Tim Carpenter is changing the way elderly Californians experience aging by turning low-cost senior housing communities into vibrant centers for learning and creativity.
His serious arts training doesn’t just provide for later life, it enhances it.
The 13-year-old Los Angeles-area program, EngAGE, provides arts, theater and wellness classes for some 5,000 people — the vast majority of them low-income — living in senior apartment communities.
Tim Carpenter is changing the way elderly Californians experience aging by turning low-cost senior housing communities into vibrant centers for learning and creativity.
His serious arts training doesn’t just provide for later life, it enhances it.
The 13-year-old Los Angeles-area program, EngAGE, provides arts, theater and wellness classes for some 5,000 people — the vast majority of them low-income — living in senior apartment communities.
A Nova Scotia man out for a casual beach stroll has stumbled upon what’s being described as one of the most significant fossil discoveries in the province’s history.
Patrick Keating and his dog, Kitty, came across a rib cage, backbone and the partial sail belonging to an extinct, sail-back reptile.
Austin Chapman was born “profoundly deaf” and says he never understood why people were so moved by music. But that changed two weeks ago, when he tried a new modern hearing device for the first time.
On the filmmaker’s blog, he wrote:
That night, a group of close friends jump-started my musical education by playing Mozart, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Elvis, and several other popular legends of music.
Being able to hear the music for the first time ever was unreal.
I realized that my old hearing aids were giving me a distorted version of music. they were not capable of distributing higher frequencies with clarity, instead it was just garbled gibberish.
Tears rolled down my face and I tried to hide it. But when I looked over I saw that there wasn’t a dry eye in the car.
He then asked people on Reddit what music they would recommend and got 14 thousand comments. After reading the most popular comment, he decided to listen to early music first and move forward through time (or century) and thereby get an understanding of music’s evolution.
(READ the interview on Yahoo News)
Austin Chapman was born “profoundly deaf” and says he never understood why people were so moved by music. But that changed two weeks ago, when he tried a new modern hearing device for the first time.
On the filmmaker’s blog, he wrote:
That night, a group of close friends jump-started my musical education by playing Mozart, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Elvis, and several other popular legends of music.
Being able to hear the music for the first time ever was unreal.
Massive wildfires have blackened about a million acres in southeast Oregon, killing countless cattle and horses and leaving no grazing land for struggling ranches that remain.
But help is on the way to struggling ranchers from the business community and fellow cattlemen. A convoy of 17 donated tractor-trailer trucks loaded with 500 tons of hay left Burns, Oregon yesterday morning in route to fire-affected families and businesses.
The donated hay, worth $75,000 is enough to feed about 1,000 cattle for 30 days and was donated by a local business that wished to remain anonymous.
The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) organized the convoy when its fire relief fund received the generous donation.
The current market rate for hauling hay is $30 per ton, making the per truck donation about $900. For this one day effort the trucking community’s gift will exceed $15,000, 204 hours of volunteer work, and 5150 miles of driving.
Lightning caused the range fires, which started in early July and are still only 25 percent contained.
Charitable donations of cash or in-kind contributions (including hay, supplies, transportation, and livestock relocation options) are being accepted online, via phone, or in person at the OCA office. Contact Kay Teisl at 503-361-8941 or [email protected] or visit www.orcattle.com/make-a-donation.
Massive wildfires have blackened about a million acres in southeast Oregon, killing countless cattle and horses and leaving no grazing land for struggling ranches that remain.
But help is on the way to struggling ranchers from the business community and fellow cattlemen. A convoy of 17 donated tractor-trailer trucks loaded with 500 tons of hay left Burns, Oregon yesterday morning in route to fire-affected families and businesses.
The donated hay, worth $75,000 is enough to feed about 1,000 cattle for 30 days and was donated by a local business that wished to remain anonymous.
The blue iguana has lived on the rocky shores of Grand Cayman a couple of million years, preening like a miniature turquoise dragon as it soaked in the sun. Yet it was driven to near-extinction by dogs, cats and cars, and the species numbered less than two dozen in the wild just a decade ago.
Now, though, a breeding program on the island has become a global model of success, fostering the population — now 700 — in the only locale on earth where the bright blue creatures lives in the wild.
The U.S. economy looked more resilient Wednesday after reports showed factories produced more goods in July and homebuilders grew more confident in the housing recovery. Industrial output expanded at the fastest pace since April.
Other encouraging gains included July reports that showed consumers stepped up retail spending and employers created the most jobs since February.
Poop in, clean water out.
Bill Gates has invested more than three million dollars on behalf of the 2.6 billion people around the world who don’t have access to modern toilets. Yesterday, the three winners of his “next-generation toilet” prize were announced, showcasing innovative designs that capture and process human waste without piped water, sewer or electrical connections.
Even more impressive, the toilet prize-winners all transformed human waste into useful resources, such as energy and water, at an affordable price.
Gates announced the contest one year ago, and yesterday unveiled the three universities that will share $200,000 as winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge.
“If we apply creative thinking to everyday challenges, such as dealing with human waste, we can fix some of the world’s toughest problems,” said foundation Co-chair Bill Gates.
Other projects featured at the fair include better ways to empty latrines, user-centered designs for public toilet facilities, and insect-based latrines that decompose feces faster.
Unsafe methods to capture and treat human waste result in serious health problems and death. Food and water tainted with fecal matter result in 1.5 million child deaths every year. Proper toilets can also bring substantial economic benefits. According to the World Health Organization, improved sanitation delivers up to $9 in social benefits and increased economic productivity for every $1 invested.
The foundation also announced a second round of winners in the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge totaling nearly $3.4 million. The grants were awarded to teams using a variety of tools, including microwave technology to turn waste into electricity and sand filters and ultra-violet light that sanitizes feces overnight. Four winners include:
The Foundation has committed more than $370 million to their Water, Sanitation & Hygiene initiative.
“Imagine what’s possible if we continue to collaborate, stimulate new investment in this sector, and apply our ingenuity in the years ahead,” said Gates. “Many of these innovations will not only revolutionize sanitation in the developing world, but also help transform our dependence on traditional flush toilets in wealthy nations.”
READ more on the Bill and Melinda Gates blog, Impatient Optimists, and another post from yesterday.
Poop in, clean water out.
Bill Gates has invested more than three million dollars on behalf of the 2.6 billion people around the world who don’t have access to modern toilets. Yesterday, the three winners of his “next-generation toilet” prize were announced, showcasing innovative designs that capture and process human waste without piped water, sewer or electrical connections.
Even more impressive, the toilet prize-winners all transformed human waste into useful resources, such as energy and water, at an affordable price.
Gates announced the contest one year ago, and yesterday unveiled the three universities that will share $200,000 as winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge.
When she was 15, Sarah Cronk set up her community’s first inclusive cheerleading squad at Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf, Iowa. Now, at 18 she is the founder of The Sparkle Effect, which helps schools around the country to include boys and girls with disabilities in their dance teams and cheerleading squads.
While Pleasant Valley’s program is now in its 6th season and includes 21 students, Sarah’s national program has raised more than $150,000 and generated 65 inclusive squads across the country.
Morphine is just about the best painkiller out there, as any doctor or any person who’s ever been in an accident will tell you. There’s just one small problem—it’s incredibly addictive. But thanks to some researchers from the University of Colorado and the University of Adelaide, we may have outsmarted that propensity for dependency.
Cole Hein, 11, has created a bucket list for his 14-year-old service dog.
He’s already checked off a few things — getting a portrait taken with the Jack Russell terrier, for instance. Now, he is asking people from around the world to join him in thanking the dog that saved his life.
Bingo is in the final stages of life and the child wants to pay him back for his life of service by feeding him eat treats from around the world.
Strangers banded together to organize an impromptu rescue yesterday after a couple, climbing Mt. Bierstadt to Mt. Evans in Colorado, found an abandoned german shepherd along a ridge connecting the two 14,000-foot mountains.
Amanda and Scott Washburn gave the dog food and water. But, suffering with bloody paws, the animal refused to be coaxed into hiking the difficult class-three boulder-filled terrain.
Official search and rescue teams were not an option, as they do not respond to animal calls, so the couple posted the story Saturday along with photos on the local climbing website, 14ers.com. A concerned team of volunteers returned that night to make the 3-hour climb to the estimated spot but after two hours could not locate her.
Substantial efforts to put together a second rescue party failed on Sunday, but early Monday morning, eight dedicated hikers and climbers – including an experienced climber named Chris O’Riley enlisted by the Colorado group, Animal Help Now – made their way up Bierstadt equipped with a large backpack, food, water and medical supplies, in the hopes of bringing her down.
Strangers banded together to organize an impromptu rescue yesterday after a couple, climbing Mt. Bierstadt to Mt. Evans in Colorado, found an abandoned german shepherd along a ridge connecting the two 14,000-foot mountains.
Amanda and Scott Washburn gave the dog food and water. But, suffering with bloody paws, the animal refused to be coaxed into hiking the difficult class-three boulder-filled terrain.
Official search and rescue teams were not an option, as they do not respond to animal calls, so the couple posted the story Saturday along with photos on the local climbing website, 14ers.com. A concerned team of volunteers returned that night to make the 3-hour climb to the estimated spot but after two hours could not locate her.
Substantial efforts to put together a second rescue party failed on Sunday, but early Monday morning, eight dedicated hikers and climbers – including an experienced climber named Chris O’Riley enlisted by the Colorado group, Animal Help Now – made their way up Bierstadt equipped with a large backpack, food, water and medical supplies, in the hopes of bringing her down.
The International Olympic Committee’s decision seven years ago to choose London has, after 17 sport-packed days, been joyously, wondrously vindicated.
The most precious and unexpected result of the London Olympics, though, is the mood of national confidence and enthusiasm they have generated. Hosting the Olympics has boosted national morale more than any single event in most people’s living memory. The capital and the country have been transformed.
A photographer living in the rainforest-rich country of Malaysia who specializes in macro photography was hiking in Selangor State Park near Kuala Lumpur when he came across a lovely green lacewing.
After photographing the insect, Hock Ping Guek posted his photos to Flickr, an online photo-sharing site.
Shaun Winterton, a senior entomologist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, happened across the image and was struck by the black markings on the wing, which he had never seen on a lacewing before.
The Holiday Inn Shanghai – Pudong Kangqiao features a cantilevered swimming pool that hangs over the building giving swimmers a bird’s eye view onto the street more than 250 feet below.
This gives guests a delirious sense of swimming in the sky — they can see the street clearly down below while passers-by on Xiuyan Lu can see the swimmers way up above.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got her groove on in South Africa last week, dancing at a party in Johannesburg, as the crowd of attendees cheered along with the country’s foreign minister who hosted the dinner.
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