"Once a gifted break-dancer in California, Tuy Sobil, 30, has resurrected his old passion – to help save Cambodian street kids from the sort of dead-end detour he took. And the kids, many neglected, some orphaned, love him for it." (CS Montior) Inspiring! Thanks to Steve Ghent for the link.
American Youths Bridge Religious Divides
"Teens in a Boston suburb lead the way in building relationships among religious faiths in their community through Interfaith Action, a program that has captured attention abroad." (CS Monitor) Thanks to Steve Ghent for the link.
Cities Try Going ‘Green’ With Blackouts
"On Saturday evening, it’s "Lights out San Francisco," where people will voluntary turn off lights for an hour. The aim is to raise awareness of light pollution and the energy wasted by lights left on." (CS Monitor) Thanks to Steve Ghent for the link!
Countrywide Announces Plan to Help Struggling Homeowners
The nation’s biggest mortgage lender, Countrywide Financial Corp., whose aggressive subprime lending has made it the poster child of the nation’s housing tribulations, announced Tuesday it will offer 82,000 customers a chance to adjust their mortgages and avoid potential foreclosure. (Thanks to Steve Ghent for sending this!)
I Love Trump, but… (he needs to attend our Wednesday tele-seminar)
EDITOR’S BLOG – Donald Trump was on Larry King Live this week. He said that most people will not — and cannot — achieve wealth because they weren’t born with the right genes! David Neagle, disagrees. He drove a fork-lift and was a high school drop-out. He left behind his mindset of lack and limitation, his excuses for failure — like, not being born with the right genes — to become a millionaire success coach who teaches others how to achieve the success of their dreams, despite their past.
David Neagle joins me tomorrow night for a FREE Great Mentors tele-seminar explaining The Mind-Money Connection. He is a wonderful teacher who can answer your questions about how to forge new beliefs, discard the old ones that block your success, and step into a new reality. It takes work obviously, he says, but changing your attitudes around money is the most important step. Here is the key that Mr. Trump misses…
White House Moves to Protect Striped Bass
On Saturday, President Bush visited the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, to sign an Executive Order to protect America’s striped bass and red drum fish populations from over-fishing.
10,000 Men For a Safer Philadelphia
Thousands of African-American men are heeding the call, signing up to patrol the streets of crime-infested southwest Philadelphia and serve as mentors. “We need love back in this community.” (NY Times)
Landmark Vaccine Protects Infants Against Malaria
The most ambitious attempt to engineer a vaccine against malaria has cleared another key hurdle, with tests among African babies showing the prototype to be safe and highly protective, a study released on Wednesday said.
Trout Return to Once-Contaminated Creek
Butte, Mont- A Superfund cleanup of Silver Bow Creek has led to the return of wild populations of live trout, after mining contaminants left the stream dead for more than a century. (AP)
Immigrant Gardeners Give Back, Send Kids to College
A Mexican immigrant who came to the US at age 20 and eventually started his own gardening business, is giving back to the country he says has given him so much. Now 63, he established the nonprofit Bay Area Gardeners Foundation, for he and other immigrant gardeners to donate college scholarships. (San Fran Chronicle)
Superflock of Endangered Birds Spotted in Turkey
Scientists thought as few as 400 Sociable Lapwings remained, a critically endandered bird of the Middle East and Central Asia. “Now, a superflock of 3,000 has been spotted in Turkey.”
Listen to the full story at NPR.
Baby Chimp Shows Off for Camera (Video)
The San Diego Zoo unveils Mali, a pygmy chimpanzee born last month. Mali’s mother had a rough time during the birthing process, with zoo vets worried they might lose the baby. Check out the human-like baby chimp.
Ladybugs Used in Place of Insecticides in NYC
To avoid using chemical insecticides, groundskeepers at one of New York City’s biggest apartment complexes have released 720,000 ladybugs to help control pests like aphids and mites.
Seeing From a Different Perspective
I was out in the backyard cutting the grass last week when I noticed a caterpillar strolling down a blade of grass… Now, I happen to know this particular caterpillar will one day be a Monarch butterfly, you know, the kind with the big black and gold wings. After the change from worm to butterfly takes place, he’ll fly, soar, float and flutter and I’m sure he’ll think he’s in a new world because of his brand new life and freedom to fly anywhere. Our lives are kind of like that little caterpillar’s life…
Clean Cities Program Saves 375M Gallons Of Gas In 2006
Clean Cities coalitions around the nation saved the equivalent of 375 million gallons of gasoline in 2006 — 50 percent more than the 250 million gallons in 2005 — by transforming government and private vehicle fleets into more energy efficient, cleaner burning forms of transportation.
Book Giveaways Give Inmates Food for Thought
Give inmates books when they’re bored and they’re less likely to cause trouble, more likely to think about turning over a new leaf. The Lancaster police station is trying such a program, using library cast-offs and donated items.
Ethiopian Farmers Boosted By Improved Seed
Five years ago, Wegene Abebe was just another local peasant eking out a living in Tijo, 220km southeast of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa; today he is a prominent farmer with a steady income. Wegene has doubled his harvest and leads a group of 13 farmers. He has also moved from a rented single room to owning a big house and four flour-milling machines.
Engineers Without Borders “Beat the Crap Out of Poverty”
This week, Engineers Without Borders held its third annual Beat the Crap Out of Poverty event at Memorial University. For a small fee designated for the charity, students could take a baseball bat, crowbar or sledge hammer and smash an old car painted with words that represented the global problems of poverty and hunger. (Full story)
British Columbia Protects Forests to Save Caribou
In an effort to save a dwindling and endangered population of mountain caribou, the British Columbia government is making hundreds of thousands of acres of old-growth forest off-limits to logging and road building. (Toronto Globe and Mail)