History Of The United States

En Inti Aperture el 2009.07.20

Today I was in Huachipa, a city located east of Lima. To get there you take the Carretera Central (Center Highway). Huachipa is about 25 minutes from Lima and is a fairly small city. The above picture was taken at a private recycling plant. While I was waiting for the truck to get loaded up with recycled plastic I saw this small farm where there were these tropical plants that looked kinda looked like banana plants. I thought a macro shot of the leaf would be a great way to show off the cool texture of...

En Luis Enrique Alvizuri in english el 2009.07.20

It is symptomatic that in the economic crisis affecting the structure of the capitalist system as a popular idol Michael Jackson pass away. Are those confluences of life that seem to be carried by a mysterious hand that tries to tell us what the facts are never isolated. With Jackson is also a lot of history and a model of making money through music.Remember that everything started with the invention of the phonograph, when he saw that the sound reproducing apparatus that could be a good business. The...

En Andean philosophy el 2009.07.19

The lessons of the conflict leaves Bagua, in the Peruvian jungle, is that the world today is faced with a dilemma: either the business or the Earth. And when we say we do not mean the world to a group of environmentalists and NGOs enemy supposed to progress. We refer to large global political movements in which the majority of participating governments developed, concerned about the greenhouse effect, climate change and the responsibility we have in this large industries that make up what we call...

En Veenzuela News and Views el 2009.07.18

In a few hours we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong on the Moon. I am watching documentaries on History Channel, able to experience still the wonder of a childhood memory. One is a scientist nerd all through life, I'll have you know. And while we are at it, one of my favorite visits at Washington DC is the Air and Space museum where I stop lovingly under the Lindbergh plane and in front of the Command Module of Apollo 11, for me, each in its own right, two of the greatest...

En Diarios Latinos el 2009.07.13

Beijing gold medalst runs impressive time in 200 meters during downpour LAUSANNE. Jamaican athletics phenomenon Usain Bolt recorded the fourth fastest time in history in the 200 metres of 19. 59 seconds here at the Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday despite it pouring with rain. The 22-year-old triple Olympic champion and world record holder eased home 82 hundreths of a second ahead of the United States' 400m Olympic champion Lashawn Merritt. Recently-crowned American champion Shawn Crawford was left...

En Nuntal MMORPG el 2009.07.11

Omerta Game Ltd, publisher of the Internet's leading Mafia-themed Massively-Multiplayer, Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), Omerta, is set to launch the long-awaited version 3. In Omerta, the action plays out in a 1930's Mafia world, with locations in Sicily and the United States. The boss of the Mafia is Gianluca Barafranca. The goal of Omerta players is to take control of the venerable Don's organised crime empire. Omerta players progress by stealing and racketeering, by robbing banks, and racing...

En Imago Mundi el 2009.07.10

Robert McNamara se ha muerto. Un tipo interesante. Uno de los grandes arquitectos de la guerra fría. Lo vivió todo. Es muy recomendable ir al National Security Archive y consultar su especial Robert McNamara: An appreciation. Y también es altamente recomendable el documental, ganador de un Oscar, Fog of War, basado en imágenes de archivo y en 24 horas de entrevista con el propio McNamara cuando tenía 85 años. El documental es un repaso a la vida de McNamara y la...

En Miguel's Blog el 2009.07.08

Realmente me llamó mucho la atención el artículo de reason.com "The El Paso Miracle", Aqui unos extractos: The El Paso Miracle How can a comparatively poor, high-immigration town that sits across the border from super-violent Ciudad Juarez be one of the safest big cities in America? By conventional wisdom, El Paso, Texas should be one of the scariest cities in America. In 2007, the city's poverty rate was a shade over 27 percent, more than twice the national average....

En English Ebooks el 2009.07.02

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The central story arc concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world and subjugate non-magical (Muggle) people to his rule. Several...

En DVDShow el 2009.07.01

To Celebrate Independence Day 2009 Download Picture Slideshow Maker for FREE NOW Learn more about photo slideshow maker Independence Day History in USAFourth of July, the independence day of United States, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political...

En Known People el 2009.07.01

She’s used to the winding lifestyle with homes in both the US as well as UK, as well as right away Gwyneth Paltrow has declared Spain as the single of her brand new the one preferred places to live. The "Sliding Doors" singer not long ago told press how most she enjoys spending time in Spain as well as called the nation "a second home." She explained, "It is so opposite from the United States. It seemed to have the history, as well as the buildings have been years...

En ah1n1 flu el 2009.06.28

KUALA LUMPUR: A 15-month-old toddler who was under home quarantine has been infected with the A(H1N1) virus, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 124. Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said 12 new cases were reported as of Sunday morning, of which 11 were imported. The toddler was the 17th local transmission case in the country. Dr Ismail said the boy had no overseas travel history but his mother had visited Phuket and became the country?s 86th case. "The child...

En El hijo del halcon negro el 2009.06.24

I?m flabbergasted because U.S. government offered an apology to the Chilean people for his involvement in the overthrow of President Allende, it is not a novelty for anyone to discover that the United States and Cuba engaged in operations to ensure the presence of close-friendly governments; as example of this we have the uprisings cases known as the Barcelonazo, El Carupanazo and Porteñazo, more serious even attempted invasion of Machurucuto, which attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government...

En El blog de infragon el 2009.06.24

I?m flabbergasted because U.S. government offered an apology to the Chilean people for his involvement in the overthrow of President Allende, it is not a novelty for anyone to discover that the United States and Cuba engaged in operations to ensure the presence of close-friendly governments; as example of this we have the uprisings cases known as the Barcelonazo, El Carupanazo and Porteñazo, more serious even attempted invasion of Machurucuto, which attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government...

En El weblog de infragon el 2009.06.24

I?m flabbergasted because U.S. government offered an apology to the Chilean people for his involvement in the overthrow of President Allende, it is not a novelty for anyone to discover that the United States and Cuba engaged in operations to ensure the presence of close-friendly governments; as example of this we have the uprisings cases known as the Barcelonazo, El Carupanazo and Porteñazo, more serious even attempted invasion of Machurucuto, which attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government...

En El Hi5 cambio mi vida el 2009.06.22

Air Jordan Shoes-Feel the DifferenceNike, is considered as an all time, all generation brand of sneakers, that released a sneaker variety "The Nike Air Force Ones" in the year 1982. Still shining with its beguiling charm in the athletic shoe industry since its launch dated nearly 25 years back. Interestingly this shoe was named after the plane Air Force One, which carries the President of the United States. Fortunately in this year the Hip Hop culture was very popular that enhanced the popularity...

En eduardo el rey el 2009.06.22

Air Jordan Shoes-Feel the DifferenceNike, is considered as an all time, all generation brand of sneakers, that released a sneaker variety "The Nike Air Force Ones" in the year 1982. Still shining with its beguiling charm in the athletic shoe industry since its launch dated nearly 25 years back. Interestingly this shoe was named after the plane Air Force One, which carries the President of the United States. Fortunately in this year the Hip Hop culture was very popular that enhanced the popularity...

En Tomando lo que nos Pertenece el 2009.06.22

Air Jordan Shoes-Feel the DifferenceNike, is considered as an all time, all generation brand of sneakers, that released a sneaker variety "The Nike Air Force Ones" in the year 1982. Still shining with its beguiling charm in the athletic shoe industry since its launch dated nearly 25 years back. Interestingly this shoe was named after the plane Air Force One, which carries the President of the United States. Fortunately in this year the Hip Hop culture was very popular that enhanced the popularity...

En Nueva Europa el 2009.06.20

Se trata de una teocracia islámica, que asesina a sus hermanos musulmanes a sangre fría? Por supuesto que el presidente Obama dirá que éstos no son verdaderos musulmanes El Ayatola Kamenei no leyó acaso el mismo Coran que Barack Hussein Obama? Una jóven irani muere ante las cámaras. Mas IRAN VIDEOS HERE (hat tip Chad) UPDATE: LIVE FEED OF RIOTS IN IRAN (hat tip Rut) And what do they hear from the president of the United States? Silence. El Presidente de los...

En La tribu de los cafres el 2009.06.18

[Este artículo es, por el momento, una respuesta inmediata a la columna publicada por José Alfredo Hernández Mayoral en El Nuevo Día de hoy. También lean el anterior de Rodríguez Orellana.] The Empire Burden Why It's So Hard to Get Out of Iraq, Afghanistan or ... The Comoro Islands Christopher DickeyNEWSWEEKFrom the magazine issue dated Jun 22, 2009 URL: (énfasis de Comité Nueva York - PIP) When George Orwell was a young man in the 1920s, he...