Today’s Good News

Today’s Good News

Have you noticed that we usually debate only the bad things in life.

Well, for a change, I thought I’d introduce this thread where anyone can put down current news that they think is good (can be political but not nasty, please, e.g. not Mr Bush catching a cold please!). We can debate the Good News and then move on when someone else posts some more happiness!

So I’ll start with this gem, which will brings tears of joy to many, I am sure.

Chocolate is Good for you

Yes – it’s official
Dark chocolate may be healthier

It’s good for a cough and it’s good for your heart.

Originally posted by string:

Successful launch of the first Vega by the European Space Agency.

Let's hear it for the ESA!

If we want to do anything frivolous without a lot of wasted cost kite flying is great fun.

Peace breaks out in Afghanistan! Almost...
http://news.yahoo.com/u-aims-afghan-talks-breakthrough-may-summit-060403831.html

Hedging bets maybe?

Extraordinary!

Sweden snow: Man 'survives two months trapped in car'

I once survived three days without a 🍺.

Maybe it's still effecting you?

"The world can be a much friendlier and special place in times of crisis, why not always...!!!"
Please open and view this wonderful thank you from Japan.
Japan's Arigato

What an excellent vid there Belfrager. Says much?

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Maybe it's still effecting you?

Affecting, Rj, affecting.
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Amazing how times and perceptions change.
http://hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP3.HTM

Are there literate Scots, nowadays?

You'll burn in Hell for that one, Oakdale!

While not good news, it's darned interesting. A dust devil on Mars!

Well a few more of that ilk than there are over the pond OakdaleFTL. Outside of wee tv or radio bytes much dumbness for you to worry about.

Don't argue, boys. There's plenty of dumb to go around nicely.
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Harry: I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.
Lloyd: I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver's full of shit, man.
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See what I mean?

Salt-tolerant wheat.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/salttolerant-wheat-discovery-to-tackle-food-shortages-20120312-1utf1.html

Some will see this as bad news, but I just see it as an outcome of meddling in the affairs of others. Get us TFO, Mr. Obama!

How many dead for what good outcome?

Afghan protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad province, …

and so chelsea smashes napoli 4 goals to 1....not a dry eye in stamford bridge as fans (including me) go wild in jubiliation!

I found Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground" at Gutenberg today.

"I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased. However, I know nothing at all about my disease, and do not know for certain what ails me. I don't consult a doctor for it, and never have, though I have a respect for medicine and doctors. Besides, I am extremely superstitious, sufficiently so to respect medicine, anyway (I am well-educated enough not to be superstitious, but I am superstitious). No, I refuse to consult a doctor from spite. That you probably will not understand. Well, I understand it, though. Of course, I can't explain who it is precisely that I am mortifying in this case by my spite: I am perfectly well aware that I cannot "pay out" the doctors by not consulting them; I know better than anyone that by all this I am only injuring myself and no one else. But still, if I don't consult a doctor it is from spite. My liver is bad, well--let it get worse!"

That's the opening paragraph. Have fun.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/600

Oh I think that dumbness is not a restricted pastime nor peculiar to any one place or people it one of those few things that are universal. Remarkable it has lasted so long too, eh?

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

I found Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground" at Gutenberg today.

"I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased. However, I know nothing at all about my disease, and do not know for certain what ails me. I don't consult a doctor for it, and never have, though I have a respect for medicine and doctors. Besides, I am extremely superstitious, sufficiently so to respect medicine, anyway (I am well-educated enough not to be superstitious, but I am superstitious). No, I refuse to consult a doctor from spite. That you probably will not understand. Well, I understand it, though. Of course, I can't explain who it is precisely that I am mortifying in this case by my spite: I am perfectly well aware that I cannot "pay out" the doctors by not consulting them; I know better than anyone that by all this I am only injuring myself and no one else. But still, if I don't consult a doctor it is from spite. My liver is bad, well--let it get worse!"

That's the opening paragraph. Have fun.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/600

Originally posted by rjhowie:

If we want to do anything frivolous without a lot of wasted cost kite flying is great fun.

Great idea...I'm in the market for a kite for the grand boys.

A new pill said to be the first of its kind in use has been released for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. The pill is set to replace injections for early treatment of the disease. It is not yet clear (to me) whether it will be released on the UK NHS immediately since the cost is rather high (reported as £20,000 per year per patient) but I imagine it will be.

Pill for MS patients made available to patients
and
New multiple sclerosis pill is 'fantastic'

A useful bit of Spinoff:
Space foil helping to build safer cars

Frogicillin!

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/hospital-hero-this-frog-has-the-makings-of-a-lifesaver-20120316-1vahu.html

You go for the kites Jaybro. My first kite as a wee laddie was when my father made one out of canes, newspapers and cellotape (and of course string and bits of pare in bows). Crivvens, I was as happy as if I got some top of the range thing from a posh toy shop. Great fun, costs little and out in the fresh air.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

You go for the kites Jaybro. My first kite as a wee laddie was when my father made one out of canes, newspapers and cellotape (and of course string and bits of pare in bows). Crivvens, I was as happy as if I got some top of the range thing from a posh toy shop. Great fun, costs little and out in the fresh air.

I made my own, too. I'm off to pick one up today. Good memories! We've a nice park nearby.

Originally posted by tt92:

Frogicillin!

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/hospital-hero-this-frog-has-the-makings-of-a-lifesaver-20120316-1vahu.html

Those damned bacteria have a nasty practice of morphing into resistant strains.

We've got more parks here than most cities have but sadly devoid of kiters. Maybe I could rebirth an old pastime with so much park space per square mile.

Chinese are good with kites, I think they were the first ones to develop kites thousands of years ago.

I got one myself, an impressive piece of handicraft, but not a LED kite, which are popular in the Tiantan neighbourhood, especially at dusk. This YouTube video is of one going down, not far from where I live.

Dash it. I forgot to remind Sanguinemoon that two Sundays ago, Celtic came to Rangers staium thinking they were on a ascendancy roll and instead the "blue noses" gubbed them.They (the lot from the East End wnet away with their ribald posters and banners( left kind of subdued). And yet again their fiery manager gets into trouble and banned to the terracing. Considering the way the Celtic fans were crowing Rangers played a blinder scoring in the first ten minutes and ran the game afterwards. The Union Flags went into overdrive and rightly so with so much against the red,white and blue.Ah, yes, 'twas a good day to be a Glasgow Prod!

Russian anglers rescued as Sakhalin ice floe breaks

Originally posted by jax:

I got one myself, an impressive piece of handicraft, but not a LED kite, which are popular in the Tiantan neighbourhood, especially at dusk. This YouTube video is of one going down, not far from where I live. <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="381" scrolling="no" src="http://embed.myopera.com/video/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DH7L64KbOsfM&height=375&width=620" width="626" />

Now, that's kool!

... and another rescue!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17580958

This is not exactly good news exactly since it happened because of the death of her husband, but this story of Helen Collins's feat is truly remarkable.

Wisconsin Wife, 80, Lands Plane for Dying Pilot Husband

The above link has a video, together with some anointing adverts -- sorry about the latter.

It's always good to know that our close relatives are much like us.

"We found that female wild chimpanzees copulate more frequently with those males who share meat with them on at least one occasion, compared with males who never share meat with them," said lead researcher Cristina Gomes.

Let me suggest, however, that you never share your bologna sandwich with the neighborhood chimp.

Continuing the good news thread I noted that Hearts beat Celtic in the Semi-Finals and booted them out their blowing about taking the Scottish Cup. And yet again, time after time that hot-heated Irish red headed fiery tempered manager shooting his mouth off. Becoming a regular habit. He should try keeping his mouth shut from lambasting referees when he gets beat. He also did the same on twitter this weekend. Now with a bit of good fortune ,Hearts who are taking on the Edinburgh equivilant of Celtic, Hibernian, will do the same with them!

Fabrice Muamba is a Premier League footballer who suffered a heart arrest when he was playing. He was fortunate in that there was a heart specialist in the crowd nearby and modern medical equipment in the Club (Tottenham) where his team (Bolton) was playing. He survived in spite of his heart having stopped beating by itself for over an hour.


Fabrice Muamba: Bolton midfielder discharged from hospital




Do not try this at Home!

My wife has removed the bundling board.

Silly woman.

There seems to be many potential applications for this treatment.
Miniature honeycomb 'grows nerve'

Well, there is one thing that is good news every day: This is one day gone by. One day closer to the end. The end of this stupid, crappy heap of life on this pathetic orb. At least, for me.

Originally posted by aefields:

Well, there is one thing that is good news every day: This is one day gone by. One day closer to the end. The end of this stupid, crappy heap of life on this pathetic orb. At least, for me.

That's not exactly how I would express good news, but to put a positive spin on it - sometimes having a good moan can be good for you

There's a way to avoid the Internet doomsday.

http://www.dcwg.org/july-9-could-be-internet-doomsday-for-some-so-check-your-pc-or-mac/

From that site:

July 9 might be “Internet doomsday” for PC and Mac users who haven’t taken steps to make sure their systems are not infected with what’s being called DNSChanger malware. That’s right: Your Internet connection may not work that day because the safety net now in place from the FBI against the malware will be removed then, and if your computer is infected, you won’t be able to get to the Internet.

And from elsewhere:

The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner, http://www.dcwg.org, that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet.

One of my computers was clean, but I haven't checked out the others yet.

I wouldn't believe that stuff from the FBI.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

I wouldn't believe that stuff from the FBI.

You wouldn't believe "stuff" from God, if it didn't conform to your prejudices, RJ. (He's likely laughing at you, too, BTW…)

Have your Yard yet determined who "leaked" the ClimateGate emails? Nah. Complicated stuff, I guess…

Gingrich to quit presidential race Wednesday CNN Washington Bureau Chief Sam Feist Washington (CNN) --
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will end his presidential bid on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a source close to the former House speaker told CNN.

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Now, if we can only get the rest of them to quit, the Socialist Party might just scoot in.

Morchella elata. Lovely morels. Nearly 2kg.