The public teachers union have called for a nationwide strike, starting tomorrow at 7:00 am. There was a meeting tonight that ended at 8:15 pm between representatives from the teachers' union and the Ministry of Education, moderated by the Catholic church. The primary demand of the teachers was the reinstatement of union leader Andres Rodriguez, who was fired last month from his position at a school in Colon. Apparently those talks failed, and the union has called for a strike

In their statement they called on parents to keep their children at home. In fact, it remains to be seen if the teachers have enough support among the rank and file of their members to pull off a strike in support of Andres Rodriguez. Chances are they will be able to shut down a few schools, but probably not the entire school system. Let's see how it pans out. As of right now, the strike starts tomorrow morning.

Rover Curiosity just hours from Mars

(Liandrison Reyes) -- Humanity's curiosity about Mars has led to an exciting event: the dramatic landing of an SUV-sized rover, set for 1:31 a.m. ET Monday.

NASA's $2.6 billion rover, Curiosity, will make its dramatic entrance into Martian territory in a spectacle popularly known as the "seven minutes of terror." This jaw-dropping landing process, involving a sky crane and the world's largest supersonic parachute, allows the spacecraft carrying Curiosity to target the landing area that scientists have meticulously chosen.

The spacecraft is "healthy and right on course," according to the latest update from NASA. Curiosity has been traveling away from Earth since November 26.

The vehicle, which will be controlled from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has a full suite of sophisticated tools for exploring Mars. They include 17 cameras, a laser that can survey the composition of rocks from a distance and instruments that can analyze samples from soil or rocks.

Value, ethics and moral

Reflect daily on ethics, on what is right and what is wrong according to our principles and standards should be a constant act.

(meiby avecedo)The upheavals in the world today require reflection on humans. Every day we encounter people who exclaim: "Gone are the values, so we like that."No, the values which are, according to the etymology of the word, "he thought," have not disappeared, just changed. This has caused great distress in the people of my generation and earlier, realizing that this change in values does not necessarily like, and we find, in many cases, difficult to understand.

Bolt sprints to Olympic gold

London (CNN) -- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt defended his title as the world's fastest man Sunday, grabbing gold in the men's 100-meter race by setting an Olympic record with a time of 9.63.

Bolt, who became a household name with his gold medal win in the 2008 Beijing Games, is the first sprinter since U.S. Olympic legend Carl Lewis to defend an Olympic 100-meter title.

He overcame an unimpressive start to blow past the competition.

"My start wasn't too good but my coach always said to me I'm not a good starter, it's not worth worrying about," Bolt said after the race.

Yohan Blake, also of Jamaica, took the silver medal while Justin Gatlin of the United States won bronze. Both set new personal bests with 9.75 and 9.79 seconds, respectively.

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The music is increasingly predictable

The golden age of music has passed. You may already have noticed. If not, the latest study led by the National Research Council (CSIC) is corroborated. The study, which analyzed 464,411 songs, concludes that the songs written in recent decades tend to be more between them than the old. The analysis has been published in the latest issue of the journal Scientific Reports'.

According to the parameters analyzed, the transitions between groups of notes have fallen continuously for the past 55 years. The researcher of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Research, CSIC Joan Serra, who led the study, explains: "These musical parameters in the songs are like the words of a text and found that there are fewer different words." Given a musical note, it is relatively easier to predict what the next in a current song.

40 arrested in Interpol plan against trafficking in endangered species

40 people have been arrested in a police plan to combat trafficking in endangered animal species, within the operation Prey, coordinated action by Interpol in Bhutan, China, India and Nepal.

The international police organization based in Lyon (southeastern France) announced these results in the Global Day of Tigre, one of the species included in the plan to fight the crime that affects animals and plants.
IS BROKE THE GIANT SHARK AQUARIUM OF THE MALL

This comes from Dubai where a giant aquarium at the mall com more than seven million liters of sea water and 33,000 sea creatures, including a number of sharks.

CAUTION! COULD STAY ON MONDAY NO INTERNET

A virus known Internet could render nearly a quarter million Internet users. You can be one of the users who lose their Internet next Monday, this is due to a virus created by malicious hackers, people who were thwarted by U.S. authorities.
Many websites, blogs and social media are giving the notice to give the widest possible coverage to this news: warn of "blackout" and describe it as the virus of "Judgment Day".
ENGLISH TEACHER IN INTERNET CAUSE FUROR

Marina Orlova has managed to combine their physical attributes with their knowledge of English philology, and oh the whole Internet created a rebellion that has made him deny that blondes and intelligence with the culture are at odds. This English teacher does not hesitate to show their best attributes and suggestive postures to give their English classes and today has millions of followers since 2007.