After 13 years and three albums, Protest The Hero, has wrapped up their obligations with their record label and is turning to their fans to fund their fourth full-length album.
Within hours of launching a crowd sourcing plea on Indiegogo, the Canadian band smashed through it’s $125,000 goal — on its way to doubling that total — by offering appealing perks like downloads and exclusive parties for fans who open their wallets in advance.
A photo of a notebook page taped to a bathroom wall at her university has gone viral because of its encouraging and positive message.
The Reddit user, chellylauren, originally posted this introduction along with the message: “In a girls’ bathroom stall at my university, girls have written about some of their most horrifying life experiences. This week, somebody replied.”
The handwritten anonymous page read:
To the girl who was raped: You are so strong. I cannot fathom the pain you must have gone through. The fact that you have the bravery to write it (even on a bathroom wall) gives me hope.
To the girl with eating disorders: I promise you, although I don’t know you, you are beautiful, you deserve your health. You deserve freedom from that hell.
To the girl with the alcoholic father: I am so sorry for the agony it must cause. Again, such courage is remarkable you must be such a strong person to see such pain.
To the girl whose father died: Missing them never goes away. The ache of their absence never goes away. But the love they had, the memories you share surely must last. I am sure, out of the bottom of my heart, the people who have left you in this world are exceptionally proud of the person you are.
Everytime (sic) I see these walls, these confessions, I feel so blessed to know I have the priviledge (sic) of seeing them. Your moments, these secrets, are all precious even though they are sad. To all of you (including those I did not mention, and those who have not yet written)
-You are worthy.
-You are strong.
-You are brave.
-You are loved.
-Somebody cares.
After it was posted, messages of thanks were scrawled below: “To the person who wrote this, thank you.”
A photo of a notebook page taped to a bathroom wall at her university has gone viral because of its encouraging and positive message.
The Reddit user, chellylauren, originally posted this introduction along with the message: “In a girls’ bathroom stall at my university, girls have written about some of their most horrifying life experiences. This week, somebody replied.”
The handwritten anonymous page read:
When Barack Obama was still a Senator running for president, a black elevator operator, Earl Smith, shared a moment with him at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Austin. His time with the future President was short, but Smith gave Obama something that he would carry with him for the rest of the campaign.
He said, “I’ve carried this military patch with me every day for 40 years, and I want you to carry it, and it will keep you safe in your journey.” Obama tried to refuse, but the older man persisted.
The story of the elderly worker tells a lot about where this country has been and how far it has come.
(READ the extended profile in the Washington Post)
Paul Marshallsea, 62, was enjoying a barbecue with his family and friends when he heard cries of “shark”.
He sprinted to the shoreline and found the two-meter long dusky shark in shallow water close to where toddlers were paddling.
The father-of-three grabbed the shark by the tail and dragged it out to deeper water.
Two families seated in neighboring booths at a Texas restaurant produced a situation ending with neighborly support for a special needs child.
After the waiter took an emotional stand for one of the families, support is flowing in from all over, thanking the waiter and the restaurant called Laurenzo’s near Houston.
(WATCH the video below – READ the KTRK story at ABC News)
Two families seated in neighboring booths at a Texas restaurant produced a situation ending with neighborly support for a special needs child.
After the waiter took an emotional stand for one of the families, support is flowing in from all over, thanking the waiter and the restaurant called Laurenzo’s near Houston.
Injured troops and cancer patients were given a massive boost this week after receiving a surprise visit from David Beckham.
The international footballer dropped in for a secret visit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on Wednesday.
Adam Woods, a patient in the Teenage Cancer Trust Young Persons Unit, poses with Beckham in this photo from Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Just 510 Chevy Corvettes painted in the the Royal Turquoise hue were manufactured in 1958 and it was Dan Akerson’s childhood dream to own one.
Today Akerson is the Chairman and CEO of General Motors — which owns Chevrolet, still the maker of the Corvette. On Friday the CEO placed his beloved mint 1958 turquoise convertible on the auction block so he could give all the proceeds to Detroit’s Habitat for Humanity.
When the gavel came down in Scotsdale, Arizona, the car brought a final price of $270,000.
After hearing the shocking figure that up to 40 percent of produce goes to waste in the fields, Christy Porter founded an ingenious organization that not only employs the working poor, but rescues the leftover produce in farmers’ fields putting it to good use feeding the hungry.
From its headquarters in Coachella, California, Hidden Harvest, serves those who can’t afford fresh produce, especially seniors, by redistributing surplus fresh fruits and vegetables at free farmers markets.
Hidden Harvest has also now become part of the Clinton Global Initiative.
(WATCH the Making a Difference video below from NBC)
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After hearing the shocking figure that up to 40 percent of produce goes to waste in the fields, Christy Porter founded Hidden Harvest an organization that employs the working poor to rescue farmers’ leftover produce to feed the hungry.
The organization serves those who can’t afford fresh produce, especially seniors, by redistributing surplus fresh fruits and vegetables at free farmers markets.
Elton John and Yamaha are teaming up taking piano technology to a new level next week, performing a concert that will reproduce on 20 different pianos LIVE around the world.
John will play at Disneyland’s Hyperion Theater in Anaheim, Calif., on Jan. 25 with a 70-piece orchestra. The performance — note for note and in real time — will be reproduced through a Yamaha DisklavierTV piano and RemoteLive technology.
John’s keystrokes will stream over the internet and be recreated in about 20 cities worldwide, including Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Moscow and Vancouver.
(READ the story in the Nashville Business Journal)
A twin-engine, 10-seater airplane taking off from Ottawa International airport two months ago may have looked like any other plane but it was, in fact, making aviation history.
After climbing to 30,000 ft (9,000m) over the capital city, the plane touched back down securing its title as the world’s first 100% biofuel flight.
This historic flight symbolizes a significant step not only for the aerospace industry, but also towards advancing sustainable sources of renewable energy.
A twin-engine, 10-seater airplane taking off from Ottawa International airport two months ago may have looked like any other plane but it was, in fact, making aviation history.
After climbing to 30,000 ft (9,000m) over the capital city, the plane touched back down securing its title as the world’s first 100% biofuel flight.
This historic flight symbolizes a significant step not only for the aerospace industry, but also towards advancing sustainable sources of renewable energy.
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment aid hit a five-year low last week, and residential construction surged in December, the latest signs that the U.S. economic recovery remains on track.
A report from the Commerce Department showed housing starts jumped 12.1 percent last month to their highest level since June 2008. Permits for future home construction were also the highest in about 41/2 years.
For the first time since 1991, the United States is officially recognizing the government of Somalia, a country in chaos since the 1990’s and overrun by warlords.
President Hassan Sheikh was welcomed at the State Department in Washington, DC yesterday for an official ceremony with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, before his afternoon meeting with President Obama at the White House.
When the Obama administration first took office in January 2009, al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, controlled most of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capitol, along with the southern and central parts of the country. The nation had not had a functioning government in nearly two decades.
For the first time since 1991, the United States is officially recognizing the government of Somalia, a country in chaos since the 1990’s and overrun by warlords.
President Hassan Sheikh was welcomed at the State Department in Washington, DC yesterday for an official ceremony with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, before his afternoon meeting with President Obama at the White House.
When the Obama administration first took office in January 2009, al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, controlled most of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capitol, along with the southern and central parts of the country. The nation had not had a functioning government in nearly two decades.
A suicide-prevention group is generating smiles to the faces of commuters and pedestrians in Boston with their Happier Boston Campaign, which involves social interventions such as singing in elevators and asking everyone in the baseball stadium to give high-fives to everyone nearby.
The non-profit, called Samaritans, even brought crates of oranges to distribute to people coming into the subway.
“The vitamin C in oranges boosts brain power and the scent makes people happy,” wrote the group on their website. “So we handed out crates of oranges in downtown Boston to make the city smile.”
They also created a welcome party for unsuspecting commuters in a train station. Everybody had a smile and a laugh as they waved yellow signs decorated with “Welcome!” and “LOL”.
(WATCH the videos below from TODAY – and Happier Boston)
A suicide-prevention group is generating smiles to the faces of commuters and pedestrians in Boston with their Happier Boston Campaign, which involves social interventions such as singing in elevators and asking everyone in the baseball stadium to give high-fives to everyone nearby.
The non-profit, called Samaritans, even brought crates of oranges to distribute to people coming into the subway.
A heartbroken dog whose owner died two months ago is missing her so much he is attending services at the Italian church where her funeral was held patiently waiting for her to return.
The seven-year-old German Shepherd had been her faithful companion after she adopted him, and would accompany her to church everyday and sit at her feet.
“He waits patiently by the side of the altar and just sits there quietly. I didn’t have the heart to throw him out,” said the parish priest.
(READ the story, w/ photos, in the Daily Mail or WATCH the video below)
