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Some things are easy to measure. The weight of a standard adult basketball is 20-22 ounces. The height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is 324 meters (1,063 feet). The Great Wall of China is about 21,196 kilometers (13,171 miles) long. In March 2020, the world's human population is estimated to have crossed 7.8 billion people. Yet for all the straightforward metrics in the world, there are many things that can't be quantified. Friendship, kindness, goodwill, and love -- how do we account for these vital qualities in our lives, society, and systems at large? When the effect of compassion is distributed across time and space, how do we pinpoint its value and role in the greater rhythms of which we are a part? With those questions in mind, this week's stories offer a window into the speed, the sound, the weight, the size, and the "price" of love.

FUN

Italian Police Use Lamborghini To Transport Donor Kidney 300 Miles In Two Hours

Italian Police Use Lamborghini To Transport Donor Kidney 300 Miles In Two Hours

In what may be one of the most Italian things that has ever happened, the Italian State Police rushed a donor kidney from Padua to Rome for a transplant in a Lamborghini Huracan. The journey is around 300 miles, but with the help of the specially outfitted supercar, the police made it happen in just about two hours at an average speed of 143 mph (about 230km/hour). The Italian police own a few different Lamborghinis. This one has been turned into a refrigerated compartment for organ transport or the delivery of other temperature-sensitive medical supplies. Read Full Story.

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ARTS

ICU Covid Patient Plays Music To Thank Healthcare Workers

ICU Covid Patient Plays Music To Thank Healthcare Workers

Intermountain Healthcare

In a Utah hospital, a retired orchestra teacher battling Covid-19 is lighting up spirits in the intensive care unit (ICU) -- by playing his violin. Despite being intubated and unable to speak, Grover Wilhelmsen, 70, wanted to express his gratitude to McKay-Dee Hospital workers. "You know, I really want to play here at the hospital. What do you think about my wife bringing in my violin and viola?," he wrote on a piece of paper to nurse, Ciara Sase. After some planning and getting approval from doctors, the 70 year-old patient serenaded the ICU with church hymns and the "Tennessee Waltz." Hospital staff watched and listened by the closed glass doors of Wilhelmsen's room. "It brought tears to my eyes," Sase described. "For all the staff to see a patient doing this while intubated was unbelievable." Read Full Story.

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EVERYDAY HEROES

A Sick Swan Rode The Subway To Get Help -- With The Help Of A Good Samaritan

A Sick Swan Rode The Subway To Get Help -- With The Help Of A Good Samaritan

Josh Spector

Ariel Cordova Rojas found a sick swan in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City and decided to get her to an animal hospital for treatment. With a background working with wild birds, Rojas knew how to approach a bird like this. The hard part was that the animal hospital was across town and Rojas was on her bike that day. She gently wrapped the 17-pound bird in her coat and walked a mile carrying the bird while pushing her bike. Kind strangers gave her a ride and got her bike to the subway station. The injured bird took a ride on the subway with Rojas, and they made it to the hospital. Now, the swan is on the road to recovery, due to the kindness of strangers. Read Full Story.

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NEWS

'Tiny' Homes To House Homeless In St. Louis, Missouri

'Tiny' Homes To House Homeless In St. Louis, Missouri

David Carson | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Missouri's second-largest city of St. Louis, 50 "tiny" homes will begin sheltering the area's homeless populations as early as December. Equipped with heating, air conditioning, a bed, desk, chair, shelves and electricity, the simple homes range from 80 to 96 square feet and will serve as transitional housing for four to five months at a time, as case workers help them find residents permanent shelter. The planned site for these properties is a former RV park, where showers, laundry facilities and bathrooms are already conveniently in place. City officials hope this setup can help prevent coronavirus transmission as well as provide a "stronger foundation" for homeless individuals to be able to rebuild their lives. Other US cities that have embraced the idea of small homes as a way to provide shelter for the homeless include Seattle, Detroit, Nashville and Austin. Read Full Story.

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INSPIRATION

Woman Pays For Strangers' Groceries, Hopes To Inspire Acts Of Kindness

Woman Pays For Strangers' Groceries, Hopes To Inspire Acts Of Kindness

Leonie wise / Unsplash

Brandy Bisson made the news recently in her hometown of Concord, N.H., when she bought groceries for eight strangers at the grocery store. Bisson says she is “not rich,” but wanted to bring smiles to people’s faces in the midst of the pandemic and election situations. Describing one of her interactions when she paid for a stranger’s groceries, Bisson said, “She was crying and said 'Thank you so much, you don’t understand what this means to me, it’s so hard to reach out and ask for help.’” Bisson isn’t done yet… She plans on buying Thanksgiving dinner for two families in Manchester, N.H. Read Full Story.

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