“His fingers are now every bit as perceptive as his eyes once were.“
The artist, whose oil paintings are known for their brilliant color, started painting after he lost his sight at age 30.
Blind Artist Amazes With Color and Talent (Video)
“His fingers are now every bit as perceptive as his eyes once were.“
The artist, whose oil paintings are known for their brilliant color, started painting after he lost his sight at age 30.
A decade later John Bramblitt visits classrooms teaching young children his technique, covering their eyes and asking them to paint.
WATCH the video below, or READ the story at CBS News…
The Pursuit of Happiness: What Matters Most? (Video)
If happiness is a state of mind, Boulder, Colorado would be its capital.
Where you live, it turns out, makes a difference in the happiness level, but plenty of other factors can make up for a less than ideal hometown.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index is a 25-year in-depth study of Americans’ overall satisfaction with life. Gallup has interviewed more than a million Americans since 2008, enough to map our happiness.
The Pursuit of Happiness: What Matters Most? (Video)
If happiness is a state of mind, Boulder, Colorado would be its capital.
Where you live, it turns out, makes a difference in the happiness level, but plenty of other factors can make up for a less than ideal hometown.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index is a 25-year in-depth study of Americans’ overall satisfaction with life. Gallup has interviewed more than a million Americans since 2008, enough to map our happiness.
Top 10 Ways You Can Stop Climate Change
Ever wonder how your tiny carbon footprint really impacts the big picture of climate change? Though you might feel like your lifestyle is insignificant compared to things like oil extraction or vehicle emissions, the choices we make in our day-to-day life — how we get around, what we eat, how we live — play a major role in slowing climate change.
Here’s a list of 10 ways you can join in the fight to reduce our carbon footprint. Whether you save it on your desktop, share it with friends, or print a copy (in PDF) and stick it on your fridge, this quick reference guide breaks down what you can do today to protect the planet for future generations.
Talented 17 Year-old Artist and Investor Has the Ear of Buffett, Gates and Elton John
Jeffrey Hanson is a talented young artist who’s eager to put his money to work in a lot of different ways.
He’s plowed profits from the sale of color-splashed canvases into the stock market, and his blue chips include Coca-Cola, General Electric, Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway.
Not only that, Jeffrey is a visually-impaired artist.
He has helped raise more than $275,000 over the last five years for local, national and international charities through the sale of his paintings.
(READ the story in Richmond.com) – More info at www.jeffreyowenhanson.com.
Thanks to Julia Frerichs for sending the link!
Iraq Celebrates its First Book Fair in 20 Years
Iraq’s first book fair in 20 years concluded on Thursday with organizers and attendees hailing it as a return to the global literary scene for the violence-wracked country.
The two-week exhibition featured more than 200 publishing houses from 32 countries displaying about 37,000 books at a massive conference hall in Mansur, west Baghdad, according to the event’s organisers.
Chinese Teenager Carries Friend on Back for Eight Years
In Hebei, China, a teenager named Lui Shi Ching, 16 years old, has carried his friend to school daily for the last 8 years. His friend Lu Shao has a congenital disorder which makes it difficult for him to walk.
Eight years ago on a rainy day, Lu shao was stuck at school when his mom didn’t come to pick him up. Lui Shi Ching, who was smaller than Lu Shao, decided to help and carried him home.
Since then, it’s been eight years of carrying Lu shao to and from school and even to restrooms.
(READ the story in the Int’l Herald Tribune)
Thanks to Chris C. for submitting the link!
Discovering A Mother’s Love And Her Happiness
“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried careers since the payment is pure love,” wrote Mildred B. Vermont.
The emotions of motherhood are universal as well as the most unselfish in the world.
Mother’s Day celebrates that glorious ideal of love and sacrifice. Here are some things you can do to honor moms for Mother’s Day…
David Braben Creates $25 Computer for Developing World
A new product from the British nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation aims to put a working computer into children’s hands — and it literally would fit in their hands — for the ultra-low cost of $25 per device.
Created by game developer David Braben of Rollercoaster Tycoon fame, the fully functional Linux PC has a 700 MHz processor with 128 megabytes of SDRAM.
Missing Canadian Mom Found Alive in Nevada After 7 Weeks
A Canadian tourist missing in a remote wooded area of the US state of Nevada for seven weeks has been found alive near her stranded vehicle by hunters.
Rita Chretien, 56, told police her van had got stuck in mud in mid-March, and that her husband Albert, 59, had gone to get help on foot.
Police abandoned the search for the couple in April but have now resumed the hunt for Mr Chretien.
Community Gives $40,000 to Save Young Hospitalized Man in Need of Lung Transplant
An outpouring of community support has raised $40,000 for a 20-year-old patient at Tampa General Hospital who will die without a lung transplant that his family couldn’t afford.
Enock Mezilas, the soft-spoken young man who last week completed his high school diploma as he was fighting for his life, now has enough money to be placed on the transplant waiting list at Tampa General Hospital.
College Football Player Now in Wheelchair Finds New Joy in the Game (Video)
A Rutgers football player, now confined to a wheelchair, hasn’t let his devastating injury slow him down.
Defensive tackle Eric LeGrand, who suffered a serious spinal injury on the field in October, joined broadcasters in the booth recently, finding new joy in the game he loves.
“Things happen for a reason,” he told reporters, and he doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for him.
Diary Details Production Launch of The Hobbit
The first video production diary from The Hobbit, as posted by Peter Jackson on his facebook page.
Another Advancement in Hydrogen Fuel Uses Cheap Abundant Sulfide
The best way to make hydrogen fuel is thought to be photo electrochemical, a process for water splitting. When the sun hits, the solar energy is absorbed in a cell used for splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
Progress in the technology, however, has been limited by the lack of cheap catalysts. Platinum works, it’s just too expensive and rare.
Judge Gives Immigrant in Same-Sex Marriage a Reprieve From Deportation
An immigration judge in Newark on Friday suspended the deportation of a Venezuelan man who is married to an American man, responding to an unusual signal this week from the Obama administration that it is exploring legal avenues for recognizing same-sex marriages in immigration cases.
Epic Study Confirms Einstein on Space-Time Vortex Around Earth
Einstein was right: There is a four-dimensional space-time vortex around Earth, and the spin of Earth does twist space-time.
That’s according to NASA, in an announcement made 52 years after scientists first imagined how to test Einstein’s theory on space-time – before the technology to test it had even been invented.
New Type of Renewable Energy – Just Add Salt Water
Scientists at Stanford have developed a battery that uses nanotechnology to create electricity from the difference in salt content between fresh water and sea water. The researchers hope to use the technology to create power plants at estuaries where fresh water rivers join the ocean.
The Greenest Colleges in America
A U.S. Green Building Council partnership released its third annual report listing the greenest colleges nationwide. The online-only guide, available as a free download, includes brief summaries of sustainability initiatives at each of the top 311 schools, as well a dozen or so data points on things like renewable power use, energy efficiency and waste disposal.
Mayor Bloomberg Continues Child Care Subsidies for Low-income Families
More than 16,000 low-income kids who faced losing their subsidized child care next year will get some good news from Mayor Bloomberg Friday.
The mayor plans to announce that he’s found $40 million to continue providing child care to all kids now receiving the subsidy their working parents depend.