People pee a lot, and four African teenage girls have actually figured out a way to make pee useful.
They created a urine-powered generator — which can turn one liter of urine into six hours of electricity.
They presented their invention this week in Lagos, Nigeria, at the fourth annual Maker Faire Africa.
The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards will be broadcast tonight, Thursday, Nov. 8, with the usual pomp and Hollywood stars — like Betty White and Whoopi Goldberg — found at a regular awards show, but with the winners leaving a lot more hair on the red carpet.
“It celebrates our beloved animals, who go above and beyond what they are called to do,” said Chenoweth. “I encourage people to watch it and [challenge] them to not be moved by it.”
The stories focus on the eight dogs that won in different categories, like service dog and family pet. But it was Gabe, a big yellow lab in the military dog category, that took home the grand prize. His handler, Sgt. Charles Shuck, began working with Gabe in 2006 when, believe it or not, he was told to go to the local shelter and pick a dog. After training, he completed 210 missions in Iraq sniffing out explosives and ammunition.
Gabe is now retired along with Sgt. Shuck and they live — and mostly play — in South Carolina.
Among the other winning stories is that of the law enforcement dog winner, Jynx of Shillington, Pa., who tried to pull his handler, Sgt. Kyle Pagerly, and another officer to safety when a criminal shot at them.
The Gala in Beverly Hills was taped last month by the Hallmark Channel for broadcast on cable. Find a channel near you at this link.
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They both have terminal cancer but Kathleen Rinard has only days to live and wanted to give her husband one final gift.
He always wanted to ride in a Cobra convertible sports car, so Kathleen called an auto club to see if they could help.
Instead of a single convertible rolling up to their Mesa, Arizona hospice, 29 Cobras arrived revving their engines along a neat row outside.
Of all the gorgeous cars, her husband, Dayton, recently diagnosed with fatal prostate cancer, chose a blue one with a big white racing stripe down the hood.
This story was produced in February by Phoenix’s ABC affiliate, but recently earned renewed attention when it was added to the Fark website. Thanks to Chris Cloud for telling the Good News Network about it.
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They both have terminal cancer but Kathleen Rinard has only days to live and wanted to give her husband one final gift.
He always wanted to ride in a Cobra convertible sports car, so Kathleen called an auto club to see if they could help.
Instead of a single convertible rolling up to their Mesa, Arizona hospice, 29 Cobras arrived revving their engines along a neat row outside.
Congressional leaders unveiled a more conciliatory tone of cooperation in the face of a new Washington landscape that is suddenly more Democratic.
In an 11-minute speech, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) hinted that the days of partisan “my way or the highway” may be over. Reading from a teleprompter, he suggested that he would work with Obama on the imminent fiscal issues.
In the spirit of bipartisanship, a mother in Kenya named her twins after the two U.S. presidential candidates. Giving birth on election day, Millicent Awuor, a 20 year-old housewife said, “I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt.”
She said she wanted to remember the day of the vote, Kenya’s Standard newspaper reports.
In the spirit of bipartisanship, a mother in Kenya named her twins after the two U.S. presidential candidates. Giving birth on election day, Millicent Awuor, a 20 year-old housewife said, “I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt.”
She said she wanted to remember the day of the vote, Kenya’s Standard newspaper reports.
A record number of women will serve in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives after sweeping victories in Tuesday’s election.
Five new women elected from diverse backgrounds to the Senate will boost the total number of female lawmakers in the upper chamber to a historic level – twenty of 100.
Even with some outcomes still undecided, at least 81 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives will also be women.
Leslie Booker began her career in the fashion industry but exchanged the runway for a juvenile detention center in the Bronx. As a dedicated yoga instructor, she is busy changing the lives of incarcerated teenagers.
She works with The Lineage Project, an organization that places yoga and meditation instructors in detention centers, public schools, and other community sites around New York. Their mission is to share these practices with youth who are at risk fall of falling victim to crime and violence.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers are flocking to Rockaway Park to help one another out.
The low-income Brooklyn housing project is still without power but a bakery and dairy truck are bringing free deliveries for the families.
Another business is pumping basements dry for homeowners in the neighborhood at no cost.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers are flocking to Rockaway Park to help one another out.
The low-income Brooklyn housing project is still without power but a bakery and dairy truck are bringing free deliveries for the families.
Another business is pumping basements dry for homeowners in the neighborhood at no cost.
Sometimes dead men really do get to vote.
An elderly couple in Southfield Township was filling out long absentee ballots in Michigan.
“His wife screamed for help.”
Luckily, a registered nurse was nearby. He laid the victim on the floor and went to work trying to resuscitate the man.
“He was dead. He had no heartbeat and he wasn’t breathing.”
Upon regaining consciousness, the senior citizen only cared about one thing — voting.
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In the scrub-brush desert town of Queen Creek, Ariz., high school bullies were throwing trash at sophomore Chy Johnson. Calling her “stupid.” Pushing her in the halls.
Chy’s brain works at only a third-grade level because of a genetic birth defect, but she knew enough to feel hate.
Her mother wanted justice, so she called the captain of the football team, who knew Chy.
In the scrub-brush desert town of Queen Creek, Ariz., high school bullies were throwing trash at sophomore Chy Johnson. Calling her “stupid.” Pushing her in the halls.
Chy’s brain works at only a third-grade level because of a genetic birth defect, but she knew enough to feel hate.
Her mother wanted justice, so she called the captain of the football team, who knew Chy.
George Lucas is ensuring that the force may be with young Jedis everywhere.
The “Star Wars” director will donate the $4.05 billion he will receive from the sale of Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney to a foundation focused on education.
On Tuesday, the Walt Disney Company announced it had paid the huge sum to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd., which produced “Star Wars” and is 100 percent owned by George Lucas himself.
When Sunday’s New York City Marathon was canceled on Friday, nearly 50,000 runners from 125 countries had no race to run.
Many of them instead got involved in superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
About 1,300 would-be marathon runners in orange jerseys ran through Staten Island on Sunday carrying relief supplies to devastated neighborhoods and helping clean-up.
When Sunday’s New York City Marathon was canceled on Friday, nearly 50,000 runners from 125 countries had no race to run.
Many of them instead got involved in superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
About 1,300 would-be marathon runners in orange jerseys ran through Staten Island on Sunday carrying relief supplies to devastated neighborhoods and helping clean-up.
Last week a photograph was posted to a social media website showing a typed note left anonymously on a truck.
The Good Samaritan wrote, “You do not know me but I saw that you needed some tires for your truck and I wanted to do something nice for a stranger because one day a stranger did something nice for me. The receipt is in the envelope and all you have to do is go by Warehouse Tire on 3rd Street and ask for Steven Hodges and they will be put on for free.”
The note ended: “All I ask is that one day you do something nice for a complete stranger.”
Last week a photograph was posted to a social media website showing a typed note left anonymously on a truck.
The Good Samaritan wrote, “You do not know me but I saw that you needed some tires for your truck and I wanted to do something nice for a stranger because one day a stranger did something nice for me. The receipt is in the envelope and all you have to do is go by Warehouse Tire on 3rd Street and ask for Steven Hodges and they will be put on for free.”
The note ended: “All I ask is that one day you do something nice for a complete stranger.”
A raging fire was creeping closer and closer to Joe Adinolfi’s Breezy Point home when he decided to evacuate, wading into waist-high water outside his door.
That’s when he heard But then he heard a cry for help from the darkened parking lot nearby.
He found three women clutching onto the back of a SUV, one trying to hold above the water a kennel with several small dogs.
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