A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
BELMONT — Marie Tallmadge has thought at times what would happen if she fell at home and could not get up.
Source: Belmont phone check-in program giving peace of mind to seniors | Local News | laconiadailysun.com
It’s a great idea for many reasons. I’d love to see more places have a service like this.
New findings help explain the surprising discovery that exposure to flickering light reduces amyloid plaques in mice.
Source: Why visual stimulation may work against Alzheimer’s | MIT News
Pretty amazing. Human trials are just beginning.
Benny Ficeto isn’t letting his age slow him down and still works a four hour shift bagging groceries
Source: “I don’t want to stop”: 97-year-old veteran still hard at work – CBS News
Awesome. I want to be him.
This organization has been making a big impact on the lives of homeless children – and they do it all with small gifts and requests.
Neat idea. Small things can have a huge impact.
One load of laundry at a time.
Source: Clinton Foundation’s laundromat libraries aim to boost literacy — Quartz
Not just a neat idea, but the tip of a very interesting philosophy.
As a means of celebrating the centennial of Children’s Book Week, the Library of Congress has digitized dozens of rare children’s books online.
Source: Library of Congress Makes Dozens of Ultra-Rare Children’s Books Available For Free Online
To me this is one of the many promises of digital technology being fulfilled.
The Lambert family adopted Edgar last July and credit him with scaring off a would-be child-abductor who broke into their home April 28 in Franklin County.
Source: From ‘unadoptable’ to hero: Rescue dog saves three girls from possible abduction – pennlive.com
A very Good Boy indeed.
A special moment happened between a mother and son at Central Michigan University’s commencement ceremony.
Source: CMU honors mom who missed her ceremony
Now that’s pretty cool. Congratulations to both!
“I was like … ‘I can’t charge him for this,’” said former CIA case officer Marc Johnson. “I wanted him to have the tie with my congratulations on becoming a citizen.”
(Important: a note about paywalls.)
What a great welcome to citizenship.
The robots are coming for garment workers jobs. Will workers be prepared?
Source: Video game teaches women to operate robots set to take their garment jobs
Another creative use of video gaming technology, with an important twist: re-training.
