
Seeking Balance One Tuesday at a Time
Scientist Donates Her Profits for Anti-Cancer Drug to Charity
On this “Giving Tuesday,” I honor Professor Nicola Curtin of Newcastle University, part of a team who worked for 30 years to produce Rubraca, an anti-cancer drug. Professor Curtin used her £865,000 share of the profits from her work to create a community organization to help people overcome barriers in education and employment. Independent provides details in this article. Check out Professor Curtin’s blue/purple hair.
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New Treatment to Help with Kidney Stones
Researchers MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered that two medications could help relax the ureter walls to allow kidney stones to pass quicker and with less pain. For details, click the link below:
https://news.mit.edu/2019/treatment-kidney-stone-passing-easier-1202
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Free Education for Girls in Punjab
paraphrase this: “The Captain Amarinder Singh-led government in Punjab has announced free education for girls in government schools and colleges from Nursery to PhD.” free textbooks will be provided to all students in government schools from the next academic session. He also said that Nursery and LKG classes will be reintroduced in government schools from next year. Fulfilling another election promise Singh also announced free Wi-FI for 13,000 primary schools and all 48 government colleges. According to the census of India 2011, the literacy rate in Punjab is 75.84% which is better than the national average of 73.0%. The total number of literates in Punjab is 1,87,07,137. The male literacy rate is 80.44% and female literacy rate is 70.73%.
Source: India Times Lifestyle Network
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Cruelty to Animals Becomes a Federal Crime in the US
The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) passed both houses of the US congress and was signed into law by the US President. The law makes it a federal crime to intentionally cause serious harm to “living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians, as reported by NPR. The law also criminalizes videos depicting serious harm to animals. While there are exceptions, it will be interesting to see how this new law could help animals on factory farms and in research. Lawmakers, human service workers, and criminal justice officials recognize the link between animal cruelty and violence toward people. More people are beginning to understand that all beings deserve compassion.
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92 Year Old Meets Descendants of the Holocaust Survivors She Saved
Today’s Video shares the reunion Melpomeni Dina with members of the Mordechai family she saved over 75 years ago when Nazis occupied Greece.
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December 3, 2019 at 12:26 pm
JoAnna, you have again filled my heart with both song and tears. It is a blessing to read how many are
through their work and their care giving so much.
Thank you
Miriam
December 3, 2019 at 10:33 pm
Your support means a lot, Miriam. I’m very happy to fill your heart with the good news.
December 3, 2019 at 1:19 pm
All amazing stories. What a heartening reunion for 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina!
December 3, 2019 at 11:30 pm
Thanks, Rosaliene. I’m glad you enjoyed the good news. I’m glad Melpomeni got to experience this and share it with us.
December 3, 2019 at 4:41 pm
LOVE to read happy news, thank you for sharing!
December 3, 2019 at 11:31 pm
My pleasure! Thank you for appreciating the good news with me, Wendi!
December 4, 2019 at 9:17 am
It was my pleasure, one of the videos even brought happy tears to my eyes.
December 4, 2019 at 11:20 pm
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March 5, 2020 at 3:50 am
Well done
March 5, 2020 at 9:06 pm
Thank you!