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+ | == World Book Night: Millions of Free Books Donated == | ||
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+ | A young woman is jumping up and down in front of the New York Public Library wearing a sandwich sign that says, "Hate Reading? Talk To Me!" Shes waving around several copies of "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls, eager to get them off her hands.Men and women in suits breeze by, but some passersby are curious about the spectacle. If you were roaming the streets of New York City or London last night you may have encountered a similar scene: Zealous readers handing out award-winning novels by the boxful. | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/World-Book-Night-Millions-of-Free-Books-Donated-J7S8iH.html World Book Night: Millions of Free Books Donated]] | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] | ||
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+ | == New Toilet System Transform Waste into Electricity == | ||
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+ | Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new toilet system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilisers and also reduce the amount of water needed for flushing by up to 90 per cent compared to current toilet systems in Singapore. | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/New-Toilet-System-Transform-Waste-into-Electricity-zvQBzk.html New Toilet System Transform Waste into Electricity]] | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] | ||
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+ | == Starting A Slow Story Movement == | ||
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+ | "It is said that we become the stories that we tell among ourselves. This might have been true before we became salespersons. For a few decades now, I think we have become numb to the stories that we tell among ourselves. So stories have become shorter and crisper to the length of a tweet. We are so committed to telling a story to the point that finally what remains is a dimensionless point. | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/Starting-A-Slow-Story-Movement-V4LmVD.html Starting A Slow Story Movement]] | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] | ||
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+ | == Student Goes From Homeless to Harvard == | ||
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+ | Despite being abandoned to homelessness by her parents, Dawn Loggins worked as a high school custodian by day and studied hard by night to become the first person from her school to ever be admitted to Harvard. | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/Student-Goes-From-Homeless-to-Harvard-QX9Vg4.html Student Goes From Homeless to Harvard]] | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] | ||
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+ | == Learning from the Wisdom of the Body == | ||
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+ | "Its amazing that our interpretation of experiences can generate intense visceral responses. The fact that we get goosebumps when we are inspired or afraid is one of many everyday indicators of just how deeply and intricately connected our minds and bodies are. In fact, the mind and body are an intertwined whole -- and there is great wisdom in the totality of our mind-body experience. | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/Learning-from-the-Wisdom-of-the-Body-lJQFSo.html Learning from the Wisdom of the Body]] | ||
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+ | [[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] |