History Of The United States

En Actually living my dreams el 2009.02.04

Source: In 1955, two brothers-in -law, Harry Winouker and Bill Rosenberg, broke off their partnership, each to begin his own chain of coffee and doughnut shops. Harry founded Mister Donut and Bill founded Dunkin Donuts. Mr. Winouker's began selling doughnuts on the streets of Boston. His products were met with great demand that he began to deliver his doughnuts to office workers in Boston's downtown. Eventually, Mister Donut business that began as an ambulant store became a retail store, selling...

En The Mex Files el 2009.02.02

I didn’t realize this is the centennial of one of the great precursors of the Mexican Revolution. Ray Acosta at the Yahoo Group MexRevResearchers has been diligently preparing a month-by-month calendar of the Mexican Revolution. February is the month that not only marks the birthday of the multi-faceted Álvaro Obregón Salido (19-Feb-1880), but February 1909 was the… uh… seed of Obregón’s brilliant military and political career. And the start of a revolution not...

En The Mex Files el 2009.02.02

I didn’t realize this is the centennial of one of the great precursors of the Mexican Revolution. Ray Acosta at the Yahoo Group MexRevResearchers has been diligently preparing a month-by-month calendar of the Mexican Revolution. February is the month that not only marks the birthday of the multi-faceted Álvaro Obregón Salido (19-Feb-1880), but February 1909 was the… uh… seed of Obregón’s brilliant military and political career. And the start of a revolution not...

En Newsjiffy el 2009.02.01

I saw the acclaimed Frost/Nixon last night with a friend at the South Woodford Odeon. The film, for those unaware, tells the story of an interview between television presenter David Frost and former United States President Richard Nixon, soon after the former resigned from office. Although Nixon and his advisors are initally able to fob Frost off with soft answers to his questions, leading those working with Frost on the project to question his actions, eventually Frost and his co-worker James Reston,...

En Emigrantes Peruanos a Los Estados Unidos el 2009.01.29

Immigration in American history 1980 - 2007 Immigration has played an important role in American history, and the United States continues to have the most open immigration policy in the world. Before the era of rapid communications and transportation, America encouraged relatively open immigration to settle its empty lands. After certain states passed immigration laws following the Civil War, the Supreme Court in 1875 declared the regulation of immigration a federal responsibility. The Immigration...

En Dondequiera el 2009.01.27

The day before the first black president of the United States was inaugurated, millions celebrated the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While Dr. King is widely known for his nonviolent protest against black inequality, towards the end of his short life he began to widen the scope of his protest to include the inequality between the rich and poor. Recently the new Executive Director of the Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE), Miguel Cordero, defended his salary of $250,000. His basic...

En Best Ballads el 2009.01.26

SURVIVOR - HIGH ON YOU LYRICS There you stood, that'll teach ya To look so good and feel so right Let me tell you 'bout the girl I met last night It's understood, I had to reach ya I let the wheel of fortune spin I touched your hand before the crowd Started crushin' in Now I'm higher than a kite I know I'm gettin' hooked on your love Talkin' to myself, runnin' in the heat Beggin' for your touch in the middle Of the street and I -- *I can't stop...

En DOCS DE ARQUITECTURA ONLINE el 2009.01.23

By Jill Grant Publisher: Routledge Number Of Pages: 269 Publication Date: 2006-01-24 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415700752 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415700757 Book Description: People either love new urbanism or hate it. Some find compact new neighborhoods of brownstone row houses, elegant Victorian mansions, or country cottages delightful: places that celebrate the city and its history, and offer hope for a sustainable future. Others see these 'urban villages' as up-graded suburbs mired in the aesthetics of...

En CarlosQC el 2009.01.23

Over two million people came out to the National Mall in Washington, DC to be part of history, as Barack Obama was sworn as the 44th President of the United States. But thousands of visitors were left out of the celebration, as they were turned away when for "security reasons" the gates of Pennsylvania avenue were shut down by 9:30 AM. A decision I don't undertand, and which broke many...

En Citius64 el 2009.01.22

Walter Russell Mead hace un interesante análisis sobre porqué Estados Unidos puede aguantar esta crisis económica mejor que otras regiones del mundo (Rusia, China, Arabia Saudita, Irán, Venezuela...), sin embargo la crisis si se profundiza puede provocar grandes problemas para Estados Unidos en esas mismas regiones. Al final de su texto dice: "None of which means that we can just sit back and enjoy the recession. History may suggest that financial crises actually help...

En Up to the Minute, with C.G. Salgado el 2009.01.22

Not only has the 44th President of the United States frozen the salaries of his top aides at the White House, he has ordered them to take an ethics refresher course as a requisite of employment. In eight years, one of the biggest executive decisions taken by the Bush Administration was to keep ethics aside in lieu of National Security. Therefore, we got huge contractors that had big names of the administration as stockholders, creating the scene to one of the maximum advantages in post war...

En rssmyblog.com el 2009.01.20

Today we watched history in the making. Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. For the first time in...

En IT'S ONLY GOD! el 2009.01.20

Wright softens Obama stance in sermon The Rev. Jeremiah Wright appears to have softened his hard feelings toward his former parishioner, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, observers said. In a sermon delivered Monday to attendees at Howard University's chapel in Washington, Wright -- who criticized Obama before the election for distancing himself from him after a 20-year pastoral relationship in Chicago -- instead praised him for making history, ABC News reported. "He was able to do what nobody...

En Guillermo Esteves el 2009.01.20

?To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society?’s ills on the West?know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.”? - Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the United States...

En Blog Friki Geek de Hugo Miranda el 2009.01.20

Seguimos con lo que sucedio hoy ahora una recopilacion de las Frases de Obama durante su Toma Presidencial hoy. Here are 25 excellent Barack Obama quotes, in celebration of our 44th President taking office today: 1. A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ?Huh. It works. It makes sense.? 2. That?s silly talk? Talk to my wife. She?ll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper. 3. In a...

En Homo Homini Lupus el 2009.01.20

Hoy las noticias, comentarios, posts, grabaciones, podcasts, llamadas telefónicas y chistes hablarán sobre la toma de posesión de Barack Obama, el Presidente # 44 de los Estados Unidos de América. Muchos celebran la culminación de un período de expectativa que desviará el estrés causado por la crisis económica hacia la esperanza por el Cambio. El "cambio" y el culto a la presidencia son la victoria más fuerte del paternalismo...

En EL Arado el 2009.01.19

Edward Moses Director of The Lawrence Livermore?s National Ignition Facility [NIF] Programs Source: Public Affairs Office Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory This aerial photography of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, located in California, is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright. Nota Bene: This only applies to works of the Federal Government...

En WILHEMINA QUEEN el 2009.01.13

VIA| Cultura, Cultura Política y Económica por Roy Jiménez Oreamuno domingo 11 de enero de 2009 50.000 personas piden en Barcelona el fin del ataque a Gaza Manifestación en San José de Costa Rica contra la guerra en Gaza. Stop the Clash of Civilizations :AvaazOrg Channel En 1964, los Estados Unidos invadieron Vietnam, porque Vietnam había atacado dos buques de los Estados Unidos en el golfo de Tonkin. Cuando ya la guerra había destripado a una multitud de...

En education el 2009.01.08

What are standardized test scores? How does standardized testing work and how do the testing scores apply to you and your education? Keep reading to find information and statistics associated with standardized testing. To gain some idea about the use of standardized test scores in the United States, here are some statistics to help form a picture. We?ll look at the national assessment and standardized-assessment used in college admissions. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) NAEP is the...

En Britney Spears el 2009.01.06

Spears released in October 1998 her debut single, "...Baby One More Time", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1999 and topped the chart for two weeks. Gillian G. Gaar, author of She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll (2002), documented that "eyebrows were raised over the schoolgirl-in-heat persona Spears projected in her [music video for ...Baby One More Time], along with an increasingly revealing series of stage outfits". Spears's...