Thursday, February 9, 2012

Madonna Halftime Super Bowl as seen by FIX




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'ethical iPhone' @ FIX University Cultural Campus

Apple's Grand Central Terminal store in New York will be the site of a protest on Thursday from customers seeking reforms in how Apple's overseas suppliers, like Foxconn, treat their factory workers.

Apple's Grand Central Terminal store in New York will be the site of a protest on Thursday from customers seeking reforms in how Apple's overseas suppliers, like Foxconn, treat their factory workers.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple is facing demonstrations on Thursday at a half-dozen of its retail stores around the world from customers concerned about how Apple's suppliers treat their factory workers in China and other overseas locations.

The protests are the offline outgrowth of an online petition drive launched two weeks ago on social activism site Change.org. Created by Mark Shields, a self-described lifelong Apple customer who says he was "shocked to learn of the abusive working conditions in many of Apple's supplier factories," the petition has drawn almost 200,000 signatures since its launch.


A parallel petition effort, led by corporate accountability lobbying group SumOfUs.org, has drawn another 50,000 signatures.

Both groups are teaming on Thursday's protest. Supporters plan to hand-deliver copies of the petitions -- including all of the signatures -- to workers at a half-dozen Apple retail stores around the world.

The targeted stores include marquee locations in Washington, DC; New York City, San Francisco, London, Sydney and Bangalore.

"This is a really huge step for us, in combining all of the voices we've collected from people all over the world asking Apple to clean up their supply chain," Change.org human rights organizer Sarah Ryan told CNNMoney.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the planned action.

Ryan said she expects around 40 people to join the protest at one location, Apple's Grand Central Terminal store in Manhattan. The petition delivery is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET.

Change.org's petition asks Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) to develop a "worker protection strategy" around its major product releases to prevent the abuses that have reportedly occurred when major deadlines loom. It also asks Apple to be transparent about the findings of the Fair Labor Association, an independent watchdog group that Apple joined last month. The FLA plans to begin monitoring the facilities in Apple's supply chain and to publicly post its findings on its website.

SumOfUs's petition is less detailed and more sweeping. Calling for an "ethical iPhone," it asks Apple CEO Tim Cook to "overhaul the way [Apple's] suppliers treat their workers."

Horror stories have kicked around the tech industry for years about the conditions at the Chinese factories almost all major U.S. vendors rely on to manufacture their devices. The pressure has intensified recently on Apple -- the industry's most profitable and most popular gadget maker -- after a series of investigations drew attention to a set of particularly chilling alleged labor abuses.

An investigation by the New York Times shed light specifically on the harsh working conditions at Foxconn, a key Apple supplier. A story published late last month documented the human toll of a plant explosion that killed several workers.

In a recent CNN segment, a Foxconn employee spoke out about her working conditions.

"They use women as men and they use men as machines," the worker -- who asked to remain anonymous -- told CNN's Stan Grant. "I almost feel like an animal."

When asked why humans do machine-like work at Foxconn, she responded: "Well, humans are cheaper."

The Foxconn worker said that she made less than $1 an hour for her labors.

While Apple declined to talk about this week's protests, the company reaffirmed its commitment to fair labor practices.

"We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain," Apple said in a recent statement to CNN. "We insist that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made."

Apple is one of many companies that outsources its electronics manufacturing to suppliers across the globe. Change.org organizer Ryan said she hopes that garnering attention around the petition will push Apple to set a precedent for other tech companies.

"What we want is for Apple to take their motto -- 'think differently' -- and extend that to the way they treat their workers," she said. "We want them to be a leader in the tech world in not just treating their workers in the United States fairly, but also treat the ones abroad fairly."

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

CATY CUCALON @ FIX University Comfandi Hall

EXPOSICIÓN
Apasionada Intensidad Expresiva en Caty Cucalón


paintingCaty Cucalón, artista caleña y madre de familia del Colegio Bolívar compartió con nuestra Comunidad algunas de sus obras. Su exhibición se realizó en el salón Colgate el pasado mes de marzo. Queremos en esta oportunidad extender a ustedes su trabajo artístico e información.

cucalon 1La apasionada intensidad expresiva de la pintora colombiana Caty Cucalón se manifiesta no sólo en la aterida humanidad de sus personajes, sino en el intimismo de los entornos en que estos se inscriben y se mueven. Aunque se trata de escenas nocturnales, el color y la luz son los soportes primordiales sobre los que se apoya, plásticamente, esta pintora caleña.
Y se advierte una secreta intención narrativa, tanto en la manera poética de titular las obras, como en la imagen misma, en la que convergen en torno a uno o dos personajes, una serie de objetos que parece provenir de la memoria desatada de los sueños. Y es que Caty Cucalón propone una estética en la que se mezclan tanto la experiencia misma, como la libre y abierta dinámica de las formas. El resultado es una pintura tejida como un tapiz o un gobelino, que conmueve al espectador, porque le hace descubrir en él mismo, parajes relacionados a su propia existencia.
cucalon 7Otro elemento, mágico podríamos decir, se apodera de estos cuadros caleidoscópicos: Caty Cucalón inserta pequeños símbolos, referencias, indicios que nos invitan a descifrar las claves de su rica y productiva imaginación. Caty Cucalón es una artista que produce obras deleitables y que debemos seguir de cerca.
Fernando Ureña Rib
Para más información sobre el trabajo artístico de la señora Cucalón visite http://www.latinartmuseum.com/caty_cucalon.htm.

Primary Library (Fotos niños de Pre-primaria & Primaria en la Biblioteca)
Un cordial saludo les damos desde la biblioteca a la comunidad Bolívar.
Todos comentamos la necesidad de leer más. Las dificultades de comprensión que tienen nuestros alumnos cuando leen. Los pocos momentos que se dedican a esta maravillosa actividad... ¿Por qué cuesta tanto leer? ¿Cómo despertar esta pasión en los chicos y chicas?
Desde la biblioteca en el Colegio Bolívar nos hicimos estas preguntas y tal vez no tengamos aún las respuestas adecuadas, pero sí sabemos que nuestra función es motivar y conducir hacia la lectura a nuestros alumnos de una manera relajada, afectiva y divertida.
Con este propósito trabajamos continuamente para que los niños se encuentren cómodos, accedan a la información y seleccionen adecuadamente sus libros.
Desde este maravilloso lugar a la espera de su visita,
Marta & Carolyn

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Estanislao Zuleta Tribute @ FIX University

Estanislao Zuleta perdura en la Biblioteca Departamental. Tributo
en su honor.

La Biblioteca Departamental rinde homenaje a la vida y obra del
maestro Estanislao Zuleta, en su honor denominará con su nombre la Sala de
Literatura, ubicada en el cuarto piso de la entidad.

A partir del viernes 17 de febrero, ese espacio, donde prosa,
novela, cuento, poesía y lectura lúdica recrean el alma, se llamará Estanislao
Zuleta, un paisa que dejó su corazón en Cali y cuyo intelecto le llevó a ser
reconocido como uno de los más sobresalientes de América Latina.

No obstante, al haberse retirado del colegio, a la edad de 16
años, para procurarse una formación autodidacta, su vida se convierte en vasta
trayectoria pública que lo lleva a la cátedra universitaria, la investigación
económica, la literatura y a ocupar cargos como Asesor de las Naciones Unidas en
Derechos Humanos en la Presidencia de la República, entre otras posiciones
nacionales y regionales. En 1980 recibe el Doctorado Honoris Causa en psicología
de la Universidad del Valle.

Acto especial:
Viernes 17. Auditorio
Jorge Isaacs. 5:00 P. M.
Entrada libre.

Informes: 620 04 55.

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Monday, February 6, 2012

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Friday, February 3, 2012

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Colombia builds first ocean-going warship

ARC 20 de Julio already sailing the Caribbean.

By Santiago Burgos for Infosurhoy.com – 13/08/2010

The ARC 20 de Julio is the first ocean-going warship built in Colombia. (Courtesy of Cotecmar)

The ARC 20 de Julio is the first ocean-going warship built in Colombia. (Courtesy of Cotecmar)

CARTAGENA, Colombia – The first ocean-going warship built in Colombia already is patrolling the Caribbean.

The ARC 20 de Julio, built at the national shipyards by the Science and Technology Corporation for the Naval, Maritime and Riverine Industries (Cotecmar), set sail to mark the Cartagena-based company’s 10-year anniversary.

The primary purpose of the largest ship ever constructed in Colombia is simple: go after drug dealers – and go after them hard.

The 1,720-ton and 80-meter long ship, which also can be used as a hub for search and rescue missions, is so massive it has the capacity to carry a mid-sized helicopter and a motorboat that can be used to pursue suspected traffickers on elusive go-fast boats.

Construction for the ship, commissioned by the Ministry of Defense and the National Navy, started on March 3, 2009. It was design resembled those of the Offshore Patrol Vessel Fassmer 80, owned by Fassmer, a German shipbuilder, but were adapted to the Navy’s particular needs and to conditions on the Caribbean Sea, said Rear Admiral (UH) Daniel Iriarte Alvira, the president of Cotecmar.

With a weight of 1,720 tons and a length of 80 meters, the ARC 20 de Julio is the largest ship ever built in Colombia. (Courtesy of Cotecmar)

With a weight of 1,720 tons and a length of 80 meters, the ARC 20 de Julio is the largest ship ever built in Colombia. (Courtesy of Cotecmar)

ARC 20 de Julio also has an increased range and better operational flexibility, and requires a smaller crew and less fuel than the Offshore Patrol Vessel Fassmer 80. Navy Captain Jorge Carreño Moreno, Cotecmar’s vice president, said one of the company’s greatest challenges is designing and building ships to replace the National Navy’s current fleet.

“The program for the design and construction of vessels for the river ways is our most successful program, to the point that we set the standard in that field throughout the world,” said Carreño Moreno.

The name of the newly christened ship was inherited from the destroyer ARC 20 de Julio, built in 1958 in Malmo, Sweden. The destroyer remained in active service for almost 30 years, and during the 1950s it was regarded as one of the most powerful ships in all of Latin America.

Cotecmar being able to celebrate its 10-year anniversary also is no small achievement. The company has designed, built or modernized more than 50 merchant, research and naval vessels, including tugboats, oceanography research boats, submarines and vessels customized for combat.

Cotecmar also restored the century-old ship used in the filming of Love in the Time of Cholera, based on the novel by author Gabriel García Márquez.

But Cotecmar is more than just a shipyard – it’s a science and technology company that partners with the National Navy, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad del Norte de Barranquilla and Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.

“[Cotecmar’s] entire capacity and infrastructure is aimed at building knowledge through research, development and innovation applied to industrial processes,” said Carreño Moreno.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Welcome to Spring Semester 2013

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