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Friends, strangers respond to news of stolen graveside sculpture

2015-09-19 03:12:12| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Recently, when she visited her daughter's grave, something was missing: a handcrafted metal sculpture of butterflies, Tiffany's favorite. "It was basically a symbol for her, for out here, that we knew when we pulled in we were going to see the shininess of it," Last-Krahn said.

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Strangers repaint 75-year-old man's house after teens' cruel comments

2015-08-12 02:34:28| Railroads - Topix.net

Every morning, Josh Cyganik gives Leonard Bullock a smile and a wave as he walks past the 75-year-old man's house on his way to work. For four consecutive years, the 35-year-old track inspector for the Union Pacific Railroad has nodded to the Pendleton, Oregon, resident, who sits on his porch all day long, but not once has he ever said a word to the man.

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Study: Text-messaging strangers reduces need for pain relief during minor surgeries

2015-04-28 13:27:02| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Patients who text messaged a stranger just before minor surgeries required less supplemental pain relief than patients receiving standard therapy or distraction techniques, according to a recently published study conducted by researchers at RTI International, Cornell University and LaSalle Hospital . The study, published in Pain Medicine and funded by Cornell University, showed that mobile phones provide new opportunities for social support, improving patient comfort and reducing the need for pain relief during minor surgeries and in other clinical settings at a very low cost.

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