Outdoor Activities

For nature lovers who live in cities, it is not unusual programs getaway weekend at least once a month. Every day more people are outdoor sports like hiking, picnicking, climbing. Generally the trips are done in couples, families, groups of friends or are accompanied by man's best friend, the dog. For this reason, It’s not uncommon to see dogs trotting up popular hiking trails, seemingly unconcerned with the uneven terrain. It’s not until recently, however, that humans have been able to get a dog’s eye view of those same trails.

I found a funny video for as more of a hiker may have wondered more than once how your dog enjoys the walk. For this, a youTube user and Los Angeles resident Syejukoon designed a custom backpack for his corgi, Riley, and attached a GoPro camera to it. The result is a series of bouncing, twisting footage of the Runyon Canyon trail.

Enjoy a Hike From a Dog’s Perspective! After all, what could be better than the great outdoors with man’s best friend?

Reminder: make sure you can control your dog. Dogs should be respectful of other people, dogs and wildlife on hiking trails. If your dog isn’t well socialized, he can be disruptive or possibly even dangerous to others.

The link are here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3MXU4d2w5VI

Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html

Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then humanities, and the bottom are the arts. Now our education system is predicated on the idea of academic ability. We are educating people out of their creative capacities, is stigmatize mistakes and decrease creativity of children.

Ken Robinson champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

He argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences.

Today the purpose of education has a merely industrial order, if we educate ourselves well, we will have a job. But the truth is that this reality is not guaranteed. The truth is that the curricular system was conceived and designed in another era, in other economic circumstances at the time of the industrial revolution. And today the intellectual capacity of people classified as academic (smart people) or nonacademic (dumb people). It is believed that at present the attention deficit is a modern epidemic among students. The children are being medicated for it. And in reality it is logical that children are more distracted as they are available more distractions such as computers, televisions, iPhones, and most of all advertising. It is logical that the concentration decreases in the classroom as they teach boring stuff. The victims of this mentality are the artists. Schools seem to be designed as industries, everything is standardized. The opposite are the thoughts that diverge is the same as creativity. Creativity is the ability to find different solutions for the same problem. In the institutions, over the years this ability deteriorates

My favorite picture

Yes, actually I have many pictures but the one I like is this. In this picture I am with my eternal love and I really like because it reflects who we really are when we are together: a young couple, happy, caring and love. The truth is I do not remember who took this photograph, there were many people. As I recall, we were celebrating the birthday of a friend. This friend is very important in our love and thanks to him we met. It was an accident, he was our mutual friend, his name is Eduardo. Eduardo repeatedly invited me to meet his friends, I refused. Until one day I agreed and I would imagine, I met this wonderful man who makes me happy every day and will be the future father of my baby.

I hope you liked the story of this photograph, there is not much of art, or landscape, simply has a high emotional value.

My favorite movie: Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

The plot is the thrilling high-seas adventure with a mysterious twist that started it all. The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal kidnapping the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead. Rich in suspense-filled adventure, sword-clashing action, mystery, humor, unforgettable characters, and never-before-seen special effects, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a must-have epic on the grandest scale ever!

The director was Gore Verbinski and the principal actors was Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann.

I like it because it has lots of action, the story is consistent with the fun and creative plot. What I liked most of all, was the interpretation of Jack Sparrow, the setting and special effects. I sincerely believe that even before this film, the genre of the pirates was abandoned for a while and then came this wonderful film, well made and very well characterized.

Long live the pirates!