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Are you looking for a pet?

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Are you looking for a pet?   Capybara   Related to the guinea pig, this native South American is the largest rodent in the world. Fully grown, the capybara is on average 1.2 mts long and usually weighs more than 45 kgs. It's rare to find these obscure animals as pets. Capybaras need a lot of attention, plenty of room to roam and some type of swimming pool. They can be territorial and could bite with their large teeth. Capybaras aren´t recommended for families with young children, because the rodents aren't nearly as tolerant as some other domestic pets, like dogs.   Fennec fox   Fennec foxes dwell in the sandy Sahara and elsewhere in North Africa. Their nocturnal habits help them deal with the searing heat of the desert environment, and some physical adaptations help as well. Their distinctive, bat-like ears radiate body heat and help keep the foxes cool. They also have long, thick hair that insulates them during cold night...

Outdoors / Indoors

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Outdoor /indoor Do you watch T.V.all day long? Do you spend more than 4 hours of your day playing video games? Do you have more friends in the virtual world than in real life? Stop being a couch potato! What you need is more outdoor activities and less of your cellphone. Here we have the top ten of outdoor activities right for making you become a real life super hero.  1. Kite Flying :  It is one outdoor activity that you would love to indulge in and even learn. Kite flying can be a fun activity for the whole family. Once you know the ins and outs of kite flying, you can even organize family competitions.   2. Cycling :  There was a time when teens would love bicycles. Why not revive this fun exercise? You can plan a cycling expedition with your partners every once in a while. Not only is it good for fitness but it is also quite fun. 3 . Frisbee Fun : Frisbee fun can make your weekends enjoyable. It is a great activity for family p...

Jackson Pollock for dummies

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                                   Art for you and me From tie to time or when we have free time, we get a little bored. Here is when we find art to cheer up our existences! Let´s check one of my favorite artists, Jackson Pollock. He was born in The U.S.A back on 1912 and die on 1956. But why is he so interesting? I think you should see some of his paintings and then I will ask again: So, isn´t him fantastic? don´t you feel the need of start painting by yourselve? Let´s learn something more about Pollock: Jacson Pollock facts: Pollock stopped using symbolic titles for his work because he found them misleading. This is why his later works are numbered. Pollock first studied drawing  but could not adequately express himself in the medium. Pollock converted the barn on his farm in East Hampton into a studio. For a time, Pollock sprayed paint onto the canvas through a...

The narrow eye

                                   Our "local" society Probably you've asked yourself a couple of times, what would my life have been like if I lived in another city? Our society, which we consider "local", offers us some of the most renowned folk festivals in the country, that´s a fact and we know that the city has an undoubedtly close relationship with the Magdalena river. We know our location in the region, it might be possible we can call ourselves truly opitas .  However, we are attracted to "the outside", what we don't have or those stuff we don't see everyday. What we have here is a point of view that could be named as "the narrow eye", taking in account that the word "local" contextually is taken as a term that isolates the individual. How many times we've wanted to be among giants (in stature and culture, I mean), closing our eyes to the possibilities we can open ...

¿en qué momento se fregó Colombia?

Noticias como estas sobre el caso Odebrecht, están directamente vinculadas con las altas esferas del poder son las que desestabilizan nuestro sistema de gobierno. El ciudadano de a pie no puede seguir creyendo en sus gobernantes pues las personas que nosotros mismos elegimos como gerentes de una nación demuestran una vez m'as no tener principios éticos. Podemos preguntarnos ¿Cómo establecer normas y leyes que condenen los casos de corrupción en Colombia, cuando los que están para legislarlas y establecerlas, son los primeros en incumplirlas? una total ironía.    Cuando la corrupción ya no es una rareza sino por el contrario esta embebida en nuestra cotidianidad es cuando empezamos a pensar ¿en qué momento se fregó Colombia? "Cualquier profesional no pudo haber hecho este esquema de corrupción. Se ha tenido que concurrir a profesionales de alto nivel especializados de la banca, finanzas, contabilidad y los servicios legales" bien lo afrima el econo...

conceptualizando un problema ético

                                        Corrupción  Entendamos la corrupción como el uso indebido del poder, generalmente en beneficio propio. El corrupto busca obtener ventajas o privilegios que de otra manera deben ser trabajados con transparencia y dentro del marco de la legalidad, este fenomeno social esta ligado a las esferas que ejercen el poder, sin embargo puede permear cualquier segmento de la sociedad. En los últimos años en Colombia hemos sido testigos del crecimiento de este problema en el sector público, en el mismo sector encargado de impartir justicia, al parecer estamos frente a la crisis más grande de la historia.  Lo que nos hace preguntarnos ¿cuando nos hicimos corruptos? Parafraseando a Polo Santillán "La sociedad contemporánea vive una inquietante contradicción:...