A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Joss said he’s looking forward to life with Mack, which starts Friday, during the official service dog graduation day at the prison.
Source: Coworkers surprise quadriplegic employee with money for service dog
It’s lengthy, but well worth the read. There’s more to this story than the headline suggests: perseverance, redemption, generosity, gratitude, … and of course a happy dog & owner.
There’s a new Lady of the Lake. A 7-year-old girl has found a 4-foot-long sword in the same lake where King Arthur’s Excalibur was said to have been thrown. Matilda Jones was paddling waist-deep in Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor last week when she came across the blade while on a family holiday,
Source: King Arthur’s Excalibur? Girl pulls sword from legendary lake in Cornwall | The Kansas City Star
Well, now, there’s a story she’ll be telling everyone back at school. 🙂
Readers of travel guidebook Rough Guide voted Scotland as “the most beautiful country in the world”, beating Canada and New Zealand to the top spot.
Source: Scotland Has Been Named The Most Beautiful Country In The World
Canada and New Zealand are gorgeous, I can only imagine what Scotland must be like.
The airline has also added flights to its schedule out of select cities where they have aircraft available.
Source: JetBlue caps ticket prices before Irma
What I like about this is not just what JetBlue is doing, but that they’re setting an example that some other airlines are apparently following.
And that’s just direct costs. The estimated overall economic impact of vaccines is $820 billion.
Source: Vaccines in poor countries have saved 20 million lives and 350 billion dollars since 2001
Something that most of us in wealthier countries just take for granted — until too many people start avoiding them, and an outbreak follows.
In Texas, a grocery chain is now inspiring memes. One goes like this: “State and federal resources are struggling to get into impacted areas. H.E.B. — outta the way, we’re coming.”
I love how they prepare, how they cope, and how they plan for the recovery. They clearly understand that they play a vital role.
The royalties from these albums have been going to Cliff’s 92-year-old father Ray—and the senior has only now revealed what he’s been spending that money on.
Source: Father of Metallica Bassist Who Died Has Been Quietly Donating Royalties to Child Musicians
What an excellent legacy.
The U.S. Coast Guard has saved 4,322 lives in the Houston area through search-and-rescue operations since Sunday, …
Source: U.S. Coast Guard has saved 4,322 lives in Houston flooding: official
There are hundreds of stories of people helping people coming out of the Harvey aftermath. It’s no surprise that the Coast Guard would be on the scene.
Organizations like American Humane work to help dogs like Rick retire with military men and women they already know. People like Cubbage promise to give the military dogs the hero’s retirement they deserve.
Source: Military K-9 reunited with handler in retirement – MSN
A fitting retirement for a distinguished career.
Never underestimate the infinite capacity of the human spirit, human action, and the private sector to rise up to any challenge, to any Category 4 or 5 Hurricane, with compassion, kind-heartedness and a selfless, charitable response that brings out the best of the American people.
Includes a lengthy list of individuals and companies just doing the right thing. A list that, generally, doesn’t make the news, and yet is something I still claim is much more commonplace than we realize.