After a cancer patient’s plea to Extreme Home Makeover to help her build a new house for her family of six, was turned down, her community pulled together to grant the wish that the show couldn’t.
(WATCH the inspiring video below, by Steve Hartman or Read full text at CBSNews)
Magnets have been thought to have healing properties since ancient times. Today, magnets are showing promise in treating everything from bone fractures to depression and are being studied to determine their usefulness in treating brain disorders and Parkinson’s disease.
“Socializing with friends and family can do more than lift the spirits of elderly women — it can improve cognition and might help prevent dementia, according to a new study.” (Science Daily has the full story)
To help slow the rapid deterioration of the country’s forests, Indonesian couples in a mountainous province who want to get married are now required to plant ten trees before being granted their marriage documents. The new green wedding vow can be achieved with seedlings supplied by the government — so far to more than 900 couples. (full story at Metro.co.uk)
The family dog was a “certified cat-hater,” who never had puppies of her own. That all changed when four abandoned kittens were found in the shed. “Now the dog has become their adopted mom, nursing them four to six times a day even though she has never been pregnant.” (Wonderful story and photos on StarBulletin.com)
The new leader of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, may not be choosing the Putin pathway that leads to restrictions on the press. This week the president criticized in a written letter to the Parliament some proposed legislation, warning that it may hurt media freedom. (International Herald Tribune)
One of the Great Mentors featured in my tele-seminar program — David Neagle, the “Income Acceleration Coach” who gave us the ‘Secrets of the Mind-Money Connection’ — is offering a full-day FREE seminar in Baltimore tomorrow, June 7. I will be there. (Read More)
So let’s meet up for happy hour after the seminar! Call my toll-free number to meet up, 1-866 Good News. . . But, you have to register first – Click here for info about the seminar, “a sincere, information-packed day designed to teach you how to achieve success,” so says one attendee of his LA seminar.
(I’m aiming to get there at 7 am for pre-show chatting! I’m already meeting one fellow GNN member) You will love listening and learning from David. (More on my Great Mentors page here)
According to biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service, the populations of two species of dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted due to accidental death from tuna fishing between 1960 and 1990.
Between 1960 and 1990, the northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphin populations dropped to 20 percent and 30 percent, respectively, of their pre-fishery levels when dolphins were caught and died in tuna purse-seine nets.
China banned the use of ultra-thin plastic bags Sunday in a bid to reduce energy consumption and polluting emissions. In addition to banning the manufacturing of the bags, retailers will no longer provide free plastic bags. Customers are being encouraged to carry their own bags.
Members of the Chinese community in Oklahoma and West Virginia have decided to take direct action to help children whose schools crumbled in the May Earthquake in China. Disillusioned by larger charities where much of donors’ dollars go to overhead, Berlin Fan and Shuhua Chan are raising funds to rebuild a school in the devastated Chinese province. With a fund-raising goal of $50,000, they have raised about $3,000 so far in their effort to replace the tent with a safe school built to withstand earthquakes. (University staff and church unite to aid earthquake victims) Thanks to Troy Morris for the tip!
More information is available by e-mailing [email protected] or visiting earthquakechildren.wetpaint.com.
Britain’s oldest man, thought to be one of three surviving UK World War I veterans, is celebrating his 112th birthday. He has a great memory and can fill in the details of 100 years of history. As the last surviving original member of the Royal Air Force – formed 90 years ago – Henry Allingham visits school children to bring history alive. (Video and story at the BBC)
Today, Josh Hamilton is the best player in Major League Baseball, but not so long ago he was crawling through life as a crack addict. His brilliant play this year — only his second year in the majors — is on a pace to make him the first triple crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1971 (the league leader in home runs, rbi’s, and batting average), which makes people ask, “Where did this guy come from?” When they find out, they call him an inspiration.
Here, in his own words, is where he came from and why he thinks his life was turned around (“It’s a God thing”), from a 2007 essay in ESPN Magazine.
Thanks to Jim Corbley for submitting the link!
A fearless 6-year-old slipped into the deep end of the pool and quickly realized she was in trouble. “I frantically used one hand to try to keep myself afloat. I was waving the other one for help.” Audrey will never forget that day, neither will her rescuer, 4-year old Abby Burgason.
Seven years ago, the two girls learned a life-saving lesson during a Red Cross Learn-to-Swim class at their community pool in Wickenburg, Arizona. The class is designed to introduce children, ages 4-7, to water skills. (Photo: Abby Burgason (left) jumped into action to save her pal Audrey Crawford with skills learned in their Red Cross swimming class.
One part of the class focuses on helping someone struggling in the water. The technique involves lying down on your belly, reaching out a hand, talking to the victim, pulling the victim to safety and securing his/her hand. That lesson stuck with 4-year old Abby. Just a couple of days after learning the rescue technique, she used it to save her friend, Audrey.
“I remember seeing Abby’s hand through the splashing water so I grabbed it,” said Audrey. “It was really scary.”
“Terrifying” is how Audrey’s mother would describe what happened. Glenda Crawford was just a few feet away from the pool, but separated by a fence. She witnessed the rescue. “My heart stopped when I saw Audrey fall in the water,” said Glenda. “I was so amazed when I saw Abby move into action to help Audrey. To see such a little person do such a big thing is simply amazing! I am so grateful to Abby.”
The blue-eyed, 11-year-old Abby has a hard time remembering all of the details, but every time she runs into Glenda she gets a big hug and warm thank-you from her friend’s mom. “I just helped someone who needed help,” said the modest adolescent.
It didn’t take long before everyone in Wickenburg heard the story. Abby was a little hero and was presented with a commendation and a bag of lifesavers by the mayor of Wickenburg, and a certificate from her Red Cross instructors.
The girls went on to become strong swimmers. They still talk about what happened and have a clear understanding why having water skills is so important. “Learning to swim has helped me become confident in and around water,” said Abby. “I’m glad I learned at a young age,” she added.
Learning to swim is one layer of protection for water safety. Others include pool barriers, door alarms, proper equipment and supervision. “On top of learning how to swim, everyone should learn how to respond to an emergency. Learning pool safety, CPR and first aid are a big part of our summer programs,” said Tonya Forbrook, Wickenburg recreation coordinator and Red Cross water safety instructor. “Drowning is preventable,” she added. “The Red Cross can teach children and adults how to swim, but everyone has to be responsible around water.”
For more than 90 years, the Red Cross has helped keep people safe in and around the water with our learn-to-swim, water safety and life guarding programs. To learn more about Red Cross water programs, contact your local chapter.
Tracey Kiest is a member of the American Red Cross Grand Canyon Chapter.
A Hong Kong research team has successfully tested a new drug combination that could help tackle the deadly bird flu virus in humans, scientists said in a paper published today. (Australia’s Herald Sun)
Scientists have always wondered how the French lived so long despite a diet loaded with saturated fats. “The key to the “French paradox” may be found in red wine. A natural compound found in red wine may protect the heart against the effects of the aging process, researchers said on Tuesday.
Like calorie restriction, the compound called resveratrol, blocked the decline in heart function typically associated with aging, according to Tomas Prolla, a University of Wisconsin professor of genetics who helped lead the study.
(READ the story from Reuters)
We have been trained at University business schools, by books, and experts to make decisions using strategy, tactics, and technique rather than our own intuition and trust in the process.
This is part two in a series of articles called, Zenning Your Business, presented by the Author of Zentrepreneurism: A Twenty-First Century Guide to the New World of Business. It will be featured as part of our Workplace Wednesday series. Please welcome author and radio host Allan Holender to the Good News Network.
INTUITION
How many times have you gone ahead with a decision in your business that you regretted and in hindsight you say I should have trusted my gut. Your gut talking to you is really a feeling, and more importantly something called intuition. I know researchers say women have it more than men do, but the truth is we all have it. It’s just that men try to think analytically rather than emotionally, so we don’t like to use it in the business world.
Despite challenges in the US economy, American corporations have heard the call and responded to the May earthquake disaster in China with cash donations, needed services and relief supplies like medicines and respiratory masks. Donors range from the largest firms — Walmart, ExxonMobil and General Motors — to smaller firms such as Robert A. Kapp & Associates out of Kentucky, a manufacturer of school marching band uniforms and flags. 122 firms are on record as donating and their ongoing work will push the pledge total even higher in the weeks and months ahead.
The UN World Food Program said today it will provide $1.2 billion in additional food aid in the 62 countries hit hardest by the crisis caused by a surge in food and fuel prices.
“With soaring food and fuel prices, hunger is on the march and we must act now,” WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said in written remarks delivered today to the food summit taking place in Rome.
The slightest touch of his skin made it fall off, confining the two-year old in head-to-toe bandages. But, thanks to his mother’s resolve and a stem cell breakthrough at the University of Minnesota, the New Jersey boy is healing and society may have a new cure for a deadly disease. Fantastic video and story at KARE-11.com
Best Buy Co. has launched a new electronics recycling program in 117 U.S. stores to help consumers keep their old outdated TV’s, VCR’s, computers and other electronics out of overflowing landfills.
117 stores in Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota began inviting customers to bring in no more than two (2) items per day, per household, for recycling at no charge. Customers can bring items such as televisions and monitors up to 32″, computers, phones, cameras, and other electronics devices and peripherals.
