The last train to to the school.

Yesterday I listened in the news this piece of news. 

In Japan, a girl goes to the school by train. She is the only person in the bus train, who takes it to go to the school. She lives in a small village and it's necessary to take it to go every day to the school. 

The Japanesse authorities know this problem and they know the cost of this public service. They know that the education is compulsory in Japan, and despite the cost, the have decided to keep it until the girl finishes the school, in the next month of March. 

This is a very nice act of the Japanesse authorities for the population, to keep their education system. Not in all parts of the world, this kind of attitude towards the population would be done it.

It's for this reason, I think Japan is one country where the weelbeing of the people is before the economic results. They know it and they do it. For the population. I wish every countries did the same things.
The day that this girl finised the school, will be the day that she will take the last train. 

Computers ... No Limits

It's true that Computers, Personal Computers, Gadgets like Smart phones, tablets .... make us our lifes easier than some years ago.
In our companies, computers help us to make our process more verified, reliable ... they make the work quicker and with more precission than before. Sometimes, they help to give off people but in the most of the cases, it's necessary more people to controll them, to help them .... ( But not in all cases)
In our lifes, Personal computers help us to make our life easier too. But in some cases they help us to decrease the feeling of isolation. With them, social networks help us to be in contact with another people and to make smaller the long distances.

After this introdution, I would like to write few lines to tell you the last news that I read yesterday on the net.
Everybody knows that big powers, like EEUU, Japan ... are on the top in the development of new technologies.
Thanks the work of people who work there, new technologies and computers are living with us. And we can use them. Because the are part of our lifes.
The last news deals with the possibility that in a very near future, Computers are managed by our minds. I think how would be possible to be able to control that machines with our mind. I don't know. But I wonder, In that moment, we will be persons or machines? I don't know. What it is true is that the future is not very far.

New Expression: TO BE CUTTING IT FINE

Today, I've learnt a new expression, very coloquial at least in the oral comunication.
The expression is. TO BE CUTTING IT FINE.
We can translate this expression from English to Spanish like: LLEGAR POR LOS PELOS.
The meaning can be: when someone can do a thing just in the last momento. More or less.
Let's see several examples to leant this expression:

He woke up later than usual. His flight was goinf to take off in two hours. He hurried up to take a car and drove to the airport. He arrived 30 minutes before the departure of the flight. He WAS CUTTING IT FINE.
In Spanish:
Se despertó más tarde que de costumbre. Su vuelo despegaba en dos hora. Se dio prisa en coger un coche y condujo al aeropuerto. El llegó 30 minutos antes de la salida del vuelo. El LLEGÓ POR LOS PELOS.

The best boss

Yesterday I read an article in a magazine name : Is he the best boss in the world or is he a sham?

Nice headline to an article. 

The new Robin Hood in the world, Dan Price, works for Gravity Payments. This company, located in Seattle, is specialised  in financial services.

One day, Dan decided to increase the salary of all his employees from 50.000$ to 70.000$ for the year 2017. 

To avoid the increase of costs of his company, he decided to reduce his salary in the same way that he increased the salary of all his employees. 

With this action, all his employees would be very happy with their boss but at the same time with the company for which they work for.

Soon, this action was very popular in the country. And Dan has been interviewed for several mass media to explain his action and to advice to the companies with a new way of helping to the welfare of all his employees. 

It is said that Dan earns, 20.000$ for each interview. I suppose that all these incomes go to the result of his company and finally to his pocket. It is said that this new model of management helps to increase the profits of the companies, and the welfare of the employees, because they take part of the management of the company.

But I think that all this story is a nice tale. Not everybody works for this kind of company, not all companies are the same, and obviously, not all companies can afford all these kind of ways of management. I wonder, what is the real message of all this story? I don't know, but sincerelly, I wouldn't mind to work for Gravity Payments.