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» El “mundo perdido” de Yongding, en China 101 Lugares increíbles - Puedes seguirnos en Twitter @101lugares Hay una región de China que alguna vez supo captar la atención de Estados Unidos desde el espacio con sus construcciones circulares que se repiten por miles y por kilómetros. Una zona donde la forma de vida de sus habitantes alcanzó un grado de armonía con el entorno sostenido por siglos, en una organización en clanes familiares donde no existían distinciones de jerarquía. momo Yongding es un condado en la provincia de Fujian que se asemeja a un “mundo perdido” por el solo hecho de conservar con pocos cambios una cultura, tradiciones y formas constructivas que aún hoy sorprenderían a cualquier visitante foráneo.

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La noticia me ha llamado, por supuesto, la atención. Y mi primera pregunta ha sido: ¿de dónde viene todo esto? La clave me la dio la presencia del economista Paul Romer, profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York, sentado al lado del presidente del Congreso Nacional, Juan Orlando Hernández, al hacerse el anuncio oficial en Tegucigalpa. Romer no es un mero asesor del proyecto. Es el ideólogo global de las charter cities, término que en español puede tener diversas interpretaciones: ciudades bajo fuero especial, o ciudades alquiladas.

En uno de los videos en que promueve su cruzada, Romer comienza utilizando la imagen de un grupo de muchachos africanos que se ven obligados a estudiar sus tareas en plena calle, bajo las luminarias del alumbrado público, porque en su casa no tienen luz eléctrica.

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Indies. Alternative Media. Corporativo. BancaLimpia.com - Somos clientes no cómplices. NYTeX. Wikileaks. American Apparel Cracks Down On Shoplifting, Loses Hipster Fans. Thieving hipsters, take note. American Apparel will be tagging every neon legging, velvet bodysuit, V-neck t-shirt and iconic hoodie with an RFID sensor, the RFID Journal reports. The sensors will track items from the time they are shipped from American Apparel’s factory in downtown L.A. to when a customer purchases the item from one of its 280 stores, helping the chain to keep better track of inventory and disappearances. Since entering the retail market in 2003, American Apparel has succeeded wildly by imparting its cotton basics with alternative appeal. The company supports progressive issues like gay rights, pays factory workers $12 to $14 per hour -- far above minimum wage -- and regularly incites the uptight with skin-filled ads.

Yet American Apparel has long been targeted by shoplifters, many of them indistinguishable from the chain's loyal customers. Of course, irony-tinged theft is a bad thing for any company, "independent" or otherwise. This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson. For international orders, please add an extra $10 for shipping. I just completed a project called Everything is a Remix. If you haven't seen it, please do check it out because I think it's more persuasive than anything I can possibly say here. I'd now like to introduce you to my next project, which, with your help, I'd like to launch this election year of 2012. It's called This is Not a Conspiracy Theory and it's a multi-part series that will explain the major ideas, events and human quirks that have shaped where we are right now politically. It will center on the United States, but the stories will cover the world and I think it'll have strong relevance regardless of where you live.

It will be a series with huge scope, but it'll be rooted in solid storytelling. I'll use history, science, psychology and economics to tell this story and I'll make it relevant, accessible and seriously entertaining. It will primarily be a work of perspective. The first episode will land before the election.

Images of Revolution - Revolution Through Arab Eyes. Filmmaker: Ibrahim Hamdan "Images are like weapons. They can help topple a regime. "Ali al-Bouazizi, a political analyst The uprisings that have shaken the Arab world were galvanised by photographs and videos taken by ordinary citizens using their mobile phones. Spread via social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, these images offered the outside world a glimpse inside countries such as Tunisia and Egypt as the people took to the streets to overthrow their dictators and to demand justice.

These images publicised their cause and spurred on would-be revolutionaries elsewhere, in the process transforming ordinary citizens into citizen reporters who could circumvent state-run media to tell their story. "The people of Tunisia created their own media tools with their mobile phones and small cameras. Many of these citizens risked their own personal safety as they recorded the events unfolding around them.

Everything is a Remix. Ardián V Oro. Vangelis: A message of hope - Talk to Al Jazeera. In December 2011, leaders from around the world gathered at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations meeting in Doha, a forum meant to encourage dialogue between cultures and people. The host nation, Qatar, asked Vangelis, the Greek composer, to create the music for the event, which also marked the inauguration of Doha's cultural village and Greek-style amphitheatre. The event brought together celebrated artists from around the world and his music was written to formulate a message of hope.

Vangelis, one of the world's most celebrated creators of electronic music and the Oscar-winning composer of the music for Bladerunner and Chariots of Fire, came to a Middle East in the midst of upheaval at a time of financial crisis in his own country. Al Jazeera's Tony Harris met the composer to talk about the role of music in our times. Vangelis also selected some of his music for Al Jazeera to accompany some of the most memorable images from the past year. La naturaleza contraataca: amaranto inca devora transgénicos de Monsanto. En lo que parece ser una muestra más de la sabiduría de la naturaleza abriendo camino, la especie de amaranto inca conocida como kiwicha se ha convertido en una pesadilla para Monsanto. Curiosamente esta compañía conocida por sus diabólicas (“Mondiablo”) prácticas se refiere a esta hierba sagrada para los incas y los aztecas como una mala hierba o una hierba maldita.

El fenómeno de la expansión del amaranto en cultivos de más de viente estados a lo largo de Estados Unidos no es nuevo, pero merece ser rescatado, acaso celebrando la pericia y quizás hasta la inteligencia de esta planta guerrera que se ha opuesto al gigante de las semillas transgénicas. Desde el 2004 un agricultor en Atlanta se dio cuenta que brotes de amaranto resistían al poderoso herbicida Roundup basado en el glifosato y devorando campos de soya transgénica.

El amaranto por cierto posee más proteínas que la soya y además contiene vitaminas A y C. Vía Casa Europa. Indonesia aims for locally produced car - Asia-Pacific. Judge Rakoff on free love, the death penalty, defending crooks and Wall Street justice. The potential impact of Rakoff’s stand goes beyond the financial arena to other industries and regulators that rely on negotiated settlements. “This is Jed Rakoff against the world,” said Joel Seligman, a scholar of securities law. The dispute seemed to take on a more personal edge over the holidays, when Rakoff accused the SEC of blindsiding him during legal maneuvers. And the battle lines became sharper this month when the Business Roundtable, a major corporate lobby, weighed in on the side of the SEC in its quest to see Rakoff’s ruling in the Citigroup case overturned. The judge’s fans — and how many judges have fans? Critics — some with a stake in business as usual — see him as a headline-chaser who could end up undermining his own agenda by forcing the SEC to actually win its cases.

“Novel” and “potentially dangerous,” the Business Roundtable said of his position. Second, Rakoff isn’t just calling for Wall Street to be held accountable. “FED JUDGE KOs DEATH PENALTY,” one says. Ralph C. A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 900 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the United States.