Star Trek Test

Which Original Star Trek Character Are You?
	You are Spock. Logic defines you-just like Spock! Sometimes you may seem a bit rigid, but that is only because you want everything to go according to plan. You tend to take things literally and people sometimes bewilder you with their jokes and sense of humor. You are reliable and intelligent and can always be counted on to keep a cool head when situations get out of control. You tend to keep everything- but in a well organized manner, of course! Friends love your ability to be able to solve problems.
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China

hina es un país muy grande can muchas diversidades en su población, sus paisajes y su economía. En China se hablan muchos idiomas, los mas usados están idiomas Chinos y en particular el Mandarino. China tiene mas de un miliar de habitantes, un sexto de la población global y esta el tercero mas grande en superficia. Algunas de sus ciudades están conocidas con las mas contaminadas de la planeta. Las provincias que mas interesan a los turistas están las ciudades de la costa como Pekín y Shanghai, el sureste o las provincias con minoridades étnicas, Mongolia Interior, Tibet y Xinjiang. La comida esta tan variada como la población, en el norte se comen muchas pastas pero en el sur el arroz esta dominante. En Guangzhou comen todo lo que vuele pero no es un avión. El monte Everest, la montaña mas alta del mundo, esta a la frontera de China con Nepal. La Gran Muralla de China se puede ver del espacio, es la construcción humana mas larga y atrae a muchos visitadores locales e extranjeros cada año. En Pekín, el anciano palacio de los emperadores se puede visitar en el medio de la ciudad prohibida. Hong Kong y Macau, dos territorios que fueron recuperado por China hace diez años, muestran una mezcla de influencias Chinas y Europeas. Estas dos ciudades se pueden visitar sin visado. El aeropuerto de Hong Kong esta lo mas moderno del mundo. En China se han preservado muchos sitios arqueológicos, aunque los sitios religiosos fueren en parte destruidos durante la revolución cultura. Los dos ríos principales, Yangtzi y el Río Amarillo son los tercero y quinto ríos mas largos del mundo y son importantes para el transporte. Muchas ciudades con millones de habitantes están cerca de esos ríos. Ambos ríos nacen en el Tibet, el Yangtzi llega al mar de China en la cercanía de Shanghai y el Amarillo en la provincia Shandong. El Yangtzi esta muy popular con los turistas por los paisajes maravillosos de su trayecto.

Gedankendoping

Just came back from a wonderful week-end in Munich. It was dedicated to a workshop organised by Eugen Simon called "Gedankendoping". An interesting theory expanding on NLP was explained, and we had many practical exercies especially on Sunday. It was also a good opportunity to expand our horizon and reconnect to our greatest vision. The seminar was near the Easter train station, in a place little affected by the main event in town which was the Oktoberfest....

To find more about it, you can visit the author of the product on the following webpage:

http://www.gedankendoping.de/

EBBF Annual Conference in Nijmegen

As almost every year since 2004, I went again to the wonderful conference organised by the EBBF in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Wold class keynotes speakers were talking about the challenges ahead in the economy and the environment, and we shared new inspirations and came back refreshed with new hopes.

You can download the presentations by following this link:
http://ebbf.org/ac2008-presentations.html

Or here to find a longer summary of the event:
http://ebbf.org/ebbf_annual_conference.html

Amongst the main speakers were Augusto Lopez Claros former chief economist at the World Economic Forum and Arthur Dahl a famous marine biologist. In addition to the talks and great networking opportunities with small workshops and world cafe style conversations, one afternoon we could explore the nature surrounding the conference center and learn more about the environment.

Looking forward to seeing you again next year.

Trekking in the Philippines

After ten days in the Chinese Special Administrative Regions of Hong
Kong and Macau, my islands hopping in the South China Sea brought me to
the Philippines. Leaving Macau, there are ferries going directly to the
airport of Hong Kong and it is not necessary to go through the
immigration of this latter city once again. Prices in the Philippines
were much lower than in the previous cities and therefore I could afford a good hotel near the Ermita Mosque, in walking distance of the main sights of the historical city center. The first two days, I spent
my time exploring Manila, the capital city. Intramuros is an historical
part of town with old buildings and Fort Santiago is definitively worth
a visit. One can even play golf there. Walking along the bay of Manila
is a beautiful experience. The SM Mall of Asia is one of the largest
shopping malls in the world, with a lot of diverse shops and food
outlets and even an ice rink. I managed to spend a whole afternoon
there, from before lunch until after dinner. In Rizal park, a green area
in the center, one can enjoy beautiful gardens, whereby people practice
various forms of TaiChi and Chigong in the morning.

On the third day, I went to Tagaytay in order to do some trekking around
the Taal volcano. This volcano is within a lake and in its crater
another lake has been created, and in this second lake a new cone is
emerging. The main challenge was the heat, which can be oppressing for
people not accustomed to such climes. In the evening, we could observe
beautiful fireworks along the baywalk.

For the flight back to Hong Kong, Philippines Airlines was using a
Boeing 747 and it was almost full, at least in economy class. This was a very short stay, too little time to see all the wonderful landscapes of the country and explore the various cultures living in this archipelago.

Pictures of this trip have been added to Facebook:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153747&l=4a5f5&id=791795443

Hong Kong

Landing in HongKong, the immigration procedure was very quick and easy, the airport express brought me to the centre and then it was a short taxi ride to the hotel. I stayed at the City Garden hotel in North Point, in a part of town which is very Chinese. In the evening, I found a good Sichuan restaurant and enjoyed a really spicy dish of fish with cabbage.

On Tuesday, there was the time for a long tour around Hong Kong island. Visited the main sights, the Man Mo Temple, walked around Victoria Peak after getting there with an old tram, visited Aberdeen Fishing Village where we had lunch on a floating restaurant called the Jumbo, did some bargain hunting at Stanley Market. In the evening, I tested the local Starbucks and tired one of their specialities adapted to the Asian market, Grean Tea Tofu Cheesecake, wondering whether Chinese people really eat it or if it is only something for expats.

On Wednesday it was the turn of Kowloon, the peninsula part of the territory of Hong Kong. Went to two temples, the Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin and the Sha Tin which is also known as the Ten Thousands Buddhas Monastery. After a walk in Kowloon Park, I passed by the Tin Hau Temple on the way back to the hotel. For dinner In enjoyed pork spinach dumplings with Yunnanese noodles.

On Thursday it was time to leave Hong Kong, for Macau. There were ferries every 5 to 10 minutes, and getting a place without prior booking went very fast, immigration was cleared easily, and the boat ride took only one hour.

Which 24 character are you+

Which 24 Character Are You?
	You are Bill Buchanan. You are a law abiding citizen and in your world, rules are the driving force behind anything and everything. Your leadership charisma is something talked about by others, and instead of doing things differently you do different things. You have an uncanny knack of staying calm in tense situations and your tone is testimony to that. Keep the cool attitude and you will surely overcome the most perilous situations.
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