Microsoft to let PC users turn off IE Web browser
"A single check box deep in the guts of the next version of Windows is giving Microsoft Corp. watchers a peek at how the software maker plans to keep European antitrust regulators from marring a crucial software launch."
Click here to read more.
Uncovering Fasting
"Denying ourselves. We do it to wriggle into a wedding dress or swimsuit. We do it as we train for an athletic event. We’ll go without to achieve a promotion. We’ll put our own desires aside when a close friend has a need. When our child has the flu, we drop everything. But when fasting is the subject, denying ourselves feels too uncomfortable. We rarely consider practicing this spiritual discipline."
Click here to read more.
The Virgins and the Bridegroom
"Christians of every generation have been interested in the return of Jesus Christ to the earth. And no surprise: the second coming of Christ has been the hope of the church in every age."
Read more here.
First Impressions Are All in the Brain
"Certain brain regions are geared to pick up cues about other people on a first impression -- with just a little information and maybe a few preconceived notions, a new study shows.
Snap judgments, it turns out, aren't arbitrary at all, but are informed by what we see and know of our opinions about what certain personality traits suggest, researchers report in the journal Nature Neuroscience."
Read more here.
Want blooms? Just use gentle persuasion.
"If you are waiting for spring flowers, you can give them a head start by cutting some 1- to 3-foot branches of early blooming shrubs and trees and bringing them inside to open in a vase ahead of schedule. This is called "forcing," though garden maven Martha Stewart thinks this term sounds too violent. She likens it instead to gentle persuasion."
Read the How-to's here.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Good News for March 7 (posted by Mary Beth)
Williams hears viewers' plea for good news
"Between the drumbeat of bad economic stories, two wars and a winter that won't quit, NBC's Brian Williams knows he's been anchoring a depressing 'Nightly News'" for a depressed audience.
Still, even he was shocked at the thousands of responses he has received in less than two days after asking viewers to suggest some good news to report."
Brian discovered what we already know here at Good News Now - people need to hear good news! More on his discovery awaits you here.
World Vision concerned about prospect of aid gaps in Darfur
"Humanitarian agency World Vision is deeply worried that the forced departure of several large relief groups from Sudan will create gaps in critical humanitarian services to thousands of vulnerable children and adults, putting them at risk in the war-torn region of Darfur."
Click here to learn how World Vision is coping in Sudan.
U2 to Kick Off US Tour in Chicago
"U2 will announce a Sept. 12 date at Soldier Field in Chicago to open the U.S. leg of its world tour.
'That will be announced Monday,' a spokesman for U2’s Principal Management in Dublin said Friday, confirming a report in Billboard. Tickets will range from $30 to $250, according to the report, and will go on sale later this month."
Click here for more on U2's tour.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Anchorage
"A party atmosphere swirled around Alaska's largest city at the start of the Iditarod Trial Sled Dog Race on Saturday, when 67 mushers and more than 1,000 dogs set their sights for Nome."
Join the starting action by clicking here.
Lots of love goes into these locks: Girl Scout troop donates hair to create wigs
"About a dozen Girl Scouts grew their hair as long as they could to see it get chopped off Friday, but it was all for a good cause.
Local hair stylists pitched in and cut the locks off 12 young ladies from Folsom Girl Scout Troop 1864 at St. John Notre Dame School. The hair will be donated to Locks of Love, which uses it to create wigs for children suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatment or other medical conditions."
To read more about these generous-hearted girls, click here.
Rodeo 2009: Life on the Circuit
"For the hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls who compete in eight events at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the effort is not about entertainment, or even sport, it's a life."
Click here to meet some of the competitors.
"Between the drumbeat of bad economic stories, two wars and a winter that won't quit, NBC's Brian Williams knows he's been anchoring a depressing 'Nightly News'" for a depressed audience.
Still, even he was shocked at the thousands of responses he has received in less than two days after asking viewers to suggest some good news to report."
Brian discovered what we already know here at Good News Now - people need to hear good news! More on his discovery awaits you here.
World Vision concerned about prospect of aid gaps in Darfur
"Humanitarian agency World Vision is deeply worried that the forced departure of several large relief groups from Sudan will create gaps in critical humanitarian services to thousands of vulnerable children and adults, putting them at risk in the war-torn region of Darfur."
Click here to learn how World Vision is coping in Sudan.
U2 to Kick Off US Tour in Chicago
"U2 will announce a Sept. 12 date at Soldier Field in Chicago to open the U.S. leg of its world tour.
'That will be announced Monday,' a spokesman for U2’s Principal Management in Dublin said Friday, confirming a report in Billboard. Tickets will range from $30 to $250, according to the report, and will go on sale later this month."
Click here for more on U2's tour.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Anchorage
"A party atmosphere swirled around Alaska's largest city at the start of the Iditarod Trial Sled Dog Race on Saturday, when 67 mushers and more than 1,000 dogs set their sights for Nome."
Join the starting action by clicking here.
Lots of love goes into these locks: Girl Scout troop donates hair to create wigs
"About a dozen Girl Scouts grew their hair as long as they could to see it get chopped off Friday, but it was all for a good cause.
Local hair stylists pitched in and cut the locks off 12 young ladies from Folsom Girl Scout Troop 1864 at St. John Notre Dame School. The hair will be donated to Locks of Love, which uses it to create wigs for children suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatment or other medical conditions."
To read more about these generous-hearted girls, click here.
Rodeo 2009: Life on the Circuit
"For the hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls who compete in eight events at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the effort is not about entertainment, or even sport, it's a life."
Click here to meet some of the competitors.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Good News From Mary March 5, 2009
Lent 2.0: No Facebook, No Twitter
Most days you can find college sophomore Adan Farrah on his laptop checking in with his classmates, looking at photos and updating his personal page on Facebook.
Most days you can find college sophomore Adan Farrah on his laptop checking in with his classmates, looking at photos and updating his personal page on Facebook.
For the 19-year-old and many of his friends, the social networking site is something close to an obsession.
"I'm on there a total of three hours a day ... four hours on weekends," said Farrah, a native of Monroe, N.J., and now a student at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
But on Ash Wednesday, Farrah decided to quit Facebook cold turkey.
Click here to read the rest of this story.
16 Big, Bad Money Wasters
Want to know how to accumulate cash in a hurry? Stop wasting it. One tiny crack in your finances can turn into a major drain through which untold sums are totally wasted. It’s time to start plugging the leaks. To get you started, here are sixteen of the biggest, baddest money wasters:
Click here to find out about the 16 money wasters.
$ave By Getting A Grip On Your Finances
Everybody's looking to save money these days.
But it's tough to save if you don't have a handle on how much money you actually have, or where it's going each month.
In The Early Show's "Save a Bundle" series Friday, financial contributor Vera Gibbons offered a plan to help you improve your money management -- and begin to trim your expenses in the process -- in two months or less.
Click here to find out more.
How to make some extra money by selling your extra stuff
The economy's tanking, cash is tight at home, and there are seemingly few ways to quickly make a little extra money. But selling household goods — dare we say, junk — is a proven way, and spring cleaning can provide the perfect impetus.
Options abound, from hawking items at pawn shops (where business is booming) to selling items online to hosting the old standby, the garage sale.
Click here to read the rest of this story.
It’s daylight science time again
It’s that time of year, when crocuses bloom, the lawn starts to need mowing, and most Americans lose an hour’s sleep setting their clocks ahead. (Remember? Spring forward, fall back.) So here are answers to your questions about the time switch — and about sleep.
Click here to read the rest of this story.
Friday March 6, 2009 Good News Stories (Margaret)
Recycling Gadgets When They Go Pffft...
"AMERICANS discarded 2.25 million tons of computers, printers, cellphones and other electronics in 2007. About 82 percent ended up in landfills. The Green Home called up Jason Linnell, the executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling, a nonprofit group based in West Virginia, to find out how we can recycle our old gadgets instead."
Click here to find out more.
Growing Oregano: An Oregano by Any Other Name, Would Not Taste as Sweet
"Culinary oregano is a signature flavor of many Italian, Mexican and Spanish dishes. Most cooks are familiar with it in its dried form, but oregano is a hardy perennial plant that is easy to grow in the home garden. A handful of plants will provide you with enough oregano to use fresh in season and to dry for use throughout the winter."
Click here to read more.
How Moths Key Into Scent Of A Flower
"Moths need just the essence of a flower's scent to identify it, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson."
Click here to learn more.
Focusing on Africa: Papal trip to highlight challenges, possibilities
"Pope Benedict XVI opens a new chapter in his papal travels when he visits Cameroon and Angola in mid-March, a trip designed to highlight the church's message of hope on a continent beset by problems.
The visit March 17-23 will mark the first trip to Africa for a pope who has sometimes been described as Eurocentric, and it launches a series of important church events in 2009 focusing on the African continent."
Click here to read more.
Live Longer With Midlife Exercise
"It ain't over till it's over, Yogi Berra would say. Scientists might put it this way, though: In terms of your life span, it really does matter that you start exercising, quit the couch-potato habit, and give up smoking.
But even if you don't get started until middle age or later, you can prolong your life, a new study shows. Of course, it's better to quit bad habits and start good ones early, but middle age is not too late, say researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden."
Click here to read more.
"AMERICANS discarded 2.25 million tons of computers, printers, cellphones and other electronics in 2007. About 82 percent ended up in landfills. The Green Home called up Jason Linnell, the executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling, a nonprofit group based in West Virginia, to find out how we can recycle our old gadgets instead."
Click here to find out more.
Growing Oregano: An Oregano by Any Other Name, Would Not Taste as Sweet
"Culinary oregano is a signature flavor of many Italian, Mexican and Spanish dishes. Most cooks are familiar with it in its dried form, but oregano is a hardy perennial plant that is easy to grow in the home garden. A handful of plants will provide you with enough oregano to use fresh in season and to dry for use throughout the winter."
Click here to read more.
How Moths Key Into Scent Of A Flower
"Moths need just the essence of a flower's scent to identify it, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson."
Click here to learn more.
Focusing on Africa: Papal trip to highlight challenges, possibilities
"Pope Benedict XVI opens a new chapter in his papal travels when he visits Cameroon and Angola in mid-March, a trip designed to highlight the church's message of hope on a continent beset by problems.
The visit March 17-23 will mark the first trip to Africa for a pope who has sometimes been described as Eurocentric, and it launches a series of important church events in 2009 focusing on the African continent."
Click here to read more.
Live Longer With Midlife Exercise
"It ain't over till it's over, Yogi Berra would say. Scientists might put it this way, though: In terms of your life span, it really does matter that you start exercising, quit the couch-potato habit, and give up smoking.
But even if you don't get started until middle age or later, you can prolong your life, a new study shows. Of course, it's better to quit bad habits and start good ones early, but middle age is not too late, say researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden."
Click here to read more.
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