu zaten az önce bahsettiğimiz program. İkincisi Büyüyen Kapsayıcı Piyasalar Programı ki bu bizim araştırma ve savunucu hareketimiz. Biz burada yoksullarla birlikte iş geliştirmenin ve onlara dönük olarak hizmet üretmenin karlı olduğunu ve onlarla birlikta başaran şirketlerden örnekler vererek bu alanda daha çok şirketin ve girişimcinin faaliyet göstermesini hedefliyoruz. Diğer taraftan, ‘business called action’ dediğimiz, özellikle çok uluslu şirketleri hedef alan, onların bu alanda geliştirdiği ürünleri duyuran takip eden, raporlayan ve bunu daha geniş bir kitleyle paylaşan bir programımız var. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Aslında hala geliştirilmekte ve olgunlaştırılmakta olan bir iş modelinden söz ediliyor burada değil mi? Aynı zamanda bu alanda yaşanan başarı öykülerinin de paylaşılması çok önemli. Tanımlama bu şekilde yapılırken, bunun hayata geçirilmesi nasıl olacak, bir iki örnek verebilir miyiz? Kapsayıcı piyasa oluşturmak için nasıl bir iş modeli oluşturulabilir?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Öncelikle biz kapsayıcı piyasalar ya da kapsayıcı iş modeli dediğimiz zaman ürün, sektör ya da servis sınırlandırılmasına gitmiyoruz. Bu alanda dezavantajlı grupların ürün ve servislere ulaşabilmesini kolaylaştırmaya çalışıyoruz. Aynı zamanda onların ürettikleri ürünleri de pazara ulaştırmada yardımcı olmaya çalışıyoruz. Bu sayede onların kullandıkları ürün ve hizmetlerin maliyetlerini düşürmeyi, kalitesinin arttırılmasını ve bu yolla hayatlarında iyileştirilme sağlanmasını diğer yandan da onların tükettiği ürünlerin daha iyi şekilde pazara ulaşmasını, bu sayede çok kazanmalarını ve hayatlarına olumlu bir şekilde yansımasını sağlıyoruz. Şimdi bu iki gruba da örnek vereceğim. Bu konseptin temelinde, piramitin tabanı diye tanımladığımız bir iş modeli diye tanımladığımız bir konsept ve kavram var. Bunu ortaya atan bir strateji profesörü, Prahalad. Bu alandaki çalışmalar Prahalad’ın 1994 yılında Stuart L. Hart ile birlikte yazdığı makale ile başlıyor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Bu ne anlama geliyor?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Piramidin tabanını açıklamak gerekirse ki piramidin en altında yer alan grup günlük 2 doların altında geliri olan en kalabalık grubu ifade ediyor. Çeşitli gruplandırma yolları var ama yapılan en geniş gruplandırmaya göre buna göre piramidin tabanında 4 milyar insan yaşıyor. Bizim şu an gözlemlediğimiz ekonomik aktivitelerin çoğu piramidin üstünde yer alan 2 milyar insanı hedefliyor. Ve geriye kalan bu 4 milyarlık grup bütün bu ekonomik faaliyetlerde ihmal ediliyor ve görmezden geliniyor. Bunların ürettiği ürünler de pazara uygun koşullarda ulaşamıyor. Dolayısıyla, ekonomik anlamda iki farklı dünya var. Bunlardan bir tanesi tamamen ihmal edilmiş, diğeri için ise ürün ve hizmetler geliştiriliyor. Ancak diğer grubun da bu servislerden faydalanılması hedefleniyor.  Yoksulların ilk başta tüketen kesim olarak bizim çok uluslu diye tabir ettiğimiz şirketlerin ürettiği ürün ve hizmetlerin ulaştırılması gerektiği olarka başladı. Daha sonra alınan birkaç eleştiriden sonra kavram tekrar düzenlendi ve neticesinde onların da ürettikleri ürünün pazara ulaştıtrılması hedeflenirken piramidin tabanına yönelik iş modelleri ortaya çıktı. İşte bu da piramidin tabanından gelen iş modelleri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: İş modellerinden soyut olarak bahsettik. Biraz da somut örnekler vermemiz mümkün mü?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Bu alanda en yagın örneklerden bir tanesi mobil telefonların kullanımının yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte ortaya çıkan mobil para kavramı. Sizlerin de bilgiği üzere Afrika’nın çoğu bölgesinde yerleşim oldukça dağınık düzeyde. Bu sebepten ötürü orada herhangi bir finans kuruluşunun faaliyet göstermesi mümkün değil. Yapacağınız en ufak bir para transferi için kilometrelerce yol yürümeniz gerekebiliyor. Ailenizden biri size para gönderdiği zaman, bu para miktarını alabilmek için belki de 20 kilometre yürüyeceksiniz ve geri dönüşte de bu aldığınız para sizin için çok ciddi bir güvenlik riski oluşturacak. Sağ salim ulaştığınızda bunu haracayacak ya da saklayacağınız bir yeriniz olmayacak. Yaygınlaşan cep telefonları neyi getirdi? Bu bizlerin Türkiye’de kullandğı kontör transferi gibi bireyler arasındaki para transferini kolaylaştırdı. Bu sayede Afrika’nın herhangi bir köyündeki bir birey farklı bir yere gitmeden oturduğu yerden parasını alabiliyor ve bulunduğu yerdeki market ya da bakkallardan ihtiyaçlarını karşılayabiliyor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Burada pratik bir şekilde hayatlarına dokunan insanların getirdiği çözümlerden söz ediliyor. Aynı zamanda işin felsefi planında da kalkınmada özel sektörün oynadığı rolün vazgeçilemez bir noktaya geldiğinden söz etmek mümkün. Sözünü ettiğiniz uzmanlar bu modeli geliştirdiler ve üzerine yeni yeni örnekler inşaa ediliyor. Özel sektör vazgeçilemez ve dünyanın bir gerçeği ise bunu kalkınmaya nasıl entegre edebiliriz? İşte, üzerine kafan yoran uzmanların modelleri bunlar. Türkiye’ye baktığımız zaman Birleşmiş Mlletler Kalkınma Programı’nın bir ortağı var: Türkiye İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı (TİKA). Bu ortaklıktan biraz bahsetmekte fayda var.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Bu bahsettiğimiz bölgesel proje 2009 yılında başladı. Bölgeselden kastımız; güneydoğu Avrupa ve BDT ülkeleri . Bu bölgede bahsettiğimiz iş modellerini yaygınlaştırmak, bunların tanınırlığını arttırmak ve yeni uygunlanan modelleri koymak için bir projeye başlandı. Projenin 2 çıktısı olacaktı. Bir tanesi, bölgeden bu tarzda derlenen iş modellerinin paylaşılması. Bu bizim daha önce de bahsettiğimiz büyüyen kapsayıcı piyasaların içerisinde yer almakta. Bahsettiğimiz bölgeden yani güneydoğu Avrupa ve BDT ülkelerinden 20 vaka toplandı. Bu alanda yapılan güzel örnekler paylaşıldı. Ülkemizden de bir örnek var: Hey Tekstil. Websitemize ulaştığınız zaman, Hey Tekstil ile ilgili hazırlanmış vaka örneğini inceleyebilirsiniz. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Ben hemen web sitenizi söyleyeyim. iicpsd.org veya http://www.growinginclusivemarkets.org/ yazdığınız zaman sözünü ettiğimiz iş modellerine -Türkiye’den Hey Tekstil’in de örnek olarak yer alıyor- ulaşabilirsiniz . Siz bununla da kalmadınız ve aslında sosyal girişimcilikle ilgili bir yayın hazırladınız ve buda kısa bir süre içerisinde Bilgi Üniversite ile birlikte yayına çıkacak. Bunun içerisinde de Türkiye’den Büyüyen Kapsayıcı Piyasalar la ilgili sosyal girişimcilik örnekleri de yer alıyor değil mi?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D.: Kapsayıcı iş modellerinin bir alt kümesi olarak sosyal girişimciliği ele aldık.  Sizlerin de bildiği gibi soyal girişimciler de dezavantajlı gruplara ürün ve hizmetlerin kolaylaşmasını sağlıyorlar. Bu tanıma uyan 5 tane sosyal girişimci seçtik. Bu sosyal girişimcileri, Türkiye’de yaptığı faaliyetlerin daha tanınır olması, sosyal girişimcilik kavramı Türkiye’de yeni tanınan bir kavram olduğundan dolayı bunun doğru tanınması ve yeni başlayacaklara ilham kaynağı olması açısından güzel örneklerin yer alması sebepleriyle bu örnekleri derlemeye karar verdik. Hepsi kendi alanlarında oldukça tanınan büyük organizasyonlar. Ayrıca biz bu süreç içerisinde bir de metadoloji geliştirdik. Vaka örneği toplamak ve analizini yapmak normalde çok uzun süren ve çok uğraş gerektiren bir iştir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Başarı öyküsünü nasıl kaleme alacaksınız değil mi? Başarı ama nasıl tekrarlanabilir, nasıl öyküye dönüştürülebilir siz de herhalde bunu anlatıyorsunuz.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G.D: Evet, aynen öyle. Eğer bunu yemek tarifi gibi düşünürseniz, bazı noktalarda sizin kritik müdahale etmeniz gerekebiliyor. Onların tespit edilebilmesi gerekiyor. Yani, bir hikaye dinlediğiniz zaman bunun içerisinden bazılarını duyarsınız ancak her zaman duyamayabilirsiniz. Bu vaka analizinin önemli olan tarafı da öğrenilmesi gereken derslerin oradan en uygun şekilde toplanması ve bunun da bir metadoloji ile yapılması. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;F.U.: Olmazsa olmazların altının çizilmesi, ona gore vaka analizinin yapılması ve başarı hikayelerin ona uygun bir şekilde kaleme alınması, bu girişiminizin hedeflerinden bir tanesi. Dilimiz dödüğünce sosyal girişimciliği tariff etmeye çalıştık. ‘Büyüyen Kapsayıcı Piyasalar nedir?’ sorusunun cevabını vermeye çalıştık ve programımızın süresinin sonuna geldik. Konuğumuz, Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı Büyüyen Kapsayıcı Piyasalar Programı Güneydoğu Avrupa ve BDT ülkeleri koordinatörü Gökhan Dikmener idi. Çok teşekkür ediyoruz. Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı Türkiye Temsilciği’nin hazırladığı Yeni Ufuklar programının sonuna geldik. Programı Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyosu - Radyo İlef stüdyosunda hazırladık. Programımıza FM bandında ve internette Açık Radyo’dan, yayın ağımızdaki üniversite radyolarından, podcast formatında iTunes üzerinden ayrıca undp.org.tr adresinden ulaşabilirsiniz. Sosyal medya üzerinde kullanıcı adımız undpturkiye. Bir hafta sonra tekrar görüşmek dileğiyle hoşçakalın.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2747789303903876537-1118927381821896287?l=www.faikuyanik.com' alt=''/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <enclosure url="http://www.undp.org.tr/podcasts/tr/yeni_ufuklar_33.mp3" length="11630586" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.undp.org.tr/podcasts/tr/yeni_ufuklar_33.mp3" fileSize="11630586" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Bu bölümde kapsayıcı piyasalar adı verilen bir kavramdan söz edeceğiz. Türkiye dahil altı ülkenin dahil olduğu bir tanımlama bu ama ne anlama geldiğini konuğumuza soracağız. Konuk:&amp;nbsp;Gökhan Dikmener, UNDP Kapsayıcı Pazarlar Bölge Koordinatörü MP3 dosya</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>www.g20voice.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Bu bölümde kapsayıcı piyasalar adı verilen bir kavramdan söz edeceğiz. Türkiye dahil altı ülkenin dahil olduğu bir tanımlama bu ama ne anlama geldiğini konuğumuza soracağız. Konuk:&amp;nbsp;Gökhan Dikmener, UNDP Kapsayıcı Pazarlar Bölge Koordinatörü MP3 dosya&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;iTunes&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;RSS&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Google Reader&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Podcast Anasayfa Faik Uyanık (F.U): Merhaba, Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı Türkiye Temsilciliği’nin hazırladığı Yeni Ufuklar Programı ile karşınızdayız. Bu bölümde Kapsayıcı piyasalar adı verilen bir kavramdan söz edeceğiz. Bu, Güneydoğu Avrupa’da ve Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu bölgesinde Türkiye dahil 6 ülkenin içerisinde yer aldığı bir tanımlama olarak yer almaktadır. Bunun dışında başka bölgeler de var ancak bunun ne anlama geldiği, kapsayıcı piyasaların ne olduğunu konuğumuza soracağız. Gökhan Dikmener, Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı Kapsayıcı Pazarlar Bölge Koordinatörü bugünkü konuğumuz. Hoşgeldiniz Gökhan Bey. Gökhan Dikmener (G.D.): Hoşbulduk. F.U: Öncelikle o ilk soruyu sorayım. Kapsayıcı piyasalar ne demek? G.D.: Kapsayıcı piyasaların tanımı ile başlamak istiyorum. Daha sonra tanımı genişleterek devam edebiliriz. Dezavantajlı grupları talep tarafında müşteri olarak, arz tarafında ise çalışan, girişimci ve değer zincirinin çeşitli noktalarında yer alan insanlar olarak biraraya getiriyor.Bunun iki yönü var. Belkide daha basit bir tanım vermek gerekirse yoksullarla birlikte yoksullar için üretmek diyebiliriz. F.U.: Bu program bazında dezavantajlı dediğimiz kavram yoksul kesimi içermektedir. G.D.: Birinci grup olarak yoksullar. Daha sonra belki bu tarzda hizmet ve servisler. F.U: Gençler, kadınlar hatta engellilerin de dahil olduğu... G.D.: Evet, engellileri de dahil etmekte fayda var. Ürün ve hizmetlerin ulaşamadığı ve ulaştıramadığı kişiler olarak tanımlayabiliriz. F.U.: Bu kesimleri hem üreten haline getirmek hem de talep olarak bakıldığı zaman, birer müşteri ya da alıcı haline getirebilmek için hem onların yaşam standartlarını yükseltmeyi hem de alım güçlerini yükseltmeyi hedefleyen bir iş modeli. Bunun desteklenmesi üzerine kurulan bir programdan bahsediyoruz. Peki bu dünyanın hangi bölgelerinde yoğunlaşıyor? Az önce saydığım bölge Türkiye’nin de içinde bulunduğu bölge ama özellikle hangi bölgelerde var? G.D.: Bu UNDP’nin küresel bir inisiyatifi. UNDP’nin özel sektör alanında 3 tane küresel inisiyatifi var. Bir tanesi Kapsayı Piyasalar Programı. Bu zaten az önce bahsettiğimiz program. İkincisi Büyüyen Kapsayıcı Piyasalar Programı ki bu bizim araştırma ve savunucu hareketimiz. Biz burada yoksullarla birlikte iş geliştirmenin ve onlara dönük olarak hizmet üretmenin karlı olduğunu ve onlarla birlikta başaran şirketlerden örnekler vererek bu alanda daha çok şirketin ve girişimcinin faaliyet göstermesini hedefliyoruz. Diğer taraftan, ‘business called action’ dediğimiz, özellikle çok uluslu şirketleri hedef alan, onların bu alanda geliştirdiği ürünleri duyuran takip eden, raporlayan ve bunu daha geniş bir kitleyle paylaşan bir programımız var. F.U.: Aslında hala geliştirilmekte ve olgunlaştırılmakta olan bir iş modelinden söz ediliyor burada değil mi? Aynı zamanda bu alanda yaşanan başarı öykülerinin de paylaşılması çok önemli. Tanımlama bu şekilde yapılırken, bunun hayata geçirilmesi nasıl olacak, bir iki örnek verebilir miyiz? Kapsayıcı piyasa oluşturmak için nasıl bir iş modeli oluşturulabilir? G.D.: Öncelikle biz kapsayıcı piyasalar ya da kapsayıcı iş modeli dediğimiz zaman ürün, sektör ya da servis sınırlandırılmasına gitmiyoruz. Bu alanda dezavantajlı grupların ürün ve servislere ulaşabilmesini kolaylaştırmaya çalışıyoruz. Aynı zamanda onların ürettikleri ürünleri de pazara ulaştırmada yardımcı olmaya çalışıyoruz. Bu sayede onların kullandıkları ürün ve hizmetlerin maliyetlerini düşürmeyi, kalitesinin arttırılmasını ve bu yolla hayatlarında iyileştirilme sağlanmasını diğer yandan da onların tükettiği ürünlerin daha iyi şekilde pazara ulaşmasını, bu sayede çok kazanmalarını ve h</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>G20,london,summit</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.faikuyanik.com/2012/03/kapsayc-piyasalar-ne-demek.html</feedburner:origLink></item>
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         <title>Aid: Supply-led versus Demand-led assistance</title>
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         <description>Left: Supply driven assistance &amp;#8211; food relief delivered by helicopter. Right: Demand driven assistance &amp;#8211; prototype ColaLife anti-diarrhoea kits Consider the two pictures above &amp;#8211; both are efforts to save lives &amp;#8211; one is supply-driven the other demand-driven. Many would group these types of initiative together as &amp;#8216;aid&amp;#8217; as opposed to &amp;#8216;trade&amp;#8217; type activity. However, [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" title="080920-N-4515N- 588 by Marion Doss, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/3059613619/"><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3018/3059613619_39a679bc2b.jpg" alt="Supply-driven Aid" width="310" height="206"/></a><a rel="nofollow" title="Branding options by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/6938016887/"><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:black;border-style:solid;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6938016887_a87abb3489.jpg" alt="Branding options" width="329" height="206"/> </a><br />
<small>Left: Supply driven assistance &#8211; food relief delivered by helicopter. Right: Demand driven assistance &#8211; prototype <a rel="nofollow" title="The ColaLife website" target="_blank" href="http://colalife.org">ColaLife</a> anti-diarrhoea kits</small></p>
<p>Consider the two pictures above &#8211; both are efforts to save lives &#8211; one is supply-driven the other demand-driven. Many would group these types of initiative together as &#8216;aid&#8217; as opposed to &#8216;trade&#8217; type activity. However, they are fundamentally different. In the first example a need is identified, in this case a need for food, and it is supplied. It is <strong>pushed</strong> out to the people who need it. In the second case, the <a rel="nofollow" title="The ColaLife website" target="_blank" href="http://colalife.org">ColaLife</a> case, a demand is created for a commodity. The commodity, in this case an anti-diarrhoea kit, is first given a recommended retail price that people in remote communities can afford. Marketing is undertaken to turn need into demand. The commodity is then fed into the top of the distribution chain at a price that enables everyone along the distribution chain to make a profit fulfilling the demand. The demand for the commodity <strong>pulls</strong> the commodity into these remote communities.</p>
<p>Note how the word &#8216;need&#8217; is associated with a &#8216;push&#8217; system. And the word &#8216;demand&#8217; is associated with a &#8216;pull&#8217; system.</p>
<p>Supply-driven assistance is non-personal and is usually time-bound. Everybody in the same area gets the same thing (food, vaccinations, shelter, mosquito nets etc) at the same time.</p>
<p>Demand-driven systems are different. By definition, they are able to provide personal assistance at the time and the place that an individual needs it.</p>
<p>Historically, the majority of development assistance has been supply-driven and, generally speaking, we, the global community, have got pretty good at it. The trouble is that there is a limit to what supply-driven systems can achieve. For example, at the current rate of progress to reduce child mortality (1.8% per year since 1990) it will take more than 185 years for child mortality in less developed countries to fall to the levels in Europe and the USA today. Demand-driven systems like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://colalife.org">ColaLife</a> may be part of the step-change in progress that we need in this area.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" title="100 Children 1 in 7 vs 1 in 185 by S1m0nB3rry, on Flickr" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bezznet/6986795919/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6986795919_237e3c4e83_z.jpg" alt="100 Children 1 in 7 vs 1 in 185" width="640" height="251"/></a><br />
<small>Child mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa vs those in the UK today. At the current rate of progress it will take more than 185 years for mortality rates in Africa to fall to the mortality rate in the UK today. ColaLife thinks that demand-driven systems might be part of the answer.</small></p>
<p>Consider this recent quote from Abdulai Tinorgah, who heads the UN Children&#8217;s Fund&#8217;s Child Survival and Development section in Nairobi:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The challenge is not what to do [to stop a child dying from dehydration from diarrhoea] but how to deliver [ORS] at very high coverage. Whereas blanket interventions such as measles immunisation, vitamin A supplementation, and bed-net distribution have been scaled up significantly over recent years, those that have to do with case management have shown much less progress.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Because these require a health system ready and able to respond to individuals when they need care, there are special challenges especially of access, demand generation and logistics.</p>
<p>&#8220;Social marketing and private-sector initiatives, coupled with better distribution and public information, are among the ways ORS coverage could be increased.&#8221;<br />
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94996/GLOBAL-Follow-the-fizz-save-a-life">Source: Follow the fizz, save a life, IRIN News, NAIROBI, 2 March 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The other characteristic of supply-driven assistance &#8211; delivered as it usually is &#8211; is that it does nothing to strengthen local systems. Indeed it will undermine any local systems that may exist. On the other hand, demand-driven systems, such as <a rel="nofollow" title="The ColaLife website" target="_blank" href="http://colalife.org">ColaLife</a>, have the potential to strengthen existing systems and put money into the pockets of people in the local communities being provided with the product or service.</p>
<p><strong>Related blog posts</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a rel="nofollow" title="The ColaLife Pilot Business Model explained" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/2011/04/28/the-colalife-pilot-business-model-explained/">The ColaLife Business Model</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" title="Child survival &#x002013; why innovation is needed" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/2011/02/17/child-survival-why-innovation-is-needed/">Child survival &#8211; why innovation is needed</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" title="Why FREE won&#x002019;t work for ColaLife" target="_blank" href="http://www.colalife.org/2011/07/06/why-free-wont-work-for-colalife/">Why FREE won&#8217;t work for ColaLife</a></li>
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<p>[This blog post was first published through <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessfightspoverty.org/profiles/blogs/aid-supply-led-versus-demand-led-assistance">the Business Fights Poverty Network</a>]</p>
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