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Africa Celebrates One Year Without A Single New Case of Polio

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Sep 9, 2015

Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi has reduced its child mortality rate by more than two-thirds, saving the lives of 280,000 children under age five.

The southeast African country credits its success to three areas: the use of treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria among pregnant women and children; enhancement of its rural community clinics to treat common childhood ailments like diarrhea and infections, and increased immunizations against diseases like polio.

Reducing child mortality was one of the 8 United Nations Millennium Development Goals set in 2000 to aid the world’s most vulnerable people by addressing poverty, the spread of HIV/AIDS and lack of water, sanitation and education.

Overall, child mortality rates for kids under five have plunged by 53 percent since 1990– down from 12.7 million per year to 5.9 million.

Introducing more lifesaving efforts for newborns in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia — areas with the most child deaths— is critical to bringing down global figures even further.

UNICEF, the UN children’s aid group, celebrated the milestone, having reached–and exceeded–the goals before the end of the target year, with a beautiful video from Malawi.

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How A Caring Teen Ensured Cozy Bedtimes For 180 Foster Kids

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Sep 9, 2015

A high school senior’s simple idea is making nighttime less lonely for dozens of foster kids in California’s Central Valley.

17-year-old Conner Johnson decided to collect twin bed sheets for children in foster care — fun, colorful sheets sets, with stripes, superheroes and flowers, the kind that kids love. And in just over 7 weeks, he gathered $3,600 worth of bedding kindness

Johnson was inspired by his mother, who has taken in eleven foster infants in the past four years, caring for them until they are placed with a family.

“It gave me a first-person view on their struggle, how the system works, what they go through,” Conner Johnson told the Tracy Press. “I decided I wanted to do something.”

The Tracy High School senior is giving the sheet sets to Case For Kids, a nonprofit that provides foster children with a personalized storage box filled with clothes, handmade blankets and toiletries whenever they are placed locally with a family.

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The organization told Conner they can’t always include sheets because they are so expensive, but they would make the kids feel more at home, like their bed is special. When the children leave the foster home, they’ll take the sheets with them.

Johnson set up collection boxes at three local businesses. He then spread the word on social media, receiving donations by mail from strangers as far away as Nevada, Texas and Pennsylvania–surpassing his original goal of 100 sheet sets, gathering more than 180 for Conner’s Sheets.

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Why 100 Black Men In Suits Were Cheering by a School Bus (Awesome)

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South Carolina Teens Fight Racist Vandalism With A Positive Message

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Sep 9, 2015

Racial stereotyping is harmful to everyone, especially our children.

That’s why 100 black men dressed in suits lined the sidewalks last week whooping and hollering as inner-city kids boarded the bus to start another school year.

Martin Luther King Elementary School children in Hartford, Connecticut were high-fived and cheered by doctors, lawyers, police officers, surgeons, and small business owners who gathered together to reinforce positive role model images of black professionals.

The men who organized the event, DeVaughn Ward and Pastor Al Johnson created a Facebook page titled “Calling All Brothers” where black men could tag their friends asking them to come. The page gathered momentum until there were 100 sharp-looking men ready to cheer urban children on their way to learn.

“In an urban community, people say that black men [aren’t] valued or there aren’t enough black men doing something,” Johnson told A Plus in a phone interview. “I wanted to prove everyone wrong.”

The event has already been flooding social media and news outlets, with an opportunity to change people’s perspectives for the better.

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“Man Therapy” Uses Humor To Target Serious Mental Health Issues For Bros (WATCH)

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Sep 9, 2015

Ironic, yes, but also potentially life-saving.

Dr. Rich Mahogany, a fictional therapist with a mental health message for men only, uses ‘bro’ humor to make fun of professional advice, like Will Ferrell makes fun of news people in Anchorman. But, through a similar deep, authoritative voice, comes an attempt to tackle serious issues like stress, anger, depression, addiction and suicide, using videos and a website known as “Man Therapy.”

The sometimes crude humor cuts through the stigma of mental illness to address the pressures of masculinity. Being the strong, silent type—never sharing emotions until they’ve reached a boiling point–can take a dangerous toll on mental health. ‘Dr. Mahogany’ prods men to “get off their keisters” and try exercises and tips to help improve their well-being.

The site was developed in 2012, originally designed to reach men in Colorado, a state with one of the highest suicide rates in the country. Its appeal has since stretched far beyond Colorado; in the past three years, Man Therapy has attracted three quarters of a million views.

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death for adults in the U.S. and men are most at risk–accounting for 78% of fatalities in 2013, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The Man Therapy team of mental health experts is especially focused on reaching a specific group, what they call “double-jeopardy men,” working guys with the most risk factors who are the least likely to seek help. They use language that can resonate with these men who might otherwise not want to think about their mental wellbeing.

ManTherapy.org is a nonprofit collaboration between the Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention, The Carson J. Spencer Foundation and the advertising agency, Cactus.

The website will soon come out with a new version that can be customized, allowing users to match resources with individual needs.

Offering, as Dr. Rich Mahogany would say, “Therapy the way a man would do it.”

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‘Airbnb’ for Refugees Matches Migrants To Europeans Volunteering Homes

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Sep 9, 2015

This week, GNN has been covering the positive global efforts to help Syrian refugees – from the Finnish Prime Minister opening up his home, to German football stars promoting hospitality, to 60,000 Iceland citizens volunteering to take in migrants.

Now there’s an online service where German and Austrian residents can share their flats and apartments with refugees.

The website Refugees Welcome – similar to Airbnb – has connected over 138 asylum-seekers with willing European housemates who’ve volunteered their homes.

Residents can sign up by providing a brief summary of housing availability before they’re matched with a flatmate who is right for them. An external organization will then find a refugee who is suitable and put them in contact to arrange a meeting to make sure that the two can get along. After that, the refugee can either be funded by micro-donations, federal funding, or crowdfunding.

Not only is the housing a lifesaver for the refugee, but the ability to converse daily in German better assimilates them into the culture. The website currently has over 800 Europeans opening their doors to the influx of refugees.

The Berlin founders of Refugees Welcome, Mareike Geiling and her boyfriend Jonas Kakoshke, first got the idea because they were horrified by how refugees were being treated in their country.

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“Many asylum-seekers have to stay there for years … doing nothing, because they are not allowed to do anything,” Kakoshke told NPR. “They are not allowed to work, they are sometimes not allowed to have German classes and sometimes it’s not a city, it’s a village and there’s nothing to do and so you get depressed after years and stuff like this.”

All of the housemates that have been paired since the site’s creation, except for two, have had positive feedback with the exchange, and continue to insist upon giving the refugees a warm welcome to the country.

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Food For Miles: 2015 World’s Fair Shows Off Innovation of 145 Countries

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Sep 9, 2015

With a theme, “Feeding the Planet,” the 2015 World’s Fair in Milan has attracted millions to Italy this year by showcasing design innovation and asking the question, “How will we meet the growing food demands of the planet?”

The Expo Milano is a small city unto itself, where 145 nations have erected stunning pavilions and plazas. Some nations are wowing the crowds with architecture, while others are promoting traditional agricultural products touted as ideal for feeding the population.

France pavilion by Jean-Pierre Dalbera, CC (and Iranian pavilion on front page)

Like small-town produce markets, vendors display nutritious, easy to grow quinoa from Bolivia or rice from Cambodia. Visitors to the Italian Copagri pavilion can follow tomatoes and pasta on their journey from soil to tabletop.

Down a walkway of reclaimed boardwalk planks from Coney Island, visitors to the United States pavilion will marvel at a football-field sized vertical garden. Combining industrial ingenuity with agricultural heft, the theme here demonstrates ways to grow more food on less acreage.

The US pavilion also features an array of food trucks – the hottest trend in American cuisine – serving everything from traditional barbecue to Korean tacos.

Anyone who has tasted meals from a modern food truck has walked away assured that quality can survive even in tight spaces, and creativity is the best answer to the challenge of feeding an increasing number of mouths in crowded urban environments.

And, of course, what would an Italian food expo be if it didn’t feature Margherita pizza? This one broke the Guinness World Record for being almost 500 meters longer than the previous record holder for World’s Longest Pizza.

In mid-June, 80 volunteers worked for 12 hours in a long line at the Expo to construct the 1.5 kilometer (nearly 5000-foot long) masterpiece using 150 liters of Italian olive oil.

Thousands of lucky visitors to the global expo got a free taste of the pie, which produced 35,000 slices.

The award-winning pizza’s producers generously set aside 300 meters of the pie to bring to the welcome centers that had been established for refugees in Milan.

The expo runs through October 31.

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Best Class in Chicago Invites Dogs to Read With Kids

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Sep 9, 2015

Dog really has always been man’s best friend – and apparently best teacher too.

10 different elementary schools in Chicago are being visited by some scholarly pups to motivate at-risk kids toward a love of learning and reading.

The nonprofit, SitStayRead, organizes teams of volunteers to chaperone Dog Visits where kids get to read to dogs for one hour. Since the program started in 2003, it has reportedly helped students develop reading fluency 50% faster than non-participating classrooms.

The program’s methods vary per grade – fourth graders will sometimes be visited by Guest Readers reciting a poem or story pertaining to dogs, or they can use their Reading Rewards points earned from writing book reports to receive more Dog Visits. At the end of the year, the school hosts a Reading Rewards Celebration giving students a backpack filled with writing supplies and goodies for the summer. This helps stimulate the child’s desire to learn and supports a new love of reading.

In order to provide enrichment to those most in need, SitStayRead only provides year-long class volunteering for schools that are 90% low-income, with kids 60% below their grade reading level.

“Reading to a dog increases confidence and generates excitement about reading,” SitStayRead reports on their website. “These trained dogs, assisted by dog-themed books and writing assignments, change a child’s reading session from an abstract concept into a real life experience. Children get to read about a dog, see a dog, and touch a dog — an experience that leads to true and lasting learning.”

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Pups who seem up to snuff for joining a Dog Team must pass a simple test that rates the dog’s sociability. An evaluator will run around the dog making loud noises, ask for a sit/stay demonstration, and watch how calm the dog is during interaction.

These dogs got an A+

Gift For Families Dealing with Cancer: 6000 Healthy Take-Home Meals

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Sep 8, 2015

Getting dinner on the table after a busy day can be a chore–serving healthy food, an even bigger challenge. Now, imagine trying to do it after spending a long day at the hospital with a sick child.

For parents who face this reality, the Healing Meals program is a welcome relief.

Created by registered dietitian Stacey Antine, it provides free, nutritious, take home food for families with children undergoing treatment for cancer and other serious disorders.

Inspiration struck while she was taking care of her own father as he underwent treatment for cancer, making sure he was eating the right foods.

“When families are in this time of stress, it’s s not a time to educate people about what they should be eating, it’s a time to make sure they’re getting what they need,” Antine told Good News Network. “That prompted me thinking, ‘How can I make that happen?’”

Antine went to a nonprofit and proposed the idea that was met with a resounding “Yes!”

Whole Foods even joined the team effort, donating the ingredients that are whipped into meals by student volunteers from a local culinary school.

Since the program started in 2014, 6000 Healing Meals have been distributed at two New Jersey hospitals.

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“These children have heightened nutritional needs, yet lack access to healthy meals,” Antine continued. “This is not a handout; it is part of their treatment.” A crucial step to keeping their weight up and immune system strong.

Healing Meals feed a family of four with dishes like cheesy lasagna rolls, chicken fiesta fajitas, and “Japchae,” a Korean stir-fry. The meals also come ready with thoughtful additions, like cookies made with iron-rich molasses and ginger, to help with nausea.

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Antine hopes to expand the program into more hospitals. Meanwhile, parents can pull quick, healthy recipes from her 2012 book, Appetite for Life.

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Ultra-Strong Bridge Made of Cardboard Inspires Shelter Design

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Sep 8, 2015

There’s reducing, reusing, recycling—and then, there’s an architect who transforms cardboard tubes into miracle building materials.

Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect renowned for his functional, sturdy paper-made structures, has built projects ranging from bridges and exhibition pavilions to emergency housing shelters.

He realized back in 1986 that the spools used for carpets, cloth and paper, are, in fact, strong, lightweight, and inexpensive, making them the perfect medium for building bridges. Best of all, he keeps all that waste from heading for the landfill.

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“I just didn’t want to waste material—it’s as simple as that,” Ban told Martin Moeller in an interview. “I was put under the label of ‘environment-friendly architect,’ but that is not my strategy. I just want to use any material where it is.”

As the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient, he works with engineers and consultants to make sure that his structures are absolutely sound.

One of his most popular designs is a temporary bridge he built in 2007 over the Gardon River in southern France, which can hold twenty people at a time. The entire structure was made from cardboard tubes that formed two arc-shaped trusses that support a stairway.

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Erected for the summer tourist season, the bridge is part practical and part sculpture standing elegantly next to the ancient Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard.

Ban also helps save lives by building emergency shelters out of the tubes, pairing them with rock-filled foundations and walls of woven bamboo sheeting.

He built the shelters for survivors of the earthquakes in Turkey (2000), Bhuj, India (2001), and Haiti (2010).

He also collaborated with the Make It Right foundation to construct housing in New Orleans following Katrina, and has led ongoing reconstruction efforts in the Philippines.

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Currently, Ban serves as leader of an architects-without-borders-type group called, Voluntary Architects Network. The organization provides emergency housing and basic infrastructural amenities to disaster-stricken areas worldwide, including recently in Nepal following the April earthquake.

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Photos: (top) courtesy of Shigeru Ban; (center) courtesy of Forgemind Archemedia

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This Old Lady Is So Rad, She’s Won 1Mil Fans And Celebrity Status

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100-Year-Olds Say A Positive Attitude Is The Secret To Longevity

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Sep 8, 2015

DREAMING IN LA (outfit by @discountuniverse )

A photo posted by @baddiewinkle on Aug 29, 2015 at 12:25pm PDT

Meet Baddiewinkle, the baddest granny to ever rock lipstick and cutoffs.

Helen Ruth Van Winkle, the 87-year-old rebel that is taking Instagram by storm with over 1.5 million followers, has the sass, attitude, and fashion sense of a fun-loving teenager.

After her husband died on her 35th anniversary, Helen decided to recover from the grief by taking her love for life and turning it into a social media persona named Baddiewinkle.

“I’m not an old person and I’ve never been an old person – I just do my thing,” Baddiewinkle told Refinery29 in the video below. “One day I was laying out in the sun so I put on a tye dye shirt and a pair of cutoff shorts of my granddaughter Kennedy’s. She came home and said ‘Oh Grandma, you look so cute, let me take a picture of you.’ Baddiewinkle has helped me a lot – in spirit, anyway.”

Since her Instagram fame, Baddiewinkle has appeared on MTV with Miley Cyrus, kicked it with Nicole Ritchie, and hung out with Gwen Stefani.

She says she would love to be a role model for older people. Apparently it doesn’t matter how old you are, so long as you’re living life to the fullest and taking some cute selfies while you do it.

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Wolverine Star Surprises 9-yo Boy Suffering From Incurable Illness (WATCH)

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Sep 8, 2015

Hollywood couldn’t have written a better script.

When a 9-year-old Australian boy suffering from cystic fibrosis was invited to be on a local radio show, he was beyond excited when the hosts asked if he wanted to chat on the telephone with his action-hero idol– Wolverine star, Hugh Jackman.

“That would be awesome!” said a smiling Domenic, who is a huge X-Men movie fan.

The hosts of the “Kyle & Jackie O Show” in Sydney proceeded to call Jackman on the phone, telling Domenic the film star was away shooting a movie. Little did Domenic know, his hero was actually waiting in the next room.

As they chatted, the young boy asked Jackman to name his favorite Wolverine pose. The actor told him, “Hang on a sec, mate because I’m going to find a really cool way to show you.”

Jackman then burst into the studio, growling in character, and blowing Dominic’s mind.

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The Australian actor gave the boy a big hug, asked him to do his best Wolverine impression, too. Jackman also gave Domenic passes for an upcoming show.

The surprise visit was organized by the Make-a-Wish Foundation, a charity that grants requests to children living with life-threatening conditions.

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24 New Baby Gorillas Bring Hope for the Species – and Adorable Photos!

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Sep 8, 2015

In the wake of a 26 percent population boost for this iconic species, the addition of 24 adorable baby mountain gorillas offer new hope for the future.

On September 5, the 11th Annual Gorilla Naming Ceremony known as Kwita Izina took place at the foothills of the Virunga Mountains. The theme of the day was “Conserving Now and For the Future.”

Each of the newborn gorillas were given a name representative of their personality, circumstances of birth, or a hope for the future.

baby gorilla fluffy hair copyright Keiko Mori — All Photos copyright Keiko Mori, used with permission

Among them was Icyifuzo, which means to “wish,” and Guhuza, meaning “come together.”

Rwanda has been closely tracking an increase in their gorilla population and have registered a 26.3 percent boost.

Although gorilla naming, a uniquely Rwandan tradition, has always been a part of the country’s culture, Kwita Izina was introduced in 2005 with the aim of creating awareness for the endangered mountain gorilla.

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Finnish Prime Minister Opens His Home to Refugees, Joins Growing List

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Sep 8, 2015

From single mothers to a prime minister, Europeans are opening their homes for refugees who need housing.

343px-Juha_Sipilä_CC Ppntori — Prime Minister Juha Sipilä – by Ppntori (CC)

Because he is serving in the capital, Helsinki, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä seldom visits his home 370 miles away, so he has offered his house in Kempele to shelter refugees.

“I hope this becomes some kind of people’s movement that will inspire many to shoulder part of the burden in this refugee housing crisis” Sipilä told Finnish broadcaster YLE. “What we need now is a show of compassion.”

A Christian charity in the UK, the Boaz Trust, reports it can’t keep up with the offers from people who are volunteering to share an empty room with the refugees. The Manchester-based group has been fielding calls from Gloucester to Edinburgh.

“It’s been quite overwhelming,” chief Executive Ros Holland told the Guardian.

Yoshiko Stokoe and her boyfriend Jack Palmer have hosted more than 20 refugees in their home in Leeds at different times over the last two-and-a-half years. They say it costs them no more than $25 a week.

Founded in Germany in 2014, Refugees Welcome was introduced in Austria this year, and today, dozens of asylum seekers and refugees have been placed in flatshares across that country.

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“I wonder why it hasn’t been done before,” Simone Fidler, who hosts a Nigerian refugee in Vienna told Al Jazeera News. “It just makes sense. People are having to sleep in tents while there are so many rooms free.”

(READ more at the Guardian) — Photos by Haeferl, Ppntori, CC

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Quiet Time Program Brings Radical Improvement To Schools Worldwide

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Meditation Produces Enduring Changes In Brain’s Emotional Processing

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Sep 7, 2015

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There are hundreds of rowdy at-risk youth in low-income schools that face higher rates of anxiety, stress, and violence in their lives, but when the gong sounds at the start of Quiet Time, students and teachers fall into silence – eyes closed and minds quiet.

The Quiet Time program, started by Twin Peaks director David Lynch, consists of two fifteen minute sessions of transcendental meditation where students are encouraged to breathe deeply, clear their minds, and find their spiritual center.

The results have been staggeringly impressive.

According to the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace website, the Quiet Time meditation program has shown a 65% decrease in violent conflict, a 40% reduction in stress and anxiety, and an 86% reduction in suspensions over a two year period along with a dramatic increase in self-confidence, creativity, and happiness.

The program has also been used for veterans with PTSD, victims of domestic abuse, and in prisons and homeless shelters. Studies showed reduced flashbacks and stress, a 42% decrease in insomnia, decreased blood pressure, and twice the efficiency in curving alcoholism and substance abuse.

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“I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since,” David Lynch explains on his website. “Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity and happiness deep within. This level of life is sometimes called “pure consciousness”—it is a treasury. And this level of life is deep within us all.”

Since the program was first adopted by Visitacion Valley Middle School in 2007, it has been adopted in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other schools worldwide.

Photo Credit: David Lynch Foundation Facebook

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Blood Cells “Retrained” to Destroy Cancer, Lead Again to Full Remission

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Terry Turner

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Sep 7, 2015

Scientists have been able to put a virtually incurable disease into complete remission by altering patients’ blood cells inside the body to fight the stubborn cancer.

The process allows the patient’s own immune system to fight chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Three of 14 patients in a four-year study are in complete remission–and four others showed partial remission.

Overall, patients in the study showed a 57% response rate to the treatment over the course of treatment.

CLL is a blood and bone marrow cancer almost impossible to beat. Expensive stem-cell transplants and chemotherapy have been the main tools doctors use to treat it, but those methods don’t always work.

The new process removes a patient’s T cells (pictured at top) — the white blood cells that the immune system uses to destroy disease. Researchers then “retrained” the T cells through gene therapy to go after a naturally occurring protein in B cells — the type of blood cells that leukemia affects.

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The T cells are then put back into the patient and begin destroying the cells that allow CLL to spread.

“This is a whole new approach to treating cancer,” David Porter, a University of Pennsylvania leukemia researcher and co-author of the study said. “We can now modify the human immune system to effectively and efficiently treat cancer — and that’s going to open doors to a whole new world of cancer therapies.”

This type of gene therapy has been tried with leukemia and Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but the long-term results announced in this latest study suggest it also may be a possible weapon against other forms of cancer.

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The report was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Funding for the study was supported in part by a grant from Novartis, and by grants from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and the National Institutes of Health.

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For Every Product Sold, This Company Picks Up Trash— 124 Tons So Far

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Sep 7, 2015

The products it sells aren’t so unusual—shirts, bags, coffee mugs, and outdoorsy stuff. The unique part of this business is the stellar service it provides whenever any item is sold– it cleans up a pound of litter.

Focused on fighting pollution, United By Blue has already removed 248,439 pounds of garbage from oceans, rivers, streams, and beaches across 22 states.

The company was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania five years ago by CEO, Brian Linton, who likes to get his hands dirty. Its mission is to continuously organize cleanups across the country, bringing together thousands of volunteers to pick up trash like bottles, cans, tires, and appliances that muck up the nation’s waterways.

The company began as an online retailer offering products made from sustainable materials such as organic cotton and wool, but now operates three brick and mortar stores in the Philadelphia area.

The business credits its success to the hands-on role it forged to help the environment. It doesn’t write checks to green nonprofits or accept donations, it just puts people to work picking up trash–and has hosted 137 cleanups so far.

Helping to clean up the environment one purchase at a time. Shopping never felt so good.

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Billionaire Offers to Buy Island for Refugees Pouring into Europe

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Terry Turner

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Sep 7, 2015

While Europeans are offering up houses to refugees, an Egyptian billionaire wants to buy an island where tens of thousands of refugees can live and work.

Naguib Sawiris is offering to buy an uninhabited island from either Italy or Greece large enough to sustain up to 200,000 people.

“All I need is the permission,” Sawiris told CNN. “I’ll pay for the island, I’ll provide the jobs.”

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The CEO promises to pay refugees to build their own houses and schools along with a hospital and university.

He heads Orascom, a diverse company spanning transportation, construction, and communications, which is Egypt’s largest private sector employer.

The Sawiris family has been active in helping Egyptians through their foundation for 14 years. It provides scholarships, training and job placement for people and awards prizes for Egyptian literature.

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Sawiris suggests the refugees could turn the island into their own country and suggested naming the new nation “Hope.”

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Maasai Women & Donkeys Bring Solar Power to Those Who Need it Most

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Sep 7, 2015

Using donkeys to haul their equipment, groups of women in Kenya are going door to door, hoping villagers will see the light–and benefits–of adding renewable solar energy in their homes.

The solar house-calls are courtesy of a program launched by Green Energy Africa that is putting income into the pockets of women from the Maasai tribe, a semi-nomadic people of East Africa.

The company provides the women with solar products — energy efficient lights, panels and rechargeable batteries—and teaches them how to install the equipment in homes and villages.

There is a great need for solar energy in Kenya where more than half the population is living too remotely to connect to the country’s power grid.

Installing solar power means people no longer have to burn firewood or kerosene to light their homes and children can read or do homework without inhaling smoke. Solar lamps also can light up livestock pens, scaring away the hyenas and wild cats that threatened their cattle and goats.

It also saves money and time for Kenyan households that may spend 40 cents a day on kerosene or hours in the wilderness gathering or cutting firewood. Some already pay a dollar every week to charge cell phones at the nearest charging station miles away.

But the initiative provides more than clean, renewable energy. Green Energy Africa sells the equipment to the women at a discount, and the women in turn sell it for a profit.

A path to economic freedom for both the women–who don’t have the right to own property in their Maasai culture–and for those whose lives are changed by a clean, cheap energy source.

So far, about 200 tribal women have installed solar power units in more than 2,000 homes.

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Human Library Lets You Check Out People, Aims to Foster Diversity

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