A film from Nasa about the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on 21 December, has been released 10 days early. The film entitled The World Didn't End Yesterday looks at the science behind the Mayan calendar which 5,125-year run is due to end in 10 days, and how it should be interpreted as cyclical.

Human Rights Day presents an opportunity, every year, to celebrate human rights, highlight a specific issue, and advocate for the full enjoyment of all human rights by everyone everywhere.

This year, the spotlight is on the rights of all people — women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, the poor and marginalized — to make their voices heard in public life and be included in political decision-making.

These human rights — the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, to peaceful assembly and association, and to take part in government (articles 19, 20 and 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) have been at the centre of the historic changes in the Arab world over the past two years, in which millions have taken to the streets to demand change. In other parts of the world, the “99%” made their voices heard through the global Occupy movement protesting economic, political and social inequality.

Source: 

http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/ 

http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=937

Concord: Basic Rules

The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb.

NOTE: The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb.

Hint: Verbs do not form their plurals by adding an s as nouns do. In order to determine which verb is singular and which one is plural, think of which verb you would use with he or she and which verb you would use with they.

Example:
talks, talk
Which one is the singular form?
Which word would you use with he?
We say, "He talks." Therefore, talks is singular.
We say, "They talk." Therefore, talk is plural.

Rule 1

Two singular subjects connected by or or nor require a singular verb.

Example:
My aunt or my uncle is arriving by train today.

Rule 2

Two singular subjects connected by either/or or neither/nor require a singular verb as in Rule 1.

Examples:
Neither Juan nor Carmen is available.
Either Kiana or Casey is helping today with stage decorations.

Rule 3

When I is one of the two subjects connected by either/or or neither/nor, put it second and follow it with the singular verb am.

Example:
Neither she nor I am going to the festival.

Rule 4

When a singular subject is connected by or or nor to a plural subject, put the plural subject last and use a plural verb.

Example:
The serving bowl or the plates go on that shelf.

Rule 5

When a singular and plural subject are connected by either/or or neither/nor, put the plural subject last and use a plural verb.

Example:
Neither Jenny nor the others are available.

Rule 6

As a general rule, use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected byand.

Example:
A car and a bike are my means of transportation.

Rule 7

Sometimes the subject is separated from the verb by words such as along with, as well as, besides, or not. Ignore these expressions when determining whether to use a singular or plural verb.

Examples:
The politician, along with the newsmen, is expected shortly.
Excitement, as well as nervousness, is the cause of her shaking.

Rule 8

The pronouns each, everyone, every one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, andsomebody are singular and require singular verbs. Do not be misled by what follows of.

Examples:
Each of the girls sings well.
Every one of the cakes is gone.

NOTE: Everyone is one word when it means everybody. Every one is two words when the meaning is each one.

Rule 9

With words that indicate portions—percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all, none, remainder, and so forth —look at the noun in your of phrase (object of the preposition) to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb. If the object of the preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition is plural, use a plural verb.

Examples:
Fifty percent of the pie has disappeared.
Pie is the object of the preposition of.
Fifty percent of the pies have disappeared.
Pies is the object of the preposition.
One-third of the city is unemployed.
One-third of the people are unemployed.

NOTE: Hyphenate all spelled-out fractions.

All of the pie is gone.
All of the pies are gone.
Some of the pie is missing.
Some of the pies are missing.
None of the garbage was picked up.
None of the sentences were punctuated correctly.
Of all her books, none have sold as well as the first one.

NOTE: Apparently, the SAT testing service considers none as a singular word only. However, according to Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, "Clearly none has been both singular and plural since Old English and still is. The notion that it is singular only is a myth of unknown origin that appears to have arisen in the 19th century. If in context it seems like a singular to you, use a singular verb; if it seems like a plural, use a plural verb. Both are acceptable beyond serious criticism" (p. 664).

Rule 10

The expression the number is followed by a singular verb while the expression a number is followed by a plural verb.

Examples:
The number of people we need to hire is thirteen.
A number of people have written in about this subject.

Rule 11

When either and neither are subjects, they always take singular verbs.

Examples:
Neither of them is available to speak right now.
Either of us is capable of doing the job.

Rule 12

The words here and there have generally been labeled as adverbs even though they indicate place. In sentences beginning with here or there, the subject follows the verb.

Examples:
There are four hurdles to jump.
There is a high hurdle to jump.

Rule 13

Use a singular verb with sums of money or periods of time.

Examples:
Ten dollars is a high price to pay.
Five years is the maximum sentence for that offense.

Rule 14

Sometimes the pronoun who, that, or which is the subject of a verb in the middle of the sentence. The pronouns who, that, and which become singular or plural according to the noun directly in front of them. So, if that noun is singular, use a singular verb. If it is plural, use a plural verb.

Examples:
Salma is the scientist who writes/write the reports.
The word in front of who is scientist, which is singular. Therefore, use the singular verb writes.
He is one of the men who does/do the work.
The word in front of who is men, which is plural. Therefore, use the plural verb do.

Rule 15

Collective nouns such as team and staff may be either singular or plural depending on their use in the sentence.

Examples:
The staff is in a meeting.
Staff is acting as a unit here.
The staff are in disagreement about the findings.
The staff are acting as separate individuals in this example.
The sentence would read even better as:
The staff members are in disagreement about the findings.

 Reference & Thanks: http://www.grammarbook.com/

Dr. Joseph E. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world's first successful organ transplant, died Monday at the Boston hospital where the pioneering surgery was performed. He was 93. On Dec. 23, 1954, in Operating Room 2 of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Dr. Murray took the healthy kidney of Ronald Herrick and sutured it into the donor's dying identical twin, Richard. With that 5½-hour operation, Dr. Murray and his team saved a life, sparked an ethical debate that still echoes today, and opened medicine to a new frontier. Murray, who focused on plastic and reconstructive surgery for most of his career, was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990.

Isolines

An isoline map is a map with continuous lines joining points of the same value. The prefix "iso-" means "equal."

This is a list of some common types of isolines.

isobar

A line representing points of equal atmospheric pressure

isobath

A line representing points of equal depth under water

isobathytherm

A line representing depths of water with equal temperature

isochasm

A line representing points of equal recurrence of auroras

isocheim

A line representing points of equal mean winter temperature

isochrone

A line representing points of equal time-distance from a point, such as the transportation time from a particular point

isodapane

A line representing points of equal transport costs for products from production to markets

isodose

A line representing points of equal intensity of radiation

isodrosotherm

A line representing points of equal dew point

isogeotherm

A line representing points of equal mean temperature

isogloss

A line separating linguistic features

isogonal

A line representing points of equal magnetic declination

isohaline

A line representing points of equal salinity in the ocean

isohel

A line representing points receiving equal amounts of sunshine

isohume

A line representing points of equal humidity

isohyet

A line representing points of equal precipitation

isoneph

A line representing points of equal amounts of cloud cover

isopectic

A line representing points where ice begins to form at the same time each fall or winter

isophene

A line representing points where biological events occur at the same time, such as crops flowering

isoplat

A line representing points of equal acidity, as in acid precipitation

isopleth

A line representing points of equal numerical value, such as population

isopor

A line representing points of equal annual change in magnetic declination

isostere

A line representing points of equal atmospheric density

isotac

A line representing points where ice begins to melt at the same time each spring

isotach

A line representing points of equal wind speed

isothere

A line representing points of equal mean summer temperature

isotherm

A line representing points of equal temperature

isotim

A line representing points of equal transport costs from the source of a raw material

Children's Day 

Children’s day is special day for the children. Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year as declared by the United Nations in 1954. 

But in India it is celebrated on 14th November, because the date marks the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. 

As a tribute to Nehru and his love for children, Children’s Day is celebrated on his birth date. This day reminds to each and every one of us, to renew our commitment to the welfare of children and teach them to live by their Chacha Nehru’s quality and dream.

World Diabetes Day

14 November 2012

World Diabetes Day raises global awareness of diabetes - its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the illness in most cases. Started by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and WHO, the Day is celebrated on 14 November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental in the discovery of insulin in 1922, a life-saving treatment for diabetes patients.

WHO estimates that more than 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030 without intervention. Almost 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

The Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 

Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill seeking to amend Article 371 of the Constitution to grant special status to six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region, enabling local reservation in education and jobs, besides development.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde introduced the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which aims to insert a new Article 371-J, to provide for special provisions for the six backward districts of North Karnataka, namely Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal and Bellary.

The Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012

The Government recently introduced the 117th Constitution Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill upon becoming an Act would amend the Constitution to provide reservation to members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government job promotions.

The Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on September 5, 2012 by Mr. V Narayansamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
The Bill is necessitated to circumvent a Supreme Court verdict striking down reservation benefits for SCs and STs in promotions extended by the then Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

The Constitution (116th Amendment) Bill, 2011

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was introduced along with a Constitutional (116th Amendment) Bill during the winter session of the 15th Lok Sabha on December 22, 2011.

Courtesy: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India

snake-boat Jawahar Thayankari of Sangham Kannetti at Karunagapally beat three competitors to win the second President’s Trophy Boat Race held on the Asramam Creek of the Ashtamudi Lake on Thursday.

The race was cheered by thousands who had thronged the banks. The snake boat Sree Ganesh of Kumarakam Boat Club which won the trophy last year was pushed to the second position. Devas of Victory Boat Club, Karunagapally, and Ayaparambu Paandi of Kottayam Town Boat Club came third and fourth.

In addition to the coveted trophy the Jawahar Thayankari team also won a cash prize of Rs.1.50 lakh plus a bonus of Rs.1.75 lakh. Sree Ganesh won the trophy of the Kollam City Corporation and a cash prize of Rs.1.25 lakh. Devas got the R. Sankar Memorial Trophy and cash prize of Rs.1 lakh. Ayaparambu Paandi won the Younus College of Engineering trophy and cash prize of Rs. 75,000.

In the losers’ finals, Aanari Puthen of Jesus Boat Club, Kollam emerged the winner. In the Veppu A grade category, Kottaparappan of Saint Francis Boat Club, Kollam was the winner. In the Iruttukuthi category Saint Sebastian of Chepanam Boat Club won the race. In the Thekanodi category rowed by women the boat Devas of Victory Boat Club, Karunagapally was declared the winner.

Sania Mirza Inagurated President's Trophy Boat Race yesterday.

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Posted on: 31 Oct 2012

* നിങ്ങള്‍ അപേക്ഷിച്ച തൊഴില്‍ മേഖലയെക്കുറിച്ച് നന്നായി ഗവേഷണം നടത്തുക. കമ്പനിയാണെങ്കില്‍ അവരെക്കുറിച്ചും നടത്തുന്ന ബിസിനസ്സിനെപ്പറ്റിയുമൊക്കെ പരമാവധി വിവരങ്ങള്‍ ശേഖരിക്കുക.

* വീട്ടിലെ കണ്ണാടിക്കുമുന്നില്‍ നിന്ന് പരിശീലനം തുടങ്ങുക. ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂ അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കുകയാണെന്ന മട്ടില്‍ സ്വയം അവതരിപ്പിച്ച് പരിശീലിക്കുക.

* മോക് ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂകളില്‍ പങ്കെടുക്കുക. നേരത്തേ ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂവില്‍ മികവുകാട്ടിയവരെയും ഇതിന് ആശ്രയിക്കാം. അവരുടെ അനുഭവം കേള്‍ക്കുക. അതിനനുസരിച്ച് പരിശീലിക്കുക.

* ഓണ്‍ലൈനില്‍ യൂട്യൂബ് പോലുള്ള സൈറ്റുകളില്‍ ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂവിന്റെ വീഡിയോ ലഭ്യമാണ്. ഇവ കാണുക. ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂകളില്‍ പതിവായി ചോദിക്കാവുന്ന ചില ചോദ്യങ്ങളുണ്ട്. ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റില്‍ തിരഞ്ഞാല്‍ കിട്ടും.

* ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂ നടക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തെപ്പറ്റി വ്യക്തമായ ബോധ്യമുണ്ടാകണം. നിര്‍ദേശിച്ച സമയത്തിന് അരമണിക്കൂറെങ്കിലും മുമ്പെ അവിടെ എത്താന്‍ കഴിയുമെന്ന് ഉറപ്പാക്കണം. ട്രാഫിക് ബ്ലോക്ക് ഉള്‍പ്പെടെയുള്ള തടസ്സങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് സാധ്യതയുണ്ടെങ്കില്‍ നേരത്തേ പുറപ്പെടാന്‍ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കണം.

* ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂവിന് ആവശ്യമായ രേഖകളും മറ്റും നേരത്തേ തയ്യാറാക്കി വെക്കുക. ഇതെല്ലാം കൈവശമുണ്ടെന്ന് പുറപ്പെടും മുമ്പ് ഒന്നുകൂടി ഉറപ്പാക്കുക. ഒപ്പം പേനയും എഴുതാനുള്ള പാഡും.

* നേരത്തേ ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂ നടത്തുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തെത്താനായാല്‍ ആശങ്കയും ടെന്‍ഷനും ഒരു പരിധി വരെ കുറയ്ക്കാന്‍ കഴിയും. പുഞ്ചിരിയോടെ മുറിയിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിക്കുക.

* ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് വ്യക്തമായ ഉത്തരം പറയാന്‍ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക. എന്നാല്‍ വാചകക്കസര്‍ത്തും തര്‍ക്കങ്ങളും ഒഴിവാക്കുക. അറിയാത്തവയ്ക്ക് അറിയില്ലെന്ന് തുറന്നുപറയുക.

* ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂവില്‍ നിങ്ങളുടെ ശരീരഭാഷയും പ്രധാനമാണ്. ആത്മവിശ്വാസം സ്ഫുരിക്കുന്ന ചലനങ്ങളാണ് വേണ്ടത്. നനഞ്ഞകോഴിയുടെ മട്ടില്‍ നിന്നാല്‍ നിങ്ങള്‍ പടിക്കുപുറത്താകും.

* വസ്ത്രധാരണത്തിലും ശ്രദ്ധ വേണം. കടുംനിറത്തിലുള്ള ഫാഷന്‍വസ്ത്രങ്ങള്‍ ഒഴിവാക്കുക. ലളിതമായതും ആകര്‍ഷകവുമായ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളാണ് അഭികാമ്യം. അമിതമായ ആഭരണങ്ങളും രൂക്ഷഗന്ധമുള്ള പെര്‍ഫ്യൂമുമൊക്കെ വേണ്ടെന്ന് വെക്കണം.

Reference: http://www.mathrubhumi.com/static/others/special/story.php?id=313494

National Integration Day - November 19

National integration day is also known as Quami Ekta Divas. National integration day is celebrated on the November 19th of every year. National Integration Day commemorates the birth anniversary of the first-ever women prime minister of India, Mrs Indira Gandhi.

More: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/khurshid-raju-head-pack-in-major-reshuffle/article4040545.ece?homepage=true

Fabiola Mann, a 15-year-old London teen with Goan roots has beaten Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking with her IQ score. Her Mensa IQ score of 162 has put her in the top 1 percent of world’s intelligent people, two points above the 160 scored by the scientific greats, reported Karsten Miranda for TNN. Mensa was founded in 1946 as a society for intelligent people.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012 was awarded jointly to Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design"

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was awarded to Mo Yan "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".

Mo Yan has focused an unflinching eye on what he calls the darkness and ugliness of 20th-century Chinese society in a prolific writing career that  landed him the 2012 Nobel prize for litterature. The prize won by the writer is worth 8 million crowns ($1.2 million) and was given by the Swedish Academy.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

National Postal Day is celebrated on October 10 every year. Indian postal department is serving the country for over 150 years and that’s no mean achievement. Indian postal celebration is an extension of World Post Day. UPU was founded in Berne in 1874. The occasion is celebrated by countries all over the world. New postal products and services are introduced on this day.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

jointly to

John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

"for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent".

As the Indian Air Force (IAF) completes 80 years on October 8, it finds itself confronting many challenges and transforming itself into a modern, capability-driven force.

IAF is the fourth largest air force in the world. It came into being on October 8, 1932 and on April 1, 1954 Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, one of the founding members of the Air Force, took over as the first Indian Chief of the Air Staff.

Poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri has bagged this year’s Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Award. He bagged the award for his collection of poems Anthimahakalam. 

The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory of the poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma (1928-1975). A sum of Rs.25,000/-, a silver plate and certificate constitutes the award. It is presented each year on October 27, the death anniversary of Vayalar

As is well known by now throughout the world Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts created the smiley face in 1963. That image went on to become the most recognizable symbol of good will and good cheer on the planet.

As the years passed Harvey Ball became concerned about the over-commercialization of his symbol, and how its original meaning and intent had become lost in the constant repetition of the marketplace.  Out of that concern came his idea for World Smile Day®. He thought that we, all of us, should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts throughout the world.  The smiley face knows no politics, no geography and no religion.  Harvey’s idea was that for at least one day each year, neither should we.  He declared that the first Friday in October each year would henceforth be World Smile Day®. Ever since that first World Smile Day® held in 1999, it has continued every year in Smiley's hometown of Worcester, MA and around the world.

After Harvey died in 2001, the Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation was created to honor his name and memory.  The Foundation continues as the official sponsor of World Smile Day® each year.

http://www.worldsmileday.com/

Eleven young scientists have been selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize-2012, India’s premier awards in the field of science and technology.

Shantanu Chowdhury of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and Suman Kumar Dhar of the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru University bagged the prize in the field of biological sciences.

In the area of chemical sciences, the prizes went to Govindsamy Mugesh of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc) and Gangadhar J Sanjayan of the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.

Ravishankar Narayanan of IISc and Y Shanthi Pavan of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras won the prizes in the engineering sciences category.

In the area of mathematical sciences, Siva Ramachandran Athreya and Debashish Goswami of the Indian Statistical Institute won the prestigious prize.

Sandip Basu of the Radiation Medicine Centre at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre bagged the prize in the medical sciences category.

In the area of physical sciences, Arindam Ghosh of IISc and Krishnendu Sengupta of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science won the prize.

The winners were announced by Samir K Brahmachari, Director General of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, at a function here to mark the 70th foundation day of Council.

The prize is named after the founder-Director General of CSIR and carries a cash component of Rs 5 lakh.

It is given annually to young scientists below the age of 45 who have made outstanding contributions in any field of science and technology.

GSAT 10 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit

The orbit raising manoeuvres of GSAT 10 satellite have been successfully completed from ISRO's Master Control Facility, Hassan. The third and final orbit raising manoeuvre was performed this

 morning (October 03, 2012) to place the GSAT 10 in an orbit with 35,734 km apogee (farthest point to earth), 35,585 km perigee (nearest point to earth) and an inclination of 0.172 degree with respect to the equator. Currently, the orbital period of GSAT 10 is 23 hours 50 minutes

GSAT-10 is an Indian communication satellite which was launched by Ariane-5ECA carrier rocket in 2012. It will field C and Ku band transponders, and includes a navigation payload to augment GAGANcapacity.

GSAT-10

· Communication satellite of India, built by ISRO

· It carries 30 communication transponders — 12 in Ku-band, 12 in C-band and 6 in extended C-band.

· It has design life of 15 years, built at a cost of Rs.750 crore.

· It will enhance telecommunication, Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services.

· It is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after GSAT-8, launched in May 2011.

The satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched early on 29 September 2012 at 2:48 am (IST) on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.

GAGAN: The GPS aided geo augmented navigation or GPS and geo-augmented navigation system (GAGAN) is a planned implementation of a regional satellite-based augmentation system(SBAS) by the Indian government

World elders day 2012 date is October 1.

There are many cases we have heard nearby that, that couple has sent their parents in old age centres. This is because there arises a vast generation gap between two groups which are increasing day by day. Young generation think by providing food ,clothes and shelter their duty is completed towards them, but important thing is they want our attention, care and time, which becomes difficult for younger’s  to give. There arises a tremendous impatience in younger class that they don’t pay any heed of their parents. They compel their parents to leave their homes and settle somewhere else. In this way we, the younger generation, no doubt are committing a crime.

What we are doing?

We all are very familiar with the fact that one day we will also grow old and come in this group. Even then there are many families in this world who forced their parents to leave their own place and live an isolated life. There are many reasons between them like showing disrespect, impatience, ill treatment in front of family members and society, showing them inferior by doing ardent behaviour, which result in severe results against our elders.

How elders suffer?

Stress

When their children misbehave with them they are badly shattered and therefore they come into depression and result in stress.

Psychological and emotional disorders:

Our elders expect lots of exception from their children and when their emotion gets hurt they suffer from physical ailment.

Some cases these people fall sick frequently, feel restless, and remain in isolatation.

Therefore, World Elder Day is dedicated to make our elders happy and calm. Many organisation are working for elders to provide them safe and better life also there are many day boarding’s centres opened for them where they can spend their quality time with others members. The Government should also pay attention towards this group by providing proper security measures and securing their life financially. But still there are many places where this day is celebrated in old aged homes or centres. The only way we can keep our elders happy by satisfying their physical and emotional needs. They want a little attention and time to show themselves that they are also the part of the family. This is the only thing they want from us. 

In the last, one should know well that everyone has to face ageing, what we do with our elders same can be repeated by our children. They observe the atmosphere in the house and when they grow up they do the same. So, we all should try to bring the change in our attitude towards elders as they have more knowledge and experience, give more care and attention and also helps to form the strong base of the family.

View More: http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Lifestyle/world-elders-day.html

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel's "52nd Street," was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording pop music and the music industry has moved on to the next hot medium.
When the first CD player was released that same day, it was described as a "new digital record player, using laser beams" by United Press International. Spun out of the far less successful Philips' laser disc technology (remember those?), the CD was a result of Philips and Sony combining forces.
The compact disc was actually invented several years earlier. The first test CD was Richard Strauss's "Eine Alpensinfonie," and the first CD actually pressed at a factory was ABBA's "The Visitors," but that disc wasn't released commercially until later.
Mass adoption didn't happen immediately -- CDs wouldn't overtake cassette tapes until the late 1980s. The first album to sell 1 million copies in the CD format and outsell its vinyl version was Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms," released in 1985.
As with most new technologies, one reason for the slow spread of CDs was their steep price tags. The Sony CDP-101 player sold for the equivalent of $730 when it first hit Japanese shelves in 1982. Accounting for inflation, that's about $1,750 today. The audio CDs themselves were $15, which is $35 in 2012 dollars.
Because getting a new player and replacing an entire music collection was costly, audio manufacturers were savvy enough to market the first CD players to classical music fans, who were more likely to care about sound quality and have extra disposable income.
When they arrived, CDs were hailed for their pristine sound. But whether the audio quality of CDs is greater than vinyl remains a hotly debated topic among hi-fi enthusiasts

Read: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/28/tech/innovation/compact-disc-turns-30/

This year in continuation from our 2011 theme of home heart health we will make 2012 the year of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention among women and children because:

 Women/children and CVD are not synonymous:

• CVD is commonly considered an “older persons” and a “man’s” disease
• Women underestimate their CVD risk; even though almost half of the 17.3 million annual deaths occur in women

 Children are particularly at risk, since they have little control over their environment and can be limited in choices to live heart­-healthily

 Unless action is taken to enable heart-­healthy activity, the children of today are at increased CVD risk later in life

 Women/mothers are often the « gate keeper » to their family’s health hence a key influencer in keeping their hearts healthy
More Visit: http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/awareness/world-heart-day/about-world-heart-day/