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Lifeguards in Australia interrupt a drone training session to save two stricken boys.

Source: Drone saves teen swimmers in world first

What another awesome use of the technology.

When Penny Tasco peered through her window and spotted an elderly woman wearing a housecoat, she didn’t hesitate to bring her in out of the cold. She wants her act of kindness to set an example for others.

Source: ‘What would you do?’ Good Samaritan who saved woman from cold hopes to set example

Quote: “because we need good stories like this,” she said. “That’s just the natural thing you do.” Indeed.

“Robin was so excited she drove overnight through ice and sleet for the happy reunion.”

Source: Austin woman’s dog missing for two years found in Nebraska

If only Bowser could tell his story :-).

The collection grew so large the library now loans the salvaged books to schools, educational programs, and even prisons.

Source: Garbage collectors open library with abandoned books – CNN

What a great idea.

He was daydreaming about losing weight as he watched the gym members exercise.

Source: A photo of a Syrian refugee boy gazing into a gym went viral. Then the owner gave him a lifetime membership.

Follow up pictures at the story. I love how this blossomed via social media.

“The high-rise building of Eindhoven confirms that it is possible to combine the great challenges of climate change with those of housing shortages. Urban forestry is not only necessary to improve…

Source: The world’s first vertical forest for low-income housing is coming

Being a densely populated country, the Netherlands has long been at the forefront of creative use of space. This just makes so much sense.

New possibilities opening up for mental health research at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as a result of historic gift.

Source: A donor is giving a record $100 million to CAMH — and doesn’t want to be named | Toronto Star

Staggering, but then so is the need: “The donation was given to support research into mental illnesses, which … are the leading cause of disability on earth.” On. Earth.

…a noninvasive treatment that attacks the root source of tinnitus while making life noticeably easier for its sufferers.

Source: This Small Device Could Silence the Maddening Symptoms of Tinnitus

Another promising advance that may help millions.

This duck isn’t a pirate, but he was still in desperate need of a “Peg Leg” before a few eighth graders helped him out.

Source: Watch Duck Waddle Excitedly When Students Make Him a New Leg

What a great experience for the eighth graders. (And yes, the video of the duck made me smile….:-))

Before he was a record-breaking sniffer dog at the local airport, Skipper the beagle mix was a stray dog living on the streets.

Source: Stray Dog Gets A Job At The Airport

The very definition of “underdog”. 🙂