Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-2021. World in grief with flags flown at half mast
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It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
An Online Book of Condolence is now available on the Royal website for those who wish to send a personal message of condolence: https://bit.ly/3rZF8tT
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“Have to look for my cows,” 79yo grandmother puts on 7-decade-old iceskates, gliding across frozen lake in Siberian wilderness every day by herself
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Watch: This 79-year-old woman’s skating skills continue to stun everyone on social media
Lyubov Morekhodova lives near Lake Baikal in Siberia and uses skates that are seven decades old, just to complete her daily chores.
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” – Lao Tzu
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”
- Lao Tzu
18-65 years old: youth/young people; 66-79 years old: middle-aged – WHO’s new age standard
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World Health Organization (WHO) had declared that 65 years old is still considered young. Before, based on the Friendly Societies Act (1875) in Britain, old was defined by age of 50. The UN has not adopted a standard criterion but lately 60 years old was referred as the border age to the word “old”. However the health organization had done
“My name is Bond, James Bond.” Thomas Sean Connery, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 25 Aug 1930, died in his sleep on 31 Oct 2020, aged 90, at his home in the Bahamas
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The former James Bond star died at the age of 90 on Saturday.
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) Thomas Sean Connery,
named Thomas after his grandfather, was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland,
12 Sep 2020. Pacific Coast. San Francisco’s air quality index (AQI): 186 (Atlantic Coast – Boston: 14). Unprecedented.
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San Francisco, along with Sebastapol in the North Bay, recorded an AQI of 186, the worst daily air quality of any other location in the past 25 days when the Bay Area has been impacted by smoke from record-breaking wildfires across the West Coast.
The Air Quality Index operates on a scale from 0 to 500. The higher the
09 Sep 2020. Bay Area, San Francisco in smoke-choked darkness, a day without daylight
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In the San Francisco Bay Area, locals woke to an apocalyptic, orange-tinged sky Wednesday. This as more than 90 major fires have burned an area of land about the size of Connecticut.
The horrific wildfires that are burning up and down the coast of California have the caused skies over San Francisco to turn into eerily shades of red and orange.
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Image courtesy The Telegraph and @djbaskin
Charisma. And so cute. Berlin celebrates panda twins (rarely surviving in pairs) turning one year old: “they have grown very dear to us’; US’ newborn panda, mom gives birth at 22 (near record of 23)
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Zoo Berlin’s Twin Pandas Pit and Paule Turn 1: They ‘Have Grown Very Dear to Us’
This panda duo is growing up so fast! On Monday, twin brother pandas Pit and Paule turned one, celebrating at their Zoo Berlin home with a giant beetroot-juice ice cake with carrot candles and
Congrats! Italy’s oldest student graduates university at 96, a WWII veteran who enrolled in degree study in 2017
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At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life – childhood poverty, war and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. Now he has sailed through an exam that makes him Italy’s oldest university graduate.
This week, the former railway worker stepped forward to receive his diploma and the
“Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.”
Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.
Author Unknown
Happy Father’s Day. Prince William: “It’s one of the most amazing moments of life, but also one of the scariest”
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Prince William: Playful pictures released to mark duke’s birthday and Father’s Day
One image shows Prince William, who turned 38 on Sunday, being jumped on by Prince George, aged six, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two.
Another shows the children posing with their father on a swing at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
Both
“A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.” – Benjamin Franklin
A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Benjamin Franklin
“One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.”
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
Proverb