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Molan not Nothing (7)

All houses have some area where you store all those things just do not use, at least we do not use frequently.

boxes that originally contained bottles of wine,
today are crowded with books, and lie about other electronic material recycled

(JMBigas, February 2011)

The old houses were equipped with a loft, a loft or a late-night (as is customary to call them in Catalan). Had to climb stairs usually uneven and badly lit, to arrive at a creaking door opening. These lofts were often places of memory, often lost, or remains nonsense former inhabitants of the house. Many movies have used the attic as enclosures of terror, or as a refuge for those with something to hide.

Today vertical floors (called townhouses) have a basement, garage or attic, which is used for this purpose. Garages, especially, are a good illustration. They accumulate content boxes often unknown, perhaps packaging will eventually be reused, toys and other old and useless gibberish. Enter and exit the garage with the car requires some aim to avoid these traps.

Small Urban Flats also always have some area for this particular type of conservation or storage. The family stories often have the so-called storage (you shall know them by name), which is a little room off the floor itself, which is located in the basement, or attic, or next to the garage or in a low traffic area . There is a storage room on each floor, usually sized small, but enough to stack boxes, packaging, chairs on the terrace in winter, etc.. The storage rooms on all floors tend to be close together, next to the garage or in a dark hallway that owners can access a locked door.

floors are not storage enabled, on the fly, some area for the same function. Sometimes it's a loft above the hall (the space between the true and the false ceiling plaster ceiling), which can be accessed, perched on a ladder, through a wooden door from the kitchen or the living room or from one of the bathrooms.

Move the big box and heavy carcass with a monitor
inside will be a torture
(JMBigas, February 2011)

I lived many years in a small apartment of 49 meters square (one bedroom, lounge, kitchen, bathroom and a small balcony where you could barely moving a clothesline.) There was no place dead to use as storage. But in the input pasillito, opposite the kitchen, and in the corner of the gateway, was an area of \u200b\u200bnot more than forty or fifty feet wide and five feet long, by not routinely circulated . Issued daily practice, the smallest area used for accumulating boxes of books and reading, or newly purchased packages of things, and that prudence advised not to throw away (well, recycle ). That corner was turned into a makeshift storage room, whose capacity was fully aware only when I had to make a move.

who really does not have at home in any place authorized or established for this purpose, you can always rely on commercial supply storage rooms for rent (advertising offers from 1 meter square).

For years now, the floor where I live has a storage room about twenty feet square, which is accessed through a door in front of the elevator in the gateway. There is a hallway in U, with more than a dozen storage rooms, one for each floor of my ladder. I think that one has never been sold, and still belongs to the promoter (which is a perpetual debtor of the Community, as storage rooms also have quota).

is rustic construction (cement floor, plasterboard walls, gate), but does its job. Viability appeared only during construction of the house (they were not in the original), thanks to a steep slope between the front and back of the plot. Despite the improvised, all storage rooms are fully deeded and recorded in the Cadastre as autonomous elements. Therefore, the appropriate payment rate for IBI and Service Provision Urban Waste Management (sic) the City of Madrid, as the floor and the parking space. Few euros every year.

These folding chairs are unlikely to be re
use, but there are, in the attic
(JMBigas, February 2011)

the first day, when I got the key, the attic was empty. Should remember, because this often we forget. It has only one point of light, which, in turn, installed a simple cap and a light bulb. For the (rare) visits to storage, it is more than enough.

The floor has several built-in closets, plus large master bedroom closet which I installed, and shelves and bookcases of the room and the room I use as an office (where I write). In truth, I was convinced I would never be able to fill. Delusion.

At first, only kept in the storage boxes I had left cleared to make the move, reserved for possible future use.

Over time, I found the clearance shelves and cabinets, including books, CD, s, VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and Games for the PC, I overflowed by everywhere. He had books in double and triple row, and others lying on top, to fill the available space. I decided that I had read books could save the least somewhere handy, because very rarely had to resort to them. Reuse at first some small boxes from moving, and filled with books read. The number and took inventory of what is in each (in case). I started a saga that was based on re-filling the boxes of six (or twelve) bottles of wine to fill them with books. It should not be very great, because a big box full of books no one can move. Since I have 26 of them in the attic.

folded boxes of various types and sizes
await the moment of re- Useful
(JMBigas, February 2011)

I was doing the same thing with VHS tapes (I have 6 medium and large boxes with them in the attic) as well as PC Games (with that I have 5 boxes in the attic, and several filing cabinets on the floor yet).

When I bought the first computer (screen and printer), I thought to take advantage of the storage room packages, for what might be needed later . When I changed the display culona by a flat, took advantage of the fact that he not shoot packaging original to put back the screen in the box and keep it in the attic. The result is a huge box and very heavy, and greatly sudo every time I the possibility of carrying case and display a green dot.

When I changed to a more modern computer, the old also put it in its original packaging, and today is another big, heavy box that occupies a space in the attic.

bought a barbecue for the balcony (with all its gadgets, including the charcoal and pads to turn). But only used it once, then to see the smoke indecent rode around the neighborhood. I was luckier than a neighbor, who staged a barbecue in his backyard, that I have not ever been used in the past eight or nine years. Before that, we also saw some smoke history. Enough for me to disassemble and put her back in the box and put everything in storage.

on the floor I have a few racks to store (and present) up to a hundred bottles of wine. But after a trip to various wine regions, where it took some boxes of wine in the trunk of the car, I had no space in the bottle, and decided to store them in time in the attic. Well, usually there is light, and the atmosphere is quite cool all year round. Not a bad place for an impromptu bodeguilla. The only movement of output I remember in the attic for the last ten years is a case of wine up to the floor, to fill in the spaces left free bottle for consumption.

For a party with friends, I had to buy some folding chairs for the balcony. The first one I bought had some wood (not ready for outdoors). After the party left them folded on the terrace a while, and suffered in the rain. Were virtually unusable. But instead of having them directly for recycling, I decided to keep them in the attic, just in case . Then I bought other aluminum and plastic, more practical, and I have also in the attic, waiting for some new towns.

These chairs are waiting to
ever deployed again on the terrace
(JMBigas, February 2011)

Some bags that I fit into any loft house cabinets, lay wrapped in plastic bags in the attic. I have already replaced all other models, but there are old.

cartons, those prepared to carry three or six bottles (wine, usually), plegaditas, I have several in the attic, gathering dust.

When one begins to be aware of the phenomenon storage (build-up of things you probably never need to re-use) decides to take action. The packaging for the vast majority of things I've bought in recent years went directly to the recycling without going through the attic.

In computing the term is used buffer (which would mean, in English, something like bumpers, fenders, top rail, cushion) to designate a buffer, or buffer. The data are on the disc is loaded into a buffer to them more easily accessible if to need again. The buffer storage is Tackle. The place where things are stacked and should have been thrown. It is a kind of limbo or purgatory, where many things are piled up, waiting for a final destination .

But storage capacity is necessarily limited, and natural course is to go full. You, astute reader, you're probably sniffing and tragedy. There is a day when you open your door, we only live a single idea: have to clean the attic , because it can not be anything else. Me and the idea I was assaulted several times. So far I have managed to silence her with false consolations (that pile of boxes is still stable, we can put another on top, in that corner still fit a couple of small boxes ;...).

But the very idea put hand gives me cold sweats. Because what undoubtedly will have to pull, is most probably at the bottom of everything. The cellar is a LIFO queue ( Last In, First Out ) by definition. Especially mine, which is rectangular, elongated, and the door is at one end. To bring to recycle that old PC (two heavy boxes, covered by other boxes to be still useful to move) or the big box of VHS tapes ... will have to move everything in the store room. Since there is no space for many motions, we must take things into the hall, to access what you want out, then put back everything to still not arrived on time. I still sweating only imagine.

not cool, but nothing's sole idea to clean the attic. Do, and should be the debacle. Because once you have to carry out the recycling, we must take down the hall to the landing of the portal, and then download it to the car. But those big boxes do not fit me in the car. How do I do?. At this point in the chronicle of disaster, normally interrupt the argument, and I settle on the belief that I will never come a time that is essential to perform the task, I'll get ad aeternum postpone, and come to arree .

The storage, Purgatory Tackle, source of so much torment ...

JMBA

Is It Okay To Press On Stomach When Pregnant

watch movies online

The other Friday I watched Pa Negre in film. I mentioned already here . The film (and the novel, for somewhat different reasons) I loved it and I thought a masterpiece.

web portal www.filmin.es

The film has had some negative reviews. On the one hand, of course, the cave media has attacked mainly by the reluctance to Catalan film (and filmed in Catalan) has been winning nine Goya awards gala in English film. Have been considered catalanófilos dark lobbies at the Academy, and even pressure from gay groups (because the director would have this sexual orientation, which is totally devoid of interest and do not have the slightest significance.)

But I've also seen criticism moviegoers negative, citing some inconsistencies in the script and others. I wanted to see the movie again, with all this in mind, to see my first opinion in light of these criticisms.

Following a trail that I located on Twitter, I came to Filmin Web, offering me watch (legally, of course) movie online (streaming) for a reasonable price (2, € 95) from my home computer. The computer equipment I have in my house is not at NASA. I have a 3Mbps DSL and a PC tower with a few years (Pentium 4@3.06GHz, 1.5 GB of memory, XP) with a good sound card and two midrange speakers with subwoofer. Oh, and LCD flat screen 19 ".

This site also offers the possibility of fertilizers (monthly, quarterly, annually) for unlimited viewing during this time of the films from its catalog not Premier .

aa I decided to register on the site, buy the movie (you can watch anytime you want for 72 hours in VO, VOSE or the version dubbed into Castilian) and spend the following two hours to enjoy again with Pa Negre . Of course, with a cubatita hand and a pair or three of cigarillos (hope I have not violated any law.) I put full screen on your PC, and I saw (and heard) perfectly, without any mishap.

And I stand by my previous opinion. The film seems to me excellent, with good performances and a narrative rhythm quite exceptional. Nora Navas and Laia Marrull are slightly histrionic, but perfectly embody the tragedy and drama of the lives of their characters. Francesc Colomer carrying on his (young) behind the narrative, and Marina Comas fall in love again in his role as Nuria, with tear of his marginality, his early maturity, and the deep tenderness that is displayed with one who understands.

But I wanted to focus today on the very existence of a website with this service and what it means in the necessary evolution of an industry like the film.

In line with the recent Goya Awards Gala , the discourse of Álex de la Iglesia and some interventions occurred during the approval process Sinde Law, wrote an article on the culture industry (especially the movie) and the ideas and movements that should be done to try to get out of the lethargy that gripped a long time, and threatens to liquidate: Content Industry "or Continents? .

There

proposed the need for industry to make available on the Web, a new channel of access to their movies for a price I felt was reasonable in the 2 €. Well, Filmin's website can be viewed quite a few films (which are not rabid novelty and / or present) for € 1.95. I think it represents a significant step in the right direction.

But it is still quite modest step. Filmin represent a part of independent production (off-Hollywood of course) and its catalog of more than 600 films are made up of films which, in big cities would have to go see some of the mini cinema center. And beyond them there would be no viable alternative display. Thanks to the Web, your audience can access wherever you are, and although it is very minor. It seems clear that films that might gather in a mini cinema in Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia to one or two dozen spectators in a session, could hardly think of display in Soria Teruel, Ourense or Almeria. And not to mention in Almoravieja of Partridge (assuming it exists).

For such films, the Internet represents an opportunity rather obvious round their meager incomes. And this applies to some English films or other minority cinemas.

The challenge is to have this type of service for mainstream cinema. For Hollywood blockbusters and English films even for the general public. That is, they try to develop a clear strategy for multichannel . Going to the movies like activity is neither necessary nor exactly what a movie . Go to the movies is (usually) a social (family, friends ,...) that has their own liturgy (popcorn, soda ,...). And the film exhibition business should take care of that theatrical distribution channel for the industry: multiplexes with a wide range (in theme, time ,...) with the highest technical means (big screen, surround sound, 3D .. .), comfortable, with parking facilities, etc. Enjoy a movie in a movie theater has its price, which is more or less established and perceived as reasonable.

But the film industry should and can have other distribution channels. One of them is television, and in fact many of them have a wealth of activity in film production (through cost ,...) to get preferential rights antenna. Another channel is the hardware (which we take home forever, or at least until that technology does not become obsolete), and there are DVDs, Blu-Ray or whatever it touches.

and another channel is and should be the Web At one point we have identified four possible channels distribution. According to the commercial ambitions of each film, eventually using all or only some of them. Some movies can not hope to achieve theatrical exhibition (at least beyond a few persons for a few days back, in a mini cinema two or three large cities). For others, the editing support (DVD. ..) may not reach store displays, and can only be purchased online through specialized web sites. Some may covet the prime time of a national television channel, while others must comply with late night on specialized channels of DTT, cable or satellite.

But for any film, the Web is a viable channel of distribution. Is to view them on a classical computer, or a next-generation TV, or any other type of device (tablet, console, smartphone ,...).

Any consumer charge of this century can and will understand that a movie is not displayed in any room of your town or city. Also not available on DVD in stores of El Corte Ingles and FNAC. It also means that you can see it on television at ten night in TVE, Antena 3 and Tele or 5 or La Sexta. But, increasingly, can not understand it impossible to view it online from the Internet, upon payment of a reasonable price. As is the case for a restricted list, however, in the web of Filmin .

have to touch the alarm, and the film industry should thoroughly review their distribution strategies, and intelligently manage the various channels available. He who does not feel like going to the movies (for whatever reason, including that no sla next, or make it impossible to move) is entitled to be see the movie you want.

each channel will work to promote and advertise their use. Exhibitors will try to convince viewers to move to their cinemas, offering benefits that compensate them for it. So will the DVS stores, s, the self-promotion of television or websites that put legally available.

At the end of the chain, the producer who has exhibited his money, it matters little that the revenue will reach the right hand or left hand, or one of the two feet. Long as the money ends up in enough, the heart .

And for those films that really are of no interest to anyone anywhere (except, perhaps, his own manager) industry (and authorities) will have rigorously consider what is the point of funding.

In the words of Alex de la Iglesia: Without an audience, this makes no sense .

JMBA

Mayan Symbols And Their Meaning

23F. How we lived I

The month of February, generally quite soulless, straddling a tough winter and spring and sometimes stands out in the midday sunshine, began to have political significance in Spain in 1974. On December 20, 1973, the terrorist group ETA assassinated Admiral Carrero Blanco, whom Franco had appointed Prime Minister some time ago. The former, at the time, the Interior Minister, Carlos Arias Navarro, was appointed new Prime Minister.

Antonio Tejero, in Congress
(Source: laguia2000 )

The February 12, 1974 Carlos Arias Navarro led the nation's first speech in many years that had some political content, which were beginning to talk a little in terms of political openness, and that means were called the Spirit of 12 February.

A few years later, in 1981, the political situation in Spain was complicated. Adolfo Suarez had been forced to resign by the stress and strife in what was his party, the UCD (Unión de Centro Democrático). The Congress was celebrating the inaugural session of who would be his successor, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. The terrorist group ETA was extremely active, murdering and extorting a lot. And, moreover, in early February the King had been booed at the meeting house of Gernika.

The Army was still quite Franco, their beliefs and their ways, and had been hearing noise of swords in recent months. In fact, some attempts were dismantled regressive that came to nothing, as Operation Galaxy (so named because the conversations between the conspirators were held in the cafeteria Galaxy Madrid).

This Wednesday on Onda Cero heard an interesting phone interview that made him the former General Carlos Herrera Alfonso Armada, 91 currently. In his own words, in early February 1981 that would have prevented it had launched a coup attempt. A mid-month left its destination in Lleida, to join as deputy chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gabeiras reporting. During the coup and the subsequent trial, always thought it was Navy white elephant that the coup leaders in Congress expected to take of the situation. He always refused, stating that their presence in Congress to negotiate with Tejero was obeying orders Gabeiras.

Jaime Milans del Bosch (Source: eldiariomontanes )

However, the fact is that the February 23 1981, at 6.23 afternoon, Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero (which had already been convicted of a previous coup attempt), he entered Congress with 200 civil guards. And the rest is history.

I had finished military service a few months earlier, in November 1980. I did after some extensions on the occasion of my college, when I had to draw near my home in Barcelona. In fact, I served in the fourth quarter, the period known as the Defense Operational Planning, Ca'n Torelló in Gava, about 20 kilometers from Barcelona. Belonged to the Antiaircraft Artillery, but Bofors antiaircraft guns that were available were the remains recovered from the Americans after the Korean War, and his ability to shoot down enemy planes was beyond doubt: it was zero. The base was abandoned by the army in 1994.

I graduated as a Corporal, and as the headquarters was small, I played from time to time act as an officer on duty. Just in the last call I made, just before graduating, I lived through the worst episode of the entire military. A pair of military surveillance patrol was leaving the village, and were picking up his service pistol in the Guards. I was scoring the data in the log book, when one of them checked the operation of the gun, but forgot to remove before the charger. Pulling the trigger, then, should have been heard only a click if I had done correctly. Instead, blew like a cannon shot . The bullet passed me no more than eighteen inches from my head through the wall of the room and dug out the candles on a truck that was in the garage, right behind. When I looked up, terrified, saw the soldier pale as wax, with a gun (loaded with new, of course) in his trembling hand, and I feared the worst. I snatched the gun from his hand, left the room, took out the charger, emptied the bullets from the chamber, and all began to breathe again.

I thought the incident would keep me out for home the next day, it was business as planned, and I graduated without.

introduced in December 1980 in the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSIIB), where he attended school during the five years preceding the Final Year Project which was already nearly completed before joining ranks. I passed and with it ended the career and became an Industrial Engineer.

In January 1981 I got a job shadowing, for the morning. I slipped on a computer project rondón turned out to be the precursor of today so much talk as tag (the cloud computing), although that ended in failure. Was GEISCO (General Electric Information Systems) to develop an application using the computers available to them in one of his (known) Supercenters (in the Netherlands or the United States). Was a failure, because each build had to be done of the programs we were developing was sent to the supercenter, and back came the mistakes and start trembling bill for the use of resources. In fact, there was no budget to hire staff, and all we get on the team was something like twenty or thirty thousand pesetas, I suspect sisadas of any other chapter, for almost three months of work. Yes, the office was next to the Plaza of Spain, and there was a cafe next to preparing a wonderful breakfast sandwiches mixed in midmorning. In fact, we charge misery was breakfast.

Alfonso Armada Comyn, which
always suspected it was the white elephant .
(Source: chrono-story )

At the same time, he won a scholarship FPI (Personal Training Investigator) by working every evening in the Department of Computer Methods in my school.

23F So I worked in GEISCO morning (breakfast included), and when the events broke out in Congress, I was working at the Chair of the ETSIIB.

must understand, first of all, that in 1981 there were no mobile phones. Internet was only a dream, and social networks (Facebook, Twitter ,...) were concepts that no one had yet even imagined. The media, therefore, were limited landline phones, television (little more than binary at the time: on or off, with enough presence testimonial UHF), radio and newspapers. And by word of mouth in person, of course.

worked with us in the Chair an army commander who was who we were informed of the progress of the facts, and we conveyed that, in Catalonia there seemed no movement of any pro-coup Unlike Valencia, of course.

Anyway, I went home when they would be half past eight or nine. I then ran a Seat 600 of which I've spoken on another occasion . Going back home, I was very nervous. Not by the facts of Congress who were going over 600 miles away, but by the impact they may have in the immediate future of the country and all of us. I guess that would be confused with that and, at a stoplight, I had a collision with the car. The result was that it broke one of the beacons 600. Although I do not remember, I guess that we would write papers for insurance and stuff. And I went on my way home.

The King in his speech
1.14 in TVE (Source: Blogs.prensaescuela )

At home, my information was based on television, English television, of course. The main problem during the coup is that all armed forces were under suspicion. When new troops appeared next to the Congress or elsewhere, it was not clear whether they were for or against. It was not clear whether they were deployed to support the coup, or to support the Constitution. Civil Guard, by the action of Tejero, not at all reliable, and only the presence of the National Police (the gray , then) gave some respite, but I suspect that no one was entirely clear.

When I got home, I think English TV had already reissued usually after having been occupied by military forces for several hours. Again, it was unknown whether they were military movements to protect or to submit.

The images could be seen from Valencia were troubling. A grown Milans del Bosch had taken over all civil and military powers, and had removed the tanks in the streets. His position did seem clear, support the Tejero coup.

By half past ten there was a statement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicating that it had taken all appropriate measures to punish any violation of the Constitution. Well, the size of Lieutenant General Gabeiras, old mustache and military presence hundred percent Ancien Régime is not that inspired, in fact, the utmost confidence in his defense of democracy. And the language used by everyone (and counter-coup) had to be similar, since they were all convinced we are saving the country (sorry, by country.)

followed each deslabazadas information on the interim government was formed in the Palace, in front of Congress, secretaries of the various prisoners who were not there. He was in the vicinity of Congress, military personnel of all stripes, and no one could tell who was in favor and who is not. Surely, many of them were neither entirely clear, but they were at anchor waiting for events to position the winning side, of course.

ETSIIB (now ETSEIB)
Barcelona (Source: UPC )

Around midnight, came at the Congress General Aramburu Topete (then Director General of the Guardia Civil) and Navy Comyn (second chief of staff). The presence of both raised in that time all kinds of doubts and interpretations. It is normal that Aramburu was demanding to lower the attitude coup deposed, but there were also performances (later denied) that the totality of the Civil Guard would be at the service of the coup attempt. General Aramburu Topete left the Congress soon after (and in fact took over the post held device to release). Aramburu died in the reserve in 2010.

Armada Comyn, as well Galician, wake up much suspicion. He knew he had warned about the preparation of a regressive attempt, which placed him in the eye of the hurricane. And many sources believed that Navy could be the white elephant hoped that the coup leaders to take charge of the situation. Never been shown, and he himself has always denied. Having been military mentor of Prince Don Juan Carlos for some years, it presupposed a certain descent in the Zarzuela.

The key to see which way it is resolved things was the Brunete Armoured Division, with its barracks near Madrid, since the unit was more prepared and equipped with all the Army. At its head was General José Juste Fernandez, who that day was absent from the barracks, for some reason. Taking advantage of this absence, there was a suspicious visit the former head of the Division, General Torres Rojas, very close to Milans del Bosch and had by then his arrival at La Coruña.

Torres Rojas revolutionized Possibly some commanders of the Division, which already had some personal preferences for the coup. When General Juste arrived at his office in the afternoon, he found the track quite upset, because it seems to him that the Army general was head of the coup. At that point there was the call that it appears that broke up the attempt, and the Brunete clearly opted for the status quo. General Zarzuela Juste called to speak with his good friend Sabino Fernández Campo, who was then general secretary of the House of His Majesty the King. Juste Sabino asked if Navy was at the Zarzuela Palace. With its good Spaniard phlegm, Sabino replied that is not, nor is he expected , while he motioned to the King, who was just on the phone with the Navy in time. The general died in the reserve Juste barely a month ago, 91 years old.

So were the remains of the barracks in 2008
Torelló Ca'n (Author: Sergio T )

After

So the Brunete was clearly positioned in favor of the Constitution. Several orders for Valencia Zarzuela outputs Milans del Bosch forced to abandon their attitude.

A is 1.14 am Rey appeared on television, Dress Captain-General, making clear its position and the orders he had taken. The end of the uprising and was only a matter of time. Following the comical episode of the escape of some civil guards through the windows of Congress, accountability Tejero occurred at 12.27 noon on February 24, to its Director General, Aramburu Topete.

After all that, he restored order that should never be threatened. Remain as I remember the bullet holes in the floor, still clearly visible (as is deliberately left as testimony to the follies of the past), and the experience of Members who were prisoners in Congress overnight coup by delusions of a lieutenant colonel in the Guardia Civil.

After the intervention of King on TV, I went to sleep, and more reassured. The next morning I went to work normally, and other events and successive saw television news.

To me the 23-F cost me a beacon of 600 and a night without reading anything, watching television. And a bit of sleep the next morning. Finally trifles compared to what could have cost us all if things had developed differently.

And Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of such events. Almost nothing.

JMBA

Singing Success Manning For Sale

When an event seems absurd, or where we believe that a person behaves absurdly, usually the problem we have is that we lack information, not have all the data. In reality, life in the world, very rarely produce absurdities. May seem to those who do not have all the information. In the scientific world is that the (ex-) planet Pluto was discovered on the basis of study absurd orbit of Neptune, who had no other possible explanation that the existence of a ninth planet in the Solar System.

Muammar al-Gaddafi, Leader of the Revolution in Libya
(Source: anorak )

We are witnessing these days a series of events in some Arab countries that seem to me absurd. We fall into the regime of Ben Ali in Tunisia and that of Mubarak in Egypt. We are seeing the (apparent) death throes of the Gaddafi regime in Libya. And we seeing unrest in Bahrain and Yemen. And what will happen in the coming days or weeks. When I say that I find absurd is that, after decades of dictatorships of various ilk, why now?. Events lead me to think that there will be some decision (active or passive) of the leading global powers in the sense of dropping them . Kissinger's theory of 70 ( is a child of p. .., but he's our son of a b. .. ) seems no longer valid today for international diplomacy.

difficult to understand that a regime for 30 years petrified in power like Mubarak suddenly crumble before the stake of a simple street riots. Well, do not underestimate the power of the street , of \u200b\u200bcourse. Helped by the fact that the Army, the mainstay of the Mubarak regime, decided to give back and reach the people. Should understand why this change of orientation, which may respond to the need to drop a President amortized to be able to maintain the power and influence in the new situation.

Gaddafi, one of his trips, escorted by their guards
of female corps
(Source: easycomeseasygoes )

Now we're seeing (almost intuitively, because the facts are developed back to the world public opinion) riots in Libya, it seems that savagely repressed by the Gaddafi regime, including aerial bombardments of civilians.

And we're hearing about riots in the Kingdom of Baréin (a small archipelago off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Gulf, 678 miles square-, and about one million inhabitants). As in Yemen, southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, a vast country of more than half a million square kilometers (like Spain) and 20 million people.

In all these countries have been perpetuating autocratic regimes of various kinds and depth. Libya and most countries of the Arabian Peninsula have an economy based on oil, which gives statistically a per capita income figures pretty rigged, but the distribution of wealth is not, in general, let alone equitable. The exception is Bahrain, which is certainly an autocratic kingdom, but small and sparsely populated, where, apparently, the income of a rich country is fairly distributed among the population. On the contrary, Yemen is a country without oil, with a per capita income below $ 1,000 a year.

The Arabian Peninsula we have much further away, and the realities we are much more beyond that developed in the Maghreb, the doors of the house. Making a quick review, let's say the kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula (2,149,690 km2 and a population 28M). Kuwait (17 820 km2, 2.3 million inhabitants) is a small kingdom that serves as buffer state between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In fact, the Kuwait invasion by Saddam Hussein's Iraq was the beginning of the first Gulf War. In the Persian Gulf coast, advancing southwards, we find Baréin (an archipelago of thirty-odd islands, some of which are claimed by Iran), the emirate of Qatar (a 11.437Km2 peninsula, with 1.4 million inhabitants ) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UAE is a federation of seven emirates, with a total area of \u200b\u200b77.700Km2 and a total population of 4.3 M inhabitants. By far the largest emirate is Abu Dhabi (67.340Km2 and 1.4 million inhabitants) and is followed by Dubai (3.885Km2 and 1.4 million inhabitants).

Demonstrations in Libya (Source: intereconomia.com )

At the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula there are two states: the East is the Sultanate of Oman (212.457Km2 and 3M population) and the southwest is Yemen (527.968Km2 and 21M people). Until 1990, when unification occurred, there was the Arab Republic Yemen (North) and the Democratic Republic of Yemen (South).

the north, Jordan (94.740Km2 and 5.4 M people) is also geographically in the Arabian Peninsula, as part of the territory of Iraq and Syria.

In many of these countries, the existing political regimes are autocratic type, if not clearly dictatorial. With hereditary leadership and little or no involvement of the population in the country's political progress.

The main feature that distinguishes one country from others is the participation (or not) of most of the population in the country's wealth, ie the distribution of income. The UAE and Saudi Arabia itself would be an example of a reasonable distribution of wealth among citizens. With the special feature that these are countries that have received (and hosting) to a high immigrant population (especially from India or Sri Lanka and the Far East.) The rights of immigrant populations are limited but, in general, his salary is reasonable, which stifles the possibility of massive popular uprisings. Yemen would be different if (Desert without oil).

'll see what happens to those we hear of riots in Bahrain, that look more like a picnic in the Plaza of the Pearl of Manama, the capital, and possibly resolved with tweaks to the system without much significance. Yemen, for me, is unknown, although poverty in the country and its people is a trigger for any kind of revolt: too many people without much to lose.

The big concern now is Libya (1.759.540Km2 and about 6M people). Libya was an Italian colony, and its territory was, for World War II, the battles between Afrika Korps of Rommel and Montgomery African forces. After the war, in 1951, Libya gained independence under the government of King Idris, who was deposed in a military coup in 1969. From there, Muammar al-Gaddafi has been the supreme ruler of the country. In 1977 he proclaimed the Libyan (literally, State of the Masses) Arab Jamahiriya (sic). In practice, Gaddafi has been in the past four decades, the Guide of the Revolution, and the highest representative of the country.

Stability of supply (And price)
oil is the main concern of Western countries
(Source: RTVE)

Gaddafi has been throughout this time an eccentric ruler, fickle and unconscionable. Flirts with the Soviet Union for quite some time was praised by some European left, as popular revolutionary leader. Have always suspected shady dealings with terrorist groups have attacked mainly against U.S. interests, so Reagan decided in 1986, the bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi. In the late eighties, it seems that defrayed the Lockerbie bombing in Scotland, and UTA772 flight, which resulted in sanctions that brought the country to isolation. In 2003 the Libyan government acknowledged the involvement of Libyan nationals in the attacks, and agreed to pay compensation, which led to the end of the period of isolation.

These days, Gaddafi's reaction to the popular revolts, they ask, as in Egypt, a regime change has been extremely violent. For so many years in power, Gaddafi has developed an autocratic leadership, dictatorial and hereditary. While recognizing that Libya is the country with the highest life expectancy of all African countries, and also has the highest nominal GDP per capita (over $ 9,000), although the distribution of that wealth is surely very biased.

Ruling the country as a large farmhouse, it seems that Gaddafi (and the gang that takes advantage of the regime, especially his own family) is not willing to accept that the crowds on the street to dictate policy . Refers to foreign powers that would be dark, he said, instigating or even financing the revolts staged by young drugged, and has already deployed a savage repression against manifestations. In a long speech on Tuesday, has made clear his intention to leave no power, and its firm determination to suppress any attempt to destabilize (so far, it seems that there have already been air raids, in some cases). According to some sources, there could be mercenaries with a mission to destroy the rebels .

If the riots are still firm, most likely next Gaddafi and his entourage leave the country, and devote themselves to enjoy the capital, no doubt, must have been illegally exported from the country havens tax or wherever. In a country with a GDP of $ 75.000M, with 95% of its oil exports around the tenth master of the farm have been a few billion dollars every year. A little fortune to retire in peace and tranquility.

just hope we do not have to attend in the coming days as more massacres that have occurred recently in Libya. Several hundred dead and appears to be due to indiscriminate and savage violence that the government has used against the demonstrators.

Gaddafi Khaimah in the gardens of Villa Pamphili
in a trip to Italy in 2009
(REUTERS; Source: El País )

The truth is that in this century as a tyrant Gaddafi should no longer have a place under the sun with their tents scattered throughout the territory (for mislead the enemy), with its bodyguard of female officers, and their bizarre events every time you travel to a foreign country, the chieftain of the Thousand and One Nights days should have the power.

popular revolts move by all territories Arabs, and threatening a house of cards that is much more fragile and unstable than the Western public thought until a few weeks. A Mubarak had never been called a dictator until he left power, and schemes like Gaddafi operetta, nominally by the people and for the people, but clearly without the people, have no place in the world order of this century, although the names are hidden from low popular and socialist .

Call me cynical, but we will continue to accept for some time that is clearly authoritarian Chinese regime and human rights are not their priority, because China is already the second largest economy, and will soon be the first. However, puppets in power in countries modest enough is enough.

Whoever operetta, going to the theater.

JMBA

Fold Out Foam Chair Bed

The House of Cards Timo (pyramid) of the stamps

I have in my house bodeguita modest home, with several racks distributed throughout various parts of the floor. Logically, the storage conditions are not optimal. Therefore, I try to give rotation to prevent Some wines can go bad.

Active

my home cellar
(JMBigas, February 2011)

But once I failed strategy. I have a bottle of Vega Sicilia UNICO, 1973, which I dare not open, just in case. Gave me the occasion of a birthday for many years and has survived the various stakes of the time (especially hot summers), has lived a move, and I do not, of course, that is in the best conditions for taste with pleasure. No But if SHALL CONDUCT A balance of my household goods, possibly could be worth many hundreds of euros (in fact I've seen an offer on the Internet by 475 Euros). The reality is that I do not think anyone would pay money for it, and that the pleasure I get in the end it will, of course, at that level.

By this I illustrate the fact that the overvaluation of assets is a widespread practice, which was just always used when needed, to hide the negative aspects of reality. The best evidence of this is the valuation of fixed assets carried out by financial institutions. Have floors had to be for non-payment of mortgages, and now part of its assets. Well, one story has a certain value (more or less, depending on the urgency of the sale, these days), but the price could be obtained by matching them with the evaluation of them as an asset is something that is still generating some distrust. And it would be harder still, the issue of half-finished developments that have also become the assets of banks or savings banks. Strictly speaking, its value in the current is zero. Clearly, if the entity is investing more money to complete, then it could be made in the housing market, and obtain a level of cash for them. Of course, this requires taking by financial institutions (at least temporarily) the work of developers, or builders, which are away from their areas of excellence.

Zoilo Ruiz-Mateos Rivero, President (or Chief Executive Officer
) New Rumasa
(Source: World )

It seems that what is happening lately with the so-called New Rumasa has much to do with these practices. Notes issued with the guarantee hold some stocks, which should check and see if it is really achievable assets or museum pieces of sentimental value, period. And so forth.

these days are being hoarse shouting various representatives of the Ruiz-Mateos, to try to justify that the Group's assets are several times higher than the debt. As has been published in the press, of which the Ruiz-Mateos abjures constantly and always leaves them the real situation is far from being as bright as it tries to present. It is very worrying to complain about media treatment in which we invested in advertising and a half million euros.

But you never should do so, you could manage your small shop with the method of the two nails, one for bills to pay and one for cash receipts. But it is impossible to use a similar method to manage a conglomerate of 117 companies. So the markets have been providing regulatory and control methods, and good accounting practices. First to provide managers themselves the management of your company or group. And, second, and not least, to provide the necessary transparency of its management towards markets and investors.

New Rumasa

has never been a holding, ie, has never undergone a consolidation of account balances rigor and transparency of the real situation of the group. Detailing the valuation of all assets, specifying the obligations of its debts and pending payments (to suppliers, social security, etc.) Take stock and to allow reliable and Profit and Loss Account to reflect the accounts of so true.

From what I've seen, I get the feeling that the very Ruiz-Mateos, at this point, ignore the vastness of the tragedy, its extent and quantification.

On Friday, Antena 3, was interviewed, absolutely pathetic (see ), Don José María Ruiz-Mateos father (80 years). In it, Matias Prats was moderately incisive, trying to Ruiz-Mateos would consider appropriate explanations. On the contrary, it drew all the time (which seemed to be pretty clueless) to vague conspiracy theories to a us against the world completely out of place, to defend its role as employer concerned main (only?) By employment and other trifles.

To see views of all colors, I had the mood to tune for quite some time with the media cave (Intereconomía TV) who performed a special Cat Water, dedicated to the New Rumasa. There was Zoilo Ruiz-Mateos (President or CEO of the group, according to sources), surrounded by the general director of one of the divisions, and after a couple of lawyers. My feeling is they do not know the true reality of the accounts. They do not have enough information to cover consolidated the size and dimensions of misery. Information to the press stating that the New Rumasa Social Security due to EUR 45 million, only devoted to discredit the opposing half and did not know any figures that would be credible (likely is that they do not, what is very serious).

press conference to announce the preconcurso of some companies in New Rumasa

(Source: Intereconomia )

moderator of the party (and some talk show as well) tried to sneak the idea of \u200b\u200bcommissioning preconcurso ten companies of the group could be a strategy to stand up to the government, claiming the just compensation for the expropriation of 1983. I was very clear that there is no strategy, that the difficulties are real and very real.

face specific questions, Ruiz-Mateos son slipped with vague answers, I insist, I suggest ignorance, and not necessarily a bad intention, or strategy dilated. Which, for employees, creditors or investors is not an ounce of breath, on the contrary.

I can not believe that the greed by some very high yields has not slowed seasoned investors to risk their money in this venture, that appears increasingly as a pyramidal structure whose viability disappears when they stop entering new funds. Some information points in the direction that investors are not such, but believers. Will all of Opus Dei fellow, somehow obliged to release capital to sustain such a venture?. Actually, I can hardly believe it.

And in the meantime, regulators will necessarily become marginalized. Because Ruiz-Mateos were determined to carry forward this new initiative nineteenth century style, with special emphasis on efficiency populism and refused to enter the lasts established to ensure transparency to all.

On the other hand, continue to turn to compensation for the condemnation of the first Rumasa in 1983. By all appearances, there are court decisions favorable to them to make up for that taking. Marcos García Montes, present in the second half of the party, is one of those eternal lawyers in the case. He spoke of just compensation made from the value of the expropriated property would be today (which I think is a presumption exaggerated), for which the State should compensate the Ruiz-Mateos to the amount of 18,000 million Euros (three billion pesetas). However, it was clear that what they're hoping is that the government agrees to sit down and negotiate. If it is the case, perhaps it could reach an agreement for a portion of this amount, third, fifth, tenth or whatever.

If they get that money, the best we can do is pay off debts first, and distribute what is left in the family, and live happily the rest of their lives. But the others to leave us alone, this country has always gone left as saviors of the nation as for a public presence to these ways and these ways, to bring us anything positive.

The drama will, as always, much of the group's 10,000 jobs will be lost. Some businesses may be sold to third parties to make them profitable and viable, but others are probably already lost to the cause. Settlement looming in which other citizens, without eating or drinking, we will be playing again pay the piper.

As souvenir shops , will hang up the classic little sign that He who breaks, pay, or more sibilant of part broken, part sold.

JMBA