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AUGUST 2010 OUT NOW!
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ASK . . .
DR GRUGNI
DR VIBHA
THE DOCTOR
MISS MICHE
YOUR OPINION COUNTS
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE TEENAGER
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NUGGETS
Anecdotes of the Great
 WHEN she was just 8, Helen Keller visited the Perkins Institute for the Blind and gave remarkable evidence of the quickness of her perception by touch and more than ordinary reasoning power. The matron of the institute was exhibiting a new glass lemon squeezer. It had never been used, and no one present could guess its intended purpose. It was placed in Helen's hand; after examining it with her fingers, she spelled the word ‘lemonade’ and asked for a drinking glass. She then placed the squeezer in proper position to use. When questioned as to how she had solved the riddle that had baffled all the seeing people present, she tapped her forehead twice and finger-spelled, "I think".
[Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880-June 1, 1968), American author, activist and lecturer, was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The isolation imposed on her by a near complete lack of language, was broken by her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who taught Helen to communicate by 'finger-spelling'. Through her writings, lectures and the way she lived her life, she showed millions of people that disability need not be the end of the world.]
Did you know?
The word malaria comes from the mediaeval Italian mal (= bad) and aria (= air), describing the miasma (harmful fumes) from the swamps around Rome. This 'bad air' was believed to be the cause of the fever that often developed in those who spent time around the swamps. 
Say What?
'The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is the world's hardest tongue twister, according the Guinness Book of World Records. How about that! Burglar posted himself to victims
Police in Poland have arrested a man for a series of raids in which he climbed into large parcels and posted himself to businesses. He would then climb out at night after staff had left and burgle the premises. He made his getaway by sealing both himself and his loot into another box addressed to his home. His scheme ended after he fell out with an accomplice, whose job was to deliver him to courier firms, who contacted police. After being tipped off, police said: "We arranged a special delivery of our own."
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THIS MONTH INHISTORY
June 04, 1783: First hot air balloon (made of paper-lined silk) by the Montgolfier brothers lifts 6,562 feet into the air over Annonay, France
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Celebrate!
June 05: World Environment Day
Rwanda, home to the mountain gorilla, will host WED 2010. This year, WED takes a stand for the gorilla.
June 15: Power of a Smile Day
Make a list of things that make you smile.
Have a smile-off. See who can smile the longest without laughing!
June 20: Father's Day
Honour not only your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - uncles, grandfathers or 'big brothers'.
Compiled by Caroline C. D’Souza
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