UK Older People's Day 2008 marks the huge contribution older people make to families and communities. A new national photography exhibition depicting a group of energetic and passionate older people is being held in London. Photo: Vas Burton by Georgina Mason
At 91 years old, Topsy Clinch is an active member of the Pickering Flood Defence Group and volunteered to sit for this picture illustrating the devastation flooding can cause to homes and towns. Photo: The Press, York
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace and the Father of
the Nation was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat.
Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on the very day every year as the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of India.
In his autobiography My experiments with Truth Gandhi recalls that his childhood and teen age years were characterized by education in a local school, marriage to Kasturba at the age of
13 and an intrinsic love for ‘truth’ and ‘duty’.
Rumours of a ghost at the Bangalore International Airport, has left the staff petrified.
The fear factor has increased as Monday is Amavasya. The day is considered inauspicious and it is presumed that the ghost appears at night.
The rumour that has been doing the rounds is that a lady in a white sari and long hair is seen on the runway and in the cargo building.
Vedic Maths: Tutorial 10
Converting Kilos to pounds In this section you will learn how to convert Kilos to Pounds, and Vice Versa.
Let's start off with looking at converting Kilos to pounds.
86 kilos into pounds:
Step one: Multiply the kilos by TWO.
To do this, just double the kilos.
86 x 2 = 172
Step two: Divide the answer by ten.
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
A small tourist hotel was all abuzz about an afternoon wedding where the groom was 95 years old and the bride was just 23.
The groom looked pretty feeble and some were worried about him since his young bride was a healthy, vivacious woman.
Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities.
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets.
Heart is our Current Asset.
Soul is our Fixed Asset.
Brain is our Fixed Deposit.
Thinking is our Current Account.
Achievements are our Capital.
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade.
Friends are our
General Reserves.
An English anthropologist was doing research in an isolated African village, the tribal chief asked if he would like to attend a trial his people were conducting that afternoon. "You`ll be surprised," said the chief, "at how well we`ve copied your country`s legal procedures. You see, we have read accounts of many English trials in your newspapers, and incorporated them into our judicial system."
Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.
He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops.
As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received A steady stream of refusals.
It's easy to get stuck in old patterns and old routines that keep us comfortable but don't necessarily promote growth.
Stepping out of our comfort zone for a new stage of growth can be painful. Just imagine how it would feel to be a worm and then turn into a butterfly!