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Dog Photobombs Couple’s Engagement Pictures to Keep the Focus on Him

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The pictures may have been meant to announce a couple’s wedding day, but their jealous little dachshund made sure the photo shoot was all about him.

Megan Determan and Chris Kluthe of St. Paul, Minnesota decided to include their dog, Louie, in their engagement photos. It was supposed to be a set of charming, family pictures.

But Louie stole the show, photobombing the couple and completely blocking Chris in a wacky series of shots.

We love it when couples include their pets in engagement photos.... but maybe this guy was having too much fun : )

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The six-year-old dog has been with Megan longer than Chris has been — so maybe Louie was just reminding him who’s the boss.

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WATCH the video above and see more pics at WCCO-TV.

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SeaWorld to End Orca Whale Shows in California (WATCH)

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After next year, SeaWorld will no longer be exhibiting its orca, or “killer whale” shows at the San Diego park in California.

Instead of the animals doing tricks, there will be a new orca attraction planned for 2017 that will convey a “conservation message inspiring people to act” to protect the environment.

Just last month, state regulators approved the park’s request to expand the size of its orca tanks, but on the condition that it shut down its captive breeding program statewide.

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That effectively meant an eventual end to the whale shows at the San Diego park, since there could be no new whales added in the future.

The theme park’s attendance plunged 17% last year in the wake of publicity following the 2013 release of “Blackfish,” a documentary critical of SeaWorld’s orca shows.

“What we’ve been hearing in California (is) they want experiences that are more natural and experiences that look more natural in the environment,” SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

(WATCH the Reuters video above)

Hundreds Help Homeless Father & Son after Chance Encounter Changes Their Fate

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A positive attitude during a chance meeting has raised nearly $40,000 for a homeless man and his two-year-old son.

James Moss and his son, Zhi, left New York for a job and new residence in Colorado.

Both of those opportunities fell through as the little family arrived. They had no food, shelter, or car — and his bus tickets back to New York had been stolen.

Wandering down a street in Denver, Mr. Moss just happened to run into a UK television host shooting a show about random acts of kindness called #GoBeKind.

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Host Leon Logothetis captured a moving and inspiring interview with the young father, who could have been bitter or depressed, but was neither.

“I guarantee in a month’s time, I’ll make anything that I need to happen, happen,” James said. “You have to be brought down to your humblest point, so you can appreciate other things that are waiting for you.”

Logothetis was so touched by Moss’ attitude, he paid for a week’s stay in a hotel for the father and son and gave them $1,000.

But, indeed, there were “other things waiting” for the optimist.

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A stranger in Kansas who saw the interview on YouTube started a GoFundMe campaign for the New York pair, and in only a week, it has raised $39,000 for the family.

The money should help Moss and Zhi move out of a homeless shelter and even buy a car to get to his new job. That’s right—after the video aired, Moss landed a new job as a barber in Denver. It’s only been a week, but his guarantee of a “month’s time” is coming true, thanks in large part to a chance meeting on a Colorado street.

(WATCH the GoBeKind video above – and the Latest UPDATE from KMGH-TV, below)

Crazy-Successful Adoption Event Empties Out Entire Animal Shelter

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There’s nothing quite like the site of an empty animal shelter.

empty animal shelter Friends of Summit County Animal Control facebookThe silence from cages that last week held 100 homeless animals speaks volumes about the success of one event on November 7.

The Saturday “Adoptathon” at Summit County Animal Control resulted in every single adoptable dog and cat in the Ohio facility finding a home.

RELATED: A Whopping 5,200 Shelter Pets Were Adopted in One Weekend Event

By the time the day was done, not a single animal on the adoption floor was left behind bars.

“This is my dream…that all dog pounds will be empty some day,” Volunteer Macee wrote on Facebook. “Thank you SCAC, their volunteers and the dogs, for staying the course. We will miss each of you.”

All these extra rooms mean more space for a new set of animals that need a second chance.

(Photos by allen watkin, CC; Summit County Animal Control on Facebook)

All These Bikes Are Destined for Prison –And The Reason is Wonderful

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Good news travels fast on two wheels.

For the past eighteen years, inmates at Mike Durfee State Prison have been restoring old bikes in a huge workshop – tearing them apart and rebuilding them, a metaphor for what they hope to do with their own lives.

Broken bikes are brought in by the hundreds each year to the South Dakota Department of Corrections for its program, called Pedal Power from the Pen.

After each bicycle is neatly repainted, repaired, and reupholstered, they are given away at the end of the year– more than 1300 bikes– to underprivileged children around the state of South Dakota.

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For the past decade, the police department in the city of Mitchell, alone, has regularly contributed 100 unclaimed or abandoned bikes every year.

With all sizes available, some are distributed to children of inmates who have no wheels of their own. Most are given back to law enforcement agencies or social service groups at an annual dinner, ensuring they end up in communities that need them most.

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Eye Drops May Promise a Stunning Alternative to Cataract Surgery

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Eye drops that have partially reversed cataracts in lab tests could one day restore sight for millions of people around the world.

While operations to remove cataracts are common in developed countries, there are millions of people, blinded by cataracts, who have no access to the surgery.

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A chemical treatment that could be administered with little training has been the “holy grail” of eye doctors for years and these drops offer new hope. Something researchers are calling “Compound 29” is the first liquid that is soluble enough to form the basis for an eye-drop alternative to cataract surgery.

Cataracts form on proteins called crystallins in the lens of the eye. Crystallins are essential for the eye to focus and they have to be transparent so you can see through the lens.

But the body never replaces crystallins — the ones you are born with are the ones you have your whole life. Other proteins, called “chaperones” keep crystallins clear for decades. However, they can lose their effectiveness over time, leaving the crystallins to fold over on themselves, harden, and cloud the lens.

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Scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) identified a new chemical that rejuvenates crystallins. It effectively “melts” the folded crystallins, making them soluble within the lens, restoring their transparent qualities.

Starting with more than 2,400 different compounds, the researchers narrowed their research down to one — Compound 29. Used three times a week, for five weeks, it partially reversed cataracts in elderly mice. It also worked in the lab on human cataracts that had been removed through surgery.

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The researchers published their findings in the journal Science.

Scientific American has an in-depth report on the research. (Photo credit: Look Into My Eyes, CC)

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Team Won’t Let Him Face Cancer Alone: Watch What These Teens Do

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A brain cancer diagnosis kept Brycen Newman from playing football this year, but it didn’t keep him off the team.

His teammates at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego made him the honorary team captain during the homecoming game.

But they had a much bigger surprise waiting downfield.

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They took Brycen’s hands and walked him back from the coin toss to where the junior varsity team had assembled. They all removed their helmets at once to reveal shaved heads–in solidarity with the sophomore’s hair loss due to chemotherapy.

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“Now you wear it proud, we’re all the same,” the team captain shouted to Bryce over the laughter and cheers.

“His teammates were very affected” after doctors found 3 brain tumors in August, said Anne Pickard, who works for the school. “The whole sophomore class has really rallied around him.”

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She said they all have been dropping handwritten notes into a box installed to collect encouraging messages, so Brycen can read them at home anytime he needs a lift.

“This is a great story about young men helping one of their teammates even when he’s too sick to be out there playing,” Miles Himmel, the local radio producer who shot the video, told Good News Network.

And to top off the night, the Cathedral Dons won the game 33-0, and dedicated the win to Brycen.

(WATCH the video below from the Mike Slater Show on AM 760) – Photo: CCHS, Facebook

Autistic Teen Saves Choking Friend With Help From SpongeBob

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Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and teaches kids how to save lives? SpongeBob Squarepants.

Brandon Williams, an autistic teenager, used the Heimlich maneuver on his friend Jessica Pelligrini while she was choking on an apple.

He says he learned it while watching an episode of the SpongeBob cartoon.

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Brandon’s parents say the teen “files” facts and information away in his mind for when he needs to use them.

He’s not the first New York City youth to learn the life saving move from the yellow sea sponge. A teen in 2010 credited the cartoon with teaching her the Heimlich maneuver after she, too, saved a friend who was choking.

(WATCH the video below from WABC) Image credit: WABC video

Little Girl With Leukemia Surprised With Princess Room Makeover

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When four-year-old Peyton arrived at her home, she wasn’t expecting to see rows of cheerleaders chanting her name or a mini-prince charming placing a crown upon her head.

And she really wasn’t expecting to see her bedroom turned into a vision from a fairy tale.

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Thanks to the Atlanta-based organization Sunshine for a Ranney Day, which donates room makeovers to children living with life-threatening illnesses, she now had a “princess” room to call her own.

“When she’s not feeling well, and she’s not able to go out, she’s going to be able to play princess dress-up in fun dresses and really escape everything she’s going through,” said the organization’s founder, Holly Ranney.

(WATCH the unveiling below) Image via IFrame Media LLC

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Home Depot Has Remodeled 22,000 Disabled Vets’ Homes, Selfies Needed

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Since early September, an army of Home Depot workers have modified hundreds of homes for disabled veterans.

More than 4,800 “Team Depot” members have joined local veterans’ organizations in 140 American cities to build ramps, remodel kitchens, and make 303 homes more livable for veterans.

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It’s part of Team Depot’s fifth annual “Celebration of Service” campaign running through Veterans Day this week. Since 2011, the campaign has transformed 22,000 veterans’ lives and built housing for homeless veterans.

This year, your ‘selfie’ can make a difference

Every selfie posted in the next three days will help the hardware chain’s foundation raise a million dollars for upgrading homes of disabled veterans.

For every picture tagged with #ServiceSelfie, posted between now and Veteran’s Day on November 11, 2015 the Home Depot Foundation will donate one dollar to organizations that help senior veterans and veterans with service-connected disabilities.

(WATCH the Team Depot video below)

Meet Goliath, A Baby Cow Who Thinks He’s A Big Dog

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A rescued baby cow is now convinced he’s a dog after living around three Great Danes for two months.

Shaylee and her family rescued the calf and nursed him back to health with bottle feedings on their California ranch.

The family’s Great Dane, Leonida, also took to mothering the cow.

Now Goliath believes he is a dog, He sleeps in the dog beds, eats the dog food, and flops on the sofa like the pups.

(WATCH the video below from Inside Edition)

‘Why Are My Eyes Watering?’ Watch The First Time A Child Cries for Joy

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Intrepid good news reporter Steve Hartman brings us a very simple story this week, but its ending was so happy that it melted a three-year-old girl into a puddle of tears for joy.

Does any one of us remember doing that for the first time?

McKenzy thought she’d lost her beloved stuffed giraffe in the family move to Pennsylvania. And when the soft comfort toy was found 11 days later in the last box yet to be opened, her reaction surprised everyone.

(WATCH the video above – *NOTE: Viewers OUTSIDE America should use this CBS link, but adjust your speakers for the nasty auto-playing advertisement)

Police Deputy Leaps To The Rescue Of Homeless Mother and Children

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What would you have done if you had seen a mom and her two kids sitting in a police station without home or hope?

You could do what Deputy Brian Bussell did and pay for their hotel stay and clothes.

The family was dozing off in a row of police station chairs on a September morning when Brian, a 25-year-old veteran, walking into work at the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

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“I know our visitation is at 9 AM, and I saw the lady and the two young children sitting in the chairs,” Deputy Bussell said. “I assumed they were here to visit someone in our jail. When I walked back out a while later, the children were asleep, and the lady was still sitting there, so I inquired if she needed assistance.”

The mother explained that they had been evicted from their home and were waiting on housing assistance.

After calling several shelters that were already filled to capacity, Brian jumped into action, booking a ten-day hotel stay in the Oxford, Ohio area using his own money. He also brought the family to pick out clothes at a local Walmart. When the little boys asked if they could get shoes, Brian told them they “absolutely could.”

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“He went to the Walmart when they were done and paid for everything.” Sheriff Richard K. Jones said in a Facebook post. “This is a true act of kindness. He did not tell anyone at work what he had done but the lady took a picture with him and posted it on Facebook. That’s actually how we found out. It was shared so many times that I got a phone call asking if I knew what a generous gesture my deputy did.”

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Red Poppies Remind Us That 400K Muslims Fought For British in WWI

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Christians and Jews are making it easier for Britons to be more comfortable with Muslims as part of their national culture by joining members from local Mosques in the UK tradition of selling red poppies to benefit veterans–and by reminding everyone that nearly 400,000 Muslims fought as British soldiers in World War I.

Since 1921, British civilians have purchased the artificial red poppies and proudly pinned them to their lapels as a symbol of remembrance for veterans of war. The annual Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal has, for over 90 years, raised millions annually to support UK veterans and their families.

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In the weeks leading up to today’s Remembrance Sunday ceremonies, Christians, Jews, and Muslims have joined together on sidewalks raising money and fostering unity in the community through the £1 poppy sales.

“Remembering how Muslims, Jews and Christians stood side-by-side to defend Britain in both World Wars reminds us of the shared history and British identity that is common to us all,” Imam Qari Asim told the Yorkshire Evening Post.

One young charity, The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, Tahir Region, has tweeted photographs of some of their members posing with UK troops while out selling poppies.

 

The Independent reported last year that one million Muslims in the UK, to show solidarity with fellow Britons, wore the poppies on Remembrance Day (the second Sunday of the month, nearest to November 11, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War).

Although more than 400,000 Muslims served in the British Army during that war, very few people in the U.K. know it. A survey by British Futures found that only about one in five Britons were aware that Muslims fought for the UK and only 2% knew the scale.

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British Futures has launched a campaign with New Horizons in British Islam, to make Britons aware of the sacrifice made by the Islamic faithful for the UK.

“The story of Muslim contribution to the British Army of the First World War is little-known among the public,” Dilwar Hussain, Chair of New Horizons in British Islam said. “Many British Muslims themselves don’t realise the relevance of the WW1 centenary to their own history.”

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Breakthrough in Arid Egypt For Making Salty Sea Water Drinkable

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In a country suffering from a severe water shortage, a new innovation could turn salty seawater into a ready supply for drinking and irrigation.

The new filter invented by Egyptian scientists promises to make saltwater drinkable using just half the energy relied upon by current methods.

It was created using a sheet-like membrane, made from five simple ingredients available throughout North Africa, which allows a process called “pervaporation,” letting water vapor pass through the membrane while trapping the impurities.

The salt in the water bonds with the membrane, allowing the vapor to be harvested as fresh water for drinking or irrigation.

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The process eliminates the need for electricity, which is used by massive desalination plants currently costing millions to operate. If mass produced, this innovation would allow people to effectively make their own drinking water from saltwater using just the membrane and a heat source such as a fire or stove burner.

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The ability to cheaply and easily produce freshwater supplies from the Mediterranean and from the Red Sea which forms most of the country’s eastern border, is an important milestone for Egypt, a country that has been almost totally dependent on the Nile River for its supply of drinking and irrigation water.

Bound by international agreements that limit Egypt’s use of water from the Nile to 1.3 billion gallons annually, the country needs to find another 800 million somewhere to sustain its population. Looking to the salty northern and eastern seashores with a new sustainable model could be the answer they have been seeking.

The scientists at Alexandria University published their research leading to the membrane in the journal Water Science and Technology.

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Filmmakers Find Amazing Optimism in Syrians Who’ve Lost It All -WATCH

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Poets, illustrators, math teachers, students, writers, designers – these are the real faces of refugees leaving Syria for safety in Europe. Two filmmakers cycling through Turkey have given us an inspiring look at some of the individuals from the mass of pilgrims departing boats there.

Their video reveals the hidden side of the Syrian refugee crisis and offers a much-needed glimpse into the often optimistic attitudes of the people fleeing despair.

“I am hoping for a better future. As long as there is hope and young people,” says a man in the documentary. “There are people giving their lives… through humanitarian help, through moral support, through solidarity. When I witness these things I have faith in the future. They will leave a great mark.”

“Because we only see refugees as numbers in the news and only see the horror, it was our intention to show the personal side of these people,” said Tomas Kamphuis, co-creator of the film. “We wanted to show the positive side of the Syrian people since the news didn’t cover that part well enough. I guess we wanted to take on a similar objective as Good News Network.”

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A young woman shared her determination to go back to Syria and help rebuild her country after the war is over: “We didn’t move here because we wanted to, it’s not our choice. But we will do something. We’re not just going to step out and leave our country like that. Every war [must] have an ending.”

After the creators of the film, production manager Max Jansen and editor-in-chief Kamphuis, left their Amsterdam home in July and pedaled over 2,000 miles, they noticed a serendipitous coincidence.

“We started cycling with the goal of finding interesting stories,” Tomas said. “However, along the way we found out that we were pretty much cycling the route that refugees take in the opposite direction to get into Europe–and we realized we needed to tell their stories.”

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After a young Syrian translator known as Fadil volunteered to help with the interviews, they hit the streets conducting over 30 interviews in 5 days.

The results are breathtaking.

“Asking the Syrians themselves how they look at the situation, or how they think about the future, is a great way to get to know the heart of the Syrians,” Tomas told the Good News Network. “It’s amazing how helpful they can still be, even when they lost about everything. This made us look up to them. It’s inspiring.”

 

Since Max and Tom released the five-minute documentary on their website, Freewheeling Stories, the positive reviews expressing compassion and admiration for the brave asylum-seeking subjects have poured in.

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Guard Dog Shows Soft Side, Brings Home Newborn Orphan Kitten

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You wouldn’t expect guard dogs named Chaos and Atilla to be called softies.

Normally they chase away smaller animals. But when Chaos came across a newborn kitten behind the fence that she “protects” around their Oregon home, the dog let down her guard and picked up the orphan, which had not yet opened its eyes.

The 8-year-old Kelpie mix “adopted” the kitten, and, along with Atilla, began to raise her as their own, cleaning her and snuggling with her endlessly.

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Tiffany Hull, the human mother of all three pets, who lives in Mt. Vernon, submitted this photo to the Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper.

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Better Eating Habits and Food Have Saved a Million Lives (Study)

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Here’s some food for thought: scientists have discovered that better eating habits and better foods have saved more than a million American lives.

The researchers looked at people shifting to healthier diets over the past decade-and-a-half, and calculated that it had prevented 1.1 million premature deaths.

The healthier diets had also reduced the number of people getting life threatening diseases as well. Researchers saw the number of type 2 diabetes drop more than 12%, cardiovascular disease fell by more than 8%, and cancer cases dropped by 1.3%.

But the single biggest change to diets over the 14 years was the result of new federal and local rules on trans fats.

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In 1999, the FDA made it clear they planned to post tighter rules on the artery-clogging fats, and soon, individual U.S. states followed the lead: New York City banned them in 2006, and California outlawed them in restaurant food in 2008.

Since then, restaurants and food companies in other states started removing trans fats from their menus and ingredients even before the FDA banned them nationwide earlier this year.

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Researchers at Harvard’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health said the government regulations alone accounted for half the improvement in dietary quality over the course of their study.

They also noted that people drank 36% fewer sugary drinks over the course of the study.

The researchers used a measure called the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 to gauge what people ate. The scale ranged from zero (the poorest diet) to 110 (the healthiest diet possible). They used the scale to measure changes in 34,000 people’s diets from 1999 to 2014. Then, they added in information about the eating habits of 173,000 other people in two other nutrition studies.

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The lead author, Dong Wang, a doctoral candidate at the Chan School, said the study shows that healthy diets should be a public policy priority. He argues that changes to public food support programs, like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), could significantly improve health and life expectancy in America.

Even though the average diet score during the study never topped 50 on the scale — less than halfway to the perfect diet — researchers noticed improvements in health and life expectancy.

“The most important takeaway is that even small improvement in dietary quality can lead to substantial reduction in disease risk and disease burden,” Wang told CBS News.

Their findings were published in the journal Health Affairs.

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Lady is Thrilled by Starbucks Ability to Take Order in Sign Language

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On Monday, a woman pulled up to the Starbucks drive-thru lane and was thrilled when a barista opened a video screen to begin talking to her in sign language.

When Rebecca King was asked for her order a few times but didn’t give a verbal response, an interactive screen was activated at the drive-thru window. The technology was a big deal to the woman because she had no other language with which to communicate at a distance.

The next day, when she pulled up to the same St. Augustine, Florida window and got the same barista screen, she recorded her exchange and posted the video to Facebook.

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“It is a big deal to (the) deaf community that Starbucks has one now. We all want to have that at every drive thru in the world,” King told First Coast News.

Starbucks is not the first to implement this kind of system: in 2010, Mid-western fast food chain Culver’s installed similar technology called OrderAssist at 50 of its drive-thrus, and Subway restaurants have also piloted touch-screens at a number of their U.S. drive-thrus.

As for this specific St. Augustine location, it’s not unusual that an employee might happen to know sign language: it’s located near the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.

(WATCH the video below from Rebecca King’s Facebook Page)

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“Are you Serious?” Teens Buy 150 Burgers to Hand Out To Homeless

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When two Los Angeles teens ordered $151 worth of burgers at a local McDonald’s last week, the cashier thought he heard wrong.

“One hundred?” the cashier asked in the video, smiling in disbelief.

“I’m being dead serious,” was Lance Stewart’s reply.

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And so, after dividing up the huge cardboard box of double-cheeseburgers, Stewart, 19, and his buddy Adin Kolansky began seeking out the homeless and giving away their loot. When they ran out of McDoubles, they ducked into a Rite Aid to buy lunchables to give out instead, and headed back to the streets.

Stewart posted the video to Facebook and YouTube—where it is racking up millions of views and inspiring others to do the same.

(WATCH the video below)

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