Admittedly I would have answered convincedly "NO", if you would have asked me that last week.  Most of the chicken breast I bought in the last years was for the cat.  She compared with commercial cat food and told me  that I was a Gourmet Chef, when I was serving her the boiled or microwaved disgust.

 On  March 8 and 9 I was invited to participate in the expert consultation on "Industry and Innovation in e-Infrastructures for Horizon 2020.

All invited experts were asked to contribute to the following questions:

1. Technology transfer, spin-offs and financing

ISTAT  has published the demographic Indicators for  2011. The Italian population.  The population in Italy has grown by  about 220,000, there are more than  60 million people living in Italy.  Behind these number is hidden that the "Italian"  population shrunk by 65,000.  Only because of the increase by "foreigners" of 290,000, the overall increase results.

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 The following numbers are from the CIA factbook

 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/20...

 Die Gruenen haben mit den Konservativen eine klare gemeinsame Grundeinstellung: die Welt ist schlecht. Der Unterschied ist, dass die Konservativen, dass als eine vorsichtige Basiseinschaetzung sehen, waehrend die Gruenen die Welt schlecht sehen durch die Moderne.. wenn man ab Abgrund steht, ist jeder Schritt vorwaerts...  aber daraus resultiert durchaus aehnliche Politik.

Auch die Haltung des Buessers findet sich bei den Gruenen und denKonservativen.

Die linke repraesentiert dagegen den modernen Groessenwahn, des "alles ist machbar"

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https://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_gdp_capita_gdp_hour.pdf

In this document are comprehensive tables from 1960 to 2010!  Very interesting numbers.  The GDP/employed person in Italy is higher than in Germany, per worked hour, much lower!

 An employed person in Italy in 2010  worked 383 hours/ year more than in Germany,  this are 9 weeks more!!!!!!!

https://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-29062011-AP/EN/3-290...

 The total employment rate  for people in the  EU27  aged 20 to 64, which is the age group targeted in the 

Europe 2020 strategy, rose steadily from 66.8% in 2002 to 70.4% in 2008, then fell to 69.1% in 2009, and 

decreased further in 2010 to 68.6%. The employment rate for women in this age group, which increased 

Statement "provocatorio":

Avevo una discussione oggi sulla manovra Monti con una mia collega che sosteneva che la manovra porterebbe a nuovi grandi numeri di persone che dormono sulla strada e che devono andare alle mense pubbliche per mangiare,

 I don't agree with those, who are crying against the measures that the Monti Government has decided to combate the budget deficit.  I mostly agree with the big measures and also with the small ones. 

Pension System:  this is the main pont, where bancrutpcy was looming.  Now finally: