Achievement

Daley Thompson is arguably the greatest athlete that has ever lived. He dominated the decathlon, one of the hardest Olympic events.

As a child, Daley wanted to be the best at something in the world. For most of his early years he wanted to be a footballer, until he was introduced to athletics and, in particular, the decathlon.

The decathlon, involves the following ten events: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 110 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, javelin and shot-put.

Daley had an strong and powerful belief about himself that allowed him to tackle an event with so many disciplines.

Suresh Joachim, a Sri Lanka native now living in Toronto, has one goal - to break the world record for the most world records.

Suresh currently holds world records in the world's longest karaoke marathon (25 hours and 40 minutes), longest ironing session (55 hours and 5 minutes) and longest time standing on one foot (76 hours and 40 minutes).

In total, he has broken 53 Guiness World Records.

Suresh began his journey in 1991, when his uncle gave him a copy of the Guiness Book of Records as a gift.

For many people, world peace is just a wish. For the British film director Jeremy Gilley, it is something that he has chosen to act upon.

Gilley was surprised to find that throughout the history of humanity, there has not been a single day in which there has been peace. Everyday, since man has walked on earth, there has been war in one place or another, on every single day.

This fact astonished Gilley and he made it a project to bring peace to earth. His philosophy was that if we want to build a house, it is one brick at a time. If we want world peace, it is one day at a time.

This weekend was the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, a day upon which the Allied forces stormed into Normandy and began the liberation of Europe.

The cause of such a great triumph was the heroism and strength of character who, despite knowing the great risks, acted for the cause of good and for freedom, in its truest sense.

Although many people will focus on the events of 60 years past, there is as much significance in looking at more frequent events, especially those that occured this weekend.

For all of the veterans present, the D-Day landings were the most memorable and important moments of their lives.