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Separated from his mother as a puppy, one lucky pooch by the name of Foxtrot has become a UN refugee camp mascot in a 'bare bones to milk bones' story that could bring a smile to any face.

When the Myanmar military began a brutal crackdown on the country's Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority in 2017, hundreds of thousands fled over the border. A million displaced people are now sheltering in refugee camps in the Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh.

The UN's World Food Program (WFP), along with a number of other charities, has been there from the beginning, working to ensure every refugee is fed.

"Foxtrot was found when a variety of charity organizations were participating in a beach clean-up," Colleen Callahan at WFP USA told GNN. "A four-month old puppy followed them until finally Gemma [one of the volunteers], decided to take him under her wing. After that he almost died-there was no vet in Cox's Bazar, so a nurse brought him back to life."

"Since then he has been given the official title of 'chief mascot and mood manager' at WFP," explains Callahan.

Regularly led about the camp to visit temporary schools and canteens, as well as different WFP events, the chief mascot is usually "wearing a WFP cape, or special capes for big days like International Women's Day."

The photograph above features Foxtrot entertaining the kids at one of the camps' learning centers, and perfectly captures his importance in the relief efforts.

Humanitarian Pup

"One of the jobs I like the most is making sure no one gets too stressed out," writes one of Foxtrot's human team members on his adorable biography at the WFP website. "If I see someone looking like they need some stress relief, I run up to them with a toy in my mouth and push my head against their leg."

"Humans are simple creatures and it's amazing how well this works in relieving any tension," ruminates Foxtrot.

Through his Instagram, Foxtrot helps to raise money and awareness of the crisis the Rohingya people are facing while reaching people the WFP wouldn't normally be able to reach.
Related: More Than 220 Sheep Saved From Australian Bushfires After Heroic Pup Herds Them to Safety
Even though he's just a small dog, he has a big job. An inspired and happy volunteer worker is an effective one, and for the Rohingya in Cox's Bazar, a reason to smile is a very valuable thing.
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If you'd like to donate to Foxtrot and the team of World Food Program heroes in Bangladesh, just head here.

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Separated from his mother as a puppy, one lucky pooch by the name of Foxtrot has become a UN refugee camp mascot in a 'bare bones to milk bones' story that could bring a smile to any face. When the Myanmar military began a brutal crackdown on the country's Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority in 2017, hundreds of thousands fled over the border.

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The streets of Santiago, Chile may be a long way from Gotham City, but among its citizens dwells a true superhero. Far from being a fictional crime-solver, he's a real-life hunger fighter who distributes food to the city's homeless population on a regular basis.

With his Batmobile-or in this case, white SUV-fully stocked with a cargo of hot meals, he dons a shiny black costume complete with a cape and two masks (one with pointy comic book ears and eye slots; the other, for COVID-19 protection).

The self-proclaimed "Solidarity Batman" is doing his part to make life during Chile's months' long lockdown more bearable for some of those hardest hit by the current pandemic.

But this Batman's do-good mission is about more than simply delivering food. Knowing that sometimes all it takes to nourish the soul is a little humor or a few kind words, he aims to feed people's hearts as well as fill their stomachs.

He chose the Batman outfit to cheer people up, and it fosters a feeling of togetherness.

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"Look around you, see if you can dedicate a little time, a little food, a little shelter, a word sometimes of encouragement to those who need it," he told Reuters.

And, like Bruce Wayne, this modest caped-crusader prefers to keep his identity anonymous.

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Yet, no matter who the man beneath the mask is by day, the message he delivers along with his meals is clear. As Simon Salvador, one thankful beneficiary of Batman's compassionate outreach told Reuters, "It is appreciated...from one human to another."

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- China Daily (@ChinaDaily) August 19, 2020

Batman is doing good deeds in other places, too -check out these stories on GNN.
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Face-Masked Batman is 'The Superhero to the Homeless', Bringing Food to Them Across Santiago

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An anonymous do-gooder dressed as batman (but with a face mask) delivers food to the homeless people on streets in Santiago Chile.

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There's still hope that a second stimulus check of $1,200 (maximum) per adult could arrive before the end of the year. It would be authorized either through negotiation on another stimulus bill after more than a month of debate, or through a new executive action. The good news is we can predict some timelines when the IRS might start sending more stimulus money. The less good news is that even if a new check gets the go-ahead, you might not receive it as soon as everyone else, even if you qualify for more money (see details in the chart below).

Roughly 9 million Americans still haven't received the first direct payment that began in mid-April, for example, and the same goes for parents awaiting their $500 share for each , who have until Sep. 30 to make a claim.

Factors such as when the federal government decides to authorize more stimulus money and which priority group you will be in will determine when you could get paid. We break it down below. Keep reading for more information and check out CNET's stimulus check calculator for an estimate of how much you could be due. (And here's how young you can be and still get your own stimulus payment.) We update this story regularly.

A new stimulus check schedule may look like this

When and if another stimulus check gets the green light, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said it would take about a week to mobilize the first payments. We've speculated as to some possible dates when that could happen, though the timeline keeps shifting in response to the latest news from Washington.

For reference, we also include the timeline for the now-expired . The payments don't go out to everyone at once, so read on for which groups of people could get their payment first.

When the House returns next week, it will have 12 working days before it's scheduled to break again for the election. The Senate has 22 working days during the current session, which started earlier this week, before it breaks for the election.

Who could get a stimulus check first? The possible priority order

It's likely the IRS would use roughly the same system for sending out the second stimulus check as it did for the first one, including the IRS Get My Payment tool for tracking your stimulus check and registering for direct deposit. That means the agency might also follow the same stages that paid some people days and even months before others.

Who got their checks first: The IRS sent the first batch of stimulus checks to people who had filed 2018 or 2019 tax returns and had already provided the IRS with their direct deposit information, according to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Following that model, the next stimulus payment could first reach people who've already registered for direct deposit, either as part of their 2019 tax filing or before.

Second group: The next group were Social Security beneficiaries who had direct deposit information on file with federal agencies. (About 80 million people got their checks through direct deposit in the first week they were disbursed, according to the IRS.)

Third group: Paper checks didn't start getting mailed out until about a week later, to people who hadn't signed up for direct deposit, but you could still register for the electronic bank transfer as late as May 13.

Fourth group: The first Economic Impact Payment debit cards, which are prepaid, began going out in mid-May to about 4 million people.

Fifth group: Anyone who received their checks after June or is still waiting to receive their stimulus payment. Direct payments will continue through the end of 2020 for some individuals who were not part of the previous groups. Here's what could be holding up the stimulus check delivery for some and how to contact the IRS to report a missing, lost or stolen check.

Issues that could make your stimulus check 'late'

We won't know for sure until a new bill is passed and the IRS forms a plan to send out checks, but here are points to consider.

Changes to aid for dependents: If a change is made to the definition of a dependent, it could require the IRS to adjust its accounting system. That may potentially slow things down for you. Calculate how much you get with if the rules change to include more people as eligible dependents.

Banking status: If your banking status changes, it could potentially hold up receipt of your payment. Banking status disproportionately impacted Black Americans and other people of color, according to an analysis by the think tank Urban Institute. People who are white and whose incomes were above the poverty line were more likely to have received their first stimulus check by the end of May than people who are Black, Hispanic or below the poverty line, the analysis found.

Nonfilers need to take an extra step: People who didn't make enough money to be required to file federal income tax returns in 2018 or 2019 also would not get a stimulus check unless they submitted a form to the IRS. This group includes low-income families with children and a far greater number of Black people and people of color. Over 9 million people have until Oct. 15 to claim their checks.

The last date you might receive another stimulus check

The IRS will have been sending the first stimulus payments from April 15 to approximately Dec. 31, 2020, a period of 260 days. If we follow the timeline, a second stimulus check that's authorized before the end of 2020 could still be paying out funds to qualified recipients through the first half of 2021.

It's likely that the IRS has streamlined its system enough to send checks to more people faster, but if the first round is any indication, there could be complications that could delay a second payment for many. Here are common hurdles that held up the first stimulus check for some.

Once again, the schedule for the first stimulus checks may indicate the timeline, but there's no official news until a law or executive action lays out the details.

If you're seeking additional help

If you're still waiting on the first round of payments, you can track the status of your stimulus check, learn how to report your no-show check to the IRS and find possible reasons why your stimulus check still hasn't arrived.

And here are resources about coronavirus hardship loans and unemployment insurance, what you can do if you've lost your job, what to know about evictions and late car payments, if you could receive two refund checks from the IRS and how to take control of your budget.

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These adorable photos show a critically endangered female chimpanzee lovingly cradling her newborn after giving birth at a British zoo.

Mandy is a Western chimpanzee who, at the impressive age of 43, gave birth at Chester Zoo at the end of August after an eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy.
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Primate experts at the zoo are yet to determine the sex of the new arrival, but they've declared the birth as "hugely significant" for the species.

New estimates suggest that as few as 18,000 Western chimpanzees remain in Africa, and it's the first subspecies of chimpanzee to be added to the list of critically
endangered apes.

So how is Mom and her new family member getting on? Andy Lenihan, Team Manager of the Primates section at Chester Zoo, said, "She's bonded instantly with her new baby and can be seen protectively cradling it in her left arm at all times.

"It's a little too soon to tell if her new arrival is male or female as a newborn chimpanzee will remain in the arms of mom for several months until they develop the confidence to start exploring independently.

"Most importantly though, it's bright eyed, alert and getting stronger by the day."

Lenihan went on to explain that Mom hasn't been left to do all the childcare alone, saying, "A new arrival always creates a lot of excitement-it's a real extended-family affair as many of the females in the group often want to help to take care of the newcomer while, for some of the juvenilles, seeing a mom with a new baby is a completely new experience.
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"It's great to see the other youngsters watching Mandy closely and learning from such a natural mother."

Cheers to Mom, and her new baby, for helping the global effort to ensure there's a viable safety-net population of these amazing chimps.

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Workers on an oil rig were surprised when they saw a dog swimming to the oil rig, 127 miles away from the Thai coast. Now that's a mans best friend.

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When you're working on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, you expect to see the occasional whale or dolphin swimming by, but a stray dog? Not so much.

That's exactly what members of a Chevron crew spied struggling in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand 135 miles from coastal Songkhla.

The fuzzy brown pup, first spotted by offshore planner Vitisak Payalaw, was clearly in distress. "I thought that if we didn't move quickly, I would not be able to help him," Payalaw told CNN.

As the rescue efforts continued, the water was becoming increasingly choppy. Several attempts to reel in the dog failed.

The crew feared he'd be swept back out to sea, but the pooch managed to keep his tenuous hold on the platform.
RELATED: Hero Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down a Treacherous Mountain Trail
"His eyes were so sad," Payalaw said. "He just kept looking up just like he wanted to say, 'please help me.'"

Finally, the workers were able to secure the dog with a rope harness and pull him to safety. By then, he was understandably shaking and exhausted.

After cleaning him up and giving him fresh water and food, the crew named him Boonrod, which means "he has done good karma and that helps him to survive," Payalaw told NPR.

Boonrod was identified as an aspin, a breed native to the Philippines. No one knows exactly how he came to be in the waters so far offshore, although the Bangkok Post speculated he'd most likely fallen from a fishing trawler.

On April 15, after two days' recuperation, Boonrod was sent by boat to the mainland where he received veterinary care before being transferred to an animal shelter.

"A vessel transporting the dog arrived onshore at around 10 a.m.," Payalaw posted to his Facebook page. "His overall condition has improved. He is getting stronger and can smile.''

But the plucky pup's good luck didn't stop there. Payalaw had become so attached to Boonrod, he vowed that if no one claimed ownership, he'd adopt the dog himself.

Because he was on duty, Payalaw had to wait 10 days before being reunited with his new best friend. Since no owner had come forward, Boonrod was made an official member of Payalaw's family on the spot-much to their mutual delight.

"I'm very very, happy with my new dog," Payalaw said in an interview with The Dodo. "He's a good dog for me and a good dog for my family, too." Payalaw says while he's not married, Boorod has become "like a son" to him.

MORE: Two Surfers Save a 'Starving, Cold' Dog From Sea Cave After It Had Been Missing For 3 Months

There's a saying that goes, "Dogs have a way of finding the people that need them." Boonrod may have had more obstacles to overcome than most canines when it came to finding that special person to call his own, but he proved that even an ocean wasn't enough to keep him and his beloved Payalaw apart.
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Lucky Dog Gets Adopted By Oil Rig Worker Who Found Him Swimming 135 Miles From Thai Coast

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When you're working on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, you expect to see the occasional whale or dolphin swimming by, but a stray dog? Not so much. That's exactly what members of a Chevron crew spied struggling in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand 135 miles from coastal Songkhla.

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When you're working on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, you expect to see the occasional whale or dolphin swimming by, but a stray dog? Not so much.

That's exactly what members of a Chevron crew spied struggling in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand 135 miles from coastal Songkhla.

The fuzzy brown pup, first spotted by offshore planner Vitisak Payalaw, was clearly in distress. "I thought that if we didn't move quickly, I would not be able to help him," Payalaw told CNN.

As the rescue efforts continued, the water was becoming increasingly choppy. Several attempts to reel in the dog failed.

The crew feared he'd be swept back out to sea, but the pooch managed to keep his tenuous hold on the platform.
RELATED: Hero Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down a Treacherous Mountain Trail
"His eyes were so sad," Payalaw said. "He just kept looking up just like he wanted to say, 'please help me.'"

Finally, the workers were able to secure the dog with a rope harness and pull him to safety. By then, he was understandably shaking and exhausted.

After cleaning him up and giving him fresh water and food, the crew named him Boonrod, which means "he has done good karma and that helps him to survive," Payalaw told NPR.

Boonrod was identified as an aspin, a breed native to the Philippines. No one knows exactly how he came to be in the waters so far offshore, although the Bangkok Post speculated he'd most likely fallen from a fishing trawler.

On April 15, after two days' recuperation, Boonrod was sent by boat to the mainland where he received veterinary care before being transferred to an animal shelter.

"A vessel transporting the dog arrived onshore at around 10 a.m.," Payalaw posted to his Facebook page. "His overall condition has improved. He is getting stronger and can smile.''

But the plucky pup's good luck didn't stop there. Payalaw had become so attached to Boonrod, he vowed that if no one claimed ownership, he'd adopt the dog himself.

Because he was on duty, Payalaw had to wait 10 days before being reunited with his new best friend. Since no owner had come forward, Boonrod was made an official member of Payalaw's family on the spot-much to their mutual delight.

"I'm very very, happy with my new dog," Payalaw said in an interview with The Dodo. "He's a good dog for me and a good dog for my family, too." Payalaw says while he's not married, Boorod has become "like a son" to him.

MORE: Two Surfers Save a 'Starving, Cold' Dog From Sea Cave After It Had Been Missing For 3 Months

There's a saying that goes, "Dogs have a way of finding the people that need them." Boonrod may have had more obstacles to overcome than most canines when it came to finding that special person to call his own, but he proved that even an ocean wasn't enough to keep him and his beloved Payalaw apart.
WOOF Your Praise For This Amazing Pair On Social Media...
( WATCH the video of the incredible rescue below on The Dodo... )

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Lucky Dog Gets Adopted By Oil Rig Worker Who Found Him Swimming 135 Miles From Thai Coast

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When you're working on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, you expect to see the occasional whale or dolphin swimming by, but a stray dog? Not so much. That's exactly what members of a Chevron crew spied struggling in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand 135 miles from coastal Songkhla.

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Hormel Foods is offering 2 years of free college to their employee's children.

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Hormel Foods announced last week that it will begin offering two years of free college tuition to all the children of their American employees beginning next year.

Not based on achievement in test scores or GPA, the new program is a way to create equality in education admissions-and the company hopes many who take advantage of the offer will be first-generation college students in their families.

Called "Inspired Pathways," the program will begin in the fall of 2021. A spokesperson for Hormel Foods told GNN the company has 16,000 domestic employees and the program is open to any dependent child of those workers. The company has more than 30 plant and office locations in the U.S., primarily in the Midwest, and the kids can attend any community college of their choice as long as they graduate from high school and meet the school's entry requirements.

"When you think about how a college education can change lives and start a ripple effect that will be felt for generations, that's the change-maker Hormel Foods wants to be," said Jim Snee, the company president and CEO, in a statement.

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"Our goal is that it costs us a lot; we want as many people to go as possible," said Jim Sheehan, an executive vice president and CFO, in a statement.

The company isn't just investing money into the program. Sheehan said they're making a large effort to make sure people know about it, encouraging supervisors to reach out to their employees about it and help guide them through the process if they're interested.

The Hormel Foundation has offered a similar program the past couple years that allowed students from Austin, Minnesota, where the company is headquartered, to attend Riverland Community College free of charge.

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This is an expanded version of that highly successful Austin Assurance Scholarship, to benefit the high school graduates of Hormel employees across the country, rather than just students who live locally.

Austin Public Schools Superintendent David Kranz said the foundation's program has been instrumental in getting students into college who might not have gone otherwise.

"We know that for a fact," he said.

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Additionally, the company offers tuition reimbursement for current team members who go back to school while working at Hormel Foods.
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Hormel Foods announced last week that it will begin offering two years of free college tuition to all the children of their American employees beginning next year. Not based on achievement in test scores or GPA, the new program is a way to create equality in education admissions-and the company hopes many who take advantage of the offer will be first-generation college students in their families.

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This rooftop greenhouse in Montreal is as big as 3 football fields and feeds 20,000 families a week.

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A rooftop greenhouse in Montreal has become the largest of its kind, and can now produce enough food to feed nearly 2% of the city's population even in winter.

Rooftop gardening is becoming very popular as a means of getting high-quality produce into the hearts of the world's great cities, a method that has the double-advantage of cutting back on tailpipe emissions and spoilage from the otherwise necessary transportation of food.
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Launched in 2009, Lufa Farms now has four such rooftop gardens. The latest addition, built atop their own distribution center of 160,000 square feet (15,000 square meters), is about the size of three football fields, and cultivates 100 different varieties of fruits and vegetables using hydroponics.

Looking like something out of a Star Trek episode, hydroponic gardens utilize pipes in which the roots of the plant can dangle freely, and where a steam bathes them in essential nutrients and water-eliminating the need for soil entirely.
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While headquartered in Canada, Lufa Farms was founded in 2009 by Lebanese-born Mohamed Hage and his American wife Lauren Rathmell from Vermont.

Lufa Farms spokesperson Thibault Sorret explains to Phys.org that they produce food next to where most people live, and in a sustainable way, which some experts believe is the future of agriculture.

"We are now able to feed almost two percent of Montreal with our greenhouses and our partner farms," says Sorret.

"The advantage of being on a roof is that you recover a lot of energy from the bottom of the building," he adds, noting that they can save a significant amount on heating during the notoriously cold Quebec winters.
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Savings can also be found in the water-use department where Lufa Farms has a rainwater collection system that reduces time spent running taps by 90%, while ladybugs, wasps, and bumblebees work in tandem as both pollinators and pest control.

These energy-efficient and environmentally friendly practices are on top of a year-on-year profitable business that employs 500 people and sells $30 produce baskets for 20,000 families a week-all while running a distribution service under the greenhouse that connects local artisan food makers that produce things like fresh pasta to Montreal houses with home delivery.

It's the kind of service that's exploding in popularity in both the restaurant and grocery industry around the world, and Lufa is now capitalizing on that to export its model to cities across the U.S. and Canada. That's good food news for everyone.

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A rooftop greenhouse in Montreal has become the largest of its kind, and can now produce enough food to feed nearly 2% of the city's population even in winter. Rooftop gardening is becoming very popular as a means of getting high-quality produce into the hearts of the world's great cities, a method that has the double-advantage of cutting back on tailpipe emissions and spoilage from the otherwise necessary transportation of food.

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Two captive belugas were given the chance of a better life when they were relocated from China to a new sanctuary in Iceland.

The 11-year-olds, known as Little Grey and Little White, had spent seven years performing for audiences at Changfeng Ocean World in Shanghai.

But in 2019, thanks to the British charity Sea Life Trust, they were freed and transported 6,000 miles around the world-30 hours by air, land, and sea-to reach the world's first retirement home for oceanic animal performers.

Over the past year, the female pair has been cared for inside specialized pools on Heimaey Island.

Now they've made another big transition: On August 8, Little Grey and Little White were moved to the open-water section of the beluga sanctuary in Klettsvik Bay.

It's the first time in 11 years that the belugas have swum in the ocean.
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Cathy Williamson, who runs the End Captivity program at Whale and Dolphin Conservation, told China Daily, "The world's first whale sanctuary represents a pathway to the end of the keeping of whales and dolphins confined for entertainment. We are proud to be a partner of this important project that will improve welfare for these belugas, and show the world that there is an alternative to whale and dolphin captivity."

The bay itself is large, secluded, and beautiful. At 30 feet (nine meters) deep and 344,445ft² wide, there's lots of space for Little White and Little Grey to swim and explore, to play and make big dives in the water.

Now that they're in their new home, these two belugas have been showing off their personalities.

According to the Sea Life Trust team, "Little Grey is a very playful whale. She is always curious and willing to learn new things. She also has a mischievous side to her personality and likes to spit water at the Animal Care Team."

As for Little White? She's a little shy, but she "still likes to play and forms close bonds with her handlers."

Andy Bool, who's the head of the Sea Life Trust, says of their big move:
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"We're absolutely delighted to be able to share the news that Little Grey and Little White are now in their bayside care pool and will need a short period of time to acclimatize to their new natural environment and all the outdoor elements before their final release into the wider sanctuary in Klettsvik Bay."

"Following extensive planning and rehearsals, the first stage of their release back to the ocean was as smooth as we had hoped and planned for. We are carefully monitoring Little Grey and Little White with our expert care team and veterinarians."
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If they adapt to their new home, they could enjoy several more decades of life in a natural habitat-and the sanctuary hopes to welcome other retiring aquatic performers in the future.

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New Guinea's Singing Dog is Found to be Not Extinct

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One unexpected upside to the coronavirus lockdown is that for many, it's become a time of great creativity. When interdisciplinary designer Rhea Shah found herself stranded in her hometown of Vapi in India's western state of Gujarat, and not attending her doctoral program in the Netherlands, she was frustrated.

"I was grappling with helplessness, thinking about what I could do with my talent and the resources available," Shah told NPR.

The time Shah spent sequestered with her family led to a brilliant COVID-19-related brainstorm that was both organic to her family business and 100% recyclable to boot.

With the number of coronavirus cases in India escalating daily, hastily organized makeshift isolation wards were springing up across the country-which in turn, required an unprecedented need for hospital beds. Shah's solution? A line of affordable, disposable cardboard versions.

Since Shah's family owns and operates the Aryan Paper Group, an industrial paper manufacturing business, it didn't take long for the Harvard-educated architect's idea to make the leap from the drawing board to the production floor to the supply chain. In fact, the process took only about a week from concept to prototype.

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Shah's user-friendly corrugated cardboard design requires no tools, fasteners, or glue to assemble and takes only a few minutes of setup time. The beds measure 6.5' long by 3' wide by 3' tall. Weighing less than 25 pounds apiece, they can be stacked flat for shipping and moved easily when in use.

In addition, the beds are water resistant, so they can be cleaned and disinfected as needed-and with a maximum weight-bearing load of 440 pounds, they're pretty darn sturdy as well. If that weren't enough, they're also 100% recyclable, for which the environment says a big, "Thank you!"

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It's small wonder, then, that Aryan Paper Group has been included in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's list of the Top 21 Solutions/Innovations in the ongoing battle against COVID-19.

While, at around $13 each, the cardboard beds cost less than half the price of basic metal ones, the company's concern isn't about the bottom line: It's about doing all they can to help out in these trying times. To that end, Aryan has donated more than 1,200 units and sold approximately another 10,000 at cost to those locations where they are most needed.

"We wanted to help in this crisis, and so we are not making any profit from the sale of beds," Aryan Executive Director Param Gandhi told the Times of India. "The idea has also kept our company working which means we can continue to pay our staffers as well."

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For her own part, Shah is just gratified her contribution has been so well received. As she told NPR, "It's heartwarming to know that in spaces where it was most needed, it was useful."
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One unexpected upside to the coronavirus lockdown is that for many, it's become a time of great creativity. When interdisciplinary designer Rhea Shah found herself stranded in her hometown of Vapi in India's western state of Gujarat, and not attending her doctoral program in the Netherlands, she was frustrated.

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This is the moment a paddle boarding family in England had a shocking but happy encounter with a hitchhiking seal.

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Daren Ford and Kerrie Rocket were paddling along the River Arun near Littlehampton in West Sussex when a playful seal swam up to the group and climbed right up onto Kerrie's board.

Daren from Hayling Island in Hampshire was able to record the unusual encounter with his camera.

Daren, a roofing company manager said they were five miles up the river and had dropped their boards in from the pontoon boat and were paddling for an hour or so.

"This was our first visit to this area and only my third time on a board," he says. "We were chatting away oblivious that we were being followed by a seal.

"To our amazement the seal just started going from one board to another jumping on and relaxing!"

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They had no food out and were not encouraging him in anyway, keeping their distance as much as possible.

At first they were worried that the seal was in trouble or maybe aggressive, but soon realized he was healthy and just being curious.

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"It was an amazing experience but it never really sank in until we got home and realized how rare this actually happens."

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Axel Aleman was running a 5k race is Shelbyville, Indiana a noticed another racer who was injured, he instantly stopped during the race and went to help him out.

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The trophy may go to the swiftest, but sometimes, the first one to cross the finish line isn't the only winner. Nowhere was that more true than at a recent 5K invitational in Shelbyville, Indiana.

With less than half a mile to go, Western Boone High School sophomore Levi LaGrange stumbled, twisting his ankle. "I was running up this little rolling hill... and I rolled my ankle and felt something go 'pop,'" he told the .

LaGrange motioned for Sheridan High School senior Axel Aleman to pass him, but in that instant, the race became a secondary concern for Aleman. "I was able to see he was in a lot of pain," Aleman recalled. "As I got closer to him, he was limping... I asked if he was all right. He said he felt like something snapped."

Rather than forge ahead, in an extraordinary act of true sportsmanship, Aleman refused to leave LaGrange behind. "As soon as I saw him, I knew I had to do something," Aleman said. "It just seemed like the right thing to do. That mattered more than the race. I told him I wasn't going to leave."
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Placing an encouraging hand at his competitor's back, Aleman remained with LaGrange for the remainder of the race. The two crossed the finish line within seconds of one another. Aleman even made sure LaGrange went first.

LaGrange's mother, Becky, was more than a little bit impressed by Aleman's thoughtful gesture-especially since the two had never met before. "It takes a lot for an 18-year-old to give up his spot," she said. "Axel never left his side. It really speaks to Axel's character. With so much bad going on right now, it was really a great moment of sportsmanship."

Aleman's own mother, Nikki, was not at all surprised by her son's spontaneous show of goodwill. "He's a really kind person and he's always more concerned about others than himself," she said.

After reports of the incident began to make the rounds on social media, Aleman received lots of positive feedback. While he might have enjoyed the accolades for his exploits, for him, the takeaway was one of simple compassion and empathy.

When you're standing at a crossroad-or running by it-you can choose the path of self-interest, or you can go the extra mile for someone in need. For this teen athlete, the choice was clear-cut.

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While we might not always recognize when life hands us an opportunity for grace, when it does, in the words of Axel Aleman, "I would just really hope people do the right thing." Yes to that.

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The trophy may go to the swiftest, but sometimes, the first one to cross the finish line isn't the only winner. Nowhere was that more true than at a recent 5K invitational in Shelbyville, Indiana. With less than half a mile to go, Western Boone High School sophomore Levi LaGrange stumbled, twisting his ankle.

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Douglas Smith planted a sunflower when his 4 year old son said he wanted a bean stock, now its taller then his 2 story house.

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When your young son asks you to grow a sunflower "as tall as the house" you do what you can. But nobody expected a plant like a magic beanstalk that kept growing and growing.

Douglas Smith was forced to use a ladder to tend to the lofty giant, which he first planted at the end of March and tended lovingly throughout lockdown.

The 42-year-old's four-year-old son Stellan certainly got his wish. The gardening project turned into a 20-foot high monster plant that almost dwarves his two-story home in Stanstead Abbotts, England.

The current record for the tallest sunflower in Britain is held by Richard Hope, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, who set the record in 2012 with a whopping 26-foot tall flower.

But product manager from East Hertfordshire says his sunflower is now worthy of the 'honorable mentions' list on the website Giant Gardening.

Douglas' flower stands in a large wooden container 20 inches tall, and three foot in length by two foot in depth.

And Douglas has to climb to the top rung of a ladder propped against his house, where he lives with wife Piper Terrett, 44, in order to just about reach the flower at the top of the stem.

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He said, "I had high hopes that it would still be growing - but I am glad that it's topped out a bit now.

"I think it's probably got maybe another inch or two left in it to grow, but it's pretty much done.

"I've had to rig the flower up on something that's a little bit like a flagpole, attached to the top of the wooden stake, so that it doesn't curve down too much under its own weight.

"It's flowering at the moment - there's probably another week or so of flowering left, and then I'm hoping to leave it standing for as long as I can, to collect most of the seeds."

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And the sunflower started off with a fighting chance of growing this tall because Douglas was given the seed in a swap with John Butler, who holds the current record for tallest sunflower in North America, growing one that is 26 feet 8 inches.

"I'm not sure specifically what variety of sunflower this is, but it's a bit like a thoroughbred horse - it came from a good start in life."
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When your young son asks you to grow a sunflower "as tall as the house" you do what you can. But nobody expected a plant like a magic beanstalk that kept growing and growing. Douglas Smith was forced to use a ladder to tend to the lofty giant, which he first planted at the end of March and tended lovingly throughout lockdown.

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Happiness, like art, is often subjective, but unlike art, happiness isn't something you'd expect to find hanging in a museum. Or, at least it wasn't until an entire museum devoted to happiness opened in Copenhagen this past July.

The Happiness Research Institute -yes, there really is such a thing-is the driving force behind the new project. According to their mission statement, the independent think tank's goal in exploring why some societies are happier than others "is to inform decision-makers of the causes and effects of human happiness, make subjective well-being part of the public policy debate, and improve [the] overall quality of life for citizens across the world."

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"I think people imagine that the Institute is like a magical place," CEO Meik Wiking joked in an interview with CNN, "a room full of puppies or ice cream-but we are just eight people sitting in front of computers looking at data."

After receiving numerous public requests to visit their less-than-magical offices, the "Happiness Crew" was struck by a notion: If people truly wanted a place where they could gain a better understanding of what makes human happiness tick, why not give them one?

"We thought, why don't we create a place where people can experience happiness from different perspectives and give them an exhibition where they can become a little bit wiser around some of the questions we try to solve?" Wiking explained.

On July 14, 2020, with strict COVID-19 protocols in place, the 2,585 square-foot museum made its debut. With a current maximum capacity of 50, visitors are invited to explore happiness from a global perspective that includes historical insights on how the concept of happiness has evolved over the ages, and the ways in which varying regional cultures define the term.
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The museum houses a vast collection of donated artifacts that represent happiness to people from around the globe. "We might be Danish or Mexican or American or Chinese, but we are first and foremost people," Wiking told CNN. "It's the same things that drive happiness no matter where we're from, and I hope that people will see that in the exhibition."

It's safe to say that Wiking, who wrote international bestseller "The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way To Live Well," knows more than a thing or two about happiness. And he has some hopeful words for all of us in the pandemic.
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"When we follow people over time," he noted, "we can see that they are remarkable at overcoming the challenges that happen to them... Of course, it's necessary to be optimistic in my profession, but I think we can overcome these times as well."

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The World's First Happiness Museum Opened in Copenhagen, and It's Bound to Put a Smile on Your Face

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John Krazinski from The Office created Some Good News videos last spring during the stay at home orders.  Here is the 1st edition.

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Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 1