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THE RECORD-BREAKING BRIARD THAT'S BATTLING LYMPHOMA By Kristen Stephenson Mother and professional dog trainer Karen Cobb remembers the first time she became interested in owning a Briard. It was in 1997, after reading an article in a pet magazine that featured the unique breed. Not long after sparking her interest, a client happened to bring her one to train. Part of the working dog group, Briards are characteristically known for their amiable personalities, agile herding bodies and quick instincts. It wasn’t long into training this kind of dog before Karen knew she needed one as a companion. Little did she know that once she received her Briard Norman, he would not only become her best friend, but take her on a journey that would result in him holding two Guinness World Records titles – an experience they would both hold onto for the rest of their lives. At the time, the Georgia resident was growing her career as a dog trainer, now boasting 20 years in the business. Karen had two Shiba Inus, one of them being a rescue with health issues. Though it was a fair amount of work, she never wanted to stop working with animals and caring for their well being. While she wanted a new furry addition to her family, the timing was simply off. Two pets and her first child on the way did not make the best setting for a brand new puppy, so she decided to postpone her plans. In the meantime, she had her second child, conducting research with breeders for years until finally settling on a lineage of Briards she found to be suitable. Though Karen would need to wait 10 more months for the litter of puppies to be born, she had a hunch it would be worth the wait. After flying to Washington State from her hometown of Atlanta, Karen had the daunting task of picking the perfect dog for her – but thankfully, her background in animal behavior gave her a degree of strategy. "When I was picking puppies, the breeder had it narrowed down to four who were checked by a vet and show judge as to the most sound of the litter for doing canine sports. Of those four I played hide and seek to see who cared that I left. Norman cared a lot. I rolled them gently on their back to see if they struggled and got aggressive when I did not let them up immediately or if they struggled and calmed down. Norman calmed down. I played with toys and showed them treats and looked to see who was most interested." Norman received his first lessons on his flight home with Karen. Awaiting to board the plane, she managed to teach him how to sit, lay down, look and how to come when called. Immediately, Karen knew he was not like other dogs. Norman’s breed is characteristically cautious of new things and people, but he was eager to accompany her on trips to hardware stores, schools, parks, obedience classes, and more. He grew so accustomed to his new family, he even seemed to adopt some of their habits, particularly those of Karen’s children. "We started introducing him to many of the kids' toys in the backyard, so he would not be fearful. The scooter was one of them and he just loved it! Once he mastered the scooter we moved on to other toys. Norman basically thought he was one of the kids, whatever they did, he wanted to try. I noticed this the first time we went to a playground and my kids went up the ladder and down the slide, and Norman followed right after." His abilities sparked a bit of inspiration in Karen, who wondered if her intelligent pet qualified for more than just a show title. She applied for the record Fastest 30 m on a scooter by a dog, confident that her four-year-old Briard could beat the minimum. A few weeks later, after practicing, Karen and Norman attempted the title in front of friends and family. "I was afraid that with all the pressure and all the people that maybe he would not go fast enough, or we would miss an important rule in setting the record, that his scooter would go crooked, etc. I also didn’t want pressure of setting a record to make the fun scootering game we play stressful." But Norman did not disappoint. With much excitement, the eager pup scooted 30 m in just 20.77 seconds. When teaching Norman new tricks, Karen was mindful of her best friend’s well-being. She never forced him to learn - he always seemed willing to participate. "I don’t understand how anyone can think training your animals is harmful, if you’re training with positive reinforcement. The pet should be loving every minute of the training. Training forms such a strong bond between you and your pet it’s hard to achieve in any other way. You build your communication skills, so they understand you and you understand them to a much higher degree. It strengthens your relationship so much, because they understand what you want and you understand their wants and needs. Most dogs would get very bored just lying in a house, eating and roaming the yard. Teaching dog sports and tricks gives them something to look forward to. I know Norman gets really excited when I get his leash, training bag, or any training equipment out, because he knows we will be spending time together playing games and learning new things." Witnessing his potential, and Norman’s enthusiasm over training, Karen decided to continue working with him on his skills. It wasn’t long before he was able to surf, longboard, jump rope, play basketball and even participate in dog sports such as agility obedience, barn hunting, herding and more. Though each of these activities was a remarkable feat for a dog, the Briard’s most impressive new trick was learning how to ride a bicycle. It can be difficult enough for humans to get the hang of, but Norman picked it up rather quickly – prompting Karen to apply for the title Fastest 30 m on a bicycle by a dog.
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THE RECORD-BREAKING BRIARD THAT'S BATTLING LYMPHOMA Seeing the application, Guinness World Records invited Karen and Norman to attempt the record on set of CBBC's Officially Amazing in Los Angeles, a television show entirely dedicated to record-breaking achievements. On set with an adjudicator, Norman shined in front of thousands of viewers, earning a time of 55.41 seconds while on his bike. The two experiences cemented Karen and Norman ’s bond, who had come a long way from their first interaction at the airport. As an owner, Karen had more pride than she could ever imagine for a pet, loving him as much as a family member. "I really think he believes he’s human. He certainly acts human. He knows on birthdays he gets to open presents. On Christmas he is the first to run down and tear his presents open. If we have people over and are sitting in a circle talking, he will come up and sit facing the center of the circle too." Though a few years have passed since the pair have tried their hand at record-breaking, Karen and Norman have other current obstacles to overcome: his battle with lymphoma. In June 2017, Norman was diagnosed by a veterinarian with having Stage IV cancer, a terminal illness for dogs. The news was d evastating and heart-wrenching for Karen and her family, who had undergone so many experiences with their beloved pet. Left untreated, the lymphoma could kill Norman within two weeks, so the Cobbs needed to act fast. Cases of this nature were typically treated with chemotherapy, which puts a severe amount of stress on an animal and only maximises their lifespan by one or two years. Instea d, Karen opted for a third choice: getting a bone marrow transplant from one of Norman’s siblings to help him fight his illness. She never expected it, but Karen’s life shifted from training and bonding with Norman to being his fulltime caretaker, hoping to see him make a full recovery. Rather than training him to do new adventurous tricks like before, she is training him to stand on a scale so that her family can track his weight fluctuation. It has been a rather exhausting journey for both Karen and Norman, but nonetheless, they take each day at a time together.
"Beset" of nie "beset". Dit is die vraag… wel, dit was die vraag vanoggend, wat ons 4 weduwees aan die giggel gehad het. Ons was soos losgelate tieners... Ons het ons vasberade, vasbeslote vas op die aarde voete veruil vir 'n bootrit vanoggend. Komplimente van Antonette en Laramon toere… Die oggend het afgeskop met Antonette wat ons optel, en met die stopslag by my agterkom sy het 2 onpaar skoene aan. Dit het die giggels geaktiveer. Toe bestye ons die boot, soos tipiese weduwees... Handsakke styf onder die blad, ons hele lewe saamgevat daarin. Soos Elsa vir Isak inlig, soos my Ma sou sê: “van 'n slang tot 'n dooie polisieman is daarin”. My en Elsa se beentjies is taamlik kort, so dit was met 'n geween en gekners van tande wat ons dit van die jettie tot in die boot maak. Antonette en Elsabe kom toe ligter daarvan af… Ingeklim is ons al geselsende, en Pieter mik vir die diepsee, want daar is blykbaar nog Walvisse te sien as jy gelukkig is. Ons was nie gelukkig nie, en so al geselsende het die swellings van die branders opgetel...Ek en Elsa is vol stories en praat, ons los van die ryskwessie in Sjina tot die piesangboorde in die Noorde op, bywyse van Spreuke. Later kom ons agter, die ander 2 metgeselle van ons is onheilspellend stil, sal ons mos toe besef, die 2 ry op die "rims" soos die Capie gesê het, hulle kan nie woord sê nie, want hulle 2 word toe so bietjie seesiek. Ten spyte van 'n dubbele dosis "naarpilletjies" met die intrapslag, word ons gewys waar die "troon" is, sou ons dit nodig kry. Ek voel hoe sak die donkerte oor my, want ek meet so met die oog die klein deurtjie, en my breedte, hoogte en wydte, en ek besef ek sal moet verby hou daar, maar o wee my, ek besef toe ek het nou geen keuse meer nie. Ek haak vir Elsa nader en ruk op na daai klein deurtjie se kant toe. Ek maak die deur oop, want sien, die "beset" liggie is afwesig. De oom in die donker gaatjie, val amper deur die vloer soos hy skrik en ek en Elsa druk daai deur soos een man weer in posisie. Toe is dit my beurt. Elsa moet kywie hou en ek is daarin. Toe begin die sports… Ons vang die golwe en ek klou vir lewe en dood aan die troon daarbinne. Nou sit ek die sensor knoppie aan, en al wat ek kan sê is: “Daai troon het nie 'n handvatsel wat jy trek nie”. Die bedryf pomp jy. Pieter het mooi verduidelik, 8 keer. Die oom voor my het so geskrik, ek moes toe 16 keer pomp… Die lewe is 'n avontuur, vol verassings, vol lag, vol sonskyn, vol seerkry, val en opstaan… hang af saam met wie jy dit aanpak. Die Woord sê vir ons vriende naby, is beter as familie ver. Dankie aan my reismaats, julle maak die opstaan en weer probeer soveel meer draaglik. Onthou, pak die naweek met oordadigheid en pas skoene aan… Mooi loop.
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BY BROOKE NELSON Finally! One of your most pressing cooking quandaries, answered
It’s a well-established question, and one that we’ve been too afraid to ask our mothers: Should we use the shiny or the dull side of aluminum foil when we cook? And have we been doing it wrong this entire time?! Concerned cooks, you can breathe a sigh of relief: As it turns out, there’s no ‘correct’ side of aluminum foil to use when cooking. According to the Huffington Post, they’re both equally effective at heating your food—so just choose whatever side you prefer.
If there’s no trick to it, then why, exactly, does aluminum foil have a shiny and a dull side in the first place? Experts at Reynold’s Kitchen say that the difference between the two sides is due to a manufacturing process called milling, during which heat and tension is applied to stretch and shape the foil. Two layers of foil are pressed together and milled at the same time, because otherwise, it would break. “Where the foil is in contact with another layer, that’s the ‘dull’ side,” Reynold’s explains. “The ‘shiny’ side is the side milled without being in contact with another sheet of metal. The performance of the foil is the same, whichever side you use.” But pay attention if you are using non-stick foil; in that case, there is a difference between the two sides. Since the non-stick coating is only applied to one side, you’ll want to use the dull side. Side note: There will be a label that designates the “non-stick side” in case you forget. 5
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By Greg Kumparak
Look — I love my job. But damn do the folks at Disney’s research labs have a fun looking gig. We’ve seen them build systems that let them 3D print impossible spinning tops, software to turn 3D models into massive parade balloons, and solutions for doing motion capture outdoors with nothing but a few GoPros. Now they’re building robots that can draw sprawling pictures across the beach. The robot — aptly called “Beachbot” — works by dragging a set of pins through the sand, sort of like a rake. Each pin is individually raisable, allowing the bot to draw lines of varying thicknesses. More pins down = thicker lines drawn. The artist behind the robot starts a canvas by setting down poles, which the robot uses as markers to finely calculate its position. At that point, the robot can be passed an image file to draw automatically, or the artists can steer it manually. The Beachbot moves on a set of large, soft wheels that Disney has dubbed “balloon wheels”, allowing it to move across the sand without leaving tracks or screwing up whatever it’s drawn previously. Why? A) Because why not. and B) It doesn’t require much thinking to come up with practical uses for this, even just within the realm of Disney. Disney has beach resorts. People would flip out to wake up in the morning and see their favorite characters drawn in the sand outside of their room — and by lunch, high tide would come in and wash it away, prepping the canvas for a new drawing the next day.
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BY CLAIRE NOWAK No, the duchess doesn’t have anything against hospitals
It finally happened! Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to her third child: a bouncing baby boy. The 8-pound-11-ounce prince was born April 23 at 11:01 a.m. local time in the Ludo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital. And just seven hours later, the two were on their way back to Kensington Palace with Prince William. This isn’t unusual for Kate Middleton. She spent a little over 24 hours in the hospital when she gave birth to Prince George, her first child, in 2013, and about ten hours after Princess Charlotte’s birth in 2015. But for all of us across the pond, this seems like an unusually short amount of time for a post-childbirth hospital stay. A 2016 PLOS study revealed that new American mothers spend an average of two days in the hospital after uncomplicated vaginal births to singletons (not twins or triplets). In comparison, U.K. mothers stayed in the hospital for a day and a half, on average. Louise Silverton, the director for midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives, told The Guardian that the length of hospital stays depends on each mother’s individual needs. “Midwives need to check to make sure women feel up to going home,” he said. “However, provided the woman is medically fine, has the support she needs at home and the right postnatal care plan in place, and a good community midwife service, then going home even five or six hours after birth may be absolutely fine.” The other reason for the sudden exit is specific only to the duchess: her fans. All new mothers value alone time with their baby, but when that baby is fifth in line for the British crown, the entire world wants to get in on those first memories, too. People have been camped out outside the hospital for weeks awaiting Baby Cambridge’s arrival, just as they did for the arrivals of Prince George and Princess Charlotte. “No Parking” signs were hung around the hospital in the days before the birth to aid in crowd control. Photographers galore snapped away as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge emerged with their little prince for the first time. We can’t say we blame her for cutting her hospital time short to get away from the chaos, especially knowing that she likely has top medical resources available to her at home. The other new mothers and moms-to-be at St. Mary’s are probably relieved as well. 8
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Max, a 17-year-old pooch who's hard of sight and hearing, stayed at the little girl's side for 15 hours
Three-year-old Aurora was reported missing at about 3pm on Friday. The youngster had wandered off on her own in the Australian bush, deep in the rugged wilderness of Queensland's Southern Downs. A frantic search ensued, but no trace of Aurora could be found in the woodlands and hills around where she had been staying with her family. Overnight, more than 100 State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers carried on the search. And remarkably, she was found at 8am on Saturday (Australian time), alive and well. And it was thanks to a loyal dog who had kept her safe. Kelly Benston, the partner of Leisa Bennett, who's Aurora's grandmother, found Max the dog first. He's a blue heeler – an Australian cattle dog. Max, a 17-year-old partially blind and partially deaf dog, had stayed with Aurora and kept her safe. When families and volunteers desperately searching for the little girl finally got to him, he showed them the way. Rescuers heard the youngster faintly from the top of a mountain as they got near. "She [Kelly] found the dog first," Leisa told ABC . "Max led her to Aurora." SES area controller Ian Phipps confirmed a family member had spotted Aurora and Max about two km from the house. The pair were still on the family property, a wide rural estate at Cherry Gulley, not far from a town called Warwick. While two km doesn't sound far, the Australian bush is no place for a toddler to be alone. "The area around the house is quite mountainous and is very inhospitable terrain to go walking in, so she'd travelled quite a distance with her dog that was quite loyal to her," Ian said. "The search was actually quite hard where the volunteers and the police were, amongst the very steep slopes full of lantana and other vegetation." Kelly said she found the girl and dog companion after they responded to her shouting. "When I heard her yell 'Grammy' I knew it was her," she said. "I shot up the mountain ... and when I got to the top, the dog came to me and led me straight to her. "He never left her sight. She smelled of dog, she slept with the dog." Max has been made an honorary police dog for his bravery and loyalty. Without him, the outcome might've been much worse. Many had feared tragic circumstances. "There was a little bit of dread going into it with a cold night last night, but to get such a positive outcome the volunteers are very happy, and will be tucking into a bacon and egg sandwich very shortly," Ian added. 13
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Some of those times include when the IRS is looking for volunteers to get audited in your office, high school reunions, and when you’re a member of a tactical military force that is known for its stealth abilities. The British Army recently tweeted out a photo of a soldier completely blended into a thicket of misty Welsh woods and it’s fair to say that he’s doing a bang-up job. Any luck? Here a few hints: he’s not in a tree, he’s not in the lower third of the photo and he’s not in the upper third of the photo.
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A 600-pound woman has given birth to a 40-pound baby at Perth’s King Edward Memorial Hospital, a record-breaking weight that could possibly make the newborn the largest baby ever born, reports the Western Australian Herald this morning. The baby of gigantic size surprised doctors and staff members who were not fully prepared for such an event but miraculously managed to give birth to the 40-pound (18 kilos) baby who remains in a healthy state, has confirmed a hospital spokesman. The single mother who’s delivery necessitated a surgical incision in the mother’s abdomen and uterus was done to prevent any harm to the baby and mother’s health and was undergone without any complications. The doctor who practiced the cesarean section first believed the woman to be pregnant with twins or even triplets. “I have dealt with other women suffering from obesity before but this birth will stick with me until I die,” he told reporters with a large grin. “I truly believed there was two or even three babies in there” he commented laughingly, “but no, it was just one big sturdy guy. He obviously has a career as a future rugby player” he added with humor. The largest recorded baby in the world was previously thought to be a South African baby who is believed to have weighed 38 pounds (17.2 kilos) and was born in 1839. The young boy of Zulu origin is reported to have grown to an impressive 7’6 feet or 2.28 meters high before he reached his 18th birthday.
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