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miércoles, 16 de diciembre de 2009
John Lennon's Biography
John Lennon achieved worldwide fame in the 1960s as a singer, songwriter and guitarist in one of the most successful bands of all time -The Beatles. He is credited as being the original and founding member of the band and was often referred to as "the smart one" of the group. He came from a working-class neighborhood in Liverpool England but was influenced by American Rock n Roll music and often named Elvis Presley as the artist who inspired him the most. As Lennon and The Beatles experimented with psychedelic drugs and embraced eastern philosophies they developed a new sound and greatly influenced the cultural movements of the 1960s with their style and social awareness. After the "Fab Four" disbanded in 1970, Lennon immersed himself in the counterculture scene, becoming an outspoken peace activist and producing avant-garde albums with his second wife, Japanese born, conceptual artist, Yoko Ono. John Lennon impacted society with his profound songwriting, innovative artistry and social views and continues to live on as an icon of musical genius.
BOB MARLEY. A Biography.
Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6th 1945 in Nine Miles (Jamaica). At the end of the 50's, Bob and his mother went to Kingston. The rastafari religion was very important in his life.
In 1963, Bob Marley and other people formed a musical group, it was called Wailing Wailers. After several trips in the USA and Jamaica, he created another group The Wailers.
In 1975 someone abandoned the group, that was called Bob Marley and The Wailers.
Rafa Nadal - A Biography.
Rafael Nadal is a famous tennis player. He vas born in Mallorca on June 3th, 1986.
He is the nephew of the football player, Miguel Ángel Nadal.
He won his first tournament when he was eight years old, and he has broken a lot of records along his life.
He is the youngest winner of Davis Cup with only eighteen years old.
In 2004, he won his first ATP's tournament beating the Argentinian player, Acasuso.
His tennis is based on the perseverance, he never gives any point up for lost and he isn't afraid any rival.
He is natural, humble and mature.
Lastly he spend his time with some hobbies like fishing, playing golf and videogames.
Eva Yerbabuena
Eva Maria Garrido Garcia. Frankfort (Germany), 1970.
Daughter of an Spanish emigrant worker, in spite os which she has been involved in flamenco all her life; at the age of sixteen she was already living in Granada. She is a complete dancer, with a technique that marvelously includes a most 'jondo' feeling. She started studying flamenco in Granada, with such teachers as La Mona, Angustillas del Sacramonte and Mariquilla. After that, she improved her technics with theatre lessons,with Juan Furest, choreography,with Johannes Garcia, and dance, with Javier Latorre and Mario Maya. After two years working with the latest, she started a career as a soloist, working with such people as Rafael Aguilar, Javier Latorre, Manuel Moreno Maya, Joselito Fernandez and Paco Moyano. In 1986, she did create her own Art School in Granada.
In 1992, she was awarded La Malena Prize in Cordoba for her soleá, but she refused it as she considered they had awarded precisely the dance she considered she had danced worse and that other prizes were not deserved due to their quality. In 1997, she was featured in "Flamenco Women", a documentary film directed by Mike Figgis. She dances with the Ballet Nacional de España since 1998.
She was married to the guitarist Paco Jarana.
Daughter of an Spanish emigrant worker, in spite os which she has been involved in flamenco all her life; at the age of sixteen she was already living in Granada. She is a complete dancer, with a technique that marvelously includes a most 'jondo' feeling. She started studying flamenco in Granada, with such teachers as La Mona, Angustillas del Sacramonte and Mariquilla. After that, she improved her technics with theatre lessons,with Juan Furest, choreography,with Johannes Garcia, and dance, with Javier Latorre and Mario Maya. After two years working with the latest, she started a career as a soloist, working with such people as Rafael Aguilar, Javier Latorre, Manuel Moreno Maya, Joselito Fernandez and Paco Moyano. In 1986, she did create her own Art School in Granada.
In 1992, she was awarded La Malena Prize in Cordoba for her soleá, but she refused it as she considered they had awarded precisely the dance she considered she had danced worse and that other prizes were not deserved due to their quality. In 1997, she was featured in "Flamenco Women", a documentary film directed by Mike Figgis. She dances with the Ballet Nacional de España since 1998.
She was married to the guitarist Paco Jarana.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer, philantropist, social activist. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. Once one of the top American boxers, Muhammad Ali has shown that he is not afraid of any fight, inside or outside the ring. Growing up in the segregated South.
He started boxing with twelve because a big guy stole his bike.
He was three times World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning proffesional, he went on to become the first boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.
Originally known as Cassius Clay , Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to orthodox Islam in 1975. In 1967, Ali refused to be inducted in to the U.S. military based on his religious beliefs, and in opposition to the Vietnam War. He was arrested and found guilty on draft evasion gharges, stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years , while his appeal worked its way yup to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was successful.
His nickname was "The Greatest", Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches. Notable among these are three with a rival Joe Frazier and one with George Foreman, whom he beat by knockout to win the world heavyweight title for thesecond time. He suffered only five losses no draws in his career, while amassing 56 wins (37 knockouts and 19 decisions).
He started boxing with twelve because a big guy stole his bike.
He was three times World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning proffesional, he went on to become the first boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.
Originally known as Cassius Clay , Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to orthodox Islam in 1975. In 1967, Ali refused to be inducted in to the U.S. military based on his religious beliefs, and in opposition to the Vietnam War. He was arrested and found guilty on draft evasion gharges, stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years , while his appeal worked its way yup to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was successful.
His nickname was "The Greatest", Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches. Notable among these are three with a rival Joe Frazier and one with George Foreman, whom he beat by knockout to win the world heavyweight title for thesecond time. He suffered only five losses no draws in his career, while amassing 56 wins (37 knockouts and 19 decisions).
miércoles, 10 de junio de 2009
FITO
ADOLFO CABRALES "FITO" , WAS BORN IN ZABALA´S IN BILBAO NEIGHBORHOOD.
FITO STANDS OUT FOR HIS PECULIAR STYLE. EXTREMELY THIN AND SMALL. HE IS IN THE HABIT OF TAKING THE TOTALLY CUT HAIR AND A FEW LONG SIDEBURNS.
OTHERS OF HIS SINGS OF IDENTITY ARE THE FASTENED CIGARETTES IN THE HATSTAND OF HIS GUITAR AND HIS CAPS.
ALONG HIS MUSICAL CAREER HE HAS BEEN A SINGER, GUITARIST AND COMPOSER OF "PLATERO Y TU" AND OF FITO AND FITIPALDIS IN WHICH THIS ONE NOWADAYS IS GETTING A LOT OF SUCCESS.
FITO STANDS OUT FOR HIS PECULIAR STYLE. EXTREMELY THIN AND SMALL. HE IS IN THE HABIT OF TAKING THE TOTALLY CUT HAIR AND A FEW LONG SIDEBURNS.
OTHERS OF HIS SINGS OF IDENTITY ARE THE FASTENED CIGARETTES IN THE HATSTAND OF HIS GUITAR AND HIS CAPS.
ALONG HIS MUSICAL CAREER HE HAS BEEN A SINGER, GUITARIST AND COMPOSER OF "PLATERO Y TU" AND OF FITO AND FITIPALDIS IN WHICH THIS ONE NOWADAYS IS GETTING A LOT OF SUCCESS.
martes, 31 de marzo de 2009
I am a Bach. student
Hello everybody,
I think that you still do not know how do I look like. I am a 19-year-old boy, of medium height, of chestnut-colored and curly hair, with big and brown eyes, I'm wearing glasses, my nose is quite big and I have a normal mouth. My complexion is white.
My interests are to play with computer games, to go out with my friends, to read books and battles warhammer with the men lizard, also I do swimming and one year ago I got my driving licence so I drive a bit in Madrid. I have two younger brothers and my father works as a chief cook and my mother at a school. well,later I will describe you my family, that is enough for today.
Good-bye to you all
Eric
I think that you still do not know how do I look like. I am a 19-year-old boy, of medium height, of chestnut-colored and curly hair, with big and brown eyes, I'm wearing glasses, my nose is quite big and I have a normal mouth. My complexion is white.
My interests are to play with computer games, to go out with my friends, to read books and battles warhammer with the men lizard, also I do swimming and one year ago I got my driving licence so I drive a bit in Madrid. I have two younger brothers and my father works as a chief cook and my mother at a school. well,later I will describe you my family, that is enough for today.
Good-bye to you all
Eric
miércoles, 25 de marzo de 2009
My Grandfather
His name is Pepe.
I have known only a grandfather and a grandmother on my father's side. My grandfather was born in 1930. He got three sisters.
My grandfather is a very funny and nice person. He married my grandmother and had four children. His father died in the Civil War, and his mother because of her old age. He ran a shop of printing, a library, and a stationary.
They started to work in the shop of my uncle's granfather, Fernando. A year ago I started to work with them. My grandfather couldn't go to the shop last week because he had fallen down and he had broken his left hip.
I have known only a grandfather and a grandmother on my father's side. My grandfather was born in 1930. He got three sisters.
My grandfather is a very funny and nice person. He married my grandmother and had four children. His father died in the Civil War, and his mother because of her old age. He ran a shop of printing, a library, and a stationary.
They started to work in the shop of my uncle's granfather, Fernando. A year ago I started to work with them. My grandfather couldn't go to the shop last week because he had fallen down and he had broken his left hip.
domingo, 14 de diciembre de 2008
A Biography : Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso was born in Oviedo, on july 29, 1981. Since he was a very small boy he knew that his future was going to be linked to motor racing.
It started as a pilot when he was 3 years. At that age he began to drive karts at the best school, Senna and Schumacher? for the Formula 1.
He has always won in different classes of karts. He is tricampeon of Spain, runner up in Europe and world champion in 1996. A prodigious adoptation from Fernando´s side.
He started with cars in 1999. The first day he climbed to a car in the Telefonica open, took just six laps to equalize the records of Catalan. A former Ferrari engineer at the time of Lauda asured that he has never seen a talent like his.
Swept in the Open Telefonica, confirming expectations in 1999 and ran away with the open telefonica, though it was his first season with a race car serious. The F-3000 is the prelude to the F-1 and, therefore, a difficult championship, and with fierce competitors.
Alonso does not know the circuit or when single European lola, and also only has one and a half hours of training each weekend. However, progess is spectacular: he was number 6th in Australia, 2nd in Hungary and 1st in Belgium.
It started as a pilot when he was 3 years. At that age he began to drive karts at the best school, Senna and Schumacher? for the Formula 1.
He has always won in different classes of karts. He is tricampeon of Spain, runner up in Europe and world champion in 1996. A prodigious adoptation from Fernando´s side.
He started with cars in 1999. The first day he climbed to a car in the Telefonica open, took just six laps to equalize the records of Catalan. A former Ferrari engineer at the time of Lauda asured that he has never seen a talent like his.
Swept in the Open Telefonica, confirming expectations in 1999 and ran away with the open telefonica, though it was his first season with a race car serious. The F-3000 is the prelude to the F-1 and, therefore, a difficult championship, and with fierce competitors.
Alonso does not know the circuit or when single European lola, and also only has one and a half hours of training each weekend. However, progess is spectacular: he was number 6th in Australia, 2nd in Hungary and 1st in Belgium.
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