Dad’s Photos Elevate Boy With Down Syndrome to Superstar Status

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This kid’s well on his way to making friends in high places.

When Wil Lawrence was born with Down syndrome three years ago, his father decided to put his photography skills to work promoting positive images of people with the condition.

“Wil actually choose flying as the theme,” Alan Lawrence told Good News Network. “When he learned to roll over on his stomach he would wiggle his feet and arms like he wanted to fly, so being a photographer I decided to help him make that a reality.”

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The pictures turned the toddler into something of a real-life superhero after they were featured in a calendar to raise money and awareness for people with Down syndrome. Alan was honored with this year’s Utah Down Syndrome Foundation Buddy Walk Recognition Award.

For the little superhero, his work seems never ending:

Whether using his super power to reach humanly unreachable ice cream…

…meeting famous celebrities….

…keeping a watchful eye on our natural treasures…

…or patrolling the California coast.

If Wil really is Superman…

You have to figure that he probably got it from his dad.

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“It has been so incredibly fun doing these photos with Wil,” he told Good News Network. “They have become a true celebration of the blessing he is to our family.”

Half the proceeds from the Wil Can Fly calendars go to two Down syndrome organizations: Reese’s Rainbow and Ruby’s Rainbow. Follow the family’s adventures at That Dad Blog.

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Veteran Chooses Beloved Service Dog to Be Best Man At Wedding (LOOK)

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Oct 13, 2015

A man’s best friend is always the best man at his wedding, which is why this golden retriever was outfitted in a tailored uniform and took a place of honor next to the groom at a wedding earlier this month.

U.S. Army Veteran Justin Lansford met his four-year-old buddy, Gabe, when he was paired with the service dog through a program called the Warrior Canine Connection. Lansford had been struggling since losing a leg in an explosion while serving as a paratrooper in Afghanistan.

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His bride, Carol Balmes, had been his girlfriend since high school. After meeting Gabe, the veteran fell instantly in love with the puppy, and enlisted his help when proposing marriage to Carol.

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The trio have been so inseparable that it didn’t seem right not to include the retriever in their wedding. The dog’s vest was made from Justin’s military uniform and decorations, leaving not a dry eye in the group assembled for the ceremony in Largo, Florida.

“Since day one, we’ve been joined to the hip,” Lansford told the New York Daily News. “It meant the world to have him next to me. He’s there for me all day, every day.”

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City Pays Homeless to Learn Job Skills While Beautifying Riverbanks

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Oct 13, 2015

The Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup

A picturesque river is getting a makeover while the city’s homeless in Reno, Nevada are getting a new chance at jobs and housing.

The new project, “Reno Works,” will employ twenty homeless people who are eager for work, giving them temporary jobs cleaning the banks of the Truckee River — with the goal of getting them full-time jobs afterwards.

The swift-moving Truckee flows through the heart of the city, past parks and casinos, but also past homeless camps and litter. The city will spend $110,000 on the project to relocate campers into shelters and provide job training for those who want to work.

“Many shelter residents want a job desperately, but face many obstacles that prevent them from working,” says Pat Cashell, Regional Director of Volunteers of America, one of the project partners. “This program will help remove those barriers so they can obtain employment and feel the pride of standing on their own feet again.”

It’s also about cleaning up the river for the community.

The homeless workers will be paid $10 an hour for their three days of work, but the opportunity offers much more than just a temporary paycheck. The project will also pay for caseworkers and housing during an 18-week program to help the work crew members get back on their feet.

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Each participant will receive certification for continuing education from OSHA, help with writing a resume and training for job interviews, and classes on managing personal finances once they get jobs.

The main goal of Reno Works is to place each participant in a permanent job so they can secure housing on their own.

“This is a great way to support our homeless by helping them acquire the resources needed to be successful members of society,” Washoe County Commissioner Kitty Jung said.

(WATCH the video and READ more from NBC4) Photo by Darron Birgenheier (CC)

Family Braves Carolina Floodwaters to Rescue Elderly Man and His Dog

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Oct 12, 2015

A South Carolina family waded through rushing floodwaters to rescue an 87-year-old man and his little dog.

Tom Hall and his family had been routinely checking on neighbors during the recent flooding when they noticed a car sinking in the water. Praying it was empty, Hall waded out to check and saw George Osterhues waving back at him.

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Osterhues and his dog, Tila, had been in the car for two hours already, swept off the highway by flash flooding while en route to Florida. It would take at least another hour to pull them to safety.

Knowing rescue crews might still be hours away, Hall hurried into the rising water. Osterhues was in hypothermic shock from the cold but still refused to leave the dog behind, so Hall began pulling them both the 200 yards to safety.

With 50 yards to go—and the arrival of a paramedic waiting on dry land—Hall could no longer continue, so his wife, Julie, rushed to take over (pictured left).

Osterhues and his dog dried off, got warm, and spent the night at the Hall’s house. They next day the Halls helped him pick up a rental car so the Ottawa man and his dog could finish their trip to Florida.

(WATCH the video below from CNN or READ more at the Charlotte Observer) Photo: WSOC video

How A Shark Bite Ended Up Saving This Man’s Life

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Oct 12, 2015

Eugene Finney is probably the only person you’ll ever meet who will tell you, “A shark attack saved my life.”

Finney and his daughter were swimming off Huntington Beach, California when they were hit by a rough wave. As he clutched his daughter and slipped under water, he felt something large slam into him and cut across his back.

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He realized it was most likely a shark bite, though not a serious one. Finney didn’t bother going to the hospital until he got back home to Finchburg, Massachusetts — and that visit changed everything.

Doctors ran a CAT scan and found something that was a bigger threat than the shark had been — cancer on Finney’s right kidney. Without the scan, doctors told him he probably wouldn’t have known he was sick until it was too late to save him.

But thanks to the shark, they caught the cancer incredibly early. Finney spent only two days in the hospital while doctors used minimally invasive surgery to remove just 20% of the kidney. Afterwards, he showed no signs of the cancer.

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“I got a message from Mother Nature,” Finney told the Washington Post. “If I could find this shark and give it a hug, I would.”

(WATCH the video HERE at CNN or READ more at the Washington Post) — Photo by Eugene Finney, WBZ video

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Convict Learns Law, Wins Own Release, Now Works in Court of Appeals

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Oct 12, 2015

An inmate who spent nine years in prison for a crime he never committed is now clerking for a federal court after a fellow inmate told him to “stop playing basketball” and start learning law.

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When he was 17 years old, Jarrett Adams was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 28 years in prison. He always maintained his innocence but his public defender never offered a defense at his trial in Wisconsin.

After a fellow prisoner suggested he learn how the justice system works, Adams plowed through books in the prison library, teaching himself case law. He wrote to the Wisconsin Innocence Project which took up his case and uncovered new evidence.

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction and freed Adams in 2007 when he was 26 years old.

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He decided not only to go to law school, but to work “every day until he gasps his last breath” to change the criminal justice system for the better.

His first step on that journey was graduating from law school last spring and landing the choice clerkship at the very same court that overturned his conviction in Chicago, Illinois.

He is currently awaiting the results from his Bar Exam.

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“Sloth Lady” Who Saved 600 Rainforest Animals Nominated as Hero of the Year

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Oct 12, 2015

A search for one lost animal has since led to the rescue of thousands.

While looking for her dog, Monique Pool stopped by a South African animal shelter to see if the shelter had found the pup.

They hadn’t, but Pool learned an orphaned baby sloth had recently became a resident there. The people at Suriname’s Animal Protection Society had no idea how to take care of the sloth, so Pool volunteered to learn about the species and help rehabilitate the animal.

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After her research she became a veritable expert. Before long, people began calling her with sightings of sloths in trouble and bringing her lost or injured animals.

Today the “Sloth Lady” runs Green Heritage Fund Suriname, a nonprofit that works towards conservation and protection for animals throughout the country. She’s rescued more than 600 sloths and other animals since her first encounter with one of the slow moving animals ten years ago.

Now she often gets calls from local police, firefighters, and even the zoo, seeking advice and assistance. Pool’s biggest rescue to date took place during a land clearing for new construction in 2012 when she took 200 animals into her home until they could be rehabilitated or released.

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“There were sloths all over,” Pool told CNN, “In my living room, in cages. I was ‘sloth-ified.’”

Her work has made Pool one of CNN’s Top Ten Heroes of the Year.

You can vote for her as your choice for Hero of the Year at CNNHeroes.com. The network will announce the winner at their annual televised award show December 6, and present the 2015 winner with $100,000 for continuing his or her good work.

(WATCH the CNN profile of Monique Pool below) —Photo: Dave Gingrich, CC

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Guy Who Bought ‘Google.com’ For $12 Is Giving His Huge Reward To Charity

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Oct 12, 2015

In case you haven’t heard by now, a Babson College student from Massachusetts—and ex-Google employee—recently managed to buy the Google.com domain name for $12.

On September 29, Sanmay Ved was searching for available domain names online when he came across “Google.com” available for purchase. He had been keeping an eye on the company’s internal domains and so, simply clicked ”add to cart”, and poof, there it was. He was the proud owner of the web address, Google.com.

Shortly afterward, he reported the incident to Google security, who began investigating the purchase.

Google has a program to reward people who find “hiccups” or bugs in their system, and Ved asked that the money be donated to charity.

“I don’t care about the money. It was never about the money. I also want to set an example that it’s people who want to find bugs– not always about the money,” he told Business Insider.

After learning he would be donating the reward, Google offered to double his prize.

The company, on Ved’s behalf, will donate over $10,000 to Art of Living India, a program that helps bring educational and humanitarian programs to 154 countries around the world.

(Image by Carlos Luna, CC)

Dogs Stand Guard, Hold Vigil for Fawn Overcome by Wildfire

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Oct 12, 2015

While hiking up a hillside and looking at the aftermath of a 300-acre wildfire, an Idaho man came upon a stunning memorial service — three dogs guarding a fallen fawn.

“This one got me in the feels,” Louis Armstrong wrote on his Facebook page.

“Lots of destruction and sadness in the Kamiah area— I found this dead fawn this morning. An hour later this sheep dog and her 2 pups are here protecting it. They have been here for hours and won’t leave – barking at people that come near (although they are very nice).”

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Armstrong didn’t know where the dogs came from, or for exactly how long they had been protecting the fawn from predators during their vigil.

But the photo shows the powerful, protective instincts of this mother dog and her pups.

Photo: Louis Armstrong, Facebook

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The Story of How This Young Man Gave A Stranger A Hand Will Melt Your Heart

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Oct 12, 2015

A picture may be worth 1,000 words, but it’ll only take about 150 to explain what makes this one from Hamilton, Ontario so beautiful.

Godfrey Cuotto, a student, was riding the bus home last week when a man with special needs leaned over and held out his hand.

The man, whose name was Robert, continued to hold on long after the handshake was over, which was fine with Cuotto, who also let Robert continue to hug him and kiss his hands throughout the ride.

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“I thought I was getting pranked at first, but he just needed comfort,” Cutto told Huffington Post Canada. “Sometimes you just have to be selfless and put someone else’s needs above yours.”

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That’s exactly what he did, right up to the last stop on the bus.

Robert’s family later contacted Cuotto on Facebook to thank him, and let him know that their uncle has cerebral palsy, and is deaf.

Cuotto told the radio station Kiss 92.5 that he gets his propensity for kindness from his mom.

Photo: Only in Hamilton, Facebook

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Doctor Practicing “Street Medicine” Named Top Hero of 2015 (WATCH)

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Oct 11, 2015

For more than 20 years, Dr. Jim Withers has walked the streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, going where the homeless go, to bring them free, quality medical care. He calls it “street medicine.”

When he first started, he’d camouflage himself to blend in with the people he sought to help. By wearing worn-out clothes and rubbing dirt in his hair, he hoped to win the trust of homeless people on the streets and under bridges of the city.

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Today, they know him and trust him with their lives, which he works to heal.

He routinely checks people for injuries and illness and hands out medicine as needed, and works with them to get insurance, housing, and the health care they need.

Withers also created Operation Safety Net, an organization that provides a mobile medical van, walk-in clinics, a computerized database of homeless patients, and the ability to track and assist patients with health care and recovery. To do that, he works alongside Pittsburg’s Mercy Health System and Trinity Health, two Catholic hospital systems.

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Dr. Withers’ organization also trains doctors in street medicine to carry on his pioneering practice.

You can vote for Withers as your choice to be Hero of the Year at CNNHeroes.com. The network will announce the winner on December 6 at their annual gala, and present the 2015 Hero of the Year with $100,000 for continuing his or her good work.

(Watch his story from CNN HERE)

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New Birth Control For Pets Could Make Spaying And Neutering Obsolete

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Oct 9, 2015

Expensive and uncomfortable spay and neuter surgery could be a thing of the past thanks to researchers at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) who believe a simple shot in the haunches will do the job.

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Their “vectored contraception” works like a vaccine against pregnancy. The procedure causes muscle cells to block a hormone called GnRH. All mammals, including humans, require GnRH to reproduce. It’s essential to making eggs and sperm mature, and blocking it makes mammals infertile.

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There are a number of groundbreaking potential new uses for this “injection contraception,” such as the ability to help control feral cat populations by catching the critters and giving them the shot instead of surgery.

“Spaying and neutering of animals to control fertility, unwanted behavior, and population numbers of feral animals is costly and time consuming, and therefore often doesn’t happen,” said Bruce Hay, professor of biology and biological engineering at Caltech. “There is a strong desire in many parts of the world for quick, nonsurgical approaches to inhibiting fertility. We think vectored contraception provides such an approach.”

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The CalTech research was supported by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Beckman Institute, and the National Institutes of Health and in part by a Gates Millennium Scholar Award for one of the scientists on the team.

Their work was published in the journal Current Biology.

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Dog Spends Over an Hour Pulling Injured Woman to Phone to Call 911

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Oct 9, 2015

Janet Wilhem is a nurse, so she instantly knew she was in trouble after a severe fall in her garage left her pretty much stuck.

As she later found out, she had fractured her pelvis in five places, and her husband wouldn’t be home for another eight hours.

The nearest phone she could use to call for help was 20 feet away.

Her only comfort was Mabel, the black Labrador she’d rescued three years earlier. She reached for the dog to hold her and as she grabbed for Mabel’s collar the dog started backing up.

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Wilhem thought the Lab was trying to get away. It took her a while to realize Mabel was dragging her toward the phone.

Mabel kept pulling Wilhem across the floor for an hour-and-a-half until she could reach the phone and call for an ambulance.

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“I was so happy she was there,” a tearful Wilhem told WFAA News. “I said ‘Good girl, I love you, I love you.’ I was just so happy.”

Wilhem is learning to walk again, and her doctors in McKinney, Texas say if it hadn’t been for Mabel, the longer wait for help would have complicated her recovery.

(WATCH the video below from WFAA News) — Photo: WFAA video

CNN Announces Amazing Line-Up For Top Ten Heroes of 2015

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Oct 9, 2015

They’ve brought healthcare to the poor, saved animals in Suriname, rescued children in Nepal, and provided food, water, and hope to people who’ve had none for a very long time.

CNN’s “Top Ten Heroes of 2015,” have officially been announced.

The general public gets to vote for their favorite top ten nominee over the course of the next few weeks, but be warned, you’ll face a tough choice before casting your ballot online.

The nominees for Hero of the Year are:

Dr. Jim Withers who has given free, quality healthcare to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania’s homeless for more than 20 years.

Monique Pool, “The Sloth Lady,” who has rescued and rehabilitated hundreds of sloths and other animals back into the jungles of Suriname.

Richard Joyner, a Conetoe, North Carolina pastor who started gardens to give his parishioners healthier diets in his town’s “nutritional desert.”

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Maggie Doyne, who used her babysitting money to buy land and start an orphanage and school in Nepal — today home to 50 children and 350 students.

Sean Gobin, who created a project to let veterans “walk off the war” by supplying them with everything they need for long-distance hikes in the U.S.

Bhagwati Agrawal, who brought safe, clean drinking water to 10,000 people living in six villages in India.

Kim Carter, a former inmate and homeless woman who created a nonprofit to help 800 women like her reclaim their lives.

Rochelle Ripley, who, inspired by her Lakota grandmother’s stories, has raised $9 million for Native Americans on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

Jody Farley-Berens, who has provided free financial and emotional support to 300 single parents battling cancer in Phoenix, Arizona since 2006.

Dr. Daniel Ivankovich, who has battled red tape and provided medical care — including 600 surgeries — to 100,000 patients whether they could pay for their treatments or not.

You can vote for one person per day at CNNHeroes.com. The network will announce the winner at their annual televised award show December 6, and present the 2015 winner with $100,000 for continuing his or her good work.

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Woman Fills 200 Backpacks With Love for Homeless To Deliver in Single Night

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Oct 9, 2015

A woman’s simple plan to help the homeless took off so fast, it outgrew her basement and brought in volunteers from across the city.

Kathy Acre thought she’d fill a few backpacks with hats, gloves, and snacks for homeless people in St. Louis, Missouri.

She may have started off with just 20 backpacks, but this weekend—one full year later—her “Back@You” project plans to deliver more than 200 fully stocked backpacks to people in need in a single night.

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As a single mother whose own career involved working closely with people in public housing, she knew just how thin the line was between having a roof over your head and not having one.

“The one thing I had, no matter how broke or hungry I was, I had a support system,” Acre told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The people on the street don’t have that.”

Acre’s son, a lawyer, incorporated “Back@You” as a nonprofit with its own GoFundMe page, which raised $10,000 in the past year. She’s already launched a second page for next year’s batch of backpacks.

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The money paid for 200 waterproof backpacks with built in ponchos made by Chicago nonprofit Citypak, and the essentials her volunteers stuffed them with. Each contains a fleece throw, a pair of thermal socks and three pairs of heavy, cotton socks, two knit hats, a pair of gloves, and a water bottle.

The Bridge Outreach, a homeless charity, will distribute the backpacks this weekend among St. Louis’ homeless population.

Acre’s finishing touch, a hand-knitted scarf to keep the chill out, was added to remind the wearer that someone is thinking about them.

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As Acre says on her GoFundMe page, “They may be small gestures in the grand scheme of things, but they are filled with love.”

(READ more at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Photo: Back@You, GoFundMe

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Students’ Huge Surprise For Sweet Café Worker: “It’s a Dream Come True”

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Oct 9, 2015

Every day, Kathryn Thompson, an Elon University café worker, asks her customers where they’re from, what they’re up to, and how they’re doing.

Two students, Lucy Smith-Williams and Taylor Zisholtz, appreciated Thompson’s kindness so much that they decided to rally the community to surprise her in a very big way.

“When she said it was her dream to go to Disney World, I thought, well, there are 6,000 of us here with at least a dollar, I’m sure we can make this happen,” Zisholtz told Elon News.

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The girls started a GoFundMe campaign that has raised $7,685, enough for the Acorn Coffee Shop employee to take her grandchildren with her on that dream vacation.

“I can’t wait to see my grandson’s eyes when he hugs Mickey Mouse. He finds Mickey, and he just hugs him,” Thompson said through tears.

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Want a Treat? Enjoy 5 of The Best New Silly Dog Videos

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It’s been far too long since we’ve posted something cute about dogs….crises averted! Enjoy your Friday funnies…

1. This dog is having a ball, swimming in the ball pit(bull).

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2. This dog expertly chauffeurs around a small child, safely and skillfully.

3. This dog’s long, eager race to what awaits is totally worth it.

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4. This dog politely asks the woman from the dog rescue to please stop singing, because he’s been through enough already.

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5. Okay, this one’s technically about a raccoon who thinks she’s the third dog in the family, but after watching this video, you’ll see why we’re giving her honorary canine status.

Photo courtesy of AllPaws

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Can’t Exercise? A Pill May One Day Offer Some of the Same Benefits

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Oct 9, 2015

For those who can’t work out due to chronic pain, disability, or other obligations, a pill could some day offer some of the benefits of walking, squatting, or doing push-ups.

That’s right: scientists are working on an “exercise pill,” to help you if you can’t help yourself.

Two studies have been underway to examine the physical changes that the body undergoes after exercising, like building muscle, creating new cells, and developing blood vessels, in an attempt to duplicate them with chemical compounds.

In one of the studies, scientists at the University of Sydney, Australia were looking at ways to chemically replicate the benefits of exercise for people who couldn’t work out because of injury or illness.

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The researchers biopsied healthy athletes’ muscles before and after strenuous workouts and found 1,004 molecular changes that took place during the workout, suggesting they could isolate chemical compounds that could one day duplicate those changes.

“While scientists have long suspected that exercise causes a complicated series of changes to human muscle, this is the first time we have been able to map exactly what happens,” study co-author Dr. Nolan Hoffman said. “This is a major breakthrough, as it allows scientists to use this information to design a drug that mimics (some of) the true beneficial changes caused by exercise.”

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A second study at the University of British Columbia in Canada aimed to uncover whether exercise pills might be able to help people build muscle faster and reach exercise goals more quickly.

The Canadian research suggests that any benefits from an exercise pill will be localized in the muscles.

“It’s not going to make a couch potato into Arnold Schwarzenegger.” Ismail Laher, the study’s co-author, said. “It’s a very small slice of the pie.”

But it may one day allow you to have a slice of pie after dinner, without having to spend as much time in the gym.

No single pill can provide the hundreds of positive results real exercise produces, but these researchers believe their findings indicate that one day, many people could benefit.

The separate studies have been published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences and the journal Cell Metabolism.

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Sikhs Set Up Free Bakery Near War Zone to Feed Fleeing Syrians

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Oct 8, 2015

Sikhs are taking one of their traditions of religious hospitality to one of the most inhospitable places on Earth — five miles from the Syrian border in refugee camps for people fleeing that country’s civil war.

The UK group, Langar Aid, an organization that provides food and water to people in need, has set up a bakery that currently feeds 14,000 people a day.

The group takes its name from the langar in the Sikh religion, a large common kitchen where food is served free to all visitors, regardless of religion or background. Langars are typically found at Sikh place of worship, but wherever Sikhs are, they have established the free kitchens open to all.

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Volunteers have been feeding distressed people for over a year now, reports the Times of India.

The volunteers had to strip down the traditional langar model and focus solely as a bakery due to the small quantities of food that can make it through to the Kurdish region.

However, in recent months, more support has been pouring in from around Europe, which could allow them to broaden their scope.

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Most of the volunteers with Langar Aid, an extension of UK charity Khalsa Aid, are from Europe, with ancestors from the northern India’s Punjabi region.

(Photo from Langar Aid, Facebook)

50 Shades Of Gray Paint: Colorblind Bask In Joy of Painting Too #TBT

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Oct 8, 2015

There has never been a television show as soothing to the ears and as calming to the soul as “The Joy of Painting.”

Host Bob Ross’ soft voice would gently describe each added detail in real time as he created “happy little trees” amid mountain landscapes. After listening to him, you just wanted to live inside the scenes he created on canvas.

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Not everyone could see those colorful vistas, so, during the show’s second season in 1984, he created an episode especially for colorblind people using nothing but shades of gray. Ross wanted them to enjoy painting, too.

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For this show he limited his palette to Prussian Blue, Van Dyke Brown, and Titanium White to add the splashes of light.

The episode, which popped up recently on YouTube, is another reminder of the wonderful worlds Ross created on Public Television with a brush, canvas, and calm, reassuring words.

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