| 3rd Annual Now Film Festival -Week 15 Finalist - Expendable |
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Happy Oscar Weekend. Can't wait to see who
wins the Academy Award for Best Live Action
Short this year!
They may wear jumpsuits with skull logos on
them, and they may carry assault rifles, but
really they're ordinary guys just like you
and me — concerned about health insurance,
pension plans, and making it through the
workday without being shot, blown up, and/or
karate-chopped by smug, oversexed Englishmen.
Expendable is their story.
Expendable is a film by David Malki ! and
Todd Croak-Falen, set in the action-packed
world of super-spies. Expendable offers a
look at this world from the perspective of
the mega-villain's low-level, anonymous
henchmen: mostly decent, hard-working folk
whose only job is to wait around for spies
and shoot at them when they appear.
Credits/Cast
Visit : Areyouexpendable.com
What is the Now Film Festival
We love other film festivals, but understand
that not everyone has the means to travel to
Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, so we're bringing
the message of the world's strongest
filmmakers to you the world-wide-audience
You may submit your film at
www.nowfilmfestival.com
Tags : james bond 007 austin powers spy evil funny comedy wondermark sudance award winning short film david malki |
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Durée : 1109 s |
| La Legión, el Desastre de Annual y Desembarco de Alhucemas |
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El Ejército Español sufrió, cerca de la
localidad marroquà de Annual, un grave
ataque militar, conocida como Desastre de
Annual. Durante la noche del 21 al 22 el
general Silvestre discutió con sus oficiales
la forma de salir del cerco, sin llegarse a
ningún acuerdo y a primeras horas de la
mañana, bajo fuego enemigo, se dio la orden
de retirada y las tropas abandonaron el
campamento. Algunos oficiales y unidades
mantuvieron la calma y lograron ponerse a
salvo con un relativo pequeño número de
bajas; se produjeron hechos de auténtico
heroÃsmo, como el del Regimiento Alcántara
que cargó en numerosas ocasiones hasta la
extenuación, sufriendo el mayor número de
bajas de un cuerpo de caballerÃa
contemporáneo, Una de las causas de la
victoria final española, fue el uso de armas
quÃmicas.
A grandes rasgos la operación sobre
Alhucemas consistió en el desembarco de
tropas españolas y marroquÃes del Majzen,
transportadas desde Ceuta y Melilla por la
armada española y protegidas por una flota
aérea combinada hispano-francesa. La
operación tuvo como comandante en jefe al
entonces "Director Militar" de España,
general Miguel Primo de Rivera, y como jefe
ejecutivo de las fuerzas de desembarco en las
playas de la bahÃa de Alhucemas al general
José Sanjurjo, a cuyas órdenes estaban las
columnas de los generales jefes de las
brigadas de Ceuta y Melilla, Leopoldo Saro
MarÃn y Emilio Fernández Pérez
respectivamente. Entre los jefes
participantes en la acción se encontraba el
entonces coronel Franco quien por su
actuación al frente de las tropas de la
Legión fue ascendido a general de brigada.
Tags : viva franco arriba españa guerra de marruecos ejercito español sanjurjo |
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Durée : 589 s |
| Davos Annual Meeting 2007 - The Impact of Web 2.0 |
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http://www.weforum.org 27.01.2007
The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social
Network Models
The rapid rise of online social networks is
both a social and business phenomenon, the
impact of which is only beginning to be
understood. The consumer-powered Web 2.0
creates innovative ways for businesses to
operate and people to communicate.
1) What is driving the emergence of virtual
communities? Is the rapid rise in their
valuations justified?
2) How are companies beginning to use social
networking strategies for product and market
development, as well as for communication?
Caterina Fake, Founder, Flickr, USA
William H. Gates III, Chairman, Microsoft
Corporation, USA
Chad Hurley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive
Officer, YouTube, USA
Mark G. Parker, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Nike, USA
Viviane Reding, Commissioner, Information
Society and Media, European Commission,
Brussels
Challenger
Dennis Kneale, Managing Editor, Forbes
Magazine, USA
Moderated by
Peter Schwartz, Chairman, Global Business
Network, USA
Tags : Davos Annual Meeting 2007 World Economic Forum WEF Fake Gates Chad Hurley Parker Reding Kneale Schwartz news commentary analysis |
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Affichage : 20755
Durée : 3398 s |
| Davos Annual Meeting 2008 - A Unified Earth Theory |
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http://www.weforum.org/annualmeeting
24.01.2008
A Unified Earth Theory: Combining Solutions
to Extreme Poverty and the Climate Crisis
Traditionally viewed as separate issues, the
discussion will explore the interrelations
between the climate crisis and extreme
poverty and solutions common to both.
How should international efforts to eliminate
extreme poverty and to solve the climate
crisis be coordinated to improve the chances
for success in both efforts?
Bono, Musician, DATA (DEBT, AIDS, TRADE,
AFRICA), United Kingdom
Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States
of America (1993-2001); Nobel Laureate 2007
Chaired by
Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign
Affairs, The New York Times, USA
Tags : World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 WEF Al Gore Bono Thomas Friedman Davos davos08 commentary analysis news |
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Affichage : 18774
Durée : 3835 s |
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