The year of Bicentenary

On September 18, 2010 Chile celebrated its 200 years of republican life. This date is a symbolic milestone in our history because it was the beginning of the process that would lead us to be an independent nation. Chile's Bicentennial is an important date, because we can celebrate who we are as a nation and what we have achieved in these two hundred years. Also is a crucial moment to reflect on what we did right and what must change and improve in the coming years.
Despite all the important and beautiful it is celebrating 200 years of independence of our country, this year there have been a lot of events undoubtedly have marked the history of our country, either positively or negatively. Starting from the earthquake that shook the whole country and the world, one of the largest disasters in the history of our country. The earthquake occurred at 3:34:17, on Saturday February 27, 2010, it reached a magnitude of 8.8. The epicenter was located in the Chilean Sea, opposite the towns of Cobquecura Curanipe and about 150 miles northwest of Concepción and 63 miles southwest of Cauquenes, and 47.4 miles beneath the earth's crust. The areas most affected by the earthquake were the Chilean regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Bío Bío and La Araucanía, who accumulate more than 13 million people, about 80% of the population. As a result of the earthquake, the same happened on February 27 a strong tsunami that struck our coast, destroying several villages. This disaster certainly marked the history of our country, because apart from being regarded as the second strongest in the country's history and one of the five strongest recorded by mankind, the number of people who lost their property or more important even their own lives is a fact that undoubtedly will not forget in a long time and marked in 2010.
However, not everything was bad in 2010, because this year a situation that seemed to be another tragedy became one of the positive things this year, as was the successful rescue of 33 miners who were trapped in the mine under earth. This situation thanks to the efforts of many people and hope and strength of families and the miners themselves, had a happy ending and could contribute to the pretty face of this year's bicentennial.
From this analysis and to end is important to remember that the bicentenary offers us a unique opportunity to be proud of who we are, and dream of the country we want to build for future generations as well as being a time of celebration, togetherness, reflection and projection into the future and despite all adverse events that occurred, it is important that each of us can help us to have a world and a better country, starting every one of us to build a better future.

THE BIG FISH...

Hi to everyone! Today I will talk about the film That I love, "The Big Fish"
Well, before giving an overview of the film, I will tell you when I saw it, I remember it was just last summer. Many people had recommended me, and one day I decided to download the movie and in this moment I remembered all the people I had recommended me the film.
This movie is truly magical for me, is why give them a short review of it so hopefully they can see it sometime.Edward, the main character spends the day reading the Encyclopedia because it is a child of eight years should be in bed due to supernatural growth. It is set in an article on the big fish in learning that "if the big fish are kept in a fish bowl little will remain small. With more space, the fish can double, triple or quadruple its size. " Ten years later, after become the most popular girl in his city, he realizes that as the big fish to grow, must leave home and explore the world. As she confesses to her new friend Karl the Giant, "Do you think This town is too small for you? To which he responds, "is too small for a man of my ambition. " And then begins a mythical and amazing journey. Many years and countless adventures later, Edward is well known as a storyteller about his colorful and his wanderlust that took him around the world. His mythical Stories range from the charming to the surreal, from epic sagas on giants and werewolves, Korean lounge singers, a witch with a glass eye that can see the future up to a big fish that refuses to being caught. The fabulous stories to anyone who loves Edward is except his son Will, who has also left home, but in this case to escape the long shadow of his father. When Edward ill and his wife Sandra tries to reconcile them, Will embarks
in his own personal journey to separate myth from reality his father's life and accept the great successes and great failures ... This is not the end, look better than yourselves, you will not regret.

Myths and truths about the human brain...

Hi to everyone! Today I will talk about the Doctor Pedro Maldonado’s presentation, and specificly about the “myths and truths about the human brain”.
Well, for starters it is important to mention that the "human brain" is a complex issue, but also wonderfully interesting, because it is the structure of the body that governs all our behavior, including our emotions, for this reason that the human brain is full of myths about which Dr. Pedro Maldonado spoke and clarified in his interesting talk.
Among the myths that Dr. Maldonado said is the "Size and shape of the brain", this issue is very interesting because when compare the human brain with that of other species, are impressive both differences and similarities in the structure and size this structure, for example, the animal that is more like the brain to us humans is the "chimp" and on the opposite side, we find a staggering difference in the convolutions, size, shape, etc., which has an animal as small as squirrels, which have a very small brain, poor convolutions, which realizes the regarding the complexity of functions performed by agencies related to the characteristics of the brain of each species.
Another controversial issue about the brain, is the comparison made of this structure with a computer. Although this myth has been useful in cognitive psychology, neuro sciences research. Cognitive has revealed many important differences between the brains and computers, these differences could be crucial for understand the neural mechanisms of information processing that certainly is much more complex than a computer.
Well finally, it is important to note that the brain is a complex issue and actually engaging, as well as having important for all of us, knowledge of its early development and its functions are essential for understanding many of our behaviors and impressed by how amazing it is the perfection of this structure.