Are you ready for Valentine's Day? Well, good news. If you'd like
to cuddle, Hi, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. No,
I'm not going to cuddle with you. I mean unless you really want
to. But a professional cuddler he'll do it. He charges people for hugs
and earns seventy five pounds an hour. He has started hosting cuddle parties where
people could snuggle in groups. He's Trevor Hoot and he's thirty years old.
He goes by Treasure. Treasure charges thirty pounds a session for a cuddle party
to explore and enjoy non sexual physical connection in a safe, structured environment.
It's more than just a hug. It's about pouring care, affection and goodwill
into someone through touch. It's about human connections. Treasure says, many people
struggle to make those. That's where I step in. It's more than cuddling.
It's giving people the things they need, whatever that might be. The
parties has been great, and I think it's a really great way to provide
value to lots of people at once. I want it to have a really
big impact on the world. I've done four parties so far. Each one
has been unique and special. We have a very mixed group. Some people
are single and unfamiliar with touch, but want to develop comfort the other the
spectrum. They're people who are used to being touched and want more of it.
Starts out with some workshop activities, than after an hour, they have
a break. They have some foods together, get to know each other some
more. Then he resets the room and then the cuttle parties begin. You
know who are else are snuggle buddies Olivia and Mopsey. They're a cat and
a rabbit. Mopsey's a white male rabbit, Olivia a female tabby cat,
and they lived together at Heel Animal Rescue and Young Wood. Mary Kennedy Witherro
was not worried when shelter staffers couldn't locate Olivia, a four year old tabby
cat who came into Heel Animal Rescues astray. Few cats stay in their cages
at the shelter. At young Wood, they roam freely in the facilities community
rooms to get used to a homelike environment. Then someone found Olivia in the
upstairs bunny room making friends with the two year old male Mopsey. Momsey had
been found outdoors where he was scared and trying to survive. He's domesticated rabbits.
He's not used to living outside. Once he was brought to the rescue
center, he settled in. He seemed enjoy being with the other bunnies,
but he's still a little shy till he met Olivia the cat. The two
groom each other. They sleep together, they played together. They even have
their own prime room at the shelter, but they'd rather have a forever home.
Kennedy Whitro says these two are completely in love and must be adopted together.
Find out more at Heel Animal Rescue dot org. Good news if you
like chocolate, got a theme today for Valentine's Day. Chocolate is delicious.
That's a fact backed up by research. A study that included four types of
dark chocolate and a three D printed tongue. Researchers have found that it comes
down to chocolate's slick outer layer aka it's fat. On Washa sacar As,
a professor of colloids and surfaces at the University of Leeds. The professor told
The Washington Post or main finding out of all this is that fat matters a
lot the process of eating chocolate, says the Professor begins with the licking phase.
When chocolate first comes into contact with the tongue. That's when the smooth
chocolate sensation is set in a motion. Then, as it starts melting and
salive enters in the mix, solid cocoa particles in the chocolate area are released,
along with a rush of happiness boosting endorphins. The science has concluded the
chocolates mutt cherished, silky sensation. Say that four times fast I did,
you'd miss the edit because I took it out is a product of its fast
dropolets making coucos. Otherwise, gritty particles go down smoothly inside the mouth.
Hey, but does that mean chocolate has to be high and fat to be
enjoyed? Professor said, Nah, chocolate's coated and fat. It doesn't necessarily
mean the chocolate itself is fat. She says, in licking phase, fat
is absolutely important for the sensation that lubrication creates. We're talking about chocolate here.
Come down, everybody. But as you go down into the chocolate's inner
contents and its core, all this starts mixing with saliva. The amount of
fat doesn't matter, So you should have enough fat to coat the cocoa particles.
Again, I dare you to say coat the cocoa particles fast. It's
really hard to trust me. You missed the edit. So you should have
enough fat to coat the cocoa particles. But you don't need to have too
much fat. After Scientists always have to mess with something, Professor says,
imagine if we could make broccoli taste as good as chocolate. At least make
something like a zero calorie chocolate. She adds, many people love things that
contain sugar, but you know, and orange isn't the same as a piece
of chocolate. It's not the sweetness, it's the texture. That's what she
said. I am Patty Callahan Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm
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Beauty company Laureal is launching a lipstick tool designed for people with limited mobility.
Fifty million people around the world live with limited fine motor skills, making daily
task like applying lipstick quite challenging. They created the world's first handheld, super
precise computerized makeup applicator designed specifically for people with limited hand and arm mobility.
They use the same technology used to make utensil stabilizers. And good news for
Bob the Goat. Bob the Goat has moved to the big city. Bob
the Goat pals around with Albert, who's an eighty two year old human.
Albert just built a two story home on Cherry Street. Built it all by
himself, but he wasn't going to leave the goat behind on the farm.
No, no, no, he says. We wouldn't never left the goat
on the farm or any place. The goat's part of the family would drag
him all over the place. Bob the Goat is thirteen. He's a brown
and black goat. Bob lives in a heated backyard. Shit. Albert said,
I've built a beautiful home for him. He has his own house and
it's electrically heated. He has water there, he has some salt, lick
stone is hey. He has everything. Albert takes Bob the Goat for walks
around the neighborhood. The neighbors don't mind. Amy is a neighbor and said,
I think it's incredible that we have a neighbor who walks his goat.
We have neighbors on our street and walk their dogs every day. Why not
a goat? One problem? Though municipal by laws ban farm animals within town
limits. When this story started getting picked up by the CBC, neighbors on
social media rushed to Bob the Goat's defense, worried any publicity would results in
Bob the Goat losing his home. The mayor was asked for comment, and
he said he didn't have one. He also wasn't able to say if anyone
complained. Albert says, they won't take the goat away because I won't let
them. The goat stays till he dies. Bob the goat is living out
his days in the backyard. That's your good news for today. Follow the
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