Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwrite. His literary masterpiece, Don Quixote, often considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature and is regularly regarded among the best novels ever written–at least in the Spanish language. Cervantes work is considered among the most important in all of [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword
Posted in Literature, tagged Art, Don Quixote, Literature, Migual de Cervantes Saavedra, Novels, Sancho Panza, Sculptures, Statues, Universidad de Panama on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A View from the Hill
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Administration Building, Buildings, College, Education, Palm Trees, Panama, Universities, University of Panama, Vegetation on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The administrative operation center for the University of Panama is located on the top of a hill known as La Colina. It’s a magnificent seven-story tower surrounded by a couple of dancing water fountains, lush palm trees, sculptures and bright tropical flowers. From this building you can see the entire campus below. The view is [...]
Buildings of the University of Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Art, Campus, Education, Learning, Panama, Structures, University of Panama on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The University of Panama was founded on October 7, 1935, with a student body of 175 in the fields of Education, Commerce, Natural Sciences, Pharmacy, Pre-Engineering and Law. As of 2008, it maintains a student body of 74,059 distributed in 228 buildings around the country. The main campus is located in Panama City. This government [...]
The Rule of Law
Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Education, Law, Panama, School of Law, Structures, University of Panama on March 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The School of Law of the University of Panama, initially known as Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas or Escuela Libre de Derecho was created in 1918 through Executive Decree No. 7 dated January 25, 1918. It operated under this name until 1935 when it was annexed to the Universidad de Panamá. The School of [...]
Sparkling Smiles
Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, tagged Dentists, Education, Odontology, Panama, Students, University of Panama on March 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Having a sparkling smile is a good start for socializing. Millions of dollars are spent each year on improving the whiteness of teeth, on making them more even or polishing them up. I have several friends who got married because their partner had such a gorgeous smile, they couldn’t resist falling in love. However, great [...]
A Visit to the Universidad de Panamá
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Colleges, Education, Knowledge, Panama, School of Medicine, Universities, University of Panama on March 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
At the request of a frequent reader and commentator of Lingua Franca, I recently visited the campus of Universidad de Panamá. This is a public entity responsible for monitoring and regulating high education in Panama. Many education experts agree that Universidad de Panamá is responsible for generating most of the professionals needed by the country [...]
Mozilla Updates Firefox to Version 3.6.2
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Applications, Firefox 3.6.2, Internet, Mozilla, Security Patches, Software, Vulnerabilities, Web Browsers on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to fix a critical vulnerability flaw, Mozilla announced late yesterday a new release of their popular Web browser. “Security researcher Evgeny Legerov of Intevydis reported that the WOFF decoder contains an integer overflow in a font decompression routine. This flaw could result in too small a memory buffer being allocated to store [...]
The Twisters Are Back!
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Children, Family Values, Panama, Toys, Twisters on March 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday my wife and I went to El Machetazo to buy our bi-weekly groceries. We went in the morning to avoid the usual Sunday rush. It was a smooth operation and returned home about two hours later. I went to my office to over view the news on the Internet. I was interested in finding [...]
An Essential Piece of Equipment for Any Photographer
Posted in Photography, tagged Attitude, Photographic Equipment, Photography, Videos, You Tube on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you are serious, I mean real serious about photography, please view this short video created by photographer Joe McNally. I’m sure you’ll agree with him all the way. Do you have this piece of equipment in your photography room? Good Day.
