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Stonehenge

2009-08-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and sits at the centre of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists had believed that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC, as described in the chronology below. However one recent theory has suggested that the first stones were not erected until 2400-2200 BC, whilst another suggests that bluestones may have been erected at the site as early as 3000 BC (see phase 1 below). The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge itself is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.

VW sedan or Vocho

2009-08-12T20:53:00.000-07:00

The Volkswagen Type 1 is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. It used an air cooled rear engined rear wheel drive RR layot.
In the 1950s it was more comfortable and powerful than most European small cars, having been designed for sustained high speed on the Autobahn, and ultimately became the longest-running and most-produced automobile of a single design. It remained a top seller in the US, even as rear-wheel drive conventional subcompacts were refined, and eventually replaced by front-wheel drive models. Its success owed much to its extremely high build quality, and innovative and eye catching advertising

The car was originally known as Käfer, the German word for "beetle", from which the popular English nickname originates. It was not until August 1967 that the Volkswagen corporation itself began using the name Beetle in marketing materials in the US. In Britain, VW never used the name Beetle officially. It had only been known as either the "Type I" or as the 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, or 1600 which had been the names under which the vehicle was marketed in Europe; the numbers denoted the vehicle's approximate engine size in cubic centimetres.

Dr. Martens (footwear)

2009-08-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

Dr. Martens is a footwear, clothing and accessories brand, and the footwear products are most often known as Doc Martens, Docs or DMs. The footwear is distinct because of its air-cushioned sole, developed by Dr. Klaus Märtens of Germany. The boots and shoes have been especially popular among skinheads, punks, grungers and members of a few other youth subcultures.

The first Dr. Martens boots in the United Kingdom came out on April 1, 1960 with an eight-eyelet, cherry-red, Nappa leather design. Originally Dr. Martens were made by a number of shoe manufacturers in the Northamptonshire area, as long as they passed quality standards.

They were popular among workers such as postmen, police officers and factory workers. By the late 60's, skinheads started wearing Dr. Martens boots. By the late 70's, Dr. Martens boots were popular among some British punk rock and New Wave musicians, and soon many punk fans were wearing them. The boots and shoes then became popular among other youth subcultures.

Dr. Martens sponsored Rushden & Diamonds F.C. from 1998 to 2003. When a new main stand was built at Nene Park in 2001, the stand was named the 'Dr. Martens Stand' in recognition of the sponsorship link. In the 2000, Dr. Martens were sold exclusively under the AirWair name, and came in dozens of different styles, including conventional black shoes, sandals and steel-toed boots.

HIM (rock band)

2009-08-12T20:39:00.000-07:00

HIM is a rock band from Finland formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström, and bassist Mikko Paananen. They have released six full length albums to date.

An unreleased seven-track 1992 demo tape, Witches and Other Night Fears was the band's first recording. The only known copy supposedly resides with frontman Ville Valo.

The band was originally called "His Infernal Majesty", but later changed their name. In addition, "His Infernal Majesty" gave people the idea the band members were satanist. 666 Ways to Love: Prologue was released in 1996 solely in Finland, and only 1,000 copies of this album were sold. This makes it very rare for HIM collectors and fans, and worth quite a lot. Recently a near mint condition copy of the bands EP was listed on eBay for around $600. The lady on the cover is said to be Valo's mother, who worked in a shoe shop at the time. It was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, and was recorded at Finnvox Studios, MD and Peacemakers, Helsinki.

The band released their first full-length studio album, Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666, on November 20, 1997. It features covers of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". Four singles were released from the album which was also produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa. Like the EP 666 Ways to Love: Prologue, the album was recorded at Finnvox, MD and Peacemakers in Helsinki, Finland.

Nitrous Oxide System (NOS)

2009-08-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

In vehicle racing, nitrous oxide often referred to as just NOS in this context to differ from the acronym NOS which is the brand Nitrous Oxide Systems allows the engine to burn more fuel and air, resulting in a more powerful combustion. The gas itself is not flammable, but it delivers more oxygen than atmospheric air by breaking down at elevated temperatures.

Nitrous oxide is stored as a compressed liquid, the evaporation and expansion of liquid nitrous oxide in the intake manifold causes a large drop in intake charge temperature, resulting in a denser charge, further allowing more air/fuel mixture to enter the cylinder. Nitrous oxide is sometimes injected into or prior to the intake manifold, whereas other systems directly inject right before the cylinder direct port injection to increase power.

One of the major problems of using nitrous oxide in a reciprocating engine is that it can produce enough power to damage or destroy the engine. Very large power increases are possible, and if the mechanical structure of the engine is not properly reinforced, the engine may be severely damaged or destroyed during this kind of operation.

snowboard

2009-08-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

Snowboards are boards, which resemble a wide ski, with the ability to glide on snow. Users of such equipment may be referred to as snowboarders. Commercial snowboards generally require extra equipment such as bindings and special boots which help secure both feet of a snowboarder, who generally rides in an upright position. These type of boards are commonly used by people at ski hills or resorts for leisure, entertainment and competitive purposes in the activity called snowboarding. A size and shape variance in the boards accommodates different people, skill levels, snow types, and riding styles. The average length varies between 140-165 cm and the average width is between 24-27 cm. Shorter boards are typically considered youth size, designed for use by children, though some varieties of short boards are specifically designed for a special purpose, such as the performance of snowboarding tricks. Such tricks may take place in a snowpark along side freestyle skiers. The development of commercial snowboards has seen the use of a laminated wood core sandwiched between multiple layers of fiberglass. The bottom or 'base' of the snowboard is generally made of various constructions of plastic, and is surrounded by a thin strip of steel, known as the 'edge'. The top layer, where a printed graphic may reside, can be made of Acrylic. The first snowboard was invented and manufactured in Utah beginning in the early 70's, and was commemorated in 2007 by the United States mint among the three semi-final designs of the Utah state quarter.

computers

2009-08-12T20:25:00.000-07:00

A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions.
Although mechanical examples of computers have existed through much of recorded human history, the first electronic computers were developed in 1940. These were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers.

Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space.

The ability to store and execute lists of instructions called programs makes computers extremely versatile, like the calculators. Any computer with a certain minimum capability is, in principle, capable of performing the same tasks that any other computer can perform. Therefore computers ranging from a mobile phone to a supercomputer are all able to perform the same computational tasks, given enough time and storage capacity.

NARCOLABORATORIO DE DURANGO

2009-08-12T19:22:00.000-07:00

Mexico. The Mexican Army found 5 tons of marijuana, 15 kilograms of synthetic drugs and more than 60 military-style uni-forms, in the vast laboratory which revealed last week in the northern state of Durango, informs the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena ). At the site, according to local media, would have lived Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and Ismael on May Zamba.
On Friday, Sedena announced the discovery of a complex of 240 hectares, with 22 facilities where drugs are manufactured and processed marijuana, following aerial and ground inspections in the mountainous area of the municipality of Tamazula, Durango.
More than 2 thousand meters in height and in the most intricate of the mountain known as The Triangle Do-ing, the Sinaloa Cartel narcoparaíso built his own. Phones, electricity, water, laundry, Internet, provision of food and kitchen, infirmary, dormitories, fun with catalog and model requested by the largest and most impressive laboratory production of synthetic drugs in the world, cites the newspaper El Universal.

2009-08-12T19:17:00.001-07:00

"Pneumatic"

2009-08-12T14:36:00.000-07:00

"Pneumatic" redirects here. For the highest order of humans in Gnosticism, see Pneumatic (Gnosticism).

Pneumatics is the use of pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion.

Pneumatic power is used in industry, where factory machines are commonly plumbed for compressed air; other compressed inert gases can also be used. Pneumatics also has applications in dentistry, construction, mining, and other areas.

Examples of pneumatic systems

Pneumatic tools:

Pneumatic drill (jackhammer) used by road workers
Pneumatic nailgun

Pipe organs
Pneumatic actuator
Pneumatic switches
Air compressors
Vacuum pump
Barostat systems used in Neurogastroenterogy and for researching electricity
Cable jetting, a way to install cables in ducts
Pneumatic mail systems
Compressed-air engine and compressed-air vehicles

Air engines for pneumatically powered vehicles
Lego pneumatics can be used to build pneumatic models
Pneumatic Launchers, a type of spud gun
Pneumatic air guns
Holman Projector, a pneumatic anti-aircraft weapon

Gases used in pneumatic systems

Pneumatic systems in fixed installations such as factories use compressed air because a sustainable supply can be made by compressing atmospheric air. The air usually has moisture removed and a small quantity of oil added at the compressor, to avoid corrosion of mechanical components and to lubricate them.

Factory-plumbed, pneumatic-power users need not worry about poisonous leakages as the gas is commonly just air. Smaller or stand-alone systems can use other compressed gases which are an asphyxiation hazard, such as nitrogen - often referred to as OFN (oxygen-free nitrogen), when supplied in cylinders.

Valentín Elizalde

2009-08-07T19:18:00.000-07:00

Valentín Elizalde (February 1, 1979–November 25, 2006) was a popular Mexican banda music singer gunned down in an ambush. Known by the nickname "El Gallo de Oro" (The Golden Rooster), his biggest Banda hits included "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor", " Vete Con El", "Vuelve Cariñito", "Como Me Duele", "Vencedor", " Mi Virgencita", and "Soy Así." Some of his songs were narcocorridos, and it appears he was murdered by drug trafficking gangs.

Elizalde was born in the city of Navojoa, Sonora. He then moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco and later to Guasave, Sinaloa where he, his father (also a singer), Lalo Elizalde, nicknamed "El Gallo" (The Rooster), and brothers resided for a few years. His father died in a car accident on the so called "Curva de la muerte" (Curve of Death) in the city of Villa Juárez, Sonora. He had six children with his wife Camila Valencia: Jesus, Joel, Sergio, Valentin, Francisco and Lidia. On December 6, 2007 Valentin Elizalde, was nominated posthumously for the Grammy Awards.

The Treason

2009-07-31T13:34:00.000-07:00

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or nation.
Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife (treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a lesser superior was petit treason).
A person who commits treason is known in law as a traitor.

Oran's Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as: "...[a]...citizen's actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation]." In many nations, it is also often considered treason to attempt or conspire to overthrow the government, even if no foreign country is aided or involved by such an endeavour. Outside legal spheres, the word "traitor" may also be used to describe a person who betrays (or is accused of betraying) their own political party, nation, family, friends, ethnic group, team, religion, social class, or other group to which they may belong.

Often, such accusations are controversial and disputed, as the person may not identify with the group of which they are a member, or may otherwise disagree with the group leaders making the charge. See, for example, race traitor.

GOOGLE

2009-07-27T19:17:00.000-07:00

Google Inc. is the owner of the Google brand, whose main product is the search engine of the same name. It was founded on September 7, 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (two Ph.D. students in Computer Science from Stanford University).
Although its main product is search, the company also offers other services: a comparison of prices called Froogle, but later renamed Google Product Search, a search engine for material stored on disks local Google Desktop Search, and a service email called Gmail, which makes available to its users more than 7 GB (September 24, 2008) and space is growing steadily at a rate of approximately 36 bytes per second. It is also famous program Google Earth 3D map with high resolution pictures. Recently launched a beta version of its instant messaging service based on Jabber / Google Talk XMMP called.

Pollution

2009-07-24T19:32:00.000-07:00

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms .

Pollution can take the form of chemical substances, or energy, such as noise, heat, or light energy. Pollutants, the elements of pollution, can be foreign substances or energies, or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring, they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels.

Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution.

The Blacksmith Institute issues annually a list of the world's worst polluted places. In the 2007 issues the ten top nominees are located in Azerbaijan, China, India, Peru, Russia, Ukraine and Zambia.

Bon Jovi

2009-07-21T01:05:00.000-07:00

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994, the lineup has remained the same for the past 26 years. After two moderately successful albums in 1984 and 1985, the band scored big with Slippery When Wet (1986) and New Jersey (1988), which launched the band into global super stardom.

Throughout their career, the band has released ten studio albums, two compilation albums and one live album; and have sold over 120 million albums worldwide.They have performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans.In 2006 Bon Jovi were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame,and in 2004 they were ranked number 14 in Q magazine's 50 Greatest Bands of All Time. The band was also honored with the Award Of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004.

TIPS TO LEARN ENGLISH

2009-07-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

1 .- Be patient with yourself. Please note that English learning is a gradual process and it will not happen overnight.
2 .- Define your learning objectives well. Why do you want to learn English? What you need to learn? Having clear goals will allow you to focus your efforts on specific tasks that you really close to your goals.
3 .- Make learning a habit. Try to learn something every day. It is much easier and more effective to study English a little bit each day to several hours once a week. It's like sport: if you do a bit of sport every day, your health gradually improved, but only if you do plenty of exercise once a week, the results are not the same.
4 .- Now you have defined your learning objectives, choose either your educational materials. There are all kinds of materials for different levels and areas of development. The training materials you need a primary school pupil, is not the same you need a college student or an executive. In most cases you need material to cover grammar, writing, reading comprehension, listening comprehension and oral expression.

Vanity

2009-07-15T17:45:00.000-07:00

In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and merely meant futility. The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic synonym for vanity, but originally meant boasting in vain, ie. unjustified boasting;although glory is now seen as having an exclusively positive meaning, the Latin term gloria (from which it derives) roughly means boasting, and was often used as a negative criticism.

In many religions vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own image, and thereby becomes divorced from the graces of God. The stories of Lucifer, Narcissus (who gave us the term narcissism) and others attend to a pernicious aspect of vanity. Philosophically speaking, vanity may refer to a broader sense of egoism and pride. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that "vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality."One of Mason Cooley's aphorisms is "Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful."

In Christian teachings vanity is considered an example of pride, one of the seven deadly sins. This list evolved from an earlier list of eight sins, which included vainglory as a sin independent of pride.

In Orthodox church, vanity is one of 8 sinful and diabolical passions, the fight against which is a major task of every Orthodox Christian.

LA TV EN EL MUNDO

2009-07-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

A television is a telecommunications system for transmission and reception of moving images and sound from a distance.
This transmission can be performed using radio waves or by specialized networks of cable television. The receiver signal is the TV.
The word "television" is a hybrid of the Greek voice "Tele" (distance) and the Latin "visio" (vision). The term television deals with all aspects of television programming and transmission. It is sometimes abbreviated as TV. This term was first used in 1900 by Constantin Perski at the International Congress of Electricity in Paris.
The World Television Day is celebrated on November 21 in commemoration of the date it was first held in 1996 the World Television Forum at the United Nations.

Lie

2009-07-14T01:13:00.000-07:00

A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others, often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation, protect someone's feelings or to avoid a punishment. To lie false or that one has not reasonably ascertained to be true with the intention that it be taken for the truth by oneself or someone else. A liar is a person who is lying, who has previously lied, or who tends by nature to lie repeatedly. Is to state something that one knows to be

Lying is typically used to refer to deceptions in oral or written communication. Other forms of deception, such as disguises or forgeries, are generally not considered lies, though the underlying intent may be the same. However, even a true statement can be considered a lie if the person making that statement is doing so to deceive. In this situation, it is the intent of being untruthful rather than the truthfulness of the statement itself that is considered.

Banda Sinaloense

2009-07-07T01:25:00.000-07:00

Banda is a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music. Banda’s play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias. La Banda el Recodo, Banda Sinaloense MS, Banda Machos, Banda Maguey, Banda Cuisillos, La Arrolladora Banda El Limón, El Chapo de Sinaloa, Banda Jerez, El Coyote, Sergio Vega and Julio Preciado are some of the most famous banda artists. Banda is primarily a male-dominated genre; however, there are also a few all-female bandas such as Banda Las Tapatías and Banda Soñadoras, as well as a few prominent female singers such as Yolanda Pérez, and Graciela Beltrán

universal serial bus

2009-07-05T11:00:00.000-07:00

The USB 1.0 specification was introduced in 1996. It was intended to replace the multitude of connectors at the back of PCs, as well as to simplify software configuration of communication devices. The original USB 1.0 specification had a data transfer rate of 12 Mbit/s.

USB is a serial bus standard to connect devices to a host computer. USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve plug and play capabilities by allowing hot swapping; that is, by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer or turning off the device. Other convenient features include providing power to low-consumption devices, eliminating the need for an external power supply; and allowing many devices to be used without requiring manufacturer-specific device drivers to be installed.

The wine

2009-07-05T00:15:00.000-07:00

Wine is an alcoholic beverage typically made of fermented grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients.

Wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast consumes the sugars found in the grapes and converts them into alcohol. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are used depending on the type of wine being produced.

Although other fruits such as apples and berries can also be fermented, the resultant wines are normally named after the fruit from which they are produced (for example, apple wine or elderberry wine) and are generically known as fruit wine or country wine (not to be confused with the French term vin de pays). Others, such as barley wine and rice wine (i.e., sake), are made from starch-based materials and resemble beer and spirit more than wine, while ginger wine is fortified with brandy.

MICHAEL JACKSON THE KING OF POP

2009-06-29T21:39:00.000-07:00

Was very tragic news of the death of the king of pop for the whole world.

On the morning of June 25, 2009 Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest at his mansion in Holmby Hills. Members of his team call 911 to request emergency help to 12:21. Paramedics, who arrived 9 minutes later, they found no pulse or breathing, so he applied cardiopulmonary resuscitation and transferred him to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, located in Los Angeles at 1:14 pm. But despite the efforts of doctors, died after being in a state of deep coma. Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm.

"The legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson, died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 14:26. It is believed he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home. However, the cause of death is unknown until the results of the autopsy are known.
His personal physician, who was with him at the time, tried to revive Jackson, just as the paramedics who transported him to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Upon arrival at the hospital at approximately 13:14, a team of doctors, including cardiologists and medical emergency resuscitation attempts performed by a period of over an hour without success.

May he rest in peace.

Obesity

2009-06-22T10:11:00.000-07:00

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy.Body mass index (BMI), which compares weight and height, is used to define a person as overweight (pre-obese) when their BMI is between 25 kg/m² and 30 kg/m² and obese when it is greater than 30 kg/m².

Obesity is associated with many diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive dietary calories, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility, though a limited number of cases are due solely to genetics, medical reasons or psychiatric illness.

The primary treatment for obesity is dieting and physical exercise. If this fails, anti-obesity drugs may be taken to reduce appetite or inhibit fat absorption. In severe cases, surgery is performed or an intragastric balloon is placed to reduce stomach volume and or bowel length, leading to earlier satiation and reduced ability to absorb nutrients from food.

ARTE EXTREMO DE LOS CHINOS

2009-06-21T21:08:00.000-07:00

ARTIST'S MISSING
Zhu Yu, 32, is a Chinese artist whose provocative work is to eat dead children. / On Thursday, a program aired a British documentary that appeared Zhu child practicing cannibalism. / Ensure that stole the bodies of a medical school and vomited after eating the meat. / Your words: "I did it for the sake of art '.
No limits. The artist Yu Ji spent 24 hours in a glass box full of live chickens, Yuan Cai and Jian Ji Xi walked to London with a totally naked teddy bears and Zhu Yu two years repeating a show of cannibalism in the supposedly eat the body of a dead baby. It is what is known in China as' extreme art ', the latter form of expression for a radical new generation of creative artists who have emerged from the shadow of censorship with the communist slogan of "no limits".

ping pong

2009-06-21T18:52:00.000-07:00

The sport is played with two or four players hitting a ball with rackets back and forth to each other on a table, in a manner similar to tennis. The rules are slightly different, but the concept is very similar. In singles play, the serve is not required to cross from the server's right-hand court to the receiver's right-hand court or left to left as it is in tennis. However, serving across is required in doubles play. Ball spin, speed, placement, strategy and tactics play an important part in competitive table tennis matches. The speed of the ball can vary from slow serves with much spin to smashes that travel as fast as 112.5 kilometers per hour.

The winner is the first to score 11 points or more while being ahead by 2 points or more. Players alternate serves every two points. At 10-10 the players alternate with every serve; the winner is then the first person to gain a two point advantage over his opponent.

The Zetas

2009-06-20T00:45:00.000-07:00

The Zetas' founders were originally members of the Mexican Army’s elite Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), trained in locating and apprehending drug cartel members. It is believed that they were originally trained at the military School of the Americas in the United States. Also, they were trained by foreign specialists, including Americans, French, and Israelis, in rapid deployment, aerial assaults, marksmanship, ambushes, small-group tactics, intelligence collection, counter-surveillance techniques, prisoner rescues and sophisticated communications.
In the late 1990s, the drug Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas Guillen, began to recruit GAFE members to provide protection and perform other vital functions. His top recruit, Lieutenant Arturo Guzmán Decena, brought with him approximately 30 other deserters enticed by salaries substantially higher than those paid by the Mexican government. Guzmán was known as "Z1", and it was after him that Los Zetas was named.
Los Zetas' training locations have been identified as containing the same items and setup as GAFE training facilities, it is also further believed the group employs the same internal organizational structure. Current estimates place Los Zetas around 4000 members strong, which includes several rogue Kaibil members (Guatemalan Army special forces). The name "Zeta" comes from the Federal Preventive Police radio code for high-ranking officers.

3 MILLIONAIRES OF MEXICO.

2009-06-16T19:44:00.001-07:00

According to Forbes magazine, in 2009 and due to the global crisis, no longer have 10 billionaires in the list, only 9, and that with the controversial inclusion of a drug trafficker. Only two are in the top 100 of the world.

Here are just 3:

1. . Carlos Slim., Mexican tycoon owner of the major Mexican companies listed. His fortune is 35 billion USD. (He lost 25.000 million last year)

2. Alberto Bailleres Already in the 83 position worldwide and a fortune of 5.7 billion dollars. Mexican businessman of 76 years. Peñoles industry is a major mining companies in Mexico.

3. Ricardo Salinas Pliego and family. Is set to 124 worldwide, with a fortune of 4,200 million dollars. He has made his fortune in TVAZTECA, ELEKTRA and IUSACEL.

Major depressive disorder

2009-06-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

Major depressive disorder (also known as clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, or unipolar disorder) is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.

The term "major depressive disorder" was selected by the American Psychiatric Association to designate this symptom cluster as a mood disorder in the 1980 version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) classification, and has become widely used since.

The general term depression is often used to describe the disorder, but as it can also be used to describe other types of psychological depression, more precise terminology is preferred for the disorder in clinical and research use.

Major depression is a disabling condition which adversely affects a person's family, work or school life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health. In the United States, approximately 3.4% of people with major depression commit suicide, and up to 60% of people who commit suicide have depression or another mood disorder.

Love

2009-06-13T00:40:00.000-07:00

The english word "love" can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts. Often, other languages use multiple words to express some of the different concepts that English relies mainly on "love" to encapsulate; one example is the plurality of Greek words for love"Cultural differences in conceptualizing love thus make it doubly difficult to establish any universal definition.

Although the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn't love. As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more emotionally intimate form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is commonly contrasted with friendship, although other definitions of the word love may be applied to close friendships in certain contexts.

telephone

2009-06-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

The telephone is a telecommunications device that is used to transmit and receive electronically or digitally encoded sound between two or more people conversing. It is one of the most common household appliances in the developed world today. Most telephones operate through transmission of electric signals over a complex telephone network which allows almost any phone user to communicate with almost any other user.

The telephone consists of an alerting device, usually a ringer, that remains connected to the phone line whenever the phone is "on hook", and other components which are connected when the phone is "off hook". These include a transmitter microphone, a receiver speaker and other circuits for dialing filtering and amplification.

Bulimia

2009-06-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors.The most common form—practiced by more than 75% of people with bulimia nervosa—is self-induced vomiting, sometimes called purging; fasting, the use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and over exercising are also common. Bulimia nervosa was named and first described by the British psychiatrist Gerald Russell in 1979.

The criteria for diagnosing a patient with bulimia are:

• Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
o Eating, in a fixed period of time, an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat under similar circumstances.
o A lack of control over eating during the episode: a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating.

• Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain, such as: self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications; fasting; excessive exercise.

• Triggers include periods of stress, traumatic events, and self-evaluation of body shape and weight.

• These symptoms may occur after every meal on a daily basis or once every few months.

• The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa.

IPOD

2009-06-08T20:36:00.000-07:00

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001 . The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle. The iPhone can function as an iPod but is generally treated as a separate product. Former iPod models include the iPod Mini and the spin-off iPod Photo (since reintegrated into the main iPod Classic line). iPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size (the discontinued Mini used a Microdrive miniature hard drive). As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storag devices. Storage capacity varies by model.

Witchcraft

2009-06-08T20:19:00.000-07:00

Witchcraft is the set of beliefs, skills and activities attributed to persons named Bruges (There is also the masculine form, although less frequent) that are supposedly endowed with magical skills used for the purpose of causing harm

Bruges was attributed to the ability to go flying at the Sabbath. This belief goes back, at least, to classical antiquity,but was often viewed with skepticism. The procedures vary for the different fly testimonials: in the Canon episcopi, for example, refers to the belief that witches were traveling in flying animals. However, the most common means of locomotion, and that it has endured in the current image of the witch, is the broom.

Traditionally associated the image of an elderly woman witch, ugly and unpleasant especially. However, it was believed that its power was the power of changing their appearance at will, displayed as a beautiful and desirable young. The witch would use this appearance to seduce men and bring them to perdition.

THE SUPER BEER

2009-06-08T19:01:00.000-07:00

It's called a beer to drink, not distilled, bitter taste that is made from grains of barley or other cereal starches, as amended, is fermented in water and often flavored with hops. It is variously known to a wide range of shades due to different forms of preparation and the ingredients used. Generally has an amber color with shades ranging from golden yellow to reddish brown black passing. It is considered "gas" (containing dissolved CO2 saturation is manifested in the form of bubbles at ambient pressure) and is often crowned with a more or less persistent foam. Its appearance can be crystalline or cloudy. Its alcohol content can reach almost 30%. But mainly among the 3% vol. and 9% vol.

The Anorexia

2009-06-01T23:54:00.000-07:00

Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia usually begins in young people around the onset of puberty. Individuals suffering from anorexia have extreme weight loss. Weight loss is usually 15% below the persons normal body weight. People suffering from anorexia are very skinny but are convinced that they are overweight. Weight loss is obtained by many ways. Some of the common techniques used are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating.
Anorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. Their dieting habits develop from this fear. Anorexia mainly affects adolescent girls.

Some other symptoms of anorexia are:

Loss of at least 3 consecutive menstrual periods (in women).
Not wanting or refusing to eat in public
Anxiety
Weakness
Brittle skin
Shortness of breath
Obsessiveness about calorie intake

MUSCLE CARS

2009-05-31T21:14:00.000-07:00

Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high performance automobiles. At its most widely accepted the term refers to American 2-door rear wheel drive mid-size cars of the late 1960s and early 1970s equipped with large, powerful V8s and sold at an affordable price for street use and drag racing, formally and informally.
As such, they are distinct from two-seat sports cars and expensive 2+2 GTs intended for high-speed touring and road racing.
Muscle cars attracted young customers and their parents into showrooms, and they bought the standard editions of these mid-size cars. To enhance the halo effect of these models, the manufacturers modified some of them into turn-key drag racers.

The original tire-burning cars or muscle cars such as the AMC AMX, Buick Gran Sport, Dodge R/T, Ford Mustang, Oldsmobile 4-4-2, Plymouth GTX and Pontiac GTO, are "collector's items for classic car lovers."
Surviving muscle models are now prized, and certain models carry prices to rival some of the more highly valued European sports cars. At auction the rarest vintage 1965–1972 muscle cars can be appraised at over US$500,000 depending on model, options, condition, demand and availability. Some rare models like the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro with the ZL1 option are considered the equivalent of real estate or museum relics.
Reproduction muscle-car sheet metal parts and even complete body shells are available.

SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL

2009-05-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

The Second World War was the largest armed conflict and bloody in world history, which faced the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, between 1939 and 1945. Armed forces from over seventy countries participated in combat aircraft, naval and land. The effect of war died about 2% of the global population of the time (about 60 million people), mostly civilians.As World War began on September 1, 1939 (some historians argue that Asia is on its face declared July 7, 1937) to end officially on September 2, 1945.

Causes of World War II to the immediate outbreak of the same are, firstly, the 1939 invasion of Poland by the Germans and the Japanese attack against China, the United States of America and the British and Dutch colonies in Asia. The Second World War broke out after these aggressive actions in response to receive a declaration of war, armed resistance or both by countries and assaulted those with whom they had treated. At first the allied countries were formed only by Poland, United Kingdom and France, while the Axis forces consisted only in Germany and Italy, united in an alliance with the Pact of Steel [1].

As the war progressed, the countries that went into it (to be on a voluntary basis, or be attacked) lined up in one of the two sides, depending on your own situation. That was the case in the United States and the USSR, attacked by Japan and Germany respectively. Some countries, like Hungary, changed their alignment in the final stages of the war. [2]

CHICEN ITZA

2009-05-25T20:27:00.000-07:00

Chichén Itzá, a Mayan archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula, served as the political and economic center of the Mayan civilization between 750 and 1200 A.D. Its stunning buildings which remain standing today are demonstrative of the Mayas' extraordinary commitment to architectural space and composition, as well as their vast astronomical knowledge. Chichén Itzá was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. It has been selected as one of the New 7 World .

The sacred site is one of the greatest Mayan centers in the Yucatan peninsula. Located approximately two hours from Cancun, and two and a half hours from Merida, Chichen Itza is also the most visited archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula.

The main attractions of Chichen Itza include El Castillo, or the Pyramid of the Serpent God Kukulkan, a magnificent pyramid topped by a temple. Every spring and fall equinox, thousands of people travel here to witness a shadow depicting the god slither down the pyramid. Visitors can also explore the sacbes, white limestone pathways used by ancient Mayans.

THE SUPER BLACKSMITH

2009-05-25T06:46:00.000-07:00

A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from iron or steel by forging the metal, by using tools to hammer, bend, cut. Blacksmiths produce things like wrought iron gates, grills, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, horse shoes and weapons.
An artistic blacksmith is a person with great talent, because He have to take much imagination to do the jobs that require wisdom.

The Narco Corridos

2009-05-24T22:26:00.000-07:00

The narcocorrido is a subgenus music belongs to the northern, in northern states of México or for Hispanic music from Latin American communities in United Estates.

This is a recent version of the traditional Mexican corrido , and primarily seeks to celebrate or commemorate figures, people and events related to drug trafficking.

These songs do not seek, generaly, moralize the issue of drug trafficking, but rather describe the typical experience in which his characters are involved.

Like, there are added to the drug trafficker who narcocorridos virtues essential to the performance of their illegal activities,projected as men of power, courage, fair, smart, daring and resolute.

The Mexican states where there and hear this kind of corridos are mainly:

Durango, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas,and y Baja California. Interpreters may be best known internationally Los Tigres del Norte.

Some of the characters with more narcocorridos are:

Jesus Malverde
Joaquín Guzmán Loera "El Chapo"
Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo Zambada”
Amado Carrillo Fuentes

Cd's History

2009-05-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

In 1980 Sony and Philips set the standard for the digital audio compact disc format. In 1982, the first Sony CD player called the CD-101 was released with Billy Joel's 52nd Street being the first musical production. With the success of CDs the first portable car players became available in 1984. Then, in 1985, the automatic CD changer with a carousel appeared on the market. In the 1990s, the industry began to adopt various storage standards to unify the plethora of hybrid CD formats perfected by third-party developers. These commonly agreed-upon formats were published in a set of coloured-cover books, becoming commonly known by their de facto names as the coloured-book standards. Today many formats are available for various applications such as computer data storage imaging interactive multimedia , multi-session data and audio with the most common of these being the digital audio format.

In 1995, work on standardising the emerging Digital Versatile Disc or DVD had begun. The final standard made public in late 1996 has now settled the heated discussions on what the final format would look like. There were talks of double-sided CDs and some speculation on single-sided double-density formats. Well the vote is in, and the format as listed by Sony is a single-sided dual-layer disc. Despite this, there is still talk of extending this to double-sided media by Hitachi.

MOTOCROSS

2009-05-17T21:50:00.000-07:00

Motocross is widely considered to be the world’s most popular form of motorcycle racing. Motocross is derived from a French term combining motorcycling and cross-country. Motocross tracks are usually made up of hills, dirt roads, and muddy tracks and turns. The size of the courses allows up to 40 riders to compete at the same time.

In motocross, professional races are measured by time. A professional race usually lasts for 30 minutes. After this time, once the leader has crossed the finish line, he is given a signal to show that there are two laps remaining. On the next lap, he is given the one lap to go signal and the race is finished at the end of that lap. This is called 30 minutes plus two laps.

Motocross racing is one of the most exciting sports to watch. Riders seem to perform death-defying turns and leaps. The effort used to control the bike is visible and the rider can be seen shifting his weight about to turn and maneuver the bike for maximum speed. The wheels often spin and spray up mud when a rider tries to control the traction of the bike.

Motocross racers must be extremely fit. The sport is very demanding on the arms, legs, shoulders, and glutes. The rider has to be able to keep control of his machine on a course that most people would have difficulty walking across. High-speed landings from a height of around twenty feet can slam the motorcycle and its rider. G-forces produced by these can test a rider’s endurance and strength to the limit.

DURANGO BEAUTIFUL

2009-05-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

This is a nice article on my Durango where their limits are mentioned and their activities

Durango is extremely beautiful.

The state or estado of Durango is bordered to the north by Chihuahua, to the north-east by Coahuila, to the south-east by Zacatecas, to the south-west by Nayarit, and to the west by Sinaloa. Most of the state is heavily mountainous and a good part forested; the Sierra Madre Occidental occupies the western and central part of the state. This mountain range contains a good supply of minerals, including the silver that encouraged Spanish occupation of the territory after it was discovered. These mines extend north into Chihuahua and south into the state of Zacatecas. Vast desert basins in the Laguna District are irrigated by the Nazas River.

Major crops grown in the area include cotton, wheat, corn, alfalfa, beans, sorghum, and other vegetables.

Durango is famous for its scorpions. Mexicans generally refer to the people of Durango as Alacrán de Durango (Scorpions from Durango). The demonym for the natives of Durango is Duranguense(s).

The major occupations in Durango are farming, lumbering and ranching.

Skateboarding

2009-05-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Is the act of ride and make tricks using a skateboard, the person who skateboards are called skateboarder or skater. The skateboarding can be a sport, an art, a job, or can be used for transportation.
Skateboarding is relatively modern. The basic trick in skateboarding is called Ollie, the Ollie was developed in the 70s by Alan “Ollie” Gelfand as a half-pipe maneuver, and then born the freestyle by Rodney Mullen, and he was the first to take it in the ground and later invented the kick flip and an other variations.
The first manufactured skateboards were ordered by a Los Angeles, California surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime. The shop owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce sets of skate wheels, which they attached to square wooden boards. Accordingly, skateboarding was originally denoted "sidewalk surfing" and early skaters emulated surfing style and maneuvers. Crate scooters preceded skateboards, and were borne of a similar concept, with the exception of having a wooden crate attached to the nose front of the board, which formed rudimentary handlebars.
With the evolution of skate parks and ramp skating, the skateboard began to change. Early skate tricks had consisted mainly of two-dimensional manoeuvres like riding on only two wheels, spinning only on the back wheels, high jumping over a bar and landing on the board again, also known as a "hippie jump", long jumping from one board to another.
The use of skateboards solely as a form of transportation is often associated with the long board. Depending on local laws, using skateboards as a form of transportation outside residential areas may or may not be legal. Backers cite portability, exercise, and environmental friendliness as some of the benefits of skateboarding as an alternative to automobiles.
Skateboards, along with other small wheeled transportation such as in line skates and scooters, suffer a safety caveat where riders may easily be thrown from small cracks and outcroppings in pavement, especially where the cracks run perpendicular to the direction of travel. However, high average travel speeds help mitigate this; injuries are more likely to be minor, although very uncommon, head injuries still pose a major health risk.

Tim Duncan ♥

2009-05-15T00:25:00.000-07:00

Timothy Theodore Duncan, (was born April 25 in 1976 en Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands), is a player of basketball, he plays in San Antonio Spurs of NBA and is considered like the outstanding player in the history of his team.

In Wake Forest, Duncan overcame the problems of transition and he became in one of the best players of his generation. Was appointed All-American, and win in 1997 the Prize John R. Wooden the best male player of all the NBA.

After arrival of Duncan and with the experienced Robinson like internal partner, The Spurs were considered one team stronger in the fight for the ring, the duo is known among the stars like "Twin Towers".

After the withdrawal of Robinson, Duncan became in the leader of the team. However, he could not defend the title after being eliminated for the Lakers in Conference semi final.

Duncan played with the United States national team in the Championship of the Americas in Puerto Rico, helping the team to classify for the Sydney Olympics 2000. However, a lesion on his knee prevented him from forming part in the Olympic champion.

Something interesting about Tim Duncan:

His favorite movie is The Crow.

He feels fear for the sharks.

The collector swords. He loves dogs.

He has a tatto of Merlin on the chast and a skeleton on the back.