Archive for May, 2010
Clowning After the Game
Posted in Photography, tagged Entertainment, Fun, Lifestyle, Panama, Soccer, Sport, University of Panama, Youth on May 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Faces Behind the Financial Crisis
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Carl Levin, Congress, Culprits, Finance, Investments, Meltdown, Mortages, Recession, Securities, Senate, Sub-Prime Mortages, Timber Wolf, Wall Street on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most of the articles I’ve read or the movies or videos I’ve seen, mainly focus on the events and causes that let to the meltdown of Wall Street on September of 2008. This is well and good to understand what really happened and all the underlying forces which led to crisis. However, little is known [...]
Blurry Objects in the Dark
Posted in Photography, tagged Cameras, Canon PowerShot 720 IS, Darkness, Hobbies, Lights, Panama, Photographic Effects, Photographs on May 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As my interest for photography grows, I like to foray into new image processing territory. One of the interesting things you can do in photography, is to adjust the camera and shoot photographs of blurry objects in dark environments. By adjusting the camera, I mean manually adjusting the shutter speed and the aperture of the [...]
Did Anybody Say Yellow?
Posted in Photography, tagged Beauty, Color, Flowers, Nature, Panama, Photographs, Yellow on May 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I know talking about slowing down and taking time to smell the daisies, to look at the sky and enjoy the clouds hazily floating by or to listen to the birds chirping up on a tree, sounds like an old cliché. But nevertheless, it’s true. When we were young, we had no time to do [...]
The Charisma of Don Juan Bosco
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Churches, Don Juan Bosco, Journalists, Panama, Religion, Roman Catholics, Saints, Salesian Society, Youth on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most massive processions in Panama, is that of former Italian priest and saint of the Roman Catholic Church, John Bosco. Saint John Bosco (Giovanni Melchiore Bosco – 1815–1888), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life [...]
The Minor Basilica of Don Bosco in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Basilicas, Buildings, Catholic Church, Don Juan Bosco, Panama, Religion, Structures, Towers on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Panama is a very Catholic country, with some 80 percent of its inhabitants adhering to that branch of the Christian faith. Since the early days of the Spanish colonization of the country at the turn of the 16th century, Panama has enjoyed the construction of churches with gorgeous architectural styles. The best example is the [...]
A Tower in Panama
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Bailicas, Buildings, Churches, Panama, Religion, Structures, Tourism on May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Door
Posted in Photography, tagged Basilicas, Churches, Don Bosco, Doors, Panama, Religion, Tourism on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Spanish Embassy in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Camino de Cruces, Diplomacy, History, Panama, Spain, Structures on May 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rodrigo de Bastidas, sailing westward from Venezuela in 1501 in search of gold, was the first European to explore the isthmus of Panama. A year later, Christopher Columbus visited the isthmus and established a short-lived settlement in Darien. Vasco Núñez de Balboa’s tortuous trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1513 demonstrated that the [...]
Headquarters of Panama City Hall
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Bosco Vallarino, Buildings, Garbage, Panama City Hall, Public Administration. Hatillo Building, Structures on May 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Hatillo Building was purchased by former Mayor of Panama City, Juan Carlos Navarro, to modernize the administration of the Alcaldía de Panamá that had great problems operating from a crumbling structure in Avenida B. It’s located in Avenida Cuba in the neighborhood of La Exposición. Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro was replaced by Bosco Vallarino [...]
