117 backers have donated $5,800 on Kickstarter.com so an 11-year-old girl can publishing her own book, called The Clown that Lost His Funny.
The author, Lauren Lukaszewski from Atlanta, Georgia, will use the money to pay her illustrator to complete the pictures, and for layout and printing.
The original goal of $5,500 was surpassed with just 50 hours left on the clock.
Affluent Chinese, alarmed by a slew of food-safety problems in recent years, are increasingly willing to spend a premium on what is served for dinner. This demand has fueled the growth of the organic-food market.
Investors in the country betting big on the organic concept have poured money into food producers and distributors. Some are wrestling with a conflict between scale and quality, but this has not dampened their enthusiasm.
The extract of an edible red seaweed was found to be 27 percent more effective than standard chemo in shrinking breast tumors in rats while showing much less toxicity to liver and kidneys, and even boosting the rats’ antioxidant levels in both blood and tissues.
The seaweed used in this remarkable study was an edible, tropical red seaweed that grows naturally in equatorial areas and is commonly found around Southeast Asia.
High School seniors Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao want to continue pursuing a solution for how to make plastic decompose using natural bacteria already evolving on the planet.
The two were finalists for Canada’s top student biotechnology award, the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge, where their project was judged to have the greatest commercial potential of any project entry, valued at $10 million. They were later invited to the TED 2013 conference to share their ideas.
Speaking to a packed audience of venture capitalists, scientists, philanthropists and people used to funding innovative research, the two Vancouver students explained how, on just a whim, they discovered bacteria in the Fraser River capable of destroying plastics, reports the Vancouver Sun.
High School seniors Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao want to continue pursuing a solution for how to make plastic decompose using natural bacteria already evolving on the planet.
The two were finalists for Canada’s top student biotechnology award, the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge, where their project was judged to have the greatest commercial potential of any project entry, valued at $10 million. They were later invited to the TED 2013 conference to share their ideas.
Speaking to a packed audience of venture capitalists, scientists, philanthropists and people used to funding innovative research, the two Vancouver students explained how, on just a whim, they discovered bacteria in the Fraser River capable of destroying plastics, reports the Vancouver Sun.
Bill Greenberg would not stop CPR.
Forty minutes after his wife Hilary had been found at the bottom of the sea with her scuba breathing regulator dangling alongside her during a family trip to Costa Rica, a physician continued to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on his unresponsive wife. Even rescue workers tried to revive her, but nothing seemed to work. Still, Greenberg did not give up.
And nearly one year after the ill-fated trip with her husband and their three boys, Hilary is on a mission to tell whoever she meets to learn CPR — because it could help save a life.
Also important, do not give up, even if you don’t get a pulse.
(WATCH the video and READ more from CBS News)
Ida Keeling has set a record as America’s oldest sprinter. The Bronx athlete started running when she was already a senior, at 67. Her training regimen includes lifting weights, riding a stationary bike, and running the halls of her apartment building at home.
“Sometimes, before I run, I feel like maybe I’m too tired,” Ida said.
But that doesn’t stop the 97-year-old from competing.
Watch Ida break the record for fastest 100 meter sprint in the 90-years-and-above age group.
Ida Keeling has set a record as America’s oldest sprinter. The Bronx athlete started running when she was already a senior, at 67. Her training regimen includes lifting weights, riding a stationary bike, and running the halls of her apartment building at home.
“Sometimes, before I run, I feel like maybe I’m too tired,” Ida said.
But that doesn’t stop the 97-year-old from competing.
Watch Ida break the record for fastest 100 meter sprint in the 90-years-and-above age group.
A group of Irish travelers set out to see how far they could get without spending a cent — and you’d be amazed at how far they made it.
In an event known as the Trinity College Jailbreak, nearly 70 students from the Dublin University were given a day and a half to get as far away from the Irish capital as they could without spending any money.
Susanna Rohm noticed her 12-week-old infant had stopped breathing. Lucky for her, a 9-year-old boy and his friend were out playing in the street.
Scared and home alone, the Marietta, Georgia mother couldn’t remember how to give CPR. She jumped up and lost her cellphone in the commotion. There wasn’t a landline in the house, so she stepped outside screaming for someone to call 911.
Susanna Rohm noticed her 12-week-old infant had stopped breathing. Lucky for her, a 9-year-old boy and his friend were out playing in the street.
Scared and home alone, the Marietta, Georgia mother couldn’t remember how to give CPR. She jumped up and lost her cellphone in the commotion. There wasn’t a landline in the house, so she stepped outside screaming for someone to call 911.
A seasoned skydiver in Northern California was attempting a complex stunt after jumping from about 8,000 feet when both of his parachutes failed and he went into a three-minute spin, hitting the ground at 30 mph but surviving with minor injuries.
In video shot by his other teammate, Craig Stapleton, 51, is seen plummeting to earth in a “3-minute spin”. He lucked out by landing parallel to the road in a row of grapes, in freshly plowed dirt, which he said was “very soft.”
He will be skydiving again soon, he says, but doesn’t know if he will try any complicated stunts.
(WATCH the video below or READ the story from ABC News)
A seasoned skydiver in Northern California was attempting a complex stunt after jumping from about 8,000 feet when both of his parachutes failed and he went into a three-minute spin, hitting the ground at 30 mph but surviving with minor injuries.
In video shot by his other teammate, Craig Stapleton, 51, is seen plummeting to earth in a “3-minute spin”. He lucked out by landing parallel to the road in a row of grapes, in freshly plowed dirt, which he said was “very soft.”
Russell Brand has not used drugs for 10 years. He has a job, a house, a cat, good friends. But temptation is never far away. He wants to help other addicts, but first he wants us to feel compassion for those affected — like Amy Winehouse.
“It is my belief that if you regard alcoholics and drug addicts not as bad people but as sick people then we can help them to get better,” he wrote in the Guardian. “By we, I mean other people who have the same problem but have found a way to live drug-and-alcohol-free lives.”
This is the reason he started a fund within Comic Relief, called Give It Up — to raise awareness of, and money for, abstinence-based recovery.
Ellen was excited to surprise two of her favorite teachers with a huge gift from Skype. They teach in a Title 1 school, which means more than 50% of students qualify for free lunches.
The kids and their classrooms don’t have enough money for supplies and other basic needs, so teachers often end up paying out of their own pocket.
An anonymous customer at a pizza parlor in Wisconsin left a big tip for college bound employees last month.
According to Jane Schradle, owner of the Lake Country Pizza in Turtle Lake, a gentleman ordered a single order of spaghetti to take home on Feb. 10. While waiting for his order, the man questioned the purpose of the tip jar labeled “college fund.”
He asked how many of Lake Country employees attend college, the Turtle Lake Times reported.
Many 16-year-olds might ask for s smartphone, an Xbox, or even a new car.
But a foster care child like Ronald Hennig might just want a simple suit for wearing to a relative’s funeral.
Anonymous benefactors are stepping in to help kids like Hennig, using a website called One Simple Wish.
Danielle Gletow started the website to help grant the wishes of children in foster care — from tangible items such as a bicycle, a varsity jacket or school supplies to an experience like music lessons or a trip to the theater.
Since 2008, the nonprofit has granted more than 4,000 wishes for children living in 35 states.
(READ the story from CNN Heroes)
Vanderbilt University student Michael Pollack got the chance to ask a question at a college-hosted Billy Joel appearance. He told the ‘Piano Man’ that he had performed “New York State of Mind” with Joel’s saxophonist in the past and wondered if he could go onstage and play it with Joel himself.
Taken by surprise the celebrity could have easily demured, but he said, “Okay.”
The impressive performance was recorded on video and Pollack is now making the rounds on national media shows.
Vanderbilt University student Michael Pollack got the chance to ask a question at a college-hosted Billy Joel appearance. He told the ‘Piano Man’ that he had performed “New York State of Mind” with Joel’s saxophonist in the past and wondered if he could go onstage and play it with Joel himself.
Taken by surprise the celebrity could have easily demured, but he said, “Okay.”
The impressive performance was recorded on video and Pollack is now making the rounds on national media shows.
Thirteen years ago, Haley Whatley was a 5-year-old with a heart made for Easter. She started a Bunny Drive to benefit sick patients at the local children’s hospital. Every year since then Whatley collected plush bunnies and teddy bears for the kids. This year she broke her own record, collecting 3,767 stuffed animals.
This is her last year in Texas and the last year for her Bunny Drive, as she heads off to college in North Carolina in the fall. She exits a “Hometown Hero” having donated 28,772 cuddly toys.
