IEDI - Cartas O IEDI apresenta em duas edições de sua Carta uma pesquisa que realizou sobre a política de inovação na China. Desde 1978 quando iniciou sua reforma econômica, a China vem reduzindo rapidamente sua distância em relação aos países de economia avançada. O sucesso da estratégia chinesa de catching-up se expressa em diversos indicadores. Em 2010, por exemplo, a China, que em termos do produto interno bruto (PIB) em paridade do poder de compra já ocupava o segundo lugar desde 2001 atrás apenas dos Estados Unidos, tornou-se também a segunda maior economia mundial em termos do PIB em dólar corrente. Em ciência, tecnologia e inovação (C, T & I), a ascensão da China tem sido especialmente impressionante. Desde 1999, os investimentos chineses em pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) crescem em média 20% por ano, tendo alcançado 1,44% do PIB em 2007, convergindo rapidamente para a média de 2,1% do grupo dos principais países avançados. Estratégia Governamental de C, T &I na China.
Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - 28 things I wish I'd known... The Palace of Happiness in Bhutan. Chris Guillebeau AC360° Contributor When you first head off to places in the world that are a lot different from where you live, a number of things change. You have to learn to adapt. I still make a lot of mistakes everywhere I go, but I try to learn from each of them. Health Care 1. Editor's note: While drugs may be cheaper in other countries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention don't recommend buying drugs while traveling as they may be counterfeit, expired, a different drug than expected or may contain too much or too little active ingredient. 2. Editor's note: Click here for information from the CDC about medical tourism. Money 3. 4. 5. Outside the Tiger's Nest Monastery in Bhutan. 6. Taxis 7. 8. 9. 10. Safety 11. 12. Memorial to the Fallen in Bhutan. 13. Planes, Trains, and Buses 14. 15. 16. 17. Culture 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Politics 26. 27. 28. Updated: 10/18/10, 1:06 p.m.
100 Creative Furniture / Inspiration / Splashnology - Web Design and Web Technology Community inShare19 In this roundup you will find some stunning, creative and unique furniture design ideas. Some of them really look awesome. Advertisement 100 Creative Furniture: Reloaded We have already presented to your attention a collection of 100 Creative Furniture. dubaiisnuts Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness The same street in 2003 Last year The madness. The Dubai Waterfront. All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree. The Palm Islands in Dubai. Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. The Burj Dubai. This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. The Al Burj. Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. Theres still more of this craziness. Onto page 2
About CSIIR - Cyberspace Sciences and Information Intelligence Research (CSIIR) Shore Beauty: The World's 10 Most Amazing Beaches Beaches mark the borders between sea and land, and as such have unique characteristics derived from both geological parents (no wonder everyone wants a beach home). These 10 amazing beaches showcase the best, the brightest and the most sublime sandy shores ever to rock your world! Red Beach, Kaihalulu, Hawaii (images via: Patrick Smith and Xigre) The Red Sand Beach of Kaihalulu can be found on the Hawaiian island of Maui, south of Hana Bay on the far side of Ka’uiki Hill. (image via: About.com/Hawaii) From high overhead, the Kaihalulu Red Sand Beach takes on a rusty hue reflecting the high iron oxide (rust) content in the sand eroding from an inland cinder cone. Shell Beach, St. (images via: TrekEarth, Completely Coastal and Amoeba Sailing Tours) Every beachcomber enjoys searching for exquisite, exotic seashells while walking along the shore, and one won’t have to walk far if they happen to be at Shell Beach, near Gustavia on the Caribbean island of St. (image via: Byron Jorjorian) St.
Combo Couch: All-in-One Lounger, Love Seat + Sofa Bed = « Dornob Sofa beds sneak two functions into one piece of furniture, but these designs go beyond the binary ‘convertible couch’ typology to be completely modular, comfortable for sitting up, laying back or lying down in any number of custom configurations. This seating set from Zuiver builds on the classic fold-out footrest and flip-up backrest concepts of an easy chair, but take such loungers to new levels by expanding the entire idea horizontally into a multi-person love seat, then stretch it further to a full-length sleep-friendly sofa. Each modular segment can be flipped in, out, up or down as desired by the people using each part of the seating space – a pair of chairs can be formed within the larger whole of the couch, or the entire system can open and accommodate a couple comfortably. Smaller versions are also interesting craft experiments, but the purpose seems less clear in a simple lounge chair variant.
Top Pictures of 2010 Part 2 As promised. This is Part 2 of our Pictures Of The Year 2010 review. If you’ve missed Part 1 , make sure you check it out for some amazing photography by photographers who often put themselves in harms way to get that perfect shot which makes us think, wonder , cry or smile. Part 2 is much of the same as Part 1. That means more images of anguish, pain, death, conflict, joy and hope. There are some really cool shots in this review and we’re sure you will enjoy them. Join TotallyCoolPix on Facebook and Twitter or join our Flickr Group . 1 01. 2 02. 3 03. 4 04. 5 05. 6 06. 7 07. 8 08. 9 09. 10 10. 11 11. 12 12. 13 13. 14 14. 15 15. 16 16. 17 17. 18 18. 19 19. 20 20. 21 21. 22 22. 23 23. 24 24. 25 25. 26 26. 27 27. 28 28. 29 29. 30 30. 31 31. 32 32. 33 33. 34 34. 35 35. 36 36. 37 37. 38 38. 39 39. 40 40. 41 41. 42 42. 43 43. 44 44. 45 45. 46 46. 47 47. 48 48. 49 49. 50 50.
Papéis no SCRUM. No Scrum existem 3 papéis principais: Product Owner Comumente o cliente ou o gerente de um projeto maior. As suas principais responsabilidades são definir as funcionalidades, os prazos, estabelecer as prioridades de entrega, ajustar prioridades e funcionalidades e, por fim, aceitar o produto entregue. Scrum Master Responsável pela aplicação do Scrum na equipe. Equipe Geralmente entre 5 a 10 membros. O pontapé inicial para a definição de um sprint é o seu planejamento. Nesse processo, é gerada a priorização do backlog e o plano, as diretrizes de como a equipe irá chegar ao seu objetivo final. Com o sprint backlog gerado, a equipe já pode começar a trabalhar nos produtos. É importante salientar que essa reunião não deve servir para discussão de funcionalidades ou problemas alheios às atividades do dia anterior em si, para não perder sua essência e foco. O gerenciamento de cada sprint é feito pelos próprios membros da equipe.
"I want to go to there" & KRISATOMIC Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany by Luiz Pires There are so many places I want to see, I’ve been browsing and bookmarking and basically putting together travel porn (oh dear, that phrase isn’t going to be good for my blog search results is it). I’m going to Nice in may and maybe Davos in the summer, so that should satisfy me for the year. If I had unlimited funds I’d do a leisurely Trans Siberian Railway route through Russia and then travel around China and Japan. Where would you go? St. Hanoi, Vietnam by Larpoon. Iceland by orvaratli. Prague, Czech Republic by Adam Gut. Crystal River Mill, Colorado, USA by Rob Lee. North Coyote Buttes near the Utah and Arizona border, USA by coulombic. Varanasi, India by Larpoon. Dalat, Vietnam by Larpoon. Oia in Santorini, Greece by marcelgermain. Brennisteinsalda volcano in Iceland by ystenes. Honningsvåg, Norway by richard mcmanus. Fribourg, Switzerland by Adam Gut. Erg Chebbi sand dunes, Morocco by mikemellinger.