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You Were Evicted from 20 Catherine St, NYC: I Have Your Dog

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Feb 17, 2014

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An anonymous announcement in the New York PETS section of CraigsList shared a tale of redemption about an abused dog that was found in 2011 and has been recovering and thriving since being adopted through a rescue group. (We have messaged the author to ask their name but have not heard back yet.)

Three years ago on Feb 9th, you were evicted from apartment 13B at 20 Catherine Street and your old red pit bull was seized by animal control and taken to the kill shelter. She was really skinny and had bad skin infections, and had been bred A LOT. She’d even had a Caesarian, judging by the scar. They said at the kill shelter she was 12 years old. She also had a lopsided face and it looked like there were a few cigarette burns on her head/ears.

I figure you were having a pretty bad time of it, since you were being evicted. I hope things have gotten better for you in the intervening years. Although it’s unlikely you’ll ever see this note, I just wanted you to know that I have your dog and she is doing great.

12-year-old Builds Braille Printer Using Legos

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Feb 17, 2014

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A California seventh grader looking for a science project decided to tackle the issue of braille printers being too expensive for families with blind children or schools seeking to educate them.

Motivated to help the millions of visually impaired people living in developing countries worldwide, the boy’s bright idea for a prototype successfully slashed the cost of such a printer from $2,000 down to $355.

But perhaps the reason Shubham Banerjee has attracted so much attention is because he built the printer mainly using Legos.

School’s Tidal Wave of Thanks For Old Lady Who Waves Every Day

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Feb 16, 2014

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Tinney Davidson waves to students-CheckNewsVid-cropped For years, Tinney Davidson has nestled into a chair every morning in her sunny front window and waved to the high school teenagers as they walked to school — and she would resume her energetic waving in the afternoon, on their walk home, making them smile even on their worst days.

On Valentine’s Day, the 84 year-old woman in Comax, British Columbia received the surprise of her life when students escorted her to a school assembly organized with the sole goal of thanking her for her years of friendliness.

She received a rock star’s welcome, was given a big basket of homemade valentines, and watched a video up on a big screen showing teens expressing how much she meant to them.

“I just liked the look of the children,” said Tinney, explaining how it started in 2007 when she and her late-husband started waving to the kids.

“I love it,” she explained the team from Chek News. “And, they seem to love it also.”

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(WATCH the inspiring video below from Chek News)

Thanks to Kendall Hanson for submitting the link on our Facebook Page!

Oslo Turns Food Waste into Fuel for Buses

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Feb 16, 2014

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A plant in Norway last week began converting household food waste into liquid biogas fuel to run the city’s 135 buses. As a result, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will be reduced by some 10,000 tons each year, and particulate matter cut, too.

The biogas liquefaction plant was brought online February 12 by a Norwegian specialist in bio-waste treatment. The City of Oslo and EGE (its Waste-to-Energy Agency) are now producing biomethane from the food waste that will be used as liquid renewable fuel for the cleaner, green bus fleet.

Rich Soccer Player Donates All his Stuff to Charity

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Feb 16, 2014

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A European footballer, Markus Rosenberg, must have grown to love the Birmingham area because before leaving as a consequence of his contract not being renewed, he gave everything in his home to a Northfield charity shop.

The 31-year-old striker spent two years at West Brom and despite his lack of success on the pitch, leaves a lasting impression on fans.

(READ the story in the Daily Mail)

Thanks to Andrew N. for sending the link!

Volunteers and Royals Organize Flood Relief to Brits

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Feb 16, 2014

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Volunteers lined The Strand in Dawlish this week to raise funds for those homeless after some of the worst storms in English history.

“We’ve been out collecting and people have been so generous,” said Newton Abbot MP Anne-Marie Morris.

“We’re not talking about people giving the odd 5p, it’s more like the odd £20 note.”

Also last week, the British royal princes, William and Harry, rolled up their sleeves to help with flood relief.

Jane Goodall Gets Tender Hug From Chimp Before its Release

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Feb 15, 2014

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Last June, Dr. Jane Goodall, 79, traveled into the jungle to release one of the chimpanzees whose life was saved by experts at her Jane Goodall Institute in the Republic of Congo.

Named Wounda, the chimpanzee was near death until it was welcomed as one of 160 animals living at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center.

Teacher’s Amazing Strategy on Bullying, Loneliness

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Feb 15, 2014

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Every Friday afternoon one extraordinary teacher asks her students to take out a piece of paper and write down the names of four children they’d like to sit beside the following week. The children know that these private requests might not be honored.

After the students go home, she takes out those slips of paper, places them in front of her and studies them. She looks for patterns.

Who is not getting requested by anyone else? Who never gets noticed enough to be nominated?

Every single Friday since the Columbine shootings in 1999, she has looked for the lonely children — the ones struggling to connect with other children.

(READ the story from Momastery, at MSNBC)

Obama Signs Farm Bill Allowing Industrial Hemp Research

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Feb 15, 2014

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President Obama has signed the Farm Bill which contains an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes. Originally introduced by Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), the amendment allows State Agriculture Departments, colleges and universities to grow hemp, defined as the non-drug oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis, for academic or agricultural research purposes, but it applies only to states where industrial hemp farming is already legal under state law.

City Police Cut Overdose Deaths by 66 Percent With Special Drug

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Feb 15, 2014

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The Quincy Police Department was one of the first law enforcement agencies to distribute a drug called Naloxone, a drug used to reverse opiate overdoses.

Police Lt. Patrick Glynn told NPR that the experimental drug, along with EMT training for every cop and tweaking of the so-called Good Samaritan law to eliminate prosecution for small amounts of drugs in lifesaving emergency situations, has led to a 66 percent reduction in deaths due to heroin and other overdoses.

He said people are seeing the police as helpers rather than simply officials who prosecute any law-breakers.

(LISTEN to the story from NPR’s Weekend Edition or READ the story from WBIR)

Swedish Kids Leave Valentines In Random Places For Anyone to Find

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Feb 14, 2014

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Teacher Karen Swartz Larsson led children in two of her classes (comprised of fourth to seventh-graders), in making valentines for strangers. This Friday, they set out to leave the handmade cards in random public places around Stockholm.

On buses, subway trains, and a hospital, they cards spread uplifting messages like, ‘You are loved,’ and ‘You are perfect the way you are!’

(READ the story in the Huffington Post)

Paris Restaurants Turn Food Scraps into Biogas

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Feb 14, 2014

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A group of Paris restaurants is turning food scraps into biogas and compost ahead of a new law that will force thousands of French food outlets to recycle their organic waste.

Some 80 restaurants, caterers and hotels, including gourmet food company Fauchon and Michelin-starred Taillevent, signed up for a pilot project to collect their food waste, which is used to generate biogas and produce electricity and heat, as well as compost for farms around Paris.

(READ the story from Reuters)

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Giant Ivanpah Solar Thermal Plant Opens in Mojave Desert

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Feb 14, 2014

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After years of regulatory and legal tangles ranging from relocating protected tortoises to assessing the impact on Mojave milkweed and other plants, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System formally opened on Thursday as the largest solar power plant of its type in the world.

Part owned by Google Inc., the sprawling plant located in the Mojave Desert with its hundreds of thousands of mirrors can produce nearly 400 megawatts—enough power for 140,000 homes.

At full capacity, the facility’s trio of 450-foot high towers delivers solar electricity to Californians while keeping 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road.

The Ivanpah project, a joint effort between NRG Solar, Google, and BrightSource Energy, received a $1.6 billion loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy. The largest thermal solar project in the world, it includes 173,500 mirrors that follow the sun’s trajectory, creating steam to power the generators.

“We see Ivanpah changing the energy landscape by proving that utility-scale solar is not only possible, but incredibly beneficial to both the economy and in how we produce and consume energy,” said Tom Doyle, president of NRG Solar.

(READ the AP story, w/ photo, in the Boston Globe)

UK Floods: Amphibious Car Aids Flood-hit Village

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Feb 14, 2014

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Normally a very impractical vehicle to own, a British man’s amphibious car is turning out to be a help to the flood-stricken village of Wraysbury in the Thames Valley.

The Environment Agency has said the level of the River Thames was expected to rise again on Friday, endangering property in Berkshire and Surrey.

(WATCH the video from BBC News)

Thanks to Andrew N. in England for sending the link!

Warmth Spreads Through Hospital After Son Leaves Message in Snow

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Feb 13, 2014

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For Sharon Hart, the third day after her chemotherapy treatment for her leukemia is always the hardest. But this time, her 14-year-old son told her to look out the window of her Chicago hospital room. His giant message in the newly fallen snow made some of the pain go away.

On top of a 6-story parking garage, her son William stomped out HI MOM with a smiley face inside the “o”.

The message brought cheer to the entire staff of Rush Medical Center and all the patients with a window view.

(WATCH the video below, or READ the story in the Chicago Tribune)

Child Deaths in US Car Crashes Drop 43 Percent Over Decade

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Feb 13, 2014

Children are dying less often in traffic accidents: Over a decade, the number who died in crashes dropped by 43 percent, according to a new government report.

Health officials say the increased use of car seats and booster seats drove the decline.

(READ the AP story in the Boston Globe)

Twin Sisters Find Each Other, One Raised In America; Other In Europe

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Feb 13, 2014

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Raised 5,000 miles apart and speaking different languages, a chance sighting on YouTube by a friend helped them to discover a lost twin they didn’t know existed.

ABC News talked to the girls and found that they both shared the same laughter, likes and dislikes.

US Olympic Skier Makes Plans to Adopt Stray Sochi Puppies

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Feb 13, 2014

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A day before making his Olympic debut, 22-year-old free-skier Gus Kenworthy found some stray puppies in the Russian city of Sochi and fell in love during his playing with them.

He’s vowed to help them, saying, “I’ve lined up kennels 4 the pups & made vaccination appointments. Doing all I can to bring them home w/ me!”

(READ the story in the Newsday)

Lonely Boy Now Has a Million Friends After Mom Created Facebook Page

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Feb 12, 2014

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A Michigan mom, whose son told her there was “no point” to having a birthday party because he had no friends, has surely altered the course of the boy’s life by created a Facebook page for his 11th birthday asking friends and family to send him positive thoughts.

“Because of Colin’s disabilities, social skills are not easy for him, and he often acts out in school, and the other kids don’t like him,” she wrote on the ‘Colin is Eleven‘ Facebook Page. “I created this page for my amazing, wonderful, challenging son who is about to turn 11 on March 9th.”

She thought she might get 50 responses, if all went well, but — you guessed it — the social media world exploded and after a week, the page had 50,000 fans. Now in its tenth day the page, which is a secret from her son, has 1.1 million likes, and birthday cards have begun arriving in a Post Office Box from all over the world.

Cheryl Green Maynard was one of the commenters who encouraged Colin, saying on the page, “My son has aspergers syndrome and was left out and teased in school… He is now 32 years old, married and with a good job. You too will accomplish whatever you chose to do.”

Colin’s mom Jennifer and sister Ella can’t wait to surprise him on his birthday. Ella says, “He’ll probably scream his pants off.”

Write your own message for Colin here, or send your birthday wishes through the Post Office: PO Box 756 Richland, MI 49083-0756.

Thanks to Kaylene Bell and Gary for posting the story tip on our Facebook Page!

Minnow is First Fish Taken off US Endangered List

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Feb 12, 2014

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A tiny minnow that lives only in Oregon backwaters is set to become the first fish ever taken off U.S. Endangered Species Act protection because it is no longer threatened with extinction.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced early in February that it was proposing to realist the Oregon chub as recovered, 21 years after it went on the endangered species list.

The fish will be monitored to make sure populations continue to grow.

(READ the AP story, w/ photo, via CBS)

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