Progress Report - Universal Balance Project

New Bank in The Spirit of Walden Will Lend and Invest Only in Local New England Agriculture February 3, 2023
In New England, entrepreneurs have taken an unorthodox path to support local and sustainable agriculture—they started a bank. Encapsulating the spirit of Thoreau, Walden Mutual Bank, newly approved by the FDIC, is reviving the mutual savings bank in order to direct a community’s savings towards supporting local food operations that are trying to grow US agriculture […]
Andy Corbley
Man Sprints Along 4-Lane Snowy Highway to Stop Woman’s Runaway Car February 3, 2023
When a Massachusetts woman lost consciousness at the wheel of her car on the highway, she can thank her lucky stars she did it in view of Adolfo Molina. The tall and powerful Dominican sprinted across a 4-lane highway in the snow to try and stop her car as it brushed against the guardrails while […]
Andy Corbley
Turning Problematic Sea Algae into a Replacement for Plastic in Common Products February 3, 2023
After a Finnish scuba diver saw how harmful out-of-control algae blooms could be to the marine environment below their green clouds, she founded a refining company that harvests the algae and turns it into all kinds of products. Certain components of algae have similarities to petroleum-based chemicals, and this similarity allows for the replication of […]
Andy Corbley
Japanese Archaeologists Find Beautiful Bronze Mirror Buried With a 7-Foot-Long Sword February 3, 2023
The Japanese penchant for wielding large curved swords goes back much further in time than previously thought, the new excavation of a 4th-century tomb revealed. In the western city of Nara, a tomb inside a funerary mound uncovered a 7.5-foot-long sword and a large bronze mirror, which amount to first-of-their-kind-finds on the islands. The tomb […]
Andy Corbley
Try Your Hand at Haiku: Newspaper in Japan Selects Poems Each Day from Reader Submission February 2, 2023
Five minutes slow My wall clock celebrating A new year That was today’s poem for the English-language haiku section on the website of Japan’s oldest daily newspaper, the Mainichi. 365 days a year, the Mainichi publishes reader-submitted haiku in English from readers all over the world. In certain circumstances, the editors will include critical comments […]
Andy Corbley

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