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Higher education by Oppenheimer

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* In recent days, in the World Trade Center of Veracruz, was held the second encounter of teachers in Latin America. The event was organized by the Direction of Technical Education of Veracruz and the Organization of Teachers of the Americas (ODAEE). In this academic event highlighted the Oppenheimer conference, an Argentine journalist who began his career as a columnist for the Miami Herald,CNN political analyst, leads the television program Oppenheimer Presents, is the author of five books, including Cuentos chinos, Mexico: On the border of…

FROM POLLUTING TRASH TO BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García * At your house on Sunday morning I calmly read the news and tried to arrange documents and work for the following week. On this occasion, I did it accompanied by a flavorsome cup of coffee from Misantla, a gift from Professor Tito Armando Hernandez, head of industrial engineering and colleague of yours truly at the technology of Misantla. That’s how I found a bulletin from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) announcing the progress of a research project developed with the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM).This…

Egerton’s Mexico (first part)

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* In major newspapers and magazines around the world there is a literary section called Book Review, which is responsible for commenting on the recent books that sales volume captured the attention of literary criticism. In this section there is only room for famous books that reach the category of best sellers, English term meaning “the best-selling”. Books included in that list earn the right to be translated into several languages and presented with honors in bookstores and prestigious universities of the world. However, there are…

Egerton’s Mexico (second part)

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* On April 27, 1842, the capital of the country was shocked to learn of the brutal murder of an English citizen named Daniel Thomas Egerton and his partner Agnes Edwards. The pair of British citizens had left, as they used to do every evening, to take a leisurely stroll through the gardens and roads near their beautiful country house, a former monastery that in the eigh-teenth century belonged to the Abbots of the convent of San Diego. The house was located in the ancient village…

How to spoil a child?

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* Last week I bought in a store called Sanborns in Mexico City, a book called The great little details, written by Enrique Villarreal Aguilar. The author of this book is an international speaker who specializes in human improvement issues, given in workshops and conferences to executives of companies and directors of educational institutions. This speaker has written 12 books, including The great little details, The message of God, The Flight of the renovation and Merchant of God. The great little details, is a book based…

Green cities

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* Professor William E. Rees, a scientist at the University of British Columbia, Canada, is one of the creators of the Ecological footprint concept, an indicator that measures the impact of hectares in the way we live and consume resources on the planet. This indicator has become a useful tool for scientists, governments, institutions and businesses, allowing warning of the risks entailed of over exploitation of natural resources. Recently, Professor Rees has announced another interesting proposal known as global “green cities”, which is to convert the…

The machine invented by Jonathan Rothberg

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* On page 68 of Forbes magazine’s of January 17, 2011, appears an article entitled “Gene Machine”, which describes the details of how Jonathan Rothberg, an expert in genomic sequencing, invented a formidable machine called “Personal Genome Machine” (PMG), for its acronym in English. This machine the size of a normal printer is a powerful desktop decoder capable of sequencing or reading in less than two hours 10 million letters of human DNA. The PMG sells for $50,000; it is twenty times cheaper than the current…

George Carlin letter (second part)

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too…

The amazing story Stephen Hawking

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* If you have ever gotten up not wanting to go to work because you have a headache or you have an emotional problem or some small physical disability, or if you are a student and got up tired and not wanting to go to school, or if you are totally bothered doing daily tasks, then please read the story on one of the most amazing examples of overcoming struggles. I am sure that its content will help you deal with the challenges and adversities of…

The Nobel Prizes 2012: And Mexico?

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* In recent days, the ceremony of the prestigious Noble Prizes in its 2012 version was held at the Palace in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital. These awards are presented annually by the Nobel Foundation since 1901, on the anniversary of the death of its founder Alfred Nobel, to the best scientists in the world who are noted for their contributions on behalf of humanity. In the presence of the Swedish royal family and leaders of 21 countries, the scientists received awards from King Carl XVI Gustaf of…