 Germany a Land of Culture Goethe, Bach and Beethoven – the cultural life of Germany has a long and rich tradition. Nowadays, however, names like the painter, Gerhard Richter and the director, Fatih Akin, and German hip-hop, also stand for a lively, many-faceted land of culture. The nation’s culture emanates from the peaceful and tolerant coexistence and collaboration of all who live in Germany at the present time.
Music ... Date added: 21 November '07 |
 What could be done to improve the lives of the elderly? by Cristina Nuta -
For many elderly people the latter part of their lives is not a time to relax and enjoy retirement, but rather a difficult and unhappy period, owing to financial worries, failing health and loneliness. As life expectancy increases, the average person lives well beyond the age of retirement. As a result, the elderly make up an ever-increasing percentage of society, which makes ... Date added: 26 May '07 |
 Money is not the most important thing in life by Cristina Nuta -
Money is certainly something which is often discussed in today's world. Hardly a day goes by without the subject of money being raised in most people’s lives. However, it is highly debatable whether it is more important than other considerations, such as health and happiness, which some people consider to be of greater significance.
To begin with, it is often argued that h ... Date added: 23 May '07 |
 What has the future prepared for all of us? How do you see yourself in twenty years time? by Herminne Tonita -
What has the future prepared for all of us? How will we change and if so will it be in a good or a bad way? How do you see yourself in twenty years time? Stereotypical questions for a classic interview. Quite old fashioned but, at the same time always catchy as the actors who have to perform the part are changing.. other actors …other destinies.
In my opinion, it is all ... Date added: 30 May '07 |
 The National Parks in the USA by Herminne Tonita -
For hundreds of years land, water, trees and wild life were so plentiful in America that people thought they would never run out. It became a habit with Americans to use natural resources carelessly and wastefully.
As settlers spread across America, all of them- farmers, miners, ranchers- robbed the land and destroyed its resources. Trees were felled in millions. Rivers ... Date added: 30 May '07 |
 Lifestyle in Britain by Cristina Nuta -
One of the standing characteristics of English life is self-discipline. One can notice few noisy attitudes in the street. Generally, people are polite and always want to please. On the other hand, they do not like to show their emotions even in dangerous situations. Imagine the scene! Some Englishmen, walking in a forest, are caught by a violent storm which pulls the roots of ... Date added: 18 May '07 |
 A Minute of Laughter Prolongs Our Life With Five Minutes by Herminne Tonita -
When I've started to write about humour I was seized with fear... what could I write about? What could be so interesting that will cheer people up? I thought it would be best if I just walked and hoped a brilliant idea might occur to me. And it did: I saw so many persons laughing and enjoying themselves, making me wonder what the source of their laughter was. In fact what i ... Date added: 26 January '07 |
 About the Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Herminne Tonita -
More than four hundreds years ago a brave and determined woman brought forty years of peace and prosperity to England. Queen Elizabeth I began her life as a neglected princess, whose mother, Anne Boleyn, had been executed by her father, Henry VIII. She was ignored and imprisoned as a girl, but upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary, Elizabeth became a strong and popu ... Date added: 28 January '07 |
 About the Life of Margaret Thatcher by Herminne Tonita -
Margaret Hilda Thatcher(1925- ) is the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(1979-1990), who served longer than any other British Prime Minister in the 20th century. In office she initiated what became known as the " Thatcher Revolution", a series of social and economic changes that transformed many aspects of Britain's postwar welfare stat ... Date added: 28 January '07 |
 The Life of Henry VIII by Herminne Tonita -
Henry VIII was born at Greenwhich on 28th January 1491, the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He became heir to the throne on the death of his brother, Prince Arthur, in 1502 and succeeded in 1509. In his youth he was athletic and highly intelligent. A contemporary observer described him as: " he speaks good French,Latin and Spanish, is very religious and he is ... Date added: 29 January '07 |
 Healthy Life Habits by Herminne Tonita -
Research shows that teenagers today are not as healthy as they were twenty years ago. Why? The list of the reasons is quite long and boring, but some of these "bad" aspects of our lives should be mentioned.
First of all teenagers are "addicted" to "junk" food, as their best friends are hamburgers, pizza or spaghetti. Teenagers don't eat what it is best for their physica ... Date added: 06 February '07 |
 We Make a Living By What We Get But We Make a Life by What We Give by Herminne Tonita -
This quotation made me think carefully what my priorities in life are: to make a living or to make a life?
One usually makes a living working hard, day by day, and gets something valuable in change: money. Money makes life easier and at the same time helps us make a life.
I definitely agree with the idea that we make a life by what we give to others. For example, if ... Date added: 08 February '07 |
 How will life in 2050 be like? by Cristina Nuta -
What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future?
Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields of activity, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead, people will choose a p ... Date added: 19 August '08 |
 Fitzgerald's View Of Wealth In Life by Cristina Nuta -
A few short years before he died, Scott Fitzgerald remarked that he had at last given up the idea by which he had lived his life. He described this idea as ‘the old dream of being an entire man in the Goethe-Byron-Shaw tradition, with an opulent American touch’. Feeling this way, he inevitably looked for the realization of his inner vision of the possibilities of life; and it ... Date added: 15 February '07 |
 Trying To Do The Best For Their Children, Parents Often Turn Them Into Selfish Creatures, Poorly Equipped For Life On Their Own by Herminne Tonita -
Parents always try to provide what it's best for their children, starting with the best toys when they are babies and ending with the best colleges, universities or cars. When children are obediant and try to please their parents things go better: expensive phone cells, holidays in far -away places, money and fun.
All these positive aspects can drastically change when ch ... Date added: 16 February '07 |
 She Knew the Events of the Day Would Change Her Life for Ever by Herminne Tonita -
She knew the events of the day would change her life forever. She had met the most extraordinary man, a young lawyer who had come to take care of some problems for her father. She was a young doctor who had just graduated the University and was about to start working in a private hospital secretly financed by her father. The latter was always watching her because he thought ... Date added: 18 February '07 |
 Discover the Private Lives of Public Figures by Diana-Mara Anghelina -
The public figures all over the world seem to have a bad habit, no matter the field they are famous in. Extravagances, wild parties, glamour and style, these terms are no strangers to any of them. The public figures I am speaking about have reached fame and fortune one way or another and are now under the impression that they have the right to do anything their hearts ... Date added: 22 February '07 |
 People have always tried to invent things in order to make their life easier by Cristina Nuta -
People have always tried to invent things in order to make their life easier. Each time they discovered something new, people compared the advantages and disadvantages the new project offered for the society. Therefore, there were cases they had to give up some of these inventions because they didn’t offer so much profit for the civilization and they tried to give alternative ... Date added: 23 February '07 |
 Who would have thought that day would change my life for ever by Herminne Tonita -
Who would have thought that day would change my life for ever? I realized I had fallen in love with my best friend. He had always been the shoulder where I cried on, the person to whom I told my deepest secrets, to whom I asked for advice, he had always been there for me. All of a sudden I knew our friendship had turned into love.
My friends had warned me that there ca ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Could we Change our Attitude, we Should not Only See Life Differently, but Life itself Would Come to be Different by Diana-Mara Anghelina -
Psychology is the science to provide us the concept of attitude. A person's attitude can consist of a positive, negative or neutral view of the object of that particular attitude. The object I am speaking about can equally be a person, a behavior or an event. The curious thing about this is the fact that people can simultaneously have a positive and a negative bias tow ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Parents Often Turn Them into Selfish Creatures, Poorly Equipped for Life on Their Own by Diana-Mara Anghelina-
Most of you will surely realize that there is so much truth in this statement! I will also agree, as I am one of those children. My parents have always tried to offer me the best things they could possibly do, in an attempt to make my childhood the happiest times in my whole life.
The main reason for these actions is the their belief that there will most certainly ... Date added: 28 February '07 |
 Who would have thought that Day would Change my Life Forever by Diana-Mara Anghelina -
I was just another young woman in a world exclusively led by men. Just got out of college and had a very high graduation grade. I secretly believed that the world would eventually get to my feet, but there was nothing real to ground my belief on. As every young person in this world, I couldn’t wait for my vacation after the college graduation to end and to start search ... Date added: 28 February '07 |
 The Black Movement in the USA by Herminne Tonita -
Abolishing slavery in the USA started a new period in American life: a solution to the problem of black-white co-existence within the country had to be found. It’s interesting to see how the attitude of the blacks towards the situation and social status has been changing throughout the twentieth century.
At the turn of the century Charles W. Chesnutt, one of the major re ... Date added: 08 March '07 |
 If only I knew that day would change my life forever by Cristina Nuta -
Three years ago I had a strange dream. I dreamt that I was telling my husband to accompany me at the gynaecologist's because I thought I was pregnant. The next day, when I woke up, I told him about the strange dream I had had. Who would have thought that that day would change my live forever? I seemed preoccupied and I wanted to see a doctor. Even if I was forty-two there cou ... Date added: 16 April '07 |
 A brief life of F Scott Fitzgerald: 1896-1940 by Cristina Nuta -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, the namesake and second cousin three times removed of the author of the National Anthem. Fitzgerald's given names indicate his parents' pride in his father's ancestry. His father, Edward, was from Maryland, with an allegiance to the Old South and its values. Fitzgerald’s mother, Mary (Mollie ... Date added: 18 April '07 |
 Customs and Traditions in Britain by Herminne Tonita -
From Scotland to Cornwall, Britain is full of customs and traditions. A lot of them have long stories. Some of them are funny and others are strange, but they are all interesting. They are all part of the British way of life.
April Fool's Day: April 1st is April Fool's Day in Britain. This is a very old tradition from the Middle Ages. At that time the servants were mast ... Date added: 24 April '07 |
 Everyday Life in Britain by Herminne Tonita -
Talking about the weather is one of the stereotypes which we apply to the British. In fact it is not quite a cliché as they do speak about weather all the time. They do so because in Britain weather changes a lot. Wind, rain, sun, clouds, snow- they can all happen in Britain winter or summer.
Another common thing in Britain is queuing. At banks, cinemas, shops, bus stops ... Date added: 29 April '07 |
 Life Seems More Beautiful From a Bench in the Park by Herminne Tonita -
Nature has always helped us to look for the bright side of things and never think at the empty part of the glass, meaning our existence.
Isn't is true that whenever you felt sad, tired or simply you had a bad day, you always went to have a walk in the park? To feel the fresh air invading your senses, to smell the flowers and listen to the birds' twittering? In no time yo ... Date added: 01 June '07 |
 A person who influenced my life by Cristina Nuta -
On my first day of work at Moro Assurance I arrived nervous, soaking wet- and nearly half an hour late. I had forgotten to take an umbrella, had missed the bus and was now ready for a good scolding. It was then when I met Nicky Jonathan, the Managing Director, who was to have an enormous influence on my life and career.
My first impression of her was one of politeness ver ... Date added: 27 June '07 |
 Changes in our Lives by Cristina Nuta -
The biggest turning point in my life so far was undoubtedly the day I left home to go to the college. At the age of eighteen, I wasn't apart from my parents more than two weeks so I viewed my new independence with a mixture of apprehension and excitement.
Immediately prior for leaving home, I had been on holiday with some friends, so I cannot say what I had had the chance ... Date added: 29 June '07 |
 Does money make people happier? by Cristina Nuta -
In the recent years life has greatly improved. The standard of living is higher and all people can afford to buy things they couldn't in the past. I truly believe that life today is better and many things make people happy.
To begin with, unless people are healthy, a person's life is unbearable and not worth living. When my brother was seriously ill in hospital, I clearly ... Date added: 18 July '07 |
 Could We Change Our Attitude? Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different
by Herminne Tonita -
The first step for the accomplishment of every act is the attitude of the person who wants to do something with her life. If you are type of person who is always optimistic and has faith in his strengths then half of the job is already taken care of. On the c ... Date added: 23 August '07 |
 England History : Village Life in Middle Ages by Monique Barb -
The Village was usually small with only a handful of cottages. A village was large if it had as many as two dozen cottages containing about 100 people. Besides the cottages and the manor house or castle there was usually a mill and a church. There were no shops in the village, although several villagers were part-time carpenters, smiths or wheelwrights. In some villages there ... Date added: 08 October '07 |
 Family Life in United States and United Kingdom There are usually both parents and two children in a typical British family. In most British families both parents work. Very young children go to nursery schools or stay at home with a childminder. Old people usually live in their own homes or a nursing home if they cannot look after themselves. British parents try to spend their free time with their children going to the cinema, museums or parks ... Date added: 01 December '07 |
