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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.

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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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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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.

Canada’s Cities Report 50% Drop in Homelessness

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Jun 29, 2013

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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)

Photo by Miekaspop via Morguefile.com

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

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Jun 28, 2013

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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.

Inspirational Kids Changing the World One Service Project at a Time

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Jun 28, 2013

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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.

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

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Jun 27, 2013

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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.

Hockey Breaks Ice for Arab and Jewish Teens

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Jun 27, 2013

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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.

Two Monolith Machines Suck Carbon Out of the Air in California

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Jun 27, 2013

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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.

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.

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

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Min Gu, Yaoyu Cao, and Zongsong Gan

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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.

Delta CEO Gives Up Seat for Struggling Mom

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Jun 25, 2013

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At the end of a nightmare day of airline delays, Jessie Frank, who was in route to join her 12-year-old daughter for the girl’s last day of diabetes camp, received a last-minute reprieve on an overbooked flight thanks to a caring CEO.

“I was 8th on the standby list, showing 0 seats left. I was about to give up, but the counter agent stopped me from leaving.”

Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson had given up his seat in the cabin so Frank would able to catch the last flight to Atlanta. The Delta staff was not even aware of the mother’s desperate wish to see her daughter shining at a camp where all the kids were just like her.

Boy’s Kool-Aid Stand Raises $5,000 to Pay for Grandmother’s Funeral

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Jun 25, 2013

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With the help of the community and a Kool-Aid stand, an 8-year-old boy has reached his goal of $5,000 to help pay for his grandmother’s funeral.

Michael Diamond overheard his parents in Garfield Heights, Ohio discussing how to cover the funeral cost and took action, according to WEWS News.

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