Happy New Year!

Cheers to 2016! 

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Show someone they're loved this Christmas

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Christmas Clip

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The Beatles’ Music Can Now Be Streamed Worldwide

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Exactly What To Eat When You Have A Cold Or Flu

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http://www.prevention.com/health/health-concerns/what-eat-when-sick

Breaking: Historic Climate Deal in Paris

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http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sclefkowitz/paris_climate_agreement_explai.html?s_src=EMOCLIANN1215

Happy Halloween!

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Have a safe and happy Halloween!

What It's Really Like When Your Daughter Becomes Your Son

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http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a47585/what-its-really-like-when-your-daughter-becomes-your-son/

Student hero shares message of thanks from hospital bed

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http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/national/army-veteran-charged-oregon-college-shooter/nntpm/

New outreach set for panhandlers in Albuquerque

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http://www.abqjournal.com/637298/news/new-outreach-set-for-panhandlers.html

Drive Thru & Fast Food News

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• Amy's Drive Thru: http://www.amysdrivethru.com/
• Amy’s Drive-Thru brings vegetarian fast food to Rohnert Park
• McDonald's UK: http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/Family/Happy-meal.html
• Roald Dahl book to be given away with every McDonald’s Happy Meal in the UK

National Day of Encouragement is September 12

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http://www.letsencourage.com/

September is Library Card Sign-up Month

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http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card

RB Jamaal Charles Spoke at the Special Olympics Saturday Night

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http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/RB-Jamaal-Charles-Spoke-at-the-Special-Olympics-Saturday-Night/d178c86e-8e66-4045-9e58-42a298f2eaa9

Highlights:
Quote - "Let me win. But if I can not win let me be brave in attempt.”
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlDsGH5nKFo

Calgary taxi driver rescues feathered family

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http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-taxi-driver-rescues-feathered-family

Adidas unveils sports shoes made from recycled ocean waste

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http://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/08/adidas-parley-sports-shoe-alexander-taylor-recycled-ocean-plastic/

Seattle Preschool in a Nursing Home 'Transforms' Elderly Residents

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http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/seattle-preschool-nursing-home-transforms-elderly-residents/story?id=31803817

Other related resources:
Intergenerational Learning Center
Present Perfect documentary

People’s History of Fourth of July

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http://zinnedproject.org/2015/07/peoples-history-of-fourth-of-july/

Chicago Kids and Police Bond Through Baseball

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http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/police-fight-crime-in-chicago-by-coaching-youth-baseball/

and

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/717818/combatting-violence-league-coached-officer-friendly

Cajun Food Truck Happily Dishes Up Plates to Anyone in Need

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http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cajun-food-truck-dishes-up-plates-to-anyone-in-need/

These Kenyan women are powering their communities—literally

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https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/these-kenyan-women-are-powering-their-communitiesl/

Health warning and ban on sugary drinks in hospitals

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Health warning:

• San Francisco Approves Health Warning on Sugary Drink Ads

Ban on sugary drinks in hospitals:

• San Francisco General Hospital Stops Offering Sugary Sodas to Patients, Visitors
• Providence removing soda, sugary drinks from Oregon hospitals
  

#hatchkids discuss Caitlyn Jenner

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https://youtu.be/eWCZIZwiCkY

Southwest takes a passenger under its wing

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http://elliott.org/the-good-news-guy/southwest-takes-a-passenger-under-its-wing/

Nepal earthquake: BCIT engineers fly out to help rebuild

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nepal-earthquake-bcit-engineers-fly-out-to-help-rebuild-1.3105014

Former Trader Joe's President Opens Nonprofit Grocery Store In Dorchester

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4mz8QHvOUk

Victor Espinoza donated all his Triple Crown winnings to charity

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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/06/victor-espinoza-donated-all-his-triple-crown-winnings-to-charity

Blueberries Increase Immunity and Reduce Blood Pressure

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http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/blueberries-increase-immunity-and-reduce-blood-pressure

Microbeads: A Sign of Our Plastic Consumer Madness

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http://ecowatch.com/2015/04/22/david-suzuki-microbeads/

Ways to Improve Memory and Live Longer with Music

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http://wakeup-world.com/2014/09/21/ways-to-improve-memory-and-live-longer-with-music/

Deaf Man Told To “Look Over There.”

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http://www.littlethings.com/samsung-hearing-hands/

Just looking at nature can help your brain work better, study finds

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/05/26/viewing-nature-can-help-your-brain-work-better-study-finds/?tid=sm_tw

Morgan Freeman is now a beekeeper

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http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/morgan-freeman-is-now-a-beekeeper

4th Grader rocks Common Core education by asking School Board one question

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http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/04/21/4th-grader-rocks-common-core-education-by-asking-school-board-one-question/

Anheuser-Busch Halts Beer Production to Provide Water for Texas, Oklahoma Storm Victims

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anheuser-busch-halts-beer-production-provide-water-texas-oklahoma-storm-n366361

"Mindfulness: The Juicy Stuff Beyond the Hype" - Chade-Meng Tan

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chademeng-tan/mindfulness-the-juicy-stu_b_4978423.html

Rescued tigers swim for the first time

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxu1L4SAwZM

Memorial Day

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http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

Batkid Begins (SF Make-A-Wish) - Official Trailer (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMUw4Ndpbdw

"Why don’t women have coins or dollar bills with their faces on it?"

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http://time.com/3765227/woman-us-currency-obama-letter/

The Ocean Cleanup Initiative

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http://www.theoceancleanup.com/blog/show/item/worlds-first-ocean-cleaning-system-to-be-deployed-in-2016.html

Art from the heart

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/21/baltimore-artist-liberia-school-ebola_n_7338056.html?1432220359&utm_hp_ref=good-news

Christian the Lion

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https://youtu.be/aOLqVshIM4w

Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy

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http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/antidepressant-microbes-soil.htm

"Don't worry about the money, just do something nice for someone else. :) Josh Brown"

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http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/this-lad-found-and-iphone-and-instead-of-leaving-his-address-for-a-reward-he-left-a-heartwarming-note-instead/