Archive for October, 2009

Rome apartment thief arrested

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Connects to Facebook stealing: E ‘pay dearly passion for Facebook to Roman thief was arrested after being linked to popular social network from the computer of a house during a robbery. The man, aged 26, has been introduced in an apartment in Lazio Albano, near the capital, and while he was dealing a blow has found a PC on and decided to also profit to check his profile. The 26 year old was trapped by its own data.

Was unable to resist the temptation and distraction virtual cost him dear. To access your profile, the thief has in fact entered your data, leaving an indelible mark on the computer of the host. Track him down was a breeze for the investigators, who have found all the information about him served on a silver platter.

By mail found on the pc then the police have managed to climb all’indentità the thief and after a search of his home was also found the stolen goods returned to the rightful owner.

Online news and guaranteed to pay for?

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Information is a resource that has no value, especially when it is free and independent. 82% of the population reads the news on the Internet, but often considered unreliable. That’s why the Journalists want to apply an assessment of professionalism.

According to a recent survey carried out on a Campone of internet users aged 15 to 55 yearsAbout l ‘82% of respondents claim to use the Web as a primary source of information, followed by television (63%)Then radio and SMS via mobile phone (48%) and finally printed paper, newspapers and magazines, in 36% cases. The survey then revealed that those who can use a computer and has an Internet connection preferred information online.

These figures were presented at a conference “The Future of Journalism” presented by the Order of Journalists of Lombardy at Milan State University. During the presentation showed that the 63% of respondentsWhile consulting the news on the Net, considers unreliable and untrustworthy. The proposal advanced by analysts is the introduction of a “certificate of guarantee” or “certificate of proficiency”Which distinguishes the members of the Chamber of Journalists.

In the same conference, was also raised during the possibility of charging for online news and, surprisingly, the 21% of Internet users surveyed were considered concordant With this initiative, launched for the first time Murdoch few months ago. What future, then, for information on the Internet?

Stop to pesticides in the pot

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

ROME - In 100 thousand for the biological in 60 Italian centers: is the ‘Biodomenica 2009′, the event organized by Coldiretti, Legambiente and the Italian Association for Organic Farming (Aiab). Stop and then to pesticides in the pot, yes to the foods ‘clean’. And the market, in contrast with the trend of consumption, cres it recorded a +7.4% in the first half of 2009. In general, the Italian organic sector is three billion euros and can count on 1645 farms that sell directly, but there are 208 markets, 1114 stores and 110 specialized sites for ’shopping online, all on the rise according to data Bio Bank in 2008.

Were served in cafeterias bio more than a million meals a growth of 700 percent over the past ten years, and it allows you to eat out too well in 360 restaurants (+20 percent) and in 1178 farms with organic menu. The ‘Biodomenica’ emphasizes Coldiretti, has been a success in over 60 squares throughout Italy, where “thousands of organic producers have had 100 thousand consumers.”

“This festival - comments Andrea Ferrante, president of AIAB - demonstrates the maturity of organic Italian. And ‘the moment that the government introduces him to restaurants.

By Coldiretti president, Sergio Marini, came the request for a trademark for organic Italian to defend the Made in Italy likely to be doomed, says Marini, “for the rise of 200% in two years the organic imported” . Meanwhile Legambiente launches Sos pesticides in the pot for children. The association notes that a study by the University of Seattle has analyzed the residues of pesticides and their metabolites in children of preschool children and found “that children who consume organic fruits and vegetables have a concentration of radioactive six times lower peers who consume conventional produce. In particular, he adds Legambiente, research has shown that residues of pesticides, “absorbed with food, spreads throughout the body, thus being metabolized by the liver and possibly by impairing the central nervous system.”

Legambiente therefore calls for a review of current legislation, says Legambiente president Vittorio Cogliati Dezza, “still does not take into account the multiresiduo, ie the concentration on a single product of several pesticides simultaneously, and their potential effects. Moreover, the limits of chemical substances permitted are determined by taking into account the body of a grown man. And ‘inevitable therefore adjust these limits to’ body of women and children. “

Messina, Berlusconi: ‘block fees and loans’

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

‘Block the taxes and loans to citizens in the affected regions, “said Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to the displaced of the flood that struck Messina, now housed in the tourist village of Messina,” Le Dune “. While in the prefecture is ongoing meeting of the Crisis, outside the context of the displaced are in place and activists of the No Net Bridge. “No more victims, we want security, no monumental works,” reads on
one of many signs of the protesters. Between the two groups were recorded tensions, because some displaced people who were protesting against the security of housing would not be “confused” with the No Net Bridge.

Funds for affected areas in the next Cabinet. The next Council of Ministers will give the
green light for an appropriation to assist the affected regions, to Messina, which will add to the fund already earmarked by the Regione Sicilia. The premier also announced that it is coming for a budget of one billion for the hydrogeological risk areas. “After the Eagle - the premier said - we spent a billion for emergency measures in the areas of seismic risk, I hope, speak with Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, we can allocate a similar sum for the hydrogeological risk areas . The goal, said Berlusconi, is to start with interventions in areas most at risk, as the province of Messina, where 63% of the territory is at risk hydrogeology. The premier also said Raffaele Lombardo will be the special commissioner for the disaster at Messina.

New housing, as Aquila. Reach new homes in the wake of the experience of the Eagle. “The rebuilding is too expensive and not safe. So we all like ‘Aquila: new homes in other areas but still within the urban fabric. ” He said that Premier Silvio Berlusconi to the displaced Messina in one of the hotels where they are housed. This morning the prime minister has flown by helicopter - along with the Head of Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso, Matteoli and Prestigiacomo ministers and the mayor of Messina Giuseppe Buzzanca - areas of the Messina hit by a tremendous flood of mud by a tsunami, with waves that three meters high swept away homes, highways and railroads, spreading death and despair. The helicopter also flew over the crest of the hill from where you came off the ridge that has caused the landslide. “Those areas - said Berlusconi - no longer habitable. Will build new neighborhoods such as those made in L’Aquila. Money is not a problem, the government will put the necessary resources. Local authorities will deal with identifying the new building areas. Berlusconi has promised the creation of ‘housing with gardens, but also with negotiations to distribute the small trader.

We continue to dig in the mud. The situation in Messina remains complex, but is under control, said the Head of Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso. We continue to work and dig in the mud in search of 40 people who remain missing. The death toll is 22 dead at the time (of which up to now only 13 identified), while 95 are injured and 524 people displaced according to data Prefectural Messina. For assistance activities to the population and search for the missing work were 130 submissions and more than 1,100 men belonging to the Fire Department, Army, Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, State Police, State Forestry Corps, volunteers and Master’s port. It also works on the front of the road is reopened one lane per direction of the motorway A18 Palermo - Catania, while for the reopening of the highway 114 connecting Messina to Catania will take another 6 days.

Even isolated villages. The areas most affected are Brig Marina Giampilieri, Molino and ladder Marea. The road to Upper Giampilieri remained suspended for several hours due to a 3 meter high mountain of mud that was stuck under the railway bridge. Civil Protection reported that the village submerged by the mud has been completed the evacuation and relocation of displaced persons in some hotels in Messina. Remain isolated villages of Molino, Altilia and ladders.

Truths like fists of Don White Jose

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

DON White Jose, like any other politician of hogaño, is a slogan machine gun that, there where it goes, waters meninges of its audience with a broadside. The other day, interviewed person in my presence by Nacho Villa, I verified how Don Jose was helped of a papelico in which a handful of these slogans had written him; and, as it spoke, it was putting with fórceps slogans of the papelico, as the forgetful comedians put blood sausages in their parliaments.

This politician of hogaño has become: in one cháchara mazorral and inept salpimentada of slogans; and, by force of machine-gunning meninges to us, our politicians obtain that we internalise such slogans, so that we got to repeat them as if they were own occurrences, we are and them laying eggs everywhere, like carps of a fish farm ahítas of ideological fodder and encantadísimas of the life.
But Don White Jose is not only one slogan machine gun, like any other politician of hogaño; in honor to the truth, to Don White Jose the machine gun jams to him from time to time and then it says truths that appear to him of the soul, truths like fists aureole that it of a enternecedora humanity. It finishes happening to him in one of those colloquies that are organized so that the politicians provide to the idiotizada mass of their daily ration of slogans, where without rebozo some - like a girl who teaches to us a sine hardly púber- has confessed:

- When I stop being minister, eternally I will be thanked for the president. One is not minister by own merits nor by academic curriculum; one is minister because the president of the Government decides therefore it. There are thousands and thousands of citizens as well who could make it better than I, or as I, and who did not have that opportunity.
And before size of proud show of, stirring, close sincerity, one cannot but loosen lagrimilla. Don Jose, lowering of the pedestal of the false vanities, recognizes to us that in its election as minister are half-full no own virtues, nor articles intellects of which can brag of. Don Jose recognizes to us that it has been chosen, instead of the thousands and thousands of people who could it have done better than he, because a gentleman who recognizes as well that “anyone can be president of the Government” has decided therefore it.

He is not charming? One listens to these truths as fists of Don Jose and feels something as well as a cabrilleo of optimism and euphoria climbing to him up the spinal marrow; it is as if, in half of a trip in bus, the conductor would confess to you, between self-assured and attractive, who has left the twenty glasses dioptrías in house and that in addition has hormiguillo in the feet that it prevents him to step on the brake. How delicious sincerity!

One of the most evident plus signs of the corruption of the democracy is the subversion of the human hierarchies. Santo Tomás established that the government tasks had to be entrusted to most virtuous and intelligent; and also that to encumbrar what is of nature inferior is a monstruosidad. But today this order of subordination has been subverted; and to which he is monstrous we called “the greatness of the democracy”, that reason why is seen consists of letting itself govern by those who recognize without tapujos, in a show of proud, stirring, close sincerity that lacks merits. But everything is not lost: Don Jose, that is not minister by own merits, is religious man at least; then, to be “eternally thanked for” Zapatero it is necessary to think that an eternal life exists. And only one eternal life could, indeed, lodge the infinite gratitude that Don Jose must to Zapatero; I only hope that, by then, the weeping and crujir of teeth do not obstruct too much their idolatrous cult to the leader.

Ten reasons for one defeat

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

An accumulation of factors and circumstances separated yesterday to Madrid of the Olympic dream in favor of Rio de Janeiro. The rotation of continents, the little European support, the magic of Lula… Many have been the reasons for which the Madrilenian hunch, in the end, has remained only in that. The readings that can become of this “sweet” defeat can be several and very complex. The HAMMOCK is thus. Nobody knows what thinks. Nobody can predict its conclusions. But there are some gestures that have caused that the dream of Madrid must continue waiting for other four years.

1. The rotation of continents
The first and great stumbling block. Only once in history there was no jump between two continents. Of London 1948 one went to Helsinki 1952. The rest of the history of the Games serves to contrast that rotation prevails. The next edition will be celebrated in London in 2012 and Madrid aspired to the 2016.

2. Europe supported to River
The great strategic play and hides that Rio de Janeiro has never exposed of public form. The Brazilian candidacy counted on a fort endorsement in a great number of European countries. And that was translated in safe votes from the first round. Why? Enough cities of the old continent want to organize the Games of 2020. The mayors of Paris and Rome already have shown their interest for being he soothes. And in the firing chamber, there are other capitals with name. Speech of Paris, the Prague, of Moscow, of Berlin…
And for all these projects, the worse thing than could happen to them is that the election of Madrid in 2016. This would have annulled its project immediately. If the concession of the Games is already difficult, since it has been verified, without there is continental rotation, would not have no option in 2020 with Madrid having organized those of 2016. In the Spanish delegation there was yesterday much disappointment with the president of the HAMMOCK, Jacques Rogge, because it had said to them that the rotation was not a key factor.

3. Africa also gave the back

The African continent has followed very close by the voting. It had a special interest in her. Its objective one was that Brazil was raised with the victory thus to play in the future the trick of which they are the unique continent that has still not organized Games. Its message was clear: now it must touch to him to Rio de Janeiro because later we will go. It is why no member of African committees supported its to the Madrilenian candidacy in the three votings. In addition, the few supports that we could have started of the black continent took Barack Obama by their Nigerian origins. The president of the United States, and the candidacy of Chicago, has realised a tremendous effort in these last months to gain votes there. River gained the game to them because it weighs plus the interest of Africa in already organizing Games in his continent.

4. Damn repesca
Madrid returned to lose force in the second and third voting. In first we were chosen, with a total of 28 votes, by the 26 of River. From there, the Brazilians took the rest of votes of Chicago and Tokyo. The final voting was closed with 66 supports for Brazil and 32 for Madrid. That is to say, from Rio de Janeiro had successfully obtained 40 new votes, by 4 of ours.

5. The “lobby” did not work
Although the day of Thursday was eternal for the Spanish delegation, in the end was not used for anything because it was obtained very little. The experts say who the members of the HAMMOCK have for a long time determined to whom they will vote in first occasion, but which they do not know what will do later. The “lobby” serves to successfully obtain those supports that can be orphaned in the following votings. The Spanish delegation “punctured there”. In spite of the fifty meetings that the Kings, Zapatero, Gallardón and company approached, the members of the HAMMOCK returned to give the back us. Madrid 2016 did not know to successfully obtain the votes that had been without owner after the eliminations of Chicago and Tokyo. And that the Madrilenian delegation was used thorough the previous day. This experience must be used for the future, since to the capital of Spain already him two Olympic Games by not knowing how have escaped to scratch this type of votes. to solve it, the success possibilities are enormous.

6. The doping
The black legend that has flown over on the Spanish sport has passed invoice somehow. During long time, Spain it has had vitola to be a small paradise because there was no law that penalized the consumption and traffic of dopantes substances. Jaime Lissaveztsky impelled and created the present law, that punishes to the inducer with jail pains. The Government had to modify the law fifteen days before landing in Copenhagen.

7. Lula and Suramérica
The president of Brazil has known to catch the adhesions in America, Europe and Africa. He used a weighty argument: there have never been Games in Suramérica.

8. A HAMMOCK of less
Question of numbers and, by elevation, specific weight. In the Assembly of the Olympic Committee the International (HAMMOCK) were two Brazilians (Joao Havelange and Carlos Nuzman), two Americans (Anita Defrantz and James Easton), Japanese (Chiharu Igaya, Sun-Ichiro two Okano) and only a Spanish (Juan Antonio Samaranch junior).

9. Samaranch, less weight
President of honor of the Olympic Committee Internacional, Juan Antonio Samaranch, was his top leader during 21 years. And its influence is undeniable in the organization, but according to they count in the spheres of the olimpismo, the weight is moderate by the presence and the activity. Samaranch appealed to its own age (89 years) “in the end of my days” to successfully obtain supports for Madrid. But there was no success.

10. They lacked greatest
Madrid presented/displayed to Raul like standardbearing of its proposal. And it hit upon completely because the captain of Madrid was one of the great names of these three days in Copenhagen. The Danish police let of side its tasks at some time to request an autograph to the goleador. Palmarés sport of Raul is outside all suspicion. But, and it arrives here but, the candidacy of Madrid 2016 had dreamed about the possibility that some of great stars of the Spanish sport had been able to go to the appointment. Zapatero telephoned to the Lakers to request an extra permission of Pau Gasol. And Lissaveztsky was in permanent reporting line with Nadal until the last moment. Neither it could be present in Denmark. Pívot, because the preseason with the champion of the NBA has begun, and the tennis player, because it returns to the competition in China. Nadal sent a message of support to all the Spanish delegation the same day of the voting. Unfortunately, as little it served.
He was not in Denmark Fernando Alonso either, just fichado by Ferrari in a nonOlympic sport, of east race weekend in Japan. Alberto Accountant is of vacations and missing of the map. One lay down in lack to some great one, without undervaluing to Raul.

Esquire magazine: Kate Beckinsale is the most sexiest woman of the world

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

The English actress Kate Beckinsale, protagonist of titles of action like “Underworld” (2003), “Goes Helsing” (2004) and “Whiteout” (2009), is the woman more sexy of the world stated the Esquire magazine, according to picks up the American press today.

The interpreter, from 36 years, cover of the number of November of the publication, received with affability the election and offered an ample interview in which she assured that “all this of being appointed the woman sexy of the world is more something that brings consequences”. “You cannot have that title with four brothers around. They are going away to laugh of my, are going to me to vacillate and they are going to give coscorrones to me”, said funny the actress, who in honor of all the titles of great violence that she has interpreted, added: “I can give a beating them”.

Beckinsale recognized that it satisfies the title him granted by the magazine and thinks to revalidate it next year. “He is something ridiculous, but I like the idea to be the woman more sexy”, said. “Really. I feel that really I have gained it to me. I need to leave there outside and to thus improve my erotic dances with bar or something”, added in that humorous line.
The actress happens in the position to Halle Berry, another actress related to the sagas of action like protagonist of “X-Men”. “The really dangerous thing at the time of making films of action is that I am accustomed to the cable men. I give puñetazo him to a type and leaves flying over a wall”, explained Beckinsale. “So sometimes I believe that really I am who have done that”, she concluded. The interpreter will release in December “Everybody’s Fine”, in that she acts next to Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore and Sam Rockwell.

467 confirmed dead and 421 injured by the earthquake in Sumatra

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

At least 467 people were killed and 421 seriously injured by the earthquake of 7.6 magnitude on the Richter scale that hit last night west of the island, said the Ministry of Social Affairs.

The chief of staff health crisis, Rustam Pakaya, warned that “thousands of people are trapped under the rubble” of many buildings that fell like a house of cards.

The quake, measuring 7.6 degrees on the Richter scale according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), occurred at 1715 local time (11.15 Spanish time) and affected mainly the city of Padang (West Island) of about 900,000. The USGS determined that the quake’s epicenter was located about 85 kilometers deep.

The earthquake was felt in places as far away as Kuala Lumpur, capital of neighboring Malaysia. In fact, some skyscrapers in Singapore, 440 miles away, were evacuated. The Warning Center Pacific Tsunami warning canceled declared.

Fear of a tsunami
A resident of Padang told Reuters that “hundreds of houses” were affected along the road. “There are some fires, bridges are damaged and there is an extreme panic,” said the witness, who added that some pipes burst and caused flooding. Another witness called Adi explained that all around homes were partially or totally destroyed, and people feared the arrival of a tsunami. The outage and communication seriously complicated rescue efforts.

Padang, capital of West Sumatra province, is situated at the boundary between the Indo-Australian tectonic plate and Eurasian, one of the most seismically active areas on the planet. For this reason, many geologists have predicted that the city could be destroyed by an earthquake.

The earthquake that triggered the devastating tsunami of 26 December 2004 caused about 600 kilometers offshore from the northern coast of Sumatra. About 230,000 people were killed in that disaster in several Indian Ocean countries, some 170,000 in Indonesia.

“Ketsana in Vietnam
At the same time, the typhoon “Ketsana” yesterday followed his path of destruction across Southeast Asia. In Cambodia and Vietnam, the cyclone of time has caused about fifty deaths. Despite preventive evacuations, is leaving a trail of destruction similar to the last weekend in the northern Philippines, where the official toll was 246 dead.

The Vietnamese authorities reported 41 deaths yesterday in coastal and inland, offering a panorama of trees down, roofs blown up and flooded streets and houses in villages without electricity or telephone. “Ketsana” weakened and came to Laos without gusts of 183 kilometers per hour on Tuesday, touching Vietnam.

The IMF predicts a recovery in the Andean economy in 2010

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Istanbul (Turkey), Oct 1 (EFE) .- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its growth forecasts for the Andean countries this year, but feels that, like the rest of Latin America, the group will show signs of stabilization and recovery in 2010.

In its report “World Economic Outlook, released today, the IMF maintains that all countries in the group will grow in the whole of 2009 less or nearly equal than expected six months ago.

In 2010, the GDP the region will increase more than forecast in the last report due to improved financial conditions globally and, especially in case of commodity markets.

In recent months, commodities exporters such as Venezuela, Colombia and Peru have blamed the fall in prices in international markets, with significant losses for countries highly dependent on energy exports, such as Bolivia and Ecuador.

But the recent spike in commodity prices has improved the prospects for the region, says the IMF report, which also stresses that the business and consumer confidence has increased.

However, the international organization said that the GDP of all countries in the group will contract in 2009 compared to last year and stressed that the pace of recovery will be uneven.

Peru, for example, stalled in the first half of 2009 after several years of strong growth, but its economy will improve during the second half of the current financial year.

Venezuela registered the highest rate of inflation throughout the Americas due to heavy government spending and loose monetary policy.

Where appropriate, the situation has worsened by the decrease in revenues from the sale of oil, which prevents the application of economic stimulus policies.

PERU .- The Peruvian economy will grow this year by 1.5 percent, two percentage points less than expected six months ago and 5.8 percent in 2010.

Peruvian Inflation will be 3.2 percent in 2009 to drop to 2.0 percent in 2010 compared to 5.8 percent in 2008.

Lastly, record current account deficit of 2.1 percent of GDP in 2009 and 2.3 percent in 2010, below the 3.3 percent deficit of GDP 2008.

COLOMBIA .- The GDP Colombia in 2009 will shrink by 0.3, compared to zero percent forecast in the last report and 2.5 percent in 2008. In 2010 growth is 2.5 percent, above the 1.3 percent forecast six months ago.

Inflation for this year stands at 4.6 percent, before falling to 3.7 percent in 2010, down 7 percent from 2008.

Regarding the current account deficit, the IMF predicts will be placed this year at 2.9 percent GDP and 3.1 percent next, compared with 2.8 percent of 2008.

ECUADOR .- Ecuador’s economy will shrink this year by 1 percent, the only case in which the IMF improves prognosis compared with 2 percent decline announced in April.

In 2010, the GDP improve slightly with a rise of 1.5 percent versus 1 percent estimated six months ago.

For this year, the IMF forecasts an inflation rate of 5 percent and 3 percent in 2010, down from 8.4 percent in 2008.

The news is negative for the current account, for the Ecuadorian economy will have a deficit of 3.1 percent and 3 percent in 2010, compared with a surplus of 2.3 in 2008.

BOLIVIA .- The GDP Bolivia can not repeat this year growth of 6.1 percent in 2008 but will grow at least 2.8 percent in 2009 and 3.4 percent in 2010.

In its April report, the fund had estimated an increase of 2.2 percent for 2009 and another 2.9 percent in 2010.

The inflation rate will improve compared with 14 percent of 2008, it stood at 4.3 percent this year and 4.5 percent next.

Bolivia will achieve a surplus in its balance of payments of 1.1 percent of GDP in 2009, increasing to 1.3 percent in 2010.

VENEZUELA .- The 4.8 percent growth recorded by the GDP Venezuela in 2008 was not repeated in 2009, in which the economy will contract by 2.0 per cent, or 2010, with expected decline of 0.4 percent.

Six months ago, the IMF predicted a decline of 2.2 percent this year and another 0.5 percent in 2010.

Venezuela will post double-digit inflation, with rates of 29.5 percent in 2009 and 30 percent in 2009, lower, however, expected to last six months.

Despite what is stated in the last report, the Venezuelan economy will maintain its current account surplus, although it will be of only 1.8 of GDP this year. In 2010, it increased to 5.4 percent.