 Raul Raul Gonzalez Blanco was born on June 27, 1977 in Madrid, Spain. He was brought up in a modest quarter of the city, the colony of San Cristobal de los Angeles.
Biography and Career :
Raul Gonzales is a product of Atletico Madrid's youth system but was picked up by rivals Real during a financial slump at his former club. Real's coach Jorge Valdano introduced him to the starting lineup at... |
 Soccer Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Organized soccer is played in 144 nations, with nearly 20 million players participating.
Soccer`s final match of the World Cup, held every four years, is televised around the world and always attracts over a billion viewers.
Soccer stadiums such as the Maracana Stadium in Brazil, Stadio Olimpico in Italy, Stade de France, Nou Camp in Spain... |
 Aishwarya Rai Aishwarya Rai was born on November 1, 1973 and she is an Indian model and actress, currently one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Aishwarya Rai is Miss World of 1994, and in 2000 was voted Most Beautiful Miss World of All Time.
Biography and Career :
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a... |
 FIFA World Cup World Cup Football
by Jakob Culver -
The FIFA World Cup is very important in the world of international football, also known as soccer. The World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of FIFA member nations and is awarded every 4 years. There have been 17 tournaments held to date, but only 7 nations have won the World Cup Finals. The nation of Brazil holds the cup currently... |
 Women Who Have Changed the World by Herminne Tonita -
Ruth Handler
At the beginning of the 50s Ruth Handler observed that her little girl, Barbara and her friends were playing with dolls that represented adult women but also children. Handler thought it was important for her little girl to know how will be like when they grow mature, and because at the time the dolls representing women were made of paper, she decided to... |
 The Use of Drugs in the World of Glamour by Herminne Tonita -
Money, fame, celebrity, expensive clothes, cars, houses, holidays in the most extravagant places on the planet, all these characterize the glamorous life of music stars and actors. They have everything they have ever dreamt at and even more but with what price?
Sleepless nights and tiring concerts, long hours of shooting, interviews, TV shows. They don't have time for... |
 Tunde Semmi-Kis Tunde Semmi-Kis was born in Budapest, Hungary. She is a famous Hungarian top model.
Biography and Career :
Tunde Semmi-Kis grew up in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial and transportation center.
Her proudest moment was when she received her high school diploma, she studied Management and Information Technology,... |
 Lisette Diaz Lisette Diaz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is a famous American top model.
Biography and Career :
She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jose Diaz of Chula Vista. Her father is a general practitioner in Tijuana and her mother is a program analyst for the County Housing Department. Her aunt, Irma Martinez Velasco, is director of Campus Relations in the UCSD Chancellor's... |
 Ramona Amiri Ramona Amiri was born on April 16, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the winner of Miss World Canada contest in 2005.
Biography and Career :
She attended classes at College Charlemagne, which is a private high school in Montreal and graduated when she was 17. She moved to Vancouver, British Columbia with her family and attended University of British Columbia in sciences.
She... |
 Nazanin Afshin-Jam Nazanin Afshin-Jam was born in 1979 in Tehran, Iran. She is a fashion model and the winner of Miss World Canada 2003.
Biography and Career :
She was born in Iran, but her parents migrated in 1881 to Canada. Nazanin attended classes at the University of British Columbia and graduated with a degree in International Relations and Political Science. During studies she won scholarship studies at... |
 Constance Ford Constance Ford was born on July 1, 1923 in The Bronx, New York City, USA. She is a very well known model and famous actress especially for her role in "Another World".
Biography and Career :
She started a career as a model and had the chance to appear in Elizabeth Arden's commercial for Victory Red lipstick in 1941. In 1949 she became famous on Broadway and one year later, in 1950, she... |
 Exploring The World by Cristina Nuta -
Science has learnt a great deal from polar expeditions. For instance, we now know a lot more about the effects polar expeditions have on a person’s mind and body.
In the early days, explorers often went mad. One cause of this madness was later discovered: when people aren’t used to living in extreme cold, their body uses a lot of energy to keep warm and this gets rid of... |
 The Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Career In The World Of Fashion by Herminne Tonita -
Recent studies show that 90% of the teenagers all over the world want to become models, to march on the podium at Milan, to be famous, to afford buying the most expensive clothes, to have photo shootings with the best photographers all over the world.
But to have all these, girls lose their adolescence trying to work a lot, to go to gym, to keep diets and spend long... |
 Television Is Making Literature Increasingly Irrelevant In The Modern World by Herminne Tonita -
When the television was not so spread as it is today, and when computers and the Internet had not appeared in the lives of the teenagers, we used to spend much more time reading. Literature and books were our best friends, and one of the most important ways on entertainment.
Nowadays if you ask a teenager when he has read last a book and what the book's title is, he... |
 More and More Parents Around The World Prefer To Have Their Children Educated at Home Rather Than at School by Cristina Nuta -
Many parents nowadays are just no more pleased with the educational system in schools or universities. They consider that things have changed as compared to the past and that there is irresponsibility from the part of students and some teachers, too.
First of all, mentalities have changed and children go to school not to study but because they have other interests: to... |
 Rocking all Over the World From a Room in North London by Cristina Nuta -
A British band's world 'tour' by telephone could mean the end of live concerts as we know them. Future sound of London is the first group in the world to play all its 'live' shows down the telephone. They have 'toured' Europe and America without leaving their studio in London and only talk to their fans through the Internet global computer network.
They performed, for... |
 Schools Do Not Prepare a Child for the Outside World by Monique Barb -
In my opinion, school is very important in one's life. It is probably the most important institution that can prepare children to become adults. School is the second family for a child.
But school does not prepare a child for the outside world. We are aware of the fact that school provides the pupils high moral standards. I agree that this institution can't provide also... |
 Literature is Increasingly Irrelevant in the Modern World Due to Television by Diana-Mara Anghelina -
What would you choose, if you were sitting in front of a TV and having a book right next to the keyboard? The answer will most certainly be that you would choose the TV! The young people would absolutely provide us with this choice, but you will be surprised to find out that the older ones will at least hesitate about it. Why is it happening? Are the books not as... |
 Despite living in such a mercantile world, people still find time for voluntary work and still believe in charity by Cristina Nuta -
The present society is considered to be a little mercantile and some people seem to have little feelings when it comes to the suffering around them. To be more precise, people only follow their preoccupations and show little interest to a neighbor’s pain or a relative’s sorrow. They say they are overwhelmed by their own daily problems and necessities that they don’t think of... |
 Money Makes Powerful Countries Control the World by Herminne Tonita -
The society we live in has given money the power to conquer everything. If you have money you can make even your widest dream come true: trips to the farthest places on the Earth or even the Moon, cars, expensive clothes, jewelry, luxury, comfort. Should you want to be independent, you open your own business, you’re your own boss, you don’t have to take orders from... |
 Death Penalty Should be Abolished World Wide by Diana-Mara Anghelina -
There is no question about the fact that certain criminals really should not have the right to live anymore. The people convicted to a capital punishment are the authors of incredible massacres and must suffer the consequences for their actions.
In most of the places in the world that practice capital punishment nowadays, the death penalty is being given as a... |
 Globalization is the Key to World Peace by Diana-Mara Anghelina -
Generally speaking, globalization may be defined in many different ways. It is about integration between organizations, corporations and even states, distributed across various places of the world. The range the term globalization covers is very large, as it includes economical, technological, cultural and political aspects. The newest and most modern area... |
 Money Makes the World Go Round by Diana-Mara Anghelina-
There is no doubt about the fact that money has become a very important part not just of our daily lives, but also of the entire human society. There is no single thing on earth one can get without any money being involved, that some might state that we are even paying for the air we are breathing. Of course, should you want to breath in some fresh mountain air, you... |
 Drinking Is as Ancient as the World by Herminne Tonita -
History, or at least mythology, has it that wine was discovered by one of the ladies in the harem of King Jamshid, a ruler of ancient Persia. The king used to store grapes in jars so that there would always be some to hand. On tasting one batch that had been around longer than most, he took the sour taste to mean that the grapes had turned to poison and so he labeled the... |
