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Archive for February, 2011
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| We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. –Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
Inspiration of the Day:
 Jim Stanicki is at a party, where he’s having a great time with his family and friends. But when it’s time to go, he says he has to go, and his intention is to go well. Stanicki says it is his life that is the party. After being diagnosed with bronchoalveolar cancer almost four years ago, he has shared the highs and lows of his journey with friends online through Inspire.com, a health and wellness social network. Stanicki, who describes himself as an ordinary man, has turned to helping others. “You’re living burden-free, and that’s a real gift if you’re able to look at it in that way,” he said. “I try to tell people that this can really make life delightful.” [ more ]
Be The Change:
Think deeply about how today is the first day of the rest of your life and how you want to make your life more beautiful and richer.
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| To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. –George Kneller
Fact of the Day:
 When we hear the word “innovation,” we often think of new technologies or silver bullet solutions – like hydrogen fuel cells or a cure for cancer. But some of the greatest advances come from taking old ideas or technologies and making them accessible to millions of people who are under-served. One off-the-grid electricity company based in Bihar is doing just that. With an innovative solution to the 1.5 billion people living without electricity, Husk Power Systems is turning rice husks into electricity that is reliable, eco-friendly, and affordable for families who can spend only $2 a month for power. [ more ]
Submitted by: Somik R.
Be The Change:
Take an old idea and make it new.
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Parents want their kids and teens to care about others – whether at school, in their community, or in need a continent away. The good news is that children “are sort of hard-wired” to want to help others, says Michael Ungar, author of “The We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids.” “They want to take on responsibility.” From a second grade environmentalist to a 21-year-old peacemaker, here are profiles of five young people changing the world. [ 
Shopping can be exhausting, whether or not it’s the holiday season. Enjoying a meal of pizza and Coke in the food court one afternoon, mall shoppers were also served an unsuspecting and generous reminder of life’s spontaneous miracles. [ 
Two University of Manchester scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their pioneering research on graphene, a one-atom-thick film of carbon whose strength, flexibility and electrical conductivity have opened up new horizons for pure physics research as well as high-tech applications. Graphene is one of the strongest, lightest and most conductive materials known to humankind. It’s also 97.3 percent transparent, but looks really cool under powerful microscopes. [ 
Sangha of Auspicious Companions 