In what is a ‘rags to riches’ story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.
At 17, with three saris and no money, Chanda went to America to live with strangers she had befriended in India. Today, she is a successful molecular biologist with four patents.
(WATCH the video below)
In what is a ‘rags to riches’ story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.
President Obama on Wednesday nominated Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive Sally Jewell to head the Interior Department.
Jewell began her career as an engineer for Mobil Oil and worked as a commercial banker before heading the nearly $2 billion outdoors equipment company. But she has also earned national recognition for her support for outdoor recreation and habitat conservation.
Richard A. Herman lived in the Watergate for more than 40 years and was a longtime patron of the arts, but the shy railroad heir was virtually unknown in Washington social circles for much of his long life.
Family Matters of Greater Washington today announced that Herman, who died in November at 100, left the nonprofit organization 60 percent of his vast estate — $28 million, which the group says is one of the largest gifts ever to a local social service organization.
A longtime donor, Mr. Herman began in 1967 supporting the organization, which recently celebrated its 130th year of improving the lives of those less fortunate in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
The historic donation will also help Family Matters to launch a new series of innovative arts programs for District seniors and youth.
“Our programs have helped serve as an essential safety net for District youth, families and seniors for more than a century,” said Tonya Jackson Smallwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Family Matters. “We are thrilled to add the healing power of the arts to the list of programming we provide.”
(READ about who else he left his money to in the Washington Post)
Luckily, before he drove into Fresno declaring himself to be Jesus, shouting the n-word, and ramming his car into a random black guy, this nut-job picked up a hitchhiking surfer named Kai. And Kai had a hatchet.
When the driver — a six-foot fall, 300 lb. man — jumped out and started beating up a nearby woman, Kai leaped into action and saved her by repeatedly smashing him on the head with the blunt end of said hatchet.
Author Zac Unger dragged his family to northern Canada in order to write a book about a vanishing species. He wanted to write the quintessential requiem about the magnificent polar bear dying off.
What he learned when he got there — that there are more polar bears alive today than there were 40 years ago — led him to pen a completely different book.
“In 1973, there was a global hunting ban. So once hunting was dramatically reduced, the population exploded,” he explained on NPR.
Author Zac Unger dragged his family to northern Canada in order to write a book about a vanishing species. He wanted to write the quintessential requiem about the magnificent polar bear dying off.
What he learned when he got there — that there are more polar bears alive today than there were 40 years ago — led him to pen a completely different book.
“In 1973, there was a global hunting ban. So once hunting was dramatically reduced, the population exploded,” he explained on NPR.
One youngster will set plenty of tails wagging after asking his friends to donate to Cheshire Dogs Home to mark his birthday.
Finlay Brooks of Padgate, who turned six on Tuesday, will be dogs’ best friend after telling his mum he did not need any more presents because he had got enough at Christmas.
Mum Jenny Bate, of Kenilworth Drive, said: “We’re very proud of him and he’s been really excited seeing the donations total going up.
Comic Relief stars, past and present, today will mark 25 years of Red Nose Day and celebrate the 50 million lives that have been changed by the money raised.
Thanks to the generosity of the British public since 1988 over £600 million has been raised since 1988. That money has been helping to change lives across Africa, the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
Comic Relief stars, past and present, today will mark 25 years of Red Nose Day and celebrate the 50 million lives that have been changed by the money raised.
Thanks to the generosity of the British public since 1988 over £600 million has been raised since 1988. That money has been helping to change lives across Africa, the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
Politicians, generals and clerics have all played their part in shaping the new Iraq, with varying results.
Now the geeks are giving it a shot.
In recent months, Baghdad residents from science, engineering and tech backgrounds have been meeting regularly to participate in Iraq’s first “hackerspace.”
After over 20 years of campaigning, ethical beauty retailer The Body Shop and non-profit organization Cruelty Free International are finally celebrating the end to animal testing for cosmetics in Europe with the anticipated announcement that the import and sale of animal tested cosmetic products and ingredients is to be banned in the EU on 11th March 2013.
After over 20 years of campaigning, ethical beauty retailer The Body Shop and non-profit organization Cruelty Free International are finally celebrating the end to animal testing for cosmetics in Europe with the anticipated announcement that the import and sale of animal tested cosmetic products and ingredients is to be banned in the EU on March 11, 2013.
Prevention goes well beyond the mammograms, prostate screenings or blood tests at the doctor’s office. It’s the little steps you take every day that can keep you healthy.
“Ideally, prevention should also emphasize healthy lifestyles, a practice that isn’t only health-conscious, but (is) inexpensive,” said James Pivarnik, president of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Here are 10 easy ways to get started, beyond simply washing your hands when you’re out in public — which is a great tip for keeping you out of the doctor’s office.
A retired teacher, who has poured her $900,000 retirement nest egg into a technology classroom on wheels for underprivileged children, has gained an outpouring of national support, after her story aired last week on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
Estella Pyfrom has driven the “Brilliant Bus” throughout the West Palm Beach area for the last four years, offering homework help and computer access to kids who have no technology at in their homes.
Since her story aired last Monday, she’s received about $5,000 worth of donations.
(WATCH the Making a Difference videos below, or READ the inspiring story from WPTV)
Three students from Montgomery County, Pa., accomplished something extremely rare — they all scored a perfect score of 2400 on their SAT.
And what’s even more rare is that all three students are classmates at the same school.
The Upper Dublin High School juniors dedicated years, studying for this one test.
Earlier this year, a government agency known for its futuristic technologies, introduced its Phoenix program–an initiative that aims to “develop and demonstrate technologies to cooperatively harvest and re-use valuable components from retired, nonworking satellites (already in orbit).
As you can see in the video below, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) demonstrated the ability to create new space systems at greatly reduced cost by creating robots that harvest antennas from dead satellites.
Combatting the high school dropout crisis and preparing millions of American teens for college, Toyota donated $464,425 to Boys & Girls Clubs of America to be divided equally among 19 local Clubs currently running the Diplomas to Degrees college readiness program.
Launched in 2012, d2D is a partnership between Toyota and Boys & Girls Clubs of America that provides resources and support to teens to help prepare them for moving from high school to college graduation.
Crow’s feet – often regarded as an unwelcome sign of ageing – could actually be something to smile about.
People are judged more attractive and more intelligent if their eyes wrinkle around the corners when they smile, research shows.
Psychologists asked a group of men and women about their impressions of a set of photographs showing people smiling.
When crow’s feet were present in the faces on photographs, the people were thought to be more intelligent and more attractive.
(READ the story in the Daily Mail)
Some signs of spring are starting to break through in Colorado. The public library in the small town of Basalt is trying an experiment: In addition to borrowing books, residents can now check out seeds.
After you borrow the packet of seeds, you grow the crop and harvest new seeds from your best produce. You return them so the library can lend your seeds out to others.
