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Recovering Soldier Reunites with His Dog from Afghanistan

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A wounded soldier and Purple Heart recipient who recently returned home from Afghanistan has now been reunited with a puppy he adopted while on the front lines thanks to the efforts of The Puppy Rescue Mission, a group that helps bring soldiers back together with their overseas pets.

Donny Eslinger, 20, traded three cigarettes for the dog while on a tour in Afghanistan. He took care of the dog, whom he named "Smoke Pup Barbarian," until he was critically injured in a mortar attack.

Eslinger suffered from a broken leg, broken ribs, and other internal injuries in the blast.

Smoke Pup was left behind when Eslinger was flown out of Afghanistan to Germany and then back to the United States where he was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

President Obama awarded Donny with a Purple Heart when he was in hospital after he was hit by mortar fire while on patrol in September, suffering a penetrating chest wound, a head injury, broken ribs and leg.

That's when Eslinger's squad leader, Staff Sergeant Daniel, wrote to Puppy Rescue Mission. In the letter, Daniel described how he sent Esligner and three other wounded soldiers home while the unit was engaged in a "pretty intense fight with no visible enemy."

In the letter, Daniel described the special relationship Donny and other soldiers in his unit formed with Smoke Pup:
Smoke was the only bit of moral that made these kids forget were they were and cope with the tragedy we just experienced. It is amazing how therapeutic a little creature can be. Donny took care of that dog up until he was injured. Many of us in his Platoon would love nothing more than to see Smoke reunited with Donny. It would be the only decent thing we would see come from this place ... Donny will have a lot to deal with over the next year and Smoke could be a catalyst for recovery.

The Puppy Rescue Mission arranged for Smoke Pup to be flown to Florida and then to Bethesda, Maryland, where Eslinger is still receiving treatment for his injuries.

Lively Sculptures made out of Chicken Wire

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A french artist, Cedric Le Borgne, who already showed his artworks in more than 35 international displaying events now comes up with an interesting idea for sculptures that are displayed at a 4-day light festival held at Durham, England. The sculptures are art made of chicken wire, perfectly articulated to take the human form (Les Voyageurs), a deer (La Biche) or a monkey (Les Naufragés).

How to grow a Rainbow Rose, Naturally

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In 2004, two dutch companies, River Flowers and F.J. Zandbergen, experimented and successfully grew a rose that had its petals rainbow colored. As petals get their nourishment through stem, the idea is to split the stem into several channels and dip each one in a different colored water. This way all the colors will be drawn by the stem into petals and resultant rose will have all the colors in it.

Lamps by Giles Godwin-Brown

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Product and lighting designer Giles Godwin-Brown is a recent graduate and has designed two high-quality modern lamps.

The Nepa Lamp is a two-dimensional “lamp silhouette” that stands six feet. It’s wall-mounted and equipped with friction hinges to allow the piece to pivot away from the wall. Constructed of birch plywood and stainless steel with some aluminum details, it utilizes high-powered LED lighting.

The Candor Lamp is also wall-mounted and is constructed of cotton and timber. Wired with LED lighting as well, this lamp features a transparent strip that generates a “halo-like” glow on the wall it is mounted on.