Positive news :: Edition XIX

Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces New Technology for Fast-Charging, Noncombustible Batteries

21sep2019_94yearengineerJohn Goodenough and his team have developed the first all-solid-state battery cells that could lead to safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries.

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Down syndrome no barrier to Angel Celine’s passion to explore different roles

21sepdownsynTwenty year old Angel Celine was diagnosed with Down syndrome at a young age. But this youngster, who is a powerhouse of energy, loves to experiment with dance, music, arts and even acting. A couple of years back, she appeared on-screen in a Malayalam movie ‘Compartment’. Angel shares her dreams and aspirations.

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Comedians are being hired by the hour to help dementia patients. Their goal? ‘A full belly laugh.’

Muriel Klein and comedian Michael Piper-Younie in July 2019 (Jeneta St. Clair)

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About a year after Dani Klein Modisett moved her mother from Manhattan to an Alzheimer’s care center near her Los Angeles home in 2016, she noticed that her mom, then 84, was sad and withdrawn.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/09/17/comedians-are-being-

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Can an Event For 10,000 People Be Zero-Waste? B’luru Lady Shares How She Did It!

bangaloreladyResidents of Bengaluru are familiar with the bizarre phenomenon that Belandur lake displays every now and then, with froth overflowing onto the roads and neighborhoods. This sight, a direct result of the environmental damage our urban way of life has on nature, inspired 42-year-old Padmashree Mahesh to focus on curbing threats to nature.

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Farmer’s Son To A Mid-Day Meal Cook, KBC Contestants That Inspired Us With Their Undying Spirit

“Computer ji, option c par tala laga dijye”

“Agla prashn Rs 10,000 ke liye yeh raha aapki screen par”

If you read the above two lines in Amitabh Bachchan’s voice then you my friend are a true-blue desi kid.

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Zen Fable : A Letter to a Dying Man

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Bassui wrote the following letter to one of his disciples who was about to die:

“The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not an existence, which is perishable. It is not an emptiness, which is a mere void. It has neither colour nor form. It enjoys no pleasures and suffers no pains.

“I know you are very ill. Like a good Zen student, you are facing that sickness squarely. You may not know exactly who is suffering, but question yourself: What is the essence of this mind? Think only of this. You will need no more. Covet nothing. Your end which is endless is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air.”

Interpretation: Death is one truth we all find difficult to accept and therefore, face. The moment we realize we all shall surely die and move on one day, whether it is at the time we are facing death or earlier, we have indeed evolved.

 

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