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New Eyedrops Could Repair Corneas, Make Glasses Unnecessary

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A team of Israeli scientists have developed a kind of eyedrop that can heal damaged corneas and fix a patient’s nearsightedness or longsightedness.

The patented “nanodrops”, as they are called by the ophthalmologists at Bar-Ilan University, were successfully used to improve the vision of pigs. If shown to have the same results during clinical testing on humans later this year, the treatment could waive the need for eyeglasses.

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Additionally, the research team found that the nanodrops could be developed to create multifocal vision correction so they could see things at various distances similar to the effects of wearing bifocal eyeglasses.

According to The Jerusalem Post, the researchers are unsure of how long patients would need to apply the eyedrops before their vision was repaired – but if proven to be successful, the treatment would be a revolutionary method of improving eyesight.

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County Deputies Greet Returning Students With Handshakes, Hugs, and High Fives to Show Support

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In a gesture of solidarity towards the students of this Maryland high school, the county deputies welcomed the returning teenagers to class on Tuesday with hugs, high fives, and handshakes.

The Charles County Sheriff’s department posted a video of their officers posted up outside of Westlake High School in Waldorf, Maryland, greeting students as they arrived.

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The sheriff’s department tweeted the video with a caption saying that they wanted to “show their support to students and let them know we care, especially after the tragic Florida shooting.”

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Woman Surprised to Find Her Dog Comforting a Grieving Stranger in the Airport

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This pup’s sweet gesture at the airport is a perfect example of how animals have a sixth sense for things unseen.

Cora the corgi and her owner Madison Palm were waiting to board a flight from Idaho to Alaska so they could visit Palm’s mother.

As they sat down in the boarding area, however, Cora suddenly trotted over to an older man for some attention.

“Before I could even call her she was already at his feet being loved on,” Palm told TODAY. “I asked him if she was bothering him,” Palm said. “And with a somber face and watery eyes he said, ‘No, no. I lost my dog last night.’”

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Cora stayed by the man as he petted her neck and whispered little compliments into her ear. Palm, on the other hand, was heartened by her dog’s compassionate instincts.

This is not the first time that the canine has been intuitive of people’s emotional needs; 23-year-old Palm is currently training Cora to become certified as a therapy dog so she can help with her human’s anxiety.

“I truly think she has a gift. She knows who is hurting and she knows who needs her,” she said. “Once he told me that his dog passed away I looked at Cora and I thought to myself, ‘You are so amazing. How did I get so lucky?’”

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Hear an Awesome ‘Girl Power’ Story About a Mom Who Turned $700 into $65 Million

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This Friday morning, we heard another Good News Guru story broadcasting on the top-rated morning show in Los Angeles.

An inspiring mom would stop at nothing to MAKE IT WORK for her family, even when a powerful businessman told her she was “a stupid woman” and expected her to simply give up. An awesome story of girl power.

If you missed the show, LISTEN to the audio, here.

Ellen K. brings you the GNN founder as ‘The Good News Guru’ streaming live around the world on KOST 103.5 every Friday at 9:54 am Eastern (6:54am PST).

HEAR all the Good News Guru stories in the Ellen K. archives.

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“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Quote of the Day: “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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When Man Suddenly Collapses, People Line Up For 96-Minute CPR Marathon to Save Him

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In what has been called the “longest, successful out-of-hospital resuscitation,” 20 different people all saved a man’s life by performing CPR for 96 minutes.

The miraculous incident took place in the tiny town of Goodhue, Minnesota back in 2011. Goodhue, which only has a population of about 1,000 people, doesn’t even have a traffic light. The emergency response team for the town is comprised of roughly 20 volunteers.

54-year-old Howard Snitzer received life-saving help from all of them when he was walking out of a grocery store and suddenly collapsed on the sidewalk from a massive heart attack.

As the grocery clerk called 911, the only other customer in the store rushed outside and started giving CPR. Several other people across the street overheard the commotion, and went to lend a hand.

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“He wasn’t breathing,” said Al Lodermeier, one of the good Samaritans. “He was in trouble and that’s when we started doing CPR.”

Al’s brother Roy also told ABC News: “We just lined up and when one guy had enough, the next guy jumped in. That’s how it went.”

It would take 96 minutes for a rescue helicopter from the Mayo Clinic to fly over and successfully resuscitate Snitzer – and over the course of that nerve-wracking hour and a half, 20 people all lined up in front of Snitzer so they could wait for their turn to take over the chest compressions.

10 days later, Snitzer had made a full recovery and was released from the hospital.

(WATCH the incredible interviews below)

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Student Gives Her Ice Cream Money to Help Pay For Funeral of Teacher’s Father-in-Law

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Yet another youngster has given an adult a valuable lesson in kindness.

Price Lawrence, who is a 6th-grade teacher at Highlands Elementary in Huntsville, Alabama, was in the middle of teaching one of his morning classes when his students noticed that he was acting a little strangely.

“This morning, during first period, my kids could tell that I was a little off,” Lawrence wrote on Facebook. “When they asked why I wasn’t acting normally, I explained to them that my wife’s father had passed away this weekend and that I was worried about her.”

The kids gave their condolences, and the class went on as per usual.

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At the very end of the period, however, the students were filing out of the classroom when one of the girls slipped something into Lawrence’s hand.

It was several coins enclosed with a note with well wishes for Ms. Lawrence.

The youngster then looked up at the teacher and said: “This is for your wife. I know it was real expensive when my daddy died and I don’t really want ice cream today anyways.”

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Needless to say, he was touched. He later took to Facebook to voice his gratitude and admiration for the student.

“I wish the world would pay more attention to children,” he said. “We could learn a lot from them.”

Since he posted a photo of the gift to social media earlier this week, it has already been shared a quarter million times.

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Man Leaves Boxes of Amusing “New” Girl Scout Flavors at Local Grocery Store

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With Girl Scout cookie season coming up, everyone is getting ready to stock up on Thin Mints and Samoas (which are obviously the best flavors) for the long cookie-less months ahead.

At this particular grocery store that was infiltrated by comedian Jeff Wysasky, however, consumers were able to find more than the average array of Girl Scout treats.

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Wysasky is the mastermind behind Obvious Plant, a Facebook page dedicated to placing amusing fake signs and products in public. This week, the comedian placed some new Girl Scout cookie flavors on the shelves of his local grocery store.

Our favorite of the gag goodies? Probably the one entitled “Oops! All Raisins (We Messed Up)”.

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A Sneaky Corgi Taught Itself to Ride a Woman’s Pony – and the Video Has Gone Viral

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A corgi and his trusty pony pal may become the next biggest circus act in America.

22-year-old Callie Schenker, who lives near Halfway in Bolivar, arrived home earlier this month to find her neighbor’s corgi riding her one-eyed pony Cricket.

Unable to contain her laughter, Schenker whipped out her phone and recorded a 15-second clip of the dynamic duo in action.

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Since it was published to social media, the video has gone viral.

Schenker wrote on Facebook: “I can’t make this stuff up!!! So we pull back in our driveway tonight and this is what we see. This is not our dog! But apparently him and Cricket the one eyed wonder pony are best friends. I’m stealing the dog, new circus act!”

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“Winning does not mean finding solutions immediately, but believing that the solution is possible.” – Patrizio Paoletti

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Quote of the Day: “Winning does not mean finding solutions immediately, but believing that the solution is possible.” – Patrizio Paoletti

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When Kindergartener Has Her Shirt on Backwards, Classmates Are a Heartwarming Example of Kindness

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Instead of allowing one of their fellow students to continue feeling excluded, this kindergarten class became a shining example of what it means to be kind.

According to CBC News, substitute teacher Marie McGaugh was teaching a class at Souris Regional School when one of the students told one of the girls sitting next to her that her shirt was on backwards.

As the other youngsters started to laugh at the simple wardrobe malfunction, the little girl “put her head down and turned red with embarrassment.”

McGaugh saw the student shying away from the laughter and decided to give the class a mini lecture on how putting the spotlight on a student like that could make them feel humiliated or excluded.

As McGaugh was talking, however, the kids grew quiet in rapt attention. Not only that, but one of the girls quietly took her arms out of her sleeves and turned her own shirt around.

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Another student shortly followed suit. Soon enough, all of the students in the class had turned their shirts around back-to-front.

“I just thought it was so caring and just so pure-hearted, they didn’t want her to feel bad,” McGaugh told the CBC. “And not a word was spoken. It was their actions that were just so powerful.”

“It was just one of those golden moments where they taught me, I didn’t teach them, they taught me… I was blessed to witness it,” she added.

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Woman Catches Thief Then Takes Him Out For Coffee

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Tess Aboughoushe was just leaving a chiropractor’s appointment last Wednesday when she suddenly found herself in the middle of what felt like a scene from a movie.

Aboughoushe had been returning to her office in downtown Edmonton when she heard a woman down the street yell that a man had stolen her wallet.

Sure enough, a man started running away from the scene of the crime – but not before Aboughoushe could take off after him.

After chasing him for two blocks, Aboughoushe rounded the corner into an alleyway and found that the burglar had stopped running and had started to cry instead.

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“He came out from behind the dumpster and says, in a conciliatory way, ‘Here is the wallet, I can’t do this anymore, I’m sorry, just take it, take it,’” she told CBC Radio’s Edmonton AM.

“So I took the wallet, and the woman caught up soon after. I gave it back to her and he stayed there, apologizing a lot.”

Recognizing that the man was distressed, Aboughoushe took him to a café down the street and bought him a large black coffee.

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The man explained that he had come to the city with his friend from Calgary, but they had ditched him in Edmonton without any money.

Aboughoushe did her best to console the man before showing him how to get to the public library where he could seek help from the social workers on staff. She says that she hopes that the man gets the help that he needs, and she has no regrets over her actions from that day.

“You kill more flies with honey than you do with vinegar,” she said. “I wanted to show him some compassion.”

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Dog Found Tied to Tree With a Note is Adopted: “She tried to find me a home but nobody would take me”

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Zeus the dog was left tied up to a tree in the middle of the woods with a bag of dog food sitting nearby and a note attached to his collar.

The note read: “I am a very good dog, my owner just can’t afford me anymore. She tried to find me a home, but nobody would take me.”

“I am still very young and energetic. I am good with kids and cats, but I get scared when meeting new dogs. Please find me a good home to go to.”

The owner left a final sentence, saying that they she was heartbroken about having to leave Zeus behind, but she had “no other options for him” and she hated to do it, but she “just can not afford him anymore.”

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Zeus, who is a Husky/black lab mix, was eventually found by the Prince George County Animal Shelter in Virginia.

Heartbroken by the note, they posted photos of Zeus, and a picture of the letter, to Facebook begging for someone to adopt the sweet pup.

Thankfully, it was spotted by the right family and the canine was successfully adopted into a forever home – just in time for Valentine’s Day, too.

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The shelter posted about Zeus’s adoption to Facebook with a notice reading: “For anyone who may find themselves in need of rehoming a pet, please reach out to your local animal services. Many areas have resources to assist if they can not assist personally. We are not sure this owner lived in our county. If they did, please know you may call us. We are always here to assist whether it be with resources that can help financially, with feeding your pet, or even with surrendering him or her to us.”

Some readers have speculated that Zeus’s owner may have been a victim of domestic abuse. Not many women’s shelters in the United States are fitted to accommodate pets – although, that may soon be changing thanks to this organization.

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“Each person invented himself, for whatever reason through whatever circumstance… We are each a figment of our own imagination and some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.” – David Geffen

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Quote of the Day: “Each person invented himself, for whatever reason through whatever circumstance. We are each a figment of our own imagination and some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.” –David Geffen

Story Behind the Photo: This image, from a KREM News video, accompanied a GNN post entitled, Dolls Get Makeovers When Artists Turn Them Into Role Models

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Can Sound Wave Therapy Heal What Ails You?

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The Lesson: Sound technology is the latest development in “frequency medicine” – a kind of technique that supposedly treats different psychological and physical conditions with varying degrees of vibrations. In this podcast, Larry Doochin, a self-proclaimed expert of sound wave therapy, explains the difference between a resonant frequency versus a normal frequency; how he believes stress can throw off the frequency in the body; and how spirituality and science can come together with healing frequencies.

Notable Excerpt: “We feel like the human voice is probably the most deeply assimilated by the body than an instrument, because human sound is organic to us. So you think about listening to a choir, you feel that energy running in your body. That’s the power of human sound, and there’s a reason that human sound has been used for millennia by native traditions and indigenous tribes for healing, because it’s that powerful. And sound is really fundamental to basically to all creation because all the spiritual traditions and religious traditions talking about sound as having created the universe. Sound is a very fundamental element in what we’re doing, and we think human sound, because we produce human sound, is really the basis of what we need to help us restore those frequencies.”

The Guest: Larry Doochin is the co-founder of UrielTones: a technology that allegedly uses sound, vibrations, and varying frequencies to treat ailments such as insomnia, anxiety, insufficient energy, and stress. He is also the author of “I Am Therefore I Am” and “To Everything There is a Season”, both of which are books on exploring spiritual comfort and guidance.

The Host: Dave Asprey, the CEO and Founder of Bulletproof, is a biohacker (changing his environment from the inside-out to have full control of his biology). For nearly two decades, he’s been questioning the status quo of nutrition and medicine so he could feel better—and have more energy in his 40s than he had in his 20s. Join more than 1 million biohackers who follow Bulletproof for leading-edge information on how to supercharge your body and upgrade your brain.

Books: Asprey is the author of “The Bulletproof Diet” – a guide on how to feel more energized and lose weight – and “Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks”.

Podcast: The Bulletproof podcast is available on PodcastOne, iTunes, Stitcher, and YouTube.

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Tabletop Robotic Arm Reduces Language Barrier, Turns Speech into Sign Language

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These engineering students noticed a significant shortage of sign language interpreters in the world – which is why they created a robotic arm to lend a hand.

“Project Aslan” is a user-friendly and low-cost humanoid robot that translates speech into sign language.

Aslan, which is an acronym for “Antwerp’s Sign Language Actuating Node” was designed by three students at the University of Antwerp who wanted to “to reduce the communication barrier between the hearing and the deaf community.”

“Because of his innovative design, Aslan stays affordable, without losing durability,” says the students. “The use of 3D-printing technology makes it possible to cut the production costs, as well as carrying out modifications or repairs when necessary.”

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Robotics teacher Erwin Smet says: “A deaf person who needs to appear in court, a deaf person following a lesson in a classroom somewhere. These are all circumstances where a deaf person needs a sign language interpreter, but where often such an interpreter is not readily available. This is where a low-cost option, like Aslan can offer a solution.”

Since the parts are all 3D-printed, Project Aslan can be manufactured and assembled in over 140 countries that have access to the technology.

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The team is currently working on creating a second robotic arm to work with the first, as well as an expressive face that can help convey meaning. Additionally, the students are exploring the possibilities of connecting a webcam to Project Aslan so users can teach the robot new signs.

Once the project is finished, they plan on making the designs open-source for everyone.

(WATCH the device in action below)

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Watch Cop Who “Can’t Swim” Dive Into Freezing Waters to Save Drowning Man

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Despite not being a very good swimmer, this police constable did not hesitate to risk his own life in order to save another.

A man was in danger of drowning when he fell off of a bridge and into the freezing fast-moving waters of River Irwell in Bury this Saturday.

Police Constable Mohammed Nadeem, who had already been on the scene, immediately made the 8-foot jump into the water so he could rescue the man. The student officer’s bodycam captured harrowing footage of the entire incident.

Even though he was weighed down by his gear, Nadeem says that he was able to grab the distressed man and haul him to the side of the river where they were later pulled out by his fellow officers of the Greater Manchester Police Department.

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Nadeem later told the BBC: “I can’t swim. I’m not a good swimmer at all and having all the extra body gear was very hard but somehow I got to him… and we got to the side and waited for help.

“It was very dangerous but I just had to go in… seeing this man drowning I just couldn’t wait.”

According to Nadeem’s superintendent, the young officer is now being called “The Hoff” by his cohorts as an affectionate homage to David Hasselhoff’s character on the “Baywatch” TV show.

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Wise Words From April Choi: a Reader and a Traveler

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“Good News Network is an amazing find for me. I stopped watching the news on TV, listening to the radio, and discontinued my donations to Public Radio last year because of the explosive and exploited media that was generated throughout all the stations. It is really dumbing us down.

I have traveled to 37 countries and experienced the lives of many cultures and find that we all want happiness, basic respect and want to proud of where we live. The media has created such divisions within our countries to the point where educated people have biases with not an ounce of true experiences, knowledge, or reason. Often times when I return from my travels, friends, acquaintances, and family ask me: ‘Is it dangerous over there? Did you feel afraid that your life was in danger?’ Why do we assume that any place has different values than the place we live or that someone out of our inner circle is a threat? People need to get out of their bubble and explore new place and build new relationships to discover that our world is not the scary place that the mass media portrays it to be.” –April Choi

Jonathan Leger Says: “You’re doing a necessary work…”

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“I was thrilled to find GNN and I read and share stories all the time. You’re doing a necessary work in a society dominated by bad news. There are bad things we all need to be aware of, to be sure, but there’s a lot of good happening in the world, and people need to read the good alongside the bad to maintain hope for a better future.” –Jonathan Leger

Dying Man Pleads With Facebook to Find Home For His Dog and the Response is Overwhelming

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Upon being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, Walt Hollier was given just months to live – but thanks to a Facebook post gone viral, his final wish was granted just in time.

The Austin, Texas resident wanted to make sure that both of his dogs would be taken care of after his passing. Hollier’s family members had already agreed to adopt Doc, the elderly of the two hounds, but he still had to find a home for Diego; an affectionate 8-year-old red healer.

Last month, Hollier took to Facebook with a plea for someone to adopt Diego and give him a good home.

“He has not shown ANY aggressive behavior in 8 years,” wrote Hollier. “He is in great health and loves to run, play, swim, and ride in cars or trucks … He is a great watch dog, and real low maintenance.

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“It tears me heart out to lose him, but it would bring me great comfort when I die that he is well taken care of,” he added.

Within the very same day, the post went viral. Hollier’s note was shared over 65,000 times and he received 100 different adoption offers.

Amidst the outpouring of offers and support, however, Hollier managed to find Diego the perfect home.

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Hollier wrote: “Diego has been adopted by The Last Resort. It is a men’s recovery center in Smithville, Texasx. He lives on 50 acres of beautiful land with horses and cows and free range. He has 40+ new friends and is acting as a service dog for men in recovery. He is getting lots of TLC, and only being 50 miles away, I can visit him a lot.”

“I could have not asked for a better conclusion. It’s a win for Diego, a win for me, and a win for men who need a buddy right now. So thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers, and have made me aware of how many good folks there are out there.”

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