Saturday, February 16, 2013

Positive News ~ Feb. 16

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:
- God still performs miracles Alexandra and Eric Fischer had tried unsuccessfully for six years to have a baby. Now, one of their pastors wanted to host a baby shower for Alexandra — even though she wasn’t pregnant and they hadn’t started an adoption process. Who has a baby shower with no baby? It would take an act of faith.
- Mother and newborn miracle survive rare condition The mortality rate for a ruptured splenic artery is 75% for the mother, and 95% for the baby.
- Doctors ‘freeze' baby to save newborn with supraventricular tachycardia heart disorder "It was really strange highs and lows because he was doing extremely poorly," Ives said. "But, oh, thank God! It worked."
- Miracle operation for baby Sergio The dad of brave Sergio O’Connor yesterday told how a miracle treatment has given his boy a chance at life.
- 'I'm breathing again, and that's a miracle' A 59-year-old machinist from Wyoming is able to breathe deeply and is looking forward to attending his daughter’s college graduation after undergoing the first lung transplant in West Michigan.
- Hamilton High teen's crash recovery considered a miracle A 17-year-old high school teen who was injured in a car accident in November is defying the odds through what family and doctors are calling a miraculous recovery.
- Natalie’s pregnancy double-miracle The 24-year-old from Roberttown, found out she was pregnant with a rare form of twins just days after being given the devastating news that she would never have children again.
- In Search Of One Tiny Miracle A tiny baby from Bangor has a lot of fight.
- Vatican scrutinizing reported miracle, could lead to canonization of John Paul II If the Congregation eventually concludes that the unexplained healing was a miracle, attributable to the intercession of the late Pontiff, it would fulfill the requirement for his canonization.

HEROS:
- 6-year-old boy playing X-Box saves family from fire Seven people were inside a 100-year-old house on Windrow Road in Brownsville when fire broke out. The family inside made it out alive thanks to a 6-year-old boy.
- Girl, 10, grabs wheel when mom blacks out A 10-year-old Australian girl is being hailed as a heroine for taking the wheel of a car and steering it to safety after her mother blacked out while driving.
- 'Perfect storm' saves life of retired Red Wing pastor When Phil McNairy suffered a heart attack on Jan. 16, seconds after finishing his workout at the Red Wing YMCA, it appeared likely a tragedy would unfold in a very public place.
- Miracle crash survivor says thanks to rescuers Helen Chesser believes it's a miracle her son Mitchell Carter is alive today. The mother of seven was told her son only had a 30% chance of survival after a car accident.
- Humble hero meets baby’s parents The man who plucked a toddler still strapped in her car seat from the middle of the road and reunited her with her distraught mother, met the child’s parents for the first time.
- “Miracle Lady” Delivers Cookies, Thank You, After Heart Stopped‏ A recent patient transported by Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue for a heart attack stopped by the firehouse Wednesday afternoon to thank firefighters for helping to save her life. During her transport to the hospital Karen’s heart stopped beating twice.
- £50,000 pledge is thanks for saving "miracle baby" Jobe Taylor-Davies The family of a one-year-old boy who has made a miraculous recovery after being kicked on the head by a horse have set a £50,000 fund-raising target to say “thank you” to the staff who saved his life.
- Faribault students learn what it means to be a hero They read books, did exercises and held discussions exploring what exactly constitutes the character of a hero: courageous, strong, and compassionate.

HELPING HANDS:
- Strangers, friends, customers pay it forward to help elderly woman At the Stomping Grounds coffee shop in Greer, the cocoa is hot, the lattes as well as the conversation are flowing and so is the spirit of giving.
- Mystery surrounds missing World War II love letters A military veteran, had painstakingly tracked them down after his father's death. He said he had news about their letters.
- Loveland first graders pay it forward The all-boys first-grade class at Winona Elementary handed out carnations to residents at Mirasol Senior Living Community.
- Hartwick Students to Donate Time to Local Community Clean Up The Hartwick College Student Senate is organizing an initiative entitled "Cleaning Up Oneonta" to help keep the Oneonta community a clean and happy place to live.
- Good Samaritan delivers flowers to hospital patients As snowflakes began to fall, flowers delivered to hospital patients on Valentine’s Day brightened their faces and their rooms.
- Mothers Caring For Children With CHD For sharing their struggles to inform all of us about CHD we honor these mothers and all families as this week's Hometown Hero.
- Pay It Forward: Melissa Stone Melissa turned her pain into good by providing support for other parents that have lost a child. She provides bracelets that connect the parents to their child.

DONATIONS:
- Holbrook girls raffle tickets, donate to food pantry, pet shelter When South Elementary School student Savannah Lynch won a pair of Celtics tickets in a school activity, she and her younger sister Lauren decided to raffle off the prize, earning $265 to donate to the Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Massachusetts and Holbrook’s food pantry.
- San Diego teens battle hunger by getting businesses to donate surplus food two high school-age sisters saw the extreme food waste and the men, women and children in their community going hungry and decided to do something about it.
- Students Donate Jeans For Homeless Teens Franklin School collected 121 pairs of jeans which will be donated to homeless teens.
- Customers donate more than $7,000 to family after gas station clerk dies of brain aneurysm The money collected will go to Dryer's only child, 13-year-old Allen Matthews, who is now living with Dreyer’s mom.
- Ford City students donate homemade quilt to veterans center What better way to “cover” Valentine's Day for veterans than with a patriotic quilt.
- UK Philanthropists Donate Materials to the Don Mcmath Foundation School The donated materials included textbooks, exercise books, football jerseys, shoes, clothes, toys, etc.
- Volunteers donate benches to Waimea High School The West Kaua‘i Lions Club and numerous community members presented concrete benches throughout Waimea High School’s campus.
- German Diaspora Donate in Honor of Martyrs The Eritrean community members in Germany have extended more than 50,000 Euros in honor of the trust of martyrs.
- Spring cleaning? Where to donate those things you'll never use I had a request recently from a reader who wondered where she could donate items after she has done her spring cleaning.

HOPE/PEACE:
- Pakistani tribesmen pushing Taliban to talk peace Five years after setting up an umbrella organization to unite violent militant groups in the nation's tribal regions, the Pakistani Taliban is fractured, strapped for cash and losing support of local tribesmen frustrated by a protracted war that has forced thousands from their homes, analysts and residents say.
- A Boardwalk's Born: Jersey Shore Rebuilds After Sandy Construction has begun on the Seaside Heights, N.J., boardwalk that was destroyed by Sandy.
- Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall A small army of workers set to work Saturday to replace the estimated 200,000 square meters (50 acres) of windows shattered by the shock wave from a meteor that exploded over Russia's Chelyabinsk region. Regional governor Mikhail Yurevich on Saturday said damage is estimated at 1 billion rubles ($33 million). He promised to have all the broken windows replaced within a week.
- Lingfield Dad and 'miracle baby' in cancer campaign A father who is in remission from testicular cancer and his nine-month-old son are fronting a national awareness campaign.
- Amazing Race Cancer Miracle NO matter what happens on “The Amazing Race,” father-son duo David and Connor O’Leary of Salt Lake City have already won the biggest challenge of their lives. Both men have faced cancer – and won!
- A Valentine's Tale: Finding love after loss I wrote Steve because of the likeness of our stories. Since he, too, had lost his spouse to cancer and was raising children.
- Kelli Higgins, Adoptive Mom, Creates Viral Birth Announcement Thirteen-year-old Latrell Higgins was lamenting the fact that he didn’t have a set of newborn photos like the ones his adoptive mother Kelli takes for her clients. So his sister Alycia, age 12, suggested a photo shoot.
- Abortions Down in Pennsylvania With Nation's First-of-Its-Kind Alternative Program Real Alternatives, a charitable non-profit organization that administers the Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program with funds from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, described it as a "first-in-the nation" operation.
- Second chance for sober mom A Los Angeles woman is improving her life. Her plan to become a substance abuse counselor is coming together thanks to one special person.

FURRY FRIENDS:
- Hero Pit Bull Saves Sisters From Burning House Dog named Baby barked and nudged women until they woke up in time to escape the flames.
- Famous Bacon: Florida piglet’s disability is no handicap to viral fame Chris P. Bacon is a tiny pig with a big following, now that he has wheeled his way to viral fame after being seen online learning to move around in a custom wheelchair made of K'nex pieces.
- Dolphin Entangled in Fishing Line Freed off California A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego.
- Dog who fell off five-story building is walking again A dog that shattered its hip and tore its spleen in half after falling five stories last month is already walking about in what veterinarian are calling a medical miracle.
- Puppy makes miracle recovery after being found chained to a gravestone When no one came forward to claim the unwanted dog, she was rehomed with a loving family.
- Home Post Readers Pay Tribute To Hero Dog Gabe Home Post readers this week have been touched by the passing of Gabe the dog from cancer.
- A miracle burrows into their hearts Three miracles happen each day: the sunrise, the sunset and a third you need to discover in between.
- Dogs Can Spot Fellow Furballs in a Crowd Previous research has shown that many animals, from macaques to sheep, are better at recognizing images of another member of their own species than picking out images of individuals from different species.

BUSINESS:
- Cadbury World staff grated £5,000 each to donate to charity Eric Collett and Diane Walker from Cadbury World were two of only four Mondelez International employees nationwide to have been rewarded from the Cadbury Foundation Volunteer Fund for their continuing dedication to the community.
- Puget Sound car businesses donate electronics to vets As part of their National Military Month to support veterans, CARSTAR auto body repair experts collected and donated I-Pods, e-readers and I-Tunes gift cards to veterans receiving treatment at Seattle's Veterans Administration Hospital.
- Ambler Flower Shop to Donate Money to UDHS Post-Prom Party The free party, which is open to all seniors, relies solely on the financial support of parents and community sponsors.
- Long John Silver's presents $322,000 check to Children's Miracle Network Long John Silver's also set up a special First Friday of Lent Fish fry at Kosair Children's hospital to serve to patients and their families.
- High Point to donate $20,000 to Guilford County Schools The city won the money through the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s May Race to Education Program.
- Cardiovascular Association Physicians donate proceeds to Humble ISD Athletic program The proceeds were the result of the heart screening program conducted by Cardiovascular Association physicians for Humble ISD student athletes and coaches at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital.
- VPS and ExxonMobil Donate To Local Schools VPS Convenience Store Group gives 61 local schools over $30,000 in math and science grants through ExxonMobil Educational Alliance.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY:
- Fireball Lights Up Northern California Skies A fireball streaked through the skies above California's Bay Area Friday evening (Feb. 15), just hours after another bright meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk and a 150-foot-wide (45 meters) asteroid gave Earth a historically close shave.
- Russian Meteor Shook Ground Like An Earthquake A meteor explosion in the skies above Russia this morning also walloped the Earth, triggering shaking as strong as an earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
- How miracle devices are helping the blind And yet, there she is: Taking the bus, running a business, texting with her kids. And if she can’t see worth a damn, how come she always look so great — pairing just the right funky necklace with just the right blouse?
- Artificial Platelets Could Stop Battlefield Bleeding New technology could help the blood to clot faster, potentially reducing blood loss in people suffering from life-threatening wounds.

SPORTS:
- Cristiano Ronaldo donate €100,000 to Afghan landmine victims According to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is donating 100,000 euros ($134,600) on behalf of UEFA to help rehabilitate Afghans who have lost limbs, mostly landmine victims.
- Michael McDonald on a Mission from God and That Mission Isn't About UFC Titles McDonald truly follows the passion for his religion every minute of every day, and he believes that's what separates him from so many other fighters on the UFC roster.
- Nazarene pastor, wife honored at NBA game The couple was presented with the Heroes Among Us Award in celebration of their efforts as foster and adoptive parents in the state of Massachusetts since 2004.
- St. Joseph hits 'miracle of miracles' to defeat Rich at 1A tournament St. Joseph's Katie Panushka was actually trying to draw a foul when she stepped around a Rich defender, leaned to the left and tossed up a rawhide prayer. The 3-point shot that sent his team's 1A semifinal game against the Rebels into the first of two overtimes.

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT:
- Pay It Forward: Jaime Capener Jaime Capener brings the joy of art to adults with Down Syndrome. The creativity brings many out of their quiet shells and gives them a way to express themselves.
- Watch Walter Cronkite Tour a 21st-Century Home in 1967 Walter Cronkite hosts CBS's The 21st Century, a show that unveils midcentury predictions for the future—forecasts with varied accuracy but pretty much universal amusement value.

LIFESTYLE:
- 5 new breakfast superfoods You don't have to change your regular morning menu. Just add these five nutrient-packed ingredients.
- Meet Norma and Norman Burmah, the longest-living married couple in the U.S. The Burmahs were married more than 82 years ago on Jan. 26, 1931. Norma is the spring chicken of the pair and will celebrate her 100th birthday on July 4. Norman is 102.
- How Bilingual Babies Keep Languages Separate Babies in bilingual environments can learn to distinguish the grammatical structures of two different languages at a young age.
- Homeless man lives in tomb among the dead “It is quiet here,” he explained. “I’m not afraid of the dead, they can’t harm me. The living can.”

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY:
- Whether you know it or not, God loves you God’s love for you is unconditional! Nothing you have done or can do will keep God from loving you!
- What God sees when He sees you The deep things God has placed in you, He is calling to the surface; His image and likeness, His Holy Desire to have communion with you and for you to know your are most welcome in His presence. Also to bring out your true identity and purpose which is to walk in, and demonstrate His righteous rule on the earth powered by His love.
- Lent: A time of refreshing self examination for God With renewed perspective I might see how God is present in empowering ways, even when I choose to demand that God appear to me in a different manner.

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