Teen Starts Website to Help Fight Bullying Among Girls

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Jul 1, 2013

After witnessing a close friend suffering through cyber bullying, 14 year old Azariah Brown decided to do something about it. She founded a website for teenage girls called, “Love Share Care”.

She wanted a social online hangout where adolescent girls 13-17 can share photos, post status updates, and send love shouts. They can even get discount tickets to local movies and stores.

The website’s official mission is to build self esteem and create unity within schools, while pushing back the tide of cyber-bullying online.

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Croatia Celebrates Entry to the European Union

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Jul 1, 2013

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Fireworks lit the sky and festive crowds gathered on the streets to mark Croatia’s entry into the European Union, a major milestone some 20 years after the country won independence in a bloody civil war.

As the 28th EU member state, Croatia’s achievement seems historic because the small Balkan nation of 4.2 million endured years of carnage after declaring independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.

Croatia’s admission to the fraternity of nations perhaps stands as another reason why the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012.

(READ the story from the Telegraph)

Photo by Helena Summer Medena in Lapad, Croatia

Losing and Finding Ourselves: How to Reconnect and Get Grounded

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Jul 1, 2013

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It’s 4 AM and I am laying awake, feeling unsettled and thinking about how distant and disconnected I feel from my personal life. Not from my beloved, sleeping sweetly at my side, but from myself.

I’ve spent a lot of time and energy focused on everybody else this past month. Caught up in everyone else’s life. Their world. Their family. And there was a sadness stirring in me. I began realizing that I had, once again, wandered, even lost myself. With that awareness, I took a very deep breath and allowed myself to feel as lost and upset as I was.

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China Lifts 17-year Ban on Dalai Lama Photos at Tibet Monastery

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Jul 1, 2013

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Chinese officials have lifted a ban on Tibetan monks displaying photographs of the Dalai Lama at a prominent monastery, a rights group said on Thursday, an unexpected policy shift which could ease tensions in the restive region.

The looser restrictions may be introduced into other regions and may signal a policy shift regarding Tibet, three months after President Xi Jinping took office.

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NYC Lampost Mosaic Artist Gets Boost from Unlikely Partner

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Jun 30, 2013

Vietnam vet Jim Power is a local celebrity in New York City known for his eclectic and colorful mosaic work on lampposts throughout the East Village.

He started what he calls the “Mosaic Trail,” in 1985. Each light pole is unique.

Dubbed the “Mosaic Man” in 1988, the city eventually gave him permission to continue his work on public property along with thanks from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004 for “beautifying the city with distinctful, artful mosaics.”

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In Israel, a Modern Security Wall is Halted to Save Ancient Terraces

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Jun 30, 2013

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Construction of the Israeli wall, which has scarred the ancient landscape of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the name of security, has been halted for the first time in years, bringing relief to a Palestinian village with 2,500-year old farm terraces and aqueducts.

Israel’s high court in May gave Batir and its 6,000 residents – famed for its annual yield of aubergines – reason to hope that a way of life preserved through centuries won’t be destroyed.

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First-Ever Disabled Miss USA Contestant Inspires Young Girls

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Jun 30, 2013

When Abbey Curran first saw a flyer for a local beauty pageant, she was 16 and walked with a pronounced limp due to cerebral palsy. Despite classmates who dismissed her chances of winning, she was determined to compete.

In 2008, Abbey was crowned Miss Iowa and became the first disabled person ever to compete for the title of Miss USA.

She says she broke the glass ceiling so it would be normal for girls who seem different to be counted among beauty pageant contestants.

In fact, just recently, Nicole Kelly, who was born without her left forearm, was crowned Miss Iowa. As a result, the 23-year-old will find herself competing at the Miss America pageant in September in Atlantic City, N.J.

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Spanish Town Builds World’s First Plant to Convert Sewage into Clean Energy

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Jun 29, 2013

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A Spanish resort town with sprawling golf courses and tree-lined beaches has added another green site to its attractions: the world’s first plant to convert sewage into clean energy.

The facility in Chiclana de la Frontera on the southwest tip of Spain uses wastewater and sunlight to produce algae-based biofuel as part of a $15.7 million project to pursue alternative energies and reduce reliance on foreign oil.

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Canada’s Cities Report 50% Drop in Homelessness

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Jun 29, 2013

The State of Homeless in Canada 2013, released this week by the Canadian Homelessness Research Network and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, showed a 51 percent drop in the number of people living on the streets of Toronto between 2006 and 2011.

Vancouver did better, with a 66 percent decrease over the same period.

Coast to coast, municipalities were turning the tide.

(READ the Editorial in the Toronto Star)

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Newtown Families Thank Therapy Dogs that Comforted Them

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Jun 29, 2013

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The community of Newtown, Connecticut came together Saturday to show appreciation to the seventy therapy dogs that helped comfort them in the days and months after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The four-legged mental health providers and their caretakers belong to the group, Therapy Dogs International.

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Cambodian Orphans Donate to Flood Victims in Canada

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Jun 28, 2013

When the wife of their prime minister came to their orphanage recently, all the children were thrilled when she gifted each one the equivalent of about $12 Cdn.

On Wednesday, those children handed over half the money, saying they wanted to give it to victims of the Alberta floods half a world away.

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UK’s Big Lottery Gives 1.4 Million for Life Saving Suicide Hotline

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Jun 28, 2013

A life saving project aiming to reduce the number of people who die by suicide across the UK is one of two initiatives to benefit from the Big Lottery Fund, it was announced this week.

Samaritans received £1.4 million to run a pilot project to offer a free-to-caller helpline in ten deprived communities across the UK, targeting hard to reach groups, in particular middle aged men who tend to delay seeking help.

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Disabled Duck Gets New 3D-printed Webbed Foot

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Jun 28, 2013

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Born with a backward foot, little Buttercup could only walk in great pain — until his owner came up with a novel idea for a duckie prosthetic.

The Feathered Angels Waterfowl Sanctuary in Tennessee amputated his foot and Mike Garey, a software engineer by trade, created a 3D printed mold, used to cast a silicone foot for the lucky duck.

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Inspirational Kids Changing the World One Service Project at a Time

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Jun 28, 2013

Ian Brennan wasn’t satisfied.

Even after helping his local food bank setup a new computer database, he wanted to do more. That’s why he and some friends created an annual food drive for the center and delivered over 2,500 pounds of food as a down payment.

Ian’s efforts have helped feed thousands of families.

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Stunning Soprano Voice From Most Unlikely Contestant Wins TV Fans and Proposes Marriage

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Jun 27, 2013

He never would have auditioned if it weren’t for his girlfriend, but Travis Pratt was glad he did after he received a standing ovation.

No one expected him to sing like he did—but in the end, the person who was most shocked in the audience was his girlfriend.

Travis proposed marriage while on stage during America’s Got Talent two weeks ago.

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Hockey Breaks Ice for Arab and Jewish Teens

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Jun 27, 2013

An Arab-Jewish hockey team has become an unlikely icebreaker in this remote corner of northern Israel, overcoming barriers of language, culture and conflict.

The team was created to play in the Canada Centre, which was erected in Metulla on the Lebanon border in the 1990s and includes an Olympic-sized ice rink, by Canadian Jews.

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Two Monolith Machines Suck Carbon Out of the Air in California

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Jun 27, 2013

Peter Eisenberger, a distinguished professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, has build two machines in Menlo Park, Calif., to pull carbon dioxide out of the air, like your car’s catalytic converter, only giant-sized.

The challenging part was figuring out what to do with the CO2 once it was captured.

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Hero Fisherman Saves Mate in Epic Swim Off Gold Coast

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Jun 26, 2013

A hero fisherman has saved the life of his injured mate after an epic three-hour swim through freezing waters off the Gold Coast of Australia.

A freak wave struck the men’s dinghy on Tuesday, leaving one of them with two dislocated shoulders and a dislocated hip.

They had just enough time to grab their lifejackets before the boat went under.

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Magician ‘Levitates’ Alongside Double-decker Bus As it Tours London

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Jun 26, 2013

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The streets of London were abuzz recently when the magician Dynamo, appeared to levitate alongside an iconic red bus as it circled the sights of London.

The stunt, captured on film by Pepsi, shows the 30 year-old appearing to defy gravity, floating 15 feet in the air with feet dangling and moving around.

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Breakthrough in Data Storage Fits 1,000 Terabytes on a Single DVD

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Jun 26, 2013

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We live in a world where digital information is exploding. Some 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years. The obvious question is: how can we store it all?

A new technique has been developed to enable the data capacity of a single DVD to increase from the current 4.7 gigabytes to an astonishing 1,000 terabytes — the equivalent of 50,000 full high-definition movies.

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