sports

New Technologies

Mario

The Business Software Alliance has published a study on the most competitive countries of the world in technologies of information and communication (technology ICT). (Not to be confused with Mary Barra!). Spain is situated at number 24, a step higher than in 2009. United States remains in first place at the global level. A total of six countries of the European Union (EU) are among the most competitive ten in the world in the sphere of technologies of information and communication technology (ICT), according to a study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the main Association of the sector worldwide. United States remains in first place overall, followed by Finland, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands and Israel.

Spain is situated in the place number 24 and ascends a step with regard to the latest study, conducted in 2009. The 2011 edition of the index of competitiveness in the information technology industry is the fourth since it started in 2007 Catalogs to 66 countries around the world according to a series of indicators that span critical areas for innovation in the field of ICT: business climate, infrastructure, human capital, research and development (r & d), the legal means and public support to this industry. According to this year’s report, countries which are traditionally stronger in the area of ICT maintain their leadership positions because of the solid foundations that have been created through years of investment in innovation, so they continue reaping its benefits. On the other hand, the study shows there are increasingly more countries, especially developing economies, who are committed to innovation and strive to meet the standards of the leading countries. It is clear that investment in technology innovation bases pays huge dividends in the long term, stressed in a statement the President of BSA, Robert Holleyman.

In his view, in addition, No country has a monopoly on information technology. We see that economies that grow fast in the developing world invest much in areas such as research and development and human capital, indicated, and he stated that that circumstance makes that there are more centers of power of the information technologies in the world. Since the last report in 2009, the country which has more advanced has been Malaysia, which has promoted eleven positions, followed by India, which has risen 10. Other countries such as Singapore, Mexico, Austria, Germany, or Poland showed progress at various levels by what refers to support for ICT. In a moment in which the global economy begins to recover, it is more important than ever that Governments adopt a vision long term of the information technology industry, said Holleyman.

The Unknown Newcomer From The Switzerland

Mario

The SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the training and rehabilitation of injured players with an exercise mat called kyBounder works since the beginning of the season. Roggwil/Switzerland, 6 April 2010: The handball interested world is watching Kiel and the SG Flensburg-Handewitt tomorrow on the Northern Derby between the THW. Also, the pivot of the SG Michael Knudsen looks from the grandstand. The Danish International is due to a serious knee injury until the end of the season. But Knudsen works since the successful operation a month ago already again on his comeback. A new entry from the Switzerland helps him: the kyBounder. The kyBounder is a training mat made of a special polyurethane foam which has a particularly high restoring force. This occurs it not flat, but always back cushions.

He shall invite Permanent minimal compensating movements of its user by tension and relaxation of the muscles. Benefit from the sensorimotor system and the deep muscles. In addition to cardiovascular and strength training, it is important the deeper These muscles to train and to stabilize. As a gentle, aerosolised training takes place with the kyBounder, which is an ideal complement to the other training program”, explained by the medical team of SG Flensburg-Handewitt Carolin Weidner. However, the kyBounder adds not only the regular training.

It accelerates the regeneration also after intense activity and is suitable for gentle rehabilitation exercises. Rehabilitation training of Michael Knudsen, it is particularly important that the muscles surrounding the knee joint injured around targeted will be rebuilt. Through the high restoring force that is at the same time effective and carefully possible with the kyBounder”, explains Prof. Dr. Hauke Mommsen, the team doctor of the SG Flensburg-Handewitt. The exercise mat is suitable not only for professional athletes. Even ordinary citizens”can integrate excellent training with the kyBounder in everyday life. Already 30 minutes daily on the kyBounder for example during the ironing, television, telephony or the Brushing your teeth and hair blow-dry muscles can strengthen and eliminate tension. The SG Flensburg-Handewitt, meanwhile, is that the next encounter with the Schleswig-Holstein rivals thanks to training with the kyBounder again a top fitter Michael Knudsen available is you. about kybun marketing & trading AG: kybun marketing & trading AG as independent importer of the Swiss company kybun AG is the marketing and distribution of including the kyBounders in Austria, Germany and other international markets responsible. After successful launch of the product in the Switzerland, the company presents 2009 increased on the German market. The kyBounder is one of the TuV therapy and exercise mat made of high-quality multi-component certified PU foam, already successfully used in various areas of professional sport. In addition, in many situations of daily life, the training mat is applied; for example, in school, on the golf course of sports, in Therapy practices and clinics, in the Office and at home. The novel, soft floor and movement concept relies on a continuous activity and acts from the feet up to the cervical spine. The kyBounder brings movement into everyday life!

New Leader Moreno

Mario

The Spanish EP crowned finished the fourth stage in first position. With his getaway has located in second position overall. Pablo Lastras loses the Red Jersey achieved this Monday. Spanish runner Dani Moreno, of the Katusha, won the fourth stage of the Vuelta of Spain, disputed between Baza and Sierra Nevada of 170,2 km, after beating Danish Chris SoRENSEN (Saxo Bank Sungard) and Sylvain Chavanel (QuickStep) French Sprint is the new overall leader’s Red jersey. Dani Moreno added his second victory on the course, along with the recent in Vuelta a Burgos, after an attack by the Group of favorites on lack of 4 kilometers and after reaching the French Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r), and Chris Sorensen last survivor of an escape of 7 runners. The injured party primary of the day was one of the Favorites, the leader of Euskaltel Igor Anton, who gave 1 minute and 38 seconds with the winner, Dani Moreno, and 1: 27 with other candidates to the general as Joaquim Purito Rodriguez (Katusha), Michele Scarponi (Lampre) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack). I asked cigar and he told me that was wrong and why I tried, it said shortly after crossing the goal Moreno, who was placed, in addition, second overall, 43 seconds of Chavanel, 10 seconds less than Nibali, who already it is fifth and points to revalidate the title of 2010.

The leak of the day seven runners, the Austrian Thomas Rohregger (Leopard), the French Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r) and Yohan Bagot (Cofidis), Dutch staged the Koen de Kort (Skil Shimano), American Matthew Busche (RadioShack), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) Russian and Spanish Jose Toribio (Granada Andalusia box). The escapees left the group in early ramps of the Alto de Filambres, of first category and the first of the two ports, along with Blancares’s third should Ascend before the 23-kilometer climb to the ski station of Sierra Nevada, where only came with 4 8 minutes which came to have income. In the Sierra Nevada, 790 meters slope, with a maximum slope of 10 percent and the 5.7 average, special category, first, the Rabobank strained the rope and then the Liquigas accelerated progress to issues that Igor Anton was happening in the tail of the platoon. Anton gave 5 kilometers from the arrival, shortly before that Moreno sought its ownership share, neutralizara Sorensen and Bonnafond and impose their tip speed to score the second Spanish victory in this Edition, after the the eve of Pablo Lastras (Movistar Team). Overall, Chavanel is the leader, with 43 seconds over Dani Moreno, 53 to Nibali, Purito Rodriguez is 13th, at 1: 14, Scarponi, nineteenth, to 1: 21, while Anton already ranks 35, at 2 minutes and 44 seconds. Abandonment of Cavendish the other news of the day was the abandonment of the British from the island of Man Mark Cavendish (HTC), winner of two stages in the Giro, 5 on the Tour and you can not repeat the 3 WINS at the turn of 2010 or comply with its purpose of achieving victory in the three great in a same course. This Wednesday held the fifth leg between Sierra Nevada and Valdepenas de Jaen, of 187 kilometres, with two ascents to the port of Valdepenas, in second category, the last 8 kilometers of the goal and finish with a wall of 27 percent to lack only of 500 meters for the arrival.

Twelve Leagues

Mario

Of his tour of the archipelago Jardines de la Reina, the Spanish chronicler Antonio Perpina: in the midst of the spell to contemplate from the those practically Virgin, elegant and spectacular landscapes of the Queen of the West Indies, published more than one hundred years (1889): country, las Palmas, las brisas and perfumes .the foliage of its forests, the beauty of its birdspicturesque mountains, the surprising thing about their caves, and enjoyable, its estuaries and its oasis planted in their seas forming archipelagoes, delectable, beautiful and charming. Those same charms remain today the twelve leagues Cohiba explored also in 1508, by Sebastian de Ocampo, Galician and bred pilot of Queen Dona Isabe. From its bojeo by the then Island Juana or Cubanacan, could inform, Governor Nicolas de Ovando, Hispaniola, that Cuba is an island, and not a continent, as Columbus believed. The keys of the twelve leagues is located 50 kilometers from Playa Bonita, Santa Cruz del Sur, is characterized by difficult navigation. Covers one-third of all Jardines de la Reina and it can be considered as one of the most beautiful areas of the 70 000 square kilometres of the submerged platform of Cuba. Las Doce Leguas labyrinth extends over 135 kilometres of splendid sites for underwater contemplation, with colonies of sponges and large gardens of reefs. Tens of kilometers in length in his coastal South, of high quality beaches by the wide strip of fine sand, between five and twenty kilometers of excellent aquatic landscapes wallpapers make up Las Doce Leguas labyrinth. Black coral and various species of marine fauna, which constitute natural relics of a meticulously preserved ecosystem can be seen on the edge of the ridge. Nature is impressive across the waters covering the underwater platform of this beautiful area. A large area comprising 661 cays and cayuelos gives US this archipelago of crystalline waters of almost perfect beauty, which in some of its keys can be find freshwater, as a result of seepage of precipitation in the Hollows of the rocks of some pigeon, mainly in the loggerhead, and mangroves that serve as a filter to the water of the tide and the rain.