Good news

I was inspired by Lynilu's comment on my post from yesterday. She mentioned that often we don't hear of the good news on the news. The news is always the bad stuff. The nasties of the day packed into a neat & tidy half hour of doom & gloom. Fun, right? Well, in an effort to balance out the bad with a smidge of the good here's the Wednesday Good News Report:

1) Environmental: A woman is being honored for saving Lake Baikal in Russia from a huge oil pipeline. Marina Rikhvanova is receiving an award in San Francisco for her environmental activism. She was scared of what would happen to the eco systems in the lake, so she mounted a campaign to raise awareness and protest the construction. She won! The pipeline was rerouted.

2) Personal: We received a wedding gift with a card that said "For Lucy & Ricky from Fred & Ethel". It was from our landlords who live upstairs. How funny is that? Adorable.

3) Medical/Scientific: There has been cool new research done in the field of hearing aids. Most people don't think about hearing aids unless they wear them, but those who are hearing impaired usually have a love/hate relationship with them. They can be clunky and ineffective. A new one is so teeny it lives in the ear canal near the eardrum and you can't see it from the outside. Pretty sweet!

Got some good news to report? Leave it in the comments.

UPDATE: 4) Personal: I have a job interview tomorrow afternoon. Yay!