Ricardo's Universe________________________________________________________________________________________________ by Ricardo Sousa https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun Sup. My name's Ricardo. Hope you enjoy en-us 2016-10-28 16:49:08 UTC 2026-03-05 22:22:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/133054124/4b9bdf938e9a9db38173058329756d56/141557_200.png Nightcrawler (2014) ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/133961561 Nightcrawler is one my favorite movies of all time. It's a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou enters the business of nightcrawling - where each police siren equals a salary. 
I totally recommend this movie to anyone who, let's be honest, enjoys thrilling movies.]]> 2016-10-28 17:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/133961561 The US elections: Bernie Sanders ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/137181355 Although the elections are over, I want to give my opinion about who should had won it. In my view, neither Trump or Hillary should had a chance of being  the 45th president of the US. Trump is a racist and sexist person, but he promises a lot of good things for America. Hillary, on the other side, in my opinion is very corrupt and fake, and most of people who voted for her, voted for Trump not to be president.
Just see, in both Trump's and Hillary's campaign was spend almost 2.5 billion dollars. I think that's a little to much, don't you?
Bernie Sanders is a social democrat, who ran for being the Democrats Representative, but sadly lost to Hillary. His politics supports social democracy, which promotes social equality.
Off course this wouldn't work because the people who really run the country are the big companies, and social democracy is against the privileges that this companies have.
This is a video of a conversation between Bernie and Killer Mike, a rapper, which are having a talk on social democracy. I know it's a little long, but try to watch until the end, I think you'll enjoy it.]]> 2016-11-13 11:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/137181355 Desmond Doss ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/137183968 Desmond Doss walked into the bloodiest battle of World War II’s Pacific with nothing to protect himself, but his Bible and his faith in God. A devout Seventh Day Adventist and conscientious objector, Doss had enlisted as a medic and refused to carry a rifle.
The battlefield, located on top of 400-foot cliff, was fortified with an army of Japanese machine gun nests and booby traps. This cliff, nicknamed Hacksaw Ridge, was key to winning the battle of Okinawa. The mission was thought to be near-impossible, and when Doss’s battalion was ordered to retreat, the medic refused to leave his fallen comrades behind.
Facing heavy machine gun and artillery fire, Doss repeatedly ran alone into the kill zone, carrying wounded soldiers to the edge of the cliff and singlehandedly lowering them down to safety. Each time he saved a man’s life, Doss prayed out loud, “Lord, please help me get one more.” .By the end of the night he had rescued an estimated 75 men.
Now, the unbelievable story has come to life in the Mel Gibson-directed Hacksaw Ridge, with Andrew Garfield starring as Doss, which I watched yesterday and entered my favorite movies list, and it's that kind ofmovie I would pay to see it again.
Here's a trailer of Hacksaw Ridge, which is based on Desmond Doss, who unfortunately past away in 2006.
]]> 2016-11-13 11:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/137183968 Sebastianismo ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/139372864 I did a work for Portuguese on Sebastianismo. Since I didn't get the chance to present all of it, here is my powerpoint for any doubt you may have had.]]> 2016-11-22 15:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/139372864 Never seen a reaction so genuine... so special... i'm speechless ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/139434982 2016-11-22 18:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/139434982 #Força Chape ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/140646532 75 people died, 6 survived... another sad moment in our history.
My condolences to the families and friends of the team.]]> 2016-11-29 19:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/140646532 Interstellar (2014) ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/141874094 In the near future around the American Midwest, Cooper, an ex-science engineer and pilot, is tied to his farming land with his daughter Murph and son Tom. As devastating sandstorms ravage earths crops, the people of Earth realize their life here is coming to an end as food begins to run out. Eventually stumbling upon a NASA base near Cooper's home, he is asked to go on a daring mission with a few other scientists into a wormhole because of Cooper's scientific intellect and ability to pilot aircraft unlike the other crew members. In order to find a new home while Earth decays, Cooper must decide to either stay, or risk never seeing his children again in order to save the human race by finding another habitable planet.
This is also another one of my favourite movies of all time.
I know its almost 3 hours long, but I guarantee you every minute is worth it.]]> 2016-12-05 20:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/141874094 Malcolm X ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/142073206 Before a few weeks ago, when I heard the name Malcom X, I tought it was just another american caracther with a really cool name. But when I was watching  him giving a speech, I don't know why but he caught my attetion.
Born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X was a prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and '60s. Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at the time he was released from prison in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960. Articulate, passionate and a naturally gifted and inspirational orator, Malcolm X exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism "by any means necessary," including violence. The fiery civil rights leader broke with the group shortly before his assassination on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, where he had been preparing to deliver a speech.
Although I don't really agree with some of his ideas like the violence stuff, I admire his passion and his ability to catch people's attetion just with few words.]]> 2016-12-06 16:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/142073206 Mythbusters ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/144177650 Mythbusters is a science entertainment television program and I rembember whatching it with my brother when I was just 6 years old. From time to time I still take some breaks to watch it, but unfortunately the show doesn't produce anymore, so the episodes are kinda old.
The program's goal was using elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, Internet videos, and news stories.
I think Mythbusters was a huge influence in my taste for science and getting to know why and how something works and get to the bottom of the truth.
You can still watch it on Discovery Channel, although the episodes are a litlle outdated. If you like science stuff you'll definitely enjoy it.]]> 2016-12-17 17:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/144177650 My favourite planet ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/154730405 This was an interesting topic I really didn't thought about it until I was with this litlle girl named Mafalda when we were doing that awesome group work the teacher asked us to do. When we were drawing, we talked about what we liked, our tastes and more, and I said to her that I loved Astronomy, and asked her what her favourite planet was. She said it was "the one with the rings" or Saturn. In that moment, I realized that I didn't really thought about it. So I realized it was simplest answer - Earth, this amazing planet that gave us all we need.
Although, it is my dream to explore all the other Solar System planets, Earth is still my favourite.]]> 2017-02-18 09:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/154730405 Real problems ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/154746378 2017-02-18 15:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/154746378 LOST ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/156482808 Lost was an American serial drama television series that followed the lives of the survivors of a planecrash on a mysterious tropical island. There, they had to negotiate an unknown monster, an unpredictable group of prior occupants, strange, other worldly island inhabitants, polar bears, and each other as they tried to survive and attract rescue. The main character, and one of my favourite, Jack Shephard, is a spinal surgeon, that becomes, through some weird but rough stuff, the group leader, being so the series Lost directed by his decisions.
I finished the series today and Im already sad that it ended, because Lost had everything I liked in a show - love, death, good, evil, time travel, polar bears and even fried chicken. I highly recommend it.]]> 2017-02-27 17:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/156482808 O Retrato de Dorian Gray ricardo_p_sousa2000 https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/162552270 This term I did a work for Portuguese on O Retrato de Dorian Gray (translated to english The Picture of Dorian Gray), Oscar Wilde's only romance and his most famous work.
(sorry for not putting much information on the powerpoint)]]> 2017-03-25 10:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_p_sousa2000/gxti6dxsgfun/wish/162552270