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How a Woman’s Hair Appointment Possibly Saved Her Life

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Eileen Korey treasures her luscious red locks – and that’s why she has been going to the same hairstylist every month for the last 15 years.

Her most recent visit, however, provided more than good looks.

Her stylist, Kari Phillips, noticed an unusual mark on Korey’s scalp while she was dying her roots.

Since Phillips insisted that she didn’t see the mark there a month ago, she told Korey to go see a dermatologist immediately.

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It was lucky she did, too. Korey’s skin tests came back positive for melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer. But because Ms. Phillips noticed the spot when it was still in stage zero, Korey will simply undergo a quick surgery for the situ melanoma at the end of the month, rather than chemotherapy and radiation.

“If I have to have melanoma this is the best one to have. It was just this incredible sigh of relief,” Korey told TODAY.

Korey urges other hair stylists around the world to keep a sharp eye out for similar cancers on their clients’ heads that might match the ABC rules for spotting the disease. It could end up saving their life.

A = Asymmetry: One half is unlike the other half
B = Border: An irregular, scalloped or poorly defined border
C = Color: Varies from one area to another, with shades of tan, brown or black, white, red, or blue
D = Diameter: They are sually greater than the size of a pencil eraser, but may be smaller
E = Evolving: Looks like it is changing in size, shape or color

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Jack Johnson Insists on Making His Concerts Sustainable-And Starts With the Humble Cup

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Crowd holds up their Jack Johnson cups - SB Bowl, July 2017

At two sold-out performances in California, Jack Johnson gave each and every concert-goer a souvenir stainless steel cup to eliminate single-use plastic and build on his legacy of greening rock-and-roll.

Fans at the Santa Barbara Bowl shows could fill up for free at any water station and will enjoy a $1 discount on all beverage refills – for the life of that pint at any future concert in the outdoor amphitheater.

For years, Johnson, a favorite hometown son and lifelong surfer, has forced concert venues into adopting sustainability efforts if they wanted to feature his music.

Before agreeing to play somewhere, he hands over a list of environmentally-focused demands in his rider, including a 100% recycling requirement and a request for energy-efficient light bulbs to be installed throughout the facility.

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“After a show, I look out and see a sea of plastic – the industry I’m part of is contributing in a major way to this problem. I feel a responsibility,” Johnson told Rolling Stone.

For the picturesque Santa Barbara Bowl, the drive to go green was already embedded in their ethos. They’ve made it their mission to divert as much of their waste from the landfill as possible — going far beyond the California requirement of 50% by reducing 90% of their waste after sorting recyclables and composting the rest.

Johnson awarded the venue, which is 90 miles north of Los Angeles, the All At Once Sustainability Award in 2014 for being one of the greenest venues on his North American Tour and donated a water refill station in 2015 that has been used at every Bowl event since.

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The new campaign is an expansion of the Bowl’s Reusable Pint Program launched in 2014 in coordination with Johnson’s “From Here To Now To You” Tour that began striving to remove single-use plastic from concert venues.

His disdain for plastic led the 42-year-old singer songwriter on a voyage with scientists through the North Atlantic for a documentary about plastic pollution in the ocean. He contributed an original score to the film, The Smog of the Sea, including the song Fragments, which laments the small shards of plastic they discovered wherever they went. (They confirmed that the huge pile of floating trash is indeed a myth, and the real scourge are these “fragments on the sea.”

Johnson has extended his sold-out U.S. tour to support his new album, All the Light Above It Too. The LP, his seventh, which includes Fragments, is set for release September 8th via his own Brushfire Records.

Like the Dead & Company tour this year, which is erecting tents to feature the work of nonprofits, like the Jerry Garcia Foundation, Johnson’s tour dates at the Bowl hosted the All At Once Village Green, with local environmental non-profits and fan engagement to support sustainable local food systems and plastic free initiatives.

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A Dozen Homeless People Have Been Reunited with Their Families Thanks to This Start-Up

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15 people living on the streets have been positively reunited with their families, thanks to social media and the efforts of this one volunteer organization.

Miracle Messages is a startup that records brief videos of homeless people giving loving messages to their long lost family members. Volunteers then put the videos on social media and locate the family based on likes, shares, and messages.

According to the organization, 30 of their messages have result in 15 happy reunions. Of the 15 homeless people, 40% were lifted off of the streets.

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Kevin Adler, founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, created the project as a means of honoring his late Uncle Mark – a loving family member who lived on and off the streets for 30 years because of his schizophrenia. Adler first put the project in action during the holiday season in 2014; with hot beverages and pastries in hand, he asked homeless people around San Francisco if they had any messages they wanted to send to their families.

The startup has expanded to include a team of volunteers who have their own special reasons for supporting the organization’s mission.

“I chose to volunteer with Miracle Messages to humanize the homeless, because when my family lived on the streets for ten years, we wished someone might empathize with us,” says volunteer Michael Gaulden. “Maybe if a caring family member of ours could have found us and helped us, we would have been able to get off the streets much sooner.”

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While Miracle Messages understands that some people living in poverty prefer not to reconnect with their families, volunteers have found that 90% of their work have had extraordinarily positive results.

“Everyone is someone’s somebody, but the majority of homeless people are totally disconnected from their social support systems,” says Adler. “While relational brokenness and mental illness separate some families, many homeless people are disconnected due to digital literacy, access to technology, lost contact information, feeling ashamed, and/or feeling worthless (i.e., technological and emotional barriers).”

The organization hopes that by forging connections between homeless people and their family, they will be able to life at least 1% of the country’s homeless population out of poverty over the course of the next four years.

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Boy Trips, Falls and Discovers Rare Million-Year-old Fossil

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This 10-year-old boy is being credited with the discovery of a rare fossil buried deep in the New Mexican desert.

Jude Sparks and his family were exploring the Las Cruces desert back in November when he tripped on a protruding substance that was jutting out from the rock. When Sparks fell to the ground, he came face to face with a strange looking jaw bone and tusk.

Upon examining the fossils, the family decided to call Peter Houde, a biology professor at the New Mexico State University.

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Houde was shocked to find that the boy had unearthed a 1.2 million-year-old stegomastodon skull.

“A stegomastodon would look to any of us like an elephant,” said Houde in a statement. “For the several types of elephants that we have in the area, this is probably one of the more common of them. But they’re still very rare. This may be only the second complete skull found in New Mexico.”

The family was then invited by the university to help dig up the fossil in May. While it took a lot of careful, delicate precision, the 120-pound skull was finally unearthed and brought to the school a week later.

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Researchers and specialists are praising the Sparks family for their honesty and communication upon finding the fossil.

“As you can imagine, when people find out about these things, they might be tempted to go out there and see what they might find themselves and tear up the land or they might hurt themselves,” Houde said. “To be quite honest, all these fossils from this area are radioactive and especially for children, not something you would want in your home.”

“I have every hope and expectation that this specimen will ultimately end up on exhibit and this little boy will be able to show his friends and even his own children, look what I found right here in Las Cruces.”

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Watch Foster Kids’ Reaction When Mickey Mouse Tells Them They’re Getting Adopted

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Disneyland may be considered the happiest place on Earth for most people, but it is now especially meaningful for these two foster kids.

12-year-old Janielle and 10-year-old Elijah thought that they were just getting a private meet and greet with Mickey Mouse when they were visiting Disney’s Magical Kingdom in April. Little did they know, however, that their foster parents had planned a special surprise.

Janielle and Elijah were handed a sign to hold for their photo op with Mickey. After they took the photo, they looked at what was written on the sign.

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Emblazoned on the front was a congratulatory letter stating that Janielle and Elijah’s foster parents of 3 years would finally be adopting them.

Courtney and Tom Gilmour had originally planned on surprising the kids with the sign at a Mickey Mouse meet and greet – but when they wrote about their plans on social media, Disney offered to host a private session for the foster family.

And the results are magical.

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UK Bans Unfair Credit Card Surcharges, Calling Them a ‘Rip-Off’

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Starting in January, the UK will be prohibiting Britain’s obscene use of credit card surcharges on the basis that they are “a ripoff”.

According to a statement released by Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT), British citizens are often given expensive surcharges – sometimes as much as 20% if they are purchasing an airline flight – just for using a credit card.

A 2010 census found that credit card and debit surcharges amounted to over $700 million (£473 million) alone.

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“Rip-off charges have no place in a modern Britain and that’s why card charging in Britain is about to come to an end,” said the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay. “This is about fairness and transparency, and so from next year there will be no more nasty surprises for people at the check-out just for using a card.”

“These small charges can really add up and this change will mean shoppers across the country have that bit of extra cash to spend on the things that matter to them.”

The legislation, which will be enforced starting in January, will outlaw retailers, merchants, government agencies, and local councils from implementing outlandish surcharges. UK representatives will also be working with British businesses in order to ensure that credit card processing fees remain affordable, but without the hefty added price gouges.

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UPDATE: Afghan Girls Twice Denied Visas Just Won Silver Medals

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These Afghan girls who were twice denied visas to the United States were just given silver medals in recognition of their perseverance and cultural triumph.

The high school students were competing in the First Global Challenge – a robotics competition based out of Washington D.C.

Despite not being from any of the states that are currently subjected to travel bans, the girls had their visas rejected by the Department of Homeland Security. If they had not been granted access, they simply would have watched their robot compete via Skype.

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According to media sources, however, White House staff intervened at the last minute and encouraged Homeland Security to grant the six teens parole.

Then, on Tuesday during the final scoring and award ceremony, the First Global judges awarded the girls silver medals for “courageous achievement” and “their can-do attitude”.

“I am so excited, and very, very happy,” Ghaderyan told The New York Times. “I still can’t believe this happened.”

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Arizona Senator Defends His Muslim Opponent From Online Attacks

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In a show of diplomatic cordiality and kindness, this U.S. senator has spoken out against the discrimination lauded on the very woman trying to unseat him.

One of the Democratic candidates running to be an Arizona Senator in 2018 is Deedra Abboud, a 45-year-old woman.

Earlier this week, Abboud posted a photo of the Constitution to her campaign page with an inspiring message of government.

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“Almost 250 years ago, a group of dreamers came together and sketched out a revolutionary vision. No longer would they be shackled to the whims of a distant government, nor bound to the religion of an idiosyncratic king,” writes Abboud.

“They set out to forge their own futures, determine their own destinies, and follow their own faith. In their infinite wisdom, the Founding Fathers decreed that this nation would separate church and state, and in doing so protect both institutions. Government would be free from religious overreach, and religion would be free from government interference.”

Unfortunately, the post received a backlash of racist, hateful, and prejudiced comments.

This prompted Arizona Senator Jeff Flake to reach out to Abboud on social media.

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“Hang in there @deedra2018. Sorry you have to put up with this. Lots of wonderful people across AZ. You’ll find them,” said Flake.

This is not the first time that the Republican senator has stepped up for Muslim Americans, either. He once attended a service at a mosque in order to show solidarity with the Islamic community; and he has remained outspoken amongst several racist policies and rhetoric introduced over the course of the election.

Abboud responded with: “Thank you @JeffFlake for leadership in rejecting behavior that doesn’t reflect our American values. AZ’s amazing people deserve more of this.”

Abboud is a Phoenix-based attorney who converted to Islam 19 years ago. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, the businesswoman says that she wants to run for senator so she can represent the state that has given her such a loving home.

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Man Built $550 Staircase for Park After City Estimated $65,000

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An amusing bureaucratic debate has arisen in Canada after a retired mechanic took it upon himself to build a $550 staircase on a dangerous local park trail – which is a substantially lower price tag than the city’s original estimate.

When several community members of Etobicoke, Ontario had fallen down or gotten injured on the rocky Tom Riley Park path, local citizens contacted the city for a price estimate on a staircase.

Much to their dismay, the city said that eight steps would cost taxpayers anywhere from $65,000 to $150,000.

So, Adi Astl stepped up to build the installation himself.

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With several other neighbors offering to help finance the stairs, Astl hired a homeless man to assist with the project. Within a matter of hours, they had built eight steps for roughly $550.

Though the initiative caused some controversy amongst city representatives saying that “there is no foundation” and the “incline is uneven”, community members have already thanked Astl for his work, saying that it has made the path substantially less dangerous.

Astl, who is in his seventies, say that it was never about the money – it was about keeping people safe.

Meanwhile, Mayor John Tory says that while the original estimate for the staircase was definitely uncalled for, he emphasizes that citizens can’t simply modify public spaces simply because they don’t like the way things are. Additionally, the park already has a more accessible path further past the new staircase – visitors simply used the rocky trail as a shortcut at their own risk.

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However, city council members are now saying that instead of tearing down the staircase to build a new one, workers will most likely improve upon Astl’s installation for significantly less money than the original project.

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A Prescription for Compassion, This Handyman Builds Cheap Wheelchairs and Gives Them to Disabled Dogs

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This animal lover dreamed up a brilliant solution for the dozens of disabled pups wandering around his city.

When 40-year-old Pan Chieh isn’t working as a machine operator, he is busy building homemade canine wheelchairs out of water pipes.

Chieh’s design, which only costs about $30 to build, has bestowed mobility onto dozens of dogs in Tainan, Taiwan who can now move around more efficiently. He says that he first got the idea for the design when his friend took in a rescue dog for treatment and was shown a hefty veterinary bill for a new wheelchair.

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Instead, Chieh offered to build her a cheaper prototype.

On the weekends, Chieh and his girlfriend travel around the region and visit animal shelters, rescue organizations, and disabled dog homes. While they sometimes ask for help financing travel expenses, they will often give away the wheelchairs for free.

Additionally, Chieh will make wheelchairs for disabled cats, but the dogs are more at risk from farmers setting traps in order to prevent theft of crops or food.

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Watch Hilarious Scene Unfold as Wimbledon Heckler is Invited onto Field

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When people hear the phrase “good sportsmanship”, they probably don’t associate that with men wearing skirts.

But that’s exactly what happened at the Wimbledon 2017 Championships earlier this week.

4-time major tennis champion Kim Clijsters was playing a double invitational game at Wimbledon when she asked the crowd whether she should serve down the middle or the side.

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When Chris Quinn, an Irishman from County Wicklow, jokingly yelled “body shot” from the audience, Clijsters was having none of it.

The tennis champ then fired back, gleefully yelling: “Do you think you can handle my serve?”

The players invited the heckler onto the field, and without hesitating, Quinn hopped the divider and grabbed a racket.

He wasn’t allowed to play, however, until he followed the All England Lawn Tennis Club dress code rules stating that players must be wearing all white.

Luckily, Clijsters had some spares in her bag.

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The Belgian athlete ran to her gear and grabbed a white pair of skorts and a long-sleeved shirt.

After Quinn had wriggled into the women’s apparel, Clijsters obliged his request: a 100-mph body shot.

While he managed to hit it over the net, he missed the return. Clijsters then gave him two more shots, both of which he missed.

The players then insisted on taking a photo together before he returned to the stands – still wearing the skorts. Quinn later told the BBC that he plans on auctioning them off for charity.

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MIT is Developing Color-Changing Tattoos that Can Monitor Your Diabetes in Real Time

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Your future tattoo design might be good for more than just personal style – they might be able to monitor our body’s health in real time.

Earlier last month, researchers at MIT announced the development of the Dermal Abyss: a biosensing tattoo that changes color according to the levels of your interstitial fluid.

Instead of using regular ink, the Dermal Abyss’s biosensors can reflect the amount of glucose, alkali, and sodium in your body. This means that instead of having to prick their finger with a needle every day, diabetics could simply check their tattoo – just as easily as checking a watch.

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“DermalAbyss is a proof-of-concept that presents a novel approach to bio-interfaces in which the body surface is rendered an interactive display,” writes the researchers. “It blends advances in biotechnology with traditional methods in tattoo artistry.”

While readers have already been itching to get their own, researchers are emphasizing that the project is still in the very early stages of development. The biosensors are currently being tested on samples of animal skin to investigate the color change’s visibility.

Clinical trials and commercial use, however, are still a long way off.

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The First Self-Defense Studio in the Middle East that Teaches Women to Fight Back

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A female boxer was tired of women in the Middle East being told they had to accept violence and abuse – and now, thanks to her, they can stand up for themselves.

That’s because SheFighter, an exclusively female martial arts studio in Jordan, is the first Middle Eastern organization that teaches women how to defend themselves.

Lina Khalifeh is the founder of SheFighter – and she says that when she first began the company, it mostly consisted of her and a few of her students in her parent’s basement. She eventually started partnering with local gyms in the area in order to host classes. Then, in 2012, she opened her own studio in Amman Jordan.

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Now, the organization has expanded to include 5,000 students of all ages and at least a dozen trainers. The center hosts classes for Syrian refugees, and SheFighter will soon be opening more locations in Saudi Arabia and possibly Kuwait, according to PRI.

The studio gives lessons in taekwondo, boxing, kung fu, and regular boxing, as well as psychological sessions and counseling.

Khalifeh herself has over 17 years of taekwondo experience under her belt. When she first began fighting at just 5 years old, she often got in trouble with her parents because she would get in fights with other boys in order to prove that she was as strong as they were. After she began formal training, she won over 20 medals in tournaments and championships.

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She then got the idea for SheFighter in 2010 when she learned that a close friend of hers was enduring abuse from her family members.

Since SheFighter has expanded, Khalifeh has been recognized by former U.S. President Barack Obama and has been named one of the most innovative, successful female entrepreneurs and “leaders of change”.

While the boxer says that she has faced an exhausting amount of obstacles and difficulties in order to bring SheFighter to fruition, it has all been worth it for the joy and confidence it brings her students.

“Now we’re getting more men who want to enroll their daughters to the training,” Khalifeh told PRI. “I’m really happy about it.”

(WATCH Khalifeh’s TEDx Talk below)

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Couple’s Breathtaking Engagement Photoshoot Shows it’s Never Too Late For Love

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Step aside, Romeo and Juliet – there is a new power couple in town.

Cleveland “Murphy” Wilson and Lucinda Myers are getting married in ten days, and the internet has been melting over their engagement photoshoot.

The story of how they met is even more endearing.

70-year-old Murphy and 60-year-old Lucinda were both churchgoers who were waiting for the right person to show up in their lives. Murphy had been happily married to a woman named Antoinette Snodgrass for 41 years, until she passed away in 2013. Devastated, he stopped attending church for several months.

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Lucinda, who divorced 30 year ago, has always prayed for a man who she could call her own. She moved to Huntsville, Alabama from Boston in 2013 to continue her work as a florist and a baker – and she started attending church around the same time that Murphy came back from his grieving spell.

While the two of them both attended the First Seventh-day Adventist Church for several years, they didn’t have that many conversations. Since Lucinda sang in the choir, and Murphy was the director, she sometimes chatted with him about playing certain songs – but they never spoke much beyond that.

“There were a few more times our paths crossed, but the most important time was when we were in the balcony and out of the blue, during the greeting portion of the service, he said to me, ‘You look very nice today.’ Well, I was so surprised I actually made him repeat it,” says Lucinda. “I thanked him, and I was very happy that he noticed.”

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The story doesn’t stop there, however; after complimenting her appearance, Murphy had to leave the city for a few weeks – and Lucinda noticed his absence.

“When he finally came back to church, and it came time for us to greet each other during the service, I asked him, ‘Where have you been with that pretty smile?’ and I gave him a big hug. He tells me, now, that when he held me around my waist, it was history after that. When he returned to his seat, he told his sister, ‘I think that woman over there likes me.’ He was absolutely right!”

Murphy says that while he was surprised by the comment, it drew his attention to Lucinda in a way that he never had before.

“She was absolutely gorgeous and sweet,” says Murphy. “With the help of my sister, Charlotte, and Lucinda’s best friend, Nancy, Lucinda ended up at my home for a big Sabbath dinner. She held my attention the entire day. I had to admit there were several moments I forgot other people were there.”

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“She was everything I had been praying for. I took her home that evening, and as I returned to my house I thanked God continuously for answering my prayers.”

Lucinda and Murphy are set to get married on July 29th. Since their engagement photos were published by Gianna Snell Photography, thousands of social media users have gushed praise over their simple message: it’s never too late to fall in love.

Snell says that it took the dream couple a little bit of time to understand the impact of their photos.

“When told that their picture went viral, the pair responded, ‘Viral…what does that mean?’” writes Snell. “Although they are not very active on social media, they are genuinely humbled that others are encouraged by their love story and they want to continue to share it because they truly believe it was God who chose them for each other. ”

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New Hampshire Passes Bipartisan “Commonsense Reform” Decriminalizing Marijuana

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New Hampshire has just joined the ranks of U.S. states that are implementing “commonsense marijuana reform”.

That’s because the state recently passed House bill 640-FN, which reduces the penalty of marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to a violation.

Any person 18 years or older who is caught with up to one ounce of marijuana will simply be subjected to a $100 fine, rather than criminal charges. All of the proceeds of these offenses will help finance the state’s alcohol abuse program.

If anyone under the age of 18 is found guilty of possession will be subjected to a delinquency petition.

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“Reducing the penalty for possessing one ounce or less of marijuana to a violation and allowing offenders to pay fines by mail will result in less time and resources spent on such cases, allowing police and courts to spend more time and resources dealing with serious crimes,” reads the bill.

“A criminal penalty accompanying a conviction for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana can lead to a lifetime of harsh consequences. These may include denial of student financial aid, housing, employment, and professional licenses. Reducing this penalty to a violation will significantly reduce the number of New Hampshire residents who receive criminal records for possessing one ounce or less of marijuana.”

“Marijuana policy reforms that reduce criminal penalties for the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana have the potential to address social and racial inequities in the New Hampshire criminal justice system.”

The bill, which passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support, was signed into effect by Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday. The legislation will go into full effect in 60 days.

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Teen Succeeds at Making Free Sunscreen Available at Public Pools

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These pool patrons can now safely have their fun in the sun without running the risk of skin damage.

That’s because 16-year-old Lynly Brennan helped install free sunscreen dispensers at five of her county’s local pools.

The teen first got the idea when she was researching tanning beds for a school project. According to her findings, people who consistently wear 30 SPF sunblock are 80% less likely to get skin cancer as those who don’t.

Additionally, she found that the city of Boston installed free sunscreen dispensers at all of their public pools in order to combat that very danger.

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Brennan then decided to try and do the same thing for St Louis, Missouri.

The Nerinx Hall High School student sent 43 letters to pool patrons, dermatologists, doctors, health professionals, and city representatives who she believed would be interested in the idea.

As it turns out, they were very interested.

Brennan managed to raise $1,600 for the dispenser’s installation at the county’s public pools. She hopes that by having the sunscreen available for free, pool visitors will be more likely to apply it.

While the teen seemed surprised that so many people would listen to the idea of a high school student, she was appreciative of the fact that her local public pools have now become a little bit safer for everyone.

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Watch Ryan Reynolds Give Terminally Ill Child the Best FaceTime Call Ever

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Ryan Reynolds’s list of good deeds continues to grow bigger by the day.

Most notably, the Hollywood actor once schemed with a recently-dumped high schooler on how she could get back at her ex-boyfriend, and he wrote a moving tribute for a young Deadpool fan who he had befriended before his death.

Now, he has just granted the lifelong wish of a fan who had just been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

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5-year-old Daniel Downing only recently came down with pontine glioma, an aggressive, non-curable type of cancer with an average survival time of 9 months.

So when Reynolds heard about the boy’s grim predicament, he decided to call up the youngster in Plymouth, England.

Downing, who is a zealous Marvel fan, couldn’t believe that the A-lister was on the phone. When he heard Reynolds’s voice, he asked if they could Facetime each other.

Reynolds didn’t even hesitate to oblige.

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The two chatted about Marvel and the Deadpool movies, with Reynolds remarking upon how Downing seemed a little young to be watching the explicit movies. Then, Reynolds offered to walk Downing around the set of Deadpool 2.

After a quick tour of the facilities, Reynolds said that he had to get back to filming, and they said their goodbyes.

While it may seem like a small gesture, the Downings say that it meant the world to their son.

“I messaged his assistant to say how eternally grateful we all are for him taking the time out to talk to Daniel. It was absolutely fantastic,” Daniel’s mother Stephanie told the Plymouth Herald. “I’m so happy for Daniel – it’s something he wouldn’t normally have been able to do and he was so excited. He told all his friends and his teachers. It’s nice to see him so excited because he has been a bit down lately.”

A friend of the Downings has set up a crowdfunding page that has already raised roughly $23,000 (£17,500) for the family.

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Cat Saved From Deadly Anti-freeze Thanks to Vodka Drip

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While vodka is usually notorious for hurting people’s health, it may have saved one of this cat’s nine lives.

A sick feline who was found outside of a tire store near Brisbane over the weekend was rushed to the RSPCA after he was believed to be showing signs of having digested anti-freeze.

When blood tests came back positive for acute renal failure, nurses knew they had very little time to administer a cure.

As fate would have it, one of the nurses had been given the perfect antidote for the problem as a Christmas gift, and it was still sitting in her car: a bottle of Absolut vodka.

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The nurses quickly hooked the cat up to a vodka drip – and within several hours, he had stabilized.

“Because it’s such a fast-acting toxin, they’re normally dead by the time we get to treat them,” RSPCA doctor Sarah Kanther told ABC News. “So basically once you put the alcohol into his blood it metabolizes that instead, and gives the antifreeze time to pass in a less toxic form.”

If the owner does not come forward to claim the cat, he will soon be put up for adoption – and the nurses already picked up a purrrfect nickname for the feline: “Tipsy”.

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Strangers Step Up For Man With Down Syndrome Who Lost Beloved Film Collection in Fire

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When a wildfire quickly started to spread towards their community, the Orsillos only had 20 minutes to evacuate their home of 26 years.

While they were able to grab photographs and important documents, they had to leave behind Mark Orsillo’s most prized possessions: his movie collection.

The 34-year-old man with Down syndrome had accumulated hundreds of DVDs over the course of his life – all of which he watched obsessively.

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So when he was later told that his home – along with his beloved movies – had all gone up in flames, Mark couldn’t help but weep over the loss.

His sister, Danielle Devine, took to Facebook with a plea for help.

“He is an OCD movie collector and lost hundreds of movies,” wrote Devine. “He spends most of his free time watching, organizing and talking about his movies. This is very hard for him.”

Devine then asked if anyone could drop movies off at the Orsillo’s temporary address – and she was not disappointed.

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Within hours of publishing the note, friends and family started spreading the post like… well, like wildfire. Hundreds of DVDs poured in for Mark, most of which replaced the ones that he had already.

Additionally, strangers have raised over $14,000 in a crowdfunding campaign in order to help the family replace their wardrobe and rebuild their home.

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Panicked Brides Say ‘I Do’ to Strangers Offering Up Their Own Dresses After Shop Abruptly Closes

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When a wedding store abruptly went bankrupt, leaving thousands of anxious customers without their gowns, these veteran brides stepped up to help.

Alfred Angelo, one of the world’s largest wedding dress manufacturers, announced their Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week. Many of their orders, which some brides had already paid for, were left unfulfilled.

Luckily, women across the nation took to Twitter to volunteer the dresses that they had already worn down the aisle.

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Along with posting the sizing info of the dresses, users have been either offering up their gowns for free, or simply for the price of shipping and handling.

Additionally, other bridal stores are giving discounts to Alfred Angelo customers who can provide proof of purchase.

“We know how much goes into planning a wedding, and we want to ensure that everyone affected by this news can still have the day of their dreams,” wrote David’s Bridal company in a press release. “If you recently purchased an Alfred Angelo wedding dress or bridesmaid dress and did not receive it, we are offering a discount on a replacement dress of your choice.”

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