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One of the greatest, and perhaps the most original, superhero team of all time is the Fantastic Four. It is comprised by Reed Richards, an eminent scientist; Sue and Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm. They all went through an experiment in space that went wrong when some amount of bizarre cosmic energy manfested suring the experiment and altered their genetic makeup forever and giving them different powers. Reed Richards gained the ability to stretch his body unimaginably and is now called Mr. Fantastic. Sue Storm, who would eventually become Reed's wife, gained the ability to become invisible and project force fields. She is know as the Invisible Woman. Her brother can ignite his body without getting burnt. He can also fly and throw fire blows. He is called The Human Torch. Finally, there is Ben Grimm, whose skin is now made up of orange rocks. He is taller than before, invulnerable and extremely strong perhaps only second to the Hulk. He is called The Thing. Occasionally eit

The Avengers is not the first group of superheroes coming together to save the world, and the Avengers is not the first group of superheroes to jump from the comic book format to the silver screen either. Several years before them we had The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a film based on the comic of the same title, an original idea by legendary comic writer, Alan Moore. The idea was to put together the main characters of several books that were mostly British or somehow related to the British empire. From left to right in the picture those characters are none other than Dr. Jekyll (Jason Flemyng), Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Sha), Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), the Invisible Man (Tony Curran) and an adult Tom Sawyer (Shane West). Certainly they are not all heroes but their abilities is what makes them interesting. To see these characters interacting, arguing, bickering and then coming together to save the world is

This is one of the few sci-fi TV series produced in recent years that deserved a better fate (it was cancelled after the season 1 finale).  In the year 2149 mankind has abused of Earth so much that the quality of the planet resources , and therefore life itself, is declining rapidly. As a window of hope a rift in time is discovered and groups of people are sent 85 million years into the past to the time of the Cretaceous period. These "chosen" ones are people carefully selected because of their abilities so for example Elizabeth Shannon is chosen for being an outstanding doctor. She is sent with two of her three children while her husband, Jim who is a former police, remains in prison and her little daughter whose conception was considered a crime in a time when only two children are allowed per couple is left alone. But the Shannons have a plan and  Jim manages to escape and bring their little daughter with him the day they are sent to the Cretaceous, a non-return trip

Did you know Alaska used to be part of the Russian empire once (when Russia was an empire)? True. Alaska was part of Russia once and it was deemed as an improductive property by the Russians. Not only that: Canada was not independent by then so all of it belonged to the British empire with whom the Russians had recently had armed conflicts, thus Russia was afraid to lose all that land with no economic compensation whatsoever. Another point to consider is that at the time (1867) the Russian empire had several debts to pay and was in urgent need of cash. They offered Alaska to the Americans who had two minds about the acquisition but finally paid for the 1'518'000 square kilometers something like 2 cents per 4.7square kilometer  totalling around seven million dollars. It was one of the best acquisitions ever made, but the Americans did not know and of course neither did the Russians. If the Americans had been hesitant to buy Alaska, that changed after the Yukon Gold Rush

JAYWALKERS are those who believe street signs are too complex to be understood so they choose to ignore them.  We could also say that Jaywalkers are people who have a secret death wish that they stupidly try to hide behind their reckless behavior. The problem with Jaywalkers is that they believe their moves are a manifestation of their intellect and not a sign of  their innate stupidity. Also Jaywalkers are usually the descendants of other Jaywalkers. In fact it is likely Jaywalking is embedded in their genetic makeup! Of course by now you know that Jaywalkers are basically all those careless pedestrians that crose streets anywhere else but in the zone destined to pedestrians thus endangering not only themselves but potentially everyone else. I know my words are not kind to Jaywalkers but that is because I know they can be dangerous (especially when it is raining) . And then again I know what I'm talking about when I mention Jaywalkers, after all, Guayaquil, my beauti

The history of the United States of America is basically a list of things to do if you want to become big, and the first leaders of the American Union were the makers of that list. From the beginning they were looking for a way to be in the rank of the first powers but felt that the presence of colonial empires in America such as Spain and France were a potential threat to their still young nation.  Originally, the American government (Thomas Jefferson was president at the time) wanted to gain control of New Orleans city that still nowadays has a strong French influence because they were once the most prized possession the French had in the American continent.  Napoleón Bonaparte, who had recently come to power, eventually understood that having  two territories to defend was impractical, plus he also needed money so when the opportunity arose and the Americans sent a delegation to make an offer for New Orleans, they were actually offered the entire Lousiana territory (called like

New York is called NEW because there ia another city with that name, an Old York if you please. This other city is not called Old York but only York and is in England. It is also a very old city ( apparently it was founded by the Romans in 71 A.D.). Why did the English called it NEW York instead of coming up with a new name? Maybe they did it out of nostalgia. Maybe they did it to pay homage to who was the Duke of York at the time (a title that the British royalty uses even these days). Maybe they did it to continue the trend since New York was originally named New Amsterdam   (the Dutch were the first owners of that settlement) The same way there is a New York, there is also a  New Jersey and there is even a New Berlin. This old practice shows a lot of common sense but very little originality.  Can you imagine your city called NUEVA? Something like Nueva Guayaquil or Nueva Quito. Of course there are cases such as Nuevo México;  and even in my own country we have a city called