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High-end Jewelry Made From AK-47s, for the Greater Good

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Fonderie 47 CufflinksTo combat the devastation caused by illegal assault rifles in Africa’s war zones, founder of Ethos water, Peter Thum, announced this week the launch of Fonderie 47. Based in New York City, Fonderie 47 removes AK47s from war zones and transforms them into rare watches and $32,000 cufflinks.  

In partnership with NGOs working in Africa, Fonderie 47 already has destroyed more than 6,000 assault rifles. The sale of each piece of Fonderie 47 jewelry funds the destruction of dozens more assault rifles.

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Veteran NYPD Inspector Beats Cancer and Drug Gangs to Become Daily News Hero of the Month

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cop hatInspector James Guida has been in the NYPD for 30 years. He was assigned to command troubled precincts, and for the last four years logged an increase in arrests and hundreds of successful search warrants.

While battling the drug scourge, he has been fighting cancer.

For his dedication and perseverance through serious illness, Guida is the Daily News Hero of the Month: Surgeries and radiation treatments cannot keep him from his command.

(READ the story in the NY Daily News)

MIT Debuts First Prototype of Effort to Build $1,000 Homes

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1K home in China - MIT photoHome prices in many of the world’s most famous cities run to well over $1,000 per square foot. By contrast, MIT architects have produced the first prototype from the Institute’s “1K House” project, an effort to see if low-cost homes for the poor can be constructed for $1,000, total.

The project’s debut effort, called the Pinwheel House, was constructed in Sichuan Province, China, at the epicenter of the 2008 earthquake.

Designer Ying chee Chui, a graduate of MIT’s Department of Architecture, created the housing especially for areas prone to natural disasters. Chui incorporated hollow brick walls with steel bars for reinforcement and wooden box beams to withstand earthquakes up to 8.0 in magnitude. The home turned out bigger and more costly, but at $5,925, it is still very inexpensive in relative terms.

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MIT Debuts First Prototype of Effort to Build $1,000 Homes

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1K home in China - MIT photoHome prices in many of the world’s most famous cities run to well over $1,000 per square foot. By contrast, MIT architects have produced the first prototype from the Institute’s “1K House” project, an effort to see if low-cost homes for the poor can be constructed for $1,000, total.

The project’s debut effort, called the Pinwheel House, was constructed in Sichuan Province, China, at the epicenter of the 2008 earthquake.

Designer Ying chee Chui, a graduate of MIT’s Department of Architecture, created the housing especially for areas prone to natural disasters. Chui incorporated hollow brick walls with steel bars for reinforcement and wooden box beams to withstand earthquakes up to 8.0 in magnitude. The home turned out bigger and more costly, but at $5,925, it is still very inexpensive in relative terms.

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Venture For America Wants To Create 100,000 New Jobs By Matching College Grads With Startups

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College grads - photo by Hmm360 via MorguefileRather than typical careers in finance, consulting, and law, Andrew Yang wants to recruit young talent to ignite entrepreneurial sparks in such economically depressed areas as Detroit; Providence, Rhode Island; and New Orleans.

In the process, he believes he can create 100,000 U.S. jobs by 2025.

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Giving Thanks Helps Reset Your Outlook on Life

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Photo by Sun StarCount your blessings this Thanksgiving. It’s good for you.

While it seems pretty obvious that gratitude is a positive emotion, psychologists for decades rarely delved into the science of giving thanks. But in the last several years they have, learning in many experiments that it is one of humanity’s most powerful emotions. It makes you happier and can change your attitude about life, like an emotional reset button.

Especially in hard times, like these.

What is the brain chemistry behind this and what are the best ways of inducing it?

(READ the AP article in the Mercury News)

Downturn in Major Taliban Attacks Brings Cautious Optimism to Pakistan

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Kashmir border“2011 has been another year dominated by bad news for Pakistan. Yet there are grounds for cautious optimism. A downturn in major terror attacks in the second half of the year and an overall decrease in civilian casualties at the hands of terrorists point to better policing and a gradual decline in the potency of militant groups, say officials and experts.”

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Dyson Award-winner Makes Water Out of Thin Air for Farmers

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Farm Irrigation Airdrop wins Dyson Award

Farm Irrigation Airdrop wins Dyson AwardAn Australian designer from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is the winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award for his “Airdrop” – a low-cost, low-maintenance technology for farming in arid areas.

Dyson, an Inventor and entrepreneur who revolutionized the vacuum cleaner, said Edward Linacre’s invention “shows how simple, natural principles such as the condensation of water can be applied to good effect through skilled design and robust engineering.”

The 27-year-old beat a range of designers and innovators to take the £10,000 prize. His university department will also receive a £10,000.

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Dyson Award-winner Makes Water Out of Thin Air Helping Farmers

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Farm Irrigation Airdrop wins Dyson Award

Farm Irrigation Airdrop wins Dyson AwardAn Australian designer from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is the winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award for his “Airdrop” – a low-cost, low-maintenance technology for farming in arid areas.

Dyson, an Inventor and entrepreneur who revolutionized the vacuum cleaner, said Edward Linacre’s invention “shows how simple, natural principles such as the condensation of water can be applied to good effect through skilled design and robust engineering.”

The 27-year-old beat a range of designers and innovators to take the £10,000 prize. His university department will also receive a £10,000.

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Mom Makes Thanksgiving Happen for 300 Families

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Mom blogger raises Thanksgiving fundsA mother-of-three in Maryland had a simple idea: She used her parenting blog Scary Mommy to ask followers to make donations to help a family afford a Thanksgiving feast.

Over 600 respondents pitched it and she raised over $18,000 in supermarket gift cards for those who couldn’t afford food  – providing dinner for 378 families.

 

(SEE the story with photos in the Daily Mail)

Sweet Deal! Couple Finds Love in Black Friday Line

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Couple met in Black Friday lineA Hurst, Texas couple is getting married after meeting while waiting in a Black Friday line.

Trevor MacDonald and Jesse Pierfelice were looking for a lot of things while sitting in the rain outside of a SuperTarget three years ago. But the one thing they weren’t expecting to find was each other.

She texted him the next day: “Hey, Target Boy”…

(WATCH the video below, or read the article at MSNBC)

 

iPhone 4S Introduces Amazing Features to Assist the Blind

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iphone homePlenty has been written about the new iPhone 4S, but one little known feature is the amazingly thoughtful AssistiveTouch.

Apple has always gone to considerable lengths to make the iPhone usable for people with vision and hearing impairments. If you’re deaf, you can have the LED flash to get your attention when the phone rings. You can create custom vibration patterns for each person who might call you.

But now, you can literally turn the screen off if you’re blind and operate everything — do your e-mail, surf the Web, adjust settings, run apps — by tapping and letting the phone speak what you’re touching.

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Starlings Mesmerize Boaters on Ireland’s Shannon River

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murmuration videoGirls canoeing in Ireland behold an astonishing sight as thousands of starlings swoop and pulse, whooshing through the sky as above Irish waters.

It’s the miracle of “murmuration”.

WATCH the video below…

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‘Sweater Penguins’ Released Back to the Sea Oil-free (Video)

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Penguins released in New ZealandRemember the little oil-soaked penguins that were aided last month by volunteers who knit them sweaters?

The first group of rescued penguins to be released back into the wild happily waddled their way down the beach of a New Zealand shoreline this week, to the delight of their caretakers and TV cameras.

The 49 Little Blue Penguins were cleaned up following the oil spill from the cargo ship, Rena, grounded off the coast near Tauranga on October 5. Hundreds more are still in rehabilitation.

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‘Sweater Penguins’ Released Back to the Sea Oil-free (Video)

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Penguins released in New ZealandRemember the little oil-soaked penguins that were aided last month by volunteers who knit them sweaters?

The first group of rescued penguins to be released back into the wild happily waddled their way down the beach of a New Zealand shoreline this week, to the delight of their caretakers and TV cameras.

The 49 Little Blue Penguins were cleaned up following the oil spill from the cargo ship, Rena, grounded off the coast near Tauranga on October 5. Hundreds more are still in rehabilitation.

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Village Hero Turns Down a Million Euro, Turns in Gaddafi’s Fleeing Son

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Libya hero turns in Gaddafi son -TelegraphA village tribesman was offered one million euros to drive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the Libyan border. Instead, he drove the dictator’s brutal son into a trap and now is being feted as a national hero.

“I was offered millions but all the money they had would not buy a pebble of our sand or one drop of our martyrs’ blood.”

Yusef Saleh al-Hotmani, from Berqan deep in the Sahara, said Saif was due to be picked up at the border with Algeria and Niger and from there, driven into exile.

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AIDS Deaths, Infections Down 20% From Peak

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AIDS Hiv medicine in handAids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, according to the UNAids 2011 report.

Additionally, the number of new HIV infections globally declined 21% from the record set in 1997.

“We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough,” said Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

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Apparel Exporters to End Child Labor in India

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mother with baby - USAID photoAfter global apparel companies like Gap and Adidas censured the Indian apparel industry for engaging in child labor, the nation’s Apparel Export Promotion Council has decided to adopt a zero tolerance policy and cleanse the supply chain.

The extensive auditing of the supply chain will make garments from India more expensive by 5%, but will ensure that India avoids trade barriers due to its lack of compliance.

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Teen Surprises Parents and Brother with Parade for the Soldier’s Homecoming

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Photo by Ladyheart, via MorguefileUS Marine Matthew Rodgers just wanted to surprise his parents by coming home a little early for Thanksgiving. But a bigger surprise awaited him: His sister threw him a parade.

Matthew’s parents were the only two people in town who hadn’t assembled for the festivities. Police and fire fighters were awaiting word of the lance corporal’s arrival, along with marching band and mayor.

For municipalities, such events can take months to plan. It took the Gaithersburg, MD teenager and her friend fewer than 10 days.

(SEE the full story with photos in the Washington Post)

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Kohl’s Department Stores Honored as Green Power Partner of the Year

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Kohls Green Scene storeKohl’s Department Stores has won its third Green Power Partner of the Year Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy for its extensive efforts at creating Earth-friendly stores and operations that focus on energy efficiency, renewable power, and LEED building standards.

Kohl’s has distinguished itself in 2011 by purchasing 1.4 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy, offsetting more than 100 percent of the company’s purchased electricity use. According to EPA, Kohl’s current green power purchase is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions of more than 192,000 passenger vehicles per year, or 122,000 American homes. The company joined EPA’s Green Power Partnership in 2006 and made an initial purchase of more than 80 million kwh of renewable energy credits in 2007.

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