Wednesday, June 15, 2011

MONGOLIA







This nation is the remnant of the ancient Mongol Empire ruled much of Asia during the thirteenth century, but subsequently lost its independence and was assimilated into Manchuria during the late seventeenth century until 1911, but its independence was brief, as in 1919 Chinese troops occupied the capital of Mongolia, and in 1921 it was possible to wean the Russian help. Later in 1924 he proclaimed the People's Republic of Mongolia, and adopt common policies and a rapprochement with the Soviet Union after its dissolution in 1990, Mongolia adopted a capitalist establishment in 1992 and marks the transition to representative democracy, with which the country it would rename as Mongolia.

It is the nineteenth largest country in the world, with 1,565,000 square kilometers, yet the country is dominated by steppes and mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Of the 2.8 million inhabitants, there is a high rate of nomadic and semi-nomadic, which is around 30%. 90% of the inhabitants are ethnic Mongolian, a Turkic ethnic minority as the Kazakh. Tibetan Buddhism is the majority religion of the country, along with Bhutan being the only independent nations where this religion is predominant









History of Wales



1000 BC
The story of Wales begins with the Celts. The Celts began migrating from their central European homeland around 1000 BC.

48AD
The recorded history of Wales begins with the arrival of the Romans on Welsh borders. At that time people spoke a Celtic language – Brythonic, the language that would eventually evolve into Welsh.

550
The Saxon advance resumes in Wales. A great figure in the fight between the British and the Saxons was King Arthur. There are many legends surrounding Arthur but many believe he was first mentioned in Welsh poetry around 594.

784
Offa, King of Mercia builds a dyke from sea to sea, the first permanent boundary between the Welsh and English people. Offa’s Dyke shaped the territory of Wales.

1066
The Normans invade England. Wales proves resistant to the Normans' power and the Welsh rise in revolt. By 1100 the Normans had been driven out of Gwynedd, Ceredigion and most of Powys.

1176
Lord Rhys holds a grand gathering of poets and musicians from all over Wales at Cardigan Castle. This was known as the very first Eisteddfod, a Welsh festival of music and literature that is still held all across Wales today.

1283
Edward 1 orders the building of castles in Wales. Between 1276 and 1295 he built or repaired 17 castles. Today we have over 600 castles in Wales.

1400
Charismatic national hero Owain Glyndŵr begins his rebellion against King Henry IV to establish an independent Wales.

1404
The castles of Harlech and Aberystwyth fall to Owain Glyndŵr. Soon after he calls his first Cynulliad or Parliament at Machynlleth and crowns himself Prince of Wales.

1415
Owain Glyndŵr disappears. After his defeat he was never captured. No-one knows for sure what became of him but hills, caves and churches across Wales are claimed to be his last resting place.

1485
Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at Bosworth to become King of England. The Tudor dynasty had its origins in Wales and accelerated the integration of Welsh nobility into English public life.

1536
The first Act of Union was passed between England and Wales. Wales becomes united politically with England and is governed by English law.

1768
The copper industry is now using Welsh ore mined at Parys Mountain on the Isle of Anglesey. It's the beginning of an industry that would control half the world's production by the end of the century.

1801
The first official census record, the population of Wales is 587,000. Merthyr Tydfil with 7,705 inhabitants is the largest town in Wales.

1839
Bute Dock is built at Cardiff, supplying vast amounts of coal to the world's new navies, and causing Cardiff’s rapid expansion into the largest and most important city in Wales.

1856
Evan James and James James of Pontypridd compose 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' (Land of my Fathers) which is now the Welsh national anthem.

1881
The Welsh Rugby Union is established to become guardians of Wales's national sport.

1885
Dan Isaac Davies founds the first Welsh language society to protect one of the oldest languages in Europe and to promote the use of Welsh in education.

1905
Cardiff is elevated to city status. It has experienced a seven-fold population increase in less than 50 years.

1911
Prince Edward, the future King Edward VII is invested as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon castle.


1916
David Lloyd George becomes the first Welsh Prime Minister of the UK. He was also the only Prime Minister to speak English as a second language, Welsh being his first.

1935
The first radio broadcast in Welsh is made. The BBC begins to broadcast Welsh language programs from their studio at Bangor, Gwynedd.

1946
Welshmen James Griffiths and Aneurin Bevan produce the National Insurance Act of 1946, which sets up the UK's welfare state, known today as the National Health Service (NHS).

1953
Famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas dies in New York City at the age of 39. His best known works include 'Under Milk Wood' and 'Do not go gentle into that good night'

1955
Cardiff is officially declared capital of Wales. Cardiff is Europe's youngest capital city.

1977
BBC Radio Cymru, Wales's Welsh language radio station, is launched. It was one of the few FM-only radio services in the UK at the time.


1982
Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C), the Welsh language television station is opened. S4C now has an animation catalogue that is broadcast all over the world, and has had two Oscar nominations for 'Famous Fred' and 'The Canterbury Tales'

1997
The Welsh public votes yes to the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales, allowing Wales to become a distinct constitutional entity within the UK for the first time in 40 years.

1999
The National Assembly for Wales is officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen.


1999
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff opens. It has the capacity for 74,500 people and is the first stadium in the UK to feature a retractable roof.

2004
Her Majesty the Queen opens the Wales Millennium Centre. It is one of the most unique and lively performing arts centre in Europe attracting over 1.5 million visitors since opening.

2005
Wales beats England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy to win the Six Nations Rugby Grand Slam for the first time in far too many years.

2006
The Senedd building is opened to house the National Assembly for Wales. The Senedd has won an award for its sustainability and green credentials.

2007
The separation between the legislative National Assembly for Wales and the executive Welsh Assembly took effect under the Government of Wales act 2006. The act increased the National Assembly’s law making powers.

2008
Record numbers of Welsh sportsmen and women win Olympic and Paralympic Gold medals in Beijing.

2009
Glamorgan's Sophia Gardens hosts the Ashes Test match between England and Australia cricket teams for the first time.

2010
The Ryder Cup came to Wales for the first time. The prestigious golfing event took place at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport.

L.A

Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City.
The city is divided into over 80 districts and neighborhoods, many of which were incorporated places or communities that were annexed by the city. There are also several independent cities around Los Angeles, but they are popularly grouped with the city of Los Angeles, either due to being completely engulfed as enclaves by Los Angeles, or lying within its immediate vicinity. Generally, the city is divided into the following areas: Downtown Los Angeles, The Eastside and Northeast Los Angeles, South Los Angeles (still often colloquially referred to as South Central by locals), the Harbor Area, Greater Hollywood, Wilshire, the Westside and the San Fernando and Crescenta Valleys.
The city has a Mediterranean climate or subtropical zone. Generally the climate is mild and dry in all seasons, with 325 days of sunshine a year. Pacific Ocean breezes tend to keep to the coastal communities of Los Angeles cooler in summer and warm in winter, the inland, in the summer may be differences in temperature to 10 ° C between each other.
Los Angeles is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Geologic instability produces a number of failures above and below the earth's surface, which generate approximately 10,000 seismic tremors every year.
Important landmarks in Los Angeles include Walt Disney Concert Hall, Kodak Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, Getty Villa, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Sign, Hollywood Boulevard, Capitol Records Tower, Los Angeles City Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Theme Building, Watts Towers, Randy's Donuts, Staples Center, Dodger Stadium, and La Placita Olvera/Olvera Street. Downtown Los Angeles is quickly becoming a landmark of itself, with development of billion dollar projects such as Wilshire Grand Tower I, rivaling the prominence of places such as Times Square.
Los Ángeles es la sede de Los Angeles Dodgers de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol, Los Angeles Kings de la Liga Nacional de Hockey, Los Angeles Clippers y Los Angeles Lakers de la National Basketball Association, Los Angeles Sparks de la WNBA, Los Ángeles Galaxy y el Club Deportivo Chivas USA (ambas tienen sus sedes en Carson) de la Major League Soccer.

Lorena Gómez

Daddy yankee !




Daddy Yankee. (Stage name Raymond Ayala, Puerto Rico, 1977) Singer, songwriter and producer in Puerto Rico. Raymond Ayala was just a boy of thirteen years the population of Rio Piedras where he became interested in music and began singing rap themes.

Despite this, the beginning more or less professional in the world the song of Puerto Rico came from the hand of noted artist DJ Playero. That was when the figure was born Daddy Yankee.
Daddy Yankee's songs have been included in several albums by other artists. Thus, the name of Daddy Yankee has been associated with productions such as The Piece Maker (DJ Tony Touch), Lifetime (with the subject Metela with fire) and The Best Reggeton Beats, where he played Gata gangster with Don Omar. Even in 1998 one of his songs, position, was part of the soundtrack of the movie One Tough Cop.




SANDRA&ESTHER(L) 3ºA

Liverpool.


Liverpool.

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of Merseyside in the Northwest of England, on the east side of the Mersey estuary. Bordered on the north by the metropolitan borough of Sefton, to the east with Knowsley, south and west by the said river. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and had that status until 1880, when he received the title of city. According to the latest official census, which dates from 2001, Liverpool had a population of 439,473 inhabitants [2], this figure rises slightly to an estimated 454,654 inhabitants in 2009. [1] The city lies at the heart of the Metropolitan Area Liverpool, with a population of 816,216 inhabitants

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

manchester










Manchester (i /ˈmæntʃɛstər/) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 483,800,[3] making it the seventh-most populous local authority district in England. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,600,100, the Greater Manchester Urban Area a population of 2,240,230,[4] and the Larger Urban Zone around Manchester, the second-most-populous in the UK, had an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100.[5] The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian.
is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup, ten years after the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of eight players. The current manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is the most successful manager in English football history, having won 27 major honours since he took over in November 1986.[3][4]

Manchester United is the most successful club in English football, having won a record 19 league titles, a record 11 FA Cups [5] and four League Cups. The club has also won three European Cups and have twice been club world champions: in 1999 and 2008. As of May 2011, they are - according to 5 yearly club coefficients compiled by UEFA - the number one ranked club in Europe.


dominique y ilias 2ºb