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Linkin Park History

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Linkin Park is a nu metal band wing and alternative rock from Aguora Hills, California, in the United States. They had several times changed its name, such as Xero, Hybrid Theory, 0818, until the name Linkin Park until now. The name "Linkin Park" itself is a play on the name of a park in Los Angeles, Lincoln Park.
Before the lead vocalist Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield first became vocalist. However, he came out from Linkin Park to look for other projects (to be manager of the band Taproot) - when it used the name Hybrid Theory - to become manager of the band Taproot. Bassist Dave Farrell aka "Phoenix" has also been out for a while from Linkin Park to follow the tour with his old band, Tasty Snax. While four other personnel - Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, Rob Bourdon and - always stay on Linkin Park since the beginning of its formation.

Linkin Park has released four studio albums, namely Hybrid Theory, Meteora, Minutes to Midnight, and A Thousand Suns. Linkin Park also released the album Live in Texas, Reanimation and Collision Course, and Hybrid Theory EP. Linkin Park's success in popularizing his songs like Crawling, In the End, Numb, Somewhere I Belong, and What I've Done. In total, Linkin Park's albums have sold over 50 million copies.

History

Beginning

Linkin Park is the initial formation meeting Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson (Linkin Park guitarist) in grade 7. Then they formed a band called Xero. He also played for the band Relative Degree, one of its personnel is Rob Bourdon (Linkin Park drummer). Mike met with Brad and Rob Rob joined Xero. In college, he became acquainted with Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (Linkin Park's bassist) who is a roommate Brad. Mike, who majored in illustration at the Pasadena Art University, met with Joe Hahn (Linkin Park turntablis). Then, Dave Farrell and Joe Hahn joined Xero. Xero Dave had left to rejoin his old band, Tasty Snax.
At first, they recruited Mark Wakefield the vocalist, and then taken over by Chester Bennington (former vocalist of Grey Daze) until now, while Mike and so rapper. Unfortunately, because the name of Xero has used another group, they were forced to change its name to Hybrid Theory. Then after being rejected three times, Hybrid Theory had received by a company named Warner Bros recording. Records after a successful launch Hybrid Theory EP titled EP in 1999 as many as a thousand pieces. However, at that time Mike was having a problem with Jeff Blue, manager. Jeff Blue said that Mike did not have to rapping, just play the keyboard alone. This incident inspired Mike to write the song Get Me Gone (Fort Minor)
Once again, they were forced to change the name because a name similar to the name Hybrid Theory Hybrid band from Wales. Rather than be the same band, they chose to change the name again to Linkin Park. However, before named Linkin Park, they had changed his name to 0818. The new name is also known in mid-2009, when Brad Delson spoke at the graduation ceremony at UCLA, Los Angeles, mid-2009. Linkin Park Chester's name is taken from the name of a park in Los Angeles, Lincoln Park. In order to manage their own web sites, Chester changed the spelling to Linkin Park. After that, they managed to buy a web site [http://www.linkinpark.com/ linkinpark

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park released his first album, Hybrid Theory, on October 24, 2000 with the first single One Step Closer. However, the more famous is the single Crawling and In the End. This song has made Linkin Park became popular. Album sales exceeding 15 million copies. Linkin Park then released a special edition of Hybrid Theory, with two new songs High Voltage (Reprise), and My December (song).
Linkin Park then re-released the album arrangements of Hybrid Theory, Reanimation. This album also achieved success with sales of approximately 10 million copies. Single, Pts.Of.Athrty, not as popular as singles in Hybrid Theory, but it is quite well known. Linkin Park, with Mike Shinoda and Joseph Hahn, had also worked with the band The X-ecutioners in the manufacture of single It's Goin 'Down. Linkin Park fans also formed a group they called Linkin Park Underground, and began his own tour called Projekt Revolution, having often invited to music festivals.

Meteora

Dated March 25, 2003, Linkin Park released their second album titled Meteora. The name was taken from a place of worship in the ruins in Greece. This album also achieved success with sales of approximately 11 million copies. The single is Somewhere I Belong, Faint, Numb, From the Inside, Lying from You, and Breaking the Habit.
Meteora won many awards. Among other MTV Award category "Best Rock Video" for the song "Somewhere I Belong" and "Audience Choice Award" (Breaking The Habit). Linkin Park also won other awards, namely "Radio Music Awards 2004", "Artist of the Year Award" and "Song of the Year Award" by the song "Numb". How-ever album is not as successful as Hybrid Theory Meteora album is top-3 U.S. album sales in 2003.
Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour also conducts the second concert as well as the busy part. In between that time, Linkin Park had finished recording their live album, "Live In Texas", which contains the songs at the concert of Linkin Park in Texas.

Side project

At the request of MTV, Linkin Park collaborated with Jay Z on the album "Collision Course". The material of this album is a remix of some Linkin Park songs in the album "Hybrid Theory" and "Meteora" and Jay-Z songs in the album "Blueprint" and "The Black Album". The album was released in 2004 and produced two singles, the Numb / Encore which was awarded a Grammy category of "Best Rap Song" and "Best Collaboration".
In 2005, Linkin Park charity concert. They help the victims of the tsunami in December 2004 in a concert entitled Music For Relief. Linkin Park are also helping raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2004. Meanwhile, Mike Shinoda's Fort Minor join in the album "The Rising Tied". Chester Bennington also had a solo project called Snow White Tan, hereinafter also known as the Dead By Sunrise.
On October 13, 2009, Dead By Sunrise launched her first album, entitled Out Of Ashes. But before they launch the album, they released a first single, the Crawl Back In.
Linkin Park and Artifical Life Inc. also plans to release a game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion, in January 2010.

Minutes to Midnight

In 2006, they began recording material for Linkin Park's latest album, called "Minutes To Midnight". Many who criticize Linkin Park because it is often delayed launch. However, Linkin Park, ensure that the album on May 14, 2007 is appropriate for their collection. According to Linkin Park, they named her new album "Minutes To Midnight" (the last minute to midnight) as the nuclear issue on this earth that can destroy the world at midnight.

A total of 100 song demo has been created, but only 12 are inserted into the album. No wonder this album was recorded for 14 months. In the album Minutes To Midnight, the musical elements of nu metal less viscous. Nevertheless, the album is still popular. The proof is the album sold nearly as many as 625 thousand copies in its first week (a record in 2007). The third studio album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, the former personnel Beastie Boys. His first single, "What I've Done", has started playing on the radio on April 2, 2007. Minutes To Midnight has also held the top Billboard. On August 20, 2007, Linkin Park released singles both the "Bleed It Out". And, in October, Linkin Park released the single "Shadow of the Day". Then followed with Given Up (March 2008), and last single from "Minutes To Midnight", Leave Out All The Rest (July 2008).

The song "No Roads Left" can be obtained by booking through iTunes. While the song "Qwerty" can be found in EP entitled Linkin Park Underground v6.0.
They also released the song "New Divide" is used for the soundtrack of the latest movie Transformers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.Lagu has also been reached position 6 in the U.S., the UK reach the top 20, and received an award in the category "Best Scream Song of the Year "on Spike TV.

A Thousand Suns

Lately, some say that Linkin Park has been "dead". They are not. They're even working on their fourth studio album. Again, the producer Rick Rubin. Until November 2009, they are focusing on five tracks, having previously there were 60 song demo, and then filtered to 20. Duration would be longer than the Linkin Park songs in general (about 4-5 minutes). And, for the future, after the fourth album released A Thousand Suns, Linkin Park promised to try to release her new album sooner.
Track Listing 1. The Requiem 2. The Radiance 3. Burning In The Skies 4. Empty Spaces 5. When They Come For Me 6. Robot Boy 7. Jornada Del Muerto 8. Waiting For The End 9. Blackout 10. And wretches Kings 11. Wisdom, Justice, And Love 12. Iridescent 13. 14 Fallout. The Catalyst 15. The Messenger

Type of music

Flow

Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, during a concert at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
At the beginning of its formation, Linkin Park rock. Upon entry of a DJ or turntablis named Joe Hahn, Linkin Park to replace a hip-hop flow. However, the album Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park again to change the flow into nu metal and rapcore. Also on the album Meteora, Linkin Park are also just add the element of electronics.

On the album Minutes To Midnight, everything changed. Linkin Park is really reducing the specific elements of nu metal. Instead, Linkin Park uses the flow of alternative rock. This is clearly an experiment, given the success of Linkin Park with the nu metal genre in the previous album. However, the experiment was successful.

Technical
Linkin Park is rarely used technique guitar but the guitar melody. In addition, the rap of Mike Shinoda often appears in many songs. Chester sometimes screaming in some songs.
Again, changes occur in the album Minutes To Midnight. Linkin Park to reduce the element of rap from Mike. Rapnya only in two songs, namely Bleed It Out and Hands Held High. While vocalist Chester more dominant than ever. Linkin Park also played softer.

Linkin Park Underground

This is a group of fans of Linkin Park formed in 2001 by Linkin Park and Jessica Sklar. If you join the LPU (abbreviation) it can obtain special merchandise for LPU members. Such as jerseys, ashtrays, books, exclusive ringtones, exclusive tracks, exclusive video, and the LPU album every year. So far the album LP Underground v9.0 is the best breakthrough, because in it the whole song is the album the songs are unreleased demo by Linkin Park previously. Plus there is a demo song Across The Line, a song most talked about on the forum since the DVD Linkin Park Making of Minutes to Midnight was released. This song has the title of Japan before.

Member

Current members
Chester Bennington - vocals
Rob Bourdon - drums
Brad Delson - guitar
Dave "Phoenix" Farrell - bass
Joseph Hahn - turntables, sampling
Mike Shinoda - backing vocals, sampling, rap, keyboard, guitar
Former Members
Mark Wakefield - Vocals
Scott Koziol - Bass (Stand-in)
Kyle Christener - Bass (Stand-in)
Ian Hornbeck - Bass (Stand-in)

Discography

Studio Albums
Hybrid Theory - October 24, 2000
Reanimation - July 30, 2002
Meteora - March 25, 2003
Minutes to Midnight - May 15, 2007
Songs From The Underground EP - 27 November 2008
A Thousand Suns - 14 September 2010

Album Linkin Park Underground

LP Underground v1.0 (HTEP Re-release) (2001)
LP Underground v2.0 (2002)
LP Underground v3.0 (2003)
LP Underground v4.0 (2004)
LP Underground v5.0 (2005)
LP Underground v6.0 (2006)
LP Underground v7.0 (2007)
LP Underground v8.0 (2008)
LP Underground v9.0 (2009)
LP Underground X: Demos (2010)
LP Underground Eleven (2011)

Album Concert

Live In Texas - 18 November 2003
Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes - 24 November 2008
Live From SoHo (iTunes Exclusive EP) (2008)
[Edit] Album Single
One Step Closer (2001)
Crawling (2001)
Papercut (2001)
In The End, Pt.1 (2001)
In The End, Pt.2 (2001)
In The End EP (2002)
Pts.Of.Athrty (2002)
Somewhere I Belong (2003)
Faint (2003)
Numb, Pt.1 (2003)
Numb, Pt.2 (2003)
From The Inside (2004)
Breaking The Habit (2004)
MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course - Numb / Encore - Exlusive (2004)
Numb / Encore (2004)
What I've Done (2007)
Bleed It Out (2007)
Shadow Of The Day (2007)
Given Up (2008)
Leave Out All The Rest (2008)
New Divide (2009)
The Catalyst (2010)
Waiting For The End (2010)
Burning In The Skies (2011)
Iridescent (2011)

Demo Album
Hybrid Theory 8 Track Demo (1999)
Hybrid Theory 2 Track Demo (1999)
Hybrid Theory 9 Track Demo (1999)
Raw Power (2000)
The Wicked World Of Warner Bros. / Reprise: Ozzfest Sampler 2000 (2000)
Sampler Tape Hybrid Theory (2000)
Linkin Park Sampler Tape (2000)

Remix Album
Reanimation - July 30, 2002
Collision Course - 30 November 2004

Some of the bands associated with Linkin Park

Fort Minor - Mike Shinoda's Side Project
Dead By Sunrise - Chester Bennington Side Project
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park's old name
Xero - The name of the old Linkin Park
Tasty Snax - old Band Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
Grey Daze - Chester Bennington's old band
Julien-K - Band in collaboration with Chester Bennington on their side-project, Dead By Sunrise

Cornelius Van Drebbel Biography - Submarine Inventor

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Cornelius van Drebbel was born in Alkmaar in 1572 in Holland, he was the inventor of the first submarine to realize the design of leonardo da vinci. After several years of school in Alkmaar, circa 1590, he then went to Haarlem, which is also located in the Northern Netherlands. Teachers at the academy is Hendrick Goltzius, sculptor, painter, and humanist, Karel van Mander, painter, writer, humanist and Cornelis Corneliszoon of Haarlem. Drebbel became a skilled engraver. In 1595 he married Sophia Jansdochter Goltzius, Hendrick's brother. They have four children. In 1600, Drebbel was in Middelburg where he built a fountain in Noorderpoort.

He met with Hans Lippershey which is a co-constructor of telescopes and Zacharias Jansen. Drebbel learned lens grinding and optics. Around 1604 the family moved to England Drebbel, perhaps at the invitation of the new king, James I of England (VI of Scotland). Drebbel also worked in the courts. In 1610 Drebbel and family are invited to come to the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. After Rudolf's death in 1612, Drebbel back to London. Unfortunately his patron Prince Henry died and Drebbel financial difficulties. Initially, the submarine is a sketch artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), while William Bourne designed the plan of the ship (1578). But, who managed to build it was Cornelius van Drebbel in 1620.

Initially, he only saw the sketches that made two of his friends. Then, slowly van Drebbel try to realize the sketches which he said is unique. Standard construction is still taking a sketch Bourne. Namely, using the principle that vessel can sink when the tank filled with water. If the vessel will be raised to the surface, the water tank is emptied first. Then, van Drebbel trying to apply the law of Archimedes by using the paddle as a driver. Not quite up there, van Drebbel continue

upgrade the homemade submarines. Especially in terms of design with a shape like the arrangement of the two boats and the skin closed. Dayungan holes made more adhesive so it does not take in water. Van Drebble not use the system back, but try to iron so much easier dive boat.

The submarine is a submarine of the oldest. Therefore, the body is still made from animal skins and wood frame. Van Drebbel is also wrapped around the base timber ships with waterproof materials and rowing boats with the skin. The addition of van Drebbel made air tube to provide oxygen. Made his first trip with 12 rowers on the River Thames. In these trials, the ship managed to dive as deep as 360-450 cm below the River Thames, London, for 2-3 hours.

The last model made van Drebbel had six oars and can accommodate 16 passengers. The ship was able to dive for three hours and a clearance of up to 12-15 feet (4-5-meter) below the water surface. Track was started at Westminster to Greenwich commute. Submarine that looks like a cigar is made hydrodynamic shape. According to van Drebbel, the hydrodynamic resistance can be reduced when drowned. That way, the ship can sink seamlessly. The submarine has a speed of about 18 km / h. At present the findings of van Drebbel submarine was developed for military purposes. Primarily as submarine warfare. It is actually far from the desire Drebbel submarine when it was first made. He did not want to be a homemade submarine killer tool

William Edward Boeing Biografi - Founder of The Boeing Company

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William Edward Boeing was born in the city of Detroit, the United States on October 1, 1881. He is the founder of the Boeing company. As a child really loves the game of Boeing kite. Boeing had studied at Yale University, but not completed due to lack of funds. Finally, Boeing, and his father moved to Grays Harbor to be a woodcutter in the forest. For five years Boeing has never followed the information, even when the Wright brothers discovered Boeing aircraft do not know. After that Boeing moved to Seattle with a timber businessman. This is where his dream to make the aircraft begins to open. However, his dream has always foundered because it was opposed by his father.

Until the age of 30 Boeing does not have the slightest knowledge of the aircraft, but he has become a successful entrepreneur wood. Boeing eventually aeronautics course at Seattle University Club. This is where he met George Conrad Westervelt an American naval engineers who are experts airplanes.

Eventually they both try to make a wooden airplane in Boeing company. In making this airplane a few times they have failed because the plane can not fly. This makes Boeing weeping bitterly. Westervelt sorrow increased when called upon by the navy to deal with aviation in the east.
Finally fix the aircraft with Boeing employees, according to the draft Westervelt. On June 16, 1916 for the first time Boeing planes can fly. After that Boeing founded the Pacific Aero Products Company. Boeing hired some engineers who are experts in aircraft. Having finally managed to make two Boeing aircraft trying to sell his plane. Boeing to fail here because people do not believe in the ability of the aircraft.

Boeing finally managed to sell to the U.S. Navy. Marine forces in sinilanh ordered 50 pieces of the aircraft. This news is good news bad news. Good news because the plane behavior, but this is also bad news for Boeing did not have the capital. Boeing subsequently obtain a loan by pledging the entire property. When the orders began to be delivered to the Navy and Boeing also provide new aircraft design (Model HS 21), when it had 317 Boeing employees people.

Again, bad news came as World War I ended, so the military canceled aircraft orders. This is a very hard blow for Boeing, so the company plane turned into another timber. Finances began to improve after Boeing began trying to not depend on the military. On March 3, 1919 finally established the company's Boeing Air Mail, and in January 1920 and for the first time the B-1 was sold to Canada.

On June 30, 1927 Boeing Air Transport stand which is air passenger transportation companies. At this time the plane has become the company's largest aircraft companies across the country. The Boeing Company continues to grow, although the trial by ordeal continued. One of them after World War II. However, by William Edward Boeing seriousness and his men. On 28 September 1956 a pretext logging industry turned into a business aircraft is dead. But the hard work we can still enjoy.

Neil Armstrong Biography

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Neil Alden Armstrong Born 5 Agustus1930, on a farm his grandfather, Auglaizy County, Ohio is the first U.S. astronaut, the first person on earth to the surface of the moon step legs, using the Apollo 11 flight, on July 20, 1969. accompanied by Edwin Aldrin. Neil step Amstronglah the legs for the first time when exiting the module plane, and were exploring the lunar surface. He is very keen to develop on the flight, or something that can be flown from the age of 13 years. He loved airplanes. When for the first time can fly a toy airplane at age 6 years, from there he was so fascinated by aviation.

In 1947, Neil Armstrong entered Purdue University. He began to learn about the science of flight techniques. But in 1949 the U.S. government to call its citizens to work actively in the country. He eventually became a pilot for the navy, and sent to Korea. in 1950, when it began the Korean War. He flew fighter jets Panther.

In 1952 he returned to Purdue University. Complete education in the field of aeronautics (aeronautical engineering), graduating in 1955. After graduating from Purdue University, he applied for a pilot research institute, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base. But there are no lowonngan desired. Proposal he sent to the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland. Neil Armstrong began working there in February 1950.

On his first day in Erdwards, he was almost in a plane crash. At that time he flew B-29 Superfortress with the commander of the flying height of 30 000 Stan Butchart.Pada ft (9 km), the engine number 4 dead. With a desperate attempt to finally landing safely with only two machines of the living, the number 3 engine is turned off to avoid damage. August 15, 1957 flying the rocket-engine plane, Bell X-1B, berehasil through the height of 11.4 miles (18.3 km), damaging the nose landing his plane.

30 November 1960 menerbangkanpPesawat Nort American X-15, reached an altitude 48.840 ft (14.9 km), the peak speed of 1.75 times the speed of sound (1810 km / h). T33-Shooting Star aircraft is manned with Chuck Yeager an emergency landing on a dry lake (Smith Ranch Dry Lake) May 21, 1962 with F-104 aircraft, conduct inspections to

Delamar Lake, again he had to make an emergency landing because the plane's tires did not come out completely. Armstrong flew seven times with the X-15 aircraft. With the X-15-3, he reached an altitude of 207,500 ft (63.2 km), with the X-15-1 achieve 5.74 speed of sound (Mach 5.74 = 4,000 miles per hour).

After leaving the Dryden Flight Research Center at Armstrong has a record of flying hours flown 2450 + 50 type aircraft he ever flew. In 1957 he passed the selection in the program Man In Space soonest. 1960 he Tepilih as members of the space shuttle program kosultasi X-20 Dyna Soar .. March 15, 1962 elected seven pilot planned to fly the spacecraft, whose name was entered into one of them. Sept. 13, Armstrong makes recommendations to the NASA Astronaut Corp. December 23, 1968 he became commander of Apollo 11. Moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. Armstrong explore the lunar surface for 2.5 hours.

The first time her feet touched the surface of the moon, he said:
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. (A small step for man, a big leap for mankind). "
But the words were not caught by the NII radio transmissions. Aldrin the second man who menginjakan legs after 15 minutes on the surface of the moon Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface down .. Before returning to Earth Neil Armstrong left a memento in the month of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Performed by aircraft landing Parent (command module) of a small plane space, and successfully landed well in the Pacific Ocean., Apollo11 Crew picked up by the USS Hornet. After Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 mission was no longer intend to make space flight. He remained as Deputy Associate Administrator for aeronautics for the Office of Advanced Research and Technology (DARPA). He helped there only 13 months. Retreat from DARPA and NASA in August 1971. Later he taught at the Department of outer space techniques (Department of Aerospace Engineering) at the University of Cincinnati. In addition to teaching at Cincinnati he also taught at other universities, including the first almaternya, Purdue University. Armstrong reached the title Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Professor of aerospace engineering.) At the University of Cincinnati. After 9 years of teaching, he retired in 1979 to teach. Another field is the last position of the board chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, a company develops software for flight That scheduling, which is held from 1982 to 1992.

Saul Bellow Biography

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Saul Bellow (June 10, 1915 - 5 April 2005) is a Canadian-born U.S. writer. He won the Nobel Literature Prize and the 1976 National Medal of Arts 1988.
Bellow's novels renowned for the observed isolation, spiritual dissociation, and the possibility of human consciousness, highlighting his Jewish blood. Bellow gets inspiration from Chicago, the city of her adoption, and most of his work in the background there. His works show the high and low culture, and fictional characters are also a mixture of intellectual dreamers and those who believe in themselves. During the Guggenheim fellowship in Paris, he wrote most of his famous novel, The Adventures of Augie March (1953).

Early life

He was born Solomon (nicknamed 'Sollie') Bellows in Lachine, Quebec (now part of Montreal), immediately after His parents moved from St. Petersburg. Petersburg, the Russian Empire. It is unclear whether the Bellows (who later discard the letter 's' from last name) was born in June or July 1915, because in the birth of the Jewish immigrants tend to be indifferent to the Christian calendar (Bellow commemorate her birthday in June). The hospital infection respiratory tract at the age of 8 to teach self-confidence (he was a brave even nerds) and provide an opportunity to quench thirst Bellow to read: tell he decided to become a writer when he first read Uncle Tom's cottage Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe's work.

The family moved to the suburbs of Chicago, a city that will form the background most of the novel, when she was 9. Bellow's father, Abram, is an importer of onions. He also worked at a bakery, delivering coal and the alcohol smugglers. Bellow are deeply religious mother, Liza, wants his youngest son, Saul, a rabbi or a concert violinist. But he rebelled against what was then called "the stifling orthodoxy" of his religious upbringing, and he began writing at a young age. [3] Bellow eternal love of the Bible that everything starts at age 4 when he learned Hebrew. Bellow also read William Shakespeare and Russian novelists of the 19th century. [4] John Podhoretz, a student at the University of Chicago, said that Bellow and his close friend Allan Bloom (see Ravelstein), 'inhaled books and ideas as the rest of us breathe air'.

In the 1930s, Bellow is the Chicago branch of the WPA Writer's Project, which includes the Chicago literary stars such as Richard Wright and Nelson Algren. Most of the writers were radical: if they are not members of the Communist Party, they are communist sympathizers. Many people like Richard Wright, also participated in the John Reed Clubs branch led by the Communist Party. There is also the Stalinists, who only read books that are recognized party, and the Trotskyists, who read out a list of recognized. Bellow is a Trotskyist and read the list of recognized it. Due to the large number of Stalinist writers, Bellow must menderitai ridicule them. (Source: Nelson Algren, A Life on the Wild Side, author, Bettina Drew (1991, University of Texas Press, Austin)
During World War II, Bellow joined the merchant marine, and during his long tenure he completed his first novel "Dangling Man" (1944). The book is about a Chicago boy who waits in the war.

Career

Bellow taught at the University of Minnesota, New York, Princeton, Chicago, Bard College and Boston University, where he also taught with James Wood ('modestly he resigned' when it comes time to discuss Seize the Day). To take over his appointment at Boston, Bellow moved from Chicago to Brookline, Massachusetts in 1993, where he died on 5 April 2005, at age 89. He is buried in the Jewish Ingestion Shir he harim in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Bellow prasarjanan begin studies at the University of Chicago, but left him to finish his studies are not in English but of anthropology at Northwestern University. It is estimated that influence this anthropological study of literary style. He was married five times (the son from his first marriage, Adam, wrote In Praise of Nepotism).
Before starting his career as a writer, Bellow writes book reviews for 10 dollars each. Mereputasikannya his early work as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century, and at the time of his death he was considered to some as the greatest living novelist in English. He was the first novelist who won the National Book Award three times.

Criticism

Bellow's opponents considered his work conventional and old-fashioned, as if the author is trying to renew the European novel of the 19th century. The characters in the novels end up not entirely true, they said. Herzog, Henderson, and the characters are "larger than life" others in his novels the latter does not appear to be created from real life, but the author's philosophical obsessions. Vladimir Nabokov Bellow calls "pathetic." His characters seen as a vehicle for philosophical parent or a chance to show his knowledge.
Bellow reports on his trip to Israel in 1973, To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account, criticized by Noam Chomsky in his book in 1983 Fateful Triangle: the United States, Israel and the Palestinians. He was also criticized for praising controversial book Joan Peters, From Time Immemorial, which challenged the conventional history of the Palestinian people.
Although synonymous with Chicago, Bellow distance themselves from the writers of a more conventional city.

Dave Baksh Biography

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David Nizaam Baksh, or better known as Dave Baksh (born in Toronto, Canada, July 26, 1980, age 31 years) is the former frontman of rock band Sum 41 is now a member of the Brown Brigade. On Sum 41, Dave served as lead guitarist and also as co-vocalist on several songs Sum 41, such as Fat Lip, Mr.Amsterdam, and What We're All About.

Period-The period before the Sum 41

Dave has long been influenced by flows typical Metal Metallica and Slayer to finally be released by the school because it could not be farther from the music. After being expelled from school, Dave was joined in the band 9 in Canada such as 747, ANDP, Anatomy embodiment, Doors of Draven, Fo You Mind, and another until finally joined together in Sum 41 Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz who is his friend while in High School .

Professional career

Sum 41

Dave joined Sum 41 as the third member, after Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz formed the band in the summer of 1996. As the lead guitarist in Sum 41, he prefers to use the guitar Paul Reed Smith Singlecut though occasionally he never used Gibson Les Pauls and Gibson X-Plorers Studio. For pedals, he uses MXR Effects and Dunlop Wah pedals. On Sum 41, he was dubbed the Pleasure Brownsound and also specifically used as a nickname in the band Pain For Pleasure, the band Metal side are all members of Sum 41. Favorite songs during the Sum 41 is a Machine Gun, Mr.Amsterdam, Pain For Pleasure, and The Bitter End.

The exit of Dave and Brown Brigade
On May 11, 2006, Dave decided to get out of Sum 41 and form a new band called Brown Brigade. Dave was no longer fit with the music Punk Sum 41 and need a challenge in his guitar playing. In Brown Brigade, Dave became the vocalist and guitarist with his cousin Vaughn who will play bass. On 18 September 2007, Dave and his band Brown Brigade is releasing his first studio album Into the Mouth of Badd (d) ness, in this debut album Brown Brigade has issued three successful singles, including cover songs Iron Maiden, Hallowed Be Thy Name. Pretty soon, Dave and his band will release an album keduannya, dialbum Dave said this, he would deduct the metal element and added a few new genres are like punk rock and funk.

Organ Thieves
Dave returned to his new band is Orahn Thieves, the flow of the music inspired by bands Rock Soul. Now he is busy preparing for her debut album and is scheduled to be released in 2010.

Facts about Dave Baksh

Dave's parents were descendants of Indo-Guyanese
Dave is married to Jenn Muray in December 2003
Has three nicknames in Sum 41 is Brownsound, Pleasure, and Hot Chocolate
Loyal listener song Metal bands like Metallica, Yngwie Malmsteen, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Dream Theater, and Iron Maiden
His favorite is the Iron Maiden concert in 1999 at Massey Hall
Been excluded from school while in High School
Always carry a 7 shirts and 2 pants while on tour with Sum 41
Dave liked the Penguin
Prior to the Sum 41, Dave has joined with 9 other bands
Had collaborated with Kerry King (Slayer), Iggy Pop, Tenacious D, Tommy Lee Motley Crue {), Ludacris, and Rob Halford of Judas Priest {) during the Sum 41

Leonid Hurwicz Biography

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Leonid (Leo) Hurwicz (born in Moscow, August 21, 1917 - died in Minneapolis, June 24, 2008 at age 90 years) is a professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, USA. Hurwicz was announced as the winner of Bank of Sweden Prize boon in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 along with Eric Stark Maskin and Roger Bruce Myerson for development efforts in the field of mechanical plans used in the world of economics, social sciences, and political science. He was also a pioneer in the use of game theory (game theory) to the economy, and is the oldest winner of the Nobel prize for this.

Milton Friedman Biography

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Milton Friedman (31 July 1912-16 November 2006) is an American economist and public intellectual. He died in San Francisco (California), due to heart failure. Born in New York, he was the youngest of four brothers from a family of children of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.

He has donated a number of thoughts in the macro-economic, micro-economics, economic history, and statistics kepengacaraan laissez-faire capitalism. In 1976, he received the Nobel Prize Award "for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy".
As an economist, the legendary and fight for individual freedom, he has influenced the economic policies of three U.S. President, that Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

In his books, Newsweek magazine column, and a public television show, he was fighting for individual freedom in economics and politics. U.S. officials praised the contribution that has delivered to millions of people an understanding of the economic benefits of a competitive free market. He could see the free market reforms spread to the former communist world and Latin America. "I hope what I wrote contributed to it, but it is not the driving force. People like me, what you did was keep these ideas open until the time when when (the ideas) is unacceptable," he said .

Together ietrinya (Rose), he established the foundation in their name in 1996 to encourage and advocate the rights of parents to choose education for their children.

Biography of Robert Fogel, economic experts from the United States

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Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926 in New York City) is an economist at the United States.
He entered Cornell University and received his BA in 1948, M.A. in 1960 from Columbia University, and Ph.D. from John Hopkins University in 1963.

At Cornell University Fogel interested in the correlation between history and economics. He started to use quantitative methods to answer questions involving economic impact on specific historical events of a society. At Johns Hopkins University, Fogel guided by Simon Kuznets (Nobel Economics Prize winner 1971) in working on the dissertation. With the guidance Kuznets, Fogel tried to explain the impact of economic growth on the railways in the 19th century when the markets in the United States develops.

Fogel worked at the University of Rochester (the early 1960s), University of Chicago (1960), and Harvard University (1970). In 1981, Fogel returned to the University of Chicago to replace George Stigler as Professor Charles R. Walgreen in American Institutions.

And his famous controversy is the Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, a quantitative study of American slavery two volumes published in 1974 which he wrote with Stanley Engelman. They argued that slavery had become valuable to the economy and industry have fallen for political reasons rather than economic. Fogel also has researched the micro-economic revolution and technological modifications in the national population demographics and labor force.

Fogel won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1993, along with Douglass Cecil North, "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods to explain economic and institutional changes." Fogel and North hailed the use of quantitative methods in analyzing the history and life cycle, and their development in kliometri-use statistical data to understand economic history.

Carl Rogers Biography-Psychology experts from the United States

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Carl Rogers Biography

Born January 8, 1902
Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Died February 4, 1987
San Diego, California, United States

Citizens of the United States

Psychology

Institution Ohio State University
University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alma mater University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teachers College, Columbia University

Known for human-centered approach (eg, client-centered therapy, student-centered learning)

Appreciation Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1956, APA) Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice (1972, APA); 1964 Humanist of the Year (American Humanist Association)

Carl Rogers was a renowned psychologist with a clinical therapeutic approach based on the client (client centered). Rogers and his theory with his experience as a therapist for many years. Rogers' theory is similar to Freud's approach, but essentially different from Freud Rogers because Rogers assumes that people are basically good or healthy. In other words, Rogers looked at mental health as a process of development of natural life, while], crime, and other humanitarian issues is seen as a deviation from the natural tendency.

Rogers' theory is based on a "life force" called the actualizing tendency. [Actualizing tendency is defined as a blend of motivation within each living being and aims to develop its full potential to the maximum extent possible. This living being is not only aimed at only survive, but to get what is best for this sole thrust keberadaannya.Dari, emerging desires or impulses mentioned by other psychologists, such as the need for air, water, and food, the need for security and love, and so forth.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini Biography

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Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born in Pesaro, February 29 is a well-known composers of Italian nationality. He was born in the midst of a family that loves music. Giuseppe, his father, was a trumpet player musical instrument. His mother, Anna, was a singer. In 1805, when Rossini ewean thirteen, she performed at the theater `s Paër Commune in Camilla. This is her first appearance in public to sing. At the age of fourteen, Rossini studied cello to Cavedagni Conservatorio, Bologna. He then explore the ability to play the cello under the guidance of Padre PS Mattei in 1807. Rossini was also a skilled trumpet player, he followed his father's footsteps.

His first opera, La cambiale in matrimonio (marriage contract) is produced at Venice when he was eighteen years old. Two years earlier, he had received the award at the Conservatorio of Bologna for the work of choir singing, "Il Armonia pianto sulla morte d` d `Orfeo '. Between 1810 and 1813, Rossini created many operas with varying success. All the memories of these works seemed to be drowned by the huge success of his work, "Tancredi". "Tancredi" is an opera in two acts by composer and author of poems by Rossini, Luigi Lechi. Opera is based on the `show` Tancrède by Voltaire, in 1759. Composed by Rossini's first opera was performed at the Teatro La Fenice on February 6, 1813. The first opera composed by Rossini was supposed to end with a cover story a happy ending, but he changed it to the end of a tragic story.

In 1815, Rossini was asked by the impresario Domenico Barbaja to to be a musical and artistic leadership of Teatro San Carlo and the Teatro Del Fondo at Naples. At that time he composed the song "Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra" (Elizabeth, the Queen of England) for a soprano, Isabella Colbran, who later became his wife. Between 1815 and 1823, making twenty-Rossini opera. In between all this, "Otello" is the height of his operas are serious reforms. At the time of Rossini, the stories end tragically is not favored by

Roman society, it was created end of the story "Otello" is happy.

In 1823, on the advice of the manager `s King Theatre, London, Rossini came to England and stayed there for some time. In England, he received the award, including a meeting with King George IV. In 1824, he became music director at the Théâtre Italien in Paris. The results of his work, "Guillaume Tell", in 1829 took him to the peak of his career as an opera writer. The opera song written by Étienne Jouy and Hippolyte Bis, but revised by Armand Marrast. The music is remarkable because it is free from the rules that are formulated and adhered to by Rossini in his works so far. It marks the transition period in the history of opera. Although it is a good opera, this opera is rarely played as a whole and more often cut into pieces for the duration of the original version of this opera could reach four hours.

Renowned opera "Il Barbiere Siviglia on" Opera is the most famous works of Rossini opera which was shown on February 20, 1816 at the Teatro Valle in Rome. Author of poems by Cesare Sterbini. "Il barbiere in Siviglia" was the opera works of Rossini's famous and very popular in Europe more than a quarter century. Many opinions about how quickly Rossini wrote this opera. The experts generally acknowledge that Rossini wrote this opera for more than two weeks, a miracle with a few standards. Rossini admitted that he wrote the opera for 12 days.

The success of the works of Rossini opera is a success in the world. At the age of 37 years, he stopped writing operas because of illness. He and Isabella left Paris in 1837 to live in Italy where he was suffering from "neurasthenia" (mental illness with psychosomatic symptoms). When you feel healthy again, in 1855 he returned to Paris and became active again composed the tone for piano and choir. In 1868, Rossini died and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Axl Rose Biography

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William Bruce Bailey (born in Lafayette, Indiana, February 6, 1962, age 50 years) is the "lead vocals" Guns N 'Roses band from Los Angeles, California United States. Musician who is better known as Axl Rose is known as a leader and founder of Guns N 'Roses (with Tracii Guns in 1985). GNR Axl in the body of the figure so dominant, he is controlling all the story line every GNR "start his adventures".

Axl Rose has the nature of the authoritarian, selfish, and the emotional outburst. Not infrequently exposed sebandnya friends spray "cruelty" Axl. That is why Guns N 'Roses broke up, because your friends can not stand it anymore sebandnya the perilakuan Axl is selfish. Some are resigned, others fired, and there is also coming out with Axl because of differences of opinion about where the next direction of music GNR.

In Guns N 'Roses, Axl is the creator and writer of songs. Axl blessed with the ability to change his voice to three times while singing and also sang as he ran to and fro, a hallmark of the GNR was Axl that any singer can not be replaced if he quit the band. But, that does not mean he is just the most important in the body of Guns N 'Roses. Another one of the most important figure in the GNR is the GNR guitarist, Slash. According to his fans: "Guns N 'Roses with Slash. Without Slash, GNR same as losing" his Guns. "He was the color of the actual GNR super rebound and the way he plays the guitar".

Vincent van Gogh Biography

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Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch words: [vɪnsɛnt vɑnxɔx] (help · info)) (March 30, 1853 - 29 July 1890) is a post-impressionist Dutch painter. The paintings and drawings, including works of art at its best, the most famous and most expensive in the world. Van Gogh is regarded as one of the greatest painters in European art history.

In his youth Van Gogh worked in a company selling works of art, and after some time working as a teacher, he served as a missionary who works in a very poor mining region. He had become an artist in 1880. At first his work using dark colors. Only when in Paris he met with impressionism and neo-impressionism that the colors are brighter and developed his painting style into a unique style and easily recognizable. This style of painting to achieve the full level of development when he lived in Arles, France.

Initially followed the typical painter of his time with impressionism style. But dissatisfaction with the restraints of artistic expression by the grip makes it impressionism turned on the style of expressionism.
Vincent Van Gogh was diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Diagnosis is made by 2 different doctors who cared for him. Van Gogh also had to cut his own ear.

At the end of his life, he felt himself to be mad and end up spending the rest of his life in hospital Soul of Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France. In R.S. Soul of Saint Paul-de-Mausole, he still paints.

Biography of Benjamin Franklin

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"Everything starts with a sense of anger, will end in shame." - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, January 17, 1706 - died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 17 April 1790 at age 84 years) was a prominent United States are well known and has left many works in his life.

Franklin was a man of many types of work and expertise. He was a journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant (official), scientist, diplomat, and inventor as well! Franklin also was one of the leaders of the American Revolution, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. His words are well known and much quoted. For example, "time is money" is likely to come from him. Because he was also a publisher and owner of the printing press, a lot of words that people can still be read today because he is too much and writing.

He is also famous for its percobaanya on electricity (lightning rods). He is the head of the first Post Office in America, the makers of "public library" first, and the first to organize the line of fire. Benjamin Franklin was a member of Freemasonry.

Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 17, 1706 from the Josiah Franklin father who was married twice. Benjamin was the youngest of 17 children from two marriages was Josiah. Benjamin stopped school when he was ten years old, and at the age of twelve years he had an internship at the publishing business owned by James, his older brother. This printing publishes the New England Courant. Benjamin became contributors, and even then editor of the newspaper. One day the brothers' quarrel and finally Benjamin fled, first to New York, then to Philadelphia in October 1723. Benjamin and William fled to Philadelphia. Then William joined the invaders (England) and parted ways with Ben. Ben is the enemy of England since the Revolutionary USA. After a long quarrel with William, William, who joined the invaders to apologize to Benjamin Franklin. But Benjamin Franklin strongly rejected. Benjamin Franklin spent the rest of his life separate from his wife.

Ben Franklin's writings (in English)

Franklin, Benjamin, "The Way to Wealth". Applewood Books; November 1986. ISBN 0-918222-88-5
Franklin, Benjamin, "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin". Dover Pubns; June 7, 1996. ISBN 0-486-29073-5
Franklin, Benjamin, "Poor Richards Almanack". Peter Pauper Press; November 1983. ISBN 0-88088-918-7
Franklin, Benjamin, "The Poetry of Minor Connecticut Wits". Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint; September 2000. ISBN 0-8201-1066-3
Franklin, Benjamin, "Writings". ISBN 0-940450-29-1
Franklin, Benjamin, "On Marriage".
Franklin, Benjamin, "Satires and Bagatelles".

Alexander Hamilton Biography

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Alexander Hamilton (born January 11, year unknown - possibly 1755 or 1757 - died July 12, 1804) was Minister of Finance of the United States first, and is known for the formation of a national bank in the country.
In a fight with Aaron Burr, Hamilton was injured and died.

early life

Hamilton was not born in the United States. He is originally from the island of Nevis, Caribbean. His father was James Hamilton and his mother was Rachel Fawcett Lavien. Mrs. Hamilton has a son from a previous marriage who ditinggalkanna when he moved to Nevis. At that time, this means that Hamilton was the illegitimate daughter because her parents are not legally married. Hamilton is very sensitive to this fact.

education

Hamilton is a graduate of Columbia University, then known as Kings College.

heritage

Hamilton described the $ 10 bill. He was one of the two figures are not the president (the other is Benjamin Franklin) is respected in the official records are commonly used.

Jennifer Aniston Biography

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Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born in Sherman Oaks, California, USA, February 11, 1969, age 43 years) is an American actor States. He is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American film.
He became famous after playing the character Rachel Green on the famous sitcom Friends. He then also played in many famous movies like Bruce Almighty, Along Came Polly and The Break-Up.

Childhood

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, United States. His family was engaged in the world of entertainment. His father, John Aniston, is an actor in the television series Days Of Our Lives. While his mother, Nancy Dow, was a former model and actor. His godfather was Telly Savalas, an American film actor. He has a half sister from his mother's side is John T. Melick (born on 6 June 1959) and a paternal half sister of Alexander the Aniston (born in 1989).
Jennifer Aniston has a family who came from Greece. At age 5, he and his family left Los Angeles and moved to Greece because his father took up the study of medicine. However, after one year John wants to live as an actor, so they returned to the United States and settled in New York. At the age of 9 years, John left his family and lived with another woman. At this moment Jennifer lives alone with her mother in New York.
At age 11, he made a dipanjang paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the age of 15, he decided to become an actress seotrang. He received the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and studied acting.

Early Career

After graduating from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Jennifer began to pursue his dream as an actress in New York. His first job was a role in a commercial Big Bob. He also gets a supporting role in the theater titled For Dear Life in 1989. The play is less successful and failed to attract an audience. That's when Jennifer started thinking about moving to Los Angeles to act and to visit his father again.

In Los Angeles, he had two jobs, as an actress in the daytime and a restaurant waiter in the evening. Early in his career, he had many auditions and many failures that have to support herself by being a restaurant waiter. At that time, the manager was advised to lose weight to look more beautiful and successful live audition. After following these suggestions, Jennifer began getting small roles in television media.
In 1990, Jennifer appeared in the television series "Molloy" that can only last for two episodes. Then he appeared in a television film entitled "Camp Cucamonga". He also appeared in the television series "Ferris Bueller" as Jeannie Bueller. The television series lasted only 13 episodes.

In 1992, Jennifer got a major role in the television sketch comedy "The Edge". The series lasted for 22 episodes from 1992 to 1993. In this period, Jennifer starred in several television comedy series as a guest star as "Quantum Leap", "Herman's Head", and "Burke's Law".
In early 1993, Jennifer starred in his first big screen film called Leprechaun. This horror movie failed to get the attention of audiences and film critics. On several occasions, expressed regret Jennifer starred in the film. Even so, fans and the media continue to remember the leprechaun as loncatannya stone in the world of movies. After several failures and a television series he starred continue to experience cancellations, Jennifer briefly considered for an end to his career in acting.

Until the summer of 1994, Jennifer starred in the television series "Muddling Through" which ultimately can only last for 13 episodes. However, at the same time Jennifer had a role as Rachel Green in the television series "Friends" which ultimately is the beginning of Jennifer as an actress and a successful and famous celebrities around the world.

Appreciation

1996: Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series, Friends
2001: People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Television Performer, Friends
2001: Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden: Best Foreign TV Personality-Female, Friends
2002: Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Friends
2002: People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Television Performer, Friends
2002: Hollywood Film Festival: Actress of the Year
2002: Teen Choice Award: Choice TV Actress-Comedy, Friends
2002: Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden: Best Foreign TV Personality-Female, Friends
2003: Golden Globe Award: Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Friends
2003: People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Television Performer, Friends
2003: Teen Choice Award: Choice TV Actress-Comedy, Friends
2003: Teen Choice Award: Choice Movie Actress-Drama / Action Adventure, The Good Girl
2003: Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden: Best Foreign TV Personality-Female, Friends
2004: Logie Awards: Most Popular Overseas Star, Friends
2004: People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Television Performer, Friends
2004: Teen Choice Award: Choice TV Actress-Comedy, Friends
2004: Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden: Best Foreign TV Personality-Female, Friends
2006: Teen Choice Award: Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Vince Vaughn), The Break-Up
2007: People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Movie Star, The Break-Up
2007: GLAAD Media Awards: Vanguard Award

Played as a Note Year Title

1993 Leprechaun Tory Reding
1996 She's the One Renee Fitzpatrick
Dream for an Insomniac Allison
1997 Picture Perfect Kate Mosely
'Til There was You Debbie
1998 The Object of My Affection Nina Borowski
1999 The Iron Giant Annie Hughes voice only
Office Space Joanna
2001 Rock Star Emily Poule
2002 The Good Girl Justine Last
2003 Bruce Almighty Grace Connelly
2004 Along Came Polly Polly Prince
2005 Rumor Has It Sarah Huttinger
Derailed Lucinda Harris
2006 The Break-Up Brooke Meyers
Friends with Money Olivia
Room 10 short films; co-director only
2008 Marley & Me Jenny
2009 He's Just Not That Into You Beth Murphy
Management Sue
Love Happens Eloise Chandler

Ariel Peterpan Biography

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Nazril Irham or familiarly called by calls Ariel or Ariel was born in Pangkalan Brandan, Langkat, North Sumatra, 16 September 1981. He is an Indonesian singer who is a phenomenal vocalist of rock band Peterpan. Ariel is the youngest of three brothers from the Malays. Ariel is the lead singer of popular music group Peterpan. Ariel is also listed as a student majoring in Architecture, University of Parahyangan, Bandung. Ariel's father is a civil court in the oil company Pertamina. While his mother is a housewife. Because of his profession as a civil court, the father worked at the location of the move.

Living in the base Brandan several months, small Ariel and the family must move to Langsa, a town in NAD. Having lived there for seven years, the family then moved to Ariel Bandung. A city that already regarded Ariel as a "house" of his own. Since childhood, Ariel has shown great talent in art, but not in the field of singing. Artistic talent is evident from Ariel precisely in the field of drawing. He had won several races draw in London.

It's the hobby of drawing, Ariel sempet want to be an architect. But, in the middle of his life, he found a new hobby that interested him, which is playing music. From here Ariel later career. Ariel was married to Sarah Amalia, but is now divorced. With Sarah, she was blessed daughter named Alleia Anata. Ariel officially divorced by Sarah on May 27, 2008.

Since first grade junior high school, Ariel has been an intense band formed the band. Establishment of the first band named Peppermint. Unfortunately, the fate of ya band lasted only seven months. So, Ariel made the band again called Sliver, Cholesterol and Hats. Again, it all broke up in the middle of the road. However, the latter band quite a boon for his career. Some people who joined in the hat, including Ariel, agreed to form a new band. A band called Peterpan and lasted until
right now.

Together Peterpan, Ariel seeks to penetrate the top cafes in London. Peterpan an attractive appearance plus vocal character Ariel secretly attracted ex-Noey Java Jive basis that later became a producer-to put their songs in the album Story of 2002 Nights compilation. Perfect song contained in a compilation album was so successful for Peterpan capital to penetrate the recording industry. In 2003, Peter released the album The Park.

This album had burst. Admittedly, one factor that supports the best-selling album is the vocals of Ariel and its ability to process the lyrics. The lyrics are made admirer Kahlil Gibran is deep. Being able to touch the hearts of the listener base of his songs. Naturally, if the name of Ariel getting bounced. Enable it manifests its position as frontman of new idol. The climax, when the Star of Heaven album released in mid-2004. Ariel was really so worship music lovers Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke.

In the midst of the flood of popularity, Ariel sempet hampered problems. He is rumored to have impregnated his girlfriend, a girl named Sarah from Semarang Amalia. This rumor can not be circumvented by Ariel. Later, he was even willing to marry Lia to account for his actions. A marriage is kept secret from the media spotlight. Sempet married at a young age led many to doubt the sustainability of career and Ariel Peterpan. Doubt it'll obviously have to be answered by Ariel. The trick, especially if not continue to work with a vengeance. Continued to produce songs that are entertaining and can be enjoyed by listeners of music Indonesia. In addition to a career in the music world, Ariel is now the commercials. He became a Sunsilk ad model with model Amy Lee.

In addition, Ariel became a popular movie star in the film The Dreamer. Arai portrayed Ariel, a young man who never stops dreaming. In June 2010, Ariel scandal video footage contains scenes of sexual intercourse involving himself with Luna Maya and Cut Tari. The trial court Bandung, West Java eventually sentenced to Ariel for 3 years and 6 months, and a fine of Rp. 250 million. In such cases, Luna Maya and Cut Tari be witnesses.

Justin Bieber Biography

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Justin Drew Bieber (the English spelling: [bi ː bər], BEE-bər; born in Strartford, Ontario, Canada, March 1, 1994, age 17 years) is a singer Pop and R & B young Canadian.
Justin Bieber became a sensation in the United States in 2009 after being discovered by Scooter Braun through a local singing competition video "Stratford Star" in Ontario, published on YouTube by Justin's mother in 2007, which ranks kedua.Scooter Justin Braun, a talent agent Marketing Executive and former So So Def companies see this video and decided to bring Justin Bieber with Usher to audition. [first single, entitled "One Time", was published simultaneously around the world in 2009, and meduduki ranked top 30 in more than 10 countries. His first album "My World" (My world) and then followed on 17 November 2009 and received a platinum award in the United States, and became the first singer to have seven songs from the first album the whole managed to get ranked on the Billboard Hot 100, a list of songs leading in vogue.

Justin Bieber's popularity around the world in a short time known as the "Bieber Fever" (Fever Bieber) which is the nickname given to her fans with excessive obsession of Justin Bieber. [9] Many of the artists who have "Bieber Fever" including Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Beyonce warned to be careful by her husband Jay-Z, as pictured with Justin Bieber at the Grammy awards to 52.

Although known for his voice, but the singer is also capable of playing keyboards, piano, guitar, drums and even the trumpet, all of which are taught himself (self-taught).

Biography

1994-2006: The Beginning of Life

Justin Bieber is the son of Jeremy Jack Bieber young couple (father) and Patricia (Pattie) Lynn Mallette (mother) in which 18-year-old mother in childbirth Justin. The couple separated at the time of Justin Bieber At 2 years old 4 years Justin enrolled at the school to play drums by his mother and began studying piano at age 7 and guitar at the age 10.Saat middle school he learned to play trumpet.
Her father later married again with Erin Bieber and had a daughter and a man who's half-brother Justin Bieber.

On the "Tonight Show" hosted by Jay Leno, Justin reveals that his sister, Jazmyn Bieber, calling him "Bieber" and he really liked the style of Hawaiian Pineapple Pizza.

Meeting Bieber with Usher took him and his mother moved from Ontario, Canada to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for his musical career.

2007-2009: Early career and My World

Bieber on the Nintendo World Store in September 2009
At age 12, Justin singing contest in his hometown, Stratford, and won the second prize. Since then he began documenting his performance and upload it on Youtube, for friends who could not see it appear. In some videos, Justin sang several famous singers such as Usher, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, and Stevie Wonder with his own version. [

Scooter Braun a Marketing Executive of the So So Def who accidentally witnessed his performance on Youtube, interested and then contact Bieber to fly to Atlanta, Georgia to meet Usher. Usher is fascinated by what he saw then took LA Reid, Chairman Island Def Jam and offered a recording contract with record label Island Records on Justin Bieber who was then 15 years old. [6] Justin then issued the single "One More Time" and videod in 2009. While the first album , My World, published in November 2009.

This album also features Usher, who also appeared in music video, "One Time". The first single, One Time to occupy the position 12 in Canadian Hot 100 and position 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Together Miranda Cosgrove, Bieber became one of the presenters in the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards just before the appearance of Taylor Swift. Several days earlier, Bieber performed the song "One Time" at the MTV VMA Tour to promote the event. On 26 September 2009, Bieber performed at YTV's The Next Star, and announced that the "One Time" get Platinum in Canada. At the same event Bieber also announced that the two singles, One Less Lonely Girl, was released.
2010-present: My World 2.0, and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

2010-present: My World 2.0, and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Justin Bieber at the Easter Egg Roll event at the White House
"Baby", the lead single from her second album to appear, which is sung a duet with rapper Ludacris, was released in January 2010 and became the single biggest hit so far, have five branches in the U.S. chart, and reached the top ten in seven other countries. Second digital single, "Never Let You Go", and "U Smile" is a big hit in thirty U.S. Hot 100, and twenty in Canada.

It appeared first in the U.S. Billboard 200, making Bieber, the youngest solo artist singer to reach the top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963. The album My World 2.0 also appears to number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, Irish Albums Chart, and the Australian Albums chart, and New Zealand Albums Chart and reached the top ten in fifteen other countries. To promote the album, Bieber appear couple of people facing or directly in the program include The View, Kids Choice Awards 2010, Nightline, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Dome (television) and 106 and Park.Pada April 2010, Bieber was a guest of the concert Live.Pada musical Saturday Night July 4, 2010, Bieber appear in Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City.Single both from the album My World 2.0, "Somebody to Love", released in April 2010, and another version or remix sung by Bieber is a mentor Usher. In June 2010, the single reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On June 23, 2010 Bieber tour began in Hartford, Connecticut, to promote My World and My World 2.0. In July 2010 the media announced that the Toronto Sun Canada Bieber ruled the largest search for a celebrity through search engines like Google on the Internet. and the music video "Baby", ahead of Lady Gaga music video, "Bad Romance" and become the largest video ever seen on YouTube. On September 2010, Bieber get 3 percent of all traffic on Twitter, a social networking site.
Justin on record his album in July 2010 in New York City. Justin suffered due to the transition from puberty voice, the voice on the album to be more profound than his voice when recording his first album. British singer and songwriter Taio Cruz provides information on the July 2010 that he was writing songs for the album next Bieber. While the genres of Hip-hop producer Dr. Dre spawned two songs by Bieber in July 2010 but again has not been determined which will fill the album. Appear Bieber singing "U Smile", "Baby," and "Somebody to Love" on MTV Video Music Awards 2010 on 12 September 2010.

Bieber announced in October that he will release an acoustic album that is My Worlds Acoustic. It was released on Black Friday in the United States and features acoustic versions of songs on the album in the previous album, and he also released a single on this album and also a new song namely "Pray".
In addition, the first film biography of Justin, Never Say Never, was released in February 2011, but gained very negative review. The average critic gives one or two stars from a total of five or ten stars, although its circulation theaters pretty smoothly. Even in the IMDB, this film can only be 1.1 of the total value of 10. On March 15, 2011, Justin Bieber have a wax statue museum Madame Tussauds diremiskan in, but apparently not as similar as the original and much to the chagrin of his fans include, but are very proud of Justin Bieber.

Ras Muhammad biography

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Ras Mohammed who was born in Jakarta followed his family to New York City and lived there from 1993 until July 2005. His journey as a musician, singer and song writer as a solo-ist Reggae started since he was a teenager, when he was living in Queens, the city of the world. Ras Mohammed had formed a rock band at the time of the SLA, then formed a duo group Rap / Hip Hop duo called "Ronin" in her first year at College.

Reggae music for the Ras Muhammad brought a noble mission, reggae soul is a breath of peace and unity, equality of mankind. Reggae spread the positive vibe / positive vibrations and avoid the negative. Reggae is a struggle and also the form of expression or the cry of the poor against social inequality and injustice.

Inspiring songs much to the Ras Mohammed events of everyday life, environment, social circumstances of our society and also the views of various characters / world leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., King Selassie I, Bung Karno and other statesmen.

Ras Mohammed has so far issued two albums, the first album titled "declaration of trurh", in early 2005 as many as 10 songs and circulated in New York, (in Indonesia ever bargained for Literacy Record in print, but still hold Ras Muhammad first). And a second album entitled "Reggae Ambassador" as many as 15 songs in January 2007, the indie and circulated by the Script Record.

Muse Biography - Group Band International

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Muse was first in the form in 1994. Members of Muse played during their stay at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s, but the formation of Muse began when Bellamy successfully auditioned for a guitarist in Dominic Howard's band. They asked Chris Wolstenholme - who played drums at the time - to learn to play bass for the band, Wolstenholme agreed and took the lesson that, while Bellamy should be a singer and songwriter for the band. The first band name of Bellamy and Howard is a Gothic Plague, Fixed Penalty and Rocket Baby Dolls thereafter.

With the gothic image to compete in the inter-band fights. And shortly after that, they changed their name to Muse, migrate from Teignmouth name "Muse" was inspired by the art teacher Matthew Bellamy who mention the word "Muses". Bellamy then look in the dictionary and decided to shorten it to "Muse". It is also used because they are short and look good on the poster. Members of the band consists of three persons, namely Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, piano, keytar), Chris Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion). Muse has a genre of music that blends rock, progressive rock, classical music, and electronics.

After several years building a fan base, Muse played their first concerts in London and Manchester. The band had a meeting with Dennis Smith, owner of Sawmills recording company, based in Cornwall, England. This meeting led to the Muse's first official recording, the EP Muse are using label Sawmills, Dangerous. Then E.P. to-2 they, Muscle Museum, was ranked the third in the indie charts and received the attention of influential British music journalist Steve Lamacq and the weekly British music magazine NME. Dennis Mills and help build a music company Taste Media, which is made especially for Muse (Muse uses this label for their first 3 albums). This is very beneficial to Muse because they can maintain the uniqueness of their music at the beginning of their careers.

Although E.P. to-2 they were pretty successful, many British record companies remain reluctant to support Muse, and many people in the music industry think the music is too similar to Radiohead Muse as well as new bands at the other British. However, the U.S. company Maverick Records promoting the Muse to appear several times in the United States until they were finally signed on December 24, 1998. After coming back from America, Taste Media arranged deals for Muse at record companies in Europe and Australia. John Leckie, who produced the album for Radiohead, Stone Roses, "Weird Al" Yankovic and The Verve, Muse become the first producer album, Showbiz.

The launch of this album was followed by appearances on the tour supporting the band Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers in the United States. In 1999 and 2000, Muse played at several music festivals in Europe and Australia, and collected a lot of new fans in Western Europe. Their second album, Origin of Symmetry, by John Leckie as producer, the music contains a heavier and darker, with a deep bass voice and distorted. Muse experimented with musical instruments that are not commonly used, such as the church organ, Mellotron, and an additional drum equipment. Muse are more reliant on high sound Bellamy, with the strains of guitar and piano arpeggio that sounds obvious, which is inspired by the movement of romanticism in particular the Russian musician Sergei Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

Some songs like "Space Dementia" has elements of classical music that is more viscous by Rachmaninoff. Bellamy also said the influence of renowned guitarist Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello (guitarist of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave) in the melody of the guitar on several songs last in this album. There is also recycled from the song "Feeling Good", originally created by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse and popularized by Nina Simone. Appearance during the campaign Muse Origin of Symmetry album managed to attract a lot of Muse Pengemar and built a reputation as a band with exceptional live performances. This brings a reputation for releasing Muse Hullabaloo Soundtrack, DVD containing their performance at Le Zenith in Paris, France in 2001. Then at the same time, they also released a double album containing B-sides and recordings of performances at Le Zenith. Double album A-side single was also released, with two new songs are In Your World and Dead Star, a different style of opera the other songs on Origin of Symmetry. In the February 2006 issue of the magazine Q Magazine, Origin of Symmetry album managed to rank 74th on the list of 100 best albums of all time by fans.

Their third album Absolution (produced by Rich Costey) was launched in 2003 and debuted number one in England.
This album produced the first single to enter the top ten hits them "Time Is Running Out" and then the top twenty hits: "Hysteria", "Sing For Absolution" and "Butterflies And Hurricanes'. Muse then did their first international tour. This continued for about a year and the Muse visiting Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and France. In the meantime, the band released six singles ("Stockholm Syndrome", "Time Is Running Out", "Hysteria", "Sing For Absolution ',' Butterflies And Hurricanes" and "Apocalypse Please"). In the U.S. from 2004 started touring unpleasant as Bellamy injured himself on stage during the opening show in Atlanta. Tour resumed after several stitches and a few days of rest.

Nestlé demanded the band in 2003, who use the cover Nina Simone "Feeling Good" on an ad for Nescafé without the permission of the band. They donate money earned from Nestle compensation of 500,000 pounds for Oxfam, a nonprofit foundation engaged in poverty alleviation. They also have a DVD that was released by the band on December 12, 2005, called the Absolution Tour. The official release containing edits Glastonbury Festival 2004 and earlier footage from London Earls Court, Wembley Arena, and the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Two songs, "endlessly" and "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist", as a hidden track on a DVD taken from Wembley Arena. Only song from Absolution not appear on the live DVD is "Falling Away With You", which has never been performed live until now. Absolution certified Gold in the U.S..

In 2006, Muse released their fourth album, Black Holes & Revelations, Muse and produced by Rich Costey. The title and theme of the album is the result of the band's fascination with science fiction and political outrage. The album reached No. 1 in the UK, most of Europe, and Australia. It was also successful in the United States, reaching number nine on the Billboard 200 album chart. Before releasing a new album, the band made a live show, which was stopped during recording, making a number of promotional appearances began on May 13, 2006 on BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.

Black Holes & Revelations Tour begins just before the release of their album and initially consisted mostly of festival appearances, especially the headline slot at Reading and Leeds Festival in August 2006. The main tour schedule begins with the band on tour in North America from late July early August 2006. After the last of the summer festival, European tour starts, including a large arena tour of Britain. Black Holes & Revelations was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize 2006, but lost to Arctic Monkeys. The album, get Platinum Europe Award after selling one million copies on the continent. In August 2006, Muse recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road. On September 25, 2008, Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme received his Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Plymouth for their contribution to music

The Muse's fifth album Resistance was released in September 2009. This is the first Muse album produced by the band. The time of release, the album topped the album charts in 19 countries, became the band's third album number UK number, and reached 3 on the Billboard 200. Critics mostly positive about this album, with lots of praise addressed to the ambition, the influence of classical music and the thirteen-minute, three-part "Exogenesis: Symphony". It also beat the previous album Black Holes & Revelations in the relative sales of the album's debut week in the UK with around 148 000 copies sold. The first single "Uprising" was released seven days in advance and has won many awards.

In 2010, Muse in a poll by music magazine NME for their recycling of Nina Simone song "Feeling Good" as best song of all time recycling. More than 15,000 people voted. On 12 September 2010, Muse won the MTV Video Music Awards in the category of Best Special Effects, for the promo for "Uprising". On 21 November, Muse took home the American Music Award for Favorite Artist in the Alternative Rock category, in a ceremony at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles.

On December 2, it was announced that Muse have been nominated for three awards for 53 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals - ("Resistance"), Best Rock Song - ("Resistance"), and Best Rock Album: (The Resistance). Based on airplay and sales in the U.S. the largest, single Muse for 2010 with "Uprising", "Resistance" and "Undisclosed Desires" is 1, 6 and 49 at year-end chart. On the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, Muse won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for The Resistance. and Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement.

Biodata / Profiles Muse
Personnel
Matthew Bellamy - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, synthesizer
Christopher Wolstenholme - bass, vocals companion, keyboard, synthesizer
Dominic Howard - drums, percussion

Album
Showbiz
Origin of Symmetry
Hullabaloo Soundtrack (CD / DVD live)
Absolution
Black Holes & Revelations
HAARP (CD / DVD live)
The Resistance

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Biography

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Gen. Sir Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah GCB GCMG born July 15, 1946, the 29th was the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan Brunei Darussalam sertan first Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam. He was the eldest son of Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Sultan of Brunei to-28, and Pengiran Damit Children. He was born on July 15, 1946 in Brunei Town (now called Bandar Seri Begawan). He became crown prince in 1961 and the sultan on October 5, 1967, after his father abdicated voluntarily. His coronation was held on August 1, 1968. Like his father, he has a degree by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, which Brunei was a protectorate until 1984.

Under the 1959 constitution of Brunei, Sultan is the head of state with full executive power, including emergency powers since 1962. On March 9, 2006, the Sultan of Brunei reportedly has changed the constitution to make himself perfectly under the laws of Brunei. Bolkiah also holds the portfolio of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Finance. As defense minister, he is also the Supreme Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces; Honorary General in the British armed forces and Indonesia and Honorary Admiral in the Royal Navy Fleet. He refers to himself as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Royal Brunei Police Force.

He discussed the General Assembly of the United Nations on admission of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations in September 1984. In 1991, he introduced a conservative ideology to Brunei called Melayu Islam have a king (MIB) (or Malay Islamic Monarchy), which presents the monarchy as the defender of the faith. He has recently favored the democratization of the Brunei government and declared himself Prime Minister and President. In 2004, the Legislative Council, which has been dissolved since 1962, was reopened.

Designated successor is his eldest son, Al-Muhtadee Billah. Sultan received high school education at the primary school Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, where he joined the Corps of Cadets (the band). After receiving a private education in Brunei, Sultan attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in October 1967 but returned home to become the Crown Prince a few months before graduation. Although his personal extravagance, he has tried to share the country's oil wealth. In Brunei, mocking dubbed "Shellfare State", referring to the significant influence of the Shell Oil Company,, Brunei has a free education and health services. There is no personal or corporate tax in Brunei.

His official residence is the Istana Nurul Iman, with 3400 rooms, 290 bathrooms, and a floor area of 2,152,782 square feet (200,000 m²), undisputedly the second largest palace in the world after Beijing's Forbidden City (720 000 m²). The Palace is the official residence of the housing office of the Office of the Sultan and Yang DiPertuan, Grand Chamberlain's office, many departments such as the Palace of the protocol department, court and household finances and the office of Prime Minister Department. Some of the office of the Department of Defense and the Department

Finance is also functional as the Sultan there was the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and the Minister of Finance. The Crown Prince, who is the Senior Minister, also works from an office in the Palace. Hyatt Borneo Management Services and HM Sultan airline also maintains offices there.

Sultan currently has one wife, the wife of King Children Pengiran Hajjah Saleha designated his first wife. The former wife of both, Pengiran Hajjah wife Mariam, is a former national airline stewardess, Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) that he was divorced in 2003, stripping her of all her royal titles. In August 2005 his place was taken by former Malaysian TV3 presenter, Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, who 33 years younger than the Sultan. They divorced in 2010. Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah the Crown Prince and heir to the Sultan, the eldest son of the Sultan and Raja Pengiran Children's wife Saleha, his first wife. In 2008, Hassanal Bolkiah has five sons and seven daughters by his three wives.

Sultan received honorary doctorates from the universities of Russia. He has also been awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Oxford, UK, and Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He received his Honorary Doctorate from Thailand's Chulalongkorn University. In 2003, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and Culture from the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. On January 27, 2005, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the National University of Singapore. On 14 April 2011, he was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law at King's College London, scroll to an honorary doctorate was presented by Lord Duoro, chairman of the Council of King's College London. He was awarded with an honorary doctorate in humanities philoposhy and on 21 April 2011 from the University of Indonesia, one of the oldest universities in Asia that have been established 160 years ago.

Sultan holds honorary commission in the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom as an Air Marshal. He is also an Honorary Admiral United Kingdom Royal Navy, a title given to him by Queen Elizabeth II when he took the salute at the parade passed out during the summer of 2001 at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, officer-training school in the British Royal Navy. He has a residence at Binfield English Manor in Berkshire.

In April 2008, he was made an honorary member of the Atbara Unit Special Operations Task Force Indonesia. He holds the rank of Honorary Colonel Pakistan Special Services Group (SSG), administered to him during his visit to the headquarters of the Pakistan Army SSG in Cherat. He has a red beret and wings of the paratrooper paratroopers Black Hawk, which was presented to him by the Indian Army during a state visit to India.

Aburizal Bakrie Biography - Entrepreneur Indonesia

2012-02-27T02:41:00.001-08:00

Aburizal Bakrie was born in Jakarta, 15 November 1946, he was the eldest of the family Achmad Bakrie, Bakrie Group founder, and fondly called Ical. After completing courses at the Faculty of Electrical Bandung Institute of Technology in 1973, Ical choose a company developing a family focus, and the last before becoming a cabinet member, he led the Bakrie Group (1992-2004). During working in the corporate world, Ical is also active in the management a number of employers' organizations. Before deciding to abandon a career in the corporate world, he served as Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for two periods (1994-2004).

In 2004, Ical decided to end a career in the corporate world, having won the trust as the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare of the United Indonesia Cabinet 2004-2009 period. And since being elected Chairman of Golkar Party 2009-2010, devoted his time and energy to take care of the party.

As a businessman Indonesia Bakrie is also Golkar Party Chairman since October 9, 2009. He served the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in the United Indonesia Cabinet. Previously he also served as Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in the same cabinet, but its position changed in the reshuffle that made President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on December 5, 2005.

Ical been touted as the richest man in Southeast Asia. He spelled out the most brilliant entrepreneurs in the ten years of reform in Indonesia. In addition to get out of the economic crisis that threaten the company, Bakrie Group, it could occupy an important position in government.

Bakrie family had also been named by Forbes Asia magazine as the richest person in Indonesia in 2007. He did not dispute, but also did not respond to excess. What is the secret of this successful family business? NEWS scene was blowing in from Singapore. Lions of District's, Forbes Asia magazine issue of December 13, 2007 was launched. Its contents, as in previous years, displaying a list of those super-UNCLE HUSSAIN alias of Indonesia's richest. And who make a scene, champion for this year is the Bakrie, a businessman and politician who had sunk during the economic crisis a decade ago.

Many people gasped. How could Aburizal Ical-familiar call-that previously were in sixth place with a fortune of U.S. $ 1.2 billion, are now thrust into the top? The answer, according to Forbes research, lies in its ability to double the coffers of wealth.

Within a year, Bakrie family's wealth soared almost five-fold from a year earlier to U.S. $ 5.4 billion or approximately USD 50.2
trillion! Thanks to this achievement, tycoon Aburizal directly displacing the top five at once. Boss Raja Garuda Mas Group, Sukanto Tanoto, who last year was named the richest man, has dropped one place to the runner-up sequence.

Bakrie Group is fortunate indeed. According to an investment banker, this business group benefited from two blessings at once: the soaring commodity prices in world markets and global investors rush in the Asia-Pacific capital markets. That is why, in a number of stock exchange indices in the region flew an average of 27 percent so far this year. BursaIndonesia even expected to grow by 52 percent.

Bakrie family as owners of 40 percent of the Earth would go happy. Shares are now worth cash dikantonginya Rp 47 trillion. This means more than 90 percent of the total wealth is estimated at about Rp 50.2 trillion, Forbes derived from ownership of shares of mining companies. "This is evidence of growing confidence," said Aburizal in Jimbaran, Bali.

That's just from the stock of the Earth. These families still have other money in the stock mines Indonesia. PT's stock price rose 223 percent Bakrieland Development, PT Energi Mega Persada 190 percent, PT Bakrie Sumatra Plantations 126 percent, PT Bakrie & Brothers 96 percent, and PT Bakrie Telecom 75 percent. Generally, this family is the majority owner in these public companies.

Then what is the secret behind the triumph of the Bakrie Group? Some analysts and executives from the business group said the key lies in the expertise and time management sees opportunities in decision-making. According to Suryo Sulisto, Chairman of Earth Resources, is not separated from the rapid motion of the Bakrie Group hijack the highly skilled professionals, from within and outside the country, to occupy management positions terrace.

There is also another answer behind the rise business Bakrie. In the eyes of economists Dradjad Wibowo, Bakrie key to success is a combination of three things: luck, skill to read the market, and proximity to power steering. An investment banker adds one factor: luck. Bakrie shrewdness chance to steal business from competitors no doubt.

Bakrie family
Aburizal has three sisters as follows:
Odi Roosmania Bakrie, is married to Build Sarwito Kusmulyono
Usmansyah Indra Bakrie, is married to Gaby Djorgie
Generous Nirwan Bakrie, was married to Indira (Ike)

Tatty Murnitriati Aburizal married and has three children as follows:
Anindya Bakrie Novyan, married with Firdani Saugi
Anindhita Anestya Bakrie, is married to Taufan Nugroho
Anindra Ardiansyah Bakrie, is married to Nia Ramadhani

Work
1992 - 2004 Commissioner / Chairman, Bakrie Group
1989 - 1992 Director of PT. Bakrie Nusantara Corporation
1988 - 1992 Director of PT Bakrie & Brothers
1982 - 1988 Vice President Director of PT. Bakrie & Brothers
1974 -1982 Director of PT. Bakrie & Brothers
1972 - 1974 Assistant to the Board of Directors. Bakrie & Brothers

B.J Habibie Biography

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The third President of the Republic of Indonesia, Jusuf Habibie Bacharuddin born in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, on June 25, 1936. He was the fourth child of eight children, spouse Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. Habibie, who was married to Hasri Ainun Habibie on May 12, 1962 was blessed with two sons namely Ilham Akbar and Thareq Kemal.

Habibie passed his childhood with his brothers in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi. Firmly adhered to the principles of nature have been shown Habibie since childhood. Habibie, who had a passion to ride this horse, had to lose his father, who died on 3 September 1950 of a heart attack. Shortly after his father died, Habibie moved to London to study at Gouvernments Middlebare School. In high school, he began to look outstanding achievements, especially in the exact sciences lessons. Habibie became a favorite figure in the school.

After graduating from high school in Bandung in 1954, he entered the University of Indonesia in Bandung (ITB now). He received his Diploma from the Technische Hochschule, Germany in 1960 and then get gekar Doctorate from the same place in 1965. Habibie was married in 1962, and have two children. 1967, became honorary professor (Professor) at Institut Teknologi Bandung.

Habibie steps much admired, full of controversy, a lot of admirers but not a few who do not agree with him. Each time, winning the prestigious Theodore van Karman Award, was returning from the "habitat" of Germany, he always made the news. Habibie's only a year studying at ITB Bandung, 10 years of college until my doctorate aircraft construction in Germany with honors Summa Cum laude.
Then worked in the aircraft industry leading MBB Gmbh Germany, prior to the call of President Suharto to return to Indonesia.

In Indonesia, Habibie's 20 years as State Minister for Research and Technology / Chief BPPT, led 10 state-owned company of Strategic Industries, the Assembly elected a Vice President, and sworn in by Chief Justice to replace President Soeharto. Suharto handed the presidency to Habibie under Article 8 of the 1945 Constitution. Until finally forced Habibie also stepped down from the East Timor referendum voted for independence. MPR his accountability speech was rejected. He went back to ordinary citizens, also emigrated settled back to Germany.

Most of his work in calculating and designing several aircraft manufacturing project:

* VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) DO-31 Transport Aircraft.
* Military Transport Aircraft C-130 Transall.
* Hansa Jet 320 (Aircraft Executive).
* Airbus A-300 (to 300 passengers)
* CN - 235
* N-250
* And indirectly participated in the count and design:
· Helicopter BO-105.
· Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA).
· Some of the missile and satellite projects.

Most of Signs Services / His honor:

* 1976 - 1998 Director of PT. Nusantara Aircraft Industry / IPTN.
* 1978 - 1998 Minister of State for Research and Technology Republic of Indonesia.
* Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology / BPPT
* 1978 - 1998 Director of PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero).
* 1978 - 1998 Chairman of the Industrial Development Authority Batam Island / Opdip Batam.
* 1980 - 1998 Chairman of the Defence Industry Development (Presidential Decree. 40, 1980)
* 1983 - 1998 Director, PT Pindad (Limited).
* 1988 - 1998 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Strategic Industries.
* 1989 - 1998 Chairman of the Strategic Industry Manager / BPIS.
* 1990 - 1998 Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars se-lndonesia/lCMI.
* 1993 Daily Presidium Coordinator, Board of Trustees of Golkar.
* 10 March to 20 May 1998 Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia
* May 21, 1998 - October 1999 the President of the Republic of Indonesia

Nick Vujicic Biography - Proof of God is the Justice

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This time the author would like to share inspiring biography that describes about the justice of Almighty God for His people, see the following figure. Nick Vujicic was born in a hospital in the city of Melbourne on December 4, 1982. Her parents were very surprised to see the state of their son who was born without two arms and two legs. According to doctors who hendle, Nick Tetra-amelia disease is very rare. These conditions make cash Nick's father (a religious leader and a computer programmer) and Nick's mother (a nurse) to wonder to myself, what a big mistake they had done until her son was born without limbs.

Not infrequently, they blame themselves for the state of Nick. However, this does not last long. Nick's father and mother saw her son, though flawed, it is still growing strong, healthy, and cheerful - just as other children. And, little Nick looks so handsome and adorable! His eyes were very beautiful and charming. So, they began to accept the state of his son, grateful for its existence, and soon taught him to live independently. Nick has a small foot near her left hip. The father led her to stand, balance the body, and swimming since Nick was 18 months old. Then, with diligent and patient, since the age of 6 years, Nick learned to use her toes to write, pick up the goods, and typing. Now, Nick mentioned that her feet were worth it as "my chicken drumstick."

In order to live more independent, stronger mentally, and gets along with flexible, Nick's mother put her son to a regular school. Soon, he realized that the situation is very different from other children. He also has a variety of rejection, ridicule, and bullying from his schoolmates. This made him feel so sad and desperate. At the age of 8 years, Nick had thought to end his life. However, the love and support of parents, as well as the entertainment of his friends, Nick is able to get rid of these thoughts. He became more thoughtful and courageous in life.

One morning, at age 12, Nick had an unforgettable experience. When I woke up and opened his eyes, he suddenly realized how lucky he was. He is healthy, and have family and friends who loved her. He also lived in an affluent family.
A year later, when reading the newspapers, Nick and his mother found an article that is

stirs his soul. The article, about a disabled man who can do great things, including helping people. "At that moment, I realized that God did create us to be useful to others. I decided to be grateful, not angry, the situation yourself! I also hope someday to be like him-that's incredible to help and inspire many people! " Thus said Nick, in an interview.

To achieve his dream, Nick studied hard. A diluted brain, helping to achieve a degree in Economics in Accounting and Financial Planning at the age of 21 years. Soon after, he developed a non-profit institutions' Life Without Limbs "(Life Without Body Members), which he founded, at the age of 17 years, to help work in the field of motivation. Now, Nick Vujicic is a motivator / international speakers Bright and Morning. He has traveled to over 24 countries on four continents (including Indonesia), to motivate over 2 million people-especially young people. Many times, he was interviewed by a television station with an international reach, such as ABC (on March 28, 2008). Its products are well-known motivational DVD "Life's Greater Purpose", "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries" and film "The Butterfly Circus."

Nick probably figure we can make it as inspiration, with the limitations of self from birth a lot of success dah thing he could do to enlighten the thousands of people who gave him the motivation. Did not we moved to do more because God created us as possible. If we can not understand the meaning of giving and the gift of God the Creator of Nature, we may be prejudiced at his terlahirkedunia why how there are no perfect human beings should, if God is not fair. If we have faith in Him we will keep putting the Lord is the Justice, Substance of the most adil.Semua any case can not happen without the knowledge and the will of God. Understand what God is best for his people, so what do we have any condition that is best for us today.

Miroslav Klose Biography

2012-02-26T02:38:00.000-08:00

Miroslav Klose Josef (born with the name Marian Kloze Miroslaw; born in Opole, Poland, June 9, 1978, age 33 years) is a German football player blooded Poland [4] who plays as a striker for Lazio in Serie A and national team football Germany.

Klose started a professional career with FC Homburg. He then reinforces one. FC Kaiserslautern from 1999 to 2004. In the 2004-05 competition USIM, Klose joined Werder Bremen. He then joined Bayern Munich in 2007. During four seasons at Bayern, Klose won several domestic titles, such as two Bundesliga titles 2007-08 and 2009-10. In June 2011, Klose for the first time joined the team out of the Bundesliga, Lazio signed a contract with a duration of two years.

Klose strengthen the German national football team since March 2001. He and Gerd Müller is the top score of the second round of FIFA World Cup finals with 14 goals. Klose scored five goals, all with a header, the FIFA World Cup finals in 2002. The same amount he made for the German national team at the FIFA World Cup finals in 2006, which won him the Golden Boot at the tournament acknowledged the issue. In the round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Klose scored four goals. As of November 2011, Klose has scored 63 goals in 113 appearances for the German national team.

Personal life

Both parents are athletes Klose. His mother Barbara is a member of the Polish national team handball who has played 82 times as much for his team, his father Józef Klose played football for Odra Opole and AJ Auxerre. They moved from communist Poland (then) to France in 1978, then to Kusel, Germany in 1987.
Sylwia Klose and his wife first met in FCK Fanshop in Kaiserslautern, where Sylwia worked there. Sylwia Purschke eventually quit his job at the time because it is not resistant to the publication itself and its relationship with Klose and too many fans who came to ask him. Before a relationship with Sylwia, Klose had a relationship with girlfriend Juliette Thiel. Sylwia Klose and eventually awarded the twins Luan and Noah on January 30, 2005.

Trivia

Poland national football team wants him up but he decided to wait for Germany.
Some time after his appearance at the 2006 World Cup, one of the German giants, Bayern Munich, have expressed their intention to 'buy' Klose of Werder Bremen.

Klose is the hallmark of "somersault" in celebrating the goal that he printed on the FIFA World Cup finals. (5 times in 2002 and 1 times respectively in 2006 and 2010)
He was the 2005-06 Bundesliga top scorer with 25 goals.

He scored twice on his birthday to-28 in a game against Costa Rica in 2006.
Klose became the second person who managed to score five goals in two different World Cups. Formerly the Peru striker, Teofilo Cubillas, who scored his goals in World Cup 1970 and 1974.

Bastian Schweinsteiger Biografi

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Bastian Schweinsteiger (born in Kolbermoor, Bayern, West Germany, August 1, 1984, age 27 years) is a professional footballer German. He currently plays for Bayern Munich and Germany is the original product Bayern München football academy. Being one of the best midfielders who can play well in the middle, left and right side made him a target for the club - Europe's elite clubs such as Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid, but he refused because his girlfriend, Sarah Brandner not approve it as well as form terhadapan tribute to the fans and the club kesetiaanya form that has been defended since 1 July 1998 as a junior player, and at the end of 2010, Bastian has extended his contract until 2016 with a salary of € 9.7 million per year and making it the most expensive player in the Bundesliga while Bayern Munich and this.

Player Profile

Bastian Schweinsteiger (born in Kolbermoor, Bayern, West Germany, August 1, 1984, age 26 years) is a professional footballer German. He currently plays for Bayern Munich and Germany is the original product Bayern München football academy. Being one of the best midfielders who can play well in the middle, left and right side made him a target for the club - Europe's elite clubs such as Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid, but he refused because his girlfriend, Sarah Brandner not approve it as well as form terhadapan tribute to the fans and the club kesetiaanya form that has been defended since 1 July 1998 as a junior player, and at the end of 2010, Bastian has extended his contract until 2016 with a salary of € 9.7 million per year and making it the most expensive player in the Bundesliga while Bayern Munich and this.

The award was achieved

club

Bayern Munich Junior Team

* Under 17 Bundesliga (1): 2001
* Under 19 Bundesliga (1): 2002

Bayern Munich II

* 'Fußball-Regionalliga (1): 2004
Bayern Munich

* Bundesliga (5): 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10
DFB-Pokal * (5): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
* DFB-Ligapokal (2): 2004, 2007
* DFB-Supercup (1): 2010

international

German

* FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005
* FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006 & 2010
* UEFA European Football Championship second winner: 2008

individual

* FIFA World Cup All Star Team: 2010

Thus a glimpse of the profile and biography of Bastian Schweinsteiger, a Bayern Munich midfielder and the mainstay of the German National Team.
In addition to presenting a complete profile Bastian Schweinsteiger

Sergio Aguero Biography

2012-02-25T09:55:00.000-08:00

Sergio Leonel 'Kun' Agüero del Castillo (born in Quilmes, June 2, 1988, age 23 years) is the Argentina national football player who plays as a striker for Manchester City in the Premier League and national team of Argentina.
Aguero played for Independiente from 2003 to 2006. He later joined Atletico Madrid until 2011. In July 2011, Agüero to join Manchester City to sign a contract duration of five years.

Agüero who has a friendly greeting Kun, along with Lionel Messi is considered the world's citizens as the incarnation of Diego Maradona. The name of getting stuck when bringing Argentina U-20 national team for World Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA 20 075 and U-20, 2007. Achievement is making his name into the senior national team squad Argentina.
Agüero scored the record for the youngest footballer in history when the Primera División Argentina Independiente against San Lorenzo inherited at age 15 years 35 days on July 7, 2003.

Agüero is a "law" of Diego Maradona, after he became the lover of Giannina Maradona, Maradona's youngest daughter since late 2007 and had a son named Benjamin, who was born in 2009 from her boyfriend is.

Abu Nawas Biography

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Abu Nawas real name was Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. He was born in 145 H (747 M) in the city of Ahvaz in Persia (now Iran), with the blood of Arab father and Persian mother running down its body. Abu Nawas was an Arab poet and is considered as one of the greatest poets of classical Arabic literature. Abu Nawas also appeared several times in the story of The Thousand and One Nights. His father, Hani al-Hakam, a member of the legion of army of Marwan II. While his mother was Jalban, Persian woman who worked as a wool fabric washer. Since childhood she has been orphaned. The mother then took him to Basrah, Iraq. In this city of Abu Nawas studying various sciences.

Youth full of controversial behavior that makes Abu Nawas appear as a unique figure in the literary treasures of Arab Islam. Even so, his poetry is also loaded with a value sprirtual, in addition to the taste of humanity and justice. Abu Nawas studied Arabic literature to Abu Zaid al-Ansari and Abu Ubaidah. He also studied the Koran to Ya'qub al-Hadrami. While in the Science of Hadith, he learned to Abu Walid ibn Ziyad, Muktamir bin Sulaiman, Yahya bin Said al-Qattan, and Azhar bin Sa'ad al-Samman.

His meeting with the poet from Kufa, Walibah Habab bin al-Asadi, the style has been refined and brought it to the top of Arabic literature. Walibah very interested in the Abu Nawas talent who then took him back to Ahwaz, and then to Kufa. In Kufa Abu Nawas trained talent. Ahmar told Abu Nawas dwelling in the countryside, living with the Bedouin Arabs to deepen and refine the Arabic language.

Then he moved to Baghdad. Abbasid dynasty in the center of civilization is he hanging out with the poets. Thanks to his prowess to write poetry, Abu Nawas can get acquainted with the nobility. However, due to its proximity to the nobility of his poetry here at the time change, which tend to be worshiped and licked the ruler.

In Al-fil Wasith Adabil 'Arabi wa Tarikhihi, described as the poet Abu Nawas multivisi, full of jokes, sharp-tongued, brilliant visionary, and leading literary figures of new generation. But unfortunately, these works are rarely known scientific fact in the intellectual world. He was just seen as people who like to act cute and unusual. Cleverness to write poetry attracted the attention of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Through a court musician, Ishaq al-Wawsuli, Abu Nawas was called to be a court poet (sya'irul bilad).

full color. His passion to play word games with a sense of humor seemed to be a legend of its own in the treasury of world civilization. Proximity to power also had him in jail. The reason is, when the Abu Nawas read a poem caravan Bani Mudar Caliph deemed offensive. Of course the Caliph's wrath, then put him in prison. Once free, he turned away from the Caliph and to serve the Prime Minister Barmak. He left Baghdad after Barmak family falls in the year 803 AD After that he went to Egypt and composing poetry for the governor of Egypt, Khasib bin Abdul Hamid al-Ajami. However, he returned to Baghdad after Harun al-Rashid died and was replaced by Al-Amin.

Since languishing in prison, Abu Nawas poems changed, to be religious. If previously he was very arrogant with the worldly life is full of glamor and rah-rah, now he is more submissive to the power of God.

Indeed, the achievement in writing poetry inspired by his love to sinners. Yet it is precisely on that dark road, Abu Nawas find the values of the divine. Poems can be ditafisrkan repentance as a long way toward God. Although close to the Sultan Harun al-Rashid, Abu Nawas kegemerlapan not forever live in the world. He has been living in darkness - but that would bring its own blessing.

A friend, Abu Yusuf bin bin Hifan Dayah, testified, Abu Nawas end of life is tinged with religious activities. Some of her poems strengthen it. One of the most beautiful stanza poem is an expression of a sense of remorse will his past.

About death years, many different versions of each other. There is no mention in 190 H/806 AD, there is also a 195H/810 M, or 196 H/811 AD While others in 198 H/813 AD and in 199 H/814 AD It is said that Abu Nawas died from being persecuted by someone who was told by family Nawbakhti - a grudge against him. He was buried in Syunizi in the heart of Baghdad.

Shimon Peres Biography

2012-02-25T00:08:00.000-08:00

Shimon Peres born in Poland, August 2, 1923, age 88 years with the name Szymon Perske) was the President Israel to-9 that is now being served. He was an originator of a peace agreement with Palestine in the 1990s. He migrated with his family in a place now known as the state of Israel in 1934) is the Israeli politician, former prime minister and deputy prime minister.

Peres was a member and then leading the Labour Party from 1950 until December 2005. After that, he turned and support the new party called Kadima Party. He was elected in the Parliament (Knesset) in March 2006 as a member of the Kadima Party. Since May 4, 2006, he served as Minister of Development for the Negev, Galilee and Regional Economy and Deputy Premier.

Peres appeared as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel (1984-1986 and 1995-1996), Israeli Foreign Minister (2001-2002), and Deputy Prime Minister in a coalition under the leadership of Ariel Sharon in early 2005. In 1994, Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in the Oslo Accords. Peres then won the national elections, thus making its position in the Labour Party grew stronger and tougher for an indefinite period.

In 2007, Peres and Kadima Party nominated ensure on June 30, 2007 to get ahead in the presidential election. He was elected by the Knesset for the presidency on June 13, 2007 to replace Moshe Katsav after his inauguration on July 15, 2007 for a term of seven years.

Earlier, Peres was also a candidate running for president in 2000. At that time, he was defeated from Moshe. In addition to Peres, the other presidential candidates are Reuven Rivlin of the right-wing opposition Likud Party and Colette Avital of the Labor Party. According to opinion polls, the people of Israel want Peres as president. In the first round, Peres won 58 of 120 votes. Being, Reuven won 37 votes and Colette gained 21 votes. In the second half, getting 86 votes Peres. He was appointed as president by the Knesset on June 13, 2007 and sworn in on the stairs; July 15, 2007 for a term of seven years.

Life years

Shimon Peres was born in Wieniawa, Poland (now in Belarus Vishneva). He was born with the name of the original end Persky. In 1934, during his childhood, he moved to Tel Aviv (Israel) with his family. He attended the Geula School in Tel Aviv and the agricultural school at Ben shemen.
In 1947, he followed the military service in the Haganah (predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces) and David Ben-Gurion appointed to be responsible for personnel and weapons procurement. In 1952, he was appointed Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Defense and the Director General of the Ministry of Defence in 1953. He was involved in the purchase of arms for the state of Israel. Peres went well for the business managed to obtain a jet fighter of the French Dassault Mirage III and a nuclear reactor and to the Suez Crisis in 1956.

Political career

In 1959, he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Mapai Party (Israel Labour Party). Period 1959-1965, he acted as Deputy Secretary of Defense to engage in joint events Moshe Dayan Lavon. Peres and Dayan left Mapai with David Ben Gurion to form the Rafi Party is reconciled with Mapai in 1968.

Even without Ben Gurion could result in the formation of the Labor Board. In 1969, he was appointed Minister of Absorption. In 1970, he served as Minister of Transport and Communications. After serving as Minister of Information, he was appointed defense minister in 1974 in the government of Yitzhak Rabin. Despite never winning a general election, he was twice as Prime Minister; the period 1984-1986 as part of the rotation agreement with Likud Party members (Yitzhak Shamir), and after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the period 1995-1996.

Peres remained a steadfast supporter of the Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Authority since inception despite the first Intifada al-Aqsa and Infitadhah. Shimon Peres is interested in the field of military policy nanoelektrik supports Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to withdraw Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and emphasized peace. He founded the Peres Center for Peace in 1997. He was appointed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the period 2001-2002 as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister in 2005.

Following his defeat in the race for Chairman of the Labour Party on 30 November 2005, he resigned from the party and the state backed the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Family life

Shimon Peres is married to Sonya (maiden name: Gelman) and had a daughter, Tzvia (Tziki) Walden-Peres, a linguist, and two sons, Yoni (born 1952) and Chemi, leader of Pitango Venture Capital, one of the capital funds Israel's largest business.

Book

Peres authored several books, namely:
The Next Step (1965)
David's Sling (1970) (ISBN 0-297-00083-7)
And Now Tomorrow (1978)
From These Men: seven founders of the State of Israel (1979) (ISBN 0-671-61016-3)
Entebbe Diary (1991)
Yoman Entebeh (1991) (ISBN 0-8050-3323-8)
The New Middle East (1993) (ISBN 0-8050-3323-8)
Battling for Peace: a memoir (1995) (ISBN 0-679-43617-0)
For the Future of Israel (1998) (ISBN 0-8018-5928-X)
The Imaginary Voyage: With Theodor Herzl in Israel (1999) (ISBN 1-55970-468-3)

Slash Biography, The Legendary Guitarist From Suburban London

2012-02-24T03:12:00.000-08:00

Saul Hudson (born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, July 23, 1965, age 46 years), more commonly known as a stage name Slash, is an English-American guitarist. Slash is the former lead guitarist of Guns N 'Roses and current Velvet Revolver as a lead guitarist.

Biography

Early life
Slash was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London. Slash's father came from England, while his mother was African-American keturununan. Slash mother, Ola Hudsons, was a clothing designer who worked for David Bowie, and his father was an artist who contributed live ensembles for famous musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.

Slash dbesarkan in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, until he was 11 years old when his parents moved his family to Los Angeles, California in mid-1970. But then Slash parents split up, and after that, Slash lives with her mother and David Geffen. He was nicknamed "Slash" by family friend Seymour Cassel. At the age of 16, before he was expelled from school Crespi Carmelite, Slash is given his first guitar by his grandmother. Guitar that only had one piece of rope (string). He spends every day to practice. Finally, focus entirely on music at stake and he made the decision to quit school. In Rolling Stone magazine article, he said:

"My big awakening happened when I was fourteen. I'd been Trying to get into this older girl's pants for a while, and she finally let me come over to her house. We hung out, smoked some pot and Listened to Aerosmith's Rocks. It hit me like a fucking ton of bricks. I sat there listening to it over and over, and totally blew off this girl. I remember riding my bike back to my grandma's house knowing That my life had changed. Now I Identified with something. "

(The resurrection of my place when I was fourteen years old. I've tried to enter a pair of the older girls for a moment, and he finally let me come to his house. We muck, suck a few sticks and listening to Aerosmith, Rocks. It hit me like a ton of bricks falling. I sat there listening to over and over again and totally rule out this girl. I remember riding my bike back to grandma's house where I knew then my life has changed. Now I can understand something.)

Aside from Aerosmith, Slash's early influences included AC / DC, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Iron Maiden, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Rolling Stone, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen and Festival of Weeks. In 1983, after failing to join Poison with childhood friend Steven Adler, they together formed Road Crew. Slash place an ad in a newspaper for a bassist, and after that he received a response from Duff McKagan. When Road Crew disbanded, Slash joined a local band, Black Sheep. Headed by Willie Bass, the band shared an agent with another band, known as Hollywood Rose. In 1984, the band opened for Christian metal band Stryper. After the show, Slash and lead singer Axl Rose were introduced to each other by a friend. The two quickly became friends, and after a few months, Slash and Steven Adler were invited to join with Axl Rose, Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin as the band, Guns N Roses.

Nelson Mandela Biography

2012-02-24T00:48:00.002-08:00

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born in Mvezo, July 18, 1918, age 93 years) is known worldwide as a freedom fighter through the activities of anti-apartheid and then became President of South Africa. His childhood was spent in Thembu then started a career in law. He also had the honor of his clan name Madiba is.

Life
Born in Mvezo, Transkei on July 18, 1918, Rolihlahla Mendela then moved to Qunu until the age of 9 years. He was the first of his family to attend school. He also received the name of Nelson from his teacher who was a Methodist. At the age of 16, he entered Clarkebury Boarding Institute study western culture.
In 1934, he started a program B.A. at Fort Hare University, where he met Oliver Tambo who became a loyal friend and colleague. Having opposed the policy of the university and asked to leave. He moved to Johannesburg and continued his studies at the University of South Africa after taking the law at the University of the Witswatersrand.

Marriage
Mandela's first marriage to Evelyn Ntoko Mase ended in divorce in 1957 after 13 years. Winnie Madikizela marriage to a 38-year run ended in divorce in 1996. On the 80th birthday, Mandela married Graca Machel, widow of former Mozambique President Samora Machel, who is also an ANC comrade.

Life

Born in Mvezo, Transkei on July 18, 1918, Rolihlahla Mendela then moved to Qunu until the age of 9 years. He was the first of his family to attend school. He also received the name of Nelson from his teacher who was a Methodist. At the age of 16, he entered Clarkebury Boarding Institute study western culture.
In 1934, he started a program B.A. at Fort Hare University, where he met Oliver Tambo who became a loyal friend and colleague. Having opposed the policy of the university and asked to leave. He moved to Johannesburg and continued his studies at the University of South Africa after taking the law at the University of the Witswatersrand.

Political

Because of the antiapartheid activities, he underwent a variety of sentence. On August 5, 1962, Mandela was arrested and later imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort on October 25, 1962, he was sentenced to five years in prison and on June 12, 1964, he and a group of other activists were sentenced to life imprisonment.

After refusing parole to stop the armed struggle in February 1985, Mandela remained in prison until released on February 11, 1990 by order of President Frederik Willem de Klerk after pressed by the whole world.

President

Nelson Mandela President of South Africa in the period of about five years (May 1994 - June 1999) after winning the election and became the first black president with de Klerk as Deputy President.
AIDS issues become a source of disappointment and regret those Mandela because in his reign, he pays little attention to this issue. His son, Makgatho Mandela, died of AIDS on January 6, 2005.

Balawan Biography

2012-02-24T00:34:00.000-08:00

I Wayan Balawan (born 9 September 1973 in Gianyar, Bali) is a Jazz musician Indonesia. Balawan is a Jazz guitarist the name stuck and the more favored in Indonesia. Rock Ethnic Fusion Balawan form that carries the exploration of traditional Balinese music.

In daily life, children are generally exposed in the Bali Hindu religious ceremonies, where the prayers, the smell of burnt incense, Balinese gamelan and appreciative people together. This is a logical consequence: the appreciation of art and the music grows in childhood. I Wayan Balawan not escape the consequences of this in his childhood neighborhood, and that is what form the musical genius.

Music syncretism, Tapping Technique and Speed. After watching the concert Balawan two days at the University Cultural Center - NUS, I found the marriage of Balinese gamelan with jazz. Marriage and rocks carried by Balawan Ethnic Fusion. Balawan is a talented young musician and has a noble motive: he tried to combine Balinese gamelan with jazz, which I think, it will only be performed by musicians who have matured. The process of combining jazz with Balinese gamelan can be understood as syncretism in music. Gamelan is the pentatonic, while jazz is diatonic. Jazz can be played with a tempo slower or faster, while the Balinese gamelan are generally faster. The first thing to do to put jazz in a Balinese gamelan is to equate the tempo. The second is the inclusion of jazz tunes in a gamelan, and vice versa.

Balawan plays electric guitar with right-handed tapping technique (the technique popularized by Eddy van Halen 70s) where he was pressed between two frets guitar strings with four fingers (right hand) as playing the piano, and four fingers of the left hand plays the bass and chords . Fingers really high agility, but the subtlety of the guitar melody is maintained. Balawan also known as Asia's first guitarist that can play eight-finger tapping on a double-neck guitar simultaneously.

Who Balawan? Balawan, a young jazz guitarist who was rising, was born in Gianyar, Bali, 9 September 1973. As a child learning to play the organ Balawan Bali where speed and pentatonic harmonies into the essence of the game. Balawan won a scholarship to study music and vocal jazz at the Australian Institute of Music, SidneyJoe Satriani and Eddy van Halen. Upon his return from Australia, Balawan formed a musical group to accommodate the jazz music and Balinese gamelan. The group is named Rock Ethnic Fusion (BEF). This group consists Balawan, Wayan Suastika, Wayan Sudarsana, Nyoman Marcono, Nyoman Suwidha, Gusti Agung Bagus Mantra, Gusti Agung Ayu Dewi and Ito Kurdhi Risna. BEF play traditional instruments such as reong, flute, Rindik, genggong, drums and cengceng. (1993-1995). Balawan inspired by many musicians, especially

Mathematicians, Athletes and Artists. To become a leading musician one must be a "mathematician", athletes and artists. Balawan it has three. When playing guitar, accuracy in touching the string in between two frets to produce a stream of clear, smooth and clean. Accuracy is an essential requirement of doing mathematics. To master the tapping technique, which is generally difficult, Balawan train himself day and night to produce a high-speed tapping and the desired sound. This effort requires tremendous energy as well as athletes. Balawan debuted with fused jazz and Balinese gamelan. The process of extending and combining music with ethnic music is not easy. This requires a soul artist with a high creativity to create music to jazz and Balinese gamelan stay alive.

Eating food in Riverside. I first saw the game Balawan on 10 and March 12, 2006 in Singapore, although previously I have often heard his name when he was gigging in JGTC (Jazz Goes To Campus, University of Indonesia). It's entertaining and fascinating. Great musical arrangements, harmonization is very etnikal, complex but enjoyable! And, tapping a very fast game! After a small concert at the UCC's, my, my wife, Balawan, Momoko Fusa (classical pianist from Japan), Ony Pah (drums), Dody (bass) and Rock Ethnic Fusion meal on the banks of Singapore River, Clarke Quay precisely.

"However well I play jazz, I could never quite 'black' to play it. So rather than bother to play jazz authenticity that I will never accomplish, I decided to play music where I feel at home ", said at the time of release Balawan Magic Finger.

Rafael Nadal Biography

2012-02-23T07:36:00.000-08:00

Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (IPA: [rafa'el na'ðal]) (born in Manacor, Mallorca, Spain, June 3, 1986, age 25 years) is a professional tennis player from Spain.
After two world ranked for 158 weeks, on August 18, 2008 he became the first world-ranked tennis player Roger Federer replaced. The rating is survived until July 6, 2009 when Federer won Wimbledon and again become world number one. He also had another number one ranking on June 7, 2010 to the present.

Nadal Grand Slam champion as much as ten times, has won the French Open men's singles titles (2005-2008) four times in a row. After scoring a record 31 consecutive victories at the French Open, Nadal defeated for the first time in the tournament in fourth round match against Robin Soderling in 2009. He won the Wimbledon title in 2008 and 2010. In 2008 by beating Federer after losing in 2006 and 2007 from Federer, while in 2010 by beating Tomáš Berdych.

Nadal holds a record 32 consecutive wins in 2008. In 2011, by winning the Monte Carlo Masters, he became the first player to win seven successive editions in ATP levels. Nadal was ranked No.. 2 the world, behind Roger Federer, for a record 160 consecutive weeks prior to reaching the top. Nadal was ranked No.. One of the world since August 18, 2008 until July 5, 2009. Nadal again rose to the rank of No.. One of the world since June 7, 2010, after winning his fifth French Open title. He survived until July 3, 2011, when he replaces Novak Djokovic was ranked No.. One of the world.

The early years
Nadal was born in Manacor, Mallorca. His father named Sebastián Nadal and Ana María Parera his mother, he also has a sister named María Isabel. His father owned a restaurant and glass-making business. His uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a football player who has retired, had once played for RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona, and Spain national football team.

Although Nadal plays left-handed, in fact he is not left-handed. When he was young, his coach, Toni Nadal, decided that the two-handed backhand would benefit from a strong right arm, so Toni taught Rafael to play with his left hand.

Not until Nadal was 12 years old, he decided a career in tennis instead of football. On May 2001, when 14-year-old Nadal, tennis player Pat Cash played an exhibition match on the clay surface against it. Cash objection against Nadal, because Boris Becker was the one who actually scheduled to be his opponent. However, Cash lost in this game with a little difference.

Career
2002-2004
In 2002, Nadal is the new 15-year-old won his first ATP match, defeating Ramon Delgado in Majorca. He also became the ninth player in the open era to win an ATP match before the 16 th anniversary.
In 2003, Nadal became the second youngest player to enter the world's top 100 singles player. At the end of 2003, Nadal into the top 50, winning two Challenger titles. At his Wimbledon debut, Nadal, 17, became the youngest male player to reach the third round since Boris Becker (16 years in 1984).

2005
At the 2005 Australian Open, Nadal reached the fourth round and cornered Lleyton Hewitt, who often became runner-up, to five sets. Two months later, he reached the final of the Miami Masters tournament. Nadal only two more points to earn the victory in straight sets, but was defeated in five sets by player no. One of the world, Roger Federer.

Switching to the surface of the clay season, Nadal won two ATP Masters Series event in Monte Carlo, and Rome. At the time, Nadal has won 24 consecutive games, the longest winning streak record at teenagers in the open era, defeating Andre Agassi's record total of 23 games in 1988. In May 2005, Nadal has reached the top 5 in world rankings, becoming the youngest player to enter the top 10 since Andrei Medvedev in 1993.
Nadal follows his first French Open as one of the favorites. He beat two local hopes, Sebastien Grosjean and Richard Gasquet, to reach the semifinals. At the birthday-19, he defeated Federer in the semifinals, preventing Federer to reach the career slam. Two days later, he became the youngest French Open champion to-4 in the open era, defeating Argentina, Matiano Puerta in the final. Nadal becomes the seventh player to win the Grand Slam in his first appearance at the event in question, and the first since Agassi, Australian Open in 1995. He also became the first teenager to win a Grand Slam men's singles title since Pete Sampras won the U.S. Open in 1990 at age 19. Nadal is the first teenager to win at least six titles in one year since Agassi in 1988 at age 18.

Three days after his victory in Paris, deprived of the tournament winning streak of grass pan Halle, Germany, where he was defeated by the German Alexander Waske in the first round.

Nadal started the hardcourt season by defeating Agassi in the final Masters Canada. Nadal seeded second in the U.S. Open but was eliminated in the third round by American James Blake in four sets. After the U.S. Open, Nadal won two more hard court tournaments. In September, he defeated Guillermo Coria in the final of China Open in Beijing, and in October, he won his fourth Masters Series event, defeating Ivan Ljubicic in five sets at the Madrid Masters final. Nadal then suffered a foot injury that kept him out of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005 and early 2006, including missing the Australian Open. Nadal collected a total of 11 ATP titles, and four Masters Series event. He won 79 games in 2005, no. 2 after Federer (81).

2006

The rivalry between Nadal and Federer continued until 2006. On March 2006, Nadal gave Federer his first defeat in 2006 at the final in Dubai, winning 2-6 6-4 6-4. Nadal defeated Federer again at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6.
The two met again in Rome Masters final. In the match, Federer seems to be finally defeated his rival, but Nadal ended up winning by saving two match points. The match ended with Nadal winning 6-7 7-6 6-4 2-6 7-6.

Nadal broke the record that Argentina's Guillermo Vilas's winning streak on clay tennis courts as much as 53 times after defeating Robin Soderling in the first round of the French Open in 2006. With the victory, Nadal was presented a trophy containing the cross section of clay construction. Vilas present at the ceremony, although Vilas Nadal refused to consider a record as good as his own record (which was made in a season).
French Open final is awaited, the fight between world rank 1 rank 2 Federer against Nadal. For Federer, French Open is the only Grand Slam he has not won. If Federer can win the French Open, he will reach the career Slam, and even won a fourth consecutive Grand Slam. For Nadal, he must win the French Open to defend his title, dominating winning record over Federer, who was remarkable, no player other than Nadal who could make such a winning record against Federer. By returning to win the French Open, Nadal will also extend the winning streak record on clay.

Although Nadal is the favorite based on his ability on clay, Federer is favored by the French audience. All of them expect a very competitive game, as the match between Nadal and Federer in the last three Masters Series tournaments. Two sets are not too competitive, they exchange the set 6-1. Nadal then began to surpass Federer in the third and fourth nearly the entire set. Federer finally pulled Nadal break serve, in the fourth set when Nadal was serving for the match and forced a tiebreak, which Nadal finally won.

With the clay court season is undefeated in 2006, Nadal established himself as the dominant clay court player in the world and as the only players who can beat Federer consistently.
Entering the grass court season, Nadal followed Stella Artois at Queens Club. He retired with shoulder injury against Lleyton Hewitt in the quarterfinals of Stella Artois. Nadal follow the Wimbledon as second seed. Nadal is able to reach the final, and secured the match with Roger Federer by beating Marcos Baghdatis in the semifinals.

During his travels in Wimbledon 2006, Nadal was going to lose two more points against American player Robert Kendrick in the second round before finally returning to win in five sets. Nadal also defeated Andre Agassi in the third round, in Agassi's last match at Wimbledon. Seven out of the race Nadal / Federer has always played either on hard courts or clay courts. Wimbledon final this time it was their first meeting on grass, Federer's favorite surface. Federer now has won Wimbledon three times in a row. Though Nadal played well in the final after a poor start, he eventually lost in four sets 0-6 6-7 7-6 3-6 Federer ensure the position as no. 1 in the world. Although defeated, Nadal has exceeded expectations by reaching the finals everyone, won the match in the tournament more than he ever won on the grass before (he had previously 3-3).
In the 2006 U.S. Open, Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he was beaten by Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny in four sets, which is also the best achievements during the tournament.

Nadal failed, reaching the third round of the next tournament, the Stockholm Open, where he lost to Joachim Johansson 6-4 7-6. Nadal also lost in the Madrid Masters quarter-final against Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-6 for the third time. After the match, Nadal blamed mental and physical fatigue as the cause of his defeat.

Nadal participated in the Tennis Masters Cup after a hiatus. In the initial round robin round, Nadal defeated James Blake, but finally able to beat Nikolay Davydenko and Tommy Robredo. Nadal became the runner-up group, and against Roger Federer in the semifinals. Nadal lost in straight sets 7-5 6-4. This is Nadal's third defeat in nine meetings with Federer.

2007

Nadal started in 2007 by reaching the semi-finals of Chennai Open in India, where he lost to Xavier Malisse 6-4 7-6. In the next tournament in Sydney, Australia, Nadal retired from his first match against Chris Guccione due to injury. At the Australian Open 2007, Nadal beat Andy Murray 6-7 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals, and eventually knocked out by the Chilean tennis player Fernando Gonzalez 6-2 6-4 6 -3.

In the quarterfinals of Dubai Tennis Championships, Nadal defeated again by Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 6-2. After that defeat, he was playing in the Indian Wells Masters or the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5 in the final. However, in the Miami Masters or Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, defeated Nadal in the quarterfinals by tenth seeded and subscriptions winner, Đjoković 6-3, 6-4.

Nadal beat Federer in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters 6-4 6-4. This is Nadal's third title in a row, the first since Ilie Nastase in 1971-73. Nadal went on a hat-trick with another hat-trick in Opean Seat in Barcelona, Spain, defeating Guillermo Cañas in the final. In the Rome Masters, Nadal again scored a hat-trick, beating Fernando Gonzalez in the final 6-2 6-2 to become the first man to win the Rome Masters three consecutive times. Nadal also follow the other clay court tournament in Hamburg is the Hamburg Masters. However, the record for consecutive wins on clay Nadal ends in the final of Hamburg, where he defeated Roger Federer 2-6 6-2 6-0.

Federer beat Nadal again in French Open final 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, to win three consecutive titles at Roland Garros.
In preparation for Wimbledon, Nadal returned to play at Queen's Club Championships, where he managed to advance to the quarterfinals but was defeated by Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 7-5 7-6 (0).

At Wimbledon 2007, Nadal broke through the final for the second time, after a year before he broke through the final round. Nadal was almost eliminated in the third and fourth rounds, but eventually he won the marathon five-set match. He then against Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals, he was able to beat in three straight sets. Nadal to meet Djokovic in a match semifinalnya, and managed to escape because Djokovic withdrew early in the third set, though Djokovic had won the first set. In the final, Federer and Nadal meet again defeated by Federer in 5 sets the length of the match 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-2.

2008

Year 2008 can be regarded as one of the best years of her tennis career Nadal. Nadal won the French Open again for the fourth time in succession. He then won the Artois Championship just a week after winning the French Open. Nadal called unexpected titles. Later, Nadal entered his third Wimbledon final, Federer again faced with. In the game as far as 4 hours 48 minutes punctuated by rain and long rallies and captivating of the two, Nadal finally beat Federer in five-set match that was mentioned as one of the best Wimbledon finals.

Nadal became the first player since Bjorn Borg era that can reconcile the title at the French Open and Wimbledon. After Wimbledon, Nadal followed the Beijing Olympic Games as an Olympic first. Here, he won a gold medal after beating Djokovic in the semifinals and Fernando Gonzalez in the final. Nadal was confirmed as a champion who could win the tournament in a row in a different field. Furthermore, Nadal also won the Rogers Cup, Montreal by beating veteran Nicholas Kiefer in the final. At the end of the 2008 season, Nadal was forced to resign because of injury. He missed a chance for Spain in the Davis Cup final and also the Masters Cup championship as the top of the ATP Masters Series. Nadal crowned champion of the ATP World Tour Champion 2008 for his achievements throughout the 2008.

2009

Nadal started in 2009 by following an exhibition in Abu Dhabi, 2009 Capitala World Tennis Championship. Nadal beat Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals, then defeated by Andy Murray in the final.
Nadal then follow the Qatar ExxonMobil Open as top seed. In the first round, Nadal beat Fabrice Santoro 6-0 6-1. After the match, Nadal was awarded the 2008 ATP World Tour Champion trophy. Nadal then beat Karol Beck against Gael Monfils before losing 6-4 6-4.
Nadal then followed the opening of the Grand Slam Australian Open. Nadal has not lost a setpun his way to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Nadal to meet with compatriot Fernando Verdasco tennis player with a phenomenal champion Andy Murray beat the favorite. Nadal match with Verdasco lasted for 5 hours 14 minutes, made history as the longest Australian Open match. This match ended with Nadal winning 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (2) 6-7 (1) 6-4.

Nadal to meet with Roger Federer for the fifth time in Grand Slam finals and this is the first time they met in Grand Slam hard court. Nadal beat Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6 (3) 3-6 6-2 to earn his first Australian Open title. Nadal also became the first Spanish player to win the Australian Open, and became one of the few players capable of winning the Grand Slam in three different field types.
At the French Open Grand Slam which is a palace, tragically defeated Nadal in the fourth round by the non-seeded players from Sweden, Robin Soderling through a bout 4 sets with a score of 2-6 7-6 4-6 6-7. This is his first defeat at Roland Garros since his debut in 2005. Sementra closest rival, Roger Federer winning the French Open after beating Rafael Nadal passenger, Robin Soderling in the final.
At a decisive moment will convening a grand slam at Wimbledon, Nadal took the controversial decision to not take part in this tournament due to injury tenditis on both knees. Without the presence of Nadal, Federer is so automatic The main challenger for this prestigious title. What many people predicted it correctly. At this tournament Federer cruised into the final of Wimbledon 7 times in a row. In the final Federer faces Andy Roddick and ended with the score 6-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 16-14. Nadal suffering did not stop there. After failing to defend his title automatically, Nadal had to lose his throne as the world No. 1 men's tennis player who now occupied Federer with 985 points margin rate. Federer Nadal collected 11 220 points while collecting 10 235 points.

2010

Nadal started in 2010 by participating in the tournament Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, UAE Unit. He beat compatriot David Ferrer 7-6 (3), 7-5 in the finals and win this tournament.
Nadal then participate in the ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open 250 in Doha, but he lost in the finals. He beat Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-3 in the first round, and then in the second round he beat Potito Starace 6-2, 6-2. Might Nadal continues, in the quarterfinals he defeated Steve Darcis 6-1, 2-0 which unfortunately had to resign. He defeated fifth-seeded Victor Troicki 6-1, 6-3, Nadal won 11 consecutive games in this match. Nadal beat Nikolay Davydenko in the final 6-0, 6-7 (8), 4-6. Earlier, in the semifinals Roger Federer beat Davydenko also.

In the first round of Australian Open, Nadal defeated Peter Luczak 7-6 (0), 6-1, 6-4, in the second round, he beat Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. in the third round, he defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in a battle with four sets 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. In the fourth round, he beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the quarter-finals, Nadal lost to Andy Murray 3-6, 6-7, 0-3. Nadal withdrew from the tournament with a knee injury, doctors say that Nadal should rest two weeks, and then rehab for 2 weeks.

Nadal reached the semifinals in the singles tournament at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, which he juarai tournament last year; However, Ivan Ljubicic defeated in battle three sets. He and his compatriot Lopez won the doubles title after beating the pair Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic. After Indian Wells, Nadal reached the semifinals of the tournament Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but he lost three-set match against Andy Roddick
Nadal won the Monte-Carlo tournament Rolex Masters in Monaco, after defeating his compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the final 6-0, 6-1. He lost 14 games in five matches in this tournament. With this victory, Nadal became the first player in the open era to win six consecutive tournament title.

Unlike previous years, Nadal chose to skip the tournament in Barcelona (apart from the earlier he had won this tournament five times), and chose to follow the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament. He beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, Victor Hanescu, and Stanlias Wawrinka, everything is just two sets, to win 57 consecutive games since April. In the semifinals, he faced Ernests Gulbis, who had beaten Roger Federer at the beginning of the tournament and making Nadal had to work hard to defeat him in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in 2 hours and 40 minutes. In the final he beat David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 for his fifth title in Rome.

Nadal then Mutua Madrilena Madrid tournament Open, where he managed a runner-up last year. Because he is seeded eighth, he got a bye in the first round. In the second half, he beat Alexander Dolgopolov kualfikasi with 2 sets. Then in the third round he beat American plays the body 206 cm John Isner 7-5, 6-4. He beat Gael Monfils in the quarterfinals 6-1, 6-3 and compatriot Nicolas Almagro in the semi-finals 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Finally, in the final of the toughest rival Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (5). This victory gave him his 18th Masters, breaking the record of all time. He became the first player to win three Masters tournaments on clay in a year and the first player to win three consecutive Masters tournament.
Entered the French Open, many people expect Nadal-Federer match in the Final. Unfortunately, this is impossible because Federer beat Robin Soderling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Failure to make Nadal Federer reaches semi-finals to become world stars. One of the world if he managed to win this grand slam. Nadal advanced to the finals and beat Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to win the French Open grand slam this. This win gave Nadal his seventh grand slam title, making the series with John McEnroe, John Newcombe and Mats Wilander in the list of all-time record. With this victory, Nadal became the first male tennis player who won three Masters Series on clay and the French Open.

In June, Nadal AEGON Championships tournament, a tournament he won in 2008. He played singles and doubles in this tournament as a warm grass before Wimbledon. Because he is one of eight top seed, she received a bye in the first round. In the second half, when he played in his first grass court tournament since winning Wimbledon in 2008, he beat Marcos Daniel with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2. In the third round, he defeated Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4, so he qualified for the quarterfinals. However, he lost to compatriot Feliciano Lopez 6-7 (5), 4-6.
At Wimbledon, Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Nadal was forced to try hard to win against Robin Haase 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. He beat Philipp Petzschner in the third round with a score of 5 sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3. During the match with Petzschner, Nadal had been warned twice by receiving training from his coach and uncle Toni Nadal, resulting in a fine of $ 2000 of Wimbledon. He met Paul-Henri Mathieu in the fourth round and beat him easily 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. In the quarterfinals, he met and defeated Robin Soderling 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1. He beat Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the Wimbledon final four.

Nadal won Wimbledon in 2010 after beating Tomáš Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. After the win, Nadal said: "It's more than just a dream for me". This victory gave him a second Wimbledon title and eighth Grand Slam title Katika 24 years old. This victory also gave Nadal "Old World Triple" first: get the last player is Björn Borg in 1978 ("Old World Triple was given the award after winning the Italian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in the same year).

On the hard court tournament (hard-court) since Wimbledon, Nadal Rogers Cup qualifying for the semifinals, with No.. 2 Novak Djokovic, No.. 3 Roger Federer, No.. 4 Andy Murray. Nadal beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the semifinals, defending champion Andy Murray beat Nadal 6-3, 6-4. Berikutna Sunday, Nadal is the top seed in the Cincinnati Masters, but lost in the quarterfinals of the 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

In the 2010 U.S. Open, Nadal is the top seed for the second time in three years. He beat Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, seeded no. 23 Feliciano Lopez, seeded no. 8 Fernando Verdasco, and seeded no. 12 Mikhail Youzhny all without dropping a set, to reach her first U.S. Open final, becoming the eighth player in the Open Era to reach the final for all the grand slam, and at the age of 24 years the second youngest player ever to do it, after Jim Courier. In the final, he beat Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

Record and winning streak

Nadal is the record holder of men in the open era to the most consecutive wins on one surface. This record took place between his defeat to Igor Andreev in April 2005 and Roger Federer in May 2007, he has won 81 matches on clay. So he surpassed John McEnroe's record by 75 games in the indoor carpet surface.

Nadal has been ranked second in a row longer than any player in the history of the ATP computer ranking.
Nadal is one of only two people who won the French Open on debut (2005), the first being Mats Wilander in 1982. Nadal also successfully defended his title in 2006 and 2007, he was also able to win 21 games in a row for participating in the French Open.

At the age of 19 years 1 month 22 days, Nadal became the third teenager in the history of the ATP computer rankings (since 1973) who achieved 2 world ranking followed Boris Becker (age 18 years 9 months 17 days) and Björn Borg (age 18 years 10 months 2 days) as the only teenager who achieved 2 world ranking.

Nadal became the only player who has won the Grand Slam men's singles final against no. 1 Roger Federer. The victory was obtained from the French Open in 2006 and 2007 and Wimbledon in 2008. Federer has a 11-2 record in Grand Slam men's singles final, including two victories over Nadal at Wimbledon 2006 and 2007.

Nadal is the only active player who has a winning record head-to-head against Federer. Nadal over Federer ahead 8-5 (6-1 on clay, 2-2 on hard courts, and 0-2 on grass).

Nadal's French Open victory in 2007 made him the first player since Bjorn Borg (1978-81) who won the French Open for three consecutive years.
In 2006, Nadal and Federer became the only two male players in the open era to reach the Wimbledon final after both competed in the final of the French Open just a month earlier. There are some men who reached the Wimbledon final after successfully penetrating into the French Open final, but never the two men managed to reach the final of Wimbledon and French Open. Nadal and Federer to meet again at the French Open and Wimbledon finals in 2007 and 2008.

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Biography

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Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was born in 1970, he was a politician as well as Millionaires of the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi ruling family member (UAE). He is the half brother of President United Arab Emirates today (Abu Dhabi) Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Outside of the United Arab Emirates, he is best known as owner of a British club Manchester City. Born in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), he was the fifth son of the Emir of Abu Dhabi Zayed II and his wife Fatima, Mansour bin Zaid Al Nahyan left school in his homeland and went to the United States to continue their education. In 1993, he received a bachelor's degree in political science.

He was appointed as Chairman of the Council of Ministers for Services, which is considered as an entity attached to the Cabinet of Ministers, which consists of a number of ministers who led the Service Department. Since 2000, he led the National Center for Documentation and Research. In 2005, he became vice chairman of the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), chairman of the Foundation of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Food Authority and the Abu Dhabi Development Funds since 2005. In 2006, he was appointed as chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice.

In 2007, he was appointed Chairman of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Charitable Foundation. Sheikh Mansour has served as Chairman of First Gulf Bank, and as a member of the Supervisory Board of Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation. Sheikh Mansour has established a scholarship program for UAE students to study abroad. He is also chairman of the Arab Horse Racing Authority Arab emirates (EHRA), emphasizing his love for the sport.

Al-Nahyan family of Abu Dhabi's lead since the 1960s. Sheikh Mansour is married to Sheikha Manal bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the daughter of none other than Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. Sheikh Mansour is also listed as a cabinet member of the UAE, and famously loves the sport. He served as president of football club Al-Jazeera as well as a horse race, the Emirates Horse Racing. Sheikh Mansour, who is also member of the family of Al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi city businessman, believed to have a fortune worth 20 billion pounds (about USD
275 trillion). His name stuck after buying the club Manchester City, who digelontori funds more than 300 million pounds ($ 4.1 trillion).

Compared with the abundant wealth, an injection of funds to the City is not nothing. However, with the generous attitude of bringing a bunch of star players to the club Manchester City to make many people amazed. Sheikh Mansour began to reap the rewards. In addition to fame, the City has taken into account not just in Britain but also in Europe. Last season, the team's coach Roberto Mancini and FA Cup this season, qualifying for the Champions League, although not yet conclusive.

In the Premier League, City are now also become a strong competitor rivals, Manchester United. Sheikh Mansour is the brother of the ruler of Abu Dhabi since the discovery of rich oil resources in the city in 1958. The total wealth of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi is estimated at close to 400 billion pounds ($ 5482 billion).

Much of the wealth generated from oil company owned by Al-Nahyan family since 1958. If oil prices go up $ 1 per barrel, then the purse money Sheikh Mansour will add at least 500 million dollars per day! He is a director of First Gulf Bank and president of the International Petroleum Investment Company. Sheikh Mansour source of money not just from the oil sector alone. He was also a financier of Hydra Properties is owned by Dr. Sulaiman. Hydra Properties is an elite residential complex with a super luxurious facilities that cater for the jet set world. Sheikh Mansour is also a major contributor of funds to sponsor the Premier League Barclay of 3.5 million pounds. This funding was contentious, given that Sheikh Mansour is one of the Premier league club owners.

Biography Emha Ainun Nadjib (Cak Nun)

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Emha Ainun Nadjib familiarly called Cak Nun is an artist, humanist, Muslim intellectuals, and writers from Jombang, East Java. He summarizes and integrates the dynamics of the arts, religion, political education and economic synergies. Cak Nun Djombang born in East Java, May 27, 1953. He is the fourth of 15 children. His formal education ended only in Semester 1 Faculty of Economics, University of Gadjah Mada (UGM). Previously he had been 'kicked out' of the Avant-garde Pondok Gontor Roxburgh as a 'demo' against the government in the mid third year studies, then moved to and graduated from high school Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta I. His wife is now, Novia Kolopaking, known as an artist film, stage, and singer.

Five years living homeless on Malioboro, Yogyakarta between 1970-1975 when the study of literature to the authority which he admires, Umbu Landu Paranggi, a mystic whose life is mysterious and greatly influence the course of Emha. Besides, he also had attended a theater workshop in the Philippines (1980), the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, United States (1984), International Poet Anniversary in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1984) and Anniversary Horizonte III in West Berlin, Germany (1985).

In daily life, Emha plunge in the community and doing activities that summarizes and integrates the dynamics of the arts, religion, political education, economic synergies to grow the potentiality of the people. In addition to the regular monthly activities with the community mBulan Padhang Society, he also traveled to different areas of the archipelago, an average of 10-15 times per month with Kanjeng Kiai Music, and an average of 40-50 shows a mass that is generally done in breadth outside the building. Besides, he also organized the event since 1990 Kenduri Love's held at the Taman Ismail Marzuki. Love is a friendship feast appointment of culture and humanity are packed very open, nonpartisan, lightly clad in his art and cross-gender. In social gatherings, he did various deconstructed understanding of values, communication patterns, methods of cultural communication, education, ways of thinking, and striving for solutions to community problems.

Together Kanjeng Kiai Music Group, Cak Nun average 10-15 times per month traveling to different areas of the archipelago, with a mass event is generally done in breadth outside the building. In addition, on a regular basis (monthly) together with community community Padang Bulan, active social meetings do various deconstructed understanding of values, communication patterns, communication methods of cultural, educational way of thinking, and striving for solutions to community problems.

People in various communities Padang Bulan appointment, it talks about pluralism often. Cak Nun repeatedly called kiai who refused to straighten out the understanding of the concept that he called the management of that diversity. He was always trying to correct a misunderstanding about something, whether errors of meaning and etymology of the contextual meaning. One was about the mission, which he considers the world already polluted. According to him, there is no constant who is and is not to preach. "Propagation of the main not by words but by conduct. People who rented berbuatrumah, in Bugisan, Yogyakarta. Several cities in Java, they came, for a two-time gig. In addition to performing, he also menjasjid, and many community residents were called as a missionary activity. "It's been preaching only be good," he said.

That's why he is more pleased when his presence with his wife and musical groups in the park Kiai Kanjeng culture, cyberspace since the late 1970s, in collaboration with the Theatre Dynasty - based in ntuk service. Service is worship and should be done not only vertically, but horizontally, "he said.

He was the fourth of 15 children. His father, the late MA Lathif, is a farmer. He received his elementary education in Jombang (1965) and SMP Muhammadiyah in Yogyakarta (1968). Had entered the cottage Avant-garde Gontor Ponorogo but later released due to the audience against the government in the middle of the third year of study. Then I moved to the SMA Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta until graduation. Then was continued to the Faculty of Economics, GMU, but never graduated.

Five years (1970-1975) living homeless on Malioboro, Yogyakarta, when studying literature from the authority which he admires, Umbu Landu Paranggi, a mystic who profoundly influenced his life mysterious and Emha next trip.

His career started as Caregivers Space Daily Literature at the Present, New York (1970). Then a reporter / editor at the newspaper Today, New York (1973-1976), before becoming leader of Theater Dynasty (Yogyakarta), and the music group Kyai Kanjeng until now. Poet and columnist in several media.

He also participated in various anniversary and poetry and theater workshops. Among other theater workshops in the Philippines (1980), the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, USA (1984), International Poet Anniversary in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1984) and Anniversary Horizonte III in West Berlin, Germany (1985).

Cak Nun spur multi-arts life in Yogya with Halimd HD, networker arts through Sanggarbambu, active in theater dynasty and generating some of the repertoire and staging drama. Among them: Geger shreds Tiger Wong (1989, about the reign of 'King' Soeharto); Statue of Love (1989, about the cult); Miracle Lik Par (1980, about the exploitation of people by various modern institutions); Mas Shaman (1982, about the failure of institutions modern leadership).

Moreover, with theater-Santri Salahudin staged Santri Khidhir (1990, in the field Gontor with all students to be players, and 35 000 spectators at Madison Square). Veil the ocean (1990, staged a mass in Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Makassar) and Kiai Sableng and King Faruq (1993).

Cracks also staged Boat (1992, about the New Order Indonesia is illustrated by the pre-conflict situation of the kingdom of Mataram, a book published by the Garda Press), in addition to meeting the devil, sir Kanjeng, Ambassador From the Future. He also included creative writing in poetry. Evidently, he has published 16 books of poetry: "M" Frustration (1976); Sajak-Sajak Along the Way (1978); Sajak-Sajak Love (1978); Singing Tramp (1982); 99 For the Lord (1983); Suluk pesisiran ( 1989); Ocean Veil (1989); Thousand Mosques One number is (1990); Supreme Light of Light (1991); torn piece Diary of Indonesia (1993); Abacadabra (1994); and Poetry Amaul Husna (1994)

It also has published an 30-book of essays, among them: From the History Corner (1985): The Liberating Literature (1985); Jon Pakir Cup of Coffee (1990); Markesot recalled (1993); Markesot tells Again (1994); Opinion pun (1996); Punakawan Movement (1994); Letter to Kanjeng Prophet (1996); Indonesia Important Part of My Village (1994); Slilit The Kiai (1991); Sudrun Sues (1994); nod Pak Kiai rhythmic foot (1995 ); Ball-Cultural Ball (1996); Culture duel (1995); The Inferno of Democracy (1995); Tuhanpun Fasting (1996); Democracy Saridin Stupid Version (1997);'s Choose or Azab Barokah God (1997);

Net Devil Dajjal World (1997): 2.5 Hours With Soeharto (1998); Dead Laugh How Refotnasi (1998); Kiai topsy turvy (1998); Pilgrimage Elections, Political Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage Nationality (1998); the Recycle Bin (1998) ; Husnul khatimah Pledge (1999); Jogja Indonesia Return Go (2000); mother son slap Mouth (2000); Tracing Point of Faith (2001): Lessons 1 & 2 Fast (2001) Love Triangle (2001): "The Book of Peace" (2001); "Trilogy Collected Poems" (2001); "tahajjud Love" (2003): "Encyclopedia of Cak Nun Thought" (2003); Folklore Madura (2005); Fasting Fasting O (2005) and the kingdom of Indonesia (2006, collection interviews); Infidel Liberal (2006), and, the Silent Street Emha (Ian L. Betts, June 2006).

Cak Nun Music Group Kiai Kanjeng along with all-white outfit, her blessings on (singing) in actuality a powerful force in contemporary gamelan music accompaniment in front of the congregation gathered around the stage Cut Meutia Mosque.

Cak Nun apparently seeks to overhaul the way people think about the understanding of religion. Not only the performances of the Quran and the Red and White Love Negeriku Cut Meutia Mosque, Jakarta, Saturday (10/14/2006) night, that he did controversial things. In many communities the establishment, an oasis of thought emerged, refreshed the hearts and pikiran.Perihal pluralism, often appears in discussions with community Cak Nun. "What's wrong with pluralism?" he said. According to him, since the time of the Majapahit kingdom was never any problem with pluralism.

"Since the days of our fathers, this people is plural and can live in harmony. Maybe now there is intervention from outside the country," said Emha. He emphatically declared support pluralism. According to him, pluralism not think all religions are equal. Islam unlike Christianity, the Buddha, with a Catholic, a Hindu. "It can not be equated, the difference let me different. We have to appreciate it all, "said the intellectual culture.

Prof Dr.Nurkholish Madjid (Cak Nur) Biography

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Prof. Dr. Nurcholish Madjid more popularly as Cak Nur, was an Islamic thinker, scholar, and humanist Indonesia .. Cak Nur is a pioneer and thought reform movement in Indonesia. The idea of pluralism has been placed as a leading Muslim intellectual in his time, especially at a time when Indonesia was mired in a slump and the threat of disintegration of the various nations.

Cak Nur known as the concept of pluralism that accommodates the diversity diversity's confidence in Indonesia. According Cak Nur, confidence is the primordial right of every human being and the confidence to believe the existence of God is a fundamental belief. These beliefs may vary greatly from person to person with each other, although the same religion. It is based on the ability of human reason that is different, and in this case Cak Nur support the concept of religious freedom. Cak Nur-free concept is intended as a specific religious freedom in the running, along with full responsibility for what is selected.

Cak Nur Indonesia meritorious when the nation suffered a leadership crisis in 1998. Cak Nur with Gus Dur, Amien Rais, Emha Ainun Najib and other leaders are often asked to counsel by President Soeharto, especially in dealing with the turmoil after the May 1998 riots in Jakarta after Indonesia was hit by severe crisis which is the impact of the crisis in 1997. On the advice of Cak Nur, President Soeharto resigned from office to avoid a more severe political turmoil

Biodata:

Full Name
Prof Dr.Nurkholis Madjid

The name of house calls
Cak Nur

Date of Birth
March 17, 1939

Place of birth
Jombang East Java

Death
August 29, 2005

Name of Parent
Kh Abdul Madjid

Education
Darul 'ulum Rejoso, Jombang, East Java, 1955
Darul Salam, Gontor, Ponorogo, East Java, 1960
State Islamic Institute (IAIN), Sharif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 1965 (BA, Arabic Literature)

State Islamic Institute (IAIN), Sharif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 1968 (doktorandus, Arabic Literature)

The University of Chicago (University of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1984 (Ph.D., Islamic Studies) Field of interest and the philosophy of Islamic Thought, Islamic Reform, Islamic Culture, Politics and Religion Sociology of Religion, Politics countries evolve

Employment history
Researcher, Institute of Economic and Social Research (LEKNAS-LIPI), Jakarta 1978-1984
Senior Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, 1984-2005
Professor, Graduate Faculty, Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta 1985-2005
Paramadina Foundation Chairman, Jakarta 1985-2005
Rector, University of Paramadina, Jakarta, 1998-2005
Organization activities, career and awards
Activists of Islamic Students Association
Members of the MPR-RI 1987-1992 and 1992-1997
Member of the National Press Council, 1990-1998
Fellow, Eisenhower Fellowship, Philadelphia, USA, 1990
Member of the National Human Rights Commission, 1993-2005
Visiting Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1991-1992
Vice Chairman, Board of Advisors Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI), 1990-1995
ICM Advisory Board Member, 1996
ICM Cultural Award recipient, 1995
Mahaputra Star recipient, Jakarta 1998

The works
The issue of modernization Among Muslims in Indonesia, a participant point of view in Gloria Davies, ed. What is Modern Indonesian Culture (Athens, Ohio, Ohio University, 1978)
"Islam In Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities" in Cyriac K. Pullabilly, Ed. Islam in Modern World (Bloomington, Indiana: Crossroads, 1982)
"Islam in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities" in Cyriac K. Pullapilly, Issue, Islam in the Modern World (Bloomington, Indiana: Crossroads, 1982)
Khazanah Islamic Intellectuals (New York, the Crescent Star, 1982)
Islam, Kemoderanan and Indonesian-ness, (New York: Mizan, 1987, 1988)
Islam, Doctrine and Civilization, (New York, Paramadina, 1992)
Islam, Democracy and Indonesian-ness, (New York: Mizan, 1993)
The doors to the Lord, (Jakarta, Paramdina, 1994)
Islam, Religion Humanity, (Jakarta, Paramadina, 1995)
Islam, Religion of Civilization, (New York, Paramadina, 1995)
"In Search of Islamic Roots for Modern Pluralism: The Indonesian Experiences" in Mark Woodward ed., Toward a New Paradigm, Recent Developments in Indonesian Islamic Thoughts (Tempe, Arizona: Arizona State University, 1996)
Dialog Openness, (Jakarta, paradigms, 1997)
Scholars and Religious Communities, (New York: Paramadina, 1999)
Takwa messages (set of Friday sermon in Paramadina) (New York: Paramadina, -)

Activity
Presenter, International Seminar on "World Religions and Pluralism", November 1992, Bellagio, Italy
Presenter, International Conference on "Religions and World Peace", April 1993, Vienna, Austria
Presenter, International Seminar on "Islam in Southeast Asia", May 1993, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Presenter, International Seminar on "Compatibility flow of Islamic Thought", in May 1993, Tehran, Iran.
Presenter, International Seminar on "cultural expressions of Pluralism", 1995 Jakarta, Casablanca, Morocco
Presenter, an international seminar on "Islam and Civil Society", March 1995, Bellagio, Italy
Presenter, an international seminar on "Islamic Culture in Southeast Asia", June 1995, Canberra, Australia
Presenter, an international seminar on "Islam and Civil Society", September 1995, Melbourne, Australia
Presenter, an international seminar on "Religions and World Community in the 21st Century," June 1996, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Presenter, an international seminar on "Human Rights", June 1996, Tokyo, Japan
Presenter, an international seminar on "Malay World", September 1996, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Presenter, an international seminar on "Religion and Civil Society", 1997 Kuala Lumpur
Speakers, conferences USINDO (United States Indonesian Society), March 1997, Washington, DC, United States
Participant, International Conference on "Religion and World Peace" (Second Conference), May 1997, Vienna, Austria
Participant, Seminar on "Islamic Revival", November 1997, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Speaker, Seminar on "Islam and Civil Society" November 1997, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States
Speaker, Seminar on "Islam and Pluralism", November 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington DC, United States
Guest scholar and speaker, Annual Conference, MESA (Middle East Studies Association), November 1997, San Francisco, California, United States
Guest scholar and speaker, Annual Conference of the AAR (American Academy of Religion) American Academy of Religion, November 1997, California, United States
Presenter, International Conference on "Islam and Human Rights", October 1998, Geneva, Switzerland
Presenter, International Conference on "Religions and Human Rights", November 1998 State Department (State Department), Washington DC, United States
Participants Presenters' Conference of Leaders of Asia ", September 1999, Brisbane, Australia
Presenter, International Conference on "Islam and Human Rights, the messages of Southeast Asia", November 1999, Ito, Japan
Participants, the 7th Session of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP), November 1999, Amman, Jordan

Biography of Muhammad Iqbal

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Muhammad Iqbal is known as a great thinker and poet and freedom fighter Muhammad Ali Jinnah Pakistan together. He was the pioneer establishment of State for Indian Muslims to Pakistan finally materialized in the country 10 years after his death. He also left great works such as Javid Namah (Book of Immortality), a famous literary books.

Iqbal was born in Sialkot Punjab India 9 November 1877 and died in Lahore Pakistan 21 April 1938. Come from middle class families who provided many Islamic values are strong. Writing talent developed rapidly under the guidance of Hasan Maulwi MIRR. Graduated from Scotch Mission College in Sialkot, Iqbal moved to Government College Lahore go to get a teacher in Lahore and Sir Thomas Arnold (an expert on Islam and modern philosophy) and graduated with cum laude. After obtaining a master's degree in philosophy, he became corrector of Arabic at the University Oriental College Lahore and also teaches at the University. He then continued his studies in 1905 at Lincoln's Inn in London to become a lawyer. After that he returned to study at Cambridge University Department of Philosophy while preparing doctoral dissertation for the University of Munich Germany. Dissertation entitled "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia" was successfully completed, so he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1907.Sekembalinya of Europe, he re-joined the Government College Lahore as a Professor of Philosophy and English Literature.

Iqbal fame also penetrated the world of politics. In 1908 he entered the British Committee of se-India Muslim League. He was also elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly and became one of the political thinkers. Presidential address India Muslim League in 1930 became the conceptual basis for the State of Pakistan, although he did not explicitly mention the name of Pakistan. As a thinker, he is very concerned about the Muslim dengankeadaan India so he proposed the concept of the establishment of the State for non-Muslims.

Literary works that made him very famous poems written in Persian and Urdhu include "Asrar-i Khudi) The secret of self), Payam-I Masyriq (Message from the East), Navid Namah (Book of Immortality). Iqbal suffered a prolonged illness between the years 1934-1938 and dated 21 April 1938 he died and was buried at Badshahi Mosque Lahore.

Affandi Biography of the Famous Painters From Indonesia

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Affandi Koesoema (Cirebon, West Java, 1907 - May 23, 1990) was a painter who is known as the Maestro Art Indonesia, probably Indonesia's most famous painter in the international world, thanks to the distinctive style ekspresionisnya. In the 1950's he held many solo exhibitions in India, UK, Europe and the United States. A prolific painter, Affandi has painted more than two thousand paintings.

Biography

Affandi was born in Cirebon in 1907, the son of R. Koesoema, a paramedic measuring the sugar factory in Ciledug, Cirebon. In terms of education, it includes a person who has formal education is quite high. For those people his generation, his education, MULO, and subsequently graduated from the AMS, including the education obtained only by a handful of country boy.

However, his art talent is very strong to beat the other disciplines in life, and indeed has made his name famous as the leader or leaders of other fields.

At the age of 26 years, in 1933, married Affandi Maryati, a girl born in Bogor. Affandi and Maryati blessed with a daughter who will inherit his father's talent as a painter, that is Kartika Affandi.

Before starting to paint, Affandi had been a teacher and had also worked as a torn ticket and cinema advertising image creation in one cinema in London. This work is no longer cultivated because Affandi more interested in the field of painting.

Sometime in the 30s, joined the group Five Affandi Bandung, Bandung is a group of five artists. They are the Hendra Gunawan, Barli, Sudarso, and Wahdi Affandi trust and served as group leader. This group has a considerable share in the development of art in Indonesia. This group is different from Indonesia Picture Experts Association (Persagi) in 1938, but a study group working together and helping each other and painter.

In 1943, his first solo exhibition Affandi held in Djakarta Poetera building which was in progress of the Japanese occupation in Indonesia. Four series - consisting of Ir. Sukarno, Drs. Mohammad Hatta, Ki Hajar Dewantara, and Kyai Haji Mas Mansyur - leading the Cultural Section Poetera (Poesat People's Power) to take part. In the Culture section of this Poetera Affandi act as implementers and S. Soedjojono in charge, who immediately entered into a relationship with Bung Karno.

When the republic was proclaimed in 1945, many artists took part. Train carriages and walls inscribed with, among others, "Freedom or death". The words were taken from the closing speech Bung Karno, The Birth of the Pancasila, June 1, 1945. At that moment, Affandi had the task of creating a poster. Sukarno was a poster that illustrates the idea of someone who was chained but the chain was broken. Being modeled is Dullah painter. The words are written on the poster ("Dude, come on man") is a proposal from the poet Anwar. A group of painters increase it day and night and sent to the affected areas.

Outstanding talent to paint yourself Affandi been incised interesting story of his life. One time, he never got a scholarship to study painting in Santiniketan, India, an academy founded by Rabindranath Tagore. When it has arrived in India, he was rejected on the grounds that he had seen no need to paint more education. Finally, the cost of scholarships that have been received are used to hold exhibitions around the country India.

On his return from India, Europe, in the fifties, Affandi nominated by the Communist Party to represent the people do not belong to a party in the Constituent Assembly elections. And elected him, as Prof. Ir. Saloekoe Poerbodiningrat etc., to represent the people do not belong to a party. In the constituent assembly, according to a friend Resobowo Basuki also a painter, he usually just Affandi silent, sometimes sleeping. But when the commission meeting, spoke Affandi. He entered the humanitarian commission (perhaps now HAM) led Wikana, Affandi also a close friend since before the revolution.

Raised the topic is about perikebinatangan Affandi, not humanity and is regarded as a joke at the time. Affandi is a humble painter who is still close to the flora, fauna, and the environment while living in the era of technology. When questioned Affandi 'Perikebinatangan' in 1955, public awareness of the environment is still very low.

Affandi also includes the central leadership Lekra (People's Cultural Institute), the largest cultural organization that was disbanded by the Suharto regime. He's part art Institute of Fine Arts) with Basuki Resobowo, Henk Ngantung, and so forth.

In the sixties, the U.S. anti-imperialist movement is be aggressive enough incentive to Vietnam. U.S. anti-culture is also referred to as 'cultural imperialism'. American films, was boycotted in the country. Affandi that time received an invitation to exhibit at the USIS building in Jakarta. And Affandi too, the exhibit there.

When a group of painters Lekra gathered, there is the question. Why is the leadership Affandi Lekra really representative exhibition in the aggressor. Responding to this issue, there are nyeletuk: "Mr. Affandi was led Lekra, but he could not distinguish between Lekra with leprosy!" friend said calmly. Erratic course all laughed.

Despite melanglangbuana to various countries, Affandi known as a simple and rather modestly. Her favorite painter who eat rice with grilled tempeh has a somewhat unusual idol. Other people when selecting a puppet for the idol, usually choosing a nice, handsome, manly, wise, such as Arjuna, Gatutkaca, Bima or Werkudara, Krishna.

However, Affandi choose Sokrasana the face ugly but very powerful. Puppet that he is representative of much of his handsome face. Even so, the Tourism Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Deparpostel) to capture the face by issuing a new stamp series character art / artist Indonesia. According Helfy Dirix (Affandi oldest grandson) images used for the stamps that are self-portrait painting Affandi in 1974, when Affandi was so industrious and productive painting in the museum as well as his residence on the banks of Kali Gajah Wong Yogyakarta.

Affandi and painting

During his life, he has produced over 2,000 paintings. His works are exhibited to various countries in the world, whether in Asia, Europe, America and Australia are always fascinating world of art lovers. Painter who earned her Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Singapore in 1974 was the work of his paintings, often spilling over liquid paint straight from the tube was then wipe the paint with his fingers, play and process colors to express what he saw and felt about something.
On his way to work, holder of the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Singapore in 1974, is known as a painter who adhered to the flow or abstract expressionism.

So that his paintings are often very difficult to understand by others, especially by those who lay on the art world when without explanation. But for lovers of painting it so that adds to its appeal.
Simplicity way of thinking looks at a time, Affandi was confused myself when critics ask the concepts and theories of Western painting. By Western critics, Affandi flow is considered to give a new style of expressionism. But when it actually Affandi asked, what stream is it?.
Even to his parents, Affandi blinded himself with the theories. In fact he was known as a painter who does not like to read. For him, the letters which he considered the scourge of small and large organisms.

In fact, in everyday life, he often says that he is a painter buffalo, diakunya nickname because he was dumb as a painter. Perhaps because the buffalo is an animal that is considered stupid and ignorant. The attitude of the maestro is not fond of theorizing and actually prefer to work is evidenced by the sincerity of his profession as a painter who runs not only seasonal exhibitions. Even against his chosen field, he is not overacting.

For example Affandi answer each time was asked why he paints. Lightly, he said, I paint because I can not write, I am not good at talking. The language I use is the language of painting. For Affandi, painting is work. He paints like a man hungry. Until the matter as the painter's impression of an elitist, he just wants to be called as a handyman picture.

He further argued that he did not have a personality big enough to be called an artist, and he did not put the art in the interests of the family. If my son sick, I would have given up painting, he said.
Until his death in May 1990, he remains the profession as a painter. Activities that have been part of his life. He was buried not far from the museum he founded it.

Affandi Museum

Museum which was inaugurated by Fuad Hassan, Minister of Education and Culture as it historically has been visited by former President Soeharto and former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohammad in June 1988 when both were still in power. The museum was founded in 1973 on land that became his home.
Currently, there's about 1,000 more paintings in the Museum Affandi, and a 300-include works Affandi. Affandi paintings are on display at the gallery I was retrospective works that have historical value from the beginning of his career to finish, so it is not for sale.

While the second gallery is a painting Affandi friends, both living and dead as Basuki Abdullah, Popo Iskandar, Hendra, Rush, Dawn Sidik, and others. The third gallery contains paintings Affandi family.
In the third gallery which was completed in 1997, currently displayed newest paintings Kartika Affandi made in 1999. The painting, among others, "What Should I am doing" (January 99), "What's My Fault? Why it Should Happen" (February 99), "Not Fair" (June 99), "Back On the Reality of Life, Everything I gave him" (July 99), and others. There are also paintings Maryati, Rukmini Joseph, and Juki Affandi.

Affandi in the eyes of the world

Affandi is just one of the great painters of Indonesia together with other great artists such as Raden Saleh, Basuki Abdullah and others. But due to various advantages and privileges of his works, his admirers to the nickname bestowed on him various names and boast of among other nicknames such as Indonesia Painters New Ekspressionis even nicknamed Maestro. International Herald Tribune is a newspaper that called him as a painter Ekspressionis New Indonesia, while in Florence, Italy he was given the title of Grand Maestro.

Numerous awards and prizes like a trip to flood the life of a man nearly all his life devoted to the world of this painting. Among these, in 1977 he received the Peace Prize of the International Dag Hammershjoeld. Even the Central Committee of the Diplomatic Academy of Peace PAX Mundi in Castelo San Marzano, Florence, Italy was appointed member of the Academy of Human Rights.

From within their own country, not least that it has received many awards, among them, the "Main Service Star" which was awarded the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in 1978. And since 1986 he also was named a Member of the Board of Trustees ISI (Institut Seni Indonesia) in Yogyakarta. Even a poet Force 45 for Anwar has ever presented him a special poem for her, entitled "To the painter Affandi".

To bring and introduce his works to art lovers, Affandi often hold exhibitions in various places. India in the country, he has held exhibitions around to various cities. Similarly, in various countries in Europe, America and Australia. In Europe, he has held exhibitions among others in London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and Rome. So also in the countries of the Americas such as Brazil, Venice, San Paulo, and the United States. Such a case, too, who made his name known around the world. Even the renowned curator from Magelang, Oei Hong Djien, never hunted Affandi to Rio de Janeiro.

Religion: Islam
Wife
Maryati (first wife)
Rubiyem (second wife)
Child
Kartika Affandi
Juki Affandi BSc
Rukmini (half brother)
Appreciation
Charter of the Arts Award, the Ministry of Education and Culture, 1969
Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Singapore, 1974
Dag Hammarskjöld, the International Peace Prize (Florence, Italy, 1997)
Main Service Stars, the 1978
Nickname of the New Indonesia by Expressionist Painters International Herald Tribune newspaper
Grand Maestro's degree in Florence, Italy
Exhibition
Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1966)
East-West Center (Honolulu, 1988)
Festival of Indonesia (U.S., 1990-1992)
Gate Foundation (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993)
Singapore Art Museum (1994)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta, 1996)
Indonesia-Japan Friendship Festival (Morioka, Tokyo, 1997)
ASEAN Masterworks (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1997-1998)
Roving exhibitions in various cities in India.
Al exhibitions in Europe: London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Rome
Al exhibitions in the Americas: Brazil, Venice, São Paulo, United States
Exhibition in Australia
Books about Affandi
Memoirs of Affandi, Dag Hammarskjöld International Prix, 1976, 189 pages. Written in four languages, namely English, Dutch, French, and Indonesia.
Nugraha Sumaatmadja, a book about Affandi, Canisius Publishing Foundation, 1975
Ajip Rosidi, Zaini, Sudarmadji, Affandi 70 years, the Jakarta Arts Council, 1978. Published in commemoration of the seventieth birthday.
Raka Sumichan and Umar Kayam, a book about Affandi, Sustainable Development Foundation of Culture Jakarta, 1987, 222 pages. Published in commemoration of 80 years Affandi, in two languages, namely English and Indonesia.

Raditya Dika Biography - Young Writer Indonesia

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Dika Angkasaputra Moerwani or commonly known as Dika Raditya is a writer from Indonesia. In Indonesia, Raditya Dika known as the author of humorous books. The man who is familiarly called Radith born in Jakarta, December 28, 1984 started his career as a writer through his personal blog (which is now a www.radityadika.com www.kambingjantan.com) which is then recorded. The first book to lift himself entitled Goat: A Diary of Stupid Students (2005) in the category best seller.

The book that tells the life Dikung (Raditya Dika) while in college in Australia, his stories as a college student in Indonesia abroad. The book is classified as a new genre. When he released his first book, it's not a lot that goes into the world of comedy writing. Moreover, a personal diary style (personal essay). His second book titled Love Brontosaurus, published in 2006. The second book of short stories inimenggunakan format (short story) which tells about the experience of love Radithyang always seems to have no luck. A third book entitled Radikus Makankakus: No Ordinary Animals issued on August 29, 2007.

The third book tells Radith Monas once a clown in a day, teaching and tutoring, and when Radith mistaken for a ghost watchman WC, until the story about the curse of the NTB.

Meanwhile, his fourth book entitled Pigs ngesot: Come Not Invited to Return Not Berkutang published in April 2008. Travel and the desire to start thinking Radith diary posted on his personal blog when he won the Indonesian Blog Award.

Radith also won awards TheOnline titled Inspiring Award 2009 from Indosat. From that experience, he printed (print out) of his writings on the blog and then he offered the manuscript to several publishers that mold to be printed as a book. At first many refused, but later when he was to Gagasmedia, a book publisher, the manuscript is accepted, even at first presentation. Radit went on to become a writer because he was out of the mainstream (mainstream). He appeared with a fresh new genre. Which makes it different from other authors is the idea that animal names are always he used in his book setap. From the first book until recently, all the title contains the name of the beast.

For Radith, this is a selling point. For Radith, as the authors still have to have innovation. Actually, in the first months, his first book did not sell well too. This, according to Radith, the risks included in the new genre. Radith then

aggressively promote the blog that he managed. He was also vigorous promotion by word of mouth (word of mouth). Radith asked readers to take pictures with his first book was then sent to Radith.

Be it a marketing strategy that can manage the readers as the target market. According Radith, in writing, not necessarily after the book appeared, completed affair. Then, marketing diserahkankepada publishers. Instead, the authors should also be the marketer for his own books as well sebenarnyapenulis artists. Creative writers who will make his book as a baginyaharus product can be sold in the market. Although basically the book is not a commercial item, but look at the book as a marketed product knowledge who bullet is a thing to do at this time.

Being a successful writer does not mean there are no barriers. According Radith, barriers bukanhanya of the book industry, but also from things that are diagonal. That is, the opponent dariindustri book may not be another book industry but other industries that are not related at all as entertainment (entertainment), food, and others. For example, when a young child has a 50,000 rupiah currency, it would not necessarily spend it on books. It may be that the money was used to watch movies in theaters or buy fast food. And certainly, the book is not the primary choice.

For Radith this is already common. All you need do is continue to create and be creative. For him, there is the key to innovation. Pressure of competition can be a motivation to continue to provide new ideas and digging ability. Radith is now continuing his studies at Faculty of Social Sciences program extensions and Politikdi University of Indonesia. In addition, he is now a career in book publishing Bukune. Radith acting as a director as well as director and editor in chief.

Essay:

2005 – Kambing Jantan : Sebuah Catatan Harian Pelajar Bodoh
2006 – Cinta Brontosaurus
2007 – Radikus Makankakus : Bukan Binatang Biasa
2008 – Babi Ngesot
2010 – Marmut Merah Jambu
2011 – Manusia Setengah Salmon

Taufik Hidayat Biography

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Taufik Hidayat was born in Bandung, West Java, August 10, 1981 was the men's singles badminton player from Indonesia who came from London with the club SGS Electrical height 176 cm. Harris and the couple's son Aris Dartilah Enok is the gold medalist for Indonesia at the 2004 Athens Games by beating Shon Seung Mo of South Korea in the final round. On August 21, 2005, he became world champion by beating a game in the world rankings, Lin Dan in the final round, thus becoming the first men's singles player who holds the title of the Badminton World Championships and Olympic Games at the same time. In addition, he is also holds the title of the Asian Games men's singles champion (2002, 2006).

He appeared in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but immediately lost the first match, against Wong Choong Hann in the second round. In addition, he also has six times won the Indonesia Open: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. Other experiences include the Thomas Cup (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008) and the Sudirman Cup (1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005).

He married Ami Gumelar, daughter of Agum Gumelar and Linda Amalia Sari. They have been blessed with a daughter on August 3, 2007, which later was named Natarina Alika Hidayat. Birth of her daughter is just a few days before he left for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend the World Championships. Then they have been blessed with a son on June 11, 2010, the

Butler then named Nayutama Hidayat.

Taufik later withdrew from Pelatnas Cipayung on January 30, 2009. After that he became a professional player. Some time ago he also established business with Yonex in the procurement of sports equipment.

Achievement:
1998: Brunei Open Champion
1999: Indonesia Open Champion, Champion SEA Games
2000: Champion Indonesia Open, Malaysia Open Champion, Champion Asia Championship
2001: Winner Singapore Open
2002: Champion Indonesia Open, Taiwan Open champion, Asian Games Champion
2003: Indonesia Open Champion
2004: Indonesia Open Champion, Champion Asia Championships, Olympic Champion
2005: Singapore Open Champion, World Cup Champion
2006: Indonesia Open champion, Asian Games Champion
2007: Asia Cup champions, champions SEA Games
2008: Champion Macao Open
2009: U.S. Open Champion, Open Champion India
2010: Champion Canada Open, Indonesia GP Gold Champion, French Open Champion SS
2011: Semifinalists VICTOR-BWF Superseries Finals, Runner Up PROTON MALAYSIA OPEN SUPER SERIES, Semifinalists Victor Korea Open Super Series Premier, Semifinalists Yonex - Sunrise India Open Superseries

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Biography

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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was born in Hamburg Germany from Gustav Ferdinand Hertz and spouse Anna Elisabeth Pfefferkorn. He is the inventor of a physicist Hertz frequency. His father was a lawyer in Hamburg. While his mother was the daughter of an army doctor. While continuing his education at the University of Hamburg, he showed his intelligence in science as well as in language skills when learning Arabic and Sanskrit. He studied in Dresden, Munich and Berlin by two of his mentor, Gustav R. Kirchhoff and Hermann von Helmholtz.

He got a PhD in 1880 and became a disciple of Helmholtz samapai 1883. In 1885 he became professor at the University of Karlsruhe when researching an electromagnetic wave. Hertz became very interested in meeting with metorologi because Wilhelm von Bezold is a college professor when, following the practice of Hertz in Munich polytechnic. Even so, Hertz did not contribute much to the field except at the beginning masamasa when he became an assistant at Helmholtz in Berlin. Including studies of the evaporation of the liquid, the newest type of hygrometer, and an explanation of the charts with the state of adiabatic air.

At 1881-1882, Hertz published two articles, also known as the field of expert contacts. Hertz is known for his contributions in the field of dynamic electricity. Many papers that refer to the two articles as a source for some ideas. However, the Boussinesq magazine put out some criticism on the work of Hertz.

Around the 19th century, Maxwell expressed his equation which is quite surprising the world of Physics. One of them declared an electromagnetic wave. However, when it has not been proven. Karna, the Heinrich Hertz tried to prove the existence of electromagnetic waves.

In theory, electromagnetic waves Hertz realized that Maxwell stated a combination of electric waves and magnetic waves are mutually perpendicular. Similarly, the direction of motion. Because the wave mengantung electric waves, Hertz tried to prove the existence of electromagnetic waves through the existence of electrical waves radiated by the transmitter circuit.

Hertz tried to create with the help of a simple transmitter circuit to amplify the voltage transformer and capacitor as a container for cargo. Since there

current shift in the gap transmitter, there is expected to be radiation emitted electromagnetic waves. Because in theory, from the sparks that appear to be generated electromagnetic waves. As a result, the receiver circuit is just a loop-shaped wire loop that is given without any voltage source, it appears an electric spark in her gaps. This proves there is electricity flowing through a radiation benda.yang terhantarkan to the loop end.

Because it was not satisfied, Hertz tried to calculate the frequency of the loop. It turned out that the generated frequency equal to the frequency of the transmitter. This means that electricity comes from a transmitter on the loop itself. Is evident by the Maxwell electromagnetic wave radiation. Hertz experiment is also triggered the discovery of a wireless telegraph and radio by Marconi. This series is in the quartz glass to avoid UV rays.

In 1886, Hertz was able to prove the concept that very paradox that time, the Maxwell equations of electromagnetic waves. Even so, Einstein would later use these results to refute some of the concepts in classical physics of electromagnetic waves.

After that hertz continue his research. Until finally in 1887 Hertz experiment further proof of the results of electromagnetic waves. Until he finally got a pretty interesting fact accidental. Namely that the electric charge will be reduced if there are ultraviolet Sunar who fell between the two electrodes. That is the reason why Hertz using a quartz tube to prove Maxwell. At that time, Hertz did not pay attention to exactly what happened there. So there is no comprehensive research results and clear about the effect.

Hertz is the person who made a large contribution on the discovery of electromagnetic waves and the photoelectric effect. Though not intentionally, all kinds of proof has changed our world becomes more practical. Although eventually only a few know that the photoelectric effect was first discovered by Hertz. to appreciate the services of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz for his contribution in the field of electromagnetism named later immortalized as the unit of wave frequency (Hertz). Hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI unit for frequency. Hertz stated the number of waves in one second (1 Hertz = 1 wave per second). This unit can be used to measure any periodic waveform. Example: The frequency of motion of a pendulum wall clock is 1 Hz.

Koes Plus Biography

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Koes Plus is Indonesian music group formed in 1969 as a continuation of the group Koes Brothers. A famous music group of the 1970s is often regarded as a pioneer of pop music and rock 'n roll in Indonesia. Until now, this band still occasionally perform music bring their old songs, although only two members (Yon and Murry) enabled. Many of their songs sung by other musicians with the new arrangements. For example, Lex's Trio create a special album re singing Shania Twain songs, love T'lah Passes re sung by Tim Christensen, as well as sweet and dear sung by Jasmine Trias.

The group was formed in 1969, as a continuation of the "Koes Brothers". The group comes from Tuban is a pioneer of pop music and rock 'n roll, and even been in jail since his music is supposed to represent the flow of capitalist politics. At the time was fiercely anti-capitalist movement fierce in Indonesia. On Thursday, July 1, 1965, an army of the Supreme Operations Command (KOTI) captures brothers Tony, Yon, and Yok Koeswoyo and locked them in the LP Glodok, then Nomo Koeswoyo of consciousness itself, comes after. Alm's brother Tony Koeswoyo apparently chose "ora manganese manganese togethers" rather than part with my beloved brethren. The error is because they always play the songs - songs of The Beatles are considered to be toxic to young people at that time. An accusation without legal basis and tend to be fetched there, they are considered to play music "ngak ngek ngok term" government in power at that time, the music will tend to pro western imperialism.

From prison just produce songs that until now still thrilling, "In Bui", "make me your sheep", "to the so called the guilties", and "ballad room 15". 29 September 1965, the day before the eruption G 30 S-PKI, they were released without any reason jelas.belakangan after the event was over, Koes Brothers are still alive, and treading old age to testimony in front of an audience talk show KICK ANDY (Metro TV) at the end 2008 that they were actually behind the arrest of the Sukarno government assigning them in a Counter-intelligence operations in support of motion Crush Malaysia.

Of this group born Koes Brothers songs are very popular such as "School Bus", "In the Bui", "Silent Lake", "my song Alone" and many more. One member of Koes Brothers, Nomo Murry Koeswoyo out and replaced as drummer. Although the replacement was initially a problem in one of the personal Yok objected to outsiders. So on Brothers name is replaced with the Plus, plus it means outsider: Murry.

Actually Koes Brothers songs better in terms of harmonization (such as the song "Silent Lake", "Goddess of Love" or "School Bus") compared to Shania Twain songs. At that Nomo, but music will also have a second job. While Tony wants to make the totality of the musical Nomo had to choose. Koes Brothers finally had to change. Koes Plus group led by the late Tony Koeswoyo (the oldest member of the family Koeswoyo). Koes Koes Plus and brothers should be noted as a pioneer of pop music in Indonesia. It's hard to imagine the history of pop music without the presence of our brothers and Koes Koes Plus.

Rendition of his own creation tradition is a tradition that was created Koes Brothers. Later this tradition was continued with the album Shania Twain serial volumes 1, 2 and so on. Once formed, Koes Plus indirect sympathy from Indonesian music lovers. Record his first album was turned down several record stores. They even laughed at the song "Bat" was really fun.

Murry then got cranky and go to Jember while handing out a record album for free on his friends. He worked in sugar mills all along the band playing in a band Gombloh Lemon Trees. Tonny which followed Murry to be invited back to Jakarta. Only after the song "Bat" was played in the past RRI looking for Shania Twain's first album. Some time later with tracks from her "anguish", "Back to Jakarta", "Tonight", "Roadside Flowers" until the song "Love is Blind", Shania Twain music dominate Indonesia at that time.

With the demands of the record company producer group-group then the other "contemporary" as Favourites, Panbers, Mercy's, D'Lloyd made Shania Twain a "mecca", so the group-group is always mimic what is done Koes Plus, the album in pop outside Indonesia, such as Malay pop and pop trend of Java to other group-group after Shania Twain begin. "If this group were born in Britain or the United States is not likely to shift the popularity of the Beatles'" I Nusantara Song "(Volume 5)," Oh my love "(Volume 6)," Mari-Mari "(Volume 7)," Diana "and "Free Milk" (Volume 8) dominated the pop music at that time. Shania Twain's heyday occurred when they released the album Volume 9 with a very famous song "Young-Mudi" (created Koeswoyo, father of Tony, Yon and Yok).

Followed by the song "Bachelor" and "When-When" of volume 10. Still continuing with the song "Nusantara V" from the album Volume 11, and "Blind Love" from the album Volume 12.
Along with that Koes Plus also issued a Java pop album with songs that are known from a pedicab driver, mother a housewife, hinga young children, namely "Tul Jaenak" and "Ojo Nelongso". Not to mention they are rhythmic songs melayu like "Why", "Love Honor" and keroncongnya song entitled "Old Singer". Too bad in every album that they spend no documentation of the months and years, so hard to keep track of what year a particular album released. In fact, there is also no other introductory words. The new album was recorded on a regular basis from volume VIII after a signed contract with Remaco. Previously the company that records their albums are "Dimita".

Koes Plus is Indonesian music group formed in 1969 as a continuation of the group Koes Brothers. A famous music group of the 1970s is often regarded as a pioneer of pop music and rock 'n roll in Indonesia. Until now, this band still occasionally perform music bring their old songs, although only two members (Yon and Murry) enabled. Many of their songs sung by other musicians with the new arrangements. For example, Lex's Trio create a special album re singing Shania Twain songs, love T'lah Passes re sung by Tim Christensen, as well as sweet and dear sung by Jasmine Trias.

The group was formed in 1969, as a continuation of the "Koes Brothers". The group comes from Tuban is a pioneer of pop music and rock 'n roll, and even been in jail since his music is supposed to represent the flow of capitalist politics. At the time was fiercely anti-capitalist movement fierce in Indonesia. On Thursday, July 1, 1965, an army of the Supreme Operations Command (KOTI) captures brothers Tony, Yon, and Yok Koeswoyo and locked them in the LP Glodok, then Nomo Koeswoyo of consciousness itself, comes after. Alm's brother Tony Koeswoyo apparently chose "ora manganese manganese togethers" rather than part with my beloved brethren. The error is because they always play the songs - songs of The Beatles are considered to be toxic to young people at that time. An accusation without legal basis and tend to be fetched there, they are considered to play music "ngak ngek ngok term" government in power at that time, the music will tend to pro western imperialism.

In 1972-1976 Indonesia actually air filled with songs of Shania Twain. Either radio or the party always carry a Shania Twain song. Perhaps no people of Indonesia who was still a teenager who did not know Shania Twain. When Shania Twain released a new album has always been waiting for Shania Twain lovers and the general public. Shania Twain in 1972 had become the best band in the Band Jamboree in Senayan. All participants were English-speaking western singing. Koes Plus are only able to appear to sing the song "pain" and "Sweet Honey".

Of information sent a fan of Shania Twain, Shania Twain's achievement was remarkable. In 1974 Shania Twain released 22 albums, the album consists of new songs and albums "the best" including instrumental albums, which are made from the original instrument recordings Shania Twain or "master" a game that was filled by Albert saxophone Sumlang, a player of the Mercy's group. So they spend an average of two albums in one month. There are 6 albums of 1975. Then in 1976 they released 10 albums. Perhaps this record is worth noting in the Guinness Book of Records. And incredibly, their songs

not the song 'sloppy', but is most pleasing to the ear. This proof is an efficacious answer as many who criticize the songs Shania Twain just relying on the "three moves": CFG key.

Since many services in the development of music, the community provides a mark of respect for his accomplishments with the legendary group gave a token of appreciation through the "Legend Award BASF, which is owned 1992.Prestasi year period in addition to his service in the field of art for a long time, product creation because the song was also inadequate since 1960 until now managed to create 953 songs collected in 89 albums. Performance results for the period of song creation Koes Brothers group of 203 songs (in 17 albums), is for a period of Koes Plus group of 750 songs in 72 albums (Kompas, 13 September 2001) .

Koes Plus One member said that they paid very expensive in its heyday. Yon said that in 1975 they played in Semarang. "It was in 1975, we have paid Rp 3 million at a gig in Semarang," she recalls. In fact, when the price of a car Corona in 1975 of approximately USD 3.750 million. When dikurs currently paid more or less the same as the $ 150 million. (Suara Merdeka, May 4, 2001)

At that time, USD 3.5 million is very high, given the new sedan Rp 3 million. If Converted amounts shown by the net present value, the amount is equal to Rp 200 million to USD 300 million. Abundant number of viewers do not like now, recalls Yon. (Suara Merdeka, October 23, 2001). After Shania Twain's popularity began to dim. Perhaps because of the generation has changed and changed his musical tastes. Koes Plus vacuum while and came back to replace Nomo Murry, around the late 1976's. Brothers Justin and direct popular form again with the song "Back" which came out in 1977. Murry Murry with his group's Group is also quite kicked off with the song "Mamiku-papiku". Did not last long re-formed in 1978 Shania Twain. His new song, "Choose One" also immediately popular. After it came out the song "Love", with the orchestra arrangement, which is completely different with another Shania Twain song. Popular then those malay album also includes the song "Pinch-pinch" and "Arrow Asmara". Shania Twain but this generation is no longer as popular as ever. Although, if you listened to the songs that were born after 1978, still a great many of their songs.

The fate of Koes Plus is now very tragic. As Yon said once that the only big name Koes Plus but do not have anything. The speech was indeed fit to represent the state personnel Koes Plus. They do not get money from the sale of cassettes containing their old songs. Unlike the singers / musicians of today whose lifestyles "well" because in terms of financial income as a singer / musician is guaranteed. So is the former group-group famous as the Beatles, or Led Zeppelin, they live comfortably off royalties only cassette / VCD / CD / DVD that they produced. Until the children and their wives were enjoying financial abundance this. Koes Plus are paid only once for each album produced. There are no royalties, no additional fee for each CD / cassette sold. So do not be surprised when the 1992 sale of agate Yon have to feed the household. While the cassette and CD the song is still selling well in Indonesia. Even now at the age of 63 Battalion and colleagues (Murry several times did not appear because of illness) carries the name Koes Plus have a gig to earn money. With the remnants of the voice and power they have to sell voice and strength. Yon did not feel it as a burden. He was grateful for his song is still loved by people. But we are sorry to hear news like this.

The work of the year to year:

1969
Koes Plus Dheg-dheg Plas (Melody. LP-23)

1970
Natal bersama Koes Plus (EP) (mesra. EP-97)
Koes Plus Volume 2 (Mesra. LP-44)

1971
Koes Plus Volume 3 (Mesra. LP-48)

1972
Koes Plus Volume 4 Bunga Di Tepi Jalan (Mesra. LP-50)
Koes Plus Volume 5 (Mesra. LP-51)

1973
Koes Plus Volume 6 (Mesra. LP-60)
Koes Plus Volume 7 (Mesra. LP-65)
Koes Plus Volume 8 (Remaco. RLL-187)
Koes Plus Volume 9 (Remaco. RLL-208)
Christmas Song (Remaco. RLL-210)

1974
Koes Plus Volume 10 (Remaco. RLL-209)
Koes Plus Volume 11 (Remaco. RLL-301)
Koes Plus Volume 12 (Remaco. RLL-302)
Koes Plus Qasidah Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-341)
Natal bersama Koes Plus (LP) (Remaco. RLL-342)
Koes Plus The Best Of Koes
Koes Plus Pop Anak-Anak Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-306)
Koes Plus Another Song For You (Remaco. RLL-348)
Koes Plus Pop Melayu Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-314)
Koes Plus Pop Melayu Volume 2 (Remaco. RLL-347)
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-248)
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Volume 2 (Remaco. RLL-311)
Koes Plus Pop Keroncong Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-299)
Koes Plus Pop Keroncong Volume 2 (Remaco. RLL-300)
Koes Plus Volume 8 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Volume 9 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Volume 10 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Volume 11 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus The Best Of Koes (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Vol 1 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Vol 2 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Pop Melayu Volume 1 (Instrumental)
Koes Plus Pop Keroncong Volume 1 (Intrumental)

1975
Koes Plus Volume 13 (Remaco. RLL-303)
Koes Plus Volume 14 (Remaco. RLL-631)
Koes Plus Selalu Dihatiku (Remaco. RLL-468)
Koes Plus Pop Anak-Anak Volume 2 (Remaco. RLL-448)
Koes Plus Pop Melayu Volume 3 (Remaco. RLL-390)
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Volume 3
Koes Plus Pop Melayu Volume 2 (Instrumental)

1976
Koes Plus In Concert (Remaco. RLL-635)
Koes Plus History Of Koes Brothers (Remaco. RLL-715)
Koes Plus In Hard Beat Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-717)
Koes Plus In Hard Beat Volume 2 (Remaco. RLL-768)
Koes Plus In Folk Song Volume 1 (Remaco. RLL-)
Koes Plus Pop Melayu Volume 4 (Remaco. RLL-730)
Koes Plus Pop Keroncong Volume 3 (Remaco. RLL-388)
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Melayu (Remaco. RLL-633)
Koes Plus Volume 12 (Instrumental)

1977
Koes Plus Pop Jawa Volume 4

1978
Koes Plus 78 Bersama Lagi (Purnama. PLL-2061)
Koes Plus 78 Melati Biru (Purnama. PLL-2077)
Koes Plus 78 Pop Melayu Cubit-Cubitan (Purnama. PLL-3055)

1979
Koes Plus 79 Melepas Kerinduan (Purnama. PLL-323)
Koes Plus 79 Berjumpa Lagi (Purnama. PLL-3040)
Koes Plus 79 Aku Dan Kekasihku (Purnama. PLL-4022)
Koes Plus 79 Pop Melayu Angin Bertiup (Purnama. PLL-4009)

1980
Koes Plus 80 Jeritan Hati (Remaco. PLL-4044)

1981
Koes Plus 81 Sederhana Bersamamu (Purnama. PLL-5091)
Koes Plus 81 Asmara
Koes Plus Medley 13 Th Karya Koes Plus
Koes Plus 81 Pop Melayu Oke Boss
Koes Plus Medley Dangdut 13 Th Karya Koes Plus

1982
Koes Plus 82 Koperasi Nusantara
Koes Plus 81 Pop Keroncong

1983
Koes Plus 83 Da da da
Koes Plus Re-Arrange I & II

1984
Koes Plus 84 Angin Senja & Geladak Hitam
Koes Plus 84 Palapa
Memble
Koes Plus Album Nostalgia Platinum 1
Koes Plus Album Nostalgia Platinum 2
Koes Plus Album Nostalgia Platinum (Intrumental)

1985
Koes Plus 85 Senja Kelabu

1987
Koes Plus 87 Cinta Di Balik Kota
Koes Plus 87 Lembah Derita
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History of Barcelona FC

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Futbol Club Barcelona, as their motto Mes que un club suggests, more than one club. They originated in Barcelona, the capital of Catalunya area of Spain and is regarded as the most important institutions of Catalunya. Barcelona La Liga 18 times and has also won the European Cup (now UEFA Champions League) on two separate occasions, the second arrived recently as 2006.

Formed in 1899, Barcelona has come to represent the area of Catalunya, so now the club's most famous and important institution Catalunya, one of the autonomous regions in Europe.

History behind the formation of the club is as much amusing as enthralling. On October 22, 1899 Swiss player Joan Gamper placed ads in the Los Deportes expressed his desire to form a football club in the city of Barcelona and ask others who are interested in this project is to join hands together on the deck. Eleven players showed interest in forming a club and the Football Club Barcelona see the light of day.

FC Barcelona won their first silver in 1902 when they champion the Copa Macaya. They continue to win the Campeonato de Catalunya on several occasions and in 1928 together with other clubs founded the first Spanish first division championship. Barcelona should have won the competition in the 1928-1929 season.

During the Spanish Civil War in 1930 and since then, Barcelona became the most important outlet for the expression of the people of Catalunya. Under General Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime, the club had to undergo an agonizing moment as did the people Catalan FC Barcelona but was always regarded as something so sacred that could surpass all of coercion carried out by Franco.

FC Barcelona is slowly becoming one of Europe's top players and began to attract the likes of Dutch great Johan Cruijff in the 1970s and started collecting silver. Then they have the Golden Period, Dream Team era in the late 1980s to the mid-1990s when they won no fewer than 11 trophies, including four consecutive titles 1991-1994 La Liga and the European Cup (for the first time) in of 1992. Dream Team manger is Cruijff and he had players like Josep Guardiola, Jose Mari Bakero, Txiki Beguiristain, Gheorghe Hagi, Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup, Romario and Hristo Stoichkov.

Barcelona came back in the mid-2000s when they won the Spanish first division title two years in a row in 2005 and 2006 and also won the Champions League in 2006 rose on the wings of Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o, Xavi Deco advertising.

Barcelona Barcelona is known as a supporter of their affection would also like to call them the Blaugrana. In June 2007, the number socis (club members / owners) reached 156 366 in June 2006 while the number of penyes (officially registered supporter clubs) reached 1782 worldwide.

Barcelona is only one of three clubs in Spain not to have been removed from the first division. They encourage competition with Barcelona and Espanyol Barcelona derby contest with rival cities. But they are fierce rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico Barcelona who contests (also known as el Derbi). Real Madrid Barcelona units considered as the last remaining torchbearers of General Franco's regime.

So far FC Barcelona has won the Spanish championship 19 times, Copa del Rey for the data 25 times and European Cup three times. Barca is currently coached by Guardiola Joseoh Cules by controlling for president Joan Laporta. Barca play their home matches at Camp Nou has a capacity of 98 772 known as the magnificent Cathedral and Football.

Club's main achievements include:

* 19 La Liga
* 25 Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) (note)
* 7 Supercopa de España
* 3 European Cup / UEFA Champions League
* 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
* 2 European Super Cup
* 2 Latin Cups

Petr Cech Biography

2012-02-21T08:31:00.001-08:00

Position: goalkeeper
Nationality: Czech Republic
Date of Birth: 1982-05-20
Place of birth: Plzen, Czech Republic

Petr Cech is the Czech Republic international footballer who currently features for the English Premier League club Chelsea. He is a goalkeeper and is regarded as one of the three best guards in the world.
Petr Cech started his career at Czech club Biscany in 1999 after two seasons and moved to the Czech powerhouse Sparta Prague after one season and moved to French side Stade Rennes. After 70 league games and two seasons, Cech was signed by Chelsea in the summer of 2004 for 7 million pounds for a five-year contract. He quickly secured the first choice goalkeeper spot for himself and led Chelsea to two crowns from the back of successive Premier League in 2005 and 2006.

Cech was awarded the Golden Gloves by the Premier League at the end of the 2004-2005 season to maintain a record of 25 clean sheets. In October 2006, Petr Cech suffered a skull fracture depression when he clashed with Reading's Stephen Hunt during Premier League match. He returned from injury in January 2007.

Cech has made over 100 league appearances Chelsea and signed a new contract with the club in 2007. he is regarded as one of the best goalie who ever played the game and one of the most vital players in the set-up Chelsea. He received individual awards in the Best Goalkeeper 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 seasons UEFA Champions League and was named in the FIFPro and UEFA Champions League team in 2006.

Petr Cech made his international debut for the Czech Republic in 2002 and has played over 60 games for his country. he represented the Czechs in Euro 2004 and is one of the best players in the competition. He played in the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 Germany.

He holds the record for Premier League is not conceding a goal in 1025 minutes and for the most clean sheets in a Premier League season with 25. In addition, he holds the record for not conceding a goal in the Czech Republic 855 minutes.

Biography of Francesco Totti | AS Roma

2012-02-21T08:19:00.001-08:00

Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth: 1976-09-27 (33 years)
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
Nickname: eh Pupone
Francesco Totti is Italian legend who has been playing for Italian giants AS Roma throughout his life. Totti is basically the middle of the more prominent players when playing in the hole just behind the strikers. He won the 2006 German World Cup with the Italian national team. He is also the top scorer and best player win for Roma.

Francesco Totti was born and raised in Rome's Porta Metronia environment and is a Romanista. Totti made his first senior to Rome when he was only 16 years old in March 1993 against Brescia away from home. In 1995, Totti has become commonplace to Rome and became club captain in 1997, a post that he has maintained ever since.

Francesco Totti has always characterized as the Golden Boy of Italy in Euro 2000 and he is proving its potential. He has gained his first international trophy for Italy two years ago in 1998 qualifier against Switzerland in Euro 2000 and is one of the best players in the competition.

He stretched his rich vein of form into the international arena is also the club stage when he won the scudetto (Italian Serie A titles) in 2001 with AS Roma. He also called Italian football players second year in 2000 and 2001.

Totti did have a disappointing World Cup in 2002 and a more disastrous Euro 2004 campaign when he spat at Denmark midfielder Christian Poulsen during the game. although he played his part in the 2006 edition of the World Cup in Germany who won the Italian of course.

Francesco Totti has certainly never been so consistent for AS Roma club he loved so steeply. he is considered a legend by the Roma tifosi and respected throughout the football community for their dedication and loyalty to Rome.

Personal honors:

- FIFA 100
- World Cup 2006 All-Star Team
- Euro 2000 Team Tournament
- Players In 2000 Italy, 2001, 2003, 2004
- Serie A Young Player of the Year 1999
- Serie A top scorer 2006/07
- European Golden Shoe 2007

Since its debut in 1992, Totti has scored 186 goals in 470 appearances.

Iker Casillas Fernandez | Real Madrid

2012-02-21T05:26:00.001-08:00

Nationality: Spain
Date of Birth: 1981-05-20
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
Nickname: Ikerman

Iker Casillas Fernandez is a Spanish international goalkeeper who plays for Spanish giants Real Madrid and Europe throughout his life. He is arguably the best guardian of the world and also the captain of the Spanish national team. He is known as Ikerman.

Iker Casillas is a product which is the value of Real Madrid's youth academy and began playing for junior side in the 1990-1991 season. Casillas step up to senior levels in the 1998-1999 season, but from next season and beyond Iker Casillas is firmly cemented to the Real Madrid starting line-up.

Casillas played for Real Madrid in a 3-0 defeat of Valencia in the 2000 UEFA Champions League final, thereby becoming the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in the Champions League final in just 19 years old.

But he lost his place to Cesar Sanchez in the 2001-2002 season but showed his class and quality in the Champions League final against Bayer Leverkusen that year at Hampden Park when he came onto the field at the last minute and make a string of superb saves.

Casillas then went on to win La Liga in 2003, a feat which he achieved in 2001. He has since retain his place and has now developed into the fulcrum of the side Real Madrid. Casillas football commentators say that alone is worth 20-25 goals a season since he made a string of saves in every game that he plays for Real Madrid.

Iker Casillas has been the national Spanish since his teenage years. He was the third choice keeper for Spain at Euro 2000 but he was the first choice in the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006.

Marco Materazzi Biography

2012-02-21T04:36:00.000-08:00

Marco Materazzi (born in Lecce, August 19, 1973, age 38 years) is the national football team defender who plays the body Italia 193 cm and one-on-one play in the Serie A club Inter Milan. He scored a goal against Czech Republic at the 2006 World Cup from a corner and Italy won with a score of 2-0 and also scored one goal for the Italian national team when belaga in the final round of World Cup 2006 in the city of Berlin against France, also through a corner kick . He may also be known as the King of Diving. He has done a lot of diving during his career. These are:

July 1998, Everton bought Materazzi from Perugia at a price 2.8 million pounds. Purchase is considered as one of the mistakes The Toffes. Because, in just one season, a man who has a tattoo on his forearm that all parts sent off three times. Unfortunately the party against Coventry City, Materazzi diving victims Darren Huckerby.
Coventry's players pretend to fall and hit the advertising boards on the sidelines. Once the hardness of the collision, Huckerby tears. Referee who saw the incident immediately drove mercilessly Materazzi who are still confused what it was. At the end of the season, The Toffes immediately repatriate the man born in 1973 was to Perugia.

-July 2001 As a defender, Materazzi including productive season with 12 goals scored from 2000 to 2001. In addition to making top scorer Perugia, Inter fell in love and buy it.

-February 2004
After the match against Siena, Materazzi actually fight with Bruni Cirillo. Predictable result, the man from Lecce was given a ban of two appearances. Not content to stop there, Cirillo appeared on television with a torn lip and black eyes.

"Materazzi did this to me. I want everyone to see it to know what Materazzi actually," said Cirillo.

-April 2006
Juan Pablo Sorin from Valencia to be the next victim Materazzi elbows poke through in the Champions League. Luckily, the referee did not see it and Materazzi escaped punishment.

-July 2006
Materazzi is his peak popularity. No one will ever forget the events of the 2006 World Cup finals when he was gored Zinedine Zidane. However, the night belonged to when Zidane Materazzi sent off can only see their country conquered Italy temangu by a shootout.

-Summer 2006
Controversy erupted about what Materazzi said to Zidane exploded like that. In one interview, the Italian was rejected allegations that he insulted Zidane's mother and sister.

"I do not even know what the word meant (prostitutes, terrorists)," Materazzi said.

But lately, Materazzi finally admitted that he had insulted Zidane's sister as a whore (prostitute).

-Fall 2006
Party World Cup final replay in the group stage of Euro 2008. Without preamble, the French coach, Raymond Domenech, directly accused him of diving in the game.

"He (Materazzi) had a habit of easily falling. He must have a weakness," Domenech said at the time.

-January 2007
Again headlong opposing players. This time, which mimics the action of Zizou is a Sampdoria player, Gennaro Del Vecchio. This event occurs when both are involved in the struggle for the ball with Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

Materazzi angry and sprayed Del Vecchio, "What are you doing?" Not unexpectedly Sampdoria players was immediately pushed and torn menanduknya to Materazzi's lips.

-May 2007
Celebrating the Serie A title with Inter, scoring 10 goals from 28 games.

-August 2007
Marginalized due to a thigh injury. Matrix comparing that time with the pain when his wife gave birth.

-May 2008
In the match against Siena, Inter need a winning goal. And when it happened to La Beneamata awarded a penalty in stoppage time. Julio Cruz was elected as an executor, but beyond a doubt Materazzi steal the ball from him.
There are many more Diving and Other

Biography of Andrea Pirlo - Playmaker Football

2012-02-20T12:37:00.000-08:00

Andrea Pirlo was born in Flero, Lombardy, Italy, May 19, 1979, Pirlo's career journey at the football club Brescia, Internazionale, Reggina, AC Milan, and Juventus until now. Pirlo made his debut with Brescia against Reggina on May 21, 1995. After a successful first team Brescia, he became the target of Inter Milan coach, Mircea Lucescu, who eventually bought it. But in his first season, Pirlo did not make it in the core team, and eventually loaned out to Reggina. After a captivating season with Reggina, he returned to Inter, but once again failed to be a core player and loaned back to Brescia.

After three seasons with Inter, Pirlo eventually sold to AC Milan. With AC Milan, he really found his best. Pirlo was originally played as a midfielder, coach Carlo Ancelotti before eventually develop into a playmaker. Collaboration with Gennaro Gattuso plays an important role for Milan.

Together A.C. Milan he has won a Scudetto titles, two Champions League titles and a World Club Cup title. For his career in the Italian national team, he has played in the Champions Euro 2004, winning the bronze medal at the Olympics in 2004, and became a champion at the 2006 World Cup.

He became known among soccer players since he played in the Italian national team U-21, along with Gennaro Gattuso, Nicola Ventola, and Christian Abbiati. Although at the beginning of his career he was an attacking midfielder but he can adapt to being a middle linebacker last

as he lakoni to date on the club. He is an inspiration to creative field, where many of the goals that were born beginning of the movement / a pass.

For now he is appreciated by many as one of the best midfielders, especially in Serie A. Pirlo is a player with great talent in terms of creativity and the ball, making it a playmaker at the club who defended the current, AC Milan. Although the position is right in front of the line of defense (defensive midfielder), but he often came forward to give passes to the attackers. In addition, he is also known to have an accurate free kick. On May 2011 he decided to go from AC Milan and Juventus chose to join the free transfer status. On May 25, 2011 It Go To Juventus with a contract for 3 years from the date of July 1, 2011 With the status of Free Transfer from AC Milan.

To be honest the 2006 World Cup Germany is the top career Andrea Pirlo. He deserves crowned as the best pemian than seniors, Fabio Cannavaro. Game is at the heart of Italy. Accurate feedback, the vision of a great game and accompanied by a high intelligence makes Pirlo a perfect player. Pirlo was bet to Italy since the U-15, U-18 and U-21. Just as Buffon, who has not only achieved the European Cup. Together with Milan, he gets all the awards both locally and internationally.

Ciputra Biography - Entrepreneur Success Indonesia

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With the full name of Dr. Ir. Ciputra born in the small town of Parigi, Central Sulawesi on August 24, 1931 under the name Tjie Tjin Hoan, he was the third child of the couple Tjie Sim Eng Lie Poe and Nio are also modest family background. When he lost his 12-year-old father who died in custody since the Japanese occupation army is considered a false accusation Dutch spy. Childhood bitterness and determination has led to important decisions that have aspirations to school on the island of Java for a better future, free from poverty and destitution.

Finally Dr. Ir. Ciputra back to school little late though. He was late because we are still in a state of war with the Dutch and Japanese. He entered the third grade elementary school in the village Bumbulan even though he was already 12 years old or nearly 4 years too late. When he was 16 years old graduated from junior high school and then went in Gorontalo and high school levels in Manado after it entered the ITB in Bandung majoring in architecture. Inhibited late but that does not mean not ..?

Dr adolescence education overall. Ir. Ciputra is a combination of academic education and non-academic, in the classroom and also outside the classroom. This is what can be called a school of life that makes a person grow into independent and intact. It is therefore not surprising that today he believes that good education is education that builds a whole person and a character is to build morale, encourage creativity and independent characters educate students.

Ciputra great works are so diverse, because almost all sub-sectors dijamahnya property. He now controls five business groups Jaya, Metropolitan, Pondok Indah, Bumi Serpong Damai, and Ciputra Development, each of which has a core business in the property sector. New urban projects are now a total of 11 pieces spread across Greater Jakarta, Surabaya, and in Vietnam with a total area covers 20,000 hectares. To-11 new town is the Earth Serpong Damai, Pantai Indah Kapuk, Puri Jaya, CitraRaya Nuance City Arts, City Park Bintaro Jaya, Pondok Indah, Beautiful Image, Garden City Metropolitan, CitraRaya Surabaya, Sidoarjo New Town, and Citra Westlake City in Hanoi, Vietnam. Commercial property projects, is also very classy and a trend setter in its field. Moreover, projects are also a magnet for growth in the surrounding area.

Ciputra pioneered a business trip since he was a student of architecture Bandung Institute of Technology. Together with Ismail Sofyan and Budi Brasali, college friends, around 1957 established PT Ciputra Notices Resources. Architect's third student, has been awarded a contract for the period was quite a job, compared to other similar companies. Projects they are working with, among others, a bank buildings in Banda Aceh. Ciputra in 1960 graduated from ITB. To Jakarta ... We've got to Jakarta, because there are many jobs, he told Islamil Sofyan and Budi Brasali. This decision is a milestone that determines the way of life Ciputra and his colleagues were. With the PT flag Perentjaja Djaja IPD, who was shot Ciputra prestigious project is the construction of berbelanjaan center in the region Monday. In many ways, Ciputra Jakarta is trying to meet the Governor at that time, Dr. R. Soemarno, to offer a proposal. Tit for tat. Meeting with Soemarno then followed up by establishing PT Jaya Development, after the first convened by President Soekarno.

After the shopping center Monday, Ciputra monumental project in the next Jaya Ancol Dreamland and Bintaro Jay. Through the company 40% owned by the government of Jakarta is Ciputra showed his class as well entrepreuneur reliable professional to pull existing resources into the power of big business. Jaya Group, founded in 1961 with capital of Rp. 10 million, now has total assets of about Rp. 5 trillion. With the support of lobbying capabilities, Ciputra gradually also developed outside the company network Jaya, namely

Metropolitan Group, Group Pondok Indah, Bumi Serpong Damai Group, and the last is the Ciputra Group. The total number of subsidiaries of the group of five over a hundred, as a subsidiary of the Group Jaya only 47 and a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Group of 54. On this, Ciputra jokingly said: If your child of ten, we can still remember the name of each. But if more than that, the numbers were even more difficult to remember.

Facility is the third element of the 10 factors that determine customer satisfaction. Consumers should be satisfied with the provision of public facilities and social amenities more. But the facility does not have to be built at once in the early stages of development. If the facility was built more direct, high prices will direct. It will not provide benefits to its first purchaser, but also a huge risk for the developer. Ciputra has stakes in five business groups (Group Jaya, Metropolitan Group, Group Pondoh Beautiful, Bumi Serpong Damai Group and Ciputra Group). Of five business groups, the Ciputra not cover that in fact he first put his loyalty to Jaya. First, because it is almost identical with Jaya. From here starts a business network properties. Since the company was formed in 1961, Ciputra sits in the ranks of directors for 35 years: the first 3 years as a director and 32 years as president, until he resigned in 1996 and became commissioner last active. Second, is the fact that after the government of Jakarta, Ciputra is the largest shareholder in Jaya.

PT Metropolitan Development is a company that in 1970 he forms with Ismail Sofyan, Budi Brasali, and several other partners. The third is a business group Ciputra Group Pondok Indah (PT Metropolitan Kencana) which is a joint venture between PT Metropolitan Development and PT K. Kencana Sudwikatmono and Sudono Salim's. This group, among others, developed the Pondok Indah Housing and Pantai Indah Kapuk. The fourth business group is PT Bumi Serpong Damai, which was founded early 1980's. The company is a consortium of 10 leading employers - such as Sudono Salim, Eka Tjipta Widjaja, Sudwikatmono, Ciputra Group Jaya - who develop projects Bumi Serpong Damai Independent Cities of 6,000 acres, BSD toll road project - Bintaro Pondok Indah, and Damai Indah golf course Golf.

Ciputra Group is the fifth business group. This business group originated from Indonesia PT Citra Habitat, which is recognized in early 1990 the entire stock and renamed the Ciputra Development (CD). Ciputra be dirutnya and sixth ranks of directors is filled by children and son-Ciputra. Ciputra Development latter growth was outstanding compared to four other business groups Ciputra. With the youngest age, it is the first CD to go public in the capital markets in March 1994. Just a few months later following Jaya Real Property. Total assets in December 1996 and the CD ranges from Rp. 2.85 billion, with earnings in the same year reached Rp. 131.44 billion. CD now has four large-scale projects: Housing 455 Ha image, CitraRaya Shades of Art in Tangerang City area of 1000 Ha, Ha 1000 CitraRaya Surabaya, and Citra Indah Jonggol. 1000 Ha. Not to mention the projects he developed hotels and shopping malls, such as Ciputra Hotel and Mall, as well as the super block area of 14.5 hectares in Brass Jakarta. Ciputra Group Citra Westlake City is also developing 400 hectares of the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Construction is projected for 30 years with a total investment of U.S. $ 2.5 billion.
In addition, the CD also jump in the financial business through the Bank Ciputra, and business broker with Century 21 franchise.

Since a few years ago, claimed the Fifth Ciputra group effort - especially for property projects - into a marketing alliance. The Alliance was originally given the name of the Pioneers, but has now been changed to the developer. "The name of the Pioneers seemed arrogant and oriented to their own interests," said Ciputra about the name change.

Biography of Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels

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Conrad Nicholson Hilton is a popular businessman from the United States engaged in the hospitality business. He is the founder of the Hilton Hotel network spread almost all over the country in the world. Born December 25, 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico and died at the age of 90 years in January 1979. Hilton the second of eight children. His father was an immigrant from Oslo (Norway) named Augustus Hover Hilton. Hilton moved to America in 1960 and lived in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Before he died, the Hilton hotel chain has managed to build as many as 185 hotels in the United States and 75 other hotels outside the U.S..

Conrad Hilton has carved his name in history. In 1965, the hotel business hotel Hilton has 61 pieces in 19 countries reached 40,000 rooms and staff of employees reached 40,000 people. Hilton itself has a 30 per cent of the revenues of an estimated $ 500,000 million. This is a clear picture of the principle of Hilton: Believe in your goals, your goals and to God. The formula above is a summary of a great career Conrad Hilton, one of the greatest king of hospitality and the richest in the world.

Hilton business stems from gagasanya about how if the six bedrooms in his house be set in such a way as to become a hotel. Each city would need a hotel. Millions of people will go to big cities for a variety of interests, businesses and all sorts of affairs. They certainly need a place to stay, rest areas for the city. This idea then he embodied the struggle and hard work. He is juggling her home into a hotel. Mother and his sisters to take care of hotel while he and his father still works at the store.

After the store closes at 6 pm, Hilton dinner and then immediately break. Middle of the night he picked up a passenger train at an early day. Hilton take care of things the guests, sign them up, check all their needs like blankets, soap and towels, noting that they want breakfast in the morning and what time they ask dibangungkan. He sent a note to his mother, then returned to the station to greet the train at 3 am. If the last guest has got accommodation, Hilton breaks again until 7 am. After waking, she served the guests, and then re-open the store.

Hotels San Antonio and is widely known for only six weeks after the official opening, even to the city of Chicago. Hilton Hotels is known for its outstanding service. An important lesson has been found Conrad Hilton. He always worked hard and long to succeed. Until his death, he said that he did not want to get paid a million dollars in exchange for everything I have learned so far.

The success of "hotel" Hilton lets her first demanding education in New Mexico School of Mines in 1907. This period marked a turning point in his life. Within two years, Gus has risen again. He got busy in the real estate business in Hot Springs, New Mexico. He dreamed of opening a bank, and he has purchased land to build houses. The land was located in Sorocco, where the founding Chool of Mines. Hilton hated the city. His father gave him the option to remain in San Antonio to take care of the store, while the whole family moved to Sorocco. Hilton knew that his sisters would be more likely to succeed in the city, so he agreed. This is the beginning of his apprenticeship in the business world.

Hilton is famous for its principle of "show respect for anyone". These principles eventually led to a series-Caribe Hilton hotel in Peurto Rico. In his business affairs abroad also, Hilton applying the three principles as in the country: Cultivate your own capital, bankers Treat a friend, Give the hotel manager in the company's stock.

Hilton would prefer a partnership offering to investors outside the hotel-hotel. They are burdened with buying land and finance construction. Hilton provides technical assistance and assist the operation of the hotel. Then the two sides signed a joint lease or management contract with. Personnel, who are screened and carefully selected from local personnel, are invited to improve their proficiency in Hilton hotels in the United States.

Hotels appear everywhere abroad. Then Hilton International Corporation was established in 1948. This stand-alone entity, separate from its parent body, but Hilton takes the lead as president and chairman of the board of directors. Hilton hotel operations abroad to meet two goals Hilton: first to help the Americans in touch with the rest of the world so as to make them more tolerant, and second, and second, the hotels allows the world to know America and its citizens. Luminaries to help provide funding to the Hilton Hotel located everywhere abroad. Shah of Iran with the Foundation Pahlavinya have a Hilton Hotel. Howard Hughes also has links with the hotel via Trans World Airlines. In May 1967, Hilton International became a branch of TWA. At the time, Hilton has resigned from the business that has been built with a minimum investment.

Although very successful in business, in his personal life Hilton was not so happy. He and his first wife, Mary Barron, has three sons, Nick, Barron, and Eric. When the youngest child was born in 1933, Hilton was run out of steam due to the burden of hard work. His marriage fall apart. Next he married Zsa Zsa-Gabar, but this marriage did not live long. Quieter third marriage. In 1976, at the age of 89, he married Mary Kelly France. 20-year-old woman under him and a friend for a long time.

Biography of Lee Byung Chull, founder of Samsung

2012-02-20T04:13:00.000-08:00

Lee Byung-Chull is the founder of the South Korean electronics giant Samsung. Lee comes from a wealthy family was born February 12, 1910 and died 19 November 1987 at the age of 77 years. Prior to founding Samsung electronic, Lee opened the rice milling business, but does not develop. He then switches to build the business exporter of fish, vegetables and fruits to China. His business is growing rapidly until he moved into offices in Seoul in 1947.

After the Korean War broke out, he meinggalkan Seoul and built the first sugar mill in South Korea in Busan city that is named Cheil Jedang. In 1954 after the Korean War, he expanded the company to build in areas Chimsan wool-dong, Daegu. The company expanded into the largest woolen mills in Korea. Continues its expansion by setting up a company engaged in finance, production of chemicals, to shipbuilding.

Samsung then menggurita penetrated the field of electronics at the end of 1960. Samsung's first product when it is black and white television. In 1969, Samsung Electronics is best known for producing anything from Samsung Samsung is currently the Television, Mobile Phones (all 90's), Radio, Computer components and electronic devices lainnyaUntuk effectiveness of the production management company later split into several divisions are responsible for a particular product Devices such as Electronics Co., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Samsung Corning Co., and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications Co..

After Samsung acquired Hanguk tongsin jeonja in Gumi in 1980, the company is now developing products with the initial product in the field of telecommunication switchboards. The product is then developed to produce a phone, fax, and eventually evolved into Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. From the Samsung factory has produced over 0.8 billion mobile phones until now.

In the decade of the 1980s Samsung has become a manufacturing company and distributor of various appliances and electronic products worldwide. Samsung Electronics beginning in 1990 did a lot of investment and business development to become an international electronics company with the scale. For reaching the market in different continents, Samsung to build a branch of production in Portugal, New York (United States), United Kingdom, Germany, Thailand, Mexico, Spain and China until 1997

Thomas Jefferson President of the United States is the third

2012-02-19T01:31:00.000-08:00

Name:
Thomas Jefferson
Birth:
In Shadwell, Virginia, 13 April 1743
Died:
In Charlottesville, Virginia, July 4, 1826 in (age 83 years)

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States with the term of office from 1801 until 1809. He is also a Founder's Declaration of Independence (1776) and the founding fathers of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Gloochland (now Albemarle), Virginia, USA on 13 April 1743. Son of Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson, a partner family. His father, Peter, died when he was 14 years old and inherit the land area of 2.750 acres and a slave.

In the year 1760 until the year 1762 study at the Jefferson College of William and Mary and learn the culture and literature of classical Greek and Latin, he also studied violin. Thomas Jefferson was a political philosopher who heavily favor the freedom of liberal ideology (liberalism), schools of the republic, and the separation between state and religion. Thomas Jefferson, too, who make the decentralization of government in the United States. In 1770 he began building his mountain plateau area in Monticello and in 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton, a wealthy widow, and took him to live with at home, which has not been completed. His wife died in 1782 when Jefferson served as the back part of the U.S. congressional delegation. At the age of 33 years as a member of the Continental Congress, the Congress-13 in the American colonies declared independence from England, Thomas Jefferson set the Declaration of Independence. In a short article, he reveals the philosophy of the revolution, and became known as the Charter of Rights Azazi Manusia.Pasal among other sounds.

"We stick to the principle that all men are created equal, and that man is endowed by the creator with some rights that should not be contested, including the Right to Life, Right to Free, and the right to pursue happiness. To ensure all rights, the rule established among men, obtain the legal authority for approval of those who governed. And if some form of government as an obstacle to the rights above, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish that government, and form a new government "

Before becoming president, Thomas Jefferson also had to be, among other
Members of the House of Representatives State of Virginia (1776-79)
Virginia Governor Patrick Henry's successor in 1779, and was re-elected in 1780 but resigned in 1781 due to attack British troops in Virginia. At this tenure he wrote the statute on religious freedom (The Statute of Religious Freedom)
American ambassador to France (1785-89)
Secretary of State under President George Washington in 1789.
At the election in 1796, when aged 53 years, Thomas Jefferson became the presidential candidate for the Democratic-Republican party but he was defeated by his opponent, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson was chosen to be vice president under John Adams.Empat years later, in 1800, he became a candidate again. He and Aaron Burr have the same number of votes for the electoral votes (Electoral Votes), therefore, in accordance with the Constitution, the decision left to the House of Representatives, which selected Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson twice in succession to the President, from 1801 until 1809. While serving as president of Jefferson, accompanied by Aaron Burr and George Clinton as vice president.

Jefferson was a supporter of a strong voice for mempeluas region to the west. Other services are well known is the purchase of Louisiana from France in 1803. At that time French colony in North America 'bought'. The purchase was made within the United States who are young to be more than twice the breadth. History proves that the price paid, which is 15 million dollars, it is very cheap. This expansion continued with Louis and Clark expedition. In 1809 Thomas Jefferson left the White House. Jefferson retired to Monticello to reflect the magnitude of the project as a preliminary design of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826.

Martin Van Buren (president of the United States to 8)

2012-02-19T01:21:00.001-08:00

Martin Van Buren was born in Decatur, Alabama, December 5, 1782 - died in Kinderhook, New York, July 24, 1862 at age 79 years), nicknamed Old Kinderhook is the President of the United States to-8 (1837-1841). Previously, he was Vice President (1833-1837) and secretary of state under President Andrew Jackson. He became the first American president to the United States independence. Martin Van Buren Dutch descent, his father was a farmer and has a shop. At age 14 he went to the city of New York and worked as a clerk, and at the same time he studied law. At age 21, he received permission to open a law practice. Martin Van Buren is known as a clever, honest, and loved by people banyak.Kualitas - these qualities make him a successful politician.

He rarely let politics interfere with personal friendships dispute. Besides, he always takes the path-Tengan, where he was willing to compromise, and let the people get what they want. Martin Van Buren quickly became popular in the world of politics in New York. In 1812, when he was 30 years old, he was elected to the state senate, and four years later he became Attorney General of New York. In 1821, he was elected United States Senator, and was reelected in 1827. But next year, he resigned from the post of senator to become governor of New York. In 1829, he resigned to become Governor Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson.

In 1831 he resigned to become Governor of the American ambassador to Britain, but his appointment was rejected by the senate. In 1833 he was elected Vice President of the United States, accompanying President Andrew Jackso. On March 4, 1837 Martin Van Buren was elected President of the United States-8. It stems from the Democrat party and was accompanied by Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson. In the early months of Martin Van Buren became President, the United States experienced economic panic.

Hundreds of banks and companies fall, thousands of people lost their land, and for five years the United States experienced the worst depression era. President Van Buren effort to curb inflation was only deepen and prolong the economic depression. President Van Buren said that the economic panic was caused by the actions - actions daredevil companies - companies and credit too much, he devoted all his energies to the effort to maintain the financial health of the government. He opposed; formation of the American Bank Center, the deposit of state money in the bank - a bank owned by the state - the state, and oppose improvements in the country with the cost of government. He struggled to establish a financial institution of an independent state in the care of government transactions.

In 1841, President Martin Van Buren sought to be re-elected as President, but he lost his voice very much. Four years later he again volunteered to be president again and again defeated. In 1862 Martin Van Buren died at the age of 80 years in New York.

William Henry Harrison (President of the United States to 9)

2012-02-19T01:16:00.000-08:00

William Henry Harrison was born in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, February 9, 1773 - died in Washington, DC, 4 April 1841 at the age of 68 years. He is the head of the U.S. military, politicians, and President of the United States-9. He was inaugurated on March 4 and died 31 days after the inauguration. William H. Harrison was the first president of the United States who died while still occupying the post of president. He was the son of one of the leader of the United States, Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth Basset.

His father was one who signed the Declaration of Independence. His grandson later became President of the United States-23, Benjamin Harrison. William Harrison initially followed the medical education at Pennsylvania University, but quit after his father died. He then went into the army where he served for 7 years. In 1812 when the American war against England, at that time held the rank of Brigadier General William Harrison, and defeated the combined British and Indian troops in the northwestern United Serikat.Kemenangan this directly to stop the threat of British invasion in the future to the region and make his name famous. After resigning from his military career, William Harrison returned to normal life and try to open some companies, but companies are failing. Later he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and became successively governor, then senator. In 1828 William Harrison was appointed U.S. ambassador to Colombia for a year. He then summoned home because of insulting the President of Colombia. In 1836 he was elected president of the Whig Party candidate emerging.

In the presidential election he was defeated by Martin Van Buren who later became president of the American-8. On March 4, 1841 William Harrison managed to be elected President of the United States-9, accompanied by Vice President John Tyler, and occupied the presidency for 31 days. On 4 April 1841, President William Harrison died of pneumonia disease who gets to be standing in the rain when inaugurated as president.

Biography of Whitney Houston: The voice 5 Octave until Cocaine

2012-02-18T12:14:00.000-08:00

Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on August 9, 1963. He was nicknamed as 'The Voice' because of the sound range Houston could reach 5 octaves. Houston is also known as a pop diva who has the ability to pop-gospel beautiful.

Aside from being a singer, His success Houston is included in the multi-talented artist. He is known to act as a record producer, songwriter and former model of the United States. In addition, he became the inspiration for many other singers. opens the door for African-American singer to another, especially among women.

In the 1980s, Houston was one of the singer's first African-American women who entered into the MTV charts, which is now dominated by white rock singers. Her debut album became the highest selling debut album as a solo singer, who was ranked first on Billboard 200.
He also holds seven pieces of the single number one on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record held by six times the Beatles and the Bee Gees.

Saturday (11/2/2012) Whitney Houston reportedly died in a hotel in Beverly Hills. Reportedly, Houston experienced a drug overdose types of cocaine. Before his death is controversial, Houston is known to battling addiction to drugs.

Cocaine, mentioned not only destroyed his life, including some of the romance and mental conditions of explosive, but also makes the sound quality that he had not sedahsyat when he was clean of drugs. Houston rumored to no longer be able to reach the high notes in some of his hits.

Studio Album
1985: Whitney Houston
1987: Whitney
1990: I'm Your Baby Tonight
1998: My Love Is Your Love
2002: Just Whitney
2003: One Wish: The Holiday Album
2009: I Look to You

Soundtrack
1992: The Bodyguard
1995: Waiting to Exhale
1996: The Preacher's Wife

Compilation
2000: Whitney: The Greatest Hits
2001: Love, Whitney
2004: The Artist Collection: Whitney Houston
2007: The Ultimate Collection

Video / DVD
1986: Number One Video Hits
1991: Star Spangled Banner
1991: Welcome Home Heroes
1994: Concert for a New South Africa
1997: Classic Whitney Concert
1999: VH1 Divas Live '99
2000: The Greatest Hits
2000: Fine
2002: Whatchulookinat Video / Whatchulookinat Behind-the-Scenes Footage / Love to Infinity Megamix Video
2004: The Artist Collection: Whitney Houston

Filmography
1984 Gimme a Break!
1992 The Bodyguard
Waiting to Exhale 1995
1996 The Preacher's Wife
Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1997
2003 Boston Public
2004 Nora's Hair Salon

As a producer
Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1997 Cinderella
2001 The Princess Diaries producer
2003 The Cheetah Girls executive producer
2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2006 The Cheetah Girls 2 executive producer

Concert tour
1986: Greatest Love Tour
1987: Moment of Truth World Tour
1991: I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour
1993: The Bodyguard World Tour
1999: My Love Is Your Love World Tour
2009: TBA

Biography of Julian Assange - Wikileaks Founder

2012-02-17T23:52:00.000-08:00

Julian Paul Assange or are more familiar with the name of Julian Assange was born on July 3, 1971 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He is the founder and chief editor and spokesperson for Wikileaks. Wikileaks itself is a site that publishes confidential documents and government institutions.

At the age of 11 to 16 years, Assange life on the run since his mother's relationship with a musician full of violence. At the age of 18, she had a child. He split with his wife in 1991, after police attacked and took their son. Until 1999, he sued for custody arrangements. Together with his mother, Assange form an activist group Parents of Inquiry on Child Protection. This group of activities centered on creating a data bank containing legal records relating to child custody issues in Australia.

In 1991, when Assange was 20 years old, he and some friends who worked as a hacker (computer scrambler) breaking and entering the terminal network of Nortel, the Canadian telecommunications company. As a result, he was caught and found guilty of 25 charges imposed on him. He must pay a fine of several thousand dollars to the government of Australia, but was released from prison.

Assange known to have studied at six universities. From 2003-2006, he studied physics and mathematics at the University of Melbourne. In addition, he also studied philosophy and neuroscience. In the 1990s, Assange worked as a designer of software programs that manage computer's security in Australia and overseas. In 1997, he helped create Rubberhose deniable encryption, a cryptographic system that is made to human rights workers to protect sensitive data in the field and he also became one of the key figures in the liberation movement of the software.

Swedish prosecutors dropped charges against Assange for rape, sexual harassment, and coercion were reported by two women. The charges were announced in August 2010, then canceled and then renewed. On 24 November 2010, the Swedish court rejected an appeal attempt Assange detention order imposed on him. This case was handled by the Supreme Court.

Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

In 2006, Assange decided to set up WikiLeaks. This was done because he believed that the exchange of information will end the illegitimate government. The site has a main server in Sweden and publishes a variety of materials from various sources. Sometimes, he and several colleagues at WikiLeaks infiltrated the security system to locate documents and then publish it. WikiLeaks Assange not pay, but he has a lot of investments are not expressed .Now international police work together to hunt down Assange to account for his actions in the leakage of confidential information of the state.

Siti Khadijah Biography

2012-02-17T23:15:00.000-08:00

Life and marriage to Siti Khadijah Muhammad Bin Abdullah

Siti Khadijah was the daughter of As'ad bin Khuwailid bin Abdul Uzza bin Qushai Kilab bin al-al-Asadiyah Qurasyiyah. Siti Khadijah was born in a noble and honorable house, in the year 68 before Hijra. Khadija grew up in a noble family, and finally as an adult she became a woman is smart, strong, noble, and mannered. That's why many men of his kind who sympathized with him. Shaykh Muhammad Husain explained that Siti Khadijah Salamah, nasab of her father track meet with the Prophet on his grandfather nasab named Qusayy. He ranks fourth for his grandfather.

In the year 575 AD, Siti Khadijah left his mother. Ten years later his father, Khuwailid, followed. After the death of both parents, Khadija and his brothers inherited a fortune. Save the rich heritage of danger. He can make a person more excited to stay at home and riotous living. Khadijah was very aware of the danger. He also decided not to make himself unemployed. Intelligence and strength of the attitude of Khadijah owned property is able to overcome temptation. Therefore, Khadijah took over the family business.

Initially, Siti Khadijah married to Abu Halah ibn Zurarah at-Tamimi. The marriage produced two children named Halah and Hind. Soon suamianya died, leaving a lot of wealth, is also an extensive trade network and developed. Then Siti Khadijah married again to a second with Atiq bin 'Abdullah bin al-A'id Makhzumi. After running some time the marriage, her second husband was finally passed away, who also left the property and commerce.

Thus, it was Siti Khadijah became the richest woman in the nation among the Quraish. Hence, many princes and nobles of the Quraish who proposed to her, they wanted to make her as a wife. However, Siti Khadijah rejected their application on the grounds that Khadijah's attention when it was directed only to educate their children. Also possible because, Khadija was a wealthy merchant and respected that he was very busy taking care of commerce.

Siti Khadijah had a cousin named Waraqa bin Nawfal. He was one of hanif at Mecca. He is the oldest relatives Khadijah. He condemns the worship of the Arabs and to deviate from their ancestral beliefs (Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail).

His colleagues acknowledge the success of Siti Khadijah, when they called her "Queen of the Quraysh" and "Queen of Mecca". He also referred to as at-Thahirah, which is "clean and pure." At-Thahirah name was given by fellow Arabs who are also famous for its pride, arrogance, and pride as a man. Thus the behavior of Khadijah truly exemplary until he became famous among them.

First time in the history of the Arab nation, a woman was given the call has been nicknamed the Queen of Mecca and at-Thahirah. People called Khadija with his riches and Queen Mecca called Khadijah with at-Thahirah because of his reputation is flawless.

One time, Muhammad's work manages merchandise for sale to Siti Khadijah shared Maisyarah Sham. On arrival of the trade Maysarah tells about his journey, about the benefits, and also about the character and personality of Muhammad. After hearing and seeing a sweet temperament, noble character, honesty, and capabilities of Muhammad, the more days the more admired figure Khadijah Muhammad. In addition to admiration, appear also the feelings of love Khadijah to Muhammad.

Came the sacred day. Then the dowry 20 young camels, Muhammad married to Siti Khadijah in 595 AD. The wedding took place is represented by Khadijah's uncle, 'Amr ibn Asad. Meanwhile, from the family represented by Mohammad Abu Talib and Hamzah. When married, 25-year-old Muhammad, while Siti Khadijah was 40 years old. For both, the age difference is pretty much adrift and disproportionate wealth between them, it does not matter, because they get married based on a sincere love and devotion to God. And, through marriage is also God has granted blessing and glory to them.

Of marriage, God gave them a couple of kids, then Siti Khadijah was born from the womb of six children, descendants of Muhammad. The children consisted of two men and four women. Their son, al-Qasim and Abdullah at-Tahir and at-Tayyib died as a baby. Then, four daughters were Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulsum, and Fatimah az-Zahra. Siti Khadijah nurture and guide their children with a wise, gentle, and affectionate, so they were very loyal and respectful to his mother.

Siti Khadijah and Muhammad's Prophethood

One day, Khadijah get her husband home in a state of trembling. Radiated from his face worries and fears are very large.

"Blanket to me! ...., Cover me! ...," Exclaimed the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam told his wife. In order to see that such a condition, not make Khodijah into a panic. Then covered and tried to soothe his feelings. The apostle was immediately told his wife, now without realizing it, she knew that her husband is the messenger of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

With a calm and gentle, Khadijah said: "O son of my uncle, by Allah, he will not menghinakanmu forever. For verily thou among those who always connect kinship, speak the truth, faithful to bear the burden, respect and love to help others ". Said the sweet words of his wife makes him more confident and calm. Khadijah, ... akhlaqmu truly noble.

Beginning of the beginning of Islam, Khadija was not a bit role. He faithfully accompanied her husband in conveying the Proceedings carried with him from Rabb Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. The first woman who believes in Allah as the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam took the road to his Rabb. He who helped the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam in flying the flag of Islam. with the Prophet as the first batch. With gusto, Khadijah also strive and struggle, sacrifice property, life, and ignorance dare oppose his people.

Khadijah is always a reassuring and comforting when his people reject the Apostle brought the treatise. A key driver for the Apostle to Da'wah always enterprising, energetic and not give up. He was also always trying to lighten the heavy burden on the shoulders of the Apostle. Consider the Apostle praises of Khadijah:
"She (Khadijah) believed me when people deny. He membenarkanku when the deniers. And he helped me with his wealth when people would not. " (Narrated by Ahmad, Ibn Al-Abd Isti'ab Ba'ar)

Policies, fidelity and various goodness Khadijah memory can never be separated from the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam. Even until Khadija died. He was truly a wife who gets its own place in the heart of the Prophet shallallalhu 'alaihi wa sallam. How much love he told Khadijah, we can see from the words' Aisha. "I've never been jealous of the wives of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam as jealousy on Khadijah, and I have never seen it. But the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam always mention his name, sometimes even a goat slaughtered and distributed to friends of Khadija. I've even scolded, as if no woman in the world except Khadijah and the Prophet said some goodness Khadijah, his first this way and that, in addition to that, I got the kids from it. "

The death of Siti Khadijah

After the end of the Quraysh boycott against the Muslims, Siti Khadijah ill due to several years of suffering from hunger and thirst. Every day his health condition worsened. In the not too long illness, aged 60 years, wafatlah a holy Mujahidah patient and steadfast faith, Lady Siti Khadijah bint al-Kubra Khuwailid.

Siti Khadijah died at the age of 65 years on the 10th of Ramadan-10 prophetic years, or three years before moving to Medina, or 619 AD. Ketia, the Prophet about 50 years of age. He was buried in the highlands of Mecca, known as al-Hajun.

Therefore, the events of the death of Siti Khadijah very piercing the soul of the Prophet. What a sad and bitter feelings of the Prophet at the time. Because two people who loved (Khadijah and Abu Talib) has died, the year is referred to as' Aamul Huzni (in grief) in the life of the Prophet.

March Boedihardjo Biography - Genius of the youngest students in 9-year-old Hong Kong from Indonesia

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March Boedihardjo, one of many young achievers Indonesia of Chinese descent born in 1998 in Hong Kong. March Boediharjo Indonesia and his family are living in Hong Kong. And when the year 2005, March and his family emigrated to the United Kingdom, when his older brother, Horatio Boediharjo who was then aged 14 years on a scholarship at Oxford University, the PhD program, and make it become one of the youngest students at the university.

Both of these are offspring Boediharjo menunujukantalenta more in the field of mathematics, his father had been since childhood mathematics to introduce his two children, even when eating whatever they are talking about is a matter of mathematics. March completed his secondary school in England when he and his family to accompany her sister to study in Britain. Remarkably, he entered the accelerated classes, so it only took two years of education was high school. The result, he got two A's in math and B for statistics.

He also managed to penetrate the Advanced Extension Awards (AEA), a test which can be followed only ten percent of students who ranked top A-level. He graduated with honors satisfactory. In the history of the AEA, AEA only a quarter of participants who can receive such status. He also received eight GCSEs at the same time as when he follows the A-level exams in England. After that, he enrolled in Baptist Hong Kong (HKBU), March in fact been applied to several other universities in Hong Kong.

Among them is the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. But, unfortunately, the universities were not given an answer, I'm the father March. Actually, following the March to 14-year-old brother who continued his education at Oxford University in England, but unfortunately their families do not have enough money, waluapun father is a businessman as the cost of living in the UK is very expensive and finally March and his parents had to go back to Hong Kong again to leave his brother who was studying in Oxford.

He listed himself as the youngest student at the Baptist University of Hong Kong (HKBU). In his first years he was criticized that the lessons are too easy. He was a B + and A-in almost all mathematics exams that make it into the Dean's list, the award for students who have a GPA of 3:00 to 3:49 with no value below C. March also will have a bachelor's of science philosophy of mathematics as well as master mathematics.

Because of its merits, the college is preparing for her special curriculum for a period of five years of the completion in 2010. He also criticized that he did not have a good impression on fellow college.

"They do not give a response (in the lecture hall). They just listened and did not interact with each other," he said.

The boy told his counterpart in the previous school "wants to play", not like a college student.

When asked about how to adapt to the environment and new people, March showed that he was never worried about dealing with classmates who are older. "When I was at Oxford, all my classmates were over 18 years and we often discussed mathematics problems ,'' the story.

A BBC correspondent in Hong Kong, England Vaudine mewawancarinya been a while and he said that the March Tian Boedihardjo no different from other boys aged 9 years, he still has the typical antics of children and March also claimed that in addition he was like eating and learn all of his math book, he was also very happy to play chess, monopoly, and lego.

The lesson we can take

I always thought that math was difficult probably as well as with you, I often get a value below 7 on my math test, but after I read the story of a Tian Boediahrjo, there is no term suppose we might want to try and continue to focus it's true. Maybe this time I was not trying hard enough and focus so much a failure to me. But I will try to succeed and establish yourself of all the failures I've ever experienced. Because "I can" and "we can". Let us perform for it the name of Indonesia in the eyes of the world.

"When we think that math is difficult and many people give up if it can not find a way to solve a problem, the son of Indonesia genius is just not thinking like that, he always thinks that mathematics is an exciting challenge to be solved for him."

Bruce Lee Biography

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Bruce Lee is a famous actor from China are known for action movies with a background of expertise in the martial arts of Kung Fu. He migrated to America in 1959 and plunged the world of film. Earlier in Hong Kong as much as he had starred in 20 films. Besides being an actor, he has also been in the world of martial arts especially Kung fu and teach it to Americans. Bruce Lee is considered violated Chinese custom for teaching Kung Fu to the Americans.

Bruce Lee became a legend not only because of his martial arts skills, but also because of the ability actingnya on the big screen. Lee Teach that man can have a tremendous strength (half god) with the correct combination of exercise, diet, and weight training. He did not look muscular like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was also not long since he died at the age of 32 years. His death until now is still a mystery. Autopsy says he was exposed to the brain caused by endema strange reactions in the body after consuming pain medications Equagesic. But in a subsequent autopsy also found marijuana in the body content of Bruce Lee.

Until he died only starred in three films in America. Film-filmya also with poor image quality, a simple scenario, and is considered by critics as an inferior film. So what made Bruce Lee a legend? The specialty film Bruce Lee is the beauty of martial arts and dance of violence that flows without any special effects aka natural. Hollywood movie scene with the help of cutting-edge effects were not able to make a violent film to be beautiful like Bruce Lee.

Lee spent much time to cultivate his tiny body into a great weapon. Since childhood, had been obsessed with martial arts and body building. As a child he became a member of the gang that his parents were very worried and immediately sent to the U.S. before the age of 18. In America he teaches martial arts he had studied Wing Chun in Hong Kong. Kung fu at America's largest tournament in Long Beach he won the black belt.

Lee later became an actor as Kato in The Green Hornet (superhero drama on TV). He also continues to perform strenuous exercise, take vitamins, ginseng to form the body. Although a popular actor throughout Asia, but Hollywood never gave her the opportunity to make a film. Bruce Lee then returned to Honggkong and make a film in his homeland. Bruce Lee's movies are very popular in Asia until finally glanced at it to make a Hollywood action movie as you wish Bruce Lee. But before the first film (enter the dragon) was released, he he died under mysterious circumstances. After the release, the film Bruce Lee exploded to make money more than 200 million dollars.

James Knox Polk (President of the United States to 11)

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James Knox Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2 November 1795 - died in Nashville, Tennessee, June 15, 1849 at the age of 53 years. He is the President of the United States 11 (4 March 1845-4 March 1849. When Democrats recruited him, Polk chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives (1835-1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839-1841) to serve as president. It stems from the party Democrats and was accompanied by Vice President George M. DallasPolk known for his efforts to annex Texas in 1845 that produced the war against Mexico in the years 1846 to 1848. At the age of 17 years that a doctor had dissected to remove gallstones. After surgery, she was healthy again. Along to recover his health, energy and ambition to be great, too. At the age of 23 years he completed his education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with honors cum-laude, two years later he obtained permission to open a law practice.

As a young lawyer, James Polk entered politics and became a member of state parliament TennesseeIa friends with Andrew Jackson, seventh U.S. president. In 1824 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the United States, which he struggled for 14 tahunTahun 1839 he resigned as House of Representatives and became governor of the state of Tennessee. In 1844, James Polk became president of the Democratic candidate. Because he is not a major party's presidential candidate, then he became a presidential candidate "dark horse" first in American history. As a presien, James Polk was President of the United States one of the most effective at the beginning of the 19th century.

In domestic politics, he reached all the most important goals of the Democratic Party. In his presidency, James Polk to expand the territory of the United States into the Pacific Ocean. In 1846, Britain handed Oregon to the United States, the region bordering the Pacific Ocean, instead of America to the British surrender Vancouver area.

In the same year the New Mexico gave California to Mexico and the United States after the war between the U.S. and Mexico ended. Instead, Americans pay 15 million dollars to Mexico and take over the demands of the loss of the Americans to Mexico. At the end of his term, James Polk left the White House and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he fell sakit.Tiga months later, on June 15, 1849 he died. James Polk and his wife did not have children.

Millard Fillmore (Presiden AS ke 13)

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Millard Fillmore was born in Summerhill, New York, January 7, 1800 - died in Buffalo, New York, March 8, 1874 at the age of 74 years. He is the President of the United States to-13, served in 1850-1853. Previously, he served a vice president of the United States. He became president of the American constitution, replacing the President Zachary Taylor died of acute gastroenteritis. Millard Fillmore served three years, from 1850 until 1853. He is a member of the Whig and during the time he became president are not accompanied by the vice president. He is listed as the second President of the United States who died at the time served prior sworn in as president.

Mllard Fillore born on January 7, 1800 in a small town in upstate New York in a hut made of sticks above the open fields and tilled by his own father. Millard small little get a chance to taste education, but he diligently studied the law. At the age of 23, he obtained permission to open a law practice. He quickly attracted the attention of politicians - the politicians in New York, one of which affect Millard Fillmore to go into politics.

In 1832, when he was 32 years, Millard Fillmore elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he struggled for eight years. In 1844, he ran for governor of New York, but to no avail, he then returned to his law practice. Four years later, he was nominated as presidential candidate by the Whig Party, and achieve victory in the elections. He chaired the Senate debate on the issues of slavery and persoaan-status new areas won in the Mexican War 1846-1848. An impartial attitude to the two groups is the influence of the winning atmosphere. According to the constitution of the United States, Millard Fillmore in the passes into presden on July 10, 1850, President Zachary Taylor replaces the meningga world. At that time the divisive issue of slavery was America. Mempersatukn political strategy for the parties in conflict have helped delay the Civil War (which finally broke out in 1861).

Soon after he became president, Millard Fillmore sent a message to Congress, backed a plan to compromise on the issue of slavery. The plan was subsequently accepted and recognized as the 1850 Compromise. Laws that consists of five designs in the capital to buy the American serf. In one hardware implementation of the law, he lost the support of his party. So he lost the election to become a candidate for president again. Three years after he left the White House, he became the presidential candidate of another party where he had become a member, but he could not be selected. Since then he became a non-party.

Nevertheless, he continued to support efforts to mediate and compromise on the issue of slavery issues, his stance against the use of violence meneyebabkan he lost many friends. Eventually he quit his community activities. On March 8, 1874, Millard Fillmore died at the age of 74 years in a state of paralysis. President Millard Fillmore left a son and a daughter from his first wife, who died in 1853. From his second wife he has no children.

Ulysses S Grant President of the United States to 18

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Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822 - died in Mount McGregor, New York, July 23, 1885 at the age of 63 years. His father was a leather craftsman. At age 17 he entered West Point military school. He finished his schooling at the age of 21 years in 1843. He became a soldier for about 10 years and left the lives of soldiers to work in his father's leather store in the state of Illinois. He was an American general and president of the United States (1869-1877) which to-18.

He served as president for two terms in succession between the years 1869 to 1877. Ulysess Grant was a military hero when he was elected president. In 1864, he became the highest-General by the President Abraham Lincoln in the American Civil War. In 1865 he took delivery of Gen. Robert Lee, commander of the southern states of America's rebellious, marking the end of the Civil War. He considered that could win this war, as commander of Federal troops who defeated the Confederate forces.

In 1869, when Ulysses Grant was elected president, the American people expect the end of the chaos that continues to develop after the Civil War. President Ulysses Grant but do not encourage or repair. He led the government as he led the army, and in fact he took some of the members of his army to the White House staff. It stems from the Republican party. Shown as a vice president in his presidency was Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson.

Even Grant Uysses very honest as a man, but as president he received many valuable gifts from various circles. Moreover, he did not hesitate to be seen associating with two speculators are known for their reputation playing with the intent to master market speculation in gold. When President Grant Uysses realize their plans, he gave power to the Minister of Finance to sell the gold country to destroy the person's plan. But their speculation has led to a loss in the world of commerce. In 1872 in his campaign for re-election, President Ulysses Grant was attacked by a group of liberal Republicans, who together with the Democratic Party, filed their presidential candidate. But President Ulysses Grant's successful re-election.

Warren Gamaliel Harding (president of the United States to 29)

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Warren Gamaliel Harding (born in the Near Blooming Grove, Ohio, November 2, 1865 - died in San Francisco, California, August 2, 1923 at age 57 years) was an American politician and the President of the United States-29 (1921-1923) He was the president who died on the sixth time in office. He died on August 2, 1923. in San Francisco, California as a Republican member of the United States to the Ohio, he was accompanied by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.

When he was ten, his family moved to a small Ohio village of Caledonia where he grew up. Both his parents are medical doctors who were given permission by his experience as a midwife and in helping her husband, George Harding. At age fourteen, he entered Ohio Central College, he graduated with a BS degree in 1882. After college, Harding taught at a school abroad Marion, Ohio and at the age of 25 years of marriage with the widow Florence "Flossie" Mabel Kling DeWolf, five years older than him. Warren Gamaliel Harding, the high stature of the chest area, a bright contrast with the dark hair pekatnya, his eyes sharp as a hawk, authoritative voice boomed. in short, let alone humans, chickens and goats can be made lovelorn. at least that's the impression I get from some books that explore biographies of Warren Harding, president of the American republican party in 1921-1923. in contrast with his physical appearance, Warren Harding was a doubter, wishy washy decision, and several of its own policy annulled. unfortunately, at that time America was experiencing an acute economic depression. All the manly impression that is created and prepared from a young Warren Harding, editor of a small newspaper in Ohio was "discovered" Harry Dougherty, ohio politics that Machiavelli's famous. He successfully designed a great impression in every stage of Harding's political campaign. since becoming a senator to be the number one in America.

Harding won attracted more than 7 million votes more than Cox. Socialist Party candidate won 3 percent of voters, collect ninety thousand votes. In the electoral college, Harding won thirty-seven states and 404 votes; Cox won only eleven southern states, with 127 electoral college votes, the traditional "Solid South" Democratic base. Kegantengannya make American voters ignore the franklin d. Roosevelt, competitors of the democrat when itu.namun Harding's presidency did not last long, only two years at the helm, he died of a stroke. in memory of the handsome American history as the worst president of all time.

Harry S. Truman (U.S. President to 33)

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Harry S. Truman (born in Lamar, Missouri, May 8, 1884 - died in Kansas City, Missouri, December 26, 1972 at age 88 years) is the President of the United States to-33 (1945-1953). Previously, Truman served as deputy president of the United States. It replaces the Franklin D. Roosevelt after the president died. At the second presidential term, he was accompanied by Vice President Alben W. Barkley. Truman came from the Democratic Party. President Truman was marked by several important events, namely;

The end of World War II
Beginning the process of decolonization
Establishment of the UN
Early Cold War

Beginning of the Korean War
In the First World War Harry Truman went to France as a Captain. After returning in 1919, he planted his savings in a company store clothing, but his efforts failed. During his youth, Truman actively engaged in the Democratic Party. Harry S. Bess Wallace Truman married on June 28, 1919 and was awarded a princess. Here he and his wife went to live and prosper as a farmer for 12 years. In 1922 he was elected to the Regional Attorney even though he is not a legal expert. To close kekuranganpya, she attended night classes at the Law School for two years. In World War II, he became chairman of the Senate Committee of Inquiry on War, which investigates corruption and peculation. Estimated in his tenure he has saved the state money as much as 15 billion dollars.

In 1944, Harry Truman became vice president under President Franklin Roosevelt. When President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman became president. As president, Harry Truman took some of the most significant decisions in history. After Germany defeated in World War II, the United States urged Japan to surrender, but the Japanese refused. After conferring with his advisors, President Truman ordered the Japanese cities that were active in the war effort, was attacked with atomic bombs. Two of them are Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the two cities were bombed with atomic bombs, Japan surrendered. In 1945, Harry Truman witnessed the signing of the Charter of the United Nations which was formed with the full expectation to ensure peace. Until then, President Truman Presidential politics has always followed the predecessor of President Franklin Roosevelt, but then he drafted his own political. He was delivered to Congress a program that consists of 21 chapters, the contents are;
Urged that social security be extended.
Unemployment was abolished.

Public housing was built.
Urban areas that have been damaged to be rebuilt.
The program, known as Fair Deal or Fair Measures. In 1947, when the Soviet Union launched the pressures on Turkey by the guerrillas and threatened to master Greek, President Harry Truman recommends to Congress the two countries a program that became known as the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan with the name of foreign minister. The program encourages economic development on a large scale in Western Europe which was originally destroyed by war. Harry Truman was president twice. During his second term, which began in 1949. In foreign affairs, his contribution, among others;

Forcing the Netherlands recognized the independence of Indonesia.
Forming a Joint Security Agency NATO and as a defense against the expansion of Communist power.
Authorize the U.S. army to join the United Nations troops to fight communist aggression in South Korea.

Harry S. Truman left office in 1953 and moved to his hometown settled in Independence, Missouri, where he and his wife lived before he became president. Formerly in this place he and his wife prospered as a farmer for 12 years. There he wrote a book memories kenangannya.Truman died on December 26, 1972 at his home at the age of 88 years.

Roman Abramovich Biography - King of Russian Oil

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Arkadyevich Roman Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 in a Jewish family in Lithuania. His mother, Irina Ostrowski Abramovich, died aged two years before Roman and his father, Arkady Abramovich was killed in a construction accident less than two years later. As a result, Roman was raised by her paternal grandfather in the cold Arctic climate from their hometown in Lithuania. Roman Abramovich studied at the Industrial Institute in Ukhta before he entered the Soviet Union became a soldier. After returning from military training, Abramovich later studied at the Moscow State Auto Transport Institute in a short time.

When Mikhail Gorbachev announced the development of small enterprises in the post-communist Russia in the late 1980s, Roman Abramovich began selling souvenir plastic ducks from a small apartment in Moscow. After a few years, Abramovich began to invest in other businesses, to expand his wealth. Between 1992 and 1995, Abramovich create a company that acts as an intermediary for the sale and purchase, and eventually he focused on the purchase and sale of oil. In 1995 he partnered with Boris Berezovsky to buy a majority share of the oil company Sibneft, to the amount of $ 100 million. At the time the company was estimated to be worth $ 150 million, but after the stock surged shortly after the acquisition, many companies in the Soviet began to question the value estimated before the sale. In 2000, Berezovsky left Russia for fraud and scandal to sell their shares to Abramovich.

And it made oil tycoon Roman Abramovich as the king of oil or Russian origin and was recorded as a new millionaire. Roman Abramovich's net worth is now worth U.S. $ 17780000000, has sixteen homes, seven cars, six companies, anti paparazzi cruise ships, submarines
Personally, having twenty-two bank accounts and, of course, he has the Chelsea Football Club.

In 1999, Roman Abramovich began charitable work in Chukotka region in Russia's Siberia, the cold, poor countries. Abramovich is interested in helping children and establish a charitable foundation with the hope to help the people of Chukotka. In December 2000, Abramovich was elected governor of the area and since then he has invested millions of pounds in the development of education systems, hospitals, and universities in Anadyr. Although the Chukotka worked as a tax haven for Sibneft, Abramovich has given employment opportunities to local residents and give them a valuable opportunity for growth and education. Abramovich wants to leave his position as governor in 2005, but Russian President Vladimir Putin eliminates the ability to choose regional governors and reappointed Abramovich as Chukotka governor for the region for another term.

In 2003 Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea Football Club in England. The acquisition is changing the marketing strategy of the game and the ability to "buy" players. Because personal wealth Abramovich, he has the ability to build a state of the art facilities and offers a great salary for a player to join his team regardless of financial status of the team itself. As a result, other teams have to drive wealth in order to keep up.

Since taking over Chelsea in 2003, Roman Abramovich hardly stop shopping and experimented players. How much money has been issued by the skipper of Russian oil to pay for it all? The Mirror reported Red Roman, Roman Abramovich so once called the British press, has spent over £ 1 billion, equivalent to Rp 14.2 trillion, since taking over Chelsea from the hands of Ken Bates in 2003.

Biography of Jonathan Pradana Mailoa - Champion International Physics Olympiad

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Pradana Mailoa Jonathan was born in Jakarta, 20 September 1989 was the gold medalist at the same time winning the title of "The Absolute winner" in the International Physics Olympiad in 2006. Edhi Mailoa couple's first child and this Darmawan Sherlie Jonathan's parents were not scientists background. They only private sector employees in a furniture company in Jakarta, Jonathan managed to become the best participants in the competition which followed 386 participants from 83 countries. In the International Physics Olympiad 37th held in Singapore on July 8 to 17, 2006,

Jonathan won a gold medal with the highest score in test theory (29.70) and experimental (17.10). He managed to beat his main rival of China, Yang Suo Long, who won for the theoretical value of 29.60 and 16.45 for the experiments. Based on these values, Jonathan deserves the title "The Absolute Winner" (World Champion). Jonathan besides the title "World Champion", also won a gold medal, "The Best of ASEAN Student", and has been named "The Best Result Experiment" (participants who have the best ability in the mastery of physics experiments). This world title is the title the first time for Indonesia to follow the International Physics Olympiad since 1993.

At IPhO to-37 in Singapore, Indonesia bought four overall gold medals and one silver. Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team (TOFI) managed to win four gold medals and one silver (from a total of 37 gold medals, 48 silver, 83 bronze and 81 degrees
honor). The gold medal was won by Jonathan Pradana Mailoa (SMAK 1 Sower Jakarta), Pangus Ho (SMAK 3 Sower Jakarta CPC), Irwan Ade Putra (SMU 1 Pekanbaru), and Andy Oktavian Latif (SMU 1 Pamekasan). While the youngest participant Indonesia, Muhammad Firmansyah Kasim (SMP Islam Athirah Makassar), won the silver medal. Acquisition of four gold medals that exceeds the original target of only three gold medals. Prof John Surya, chairman TOFI, admitted obtaining information from a colleague, a professor in Norway, that the news has been echoed in Europe.

The success of Jonathan and his friends that thanks to the guidance of Prof. John Surya. Jonathan is currently continuing his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the United States. This is the highest medal since taking part in the event IPhO 1993, as well as an absolute first winner.

Jonathan's interest in the fields of physics such as falling from the sky. But at first, parents Jonathan never liked any force field. They give total freedom. And Jonathan choice fell on physics. Clearly, Jonathan admitted very close to papa and mama. For the size of her teens, support from parents judged as an important requirement in order to succeed. He also appeared as young people in general. "I think yes in school tend to be quiet." In fact, he even admitted to not doing homework. "But, while in secondary school," he said with a laugh.

Zachary Taylor (President of the United States to 12)

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Zachary Taylor was born in Barboursville, Virginia, 24 November 1784 - died in Washington, DC, July 9, 1850 at the age of 65 years. is the American military leadership and the President of the United States to-12, with initial term of one year from the year 1849 until his death in 1850.

Before becoming president he was an American military leader. It stems from the Whig party and was accompanied by Millard Fillmore as vice president. Before he could be formally sworn in, he had died and was succeeded by his vice president. Zachary Taylor was born on 24 November 1784. He is president of the United States first came from a career Army officer. For 40 years he served in the Army, rising to the rank of General of the position. He has fought in four wars. Taylor became famous all over the United States because of its military victories, one of which is the war against Mexico.

In 1848, he was nominated to be president. He won the presidential election in the New York area. It is considered special, because at that upstate New York was divided. Zachary Taylor won the presidential election of 1848. Taylor poitik inexperience immediately apparent, especially when he delayed to make changes in his cabinet, but the name of the cabinet was contaminated due to the involvement of several members in corrupt practices. Even so he always tried to be honest and take the best course of action for his country. This effort is clearly visible in the way he handles the issue of slavery that split the country into seeds. The issue of slavery did not handle the heavy side, the people south of the pro-slavery, he assures them not to be afraid of being attacked by the regions where slavery is still valid, but he warned them that he would use violence if they openly rebelled.

In a conference with southern leaders who threatened to walk out of the United States, he insisted to them that if necessary to enforce the law, then he will personally lead the army. He said he would hang anyone who rebelled against the United States, and he did not hesitate. Unexpectedly, on July 4, 1850, in an Independence Day ceremony on the field warning the United States Washington (Washington Memorial Park), Washington DC, Taylor fell ill, and died five days later on July 9, 1980 President Zachary Taylor has been fighting spirit compromise and victory. However, the civil war in America who avoided breaking eleven years later. Ironically, in the civil war, the only son, Richard Taylor, served as general for the southern states are rebelling

Biography of John Quincy Adams

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Name:
John Quincy Adams
Birth:
In Braintree, Massachusetts, July 11, 1767
Died:
in Washington, DC, February 23, 1848 at the age of 80 years

He was a diplomat, politician, and President of the United States-6 with the term of office March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829.
Adams was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams
Early life and education
John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree today (Quincy), Massachusetts on July 11, 1767. In the first years of the revolution the United States, John Quincy Adams was educated from his parents, then he continued his education in Paris, Leiden, and Harvard University, USA. He gained his title at the age of 21 years. John Quincy Adams and proficient in the language of ancient history. He is an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician.

Career
After completion of law school, John Quincy Adams was a lawyer in Boston, MA. He also writes articles for a newspaper in Boston. President George Washington interested in the article that he wrote the article, the article - this article maintains that runs the wisdom of the President to act politically neutral - French horn envoy politics in the United States.
In 1793, President George Washington appointed him United States representative in the Netherlands, when he was only 26 years old. After the Netherlands, he was stationed in Berlin, Germany. In 1802, when he was 36 years old he was elected to the American envoy to Russia.
While serving under President James Monroe, John Quincy Adams was one of the United States secretary of state's most accomplished. One success is to make Florida, the original colony, became one of the state of the United States. Together with President James Monroe, he took up the Monroe Doctrine, which warned Europe not to interfere in the domestic affairs of the country - Latin American countries.
The period of the Presidency.

In 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected President by the House of Representatives of the United States, because neither he nor representatives - representatives did not get a majority of the Electoral College that determines dalanm. Party affiliation of the Federalists, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and Whig. While serving as president he was accompanied by Vice President John C. Calhoun.
President John Quincy Adams, the political work of a strong state under presidents. Policies including the policy;
Using the Central American Bank as a tool of the state fiscal powers
Customs determined to protect domestic industry
Land - land administered from the central government to regulate the sale and pemakaiannnya
American Indian tribes and the land - their land taken care of from the center to protect them from the hands - the hands of the state
Make the country a vast program to bring improvement - improvement in highway construction, the canal - the canal, and rail
Improving education, develop the scientific world, and explore the places under the leadership of the country.
Quicy John Adams also had one for a pet. Crocodile was kept in the East Room at the White House.
After the White House

John Quincy Adams left the White House in 1828 because it was defeated by Andrew Jackson in the presidential election. He then returned to UMass where he intends to enjoy the book - his book and his home until he died. But two years later with the unexpected - would have thought him, he was elected to the American legislature. Since then he became an eminent member of the board. Among its contribution as a member of the council, he opposed; slavery, annexation of Texas from Mexico, and the war with Mexico.
John Quincy Adams had collapsed in the courtroom of the legislature. He died two days later on February 23, 1848 in Washington DC the age of 81 years