Tag: Good News
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Putting things together in a jumbled world
Many who are aware that Ingvar Kamprad has dyslexia like to joke that he had a brilliant “idea” for a furniture company and misspelled it “ikea.” The delightful and humble Ingvar would be amused. After all, he accepted the condition as the impetus of his genius — and while the learning challenge wasn’t the reason…
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Temple Grandin’s autism became her strength
Seeing the world from a different perspective adds insight into how we interpret our lives. For Temple Grandin, it meant first understanding why she saw the world in such a unique way. Born in 1947 in Boston, Grandin arrived at a time when little was known about autism. She was diagnosed at the age of…
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Wife of Muhammad Ali continues to carry the light of compassion
“I met Muhammad when I was 6 years old,” Yolanda Ali remembers. “I knew then that there was something special about him. Just the way he carried himself, the way he treated people.” Yolanda Ali would eventually marry the man who graced the cover of seemingly every magazine throughout a career that took him from…
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Sir Edward Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest together. For 50 years, neither would say who stepped atop first, preferring to share the credit.
Edmund Hillary, a humble and witty beekeeper from New Zealand, was also one of the most accomplished mountaineers in the world. It was 1953, and Sir John Hunt brought military discipline to an expedition in competition with the Swiss. He handpicked Hillary and organized a conquering party of 350 porters, 20 Sherpas and tons of…
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Learning how to be a better human by connecting with Muppets
Unlikely as it may seem, one of the Smithsonian Museum’s most cherished objects is a frog puppet fashioned from a coat that belonged to Jim Henson’s mother, with a ping pong ball cut in half for eyes and a blue-jeans leg trimmed to hide the puppeteer’s arm. The frog is as popular as George Washington’s…
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Ludwig Van Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he couldn’t hear a note
While America was struggling to define its independence in the late 1700s, the upper echelons of European society were exploding with creativity. In a small Austrian town, a young musical prodigy was performing in the court chapel. The boy was studious and serious. He was taught by his father until the age of 11, when…
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Nikola Tesla’s mother encouraged him to look beyond his humble beginnings to the world stage
The last name that is most famous today for the car that bears his name began as a knowledge-obsessed schoolboy. One of five children, Nikola Tesla was intelligent and curious about the unknown forces in the world: electricity and magnetics. His father, an Orthodox priest, hoped his son would become a man of the cloth,…
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How one athlete overcame a genetic disorder and a tragic accident to become a treasure worth more than gold
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Karissa Trinchera was born prematurely, a start that increased her odds of developing more slowly than typical children. Soon after, doctors discovered she also had Stickler Syndrome, a condition that causes vision, hearing and joint…
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National nonprofit offers training, resources to community musicians
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Liz Stookey Sunde carries on the cause of love and making us all better human beings through Music to Life. As the daughter of Noel Paul Stookey of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and…
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The mystery and the maternal security of the world’s most famous painting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A smile is the most universally recognized language of friendship. It crosses cultures and bridges languages. It is the connection between friends and the bond between mothers and newborns. It is the first expression of…