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Lemonade stand raises $800 for Animal Rescue League

Aug 30

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By Michele Morgan Bolton, Town Correspondent

After raising funds to help animals 25 cents and 50 cents at a time, two young brothers have handed over $800 to the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

Jack and Eric Linari’s Pirate Lemonade stand has been a staple most weeks at the Dedham Farmers Market this summer. It was the third year that Jack, 9, and Eric, 6, sold homemade drinks and then donated all the proceeds to a local cause they care about.

The first year, the Linaris raised money to help replace a stolen sign at a local playground near their home. The second year, the Dedham Food Pantry was the recipient of their efforts, and this year funds go to help animals at the league’s Dedham shelter.
boston.com

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Man completely paralysed recovers

Aug 30

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Graham Miles, 66, said that through sheer willpower he regained the use of his body after he was left completely paralysed except for his eyes by a stroke in the stem of the brain which connects it to the body.

His recovery is such that he can now walk, talk and even races cars.

But while it has amazed doctors and his family and friends, it has also reopened the debate about assisted suicides and the assumption that completely paralysed patients can never recover.

Mr Miles, a father-of-two, believes he overcame the devastating condition by tapping into the “extra capacity” of the brain.
telegraph.co.uk

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Pakistan’s Mother Teresa

Aug 30

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The aging man in mud-splattered, frayed clothes has barely lowered his body onto the sidewalk when the money starts piling up. Heeding his call for donations for flood victims, Pakistanis of all classes rush to hand over cash to Abdul Sattar Edhi, whose years of dedication to the poor have made him a national icon.

He thanks each donor, some of whom ask to have their photo taken next to him. Four hours later, the crowd remains — and the equivalent of $15,000 is overflowing from a pink basket in front of him.
Edhi has been helping the destitute and sick for more than 60 years, filling the hole left by a state that has largely neglected the welfare of its citizens. Part Mother Teresa, part Gandhi, with a touch of Marx, he is the face of humanitarianism in Pakistan.
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North Korea Releases Aijalon Mahli Gomes

Aug 27

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Philip J. Crowley
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs

We welcome the release of Aijalon Mahli Gomes and are relieved that he will soon be safely reunited with his family. We appreciate former President Carter’s humanitarian effort and welcome North Korea’s decision to grant Mr. Gomes special amnesty and allow him to return to the United States. We also want to express our gratitude to the Swedish Government for their tireless consular services and efforts on the U.S. Government’s behalf in their role as our Protecting Power in North Korea.

President Carter’s trip was a private, humanitarian, and unofficial mission solely for the purpose of bringing Mr. Gomes home and reuniting him with his family. The former President traveled at the invitation of the DPRK Government. The U.S. Government did not propose or arrange the trip. Based on our assessment that Mr. Gomes’ health was at serious risk if he did not receive immediate care in the United States, the U.S. Government concurred with former President Carter’s decision to accept the North Korean proposal.
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Drought tolerant maize to hugely benefit Africa

Aug 26

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The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) would release four new drought-tolerant maize varieties early 2010 to support farmers cope with unexpected changes in the weather.

Director of the Institute, Dr. Hans Adu-Dapaah says a holistic approach to mitigate the effects of climate change should include accurate access to weather information and other technologies to help farmers.
ghanabusinessnews.com

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Yoga Shows Potential to Ward Off Certain Diseases

Aug 25

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By Rachael Rettner, LiveScience Staff Writer

Practicing yoga may do more than calm the mind — it may help protect against certain diseases, a new study suggests.

In the study, women who had practiced yoga regularly for at least two years were found to have lower levels of inflammation in their bodies than did women who only recently took up the activity.

Inflammation is an immune response and can be beneficial when your body is fighting off infection, but chronically high levels of inflammation are known to play a role in certain conditions, including asthma, cardiovascular disease and depression.

Inflammation is known to be boosted by stressful situations. But when yoga experts were exposed to stress (such as dipping their feet in ice water), they experienced less of an increase in their inflammatory response than yoga novices did.

“The study is the first one, I think, to really suggest how yoga could have some distinctive physical benefits in terms of the immune system,” said researcher Janice Kiecolt-Glaser of Ohio State University. “It suggests that regular yoga practice is really good for you.” she told LiveScience.
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Monkey adopts orange kitten

Aug 25

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We were filming the monkeys at the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia back in October 2008, when we noticed one monkey seemed to have a kitten for a baby.

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Boy, 9, Saves Little Brother from Drowning

Aug 25

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2-Year-Old Tot Found Face-Down in Family’s Backyard Pool; Brother Took Over Doing CPR When Mom’s Efforts Were Failing

(CBS) When two-year-old Brendan Hearn was discovered face-down in the family pool in Joliet, Ill., last Thursday, his mother, Tabitha, feared the worst and placed a frantic call to 911.

She then started CPR, but after just a few chest compressions, her nine-year-old, Logan Hearn, intervened.

“My son,” Tabitha recalls, “said, ‘You’re doing that wrong,’” and kind of told me just to move out of the way, and did the procedure like it should be done, and it was working!”

Paramedics arrived quickly, Tabitha says.

Logan learned CPR while taking lifeguard lessons.
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3-year-old hailed a ‘hero’ for saving her father’s life

Aug 24

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By Glenn Kahl

A three-year-old Manteca girl is being called a “hero” after she ran some two blocks to get firemen to help her dad who, she said, was “frozen” and wouldn’t wake up.

“She didn’t just walk up and knock on our door,” one firefighter said. “She is quite the little trooper – very poised and totally in control.”

The Friday noon trauma began in the 1100 block of Crestwood Avenue, some two blocks north of Manteca Fire Station 243 located on the corner of Louise Avenue, when she became frightened because her daddy wouldn’t talk to her or open his eyes.

Little Alesaundra Tafoya had been a passenger in the family car many times as it passed the north central Manteca fire station. Her mother said she had repeatedly told her daughter that the firemen are her friends and they are there to help if she ever needs them.
mantecabulletin.com

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Japanese Glass Ball Performer (Contact Juggling)

Aug 24

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