Pope Francis and Patriarch Kyril are meet in Cuba next week. This is the first time in over one thousand years these two churches have met. They are meeting cube because it is neutral ground. this is a positive step frowned by both churches.
A cat that was missing for over a year was finally found. In Tonton, England, a family finally found their cat, eating and living in a pet food warehouse. Workers at the warehouse noticed something had been eating the food. They caught the cat in a trap and sent it to a rescue shelter, where the family picked it up and took it back home.
A grey seal has given birth to twins in Norfolk. This is the first for the UK. The twins were born at Horsey Gap and they are going to have their DNA tested. The Sea Mammal Research Unit said there had been no recorded instances of grey seal twins being born in the UK. They have to wait for the pups to be weaned from their mother, and then they can then consider taking the DNA and proving they are twins. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-35000908
Maggie the dog was staying at a pet motel in Alberta Canada. The shelter received two nine week old puppies that were rescued. Maggie was caught on surveillance the night the puppies were received by the shelter. Maggie was caught sneaking out of her cage, laying next to the puppies cage. The puppies felt comfort and stopped yelping. Maggie and the pups stayed together until Maggie's owners came for her. The owners are now in the process of adopting the puppies.
In New York, a puppy was found in a Walmart dumpster and looked as if she was lit on fire. It's name is Carolina. A New York animal shelter rescued her and found her a home. Shortly after they found her a home she was drafted to play in this years Puppy Bowl.
When she was six years old, Tracy Spraggins was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory disease and then was placed on the kidney transplant list in 2013. Her husband, PJ, was delighted when he discovered he was a perfect match for Tracy. Unfortunately, his blood pressure was too high to perform the operation. He then embarked on a fitness regime, and finally got the green light. In February, the couple went under the knife together. The kidney transplant was very successful.
Barbie has been coming out with new types of Barbies, one of which is a hijab wearing barbie. This Barbie was made up from a woman in Nigeria. Hopefully this will help people become more tolerant of peaceful Muslims, and Muslim women become more confident with themselves. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-hijab-wearing-barbie-is-your-new-favorite-instagram-fashion-icon_us_56b4bbc7e4b04f9b57d94113?utm_hp_ref=good-news
Canada makes a 21 million acres rainforest protected from hunting and logging. The rainforest is twice the size of Belgium. The forest is called the Great Bear Rainforest. It has a rare subspecies of black bear that have white fur.
First graders learn sign language to communicate with their deaf classmate. His teacher had some tricks to talk with him but it wasn't enough. His teachers and his entire class started learning sign language so they could all communicate together.
A cop from down in New England bought a homeless woman groceries and booked her a room to stay warm during there winter snow storm. He felt bad because he sees her when he was on duty so he thought of giving back. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news
Brenden Baker of Abilene, Texas, was born with a rare form of dwarfism called Desbuquois syndrome. He's 27-and-a-quarter inches long and he weighs 24 pounds. He recently turned 13, and instead of asking for presents for his birthday, he asked for people to donate money to his GoFundMe page. The funds raised are then being turned over to the hospital's Children's Miracle Network, which is a nonprofit organization for medical research. Instead of wanting gifts like most average children on their birthdays, his grandfather blessed him with this amazing idea to give back. "I think this is just Brenden," his father said. "This is just him doing what he does. He cares more about other people than he does himself." He also mentioned actions like this are not out of the norm for Brenden. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/boy-with-rare-form-of-dwarfism-asks-to-help-kids-in-hospitals-for-birthday_us_56b4fb0ae4b08069c7a72969?xyj8m2t9&utm_hp_ref=good-news
PJ Spraggins has spent a year losing 70 pounds so he could donate his kidney to his wife. PJ was excited when he discovered he was a perfect match for his wife Tracy, who was told her life-long battle with Lupus would kill her if she didn't get a transplant. Usually, the waiting list is seven years. But the next day, the Birmingham, Alabama, couple were dealt a blow: his blood pressure was too high to perform the operation. Refusing to accept the diagnosis, he started working out and eating healthy, losing an astonishing 70 pounds in a year.
Tim's place is a restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is run by a man named Tim Harris. He is the owner also. He was born in 1986. He moved and went to school in Roswell, New Mexico, at Eastern New Mexico University in the fall of 2004. And he opened his restaurant with the help of his parents. He decided he wanted to live on his own. So he got his own place by the restaurant in July of 2010. The awesome and unique part about this story is, when Tim was born, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome. He also has free hugs on his menu.
In France, it is now illegal to waste food in supermarkets. The stores must donate the close to expired, or unsold food to charity or put it in a compost. They can't pour bleach over the food when it is outside to stop homeless people from eating it. The National Assembly which is France's other legislative chamber,voted on this law in December.
Switzerland plans to relocate 18 elephants to three different American zoos. Their are three male, and 15 female elephants. They are being relocated to the Dallas Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, and the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. They are being relocated due to the lack of rhino's. There was outcry from conservationists from all over the world, but the zoos backed up their reasons for wanted to make this move.
Kelly Slater, arguably one of the best surfers ever, saved the life of a woman and her son on January 28th. A photographer said he had seen these two get attacked by the huge wave. Kelly sprung into action and dragged them back to shore safe and unharmed. The husband of the family Kelly had saved thanked their hero and hope they can someday they can look back and laugh at this incident. http://www.today.com/news/surfer-kelly-slater-saves-mom-her-son-swept-away-freak-t69861
With weather being super cold lately one mother is crocheting hats for newborns. So far she has crocheted over 200 hats at Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She claims she does this because of her twins which she had prematurely and sent two months in the hospital with them saying that Allen Hospital has pretty much become a second home to her. Lacy also makes hats for stillborns so she can show that they are babies too.
A homeless woman received a room to stay in and groceries from a cop. This happened in New England. The weather was cold and snowy so he wanted to make her day when he saw her on duty. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news
Tony Burch, an Army captain deployed in South Korea, watched as his wife gave birth to quadruplets via FaceTime. He was able to see the babies be taken to warmers, and he got information about how they were doing and what they all weighed. During the birth, there were 23 other people in the room to help deliver the 4 babies. Tony was then able to meet his babies four days later when he returned home for a special trip.
In the UK there are 1.8M households willing to take in Syrian refugees. This hopefully will raise toleration about muslims in the UK to the western world. These safe heavens will be used as homes for the refugees. I don't know the UK's policy of refugees and that if they will be able to stay or have to go back after the conflict in Syria.
Maverick, a missing dog, was found buried in a sinkhole 72 hours after being missing. The 12 year old German Shepard was let out 3 days before they found him to go to the bathroom. Before they found him they feared he drowned in a nearby lake, which killed there first dog. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/missing-dog-buried-alive_us_56b844e8e4b08069c7a7d487?utm_hp_ref=good-news
This one is pretty simple. Scientists have created a pretty accurate IQ test for dogs. This sort of thing has been done before, but results were pretty hit or miss in the past. I really don't think this will change any lives, but maybe they could use this to see which dogs are the best to be trained to assist blind people, and that sort of thing.
A police officer in New England seen a homeless women outside during a snow storm. The officer went and got the girl groceries, books, and a motel room. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/1514/Cop-Buys-Homeless-Woman-Groceries-And-Books-Her-A-Hotel-Room-To-Stay-Warm-During-Storm
Tony Burch, an American solider stationed in South Korea, FaceTimed with his wife while she gave birth to his quadruplets 14 time zones away. One of the 23 medics in the room held her phone. The babies were all born a few months early. Mary Pat, his wife, gave birth to Henry (3 pounds, 8 ounces), Nathaniel (3 pounds, 6 ounces), Samuel (3 pounds, 2 ounces) and Molly (2 pounds 14 ounces) on January 24.
Pope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kyril, Friday in Cuba. It will be the first meeting between the heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches in history.The Vatican has repaired relations with several branches of Orthodox Christianity in recent decades. Both sides consider Cuba neutral ground. The meeting will come less than a year after Francis' first visit to Cuba as Pope.
J.K. Rowling announced on her Pottermore website earlier today that she will be releasing the eighth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this summer. On July 31st, the "special rehearsal edition" script book will be available for purchase. (Rowling's best-selling, seven-volume Harry Potter series was published between 1997 and 2007 and has sold over 450 million copies worldwide.)
There was a solider that came home from war and went to Toco bell to eat. When he got there there was two children sitting outside that were asking for food. He takes the children inside and buys them food and sits down and has a meal with them.
A rare albino sea turtle was spotted on an Australia beach by some volunteers. They were "amazed" to see the tiny creature at Castaways Beach, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. "Albino hatchlings are extremely rare; it probably occurs at the rate of one in many hundreds of thousands of eggs that are laid."
On Tuesday, a man was rescued by workers after being trapped under 25 ft of snow for six days. Last Wednesday, a soldier by the name of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was at his post in Siachen Glacier when an avalanche hit his post and buried him with snow. Six days later workers found him alive. They pulled him out and Lance is now currently ok.
Johnni Chevonne Adams' vehicle had broken down on the side of the road with her children in tow. She wrote, "Thanks so much to Officer Charles Draper!!! What an outstanding, compassionate individual! I had an incident with my car on the Parkway this morning. I was so upset by the time Officer Draper and the tow company arrived." Draper helped get her children into his car, drove her son to daycare (and gave him a stuffed animal), dropped her daughter off at school, and even got Mom to work on time.
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kyril are meet in Cuba next week. This is the first time in over one thousand years these two churches have met. They are meeting cube because it is neutral ground. this is a positive step frowned by both churches.
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A cat that was missing for over a year was finally found. In Tonton, England, a family finally found their cat, eating and living in a pet food warehouse. Workers at the warehouse noticed something had been eating the food. They caught the cat in a trap and sent it to a rescue shelter, where the family picked it up and took it back home.
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A grey seal has given birth to twins in Norfolk. This is the first for the UK. The twins were born at Horsey Gap and they are going to have their DNA tested. The Sea Mammal Research Unit said there had been no recorded instances of grey seal twins being born in the UK. They have to wait for the pups to be weaned from their mother, and then they can then consider taking the DNA and proving they are twins.
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Maggie the dog was staying at a pet motel in Alberta Canada. The shelter received two nine week old puppies that were rescued. Maggie was caught on surveillance the night the puppies were received by the shelter. Maggie was caught sneaking out of her cage, laying next to the puppies cage. The puppies felt comfort and stopped yelping. Maggie and the pups stayed together until Maggie's owners came for her. The owners are now in the process of adopting the puppies.
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In New York, a puppy was found in a Walmart dumpster and looked as if she was lit on fire. It's name is Carolina. A New York animal shelter rescued her and found her a home. Shortly after they found her a home she was drafted to play in this years Puppy Bowl.
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When she was six years old, Tracy Spraggins was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory disease and then was placed on the kidney transplant list in 2013. Her husband, PJ, was delighted when he discovered he was a perfect match for Tracy. Unfortunately, his blood pressure was too high to perform the operation. He then embarked on a fitness regime, and finally got the green light. In February, the couple went under the knife together. The kidney transplant was very successful.
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Barbie has been coming out with new types of Barbies, one of which is a hijab wearing barbie. This Barbie was made up from a woman in Nigeria. Hopefully this will help people become more tolerant of peaceful Muslims, and Muslim women become more confident with themselves.
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Canada makes a 21 million acres rainforest protected from hunting and logging. The rainforest is twice the size of Belgium. The forest is called the Great Bear Rainforest. It has a rare subspecies of black bear that have white fur.
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First graders learn sign language to communicate with their deaf classmate. His teacher had some tricks to talk with him but it wasn't enough. His teachers and his entire class started learning sign language so they could all communicate together.
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A cop from down in New England bought a homeless woman groceries and booked her a room to stay warm during there winter snow storm. He felt bad because he sees her when he was on duty so he thought of giving back.
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Brenden Baker of Abilene, Texas, was born with a rare form of dwarfism called Desbuquois syndrome. He's 27-and-a-quarter inches long and he weighs 24 pounds. He recently turned 13, and instead of asking for presents for his birthday, he asked for people to donate money to his GoFundMe page. The funds raised are then being turned over to the hospital's Children's Miracle Network, which is a nonprofit organization for medical research. Instead of wanting gifts like most average children on their birthdays, his grandfather blessed him with this amazing idea to give back. "I think this is just Brenden," his father said. "This is just him doing what he does. He cares more about other people than he does himself." He also mentioned actions like this are not out of the norm for Brenden.
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PJ Spraggins has spent a year losing 70 pounds so he could donate his kidney to his wife. PJ was excited when he discovered he was a perfect match for his wife Tracy, who was told her life-long battle with Lupus would kill her if she didn't get a transplant. Usually, the waiting list is seven years.
ReplyDeleteBut the next day, the Birmingham, Alabama, couple were dealt a blow: his blood pressure was too high to perform the operation. Refusing to accept the diagnosis, he started working out and eating healthy, losing an astonishing 70 pounds in a year.
http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/1511/Husband-Spends-A-Year-Dieting-And-Exercising-To-Save-Wife-s-Life-With-Kidney-Transplant
Tim's place is a restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is run by a man named Tim Harris. He is the owner also. He was born in 1986. He moved and went to school in Roswell, New Mexico, at Eastern New Mexico University in the fall of 2004. And he opened his restaurant with the help of his parents. He decided he wanted to live on his own. So he got his own place by the restaurant in July of 2010. The awesome and unique part about this story is, when Tim was born, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome. He also has free hugs on his menu.
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In France, it is now illegal to waste food in supermarkets. The stores must donate the close to expired, or unsold food to charity or put it in a compost. They can't pour bleach over the food when it is outside to stop homeless people from eating it. The National Assembly which is France's other legislative chamber,voted on this law in December.
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Switzerland plans to relocate 18 elephants to three different American zoos. Their are three male, and 15 female elephants. They are being relocated to the Dallas Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, and the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. They are being relocated due to the lack of rhino's. There was outcry from conservationists from all over the world, but the zoos backed up their reasons for wanted to make this move.
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Kelly Slater, arguably one of the best surfers ever, saved the life of a woman and her son on January 28th. A photographer said he had seen these two get attacked by the huge wave. Kelly sprung into action and dragged them back to shore safe and unharmed. The husband of the family Kelly had saved thanked their hero and hope they can someday they can look back and laugh at this incident.
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With weather being super cold lately one mother is crocheting hats for newborns. So far she has crocheted over 200 hats at Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She claims she does this because of her twins which she had prematurely and sent two months in the hospital with them saying that Allen Hospital has pretty much become a second home to her. Lacy also makes hats for stillborns so she can show that they are babies too.
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A homeless woman received a room to stay in and groceries from a cop. This happened in New England. The weather was cold and snowy so he wanted to make her day when he saw her on duty.
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Tony Burch, an Army captain deployed in South Korea, watched as his wife gave birth to quadruplets via FaceTime. He was able to see the babies be taken to warmers, and he got information about how they were doing and what they all weighed. During the birth, there were 23 other people in the room to help deliver the 4 babies. Tony was then able to meet his babies four days later when he returned home for a special trip.
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In the UK there are 1.8M households willing to take in Syrian refugees. This hopefully will raise toleration about muslims in the UK to the western world. These safe heavens will be used as homes for the refugees. I don't know the UK's policy of refugees and that if they will be able to stay or have to go back after the conflict in Syria.
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Maverick, a missing dog, was found buried in a sinkhole 72 hours after being missing. The 12 year old German Shepard was let out 3 days before they found him to go to the bathroom. Before they found him they feared he drowned in a nearby lake, which killed there first dog.
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http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-develop-iq-test-for-dogs/
ReplyDeleteThis one is pretty simple. Scientists have created a pretty accurate IQ test for dogs. This sort of thing has been done before, but results were pretty hit or miss in the past. I really don't think this will change any lives, but maybe they could use this to see which dogs are the best to be trained to assist blind people, and that sort of thing.
A police officer in New England seen a homeless women outside during a snow storm. The officer went and got the girl groceries, books, and a motel room.
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Tony Burch, an American solider stationed in South Korea, FaceTimed with his wife while she gave birth to his quadruplets 14 time zones away. One of the 23 medics in the room held her phone. The babies were all born a few months early. Mary Pat, his wife, gave birth to Henry (3 pounds, 8 ounces), Nathaniel (3 pounds, 6 ounces), Samuel (3 pounds, 2 ounces) and Molly (2 pounds 14 ounces) on January 24.
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Pope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kyril, Friday in Cuba. It will be the first meeting between the heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches in history.The Vatican has repaired relations with several branches of Orthodox Christianity in recent decades. Both sides consider Cuba neutral ground. The meeting will come less than a year after Francis' first visit to Cuba as Pope.
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J.K. Rowling announced on her Pottermore website earlier today that she will be releasing the eighth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this summer. On July 31st, the "special rehearsal edition" script book will be available for purchase. (Rowling's best-selling, seven-volume Harry Potter series was published between 1997 and 2007 and has sold over 450 million copies worldwide.)
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There was a solider that came home from war and went to Toco bell to eat. When he got there there was two children sitting outside that were asking for food. He takes the children inside and buys them food and sits down and has a meal with them.
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A rare albino sea turtle was spotted on an Australia beach by some volunteers. They were "amazed" to see the tiny creature at Castaways Beach, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. "Albino hatchlings are extremely rare; it probably occurs at the rate of one in many hundreds of thousands of eggs that are laid."
ReplyDeleteOn Tuesday, a man was rescued by workers after being trapped under 25 ft of snow for six days. Last Wednesday, a soldier by the name of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was at his post in Siachen Glacier when an avalanche hit his post and buried him with snow. Six days later workers found him alive. They pulled him out and Lance is now currently ok.
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Johnni Chevonne Adams' vehicle had broken down on the side of the road with her children in tow. She wrote, "Thanks so much to Officer Charles Draper!!! What an outstanding, compassionate individual! I had an incident with my car on the Parkway this morning. I was so upset by the time Officer Draper and the tow company arrived." Draper helped get her children into his car, drove her son to daycare (and gave him a stuffed animal), dropped her daughter off at school, and even got Mom to work on time.
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