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Man, 87, Goes Viral for Delivering Party Invitations Door-to-Door: ‘4 PM until the cops arrive’

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Doug Turner delivering an invitation for his winter party - credit: courtesy of Michelle Hernandez
Doug Turner delivering an invitation for his winter party – credit: courtesy of Michelle Hernandez

From Pennsylvania comes the story of a sweet old neighbor lighting up social media with his quirky annual tradition.

Recounted to the Washington Post by local Michelle Hernandez, one morning whilst she was working from home, 87-year-old Doug Turner rang her doorbell.

Having only moved to the neighborhood in Bucks County 5 months past, Hernandez had seen Turner merely a few times on the street. He held a piece of paper in his hand.

“Hi, I’m Doug across the street… I live over in that house there,” Turner said. “This is an invite to a party I’m having on February 15th. I didn’t want to leave it in the mailbox.”

Thanking the senior and going back inside, Hernandez unfolded the paper invitation with a hand-drawn snowflake over the words ‘A Celebration of Winter… 4PM until the cops arrive.’

Hernandez thought it was just so sweet, and posted a clip of their interaction that had been caught on her Ring camera on TikTok, where it went viral and accumulated over 2 million views. A follow-up to that in which Hernandez read the letter out loud made another million, with hundreds of commenters urging her to RSVP ‘Yes.’

Turner has lived on the street for 16 years, but has moved around a lot in his life. He and his departed wife used to host these soirees every year to keep friendships “percolating.”

“My wife is gone now, so it gives me something to keep me busy,” said Turner. “I’m going to get these people in one room, and maybe they’ll get to know each other.”

The Post reached out to Turner’s eldest daughter of 64 years who lives in the Bay Area of California, who said that her dad is way more social than she is despite his advanced age.

@meeesher Our cute little neighbor inviting us to a party at his house🥹Reposted with any information blurred out for safety reasons! #neighbors #cryingintheclub #neighborhoodparty #bestneighborhood #friendlyneighbor #oldneighbor #oldpeople #invitation #neighborhood #lovemyneighbors ♬ original sound - Meeesher

“He’s way more social and has way more friends than I do,” she said. “He doesn’t just sit around. He’s actively having people over for dinner, or he’s going to the theater or to lunch. He’s always out there.”

Though the millions delighting in Turner’s vivacity weren’t able to attend his party, his daughter offered them a mailbox address where they could send letters to her dad if they wished. Dozens have already arrived.

Turner loves penmanship and letter-writing and maintains about five written correspondences, so he was certainly charmed when he heard people would be taking the time to write to him.

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More Than 50,000 Pounds of Trash Removed from the Arctic in 2023

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credit – Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

Over 50,000 pounds of trash have been removed from the Arctic in 2023 after a multilateral effort flooded critical northern ecosystems with volunteers.

Working during the brief Arctic summer, clean-up operations were carried out in Alaska, Greenland, Norway, and Iceland.

Nearly 2,000 volunteers were enlisted across the treaty nations of the Arctic Council, an inter-governmental panel on peaceful and sustainable use and protection of the Arctic zone formed by the nations that pierce its frozen borders, and the indigenous peoples that call it home.

The council is divided into working groups that address certain issues, and the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), founded in 1991, partnered with the Ocean Conservancy and various local groups like Keep Norway Clean to organize this sizable operation through its Arctic Cleanup initiative.

These annual clean-ups have removed over 100,000 pounds of trash between 2021 and 2023. The overwhelming majority of trash originates in the fishing industry, Keep Norway Clean reports.

Arctic cleanup is both challenging and costly, the government-funded nonprofit writes. Long distances, difficult-to-access areas, scattered populations, short cleanup seasons, and limited access to waste management, are the main challenges for voluntary cleanup in Arctic areas.

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Fortunately though, the isolation of many Arctic areas also limits the entry points for waste to contaminate the region. Nearly all of it arrives via currents and surf on rocky beaches.

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Mars Rover Captures Video of Colorful Dry Ice Clouds Drifting Over Red Planet

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Dry ice clouds over mars - credit NASA / JPL / Caltech
Dry ice clouds over Mars – credit NASA / JPL / Caltech

Maybe you were a kid the first time you ever saw dry ice: remember how strange it seemed compared to water ice?

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently captured a short clip of dry ice clouds lit up with colors from the setting Sun drifting over the Red Planet.

Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet’s atmosphere is CO2, but they form these iridescent feathery clouds only at low temperatures and high altitudes.

Curiosity has for several years been climbing Mount Sharp, an 18,000-foot-high volcano that formed at the bottom of the enormous Gale Crater, and probably reached sufficient altitude to witness Martian clouds within the last few years.

They are also called noctilucent, or bright night clouds, as they only become so well-lit during the gloaming of the Martian twilight. Sometimes they even create a rainbow of colors, producing iridescent, or “mother-of-pearl” clouds, as seen in this image from 2023.

“I’ll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact,” said Mark Lemmon, an atmospheric scientist with the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. “Now it’s become so predictable that we can plan our shots in advance; the clouds show up at exactly the same time of year.”

Lemmon published a paper on the first two seasons of noctilucent clouds on Mars.

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One big mystery is why twilight clouds made of carbon dioxide ice haven’t been spotted in other locations on Mars. Curiosity, which landed in 2012, is just south of the Martian equator.

Pathfinder, a research robot that arrived on Mars in 1997, landed in Ares Vallis, north of the equator. NASA’s Perseverance rover, located in the northern hemisphere’s Jezero Crater, hasn’t seen any carbon dioxide ice twilight clouds since its 2021 landing. Lemmon and others suspect that certain regions of Mars may be predisposed to forming them.

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A possible source of the clouds could be gravity waves, he said, which can cool the atmosphere.

“Carbon dioxide was not expected to be condensing into ice here, so something is cooling it to the point that it could happen. But Martian gravity waves are not fully understood and we’re not entirely sure what is causing twilight clouds to form in one place but not another.”

WATCH the clouds drift below from the Physics Insight YouTube channel…

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“May you live all the days of your life.” – Jonathan Swift

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Quote of the Day: “May you live all the days of your life.” – Jonathan Swift

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Florida Man Survives Gator Attack After Neighbors Drive Over the Beast With SUV

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Walt Rudder (right) poses with alligator whose attack he foiled – By Rick Fingeret
Walt Rudder (right) poses with alligator whose attack he foiled – By Rick Fingeret

A pair of Florida residents are set to enjoy a show by former Tonight Show host Jay Leno as a deserved reward for snatching their neighbor from the jaws of death.

Or, perhaps it should read the jaws leased by death, because at the time they belonged to a massive American alligator that ran down Rick Fingeret walking his dogs down their Naples street.

Occurring after dark on Friday, April 19th of last year, Fingeret was passing a pond in which he had seen alligators lounging every so often, when he felt a tug on the leashes of his two dogs. They might have been Labradors, and fit for all kinds of emergency situations when trained, but this was an 11-foot-long gator, sprinting with its mouth open towards them at probably close to 10 miles per hour.

Speaking with the Naples Daily News, Fingeret recounts a nightmarish scenario with stunning clarity. He starts by saying he began to back away fast.

“I tripped in all the frenzy,” Fingeret remembered. “And the minute I fell—(he claps his hands together to simulate the gator’s jaws closing)… He got me.”

Apparently, the pair lay on the grass for several moments, the gator unsure of what to do next.

“Every so often, you’d feel a lurch,” Fingeret says. “A tug. He wanted to move me, but he couldn’t. I was bigger than he had anticipated. I wanted it to know that I was there. I had a lot of fight left in me. And I was very conscious of not passing out. Because the minute that would happen, I would be done.”

He started hammering at the beast’s scaley armor, poking its eyes, and trying to pry open its jaws without any luck.

Without a shadow of a doubt, the strangest part of the story came in the next part which Fingeret narrated—his dogs lay at his side, silent, and probably frozen in terror. Somehow he managed to keep a hold of their leashes through the entire ordeal.

Next, neighbors Walt Rudder and Paula Keegan were driving by when they saw and heard Fingeret on his side, next to his dogs, screaming for help. They thought he had fallen and broken something, but after the dogs moved a little, they saw that unmistakable shape unchanged for 300 million years.

Mr. Rudder ran over and described a “supernatural” level of calm from which Fingeret instructed his neighbor to gather up his dogs and put them in the car—and then run the lizard over with it.

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Throwing his heavy Lincoln into drive, Rudder needed just one pass over the alligator’s midsection, who, terrifyingly, held up well and ran back down to the pond. It was over.

Walt Rudder and Paula Keegan meeting Jay Leno – credit, provided by Walt Rudder

They used a t-shirt and dog leash to stop the bleeding, and the Sheriff’s Department, which Rudder had called, arrived after.

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The two neighbors admit to being “bonded for life” after the experience, and Fingeret’s nomination of Rudder and Keegan for the Naples Daily News contest saw them win tickets to Jay Leno’s show at the Hertz arena two weeks ago.

The two men would later watch as the assailant was captured by animal authorities which, being Florida, specializes in problem gators. Incredibly, the animal neither broke Fingeret’s bones, nor tore any ligaments, nor punctured the femoral artery.

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Previously Failed Cancer Drug Repurposed to Act as ‘Flag’ for Cancer-Seeking Missile

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Immune proteins (purple) hold KRAS-sotorasib (yellow hexagons) at the surface of a tumor cell (orange) - credit: illustration by André Luiz Lourenço, released by UCSF press.
Immune proteins (purple) hold KRAS-sotorasib (yellow hexagons) at the surface of a tumor cell (orange) – credit: illustration by André Luiz Lourenço, released by UCSF press.

Research into a cancer treatment over 10 years in the making has born remarkable fruit with the juicy potential to greatly improve existing radiation therapy.

Throughout the 21st century, GNN has reported on how cancer research has broadened, expanded, become more precise and more forgiving on non-cancerous cells, and even shown how cancer may be beaten without ever needing to be fought.

From the days of chemo and radiation therapy that often left patients exhausted, hairless, and unable to retain weight, there are now many more options that are increasing survival rates while diminishing side effects.

In 2013, UC San Francisco researcher Kevan Shokat was looking to end a 30-year wait for a method to target the biggest cellular driver of tumor growth, known as KRAS. This protein, when mutated, causes unlimited cell proliferation, allowing small tumors to balloon, and come raging back if shrunk.

Shokat succeeded by developing a drug that targeted only the mutated version of KRAS, present in nearly one-third of all cancers, but which is even more prevalent in lung, pancreatic, and colon cancer tumors.

However, his discovery of how to target KRAS never matured into a surefire way of destroying it—future experiments showed how tumors that lost KRAS proteins would come back again.

“We suspected early on that the KRAS drugs might serve as permanent flags for cancer cells,” Charly Craik, PhD, a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at UCSF and co-senior author of the study, told UCSF Press.

Craik, with Shokat on his team, has now used the already FDA-approved drug called sotorasib to flag KRAS-containing tumors and then unleashed a radioactive antibody to seek out and bind to them, with the sotorasib acting as a waypoint.

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“This is a one-two punch,” said Craik. “We could potentially kill the tumors before they can develop resistance.”

“The beauty of this approach is that we can calculate an extremely safe dose of radiation. Unlike external beam radiation, this method uses only the amount of radiation needed to beat the cancer.”

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There are several ways in which an individual’s cells are coded to display sotorasib, and developing antibodies to respond precisely to this individuality would be a key step to seeing this intervention in a hospital near you; but unlike experimental drugs, sotorasib is already FDA-approved.

The radioactivity of the antibody comes from the isotope zirconium-89, which is already used in a medical imaging technology called Positron Emission Tomography, often called a PET scan, which uses it in the same way that Craik used it—by embedding it inside an antibody.

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Indian Park Littered with Newborn Wolf Pups Marking Steady Population Growth for Endangered Subspecies

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The newborn pups near their den in Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary - credit Karnatake Forest Department, released.
The newborn pups near their den in Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary – credit Karnataka Forest Department, released.

In one of India’s few wildlife sanctuaries for gray wolves, a litter of 8 pups has inspired the conservation community working to protect one of the most endangered wolf subspecies.

Located in the sub-continent’s southern state of Karnataka, the Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary is home to many wildlife species, including leopards, peacocks, blackbucks, and porcupines, but it’s the Indian wolf, a small, shorthaired, subspecies, that’s the main attraction.

One of the older lineages of wolves, and genetically distinct from the yet older Himalayan wolf, around 3,000 Indian wolves remain in the country, with smaller isolated populations found in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Protected in the country since 1972, they can be found in a variety of states in the north, south, and central regions of India, in several terrain types from deserts to hills and forests.

Bankapur is merely the second nature reserve dedicated to these animals, and announcing the news of the 8 pups born in the exceedingly small reserve, Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre said credit should be given to Forest Department officials who ensured they were at ease and protected.

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“The sanctuary hosts the Indian grey wolf species, and one of the wolves recently gave birth to eight pups. Typically, only 50% of the wolf pups survive, but forest officials have taken measures to ensure the safety of all the pups,” Mr. Khandre said. “The Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary now has around 35-40 wolves including the newborn pups.”

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Oysters Carry Protein That Kills Bacteria Behind Pneumonia, Strep Throat, and Scarlet Fever: Study

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Sydney rock oysters being shucked - credit Southern Cross University, released.
Sydney rock oysters being shucked – credit Southern Cross University, released.

A protein found in oysters has been identified as an outright killer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and to strengthen antibiotics’ overall effectiveness.

The discovery was made by scientists in Australia who found the protein in the bivalve’s ‘hemolymphs,’ cells that act a little like blood cells in humans.

Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes, may not mean much to the average person, but the common infectious diseases they cause probably will.

They can result in STAPH infections, pneumonia, and scarlet fever and strep throat respectively, but they are also three species that the Sydney rock oyster’s blood-like fluid seems to be capable of treating.

It makes sense oysters would have potent, endogenous, antimicrobial secretions since they are filter feeders: slurping in liters of water every day, keeping the nutrients, and expelling the rest.

Their antimicrobial compound prevents bacteria that cause diseases like those already mentioned from forming colonies protected by biofilms—a substance that allows them to glom together and stick to membranes and tissues whilst protecting them from antibiotic drugs.

“We often think about bacteria just floating around in the blood,” study co-author Kirsten Benkendorff, a marine scientist at Southern Cross University, tells the Guardian.

“But in reality, a lot of them actually adhere to surfaces. The advantage of having something that disrupts the biofilm is… it’s stopping all of those bacteria from attaching to the surfaces. It’s releasing them back out into the blood, where then they can be attacked by antibiotics.”

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The oyster protein on its own killed S. pneumoniae and S. pyogenes, but when combined with antibiotic drugs, the effect was between 2 and 32 times greater, depending on the drug and bacteria.

Pharmacologists are speedily trying to develop new antibiotics as those overprescribed for decades across the world are rapidly losing efficacy. Anything that can extend the viability of these existing products will help curb what many scientists are claiming will become the largest danger to an individual’s health from an infectious disease for the next 25 years.

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Benkendorff and her team are continuously testing the oyster protein for its toxicity in human lung tissue and blood cells where it would be needed most to curb drug-resistant bacterial infections.

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“Love is a trick that nature plays on us to achieve the impossible.” – W. Somerset Maugham 

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Quote of the Day: “Love is a trick that nature plays on us to achieve the impossible.” – W. Somerset Maugham 

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Playful People Proved More Resilient During Covid – They Excelled at ‘Lemonading’

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Credit: Oregon State University / SWNS

Adults with high levels of playfulness showed strong resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to less playful individuals, new research shows.

The Oregon State University study is important because playfulness is a vital but under-appreciated resource for building resilience and maintaining well-being during difficult periods such as the pandemic—and it’s a resource that individuals can cultivate.

“Understanding how playful people navigate adversity can inform interventions and strategies to help people cope with stress and uncertainty,” said Sharon Shen, the director of the Health, Environment and Leisure Research Lab (HEAL), who led the study.

“Highly playful people were just as realistic about COVID-19 risks and challenges as others, but they excelled at ‘lemonading’ – creatively imagining and pursuing the positive, as well as discovering ways to create moments of joy even in difficult circumstances,” she said.

“This is particularly relevant as we face increasing global challenges that require both realistic assessment and creative adaptation.”

Factors like the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and social issues can heighten chronic stress, which is a significant public health concern in the US linked to heart disease and diabetes, as well as depression.

Shen and co-researcher Zoe Crawley broke a study group of more than 500 American adults into two subgroups: those with low levels of playfulness as measured by the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale, and those with higher levels.

“They shared similar perceptions of risk and protective factors as their less playful peers but demonstrated greater optimism when envisioning future possibilities, engaged in more creative problem solving and managed to infuse quality and enjoyment into everyday activities,” said Shen, whose team developed the trait measurement scale in 2014.

“They actively altered challenging situations, found creative substitutes for what was lost, viewed obstacles as opportunities for growth and maintained a strong sense of control over their responses.”

Perhaps most revealing was that while the highly playful didn’t necessarily do different activities or do them more often than less playful people, they experienced the activities with higher quality – greater immersion, activeness. and positive affect.

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“This is essentially making lemonade from lemons, and it’s connected intimately with resilience,” she said. “Their unique combination of realistic assessment and flexible problem solving emerged as a powerful formula, offering a vivid demonstration of how personality traits like playfulness shape our responses under stress.”

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Shen emphasizes that playful people don’t view the world through “rose-colored glasses” but rather with the ability to see the upside, while maintaining “clear-eyed realism.”

Shen notes that while researchers have long claimed that playful people “reframe” situations to make them more enjoyable, the widely accepted idea had been “surprisingly vague and untested.” It was unclear exactly what the reframing is or how it works.

Shen and Crawley saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to look for answers. With most of the population experiencing similar large-scale disruption, Shen said, the researchers were able to move beyond assumptions and determine the specific ways playfulness helps people navigate tough times.

“Playfulness doesn’t distort reality – it enhances it,” Shen said. “And while our study focused on measuring rather than developing playfulness, research suggests several approaches to cultivate this quality.”

Those approaches include:

  • Engaging in activities that spark joy and curiosity.
  • Being open to new experiences, including experimenting with new ways of doing routine activities.
  • Creating opportunities for spontaneous, unstructured exploration.
  • Hanging out with people who make you laugh and inspire you to play.
  • Embracing moments of silliness and humor when appropriate.

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“Of course, interpretation of appropriateness may vary, and knowing boundaries makes playing with them more fun,” Shen said. “A key to all of this is focusing on the quality of engagement rather than simply doing what might be called play activities. True playfulness doesn’t require a playground, games or toys. It’s about bringing a spirit of openness, flexibility and fun to everyday moments.”

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Shen adds, though, that regularly setting aside time for play can be instrumental as it provides a safe space to express and practice playfulness.

“Even during hectic times, dedicating five to 10 minutes daily for a small dose of play – whether solo or shared – can make a meaningful difference,” Shen said.

Their findings were published in Frontiers in Psychology.

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Michael Jordan Opens Another Health Clinic in Home State of North Carolina–Four Clinics Now Serve the Uninsured

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Michael Jordan at opening of New Health Clinic in North Carolina – Credit: Novant Health / Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic
Michael Jordan Celebrates Opening of New Health Clinic in North Carolina – Credit: Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic

After donating tens of millions of dollars, Michael Jordan is celebrating the opening of another vital community health hub—the fourth ‘Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic’ to open in North Carolina.

The latest is the second clinic opened in Jordan’s hometown of Wilmington, and all are founded in collaboration with Novant Health.

It will officially welcome patients on February 19, focusing on strengthening primary care for all patients—including individuals who are uninsured or underinsured.

The 7,300-square-foot clinic at 416 N. 30th St. has twelve patient rooms and will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“It’s truly gratifying to know that in less than a year, our first Novant clinic in Wilmington has already made a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of individuals and families in my hometown,” said Mr. Jordan.

“Visiting Wilmington last year for the opening of our first clinic was incredibly moving, and it reinforced just how important access to quality health care is for the community.”

“We are profoundly grateful to Michael Jordan for his generosity and vision in making these two clinics a reality in our community,” said Ernie Bovio, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region.

Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic in Charlotte at 2701 Statesville – Credit: Novant Health

“Thanks to his philanthropic partnership, our Greenfield Street clinic that opened last year served nearly 1,800 patients in its first nine months.”

Novant Health and Jordan first launched this clinic concept in Charlotte in 2019 with a pair of clinics that were strategically placed to address barriers to care, including transportation.

Many of the Charlotte patients never had a primary care visit before they were welcomed into the Michael Jordan clinics, where patients found “a sense of hope’.

Building on the success of this model, a $10 million gift from Jordan to the Novant Health foundations made it possible to add two more clinics in Wilmington.

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Starting next week, patients can schedule appointments at the East Wilmington clinic by calling 910-833-9140.

Opening one of his earliest clinics – Novant Health

In  addition to the clinic’s primary care team, a community health worker will assist patients with community resources—and both Wilmington offices also support the work of Novant Health’s Community Care Cruiser to further serve individuals across the region.

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Lost Stuffed Bunny Goes on Airport Adventure Ending in Heartwarming Reunion (WATCH)

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Any parent knows the heartbreak of a child losing their favorite stuffed animal. But thanks to a little airport magic, this drama has a “hoppy” ending!

Well-worn, with long gray ears, Bunny—its real name—was turned into Patti Getty, who has worked for 11 years at the Information Desk in the Pittsburgh International Airport.

“I wanted to take the bunny around and show what Pittsburgh airport is like,” Getty told GNN.

So, she snapped photos that were shared on February 4th to social media, with the caption:

“Lost bunny needs to find its way home 🐰”

“Yesterday, we found a bunny in our baggage claim area. We showed them LOTS of love.

But, the airport said they wanted Bunny to be warm and cuddled in their own home so shared a phone number to call.

While waiting to be found, the bunny went on a tour of the terminal, with the airport documenting its “adventures” along the way, culminating in an adorable video (below).

 

After a widespread search that captured thousands of hearts online, the airport successfully reunited the plush toy with its owner (six year old Waylynn).

In the heartwarming conclusion, the beloved stuffy was finally back home, having been picked up by the owner’s great-grandmother.

“We’re so happy to reunite lost items with their owners and it is ESPECIALLY joyful to reunite sentimental lost items like Bunny!

“Thanks to the awesome Pittsburgh community for sharing these posts and spreading the word so we could bring bunny home.”

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“Everyone wants to help everybody,” concluded Ms. Getty.

FDA Approves Opioid-free Pain Medication That Finally Delivers Relief Without Addiction

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Introducing the first new class of pain medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in more than two decades.

The FDA has approved the first drug in its class that targets moderate to severe acute pain in adults, without being addictive like opioids, which have been the standard of care in pain-killers for 20 years.

Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals is set to sell the twice daily pills for $15 per dose under the name Journavx.

The analgesic works by “targeting a pain-signaling pathway involving sodium channels in the peripheral nervous system—before pain signals reach the brain.”

“Today’s approval is an important public health milestone in acute pain management,” said FDA spokesperson Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, J.D., M.D. “It provides patients with another treatment option.”

The efficacy of Journavx (aka suzetrigine) was evaluated in two randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled trials of acute surgical pain, both of which demonstrated a statistically-significant superior reduction in pain, compared to placebo.

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The safety was primarily based on data from the pooled, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled trials in 874 participants going through surgery, with additional data from one single-arm, open-label study of 256 participants.

The most common adverse reactions in patients were itching, muscle spasms, increased blood level of creatine phosphokinase, and rash. Additionally, patients should avoid food or drink containing grapefruit when taking Journavx. But, always check with your own doctor before taking the medication.

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“Today’s approval is a historic milestone for the 80 million people in America who are prescribed a medicine for moderate-to-severe acute pain each year,” Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., the CEO and President of Vertex said on January 30.

“With the approval of JOURNAVX, a non-opioid, pain signal inhibitor, we have the opportunity to change the paradigm of acute pain management and establish a new standard of care.”

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“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks

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Quote of the Day: “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks

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Good News in History, February 16

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20 years ago today, the Kyoto Protocol went into effect after ratification by Russia. It commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it. READ about the progress made… (2005)

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World’s Oldest Bird Gives Birth to Yet Another Chick–at Nearly 74 Years Old

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Photo Credit: Jon Brack/Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Wisdom – USFWS / SWNS

The world’s oldest known bird has returned to her home island to hatch yet another chick, at nearly 74 years old.

Named Wisdom, the Laysan albatross has been spotted this month caring for her youngster on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean.

Like others of her species, Wisdom returns to the same nesting site each year to reunite with her mate and if able, lay one egg.

For decades, park officials in the Hawaiian Archipelago observed Wisdom doing this with the same partner (named Akeakamai), but that bird has not been seen for several years, which caused Wisdom to begin courtship dances with other males last year.

The spry septuagenarian is estimated to have produced 50-60 eggs in her lifetime, successfully fledging as many as 30 chicks, according to the expert staff at the refuge 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu.

Albatross parents share the responsibility of feeding their young by taking turns hunting while the other stays at the nest to watch over the chick.

“So when Wisdom returns to the nest (it’s) her partner’s turn to go hunt for squid, fish and crustaceans,” said a statement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service–Pacific Region.

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Biologists first identified and banded Wisdom in 1956 after she laid an egg. They determined her estimated age from that event 69 years ago, because the large seabirds aren’t known to breed before age five.

Wisdom with her chick – Photo Credit: Jon Brack/Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Hundreds of thousands of the gull-like seabirds begin returning to Midway Atoll each November to nest and raise their young—and Wisdom has been doing this for seven decades, since General Eisenhower was the US president.

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Social Media is Swooning Over Images of Hearts on Mars

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Heart shapes on Mars captured by Mars Global Surveyor team – NASA / SWNS

NASA sent a valentine to space lovers on social media this week posting images of heart shapes found on Mars.

The pictures were all captured from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) in the past decades—but with Valentine’s Day on Friday, it was the perfect moment to share the compilation online.

The post on Twitter/X made hearts swoon, eliciting comments like:

• “Looks like Mars has been secretly playing Cupid all along!”
• “Even the Red Planet has a soft spot for love.”
• “I think when we shift to Mars, these could be the spots where all the lovers could meet up.”

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory originally wrote, “Happy St. Valentine’s Day from the Mars Global Surveyor (and) Mars Orbiter Camera team!

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“This collection of images acquired over the past 3 Mars years shows some of the heart-shaped features found on Mars.”

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Eco-Funerals Now Feature World’s First ‘Living Coffin’ Made Out of Mushrooms

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Loop Cocoon displayed in London – SWNS

In the UK, a funeral company says they can now bury you in the ‘world’s first living coffin’, which is made out of mushrooms.

Containing no wood, the coffins are formed out of a mat of fibers including pliable mycelium—the root structure of mushrooms—and up-cycled hemp plants.

The thread-like mycelium, aids decomposition by breaking down biological matter—and it biodegrades within 45 days.

Made by Dutch company Loop Biotech, the coffins can be grown in just a week and the eco-friendly burials “feed the earth” as they mix with nutrients from the human decomposition.

Poetic Endings in southeast London, was the first funeral director in the UK to offer one of these unique coffins, having first stocked them last week.

“It is such a beautiful product,” said director Louise Winter. “It feels like nothing I have ever touched—it’s like the rind of brie.

“This is so original, I have never seen anything like it,” she told news agency SWNS.com.

The Loop Living Cocoon coffin made of mushrooms lined in moss – SWNS

The 38-year-old said they were introduced to the mushroom coffin by the family of Max Leighton, who became the first British person to be buried in one in December 2024.

After having such a successful service, and being so blown away by the product quality, Poetic Endings decided to stock them permanently.

“Max believed in the ‘Wood Wide Web’—the underground fungal network that connects trees and sustains forests,” said Nick Leighton, Max’s dad.

“It was a natural choice to lay him to rest in the Loop ‘Living Cocoon’. It wasn’t just beautiful; it felt right.”

The funeral firm GreenAcres, which operates eco-friendly Living Memorial Parks across the UK, are also now offering the mushroom coffin option in Norfolk, Essex, Merseyside, Kent, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire.

Lined with moss, they generally cost $1,500 (£1,250). Loop also produces mushroom urns for burying the ashes of loved ones.

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Loop Living Cocoon ©Loop Biotech

“The Loop Living Cocoon coffin not only avoids a heavy carbon footprint but enhances the quality of the soil, providing the most natural way to complete the circle of life,” GreenAcres Managing Director Jane Kirkup said. “People are choosing to plant a Living Memorial Tree in place of a granite headstone, too.”

Loop Biotech launched five years ago, and Bob Hendrikx, the CEO and founder, says there is “a growing demand for sustainable, biodegradable funeral products that enrich nature”.

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If the response in London is any indication, growth is inevitable. At the Poetic Endings launch event this month, people were “blown away” by how beautiful they are.

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Your Valentine’s Week Horoscope from ‘Free Will Astrology’ by 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 February 14, 2025
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Borrowing the words of Aquarian author Virginia Woolf, I’ve prepared a love note for you to use as your own. Feel free to give these words to the person whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. “You are the tide that sweeps through the corridors of my mind, a wild rhythm that fills my empty spaces with the echo of eternity. You are the unspoken sentence in my every thought, the shadow and the light interwoven in the fabric of my being. You are the pulse of the universe pressing against my skin, the quiet chaos of love that refuses to be named. You are my uncharted shore.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Love and intimacy and togetherness are fun, yes. But they’re also hard work—especially if you want to make the fun last. This will be your specialty in the coming months. I’ve assembled four quotes to inspire you. 1. “The essence of marriage is not that it provides a happy ending, but that it provides a promising beginning—and then you keep beginning again, day after day.” —Gabriel García Márquez. 2. “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. But those who follow the art of creating it day after day come closest to discovering it.” —Pearl Buck. 3. “Love is a continuous act of forgiveness.” —Maya Angelou. 4. “In the best of relationships, daily rebuilding is a mutual process. Each partner helps the other grow.” —Virginia Satir.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Love requires stability and steadiness to thrive. But it also needs unpredictability and imaginativeness. The same with friendship. Without creative touches and departures from routine, even strong alliances can atrophy into mere sentiment and boring dutifulness. With this in mind, and in accordance with astrological omens, I offer quotes to inspire your quest to keep togetherness fertile and flourishing. 1. “Love has no rules except those we invent, moment by moment.” —Anaïs Nin. 2. “The essence of love is invention. Lovers should always dream and create their own world.” —Jorge Luis Borges. 3. “A successful relationship requires falling in love many times, always with the same person, but never in quite the same way.” —Mignon McLaughlin. 4. “Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. But it must also be an act of endless reinvention, lest that tender look grow dull.” —Peter Ustinov

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In celebration of the Valentine season, I suggest you get blithely unshackled in your approach to love. Be loose, limber, and playful. To stimulate the romantic and intimate qualities I think you should emphasize, I offer you these quotes: 1. “Love is the endless apprenticeship of two souls daring to be both sanctuary and storm for one another.” —Rainer Maria Rilke 2. “Love is the revolution in which we dismantle the prisons of our fear, building a world where our truths can stand naked and unashamed.” —Audre Lorde. 3. “Love is the rebellion that tears down walls within and between us, making room for the unruly beauty of our shared becoming.” —Adrienne Rich.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
To honor the rowdy Valentine spirit, I invite you to either use the following passage or compose one like it, then offer it to a willing recipient who would love to go deeper with you: “Be my thunderclap, my cascade of shooting stars. Be my echo across the valley, my rebel hymn, my riddle with no answer. Be my just-before-you-wake-up-dream. Be my tectonic shift. Be my black pearl, my vacation from gloom and doom, my forbidden dance. Be my river-song in F major, my wild-eyed prophet, my moonlit debate, my infinite possibility. Be my trembling, blooming, spiraling, and soaring.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Cancerian author Elizabeth Gilbert wrote, “The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all.” One of those strange jewels in you is emerging from its hiding place. Any day now, it will reveal at least some of its spectacular beauty—to be followed by more in the subsequent weeks. Are you ready to be surprised by your secret self? Are your beloved allies ready? A bloom this magnificent could require adjustments. You and yours may have to expand your horizons together.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
In 2025, the role that togetherness plays in your life will inspire you to achieve unexpected personal accomplishments. Companionship and alliances may even stir up destiny-changing developments. To get you primed, I offer these quotes: 1. “Love is a trick that nature plays on us to achieve the impossible.” —William Somerset Maugham. 2. “Love is the ultimate outlaw. It won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.” —Tom Robbins. 3. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. Yet each day reveals new constellations in our shared sky.” —Emily Brontë.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Psychotherapist Robin Norwood wrote that some people, mostly women, give too much love and kindness. They neglect their own self-care as they attend generously to the needs of others. They may even provide nurturing and support to those who don’t appreciate it or return the favor. Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh expressed a different perspective. She wrote, “No one has ever loved anyone too much. We just haven’t learned yet how to love enough.” What’s your position on this issue, Virgo? It’s time for you to come to a new understanding of exactly how much giving is correct for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Are you ready to express your affection with lush and lavish exuberance? I hope so. Now would be an excellent time, astrologically speaking. I dare you to give the following words, composed by poet Pablo Neruda, to a person who will be receptive to them. “You are the keeper of my wildest storms, the green shoot splitting the stone of my silence. Your love wraps me in galaxies, crowns me with the salt of the sea, and fills my lungs with the language of the earth. You are the voice of the rivers, the crest of the waves, the pulse of the stars. With every word you speak, you unweave my solitude and knit me into eternity.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Among its potential gifts, astrology can raise our awareness of the cyclical nature of life. When used well, it helps us know when there are favorable times to enhance and upgrade specific areas of our lives. For example, in the coming weeks, you Scorpios could make progress on building a strong foundation for the future of love. You will rouse sweet fortune for yourself and those you care for if you infuse your best relationships with extra steadiness and stability.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I want you to be moved by intimacy and friendships that buoy your soul, inspire your expansive mind, and pique your sense of adventure. To boost the likelihood they will flow your way in abundance during the coming weeks, I offer you these quotes. 1. “Love is a madness so discreet that we carry its delicious wounds for a lifetime as if they were precious gems.” —Federico García Lorca. 2. “Love is not a vacation from life. It’s a parallel universe where everything ordinary becomes extraordinary.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 3. “Where there is love there is life. And where there is life, there is mischief in the making.” —my Sagittarius friend Artemisia. 4. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” —Nicholas Sparks

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Every intimate alliance is unique, has its own rules, and shouldn’t be compared to any standard. This is a key theme for you to embrace right now. Below are helpful quotes. 1. “Each couple’s love story is a language only they can speak, with words only they can define.” —Federico Fellini. 2. “In every true marriage, each serves as guide and companion to the other toward a shared enlightenment that no one else could possibly share.” —Joseph Campbell. 3. “The beauty of marriage is not in its uniformity but in how each couple writes their own story, following no map but the one they draw together.” —Isabel Allende. 4. “Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different, and each one is beautiful.” —Maggie Reyes.

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(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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