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17-Year-old Rescued After 12 Hours Lost in Rough Seas Clinging to a Capsized Kayak

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Screenshots from video by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu
Screenshots from video by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu

A teenager was rescued recently off the coast of Honolulu following a 12-hour ordeal drifting through choppy waters filled with zigzagging currents.

Through the long darkness of a night near the equator, Kahiau Kawai bobbed up and down clinging to a kayak while seeing the lights of the search parties looking for him in vain far away back near the shore.

The response had been organized around 6:30 p.m. when Kawai’s high school kayaking team found that he hadn’t made it back to Diamond Head during a kayaking practice meet that evening.

911 organized on-shore lifeguards, US Coast Guard, and other assets to try and find the young man. Kawai’s surf ski kayak had been capsized, and in the struggle he had lost his paddle. With nothing to propel the craft through the currents he knew were dragging him out to sea, he tried to stay calm.

One of those rescuers, Noland Keaulana, an experienced native Hawai’ian waterman and lifeguard with the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department, had been alerted to 17-year-old Kawai’s plight by his wife, who called Keaulana while he was fixing his truck and said the son of their friends had gone missing in the ocean.

Speaking with CNN, Keaulana said that he treats every Islander like his own family.

“I treat everyone like as [sic] they’re my own family member. Pretty much that whole night, I’m out there searching for my own son,” he said. “Being able to find him was very emotional.”

Kawai said he tried to keep his faith in god while he swam gently and constantly towards the shore, but admitted he was afraid of the dark, churning water beneath. Seeing the searchlights of the helicopter and vessels in the distance was particularly dismaying.

“I saw them go to a certain point a bunch of times but they weren’t going as far out as I was and that scared me a little bit,” Kahiau said.

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At around 4 a.m. Thursday, after searching for over eight hours, a US Coast Guard airplane crew spotted the kayak and the teenager clinging onto it. They marked his location with a flare, where Keaulana came to find him on what was his day off.

The lifeguard remembered that the first thing Kawai said when climbing onto the boat was that he was scared his family was worried about him. Luckily, Keaulana had his family’s number, and, calling them to share the good news, he said the celebrations sounded like a bunch of monkeys and hyenas through the phone.

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At 5:25 a.m., Keaulana transported Kawai to the Ala Wai Harbor emergency room, where he was treated for injuries and hypothermia. He was in serious but stable condition.

“To ensure this does not happen again, we have initiated a thorough review of the incident and will hold ourselves accountable to take all necessary actions,” Kamehameha Schools, whose kayaking team Kawai is a member of, told CNN in a statement. “We can and will do better.”

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First Salmon Since 1912 Spotted in Klamath Basin Just Weeks After Dam Removal in Oregon

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credit – Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, released

This little fellow carried the flag for his species’ triumphant return into the Klamath River Basin following a massive recent dam removal.

On October 16th, a fall-run Chinook salmon was identified by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) in a tributary to the Klamath River above the now-demolished J.C. Boyle Dam, becoming the first fish to return to the Klamath Basin in Oregon since 1912 when the first of four hydroelectric dams was constructed, blocking migration.

The salmon and others likely traveled about 230 miles from the Pacific Ocean to reach the tributary, even though all four dams were removed just two months ago.

Fish biologists have been surveying the Klamath River and its tributaries since the dam removal as part of the agency’s responsibility to monitor the repopulation of various fish species to the basin in collaboration with the Klamath Tribes.

“This is an exciting and historic development in the Klamath Basin that demonstrates the resiliency of salmon and steelhead,” said ODFW Director Debbie Colbert. “It also inspires us to continue restoration work in the upper basin. I want to thank everyone that has contributed to this effort over the last two decades.”

“The return of our relatives the c’iyaal’s is overwhelming for our tribe. This is what our members worked for and believed in for so many decades,” said Roberta Frost, Klamath Tribes Secretary, using their word for salmon.

“I want to honor that work and thank them for their persistence in the face of what felt like an unmovable obstacle. The salmon are just like our tribal people, and they know where home is and returned as soon as they were able.”

Mark Hereford, ODFW’s Klamath Fisheries Reintroduction Project Leader, was part of the survey team that identified the fall-run Chinook. His team was ecstatic when they saw the first salmon.

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“We saw a large fish the day before rise to surface in the Klamath River, but we only saw a dorsal fin,” said Hereford. “I thought, was that a salmon or maybe it was a very large rainbow trout?” Once the team returned on the 16th and 17th, they were able to confirm that salmon were in the tributary.

It took 20 years of advocacy and legal challenges from the Yurok Tribe and other tribal, local, and federal groups and agencies to see the four dams on the river demolished.

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It began in 2004 when the water flow volume into one of the reservoirs downstream led to overly warm, overly stagnant water and an outbreak of disease. Tens of thousands of salmon died, and an investigation into the causes discovered that it had been negligent monitoring of water flow from Irongate Dam.

This raised the inquiry as to whether the dams, which had ceased to be a significant electricity source to the community, were still necessary.

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“They’re only truly great who are truly good.” – George Chapman

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Quote of the Day: “They’re only truly great who are truly good.” – George Chapman

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Good News in History, October 28

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62 years ago today, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief as the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev agreeing to dismantle his missiles in Cuba in exchange for Kennedy’s promise to remove NATO missiles from Turkey and Italy. With the current risk of nuclear war in Ukraine, it’s important to remember that Russia and the U.S. have crossed these seas before. WATCH an animated recap of the 6 days that saved the world… (1962)

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Huge Mastiff Poses in Human Clothes and Earns $1,000 a Month for Herself and her Loving Owner

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Mastiff Dog named Mist dressed as a human for owner Calumn Barber on TikTok – SWNS
Mastiff Dog named Mist dressed as a human for owner Calumn Barber on TikTok – SWNS

A human-sized dog is earning its keep—and more—by posing for TikTok dressed as a human.

Calumn Barber dresses his two-year-old Cane Corso (a type of Mastiff), and stuffs the arms and legs with padding to make her look like a buff dude.

Fans are won over by the pet’s deadpan expression and huge patience, despite being posed as if she were doing pull-ups, driving a four-wheeler, or chilling in a deck chair.

Her footage has become so popular, the pooch named Mist is pulling in an average of nearly $1,000 per month from TikTok views and sponsorship from the likes of Universal and Expedia.

Calumn, a landscape gardener in Coventry, England, says he banks all the money in a separate account for Mist in case she ever needs it—for vet bills, for example.

Every time she does a social media appearance Calumn buys her an $18 steak, which she loves.

“She’s very spoiled but she absolutely deserves it,” said her 25-year-old owner. “It’s amazing that she’s making money from it. I’m always impressed by her and I’m very proud of her.”

It all started because Calumn went out one day and “found her sitting on the 4-wheeler,” he said.

“She was just sitting, looking like one of us and I thought it would be fun to put it on TikTok. I thought, ‘let’s just go for it’.

“She often sits on the sofa like a human, with her arms just drooping down, looking at the telly or out the window, so we started it as a bit of a laugh.”

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Calumn and his dog Mist – SWNS

“All the money is hers. I use it for treats and toys, and bank the rest for her.

“Touch wood she won’t need it but the money is there if she does, and if there’s ever a situation where it’s leftover then I’ll donate it to a pet rescue charity.

“I’m not sure she knows that she’s a huge success; I show her the videos and sometimes I think they get a smile.” (Watch all the fun scenes in the video below…)

Calumn always positions Mist so she’s comfortable.

“Sometimes I put my arms in the jacket and sit her on top of me then use my arms so, for example, it looks like she’s eating the food. It sounds crazy but nine-out-of-ten times she does these things herself.”

Mist’s first video went live on his TikTok channel in February, and since then she’s done promotions for brands such as Unidays, EMI, Universal, MG Media, and Expedia—and she already has thousands in her account and 68,000 followers.

At 97 lbs (44 kg), Mist is described as a gentle giant, who shares his bed at night and spends her days cuddling up on the sofa.

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“She looks terrifying because she’s so big, but she’s basically a lap dog,” mused Calumn. “As soon as you sit down she’s sitting on you: it’s very loving—but hard on the legs.

“She’s very caring. She can lift the quilt to get under the covers and if it’s cold she’s careful to pull the quilt over me as well. We’re very close.”

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Couple Who Met in the Chips Aisle Returned to the Supermarket For Priceless Pics on Their Wedding Day

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Jessica and Jaxom Weston-Brown wedding photos in supermarket aisle (via SWNS)
Jessica and Jaxom Weston-Brown wedding photos in supermarket aisle (via SWNS)

An English couple came up with the romantic idea of returning to the spot they first met—taking wedding photos in the snack aisle of their local supermarket

20-year-old Jessica met Jaxom Weston-Brown in 2017 at a Waitrose store in East Sussex. She had just started her job there as a store assistant and was asked to train Jaxom on how to put bags of chips on the shelf.

Loved blossomed, and seven years later the lovebirds returned to the Waitrose to take photos—and buy an extra special bag of chips.

“It started as a joke a few years ago,” recalled Jessica. “One of our friends posted in our group chat an Instagram reel of someone who had gone back to the place they met on their wedding day.

“All my friends are in couples that met on a dating app and said they would never be able to do this kind of thing. Then me and Jax were like ‘oh my gosh’ we could go back to the crisp aisle of Waitrose.

“It just became a bit of a joke that we were going to do it on our wedding day—and then, as the day approached, we were like, ‘let’s actually do it’.”

After the photos, the newlyweds suddenly realized they should buy a bag. They chose black peppercorn Kettle chips, saying “it had to be something classy” for their wedding day.

“We haven’t eaten them yet. We’re saving them for our first anniversary, said the 27-year-old bride.

Their former colleagues in the Eastbourne store also presented the couple with a bouquet of red roses.

Jessica recalled, “We were walking down in our wedding attire, and there were just random people shopping and taking stuff off the shelves, which was quite funny.”

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Jessica and Jaxom Weston-Brown in the chips aisle (via SWNS)

Jessica revealed that, when they first met, she didn’t want to get involved with a work colleague, but then a group from work went to a Halloween party.

“Me and Jack got talking there and chatted the whole night and then we exchanged numbers and it went from there.

They got married at St. Andrews church in Jevington and on the way to the reception they stopped at the Waitrose where shoppers were delighted and snapped photos of the bride and groom.

“It was really nice to go back there where we met. It was really sweet.”

In a post on Facebook after their visit, Waitrose passed along ‘huge congratulations to the happy couple’.

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Jessica now works as a history teacher and Jaxom as a supply chain manager and ‘marriage life is good’.

But they’re ‘still waiting’ to be offered a late wedding gift—a lifetime supply of chips.

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Type 2 Diabetes Patients Who Stick to Low-Carb Diet May Be Able to Stop Taking Medication: Study

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People with type 2 diabetes who stick to a low-carb diet may be able to stop taking medication, suggests a new study.

American researchers found low-carbohydrate diets may improve the beta-cell function in patients being treated for the condition, which affects around 34 million Americans and one in 15 people worldwide.

Type 2 diabetes most often develops in people aged 45 or older, but more and more children, teens and young adults are also developing the disease.

The researchers explained that beta-cells are endocrine cells in the pancreas that produce and release insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels.

People with the disease have a compromised beta-cell response to blood sugar, possibly due in part to eating too many carbs. ‘Empty carbs’ are full of sugar and white flour, which have a high glycemic index, which means they cause blood sugar and insulin levels to spike rapidly after eating.

They include refined grains that have been stripped of bran, fiber, and nutrients, such as white bread or bagels, pizza dough, chips, pasta, pastries, white rice, sweet desserts, and many breakfast cereals.

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“This study shows people with type 2 diabetes on a low-carbohydrate diet can recover their beta-cells, an outcome that cannot be achieved with medication,” said study lead author Professor Barbara Gower, of the University of Alabama.

“People with mild type 2 diabetes who reduce their carbohydrate intake may be able to discontinue medication and enjoy eating meals and snacks that are higher in protein and meet their energy needs.”

For the study published online by The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the research team gathered data from 57 adults with type 2 diabetes, half on a low-carb diet and the other half on a high-carb diet, and examined their beta-cell function and insulin secretion at the outset and after 12 weeks. All of the participants’ meals were provided.

People on the carb-restricted diet ate 9% carbohydrates and 65% fat, while those on the high-carb diet ate 55% carbohydrates and 20% fat.

The team found that those on a low-carb, compared to a high-carb, diet saw improvements in the acute and maximal beta-cell responses that were two-fold and 22% greater, respectively.

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Black participants on a low-carb diet saw 110% greater improvements in the acute beta-cell response, while white adults had improvements in the maximal beta-cell response that were 48% greater than their respective counterparts on the high-carb diet.

Prof. Gower says further research is needed to confirm that a low-carbohydrate diet can restore beta-cell function and lead to remission in people with type 2 diabetes.

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14-Year-old Wins ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ for Inventing Pesticide Detector For Fruits and Vegetables

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Sirish Subash presentation on PestiSCAND – 3M / Grace Maliska
Sirish Subash presentation on PestiSCAND – 3M / Grace Maliska

A 9th grader from Snellville, Georgia, has won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, after inventing a handheld device designed to detect pesticide residues on produce.

Sirish Subash set himself apart with his AI-based sensor to win the grand prize of $25,000 cash and the prestigious title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”

Like most inventors, Sirish was intrigued with curiosity and a simple question. His mother always insisted that he wash the fruit before eating it, and the boy wondered if the preventative action actually did any good.

He learned that 70% of produce items contain pesticide residues that are linked to possible health problems like cancer and Alzheimer’s—and washing only removes part of the contamination.

“If we could detect them, we could avoid consuming them, and reduce the risk of those health issues.”

His device, called PestiSCAND, employs spectrophotometry, which involves measuring the light that is reflected off the surface of fruits and vegetables. In his experiments he tested over 12,000 samples of apples, spinach, strawberries, and tomatoes. Different materials reflect and absorb different wavelengths of light, and PestiSCAND can look for the specific wavelengths related to the pesticide residues.

After scanning the food, PestiSCAND uses an AI machine learning model to analyze the lightwaves to determine the presence of pesticides. With its sensor and processor, the prototype achieved a detection accuracy rate of greater than 85%, meeting the project’s objectives for effectiveness and speed.

3M / Grace Maliska

Sirish plans to continue working on the prototype with a price-point goal of just $20 per device, and hopes to get it to market by the time he starts college.

As one of nine finalists in the competition, the boy, who attends middle school at the Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology, spent the last four months working with one of the 3M scientists who mentor the kids one-on-one to help perfect their prototype.

During the final Challenge events at 3M global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, this month, Sirish secured the coveted title.

“I am beyond impressed and inspired by this year’s Young Scientist Challenge finalists who have demonstrated an incredible ability to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges,” said Torie Clarke, 3M’s chief public affairs officer.

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With his favorite subjects being physics and engineering, his dream school is MIT, and plans to invest his winnings into his college tuition.

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“I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.” – Rose Kennedy

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Quote of the Day: “I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.” – Rose Kennedy

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Good News in History, October 27

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62 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear war. Vasily Arkhipov is known as the “man who saved the world,” during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when he stood down the other two officers aboard the Soviet submarine B-59 over the decision to launch a nuclear torpedo salvo against the U.S. Navy. READ how it happened… (1962)

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Man Builds Special Bond With a Fox He Rescued–Now She Wants to Hug Him Every Day (WATCH)

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Wildlife rehabilitator Geoff Grewcock with Sweep, the rescued fox – SWNS
Wildlife rehabilitator Geoff Grewcock with Sweep, the rescued fox – SWNS

A 74-year-old man has built an incredibly friendly relationship with a fox he rescued—now she wants to cuddle with him every day.

The cub was brought into the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary seven years ago in a very ill state.

Geoff Grewcock believes she was poisoned and spent the next year nursing her back to health, after naming her Sweep.

Unfortunately, as a result, she imprinted on him and was unable to be returned to the wild. So now Sweep spends her life with a variety of wildlife that are being rehabilitated at the sanctuary.

“Sweep is such a lovely, friendly fox,” said Geoff, the owner of the center in Nuneaton, England.

“Most people can give her a stroke, but she is definitely closest with me and insists on us having a hug every day. (Watch the video below…)

“I think it’s her way of saying thank you for all the looking-after we do for her.”

Wildlife rehabilitator Geoff Grewcock holding rescued fox – SWNS

Although she’s healthy now, when the pair first met, Sweep was in rough shape—and Geoff had doubts about whether she’d survive.

“When we first got her, we didn’t think there was much hope. She was so lethargic and ill that I had to bottle-feed her for months, and was up at night injecting Sweep with saline.

“Luckily, after medication and some good TLC, she pulled through and here she is seven years later.”

Geoff Grewcock holding rescued fox – SWNS

A wildlife content creator based in London, James Cook, visited the sanctuary in June and captured the odd couple’s amazing relationship.

“Sweep is just totally in love with Geoff,” said the 30-year-old. “The pair were hugging for about 10 minutes when I was there.

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“It was so sweet to see a fox so up-close, which is rare considering they’re not meant to be pets.”

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Clever Orangutan Makes a Tool to Retrieve Floating Basket From Pond – LOOK

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Orangutan crafts a tool in Prague Zoo by Lucie Štěpničková - SWNS
Orangutan crafts a tool in Prague Zoo by Lucie Štěpničková – SWNS

A clever orangutan was spied creating a tool when he wanted to retrieve a basket floating nearby in the water.

Lucie Štěpničková was visiting the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic where she captured photos of the ape named Kawi playing in his enclosure.

The ape had his eye on a wicker basket floating in the pond.

Kawi then grabbed a long piece of cloth and started to throw it in the water to make the fabric heavy.

Preparing to throw the rag – Lucie Štěpničková / SWNS
Lucie Štěpničková / SWNS

He then used the wet rag, swinging it wildly, to grab the edge of the basket and drag it to shore where he started to play with it.

“Kawi is very cheerful and very resourceful,” said Lucie, a saleswoman from Prague.

“I had the opportunity to see a very unique thing that was very interesting even for ape experts.

After the orangutan succeeded, he took the wet rag and climbed up to a higher place in the climbing jungle and hung it over a branch.

“He then sat under it and began to catch the water dripping from the rag in his mouth.

Lucie Štěpničková / SWNS

“It was incredible— and I watched it with my mouth open.

“He is incredibly smart and resourceful.”

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First Patient to Have Brain Tumor Removed Through Her Eyebrow Leaves Hospital in 2 Days Thanks to Technique

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NHS Grampian surgeon Dr. Giamouriadis with Doreen Adams – SWNS
NHS Grampian surgeon Dr. Giamouriadis with Doreen Adams – SWNS

A 75-year-old woman has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumor removed through an eyebrow incision, according to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).

The new procedure not only slashes the hours needed on the operating table, but patient recovery time, as well.

Doreen Adams underwent the unique procedure after a previous craniotomy to remove the tumor produced an unsuccessful result.

“The difference in the two surgeries is night and day,” reported Adams, who was able to leave the hospital in Scotland two days after the surgery.

The operation was carried out by pioneering NHS surgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis in Grampian, Scotland. He adapted an already existing technique and used it to remove tumor growth, a surgery that leaves patients with only a small scar and a temporary black eye.

The procedure also allows for surgeons to carry out the operation more quickly than a traditional craniotomy, which removes parts of the skull to expose the brain. The new method takes just three hours, compared to the craniotomy’s required 8-10.

“The recovery after the craniotomy was tough. It took a lot of time,” said the Aberdeen woman who was refereed to Dr. Giamouriadis after the surgery unfortunately did not solve the problem.

In contrast, her recovery following the surgery at ARI (the main teaching hospital in Grampian associated with the University of Aberdeen) was “much, much quicker”.

“I was out of hospital two days later and back to my normal life almost immediately.”

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Dr. Giamouriadis didn’t invent this type of surgery, but he modified it to give himself more space to work

“It is allowing me to remove very big brain tumors,” he said in an NHS statement. “We are not aware of anywhere else in the world that has managed to remove tumors as large as we have.”

“It’s a game-changer and much less invasive. Traditionally people would be left with scars across their full forehead, we avoid that with this method.

“Before we needed to do a craniotomy to give us full access. That takes a very long time. To get to the tumor takes up to three hours alone.”

His technique—which has been endorsed by British Neurological Society and European Association of Neurosurgical Societies—is also beneficial for the surgeon.

“The very tricky part with these operations is at the very end. You are dealing with tiny vessels on the optic nerves, like hairs. You can see them only under very high magnification.

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“When you are operating and you are nine hours in, surgeons can be understandably tired, so our way reduces the risk of error by reducing the operation length.

“With this method you are at the tumor in 30-40 minutes and, when you’re doing the last part of the operation, the surgeon is still fresh.”

Patients who have undergone the operation—known as the Modified Eyebrow Keyhole SupraOrbital Approach for Brain tumors—have seen remarkable recoveries, with many returning to normal life just days later.

“After the traditional method patients are kept asleep, we wake them up very slowly they require intensive care for a good few days. They then spend quite a few weeks on a ward and then usually need rehab,” he said.

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“With this technique patients wake up straight away; they sometimes go home the day after the operation, where we know patients have quicker and better recoveries.

“That’s big for the patient, but also for the hospital in terms of maximizing capacity. The patient goes home the next day, with a black eye. In a few months they have a barely visible scar.”

Doreen adds, “To think you can have brain surgery and be back to normal within a few days is quite incredible.

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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.)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of October 26, 2024
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
As a teenager, I loved the music of Jefferson Airplane. I recall sitting on the couch in my New Jersey home and listening to their albums over and over again. Years later, I was performing on stage at a San Francisco nightclub with my band, World Entertainment War. In the audience was Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane. After the show, he came backstage and introduced himself. He said he wanted his current band, Jefferson Starship, to cover two of my band’s songs on his future album. Which he did. I suspect you will soon experience a comparable version of my story, Scorpio. Your past will show up bearing a gift for your future. A seed planted long ago will finally blossom.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
My horoscopes are directed toward individuals, not groups. Yet it’s impossible to provide oracles about your personal destiny without considering the collective influences that affect you. Every day, you are impacted by the culture you live in. For instance, you encounter news media that present propaganda as information and regard cynicism as a sign of intellectual vigor. You live on a planet where the climate is rapidly changing, endangering your stability and security. You are not a narrow-minded bigot who doles out hatred toward those who are unlike you, but you may have to deal with such people. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because now is an excellent time to take an inventory of the world’s negative influences—and initiate aggressive measures to protect yourself from them. Even further, I hope you will cultivate and embody positive alternatives.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
I suspect you will be extra attractive, appealing, and engaging in the coming weeks. You may also be especially convincing, influential, and inspirational. What do you plan to do with all this potency? How will you wield your flair? Here’s what I hope: You will dispense blessings everywhere you go. You will nurture the collective health and highest good of groups and communities you are part of. PS: In unexpected ways, being unselfish will generate wonderful selfish benefits.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Do you fantasize about being a masterful manager of your world? Have you imagined the joy of being the supreme sovereign of your holy destiny? Do you love the idea of rebelling against anyone who imagines they have the right to tell you what you should do and who you are? If you answered yes to those questions, I have excellent news, Aquarius: You are now primed to take exciting steps to further the goals I described. Here’s a helpful tip: Re-dedicate yourself to the fulfillment of your two deepest desires. Swear an oath to that intention.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
The Liberation Season is here. How can you take maximum advantage of the emancipatory energies? Here are suggestions: 1. Plan adventures to frontier zones. 2. Sing and dance in the wilderness. 3. Experiment with fun and pleasure that are outside your usual repertoire. 4. Investigate what it would mean for you to be on the vanguard of your field. 5. Venture out on a pilgrimage. 6. Give yourself permission to fantasize extravagantly. 7. Consider engaging in a smart gamble. 8. Ramble, wander, and explore.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Secrets and hidden agendas have been preventing you from getting an accurate picture of what’s actually happening. But you now have the power to uncover them. I hope you will also consider the following bold moves: 1. Seek insights that could be the key to your future confidence. 2. Change an aspect of your life you’ve always wanted to change but have never been able to. 3. Find out how far you can safely go in exploring the undersides of things. 4. Help your allies in ways that will ultimately inspire them to help you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
From the early 1910s to the late 1920s, silent films were the only kind of films that were made. The proper technology wasn’t available to pair sounds with images. “Talking pictures,” or “talkies,” finally came into prominence in the 1930s. Sadly, the majority of silent films, some of which were fine works of art, were poorly preserved or only exist now in second- or third-generation copies. I’m meditating on this situation as a metaphor for your life, Taurus. Are there parts of your history that seem lost, erased, or unavailable? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to try to recover them. Remembering and reviving your past can be a potent healing agent.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
An old proverb tells us, “You must run toward the future and catch it. It is not coming to meet you, but is fleeing from you, escaping into the unknown.” This adage isn’t true for you at all right now, Gemini. In fact, the future is dashing toward you from all directions. It is not shy or evasive, but is eager to embrace you and is full of welcoming energy. How should you respond? I recommend you make yourself very grounded. Root yourself firmly in an understanding of who you are and what you want. Show the future clearly which parts of it you really want and which parts are uninteresting to you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Early in his musical career, Cancerian innovator Harry Partch played traditional instruments and composed a regular string quartet. But by age 29, he was inventing and building novel instruments that had never before been used. Among the materials he used in constructing his Zymo-Xyl, Eucal Blossom, and Chromelodeon were tree branches, light bulbs, and wine bottles. I’m inviting you to enter into a Harry Partch phase of your cycle, Cancerian. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to express your unique genius—whether that’s in your art, your business, your personal life, or any other sphere where you love to express your authentic self.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Life’s unpredictable flow will bring you interesting new blessings if you revamp your fundamentals. Listen closely, Leo, because this is a subtle turn of events: A whole slew of good fortune will arrive if you joyfully initiate creative shifts in your approaches to talking, walking, exercising, eating, sleeping, meditating, and having fun. These aren’t necessarily earth-shaking transformations. They may be as delicate and nuanced as the following: 1. adding amusing words to your vocabulary; 2. playfully hopping and skipping as you stroll along; 3. sampling new cuisines; 4. keeping a notebook or recorder by your bed to capture your dreams; 5. trying novel ways to open your mind and heart; 6. seeking fresh pleasures that surprise you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
In an old Irish folk tale, the fairies give a queen a crystal cauldron with special properties. If anyone speaks three falsehoods in its presence, it cracks into three fragments. If someone utters three hearty truths while standing near it, the three pieces unite again. According to my metaphorical reading of your current destiny, Virgo, you are now in the vicinity of the broken cauldron. You have expressed one restorative truth, and need to proclaim two more. Be gently brave and bold as you provide the healing words.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Let’s review the highlights of the recent months. First, you expanded your perspective, blew your mind, and raised your consciousness. That was fabulous! Next, you wandered around half-dazed and thoroughly enchanted, pleased with your new freedom and spaciousness. That, too, was fantastic! Then, you luxuriously indulged in the sheer enjoyment of your whimsical explorations and experimentations. Again, that was marvelous! Now you’re ready to spend time integrating all the teachings and epiphanies that have surged into your life in recent months. This might be less exciting, but it’s equally important.

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(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.” – James Joyce

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Quote of the Day: “The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.” – James Joyce

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Good News in History, October 26

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Bootsy Collins in the 90s. CC BY-SA 3.0. MikaV

Happy 73rd Birthday to William Collins, better known by his rather eternal moniker, “Bootsy.” A bass guitar legend, Bootsy learned how to play in a band at the knees of James Brown before lending his funky bass playing to Funkadelic and Parliament. He’s also had an extensive solo and collaborative career, influenced dozens of influential bassists who came after him, and lent his talents to about every form of media imaginable, from film, to radio hosts inside video games. READ more about Bootsy Collins… (1951)

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Eight Ounces of This Powder Removes as Much CO2 from the Air as a Tree

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credit - Zihui Zhou UC Berkeley, supplied to the media.
credit – Zihui Zhou UC Berkeley, supplied to the media.

Included in the broad scientific consensus on climate change is the notion that it’s unlikely humans can prevent the worst events of 2°C of warming without removing excess carbon that’s already in the atmosphere.

To that end, student inventors at UC Berkeley have created this yellow powder, half a pound of which can absorb the same amount of CO2 as a mature oak tree.

GNN just reported that humanity may have more wiggle room to avoid the worst predicted effects of climate change than previously thought, based on updated models of CO2 absorption in plants.

Even still, if all currently developing economies follow the same or similar emissions curves that the G20 did during the 20th and 21st centuries, carbon still needs to be pulled from the atmosphere to keep the global amount under 450 parts per million—a number that is said to be a threshold beyond which excess carbon would be exceedingly dangerous.

To do so, engineers have been trying to devise the best methods to take carbon that’s already been emitted into the atmosphere and capture it. At the Climeworks plant up in Iceland, the world’s largest “direct air capture” device is storing 4,000 metric tons of atmospheric CO2 underground every year.

This yellow powder however, could perform substantially better if certain applications for its use could be developed.

It’s called COF-999, and it’s been engineered using non-exotic materials to be extremely porous and durable. Omar Yaghi, a reticular chemist, and UC Berkeley colleague Zihui Zhou, a materials chemist, designed it to act like a cross between an air filter and a sponge.

Made by some of the strongest chemical bonds, like those that hold diamond crystals together, COF-999 appears to be filled with channels under a microscope. Within these channels and attached to these strong bonds are compounds called amines that grab hold of passing carbon dioxide molecules as air moves through and against them.

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There are enough amines in just half a pound of this powder to soak up 88 pounds of CO2, about the same as a large tree does by the time it reaches maturity. Compared to synthetic materials used for direct air capture, it captures carbon about 10 times faster as well. Once absorbed, if the powder is heated to 140°F, all the CO2 is released.

This absorb and release can be repeated hundreds of times.

“It performs beautifully,” said Yaghi. “Based on the stability and the behavior of the material right now, we think it will go to thousands of cycles.”

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At the moment, the major hurdle to overcome is how to position the powder in the open air, in a manufacturing or power plant that can deposit the carbon in a solid material, without it blowing away in the wind.

LA Times described the powder as ready for commercial scale within two years, according to Yaghi’s estimates. He and his colleague Zhou patented their invention and founded a startup to try and launch it into commercialization.

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Hoard of 1,000-yo Coins Unearthed in Farmer’s Field Nets Millions for Metal Detecting Friends–and Treasure for UK

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© British Museum: The Chew Valley Hoard of 2,584 silver pennies dates from the turmoil of the Norman Conquest of England and has been acquired by the South West Heritage Trust.
© British Museum: The Chew Valley Hoard of 2,584 silver pennies dates from the turmoil of the Norman Conquest of England and has been acquired by the South West Heritage Trust.

The largest coin hoard ever found from the period of turmoil immediately following the Norman Conquest has been bought by the British government on behalf of the nation.

Consisting of 2,584 silver pennies, it was likely buried for safekeeping during a time when virtually the whole country was at war, and was recently valued at $5.6 million (£4.3 million) making it the highest value treasure acquisition on record, millions more than the gold and bejeweled Staffordshire Hoard that went on a world tour because of its fame.

© British Museum: The Chew Valley Hoard was probably deposited for safekeeping during rebellions in the South West against the new Norman king, William ‘the Conqueror’.

It’s called the Chew Valley Hoard, and like many of the great coin and treasure hoards in English archaeological history, it was found by some locals with a metal detector in a farmer’s field.

Adam Staples was out with six of his friends in southwest England in 2019 when he found the first set of coins.

“The first one was a William the Conqueror coin—£1,000, £1,500 value,” Staples said Tuesday at the British Museum, where the hoard will go on display in November. “It’s a really good find. It’s a find-of-the-year sort of discovery. And then we got another one, (we thought) there might be five, there might be 10.”

1,066 CE: often cited as one of the most important dates in the history of the English-speaking world when the last traces of Vikingism and Saxon rule in Great Britain were eliminated by the Norman Duke William the Conquerer.

Landing near Exeter, William I from Northern France had to fight Harold Godwinson, the Anglo-Saxon King of England who had just destroyed the invading army of the Norwegian Viking ruler Harald Hardrotta and consolidated power in the country.

These two campaigns threw most of the country into turmoil, but Godwinson was defeated at the Battle of Hastings, and the Saxon traditions of kingship in the British Isles were replaced with a French-style monarchy that changed Britain’s destiny for centuries to come.

A little less than half of the coins were minted during Godwinson’s reign, while a little more than half depict the newly-crowned William I. These in particular are believed to be the very first coins minted during his reign—first editions, if you like.

“This remarkable hoard gives us unique insight into our country’s rich history and one of the most important moments in our history, when these islands were thrown into turmoil by the Norman Conquest,” said Sir Chris Bryant, the Minister for Heritage.

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The hoard contains twice as many coins of Harold II than have ever previously been found and increases nearly five times the number of known first-type coins of William I.

SWHT Curator of Archaeology, Amal Khreisheh © South West Heritage Trust

Once Staples and his friends discovered the coins, the next step was to see if they would be declared “treasure,” a decision made according to the 1996 Treasure Act by a local government coroner. The Treasure Act holds that any objects of historical value to the nation made of precious or semi-precious materials are declared treasure, and held on behalf of the finder while museums make bids to purchase them for their collections.

Typically the value is judged by the market rate of the material, in this case silver, (going for about $33.40 an ounce at the time of writing) plus a premium for the historical value. In this case, the premium is substantial and more than 90% of the value of the artifacts.

The Chew Valley Hoard was bought by the Southwest Heritage Trust of England with a £4,420,527 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and £150,000 from the Art Fund, alongside smaller but vital grants from other sources.

After a November debut at the British Museum, the hoard will return to Somerset where it was found, to join the collections at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton, 130 miles (210 kilometers) southwest of London.

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Middle Schooler Leads $11.5 Million Project to Build Air Filters for Connecticut Schools

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credit - Funmike Shokunbi, family photo
credit – Funmike Shokunbi, family photo

A young Connecticut student is vowing classmates, students, and even state senators with her work designing cheap new air filters for classrooms.

Her name is Eniola Shokunbi, and before she reaches her goal of becoming President of the United States, she wanted to help keep classrooms free from cold and flu viruses circulating through the air.

In fifth grade, Shokunbi led some of her classmates in a design and build project at the Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown, CT. Her idea was to create an air filter to clear the air of viruses circulating within aerosols through classrooms, which she managed with just a box fan, 4 furnace filters, duct tape, and cardboard.

With help from scientists at the University of Connecticut, she and her classmates tested and gathered results on the air filter’s potency and then took a field trip to the EPA, where the results were presented.

“This stuff is more effective than a lot of the commercial products on the market; it’s a lot cheaper and a lot more effective,” State Senator Matt Lesser told NBC CT.

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Shokunbi was in the room when the Connecticut State Bond Commission unanimously approved $11.5 million for the assembly and installation of the air filter system for other schools in the state, which the now-sixth grader said furthered her goal of getting these filters installed in every classroom in America.

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“I want them to go to school knowing that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they can learn,” Shokunbi said. “I really love explaining to people and seeing their faces, seeing them realize that this could change so many lives.”

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Relief as Man Recovers His Stolen Car–and His Father’s Ashes Stowed Under the Back Seat

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Thomas Rice's pickup truck - credit, released by the family.
Thomas Rice’s pickup truck – credit, released by the family.

A man who visited Syracuse, North Carolina had his pickup truck stolen—along with his father’s ashes still lodged under the back seat.

Mr. Tom Rice had driven into town for his nephew’s wedding, and parked his blue Ford F-150 SuperCrew in a garage adjacent to the Courtyard Marriot on Fayette Street.

It was a beautiful mid-fall evening, and Rice, accompanied by his golden retriever Marshall, thought he’d walk the necessary blocks to the venue rather than drive.

After a night of fun and celebration, Rice woke up to a disaster—his truck was simply gone, along with his father’s ashes.

“I walked out and it was gone. I came in just to make sure it had [sic] been towed for some reason, and nobody knew anything, and I called 911,” Rice told WSYR, Channel 9.

His father had died on October 9th, nine days prior to the wedding. Rice had just been up to Connecticut where his father lived to retrieve the ashes before driving down to NC. He said that there was a space under the back seat where the box containing them fit perfectly, with no chance of them jostling around.

“It just hit me that everything was gone,” Rice said, adding that there were also Christmas presents and other memorabilia of his father’s. “My mom’s interred at the church down in North Carolina in a columbarium. That’s where dad is going to be interred, or was going to be interred. So we want to get those ashes back in any way we could.”

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Fortunately, the truck was found over that weekend—abandoned on Onondaga Street in Syracuse. Either for reasons of decency or because they realized they weren’t of value, the thieves, who despite ransacking the contents of the truck, left the ashes behind along with many of his father’s other effects including his documents, and scale models of some of the planes he worked on as an engineer at Northrup Grumman.

Now that the ashes are recovered, Rice’s family plans to have his father’s service in November.

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“We’ve got some pretty interesting stuff for his eulogy about all of these fantastic things he did in his life, all of these adventures,” Syracuse.com. “And even after he passed away, he had one more adventure in store.”

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