La responsabilidad esta en función de los poderes y de los saberes.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
La responsabilidad de la crisis es de los políticos y los sabios.
The responsibility is a function of power and knowledge.
La responsabilidad esta en función de los poderes y de los saberes.
La responsabilidad esta en función de los poderes y de los saberes.
Solución a este mundo lleno.
Common good and common goods.
Bien común y bienes comunes.
Jorge Riechmann.
Bien común y bienes comunes.
Jorge Riechmann.
Jorge Riechmann.
We lost the greed of the few, the cowardice of the most and the irrationality of all.
Nos pierde la codicia de los menos, la cobardia de los más y la irracionalidad de todos.
Nos pierde la codicia de los menos, la cobardia de los más y la irracionalidad de todos.
Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860) German Philosopher
The world is hell and human beings are divided between devils tormenting and tormented souls.
El mundo es el infierno y los seres humanos se dividen entre almas atormentadas y diablos atormentadores.
El mundo es el infierno y los seres humanos se dividen entre almas atormentadas y diablos atormentadores.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
China manufacturing activity sees steady growth
BBC News - Asia.
2 January 2013
Last updated at 01:38 GMT
In recent years China's manufacturing sector has been one of the main drivers of growth
The data follows HSBC's release of its PMI earlier in the week, which hit a 19-month high of 51.5 in December.
China's manufacturing sector, a key contributor to its economic growth, has been hurt by slowing global demand.
However, analysts said the recent expansion in the sector indicated that it was recovering.
"There is a very clear trend emerging that manufacturing in China is on the rebound," said Stephen Joske of Australia Super, a Beijing-based institutional investor.
Broader recovery China's economy expanded 7.4% in the July to September period, its slowest pace in three years.
Industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment were all up in November.
At the same time, new home prices rose in 53 out of 70 major cities in China in November, from the pervious month. That was up from 35 cities which recorded price rises in October.
"There is no doubt that growth is on the up. The only question is how strong the recovery is going to be," said Mr Joske.
He added that while Chinese policymakers had taken some measures to help spur a fresh wave of economic growth, they were unlikely to implement big stimulus measures like they did after the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.
"The message here is clear that while the recovery is genuine, it is unlikely to be a hyper-charged one," he said.
In recent years China's manufacturing sector has been one of the main drivers of growth
Manufacturing
activity in China has expanded for the third month in a row, adding to
hopes of a rebound in the world's second-largest economy.
China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 50.6 in December. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.The data follows HSBC's release of its PMI earlier in the week, which hit a 19-month high of 51.5 in December.
China's manufacturing sector, a key contributor to its economic growth, has been hurt by slowing global demand.
However, analysts said the recent expansion in the sector indicated that it was recovering.
"There is a very clear trend emerging that manufacturing in China is on the rebound," said Stephen Joske of Australia Super, a Beijing-based institutional investor.
Broader recovery China's economy expanded 7.4% in the July to September period, its slowest pace in three years.
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Stephen Joske Australia SuperThe message here is clear that while the recovery is genuine, it is unlikely to be a hyper-charged one”
Amid that broader slump,
manufacturing activity contracted in August and September. However, it
has since been on the up, expanding in each of the past three months.
Meanwhile, other economic data released over the past few weeks have also hinted at a broader recovery in the Chinese economy.Industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment were all up in November.
At the same time, new home prices rose in 53 out of 70 major cities in China in November, from the pervious month. That was up from 35 cities which recorded price rises in October.
"There is no doubt that growth is on the up. The only question is how strong the recovery is going to be," said Mr Joske.
He added that while Chinese policymakers had taken some measures to help spur a fresh wave of economic growth, they were unlikely to implement big stimulus measures like they did after the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.
"The message here is clear that while the recovery is genuine, it is unlikely to be a hyper-charged one," he said.
Pakistan militant Mullah Nazir 'killed in drone attack'
BBC News - Asia.
3 January 2013
Last updated at 08:17 GMT
Senior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir has been killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan, local security officials say.
He had been accused of sending fighters to support the Afghan Taliban and fight foreign and pro-government troops.
Mullah Nazir was wounded in a suicide bomb attack in November.
It is not clear whether Wednesday night's drone strike targeted a house or a car in Angoor Adda, near South Waziristan's main town of Wana, close to the Afghan border.
Reports say Mullah Nazir's deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed in the attack.
Officials also said four militants were killed in a separate attack in North Waziristan, but their identities are not known.
Presidential approval? Local residents were quoted as saying that they heard on mosque loudspeakers announcements that Mullah Nazir was dead and that a funeral service for him would be held on Thursday.
Mullah Nazir's group is one of several militant factions operating in Pakistan's restive north-west - in recent years there have been divisions among these groups.
Analysts say Mullah Nazir had formed an alliance with the government and opposed the Pakistani Taliban, with whom he was at odds because he favoured attacking US forces in Afghanistan rather than Pakistani soldiers.
After November's attack on him, his faction told a rival group led by Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, to leave the Wana area.
Reports say he was also seen as an enemy of militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and praised by Pakistan for expelling Uzbek and other foreign fighters from Pakistan in 2007.
His death could be a contentious issue between Washington and Islamabad, they add, because the Pakistani military views commanders like him as key to keeping the peace internally.
Caos, insumisión y malestar en el primer día del 'recetazo' en Madrid.
EcoDiario.es | 3/01/2013 - 8:50
A pesar de que desde el Gobierno madrileño insisten en que ha imperado la "normalidad" en las farmacias el primer día del euro por receta, a pie de calle la sensación de malestar es palpable. Incluso las quejas proceden de parte del sector farmacéutico por la carga burocrática que supone esta medida, a lo que se le suma el retraso en la instalación del sistema informático que permiten que el paciente no alcance el tope máximo de 72 euros anuales para enfermos crónicos.Entre los ciudadanos hay "enfado por tener que pagar la tasa, a ninguno nos hace gracia pagar un euro por receta y, en las farmacias, el enfado es por la carga burocrática de tener que explicar al ciudadano y canalizar los enfados", ha asegurado el presidente del Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Madrid, Alberto García Romero.
El farmacéutico tiene que oír las quejas e intentar explicar en qué consiste y "de alguna manera aguantar" el malestar que manifiestan los pacientes, ha continuado. García ha considerado que no hubo aprovisionamiento de medicinas antes de fin de año, y ha opinado que podría deberse a que ha habido huelgas en la sanidad y consultas cerradas, lo que motivaría un menor número de prescripciones, aunque ha añadido finalmente que desconoce "si es porque los pacientes no le han dado importancia o por falta de prescripciones".
La indignación por parte de los consumidores estuvo representada por la Federación de Consumidores en Acción Facua. Su portavoz, Rubén Sánchez, ha indicado que consideran esta tasa "inaceptable" y ha recomendado a los consumidores que en el momento de la dispensación del medicamento, en lugar de realizar el abono, entreguen una carta al farmacéutico con sus datos personales en la que planteen el rechazo a la tasa y su negativa a pagarla.
Invalidar la tasa
A estas quejas se unen los esfuerzos de asociaciones y partidos políticos para invalidar legalmente esta tasa. La Asociación para la Defensa de la Sanidad Pública de Madrid se ha dirigido este miércoles al Ministerio de Sanidad, al Defensor del Pueblo y a la Fiscalía General del Estado para solicitar a estas instituciones que "realicen las actuaciones oportunas para paralizar" la aplicación del euro por receta.La Asociación para la Defensa de la Sanidad Pública (ADSP) hizo lo propio y reclamó ante la Defensora del Pueblo y la Fiscalía General del Estado la paralización de la aplicación. Consideran que esta medida es ilegal por invadir competencias exclusivas del Estado, ya que grava unos fármacos incluidos en el Sistema Nacional de Salud.
Asimismo el secretario general del PSM, Tomás Gómez ha asegurado que su partido presentará el próximo martes en el Tribunal Constitucional un recurso contra esta medida. A su juicio, sus coste de publicidad y burocracia los "debería pagar Ignacio González de su bolsillo".
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