Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person every 37 seconds to the U.S. population in January 2010, resulting in an increase in the total U.S. population of one person every 14 seconds.

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On Sunday, Villaraigosa met with Mexican President Felipe Calderón at the National Palace. Before the mayor was given a tour, the two discussed immigration and public safety issues, according to a representative of the mayor’s office.

Villaraigosa’s trip to Mexico started Thursday, when he led a delegation of authors, artists, filmmakers and musicians to the 2009 Guadalajara International Book Fair, where Los Angeles had been declared the guest of honor.

A $2.1-million grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs paid for the delegation’s trip to Guadalajara, including travel expenses for four staff members from the mayor’s office and a dozen from Cultural Affairs. Councilman Jose Huizar and City Librarian Martin Gomez also were part of the delegation.

The mayor’s trip to Mexico City cost an estimated $8,600 and was paid for by Villaraigosa’s office and Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that oversees Los Angeles International Airport.

It's unclear what source of funds will be used to pay the travel expenses of the mayor's LAPD security detail.

On Sunday, Villaraigosa met with Calderón. Today, he met with government and business leaders, including Secretary of Government Fernando Gómez-Mont and the majority owner of Volaris Airlines, Carlos Slim.

The mayor’s office did not release details of Villaraigosa’s Mexico trip until shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, the night before the Thanksgiving holiday and a day before he flew to Guadalajara.

Since starting his second term as mayor July 1, Villaraigosa has averaged a trip outside Los Angeles about one out of every six days.

According to the mayor’s calendar, many of the trips were official business. Those trips included a visit to the National Clean Energy Summit Roundtable in Las Vegas for two days in August; traveling to Seattle in October when the National Conference of Mayors signed a climate protection agreement; and flying to New York for a day in September to announce a new public service initiative with New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

The mayor also vacationed in Iceland in late July and early August. In early July, Villarigosa took a nine-day vacation to South Africa to attend a summit sponsored by the Academy of Achievement.

Villaraigosa’s expenses for the South Africa trip were paid for by the academy which, according to its website, holds the annual event so that graduate students from around the world can meet with "the greatest thinkers and achievers of the age."

In mid-December, Villaraigosa will be traveling to Copenhagen for the Climate Summit for Mayors, which coincides with the separate international climate summit that will be attended by President Obama and other world leaders.

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¿Por qué, precisamente, hoy? Después de un fin de semana familiar en que los estadounidenses celebran con aquéllos a quien más quieren y, quizás, aprovechan para salir de compras al mall, el lunes es día de vuelta al trabajo.

En la oficina, sin el ajetreo de la familia y con una conexión a Internet rápida y segura, se encuentra el momento perfecto para surfear la red tras las mejores ofertas.

Según un estudio de la asociación de comerciantes online Shop.org, el 77% de los comercios en Internet vieron aumentada sus ventas significativamente el lunes después de Thanksgiving.

Las Ofertas y Promociones - Animados por esta tendencia posterior a Acción de Gracias, los vendedores online ofertan este año descuentos y promociones específicos para este día.

El estudio citado asegura que el 43% de los comerciantes online planean ofertas especiales para el Cyber Monday. Entre las promociones más comunes están el envío gratis de la compra al domicilio, pequeños regalos extra y descuentos en el precio.

Las compras de Navidad - Expertos en este campo esperan que muchos consumidores compren durante el Cyber Monday también desde casa después del trabajo o cuando los niños estén durmiendo.

Además, este lunes post Thanksgiving abre la temporada de compras navideñas en la red.

Según Shop.org, todas las empresas consultadas esperan incrementar sus ventas respecto al año anterior. El 57% de ellas creen que aumentarán sus ventas al menos en un 30% respecto

We suspect they are amping up the pace because they feel threatened by the recent media coverage of the waiving of so many laws to make it happen. This is the model project for how the waivers are going to work. It was the first to get approval. This construction being done by the National Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers started in mid 2006.

México vive además estas fechas de una manera especialmente entrañable y familiar. uno se prepar un viaje de 14 días, donde tendrás oportunidad de disfrutar de los mayores encantos de este país, desde la concurrida capital hasta San Cristóbal de las Casas, las Cascadas de Agua Azul, Palenque, Campeche, Uxmal, Mérida, Chichen Itza y Riviera Maya.

La propuesta de los vuelos con Aeroméxico, traslados, visitas y excursiones. 8 desayunos, 5 almuerzos, 2 cenas, 4 noches de alojamiento en hoteles de primera y primera superior, en régimen de todo incluido en Riviera Maya, tasas, carburante, seguro y material de viaje. Precio desde 2.120 euros.

También Iberojet te ofrece viajar a conocer Riviera Maya coincidiendo con el estreno de la película 2012. El film, basado en la primera profecía maya, recrea el fin del mundo en el año que da nombre a este trabajo. El touroperador te propone ir a conocer la rica cultura maya para entender el origen de estas profecías. El viaje, de 9 días, incluye vuelos directos a Cancún, hoteles de lujo con todo incluido, traslados, asistencia con guía de habla hispana, seguro de viaje y tasas.

Para que no te lo pierdas, Viva Tours te ofrece una superoferta en un viaje de 5 días con vuelos de la compañía Iberia, hotel, traslados, asistencia, seguro y tasas por 749 euros para viajes realizados entre el 1 de diciembre y el 2 de enero, y 699 euros para viajes entre el 4 de enero y el 25 de febrero.

Iberojet Transcontinental te anima a visitar la ciudad en un Fin de año de lujo con vuelos en línea regular, estancia de 3 noches en hoteles de lujo, asistencia por guías locales de habla española y visita al alto y bajo Manhattan por 1.093 euros.

2.-Tailandia, unas Navidades diferentes - ¿Quién dijo que en Navidad hace frio? Recibe a Papa Noel en manga corta disfrutando del clima tropical de Tailandia. Este país oriental ofrece en estos días la mejor época para viajar, coincidiendo con la estación “templada”. La temperatura media en este periodo es de 25ºC con índice de humedad en torno al 55%. Paraíso por antonomasia de las compras, especialmente joyería y sedas y lugar de relajación y deleite por su elegante destreza en las artes plásticas. Ideal también para la práctica de deportes subacuáticos.

Iberojet Transcontinental te pone a mano este paraíso invitándote a viajar 11-12 días con vuelos de Air France, alojamiento con desayuno y vistas a Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai y la Tribu Mujeres Jirafa. Incluye también asistencia por guías locales de habla española, nuevo set de viaje, seguro y tasas aéreas desde 1.697 euros.

3. Raíces de Jordania - Pasar las Navidades disfrutando del encanto de lugares ancestrales y enclaves naturales sin explotar, es una manera diferente de aprovechar estas fechas. Jordania te acerca tradición, cultura y religión y Kirunna Travel es el touroperador perfecto para mostrártelo.

Con salidas el 20 y 27 de diciembre, la propuesta incluye vuelos con Jordanian, alojamiento y desayuno, 6 cenas, traslados, guía de habla hispana, seguro, material de viaje y tasas. Un viaje donde conocerás Amman, Jerah, Castillos del Desierto, Mar Muerto, Madaba, Montenebo, Kerak, Petra y Wadirum. Todo desde 1.775 euros Información y reservas en tu agencia de viajes

5. Puente de la Inmaculada en Madeira - En el puente de la Inmaculada, se enciende la Navidad en Madeira. La isla se engalana de luces para celebrar estas fiestas y seguir recibiendo a los miles de turistas que, año tras año, visitan este país, que se convierte en una buena opción para pasar dos o tres días en pareja o en familia.

Iberojet te propone un viaje de 4 noches (del 4 al 8 de diciembre) con vuelo y alojamiento en hotel de 3 estrellas en régimen de alojamiento y desayuno, asistencia de guías, seguro de viaje y tasas, desde 419 euros.

6. Románticas Islas Seychelles - Antes de que acabe el año, no te pierdas las Islas Seychelles. Este paraíso tropical de hermosas playas, conserva su belleza natural y sus excelentes condiciones para los amantes del buceo. Kirunna Travel te propone un viaje de 7 días con vuelos de Air Seychelles, incluyendo 5 noches en el Hotel Denis Island en pensión completa, traslados, set de viaje, seguro y tasas por un precio de 2.970 euros.

7. Costa Rica esencial - Con una exuberante naturaleza como principal reclamo, Costa Rica ofrece múltiples opciones de descanso, entretenimiento y aventura. Entre otros atractivos destacan el Parque Nacional de Tortuguero, sus canales y la zona centro de Costa Rica, así como el Parque Nacional de Manuel Antonio, al sur del país, que combina playa y selva.

Viva Tours te ofrece una superoferta un viaje de 9 días para conocer el país recorriendo San José, Monteverde, Arenal y Tortuguero por 1.155 euros. Incluye vuelos de la compañía Iberia, traslados, hoteles, excursiones y visitas según itinerario, asistencia, seguro y tasas.

8. Egipto Básico 2X1 - Estas Navidades, anímate a descubrir las maravillas del antiguo Egipto, su asombrosa religión y cultura, la espectacular obra arquitectónica que desafía al paso del tiempo. También los bellísimos testimonios artísticos, las momias, los reyes y dioses.

Iberojet te lo pone fácil con un 2X1 de 8 días para conocer El Cairo, Assuan y Kom Ombo, Edfu y Luxor. El viaje incluye alojamiento en categoría de lujo, visita a la Gran Presa, el Templo Philae, el Templo de Sobek y Horus, el de Luxor y el de Karnak. Visita también a las Pirámides de Guiza, traslados, asistencia de guías locales de habla hispana, seguro de viaje y tasas. Precio desde 560 euros.

These trends appear to confirm the continued dispersion of Hispanics throughout the United States to places that were not typically attractive to Hispanics in the recent past. Growth in States like Utah, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana seems to uphold the trend that Hispanics are moving to States that offer job opportunities and a reasonable cost of living.

“Premios” also attracted a roster of high-caliber advertisers, such as McDonalds, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Taco Bell, Metro PCS, Cazadores Tequila, El Rodeo, El Parral and Blue Ribbon Rice. Additionally, Tecate was the presenting sponsor, awarding Andres Marquez “El Macizo” with the Artist with Character honor.

“‘Premios’ was a success on every level – viewers, advertisers and attendees. The event illustrates how our broadcast and radio assets compliment one another to deliver outstanding programming that drives great ratings and unique advertising opportunities,” said Lenard Liberman, Executive Vice President of LBI Media. “With an ever-increasing audience base, Estrella TV programming has compelling qualities and innovative production values that distinguish it above our competitors.”

Highlights of 2009 “Los Premios de la Radio” included Alejandro Fernandez receiving the tribute award “Los Grandes de México,” Fernandez’s “Sin Tantita Pena” and “Estuve” performance and Jenni Rivera closing the show with a compilation of her greatest hits. A packed house of eight thousand Nokia Theatre attendees also enjoyed an evening that was punctuated by segments from Estrella TV's stable of comedians. Mexico Travel

“This country has given me the opportunity to make my mark on KLAX 97.9 La Raza and to strengthen my career in the States. I’m extremely happy that I’m now going to the next level which will allow my audience not only to accompany me on the radio airwaves, but they will also be able to see me on Mega TV,” said El Mandril.

“I’m very pleased to have Ricardo Sanchez, our dear ‘Mandril’ on Mega TV,” said Cynthia Hudson Fernandez, Chief Creative Officer and Executive Vice President for SBS and Managing Director of Mega TV. “We believe that his exceptional style and personality will delight our viewers on a whole new level. His presence on TV reaffirms SBS’s multimedia platform strategy compromise to provide a better package to offer listeners and advertisers.”

Oaxaca, Oax.- Habitantes de la comunidad el Aguacate del municipio de San Pedro Pochutla, denunciaron a ex presidentes municipales como Carolina Aparicio Sanchez, Andres Vizarratea Salinas y Raymuno Carmona Laredo, entre otros, de pretender despojarlos de playas para construir un complejo turistico, similar al de Bahias de Huatulco

José Luiz Ruiz Carmona, presidente del comité en defensa de las playas de Tembo, aseguró que son arededor de dos mil 500 has. las que se quieren apropiar estos politicos, lo que consideró un “atentado a los derechos del pueblo”.

Explicó que son tres bahías conocidos como Tembo, Izalá y Metlapil, las que se quieren adueñar, en donde estarían construyendo infraestructura que destruiría la mayor parte de las riquezas natrales del lugar.

Aseguraron que los pobladores por el contrario, tienen un proyecto ecoturistco que aparte de preservar el medio ambiente, dará empleo y mejoraría las condiciones de vida de los habitantes de este lugar, por lo que demandaron la intervencion inmediata de las autoridades, ya que podrían generarse hechos violentos. Los Beneficios del Ecoturismo Huatulco Mexico

The new guidelines, which go into effect Dec. 1, are designed to adapt to a new world in which blogs and social media Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter have quickly become go-to destinations for consumers to get an opinion about a product.

One existing FTC rule, which states that product reviewers must reveal any connection they have with advertisers, was extended to bloggers. Companies will often distribute free products to bloggers for their review, and sometimes advertisers offer payment for a product endorsement. The FTC said that endorsements on blogs appear to be "word of mouth," but that is not always the case.

The new rules also make clear that celebrity endorsers of products must reveal their relationships with advertisers when making endorsements if they are pushing a product on a blog, social network or television talk show.

The FTC also targeted testimonials in ads that aren't typical results for a product. For instance, many weight loss supplement ads will show people who have used the product and have lost large amounts of weight, with a disclaimer at the bottom that reads "results not typical." Under the new rules, the company must disclose the results that consumers should usually expect.

The existing rules carry a fine as high as $11,000 if product endorsers and reviewers don't comply.

What is most interesting is that the Spaniards never knew about the existence of and never found Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu was abandoned well before the final Incan emperor died. No human remains were found in Machu Picchu, suggesting that the whole town, all of its inhabitant caretakers, craftsmen, artisans, priests, and virgins, left the city en masse. The Incan storehouses, repositories commonly seen in all Incan cities, which were filled with gold, silver, corn, potatoes, and weapons were empty when the city was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in the early part of the 20th century. There was no gold adornment on the walls and no garbage or household items found. All that was found were some immovable stone buildings and, in underground cellar, some bones of guinea pigs, considered then (and now) a delicacy.

What this suggests, of course, is that somewhere in the mountains of Peru, there is a cache of treasure, of gold, silver, feathers, grain, art, and possibly even recorded history (the Incans recorded history on Kipu’s, knotted strings presumed to be interpreted much the same way as digital code). It makes the imagination stir as you walk or drive or take a train through the enormous mountains of Peru, wondering at all that we could learn about the ancient Incans if we could only find their lost artwork, ornamentation, and recorded history.

And yet, to me, an even greater treasure is being squandered, ignored, and lost in Peru. The people of the mountains speak an ancient Incan language, dress in characteristically colorful attire, and work the fields and terraces of the high mountains to grow hundreds of different varieties of potatoes (indeed if it weren’t for the people of the high mountains of Peru, potatoes would have never been introduced into Europe). The people are extremely poor and undernourished. They have poor medical care, dirty water supply, and little access to education. They are considered backwards, dirty, unhealthy and easily ignored. Their valid medical complaints are often dismissed because they are considered dirty “cholos” (a terribly derogatory term for a person of indigenous decent who speaks Quechua).

Indeed they are quite unlikely to create social unrest as they are far too busy with the mundane tasks of working their fields to produce enough food. In large Quechua families, it is not uncommon that the stronger, working members of the family are preferentially fed before the little children, for these are the ones who are able to work in the “chakra”, (Quechua for fields) to produce more food for the family, and the ones who are able to walk the 3 hour hike down the mountain, carrying produce on their back to sell in the markets of the “cities” along the Urubamba River like Calca, Lamay, Urubamba, and Pisac. The smallest ones, the babies and children, are often short and underweight, as there may not be enough food that day to feed everyone and the stronger ones need to be fed so they can go back to the fields.

They are generally nice people who are giving and sweet, but they are also suspicious of outsiders and very shy. Few of them speak Spanish. In the remotest towns, the ones I have talked to (through interpreters from Quechua to Spanish) seem to see little difference between the people who live in the city of Cusco and the people who live in the city of New London or New York. Foreigners all, these outsiders don’t speak their language and are, for the most part, indifferent to their daily struggle to fill their bellies to feed their children.

In the mountains of Peru there is still undiscovered treasure. There is love, and family, and dancing and festivals. There is an ancient language that few outsiders speak. Children laugh and play games with their parents. They also see how poverty makes their parents argue and fight. There are births and deaths and anguish and joy. Fighting and laughing. Hunger and drunkenness, satisfaction and thirst. In the mountains above the Sacred Valley of Peru I have found treasures.

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El desempleo en Estados Unidos se sitúa ya en el 9.5% se han perdido 6.5 millones de puestos de trabajo desde que comenzó la recesión) y se espera que en un par de meses alcance los dos dígitos.

La crisis económica ha llevado a la Administración del presidente Barack Obama a promover, entre otras medidas, un plan de inversión y gasto público valorado en 787,000 millones de dólares para reactivar la economía y generar nuevos empleos.

"Se prevé que aumenten más rápido las ocupaciones que requieren mayor nivel de estudios que aquellas con menores requisitos de formación", sobre todo las que requieren un título asociado, un postgrado o un curso de especialización de formación profesional, indica el documento.

En el ámbito sanitario en concreto no sólo hace referencia a médicos y enfermeras, sino a especialistas en gestión de información médica y técnicos de laboratorio, dentro del plan de reforma que se propone acometer.

Desde que llegó al gobierno Obama busca cómo arreglar un sistema de asistencia sanitaria que, pese a ser más costoso del mundo, deja fuera a más de 47 millones de personas que no tienen un seguro médico.

Otro de los ejes central de la recuperación económica propuesto por Obama es la inversión en la mejora del medio ambiente y la promoción de energías renovables que permitan al país reducir su dependencia económica.

A sign at Naidre's, a small neighborhood coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., begins warmly: "Dear customers, we are absolutely thrilled that you like us so much that you want to spend the day..."

Amid the economic downturn, there are fewer places in New York to plug in computers. As idle workers fill coffee-shop tables -- nursing a single cup, if that, and surfing the Web for hours -- and as shop owners struggle to stay in business, a decade-old love affair between coffee shops and laptop-wielding customers is fading. In some places, customers just get cold looks, but in a growing number of small coffee shops, firm restrictions on laptop use have been imposed and electric outlets have been locked. The laptop backlash may predate the recession, but the recession clearly has accelerated it.

"You don't want to discourage it, it's a wonderful tradition," says Naidre's owner Janice Pullicino, 53 years old. A former partner in a computer-graphics business, Ms. Pullicino insists she loves technology and hates to limit its use. But when she realized that people with laptops were taking up seats and driving away the more lucrative lunch crowd, she put up the sign. Last fall, she covered up some of the outlets, describing that as a "cost-cutting measure" to save electricity.

So far, this appears to be largely a New York phenomenon, though San Francisco's Coffee Bar does now put out signs when the shop is crowded asking laptop users to share tables and make space for other customers.

Some coffee shops say they still welcome laptop users, if only because they make the stores look busy. For some, the growing number of laptop-carrying customers with time on their hands is reason to expand. "I had to add more outlets and higher speed" in early June, says Sebastian Simsch, 40, the co-owner of Seattle Coffee Works. Starbucks Corp. coffee houses, which in some cases charge for Wi-Fi, and bookstore chain Borders Group Inc., which always charges for Wi-Fi, don't have any plans to change their treatment of laptop customers. Neither does bookstore giant Barnes & Noble Inc., where the Wi-Fi is complimentary.

But in New York, the trend is accelerating among independents. At Cocoa Bar locations in Brooklyn and on the Manhattan's Lower East Side, a five-month-old rule forbids laptops after 8 on Friday and Saturday nights. At Espresso 77 in Jackson Heights, Queens, owners covered three of five electric outlets six months ago after its loosely enforced laptop-use restrictions failed to encourage turnover. At two of three Café Grumpy locations -- one in Brooklyn and the other in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood -- laptops are never welcome.

Laptop backlash poses particular difficulties for people without offices, says Leah Meyerhoff, 29, a film director and free-lancer. She long has used coffee shops to interview cast and crew and to work on pre-production. Now, she says, "it's a constant search for places with the Internet where I can sit and focus without being frowned upon."

"Good luck staying open when you're turning half your clientele out on a Friday night," Hannah Moots, 23, wrote about Cocoa Bar on Yelp, a Web site where customers rate retailers. When Ms. Moots, who aspires to be an archaeologist, met her boyfriend at the coffee shop after 8 p.m. on a Friday to work on graduate-school applications, she was ushered out, she says, even though the place was almost empty.

"We had to power down or leave instantly," Ms. Moots wrote in her blog. She left and went to a different cafe, where she later expressed her dismay on the Web. Masoud Soltani, a Cocoa Bar owner, confirms that he sent her a Yelp message: "I remember you very well...I would not think you would write such bad stuff about us." Mr. Soltani says she is no longer welcome in his store.

Customers' frugality has reached extremes in the recession, the 40-year-old Mr. Soltani says. Some patrons show up with a tea bag for a free hot-water refill or quietly unwrap homemade sandwiches, he says. The Soltani brothers tried to adapt by adding sandwiches to their assortment of pastries and chocolates two months ago. And they want to be able to change the atmosphere after dark. "We lower the light, and it's chocolate, wine and couples holding hands," says Masoud's brother Bahman. "What's the guy with the laptop doing here?"

Some customers are sympathetic. Norm Elrod was "devastated," he wrote on his blog -- called "Jobless and Less" -- when he spotted "little plastic covers on the electrical outlets, secured with little padlocks" at Espresso 77. "But I knew why they had done it," the 37-year-old unemployed marketing manager says.

"I used to be one of the abusers," Mr. Elrod confesses on his blog, "sipping a two-dollar cup of coffee in a to-go cup for hours." But, he says in an interview, now he practices what he considers better coffee-shop etiquette, lingering over his laptop during off-hours and spending more money.