… nu tine doar de ADN.

Maine (Sambata, 16 august 2008), in Bucuresti, Parcul Moghioros - Drumul Taberei, Intrarea Principala, intre orele 8 - 21, are loc actiunea de colecta pentru sinistratii din Moldova. Spuneti si prietenilor / cunoscutilor, poate vor vrea sa ajute si dansii!

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Actualizare 18 august 2008:

Necesarul de haine a fost acoperit, sunt insa foarte mari probleme cu apa potabila. Cei care pot dona baxuri de apa plata sau minerala sinistratilor, pot contacta pe organizatori (telefonic: 0742.019.011 sau prin email: donatii@sinistrati.info).

Profesorul Witold A. Zatonski conduce de trei ani proiectul ‘Closing the Gap‘, avand ca subiect de studiu ‘inegalitatile’ dintre primii 15 membri ai UE (EU15) si noile tari membre est-europene in ceea ce priveste starea de sanatate.

Studiul a constatat ca rata mortalitatii din cauze cardio-vasculare este mult mai ridicata in tarile est - europene. Unul dintre motive ar fi consumul excesiv de alcool. Nimic surprinzator.
Paradoxal, numarul cazurilor de deces ca urmare a bolilor cardio-vasculare a scazut totusi in ‘EU5′ (Cehia, Ungaria, Polonia, Slovenia si Slovacia) din cauza inlocuirii progresive in alimentatie a grasimilor animale cu cele vegetale (un factor important se pare ca a fost evolutia dupa 1990 a preturilor la diferitele alimente de baza ).
In schimb, in ce priveste EU2 (Bulgaria si Romania), exista o ipoteza conform careia preferintele legate de tipurile de uleiuri vegetale alimentare ar putea fi o cauza. Mai precis, in aceasta zona predomina consumul de ulei de floarea-soarelui, care nu contine acizi grasi tip omega-C (omega-3- o sursa cunoscuta fiind ‘uleiul de peste’), care, potrivit studiilor, ar duce la scaderea riscului bolilor cardio-vasculare. O solutie ar putea fi amestecarea uleiului de floarea soarelui utilizat in bucatarie cu alte uleiuri vegetale.

Concluzia studiului: ‘inegalitatile’ in ceea priveste sanatatea dintre cele doua ‘grupe’ de tari europene se datoreaza stilului de viata diferit.
In interviul de pe EuroActiv, profesorul Zatonski explica faptul ca aceasta nu este o problema legata de saracie, ca poti fuma, manca incorect sau duce o viata dezordonata si daca ai destui bani. Pana aici corect. Dar … romanii mananca in general dupa cum ii tin buzunarele … unii manaca sanatos … multi sunt fericiti ca au ce manca … altii…

European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Business Europe, representing employers in the 27-nation block - at a meeting with EU leaders in Lisbon, reached the agreement upon the “flexicurity”

Flexicurity (from flexibility and security) is a welfare state model with a pro-active labour market policy, first implemented in Denmark, in the 1990s. It is a combination of easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the employees).

The agreement states, besides the need to make it easier for employers to hire and fire people, that there must be also measures regarding working conditions and quality of jobs, such as:
- ensuring career and employment security;
- maintaining and promoting the health and well-being of workers;
- developing skills and competencies;
- reconciling working and non-working life.

During the meeting, Portugal’s main trade union organized a demonstration opposing the labour market reforms, with about 150,000 - 200,000 people, and banners such as “Jobs with rights — Against Flexicurity” and “Portugal won’t move forward with Flexicurity”.

In timpul inundatiilor din septembrie orasul Tecuci a fost una dintre localitatile lovite de soarta. Asa cum spun cei de pe Sinistrati.info : “de obicei zarva se face in primele zile. Ulterior, zbaterea ramane doar a celor loviti de soarta”. Au venit televiziuni, au venit politicieni sa faca poze si bai de multime, cativa oameni inimosi (altii) au sarit cu adevarat in ajutorul tecucenilor. Dar apoi s-a asternut tacerea. In mai putin de o luna, romanii, prinsi in valtoarea motiunilor, circului partidelor si penibilei pseudo-batalii anticoruptie au uitat.
A ramas durerea, mizeria, frigul, disperarea …
Sa ne amintim de ei. Sa ne amintim ca suntem oameni. Sa ne amintim ce inseamna a fi oameni.

Un gand bun celor care au scris zilele acestea in blogul personal sau au pomenit pe diferite cai romanilor despre situatia actuala a tecucenilor. Poate le trece amnezia si celor platiti din banii nostri, vor lasa putin ’show’-ul si afacerile personale si isi vor face datoria.

According to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten all A.S.A corporations will have to appoint women on their boards of directors, or be dissolved. The centre-left Norwegian government issued this warning for approx. 140 companies that still did not reach the mandatory 40% of their directors to be women.

“My advice to them is that they take responsibility and find the women they need,” said Equality minister Karita Bekkemellem. She called the law “historic and radical,” and said it will be enforced on January the 1st.

Is it a wise decision- to appoint the top managers based on gender, not based on their competence? Are women really ok with this kind of promotion? I wouldn’t be, I think it is rather degrading.
And what do the shareholders say? After all, is about their money, they don’t usually care if the managers are men or women, they should be competent for their job.

Yesterday, the European Court of Justice rejected the appeal of a Spanish manager, Félix Palacios de la Villa, who took his company, Cortefiel Servicios SA, to court when he was notified of his pension two years ago, claiming that this was against the European principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age.

But, by reaching above mentioned verdict, the 13 in Luxembourg are backing the mandatory retirement age, stating that this issue should be in accordance with the labour legislation in each member state, saying that even though discrimination based on age was illegal, the compulsory retirement age for employees can be justified to stabilize the labour markets and if proper pension is provided, which is compatible with the European law.

If the court had ruled otherwise, challenging the pension system, it would have caused difficulties in social and economic policies throughout all the 27 EU countries, since the goal of mandatory pension schemes is to free up jobs for younger people, helping to improve economic growth, reduce unemployment and pay for the demands of an aging population.

On the other hand, the present EU trend is, besides combating age discrimination on the job, to encourage older people to work longer, to finance their retirements. The gap between young and older employees is particularly acute in Eastern Europe, where young, educated and skilled citizens are moving in Western countries for higher wages, leaving an aging labour-force behind.

In conclusion, as I was saying yesterday , the main demographic/ human capital policy problem is not the mandatory age retirement, but the early retirement, widespread all over Europe, event though there are several groups that challenge the compulsory retirement at a certain age.

I know, I don’t like it either. Due to the working conditions in Romania, I would love to retire at age of 50-55, but I realize this will not be possible for many generations.