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On the 11 th November, Canada, United States, England and several Commonwealth countries will be observing Remembrance Day. On this day, men and women who had given their lives in service for their country are publicly remembered. The Seventh Book of Remembrance   The Veterans Affairs and other Federal Departments in Canada have created the Seventh Book of Remembrance. It was dedicated on the 11 th November 2005 to honour Canadian Forces who died for their country. It is available to Canadians who desire to add the names, along with a photo and other information of their loved ones. It is also accessible to those who are searching for someone. The record of those who died begins on the 1 st October 1947, and to date, it has recorded more than 1700 men and women. However, those names that have been recorded in the Korean Book of Remembrance will not be recorded here. With this said, it could take as little as a year, to about three years, for someone's name to be added.

In Paris, an 18-month-old baby boy, who was left in an apartment with his three-year-old sister while their parents went for a stroll, fell out of a window. The baby fell from the eighth floor. He fell through the window, bounced off the awning of a restaurant and landed in the arms of someone who was walking by. The baby did not seem to have suffered any physical injury. Wow!  Thank the Lord.

November is International Diabetes Awareness Month.  It is worth mentioning that one of the instrumental persons, to say the least, in the fight against this disease is Frederick Grant Banting. He was born on the 14 th November 1891 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. One night, while lying in bed, several days away from his twenty-ninth birthday, on the 31 st October 1920, he came up with the idea of insulin, for those who had diabetes. Then, in 1922, the first successful test of this mediation was performed on a human being. Mr. Banting was knighted in 1934, and he died in February 1941 in Newfoundland, Canada. Presently, in his birth country, more than 9 million citizens live with prediabetes or diabetes, according to the Canadian Diabetes Association.