Today, a successful life is about defining and achieving what YOU want and what makes YOU happy. All around the world, young people are striving for more and making extraordinary things happen—in business, the arts, entertainment, sports, education, public service, politics, medicine and law. They do what many only dream about. They create a [...]

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Secret No. 3: Celebrate What Makes You Different While millions of people struggle to achieve the perfect physique, one woman is trying to change the way physical beauty is defined. Forget “rich and thin,” actress/comedienne Mo’Nique prefers “Fabulous and Thick” or F.A.T. In 2006, she launched television’s first full-figured reality beauty contest called “Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. [...]

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1939 – Albert Einstein and other U.S scientists informed President Franklin Roosevelt of the possibilities of developing an atomic bomb 1961 – Leonard “Chico” Marx, the piano-playing member of the Marx Brothers, died at 70 1962 – Pope John XXIII opens the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome 1963 – Edith Piaf, [...]

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1968 – Swaziland becomes independent 1973 – Carlo Cudicini, Chelsea and Italian goalie was born 1973 – Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player 1966 – In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting 1974 – Tim Henman, English tennis player 1980 – Joseph Yobo, [...]

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1900 – Firestone Tire & Rubber Company was founded 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated as the 30th President of the United States 1941 – Martha Stewart, American business magnate, entrepreneur and homemaking advocate was born. She is 65 today 1946 – National Basketball Association was founded in the United States 1946 – Jack Straw, British [...]

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…Boyle Roche, an 18th-century Irish politician famous for his risible use of mixed metaphors and malapropisms, was a member of the same family as Diana, Princess of Wales? …Henryk Woli?ski, Polish resistance Armia Krajowa member, was responsible for the creation of ?egota and saving the lives of  thousands of Polish Jews in WWII? …that offspring [...]

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Machu Picchu (Quechua: Old Mountain; sometimes called the “Lost City of the Incas”) is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge. Elevation measurements vary depending on whether the data refers to the ruin or the extremity of the mountain, Machu Picchu tourist information reports the elevation as 2,350 m (7,710 ft). [...]

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                  Galápagos Islands (Spanish name: Archipiélago de Colón or Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago made up of 13 main volcanic islands, 6 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. The very first island is thought to have formed between 5 and 10 million years ago, as a [...]

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The Serengeti is a region of grasslands and woodlands in Africa that includes parts of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. The whole region is spread over around thirty thousand square kilometers, with eighty percent of the region lying in Tanzania. It has more than 1.6 million herbivores and thousands of predators. Blue wildebeests, gazelles, zebras [...]

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Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan  in the memory of his queen Mumtaz Mahal at Agra, India. Taj Mahal was constructed over a period of twenty-two years, employing twenty thousand workers. It stands on a raised, square platform (186 x 186 feet) with its four corners truncated, forming an unequal octagon. Taj Mahal, [...]

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The Great Wall of China were actually a series of walls which the Chinese built to fortify their Country and ward off external agression from their neighbours. Their construction started from the 3rd century BC and continued until the beginning of the 17th century AD. The essence of the construction of the wall was to protect the various [...]

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Greece is situated at the far south of the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. Greece is famous for being the seat of modern European civilization, and its ancient influence is still felt in art, politics, literature and philosophy today. Greece is characterized by its stunning natural beauty, including rocky mountain ranges and [...]

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  New Zealand is a country of contrasts, adventure and great beauty. The country is made up of the volcanic North Island, glacial South Island, plus Stewart Island off the far Southern tip. It has only 4 million inhabitants, so you can get out into areas of beautiful wilderness easily. Check out the magnificent Milford [...]

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