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Wednesday, 29 December 2010
உங்கள் இருதயமே சொல்லும்
கடந்து வந்த பாதைகள்
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Funny Family problems
The American said, talking about love marriages... In America We can marry the one whom we love ……I'll tell you my story. 'I married a widow whom I deeply loved and dated for 3 years. After a couple of years, my father fell in love with my step-daughter and married her, so my father became my son-in-law and I became my father's father-in-law.
Legally now my daughter is my mother and my wife my grandmother. More problems occurred when I had a son. My son is my father's brother and so he is my uncle.
Situations turned worse when my father had a son. Now my father's son, my brother is my grandson. Ultimately, I have become my own grandfather and I am my own grandson. And you say you have family problems.'
The Indian fainted........!!!
USED vs LOVED
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The Life Of Helen Keller Part 2
Helen Keller's formal schooling ended when she received her B.A. degree,
but throughout her life she continued to study and stayed informed
on all matters of importance to modern people.
In recognition of her wide knowledge and many scholarly achievements,
she received honorary doctoral degrees from Temple University and Harvard University
and from the Universities of Glasgow, Scotland; Berlin, Germany; Delhi, India; and
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was also an Honorary Fellow of the
Educational Institute of Scotland.
prominent socialist, caused no change in the teacher-pupil relationship.
Helen went to live with the Macys and both husband and wife unstintingly gave
their time to help her with her studies and other activities.
that was to continue on and off for 50 years.
In 1902, The Story of My Life, which had first appeared in serial form in the Ladies Home Journal,
appeared in book form. This was always to be the most popular of her works and today is available
in more than 50 languages, including Marathi, Pushtu, Tagalog, and Vedu.
It is also available in several paperback editions in this country.
The Song of the Stone Wall; Out of the Dark; My Religion; Midstream--My Later Life;
Peace at Eventide; Helen Keller in Scotland; Helen Keller's Journal; Let Us Have Faith;
Teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy; and The Open Door.
writing most frequently on blindness, deafness, socialism, social issues,
and women's rights. She used a braille typewriter to prepare her manuscripts
and then copied them on a regular typewriter.
too numerous to recount fully here.
An entire room, called the Helen Keller Room, is devoted to their display
at the American Foundation for the Blind in New York City.
the Philippines' Golden Heart; Lebanon's Gold Medal of Merit; and her own country's highest honor,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Most of these awards were bestowed on her in recognition of the stimulation her example
and presence gave to work for the blind in those countries. In 1933 she was elected to membership
in the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
During the Louis Braille Centennial Commemoration in 1952, Miss Keller was made
a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor at a ceremony in the Sorbonne.
Alumnae Achievement Award.
Her Alma Mater also showed its pride in her by dedicating the Helen Keller Garden
in her honor and by naming a fountain in the garden for Anne Sullivan Macy.
the Gold Medal Award from the National Institute of Social Sciences,
the National Humanitarian Award from Variety Clubs International, and many others.
She held honorary memberships in scientific societies and philanthropic organizations
throughout the world.
"Ivy Green," in Tuscumbia, was made a permanent shrine.
It was dedicated on May 7, 1954 with officials of the American Foundation for the Blind
and many other agencies and organizations present.
In conjunction with this event, the premiere of Miss Keller's film biography, "The Unconquered,"
produced by Nancy Hamilton and narrated by Katharine Cornell, was held in the nearby city of Birmingham.
The film was later renamed "Helen Keller in Her Story" and in 1955 won an "Oscar"--
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award as the best feature-length
documentary film of the year.
Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke won them for their portrayals of Anne Sullivan and
Helen Keller in the film version of "The Miracle Worker."
and friendships Helen Keller made with most of the leading personalities of her time.
There were few world figures, from Grover Cleveland to Charlie Chaplin, Nehru,
and John F. Kennedy, whom she did not meet.
And many, among them Katharine Cornell, Van Wyck Brooks, Alexander Graham Bell,
and Jo Davidson, she counted as friends.
Two friends from her early youth, Mark Twain and William James, expressed beautifully
what most of her friends felt about her.
Mark Twain said, "The two most interesting characters of the 19th century are
Napoleon and Helen Keller.
" William James wrote, "But whatever you were or are, you're a blessing!"
needs of her fellow blind and deaf-blind.
From her youth, she was always willing to help them by appearing before legislatures,
giving lectures, writing articles, and above all, by her own example of what a severely
handicapped person could accomplish.
When the American Foundation for the Blind, the national clearinghouse
for information on blindness, was established in 1921, she at last had an effective
national outlet for her efforts. From 1924 until her death she was a member of the
Foundation staff, serving as counselor on national and international relations.
It was also in 1924 that Miss Keller began her campaign to raise the
"Helen Keller Endowment Fund"
for the Foundation. Until her retirement from public life, she was tireless in her efforts
to make the Fund adequate for the Foundation's needs.
assistance in the formation in 1946 of its special service for deaf-blind persons.
She was, of course, deeply concerned for this group of people and was always searching
for ways to help those "less fortunate than myself."
as she was for those in her own country; conditions in the underdeveloped and
war-ravaged nations were of particular concern. Her active participation in this area
of work for the blind began as early as 1915 when the Permanent Blind War Relief Fund,
later called the American Braille Press, was founded. She was a member of its first board of directors.
(now Helen Keller International)
in 1946, Miss Keller was appointed counselor on international relations.
It was then that she began the globe-circling tours on behalf of the blind
for which she was so well known during her later years.
During seven trips between 1946 and 1957 she visited 35 countries on five continents.
In 1955, when she was 75 years old, she embarked on one of her longest and most grueling journeys,
a 40,000-mile, five-month-long tour through Asia.
Wherever she traveled, she brought new courage to millions of blind people,
and many of the efforts to improve conditions among the blind abroad can be traced directly to her visits.
Tuscumbia, Alabama; Cambridge and Wrentham, Massachusetts; Forest Hills,
New York, but perhaps her favorite residence was her last, the house in Westport,
Connecticut she called "Arcan Ridge."
She moved to this white, frame house surrounded by mementos of her rich and busy life
after her beloved "Teacher's" death in 1936.
And it was Arcan Ridge she called home for the rest of her life.
"Teacher's" death, although it left her with a heavy heart, did not leave Helen alone.
Polly Thomson, a Scots woman who joined the Keller household in 1914,
assumed the task of assisting Helen with her work.
After Miss Thomson's death in 1960, a devoted nurse-companion,
Mrs. Winifred Corbally, assisted her until her last day.
At that meeting she received the Lions Humanitarian Award for her lifetime of service to humanity
and for providing the inspiration for the adoption by Lions International of their sight conservation
and aid to blind programs. During that visit to Washington, she also called on President Kennedy
at the White House. After that White House visit, a reporter asked her how many of our presidents
she had met. She replied that she did not know how many, but that she had met all of them
since Grover Cleveland!
She saw her family, close friends, and associates from the American Foundation for the Blind
and the American Foundation for Overseas Blind, and spent much time reading.
Her favorite books were the Bible and volumes of poetry and philosophy.
In 1964 she received the previously mentioned Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1965, she was one of 20 elected to the Women's Hall of Fame at the New York World's Fair.
Miss Keller and Eleanor Roosevelt received the most votes among the 100 nominees.
Her ashes were placed next to her beloved companions, Anne Sullivan Macy and Polly Thomson,
in the St. Joseph's Chapel of Washington Cathedral.
On that occasion a public memorial service was held in the Cathedral.
It was attended by her family and friends, government officials, prominent persons
from all walks of life, and delegations from most of the organizations for the blind and deaf.
when he said of Helen Keller, "She will live on, one of the few, the immortal names not born to die.
Her spirit will endure as long as man can read and stories can be told of the woman
who showed the world there are no boundaries to courage and faith."
Helen Keller HouseSee the room she lived in and the famous pump where Annie Sullivan
spelled out water in one hand while the cool water pored over Helens other hand
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The Life Of Helen Keller Part 1
(Rare!) Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan (1930 )
Helen Keller, her instructor and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan shows the way how Helen Keller learned to talk.
watch it here
http://www.nidokidos.org/rare-
Helen Keller - Her Amazing Story
A prolific author, Keller was well traveled and was outspoken in her opposition to war.
She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes
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White Tea
White tea 'may prevent wrinkles' It could also help treat arthritis A nice cup of tea can be very relaxing at the end of a stressful day, but now it seems it may help you in surprising ways - even keeping you looking younger. Scientists at Kingston University in London analysed the health properties of a number of plant extracts. Although many of them were found to have potentially beneficial properties, the researchers were stunned by the findings in white tea. |
which breakdown collagen and elastin - which in turn can lead to wrinkles as we age.
These chemicals are also implicated in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
leader of the study Professor Naughton pointed out that
"in inflammatory conditions,
suppressing the activities of these excess components has been the
subject of decades of research.
We were surprised to find such high activity for the white tea extracts
in all five tests that were conducted."
in a drink, the early indicators are that white tea reduces the risk of inflammation
which is characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis and some cancers as well as wrinkles."
studied have been successfully used in treatments of either wrinkles or any other condition.
It has demonstrated the existence of potentially beneficial chemicals within the plants.
Obviously more work is required to see how this can be of practical benefit to humans.
BioMed Central journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
But in both cases the tea used to make the drink is generally "black tea" -
90% of teas sold in western countries such as the UK are black teas.
This strengthens the taste and caffeine content of the tea and also allows
it to be stored for more than a year, hence its popularity.
It often contains buds and young leaves.
It is a speciality of the Chinese province Fujian.
health benefits that either black tea or green tea.
minimal processing. It is very common in Japan.
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