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After Getting $4.99 Cheese-making Kit for Christmas He Now Runs His Own Creamery And Wins Awards (LOOK)

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Mathew Lloyd with homemade cheese – The Rennet Works / SWNS
Mathew Lloyd with homemade cheese – The Rennet Works / SWNS

A father-of-five who was given a $4.99 cheese-making kit as a Christmas present now runs his own artisan creamery in his garage—and is winning multiple awards for his tasty creations.

Matthew Lloyd’s interest in cheddars and edams was sparked five Christmases ago when his sister-in-law gave him the novelty set that included a cloth, a thermometer, and a rennet tablet containing milk-curdling enzymes, enough for one batch of cheese.

The cheese making process was so enjoyable that Mr. Lloyd began experimenting with different varieties and flavors.

The construction consultant now sells the homemade goods from his backyard creamery called The Rennet Works in Shropshire, England—and is on the way to transforming his hobby into a full-time career.

“I absolutely love the science of turning milk into cheese products,” says the 50-year-old.

“Some people hit middle age and buy golf clubs, I bought massive pots and a micro lab.”

He taught himself the nuances of cheese making, learning all he could from books and the internet.

Mathew Lloyd making cheese in his shop, The Rennet Works / SWNS

“I’ve got lots of cheesy friends, and I got sort of goaded into entering the 2023 Cheese and Dairy awards.

There were about 5,500 cheeses entered from all over the world and he threw in a couple entries and won Best Soft Cheese With Flavorings in Great Britain and the Best International Novice Award.

Mathew Lloyd wins awards for cheeses, pictured in his shop, The Rennet Works / SWNS

“It was amazing and I just thought I had to keep going to see where this hobby took me.”

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He spent seven months converting his garage into a cheese factory, featuring gleaming stainless steel work stations, second-hand equipment including 100-quart pots, and a homebuilt cheese press Matthew built himself. (See the video below…)

“I’ve spent my career giving other businesses help to develop and grow, and for once I was giving myself the advice to realize my own dream.

“After the competition I thought to myself, ‘let’s get this to market’.”

The Rennet Works cheese company is already supplying a local deli and two high class cheese shops with several creations—made in single batches of about 10 kg (22 lbs) each.

“I sell a halloumi-style cheese, I call it Hallouminati. It’s completely handmade; there is not a single machine used, it’s all hand pressed.

The Rennet Works / SWNS

“The other cheese I make is the Templar—after the Templar knights. It’s an alpine style German cheese, a washed curd.” The cover around the cheese is printed with a Templar cross on the top, using smoke (pictured in top photo).

“It’s a very extensive process. It won bronze at the internationals and bronze at the British.

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“I am developing some Christmas soft cheeses for markets in the area. The cheese is flying off the shelves. I can’t make enough to supply the demand.

It’s a very young business so he can only produce so much, but he’s taking it seriously, even learning more by taking a sustainability course that helped him “understand the journey of the food” he was making.

“When I look back now, it’s amazing that all this started with a novelty Christmas present.”

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94-Year-old Woman’s Ferrari Adventure Reaches 150 MPH: ‘If You’re Alive, Then LIVE!’

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Donna Maddox took the ride of a lifetime at age 94, racing around the Michigan International Speedway in a Ferrari and hitting 150 miles per hour—proving it’s never to late to chase your dreams.

A true daredevil at heart, she once pushed her Lincoln to 115 MPH.

“My mother used to say I came into this world running,” she joked, while reflecting on her journey.

“If you’re alive, then live.” It’s a mantra she’s followed from the start.

Donna has always been on the lookout for her next adrenaline rush and her adventurous spirit has been a constant throughout her life. She climbed the Smoky Mountains and explored caves in her younger years—always living life at full throttle.

It’s been a dream of hers to hit the speedway in her home state, whether in a Ferrari or Bugatti, and the opportunity proved that age is not necessarily a roadblock when it comes to pursuing your passion.

The adventure was made possible by a program at her retirement home, Waltonwood Twelve Oaks in the city of Novi, outside Detroit. Their Adventure Program encourages residents to pursue their dreams, and helps make it a reality.

“Donna is also such a joy to talk to and is incredibly passionate about encouraging others to chase their dreams, as well” said a spokesperson.

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New ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Ruling Makes It Easier to End Recurring Subscriptions for American Consumers

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The Federal Trade Commission this week announced a final ‘Click-to-Cancel’ rule that will require sellers to make cancelling their enrollment “at least as easy to use” as the sign-up process.

“Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said Commission Chair Lina M. Khan.

“Nobody should be stuck paying for a service they no longer want.”

The actions are part of the FTC’s ongoing review of its 1973 Negative Option Rule, which describes a transaction in which sellers can interpret a customer’s failure to take action—either to reject an offer or cancel a membership—as an agreement to be charged again.

While negative option marketing programs can be convenient for sellers and consumers, the FTC receives thousands of complaints about recurring subscription practices each year. The number of complaints has been steadily increasing over the past five years and in 2024 the Commission received nearly 70 consumer complaints per day on average—up from 42 per day three years earlier.

The new rule prohibits requiring consumers who signed up through an app or website to go through a chat bot or to wait endlessly on hold until an agent can answer a telephone.

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Some of the more egregious examples are gym club memberships that require a certified letter or in-person visit to the business in order to cancel. The new rule would require them to offer an online option to cancel on their website or with a simple phone call.

“The FTC’s rule will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money,” said Chairwoman Kahn.

The Commission’s updated rule will apply to almost all ‘negative option’ programs in any media and will require sellers to provide important information before obtaining consumers’ billing information and get consumers’ informed consent to the negative option features before charging them.

The ‘Click to Cancel’ rule is one of the last pieces of the Biden administration’s effort to get rid of “junk fees,” which included new rules requiring airlines to promptly give automatic cash refunds when they cancel or significantly change flights, or don’t provide the extra services when purchased. The effort also eliminated exorbitant charges for prisoner phone calls and banned paywalls on scientific publications containing taxpayer-funded research.

The final rule will provide a legal framework by prohibiting sellers from:

  • failing to provide a simple mechanism to cancel the negative option feature and immediately halt charges;
  • misrepresenting any material fact made while marketing goods or services with a negative option feature;
  • failing to clearly and conspicuously disclose material terms prior to obtaining a consumer’s billing information in connection with a negative option feature; and
  • failing to obtain a consumer’s express informed consent to the negative option feature before charging the consumer.

Since the March 2023 opening of a public comment period, the Commission received more than 16,000 comments from consumers, federal and state government agencies, consumer groups, and trade associations.

The Commission ended up dropping two proposed changes that might have required sellers to provide annual reminders of the negative option feature of their subscription, and one that banned sellers from telling consumers seeking to cancel their subscription about plan modifications or reasons to keep their existing agreement, without first asking if they want to hear about them—a good practice that Verizon Fios had been providing for years during phone cancellations by asking for permission to review your plan and seek better deals.

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The Commission voted 3-2 to approve publication of the final rule in the Federal Register, with Commissioners Melissa Holyoak and Andrew Ferguson voting no. Not surprisingly, industry leaders complained that it forces an undue burden on businesses, even though websites and apps can be updated with unsubscribe buttons fairly easily.

Most of the final rule’s provisions will go into effect in about six months, See the FTC Fact Sheet, here.

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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will’ Astrology From Rob Brezsny

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Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free preview of the book is available here.)

Here is your weekly horoscope…

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of October 19, 2024
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Your bulboid corpuscles are specialized nerve cells in your skin that can experience intense tactile pleasure—more so than any other nerve cells. They are located in your lips, tongue, and genitals. According to my analysis of your astrological potentials, these ultra-sensitive receptors will be turned on extra high in the coming weeks. So will their metaphysical and metaphorical equivalents. That’s why I predict you will gather in more bliss than you have in a long time. Please give yourself permission to exceed your usual quota.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Once upon a time, you were more hazardous to yourself than you are now. I’m pleased about the progress you have made to treat yourself with greater care and compassion. It hasn’t been easy. You had to learn mysterious secrets about dealing with your inner troublemaker. You had to figure out how to channel its efforts into generating benevolent and healing trouble. There’s still more work to be done, though. Your inner troublemaker isn’t completely redeemed and reformed. But you now have a chance to bring it more fully into its destined role as your ally and helper.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I predict that your past will soon transform. You may discover new details about old events. Stories you have told and told about your history will acquire new meanings. You will be wise to reinterpret certain plot twists you thought you had figured out long ago. There may not be anything as radical as uncovering wild secrets about your true origins—although I wouldn’t discount that possibility. So expect a surprise or two, Sagittarius. But I suspect you will ultimately be pleased to revise your theories about how you came to be the resilient soul you are now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Of all the astrological signs, Capricorns are least likely to consult horoscopes. There are many skeptical people among your tribe who say, “Astrology is irrational and illogical. It can’t be precise and accurate, so it’s not even real.” My personal research also suggests, however, that a surprising percentage of Capricorns pretend not to be drawn to astrology even though they actually are. They may even hide their interest from others. How do I feel about all this? It doesn’t affect me as I compose your oracles. I love you as much as the other signs, and I always give you my best effort. Now I suggest that in the coming weeks, you do what I do: Give your utmost in every situation, even if some people are resistant to or doubtful of your contributions. Be confident as you offer your excellence.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
You are ready to graduate to a higher octave of maturity and wisdom about everything related to love, romance, and sex. It will be instructive to meditate on your previous experiences. So I invite you to ruminate on the following questions. 1. What important lessons have you learned about the kind of togetherness you want? 2. What important lessons have you learned about the kind of togetherness you don’t want? 3. What important lessons have you learned about how to keep yourself emotionally healthy while in an intimate relationship?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Are you longing to feel safe, cozy, and unperturbable? Are you fantasizing about how perfect life would be if you could seal yourself inside your comfort zone and avoid novelty and change for a while? I hope not, Pisces! By my astrological reckoning, you are due for a phase of experimentation and expansion. You will thrive on the challenges of big riddles and intriguing teases. Please take full advantage of this fun opportunity to hone your intuition and move way beyond random guesswork. For extra credit: Prove the theory that it’s very possible to cultivate and attract good luck.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
As a young adult, I lived in a shack in the North Carolina woods. I was too indigent to buy a car or bicycle, so I walked everywhere I needed to go. Out of necessity, I discovered the practical power of psychic protection. I envisioned myself being surrounded by an impenetrable force field and accompanied by guardian spirits. This playful mystical practice kept me safe. Though I was regularly approached by growling dogs and drunk thugs in pickup trucks, I stayed safe. Now would be an excellent time for you to do what I did: put strong psychic protection in place. You’re not in physical danger, but now is a good time to start shielding yourself better against people’s manipulative gambits, bad moods, emotional immaturity, and careless violations.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
“Dear Rob: I once heard you say that the best method for solving any dilemma is to sit silently, calm my mind, and listen for the ‘still, small voice of the teacher within me.’ I have tried your advice, but I have never detected this voice. What am I doing wrong? — Deprived Taurus.” Dear Taurus: Here’s how to become available for guidance from the still, small voice of your inner teacher. 1. Go someplace quiet, either in nature or a beloved sanctuary. 2. Shed all your ideas and theories about the nature of your dilemma. 3. Tenderly ask your mind to be empty and serene as you await an intuition. 4. Feel sweet gratitude for each breath as you inhale and exhale. 5. Visualize your inner teacher smiling. 6. Make yourself expectant to receive an insightful blessing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
In the parlance of people who love to trek in natural places, a “cobbknocker” refers to a hiker who precedes you and knocks down the spider webs crossing the trail. I would love for you to procure a similar service for all your adventures in the coming weeks, not just hiking. See if you can coax or hire helpers to clear a path for you in everything you do. I want you to be able to concentrate on the essentials and not get bogged down or distracted by trivial obstructions. You need spaciousness and ease.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
When you are at your Cancerian best, you nurture others but don’t smother them with excessive care. You give your gifts without undermining your own interests. You are deeply receptive and sensitive without opening yourself to be abused or wounded. In my astrological estimation, you are currently expressing these qualities with maximum grace and precision. Congratulations on your ever-ripening emotional intelligence! I trust you will be rewarded with grateful favors.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Here’s the deal that life is offering: You temporarily suspend your drive to possess crystalline certainty, and you agree to love and thrive on ambiguity and paradox. In return, you will be given help in identifying unconscious and hidden factors at work in your destiny. You will be empowered to make confident decisions without needing them to be perfect. And you will learn more about the wise art of feeling appreciative reverence for great mysteries.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
I once had a Virgo girlfriend. She was talented, hardworking, meticulous, organized, health-conscious, and resourceful. She also hated it when I neglected to put the jar of honey back in the cupboard immediately after using it. She would get upset if I neglected to remove my shoes as soon as I entered the house. Her fussy perfectionism wasn’t the reason we ultimately broke up, but it did take a toll on me. I bring this to your attention because I hope you will mostly keep fussy perfectionism to yourself in the coming weeks. It’s fine if you want to indulge it while alone and doing your own work, but don’t demand that others be as fanatically fastidious. Providing this leeway now will serve you well in the long run. You can earn slack and generate goodwill that comes in handy when you least expect it.

WANT MORE? Listen to Rob’s EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, 4-5 minute meditations on the current state of your destiny — or subscribe to his unique daily text message service at: RealAstrology.com

(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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“The greatest indicator of the world’s stability, wealth, and safety is the status of women.” – Gloria Steinem

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Quote of the Day: “The greatest indicator of the world’s stability, wealth, and safety is the status of women.” – Gloria Steinem

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Boy with Rare Skin Condition Can Sleep with Eyes Closed for The First Time in 7 Years

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Photo by Shai Bresee via Gofundme
Photo by Shai Bresee via Gofundme

This little boy from Nevada is pictured here before a life-changing surgery that allowed him to blink and sleep with his eyes closed—for the first time in his 7 years of life.

Can you even try to imagine what that must have been like?

Carter Bresee was born with lamellar ichthyosis (LI) a rare genetic skin disorder in which the body creates skin cells that do not separate from each other at the surface of the skin the way they should. In addition, the body does not shed the skin fast enough, causing brown scales to form.

Fox News has followed his condition for years, leading to Carter developing a bit of a supporter base in Nevada, many of whom contributed through a GoFundMe to his medical bills in May, when he had the chance for a life-changing eyelid skin graft.

It also resulted in Carter’s eyelids turning outward, preventing him from closing his eyes.

“He cannot blink, he sleeps with his eyes open and is often experiencing lots of pain and discomfort because of this,” Shai, Carter’s mom, wrote on that GoFundMe, which raised $46,000 towards the $8,000 cost of an oculoplastic surgery that would help the boy close his eyes.

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“I didn’t realize what a sense of community we really had,” she admitted to Fox 5, after seeing how much money the two had received. “It’s really crazy to feel so included.”

Last month in San Diego, the surgery was carried out successfully, and Carter slept. Oh boy did he sleep.

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“He slept until noon today. He got the best night’s sleep,” Shai said in a video interview after the boy’s first night of being able to sleep with his eyes closed.

She added that he was a “champ” throughout the sometimes painful surgery, remaining calm and asking for medicine if it got too severe.

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At Tampa’s NHL Win the Loudest Cheer Went to Opposing Fans Who Came Down 2 Weeks Early to Help Fix Power Lines

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The Tampa Strong flag - credit, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Strong flag – credit, Tampa Bay Lightning

On Tuesday, the NHL season opened with the Tampa Bay Lighting claiming a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, giving hockey fans in the twice-battered city something to cheer about.

Additionally, as sporting events often do, the occasion helped to channel the best of human potential, as the match was marked by a food drive, a raffle/fundraiser, and a horde of Canucks fans who came down from Canada several weeks in advance to help work on the power lines.

44 of the fans flew in to cheer on their team, Tampa’s opponents, but they arrived more than two weeks in advance of the match to help work on the power lines following Hurricane Milton’s landfall.

At the end of the second period, the 44 men in the traveling fans section appeared up on the big screen over center ice, resulting in the biggest ovation of the game.

“How about the ovation that the Vancouver [power] linemen got when they showed them on the big screen?” said Lightning coach Jon Cooper.

“I’m normally not looking up there a ton but that was a pretty moving moment for me. And it just shows you there’s a lot of good out there. When people come out and help each other it does make you feel good.”

Outside the Amelie Arena, a collection drive was organized for the first two home games, with fans encouraged to bring in non-perishable foods, cleaning and baby supplies, hygiene products, and other household necessities.

The collections have been completed and donated to Feeding Tampa Bay, Metropolitan Ministries, and the University Area Community Development Corporation (UACDC).

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Tampa Bay Lighting, like several other sports franchises, donated $2 million through the Lighting Foundation to contribute towards relief efforts. On Tuesday night, the foundation announced that because of the proceeds of its 50/50 raffle, it would be able to increase that commitment to $3 million.

Lighting Captain Victor Hedman also personally donated $150,000 to the Tampa Police Department and the Coast Guard Foundation. Fans can donate to hurricane relief through the Lighting Foundation here. 

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Additionally, in partnership with Ticketmaster, Lighting reduced the prices of home game tickets for the first three games of the season. The franchise also set aside hundreds of tickets for first responders and their families as a thank-you from the city.

At the end of the day, when the team took to the ice, captain Hedman led them out flying the “Tampa Strong” flag before leading his men to a barnstorming 4-1 win backed by a superb performance from their goalie, Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 21 saves and faced 14 penalty minutes conceding zero goals.

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Herd of Bulls Headed to the Highlands to Recreate Effect of Ancient Auroch Oxen on Scottish Soil

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Cattle in the Maashorst nature reserve, The Netherlands - credit, Nelleke de Weerd/Rewilding Europe © supplied.
Cattle in the Maashorst nature reserve, The Netherlands – credit, Nelleke de Weerd/Rewilding Europe © supplied.

A rewilding charity in the UK aims to bring the first herd of tauros to the British Isles in order to replace a lost giant.

The aurochs is the ancestor to all domestic cattle species, but before it was bred into everything from the Hindu cow, to the Black Angus, to Scotland’s Highland bull, it was a keystone species that kept the ecosystems of Eurasia dynamic and biodiverse.

The Tauros Program began almost two decades ago. Started in 2008 in the Netherlands, it brought together international cattle breeding experts in the hope of “back-breeding” an animal with the closest possible genetic resemblance to a wild aurochs.

Unlike the program to resurrect the woolly mammoth through gene alteration in modern elephants, the Tauros Program, now considered a major success, identified ancient domesticated cattle breeds that maintained the largest amount of aurochs DNA, and interbred them over time whilst gradually habituating them and their offspring to living wild lives.

The result is the tauros—a remarkable animal that stands six feet tall at the shoulder and possesses horns that measure 32 inches long. With slender legs, powerful muscles, and a black coat, they are aurochs in nearly all but name.

Tauros are now set to be introduced to the Dundreggan Estate in Scotland to be the first herd of large wild bovine roaming the countryside since the early 17th century. Sitting on almost 10,000 acres of Highland country near Loch Ness, the hope is that they will improve biodiversity and ecotourism.

The tauros will do this, as GNN has reported numerous times during introduction campaigns of European bison in countries like the UK, Spain, and Portugal, through its unique habits and characteristics.

Their grazing creates a mixed ecosystem, rich in forest verges where birds thrive and trails through the understory which other animals utilize. Their dung, placenta, hair, and dead bodies contribute to the landscape in many ways, through enhancing soil biodiversity, feeding a variety of scavengers, and providing material for birds’ nests.

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Their grazing activity turns up the earth, stamps down overproductive plants, and opens the soil for seeds to germinate.

“Our tauros project is about looking forwards while learning from the past as we restore nature-rich landscapes that support wildlife and people, and are resilient to future environmental challenges,” said Steve Micklewright, the chief executive of Trees for Life, the charity undertaking the program.

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“We also want to give people the chance to experience in a safe way the awe and wonder of getting close to an animal that feels really wild.”

The Scottish heritage cattle breed present on the landscape is known as the Highland bull, but wasn’t used in the Tauros Program due to a lack of aurochs DNA.

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Since the start of the Tauros Program, the breeding of tauros has been ongoing in Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Czechia, Romania, and the Netherlands. For each breeding area, different breeds are selected that best represent and combine aurochs traits with a good adaptation to local habitats, such as to food, local climate, and dealing with predators.

2027 will be the 400th year since Europe last had a massive wild bovine trampling, rooting, and stamping about through its grasslands and forests, but thanks to the dedicated efforts of hundreds of ecologists across the continent, 400 is likely to be the last such milestone.

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Pilot of Rescue Flight for Pets Impacted by Hurricanes Adopts Kitten, Finding ‘Love at 30,000 Feet’

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Avery the cat with Southwest Airlines' Captain Matthew Prebish - credit, Southwest Airlines/Stephen Keller
Avery the cat with Southwest Airlines’ Captain Matthew Prebish – credit, Southwest Airlines/Stephen Keller

On October 12th, a Southwest Airlines pilot fell in love with a little kitten named Avery while transporting him and 150 other shelter animals out of the path of hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Partnering with a charity and an animal rescue, the plan was to take the dogs and cats to Milwaukee from Florence, South Carolina, where they could continue their goal of finding homes for them.

However, Avery couldn’t wait ’till landing, and managed to latch onto Captain Prebis before he made it to Milwaukee.

“It was love at 30,000 feet. I don’t think Captain Matt was expecting to adopt a hurricane evacuee from Tennessee when he agreed to fly this amazingly special flight, but some things are meant to be,” Lucky Dog Animal Rescue CEO Mirah A. Horowitz said in a statement to PEOPLE.

“Avery the kitten is definitely a Lucky Cat and was right at home with his new dad in the cockpit once we landed and parked.”

The over 150 cats and dogs had been in the care of animal shelters in eastern Tennessee and Florida prior to the two hurricanes. To secure their safety and ensure the impacted organizations could serve the needs of their communities, the shelter pets were transferred to Lucky Dog Animal Rescue’s Rescue Campus in Florence.

credit – Greater Good Charities/Ray Aguilar

Once in Florence, the animals then boarded the emergency flight, done pro bono by Southwest, in partnership with Greater Good Charities to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Wisconsin.

Earlier in the week, Greater Good Charities delivered humanitarian aid, including shampoo, hygiene products, and emergency packs filled with mylar blankets, socks, laundry sheets, and more for displaced and impacted families in Asheville, NC, and surrounding communities. These emergency packs were included in 6,000 pounds of aid items flown via Southwest Cargo free of charge.

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According to news releases from both the nonprofit and Southwest Airlines, the animals were transported to various shelters around the state and are ready to be adopted.

They can be found at Wisconsin’s Humane Animal Welfare Society, Elmbrook Humane Society, The Washington County Humane Society, the Humane Society of Jefferson County, the Dane County Humane Society, Eau Claire Community Humane Association, Green County Humane Society, and Illinois’ One Tail at a Time, among others.

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“We are truly grateful to Southwest Airlines for making this flight possible because it gives breathing room to shelters dealing with unprecedented numbers of animals displaced by the storm who need care until they can be reunited with their owners,” Horowitz added.

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“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot

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Quote of the Day: “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot

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This Robot Expertly Takes Apart E-Waste So Their Components Can Be Reused

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Credit – Molg, released to the media

A former tech hardware entrepreneur has refocused his talents on tackling the problem of electronic device waste.

His startup manufactures and programs precision robots to delicately take apart products and separate still-useable components for reuse, not recycling.

Rob Lawson-Shanks is his name, and having just been bankrolled by some of the biggest names in stakeholder venture capitalism, he’s not only helping recycling facilities disassemble electronics that would previously be scrapped, but also working with companies like Dell to design new devices that are easier for his robots to unmake.

“I started to realize I was contributing to this massive, 60-million-ton problem of e-waste because of how we were designing, manufacturing, and ultimately not recovering

,” he told Fast Company’s Adele Peters.

His company Molg makes and programs robots that use multiple arms and cameras with extraordinary delicacy to remove panels, unscrew fasteners, and extract chips all on their own.

“We use really high-precision, non-destructive [equipment], and really care about what we’re touching and then moving so that we can retest, re-qualify, and redeploy,” Lawson-Shanks says. “Ultimately, it’s to try and keep things at the highest value possible.”

The small systems—10 feet by 3 feet by 10 feet tall—are designed to fit inside existing e-waste processing facilities. They can take apart some devices in as fast as five minutes. At the moment, the machines are excellent at taking apart old servers to recover components to make new units for data centers.

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The idea is that each time a Molg “microfactory,” as they’re called, disassembles something, the components inside are tracked and databased before being used in a mid-tier market item. When that item is broken down, the same components can be used to make a simpler electronic product, and all the way until its material structure breaks down and goes to be recycled.

Ideally, Lawson-Shanks said, devices in our society should be built with components that can be scavenged 4 to 5 times before needing to be recycled.

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Partnering with companies like Dell, Molg has rolled out a whole new set of snaps, press-fits, latches, and other modular connections that can help bind laptops and other devices together but that can be easily disengaged, removed, or unsnapped by its microfactories.

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Hydrogen-Powered Car Fueled by Sewage Attempting to Break Land Speed Records

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Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype race car - credit, SWNS
Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype race car – credit, SWNS

A hydrogen-powered car fueled by sewage and manufactured with various recycled materials may soon attempt to break several land speed records.

The car was built by students at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick and will run off a byproduct of wastewater from the utilities company Severn Trent Water.

The Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype race car (LMP3) has been built from a selection of spare and unused parts to further its sustainable street cred in a world little-regarded for its sustainability—motorsport.

The car itself will be used to try to break one of several land speed records depending on how it performs, including the fastest standing and flying starts for both a mile and a kilometer. Its creators hope to have the car fully up and running in the next 6 to 12 months.

The parts themselves come from Ginetta, a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars based in Leeds. Among its green bits and bobs are materials made from recycled carbon fiber and a wing mirror made from beetroot waste.

The steering wheel is also 100% natural, while the firm ENRG Motorsport contributed a battery recovered from a crashed road car.

“These sorts of collaborations are a great example of how businesses, universities, and the endless curiosity of our students can break barriers and push the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Head of the Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Research Group at WMG, Professor Kerry Kirwan.

“We’re incredibly proud of the ingenuity of our students and wish them all the best of luck in their land speed record attempt.”

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WMG staff and students aim to complete the car in 2025 and use it to showcase a wide range of sustainable concepts that are being worked on across the university and industry.

“We have a firm commitment to support technologies that have positive impacts on our environment, from reducing the process emissions at our sites, to developing the circular economy in our region and helping partners like the University of Warwick to realize potentially game-changing new technologies like this,” Richard Walwyn, Head of Asset Intelligence & Innovation at Severn Trent Water, said in a statement.

The project, ‘Waste2Race’, comes as manufacturers such as Alpine and Toyota are exploring hydrogen as a fuel for racing cars of the future. BMW recently announced plans for its first hydrogen car to go on sale in 2028.

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Typically hydrogen fuels are investigated for their potential to power heavy machinery like planes, trains, and construction equipment.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the most famous motorsport events in the world, said they are opening the race to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2026 as a way of greening the event.

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Like Indiana Jones, Archaeologists Find a Tomb with a Grail Underneath the Treasury at Petra

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Dr. Fares Braizat (from left), Fadi Balawi, Josh Gates and Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman look into the newly discovered tomb at Petra - credit, Discovery's Expedition Unknown.
Dr. Fares Braizat (from left), Fadi Balawi, Josh Gates, and Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman look into the newly discovered tomb at Petra – credit, Discovery’s Expedition Unknown.

Even at the foot of one of the most visited ancient monuments on Earth, there are discoveries waiting to be made.

Doubling as the film set for the final act of Indian Jones and the Last Crusade, the Treasury of Petra in Jordan is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. Despite its fame, an archaeological dig conducted by American and Jordanian researchers uncovered a hidden tomb featuring 12 human skeletons and a variety of grave goods.

The incredible rock-carved city set into the pink sandstone cliffs was made by a nomadic Arabian people called the Nabataeans, of whom little is known. Over the centuries, travelers seeking shelter in Petra and floodwaters permeating the porous sandstone have ruined human remains entombed in the city, preventing archaeologists from learning about them.

The twelve skeletons uncovered are likewise in a delicate condition, but are at least intact, and the excavation team is hoping to gain DNA samples to figure out what they might have looked like, who they were, how old they were when they died, what their diet was like, and so on.

“This is a hugely rare discovery—in the two centuries that Petra has been investigated by archaeologists, nothing like this has been found before,” said Josh Gates, an archaeologist and dramatist who hosts Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown, which joined the excavation team.

“Even in front of one of the most famous buildings in the world … there are still huge discoveries to be made.”

(Spoiler alert:) in The Last Crusade, the famous Hollywood action archaeologist played by Harrison Ford follows a trail of Renaissance clues to find the Holy Grail. At the end of the film, venturing inside the treasury building of Petra, he comes upon a large collection of grails, and is quizzed by a ghost as to which one is the real cup that Jesus used at the Last Supper.

In an utterly delightful coincidence, the excavation team found among the grave goods a ceramic goblet that looks for all the world like the grail from the film—a fact not lost on the excavation team, some of whom wore fedora-like sun hats.

“It really was this awesome moment of history imitating art,” Gates told CNN.

The facade of the Treasury of Petra – Ahmad Qaisieh, Unsplash.

Standing right on top of it

When people think of Petra, they mostly picture one building—the most famous one, known as the Khaznah, or Treasury.

Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, executive director of the American Center of Research, organized the excavation based on work that led him to believe there were chambers concealed underground.

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The theory was based on ground-penetrating radar scans he had performed in the areas to the left and right of the space in front of the Khaznah that detected unnaturally-shaped empty spaces. This was the evidence that when presented to the Jordanian government, helped them secure permission to excavate at the site that sees hundreds of thousands of visitors a year in peacetime.

The artifacts, which included bronze, iron, and ceramic grave goods, were in much better states of preservation than the skeletons, some of which actually had mold on them.

A ceramic cup, reminiscent of the Holy Grail – credit, Discovery’s Expedition Unknown.

“We were hopeful to find anything that might tell us more about the ancient people and place—human remains can be a really valuable tool in that regard,” Dr. Creasman told CNN.

Excavating to the right of the Treasury’s facade, the tomb was found more or less in the same place where a tomb had been found years earlier to the left. However, the Jordanian government’s excavation never entered any data on the number of skeletons found in the tomb to the left, leaving gaps in the understanding of the practices of burial at Petra.

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The Nabataeans have been hypothesized as being a more egalitarian society, with kings and nobles living arm in arm with the common folk. This belief has been reflected in the limited knowledge of burial practices at Petra, where scant little clues have been found suggesting which tombs and remains are those of the upper strata of society.

These skeletons are hoped to provide at least a modicum of explanation for this mystery.

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New Cervical Cancer Treatment Regime Shows ‘Biggest Gain in Survival Since 1999’

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Targeting the fourth most common cancer in women globally, a new treatment regime combining chemo and chemoradiation therapy has reduced the rates of death by 40%.

Cervical cancer affects over 300,000 women worldwide, and the regime has been heralded as “remarkable”— “the biggest gain in survival since the adoption of chemoradiation in 1999.”

Those were the words of Dr. Mary McCormack, the lead investigator of the trial at University College London.

The trial of the new treatment plan was conducted over 10 years and recruited patients in Italy, Brazil, the US, India, and Mexico. It featured a short course of traditional chemotherapy before chemoradiation, the standard treatment for cervical cancer involving a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Though it doesn’t sound like much, this small reorganization reduced rates of death from cervical cancer by 40%, and rates of the cancer returning by 35% over a five-year time horizon.

Called the Interlace trial, it was funded by Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre. 500 women were given the choice between the novel treatment plan and a standard plan. They all had advanced, localized cervical cancer that hadn’t spread to other organs.

After five years, 80% of those who received chemoradiation which started with this short course of chemotherapy first were alive, and 72% of the women had neither relapsed nor seen their cancer spread.

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Cervical cancer is particularly nasty, as it typically affects women in their 30s, and has a high recurrence rate.

The novel treatment uses drugs that are both cheap and already approved for use worldwide.

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“The simple act of adding induction chemotherapy to the start of chemoradiation treatment for cervical cancer has delivered remarkable results,” said Dr. Iain Foulkes, the executive director of research and innovation at Cancer Research UK.

“A growing body of evidence is showing that additional chemotherapy before other treatments, like surgery and radiotherapy, can improve the chances of successful treatment for patients. Not only can it reduce the chances of cancer coming back, it can also be delivered quickly, using drugs already available worldwide.”

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Once a woman has forgiven her husband, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. – Marlene Dietrich

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Quote of the Day: Once a woman has forgiven her husband, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. – Marlene Dietrich

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Seven New Frog Species Were Named After Star Trek Captains: ‘To Boldly Croak’

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Andy Corbley
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New tree frogs in genus Boophis named for Star Trek captains – SWNS
New tree frogs in genus Boophis named for Star Trek captains – SWNS

Picture this: knee-deep in the stingy, bitey, steamy jungles of Madagascar, you and your research team discover 7 new species of frog—what do you name them?

Inspired by the various sounds of American sci-fi films and television, 7 tree frogs that make otherworldly sounds were named after characters from Star Trek.

The international team of scientists said their high-pitched whistling calls are like sound effects from the iconic sci-fi series.

All 7 new animals come from the frog genus Boophis, and emit “bird-like” whistling sounds in their communication with other frogs, rather than croaks. According to Professor Miguel Vences, a Trekkie to some degree, such whistling sounds are used often in the classic sci-fi franchise.

“That’s why we named the frogs after Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer, Burnham, and Pike, seven of the most iconic captains from the sci-fi series,” said Professor Vences.

Assistant Professor Mark Scherz of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, joked that while there weren’t any phasers or stars in the rainforests of Madagascar, there was quite a lot of “trekking.”

“A few species are found in places accessible to tourists, but to find several of these species, we had to undertake major expeditions to remote forest fragments and mountain peaks,” said Scherz. “There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.”

He explained that the otherworldly calls of the frogs are known as “advertisement calls,” a type of self-promotion that may convey information about the male frog’s suitability as a mate to females.

Scherz says that particular group lives along fast-flowing streams in the most mountainous regions of Madagascar, a noisy background that may explain why the frogs call at such high pitches.

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He said some of the frog calls might remind Star Trek fans of sounds from the so-called “boatswain whistle” and a device called the ‘tricorder.’ But, to other people, they may sound like a bird or an insect.

“If the frogs just croaked like our familiar European frogs, they might not be audible over the sound of rushing water from the rivers they live near,” said Dr. Jörn Köhler, who played a key role in analyzing the calls among the study team. “Their high-pitched trills and whistles stand out against all that noise.”

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The calls also lined up with the genetic analysis the team performed, according to their findings published in the journal Vertebrate Zoology. Madagascar is renowned for its biodiversity, and research in its rainforests continues to uncover hidden species.

The island, around the size of France, is home to about 9% of the world’s frog species.

“We’ve only scratched the surface of what Madagascar’s rainforests have to offer,” said Professor Andolalao Rakotoarison, of the Université d’Itasy, Madagascar. “Every time we go into the forest, we find new species, and just in terms of frogs, there are still several hundred species we haven’t yet described.”

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She and the rest of the team have described around 100 new species from the island in the last 10 years alone.

The research team hopes their latest discovery will strengthen conservation efforts in Madagascar’s rainforests.

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New Wearable Cuff ‘Rewires’ Brains of Stroke Patients by Stimulating Nerves

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Andy Corbley
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credit - Neubond, via X
credit – Neubond, via X

A discreet and flexible armband made of electrodes has been found in a small study of stroke patients to aid in restoring flexibility in their disabled arms.

Manufactured by a startup called Neubond the device is intended to seamlessly integrate into daily routines, allowing patients with impaired motor functions to maximize time spent performing rehabilitation activities.

Neubond, led by co-founders Jumpei Kashiwakura and Patrick Sagastegui Alva, has been working with patients from a stroke support group in London near the Imperial College London campus to hone their device. The results were published in a recent paper in the journal NYU Scholars.

The prototype armband is worn around the upper forearm and embedded with electrodes that detect muscle activation commands and stimulate nerves to help restore their connection with the brain.

Co-founder Kashiwakura says the device works by promoting neuroplasticity, or the reorganization of the brain around new neural pathways to regain control of the limb.

After just 8 sessions, Reuters reports, Lisa Vincent’s left arm has gone from completely rigid to being able to bend and flex with much more control.

“My granddaughter, she’s 8 months old, and she was only allowed to sit on my lap because I couldn’t hold her. But 3 weeks ago my daughter put her on my lap and I held her with this arm because I felt in control of the wrist and I was confidant enough,” Vincent told Reuters.

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“I cried myself to sleep that night. It was amazing to be able to do that.”

Neubond came in as one of 5 finalists at the Imperial College’s Venture Catalyst Challenge (VCC), an entrepreneurial endeavor that helps alumni and early-stage business ventures to develop their innovative ideas for eventual commercialization.

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VCC takes 25 teams through a 3-month program of coaching, meetings with experts, workshops, and pitch training, before the five finalists compete for a Grand Prize of £20,000. The total prize pool is £100,000, making it the largest university contest focused on entrepreneurialism in the UK.

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SpaceX Lands its Rocket On a Dime– So it Can Be Reused and Launched Back into Orbit

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credit – SpaceX, retrieved via X

The 5th test launch of the SpaceX Starship vehicle came with a party trick—a landing—which it stuck.

Not since the Moon landings has an American been able to say with as much certainty that they witnessed something straight out of science fiction—a vessel coming down from space and landing on the Earth using jet propulsion.

The footage is unforgettable and documents a truly staggering accomplishment, as not only is the Starship the first reusable rocket to land using propulsion, but the Starship is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying object ever made by humans.

The videos below show footage from different angles.

The maneuver saw the Starship’s enormous first-stage booster, the rocket component needed to push the craft out of the atmosphere, glide in free fall down from the sky before activating thrusters to slow and guide its descent; eventually parking on a dime next to the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms which literally grab it.

“This is a day for the engineering history books,” Kate Tice, SpaceX manager of Quality Systems Engineering, said during live commentary as SpaceX employees screamed and cheered at the company’s Hawthorne, California headquarters behind her.

“This is absolutely insane! On the first-ever attempt, we have successfully caught the Super Heavy booster back at the launch tower.”

“Are you kidding me?” SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot added from the launch site. “Even in this day and age, what we just saw—that looked like magic.”


The second component of the Starship rocket made it to orbit as intended, before re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, activating 3 of its 6 boosters as it hovered over the Indian Ocean—another demonstration success, before exploding.

This is Starship’s 5th test flight. The vehicle has been designed according to SpaceX Founder Elon Musk’s dream of landing humans on Mars during his lifetime. NASA has piggybacked on his ambition, ordering several Starships for the upcoming Artemis missions that aim to return humanity to the Moon with the purpose of establishing a semi-permanent lunar presence.

The historic moment comes just one month after a member of the crew onboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule performed the first-ever civilian spacewalk, proving the design of SpaceX’s new lightweight spacesuits, worn by the crew to travel seamlessly in and out of the capsule.

An analysis by NASA found that the SpaceX Falon 9 has reduced the cost of a rocket launch by a factor of 20. The cost of a Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule mission to ISS is about $140 million with a payload of 6,000 kg, $23,300/kg, compared to the Space Shuttle which was about $1.5 billion.

The analysis was made when Falcon 9 rockets fell back down to Earth to be destroyed. To aid in humanity becoming a multi-planetary species, that cost has to continue to fall substantially, and a rocket that needs only to be refueled rather than rebuilt is a major step toward making space travel around the same cost structure as commercial aviation.

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Girl Submits Drawing to Upgrade Playground for Little Kids–And the City Enacted Her Advice

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Utah resident Rosili Olson's playground drawing - credit, Clearfield City/Facebook
Utah resident Rosili Olson’s playground drawing – credit, Clearfield City/Facebook

A young Utah resident has had her classroom civics lessons suddenly explode into life after some crayon drawings she made of a better playground became reality.

Her mom brought her to city hall along with her drawing, and being that a new playground was already budgeted for, they followed 11-year-old Rosili Olson’s lead.

The new Bicentennial Park – credit, Clearfield City/Facebook

Olson, now 12, had made the drawings to sketch out what she thought would be the best playground for her and her younger sisters to play on.

“Rosili realized the playground by her house was suited for ages 5-12 and was not geared toward her younger sister,” Clearfield County officials wrote in the caption of a Facebook video showing off the creation process. “After seeing her initiative and detail, we knew we had to make her dream happen.”

Olson’s mother called city hall and asked if it were possible to bring them in. They agreed, and soon were in the office of Eric Howes, the city’s head of parks and recreation, to make the pitch.

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“It was budgeted but we didn’t have any specifics,” Howes said to local paper the Standard-Examiner.

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“After seeing all the effort she put into all of those drawings knowing we’d already ordered the playground for the park right by her house, the next best thing was to say, ‘We’ve got a playground coming in next year,’” he said, with the Facebook statement adding that they “reviewed multiple versions until we had checked all her boxes and got the colors right.”

Olson, second from right, cuts the ribbon – credit, Clearfield City/Facebook

The collaborative process saw Olson and Howes meet four or five times, right up until the Septebmer 24th ribbon-cutting ceremony which Olson was of course a part of.

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“The way of truth is along the path of intellectual sincerity.” – Henry S. Pritchett

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Quote of the Day: “The way of truth is along the path of intellectual sincerity.” – Henry S. Pritchett 

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