Month: April 2022

Third-Grade Teacher’s Quick Response Saves 9-Year-Old Student Choking on a Bottle Cap

A third-grade teacher sprang into action when a 9-year-old student ran to her desk with a bottle cap stuck in his throat. Calmly and swiftly, she performed the Heimlich maneuver, dislodging the cap and saving the child’s life. “We were starting our math class. Robert was a little thirsty from returning from gym class,” Janiece…


Beloved by Locals and Tourists Alike, This Maine Family Diner Shares Its Secret to 30 Years of Success

Becky’s Diner casts its home-cooked aroma across the waterfront of Portland, Maine, inviting locals and tourists to come in from the snow, the rain, and even the heat of a summer day and take a seat and be at home. Many of the thousands of Becky Rand’s customers have been accepting that invitation for 30…


A Caring Couple Who Fostered 127 Children Proves That Love is Thicker than Blood

When Irene Clements and her husband, Billy, decided to create their family through foster care and adoption, they threw themselves into what became a lifelong labor of love. Irene and Billy fostered 127 children over the many decades of their marriage. They adopted four children, including sweet Melissa who is a special-needs member of the…


Service Learning: Nurturing Children’s Sense of Charity in the Classroom

It was mid-December, shortly before Christmas vacation. The elementary and middle school students had just finished their annual Christmas carol performance at the local senior center. Teachers handed cards to their students, and the children started visiting people in the audience. I proudly watched one of my students, an 8-year-old girl, hesitantly approach an elderly…


Walt Disney World Lifts Mask Requirement

Walt Disney World lifted the last remnants of its longstanding mask mandate on Wednesday, allowing park visitors to attend the Disney World parks in Florida unmasked if they choose for the first time in over two years. On Tuesday, Disney announced the new policy to allow unvaccinated patrons at the company’s famous Florida amusement parks…


Changing a State and a Generation | Building on the American Heritage Series

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. Most Americans can agree that our country is in need of change. From economics to healthcare to education… our nation’s systems are desperate for reform. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List“. – Feature Films:…


COVID Testing Rules and Makeshift Hospitals Rile Shanghai Residents

Shanghai residents who have said they have recovered from COVID are being sent to makeshift hospitals—called ‘fangcangs’—against their will. The city of some 26 million people has been in various stages of strict lockdown under the Chinese regime’s “Zero-COVID” policy for the past several weeks. During this time officials have been mechanically following orders resulting…


Macron, Le Pen Clash on Russia, EU in TV Debate

PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday clashed with his rival Marine Le Pen during a fiery TV debate ahead of Sunday’s election. Macron attacked Le Pen for her ties to Russia and also charged her with harboring a desire to pull France out of the European Union (EU). Le Pen struck back with a pledge…


IBM, Stride Rise; Netflix, Baker Hughes Fall

NEW YORK—Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Netflix Inc., down $122.42 to $226.19. The streaming video giant lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade and it expects those losses to accelerate this quarter. International Business Machines Corp., up $9.17 to $138.32. The technology and consulting company’s latest…


Chinese Man Gets 20 Years in Rwanda for Whipping a Local Man

KIGALI, Rwanda—A court in Rwanda sentenced a Chinese businessman to 20 years in prison for torture after he was filmed beating a local man last year. Sun Shujun had been accused of beating his workers in a case that drew attention because he was filmed whipping a man tethered to a pole on the ground….