Month: June 2009
Photos of a recent fire incident – How do we forget?
Photos of a recent fire incident – How do we forget?
Accidents happen in many ways. Many times, it takes a lot from our life in not time. The photographs in this post is from a worksite accident that happened to one of my friend. In no time, his business was gutted. What surprised me from the photos he sent me of that incident was a book which remained partially burned. Titled in Malayalam “Engane Naam Marakkum” meaning “How do we forget”, this book was on his table as he was working on it for updating his collection of websites. Strange was the fact that the author of the book Ravi Menon happened to be also an email contact of mine. I consider this mortal remains as a a pointer to some of the principle values I carry on in life. One of them is sharing our knowledge. Whatever happens to us, end of the day or end of our life, what remains is what knowledge we had with us and what we shared with our daily contacts. All other things are mortal according to me.
My Letters – THE NATIONAL – Dangerous roads need policing
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Today in History – 30 June
2005 Spain becomes the 3rd country to permit same-sex marriage
1992 1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City
1984 Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551)
1973 Biggest U.S. tanker “Brooklyn” christened (230,000 ton)
1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-minute solar eclipse
1972 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
1953 1st Corvette manufactured
1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
1914 Mahatma Gandhi’s 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
1894 London Tower Bridge opens
1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered
Talent Share – Summer campaign – Back from Summer Holiday Special
Back from Summer Holiday Special at http://www.talentshare.blogspot.com.
Children can draw, color or prepare poster on the above three or all the three and are free to send as many entries as they wish.
Act now and SHARE your child’s creative talent to the world around. Send their works with the following details to team1dubai@gmail.com at your convenience:
Name:
Date of Birth:
Class:
School:
Place:
Parents Name:
Contact Telephone No(s):
Contact address : e-mail
Contact Address by Post:
Age group is from 04 to 15 years. However, all the others including Arts & Craft Teachers are welcome to submit their creative contribution.
This is an initiative created to promote the creative talent of children and has no commercial motives.
Please note that when a creative work comes online, it automatically become an immortal profile for them for use and exhibit at a later point of time.
Sincere regards,
Ramesh Menon
team1dubai@gmail.com
My Letters – GULF TODAY – Lifting up spirits
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Today in History – 29 June
1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA
1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House
1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca
Today in History – 28 June
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo
1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois
1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
1909 1st French air show, Concours d’Avation opens
1859 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
1820 Tomato is proven non-poisonous
1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston
Today in History – 27 June
2008 Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work
1980 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey
1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted, Illinois
1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1940 U.S.S.R. returns to Gregorian calendar
1929 1st color TV demo, New York City
1867 Bank of California opens doors
1693 1st woman’s magazine “Ladies’ Mercury” published (London)
1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US
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