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Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes, more popularly known as Joaquim Barbosa, is the first Afro-Brazilian Chief Justice of his country's supreme court (Supremo Tribunal Federal or STF). But more than being the highest court's first black president, Joaquim Barbosa is hailed as a national hero by his people because of his fearless stand regarding the biggest corruption case ever heard in the country-the Mensalao (or Big Monthly Allowance).

Natalie Coughlin is a professional swimmer and model who is greatly known for being the first female swimmer to break the one minute mark in the 100-meter backstroke, as well as the first female athlete in Olympic history to win six medals in a single Olympiad. She is also among the most decorated American Olympic female swimmers, a feat that was only accomplished by two other people in the history of the sport.

1. Read the questions first and then answer them. It is very much essential that you first read the questions and then answer them by reading the passage and it is very much important to understand the crux of the passage. 2. Infuse vocabulary in your essays smartly. It is very much important that you in cooperate appropriate vocabulary in your essays and better not to use any vague or unnecessary vocabulary words.

Homaro Cantu is, as other celebrity chefs are, a gifted cook. What makes him really different is his unquenchable thirst for anything out of the ordinary. Wikipedia describes him as an American inventor first then a chef. Why not? He has more than 10 pending patents including a food replicator, a polymer box, and interactive utensils, all straight from his very own lab, Cantu Designs. Moto Restaurant in Chicago is flocked by food enthusiasts who always leave with a full stomach and a mind-boggling dining experience. He's hosted a TV program and written a book. To read more about Homaro Cantu visit www.thextraordinary.org

Arthur Zang is a young engineer and inventor who is most known for the "Cardiopad", the first ever touch screen medical tablet in Africa that helps connect patients and cardiologists who are vastly distanced from each other by utilizing two of today's greatest technological wonders - the internet and the digital tablet. To read more about Arthur Zang visit http://www.thextraordinary.org

Hina Jilani is an activist lawyer and one of the two new members of The Elders. She is known for defending abused women and labor-bonded children in Pakistan. With her sister, Asma Jilani Jahangir, Hina cofounded her country's first all-female legal aid practice, AGHS Legal Aid Cell in 1980. After a year, Hina became one of the founders of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission.

The Bank of Japan has raised expectations surrounding consumer spending for the first time in 10 months. The BOJ also expects the CPI to rise in line with that assessment, but exports are expected to fall. Japan is an economy reliant on exports, so despite any national consumption, export expectations may overshadow any optimism coming...Read More

Based on the premise that formal education is confined to the first two decades or so of a person's life and cannot possibly prepare one for the constancy and rapidity of change, lifelong learning becomes an imperative if each person is to cope with the explosion of knowledge, understand societal differences as they evolve, and adapt to the aging process.

Informed argument is one of the most important features of academic writing. When you start writing your academic paper, first thing you naturally think of is what your subject will be and what you know on the subject. You should be aware that different writing assignments require different level of your knowledge on the topic.

When gymnasts start training at an early age, they are exposed to various pieces of gymnastics equipment that might seem foreign and unapproachable. All of the gymnastics equipment will seem so large to a person that stands less than four feet tall. By the end of their first year of training though, these same gymnasts will have a very different view of this equipment and feel that a part of them is missing if they miss a day practicing on it.

Based on the premise that formal education is confined to the first two decades or so of a person's life and cannot possibly prepare one for the constancy and rapidity of change, lifelong learning becomes an imperative if each person is to cope with the explosion of knowledge, understand societal differences as they evolve, and adapt to the aging process.

On November 6, 1869 the first soccer football game was played between Rutgers and Princeton. Rugby as the game was known developed over a seven year period and became the favorite sport among the major eastern schools over all other sports including soccer. It was during these 7 years that modern day football began to develop into the sport it is today.

A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give up," he promised at one of the biggest protests yet in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Once a behind-the-scenes Internet activist, 30-year-old Wael Ghonim has emerged as an inspiring voice for a movement that has taken pride in being a leaderless "people's revolution." Now, the various activists behind it - including Ghonim - are working to coalesce into representatives to push their demands for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. With protests invigorated, Vice President Omar Suleiman issued a sharply worded warning, saying of the protests in Tahrir, "We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible," in a sign of growing impatience with 16 days of mass demonstrations. For the first time, protesters made a foray to Parliament, several blocks away from their camp in the square. Several hundred marched to the legislature and chanted for it to be dissolved.

This article discusses pre-college remedial courses that many high school graduates must take before entering their first year of college. There is a push to get high schools and colleges more in sync in order to avoid this and make sure high school students are given the skills they will need in college.

Meet the extraordinary Yann Arthus-Bertrand. He founded the Altitude Agency, the world's first press agency and images bank specializing in aerial photography in 1991. He also founded the international environmental organization, GoodPlanet, which was responsible for the Action Carbone initiative that inspired more people to lessen their carbon footprint. "Today we must not just talk, but act." To read more about Yann Arthus Bertrand visit www.thextraordinary.org