Archive for the ‘Society’ Category

Best friends for 16 years are half sisters

Posted on May 25th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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Alison and Sam, best friends for the last 16 years from Bristol, England, discovered after Alison traced her birth mother and found out the name of her birth father, which was the same of her best friend’s. A DNA test confirm it.

Read the full story (DailyMail)

China ban on smoking in public venues

Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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2 weeks ago, china, a country with over 300 million smokers, launched a ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and all public spaces.

Read the full story (Sinodaily)

New homeless shelter for teens

Posted on April 27th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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Jon Bon Jovi, originally from New Jersey, contributed this week a new homeless shelter for teens and young adults in Philadelphia.

Read the full story (newjerseynewsroom)

Three million trees planted in Macedonia

Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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Few weeks ago, thousands of Macedonians took the day off  to plant 3 million trees in order to revive the nation’s forests after fires ravaged an estimated 35,000 hectares of greenery.

Read the full story (terradaily)

Asking to pay higher taxes

Posted on April 8th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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A group of  wealthy New Yorkers  have sent a letter to the gov. asking to raise the taxes for the richest 2 percent of the state’s population.

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Newman’s Own Donates $300 Million

Posted on November 8th, 2010 by Good Mood
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Newman’s Own Foundation awarded $1.4 million in grants during it’s “Over the Moon Celebration” and surpassed over $300 million in charitable giving. Newman’s Own was launched by Paul Newman over twenty-five years ago and is a leading premium food business. Every penny Paul earned from the sale of Newman’s Own products has been donated to thousands of charities around the world.

Read the full story (LookToTheStars)

Farm Bus Delivers Healthy Food in the USA

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Good Mood Admin
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A bus, which has been converted into a mobile farmers’ market by Mark Lilly and his wife delivering healthy, fresh food items to areas of Richmond, Virginia where these items are often hard to find.

Read the full story (BBC)

Green Gym for Homeless People

Posted on January 30th, 2010 by Good Mood Admin
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In Detroit, A new gym opened, this gym is for homeless men and women and it has some donated ping pong tables, treadmills and other equipment which was donated. In addition, 10 stationary bikes that generate electricity were purchased and the electricity produced from it goes back to the facility and reduces by that the electricity costs.

Read the full story (wxyz)

10,000th Meals Delivered

Posted on January 9th, 2010 by Good Mood Admin
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Nathan Acker, an 88 years old man from Maine is volunteering for 23 years. Every Wednesday delivers  14 meals  and this week he has delivered his 10,000th Meal.

Read the full story (WMTW)

Homeless brothers from Budapest to inherit billions

Posted on December 6th, 2009 by Good Mood Admin
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Two brothers, who are living in a cave on the outskirts of Budapest, are in line to inherit $6.6 billion, after their grandmother, who they have never met, died. The brothers will have to  split this huge amount with a sister living in the USA.

Read the full story (NBC)