Archive for February, 2012

Right after adoption, cat rescues owner

Posted on February 28th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
Filed under Luck, Medical, Pets, Rescue | No Comments

Amy Jung. a 36-year-old Wisconsin resident adopted a cat earlier this month. On the first night she went under a diabetic seizure and the cat started jumping on her, biting her nose just enough to be able to  shout her son for help. The cat then  jumped up onto her son  bed and startled him into action.

Read the full story (MSNBC)

Fighting crime with Twitter

Posted on February 25th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
Filed under Innovation, Odd News, Society | No Comments

The administrative chief of a small village in Western Kenya started to use Twitter to prevent crime. Whenever there is a theft happening, the chief tweet about it and he village help with catching the thief. Even the criminals are following this twitter account now and sometime will just leave whatever they stole.

Read the full story (Washington Post)

New jobs by Starbucks wristbands

Posted on February 23rd, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
Filed under Charity, Finance | No Comments

2300 new jobs are now available after Starbucks has raised more than $7 million by selling ‘Create Jobs’ wristbands. The money from those wristbands made its way to  small businesses and nonprofits.

Read the full story (CNN)

GM workers to share wealth

Posted on February 20th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
Filed under Finance, Transportation | No Comments

During 2011, General Motors, which nearly collapsed two years ago,  earned $7.6 billion,  its largest profit ever after breaking its 1997 record of $6.7 billion. At the beginning of March, the 47,500 blue-collar workers in the United States will get $7,000 profit-sharing checks.

Read the full story (charlotteobserver)

Donating Home to Homeless

Posted on February 16th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
Filed under Charity, Just Being Nice | No Comments

Lelia Boroughs, who died at 84,  from San Francisco,  was known to her neighbors as an eclectic, kind soul who would offer to pick up their groceries and feed the homeless who squatted on the ledges outside her apartment. When she died she crafted her will to leave her condo to the city to turn into a homeless shelter.

Read the full story (NBC)

New solar cell could boost efficiency

Posted on February 13th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
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British scientists developed a new type of solar cell which could boost the efficiency of solar panels by over 25%. It will be 2-3 years more   to assess whether it is commercially viable.

Read the full story (chicagotribune)

6 organ transplant

Posted on February 9th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
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A 9 years old girl from Maine is back home from a Boston hospital after receiving a 6-organ transplant - stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace her own that were being choked by a huge tumor.

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Super Bowl Pizza for US Troops

Posted on February 6th, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
Filed under Just Being Nice, Society | No Comments

Frank Guidara,a Vietnam veteran and the CEO of Boston-based Uno’s Restaurant Corp., helped in organizing a 10,000 pizzas delivery to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the super bowl game.

Read the full story (TheBostonChannel)

Americans gave more to charity in 2011

Posted on February 3rd, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
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According to a report released last week by Atlas of Giving, during 2011, Americans gave a total of nearly $347 billion to charity. This total is a  a 7.5% increase comparing to 2010.

Read the full story (MSNBC)