An famous colombian artist...Fernando Botero.

He was Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932, Fernando Botero moved in 1951 to Bogota, where he had his first exhibition at the Leo Matiz Gallery.

He studied in Madrid at the San Fernando Academy and in Florence. In 1956 he taught at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Bogota. In 1957 he exhibited at the Pan American Union in Washington. Botero developed a mix in the painting between Renaissance, Barroque and the colonial tradition of Latin America. In 1969, he was established as a big painter when he exposed the Inflated Images at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1993 Fernando Botero was honored with an exhibition of his sculpture along the Champs Elysees, the first non-French artist to exhibit at this venue.

His work is characterized by inflated, rounded forms, painted with smooth, almost invisible brushstrokes, and an exaggerated size on human figures, natural features, and objects of all kinds, celebrating the life within them while mocking their role in the world. He like constantly referring to his native Colombia and also creating elaborate parodies of works of art from the past.

In the decade 1980, Botero became one of the most sought artists in the world and a lot of his art (paintings and sculptures) became an integral part of the landscape of many cities.

Fernando Botero is proud of Colombia, and personally I like his art because is excellent, his sculptures and paintings are very interesting and fun.

Rodolfo Llinas, a Colombian Neurologist among the best in the world, he works at NASA.

Rodolfo Llinas was born in Bogota, Cundinamarca (Colombia), in 1934. He studied at Gimnasio Moderno School, received his MD for Javeriana University in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 for the Australian National University. Actually, the Dr. Llinas is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physicology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. Professor Llinas had written around ten books, 500 publications in Medicine and Science.

Dr. Llinas has wide researches, varied and complex but his main researches are based in hyphotesis about origin of the conscience. He also discovered the electric activity in the neurons and the ions of calcium that make a bridge between electricity neuronal and chemistry. Now he turns to develop a new technology for a cerebral exploration.

Rodolfo Llinas is considered one of the fathers of neuroscience.

He has contribued in:

-Discovery dendritic inhibition in central sistems
-Utilization of magnetoencephalography in clinical research.

He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group and has been recognized with doctorates honorarium, numerous prizes and distinctions.

He is a great Colombian and an example that we can do things well done!

Colombian Scientist: Manuel Elkin Patarroyo

Manuel Elkin Patarroyo was born on november 3rd-1947, is a Colombian pathologyst, who developed the world's first synthetic vaccine for malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitos that affects many people in the World. The Dr. Patarroyo studied medicine at the National University of Colombia, received a scholarship to Yale University, and a PhD at Rockefeller University in New York.

The vaccine has been proven effective between 30 and 60 percent of the time to those over one year old. There were discussions with a major pharmaceutical company to manufacture the vaccine in Switzerland, but that would have made the price very high. Patarroyo insisted that the vaccine be produced in Columbia, in order to keep the price low. If produced in Europe or the US, the price per dose would have been $10, but by producing the vaccine in Colombia, it is estimated that it will cost 40 cents per dose.

He is other person pride of Colombia.

I'm proud of Colombia,... a great country for the world

Bogota Bucaramanga

Cucuta

Barranquilla

San Andres

Cartagena

Colombia is one of the best countries of the world, although the rest of the world speaks bad
for lack of culture and knowledge about really happens in this country. It is certain that the country has problems, but It is not certain that they are over all the Colombian territory , in Colombia, the people can live happily, because I have been living all the time there and never I have seen close those problems; mainly the problems are in the forests and really is more a political problem that another thing.

Contrary to its depiction in the ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ film, Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, is one of the largest and liveliest cities in Latin America. The city has been working successfully along the lines of the Colombia Country Image Campaign to change negative perceptions.

This country, Colombia, has beautiful and dear people, amazing landscapes, pretty cities, development in all the areas, It is one of the best countries in education, one of the countries where it is good spoken the Spanish, with personalities, prize novel of literature, good singers, scientists, soccer players, personalities in golf and in Formula 1, delicious food and plates, finally, Colombia is a grandiose country for rest of the world.

I invite to see the following page Web where there are several videos about the passion that surrounds to Colombia, you don’t regret to see them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7uqvOVRIuE&NR=1

A study in Canada shows pay is less important to this generation when the people choose a career

An article of Gauntlet Magazine of the University of Calgary that was emitted on 20th september-2007, expose actually when every person is choosing a career lees important at this moment is the salary, then it’s means that the money isn’t always the happiness. The consulting firm has done a lot of recruitment in different universities and the results explain that people actually are looking for stability and to be happy at your work place, that is, a balance between their careers with their personal life.

The top three of careers preferred in Canada is the following: academic research, healthcare and education/teaching.

For more information about Career Services visit http://www.ucalgary.ca/careerservices, where they will assist students with resumes, interviewing skills and job searches.