Sunday, October 26, 2003

Mr. Jaques Cousteau

As a child I watched the documentaries about Jaques Cousteau and he built my love for marine life. To me he was definitely a hero in his field.

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French oceanographer born in Saint André de Cubzac in 1910, was a French marine official and exploratory, he has made but the significant contributions to science oceanography. Following the graduation of the naval academy of Brest, France, it entered the French Navy like naval officer. In 1936 Cousteau it began the studies of the medioambiente of the ocean and found the group of investigations submariner of the French Navy. He is the father of the diving since lung or tank invented aqua tribottle for acuatica immersion, or the diving equipment that development with Emil Gagnon; also he is one of the precursors of the photography and submarine shootings.

Sunday, October 19, 2003

Mr. Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, a man who is world famous and has led an amazing life.

Mr Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.