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AJ Raggs Sings for Peace & Love

Austin Tang — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:21:30 +0000

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AJ Raggs

AJ Raggs is an accomplished artist, writer, and performer, and we’re thrilled to have him on the International Day of Peace stage here in Times Square. Representing Assumption Chorale from Nashville, he will be performing his song My Kind of People, also available on Spotify. AJ is excited to share his music and storytelling with us today—let’s give a warm welcome to him!

#AJRaggs

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Thought for the Day…08/08/25

Austin Tang — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:12:01 +0000

“BE KIND WHENEVER POSSIBLE. IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.” DALAI LAMA

#DalaiLama

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Porter Bibb, A Great Man for Humankind Moves On

Austin Tang — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:29:12 +0000

Porter Bibb, a Visionary and Devotee of Southampton, Dies at 87

Porter Bibb is a man who lived many lives.

He was a journalist, an investment banker, the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and an executive producer for the Maysles Brothers. He wrote books, covered the White House for Newsweek and studied economics. He was a trend predictor, a raconteur and a creative visionary, while also a gentleman, humble and kind.

And he deeply cared for Southampton.

“I just see Porter as this Renaissance man, because he really did a lot of different things — and I think he was interested in everything,” his wife, Sandra Bibb, said last week. “He was interested in the world around him.”

On January 4, Porter Bibb died from complications of fourth-stage prostate cancer while surrounded by his immediate family at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. He was 87.

“He was very unusual and I’m very lucky to have had him for a big brother,” his sister, Elizabeth Bibb Yamashita, said. “We’re going to miss him, but he had a great life, so that’s some consolation. His three beautiful daughters, they really are terrific. So that’s his real legacy.”

David Porter Bibb III was born on April 2, 1937, into a quintessential Kentucky family in Louisville — where its members included the first and second governors of Alabama, according to his sister. He was the eldest of six, she said, and often took on a father-like role with his younger siblings, who all looked up to him.

“He was always the big brother who was off to college and being very cool,” she said, “and he would come swooping in with all sorts of very sophisticated things going on.”

Bibb was attracted to characters, Yamashita said, which began at Louisville Male High School, where he was a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association. It was essentially a fraternity, she recalled with a laugh — and there, he became good friends with Hunter S. Thompson.

“I can remember Hunter sitting at our kitchen table, yacking with my mother. My mother actually loved him,” Yamashita said of the boy, who would go on to become a renowned author and journalist. “Porter was always drawn to interesting people and very much had a kind of a global perspective very young.”

Bibb went on to study history at Yale University, earned graduate degrees from Harvard Business School and London School of Economics, and even enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, his sister said.

He was athletic, excelled at skiing and tennis, and loved the ocean. He ran five New York City Marathons, his wife said, and religiously participated in Southampton’s Polar Bear Plunge.

“We used to always tease him about being Dorian Gray, because he never looked his age,” Yamashita said. “We always said, ‘Oh, there’s a picture up in the attic somewhere that’s getting very old,’ because he just, literally, until 87, he looked 20 years, 30 years younger. He was just very, very dashing.”

Sandra Bibb first crossed paths with her future husband more than three decades ago, when they both worked in investment banking. He had awkwardly announced that he had four girlfriends — and she made it clear that she wasn’t interested.

But one Christmas Eve, that changed for her. She had invited him to a party at her home and, after everyone left, he took her out to dinner around the corner and came back to her apartment to help her tidy up.

“I was like, who does that?” she said. “Nobody does that unless you’re really good friends. It just changed the dynamic.”

They wed on June 8, 1997 — his third marriage — and became a blended family, she said. He is survived by his three daughters — Hilary Porado, Addison Porter Walker and Zoe Bright — three grandchildren, and all five of his siblings — Richard, Susannah, Walter, Robert and Elizabeth.

“He’d always write me notes, and he was always thoughtful and generous and sweet and kind and lovely,” his wife said. “He was a very, very sweet, romantic guy. I’m going to miss everything about him.”

A summer resident of Amagansett for most of his childhood, Bibb devoted his free time to his community in Southampton, where he lived for nearly 40 years. Leveraging his media, entertainment and technology experience, he was instrumental in keeping the National Public Radio affiliate, WLIU-FM, afloat after it parted ways with Stony Brook Southampton.

And toward the end of his life, he poured his energy into saving the windmill on the campus — pushing for its move to the heart of Southampton Village where it once stood, according to his colleague in the endeavor, architect Siamak Samii.

“His kindness is something that I think we can all take a lesson from because you can never go wrong with that,” he said. “Life is not easy, and there’s a lot of ups and downs, and it’s these kinds of kindnesses that makes it more bearable and somehow sweet.

“It’s like the hello that you say on the sidewalk to somebody passing by and make their day,” he said. “That’s the kind of person Porter was.”

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Thought of the Day…05/07/24

Austin Tang — Tue, 07 May 2024 19:57:54 +0000

#thoughtoftheday #trulyendless

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GoodNewsLetter: Earth & Peace Day, HOMELESS CRISIS EVERYWHERE…

Austin Tang — Fri, 05 May 2023 19:29:13 +0000

2023. www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

We have dedicated our lives and Good News Media to find, receive

or create Life Affirming, Positive Media. However, there is War. Murder, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Floods, Draught, Unclean Water, Cancer…in essence BAD NEWS. In all our programming we share the people who are DOING GOOD TO FIX THE BAD NEWS. We support them with our media, pray that more join them, Pay it Forward!

To donate to our Nonprofit Media go to: https://goodnewsplanet.com/pausetheworld/peace-day-donations/

To Volunteer call Paul 212 647 1212, we need and appreciate you.

REMEMBER MOST OF THE WORLD IS FULL OF GOOD NEWS AND KIND, LOVING & CARING PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND PLANT KINGDOMS. WE ARE ONE. OM.

Last night, I covered a gathering to discuss: Jewish Clergy and NYC Elected Officials Advocate for Housing Justice. We interviewed NYC Council Speaker Adams and then shared her speech at the event. Her overall passion for humanity was beautiful, especially her feelings about the NYC Subway Death of a Homeless Man. . We also asked NYC Comptroller Brad Lander to share his Good News, here is the link.

Jewish Clergy and NYC Elected

Officials Advocate for Housing

Justice

Pause the World for Peace, 2023 Events for Mother Earth…

Earth & Water Day Times Square LIVE 5 Hour Broadcast Concert, April 22, 2023 11:00AM – 4PM EST. TV/Podcast

Was a GREAT SUCCESS FOR MOTHER EARTH

JOIN US – MOTHER EARTH IS CALLING

New York, NY – For Immediate Release. April 27, 2023. FOR INFORMATION: Contact paul.sladkus@goodnewsbroadcast.com and or call 212 647 1212.

WHAT & WHERE: Earth & Water Day, April 22, 2023 LIVE IN TIMES SQUARE was held from 11am – 4pm est. for a LIVE 5 Hour Broadcast and can be seen at: https://fb.watch/k54Xkqw_HK/. We are doing some final editing so stay tuned. Our broadcaster went to the UNIFY community who has 130 Million Reach for Facebook Followers and received 2 Billion Hits in 2017 for Peace Day and soon to be on www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast with 165,000 Views last month, also in China with Weiwei Gao 200 Million Audience and around the world. Entertainment & More… The Press conference from the event, which was held on World Water Day March 22 can be seen on http://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2023/04/04/world-water-day-march-22-2023/ . Everything can be seen at our main website www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

Why: MOTHER EARTH IS CALLING. Only 1% of all our water on Earth is fresh. Tornados, earthquakes, flooding, sea level rising, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) causes 1.4 Million people to die and 74 million lives shorted, 1 in 4 people/2 billion lack safe drinking water, 3.6 billion lack safe sanitation, 44 % households wastewater is not safe (UN/WHO).

Key Note Speakers: Our broadcast talent and speakers shared their up-beat, life-affirming work… in essence, The Good News is what that they are doing to help Mother Earth Heal. Virtually Peace Messengers, i.e. Ringo Starr started the broadcast and asked for a Moment of Silence for Peace, then Dr. Jane Goodall shared her concern for our environment, other celebrities, i.e. Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, Shakira share messages for us to do better and we will. Also virtually, Mayor Adams Citation, NYC Pastor Monrose, Executive Director Faith Based, Keynote from NYC Chief Climate Officer and Department of Environmental Protection Commissionaire Aggarwala, Surgeons Dr. Zhang Mt. Sinai/NY, Dr. Kalumuna, Dr. Joseph/ Uganda, Dentist Dr. Jacobs, Reid Stowe, Soanya & Darshan 1,152 Days at Sea WORLD RECORD, UNBLINDED Sean Callagy and Andrea Cataneo, AY Young/Battery Tour/UN Sustainable Goals “Only American” Speaker, YOU GOT THIS KID, Quinnipiac University (GO BOBCATS!), BLUEVIEW Biodegradable Footwear, AMJ Global/Immersive Technology, DSM Energy, Kilows, Powertron, Mission 6 IO, integrated Nano Magnetics, AMG Global/Immersive Technology, Mrs. Ying Cui/Beijing Keying Media Co./ China Tiger, Snow & Ice China Coproduced with Heilongjiang Film Studio Co., Virgin Hotels/NY/Sustainability, Deloitte/Donna Szatkowski-Zych/ Audit Partner who leads their Tri-State Inclusion Council and serves as the US Sustainability and Climate Leader for their Insurance clients.”

Corporations/Individuals: Deloitte, Virgin Hotels/NY, YOU GOT THIS KID, Quinnipiac University (GO BOBCATS!), BLUEVIEW Biodegradable Footwear, AMJ Global/Immersive Technology, Andrea Cataneo, Renée S. Edelman, DSM Energy Rick Rosenstire, Kilows, Powertron, Mission 6 IO,

integrated Nano Magnetics, Playa Betty/Mexican Food/Margarita, SaraBeth Restaurants/Bakery, Montauk Manor, Hugg-A-Planet, Animodules, Peace Lights, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, 5 Star Diamond Award, Fine Quality Events, X~Stream Broadcasting, UNIFY, Times Square Alliance, New York City Parks & Recreation.

Entertainers: Michael Fitzpatrick, Georgia Fumanti, Indiggo Twins, Marvin Hamlisch International Music Award recipient Sophia Angelica “Flying On”, Family Film Awards/Ms. Ma, Parrots for Peace, Wonderama, Stephen Joseph/Comedy, Chip Shelton PeaceTime, Pete Seeger/Sharon Benson/NY Friends of Clear Water, Montauk Film Festival/Surfing 50 States, Friends of Clearwater, Cristina Fontanelli, Paul Sladkus/Sax, WE.net, Charity:Water, Guardians of the Forest/Amazon, Original Play “Earth Quakes’, Michael Ress, David Hernandez-American Idol, HealRWorld, Carmen Olivia, Eric LeDuc/Movement for Stiff-person syndrome, UNIFY, Host Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths & Spiritual, Chris Breslin, Cristina Fontanelli, …more to come.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

WHO: Good News Corporation, GNC, a nonprofit, 501 C 3, est. 2002 has been creating International Peace Day Events since 2002. They continue to support MOTHER EARTH & PEACE, with a mission to create life affirming, thought provoking, Good News, Entertainment and Events and share them with the world. Our website is www.pausetheworldforpeace.org and our broadcast partners: www.goodnewsplanet.TV, www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast, www.unify.org The Founder, Paul Sladkus, former worked on over 150 Network Shows: CBS TV, All in the Family, Sonny & Cher, Carol Burnett, Captain Kangaroo, Love of Life….PBS/Channel 13 The Nature & Brain Series. As well at Founder of Milestone Broadcast Corporation, est. 1985, A Full Service Multicultural Marketing and Advertising Organization.

Later this year: The UN International Day of Peace, September 21, 2023 in Times Square 11AM-4PM est. and around the world. GNC has be strengthening this Peace message since 2002 in Central Park and Times Square. A 9 11 Times Square Event is being planned. Ringo Starr Virtually will request a Moment of Silence for Peace at all events, 193 Countries of the UN who agreed to support the day, which asks for a MOMENT OF SILENCE, CEASE FIRE, ACTS OF KINDNESS/PEACE.

LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

For more information contact:

Paul Sladkus, 212 647 1212

New York, NY, Montauk, NY

PS – SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FRIENDS AND MEMBERS: Looking for a vacation rental, SHORT TERM, in Montauk, NY. Call Paul Sladkus. https://goodnewsplanet.com/montauk-manor-rental-suite-403-paul-sladkus/

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GoodNewsLetter: SUMERGE… Circle of Life, BE KIND…Mayor Adams/Pastor Monrose

Austin Tang — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:29:08 +0000

Talking about Mother Earth please join us for the Annual SUBMERGE Mega Marine Life Event on Pier 84/Hudson River on Friday 10/14 10am-2pm and Saturday 10/15, 11am-3pm. I am overseeing the talent on the Science Stage and there are some great Mother Nature & STEM performers, there are also over 40 booths about our water/nature and there will be over 8,000 people attending, many of our NYC Students. JOIN US… https://hudsonriverpark.org/visit/events/event/submerge-marine-science-festival-3/

As you know we just finished our International Day of Peace events on 9/11 and 9/21 in Times Square. We worked with the administration of the City of New York to have their support. New York City Mayor Adams has been involved with our Peace Day Event in the past and honored it again this year, along with his Faith Based and Community Affairs Executive Pastor Monrose.

Our partners, we.net and broadcaster UNIFY want to thank the Mayor Adams and Pastor Monrose for their support. Here is a link to the Mayor’s Tweet and Pastor Monrose speaking at our Press Conference. Please take a look.

http://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2022/10/13/nyc-major-adams-nyc-pastor-monrose-at-international-day-of-peace/

Once again, we thank you for all the positive feedback that we just received from our Times Square International Day of Peace event on September 21. Please go to www.pausetheworldforpeace.org to see the 5 hour live broadcast with performers and speakers who truly have something to share with the world.

Lastly, keeping our Good News alive is very expensive and our Humanitarian Peace efforts a totally nonprofit please donate and tell others to support us. We are all in this together. You can receive an award for it…hugg-a-planets, trip to Montauk Manor all tax deductible, please go to: https://goodnewsplanet.com/pausetheworld/peace-day-donations/

“All we are is what we are with each other.” Zeal

With Respect. Love and May Peace Prevail on Earth, For Information

Contact:

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual,

Founder, Good News Corporation 501 C 3 212 647 1212

paul.sladkus@goodnewsbroadcast.com

and our Good News and Peace Worldwide Team who make our Peace

Day 9/21 happen.

www.pausetheworldforpeace.org, www.goodnewsplanet.com,

www.peacedayparty.org, www.goodnewsbroadcast.com,

www.9-21.org, www.momentofsilenceforpeace.org, www.we.net

(We the World, Rick Ulfic), www.unify.org

LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

For more information contact:

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual 212 647 1212

New York, NY, Montauk, NY

call me. Paul 917 687 1790

#goodnewsletter #sumerge #circleoflife #kind #mayoradams #pastormonrose #peanuts #snoppy #nasa #moon #earth #people #plants #animals #humanitarian #peace #faith

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Thought of the Day…10/14/22

Austin Tang — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:29:14 +0000

Choose To Be

KIND.

Many Are Facing Difficult Times,

Filled With Uncertainty And Sadness.

If You Can Add Joy To Someone’s Life,

Do It, Because,

What You Give, You Receive!

It’s The Circle Of Life

#choose #kind #facing #difficulttimes #uncertainty #sadness #joy #life #give #receive #circleoflife

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Thought for the Day

Austin Tang — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:56:03 +0000

**Our trip is Very Short*

I’ve read this atleast 5 times since this morning.

*It’s so true and beautifully written*

A woman climbed up the bus and sat down beside a man, hitting him with her numerous bags.

When the man remained silent, the woman asked him why he did not complain when she hit him with her bags ?

The man replied with a Smile:
“There is no need to be upset about something so insignificant, as our journey together is so short,
because I’m getting off at the next stop ”

This answer disturbed the woman so much , she asked the man to excuse her and thought the words needs to be written in gold

Each of us must understand that our time in this world is so short, that darkening it with useless arguments, jealousy, not forgiving others, discontentment and bad attitudes are a ridiculous waste of time and energy.

Did someone break your heart?
Stay calm.
The trip is too short

Did someone betray you, intimidate, cheat or humiliate you?
Relax – Don’t be Stressed
The trip is too short.

Did someone insult you without reason?
Stay calm. Ignore it.
The trip is too short.

Did some one make a comment that you didn’t like?
Stay calm. Ignore. Forgive, keep them in your prayers & love them still for no reason.
The trip is too short.

Whatever the problems some bring to us, it is a problem only if we think of it, remember
that our journey together is too short.

No one knows the length of our trip. No one has seen tomorrow. Nobody knows when it will arrive at its stop.

Our trip together is too short.

Let us appreciate friends and family. Keep them in good humor. Respect them. Let us be respectful, kind, loving & forgiving.

Because we will be filled with gratitude and joy, after all Our trip together is very short.

Share your smiles with everyone….
choose your path to be as beautiful as you wish it to be
*Our trip is Very Short*

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Looking for Good News – Nat’l. Random Acts of Kindness Day is Feb 17

Austin Tang — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:44:04 +0000

Good afternoon,

Who couldn’t use some good news? Neighbors helping neighbors. Folks lending strangers a helping hand. We can all use just a little bit more positivity in our lives. Ahead of Random Acts of Kindness Day, tomorrow Thursday, February 17, 2022, we wanted to share some inspiring stories of folks turning to GoFundMe across the country to give back in their communities and show them what the power of help can do for others. Random Acts of Kindness Day celebrates and encourages random acts of kindness and is part of Random Acts of Kindness week which is celebrated February 13-19, 2022.

Below are a few examples of people actively working to make a difference in their communities through small, random acts of kindness:

In Corinth, Texas, Wayne Tomlinson used the app ‘NextDoor’ to help 52 people in 21 months in his community suffering economic stress during the beginning of the pandemic. He assisted with things including helping with past due rent and mortgage payments, utilities, finding jobs, providing needed food and clothing, and more.

In Whittier, California more than $57,000 has been raised for a man named Peter, who is deaf and blind and uses American Sign Language to communicate. Peter works at the local Trader Joe’s and is on the verge of homelessness every month and doesn’t have health insurance. Folks in the community want to help pay his rent, buy him food and fix the truck he uses to get to work, and any medical bills he has incurred during his recent 28-day stay in the ICU for non-covid related issues.

In Hamilton, Georgia, Aaron Best is working to surprise his neighbor with a new roof on his dilapidated Farm House. The older resident is terrified of heights and doesn’t have the means to fix it. Best updates his progress on his Youtube channel.

In Los Angeles, volunteers are looking to bring karaoke back to Skid Row after having to shut down due to the pandemic.

In Louisburg, North Carolina, Susan Roberts is lending a helping hand to a local community member battling oral cancer who is unable to fix a broken well-pump used to funnel water to his home.

In Nampa, Idaho, residents are coming together to help Kerry Judd, a 71-year-old DoorDash driver who works to make ends meet after his wife died some years ago.

Kwane Stewart in Los Angeles, known as the ‘Street Vet’, offers his services to pets and owners experiencing homelessness and/or financial hardship. His random acts of kindness, which started in the fall of 2019, have inspired more than $200,000 in donations. For those looking to provide their own little random act of kindness for someone in need, all funds go to his non-profit, Project Street Vet, which provides free veterinary care, treatment, and pet support. Read more about Kwane’s efforts to protect the human-animal bond in January’s Smithsonian Magazine. To donate to Kwane’s cause visit: Project Street Vet on GoFundMe.

Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to get in touch with any of the organizers.

With gratitude,

#kindness #love #kind #care #relationship #national #random #acts #day

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Mark Segelnick shares Jewish News Years Thanks Shalom

Austin Tang — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:13:11 +0000

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It is not what we have in life that matters but who we have in life that matters. As I reflect upon the continued opportunities and growth of this past year, which would have been impossible were it not for the assistance, kind words and camaraderie of my clients, colleagues and friends, I again would like to personally thank you and wish you and your loved ones a Happy, Healthy, and sweet New Year. A year of growth, health, prosperity and peace. May you and your loved ones be sealed in a book filled with Honey and all that is sweet. שנה טובה ומתוקה

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