Juha Kankkunen was born in Laukaa, Central Finland in April 1959. He is an accomplished Finnish rally driver, holding a 19-year World Rally Championship career that began in 1983. Inside this length, he achieved 23 world rallies and 4 drivers’ world championship titles. He is the only driver to become world champ with three different teams. He is referred to as the Flying Finn for holding a 205mph world speed record on ice in his Bentley Super Sports Convertible car on the Gulf of...
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Born as Pau Gasol Paez on July 6, 1980, Pau is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States. He was first drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Draft in 2001 before he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies with which he later won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and holds the team franchise records for career games played. Following seven seasons with the Memphis, he was traded to the LA Lakers in...
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Adrenaline is translated as “on the kidney” based on its Latin roots “ad” and “renes.” Epinephrine with its Greek roots “epi” and “nephros” meant the same way. These medical jargons, in turn, are used interchangeably. Human anatomy indicates that the adrenal glands responsible for the secretion of adrenaline are found on top of the kidneys. Epinephrine is the hormone produced by the adrenal glands in fight-or-flight response. Upon...
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Michael Schumacher is a German world race car champion driver. He is 7-time world champion in Formula One or F1, the world’s highest class of single-seater motor racing championship, holding many of F1’s driver records. These records include most championships, most race victories, most pole positions, fastest laps, points scored and most races won in a single season. He is the only driver in F1 history to have finished in top three positions in every race of a season. After his...
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Soccer, or football, is considered as the most demanding of all sports, with training and conditioning as its essential ingredients. To qualify for this sport, players are required to undergo endurance and strength training to help them correct muscle imbalances for maximal strength needed during a match. Many soccer players built from this kind of training have made it to the list of world legends primarily because of their individual performances in both local and international competitions....
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The Linklater’s Method is a voice training method that attempts to free the natural voice of actors and even non-actors. It is an invention by theater artist and vocal coach Kristin Linklater, who is a professor in the Theater Department of Columbia University’s School of the Arts in New York City. In this method, Linklater has trained more than 100 teachers who now teach in a majority of actor-training programs in the United States, England, Germany, Australia, Belgium,...
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Jeet Kune Do is the martial arts system and life philosophy that was developed in 1967 by one of the world’s most renowned martial arts practitioners: Bruce Lee.  It is literally translated as “the way of the intercepting fist”.In developing Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee effectively brought to fore his belief that martial arts should be a very flexible system and not one that is bound by many limitations.  He usually used the analogy with water to illustrate this point...
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Rafa Nadal, whose complete name is Rafael Nadal Parera, is a Spanish tennis player born on June 3, 1986 in Majorca, Spain.  His father is Sebastián Nadal, a successful businessman who owns and manages several companies while his mother, Ana María Parera, is a devoted housewife.  María Isabel is his only sister.Rafa Nadal has 2 uncles who are also professional athletes.  The first one is Miguel Ángel Nadal, a professional football player who played for...
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Michael Fred Phelps was born in Towson, Maryland, USA on June 30, 1985.  His Father, Fred Phelps, was a good football player during his highschool days and was almost chosen to become a professional player for the Washington Redskins in the NFL. On the other hand, Deborah Phelps, his mother, is a principal at a middle school.  At the young age of seven, Michael was positively diagnosed with ADHD or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and this led him to becoming involved in...
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The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships for 2011, which are scheduled to run from February 7, 2011 up to February 20, 2011, are going to be held again in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany after 33 long years.  It last played host to the championship games in 1978.  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany also played host to the first ever Olympic alpine skiing games held at the Winter Olympic Games in 1936.  The right to host the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships was awarded to...
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