A Dutch company makes fishing for plastic a fun boating experience and recycles the waste into boats and furniture
Source: Fishing for Plastics – Soundings Online
I love it!
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Royal Navy Recruits Pay For Their ‘Shipmate’s’ Mother To Attend Passing Out Parade
The moment a Royal Navy trainee gets a surprise that he will never forget
Source: Royal Navy Recruits Pay For Their ‘Shipmate’s’ Mother To Attend Passing Out Parade
Well orchestrated!
Dog Tag Buddies helps veterans and dogs come together – KTVQ.com
BILLINGS – The Pints for Patriots and Paws Pub Crawl finished up their fundraiser on Saturday. Dog Tag Buddies takes in stray dogs and trains them to help veterans as companions or therapy dogs. Five Billings craft breweries participated in the three-day event: Canyon Creek, Last Chance Cider Mill, Montana Brewing Company, Thirsty Street and […]
Source: Dog Tag Buddies helps veterans and dogs come together – KTVQ.com
Great combination.
Meet Jim Allison, the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize for His Cancer Immunotherapy Breakthrough | WIRED
Jim Allison is an iconoclastic scientist who toiled in obscurity for years. Then he helped crack a mystery that may save millions of lives: Why doesn’t the immune system attack cancer?
Interesting fellow with an exciting breakthrough…
Why Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer – CNN
The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had to overcome cultural taboos and rumors about infertility — but it’s saving lives.
Source: Why Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer – CNN
Good on them — I hope more countries follow suit.
This carpenter builds crutches for kids. Now it’s his turn to walk.
David Miti is a double amputee who works as a carpenter hand-making devices for children with disabilities.
Source: This carpenter builds crutches for kids. Now it’s his turn to walk.
Inspiring story.
Blood donation breakthrough sees scientists convert all types to O using gut bacteria — RT World News
In a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives, scientists have found a way to convert all blood types to the universal type that is safe for all patients to receive, by using microbes found in the human gut.
Wow. This could be huge.
A Special Kind of Comfort: NH Couple Donates Therapy Dogs to Serve with Northeast First Responders | CBN News
The Massachusetts State Police recently welcomed its first comfort dog, who will help officers and civilians in need of comfort in the most stressful situations they encounter.
Neat idea!
Girl Scouts open smartphone clinic for seniors – CNN
A Girl Scout troop from Arlington, Virginia, opens a walk-in clinic to help seniors learn how to use their smartphones.
Source: Girl Scouts open smartphone clinic for seniors – CNN
What a great idea.
KAKE.com | Wichita, Kansas News, Weather, Sports – 4 teens rush into burning home to rescue their 90-year-old neigh
For 58 years, Oklahoma resident Catherine Ritchie has lived in the same home in the Tulsa suburb of Sapulpa. That all changed three weeks ago.
Well done, fellas!