Online photography community Photocrowd.com has presented the results of an international photo contest on the theme of ‘Ageing: the bigger picture‘ in partnership with the British Society of Gerontology (BSG), with £3600 (approximately $5400 USD) in cash prizes awarded. The contest brief encouraged photographers to look beyond clichés and show a more nuanced approach to the […]
On the 1st of October, 2015, Eurostat published the 2014 demographic indicators for the elderly who live in the European Union. The use of the Internet by elderly people was one of the criteria Eurostat was interested in. European seniors still do not use the Internet as much as the rest of the population; however,
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Facebook is the most popular social network on the planet. On Monday, 24th, one billion active users were accounted for on the website. Facebook’s creator Mark Zuckerberg wrote that “On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family”. In June, 2015, about 1.49 billion people in the
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For the first time in France, the WMAC took place in the city of Lyon from August, 7th to August 16th, 2015. It welcomed athletes aged from 35 up to 98 years old.
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According to a study conducted by Dutch and British researchers from Erasmus MC and the London School of Economics, attending a worship place may be a factor for “sustained happiness”.
