Marooned sailors spell out HELP and it worked - PLUS what to do if attacked by a cow

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm Johnnie Mack with five good news stories. Now. Last week I had the pleasure of going up to Burlington, Vermont and witnessing the total eclipse. It was amazing. If you want to hear my adventure there, check out the podcast Travel Is Back and look up the Burlington episode and you'll hear me looking at the eclipse at Ohio Town had a big eclipse palooza. They had a big party that saw one hundred and thirty couples get married or renew their vals in the three minute fifty four seconds that the moon covered the Sun. Officials hosted the free event. It was called Elope at the Eclipse. They were hoping to get about twenty five couples.

0:44 Instead, one hundred and fifty registered. There was a judge, live singer, goodie bags as you would want at your eclipse wedding, a reception hall for dancing, beverages for the first toast, a photographer, and personalized wedding cakes. To register and participants, all you had to do was show up with the proper paper work and your guests. People did show up, They had lawn chairs, t shirts. Some people wore a traditional white wedding dress. One couple told the Detroit Free Press they thought of everything, It's a once in a lifetime for us, and it pushed out positive energy. This is amazing. This next story is straight out of Gilligan's Island. Did you see this? Three men who were stranded on a remote Pacific island for more than a week. They spelled out help using palm leaves like you see in movies and specifically Gilligan's Islands episodes. It actually worked. The men were found on pike Lot, an uninhabited island about one hundred miles northwest of their home.

1:37 They had set sail from an island that's part of the Federated States of Micronesia. Their boat a twenty foot open skiff powered by an outboard motor. The search began when a woman set out a distress called to the coastguard reporting that her three uncles hadn't come home after almost a week away. The coast guard embarked on a search. Pike Lot is a tiny dot. It's described as in the Pacific Ocean, covered in palm trees and bus is, measuring less than two thousand feet in length. Lieutenant Chelsea Garcia coordinated the search and said in a remarkable testament to their will to be found, the mariners spelled out help on the beach, using palm leaves, a crucial factor in their discovery. The aircraft crew sent survival packages to help them in before the coast Guard drop them or radio a day later. Guess it takes a minute to get there. Eventually, the usc GC Oliver Henry arrived at the island and picked up the men to bring them home. The commander of the Oliver Henry, Lieutenant Ray Serato, said, it's incredibly rewarding to see the faces of those we've helped. Looks like good news here on the cancer front. I was reading about this in the Washington Post. There's a new blood test called galeri This new type of test analyzes substances in the blood that might indicate cancer.

2:46 The test may be especially useful in finding silent cancers, such as pancreatic or ovarian cancer, which often don't cause symptoms until the disease is advanced and more difficult to treat. Eric Klein, as a scientist at the company that developed Galerian, says it opens up a whole new world. It's the unmet need we face in cancer. The new blood test measure cancer signals, which are biological substances shed by cancers, such as fragments of tumor DNA. Some can even identify the organ or tissue involved. Wow. Now, to be clear, the tests don't diagnose cancer. A positive result will probably lead to you getting more tests for biopsies. Nor are the tests yet ready to replace standard screening tests like a colonoscopy or a mimography, but are meant to compliment them anyway. This is super cool good news for a Labrador retriever. He had failed to become a drug sniffing dog why he was too friendly and playful.

3:37 While he's won hearts across Taiwan for his detection work. In the aftermath of the recent seven point four magnitude earthquake, Roger the dog was helping to locate some people he and his handlers ventured into the Shakadang trail of the heavily damaged Torocco National Park. Roger was born into a training center for drug sniffing dogs, but his love for fun, food and people got the better of him, distracting his ability to pay its. But that made him a better candidate to be a rescue dog. Chen Chi's son is captain of the rescue dog unit, and said, I'm not saying he wasn't good or he didn't get along with others, but the requirement for narcotic detection dogs is they can't be too restless and independent. But that's what we want in rescue dogs. But as great as Roger is as being a rescue dog, he's going to retire soon. Rescue dogs retire at age nine. Good news if you're ever attacked by a cow. Andrew Childs wrote a funny piece in The Guardian explaining what to do. Charles tells us. One expert suggested it's important to work out whether the advancing cow is angry. We're merely curious. It's here as being a ten to two or an indication of the former, meaning the cow is angry. And I don't know about this advice. Chiles says, if he's ever attacked by a cow, he'll whip his coat off, wave it about and start yelling out in Spanish, and if that doesn't work, he'll just acknowledge it's his unlucky day. Those are your five good news stories for today. I'm choking because i laughed there at the end. You enjoy the program, tell a friend they might like it too. You can rate and review five stars Hu on Apple Podcasts, and thank you Apple podcast for promoting the show for several weeks. It has really grown the program. If you're a new listener, welcome and thank you, and I will mention I do

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