-She was born on 23rd of July, 1944 in Pena, ; -When she was only 5 years old she gave her first recital;

-When she was 7 years old she played Mozart concerts publicly; - Between 1953 and 1960 she studied in Conservatório de Lisboa; -She moved to Germany: * 1st – Musikakademie * 2nd- Hannover Maria João Pires

- In 1970 she won an international competition in Beethoven’s bicentenary, in Brussels;

- She performs mostly Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms and Chopin among others; Maria João Pires - Best Plays concert in the best rooms; world orchestras;

-She usually plays in Europe, Canada, Israel and in the ; Maria João Pires

- Left in 2006; -Moved to Brazil; -Decided to have double nationality; - Portuguese/ Brazilian Maria João Pires

-Prémio da Juventude Musical ( When she was only 9 years old) -Prémio Pessoa ( 1989 ) Maria João Pires

- Prémio da Juventude Musical Portuguesa ( 9 years old) -Prémio Pessoa ( 1989 ) -She was born on 17th of September, 1979 In Coruche, Santarém; - Her first album was “ Guarda-me a vida na mão “ in 2003; - The following album was “ Aconteceu “ in 2004 - Sings in many “” houses in Lisbon; - Through television she became more recognized beside António Pinto Basto in “FadosFa de Portugal”; - Album “ Para Além da Saudade” (2007) - Television helped her to promote her album ; - The album received a triple platinum; - She received a nomination for “Globos de Ouro” in the Music category, for the best individual singer; - In 2007 she participated in a Rolling Stones concert where she sang in a duet with Mick Jagger; - In 2010 she collaborated with the north-american artist in “Super Bock Super Rock” - She was in :

United States Canada United Kingdom

Austria Netherlands Germany -She won the prize of “ Best individual singer” in 2010;

-She received a nomination for “Best Artist of the year” by the English music magazine “Songlines”;

‡ Daniela Ruah was born in , USA. ‡ She is 30 years old. ‡ Her parents are Portuguese citizens Dr. Moisés Carlos Bentes Ruah, and his ex-wife, Katharina Lia Azancot . ‡ Her father was a resident doctor in Boston and when she was five years old, her father completed his residency and the family returned to Portugal, where her parents divorced and she attended an international English-medium school.

‡ She was an active member of the Portuguese Jewish community in Lisbon under the influence of her father.

‡ She has a distinguishable birthmark in her right eye. Her left eye is hazel, giving her eyes a unique appearance as the other one is brown/blackish. ‡ Ruah speaks three languages fluently—Portuguese, English, and Spanish. ‡ She is left-handed although she was seen writing with her right hand. ‡ Ruah announced in September 2013 that she was expecting her first child, a boy, with fiancé David Paul Olsen. ‡ On Monday, December 30, 2013, Ruah gave birth to a son.

‡ Ruah started acting in Portuguese soap operas . ‡ She kept working on diverse projects while she was finishing high school. At the age of 18, she moved to to study at the London Metropolitan University. ‡ Daniela Ruah returned to Portugal to pursue her acting career. She was the winner of the celebrity dancing competition Dança Comigo and got main roles in television series, short films, and theatre. ‡ Ruah moved to Los Angeles and she has starred as Special Agent Kensi Blye in NCIS: Los Angeles since 2009. ‡ In April 2013 Daniela Ruah made her debut at Hayworth Theatre in LA as Catherine in "Proof", a play by .

‡ Tiago, 36 years old, comes from Paredes de Coura; he is a young scientist who is working in Cambridge, at CancerResearch UK, in the development of a technique for the early detection of cancer cells.

‡ He started to study at University. ‡ He had the opportunity of joining an Erasmus Project to do his course final stage. ‡ He went, at that time, to a Biomedical Magnetic Ressonance laboratory in , an option that conditioned his academic path. ‡ After that stage, he came back to Portugal, where he began his PhD focussing particularly on the cerebral metabolism operations. ‡ Although he had defended his thesis at Coimbra University , 95 % of his research was done in Madrid, and also in Dallas, Texas. ‡ To continue his professional path, his choice was Cambridge because mainly of the credibility of the Laboratory and because of the fascinating science that is developed there.

‡ The goals of his research are: ‡ An earlier detection of tumors ‡ The creation of new approaches that will allow the tumors to respond positively to a certain treatment.

‡ What he likes most about Portugal is the fact that the country gave him instruments and references to make him understand his personal identity.

‡ He was born on 5th February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira; ‡ He played soccer for Andorinha, for 2 years; ‡ He moved to C.D. Nacional; ‡ At the age of 12 years old, he moved to Lisbon, to play for Sporting;

‡ He played his first game for Sporting when he was 17; ‡ In 2003, at the age of 18, Alex Ferguson, Manchester United ‘s coach bought him for 15 million euros; ‡ In 2009, he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid for 94 million euro.

‡ Awards ‡ FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2008 and 2013 ‡ Silver Balon (World‘s second best player): 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 ‡ European Golden Shoe: 2008 and 2009 ‡Team of the year UEFA: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 ‡ (...) ‡ Cristiano Ronaldo has gone from a small island in the middle of the ocean to the top of the soccer world. ‡ Curiosities:

‡ Age: 37 years old (1977)

‡ Work: he is an entrepreneur, investor, mentor, developer.

‡ Education: Both ‡Telecommunication Engineering (ISEL) incomplete ‡Computer Science (ISEL)

‡ 15 years of experience in Software Development in the Mobile and Enterprise landscape.

‡ In September 2000, he had the opportunity to go and work in Amsterdam;

‡ The company he was hired by turned out;

‡ He moved to another company in the same city;

‡ When he started developing eBuddy, he had already some experience as a businessman.

‡ eBuddy ‡ Business Sector: Information Technology

‡ Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

‡ Co-founders: ‡ Paulo Taylor ‡ Jan-Joost Rueb ‡ Onno Bakker

‡ Started in 2003. eBuddy

‡ It was an innovative project, which allowed people to connect to MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MySpace, Google Talk, ICQ, AIM and Facebook without installing those programs. ‡ He believes that the success of eBuddy could have happened in Portugal;

‡ He considers the possibility of opening a new business in Portugal; Post scriptum

‡ ebuddy is no longer available. It was replaced by webxms.

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