Walmart is winning over some Portland-area naysayers with its construction of a new store in North Portland that will be home to not only the largest green roof in the green-happy city of Portland, but the largest green roof in the entire state of Oregon.
When completed, the vegetated, carbon dioxide-absorbing roof atop the Hayden Meadows Walmart will measure 40,600 square feet.
Less than one year after being blinded by an explosion in Afghanistan, U.S. swimmer Bradley Snyder has won a gold medal in the men’s 100m freestyle at the 2012 Paralympics.
He swam even faster during an earlier heat, setting a Paralympic record with a time of 57.18. To put that time in perspective, it would have put Snyder in first place in one of the early men’s 100m freestyle heats at the London Olympics.
The memorial service for astronaut Neil Armstrong being held today, August 31, coincides with the day of the rare blue moon, a fitting tribute to the first man to walk on the lunar surface.
A blue moon occurs about every three years when four full moons appear in a single season.
Soviet-born Sergey Brin is already a world-changer. The Google co-founder has donated millions of dollars to charity and given us public technology tools that make us smarter.
But one of the most touching efforts comes from his small real estate holding firm called Passerelle Investment Company.
Australian scientists said Thursday they had successfully implanted a “world first” bionic eye prototype, describing it as a major breakthrough for the visually impaired.
Bionic Vision Australia, a government-funded science consortium, said it had surgically installed an “early prototype” robotic eye in a woman with hereditary sight loss caused by degenerative retinitis pigmentosa.
A Boston, man who found his stolen computer in the hands of a teenager, instead of getting angry, decided to raise money to buy the boy from the housing projects a new laptop.
Fran Harrington, a web designer, used the Apple technology on his Macbook to see who was using his laptop after it was stolen. It turns out the boy’s low-income parents had bought the computer not knowing it was stolen.
For the first time in history, a recorded song was beamed back to Earth from another planet. Will.i.am’s new composition, “Reach for the Stars,” traveled 300 million miles to the ears of students gathered yesterday at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., after it was transmitted from the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover.
The techno-rapper wrote the first interplanetary song as an anthem for NASA education. “Today is about inspiring young people to lead a life without limits placed on their potential and to pursue collaboration between humanity and technology through education,” he said. (Watch the video and hear the song below.)
For the first time in history, a recorded song was beamed back to Earth from another planet. Will.i.am’s new composition, “Reach for the Stars,” traveled 300 million miles to the ears of students gathered yesterday at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., after it was transmitted from the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover.
The techno-rapper wrote the first interplanetary song as an anthem for NASA education. “Today is about inspiring young people to lead a life without limits placed on their potential and to pursue collaboration between humanity and technology through education,” he said. (Watch the video and hear the song below.)
They stayed behind rather than evacuating their Louisiana home in the path of Hurricane Isaac.
They and their neighbors in Plaquemines Parish were shocked Wednesday morning when ocean water burst over the Mississippi River levee, covering their town and leaving thousands trapped in attics and on roofs.
While police and the fire department were unable to reach stranded people using their vehicles, Jesse Shaffer, 25, and his father were able to save dozens of lives using boats.
(WATCH the video below or READ the story from ABC News)
They stayed behind rather than evacuating their Louisiana home in the path of Hurricane Isaac.
They and their neighbors in Plaquemines Parish were shocked Wednesday morning when ocean water burst over the Mississippi River levee, covering their town and leaving thousands trapped in attics and on roofs.
As the world mourns Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to walk on the moon, an 11-year-old San Rafael boy has a special reason to miss him — and a message from the astronaut he will always treasure.
“Sometimes when I look up at the moon, I wonder if my mom and dad are watching me,” wrote Max Boddington in an award-winning essay after his mother died in 2005 and his father in 2008.
In closing his essay, Max wrote that his dream was to meet “the world’s Number One space hero.”
Consumer spending in the US increased in July by the largest margin in five months, after personal incomes climbed 0.3 percent, the Commerce Department said today.
Americans’ spending is closely watched because it accounts for 70 percent of economic activity. The 0.3 percent growth in income matched the gains from May and June.
As expected, Hurricane Isaac is now wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast — and New Orleans in particular — with storm surges flooding coastal communities under ten feet of water and displacing thousands of people. For some inland neighborhoods, the flooding is already worse than experienced during Katrina, which struck exactly seven years ago, and rain is expected to continue for many hours.
Unless you live in the Bayou, you’re probably just watching video of the hurricane damage on TV and feeling badly for the people who live there.
Of course, there are the usual ways to pitch in. You could text $10 to aid relief efforts (Text REDCROSS to 90999), you can donate clothes and shoes or even give blood. But there is another option most people haven’t considered.
You can donate airline miles.
That’s right. The Red Cross can receive frequent flyer miles from Delta, United, and US Airways.
Why give away your precious miles?
Because the Red Cross often needs planes to deliver supplies or carry people and pets from disaster zones.
How to donate:
United and US Air ask for a minimum donation of 500 and 1,000 miles respectively. Delta lets you choose any amount you want. Just make sure you list ‘Red Cross’ as the recipient whenever prompted.
Delta
To donate miles by mail, e-mail or fax, please prepare your request in writing making sure to include the following information:
– Your SkyMiles account number
– The number of miles you want to donate
– The name of the organization you want to receive your donation
By e-mail: [email protected]
United Airlines
Mileage Plus members can make donations to the American Red Cross through United Airline’s Mileage Plus charity program. The minimum mileage requirement for a donation is 1,000 miles. All donations should be made by visiting the Mileage Plus Service Center or by calling 1-800-421-4655.
US Airways
Members may donate miles in 1,000-mile increments to the Miles of Hope program by visiting the airline’s website.
Danny Rubin, a media consultant based in Washington, DC, writes News To Live By, a blog that uses the day’s headlines to explore how we can improve personally and professionally. From careers and relationships to personal finance and life hacks, he applies the lessons from the news to our own lives. He tweets at @NewsToLiveBy.
As expected, Hurricane Isaac is now wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast — and New Orleans in particular — with storm surges flooding coastal communities under ten feet of water and displacing thousands of people. For some inland neighborhoods, the flooding is already worse than experienced during Katrina, which struck exactly seven years ago, and rain is expected to continue for many hours.
Unless you live in the Bayou, you’re probably just watching video of the hurricane damage on TV and feeling badly for the people who live there.
Of course, there are the usual ways to pitch in. You could text $10 to aid relief efforts (Text REDCROSS to 90999), you can donate clothes and shoes or even give blood. But there is another option most people haven’t considered.
You can donate airline miles.
That’s right. The Red Cross can receive frequent flyer miles from Delta, United, and US Airways.
Why give away your precious miles?
Because the Red Cross often needs planes to deliver supplies or carry people and pets from disaster zones.
How to donate:
United and US Air ask for a minimum donation of 500 and 1,000 miles respectively. Delta lets you choose any amount you want. Just make sure you list ‘Red Cross’ as the recipient whenever prompted.
Delta
To donate miles by mail, e-mail or fax, please prepare your request in writing making sure to include the following information:
– Your SkyMiles account number
– The number of miles you want to donate
– The name of the organization you want to receive your donation
By e-mail: [email protected]
United Airlines
Mileage Plus members can make donations to the American Red Cross through United Airline’s Mileage Plus charity program. The minimum mileage requirement for a donation is 1,000 miles. All donations should be made by visiting the Mileage Plus Service Center or by calling 1-800-421-4655.
US Airways
Members may donate miles in 1,000-mile increments to the Miles of Hope program by visiting the airline’s website.
Danny Rubin, a media consultant based in Washington, DC, writes News To Live By, a blog that uses the day’s headlines to explore how we can improve personally and professionally. From careers and relationships to personal finance and life hacks, he applies the lessons from the news to our own lives. He tweets at @NewsToLiveBy.
After receiving more than $700,000 in donations following the release of a viral video of her being viciously taunted by a group of middle school students, Karen Klein has done something positive with the money, which totaled more than enough to pay for a needed vacation.
“My story inspired more than 32,000 people to engage in their own act of love by donating to a fundraising campaign,” wrote Klein, who is now retired from the school system in Greece, New York.
“Now it is time for me to give back and to turn your single act of kindness into my own personal movement to stop bullying in America.”
She decided to take $100,000 and use it as seed money to launch the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation.
The Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation will focus on four main initiatives.
(WATCH a Foundation promo video below, and READ the story at Today.com)
RELATED: Video of Bullies Taunting Bus Driver Goes Viral, Raises $600,000 to Give Her Vacation (June 21. 2012)
A Calgary woman had a secret that she kept to herself for nearly seven decades, but she would always bake a cake on August 3, and no one knew why.
Now, after years of trying to track down the daughter she gave up for adoption as a teen, the 92 year-old will get her wish, thanks to the magic of social networking.
Do you know someone in the United States who is always looking on the bright side, cheering others when they need it most?
In honor of the Good News Network’s 15th anniversary, we will send a free gift box of gourmet fudge to five positive people nominated by GNN fans to be honorary “Good News Ambassadors,” for their consistent efforts to inspire others.
SendFudge.com, which offers 40 flavors of decadent fudge, wants to honor the sweetest among us. They have teamed up with the Good News Network, which will choose the 5 best stories and send a gift code for a free half-pound box to each winner.
With more demand for environmentally sustainable vehicles on the island nation, an eco-friendly motorbike powered by poop was unveiled in Japan last week.
It runs on biogas fuel, which is processed from livestock manure and household wastewater provided by Kobe city and surrounding areas.
Johnson & Johnson, which makes a range of personal care products like baby shampoo, Neutrogena, Aveeno and Clean & Clear, this month announced plans to remove a host of potentially harmful chemicals, like formaldehyde, from its line of consumer products, becoming the first major consumer products company to make such a widespread commitment.
“Can’t they all just get along?” was the cry going out from a chartered yacht on Sept. 9, 2012, sailing up the Potomac River alongside the former swamp that is Washington, DC.
Believing that optimism and civility are in short supply amidst the barrage of negativity in the media these days, the people on the boat are bringing some Good News to Washington.
Already, every US Senator’s office has been sent a free Good News Subscription to kick off the 15-year Anniversary of the Good News Network, launched by a mom of three in Manassas, Virginia at her lake-front home in 1997.
“Why not read all the good news headlines from around the world every morning?” says Geri Weis-Corbley, the company’s founder and president who has chartered an 85-foot yacht to try to make waves in Washington. “I want every Congressional Representative and Senator to start the day with a hopeful dose of news showing the successes and the heroes.”
The Good News Network is #1 on Google with its motto, “If it’s Good Deeds, It Leads”. Readers say the website rescues them from falling into depression during hard times.
Fans of the website were invited to ride along on the two-hour Potomac cruise. On board, we celebrated some folks who, in their own ways, broadcast a positive perspective.
Lecturer and author Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, (left) for her work in the field of positive psychology; Democratic Nominee for Alexandria City Council Allison Silberberg, (right) for her work as the inspirational author of Visionaries In Our Midst: Ordinary People who are Changing our World.
THE MEDIA was invited to cover the event and spread the word that civility and positive thinking are things to be admired and achieved, especially in government.
DATE: Sunday, September 9, 2012, boarding at 5:15pm
PLACE: 1300 Maine Ave. Southwest D.C.
Link to official press release:
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-news-goes-to-washington
COLIN POWELL (former Secretary of State) wrote, “Thank you for writing your Good News. I enjoyed reading the positive stories… I’m heartened by the goodness and generosity that I see in people… Keep up your good work.”
