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The Rains
Written by Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by Todd Haberkorn
In the tradition of Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave, the first YA novel from New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz.
In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother, Patrick, have already fended off multiple attacks from infected adults by the time they arrive at the school where other young survivors are hiding.
Most of the kids they know have been dragged away by once-trusted adults who are now ferocious, inhuman beings. The parasite that transformed them takes hold after people turn eighteen—and Patrick's birthday is only a few days away.
Determined to save Patrick's life and the lives of the remaining kids, the brothers embark on a mission to uncover the truth about the parasites—and what they find is horrifying. Battling an enemy not of this earth, Chance and Patrick become humanity's only hope for salvation.
Publisher: Brilliance AudioReleased: Oct 18, 2016ISBN: 1501238485Format: audiobook
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The Exhausted
with Christine Hammond, MS, LMHC
5 Ways to Survive Narcissistic In-Laws
It was a second marriage for Clark and Claudia so they were both prepared for a difficult first couple of years as they blended their families together. But what they did not expect was the added difficulty of Clark's parents. He knew that they were narcissistic and even prepared Claudia for their limited encounters. However, the holidays brought out an intensity that Clark did not expect. It also was Clark's birthday and his mother invited them by saying, "Only I know how to properly celebrate our special day." The passive-aggressive comment was just the beginning of the strange behavior.
Clark's mom treated her son like he walked on water; nothing was his fault, everything was Claudia's fault. It was as if he was a demi-god of sorts and Claudia was not good enough to even wash his feet. When Clark sneezed during the visit, his mother said, "If Claudia took better care of you this won't happen, you never got the flu with me." Clark learned in the past to ignore such comments but for Claudia, who was still trying to impress her in-laws, she took the criticism to heart.
Yet the most revealing statement happened while they watched Clark's kids playing. His mother turned to Claudia and said, "Enjoy them now because one day they will leave you for someone else." That was it. Again, the remarks seemed to roll off Clark's back while it bothered Claudia. After that remark, Claudia secretly vowed to stay away from her as much as possible.
Desperate to figure out a way to survive the pending doom of the weekend, Claudia revisited her reads on narcissism. She decided to settle on these five strategies of survival.
Charm is a trap. At the beginning of their relationship, Claudia thought she connected with Clark's mother. But just before the wedding, Clark revealed a telling conversation in which his mother encouraged him to walk away from the pending marriage. Ever since then, Claudia felt displaced, uneasy, and confused. This time was going to be different. Claudia vowed to not fall prey to her charm. Instead of seeing her pleasantries as an attempt to improve the relationship, Claudia would view them a bait to draw her in so she can be attacked later. She chose to not believe the flattery and view it as a trap.
Conversation is an opportunity. Looking back on their relationship, Claudia realized that Clark's mother would draw her into a conversation that quickly turned into a competition of who showed more love to her husband. It was a sick cycle that Claudia tried to avoid. But dodging discussions with her mother-in-law only resulted in comments like, "Your wife hates me, she won't even talk to me." Instead, Claudia decided to intentionally converse with her mother-in-law about herself. That way, Claudia would avoid talking about herself and her mother-in-law could retain the spotlight.
Confession is a vulnerability. Claudia began taking an inventory of their past discussions and realized that she often apologized for things that were not her fault. Her mother-in-law used her confessions as further evidence of Claudia's ineptness as a wife, mother, and human being. Claudia thought that by expressing regret her relationship would improve and she would keep the peace. Under normal circumstances, this might be correct, but with a narcissist, this is viewed as weakness and an opportunity for a future attack. So Claudia decided not to say, "I'm sorry" for the whole weekend.
Charades are a cover. In talking with Clark, Claudia realized that her mother-in-law's memory of grandiosity was greatly exaggerated. Her husband just dismissed the stories as fictional while Claudia took them to heart believing them to be some standard that she needed to achieve. In reality, the false mask that her mother-in-law wore was a covering for deep-rooted insecurity. The greater the story, the larger the insecurity. Just grasping this truth eased Claudia's own insecurities and helped her to see her mother-in-law as a flawed, not perfect, person.
Confidence is golden. The larger than life persona her mother-in-law displayed caused Claudia to shrink in comparison. Without her shield of confidence, Claudia was defenseless to the passive-aggressive personal attacks like, "Every good mother knows how to do this." This immediately put Claudia on the defense while her mother-in-law remained safely on offense. No game was ever won with a good defense only. So Claudia rehearsed some comeback lines in retaliation, "Good mothers might not know that, but great mothers do this." By anticipating her mother-in-law's negativity with Claudia's new solid counterattacks, she was able to confidently survive the weekend.
These five strategies allowed Claudia to walk away from the weekend feeling more secure, not less. Surprisingly, the more confidence Claudia demonstrated, the less her mother-in-law attacked. The temptation after such success is to believe that things are permanently changed or fixed. However, this is not the case as narcissists will patiently wait for future opportunities to attack. So Claudia decided to keep repeating these techniques over and over again.
Christine Hammond, MS, LMHC
Christine is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor by the State of Florida with over fifteen years of experience in counseling, teaching and ministry.
She works primarily with exhausted women and their families in conflict situations to ensure peaceful resolutions at home and in the workplace. She has blogs, articles, and newsletters designed to assist in meeting your needs.
As author of the award winning book, The Exhausted Woman's Handbook, Christine is a guest speaker at churches, women's organizations, and corporations.
You can connect with her at her website Grow with Christine at www.growwithchristine.com.
Hammond, C. (2019). 5 Ways to Survive Narcissistic In-Laws. Psych Central. Retrieved on January 21, 2020, from https://pro.psychcentral.com/exhausted-woman/2019/12/5-ways-to-survive-narcissistic-in-laws/

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La Croisière foll'amour est une sitcom française en 159 épisodes de 26 minutes, créée par Jean-François Porry et diffusée entre le  et le  sur TF1. Les premiers épisodes ont été diffusés jusqu'au  dans le Club Dorothée, les épisodes inédits suivants ont été diffusés du  au  à 6h du matin . Elle a ensuite été rediffusée sur AB1.

Synopsis
Dans cette série, qui est la suite de Salut les Musclés, Les Musclés forment l'équipage d'un bateau de croisière (le Foll'amour), où des situations plus farfelues les unes que les autres s'enchaînent. On retrouve d'autres personnages de la série précédente, comme Valériane (toujours fiancée à Minet, mais qui le trompe ouvertement avec Tonio, le mécanicien du bateau) et Hilguegue l'extraterrestre, à qui l'on confie une de ses sœurs végasiennes, Estrella, venue sur Terre pour étudier les humains en testant leurs réactions dans diverses situations abracadabrantesques. Plus tard, le personnage d'Estrella sera remplacé par Strellina, fille d'Hilguegue et nièce d'Estrella.

Distribution principale
Éric Bouad : Éric
Framboisier : Framboisier
René Morizur : René
Rémy Sarrazin : Rémy
Bernard Minet : Bernard Minet
Babsie Steger : Hilguegue
Joyce Châtelier-Brunet : Valériane
Isabelle Bouysse : Estrella
Élodie Fontan : Strellina

Distribution secondaire
Gérard Vives : Gérard Nacutel / Estrello
Carole Dechantre : Laura
Ingrid Chauvin : Julie
Karine Lazard : Marie-Hélène
Dorothée Pousseo : Saturnatac
Désiré Bastareaud : Xantus
Guy Piérauld : Albert Grandpied
Sébastien Desjours : Albert Grandpied jeune
Luigi Cambiganu : Tonio / Marco
Christine Ever : Lisa
Stéphanie Ever : Marie
Armelle Chausseur : Rose
Bérénice Bréchard : Deliria
Rodolphe Freytt : Francky
Charles Mayeur : Henri
Macha Polikarpova : Bérénice
Vincent Farangi : Julien
José Fumanal : Capitaine Acapulco
Pierre-Charles Roudaut : Igor
Sévy Villette : Maggie
Manon Saidani : Anne-Sophie
Josy Lafont : Eugénie
Alexandra Lamy
Nathalie Marquay
Charlotte Arnold
Béatrice Rosenblatt
Benjamin Tribes
Philippe Cheytion
Stéphanie Coubard
Colette Casside
Jessica Foster
André Saldo
Virginie Théron
Darren Fouse
Laurent Mileski
Anne-Sophie Tricot
Cécile Dubois
Sylvie Leurero
Patricia Couvilliers
Faby Schneider

Fiche technique
 Scénarios : Jean-François Porry, Patricia Bitschnau, Louis Feyrabend, Bénédicte Laplace.
 Réalisation : Gérard Espinasse, Olivier Altman, Dominique Giuliani, Jacques Samyn et Ariane Gil

Épisodes

 Embarquement pour l'amour
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 Ricou le Rouge
 Oh le jaloux
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 La cantatrice
 Doubles personnalités
 La sirène
 Pulsions animales
 La révolte des clones
 L'épidémie
 Une force Herculéenne
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 Changement de climat
 Hérédité
 Bis repetita
 Les mômes
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 Un seul être vous manque
 L'accident
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 Transmissions décalées
 Le grand sacrifice
 Duplications
 La main verte
 Les yeux de l'amour
 La martienne
 La surprise
 Côté négatif
 Conte de fée
 L'envoûteuse
 Amnésies
 Coup de foudre
 Le bon Rémy et le méchant
 L'étrangère au bois dormant
 Les pirates
 L'accident du Père Noël
 Vega Rap
 L'esprit de compétition
 L'enlèvement
 Pour une robe de mariée
 La transformation
 La ballade d'Estrella
 L'amour muet
 Déliria
 Les dictateurs
 Résistance
 Estrella et les six nains (1)
 Estrella et les six nains (2)
 Déprime
 La vamp
 Don Ricou
 Une histoire romantique
 Nounours
 Réparation catastrophe
 Un beau bébé
 La richesse
 Les top models
 La marraine
 L'anniversaire d'Estrella
 Le génie de la lampe
 Un succès fou
 L'effet boule de neige
 Le combat de boxe
 Péché de gourmandise
 Une aventure romantique
 L'Asgarienne
 Le langage des bêtes
 Flagrant délit
 La comédie humaine
 Laura
 Les mémoires d'une extra-terrestre
 Changement d'orbite
 L'ancêtre de René
 La vengeance masquée
 La vanité
 La pub
 La négligence
 La chanteuse
 Rien que la vérité
 Mettez-moi au parfum
 Le mystère d'Hilguegue
 La poupée
 Frambin des Bois
 La catcheuse
 Cléopâtre
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 Papy
 Le divorce
 Marcel
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 Sœur Gérard (2)
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 Vampires and co
 Drôle de Schkoumoune
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 Igor
 Roméo
 Tante Zelda
 Le sens des affaires
 René roi du monde
 Mon fiancé à moi
 Super Framb
 Le karma maudit
 Ils sont fous ces dieux
 Accident de Noël
 L'objet de la révolte
 Agent triple zéro
 Les mousquetaires d'Estrella
 La méga baffe
 Strellina
 L'art d'être maman
 Le bon petit diable
 Tout ça pour un caprice
 L'école ou rien
 Le crime de la crêpe
 Le copain de Frankenstein
 Il était une fois le foll'ouest
 Comme une grande
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On reconnaît au premier coup d'œil la touche AB Productions, à qui l'on doit des succès comme Hélène et les Garçons ou Premiers Baisers. La musique du générique est dérivée de Musique Magique, une chanson de Dorothée en 1980.

Le tournage de la série a commencé fin 1994 et s'est arrêté en  avec l'arrêt du Club Dorothée.

Isabelle Bouysse (Estrella) quitte la série en 1996 pour se consacrer exclusivement au tournage de la série Les Vacances de l'amour. Elle est remplacée par une petite fille, Élodie Fontan, qui joue le rôle de Strellina, la fille d'Hilguegue et la nièce d'Estrella. Elle revient néanmoins dans le dernier épisode de la série afin de la clore.

Ingrid Chauvin, Alexandra Lamy, Cecile de Menibus, Nathalie Marquay et Sébastien Desjours (la voix française de Knuckles dans les jeux Sonic) ont joué dans la série.

La série est également diffusée dans plusieurs pays tels que l'Allemagne, l'Italie et la Grèce.

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Today I decided to take another tour from Bergamo, though it would have been better to take the train on weekdays as the schedule of trains is more frequent then. As usual it was the same cobblestone road out of Città Alta and then the road up the Valle Seriana. Last time I would travel on this road which I had become quite familiar with now. I was going to turn off the road at the first place where one could go up in the mountains outside Bergamo in this direction. After Bergamo it is only like 3 km before you reach the turn off for Nese and Monte di Nese.
The climb to Monte di Nese is of course popular with local cyclists and I saw several cyclists here. The climb is not very long, but long enough to be a real mountain climb. The climb is 10 km long and has sections near 10%. Forcella di Monte di Nese (880m) is located above where the asphalt roads end. I took the more direct road to it when reaching the top as I thought it might be good even if steep (I had noticed two approaches on the Kompass map). It is quite clear where to turn off and here is a 26% concrete paved ramp which is quite hard, but unfortunately this only leads to a house and then I had to walk up with the bicycle on the steep path for 200-300m to reach the pass. I had seen a photo of the pass itself and it looked cyclable at the pass and indeed it is, but not the path up there that I took. I walked up a bit on the concrete road that looks difficult here to get a better view for the two photos I took here.
A mountainbike guy was coming up from the other side (which may be impossible with a road bike) and he looked very tired! There are nice views at the pass. I took the alternative road back and this was a pretty bad gravel road which was just about cyclable with my bicycle, but on the other hand you reach asphalt in less than 500m (I think). The descent down from Monte di Nese is nice!
Then another kilometres of cycling up Valle Seriana for the next and perhaps the most popular climb in the area around Bergamo up to Selvino. The climb starts in Nembro (309m) and has a moderate gradient at around 6% for 11 km. I had wanted to fill up with fresh water or buy a coke before starting the climb, but did not find any obvious place for this, so started out slowly up the serpentine road. I was only 100-200m up the road before a local cycling club overtook me in good speed and looking like they had seen a real amateur cyclotourist. Of course that woke me up and even though the first guy went away quickly up the road and disappeared, the rest of the gang was not going at full speed and I decided to speed up and hang on to them for a while to see what would happen.
After a while going at a decent speed of around 14-15 km/h they noticed I was still there. We went on yet 1-2 more kilometres before they decided to have some fun and raised the speed suddenly to 24-25 km/h instead (which is like "competition speed" up there). It took me some seconds to react, but I was determined not to let them go quite yet and cycled up to them and now it was one of their guys who could not follow. After a while they slowed down again and now we was on talking terms ;-). They did not know much english though, but we talked of some Swedish cyclists and so. A little later one the guys decided to really test me (and/or the others) and went away again in at least as high speed as in the previous acceleration. I tried to follow at first (though no one else did), but decided I would have had to go at my maximum to be able to hang on to him and I was just at the start of my long day, so it was not tempting enough. Since I had started to follow him though, I decided to make sure the others would not caught up with me again and in this I succeeded.
I turned toward Aviatico at the top, not realising (seeing) that the normal goal was to go right into the centre of Selvino, so I never saw the guys again. Anyway I was going to follow my original plan and that involved going down the other side to Algua in order to climb back up again via two other passes. According to salite.ch the turn-off down here is at 572m (see: profile). The climb up via Sambusita (where I found good water) is steep and fun. When I reached the first pass (La Passata (964m)) I decided to stop for lunch at the Osteria there. It was a colourful house that served good food. From here a lonely small, but asphalted, road goes up to Valico di Salmezza/Salmeggia (1106m). From above the small village of Salmezza, you have really fine views over Selvino, Aviatico and valleys in several directions.
The descent to Selvino is short and slightly steep. From Selvino I once again had to climb to reach Colle Botto (1026m) on the road to Ganda and the high point on the road up here. (There seem to be some concrete paved roads going up higher (one from Ganda was going to an observatory, but I am not sure it was cyclable and I did not try it).) Around Ganda it is the nicest on the road from Nembro via Selvino and Ganda to Gazzaniga higher up in Valle Seriana. At Ganda I turned in on the small road going to the tiny village and there took right again to follow a directional sign for Passate di Ganda (1045m). There are at least two places that could be referred to with this sign and I do not know for sure which it is. I went to the last possible pass, which is on a concrete private road and the views from there was the best of all! The descent from Ganda to Gazzaniga is quick on a fun road.
Now, all this was really merely a warm up exercise for the main goal for the day. I was going to climb what I knew would be the hardest climb during this Easter trip. I was going up Valle Seriana further to Ponte Selva (476m) (which is just below Clusone) to climb Alpe Vaccaro. I had seen that this was the hardest climb in the area and in fact one of the hardest climbs in all of the Alps.
Alpe Vaccaro is not so high at 1517m and it looked like it could be snow free from below (you actually can see more or less where this Alpe is located from below as you approach Ponte Selva). The first part up to Parre is not steeper than other mountain climbs (at around 8%) and I stopped there for a sandwich and coke. The problem is that this climb has an average inclination of 12% for 8.5 km, which is much steeper than the famous Mortirolo pass and seems to be similar to the Monte Zoncolan climb, that many regards as the hardest pass road in Italy (which is probably true).
It continues steep up through the Parre village and the road to take is somewhat obvious (up to the church and then right and then up the wall). The climb out of Parre is on a straight and wide road with an average inclination of 18.5%. This is hard, but it is only a little "try before you buy" sample. This ends with a crossroad and map of the area. You should take right here on the private road (or you should not, if you are not insane). This road starts by descending – thanks a lot! Eh … . Descending means trouble! Now it continues like a nice little road with gentle inclination for some hundred metres before the real climb starts.
Most of the climb here are on these last 5 km and here the average inclination is just under 20%. A climb for 5 km with a near constant 20% would be like climbing the Monte Zoncolan – hard but not impossible. However, the concrete narrow ramps up here (that are fixed with asphalt patches and with stones on the road) are often up to 26%. I would estimate that this section is to 75% above 18% and to 50% above 22%! There are only very brief paces to rest (almost flat or around 10%, which seems the same here). There are a choice of roads at least two times, but rule for which way to take is simple: you should take the road choice that you do not think you can cycle up!
There are jeeps and farming vehicles on the road and it is a private road so you have to let them by and be careful about stones hurled up at you from their wheels! I have never exerted nearly as much effort on a bicycle as getting up this road before. It is hard to make real just how difficult this road might be to climb even for experienced cyclists who know that cycling can be very hard. I doubt that anyone has ever spent as much effort (relative to how good they are) in a bicycle race. It would have been at the finish of a bicycle race, but it is not likely to possible to exert that amount of effort no matter what kind of finish we are talking about. If they exerted that effort earlier in the race they would simply have had to stop and get off the bicycle soon afterwards (there is no way that they could have continued competing successfully afterwards). In training you could go harder than in races, but no one would go as hard as this as that would be counterproductive to the training.
Put on Alberto Contador (or your favourite cyclist) a backpack with ca. 15 kg load (to make up for his better fitness) and 39-27, make him do it on a free day during the Giro d'Italia and go the same way I did before and after and I guess he is likely to agree with me about this climb. Cima l'Angliru, which has been climbed in the Vuelta, has been claimed to be one of the hardest climbs, but it only has one (albeit somewhat long) ramp with an inclination close to the many ramps here, but that is on a smoothly surfaced wide asphalt road. I think this climb is ca. 2-2.5 times as hard as the Angliru climb and Monte Zoncolan (I think they are about as hard as each other on the whole). It is like 4 times harder than the Mortirolo/Foppa climb. It is 2 times harder than Prato Maslino (recognised as one of the hardest climbs in Italy). It is ca. 1.5 times harder than the Viderjoch from Ichgl via Idalpe, which is the hardest climb I had previously done. Alpe d'Huez is only a little harder up than going down this road. You cannot really compare nice and easy climbs like Mont Ventoux to this as whether the Ventoux and similar climbs are hard is merely a matter of which speed you climb them at (and under what conditions).
Sorry for rambling on here, but this is like I wrote in a forum, a climb that can destroy your bicycle, your body and your soul! I was nearly getting mad here, quite literally, and the pain associated with it could not be compared with a time trial ever. There were very few places in my body where I did not have severe pain (my neck was hurting more than ever in my life, my arms was should have been specially trained for this, my knees hurt so much I did not dare touching them, I had extreme pain in my feet, I had pain in my back and sides, I had pain in my wrists, I had such pain in my fingers after the descent that I find it hard to imagine a more sinister torture method than trying to bend them, my heart had to work harder than it had ever done at any moment in my life before, I think I had pain even in my face, I had some pain in my stomach. I was hard to stand up when I returned back in Bergamo later. It is these pains in combination with the effort that makes it inconceivable that anyone could have experienced something similar in a race. Still it was harder than you think. I think it is the hardest climb that could be done with a normal road bike and 39-27 transmission as the easiest gear. (At least with a backpack and my weight.) This is not to brag, merely to warn you and let you know what you are into if you would like to test your own limits. Also simply to describe what I was up to. I do not want to experience this again, I can tell you! I do not mind doing other very hard climbs, but please not this hard, thanks.
I never reached the end of the road as it was covered with 1 metre of snow and had not been cleared. However, the last stretch was up was short and not very steep (perhaps 10% or so). I had to stop at a bar crossing the road at one point higher up. I noticed later that it was not locked. I tried to start on the other side but failed two times as the road is very narrow and it was like 22-23% directly after the bar. I had to walk where it got under 20% at the next turn. I had to sit down when it was no more than 18% to rest! I met a man and small kid walking up a bit after the bar where it was not as steep and upon reflection he said for himself "madre", which was appropriate. I managed to tackle the last little opening in the snow to reach the high plateau from where I took some photos. The road is asphalted up here and quite good as it is apparent that it was recently asphalted. I do not know if it was asphalted all the way to the last house (the rifugio at Alpe Vaccaro), but probably. The account at salite.ch does not seem to be entirely correct and I do not know how old that report is. I have carefully looked at satellite photos from viamichelin.com and maps.google.com but they are actually not very helpful here and they are also obviously very old! The later part of the road I was climbing is only a poor path in those photos and the place where I had to stop has no sign of even a path in the satellite photos, so things have changed here.
All this effort was not a totally pointless exercise in pain, I also gained some great views from up here and it is truly a very nice place with hilarious views (as one would have expected from looking up from below Ponte Selva). Going up with easier gears on a mountainbike or walking up here could be worthwhile!
I had difficulty getting the insanity of this climb out of my head on the way down. It was very mixed emotions! Down at Ponte Selva, I did not go back to Bergamo – that would have been a sign of sanity, so God forbid! ;-) It was still sunny outside and I could still move and my bicycle was miraculously in one piece (even though it was "complaining" audibly at times). I decided to go up Colle di Vareno (1373m) as well. I had planned to do either that climb or another hard climb up to nearby Conca del Farno (1278m), but decided the later climb (with sections around 20%) would be impossible given the pain I had in my body now.
Colle di Vareno (1373m) is on the way to Monte Pora (1453m, asphalt ends at 1550m), which is more known and has been the finish at Giro d'Italia. Monte Pora is another ski resort and thus the road is held open. I was satisfied to simply get to the pass on the way there though. It was cold and gloomy up there this late and I reached Colle di Vareno at 20 pm just as the twilight started. This pass is never steeper than around 10%, so it is possible to climb even when one is quite tired. The views are nice, but not exceptional and the place itself is a bit boring. It might be nicer beyond the Monte Pora village (maybe I go back there one day and explore it and there should be gravel roads continuing from there).
I came back to Bergamo very tired of course, but managed to get something to eat. I cannot remember, but believe I went to the pub at the end of the Gombita road that I went to three times (I think). It was hard walking up the 5 stairs to the apartment (no elevator there)! I had problems washing clothes as I was so tired and I cannot remember if this was the night I went up around 3 am to wash my jersey and something else … .


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Healthy Lifestyles Club Combines Fitness And Female Empowerment
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Writer Maya Zhou SC '19 demonstrates an exercise at the Healthy Lifestyles Club meeting Feb. 2. (Talia Bernstein • The Student Life)
For many women, the weight room at Roberts Pavilion can be a source of intimidation and insecurity. Many shy away from the gym for fear of being judged by athletes and bodybuilders who seem to reign there. However, Jesse Edwards SC '19, who founded the Healthy Lifestyles Club — a Claremont-Mudd-Scripps fitness club for female-identifying and non-binary students — wants to change that.
On Feb. 2, I attended one of her sessions at Roberts, feeling the trepidation that I'm sure many others do when they step foot into a giant gym surrounded by muscular athletes in their sleeveless shirts.
Edwards greeted me exuberantly and led me to the basketball court on the second floor. We then warmed up with light jogging, kickbacks, and side lunges. She told me her own history with fitness, and how it brought her out of a bad place during her sophomore year. She said she hopes to pass on this knowledge to others.
Since last semester, Edwards has been holding group workout sessions in Roberts on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. She also offers consulting and limited private sessions for those who need help with individually tailored lifting programs, nutrition advice, and training tips.
"I started this club mainly to empower women-identified individuals," Edwards said. "I think there's a lot of pressure with society, like you have to look a certain way, so X, Y, and Z will happen for you. But it's important for women to feel good about themselves before they can ever feel good about anything else."
As an advanced athlete, Edwards started working out at a high-performance gym at age 11, surrounded by Olympic athletes and even military personnel. Needless to say, she understands how intimidating the realm of fitness can be for newcomers, especially for women who feel that they do not belong. She hopes to alleviate some of that anxiety by making her club as inviting and supportive as possible.
"Yes, the aesthetic part is nice, but I personally promote mind, body, and soul," Edwards said. "Notice that 'body' is the second thing I say. For me it's about strength from the inside out, not from the outside in."
Our session lasted about half an hour. She led me through two high-intensity interval training circuits, consisting of squat jumps, mountain climbers, TRX rows, and more. Edwards provided a steady flow of positive feedback and suggestions for my form throughout the workout. Upbeat pop music from her speaker filled the room. By the end, I was sweaty and in dire need of a shower but already feeling much more comfortable in my body and at the gym.
After our session together, Edwards whipped out her notebook, showing me the pages of meticulous notes she had dedicated to each of the seven private clients she currently helps out. She started off working with her female friends at first and soon expanded to other people who sought her advice.
"I realized [my sessions] started to really push [other people] not only in their physical life, but it gave them a sense of drive to keep pushing socially or on homework assignments," she said. "That was rewarding for me."
Her private sessions are free of charge because her main motivation is to help others, empower women, and contribute to the community in the way she knows best.
Patricia Rivera CM '19 is one of Edwards' private clients. She said signed up because she was interested in gaining discipline, getting into lifting, and learning proper form and technique.
"I would recommend this to my friends, especially those who are new to the gym," Rivera said. "Jesse creates a very welcoming environment for anybody of all gym and fitness levels, and really works hard to make sure everyone feels comfortable in the space."
Sabrina Chung SC '20 echoed these sentiments.
"I've only done the one-on-one sessions, but I think it's great to have a women-focused exercise club," Chung said. "Creating a comfortable space to learn how to exercise well is important."
Chung also appreciates the accountability aspect of the sessions and sees Edwards as an "amazing role model and person to learn from."
Although Edwards was initially nervous to tackle all the logistics of being the only person running the club, she has found a sense of purpose in what she does, as she believes that women can learn to be healthy for themselves.
"I want my club to be all about women, because it's about time [that] it's all about women," Edwards said.
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EL PASO: President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he prepares for a re-election bid.
Accompanied by Border Patrol agents, Biden toured a section of the wall that divides the two countries, a signature priority of his Republican predecessor Donald Trumpin an effort to demonstrate that he was taking the issue seriously.
Biden on Thursday said his administration would tighten immigration enforcement by blocking Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants at the border, expanding the nationalities of those who could be expelled back to Mexico.
But that hasn't impressed Republicans like Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who accused him of failing to enforce immigration laws.
"You have violated your constitutional obligation to defend the States against invasion through faithful execution of federal laws," Abbott, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, wrote in a letter he handed to Biden upon his arrival in the state.
Biden told reporters he had not yet read the letter.
Joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the president also visited the Bridge of the Americas, which connects the United States and Mexico, and viewed equipment that border officials use to detect illegal drugs.
Biden hopes to strengthen relations with Border Patrol agents, some of whom have bristled at the rollback of hardline enforcement policies by the White House.
The long-term goal of Congress reforming America's creaky immigration system is unlikely to succeed given Republicans' newly assumed control of the US House of Representatives.
Right-wing lawmakers have repeatedly torpedoed US immigration reform proposals over the past two decades.
Biden sent Congress an immigration reform plan on his first day in office two years ago, but it floundered due to opposition from Republicans, who also blocked his request for $3.5 billion to beef up border enforcement.
Republicans are pushing their own plans for the border after securing a narrow majority in the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections.
Republican US Representative Jim Jordan told Fox News that Biden should adopt the zero-tolerance policies pursued by Trump, which included separating children from their migrant parents.
"They've allowed now a situation where frankly, we no longer have a border," Jordan said.
Mayorkas on Sunday said international crises and legislative gridlock limited Biden's ability to reduce the number of migrants making their way to the United States.
"We're just dealing with a broken system," Mayorkas told reporters aboard Air Force One on the way to Texas.
El Paso's Democratic mayor declared a state of emergency last month, citing hundreds of migrants' sleeping on the streets in cold temperatures and thousands being apprehended every day.
US border officials apprehended a record 2.2 million migrants at the border with Mexico in the 2022 fiscal year that ended in September, though that number includes individuals who tried to cross multiple times.
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At the same time as he expanded his authority to expel migrants, Biden on Thursday opened legal, limited pathways into the country for Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians – allowing up to 30,000 people from those three countries plus Venezuela to enter the country by air each month. .
While winning praise from some US industry groups desperate to solve pressing labor shortages, Biden's moves have drawn criticism from human rights activists and some Democrats who say the new restrictions are a retreat from the president's 2020 campaign promise to restore historical rights to asylum-seekers.
Mayorkas rejected the idea that Biden was reviving Trump-era clampdowns.
"It is not a ban at all," he said. "It is markedly different than what the Trump administration proposed."
On the ground in El Paso, migrants greeted the new policy with trepidation.
David Guillen, 43, asked Biden to forgive him and fellow Venezuelan migrants who entered the country illegally, many of whom are now sleeping outside a church in El Paso, fearful of being arrested and deported if they attempt to travel to another city.
"We made a mistake… but not a bad mistake. It's just that we want a better life," he said.
After the El Paso visit, Biden took Air Force One south to an airport near Mexico City, where he was greeted by Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador,
Biden, Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a three-day summit beginning Monday on energy, economic cooperation, immigration and drug trafficking, especially fentanyl.
Biden and his Mexican counterpart spoke briefly at the airport, without giving any statement to the press.
Americans give Biden failing grades on immigration policy, polls show.
An average of polls gathered by Real Clear Politics shows 37% of the public disapprove of Biden's handling of immigration, a number lower than his overall approval rating.
"Fundamentally we have to fix the system," Mayorkas told reporters.
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JEAN HANSEN, 84, of Prophetstown, IL, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center in Prophetstown. Jean was born May 18, 1931, in Geneseo, IL, to J. C. and Laura B. (McGowan) Kissel. She attended Prophetstown grade schools was a 1949 graduate of Prophetstown High School. She married Dean Hansen on October 30, 1949 in Prophetstown. Jean was employed by Prophetstown Equipment " now Birkey"s Farm Store " for 27 years, retiring in 1995. She was a former member of Prophetstown American Legion Women"s Auxiliary. Jean was an avid walker. Survivors include one daughter, Melanie (Noland) Hansen-Mayo of Citrus Heights, CA; two sons, Gary L. (Terri) Hansen of Erie, IL, David D. (PuYoung) Hansen of Layton, UT; four grandchildren, Donavan Hansen, Wesley Hansen, Andrew Hansen and Grace Cora-Jean Hansen; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Buckert of Salem, OR; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Dortha Wood, Dica Entas, and Audrey Kissel in infancy; two brothers, Otis and Robert Kissel.
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Zamjenice su u gramatikama mnogih jezika vrsta riječi koje zamjenjuju druge riječi (osobito imenice), i riječi izvedene iz njih.

Ovo nije stroga definicija: zamjenice su skupina u koju su ugurane "gramatičke imenice i pridjevi", a naslijeđena je iz latinske gramatike. U gramatikama različitih jezika se različite riječi svrstavaju u zamjenice. Tako n.pr. neke hrvatske riječi gramatike hrvatskog jezika svrstavaju u zamjenice, a odgovarajuće francuske riječi gramatike francuskog ne svrstavaju u zamjenice.

Zamjenice imaju bitnu gramatičku funkciju i zato u nekim jezicima (pa i u hrvatskom) postoje dvostruki oblici (kraći i duži, slobodni i vezani...) nekih zamjenica koji se različito koriste (n.pr. u hrvatskom genitiv mene ima i skraćeni enklitički (nenaglašeni) oblik me koja mora stajati na drugom mjestu u rečenici). Pored gramatičke funkcije, zamjenice imaju bitnu ulogu u ostvarivanju kohezije teksta.

U hrvatskom jeziku
U hrvatskom su zamjenice promjenjiva vrsta riječi kojima se zamjenjuju druge imenske riječi (imenice i pridjevi). Njima se označava, ali ne upućuje.

To je heterogena skupina riječi različitih gramatičkih oblika i služba. Tradicijski se dijele prema značenju, funkciji i oblicima. Podjela koja slijedi odnosi se na tradicijski opis standardnog hrvatskog jezika.

Terminologija nekih vrsta zamjenica je bila predmet diskusije (lične ili osobne). Tradicijski se rabi termin lične, a u novije vrijeme neki su predlagali da se koristi osobne. Razlika je isključivo terminološka; argument za oblik lične je da se te zamjenice odnose i na glagolska lica, a ne samo na osobe.

Podjela zamjenica prema značenju
 lične - npr. ja, ti - mijenjaju neku imenicu ili označavaju govornika ili osobu na koju se odnosi rečenica;
 povratne zamjenice - sebe, se... - mijenja osobu koja je označena drugdje u rečenici, odnosno mogu značiti uzajamnost odnosa među subjektima
 posvojne zamjenice - npr. moj, tvoj - odnose se prema osobnim zamjenicama kao posvojni pridjevi prema imenicama; upotrebljavaju se kao posvojni pridjevi
 povratno-posvojne zamjenice - npr. svoj - kao za posvojne zamjenice, samo se izvode iz povratnih
 pokazne zamjenice - npr. ovaj, onaj
 upitne zamjenice - npr. tko, što
 odnosne zamjenice - npr. koji,čiji
 neodređene zamjenice - npr. netko, nešto

Podjela zamjenica prema funkciji
 imeničke (koje zamjenjuju imenice):
 lične
 povratne zamjenice
 upitno−odnosne zamjenice tko, što, i
 neodređene zamjenice izvedene od njih

 pridjevske (koje zamjenjuju pridjeve) sve su preostale.

Podjela zamjenica prema oblicima
 lične zamjenice
 posvojne zamjenice 3. l. jd.
 ostale zamjenice i zamjenički pridjevi sav i sam (značenja: osobno, glavom)
 zamjenički pridjevi

Gore je izložena podjela i definicija tradicijska. O statusu zamjenica vode se rasprave. Npr. u izrazu Ivanov pas riječ Ivanov možemo zamijeniti posvojnom zamjenicom njegov:

Ivanov pas → njegov pas

Uvijek se možemo vratiti i na punu formu. Međutim, u izrazu ovaj pas ne postoji pridjev kojeg smo zamijenili pokaznom zamjenicom:

? → ovaj pas

Slično se može pokazati i za npr. zamjenicu ja: ona je jedina riječ koja označava osobu u 1. licu jednine, pa se ne može zamijeniti, već samo izostaviti.

Posvojne zamjenice se često pogrešno upotrebljavaju umjesto povratno-posvojne zamjenice "svoj": umjesto uzmi tvoju olovku treba uzmi svoju olovku.

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Kokila Vrat is a unique ritual observed on the full moon day (Purnima) in the Ashada or Ashara Month (June – July). Kokila Vrat 2019 date is July 16. The Vrat is dedicated to Goddess Sati and Lord Shiva. In some regions in India - especially in Southern and western parts of India - Kokila Vrat is performed annually on Ashada Purnima.
As per some Hindu cultures in North India, the vrat is observed only when there is an intercalary month or Adhika Mas based on Ashada.
Kokila (or cuckoo) is associated with Goddess Sati. There is a legend that Goddess Sati spent 1000 celestial years as a cuckoo before she got back her shape and merged with Shiva. This happened after the incident mentioned in the Puranas in which Sati immolated herself.
Kokila Vrat is mainly observed by women. In some regions, the vrat is observed for one month - from Ashad Purnima to Shravan Purnima.
The main observance include waking up early and taking bath in a water body like pond, river or sea and making an idol of cuckoo from clay and worshiping it.
There is a popular belief that women who observe Kokila Vrat will never lose their husband to death.
Another belief says worshiping an idol of cuckoo made from clay on Kokila Vrat will help in getting loving and handsome husband.


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Immigration Reform Gives All Young People "A Seat at the Table," Says D.C. Lobbyist
When Dallas native and D.C. lobbyist Cristina Antelo first arrived at the Brooks School, a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts, she immediately felt out of place. It wasn't just her Texas-style big bangs and colorful clothes that set her apart. As the daughter of Cuban immigrants, Antelo was one of the school's few minority students. Her true outsider status became clear during a class discussion about the social safety net. She remembers a fellow student arguing that his father's tax dollars shouldn't pay for Medicaid. "My Mom has multiple sclerosis and was benefitting from those kinds of programs," Antelo thought at the time. "She worked hard and paid taxes. She did all the things we ask people to do in this country. She wasn't asking for a handout. If she needed some help, then we should give it to her!"
We don't have a seat at the table because we don't know the table exists.
After this experience, Antelo was determined to make her unique voice heard. "There was another perspective out there that wasn't being represented," she says. "The richness other people from other cultures bring to our thought process is unparalleled," she says of immigrant families like her own.
Antelo's father immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, moved to Dallas, and later helped create the computer code for the city's 911 emergency response system. Her mother, who had moved to Texas as a teen, worked in administration for the city. Following in her parents' footsteps, Antelo chose a career in public service. She earned a law degree at George Washington University, worked for former Senator Hillary Clinton and is now a lobbyist for corporate clients at the firm Podesta Group, where she specializes in financial services, tax, healthcare, and trade.
Antelo's work is motivated by her worldview that outsiders should be included and welcomed. Growing up as a first-generation Cuban-American, Antelo wasn't sure how she fit into American society in general. "There aren't that many people from Cuba in Texas. You're not Mexican, so you're grouped into a catch-all Hispanic category," says Antelo. She eventually learned to embrace all parts of her identity. "I was happy to talk about Cuba, but it wasn't the only part of myself," she says. In high school, a nonprofit organization that helped minority students with high SAT scores apply to private high schools helped her win a full scholarship to Brooks School, a preparatory school in Massachusetts. "At some point I realized that that there's a big world out there. I made a decision to make a place for myself."
Today, Antelo wants to help other Hispanic teens become active participants in government and serves on the Board of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships and fellowships to prospective Latino leaders. "We don't have a seat at the table because we don't know the table exists," says Antelo of new immigrants and their children. "I got that opportunity, and it's my job to make sure other kids get it, too."
In addition to welcoming new immigrants to the United States, Antelo wants to help those who are already here thrive. "We need a solution so they can find their own seat at the table," she says


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Today's article in the East Anglian Daily Times features our Independent Chair, Anthony Douglas, giving an update on what the Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership are doing during the Pandemic and how you can do your bit to support the Safeguarding effort in the County.
I would like to thank Suffolk County Council for the opportunity to use this space to discuss the work of the Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership (SSP) during this challenging time. The Partnership includes Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Police, local clinical commissioning groups and local community and voluntary organisations with the statutory responsibility to 'keep people safe from harm'. At the moment the number one safeguarding priority is to keep people healthy and prevent them from catching Covid-19 but with the majority of the population rightly staying at home, this presents other risks.
The responsibility of the Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership is to shine a light on the other risks people continue to face, mostly at home but sometimes in the community. For example, abuse and neglect at home has not been paused until Covid-19 is over, nor have county lines shut up shop as non-essential services. Some abuse and neglect will have gone even further underground, with the worry that vulnerable children and adults are now behind doors that are even more firmly closed.
Some of the concerns around the country are about a rise in the financial abuse of older people, through scams and doorstep crimes; a rise in teenage suicides; a rise in family violence; a worry about children with clear educational, health and care needs who are not in school, despite the offer of a place; and a worry that people with other urgent health needs are not going to hospital. Delays in going to hospital if you have a potentially serious condition like cancer, diabetes or sepsis, whatever your age, can be just as fatal as coronavirus. More people will die because of not going to hospital early enough, other serious health conditions are not politely waiting for Covid-19 to run its course. I should emphasise these are national concerns, but we are continuing to monitor the situation in Suffolk. As yet no clear trends have emerged, but it is early days and we are no different to anywhere else when it comes to risk.
The truth is we don't know how individuals and families in Suffolk will react to an extended lockdown. During this challenging time, it will be even harder for children and adults who are already vulnerable to tell us what is happening to them. We know from other countries in lockdown that domestic abuse, self-neglect and the use of drugs and alcohol has increased.
One major concern is that referrals to statutory organisations like the police and social care have dropped considerably, especially referrals from the community, family, friends and local organisations. This is inevitable in a lockdown where people are not interacting as they usually would, and it is one reason why the lockdown should be for the shortest possible period. Staying at home keeps you away from Covid-19 but it is not necessarily the safest place for everyone. This is one of the great dilemmas about the prospect of long-term social distancing.
We are all responsible for safeguarding and now more than ever, it is important that we are extra alert to the signs of abuse and neglect. This is about community curiosity matching professional curiosity. It is not about snitching.
Right now, it is important that volunteers, delivery drivers and immediate neighbours who may get a glimpse of what is going on in communities, see themselves as important safe guarders. It is their role to be the eyes and ears and report anything that concerns them.
If you are concerned about someone's welfare, then please report it on 0808 800 4005. Please don't hold back, your concern will be followed up, and this can be done anonymously.
Finally, I would like to pay tribute to all the safeguarding agencies in Suffolk who have worked around the clock to make sure vulnerable people are safe during this unprecedented time. I have seen the commitment and determination of staff and volunteers which I know will continue for as long as the threat from Covid-19 remains, whether this is weeks or months. It is also important to acknowledge the major contribution of carers in Suffolk who are looking after relatives with challenging behaviour behind closed doors. There are many other groups involved with maintaining our civic society in secret, who all need acknowledging and praising.
Let us all play our part in keeping people safe from all the other threats they face, if you see something concerning, recognise it and report it.
Anthony Douglas CBE
Independent Chair
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Today is November 2nd, All Souls' Day. The burning red and glittering gold leaves dance in the wind showing us both how to live and how to die.
Today would have been my mom's birthday. It still is her birthday wherever she is.
Whether she's flickering amongst the most brilliant stars, breezing through southeastern trade winds of Asia, sitting in Heaven beside Steinbeck discussing his use of characterization, walking her dogs with her dad or as I sometimes suspect, standing right beside us pushing us onwards, she remains an integral part of us.
Although the workings of the afterlife remain somewhat of a mystery to me, I am certain that mom never loved being in the spotlight for her birthday.
An educator for over four decades, year after year, our mom had told others that her birthday was in July. Never much for obligatory gift-giving or being the center of attention, she believed she had escaped the fanfare with a summer birthday.
It didn't end there. Many birthday gifts I gave her ultimately ended up gifted to someone else. Despite the sincerest expressed appreciation, the gift then became someone else's gift.
I later learned it was not because she didn't value the sentiment, as quite the opposite was true. She valued things so much so that she wished to share them. She was excited to share with others. She understood the joy of giving much outweighed collecting stuff.
And here is the magical conundrum in it all. She minimized the annual attempts to celebrate her life yet treated each year of her life as a gift – a gift she could regift to others.
In honor of her life and memory, it seems fitting to share some truths she has shared with us. Whether you knew her well or are just meeting her through shared memories, consider practicing one of these shared truths to honor her and all those we have lost.
As saintly as mom was, she wasn't the devout, statuesque type that we have come to know through traditional stereotype. She was a tireless advocate, a fierce champion of the weak and downtrodden, an indefatigable educator arming the next generation with intelligence, and full of passion and grace – the best kind of spiritual warrior.
1 If you must choose between laundry and reading to your children tonight, choose a good book.
2 With older children, read the same book your kids are reading so you can discuss it.
3 Excavate the courage within yourself to tell someone the truth.
4 Do secret good deeds. Tell no one.
6 Believe in what you do. Believe your contribution matters.
7 Hold your ground with children. It is ultimately in their best interest.
8 Keep secrets that have been entrusted to your care. Make your word worth something.
9 Poke fun at yourself.
10 Still find things funny enough to laugh so hard at that you snort.
11 Embrace the parts of you that are cracked and vulnerable not just the strong parts.
12 Listen well to others. Hear the unspoken, as well.
13 Don't panic – it won't affect the outcome anyway.
14 When given the choice to discuss other people or ideas, choose ideas.
15 Know that moments matter much more than things. Always.
16 Infuse your life with compassion.
17 Treat the unknown like an adventure.
18 Wit is a saving grace of life. Humor is a silver lining.
19 When you can laugh or argue with your spouse, laugh.
20 Think before you speak.
21 Do not waste a moment of your time in conforming your life to the way others think it should look.
22 When playing with children, get down on the floor with them.
23 Advocate for the underdog.
24 Don't fish for approval from others. Cultivate a garden of self-worth within.
25 Remember words have the power to inexplicably change things.
26 Take accountability for all that you are, the good, the bad, and the flawed.
27 Pay attention to how you fill the cracked parts of yourself and what you fill them with.
28 Pray daily. Pray pleas for help. Pray praises of wow. Pray thank yous of gratitude.
29 Let your authenticity shine. Let your brilliance of your authentic self shadow what it means to be perfect.
30 Fight for what you love.
33 Invite friends and those in need to your home. Don't underestimate the power of breaking bread together.
34 Seek understanding before judgment.
35 Have a dance party with your kids, even when your children are old enough to have children.
36 Recognize animals as gentle souls. Learn from them.
37 Don't be solely concerned with returning favors. Pay the kindnesses of others forward.
38 Be punctual. Value other's time as much as you value your own.
39 Be an active listener to those who trust you enough in life to share their story with you.
40 Approach all opportunities that require new clothing with extreme caution.
41 If you must choose between a luxury to spend on, choose education.
42 Keep in mind that other people's opinion of you, for better or for worse, are a reflection of them not you.
43 When anger is a catalyst, sleep on it before you respond.
44 Spend time in nature.
45 Send holiday cards. Value connection.
46 Be a fearless advocate for your children and family.
47 Be the most tireless and exuberant cheerleader your children could ask for.
48 Practice forgiveness. It is good for your soul.
49 When practicing forgiveness, don't forget to forgive yourself.
50 Remember humility is an extraordinary strength even when mistaken for weakness.
51 Stand with others in their suffering. It is for the sake of yourself as much as others. It is transformative.
52 Be present. Immerse yourself in the now.
53 Rock a good pair of boots.
54 Don't easily offer your children all the answers. Leave a breadcrumb trail. Teach them how to follow it.
55 Be careful not to allow other peoples' opinions of yourself guide your actions.
56 Teach your children the art of sacrifice. Learn to say 'no' to them when necessary.
57 Be cautious around assumptions.
58 Be mindful that our mistakes and failures are really lessons cloaked in humility.
59 Concern yourself with what is right not with popular opinion.
60 Don't let the small things distract you or steal your joy.
61 Choose a favorite charity. Donate time or money or whatever you can.
62 Infuse your children's lives with confidence.
63 Be cautious of comparison. Comparison steals momentum and squanders joy.
64 Take the time to write those you care for letters and notes speckled with truths and kind thoughts. They will later grow into treasures.
65 Always find time to take the dog for a walk.
66 Care about the most vulnerable members of our population. They are us.
67 Do things outside your comfort zone. Push back on your fears.
68 Be mindful that you are your thoughts.
69 Do not accept every invitation to do battle.
70 Get comfortable with feelings of uncertainty and vulnerability. Try them on. Walk around in them, strut and get used to them because they never totally disapate. Tame them and then go out and try new things anyway.
71 Fail over and over and learn how to fail better. If you're not failing often, you may not be trying hard enough.
72 When lost for an appropriate prayer, try this favorite night prayer of mom's. Lord, guide me and inform me of all I need to know for tomorrow.
73 The person in the arena trying and stumbling deserves much more credit than the individual on the outskirts giving the critique.
74 Don't let someone else hold your self-worth. If they do, take it back now.
75 Know that the most courageous choice is usually the best path.
76 Stick your nose in a book. Often.
77 Do not believe all that you read. Question the source.
78 Spend a few moments of each week doing nothing because it is something.
79 Believe that the universe, even in the darkest of times, is conspiring in your favor because it is.
80 Make it a point to learn something new each week.
81 Be interesting because you are interested in others and in life.
82 Live a life informed by faith.
83 Never aim to be better than others. Aim to be better than your former self.
84 Thankfulness is a repeated consistent practice. Happiness is a choice. There is great power in perspective.
85 The same life lessons show up disguised in different ways unless we deal with them face-to-face.
86 Be okay with spending time alone.
87 Develop a financial sense. If you're not generally good with money, try even harder. Depending on someone else's financial sense is one of the biggest risks you can take.
88 When a great song comes on the radio, turn it up loud.
87 Take the time and space to discover what you can contribute to this world. Pursue your calling with indefatigable enthusiasm.
88 Plant seeds whether you will fully see them harvest in this life or the next.
89 Take the less traveled road. Make your own path when you need to.
91 Lead through service to others.
93 Find meaning in your own suffering otherwise it is just pain.
94 Find dignity in your choices.
95 Become a spiritual warrior.
96 Be the heroine or hero of your own life.
97 Trust in God's blueprint.
98 Leave the world a kinder, better place because of your time here.
99 Be mindful that this human world is the challenge …full of sacrifice, humbling, and opportunities to learn how to love. The next world is the reward.
100 Learn how to love abundantly and tirelessly before you depart this world.
101 Know the best is yet to come.
Happy Birthday Mom! Watch over us.


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NIHR CYP MedTech were happy to be part of the inaugural Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital (GSTT) Innovation Conference held in the London Science Gallery.
This conference enabled clinicians, academia, innovators, industry and healthcare managers to discuss the future of innovation at GSTT and how this will impact significantly on improving healthcare.
The conference was broken down into four main sessions, the first of which discussed the innovation landscape in the NHS, academia, the digital environment, the city and internationally. In the next session, representatives from the Health Innovation Network, the Health Foundry and the GSTT charity gave their perspectives on key opportunities for innovation and how they can support this. Prof Seb Ourselin also gave an interesting talk on the development of a Medtech Hub at GSTT that will support the clinical and commercial translation of digital health technologies. The afternoon included inspiring presentations on lessons learnt and arising opportunities from experienced innovators, Dr David Cox and Dr Richard Illes.
The conference enabled NIHR CYP MedTech to understand the current innovation landscape, as well as the clinical needs and opportunities for new technology innovations and how these can be implemented efficiently to improve paediatric healthcare delivery.


Mike Adams' appearance for the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII marks his 150th NFL game, covering 146 in regular seasons and four in postseasons. When the confetti falls Sunday, he will have played more than half of his career, albeit barely, as a Brown: 76 games.
The starting free safety for the team favored to win Sunday's Super Bowl is getting to be an old man.
Part of Mike Adams still is an old Brown.
Adams the ancient will turn 33 soon, which would make him the oldest man on the roster of the team (Cleveland) he played for from 2007-11.
His appearance for the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII marks his 150th NFL game, covering 146 in regular seasons and four in postseasons.
When the confetti falls Sunday, he will have played more than half of his career, albeit barely, as a Brown: 76 games.
Adams almost got to the playoffs with the Browns in 2007. They put up a 10-6 record, capped by a season-ending win over the 49ers. He will never forget what happened that night.
There was a later game between Indianapolis and Tennessee. The Browns needed a Colts win for the playoff tiebreaker to go their way.
It should have been a no-brainer. Peyton Manning had the Colts at 13-2, and they had been blowing teams out left and right.
The Colts were too good for the Browns' good. Their playoff seed was secure. They had the option of resting Manning.
They went halfway, playing Manning for a half, taking a small lead.
Then Jim Sorgi came in. He lives in Ohio infamy, having blown the lead, costing the Browns a playoff spot.
Adams can laugh about it now. Manning is his mealticket, a Denver teammate with the power to lead the Broncos' to the winners' share of $92,000.
That might be the money Manning uses to roll his cigars, but it means something to players like Adams.
The friendships Adams built in Cleveland seem to mean a lot to him, too. He roots for the handful of guys who still are on the team.
He remembers the Browns being on the cusp of building a perennial contender. They won those 10 games in 2007, and sent five players to the Pro Bowl.
"I definitely thought we were on our way," Adams said from a party boat where the Broncos conducted interviews the last couple of days. "We had that one good year. Then we always made progress. We made moves. We brought in Sheldon Brown, did some other things.
D'Qwell Jackson was Adams' Cleveland teammate for the entire ride. They would laugh about their crazy Super Bowl dreams. One time Adams shared a humorous vision. The thought came to him shortly after a Super Bowl had been awarded to the New York City metro area, which includes Adams' boyhood home, Paterson, N.J.
Forget about all of those Super Bowls full of sun and fun in beaches or Bourbon Street.
"I told D'Qwell right then, 'You watch. I'll go to the Super Bowl when I'm home and it's cold.
Jackson is chilling out in another Cleveland offseason, wondering if the Browns will pick up a $4.1 million option due by March 11. Adams is staying in a New Jersey hotel, a 20-minute bicycle ride from his old high school.
In Adams' fifth year with the Browns, he was supposed to lose his job to newly signed free agent Usama Young. He started all 16 games, then hit free agency.
"I wanted to stay," Adams said. "They didn't re-sign me. It was time to move on.
A promising place in 2007, Cleveland lost its grip. Players scattered to the winds. Many of Adams' defensive teammates from that year — Brodney Pool, Willie McGinest, Andra Davis, Sean Jones, Leigh Bodden, Ethan Kelley, Robaire Smith and Ted Washington among them — are out of the league.
Old man Adams is in the money. Even if the Broncos lose, he gets $46,000.
Adams, a proud alumnus of the Delaware Blue Hens, has always thought he has been under-rated. He traces this to having gone undrafted in 2004.
He has made it into a 10th pro season.
Yet, there is no guarantee his first Super Bowl won't be his last NFL game. That was the case with ex-Browns Gerard Warren and Orpheus Roye when they played out the string with the Steelers and Patriots.
Adams, known for his infectious smile, is ever the optimist.
"At the beginning of this season I was in a rotation," he said. "I felt like it would come back around to me. I was tutoring (second-year pro) Duke (Ihenacho), helping him be a better player. Duke and (2011 Round 2 pick) Rahim Moore were the starting safeties.
Adams was installed as a starter after the bye week. He has settled in nicely. In the AFC title game against New England, he made four tackles and batted away a Tom Brady pass.
Adams wishes them well in Cleveland.
He knows the history as well as anyone. In his first two years with the team, the head coach was Romeo Crennel, with Rob Chudzinski as offensive coordinator. Then he played for head coaches Eric Mangini and Pat Shurmur.
Chudzinski became head coach in 2013 and was fired after going 4-12.
"It surprised me with Chud, as I'm sure it did with you guys," Adams said. "If anybody could turn that around and get that thing going, I thought it would be Chud.
"I guess it didn't happen. Change isn't always bad, but I know fans in Cleveland are probably getting anxious.
Meanwhile, Adams is enjoying the bright lights of a Super Bowl.
If he gets one of those $92,000 checks, he can buy one for all his friends back in Cleveland.


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MAN ADDICTED TO STEALING CUTS OFF HIS OWN HANDS…BY ALLOWING TRAIN TO RUN OVER IT
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An Egyptian man has sliced off both his hands by placing them in the path of a speeding train to overcome his stealing addiction.
Ali Afifi, 28, was apparently so appalled by his habitual crimes that he took his punishment into his own hands.
The young man, apparently guided by the rules of Sharia law, severed both his hands in his self-inflicted purgatory.
His decision was likely to have been drawn from the Islamic teaching of Sharia law – the principles, rules and subsequent punishments that inform every element of life for those who practice Islam.
Mr. Afifi said his stealing 'disease' started at a young age, first taking his friend's lunches at primary school. It then escalated to items in shops and until recently he was taking people's mobile phones and gold jewelry.
He said he used to give the money he made from the thefts to children and poor families.
But Mr Afifi was unable to cope with the guilt and decided to cut off his hands to put an end to his compulsive behaviour.
He said he wants to help his local town, improve the buildings and build a youth centre. He also wants to marry but doubts an Egyptian woman would take him because of his history of theft.
The Islamic legal system deals with many issues addressed in secular law as well as informing daily decisions of a personal and mundane matter, including hygiene, fasting, prayer, diet, politics, sexual intercourse and marital rules.
Interpretation of the law by Muslims varies between cultures, but it is accepted in some countries that repeated stealing is punishable by cutting off the hand.
Normally, a person caught stealing would be summoned to a Sharia court where Islamic jurists would issue guidance on an issue.
But for Mr Afifi, from the central Nile delta region of Tanta, Egypt, he decided he knew what his fate should be, according to the 'divine law'.
According to Sharia law, stealing is considered one of the most serious crimes as specified by the Quran.
A Sharia court may issue a punishment of some kind of injury to the hand to someone caught stealing for the first time, such as slowly driving a car wheel over the hand.
In countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and northern Nigeria, amputation for repeated stealing is still practiced. In Egypt, however, the courts have not permitted judicial amputation for many years.
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