High Schooler Devises Potential Cancer Cure

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February 18, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace When a child enters your life it's time to learn [not time to teach]. - Jaggi Vasudev - High Schooler Devises Potential Cancer Cure 17-year-old Angela Zhang's after school project may change the world. Zhang has been making headlines recently after taking home a check of $100,000 from the national Siemens science contest, and now it has been suggested that her research could lead to a potential cure for cancer. "I created a nanoparticle that's kind of like the Swiss Army knife of cancer treatment in that it can detect cancer cells, eradicate the cancer cells and then monitor the treatment response. So the major aim of the project was to personalize cancer medicine," Zhang told ABC News. The teen began reading doctorate level work on bio-engineering when she was a freshman. { read more } Be The Change Face the next "problem" in your day with child-like openness and enthusiasm. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Save Energy by Breathing Measuring the Wisdom of a Crowd Eat to Prevent Cancer Visit the MET From Your Desk Is the Internet Changing the Way We Think? Being the Change In Bihar Mother of All Languages Can Science Create Heroes? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,281 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Gandhi on Knowledge Without Character

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February 17, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace We have guided missiles and misguided men. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Gandhi on Knowledge Without Character "We have not yet learned to make use of our most civilizing capacities: the creativity and wisdom we all have as our birthright. When even one person comes into full possession of these capacities, our problems are shown in their true light: they are simply the results of avoidable -- though deadly -- errors of judgment. Gandhi formulated a series of diagnoses of the modern world's seemingly perpetual state of crisis, which he called 'the seven social sins.' I prefer to think of them as seven social ailments, since the problems they address are not crimes calling for punishment but crippling diseases that are punishment enough in themselves. The first -- and the one we will focus on here -- is knowledge without character. It traces all our difficulties to a simple lack of connection between what we know is good for us and our ability to act on that knowledge." The late Gandhian scholar Eknath Easwaran shares further. { read more } Be The Change "I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. [...] I still believe that we shall overcome." An inspiring passage from MLK's Nobel acceptance speech. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love The 3 A's of Awesome 10 Keys to Happier Living Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness Rappin' to Be the Change DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,237 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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11 Amazing Thank You Notes

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February 16, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can live as if everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein - 11 Amazing Thank You Notes What do Elizabeth Taylor, Roald Dahl, Marilyn Monroe, Neil Armstrong and Barack Obama have in common, besides being famous? Each of them wrote touching letters of gratitude, printed here in their original writing. For example, once upon a time (1989), a little girl named Amy sent a bottle of colored water, oil and glitter to Roald Dahl, who knew right away that this was a dream in a bottle inspired by his book, The BFG. In response, the author penned this short note to his 7-year-old fan: "I must write a special letter and thank you for the dream in the bottle. You are the first person in the world who has sent me one of these and it intrigued me very much. I also liked the dream..." { read more } Be The Change Surprise someone with a thank you note of your own today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Life is 'Baeutiful' 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less How Do You Want to be Remembered? A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago The Untapped Power of Smiling Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,209 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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From Me to We: Everyday Generosity

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February 15, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Often, when we feel empty it is because we don't give enough. Not because we don't have enough. - DailyGood Editors - From Me to We: Everyday Generosity Talented filmmakers David and Hi-Jin Hodge wanted to inspire generosity on Valentine's Day. So they asked a diverse group of 25 friends, young and old: what does generosity mean to you? And what lessons have you learned from practicing acts of everyday kindness? In this powerful 5-minute video, these everyday heroes share beautiful responses that inspire all of us to go out and be generous, not just on Valentine's Day but any day. { read more } Be The Change If you enjoyed the video, send a note of thanks to the filmmakers who gifted their time, energy, and vision. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 3 A's of Awesome Life is 'Baeutiful' Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less The Untapped Power of Smiling Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around Rappin' to Be the Change DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,194 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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