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Deaf Sheepdog Returns to Herding Her Flock After Learning ‘Sign Language’ April 14, 2021
Whoever said, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has obviously never met a 10-year-old Norfolk collie named Peggy. A working dog, Peggy was unable to continue the job she excelled at—herding sheep—when at age 8 she lost her hearing. No longer able to communicate with her, Peggy’s owner subsequently relinquished her to the […]
Judy Cole
Colorado Proposes Giving Free Therapy to Young People Struggling in Pandemic April 14, 2021
Colorado is working hard to ensure mental health support is there for young people struggling in the pandemic. Bill 21-1258 was introduced to the House last week—and would provide people under 19 with free therapy sessions if needed. With kids facing increased isolation and instability because of COVID-19, a program to help youth get through […]
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Japanese Doctors Perform World’s First Living Donor Lung Transplant on COVID-19 Patient April 14, 2021
A COVID-19 patient in Japan has received the world’s first lung transplant from living donors. Receiving transplant lung tissue from her son and husband, the patient underwent an 11-hour operation at Kyoto University Hospital to receive her transplant last Wednesday. The woman who underwent the operation contracted COVID-19 late last year. According to Kyoto University […]
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Falconry Saves Man from Life of Crime, Now he Helps Birds and At-Risk Youth Take flight April 14, 2021
In spending his twenties dealing drugs in southeast Washington D.C. during the crack epidemic, Rodney Stotts would be the last person one would imagine as being interested in falconry. The ancient sport of capturing juvenile raptors and helping them survive to adulthood when they can take care of themselves, falconry mirrors his own experiences on […]
Andy Corbley
Art Historians Discover Place Where Van Gogh Painted His Last Masterpiece April 14, 2021
A group of art historians has discovered the exact location where Vincent van Gogh painted his final masterpiece before his death in 1890. When Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Institut van Gogh, found an early 20th-century postcard featuring a scene including tree trunks and roots growing on a hillside, he immediately sent […]
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