The Real World "Silver Lining" Challenge

MrBishop

MrBishop

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Turn on the TV, open up a newspaper, listen to the radio or go online to OTC, and all you're likely to hear on the news is the same ol' Dark and Gloomy news. If it bleeds, it leads. Death and devestation sell more papers, uncovering political corruption will earn more air-time, fiscal irresponsibilities...more clicks etc etc...

It must be really easy to post the bad news...too easy!

I therefore issue this challenge. "I challenge each and every one of you here on OTC, to seek out the silver lining for media's dark cloud. I challenge you to find humorous stories, heroic deeds, love-reunited stories, stories about people NOT dying horribly, about honesty and hard-work from politicians, fiscal responsibility etc...and place them here."

Let's work a little harder and at least put a wee bit of a silver lining on the News' Dark Clouds.

BTW...just to make it a wee bit more challenging...no fluff. Real stories....with impact.

**Steps off his high-horse and goes searching for the good in the news**
 
The man who is probably the world's oldest pilgrim has just been fulfilling a dream made possible by the generosity of readers of BBC News Online.

BBC
 
Growing interest in knitting has reached the elementary set

By Stephanie Dunnewind
Seattle Times staff reporter


ELLEN M. BANNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Julia Stromatt, 6, of Seattle, concentrates as she tries her hand at knitting at Queen Anne's Hilltop Yarn and Needlepoint Shop, one of several local yarn shops that offer classes for children.

Kids bring their knitting projects along on family outings, knit during recess or while teachers read stories in class. At home, they knit with a group of friends or while watching TV with their family.

Enthusiasts say the growing interest in knitting and crochet has reached the elementary-school set, who embrace yarn crafts as a fun way to create personalized scarves, slippers or American Girl doll clothes. Parents appreciate knitting's calming effect and boost to fine-motor skills.

"It's comforting, something quiet and peaceful for them to do," said Dixie Moore, who has taught children's knitting classes on Bainbridge Island for 12 years.

Several local yarn shops lead weekly classes specifically for children, with some offering summer camps. Numerous schools, including Seattle's Olympic View and Adams elementary schools and Bainbridge Island's Ordway and Wilkes elementary schools, host knitting clubs. Other children learn the craft through 4-H or scouts; some private Waldorf and Montessori schools teach knitting and crochet as part of their curriculum.

"It used to be someone older passing along the craft," said Mary Colucci, executive director of the Craft Yarn Council of America, a New York-based trade association. "Now we're finding kids are so excited, they're nudging mom or aunt to do it. That's a new phenomenon."

The yarn council doesn't track statistics on children but a 2002 survey found knitting and crochet are increasingly popular with younger women. The percentage of women under 45 who know how to knit or crochet doubled from 1996 to 2002. [more]
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001861975_kidknit21.html
 
In the news!

WOMAN BORN WITHOUT A VAGINA, BUT SAYS SHE COULDN'T GIVE A FUCK!

ok, so that might not be a real news headline.....
 
Soldier killed in WWII recieves overdue honor

Soldier killed in WWII receives overdue honor
Thu Feb 19, 9:40 AM ET
By M. Daniel Gibbard Tribune staff reporter [size=-1]George Sklena had always thought of his older brother as a hero, but it was nearly 60 years after John Sklena died on a World War II battlefield in Germany that his family learned he was also a hero in the eyes of his country. [/size]

[size=-1]On Wednesday, George Sklena of Skokie accepted six medals, including a Bronze Star, on behalf of his brother. "I'm proud," Sklena said after the presentation ceremony in the North Side office of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). "I figured he had to be [a hero]. He was always on the front lines." Last fall, Sklena heard that Schakowsky had helped another constituent obtain medals that never were received during World War II. Sklena knew his brother had been wounded in battle and thus had earned a Purple Heart among other honors, so he wrote to Schakowsky for help Oct. 28, which would have been his brother's 85th birthday. About a month later, news came that John Sklena was owed six medals, including a Bronze Star for heroism or meritorious achievement of service; the Purple Heart, for being wounded; and the American Defense Service medal, for serving in the armed forces between Sept. 8, 1939, and Dec. 7, 1941.

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Re: The Real World

Camelyn said:
deBish using Cam's Compi said:
No worries...every once in a blue moon, I get an itch to do something like this...once I'm feeling too maudlin [quote/]
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true bish but it is nice to read some good news once in a while
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Re: The Real World

freako104 said:
true bish but it is nice to read some good news once in a while
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More than nice...it's damn near necessary. If all you're bombarded with, day in and day out, is bad news, death, desolation, disease, and destruction.... you get D's headaches.

I doubt that I'm the only one who's hiding from the news because I'd rahter not be depressed 24/7.

Thanks for the compliment Freako...I'll try to keep up the good work :)
 
About time I'd say. Discovery Channel said this may be one of the best helps for ppl with diabetes and foot ulcers and also to anyone else who has a runaway infection that needs more help than antibiotics can give on thier own!

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Starting this month, British doctors will be able to prescribe maggots to patients with infected wounds, a hospital official said.
He said the state National Health Service had realized that maggots were a cheaper and more beneficial way of treating wounds than using conventional medicine.
Patients would be able to treat themselves at home and avoid the possibility of picking up a hospital infection.
Maggots have been used for centuries to rid wounds of decaying flesh, but after the discovery of antibiotics their use went into decline.
"People didn't like the thought of creepy-crawlies on their skin," said Tony Fowler, customer services manager at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, Wales.
"But now there is a renewed interest because of the problems caused by the over-use of antibiotics, and the NHS has seen the cost-effectiveness of maggots."
Research at the Princess of Wales Hospital confirmed that placing sterile maggots on wounds could make them heal faster than conventional medicine.
The creatures devour dead, infected tissue and kill off bacteria that could block the healing process without damaging surrounding tissue, since they cannot ingest healthy flesh.
Previously, patients could obtain sterile maggots only from certain hospitals and research centers

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Yeah...I suppose that could be good news. :s

I guess that if some part of you is rotting, the idea of using maggots to help heal you would be better than thinking about part of you rotting and about to fall off :)
 
Go forth and SPAM no more

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E-Mail Providers Sue Under New Anti-Spam Law
Wed Mar 10, 2004 02:08 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four of the nation's largest e-mail providers said on Wednesday they had sued hundreds of online marketers under a new federal law that outlaws the worst kinds of "spam" e-mail. The lawsuits -- filed by EarthLink Inc. (ELNK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , and Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) unit America Online -- mark the first time the law has been tested since going into effect in January. Six suits were filed in federal courts in California, Georgia, Virginia and Washington state. They claim the defendants obscured their identities and used other deceptive tactics to send out hundreds of millions of pitches for get-rich-quick schemes, pornography and other types of spam. Spam accounts for roughly half of all e-mail traffic, Internet providers say, driving up bandwidth costs and frustrating customers. All four companies have sued spammers under state laws in the past. Company officials said the CAN-SPAM Act, passed last year, makes their fight easier by imposing national standards and increasing penalties to force spammers out of business. "The lawsuits we file now have some added punch they didn't have before," AOL General Counsel Randall Boe told reporters at a news conference. Officials from the four companies said they worked together to track down the defendants and made sure that their lawsuits did not overlap. Defendants falsified return addresses, routed their messages through other computers to cover their tracks, and engaged in deceptive advertising, the lawsuits charged. One group of defendants in Canada sent nearly 100 million messages to Yahoo customers in January alone and resold the e-mail addresses of those who responded, according to one lawsuit. Two hundred defendants were referred to as "John Doe" in filings, as investigators do not know their names. Officials said they expected to eventually uncover their identities. The civil suits filed by the e-mail providers seek unspecified amounts of damages and penalties. Violators could also face jail time under the new law, though government prosecutors have filed no criminal charges yet. "Every major case we've filed, we've definitely had law-enforcement interest and generally followed up, so I expect something will come out of this as well," said EarthLink Chief Privacy Officer Les Seagraves.

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