Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Positive News ~ Feb. 13

This series is to spotlight the Light and Love inside humanity, and the wonder and miracles that can be found around us. Please click on the headline to read the full article. ~ESA

MIRACLES/WONDERS:
- Hit and run: toddler's miracle escape caught on camera The car drove off and, despite the shocking nature of the footage, the pair escaped unharmed.
- Faith in God tops medical wisdom Doctors at King Edward Memorial Hospital warned them their little girl had only a 5-10 per cent chance of survival and needed blood transfusions. Despite warnings she may not survive without transfusions, they decided to not allow Summa Rose to have them.
- California skydiver suffers parachute mishap, blacks out during descent Amazingly, Flores landed in the drop zone, and although he remained unconscious for another two weeks, he only suffered broken ribs and a lacerated tongue.
- Lowestoft family’s joy at birth of ‘little miracle’ Back in 1996, Steve and Elaine Hopkins endured months of trauma as their 10-week-old daughter Amy underwent open-heart surgery. But, more than 17 years on, the family are celebrating another very special new arrival; he arrived on the same date Amy had her life-saving operation.
- ‘It’s a miracle he survived’: Student recovering after man kills roommate, self An Urbana man is thankful his stepson was not seriously injured during a College Park shooting that left two people dead.
- Lightning strikes the Vatican One expert, AccuWeather meteorologist and lightning photographer Jesse Ferrell, thinks it's real.

HEROS:
- Hero boy, 6, saves Sheffield gran’s life A quick-thinking schoolboy aged only six has been hailed a hero by the grandma whose life he saved when she slipped into a diabetic coma.
- Sharon Morrison is Lanark’s Good Samaritan modest Sharon told us that she was only part of a team who had all helped to save Mrs Foley’s son’s life that day.
- Good Samaritan A man never met stopped, asked me if I was OK, and insisted on giving me a ride either home or to the urgent care center.
- Irvine Honors a Carrier Hero Steeber noted that the resident’s vehicle was in the carport, so he banged on the door and shouted, rousing 79 year-old Karen Petersen from a dazed state. He entered the burning home to help her outside, and then returned for her walker before assisting her to safety with a neighbor across the street.
- Hero lifeguards honored by city Six lifeguards who helped save a swimmer at a meet in November were honored for their service by members of the Roanoke Rapids City Council Tuesday.

HELPING HANDS:
- Bride Performs An Act Of Kindness, Gets Sweet Surprise When she realized she could no longer afford her dream wedding, Megan Erickson decided to do something nice for another bride instead, setting in motion a chain of generosity that landed her a free wedding.
- Debbie Lukens This week’s Pay It Forward features a woman who has made it her life’s goal to help others.
- Mystery Good Samaritan gives £24,000 to D-Day veteran, 88, and his wife after Prudential refused to pay out for collapsed wall A mystery good Samaritan has given an 88-year-old D-Day veteran and his wife £24,000 to rebuild a collapsed wall of their cottage after an insurance firm refused to pay up.
- Hermiston Boy Hailed a Hero for Returning Valuable Heriloom 10-year-old Mason Smith says he didn't think much of returning something that didn't belong to him, even though it was worth thousands of dollars.
- Good Samaritan returns $1,200 The man was on his way out of his hardware store when he saw an envelope full of cash on the sidewalk.
- Mississippi tornado victims getting needed relief Mississippi Baptists have activated nine chainsaw, blue tarp and feeding units to respond to victims of the tornado that damaged or destroyed 300 homes and businesses in the state.
- WWII veteran returns home to hero’s welcome after being vandalized It was a moment weeks in the making: 93-year-old Elbert Wood returned to his home that was rebuilt through the kindness of strangers.
- Thousands of students spend spring break building homes and improving communities More than 9,000 college- and high school-age students will volunteer during their spring break to help build or rehabilitate homes through Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge alternative break program.
- Fundraiser to help Mentor family whose home was destroyed A benefit is planned for the Mentor family whose home was destroyed when an alleged drunken driver crashed into their home in December.
- Longfellow Students Learn Heart Health, Donate 516 Pounds of Food to PRC Longfellow Elementary School last week hosted about 150 people to learn about heart health and help the local food pantry at People's Resource Center during the first week of American Heart Month.
- Riley’s Miracle Ride turns 20, continues raising money for sick children The annual event has raised nearly $4 million to help sick children.
- Boyfriend’s Bald Tribute to Cancer-Stricken Girlfriend Goes Viral When Riley Nicolay’s girlfriend of nearly three years, Deidre Sechi, was diagnosed with cancer in January, he vowed that he would fight the disease along with her.

DONATIONS:
- Reading Parents Donate Son’s Drum Set to Music School When Reading resident Steve Calla passed away from cancer, his parents decided to donate his drum set to the Band Gig School of Music in honor of his memory.
- Local women will have chance to donate breast milk Women in southwest Missouri will soon have the chance to donate breast milk for the use of other babies.
- Canadians donate more than 662,000 gift-filled shoe boxes to the world's hurting children Canadians donated 662,312 shoe boxes packed with toys, hygiene items, and school supplies during the 2012 Operation Christmas Child shoe box campaign that ended recently.
- Students at Bluefield College Help Donate Shoes to Children in Need The premise of the event is that for every pair of shoes bought, TOMS will donate a new pair of shoes to someone in need, especially children.
- Local library patrons donate 800 pair to jeans drive Lackawanna County Library System patrons dropped off more than 800 pairs of blue jeans at participating libraries during the month of January and patients at the Clarks Summit State Hospital will benefit from their generosity.
- Buerkle, Bernard Students Donate 2,500 Pairs of Jeans Friendly competition turned into friendly cooperation on Thursday, as students from Margaret Buerkle Middle School and Bernard Middle School teamed up in an effort to win the national Teens For Jeans competition.
- Generous staff and customers donate craft supplies to hospice Staff and customers from a local store have joined forces to donate craft supplies to a hospice.
- Students Donate Supplies To McNair Elementary Second-grade students at Northern Elementary School collected supplies for students at McNair Elementary School.
- Twins donate cash 'to fix other children's daddies' Twins Laura and Olivia Bocking have handed over a year’s pocket money to emergency accident service Magpas, which saved their father’s life.
- D.C. Everest Junior High students donate to EMPD Club members raised more than $450 from the eggroll sale, and they donated it to the Everest Metro Police Department’s efforts to purchase and train a new K9 unit.
- Six figure miracle for Children's Miracle Network Auburn University’s Dance Marathon took place last Saturday and raised $124,739.89 for Children’s Miracle Network.
- UT students donate 40,000 tree seedlings to Bastrop The UT Campus Environmental Center sent 40,000 pine tree seedlings to Bastrop Thursday, as recovery efforts in the area following destructive wildfires in 2011 continue.
- Pennsylvania Moose donate $25,000 to refurbish Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg The Pennsylvania Moose Association will donate $25,000 to the Gettysburg Foundation for the rehabilitation of the Pennsylvania Memorial.
- Potsdam teens donate $700 to St. Lawrence NYSARC’s Gallery of Arts and Learning Three Potsdam teens recently donated more than $700 to St. Lawrence NYSARC’s Gallery of Arts and Learning.
- Paradise Valley residents donate sculpture to ASU A sculpture that once graced a Paradise Valley landscape is now available for college students to enjoy and appreciate thanks to the generosity of one local family.

HOPE/PEACE:
- NYC Homeless Campaign 'Don't Walk By' Teaches to Not Ignore City's Poor A joint campaign by some of the city's top charity organizations, stretching throughout the month of February, is seeking to address that problem, and offer new hope to the many hurting and needy people.
- Marine Reserve Helps Fish — and Fishermen overfished species — including red and black grouper, yellowtail and mutton snapper —have increased in abundance and size inside the reserve and throughout the area, according to a statement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

FURRY FRIENDS:
- Hero dog is Grand Marshall of Mardi-Paws A heroic dog that saved a puppy from a coyote a few weeks ago is finally finding its forever home and being honored in a big way.
- Hurricane Sandy Hero Among 18th Annual Hall Of Fame Inductees A rescued dog that dedicated his life to protecting the community, three dogs and a cat that participate in various volunteer services, a horse that provides emotional supportive therapy to at-risk youth, an advocate who works to save the lives of abandoned rabbits, a dog who offers comfort to those in times of hardship, and an emerging hero who sacrificed to help restore hope and rebuild lives in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, will all be inducted in the 18th Annual NJVMA Animal Hall of Fame.
- Hero dog Oreo may be saved by Facebook campaign Almost 3,000 Facebook supporters have gotten involved.
- Mexican Wolf Population in US Grows for 3rd Year For the third year in a row, the population of endangered Mexican gray wolves has grown in the U.S. Southwest, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Your dog really does understand you They're more likely to steal food if they think you can't see.
- Dog cancer studies may lead to breakthroughs in human health care Researchers are increasingly discovering that cancer and other diseases are caused by the same genetic mutations in pooches and people.
- Affenpinscher wins Best in Show at Westminster dog show When Joe the Affenpinscher won the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday night, his handler Ernesto Lara raised him high towards the rafters as if to say, "We did it!"
- Sheepdog a surprise contender in New York dog show Swagger, a 20-month-old, 90-pound (40-kg) cloud of white and gray fur, drew some of the loudest cheers of the night as he won Best in Group for herding dogs on Monday at New York's Madison Square Garden.
- Hotel Pennsylvania Goes to the Dogs Hotel Pennsylvania is long regarded as the consummate hotel for canine contenders at the Westminster Dog Show.

BUSINESS:
- One-man bank keeps German village bank running Peter Breiter, 41, is an unusual banker. Not for him the big bonuses, complicated financial instruments and multi-million deals.
- NewsChannel5 teams up with Habitat for Humanity Several people from NewsChannel5 will work together with a construction crew to deconstruct a home that is slated to be torn down.
- BASF to donate materials to the First Responder Rebuilding Fund and Beach Haven Fire Station BASF will donate high-performance polyurethane spray foam insulation to the New York Says Thank You First Responder Rebuilding Fund and the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Company Station to help with Hurricane Sandy rebuilding efforts.
- CARSTAR to Donate Electronics to Recovering Veterans CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts will present more than 100 military veterans recovering from wartime injuries with iPods, e-readers and iTunes gift cards to help with their recovery.
- Childrens Miracle Network Mardi Gras Fundraiser For the past 8 years, Crabby's Seafood Bar and Grill in Joplin has partnered with Children's Miracle Network hospitals for a Mardi Gras fundraiser.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY:
- Ozone Hole Shrinks to Record Low Good news from Antarctica: The hole in the ozone layer is shrinking, new measurements reveal.
- Babies Are Smarter Than You Think Kuhl is one of the first scientists to use magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging to get a peek inside the heads of infants and young toddlers.
- Software Revives Dead Tongues A computer algorithm works almost as well as a trained linguist in reconstructing how dead "protolanguages" would have sounded.
- How Scientists Track Near-Earth Asteroids On Friday (Feb. 15), a space rock approximately the size of the White House will whiz past Earth, coming as close as 17,200 miles (27,700 kilometers) to the planet — a close call in astronomical terms.
- Monster Black Holes Grow Surprisingly Fast Giant black holes are famous for their appetites, but these matter-munching monsters are even greedier than scientists once thought.
- Wisconsin scientists help search for alien life Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are helping search for evidence of alien life not by looking into outer space, but by studying some rocks right here on Earth.
- 'Gecko' Space Cloud Floats Among Millions of Stars One of the most striking aspects of the photo, however, is the seemingly starless, dark nebula called Barnard 86 tucked amid the dazzling backdrop of stars.

SPORTS:
- The FA and England Footballers' Foundation donate money to help Paul Gascoigne The Football Association and England Footballers' Foundation have donated £40,000 to help Paul Gascoigne in his battle against alcoholism.
- Packers donate $450,000 to community groups The Green Bay Packers Foundation announced $450,000 in donations to 145 community groups.
- Kalamazoo College to donate basketball game proceeds The Hornets will give the money to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
- Super Bowl on a Saturday? Bad weather in New Jersey next year could make it so NFL is putting together a contingency plan for Super Bowl XLVIII should inclement weather hit Metlife Stadium and the New York/New Jersey area.

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT:
- Mardi Gras revelers brave threat of rain "This is my life," he said, referring to his 63rd parade with the group. "We're going to make it before it rains."
- Annual Ice Festival to get under way in Medina The annual ice event will spotlight more than 60 ice sculptures sponsored by local businesses.

LIFESTYLE:
- Why 3-Year-Olds Make Good Helpers Kids start to understand from an early age what it means to be a good helper.
- Whip up a D.I.Y. Valentine's Day The pressure is on to come up with something decadent, romantic, luxurious...but all of that can be pretty expensive.
- The 50 Happiest U.S. Workplaces Workplace psychologist Bradley Brummel said all of the employers in the top 50 received high scores on the type of work employees do and how they manage it.

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY:
- Where Can We Find God? God realized that the Israelites needed a physical space for God so that they would not feel that that God was remote and indifferent. Building the Tabernacle, therefore, was a deliberate act of divine grace designed to strengthen the Israelites' relationship with and experience of God.
- Vatican lightning strike called 'a sign from God' "I think that God Himself was saying to us, ‘These are going to be exciting times for the Church. I am with you, I am present with you, and do not be afraid to go forward and make the right and the best decision for the Church, and indeed, for the world.’"
- Global Advance sees home-grown growth in Uttar Pradesh "God's Spirit is really on the move in this region and has sovereignly brought together pastors and church planters, apostolic leaders, that have a vision of bringing the Gospel to literally tens of thousands of unreached villages."

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