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Nike Donates Tens of Thousands of shoes designed for Healthcare workers

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Kyle - Nike donated over thirty-thousand pairs of shoes designed specifically for healthcare workers to hospitals across the United States, as well as certain hospitals in Europe. The shoes are made to combat fatigue a healthcare worker would undergo in their common twelve-hour shifts. The shoes are made to be easily cleaned off as it is relevant to the times, as well as to be comfortable to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time. My opinion on this article and Nike's kind actions as a whole are obviously positive. In times such as now Nike is contributing more than most. Not only is it a nice gesture of appreciation to healthcare workers but it is also a great shoe to work in for them as they can easily clean them off before they return home to avoid bringing back anything to their family.

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 Apple has taken several steps to help combat the outbreak from closures to donations.

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 Apple has taken several steps to help combat the outbreak from closures to donations.

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99-Year-Old WWII Veteran Raises $3.3 Million for Hospital Workers Simply By Walking Laps of His Garden - Ergi Maqellari

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99-Year-Old WWII Veteran Raises $3.3 Million for Hospital Workers Simply By Walking Laps of His Garden - Ergi Maqellari

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A World War II veteran from England has managed to raise over $3 million for NHS in the past weeks. The now 99 year old Tom Moore set a goal of raising £1000 for NHS charities starting on the 6th of April. His original goal was to gain support from his local town of Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire to help him give back to the organization that helped him recover form being a civil engineer in the second World War. For their generosity in donating,  Mr. Moore was going to walk 100 laps of his 25m garden before he turned 100. A few days after his journey began, his story gained international recognition and support. Days after starting, he smashed past his goal of £1000, causing Mr. Moore's daughter to raise the target to £100,000, then £250,000, then £500,000, which where all property smashed. “I thank the British public from the bottom of my heart,” Moore told BBC. “It’s difficult to imagine all these kind people who have donated so far. It’s just amazing.” Mr. Moore now plans to continue past his prior 100 laps and plans to do another 100 to raise more money for NHS. I believe that this story is a prime example of what humans can do when we have mutual goal and drive in mind. The human spirit is the most powerful, graceful and benevolent force in the universe.

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An English World War II veteran who has been walking laps around his back garden has raised over £2.6 million pounds ($3.3 million) for the NHS in just one week.

99-year-old Tom Moore says the NHS have been "marvelous" in helping him recover from a hip replacement and skin cancer on his head over the last couple of years.

As a way of saying thank you, the former civil engineer has been doing daily laps of his 25-meter-long (82-foot) garden with the aim of walking 100 lengths by his 100th birthday on April 30th.

Moore, who began his walks last Monday on April 6th, initially set a fundraising target of £1,000 for NHS Charities Together with the sole expectation of garnering support from his village of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.

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After hitting international headlines last week, however, Moore has quickly smashed through his target and has now raised over millions for frontline health workers fighting the novel coronavirus.

"I thank the British public from the bottom of my heart," Moore told BBC. "It's difficult to imagine all these kind people who have donated so far. It's just amazing."

Moore's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, who set up the fundraising page for him, has had to raise his target three different times from £1,000 to £100,000, then to £250,000 and £500,000.

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She later took to Twitter to say: "We are overwhelmed by the response. It's extraordinary."

Although Moore has already smashed his original donation goal, he is now hoping to complete another 100 laps of his yard to continue raising money for the NHS. To support Moore's charity efforts, be sure and visit his Just Giving crowdfunding page.
This is just one of many positive stories and updates that are coming out of the COVID-19 news coverage this week. For more uplifting coverage on the outbreaks, click here.

2 MILLION POUNDS!

When I started this journey last Monday, my target was £1,000 for our incredible #NHS

Since this morning, we have raised another £1.2 million pounds.

No words left...just thank you.#walkwithtom @BBCBreakfast @itvanglia @piersmorgan @louiseminchin
- Captain Tom Moore (@captaintommoore) April 14, 2020
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99-Year-Old WWII Veteran Raises $3.3 Million for Hospital Workers Simply By Walking Laps of His Garden

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An English World War II veteran who has been walking laps around his back garden has raised over £2.6 million pounds ($3.3 million) for the NHS in just one week. 99-year-old Tom Moore says the NHS have been "marvelous" in helping him recover from a hip replacement and skin cancer on his head over the last couple of years.

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JOANN Stores Are Handing Out Free Fabric Supplies at Curbside to Anyone Sewing Face Masks at Home - Isabella Mitrovica

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This article begins with a background on a woman named Trina Branella. Branella is participating in a project to construct and sew masks to donate to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy during this pandemic as well as healthcare workers. Branella began to run out of materials. She could not purchase or find any being donated. Soon after, JOANN stores announced they would begin to donate materials to support those looking to make masks, gowns and other equipment during this pandemic. Branella was thrilled to hear about JOANN's program and ordered her needed materials. JOANN is offering a "Ship To Home" or "Curbside Pick-Up" for those in need of materials, serving as collection points where people can drop-off their made equipment to be distributed to healthcare workers and have opened up their classrooms (while social distancing) for those who want to volunteer to make equipment. I think this a very uplifting and heartwarming article. What JOANN and Branella are doing is very admirable and this article shows that if we work together during this pandemic we CAN make a difference. During this time, its important for companies to demonstrate that they are good corporate citizens and are putting community needs before corporate profits. JOANN is demonstrating this in a very
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Working in Secret, Bill Gates-Backed Solar Company Reveals Tech That Could Spell the End of Fossil Fuels

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The article is about Bill Gates and how he has just revealed his new project, "Heliogen." Through advanced solar panels they are able to recreate the heating effects of burning fossil fuels. It claims it can reach temperatures twice as high as previous thermal systems. (1000  degrees C.) Heliogen plans to use this technology to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions which make up more than a fifth of emissions.
I believe this article in both exaggerated and biased. The writer says nothing about negatives including cost and construction process. To replace all of the industrial emissions, they would need way more facilities than the one small one now.

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Sisters Successfully Pressure Kellogg’s Food Company into Sustainably Sourcing All of Their Palm Oil to Help Orangutangs

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This article is about two sisters who petitioned and got more than 780,000 signatures, in efforts to get the company Kellogg to use sustainable palm oil in their products. Right now Kellogg's uses about 15% uncertified pal oil, which endangers orangutangs. Asha and Jia Fitzpatrik watched a documentary about this and knew something had to be done. With all of their efforts to inform others about the crisis, the got Kellogg's attention. The food giant has had several meetings with them and has set a goal to import all of their palm oil from sustainable sources by 2025.

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JOANN Stores are Handing Out Free Fabric Supplies at Curbside to Anyone Sewing Face Masks at Home

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This article starts with the story of Trina Branella and how she's participating in a project in Indiana and New Jersey that involves making cloth masks to help teenage cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Eventually, she ran out of material but was saved when JOANN announced that they were going to be giving out free fabric to people making essential medical equipment. In my opinion, what both Trina and JOANN are doing is amazing. They are working very hard to keep as many people as they can healthy during this scary time.

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In a national emergency, some people's initial thoughts are to fight over toilet paper. Others, like Good News Network reader Trina Branella, immediately want to leap to the aid of those in the front lines of the crisis.

Trina began constructing and sewing cloth masks for a project in Indiana to help teenage cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Then, wanted to donate more masks to workers at four local chemo centers in New Jersey, spurred on by a friend of hers whose mother has cancer "and right now she's using a bandana."

Cloth masks are useful because they keep your hands from touching your nose and mouth (especially out in public where you don't know if surfaces are clean). They also can contain sneezes and coughs, protecting those around you who may have vulnerable immune systems.

As Trina was running low on fabric and unable to purchase more, she asked around to see if there was anyone willing to donate to a good cause, but had no luck.

She then reached out to Good News Network on Friday, the very same day GNN received a press release from JOANN fabric Stores announcing that the U.S. company would begin donating materials to anyone looking to sew together masks, gowns, or other essential medical equipment for healthcare workers.

After learning the JOANN Stores were launching the program on March 23, we submitted Trina's order to the company and they said the supplies would be mailed immediately to her in Somerdale, New Jersey.

Branella was thrilled to hear about the donation program and ordered 5 yards of flannel, and a couple packets of 1/8 inch elastic.

"I just have this warm, little fuzzy going on right now," she told GNN by phone. "I'm so happy they're doing something. I love JOANN's."

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Beyond just donated materials, JOANN is offering "Ship-to-Home" or "Curbside Pickup" options, so customers won't need to come into the stores.

The chain includes 865 stores across 49 states ( find your local store here)- but not all shops may be participating, so telephone the store first.

"The amazing thing about the crafting community is that, especially in difficult times, they are always looking for ways to help," said Wade Miquelon, President & CEO of JOANN.

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All open JOANN locations will serve as collection points, too, so that people sewing in their homes can drop off any items created, which will then be distributed to medical centers to help extend their dwindling supplies.

"We are seeing hospital workers, organizations and individuals coming into our stores for supplies to make these essential items, and our customers are asking us how they can help," Miquelon added. "So many are spending their time and money to help in this tragic situation, and we want to step in to do our part to protect the amazing people who are helping the communities we serve."

According to a press release on JOANN's website, entities in need of supplies should contact [email protected] .

They say they will also open their classrooms-while adhering to social distancing guidelines-to any who want to help make these essential items. Participating locations will offer sewing machines, materials and guidance to help customers safely make face masks and covers, gowns and other items to donate to America's hospitals. They have some How-to guides here.

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"We have a generous community who can make a big difference as our healthcare system faces this crisis," Miquelon said. "We're here to support them, and all who make to give year round. We are all in this together."
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In a national emergency, some people's initial thoughts are to fight over toilet paper. Others, like Good News Network reader Trina Branella, immediately want to leap to the aid of those in the front lines of the crisis. Trina began constructing and sewing cloth masks for a project in Indiana to help teenage cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

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Chinese Company Ships Crates of Masks to Italy Covered in Italian Poetry -Harry Ngo

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Xiaomi, a Chinese consumer technology company has donated tens of thousands of respirator masks to Italy as they are in need of them. They shipped them to the Italian Civil Protection department with some Italian poetry. "We are waves from the same sea, leaves from the same tree, and flowers from the same garden." This is from a Roman Philosopher and this line of poetry relates to the situation. China was recently in the same position as Italy and China is showing their empathy. I think this article is great because it delivers a wholesome message in a 1-2 minute read. It displays some of the better things in this rough time. It was also nice to see how Xiaomi added some Italian poetry to each of their crates.

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Recession or depression? Canada's economy is in for a rough spring

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One million Canadians lost their jobs in just one week in March. Millions more have applied for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit, or CERB. Businesses are closed across the country; almost no one is travelling. There is a closed sign on Canada's economy. And that will be reflected in dire economic numbers in the coming months. Canadian economists are expecting that economic activity will shrink somewhere between 25 and 35 per cent over the course of the spring - a drop that is unprecedented in such a short period of time. Over the course of 2020, the International Monetary Fund expects Canada's GDP to shrink by 6.2 per cent.

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One million Canadians lost their jobs in just one week in March. Millions more have applied for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit, or CERB.

Businesses are closed across the country; almost no one is travelling.

There is a closed sign on Canada's economy. And that will be reflected in dire economic numbers in the coming months.

Canadian economists are expecting that economic activity will shrink somewhere between 2 5 and 35 per cent over the course of the spring - a drop that is unprecedented in such a short period of time.

Over the course of 2020, the International Monetary Fund expects Canada's GDP to shrink by 6.2 per cent.

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In fact, the only comparable detonation in the economy happened during the Great Depression from 1929 through the 1930s, until the beginning of the Second World War.

Canadian economic activity dropped by about a third over that period, which was much longer than the current situation.

A recession, a depression - or somewhere in between

This has raised the question of what to call this downturn.

Is it a depression, a recession, a great recession? Or somewhere in between?

"You start talking about numbers like negative 30, negative 35, negative 40, then I think that classifies as a depression," said David Rosenberg, founder of Rosenberg Research.

Rosenberg pointed out that the Great Depression lasted for 12 years and was characterized by a real reluctance on the part of government to get involved.

'We're going to use the United States as the microcosm," said Rosenberg. "The Great Depression really began in late 1929, but it wasn't for another four years really until after F.D.R. [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] got elected that there was really an aggressive policy response."

Decades later in Canada, the federal government and Bank of Canada moved quickly to respond to the impact of COVID-19, pouring tens of billions into the economy, while slashing interest rates.

While the stimulus will significantly add to Canada's debt load, the financial pain for Canadians could be much worse without it.

Numbers off the charts

In terms of the longer term impact on the economy, the so-called " Great Recession" of 2008-2009 might be a better point of comparison, even though on the surface, the numbers Canada faces right now are much worse.

Canada's economy went into recession in 2009, and contracted by 3.3 per cent over a nine month period.

That number is a much smaller contraction than we are likely to see this spring, but in 2009 it was stretched out over the course of nearly a year.

Today's economic downturn is happening at top speed, which makes the GDP projections look worse.

"A lot of the reason these numbers look so bad on the surface is that we're compressing what would typically take eleven to twelve months to pull down on the economy into a much shorter period," said Frances Donald, chief economist at Manulife Investment Management.

"So the total extent of the damage on the economy might be similar to 2009 but we're going to go through it much more quickly and for that reason almost every economic figure that we've seen so far and we'll continue to see we'll be quite literally off the charts."

How Canada recovers is key

Whatever phrase we use to describe our current downturn is far from the most important question. What does matter is how Canada's economy recovers.

The general expectation at the moment is for recovery in the summer, but how strong that recovery will be depends on health measures such as the level of physical distancing still required to fight the pandemic.

All of a sudden, we had not just a rainy day. We had a hurricane and there is no cash to draw from. - David Rosenberg, Chief Economist at Rosenberg Research

There is a lot of pent up demand in the economy already.

For example, people will want to go for dinner or get a haircut after weeks of services being unavailable.

But there are also problems looming which are particular to Canada's economy.

"There's another important part of this story which is that Canada, unlike the United States in 2009, did not experience the same sort of pop in their housing bubble in 2009," said Manulife's Frances Donald.

"Canadians did not ... reduce their levels debt to the same extent as the United States, and for that reason Canadian consumers are in [worse] health than American consumers are."

That overhang of debt could make Canadians less likely to spend in the coming months.

As a result, people could change their approach toward savings and spending after this crisis, according to researcher David Rosenberg.

"Because the one thing that we found out is that nobody had any cash on hand. So the old saying about saving up for a rainy day. Well all of a sudden, we had not just a rainy day. We had a hurricane and there is no cash to draw from."

Written and produced by Tracy Johnson.
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One million Canadians lost their jobs in just one week in March. Millions more have applied for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit, or CERB. Businesses are closed across the country; almost no one is travelling. There is a closed sign on Canada's economy. And that will be reflected in dire economic numbers in the coming months.

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As Millions of Dollars Are Raised for Nashville Tornado Victims, Gibson is Donating Guitars to Affected Musicians

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This article is about the Gibson guitar's charitable foundation "Gibson Gives" and how they're helping many musicians that were affected by the tornado in Nashville. Dendy Jarrett, the executive director of Gibson Gives, explains how the donation process works by email to prove the damage of a guitar in order to receive a replacement guitar. This foundation also donates for other purposes such as to schools and veterans who suffer from PTSD. I think this is a really genuine thing for this company to do and it's really nice to know they've already donated $30 million worth of goods since the foundation started in 2002. I also think it's important that celebrities, such as Taylor Swift, promoted foundations for the Tennessee tornado to bring more awareness to the situation and encourage people to donate to help the people affected.

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Since Nashville is notorious for being one of the most beloved music capitals of the US, Gibson Guitars is providing a special kind of relief for musicians who may have lost their instruments during this week's series of devastating tornadoes.

Gibson Gives -the international guitar brand's charitable foundation-is offering to replace any guitars that may have been lost or damaged during the storms.

"Our goal is to get a guitar back into the hands of anyone who has had their guitar damaged or destroyed in the recent Tennessee storm," says Dendy Jarrett, executive director of Gibson Gives. "As a Nashville, Tennessee-based company, we are also engaging with our artists and other partners to provide support across many areas."

The foundation has collectively donated more than $30 million worth of goods and services since their launch in 2002. In addition to installing music rooms in Nashville high schools, they have also donated guitars and supplies to music therapy programs for veterans suffering from PTSD.

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Musicians looking to replace their guitars through the Gibson Gives Recovery Plan can email proof of loss or damage to [email protected] Replacement guitars may be prototypes or refurbished guitars that will be selected at Gibson's discretion.

Pop super star Taylor Swift-who is a Nashville native-is also contributing to tornado relief by asking her millions of fans to donate to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee's tornado relief fund.

Although Swift did not disclose to her Instagram followers exactly how much money she herself had contributed to the fund, her publicist confirmed to NBC News that she had donated $1 million.
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Since Nashville is notorious for being one of the most beloved music capitals of the US, Gibson Guitars is providing a special kind of relief for musicians who may have lost their instruments during this week's series of devastating tornadoes.

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Businesses Are Giving Away All Their Excess Toilet Paper to People in Need During COVID-19 Shutdowns -Ben Miguez

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This article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses across the world to close, leaving supermarkets and stores With large stock piles of toilet paper. Trevelino/Keller, decided to take advantage of the opportunity and give out their toilet paper for free by doing “drive-thru giveaways”. The employees of the store “hurled toilet paper “ through the windows of cars in order to give back to their community. Other businesses, such as mequon’s pizza have decided to profit off of the pandemic by allowing people who purchase pizza to buy rolls of toilet paper (6 per person maximum) if they are in need. In my opinion this is a very good business strategy as the business is continuing to profit but are not overpricing an essential product.
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Apple re-introduces budget model iPhone for September 2020 release

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This article regards the return of the budget model IPhone, the IPhone SE. A $399 IPhone, the cheapest buy almost $350. I possesses less abilities than the more pricey models but serves the basic purposes you would expect an IPhone to be able to do. This is the first time since 2016 that Apple has released an SE model,, something that will most likely appeal to people who don't wish to sell their right kidney for a new model IPhone

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Gates Foundation Commits $100 Million to Speeding Up Coronavirus Treatments and Response

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The bill gates foundation lead and owned by Bill Gates is donating 100 million dollars going towards finding a vaccine/cure to the corona virus. It is dedicated to identifying, assessing, developing, and scaling-up treatments for the virus. They are giving the money to The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to work with health organizations and the government to slow down and potentially stoping the spread and harm of COVID-19. I think this is very kind and thoughtful of Bill Gates. As such a wealthy and powerful man he gives to many charities but to stand up and to take a risk of loosing his money to trying to find a vaccine that doesn't currently exist and may never be able to be properly found and affirmative in the working of stopping the virus. He is taking one for the team and shows great sensibility in his wealthiness by trying to help not just one person but the whole world.

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As part of its ongoing effort to speed-up the response to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a new initiative dedicated to identifying, assessing, developing, and scaling-up treatments for the virus.

The newly-formulated COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator -which is being funded by The Gates Foundation, London-based research charity Wellcome, and Mastercard-will play a catalytic role in accelerating and evaluating new and repurposed drugs and biologics to treat patients with COVID-19 in the immediate term, and other viral pathogens in the longer-term.

Currently, there are no broad-spectrum antivirals or immunotherapies available for the fight against emerging pathogens, and none approved for use on COVID-19.

The Gates Foundation and Wellcome are each contributing up to $50 million, while the Mastercard Impact Fund has committed up to $25 million to catalyze the initial work of the accelerator. The Gates Foundation's funding is part of its up to $100 million commitment to the COVID-19 response announced last month.

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The foundation's $100 million commitment is also being used to finance public health responses in the greater Seattle area and protective measures for at-risk populations in Africa.

"Viruses like COVID-19 spread rapidly, but the development of vaccines and treatments to stop them moves slowly," said Mark Suzman, chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "If we want to make the world safe from outbreaks like COVID-19, particularly for those most vulnerable, then we need to find a way to make research and development move faster. That requires governments, private enterprise, and philanthropic organizations to act quickly to fund R&D."

The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will work with the World Health Organization, government and private sector funders and organizations, as well as the global regulatory and policy-setting institutions to focus on drug pipeline development through manufacturing and scale-up. By sharing research, coordinating investments, and pooling resources, these efforts can help to accelerate research.

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This kind of collaboration was a key lesson from the 2014 Ebola outbreak. By providing fast and flexible funding at key stages of the development process, the Accelerator will de-risk the pathway for new drugs and biologics for COVID-19 and future epidemic threats, ensuring access in lower-resource countries.

The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will operate jointly as an initiative of the funders, drawing on expertise from inside and outside their organizations, and will also pursue several aspects of the development cycle to streamline the pathway from candidate product to clinical assessment, use, and manufacturing.

To identify candidate compounds, the Accelerator will take a three-pronged approach: testing approved drugs for activity against COVID-19, screening libraries of thousands of compounds with confirmed safety data, and considering new investigational compounds and monoclonal antibodies. Drugs or monoclonal antibodies that pass initial screening would then be developed by an industry partner.

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The biotech and pharmaceutical industries will be critical partners, bringing their compound libraries and clinical data to the collaboration and lending commercialization and other expertise that will be required to scale up successful drugs and monoclonal antibodies. In parallel to the development of the COVID-19 drug pipeline, the Accelerator will work with regulators to align criteria and develop manufacturing capacity with industry. An accelerated pathway to bringing effective treatments to patients is around one year for products that have current regulatory approval or candidates with existing clinical data. The timeline would be longer for compounds further upstream in the pipeline that have limited existing clinical data.

Dr. Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome said: "Science is moving at a phenomenal pace against COVID-19, but to get ahead of this epidemic we need greater investment and to ensure research co-ordination. The Therapeutics Accelerator will allow us to do this for potential treatments with support for research, development, assessment, and manufacturing.

"COVID-19 is an extremely challenging virus, but we've proved that through collaborating across borders we can tackle emerging infectious diseases," he added. "We must strive to strengthen efforts in the face of COVID-19, and in doing so, continue to make sure advances are accessible and affordable to all. Investing now, at scale, at risk and as a collective global effort is vital if we are to change the course of this epidemic. We welcome others to join us in this effort."

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While antiviral drugs are approved to lessen the severity of seasonal flu and treat HIV, among other viral diseases, none have demonstrated efficacy against the current epidemic. One reason for the lack of effective treatments is that products may not have an immediate market, which can slow or prevent their research and commercial development. The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator is designed to help by bringing together resources and expertise to lower the financial and technical risk for academia, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies, while ensuring that these products are accessible and affordable to people in low-resource settings. The expertise of pharmaceutical companies will be critical in identifying, researching, and commercializing successful drugs.
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Working in Secret, Bill Gates-Backed Company Reveals Tech That Could Spell the End of Fossil Fuels - Trace Mendel

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Working in Secret, Bill Gates-Backed Company Reveals Tech That Could Spell the End of Fossil Fuels - Trace Mendel

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An energy company named Heliogen that's backed by Bill Gates has just come out with an announcement of new revolutionary technology to help against the issue of climate change. With the use of this tech, it can very well replace the use of fossil fuels in critical industrial processes. Heliogen's goal is to completely replace fossil fuels with a much more eco-friendly type of energy. They have already accomplished a lot and are taking big steps in fighting climate change

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A secret clean energy startup backed by Bill Gates has just gone public with the announcement of its new technology that uses concentrated solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit)-and it could be a game-changer in the fight against the climate crisis.

For perspective, that kind of heat is about one-quarter of the temperatures found on the surface of the sun. At that temperature, the energy company-Heliogen-can replace the use of fossil fuels in critical industrial processes, including the production of cement, steel, and petrochemicals, dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions from these activities.

This singular scientific achievement was accomplished at Heliogen's commercial facility in Lancaster, California.

Heliogen's mission is to create the world's first technology that can commercially replace fossil fuels with carbon-free, ultra-high temperature heat from the sun and to transform sunlight into fuels at scale-taking a major step towards solving climate change.

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Its heat technology represents a key technical breakthrough for concentrated solar thermal. Previous commercial concentrating solar thermal systems have been designed to reach temperatures of up to only 565 degrees Celsius-useful for power generation, but insufficient for many industrial processes. Many of these processes require much higher temperatures, which have traditionally been reached through the burning of fossil fuels.

The potential impact of Heliogen's patented technology is massive. With temperatures from its concentrating solar thermal technology exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius, Heliogen will be able to replace the fuel that generates greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes with solar energy for the first time. For instance, cement production-one of the industrial processes well suited to Heliogen's technology-alone accounts for more than 7% of global CO2 emissions.

"Today, industrial processes like those used to make cement, steel, and other materials are responsible for more than a fifth of all emissions," said Bill Gates. "These materials are everywhere in our lives but we don't have any proven breakthroughs that will give us affordable, zero-carbon versions of them. If we're going to get to zero-carbon emissions overall, we have a lot of inventing to do. I'm pleased to have been an early backer of [this] novel solar concentration technology. Its capacity to achieve the high temperatures required for these processes is a promising development in the quest to one day replace fossil fuel."

In addition to industrial process heat, Heliogen's technology roadmap calls for temperatures up to 1,500 degrees Celsius. At that temperature, Heliogen can perform CO2-splitting and water-splitting to make 100% fossil-free fuels such as hydrogen or syngas.

Heliogen is able to achieve these breakthrough temperatures as a result of its technology that uniquely uses advanced computer vision software to hyper-accurately align a large array of mirrors to reflect sunlight to a single target.

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The firm's founder and chief executive officer is Bill Gross, a lifelong entrepreneur and founder of Idealab. The Heliogen team includes scientists and engineers from Caltech, MIT, and other leading institutions and is based in Pasadena, California.

"The world has a limited window to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions," said Heliogen CEO and founder Bill Gross, who is also the founder and chairman of Idealab.

"We've made great strides in deploying clean energy in our electricity system. But electricity accounts for less than a quarter of global energy demand. Heliogen represents a technological leap forward in addressing the other 75% of energy demand: the use of fossil fuels for industrial processes and transportation. With low-cost, ultra-high temperature process heat, we have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions to solving the climate crisis."

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Working in Secret, Bill Gates-Backed Solar Company Reveals Tech That Could Spell the End of Fossil Fuels

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A secret clean energy startup backed by Bill Gates has just gone public with the announcement of its new technology that uses concentrated solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit)-and it could be a game-changer in the fight against the climate crisis.

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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days—And is Donating 5,000

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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days—And is Donating 5,000

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James Dyson is an English inventer and the creater of Dyson vacums. After recieving a request for a ventilator from Prime Minister Borris Johnso, Dyson created one in just 10 days. The UK then placed an oder for 10000, in which the billionaire decided to donate 5000 more with that order. That is a very noble move by James Dyson as he could sell them for a lot of money considering the time and circumstance.

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James Dyson, the manufacturing mastermind behind cyclone vacuum technology and other inventions, received a personal call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to build ventilators-a medical device sorely needed in the treating of COVID-19 patients.

"A ventilator supports a patient who is no longer able to maintain their own airways, but sadly there is currently a significant shortage, both in the UK and other countries around the world," Dyson wrote in a letter to his employees.

Ever eager to play Nikola Tesla, Dyson and his company got to work and-in just ten days-invented and built a brand new easily duplicated ventilator.

"This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume," said the English innovator.

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The British government put in a purchase order for the first 10,000 units. Already a billionaire, Dyson is donated 5,000 more to international hospitals that are short on emergency equipment.

UK Business Minister Alok Sharma said he wanted to see "prototypes coming forward in a matter of weeks before we move into large scale production," in a BBC Radio 4 interview, adding later that any model had to meet National Health Service requirements and are safe to use.

"The core challenge was how to design and deliver a new, sophisticated medical product in volume and in an extremely short space of time," Dyson said, according to CNN. "The race is now on to get it into production."

Production for the ventilators is slated to be finished in early April, which could be vital to curbing some of the more fatal cases of the virus.
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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days-And is Donating 5,000

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James Dyson, the manufacturing mastermind behind cyclone vacuum technology and other inventions, received a personal call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to build ventilators-a medical device sorely needed in the treating of COVID-19 patients.

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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days—And is Donating 5,000- Owen B

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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days—And is Donating 5,000- Owen B

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James Dyson, a British inventor and industrial designer received a call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying that hospitals are short on ventilators and if he would be able to build them.  Dyson and his team immediately got to work and in 10 days invented and constructed a new ventilator that is fast and easy to make.  The UK government put in an order for 10,000 ventilators and Dyson plans to donate 5,000 to hospitals who are in need.  The ventilators still need to go through assessments to make sure they are safe and once the tests are complete, they will produce more of them at a large scale.  I think it is extraordinary how Dyson was able to invent a new ventilator in 10 days and make it easier to build than some of the ones that exist today.  His ventilator will help severe Covid-19 cases, where patients are unable to breathe on their own, and will potentially save many lives.  I think it is also very generous of Dyson to donate 5,000 ventilators to hospitals internationally who do not have sufficient equipment.  Hopefully, Dyson’s actions will inspire other people to help and contribute to the fight against Covid-19.

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James Dyson, the manufacturing mastermind behind cyclone vacuum technology and other inventions, received a personal call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to build ventilators-a medical device sorely needed in the treating of COVID-19 patients.

"A ventilator supports a patient who is no longer able to maintain their own airways, but sadly there is currently a significant shortage, both in the UK and other countries around the world," Dyson wrote in a letter to his employees.

Ever eager to play Nikola Tesla, Dyson and his company got to work and-in just ten days-invented and built a brand new easily duplicated ventilator.

"This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume," said the English innovator.

RELATED: Researchers Have Found a Way to Sterilize and Reuse Face Masks During Pandemic

The British government put in a purchase order for the first 10,000 units. Already a billionaire, Dyson is donated 5,000 more to international hospitals that are short on emergency equipment.

UK Business Minister Alok Sharma said he wanted to see "prototypes coming forward in a matter of weeks before we move into large scale production," in a BBC Radio 4 interview, adding later that any model had to meet National Health Service requirements and are safe to use.

"The core challenge was how to design and deliver a new, sophisticated medical product in volume and in an extremely short space of time," Dyson said, according to CNN. "The race is now on to get it into production."

Production for the ventilators is slated to be finished in early April, which could be vital to curbing some of the more fatal cases of the virus.
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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days-And is Donating 5,000

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James Dyson, the manufacturing mastermind behind cyclone vacuum technology and other inventions, received a personal call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to build ventilators-a medical device sorely needed in the treating of COVID-19 patients.

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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days—And is Donating 5,000 - Spencer Bohm

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After the UK Told James Dyson It Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 Days—And is Donating 5,000 - Spencer Bohm

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Countries all over the world are dealing with the ventilator crisis. When the U.K told James Dyson that thy needed 10,000 ventilators after a personal call from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. After the British government purchased 10,000 ventilators, James Dyson donated another 5,000. On top of that Dyson created a new prototype in just 10 days after that phone call. After a couple of weeks of testing they plan to produce them on a large scale

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Businesses Are Giving Away All Their Excess Toilet Paper to People in Need During COVID-19 Shutdowns -Sophie Charron 

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Businesses Are Giving Away All Their Excess Toilet Paper to People in Need During COVID-19 Shutdowns -Sophie Charron 

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This article talks about the kind gestures businesses are doing throughout these tough times. Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller are giving people in there community toilet paper for free. In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee-based Mequon Pizza Co also is giving a free roll of toilet paper with every large pizza bought. Movements like this are also happening in restaurants from New York to San Francisco. My opinion of this is that even thought there are difficult times for people there are still people around who are willing to help others and it is so nice to see that. it's very nice to see bad times bringing people together and this article portrays it perfectly.

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As supermarket shelves around the world are cleared of hand sanitizer and toilet paper amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, businesses are taking it upon themselves to share their wealth with community members in need.

Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller is just one of many companies that have temporarily closed down during the quarantine. With storage closets filled with enough toilet paper for 1,000 employees, the company decided to give away all of their TP for free.

The company has since launched the Toilet Paper Exchange -an employee-run initiative to distribute the toilet paper to the community through "Toilet Paper Tosses".

Company employees have already given away heaps of toilet paper by hosting drive-thru giveaways during which they maintain social distancing by hurling rolls of TP through peoples' car windows

In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee-based Mequon Pizza Co. has taken a similar approach by giving away free rolls of toilet paper with their pizza deliveries.

"Our regular, massive shipment was just delivered so for every large pizza you purchase we will give you a free roll of Cottonelle, 2-ply toilet paper, if you need it! Just ask," the restaurant wrote on Facebook. "If you need toilet paper, rolls are available for purchase (limit 6) at our cost of $1."

While other individuals and restaurants from New York to San Francisco have also started their own toilet paper exchanges, they are all hoping to inspire other people to take similar action in their own neighborhoods.
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Businesses Are Giving Away All Their Excess Toilet Paper to People in Need During COVID-19 Shutdowns

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As supermarket shelves around the world are cleared of hand sanitizer and toilet paper amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, businesses are taking it upon themselves to share their wealth with community members in need. Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller is just one of many companies that have temporarily closed down during the quarantine.

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Sisters Successfully Pressure Kellogg's Food Company into Sustainably Sourcing All Their Palm Oil to Help Orangutangs            -Michael R

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Sisters Successfully Pressure Kellogg's Food Company into Sustainably Sourcing All Their Palm Oil to Help Orangutangs            -Michael R

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This article explained how 12-year-old Asha Fitzpatrick and her 10-year-old sister Jia were able to convince Kellogg to obtain their palm oil in a more sustainable way. After watching a documentary on orphaned orangutangs, the two sisters decided to start a petiton. The petition gained 780,000 signatures and got the attention of Kellogg's chief, who wanted to have a meeting with the sisters. Since then, Kellogg's bosses have vowed to nominate "trusted NGOs" to manage the company's proposed switch to segregated palm oil, a more sustainable source of the food and cosmetics ingredient.

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Corporate food giant Kellogg's is moving to import all of their palm oil from sustainable sources before 2025-and it's all thanks to the work of two young English sisters who were moved to help endangered orangutans.

12-year-old Asha Fitzpatrick and her 10-year-old sister Jia stopped eating Kellogg's cereals and petitioned the firm to improve its palm oil policy after watching a documentary about orphaned orangutans.

Despite its humble beginnings, their petition has since racked up more than 780,000 signatures. Not only that, it caught the eye of Kellogg's chiefs who invited the determined sisters to a meeting.

The sisters first met the firm's executives in 2018 to discuss possible changes to where they source their palm oil. The clear-cutting in forests to make way for new palm crops have been blamed for devastating the orangutans' natural habitat.

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Since then, impressed Kellogg's bosses have pledged to appoint "trusted NGOs" (or nonprofits) to oversee the firm's planned switch to segregated palm oil-a more sustainable form of the ingredient widely used in food and cosmetics.

Alison Last, a spokeswoman for Kellogg's, said: "In February 2020, Kellogg updated its Global Palm Oil Policy and launched its Global Deforestation Policy, as well as plans that reflect an evolution of the company's strategies and actions to further drive impact at scale.

"...Kellogg's is committed to working with its global palm oil suppliers to source fully traceable palm oil that is produced in a manner that's environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable, which includes helping to mitigate deforestation."

In a policy document handed to the Kirkpatricks, Kellogg's confirmed that it is now "committed" to sourcing 100% of its palm oil sustainably by 2025.

The firm currently sources 15% of its palm oil from uncertified producers and offsets the costs by purchasing environmental "credits" from the conservation nonprofit Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil.

Additionally, the food giant has pledged to partner with "trusted" NGOs and work with smallholders to "combat deforestation and support forest restoration."

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The company announced the move in a meeting with the sisters on Friday, 18 months after they first launched their petition.

Harvinder Dhinsa, the girls' delighted mum, said: "They were really surprised by the announcement.

"They weren't expecting such a commitment. I'm really proud of them," she added. "It shows no matter how small you are that you have a voice and people will listen."

Dhinsa, who is from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, said her daughters have decided to keep the petition active in order to ensure that Kellogg's management keeps their word.

"If they don't follow through, we will be on their backs," she added. "The announcement is great, but we need to keep their feet to the fire and ensure changes are made before we can say it's done.

"That's why the petition stays open and we are still calling for signatures."

RELATED: 13-Year-old Opened a Bakery So He Could Give Pastries Away to the Homeless

Dhinsa said the girls' petition gained momentum after environmental charity Greenpeace launched a campaign to save the endangered orangutans in Borneo that are losing their homes and habitats to palm oil production.

The girls first met with Kellogg's chiefs, including Oli Morton, managing director for Western Europe, back in 2018.

"The first meeting was a bit of a charm offensive," recalled Dhinsa. They gave the girls cereal boxes, posed for photos and spoke about changing their policy."

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In the second meeting last year, Dhinsa said the girls left "disappointed" after the managers seemed to backtrack on their previous claims.

"They rolled back on the commitment saying they were a small player in the global palm oil market without much power to change things," said the mother. "But on Friday, our third meeting, the firm's tone became very positive.

"I'm certain that increased media coverage on climate change, the Australian forest fires and figures like Greta Thunberg have encouraged their new stance."

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Dhinsa said Kellogg's bosses have agreed to meet with the girls again in six months to update them on their progress, and to tell them which NGOs they have appointed for the transition.

Now, the young sisters are considering approaching other firms to see whether they will "step up" and follow Kellogg's lead.
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Sisters Successfully Pressure Kellogg's Food Company into Sustainably Sourcing All of Their Palm Oil to Help Orangutans

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Corporate food giant Kellogg's is moving to import all of their palm oil from sustainable sources before 2025-and it's all thanks to the work of two young English sisters who were moved to help endangered orangutans.

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Chinese Company Ships Crates of Masks to Italy Covered in Italian Poetry: We Are "leaves of the same tree"

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Chinese Company Ships Crates of Masks to Italy Covered in Italian Poetry: We Are "leaves of the same tree"

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This article explains how a Chinese company shipped thousands of masks to Italy in the country's time of need. The masks had Italian poetry all over for a true Italian romantic feeling. "We are leaves on the same Tree" describes how everyone is going through tough times with this pandemic around the world and how China is dealing with the same problems as Italy. The company was an additional helping hand for Italy supplying them with mask for people to be safe.

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Chinese Company Ships Crates of Masks to Italy Covered in Italian Poetry: We Are ‘Leaves of the Same Tree’

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Chinese Company Ships Crates of Masks to Italy Covered in Italian Poetry: We Are ‘Leaves of the Same Tree’

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This article is about how a Chinese company shipped a lot of masks to Italy in there time of need. Xiaomi International (pronounced Sheeow-mee) announced the donation on its Facebook page March 5, saying the company felt a responsibility to a market which had welcomed them so warmly when the smartphone maker expanded into Italy two years ago. This donation really helped Italy get through this tough times.

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion—28% of His Net Worth—to COVID-19 Relief EffortsBy McKinley Corbley - Apr 8, 2020 (Jayme Douglas)

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion—28% of His Net Worth—to COVID-19 Relief EffortsBy McKinley Corbley - Apr 8, 2020 (Jayme Douglas)

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This article talks about and explains why Jack Dorsey (founder of Twitter)  pledged $1 Billion to COVID-19 relief efforts. His donation is 28% of his net worth. Some ask why now, and he responds saying the need for the money is urgent and he wants to inspire others to do something similar. Jack Dorsey goes on to say that once this global pandemic is over he will switch his donations to UBI and girl's health and education. "I believe they represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world" Dorset said in a tweet. In believe this is a great thing that Jack Dorsey did, not only because of the large amount of money that he donated but also that this will influence other people to do the same. Even if others don't donate a large amount of money every dollar counts.

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts.

The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

Dorsey wrote in a Twitter post that he now plans on selling his Square equity since he currently owns more shares in Square than Twitter, and he hopes to reduce the impact of the donation by selling them over an extended period of time.

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As the funds are distributed to various relief efforts through the Start Small Foundation, Dorsey plans to offer full transparency of his donations by tracking them through a public Google document.

"I'm moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to [Start Small] LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI," wrote Dorsey.

"Why pull just from Square and not Twitter? Simply: I own a lot more Square. And I'll need to pace the sales over some time. The impact this money will have should benefit both companies over the long-term because it's helping the people we want to serve," he continued.

MORE: These Optimistic COVID-19 Updates Give Us the Evidence We Need for Hope in April

"Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now."

In addition to Dorsey's donation being one of the most impressive contributions towards novel coronavirus relief efforts to date, Deadline reports that it may be the largest private donation to a global cause since CNN founder Ted Turner committed $1 billion towards the creation of the United Nations Foundation in 1997.
This is just one of many positive stories and updates that are coming out of the COVID-19 news coverage this week. For more uplifting coverage on the outbreaks, click here.

Why UBI and girl's health and education? I believe they represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world. UBI is a great idea needing experimentation. Girl's health and education is critical to balance: https://t.co/dC3dU6hvxB
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now. ✌🏼
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Multiply The Good News By Sharing This Article With Your Friends On Social Media - Feature photo by JD Lasica, CC

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion-28% of His Net Worth-to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts. The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

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In this article one of the founders of Twitter Jack Dorsey pledges a 1 billion dollar donation to COVID-19 Relief efforts. His donation is 28% of his net worth which is an extremely large amount of money. I think it’s very good to see that people who are more wealthy then other are willing to donate such a big donation to help during this difficult time.

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts.

The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

Dorsey wrote in a Twitter post that he now plans on selling his Square equity since he currently owns more shares in Square than Twitter, and he hopes to reduce the impact of the donation by selling them over an extended period of time.

RELATED: Bill Gates is Now Building Factories to Produce 7 of the Most Promising COVID-19 Vaccines

As the funds are distributed to various relief efforts through the Start Small Foundation, Dorsey plans to offer full transparency of his donations by tracking them through a public Google document.

"I'm moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to [Start Small] LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI," wrote Dorsey.

"Why pull just from Square and not Twitter? Simply: I own a lot more Square. And I'll need to pace the sales over some time. The impact this money will have should benefit both companies over the long-term because it's helping the people we want to serve," he continued.

MORE: These Optimistic COVID-19 Updates Give Us the Evidence We Need for Hope in April

"Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now."

In addition to Dorsey's donation being one of the most impressive contributions towards novel coronavirus relief efforts to date, Deadline reports that it may be the largest private donation to a global cause since CNN founder Ted Turner committed $1 billion towards the creation of the United Nations Foundation in 1997.
This is just one of many positive stories and updates that are coming out of the COVID-19 news coverage this week. For more uplifting coverage on the outbreaks, click here.

Why UBI and girl's health and education? I believe they represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world. UBI is a great idea needing experimentation. Girl's health and education is critical to balance: https://t.co/dC3dU6hvxB
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now. ✌🏼
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Multiply The Good News By Sharing This Article With Your Friends On Social Media - Feature photo by JD Lasica, CC

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion-28% of His Net Worth-to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts. The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

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Boy in Wheelchair Left Awestruck After Seeing Target Store Ad Featuring Boy ‘Like Him’ - Sorren M.

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Boy in Wheelchair Left Awestruck After Seeing Target Store Ad Featuring Boy ‘Like Him’ - Sorren M.

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A 2 year old boy in Massachusetts who is in a wheelchair due to medical issues had never seen kids his age who were also wheelchair bound. Until he and his parents visited a target in their neighbourhood, which featured a new ad that included a boy near his age who was in a wheelchair and smiling. The ad made him very happy according to his parents because it made him see there are other kids out there who face his same wheelchair struggle. I think this story is very inspiring as Target is a company that has always been very inclusive to all body types and conditions in their ads, as they feature plus size models, disabled models and people of colour in most of their ad campaigns. If other companies would follow in Target's footsteps, the shopping industry would feel more inclusive to a wider audience.

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This is the emotional moment that a young boy in a wheelchair was left awestruck by an advertisement featuring a child who looked just like him.

Oliver Garza-Pena-who turns 2 years old next month-has a condition called caudal regression syndrome. Since the condition impairs the development of his lower body, he relies on a wheelchair to move around.

Earlier this month, Oliver had been on a shopping trip with his parents at a Target store in Arizona when he caught sight of a clothing ad depicting another boy in a wheelchair-and he was floored.

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"Today Oliver stopped me dead in his tracks and turned back around to see this picture that he spotted! He just stared at it in awe!" his parents wrote on Facebook.

"He recognized another boy like him, smiling and laughing on a display at Target," they continued. "Oliver sees kids every day, but he never gets to see kids like him.

"This was amazing! I am so happy that other kids that pass through here with their parents will see this! There is a lot of focus on representing diversity, but representing people with disabilities is just as important!"

WATCH: When Family Can't Afford Motorized Wheelchair for 2-Year-Old, High School Students Modify Toy Car Instead

Since they published a photo of the heartwarming moment to Oliver's Facebook page " Ollie's World ", it has been shared more than 30,000 times with the hashtag #RepresentationMatters.

Additionally, the post ended up reaching the news feed of the boy featured in the ad-and Ollie's parents were delighted over the chance to express their gratitude.

"This post was shared so much that it made it to the family and the boy in the Target display. Thank you Colton in Massachusetts for making a difference!!" they wrote.
Be Sure And Share This Sweet Story Of Representation With Your Friends On Social Media...

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Boy in Wheelchair Left Awestruck After Seeing Target Store Ad Featuring Boy 'Like Him'

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This is the emotional moment that a young boy in a wheelchair was left awestruck by an advertisement featuring a child who looked just like him. Oliver Garza-Pena-who turns 2 years old next month-has a condition called caudal regression syndrome. Since the condition impairs the development of his lower body, he relies on a wheelchair to move around.

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Businesses are giving away all their excess toilet paper to people in need- Zoe M

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Businesses are giving away all their excess toilet paper to people in need- Zoe M

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This article talks about the selfless acts that many businesses are taking part in. Trevelino/Keller is a marketing firm located in Atlanta, they have been running essentially a toilet paper drive through for no cost since early March. Mequon  pizza company is also participating in similar efforts by allowing customers the option to obtain up to six rolls of toilet paper for $1 when they order a medium pizza. My opinion on this article is that it very nice to be hearing good news for a change, and I believe that it is the little things like this that important during this time.

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As supermarket shelves around the world are cleared of hand sanitizer and toilet paper amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, businesses are taking it upon themselves to share their wealth with community members in need.

Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller is just one of many companies that have temporarily closed down during the quarantine. With storage closets filled with enough toilet paper for 1,000 employees, the company decided to give away all of their TP for free.

The company has since launched the Toilet Paper Exchange -an employee-run initiative to distribute the toilet paper to the community through "Toilet Paper Tosses".

Company employees have already given away heaps of toilet paper by hosting drive-thru giveaways during which they maintain social distancing by hurling rolls of TP through peoples' car windows

In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee-based Mequon Pizza Co. has taken a similar approach by giving away free rolls of toilet paper with their pizza deliveries.

"Our regular, massive shipment was just delivered so for every large pizza you purchase we will give you a free roll of Cottonelle, 2-ply toilet paper, if you need it! Just ask," the restaurant wrote on Facebook. "If you need toilet paper, rolls are available for purchase (limit 6) at our cost of $1."

While other individuals and restaurants from New York to San Francisco have also started their own toilet paper exchanges, they are all hoping to inspire other people to take similar action in their own neighborhoods.
This is just one of many positive stories and updates that are coming out of the COVID-19 news coverage this week. For more uplifting coverage on the outbreaks, click here. Multiply The Good By Sharing The Positive Story With Your Friends On Social Media...

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Businesses Are Giving Away All Their Excess Toilet Paper to People in Need During COVID-19 Shutdowns

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As supermarket shelves around the world are cleared of hand sanitizer and toilet paper amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, businesses are taking it upon themselves to share their wealth with community members in need. Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller is just one of many companies that have temporarily closed down during the quarantine.

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion—28% of His Net Worth—to COVID-19 Relief Efforts -Yordan 

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion—28% of His Net Worth—to COVID-19 Relief Efforts -Yordan 

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In this article it outlines the valiant efforts that CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has done for this pandemic. The title says it all, Jack Dorsey pledges to sell his shares in Square to fund his 1 billion dollar donation, this is also 28% of his net worth which is large sum of money. In my opinion this is a great move, no matter the amount of money everybody should be making an effort in defeating this virus and with Jack Dorsey making this move, it is honestly great. The problem is some people will always find a way to not be grateful and totally slander some of the people who donate, because of the amount donated by some billionaires, but everything counts and people shouldn't be mad and should be grateful.

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts.

The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

Dorsey wrote in a Twitter post that he now plans on selling his Square equity since he currently owns more shares in Square than Twitter, and he hopes to reduce the impact of the donation by selling them over an extended period of time.

RELATED: Bill Gates is Now Building Factories to Produce 7 of the Most Promising COVID-19 Vaccines

As the funds are distributed to various relief efforts through the Start Small Foundation, Dorsey plans to offer full transparency of his donations by tracking them through a public Google document.

"I'm moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to [Start Small] LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI," wrote Dorsey.

"Why pull just from Square and not Twitter? Simply: I own a lot more Square. And I'll need to pace the sales over some time. The impact this money will have should benefit both companies over the long-term because it's helping the people we want to serve," he continued.

MORE: These Optimistic COVID-19 Updates Give Us the Evidence We Need for Hope in April

"Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now."

In addition to Dorsey's donation being one of the most impressive contributions towards novel coronavirus relief efforts to date, Deadline reports that it may be the largest private donation to a global cause since CNN founder Ted Turner committed $1 billion towards the creation of the United Nations Foundation in 1997.
This is just one of many positive stories and updates that are coming out of the COVID-19 news coverage this week. For more uplifting coverage on the outbreaks, click here.

Why UBI and girl's health and education? I believe they represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world. UBI is a great idea needing experimentation. Girl's health and education is critical to balance: https://t.co/dC3dU6hvxB
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now. ✌🏼
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Multiply The Good News By Sharing This Article With Your Friends On Social Media - Feature photo by JD Lasica, CC

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion-28% of His Net Worth-to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts. The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion—28% of His Net Worth—to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion—28% of His Net Worth—to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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In this article Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder pledged 1 million dollars for Covid-19 relief efforts. The sum of his donation totals 28% of his networth. As well, he says that the rest of the money will go to girl’s health and education. In my opinion, I think this is a great thing for billions to do. Because of this pandemic many people are struggling and its time billionaires step up.

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts.

The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.

Dorsey wrote in a Twitter post that he now plans on selling his Square equity since he currently owns more shares in Square than Twitter, and he hopes to reduce the impact of the donation by selling them over an extended period of time.

RELATED: Bill Gates is Now Building Factories to Produce 7 of the Most Promising COVID-19 Vaccines

As the funds are distributed to various relief efforts through the Start Small Foundation, Dorsey plans to offer full transparency of his donations by tracking them through a public Google document.

"I'm moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to [Start Small] LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI," wrote Dorsey.

"Why pull just from Square and not Twitter? Simply: I own a lot more Square. And I'll need to pace the sales over some time. The impact this money will have should benefit both companies over the long-term because it's helping the people we want to serve," he continued.

MORE: These Optimistic COVID-19 Updates Give Us the Evidence We Need for Hope in April

"Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now."

In addition to Dorsey's donation being one of the most impressive contributions towards novel coronavirus relief efforts to date, Deadline reports that it may be the largest private donation to a global cause since CNN founder Ted Turner committed $1 billion towards the creation of the United Nations Foundation in 1997.
This is just one of many positive stories and updates that are coming out of the COVID-19 news coverage this week. For more uplifting coverage on the outbreaks, click here.

Why UBI and girl's health and education? I believe they represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world. UBI is a great idea needing experimentation. Girl's health and education is critical to balance: https://t.co/dC3dU6hvxB
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime. I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let's do everything we can today to help people now. ✌🏼
- jack (@jack) April 7, 2020

Multiply The Good News By Sharing This Article With Your Friends On Social Media - Feature photo by JD Lasica, CC

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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Just Pledged $1 Billion-28% of His Net Worth-to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and the Square payment platform, has announced that he is donating $1 billion to COVID-19 response and relief efforts. The financial commitment, which represents a whopping 28% of Dorsey's net worth, will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur's Square shares.