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  • NOW I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS FEELING STRESSED RIGHT NOW.

  • IT IS ALSO VERY ODD, BELIEVE ME I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

  • ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE I CAN'T EVEN PARK MY OWN CAR IN MY

  • GARAGE ANY MORE.

  • OKAY BUT EVEN WITH THE STRANGE TIMES, HEADLINES FOCUSED ON ONE

  • OR TWO OF THESE THINGS, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SMALLER THINGS,

  • GOOD THINGS, HAPPY THINGS, INSPIRING THINGS THAT ARE

  • HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

  • IN FACT, HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE FOUND JUST TODAY.

  • THIS IS THREE THINGS TO CHEER YOU UP.

  • >> Reggie: THREE THINGS.

  • >> James: HERE'S NUMBER ONE, OF COURSE ALL OF US ARE FEELING

  • A BIT LONELY AND STIR CRAZY THESE DAYS.

  • ON THE BRIGHT SIDE THAT COMBINATION CAN LEAD TO SOME

  • PRETTY CREATIVE IDEAS LIKE THIS GUY WHO REALIZES THAT SOMETIMES

  • THE BEST DANCING PARTNER IS THE AVAILABLE DANCING PARTNER.

  • THE BEST DANCING PARTNER IS THE AVAILABLE DANCING PARTNER.

  • ♪ >> James: WE HAD STO QUUT IT

  • THERE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT PART OF THE VIDEO

  • WHERE HE STARTS FIGHTING AND KICKING WITH HIS DANCE PARTNER.

  • MOVING ON, OFTEN TIME A CRISIS BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE

  • AND IT SAY BEAUTIFUL THING.

  • WE HAVE ALL SEEN SO MANY WONDERFUL CLIPS OF SINGERS

  • PERFORMING FROM THEIR BALCONY, PEOPLE CHEERING FROM THEIR

  • WINDOWS AS HOSPITAL WORKERS CHANGE SHIFTS.

  • I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ZANE POWLES, FROM GRIMSBY A SEASIDE

  • TOWN ON THE COAST OF ENGLAND.

  • WITH THE TOWN SHUT DOWN HE HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE

  • SURE THE SCHOOL'S NEEDIEST CHILDREN REMAIN FED AND I MEAN

  • MILES AND MILES.

  • EVERY MORNING HE PACKS UP DOZENS OF SCHOOL LUNCHES AND THEN LOADS

  • HIMSELF UP FOR A TWO AND A HALF HOUR WALK AROUND THE TOWN.

  • HERE HE IS WALKING THROUGH A SHUT DOWN CITY SAFELY DROPPING

  • OFF LUNCHES TO STUDENTS.

  • HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS AND HAS

  • BECOME A DAILY HIGHLIGHT FOR THE CHILDREN WITH MANY OF THEM

  • CALMING HIM A HERO.

  • THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST INSPIRING WAY TO GET YOUR STEPS

  • IN.

  • I CAN'T HELP BUT AGREE, MR. POWLES YOU HAVE CLEARED US

  • UP, YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE HERO.

  • AND FINALLY, THAT BRINGS US TO THE THIRD THING WE FOUND THAT

  • MIGHT CHEER YOU UP TOYED.

  • OF COURSE LOTS OF HAVE SUDDENLY FOUND OURSELVES HAVING TO MEET

  • PEOPLE OVER VIDEO CONFERENCING WEBSITES LIKE ZOOM OR SKYPE OR

  • ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

  • AND IT CAN BE PRETTY BORING.

  • WELL, ONE GUY IN AUSTRALIA WENT TO THE EFFORT OF CREATING A

  • CUSTOM BACKGROUND FOR A MEETING WITH HIS COLLEAGUES, A

  • BACKGROUND THAT STARRED HIMSELF.

  • HAVE A LOOK.

  • >> WE'RE JUST GOING TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS AND NEW WAYS FOR

  • US TO MAKE IT WORK.

  • I AM WORKING WITH A FEW PEOPLE EXPLORING THINGS LIKE-- JPS YOU

  • KNOW, AFTER SEEING THAT.

  • WE WERE INSPIRED TO MAKE A ZOOM BACKGROUND OF OUR OWN TO HELP

  • SPICE UP ALL OF THE GLOOL ZOOM MEETINGS ALL OF US HAVE TO DOVE

  • REE DAY, I THOUGHT WE WOULD SHOW YOU SOME.

  • YOU HOW SOMETIMES YOU START TO TO GET A LITTLE SELF-KWON SHUS

  • ABOUT NOT SPEAKING ENOUGH, WE MADE THIS BACKGROUND THAT HAS

  • OPRAH WINFREY SLEECHING ON A COUCH BEHIND YOU SO YOU CAN TURN

  • TO EVERYBODY AND BE LIKE-- OPRAH'S ASLEEP AND I

  • DON'T WANT TO WAKE HER SIEM'S NOT GOING TO TALK VERY MUCH

  • DURING.

  • THIS BUT YOU CARRY ON.

  • >> OR IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANTS TO MAKE

  • YOUR COWORKERS WORRY ABOUT YOU, WE HAVE GOT THIS BACKGROUND

  • HERE.

  • YOU CAN BE LIKE YEAH, I'M NOT LONELY AT ALL, YEAH, I'M ALL

  • GOOD, I HAVE SOME NEW ROOMMATES MOVE IN YESTERDAY.

  • THESE GUYS ARE KEEPING ME BUSY.

  • I'M FINE.

  • OR IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU SHOW WILL BE DOING LESS EXERCISE WITH

  • ALL OF YOUR ADDED FREE TIME BUT WE ALL WANT OUR COWORKERS TO

  • THINK WE ARE GETTING RIPPED ON QUARANTINE, JUST POP ON THIS

  • BACKGROUND WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK AND JUST GO

  • YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH, I'M ALL GOOD.

  • WORKING OUT, DURING QUARANTINE.

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  • 298, 299, 300, YEAH SLASM.

  • >> NOW WE HAVE SOME OF THESE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD.

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  • FUN.

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NOW I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS FEELING STRESSED RIGHT NOW.

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