sábado, 30 de octubre de 2010

miércoles, 15 de septiembre de 2010

lunes, 2 de agosto de 2010

INVICTUS...


Is a 2009 film based on the life of Nelson Mandela and set during the Rugby World Cup 1995 in South Africa. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman in the role of the then South African President Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, captain of South African rugby team. The story is based on John Carlin's book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation. The film premiered in the U.S. on December 11, 2009.

The film tells the early years lived in South Africa after the abolition of the apartheid system of apartheid. After being released from prison in 1990, the activist leader Nelson Mandela years manages to reach the presidency of South Africa, and from that post is preparing to build a policy of reconciliation between the black majority was oppressed under apartheid and white minority who is afraid of possible revenge by the new government.
To this end Mandela pays attention to the selection of South African rugby, known as the Springboks. " This team does not go through a roll sports and failures accumulate, also does not have the support of the black population that identifies with the institutions of apartheid. Mandela calls for team captain, Francois Pienaar, and together they engage in a crusade to change the mindset of South African people and direct it towards national unity. To decide that it is necessary to win the Rugby World Cup 1995 which takes place in South Africa, whose final will take place at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.

viernes, 30 de julio de 2010

NELSON MANDELA

Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela (IPA: [roli'ɬaɬa]) (* Mvezo, July 18, 1918), known in his country as Madiba, was the first democratically elected South African president by universal suffrage and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage, and other charges, to life imprisonment. Mandela spent 27 years in prison, most of which was confined in prison on Robben Island. After his release on February 11, 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations for a multiracial democracy in South Africa, which was achieved in 1994 with the first democratic elections by universal suffrage. Mandela won the elections and was president from 1994-1999, often giving priority to reconciliation.

In South Africa, Mandela is known as Madiba, an honorary title bestowed by the elders of Mandela's clan.

Mandela has received more than 250 international awards and recognition for four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

lunes, 24 de mayo de 2010


WALT DISNEY

Walt Elias Disney (Chicago, Illinois, December 5, 1901 - Los Angeles, California, December 15, 1966), was a producer, director, writer and entertainer. He was the founder, along with his brother Roy O. Disney, The Walt Disney Company, [a] company that currently generates annual revenues of 30,000 million dollars, and the main architect of a distinctive style of animated films. alt Elias Disney (Chicago, Illinois, December 5, He was born on December 5, 1901 and had the typical childhood of the son of a farmer. His father, Elias Disney (1859-1941), of Irish ancestry, had come to the U.S. from Canada and had settled in Chicago soon after his marriage to schoolteacher Flora Call (1868-1938), in 1888. Walt was born in 1901, the fourth of five children of the marriage. , California, The hits were identified by Disney: Mickey Mousse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, etc. ..ecember 15, Since the '40s, Disney had the idea to build an amusement park for its employees and their families had fun in their spare time. Over time, this rather modest project would grow to become Disneyland.1966), was a producer, director, writer and entertainer. He was the founder, along with his brother Roy O. Disney, The Walt Disney Company, [a] company that currently generates annual revenues of 30,000 million dollars, and the main architect of a distinctive style of animated films.

The Beatles

Were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960 and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. From 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll, the group later worked in many genres like folk rock to psychedelic pop, often incorporating classical and other elements in innovative ways.

The Beatles achieved UK mainstream success in late 1962 with their first single, "Love Me Do". Gaining international popularity over the course of the next year, they toured extensively until 1966, then retreated to the recording studio until their breakup in 1970. Each then found success in an independent musical career. McCartney and Starr remain active; Lennon was shot and killed in 1980, and Harrison died of cancer in 2001



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