Typically, post office lines breed anger and frustration. But at the head of this queue on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pa., you’ll find nothing but joy.
“My mission is to make them have a little bit of levity on the way out and say, ‘Hey, it’s not so bad after all,'” says Mike Herr.
To that end, Mike lives by a simple motto: if you can’t say something nice about someone, you’re just not looking hard enough.
From a cursory glance, with the recession sending thousands of unemployed millennials back to mom and dad’s house, it would seem that anyone born within the last 20-odd years is in bad shape.
But according to the results of a new study (and contrary to the opinion of anyone claiming that “the good old days” have come and gone), each new generation is happier than ones that came before it. What the heck do they have to be so smiley about?
(READ the story in Greatist.com)
Talk about the ultimate space jam.
The song is called “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing),” and it’s billed as the first space-Earth musical collaboration. It’s a very long-distance project from Canadians Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and Chris Hadfield, who currently commands the International Space Station.
The song premiered Friday morning as a prerecorded video — Hadfield performing on the space station with Earth floating outside his window and Robertson in a Toronto studio with a collegiate glee club and the other members of Barenaked Ladies.
The Amazon rainforest is less vulnerable to die off because of global warming than widely believed because the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide also acts as an airborne fertilizer, a study showed on Wednesday.
The boost in growth due to the CO2 this century is likely to exceed any damaging effects of rising temperatures, it said.
Madonna is auctioning her tour costumes to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey.Some of the outfits the singer donned on her MDNA Tour, including the much-photographed majorette costume and caged basque, will be included in the auction, according to New York Post.
Madonna visited some of the hard hit neighborhoods in the Northeast after the storm.
(READ the story from Music-News.com via Noise 11)
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Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants fell 4.6 percent in 2011 as more generators were switched to cleaner-burning natural gas and renewable sources from coal, according to new data from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Power plants account for one-third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
In what is a ‘rags to riches’ story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.
At 17, with three saris and no money, Chanda went to America to live with strangers she had befriended in India. Today, she is a successful molecular biologist with four patents.
(WATCH the video below)
In what is a ‘rags to riches’ story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.
President Obama on Wednesday nominated Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive Sally Jewell to head the Interior Department.
Jewell began her career as an engineer for Mobil Oil and worked as a commercial banker before heading the nearly $2 billion outdoors equipment company. But she has also earned national recognition for her support for outdoor recreation and habitat conservation.
Richard A. Herman lived in the Watergate for more than 40 years and was a longtime patron of the arts, but the shy railroad heir was virtually unknown in Washington social circles for much of his long life.
Family Matters of Greater Washington today announced that Herman, who died in November at 100, left the nonprofit organization 60 percent of his vast estate — $28 million, which the group says is one of the largest gifts ever to a local social service organization.
A longtime donor, Mr. Herman began in 1967 supporting the organization, which recently celebrated its 130th year of improving the lives of those less fortunate in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
The historic donation will also help Family Matters to launch a new series of innovative arts programs for District seniors and youth.
“Our programs have helped serve as an essential safety net for District youth, families and seniors for more than a century,” said Tonya Jackson Smallwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Family Matters. “We are thrilled to add the healing power of the arts to the list of programming we provide.”
(READ about who else he left his money to in the Washington Post)
Luckily, before he drove into Fresno declaring himself to be Jesus, shouting the n-word, and ramming his car into a random black guy, this nut-job picked up a hitchhiking surfer named Kai. And Kai had a hatchet.
When the driver — a six-foot fall, 300 lb. man — jumped out and started beating up a nearby woman, Kai leaped into action and saved her by repeatedly smashing him on the head with the blunt end of said hatchet.
Author Zac Unger dragged his family to northern Canada in order to write a book about a vanishing species. He wanted to write the quintessential requiem about the magnificent polar bear dying off.
What he learned when he got there — that there are more polar bears alive today than there were 40 years ago — led him to pen a completely different book.
“In 1973, there was a global hunting ban. So once hunting was dramatically reduced, the population exploded,” he explained on NPR.
Author Zac Unger dragged his family to northern Canada in order to write a book about a vanishing species. He wanted to write the quintessential requiem about the magnificent polar bear dying off.
What he learned when he got there — that there are more polar bears alive today than there were 40 years ago — led him to pen a completely different book.
“In 1973, there was a global hunting ban. So once hunting was dramatically reduced, the population exploded,” he explained on NPR.
One youngster will set plenty of tails wagging after asking his friends to donate to Cheshire Dogs Home to mark his birthday.
Finlay Brooks of Padgate, who turned six on Tuesday, will be dogs’ best friend after telling his mum he did not need any more presents because he had got enough at Christmas.
Mum Jenny Bate, of Kenilworth Drive, said: “We’re very proud of him and he’s been really excited seeing the donations total going up.
Comic Relief stars, past and present, today will mark 25 years of Red Nose Day and celebrate the 50 million lives that have been changed by the money raised.
Thanks to the generosity of the British public since 1988 over £600 million has been raised since 1988. That money has been helping to change lives across Africa, the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
Comic Relief stars, past and present, today will mark 25 years of Red Nose Day and celebrate the 50 million lives that have been changed by the money raised.
Thanks to the generosity of the British public since 1988 over £600 million has been raised since 1988. That money has been helping to change lives across Africa, the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
Politicians, generals and clerics have all played their part in shaping the new Iraq, with varying results.
Now the geeks are giving it a shot.
In recent months, Baghdad residents from science, engineering and tech backgrounds have been meeting regularly to participate in Iraq’s first “hackerspace.”
After over 20 years of campaigning, ethical beauty retailer The Body Shop and non-profit organization Cruelty Free International are finally celebrating the end to animal testing for cosmetics in Europe with the anticipated announcement that the import and sale of animal tested cosmetic products and ingredients is to be banned in the EU on 11th March 2013.
After over 20 years of campaigning, ethical beauty retailer The Body Shop and non-profit organization Cruelty Free International are finally celebrating the end to animal testing for cosmetics in Europe with the anticipated announcement that the import and sale of animal tested cosmetic products and ingredients is to be banned in the EU on March 11, 2013.
Prevention goes well beyond the mammograms, prostate screenings or blood tests at the doctor’s office. It’s the little steps you take every day that can keep you healthy.
“Ideally, prevention should also emphasize healthy lifestyles, a practice that isn’t only health-conscious, but (is) inexpensive,” said James Pivarnik, president of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Here are 10 easy ways to get started, beyond simply washing your hands when you’re out in public — which is a great tip for keeping you out of the doctor’s office.
