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Jewel: Pearls of water

La Coruña Review
Sunday December 17, 2006


By Luis Ferrer I Balsebre

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The center of the town of Cee completely flooded. / MCS
Water Pearls

"To be governed, nature must be obeyed" Francis Bacon


rains came and invaded more than simply everything. I see on TV the sorrowful face of people to the floods of recent weeks has left them with nothing and I hear amazed demands of them: "No law, politicians are crooks who do nothing, and we three floods. Something will have to do with the river to get him out of here! " (Countrywoman of Sabarís, dixit).

The phrase had its juice. For one thing very clearly expresses the feeling rooted in the welfare society that everything is resolvable, and that if something bothers us can and must change. Yes, they have to do other, Piove: porco ruled! We

neck with water disposed of our human condition and believe that what happens out there is not going with us, after all, science, technology and politics will come to deliver us from evil. So stupidly blind to not see that precisely the myth of the technical solution to our earthly problems is becoming a more serious problem than led intervention.

We take a joke nature with a child arrogance. We believe we can dominate your rules skipping kindergarten proved scientifically anesthetized with licorice.

can be constructed in natural river beds without regard to its flow. Housing can be multiplied without infrastructure. You can put all the crap out of our well water without waiting for the rivers and seas sneezing and all the smoke in our development without waiting for the air that we choke.

One of the most hear the words from here on out will undoubtedly be the word "waste" which means "what is left." And what is well-being of the whole world is wrapped in plastic, a world of huge mountains of garbage that we all cherish without wanting to know anything about them, not wanting to see or feel, throwing anyone knows where as long as they are not. But look, smell, feel and end up burying us in a kind of planetary Bens landfill while watching cable TV and calculate the final work make sense.

What bothers us the river?: Let him out of there!

This concerns us merdentono welfare, welfare is ours and the shit is politicians. And the politicians will take office and extraordinary budgets and subsidies waged not do nothing but strengthen the social perception that everything is controllable and what is not anyone's fault controlled and must be paid. Valiente irresponsible society we are building together, one for selling and other Arcadias impossible to fall into a comfortable illusion to believe it filling up your waste and soul of grant.

have to be stupid to buy a house by the sea and pretend the sea is not moved from its site. You have to be dumb-ass to throw the water everything imaginable and think that what goes into the limbo of the shit that is not in our world. We

waters.

rare rains, the forests burn, the seas will rise, remain thousands of creatures extinct every day, the sun will burn ... and no one will wonder what is going wrong, no one will lose a second to think he should resign his dollhouse you step on the neck to the River. We will continue to demand political responsibility to continue betting on the arranxosantes daring to put a stop to both delirium and say enough to so boldly disguised welfare, urban planning and development sustainable.

They say that the god Indra was so capricious that decided to cover the entire sky with a huge network. At each point of intersection of wires placed a precious pearl, a pearl so exquisitely polished that it was able to reflect in it all the others, so that if anyone dared to touch one of the pearls, something changed in all others.

There are many people who made necklaces with pearls, others that have been replaced by subdivisions and others who have a poke putting in place Extraperlo crystals. And while we all wonder why being so handsome and so cute with a little flat, the sky has stopped shining and the river has become so silly.

politicians fix it, those who understand development fence, hymns and flags, languages \u200b\u200band time zones, licenses and grants ... anything but pearls. Ignorant

everyone that we are only a pearl in that reflects everything we do. So it goes.

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Luis Ferrer is head of the Psychiatry Service, Hospital Juan Canalejo (A Coruña)

Ap Bio Lab 5- Cell Respiration Answers

mc2: I Charge to Customers

© Cesar Quian, image courtesy of La Voz de Galicia
you today to the House Fish, also called Aquarium in . Is the main attraction of the network ^{mc 2} composed by 3 museums interactive Coruña. The other 2 are the man's house and Science Museum. The 3 are worth worthwhile, especially with children. Combined with the Tower of Hercules, the Paseo Marítimo (- "My tesoooooooro!" - "Shut your mouth up Paco!") And Old Town, every family has Coruña ideal destination for a getaway weekend. Ideal

provided not stop some of the attitudes of the absurd - in theory - in charge of satisfying the tourists to come back: building the bridge and making the case to say that Visa fulfill a promise made a child is priceless, I promised to take my son on Thursday (yesterday) to see Gaston, the new shark of 3 meters and 100 kg that has (been) installed in the Aquarium. And of course trust Visa to pay the 2 annual passes - which do have a price: 20 € for me and 10 for my son - we were to allow free access to any of the 3 museums for a whole year.

It is going to be no. The Aquarium in your name along well Finisterrae : no credit card terminal. Nicest girl (I think Lorena name) apologized immediately - this is unusual - to understand the absurdity of the thing and tells me the nearest ATM is ... next to my house, ie 1 km (checked viamichelin.es) of the museum. Of course (Murphy's Law), it was raining.
Then I light up his eyes to believe have had a great idea (anything that I avoided 2 km in the rain with a 5 year old IS a great idea.) I turn to the souvenir shop next to the counter and asked if he has terminal card to pay the ticket and not have to go for a cashier. Answer: "No". Period. Missed by so forceful (and little kindness), I wonder why. Answer 2: "It is not the same."

Obviously, everyone by now knows that this type of store is often leased, outsourced or under the concession which is not the proper administration of the museum that carries it. But it remains significant but the effort to look like the opposite: t-shirts and polos ^{name of mc 2} , total integration on the premises without logos of any kind of dealer, etc.
In my case the problem was only (*) the commission they would charge the bank for the payment of 30 €. I think it is about 3%, ie € 0.90, an amount that I imagine the museum would have preferred to take before sending to a client - and city - walk 2 km under ULIS with a 5 year old. Well
not even tested this possibility because the clerk at the gift shop merely imitate Alejandro Sanz repeating "It's not the same" each time I opened my mouth.

walked the 2 km, we get wet, and upon payment and send the kid to see the fish, I asked the complaint form on the ground forever, "and we have facilities that we deserve" + "silence gives consent." The surprise jump when (could Lorena?) I replied that as a public body are not required to have complaint forms. Blushing because he knows that while he's telling the truth, the law clearly permits a shame: public services, by definition, should have had more obligations than private users to their customers. Alternatively, offers me a sheet stamped to the Aquarium and then hands me a copy of my complaint. Not without first confirm I'm not the first in the door qauedarme unable to pay by card and have repeatedly asked the council to be equipped with a terminal thereof. There is no doubt that this is a person employed by one party and can not do more than leave him, but then also looking for ways to do everything we can within those limits to treat customers well. Do you remember that time when "the customer was king / sent"?. Quite the opposite of his partner in the shop next door.

And talking about it, when I went to ask the claim form (as a private entity, yes she is obliged to take them), do not guess the answer? "You have to order them on the counter of the museum"
But do not we agree that was not the same?


Tags: mc2 , Incompetence, Visa , Customer


(*) In case you have any influence, my debit card is the amount which is immediate in my account.

Stomach Makes Noises When I Lay Down

In Finance, we are all ... about Scoundrels

This blog is on the wrong way :-), I am stirring in the original complaint when the appetite was the mental diarrhea cerebral meatball. However, there is a majority protest here may not be due to a plethora of them but a lack of that. And it is very unlikely to stop protest a matter of principle "silence gives consent" with which "we have and the administration (*) we deserve / merit."

(*) substitutes administration by the institution of your choice.


To the Point: Saturday morning at Hacienda C / Comandante Fontana Coruña. I take my number of waiting, I'm pleasantly surprised at how empty the place and redoubled with joy when, with my 42 in hand, I find the panel information being served to 41. Seeking the above table 4 of the look and discover the following scenario:
The 41 is not presented (40 also appears on the LCD panel) with which the public servant decided that this entitled you to spend time with a few minutes of private chat. First to 3, then 2 when one of his companions was given for going to work (poor!):
At this level (several minutes) because it was not a message (we will not prohibit officials talk among themselves during working hours!) but a relaxed chat. Meanwhile, 43 had arrived. She did not show any hurry to finish his animated conversation had none of these gestures (hand on the table ready to rotate new chair, glances made the waiting room ,...) showing guilt and / or concern to return to meet their work and end the conversation. Quite the contrary because he seemed comfortably placed on plan "this goes for awhile."

I had then to choose between privileging report and check up where (in minutes) reached the professional shamelessness of this person, or cut the experiment to avoid losing more time. My blood was boiling so I chose to appear before her and ask - with anger but not bad manners - that is dedicated to serving instead of talk. I leave
choose from the following options: What do you think was his reaction:

1. replied that he had no number to be addressed. Replicate
2. was talking to coworkers
3. Object that takes very little time talking
4. reproach that he had another table for treatment
Apologize
5. crossly
   
6. Throwing a companion novel to treat me Keep talking
7. with his colleague
   

Correct Answer (pass mouse over the empty space below to read): The 7 are true, in the order listed, after denials for mine. The 6 and 7 occurred so: called this "companion" (if you can call it that I do not see where the fellowship) and sent him to assist me at the next table ... continue to talk quietly with his .

I do not tire of repeating the mistake is human. Chat instead of working is the "crime" more common in the workplace, it's really pathetic, embarrassing and totally unacceptable are the excuses with which one seeks to justify his error. While a single ["Sorry, I did not realize" + smile + "X, talk about leaving"] had solved the case, each of the 7 answers above is so incredible that is to take your partner by an asshole if you really think that it is going to swallow.
There are many ways to insult, some more subversive than others with the answers and attitude of this officer, I felt insulted.

PS: Is it risky to mess with the Treasury? I do not know and I do not: While I'm easy to identify as a Puto named Greg Gabacho there is only one in my company Coruña is linked in the sidebar of this blog, any advantage has to be your friends geek take you years of calling for reporting and paying every penny. Even if it falls
inspection, I promise to tell ;-)

Tags: Finance , Lack , Officer, Long nose

Vides Gays For Ihpone

The other "face"

frequently visit the column by Arturo Perez-Reverte in XLSemanal . With the release Sunday / Sunday best of my esteemed Voz De Galicia, performs the same ritual for many years and his first patent Arturo Corso in this supplement, second Cristino Álvarez and gastroarqueología class in the extra Sunday La Voz. These first 15 minutes of the day are in charge of opening the floodgates to both brain and stomach. A luxury. However
Sunday could not be. The reasons do not come to mind as well, despite the enormous interest that may arise, I will not discuss my private life. The result is that I laughed 72 hours later than the rest of the misadventures dumps the grocery . They say he who laughs last laughs best, it was not the case.

Because neither he nor his writing goes to church: it is usually delicious does not involve having faith in their sleeves cut weekly. My taste was his column / character is purely cerebral, without admiration and indulgence (to say the truth, I have not even dropped his movie). On the contrary.
So every Sunday I go back to examine the added to my desire to skip the pad of the postman and backing to see the face of unbearable Prada is highly proportional to the pleasure I sought Arturo will last Sunday.
And while the pleasure induced is variable - with a half high - today I turned the page (topándome again with the bloody face of non-intelligent designer ) with some mixed feelings: Yes but no. I laughed, I quietly uttered the inevitable "asshole" when it appears in the silly column. But I have left a bittersweet taste in the mouth. And amuse-gueule Cristino dip. That would be my answer, if I were this guide:

Story El Escorial. It's my job but also my passion. The thing comes from 15 years ago, when my parents decided to move in front , as he called San Lorenzo. Not a day that does not take a walk in the surroundings: a pleasant stroll, especially on sunny winter mornings, when the monastery was cut impassive under the clear sky of the mountains, without speculation, stupidity or knavery urban country may have, yet, destroy the four centuries of memory that contain their venerable walls of gray granite. After so much time walking through its rooms, stairways and corridors, it is normal for anyone familiar with the building finishes and its history.
So when friends of my parents came home, used, resulting in pride of my parents, to accompany those who had not yet visited the monastery. About the impressed by the sobriety of the three small rooms from which Philip II directed the vast and powerful empire on earth, and other battles room or library, but when all are stunned, especially the foreigners, it is going down to the crypt where, from the Emperor Charles so far, the remains of all the kings of Spain.

After a few years, quite naturally, I ended official guide, after having passed the relevant examination and paid the rates irrelevant. I have spent about 10 years working as such and my joy would be complete if it had, like many other professionals, to fight against 2 items devastating combination: fewer and fewer customers and more intrusive.
- less customers because today's culture is no longer valued. And no one pays for what is not valued. Today, we visit El Escorial liability: it is a guide or brochure that says you have to visit it, because you can not go home saying that you have not seen, because although no one walked on his own museum city, while out the tourists never miss one.
But obviously the vast majority passed the guidance and comply with what indicates a display or poster (best first especially if you have a doll-logo corny), provided that not more than 8 lines.
- more intrusive because there are professional people who want to go and save the test hotshot, rates, self and other obligations of saying that "we all." Although there is another more painful intrusion in my opinion: the few fans who take advantage of the low background and no cultural requirement of some visitors more interested in verifying whether the wine is included in the lunch menu in the gauntlets of Don Juan Austria. To these people, the guide will drop 3 pirate historical data, desktop-like many stories on television, For example, the only queen boy - Francisco de Asis de Borbón - who says, with a half smile on his face, with much effort of will is supposed father of King Alfonso XI. And our visitors are delighted.

I do not. So I agreed with those responsible for the room a relentless hunt these real pirates of culture (not like those who do not want to fill the pockets of the $ EAG).
few days ago, a campus security guard, heeding the orders of the address without it being this really your competition - it must be said - he called attention to a man who was explaining many details all the secrets of my Monument a couple of 50 years. "Another of those who want to exercise without a license!" Said the guard. "These agencies are hired because they are paid less than officers, and then for us to do the dirty work." he muttered. However, what was not surprised to hear answered by the alleged infringer was not guidance but a friend of the couple in question. "A wise guy with an excuse brought from home? Or a really religious guy" is asked. Besides that the former was statistically more likely, the poor watchman, paid to discern a troublemaker, a thief or a vandal mere visitor, was plagued by doubt: "If I let him do, like phone call me a fool to swallow the toad and get kicked out. Having regard to the Euribor, the wrong time. And if it is really a friend, as seems to be due to the absence of surprise in the face of the pair when presented as such, I doubt that will accept him to shut up. "In the end, the guard opted for the solution of all life" which is not sent, and the the boss is away. They sent me not to let people who are not in possession of the card guide practice as such. "He realized the absurdity of his answer at the same time as the words escaped his mouth and face of his interlocutor countenance changed. This then started to talk about his balls, he proposed that pegase a shot, made the classic reference to the constitution, let out a tirade about freedom and left.

When the guard came to tell the incident, I immediately realized that was wrong of prey, the classic over-zeal of a person who was taught to obey rather than think. I thought of running after that "other profession professional guide" to offer my sincere apologies and excuse the vigilante. But I immediately thought that someone so educated and so in love with the Escorial would have understood perfectly well that we put much (if too much) emphasis on protecting the quality of information provided to visitors. I even imagined he shared our concern to avoid the intrusion. For sure he, too, have a profession related to the culture in which it will have tried many CANTAMAÑANAS brew. And above all, did not hesitate a moment to accept the incident as collateral damage and not ride any scandal for / with it.

Greetings Arthur, we read I read.

PS unquoted extracts Arturo Perez-Reverte included in the letter, and you notice the difference in style.

Brazilian Online O Clone

Extreme Drought severity cerebral

So my ex-compatriots go:

- Do not know if the worst is a guy who does not know that the earth revolves around the sun is submitted to a competition of this kind or that 56% of the public thought so too. Attribute the 2% who see Mars as a satellite of the earth to a failure to push the button.
- was plunged into a video only the myth of French cultural and cultured.
- As the sources mentioned below, lucky for the contestant, atheists do not burn those who do not think like Galileo.


(via Gaussian you've seen in The cat on the roof have sent them the link F. ;-)) Edit

Does Your Cervix High When You Have Your Period

input 31/10/2006 entitled "When solution portfolio is always the citizens'

We are pulling the water out the window.

And as always, the political / economic is dedicated solely to blame and punish consumers rather than one, make self-two find real solutions. The last thing that occurs to them is to declare only culprits of water wastage. So to raise prices to those who consume over 60 liters (all) and so happy.

Of course, it would be absurd me to deny the tragic waste of water produced in the West in general and Spain in particular. This and more things make me very much in favor of implementing graduated fees (please no systems segments, which are already obsolete ) increased with consumption. But what is not is limited to this measure and proclaim that it is THE solution. Coluche said, a great French comedian, that the administration was most productive because if crops grow tax officials. The problem is just this: we pay people to devote themselves almost exclusively to empty your wallet. For this type of solution, thanks but no minister and no need for saving me the same salary and your ministry.

If you really want to do their job properly, would not have missed several points:

1 - the water supply network in Spain "leaky" even more than users ( up to 40% is lost in the case of the province of Jaen )!

2 - I recently read something interesting recovery greywater (shower, sink ,...) for use (with minimal filtering) in WC flushing, irrigation, ... and any services that logic does not require potable water. Why not encourage their implementation?

3 - A proposal: let's just being promoted / Grants / install new flooring / propose / ... a complementary system (pedal in the base cabinet low) that allows on / off the faucet with the PIE.
Can you imagine the amount of water that would save us? Shaving, washing, showering, ... Simply assimilate and fix the fact that it is not practical to use a tap with your hands full / soapy / ...

The next time you are using a tap, imagine how much water could avoid wasting if you could also handle foot. You just have to demand that the administration that promotes rather than be limited to empty their pockets.

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As always, the political / economic is dedicated solely to blame and punish consumers instead of looking in the mirror and find real solutions. The last thing that occurs to them is to declare only culprits of water wastage. So to raise prices to those who consume over 60 liters (almost all) and so happy.
They have forgotten that:

1 - the water supply network of the Community of Madrid "leaking" 10%!

2 - I recently read something interesting recovery greywater (shower, sink ,...) to redirect into the toilet, watering, ... Or is it you need to use potable water in the toilet?

3 - A proposal: let's just being promoted / Grants / install in new floors / propose / ... a complementary system (pedal) that allows on / off the faucet with the PIE.
Can you imagine the amount of water that would save us? Shaving, washing, showering, ... Simply assimilate and fix the fact that it is not practical to use a tap with your hands full / soapy / ...

The next time you are using a tap, think how much water while you might avoid wasting if you could also check with your foot.
But no, the jerk these do nothing but punish the portfolio of citizens. Seem masochistic, we pay these people ... for us to fuck!

Tags: Drought, Lack , Water, Leak , wastage

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not confuse

would expect (from a probabilistic context and no expectations), after my war against the Renfe the continuous abuse I have had in this way in general and in this particular train, now write a post at the Parra that put them and their equipment obsolete by the train accident Coruña / Vigo, Bilbao / Hendaye (6 dead 36 injured). This would be "normal."

I do not think that is the right thing: my imbalances have to do with customer care and quality travel, not security issues. Besides that I think a lack of respect for the families of the victims in connection with the tragedy they are suffering now include my "miserable" problems.

-> Espar a reasonable time to revisit the issue.