jueves, 18 de noviembre de 2010

Hidden treasure found in Children's park






















An stunning discovering was found in Children's park at Christmas eve. People go there after buying Christmas presents, so that this place is constantly visited by homeless children with the intention to ask for coins.
Although that afternoon just a few coins have been given to the children, an amazing solution to children's hungry and Christmas wishes, was dug up by a dog. A 6 feet-high box rose from earth, it was full of candies, chocolates, toys and clothes. Children were fascinated with this presents, till the box was stolen by the people around.
Children's dreams seemed to be killed by people's avarice, until a man dressed in red encourage people to leave the place.
Children had the best night of their lives, enjoying all the presents found inside the box. An special treasure hidden for them.

jueves, 28 de octubre de 2010

Is geography more risky than a weapon itself?


Although geography can create difficulties at the moment of a war, I don't think it is an insurmountable obstacle for beginnig one, especially with the undeniable technological battlefield advancements, created in order to prevent problems like this one.
At the moment of declaring a war, there are other motivations, much more important and stronger than how can the geography affect negativaly the development of an attack. If geography is mainly considered, I think it is only when it is the thing in risk, when it is the reason to fight for. But in other situations, such as religious conflicts, or economical ones, geography just helps to decide which is the best way of attacking.
To sum up, geography does not change the development of a war. If a country has a geography which is detrimental to the well progress of a war, it is going to be attacked anyway. In battlefield there is plenty of harmful things for humans, geography is just one more, and not as risky as a weapon.

domingo, 3 de octubre de 2010

Lewis & Clark


Talking about them both, is talking about the first expedition held in the US which contemplated the whole territory of that country from east to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were two soldiers from the United States army who provided the first descriptive map of a mercantile route to the pacific, in order to transport resources and people through it.

In my opinion, although this is an admirable fact (because they didn't have many resources but they were able to held and extensive journey) I can't consider it as heroic, because if they wouldn't have done it, somebody else would have. Is something natural on humans to board our minds, or expand our horizons, so it isn't something that nobody else would have consider to do.

After all the things I read, I can conclude that, although this expedition was a huge risk, an important sacrifice, it worth everything for this country. They found new natural resources, new places to live and a new mapping. It was a little conquest done in the US, by people from the US.

viernes, 17 de septiembre de 2010

To have a superpower, or not to have it ... that's the question!


I have never wondered this question, probably because I don't think my emotional hapiness would change a lot if a had so. But thinking it better, I would really love having the ability to fly, I would be able to get anywhere without spending money on buses, and it would take me less time of travelling, eventually.
Also, I think having a super intelligence would be fine. I'm not saying that I'm a stupid person or something, but sometimes I feel intellectually excluded, I don't like giving my opinion about thinks I'm not aware enough, and that makes me feel not being able to talk about specific topics that I'm not familiar with, but that I find interesting when I hear them from other people's mouths.
And lastly, I would like enjoying a super vision, because I've got problems with my eyes; I suffer from myopia, a small percentage of strabismus and a lack of depth perception. So having this ability would change my life completely, my eyes wouldn't get tired so easily when I read, watch films or write. And I wouldn't have to wear glasses.
On the other hand, there are some other superpowers I wouldn't like having at all. For example, the ability to read other people's minds, knowing every single thing that people is thinking would be awful, there are some thinks you shouldn't hear, just because it could hurt your own feelings, and I think I would get mad. Other superpower I would hate having, would be immortality. We are humans, we have our life cycle and we have to accept that somehow, somewhere, someday it would end, because it's something that has to happen. It would be horrible to get tired of life, wouldn't be?


Nicole C. Zárate S.