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Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>51</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-7472110167417685051</id><published>2017-08-26T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2017-08-26T15:38:39.234-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Bitcoin&#39;s bubble will burst (and what the financial impact will be)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;Vala Afshar (Chief Digital Evangelist for Salesforce) had an interesting Tweet, about 15 major companies / technologies / products born in the last ten years:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/901507111590473733&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/901507111590473733&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;I wrote a comment, indicating that of these 15, I predicted that at least two wouldn&#39;t be around by 2027: &amp;nbsp;Spotify and Bitcoin (and possibly Uber).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;A Bitcoin user promptly wrote back to me, asking me why I thought the crypto-currency would disappear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;Here is my extended response:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;1. &amp;nbsp;Like Spotify, Bitcoin faces many competitors, and there is a relatively low entry barrier. Hard to see what would justify one crypto-currency having such a high price and large market share.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;2. In essence, though, the main issue is that Bitcoin is currently undergoing a massive bubble, akin to the Tulip mania of the 1630s. &amp;nbsp;In fact, one analyst considers that the Bitcoin mania dwarfs the tulip mania:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/20/bitcoin-bubble-dwarfs-tulip-mania-from-400-years-ago-elliott-wave.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/20/bitcoin-bubble-dwarfs-tulip-mania-from-400-years-ago-elliott-wave.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;Like tulips, Bitcoins have little if any intrinsic value, and the only thing driving up prices is speculation of further price increases.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;3. &amp;nbsp;Bitcoin has reached a $ 71 billion market capitalization. &amp;nbsp;However, not far behind are other crypto-currencies, such as Ethereum, Ripple, Dash, among others (there are more than 800 crypto-currencies as of today).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;4. &amp;nbsp;There is evidence of Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies being used for illegal transactions, including money-laundering, tax evasion, and even ransom payments. This could lead to regulatory / security interventions, even to the extent of banning certain uses or transactions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;5. As in other bubbles / manias, a single moment of loss of confidence could lead to catastrophic losses. &amp;nbsp;Bitcoin has increased in price 50,000 times since 2010 (see chart below). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;6. &amp;nbsp; Aside from the impact on those who have bought Bitcoin at lofty prices (which could represent losses of several billion dollars), the ripple effect on other asset classes could affect the stability of the financial markets (and will probably lead to a stock market correction, which is in any case overdue, as I have written).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;7. &amp;nbsp;When the crash comes, it could be swift. &amp;nbsp;The tulip mania burst in two months. &amp;nbsp;As Adam Hartung wrote in Forbes, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;&quot;&gt;When tulip bulb holders realized there was nobody guaranteeing the value of their tulip bulbs, everyone wanted to sell them as fast as possible, causing a complete loss of all value.&amp;nbsp; What people thought was stored value evaporated, leaving the tulip bulb holders with worthless bulbs.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2017/08/15/a-bitcoin-is-worth-4000-why-you-probably-should-not-own-one/#5d9f7c693b08&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2017/08/15/a-bitcoin-is-worth-4000-why-you-probably-should-not-own-one/#5d9f7c693b08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;I agree with Hartung that one should NOT speculate on things such as crypto-currencies. &amp;nbsp;I personally only invest in companies or ETFs that have an intrinsic, underlying value - which, as we have already seen, Bitcoin has none.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;At least the Tulips were pretty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps there is some way to make money from the coming collapse (see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://seekingalpha.com/article/4081869-short-bitcoin&quot;&gt;https://seekingalpha.com/article/4081869-short-bitcoin&lt;/a&gt;). &amp;nbsp;However, I personally would not want to make a profit out of the coming misery of Bitcoin-holders.&lt;br /&gt;
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In any case, they can&#39;t say they weren&#39;t warned (there are currently 923,000 results when one Googles &quot;Bitcoin&amp;nbsp;+ Bubble&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/6634384513363677791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/6634384513363677791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/6634384513363677791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/6634384513363677791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2017/08/fuentes-de-financiamiento-para-pymes-y.html' title='Fuentes de financiamiento para PyMEs y para inversion privada en países en desarrollo'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-8125352246121486641</id><published>2014-09-03T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-09-03T09:28:36.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beneficios de los &quot;super-alimentos&quot; y la aspirina</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;Algunos &quot;super-alimentos&quot; son: chia, amaranto, quinoa, linaza, y turmérico (curcuma).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;A esto se puede añadir resveratrol (extraído de la uva), açai, aceite de pescado, aceite de coco, kale y hasta aguacate:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.healthline.com/health-news/superfoods-healthy-benefits-072214&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow nofollow&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.healthline.com/health-news/sup&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;erfoods-healthy-benefits-072214&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;[This is an English translation of the article published in Spanish in the February 2014 issue of “Revista Gestión”, Ecuador]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Cíborg con Alzheimer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco se despertó con una sensación extraña aquella mañana otoñal de
2041.&amp;nbsp; Sentía su cuerpo pesado, denso, como aletargado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Cuando
bajó su mirada, descubrió con espanto que todo su cuerpo era metálico, desde el
torso y los brazos hasta las piernas.&amp;nbsp; No podía distinguir bien su nariz,
la cual parecía emitir un brillo inusual.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Con horror, se levantó de la cama y se acercó a un espejo; entonces, su conmoción
fue mayor al percatarse de que toda su cara también era robótica, una mezcla de
plástico, metal, alambres, y – lo que para él era más alarmante – &amp;nbsp;que unas oscuras esferas negras con pupilas
rojas estaban en donde debían estar sus ojos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Realmente no entendía qué era lo que le estaba pasando, ni cómo había llegado a
esa habitación, que parecía estar en un hospital o casa de reposo para ancianos.&amp;nbsp;
Trató de gritar, pero solo le salió un sonido robótico, como aquel que solía
hacer al hablar el físico Stephen Hawking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Se dio cuenta de que no se acordaba de muchas cosas. &amp;nbsp;Solo algunas imágenes de su niñez y juventud
le venían a la mente, pero no recordaba casi nada de sus últimos años, y, en
verdad, ni siquiera sabía qué edad tenía. &amp;nbsp;Le daba la sensación de que debía tener al
menos unos 70 años, pero no sabía realmente ni qué año era, ni en qué lugar se
encontraba.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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recordar que había nacido en 1964, y tenía la impresión de que eso había pasado
hace mucho tiempo. &amp;nbsp;Pensaba que había
nacido en Quito, Ecuador, pero no reconocía nada de lo que miraba por la
ventana, que parecía ser un océano. &amp;nbsp;Bueno,
obviamente no se encontraba en Quito, que estaba situado en la Sierra Andina, a
2.800 metros de altura.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Volvió a mirar hacia el interior de su habitación, y observó una pantalla
gigante, plana, que parecía una especie de televisión o computadora.&amp;nbsp; Se
puso a rebuscar en su velador, y encontró algunas tarjetas que decían pertenecer
a Francisco Herrera.&amp;nbsp; ¡Claro!&amp;nbsp; Herrera era su apellido, de los
Herrera del Carchi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Siguió buscando, y encontró algunas fotos, que al parecer eran de sus hijos,
hermanos, y sobrinos.&amp;nbsp; Varias fotos eran también de una mujer, que debía ser
su esposa.&amp;nbsp; En algunas de las fotos estaba inscrito “Valeska en Lima”,
“Valeska en Berlín”, etc.&amp;nbsp; Finalmente encontró una foto que lo dejó
desgarrado, pues al parecer era de él con Valeska.&amp;nbsp; Estaban sonriendo, en
un restaurante, frente a una playa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Conforme
miraba la foto, se iba dando cuenta de que en efecto era él, pero esa no era la
imagen que tenía de sí mismo, un joven atlético de unos veinte años, dedicado a
la natación, al atletismo, y al montañismo.&amp;nbsp; No, este era un señor cuarentón,
calvo, con unos kilos demás.&amp;nbsp; Pero, sí,&amp;nbsp;
debía ser él. &amp;nbsp;Aunque, obviamente,
esa imagen no tenía nada en común con la cara robótica, metálica, inhumana, que
le miraba desde el espejo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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¿Qué le había pasado?&amp;nbsp; ¿Había sufrido un terrible accidente que le dejó
totalmente desfigurado?&amp;nbsp; Sospechó que ese no era el caso, porque un
accidente, por más grave que fuera, no le habría dejado sin nada de su
cuerpo.&amp;nbsp; ¿Quizás un incendio?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Continuó observando su habitación. &amp;nbsp;Descubrió
que era más bien una pequeña suite, con una mini-cocina, un &amp;nbsp;baño, una salita de estar.&amp;nbsp; Encontró, entre
sus fotos, una en blanco y negro de un matrimonio, que imaginó debía ser de la
boda de sus padres, y más fotos de unos jóvenes, que suponía eran sus
hijos.&amp;nbsp; Apareció una placa, escrita en inglés, que le felicitaba por sus
treinta años de servicio en una empresa llamada “U.S. Robotics and Cybernetics
(USRC)”. &amp;nbsp;Y un recorte de prensa enmarcado que decía, también &amp;nbsp;en inglés, que él había sido uno de los
pioneros en el desarrollo de los ciborgs, es decir de cerebros implantados en
cuerpos robóticos.&amp;nbsp; ¡Eso era!&amp;nbsp; ¡Había experimentado en sí
mismo!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Se puso a leer el artículo, que indicaba que él fue uno de los primeros
ingenieros ciborgianos, capaces de crear esa extraña fusión de cerebro humano
con máquina, de lo cibernético y lo orgánico.&amp;nbsp; La nota decía que aquella
tecnología se había desarrollado inicialmente para algunos pacientes
billonarios que padecían enfermedades&amp;nbsp;
incurables, pero que no les habían afectado al cerebro.&amp;nbsp; Esto les
permitía vivir algunos años más, si acaso se puede llamar vida a esa rara
fusión de materia orgánica con materia inerte. Buscó la fecha del artículo, o
alguna referencia temporal del mismo, y vio que el primer cíborg había sido creado
en 2021.&amp;nbsp; Es decir, si su recuerdo sobre su edad era acertado, tendría
para entonces unos 57 años de edad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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La nota señalaba que existía cierta controversia o debate público sobre la
conveniencia ética de la creación de cíborgs.&amp;nbsp; Por una parte, decía,
podría considerarse como una extensión de la práctica ya difundida de implantes
de órganos naturales o artificiales, como aparatos auditivos, lentes
intraoculares, bombas de insulina, marcapasos, y otros instrumentos que eran
introducidos en el cuerpo para prolongar la salud y la vida.&amp;nbsp; Es decir que
ya para entonces, el año 2021, un alto porcentaje de la humanidad debía tener al
menos algún elemento artificial dentro de su cuerpo, desde calzas dentales
hasta corazones o piernas artificiales.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Por otro lado, decía el artículo, un cíborg podría tener ventajas sobre los
seres humanos, por su fortaleza física, su longevidad, su memoria digital, y otras
características consideradas sobre-humanas. &amp;nbsp;Por ejemplo, se especulaba que &amp;nbsp;un soldado-cíborg &amp;nbsp;podría probablemente derrotar en un combate
cuerpo a cuerpo a cualquier ser humano normal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Pero
bueno, no había mucho riesgo de que aquello ocurriese con algunos billonarios
octogenarios, quienes difícilmente se pondrían a combatir con nadie, al menos cuerpo
a cuerpo y no en el campo de batalla financiero.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco pensó que el artículo era algo injusto, dado que lo esencial de la
persona, su pensamiento, su memoria, y su “alma” – si uno cree en esas cosas –
residían en su cerebro, el cual seguía siendo la parte esencial, medular, del
cíborg.&amp;nbsp; Muy diferente era el caso de un robot, que tenía su propio
procesador o computadora, y por ende no tenía nada de humano - excepto, quizás,
el programa escrito por un humano para regular su “cerebro” digital.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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El artículo continuaba diciendo que USRC había programado la creación de una
veintena de ciborgs, de los cuales dos no serían pagados, sino donados a
jóvenes soldados que habían perdido buena parte de su cuerpo en una de las
interminables guerras del Medio Oriente.&amp;nbsp; La nota aclaraba que el objetivo
no había sido enviar a estos cíborgs al frente de batalla, sino únicamente ayudarles
a &amp;nbsp;llevar una vida relativamente normal –
¡si acaso se puede tener algún viso de normalidad viviendo en un cuerpo
metálico!&amp;nbsp; Por supuesto, también serían
estudiados por los laboratorios de las Fuerzas Armadas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco empezó a &amp;nbsp;comprender &amp;nbsp;lo que probablemente le había ocurrido.&amp;nbsp;Luego
de &amp;nbsp;una larga y productiva estadía en
USRC, seguramente se había jubilado.&amp;nbsp; Y, tras algunos años de jubilación,
debía haber sufrido alguna enfermedad grave, o quizás un accidente, y, por eso,
la empresa le había ofrecido convertirlo en un cíborg.&amp;nbsp; Lo extraño era que
no recordara nada de aquello.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Había visto que en algunas toallas y papeles decía “Sunshine Active Adult
Community”, lo cual podía significar que se encontraba en una de aquellas casas
de reposo “ligeras”, es decir que tenía su propio mini-departamento, desde donde
podía llamar a una enfermera o a un asistente, si necesitaba hacerlo.&amp;nbsp;También
significaba que era probable que estuviera en los Estados Unidos, cerca al mar,
quizás en Florida, el &amp;nbsp;“Sunshine State” o
“Estado del Sol”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Descubrió por allí que había un timbre para llamar a la enfermera, y lo
presionó. Unos minutos después entró una enfermera de unos 40 años, latina,
jovial, quien, luego de saludarle,&amp;nbsp; le
dijo que se llamaba Alexandra y que hablaba español.&amp;nbsp; Le preguntó si
necesitaba algo.&amp;nbsp; Francisco le explicó lo que le había ocurrido esa
mañana, y le comentó que no se acordaba de nada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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“Ah, sí, don Francisco; lo que pasa es que Usted está comenzando a sufrir de
Alzheimer, ¿se acuerda de esa enfermedad?&amp;nbsp; Es la que le va borrando la
memoria.&amp;nbsp; Además, hace unos siete años, cuando tenía 70 años, usted sufrió
un grave accidente de tránsito, que lo dejó cuadripléjico.&amp;nbsp; En ese
momento, su antiguo empleador le ofreció convertirlo en un cíborg”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Conforme la enfermera le contaba todo eso, le&amp;nbsp;
regresaban a la memoria algunos detalles.&amp;nbsp; Se acordó &amp;nbsp;que había estado texteando cuando ocurrió el
accidente, y, además, que en el mismo falleció su adorada esposa. ¡Y se acordó
que muchas veces Valeska le había advertido que no texteara mientras manejaba!&amp;nbsp;
Le invadió una ola de pena y culpabilidad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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“Pero lo que no entiendo es por qué la empresa no me hizo un examen para descartar
la posibilidad de que pudiese desarrollar Alzheimer”, dijo Francisco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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La enfermera le respondió que no lo sabía, que imaginaba que fue una operación
de emergencia, o quizás que la empresa quería simplemente ofrecerle algunos
años más de vida con libertad de movimiento.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco se puso a pensar. &amp;nbsp;Era obvio
que un procedimiento ciborgiano no tenía mucho sentido si el paciente iba a
perder el único órgano que le quedaba, es decir su cerebro.&amp;nbsp; Pero era probable
que, en agradecimiento por los servicios prestados, la empresa se compadeciera de
él y le ofreciera el tratamiento, aunque supiera que sería de duración
limitada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Cuando Alexandra entró, se percató de que su habitación estaba echada llave, es
decir que no podía salir libremente, sino que tenía que timbrar para que alguien
le abriera la puerta desde afuera.&amp;nbsp; Le pareció una precaución necesaria.&amp;nbsp;
¿Qué pasaría, por ejemplo, si él se levantaba sin acordarse de nada, y comenzaba
a atacar a otros ancianos o a los enfermeros o doctores de la casa de
reposo?&amp;nbsp; Sin duda, por su fortaleza física, podría causar muchos daños.&amp;nbsp;
Pero, bueno, le parecía recordar que nunca había sido una persona violenta y
destructiva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Lo que no cuadraba mucho en el relato de la enfermera era por qué él había
decidido seguir viviendo como una extraña mezcla de hombre y metal luego de que
su esposa había fallecido.&amp;nbsp; Se acordaba que, cuando eran todavía relativamente
jóvenes, los dos se habían jurado que, de llegar alguna enfermedad fatal o que
los paralizara, recurrirían a la eutanasia para no &amp;nbsp;convertirse en una carga para otras personas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Pero quizás en el momento del accidente y sus secuelas no había estado pensando
muy claramente porque todavía estaba en estado de shock, o tal vez primó su
deseo, no siempre oculto, de convertirse a sí mismo en un cíborg.&amp;nbsp; Después
de todo, de alguna manera había contribuido a crear esa rama de la ciencia por
interés personal, como aquel doctor Warwick que había comenzado a experimentar
con implantes muchas décadas atrás.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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De pronto, Alexandra le dijo que iba a traerle el desayuno y que volvería en
una media hora&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco siguió elucubrando sobre el tema.&amp;nbsp; Se acordó que había iniciado
sus investigaciones para transferir sus memorias, y, de alguna manera, su
“consciencia”, a una plataforma digital.&amp;nbsp; Pero pensó que, si bien podía
haber cierta transferencia de memoria, la auto-identidad, la sensación de ser
uno mismo, no se podía realmente transferir, porque moría con el cerebro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Ya desde la primera década del siglo XXI habían comenzado a proliferar lo que
algunos comentaristas habían denominado los “exo-cerebros”, es decir unos &amp;nbsp;pequeños aparatos, como los teléfonos
inteligentes, las tabletas, o incluso los anteojos o relojes, que contenían
mucha información, fotos, recuerdos, anotaciones, etc.&amp;nbsp; Si bien no
interactuaban directamente con el cerebro, servían como una especie de memoria
o disco duro externo. Y ya en la segunda década del siglo se había logrado
instalar implantes directamente en el cerebro, que éste podía controlar, para
recordar ciertos elementos de información almacenados allí.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Una especie
de disco duro interno. &amp;nbsp;Pero no se había logrado
resolver adecuadamente el interfaz entre esos elementos mecánicos y la materia
gris cerebral.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco fue a sentarse delante de la pantalla, la prendió, y comenzó a
revisar fotos, anotaciones y otros elementos en el “muro” de una red
social.&amp;nbsp; Vio que su hijo Esteban le había enviado un mensaje, recordándole
que iría a visitarlo en octubre por su cumpleaños,&amp;nbsp; y que, &amp;nbsp;según la pantalla, era el 20 de septiembre del
2041.&amp;nbsp; Su otro hijo le había&amp;nbsp; enviado
una postal digital desde Cancún, a donde había ido de paseo con su familia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Se preguntó ¿qué hacer?&amp;nbsp; ¿Seguir viviendo esta vida de una creciente
tiniebla y oscuridad sobre su pasado y creciente confusión sobre su cuerpo
físico?&amp;nbsp; ¿O hacer lo que le había jurado a su esposa que haría algún día,
es decir “desconectarse”, lo cual en su caso sería literal y sencillo,
simplemente desconectar su cerebro de su “cuerpo”?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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a un conocido suyo, quien siempre había dicho que no pasaría de los setenta,
pero llegó a vivir noventa años bien cumplidos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Se puso a hacer una búsqueda en Internet, y encontró que a la fecha había ya
más de 10 mil casos exitosos de conversión en ciborg, incluyendo –
controversialmente – unos dos mil soldados del Ejército de los Estados Unidos,
quienes se habían sometido al procedimiento, no como consecuencia de accidentes
o heridas, sino simplemente para convertirse en “super-soldados”. &amp;nbsp;Y la China
también estaba comenzando a incursionar en &amp;nbsp;el campo de la guerra ciborgiana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Pero la empresa había cumplido con su palabra de donar el 10 % de las
operaciones a personas que no tuvieran los medios económicos para hacerlo,
incluyendo a otros cuadripléjicos y paralíticos, a quienes habían perdido sus
extremidades, a pacientes con cáncer terminal, y a otras personas gravemente
discapacitadas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Encontró una nota que se refería a su propio caso y criticaba el hecho de que
se hubiese efectuado la operación sin descartar fehacientemente la posibilidad
de Alzheimer.&amp;nbsp; Un vocero de la empresa decía que había sido un error que,
por el apremio de salvarle la vida - además de la cuadriplejia había sufrido un
colapso pulmonar, por el cual estaba en cuidados intensivos - no le hubieran
hecho todos los exámenes que se requerían. El vocero decía que se debía
comprender que se había efectuado el procedimiento por tratarse de “el padre de
la ciborgtecnia”, dado que se había considerado inaceptable no brindarle esa
oportunidad a alguien que había ofrecido tanto al progreso de la ciencia y la
tecnología.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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La nota añadía que su hijo Esteban había seguido los pasos de su padre en USRC,
y que estaba tratando de crear unos nuevos implantes cerebrales que permitirían
a los enfermos de Alzheimer recordar, al despertarse, de los aspectos
esenciales de su vida. Algo así como las notas, los tatuajes y los mensajes que
aparecían en la película “Memento”, donde un personaje que sufre de amnesia a
corto plazo se deja mensajes a sí mismo.&amp;nbsp;
Pero esto sería de manera integrada al cerebro, en una especie de “boot
up” o arranque de una computadora al prenderse.&amp;nbsp; Sin embargo, según el
artículo, no habían resuelto todavía la tecnología para que dicha “memoria”
arrancase automáticamente sin que fuera solicitada por su “dueño”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Francisco pensó que una solución más fácil podría ser escribir una nota o
historia, y ponerla en la pantalla de su computadora, para leerla todos los
días al despertar.&amp;nbsp; Podría también dejar copias impresas en su velador, en
el baño, en fin, en cualquier lugar de su departamento.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Quizás
eso podría funcionar mientras él &amp;nbsp;pudiese
seguir leyendo, pudiese seguir entendiendo lo que leyese, etc. &amp;nbsp;No obstante, se dijo a sí mismo que, de
cualquier manera, &amp;nbsp;no podría pasar de los
ochenta &amp;nbsp;años, aunque también sentía que la
gente se aferra a la vida, especialmente si no cree en la reencarnación, el
cielo o en la “vida después de la vida”.&amp;nbsp;Y ese deseo de inmortalidad, o al
menos de longevidad, era lo que inicialmente le había llevado a sus estudios de
cibernética y robótica.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
Decidió entonces leer más sobre su propia biografía, para así tener otros datos&amp;nbsp; que &amp;nbsp;incorporar en su breve “auto-biografía” de
ayuda-memoria.&amp;nbsp; Vio que había llegado a recibir un Premio Nobel por
Fisiología o Medicina, aunque esa decisión había sido muy controversial, e
incluso había ocasionado un profundo malestar entre sus amigos médicos, quienes
no consideraban a la ciborgtecnia como una rama de la medicina.&amp;nbsp; También
había cosechado muchos premios científicos, e incluso había aparecido en la
portada de una revista como “Persona del Siglo”; una portada publicada
posteriormente había tachado la palabra “Persona” con una gruesa raya roja, y
la había reemplazado por “Cíborg”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Los avances en
ciborgtecnia también habían sido utilizados por la agencia espacial de los
Estados Unidos, con el objeto de apoyar &amp;nbsp;los viajes para establecer colonias humanas, o
más exactamente, de cíborgs, en Marte y la luna Titán de Saturno.&amp;nbsp; Después
de todo, los cíborgs no requerían respirar ni comer, solo enchufarse a la
corriente eléctrica.&amp;nbsp; Se estaba explorando la posibilidad de
“congelar”&amp;nbsp; los cerebros ya implantados
en el cuerpo del cíborg para viajes interestelares, que tomarían cientos o
hasta miles de años.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;ES-EC&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES-EC; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Había comenzado a
desarrollarse la psicología ciborgiana, para lidiar con los fuertes problemas
emocionales que se desarrollaban en los ciborgs, entre otros motivos por no
poder disfrutar de algunos de los sentidos - el olor y el sabor- &amp;nbsp;o de muchos de los placeres de la vida - comer,
tener relaciones sexuales, etc.-. &amp;nbsp;Pero, como
se decía que el principal órgano sensorial y sexual es el cerebro, siempre quedaba
la imaginación.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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En todo caso, Francisco no se sentía ni deprimido ni triste, sino solamente
asombrado, y hasta agradecido, por esa prolongación de su vida.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Alexandra golpeó suavemente la puerta y entró con el “desayuno”, que consistía
de una rápida &amp;nbsp;recarga eléctrica y de aceite
para las coyunturas, además de unas “apps”, que fueron &amp;nbsp;descargadas para darle la sensación de que
estaba saboreando un delicioso desayuno americano: imágenes, olores, sabores;
todo digitalizado, claro.&amp;nbsp; Y todo producido por USRC, por supuesto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Luego de terminar &amp;nbsp;su &amp;nbsp;“desayuno”, Francisco decidió ponerse manos a
la obra, y empezó a &amp;nbsp;escribir su extraña
historia: “Seguramente te despertaste con una sensación extraña y sientes tu
cuerpo pesado, denso, como aletargado…”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;ES&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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While some of the information is out of date or is only applicable to Northern Virginia, many of the other resources could be useful to middle school students everywhere (and especially those applying to magnet schools).&lt;br /&gt;
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The original can be found at:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tjhsst.edu/supportingtj/ptsa/documents/diversitycommittee-middleschoolresources.doc&quot;&gt;http://www.tjhsst.edu/supportingtj/ptsa/documents/diversitycommittee-middleschoolresources.doc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The PTSA Diversity Committee web site is:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Resources for Middle School Students&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{44}&quot; paraid=&quot;672360426&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;There are several resources and activities your student can use to prepare for admission to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), as well as other challenging academic high school programs (such as the Advanced Placement Diploma, the International Baccalaureate Program, private schools, and high school academies). These resources will also aid them in their preparation for the college admissions process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Preparation Courses for the TJHSST Admissions Examination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{61}&quot; paraid=&quot;795861103&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Office of Adult and Community Education&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is offering a test preparation mini-course at Fairfax County Middle Schools, for County residents.&amp;nbsp; Information is available at the following web site, or in the brochure “Encore”:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OACE/summer.html&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OACE/summer.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{68}&quot; paraid=&quot;865219663&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Quest Program:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The Quest Program is a science, mathematics, language arts and technology enrichment program for high achieving underrepresented minority students in grades six through eight in Fairfax County Public Schools (it is privately funded).&amp;nbsp; It includes a module for test preparation. More information is available at:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{99}&quot; paraid=&quot;557668134&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;TJ admissions test handbook:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; The Admissions Office will provide the application package, which outlines the content of the test.&amp;nbsp; The application package is usually available on October 1st from the Middle Schools Guidance Offices, or from the TJ Admissions Office.&amp;nbsp; The Admissions Office will also offer a test preparation handbook, with a sample test, which will be available for purchase by applicants on October 1st.&amp;nbsp; More information available at:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://information.tjhsst.edu/admissions/&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://information.tjhsst.edu/admissions/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{107}&quot; paraid=&quot;152941197&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Books for the New York Science High Schools:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The admissions exam for the three science and technology high schools in New York City has a similar format to the TJ admissions test (and is prepared by the same testing company).&amp;nbsp; The New York test includes a section on scrambled paragraphs, which is not on the TJ test, while the TJ test has a more extensive section on word analogies (similar to the PSAT).&amp;nbsp; Given the large number of students who take the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;New York City Specialized Science High Schools Admission Test (SSHSAT), there are several books and materials that have been developed for these test.&amp;nbsp; A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;s in all other cases, their listing here does not constitute an endorsement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The books are available from Internet booksellers (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://www.amazon.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bn.com/&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://www.bn.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;, etc.); or you can order them from area bookstores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The Princeton Review’s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Cracking the SSAT/ISEE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 96px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{175}&quot; paraid=&quot;1254969647&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Learning Express,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Catholic High School Entrance Exams: COOP/HSPT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;NumberListStyle2 SCX255574095&quot; start=&quot;4&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 96px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{181}&quot; paraid=&quot;1379825709&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;ARCO,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Master the Catholic High School Entrance Exams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul class=&quot;BulletListStyle1 SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{185}&quot; paraid=&quot;148079990&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Books and Materials to Prepare for the PSAT and SAT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{187}&quot; paraid=&quot;1598456381&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{190}&quot; paraid=&quot;728898731&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The Preliminary SAT (PSAT/NMSQT) is usually taken by High School students in their Sophomore and Junior years, to prepare for the SAT college entrance examination, and to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{192}&quot; paraid=&quot;758738685&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{195}&quot; paraid=&quot;534202980&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The PSAT is at a higher level than the TJ admissions test, as it is geared towards students who have already had one or two years of high school, and have already studied Algebra and Geometry.&amp;nbsp; However, you may find useful the sections on word analogies (not covered in the New York test), as well as the vocabulary review.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{197}&quot; paraid=&quot;801747372&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{205}&quot; paraid=&quot;228879126&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Students must take the PSAT or SAT if they apply for the sophomore replacement admission process (for students in 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;grade).&amp;nbsp; More information on this is available at:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://information.tjhsst.edu/admissions/sophmore.shtml&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://information.tjhsst.edu/admissions/sophmore.shtml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{210}&quot; paraid=&quot;1889449327&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;There are numerous books, CD-ROMs and web sites that offer test preparation for the PSAT and SAT.&amp;nbsp; A few examples are the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 96px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{217}&quot; paraid=&quot;700914671&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;ARCO,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Master the SAT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 96px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{222}&quot; paraid=&quot;125589065&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Barron&#39;s,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;How to Prepare for the PSAT-NMSQT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 96px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{227}&quot; paraid=&quot;1222303172&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Kaplan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;, SAT &amp;amp; PSAT 2002&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;NumberListStyle2 SCX255574095&quot; start=&quot;4&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 96px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{233}&quot; paraid=&quot;1709657062&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Princeton Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;, Cracking the SAT &amp;amp; PSAT/NMSQT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;ListGhost SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{239}&quot; paraid=&quot;1522269354&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;PSAT or SAT preparation courses organized by FCPS or other institutions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{244}&quot; paraid=&quot;235443889&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;There are organized courses to prepare for the PSAT or SAT, offered both by FCPS, as well as for-profit and other institutions (Kaplan, Princeton Review, etc.). A listing of courses, costs, and other information, is available at:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DSSSE/Target2/testprep.htm&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DSSSE/Target2/testprep.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{252}&quot; paraid=&quot;1747862819&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{9cd03344-90be-42fc-8ac4-ee1089911153}{255}&quot; paraid=&quot;1227181581&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;However, these courses are usually geared towards high school students, and in some cases may restrict the participation of Middle School students.&amp;nbsp; If possible, it would be better to take a test prep course specifically designed for TJ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{6}&quot; paraid=&quot;1228555488&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Other web sites that have information about the PSAT, SAT and other test preparation resources:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://apps.collegeboard.com/satprep/index.jsp&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://apps.collegeboard.com/satprep/index.jsp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{26}&quot; paraid=&quot;1889201071&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Gifted and Talented Programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{34}&quot; paraid=&quot;1398118788&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Fairfax County Public Schools and other school districts offer Gifted and Talented Programs.&amp;nbsp; In Fairfax, there are school-based and center-based GT programs.&amp;nbsp; You can apply beginning in 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;&quot;&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Grade, and throughout elementary and middle school.&amp;nbsp; Currently, about two thirds of the FCPS students admitted to TJ come from Center-Based GT Programs.&amp;nbsp; More information on the GT Programs is available from:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{45}&quot; paraid=&quot;634033217&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The Fairfax County Association for the Gifted has a web site, which provides information on GT programs, and includes a detailed “Summer Enrichment Guide”:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Summer Enrichment Programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Many universities and institutions have organized summer enrichment programs.&amp;nbsp; Participating in these programs will enable your child to enrich his or her exposure to math and science, as well as enhance their résumés for the TJ and college application process.&amp;nbsp; A detailed list of summer programs appears in the FCAG site listed above.&amp;nbsp; Some active programs in the Washington area are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The following site provides a more comprehensive listing of summer opportunities:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 120px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{92}&quot; paraid=&quot;1431827633&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;George Mason University:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Horizons Camp for Gifted/Talented&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Students, a day camp located on the GMU campus (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://www.gmu.edu/horizons/&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://www.gmu.edu/horizons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;).&amp;nbsp; GMU also offers a Mathematics Enrichment Program in the Summer and during the academic year (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://mason.gmu.edu/~jelin/mty.html&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://mason.gmu.edu/~jelin/mty.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Index of Pre-College Science Training Programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;(you can search this site specifically for minority student programs):&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;Hyperlink SCX255574095&quot; href=&quot;http://www.sciserv.org/stp/&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun Underlined SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;http://www.sciserv.org/stp/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Howard University Summer Enrichment Program:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Prepares students for college and careers in science. Contact: Dr. Georgiana&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;SpellingError SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Aboko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;-Cole, Howard University, Washington, DC 10059 Phone: 202-238-2363 Fax: 202-588-9820&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Black Excel list of programs:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;This is a compilation of enrichment programs geared towards minority students.&amp;nbsp; Although most are oriented towards high school students, a few do include Middle School students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 120px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{205}&quot; paraid=&quot;1846297301&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;Paragraph SCX255574095&quot; paraeid=&quot;{ce8ba38f-d335-4db4-9a90-bad48a76a752}{214}&quot; paraid=&quot;1334352848&quot; style=&quot;color: windowtext; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;The PTSA Diversity Committee is developing a web site, where we will try to update the information on these programs. It is hosted at the PTSA’s web sit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCX255574095&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;e: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tjhsst.edu/parents-community/ptsa/comm-diversity.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.tjhsst.edu/parents-community/ptsa/comm-diversity.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/1029938900760998667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/1029938900760998667' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1029938900760998667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1029938900760998667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2013/11/resources-for-middle-school-students-to.html' title='Resources for Middle School Students to prepare for admissions to magnet science and technology high schools'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-7091003576223274846</id><published>2013-11-13T17:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2013-11-13T17:39:43.847-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Please help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;
Please help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. &amp;nbsp;Donate to the Red Cross.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.causes.com/campaigns/67101-help-those-affected-by-typhoon-haiyan-in-the-philippines&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.causes.com/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;campaigns/67101-help-those-&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;affected-by-typhoon-haiyan-in-&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;the-philippines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-2588585620406999978</id><published>2011-10-28T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T07:38:40.113-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="development economics blogs top bank poverty social"/><title type='text'>Top 10 development blogs</title><content type='html'>Found this quite useful list of development blogs, posted by Owen Barder:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.owen.org/blog/3150&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is my top 10 list:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ideas 4 Development: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ideas4development.org&quot;&gt;http://www.ideas4development.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Center for Global Development: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/&quot;&gt;http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brookings Institute: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brookings.edu/Up_Front.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.brookings.edu/Up_Front.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Bank: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.worldbank.org/blogs&quot;&gt;http://blogs.worldbank.org/blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IDB: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.iadb.org/en/&quot;&gt;http://blogs.iadb.org/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dani Rodrik:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://rodrik.typepad.com/&quot;&gt;http://rodrik.typepad.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Kaufmann Post: &lt;a href=&quot;http://thekaufmannpost.net/&quot;&gt;http://thekaufmannpost.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill Easterly et al.:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://aidwatchers.com/&quot;&gt;http://aidwatchers.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gates Foundation (Impatient Optimists): &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impatientoptimists.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.impatientoptimists.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OECD Insights:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://oecdinsights.org/&quot;&gt;http://oecdinsights.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here the Poverty Action Lab&#39;s news page (OK, not quite a blog, but fascinating anyway):  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.povertyactionlab.org/news&quot;&gt;http://www.povertyactionlab.org/news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Theory-and-practice-of-economic-development/lm/10SWTU1O7FDLL/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full&quot;&gt;list of books on economic development&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/2588585620406999978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/2588585620406999978' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/2588585620406999978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/2588585620406999978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2011/10/top-10-development-blogs.html' title='Top 10 development blogs'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-7124023159944729568</id><published>2011-09-20T02:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2017-09-04T04:27:40.641-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jobs vacancy international organizations employment"/><title type='text'>Lists of international development vacancy sites</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Lists of vacancy sites:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-is-list-of-job-vacancy.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-is-list-of-job-vacancy.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;UN:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unsystem.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;http://www.unsystem.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://inspira.un.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;http://inspira.un.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;French Foreign Ministry:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ciel/html/postes/indexPoste.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ciel/html/postes/indexPoste.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;Spanish Foreign Ministry:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ufi.maec.es/vacantes/&quot;&gt;https://ufi.maec.es/vacantes/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;US State Department:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iocareers.state.gov/Main/Home&quot;&gt;http://iocareers.state.gov/Main/Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;DEVEX (private site for international development jobs):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.devex.com/en/jobs&quot;&gt;http://www.devex.com/en/jobs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;LinkedIn (if you create a profile, it can search for jobs
similar to your profile):&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?displayHome=&quot;&gt;http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?displayHome=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;The Economist Jobs Classified:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jobs.economist.com/&quot;&gt;http://jobs.economist.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;AEA Job Openings for Economists (JOE):&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/&quot;&gt;http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;World Health Organization/PAHO:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.who.int/employment/vacancies/en/&quot;&gt;http://www.who.int/employment/vacancies/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Twitter List:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;gmail_default&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #14171a;&quot;&gt;List of Twitter accounts with vacancies related to economic &amp;amp; social development, climate change, editorial and journalism jobs, third sector (non-profit organizations), economists, etc. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;gmail_default&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #14171a;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;gmail_default&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #14171a;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;You can subscribe to the list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;gmail_default&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #14171a;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;gmail_default&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/Luis_Fierro_Eco/lists/development-jobs?lang=en&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/Luis_Fierro_Eco/lists/development-jobs?lang=en&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/7124023159944729568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/7124023159944729568' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/7124023159944729568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/7124023159944729568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2011/09/lists-of-vacancy-sites.html' title='Lists of international development vacancy sites'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' 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href=&quot;https://american.redcross.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=ntld_corpmicrosite&amp;s_company=americanairlines-pub&amp;JServSessionIdr004=68l6zwgdv2.app296a&quot;&gt;American Red Cross&lt;/a&gt; and get American Advantage frequent flyer miles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c)  Donate through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.facebook.com/causes/8381&quot;&gt;Salesforce.com Facebook Causes page&lt;/a&gt;, and the company will match your donation dollar for dollar.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/8935032099936472428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/8935032099936472428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/8935032099936472428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/8935032099936472428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2011/03/donations-for-victims-of-earthquake-and.html' title='Donations for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-1864400175380848865</id><published>2011-02-23T03:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T03:47:06.583-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scholarships spain europe ecuador development oas world bank macnamara macarthur foundation fundación carolina erasmus mundus"/><title type='text'>Scholarships for graduate studies</title><content type='html'>Sources of scholarships for graduate studies:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2007/10/becas-para-estudios-de-posgrado.html&quot;&gt;http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2007/10/becas-para-estudios-de-posgrado.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oas.org/en/rowefund/FinancialGuideForHigherEducation.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.oas.org/en/rowefund/FinancialGuideForHigherEducation.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://devstudies.wisc.edu/resources_grants.html&quot;&gt;http://devstudies.wisc.edu/resources_grants.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scholarships to study in Europe:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/scholarships_students_academics_en.php&quot;&gt;http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/scholarships_students_academics_en.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For study in Spain:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gestion.fundacioncarolina.es/candidato/becas/programas/programas.asp?tipo_area=0&quot;&gt;http://gestion.fundacioncarolina.es/candidato/becas/programas/programas.asp?tipo_area=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To study anywhere, scholarships from the government of Ecuador:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.senacyt.gov.ec/?q=node/20&quot;&gt;http://www.senacyt.gov.ec/?q=node/20&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/1864400175380848865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/1864400175380848865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1864400175380848865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1864400175380848865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2011/02/scholarships-for-graduate-studies.html' title='Scholarships for graduate studies'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-1902286773830257043</id><published>2010-11-29T07:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T07:39:07.059-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vacantes organismos internacionales banco interamericano mundial fondo monetario internacional organización estados americanos panamericana salud"/><title type='text'>Vacantes en organismos internacionales en Washington D.C.</title><content type='html'>Enlaces a páginas de vacantes (y otras oportunidades, tales como programas de jóvenes profesionales y pasantías)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iadb.org/en/careers/careers-at-the-idb,1165.html&quot;&gt;http://www.iadb.org/en/careers/careers-at-the-idb,1165.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banco Mundial:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://go.worldbank.org/NLCQMY3UZ0&quot;&gt;http://go.worldbank.org/NLCQMY3UZ0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fondo Monetario Internacional:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imf.org/external/np/adm/rec/recruit.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.imf.org/external/np/adm/rec/recruit.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organización de Estados Americanos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oas.org/EN/PINFO/HR/job.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.oas.org/EN/PINFO/HR/job.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organización Panamericana de la Salud:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1357&amp;Itemid=1211&quot;&gt;http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1357&amp;Itemid=1211&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/1902286773830257043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/1902286773830257043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1902286773830257043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1902286773830257043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/11/vacantes-en-organismos-internacionales.html' title='Vacantes en organismos internacionales en Washington D.C.'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-4241949864294353509</id><published>2010-10-21T05:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T05:39:35.033-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Libro cuentos Fanny Carrión Fierro"/><title type='text'>Lanzamiento del libro &quot;La mazorca de oro y otros cuentos&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJEwqL1oLYHhFOnayymF4PkRJkfOK2M-p0kmllxHmHpNgWu1pucW-b1L4GrA2cwOCu22_JlF7mEfn38oo7gtfA1nbQXtEYJj7hVgJkf2d_qoDdKohavTffqONMyUwF36PSUH0u-QET2qe/s1600/LanzamientoLibro.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJEwqL1oLYHhFOnayymF4PkRJkfOK2M-p0kmllxHmHpNgWu1pucW-b1L4GrA2cwOCu22_JlF7mEfn38oo7gtfA1nbQXtEYJj7hVgJkf2d_qoDdKohavTffqONMyUwF36PSUH0u-QET2qe/s320/LanzamientoLibro.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530477896811528978&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Invitación al lanzamiento del libro &quot;La mazorca de oro y otros cuentos&quot; de Fanny Carrión de Fierro. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lugar: Auditorio 1 - Torre 1 de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fecha: 22 de octubre, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hora: 5 de las tarde</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/4241949864294353509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/4241949864294353509' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/4241949864294353509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/4241949864294353509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/10/lanzamiento-del-libro-la-mazorca-de-oro.html' title='Lanzamiento del libro &quot;La mazorca de oro y otros cuentos&quot;'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJEwqL1oLYHhFOnayymF4PkRJkfOK2M-p0kmllxHmHpNgWu1pucW-b1L4GrA2cwOCu22_JlF7mEfn38oo7gtfA1nbQXtEYJj7hVgJkf2d_qoDdKohavTffqONMyUwF36PSUH0u-QET2qe/s72-c/LanzamientoLibro.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-2160979033990508906</id><published>2010-09-14T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T08:53:00.957-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="filantropía philanthropy resource mobilization fundaciones capital riesgo microfinanzas microfinance jobs sustainable investment latin america"/><title type='text'>LinkedIn es una red profesional muy útil</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; es una red profesional muy útil.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Además de información sobre empleo, hay muchos grupos sobre temas relacionados con la movilización de recursos, filantropía, capital de riesgo, microfinanzas, etc.  Por ejemplo, los siguientes:&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Council on Foundations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Latin America Investing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non Profit &amp; Philanthropic Job Board&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CGAP, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development and Fundraising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;European Foundation Centre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global Jobs Network&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global Sustainable Investment Forum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Latin-American Recruiters &amp; HeadHunters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Fundraising, Hosted by AFP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philanthropy Network&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PPP/PF/PFI, Infrastructure Financing, Project Finance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Private Equity and Venture Capital Fundraising and Fund Investment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Private Equity and Venture Capital Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Chronicle of Philanthropy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wealth and philanthropy&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;También se puede “seguir” a empresas e instituciones específicas, y ver, entre otras cosas, las vacantes disponibles.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/2160979033990508906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/2160979033990508906' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/2160979033990508906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/2160979033990508906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/09/linkedin-es-una-red-profesional-muy.html' title='LinkedIn es una red profesional muy útil'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-337488629403356485</id><published>2010-09-09T01:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T02:19:55.767-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Online MBA accreditation ranking financial times"/><title type='text'>Online MBA programs</title><content type='html'>Financial Times ranking of Online MBA programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/online-mba&quot;&gt;http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/online-mba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think important criteria are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a)  international accreditation&lt;br /&gt;b)  average time less than 2 years&lt;br /&gt;c)  % graduated in 5 years more than 80 %&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, perhaps:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IE Business Schoo, Spain, Global MBA Online&lt;br /&gt;Thunderbird School of Global Management, United States, Global MBA for Latin American Managers&lt;br /&gt;University of Florida: Hough, United States, Internet One-year MBA Program&lt;br /&gt;Arizona State University: Carey, United States, W. P. Carey MBA Online&lt;br /&gt;University of Maryland University College, United States, MBA&lt;br /&gt;Robert Kennedy College, Switzerland, The Univesity of Wales MBA at Robert Kennedy College&lt;br /&gt;Babson College: Olin, United States, Fast Track MBA&lt;br /&gt;Drexel University: LeBow, United States, MBA Anywhere&lt;br /&gt;Indiana University: Kelley, United States, Kelley Direct Programs - MBA</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/337488629403356485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/337488629403356485' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/337488629403356485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/337488629403356485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/09/online-mba-programs.html' title='Online MBA programs'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-4041634141090179550</id><published>2010-09-07T03:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T03:50:29.738-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vacation rental airbnb vrbo arriendo corto vacaciones europa"/><title type='text'>Sitios para arriendos cortos (vacaciones)</title><content type='html'>Sitio para arrendar departamentos en Internet que hemos utilizado:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airbnb.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.airbnb.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otras opciones: &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://roomorama.com/&quot;&gt;http://roomorama.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vrbo.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.vrbo.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.friendlyrentals.com&quot;&gt;http://www.friendlyrentals.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guestapartment.com&quot;&gt;http://www.guestapartment.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.waytostay.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.waytostay.com/&lt;/a&gt;  (Europa)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El sitio de Craigslist, que hay que manejarlo con un poco de cuidado (hay muchos estafadores - en todo caso, no enviar dinero por adelantado!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.craigslist.org/va&quot;&gt;http://www.craigslist.org/va&lt;/a&gt;c  (se requiere seleccionar la ciudad).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/4041634141090179550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/4041634141090179550' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/4041634141090179550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/4041634141090179550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/09/sitios-para-arriendos-cortos-vacaciones.html' title='Sitios para arriendos cortos (vacaciones)'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-3803353384356468774</id><published>2010-06-10T13:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T13:46:01.702-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Webometrics Times Shanghai ARWU top universities rankings college university high best"/><title type='text'>World University Rankings</title><content type='html'>A few world rankings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QS Quacquarelli Symonds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/results&quot;&gt;http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shanghai U. Academic Ranking of World Universities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arwu.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.arwu.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of London:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=431&amp;pubCode=1&amp;navcode=148&quot;&gt;http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=431&amp;pubCode=1&amp;navcode=148&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wikipedia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:University_and_college_rankings&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:University_and_college_rankings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Webometrics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webometrics.info/&quot;&gt;http://www.webometrics.info/&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/3803353384356468774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' 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href=&quot;http://noticiasrelac.ning.com/events/congreso-internacional-de&quot;&gt;http://noticiasrelac.ning.com/events/congreso-internacional-de&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/8408022467878988523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/8408022467878988523' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/8408022467878988523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/8408022467878988523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/02/congreso-internacional-de-evaluacion-y.html' title='Congreso Internacional de Evaluacion y III Conferencia ReLAC'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-1387017221535942085</id><published>2010-01-21T02:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T02:25:03.894-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Haiti earthquake donate charity miles red cross oxfam food"/><title type='text'>Donate to Haiti earthquake victims today</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Please donate what you can to provide immediate and urgent assistance to the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some reputable organizations which are already working on the ground, are the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Red Cross:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redcross.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.redcross.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(you can also receive frequent flyer miles on some airlines for your donation; for example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://american.redcross.org/americanairlines-pub&quot;&gt;http://american.redcross.org/americanairlines-pub&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doctors without Borders:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/&quot;&gt;https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oxfam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfam.org/haitidonate&quot;&gt;http://www.oxfam.org/haitidonate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(through Facebook Causes:  &lt;a href=&quot;www.causes.com/haitiquake&quot;&gt;www.causes.com/haitiquake&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Food Programme:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti&quot;&gt;https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(through Facebook Causes:  &lt;a href=&quot;www.causes.com/feedhaiti&quot;&gt;www.causes.com/feedhaiti&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give a loved one a Gift donation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://exchange.causes.com/&quot;&gt;http://exchange.causes.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UN Foundation &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unfoundation.org&quot;&gt;http://www.unfoundation.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other options:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/&quot;&gt;http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti; avoid possible scams. Start with the list of charities on this list:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&amp;cpid=1004&quot;&gt;http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&amp;cpid=1004&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detailed information about the emergency response available at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reliefweb.int&quot;&gt;http://www.reliefweb.int&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Please donate what you can today!&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/1387017221535942085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/1387017221535942085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1387017221535942085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1387017221535942085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2010/01/donate-to-haiti-earthquake-victims_21.html' title='Donate to Haiti earthquake victims today'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-99167873620847006</id><published>2010-01-13T10:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T11:01:55.636-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="datos macroeconomía América Latina PIB inflación FMI Banco Mundial CEPAL OCDE OECD"/><title type='text'>Fuentes de datos macroeconómicos de América Latina</title><content type='html'>FMI:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Economic Outlook&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imf.org/external/­pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/pdf/text.­pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.imf.org/external/­pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/pdf/text.­pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regional Economic Outlook:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imf.org/external/­pubs/ft/reo/2009/whd/eng/­wreo1009.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.imf.org/external/­pubs/ft/reo/2009/whd/eng/­wreo1009.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/pdf/text.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/pdf/text.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OCDE: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perspectivas Económicas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/­36/57/43117724.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/­36/57/43117724.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perspectivas Económicas LAC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oecd.org/document/­4/0,3343,en_2649_33973_­44129540_1_1_1_1,00.html&quot;&gt;http://www.oecd.org/document/­4/0,3343,en_2649_33973_­44129540_1_1_1_1,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banco Mundial:  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://go.worldbank.org/45B5H20NV0&quot;&gt;http://go.worldbank.org/45B5H20NV0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indicadores de &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;The Economist&lt;/span&gt;:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.economist.com/­markets/indicators/­displaystory.cfm?story_id=­14972863&quot;&gt;http://www.economist.com/­markets/indicators/­displaystory.cfm?story_id=­14972863&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CEPAL:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cepal.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.cepal.org/&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/99167873620847006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/99167873620847006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-419796611525169829</id><published>2009-10-27T02:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T02:19:40.062-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="donantes asistencia oficial desarrollo américa latina ecuador españa"/><title type='text'>Estudios y base de datos sobre asistencia para el desarrollo</title><content type='html'>Dos estudios sobre la asistencia oficial al desarrollo, y una base de datos de donantes en América Latina y el Caribe:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MITO Y REALIDAD DE LA AYUDA EXTERNA&lt;br /&gt;América Latina al 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alop.or.cr/novedades/verDatosItem.phtml?pos=0&quot;&gt;http://www.alop.or.cr/novedades/verDatosItem.phtml?pos=0 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Coherence of Development Policies:&lt;br /&gt;Ecuador’s Economic Ties with Spain&lt;br /&gt;and their Development Impact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/PE/2009/04079.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/PE/2009/04079.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indice de Donantes para América Latina:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indicedonantes.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.indicedonantes.org/&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/419796611525169829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/419796611525169829' 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src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-1022496229895144160</id><published>2009-08-06T04:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T04:18:33.589-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="economics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="economists"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="krugman"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stiglitz"/><title type='text'>My top 15 economics blogs</title><content type='html'>My top 15 economics blogs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/  (Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize 2008, Princeton U.; one of Time magazine&#39;s top 25 blogs in 2009, together with Freakonomics)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  http://www.bepress.com/ev/  (The Economist&#39;s Voice, edited by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize 2001. U. of Columbia). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/  Brad DeLong (UC-Berkeley)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.  http://economistsview.typepad.com/  Mark Thoma (U. of Oregon) (which also includes a very comprehensive list of economists blogs on the right side column).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.  http://rodrik.typepad.com/  Dani Rodrik, Harvard U. (on development economics)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.  http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/  run by Steven Levitt (U. of Chicago) and Stephen Dubner (journalist), co-authors of the book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. http://www.econbrowser.com/  James Hamilton, UCSD; and Menzie Chinn, U. of Wisconsin (also an extensive list of blogs on the right hand column).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.  http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/  (Felix Salmon, on Finance and Economics)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.  http://angrybear.blogspot.com/  (“Slightly left of center economic commentary on news, politics, and the economy.”, run by a group of economists and finance Ph.D.s)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.  http://www.rgemonitor.com/  (RGE Monitor, Chairman Nouriel Roubini, NYU).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Media sites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.  http://www.ft.com/comment/blogs  (Financial Times blogs.  They are all great.  Especially Buiter, Crook, Wolf, and Alphaville)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.  http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/  (Economics blog on The Economist)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.  http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/  Business Week blogs, particularly Economics Unbound, by BusinessWeek chief economist Michael Mand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.  http://seekingalpha.com/  (More financial than economics)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15.  http://time-blog.com/curious_capitalist/  Justin Fox (OK, he is not really an economist, but rather a journalist with degrees in international affairs and political science; but interesting nonetheless)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would have added Brad Setser (http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/), but he has joined the Obama administration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are competing lists:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124769381962047691.html (Wall Street Journal)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whose economics blog is:  http://blogs.wsj.com/economics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1873144-3,00.html  (Time CNN)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article1923706.ece  (The Times, UK).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2008/03/12/favourite-blogs-economics/  (Intute, UK).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/1022496229895144160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/1022496229895144160' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1022496229895144160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/1022496229895144160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-top-15-economics-blogs.html' title='My top 15 economics blogs'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-7493239785708006603</id><published>2008-11-30T05:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T06:00:51.394-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="developpment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="economics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="latin america"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="macroeconomics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="microeconomics"/><title type='text'>Sugerencias de libros sobre temas económicos</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Sugerencias de materiales de lectura sobre temas económicos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-  Diccionario económico:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Libros sobre Economía Internacional:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;International Economics : Theory and Policy&quot; by Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld (January 2000)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Pop Internationalism&quot; by Paul Krugman. Paperback (April 1997)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Macroeconomics in the Global Economy&quot; by Jeffrey D. Sachs, et al&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America&quot; (A National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) by Rudiger Dornbusch(Editor), Sebastian Edwards(Editor). Paperback (April 1992)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Libros de Financiamiento de Proyectos Internacionales:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project Finance at the World Bank : An Overview of Policies and Instruments (World Bank Technical Paper, No 312) by Philippe Benoit. Paperback (January 1996)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project Financing and the International Financial Markets by Estaban C. Buljevich, Yoon S. Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Libros sobre Desarrollo Económico:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Latin America After a Decade of Reforms : Economic and Social Progress 1997 Report&quot; (Serial) by Inter-American Development Bank. Paperback (October 1997)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The New Economic Model in Latin America and Its Impact on Income Distribution and Poverty&quot; (Institute of Latin American Studies Series) by Victor Bulmer-Thomas(Editor), University of London Institute of Latin a.&lt;br /&gt;Hardcover (July 1996)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Poverty, Inequality, and Human Capital Development in Latin America, 1950-2025&quot; (World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies) by Juan Luis Londono. Paperback (June 1996)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Poverty and Inequality in Latin America : The Impact of Adjustment and Recovery in the 1980s&quot; by Samuel A. Morley. Hardcover (September 1995)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Latin American Development Debate : Neostructuralism, Neomonetarism, and Adjustment Processes&quot; by Patricio Meller (Editor).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the Twentieth Century&quot; by Rosemary Thorp. Paperback (October 1998)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;After Neoliberalism : What Next for Latin America? (Development and Inequality in the Market Economy)&quot; by Lance Taylor(Editor). Hardcover (April 1999)&lt;br /&gt;Libros de Finanzas Públicas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Atkinson, A. and J. Stiglitz, &quot;Lectures on Public Economics&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental &amp; Natural Resource Economics, Tietenberg y Lewis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LISTA DE LIBROS SOBRE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1.  Handbook of Development Economics, Edited by Hollis Chenery &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 2.  Economic Development, by Michael P. Todaro &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 3.  Development Economics by Debraj Ray &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 4.  The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 5.  Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 6.  Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century (Inter-American Development Bank) by Louis Emmerij &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 7.  A Survey of Sustainable Development: Social And Economic Dimensions (Frontier Issues in Economic Thought) by Amartya Sen &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 8.  Economic Growth, by Robert J. Barro &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 9.  Development, Geography, and Economic Theory (Ohlin Lectures) by Paul Krugman &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.  The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists&#39; Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William R. Easterly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.  The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development by Patrice Franko &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;12.  The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;13.  Socially Relevant Policy Analysis: Structuralist Computable General Equilibrium Models for the Developing World by Lance Taylor &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.  Development Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics: Essays in Honor of Lance Taylor by Amitava Krishna Dutt &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15.  Economic Reforms in New Democracies: A Social-Democratic Approach by Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;16.  The Analysis of Household Surveys: A Microeconomic Approach to Development Policy (World Bank) by Angus Deaton &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17.  Addressing the Challenges of Globalization: An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank&#39;s Approach to Global Programs (Operations Evaluation Studies) (Operations Evaluation Studies) by Uma Lele &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LIBROS SOBRE FINANZAS INTERNACIONALES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  Macroeconomics in Emerging Markets by Peter J. Montiel &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  Economics of the Public Sector, by Joseph E. Stiglitz &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  International Economics: Theory and Policy, by Paul R. Krugman &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.  International Economics II: International Monetary Theory and Open-Economy Macroeconomics by Giancarlo Gandolfo &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.  The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy by Daniel Yergin &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.  The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.  The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.  International Financial Policy: Essays in Honor of Jacques J. Polak by Jacob A. Frenkel &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.  Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.  The World&#39;s Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) by Sebastian Mallaby &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.  The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century (Updated and Expanded) by Paul R. Krugman &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.  Debt, Stabilization, and Development: Essays in Memory of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro by Guillermo A. Calvo &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.  Debt, Adjustment, and Recovery: Latin America&#39;s Prospects for Growth and Development by Sebastian Edwards &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;14.  New Approaches to the Latin American Debt Crisis (Essays in International Economics) by Jeffrey D. Sachs</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/7493239785708006603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/7493239785708006603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/7493239785708006603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/7493239785708006603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2008/11/sugerencias-de-libros-sobre-temas.html' title='Sugerencias de libros sobre temas económicos'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-5056821591890318543</id><published>2008-10-21T03:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T03:54:36.986-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="desarrollo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evaluación"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evidencia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gestión para resultados"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="monitoreo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="políticas públicas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="redes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="seguimiento"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sitios"/><title type='text'>Recursos sobre políticas públicas, evaluación y monitoreo</title><content type='html'>Compendio de algunos sitios y recursos sobre políticas públicas, evaluación y monitoreo.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Foro de Diálogo sobre Políticas Públicas en el Ecuador, Hexagon&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23713611508&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Grupo ECUADOR (Yahoo)&lt;br /&gt;Grupo multidisciplinario de ciudadanos, con el interés en construir un mejor país, con lo ambiental como eje transversal, a través de incidencia política.&lt;br /&gt;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecuador/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*  Grupo FARO (Ecuador): creación y promoción de políticas públicas innovadoras, técnica y políticamente sostenibles.&lt;br /&gt;http://www.grupofaro.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Red de seguimiento, evaluación y sistematización de América Latina  y el Caribe (ReLAC)&lt;br /&gt;http://ar.groups.yahoo.com/group/relac/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* PREVAL, Programa para el fortalecimiento de la capacidad regional de seguimiento y evaluación de los proyectos FIDA para la reducción de la pobreza rural en América Latina y el Caribe - &lt;br /&gt;http://www.preval.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* EBPDN, Evidence Based Policy in Development Network&lt;br /&gt;http://www.ebpdn.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Foro para América Latina de la red de políticas para el desarrollo basadas en la evidencia (Evidence-Based Policy in Development Network).&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.ebpdn.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&amp;sid=faf9b5e5253697b4468ae6acb95f9da6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* IDEAS, International Development Evaluation Association&lt;br /&gt;http://www.ideas-int.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* EVALNET, Red de Evaluación de América Latina, Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.&lt;br /&gt;http://www.iadb.org/ove/Default.aspx?Action=WUCHtmlAndDocuments@EvalNet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &quot;Una revisión sistemática de evaluaciones de impacto de programas sociales en América Latina y el Caribe&quot;:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=839480&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Encuesta a economistas en EE.UU. sobre políticas públicas:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss9/art1/&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;* Proyecto de Consenso de Copenhagen (sobre prioridades para el desarrollo):&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/Default.aspx?ID=675&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;* Sitios sobre políticas públicas basadas en la evidencia:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.evidencebasedprograms.org/&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.evidencebasedpolicy.org&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://evidencenetwork.org/index.html&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;* Manuales y sitios sobre monitoreo y evaluación de proyectos de desarrollo:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.sida.se/shared/jsp/download.jsp?f=SIDA3753en_mini.pdf&amp;a=3148&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.mfdr.org (Gestión para Resultados en el Desarrollo)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://topics.developmentgateway.org/evaluation/rc/BrowseContent.do~source=RCContentUser~folderId=5025&lt;br /&gt;* International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET):&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.ipdet.org&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;*  Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.evaluation.wmich.edu/jmde/&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Ver, en particular, este artículo sobre M&amp;E en LAC:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.evaluation.wmich.edu/jmde/content/JMDE1content/11_Evaluation_in_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean.htm&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Otros enlaces a instituciones y redes regionales:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.preval.org/pagina.php?secCodigo=49&amp;idioma=7&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.preval.org/pagina.php?secCodigo=52</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/5056821591890318543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/5056821591890318543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/5056821591890318543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/5056821591890318543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2008/10/recursos-sobre-polticas-pblicas.html' title='Recursos sobre políticas públicas, evaluación y monitoreo'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023893264802588866.post-4755922896620454641</id><published>2008-09-18T01:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T02:01:01.510-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="América Latina"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Banco Mundial"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="BID"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CEPAL"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="desigualdad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ecuador"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FMI"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ODM"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oxfam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PNUD"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pobreza"/><title type='text'>Datos y análisis sobre pobreza y desigualdad</title><content type='html'>Datos y análisis sobre pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe, y en Ecuador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CEPAL:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.cepal.org/estadisticas/bases/  (estadísticas)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.cepal.org/analisis/default.asp?idioma=ES&amp;unbisCategory=14&amp;unbisNumber=14.05.03 (análisis - bajo desarrollo social -&gt; pobreza)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PNUD:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.undp.org/poverty/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.undp.org/mdg/  (ODM)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naciones Unidas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BID:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.iadb.org/sds/pov/index_pov_e.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.iadb.org/topics/subtopics.cfm?subtopicID=RPO&amp;language=English&amp;topicID=DS&amp;parid=2&amp;item1id=4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banco Mundial:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://go.worldbank.org/Q5YVZUU550&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FMI:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.imf.org/external/np/prsp/prsp.asp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wikipedia (incluye otros enlaces):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_reduction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oxfam:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.oxfam.org/en/category/oxfam-general/poverty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development Gateway:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.oxfam.org/en/category/oxfam-general/poverty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INEC (Datos de Ecuador):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.inec.gov.ec/web/guest/ecu_est/est_soc/enc_hog/pobreza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PNUD Ecuador (Area de Pobreza):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.undp.org.ec/pobreza.php</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/feeds/4755922896620454641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5023893264802588866/4755922896620454641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/4755922896620454641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5023893264802588866/posts/default/4755922896620454641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://latinamericanresources.blogspot.com/2008/09/datos-y-anlisis-sobre-pobreza-y.html' title='Datos y análisis sobre pobreza y desigualdad'/><author><name>Luis Fierro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03830008088932290673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncn3xsyGxA4-IaMUvGX8iQfqHsrlBhBLB7qd97zVz_Jh7kaYC_1TiKy7rt5xKyGz-QF9fq5Do0-RNH5muoh7HkIEcVSdZeTXxXXklwD3f19CpqqcGjpla8LT_ExXK5EQ/s113/Foto+Luis+Fierro.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>