I´ve been using the Internet for years with professional purpose. I could´t say exactly how long, but what I know is that this is my third year as a blogger and Aragon Valley increases even more the professional use I Read More …
Author: David Mairal
Pope Francis to issue the major statement on environment ever
Up to now, the most important statement on environment ever issued was likely the one by United States´ president Obama read on june 2013 about the global environment. It was an ambitious lecture on climate change, at the level of Read More …
Nanotechnology as a disruptive factor in Occupational Safety and Health, Environment
“In the long term, nanotechnology will demand a revolutionary re-thinking of occupational health and safety”. John Howard, MD, NIOSH. John Howard is the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the U.S.. This words are Read More …
Managing stress and psychosocial risks at work, in the next EU-OSHA´s campaign
Stress and psychosocial risks are the second most frequently reported work-related health problem in Europe; Along with other psychosocial risks, stress is thought to account for more than a half (50-60%) of all lost working days. These are just a Read More …
The pillars of the Earth
Weeks ago, I finished reading “The pillars of the Earth”, the great book by Ken Follett. One of the thinks I most liked was how well are the characters defined as the events happen. It almost could be said that, Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: Ferrocarril Central de Aragón´s train accident in Luco (Teruel, Aragón), 1904
This is a classic entry on the catastrophe suffered in the summer of 1904 by a train from the Ferrocarril Central de Aragón company, while travelling towards Calatayud from Valencia, which was the regular itinerary of this historic railway. It Read More …
Occupational Safety and Health in 2014
One of the most expected predictions in one of my professional fields -risk prevention- for 2013 failed: last year the new European Strategy on Safety and Health at Work was not renewed. This drove to a deep criticism to relevant authorities, Read More …
2014: Work and personal development
I don´t like to establish specific dates as scheduled starting points of projects or redeem myself by making emends. I prefer to think that I take action day-to-day, not depending on one specific day, only justified by taking up a Read More …
Aragon Valley´s 2013 summary
During 2013 I published 103 posts (Spanish version of the blog), visited 40 thousand times by 28 thousand unique visitors who stayed as average 4 minutes 32 seconds in the site. The most visited post was “The hidden meaning of Read More …
Not all is in the Internet
My favourite place in Barcelona is the Sant Antoni market of used books and collections, on Conde de Urgell street. There, every sunday morning lots of mobile stalls are set. Most of them are branches of normal libraries, which use Read More …
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2014
Do we exchange our jobs for one day?
Days ago, a workmate brought a comment on one of my professional activities, occupational safety and health: “the think is that, your work has a lot to do with common sense“. It didn´t surprised me too much since I have Read More …
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