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10 Tips for Overcoming Self-Doubt – Including Adopting a Power Pose

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A life coach and former nurse Christina Russell has shared her top ten strategies for overcoming self-doubt, including adopting a “power pose,” which is proven to help boost confidence.

There are ups and downs in every personal-growth journey, says the Florida coach. But self-doubt is “a pervasive issue” for many.

Here are ten actionable strategies to help you prioritize yourself and identify your boundaries, dreams, and aspirations:

1. Create a ‘WINS’ Journal: Write down daily accomplishments, no matter how small. Sometimes simply acknowledging regular wins helps reinforce what you’re capable of. It shifts the focus to your strengths rather than your failures.

2. Rewire Your Inner Critic: Instead of succumbing to negative self-talk, treat yourself with the same respect you’d show a friend. Replace ‘I’m not good enough’ with ‘I’m still learning, and this is part of the process’.

You can even try “positive punishments” like doing 50 sit-ups whenever you backslide. This can help build consistency—and a good habit.

3. Visualize Your Future Self: Emphasize the power of imagining yourself as the person you aspire to become. Step into this mindset either right before bedtime or early in the morning. It can be an incredible confidence booster.

4. Adopt a Beginner’s Mindset: Give yourself permission to not have all the answers. Challenges are opportunities for growth, not failures.

5. Surround Yourself with Growth-Minded People: Positive energy is contagious. Be around people with goals who support one another.

6. Take Tiny Steps: Breaking down goals into small, manageable actions is a cornerstone of a positive philosophy. Momentum will build your confidence.

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7. Practice a Power Pose: Try posing in confidence-boosting postures for two minutes before tackling a challenging task. It’s proven to reduce stress and increase self-assurance.

8. Learn to Celebrate Failure: View setbacks as feedback. List alternative solutions and view the problem as an objective outsider—instead of taking it so personally.

9. Ask for Feedback: Honest feedback from a friend or professional can help you identify blind spots—or strengths—that you may be overlooking.

10. Create a Personal Affirmation Ritual: Writing affirmations that resonate with your values and goals can help instill them into your consciousness. Say them aloud each morning—and tape them to your mirror—to set a positive tone for the day.

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Christina Russell Coaching, based in Ocala, Florida, helps clients overcome self-doubt and build strategies for flourishing.

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Cats With Arthritis Are Wearing Caps in Groundbreaking Research to Understand and Relieve Their Pain

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Cat's brain is scanned using electrodes under specially-knitted wool caps –Credit: Alienor Delsart of UdeM / SWNS
Cat’s brain is scanned using electrodes under specially-knitted wool caps –Credit: Alienor Delsart of UdeM / SWNS

Cats are wearing hats for science—as researchers use brain scans to understand pain in arthritic felines, and find a way to soothe it.

It’s a world first for veterinary scientists at the University of Montreal (UdeM): they found a way to scan the brains of cats while they’re still awake, using electrodes concealed under specially-knitted wool caps.

Chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis affects over 25 % of the adult feline population and this incidence increases with age.

Seeking to understand how cats experience the chronic pain, the researchers wanted to create a non-invasive method to study their brains.

In previous studies, the cat subjects would shake off and chew the wires of traditional electrodes. The answer was to incorporate the sensors into comfy crocheted beanies.

“We had the idea of the little knitted hat that would keep the electrodes in place,” said Aude Castel, Assistant Professor at UdeM Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences.

The team wanted to use sensory stimulation to try to reduce the aches, exposing the cats to soothing stimuli such as colored lights and comforting smells, as a way to ease their suffering.

Credit: Alienor Delsart / UdeM (via SWNS)

“With some treats and positive reinforcement, the cats tolerated the hat very well and allowed us to record their brain activity while awake and being exposed to different types of sensory stimuli: citrus smell, different light colors.

In all, they studied 11 adult cats with osteoarthritis, assessing their stress and pain using the electrodes that produced electroencephalograms (EEGs).

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“The reasoning behind exposing them to different stimulations is that we wanted to see if, just like in people, we could modulate their brain activity and, by the same token their pain perception, with sensory stimulation.”

The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods, found that the hat method is feasible, and spectral analysis are efficient methods to characterize the response to a given sensory stimulation.

“This opens new avenues for investigating chronic pain mechanisms and developing novel therapeutic strategies,” the report concluded.

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“We now plan to obtain NSERC funding [Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada], in partnership with private companies, to enable us to establish a genuine EEG signature for chronic pain, and many other applications that will enable us to automate chronic pain detection in the future,” said Éric Troncy, who co-led the study.

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“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.” – Ovid

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Quote of the Day: “Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.” – Ovid

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Most Single Americans Look for Partners With These Career Values and Passions: New Dating Poll

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A survey of 2,000 single Americans revealed that 56% of respondents agreed it’s important that their partners have the same career values that they do.

In terms of ambition, 44% would prefer someone whose career ambitions were the same as their own, while 34% are looking for someone who is even more ambitious.

Regarding salary, 39% of all respondents—which were equally divided between men and women—said they would prefer to be an equal “breadwinner” with their partners. Unsurprisingly, this was much more common for women, with 45% of females preferring salaries to be equal, compared to 33% of men.

Conducted by Talker Research on behalf of the dating app The League, the survey also looked at the most desirable careers for 2025.

29% of men and women agreed that those in the health care field make the best partners, while careers in education ranked as the second most attractive for the men surveyed (28%).

21% of women are interested in dating an entrepreneur, 19% were interested in an educator, while finance guys and artists were desirable for 18%.

Also ranking in the top most dateable jobs for both genders are lawyers (24%), scientists (16%), and careers in tech, like web or software developers (14%).

The poll also explored the ideal time to have “the career conversation” with potential partners. Nearly a quarter of respondents (22%) said that, ideally, they’ll have a conversation about goals and aspirations before going on a first date—but most will bring up the conversation by the end of their first date.

“Transparency is more attractive than ever,” said Rachel DeAlto, a dating expert at The League. “While there may be no perfect time to talk about careers and ambitions, bringing it up in conversation sooner than later in the dating process allows singles to determine if they share similar values and life goals from the start.”

Despite many respondents being eager to speak with potential partners about their career, that doesn’t mean single Americans are “all work and no play.” 40% of singles surveyed want their potential partners to have a passion for what they’re doing but also prioritize a work/life balance.

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Additionally, over one in five respondents are looking for partners who have a desire to leave a positive impact on society or other people.

64% are willing to date someone in graduate school, further demonstrating the appeal of having drive and goals, no matter where your career is at the moment.

“When partners share similar aspirations and value the same things in life, they’re better equipped to support and understand each other. The key is to stay open to finding that alignment,” said DeAlto.

On the flip side, constant burn-out (32%), long overtime hours (29%) and switching jobs every year (25%) are some of the top career “red flags.” Interestingly, being an “influencer” was also a “red flag” for more than one in five respondents (22%).

WHAT CAREER VALUES ARE IMPORTANT IN A POTENTIAL NEW PARTNER?

  • Passion for what they’re doing — 40%
  • Prioritizing work/personal life balance — 34%
  • Understanding that there is always more to learn/ways to improve — 28%
  • Ability to work well with others and build relationships with colleagues — 25%
  • Desire to leave a positive impact on society or other people — 21%
  • Competitiveness or wanting to be successful — 19%
  • Desire to leave a positive impact on the environment — 15%
  • Desire to be a good manager or leader — 15%
  • Commitment to pushing the boundaries and paving new roads — 15%

Being Social–Like Dining Out, Traveling, or Playing Bingo, May Delay Dementia by 5 Years

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Visiting friends, going to parties, and attending church or community bingo games may help keep your brain healthy, according to research conducted at Rush University that shows frequent social activity may help prevent or delay dementia in old age.

“In this study, we show that the least socially active older adults developed dementia an average of five years before the most socially active,” said Bryan James, PhD, associate professor of internal medicine at Rush.

Social activity can strengthen neural circuits in the brain, making them more resistant to the buildup of pathology that occurs with age. Social behavior activates the same areas of the brain involved in thinking and memory.

The findings, published online in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, suggest that more frequent social activity points to a 38% reduction in dementia risk and a 21% reduction in mild cognitive impairment risk, compared to the least socially active.

In addition, a five-year delay in dementia onset has been estimated to yield an additional three years of life and an economic benefit of reducing dementia costs by 40% in the next 30 years, potentially $500,000 in lifetime health care savings for each person who would eventually develop dementia.

Authors note that the findings highlight the value of social activity as a possible community-level intervention for reducing dementia.

The study included 1,923 dementia-free older adults with a mean age of about 80 who are participating in the Rush Memory and Aging Project, an ongoing longitudinal study of common chronic conditions of aging.

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A total of 545 participants developed dementia, and 695 developed mild cognitive impairment. They each underwent yearly evaluations that included a medical history and neuropsychological tests.

Social activity was measured based on a questionnaire that asked participants whether, and how often, in the previous year they had engaged in six common social activities that involve social interaction — for example, whether they went to restaurants or sporting events, played bingo, took day or overnight trips, did volunteer work or visited relatives or friends.

Cognitive function was assessed using 21 tests for various types of memory as well as perceptual speed and visuospatial ability.

Use it or lose it

At the start of the investigation, all participants were free of any signs of cognitive impairment. Over an average of five years, however, those who were more socially active showed reduced rates of dementia. Other variables that might have accounted for the increase in cognitive decline — such as age, physical exercise and health—were all adjusted for in the analysis.

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Why social activity plays a role in the development of cognitive problems is not clear. One possibility is that “social activity challenges older adults to participate in complex interpersonal exchanges, which could promote or maintain efficient neural networks in a case of ‘use it or lose it,’” James said in Rush News.

The study is a follow up on previous papers from the Rush group showing that social activity is related to less cognitive decline—even mild cognitive impairment.

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Watch Giddy Florida Man Experiencing Snow for the First Time–And Making a Snow Angel

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Jakeem Johnson makes a snow angel during once-in-a-lifetime snowfall – via SWNS
Jakeem Johnson makes a snow angel during once-in-a-lifetime snowfall – via SWNS

Feel this guy’s joy as he experiences snow for the first time, having lived in Florida all his life.

Jakeem Johnson was overjoyed when he woke to a rare snowfall that blanketed the southern state in January, with some areas getting up to ten inches.

The 39 year-old dashed outside in his sweatpants to soak in the experience.

“My wife woke me up early and told me it was snowing and I was like, ‘What? No way!’,” said the Tampa resident known as BigCheese. “It felt surreal.”

“I am born and raised in Florida, so to see 8-10 inches of snow in Tampa was mind-blowing.

“I always said if I ever saw snow, I’d do a snow angel—and I was a man of my word.

“I forgot one of my gloves, but it didn’t matter. It was a joyful, wonderful experience.”

Jakeem Johnson sees snow for first time – via SWNS

The once-in-a-lifetime experience left Jakeem dreaming of more snowy adventures.

“Next time, I’ll get a sled and find a hill.

“It makes me feel like you’re never too old to try new things.”

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Your New Weekly Horoscope from ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free preview of the book is available here.)

Here is your weekly horoscope…

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of February 1, 2025
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
As I envision your life in the coming weeks, I am moved to compare you to certain birds. First, there will be similarities between you and the many species that can literally perceive Earth’s magnetic fields, seeing them as patterns of shadow and light overlaid on their regular vision. You, too, will have an uncanny multi-dimensional awareness that helps guide your travels. Secondly, Aquarius, you will be like the migrating songbirds that recalibrate their internal compass every day when the sun sets. In other words, you will make steady efforts to ensure that your magical ways of knowing are grounded in earthy rhythms.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
In some Polynesian cultures, there is a belief that one’s mistakes, including excessive anger, can cause physical sickness. Hawaiians traditionally have employed a ritual remedy for such ills called ho’oponopono. It includes acts of atonement, forgiveness, and correction. It may even involve a prayer conference where all the people involved talk about their mutual problems with respect and compassion, seeking solutions and restitution. The coming weeks will be a fantastically favorable time for you to carry out your own version of ho’oponopono, Pisces.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
In medieval Europe, beekeepers made formal reports to their hives of significant events in the human world, like births, deaths, marriages, and departures. They believed the bees needed to be continually informed so as to ensure robust honey production. The practice was called “telling the bees.” Let’s make this an inspiring story for you in the coming weeks, Aries. I invite you to keep your community fully apprised of what’s happening in your life. Proceed on the assumption that sharing your plans and changes with others will generate harmony and support. Like the beekeepers, you may discover that keeping your community in the loop will strengthen your bonds and sweeten your endeavors.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
A regular guy named Jesse Ronnebaum bought an old painting at a yard sale for 50 cents. For the next ten years, it hung on the wall in his living room. Then he noticed a dim inscription on the painting that suggested maybe it was more valuable than he realized. Consulting an art dealer, he discovered it was an unusual composition that featured the work of seven prominent artists—and was worth a lot of money. Ronnebaum said, “Years of struggling, barely making bills, and the whole time there’s $50,000 hanging over my head, literally.” I am predicting metaphorically comparable events unfolding in your life during the coming months, Taurus. Hidden value will no longer be hidden. You will potentize neglected sources of wealth and finally recognize subtle treasures.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
In Namibia’s arid grasslands, ‘fairy circles’ periodically emerge—highly regular rings of bare land surrounded by vegetation. What causes them? Supernatural entities—as believed by the local people—or, termites or hydrogen-loving microbes, according to scientists? I love mysteries that thwart attempts at rational explanation. In accordance with astrological omens, Gemini, I invite you to specialize in tantalizing and unsolvable enigmas in the coming weeks. Your soul needs rich doses of provocative riddles, mysterious truths, and fun puzzles. Exult in the liberating declaration, “I don’t know!”

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Wherever you wander, be alert for signals that remind you of who you used to be. This will stimulate your creative speculation about who you want to evolve into during the next few years. As you ruminate about your history, you will get inspirations about who you want to become. The past will speak vividly, in ways that hint at your best possible future. So welcome clues from people who are no longer alive. Be receptive to old allies and influences that are no longer a central part of your world.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
“Crown shyness” is a phenomenon seen among some trees like lodgepole pines. In forests, they grow big and strong and tall, yet avoid touching each other at their tops. This creates canopies full of pronounced gaps. What causes this curious phenomenon? First, if branches don’t brush up against each other, harmful insects find it harder to spread from tree to tree. Second, when winds blow, branches are less likely to collide with each other and cause damage. There’s a third benefit: More sunlight penetrates to the forest floor, nourishing animals and other plants. I propose that you adopt crown shyness as a metaphor for your use, Leo. Express your beauty to the max—be bold and vivid and radiant—but also provide plenty of space for your allies to shine. Be your authentically amazing self, but create boundaries that allow others to be their amazing selves.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Some astrologers assert that you Virgos suffer from an ambition deficit. They authoritatively assert that a fiery aspiration to achieve greatness never burns hot within you. But in the coming months, I will work to show you a different perspective. Let’s start now: Many of you Virgos are highly skilled at being self-sufficient. But sometimes this natural strength warps into a hesitancy to ask for help and support. And that can diminish your ability to fulfill your ambitions. My goal will be to celebrate and nurture your self-sufficiency even as I coach you to be dynamic about gathering all the assistance you can.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Life is not fair. In the coming days, you will be odd proof of this fact. That’s because you are likely to be the beneficiary of uncommon luck. The only kind of karma that will be operating in your vicinity will be good karma. X-factors and wild cards will be more available to you than usual. Your timing will be impeccable, and your intuition will be extra incisive. You may even be tempted to theorize that life is conspiring to bring you an extra supply of meaningful experiences. Here’s the clincher: If anyone in your sphere is prone to feeling envy because you’re flourishing, your charm will defuse it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Here are three questions to ruminate on: 1. What resources are you afraid you will run out of or squander? 2. What if your fear of running out or squandering these resources obstructs your ability to understand what you need to know and do so that you won’t run out or squander them? 3. How can you dissolve the fear and feel confident that the necessary resources will keep steadily flowing in, and you will use them well?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Most stars have at least one companion star, sometimes two. Our sun, which is all alone, is in the minority. Astronomers have found evidence that our home star once had a companion but lost it. Is there any chance of this situation changing in the future? Might our sun eventually link up with a new compatriot? It’s not likely. But in contrast to our sun’s fate, I suspect that 2025 will offer you a significant diminishment in your personal loneliness quotient. If you crave more camaraderie and togetherness, the coming months will be a favorable time to seek them out. Your meditation question: What’s the opposite of loneliness?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
In the coming weeks, your authenticity will be your greatest strength. The more genuine and honest you are, the more life will reward you. Be alert for situations that may seem to demand camouflage when in fact they will ultimately reward your complete transparency. You will be most powerful and attractive as you allow yourself to be fully seen. You can even use your vulnerability to your advantage. Be openly, clearly, unabashedly yourself.

WANT MORE? Listen to Rob’s EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, 4-5 minute meditations on the current state of your destiny — or subscribe to his unique daily text message service at: RealAstrology.com

(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Quote of the Day: “Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Woman Shouts ‘Jesus!’ After a 10-foot Painting of Crucifixion Is Uncovered in Old Barn from 70 Years Ago

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Sarah Worne and Rev Sheila Bawden with the painting of Jesus which was found in a barn in late January - credit: SWNS
Sarah Worne and Rev Sheila Bawden with the painting of Jesus which was found in a barn in late January – credit: SWNS

A couple was left stunned after finding a 10-foot painting of Jesus on the cross inside their barn.

After locating a date and signature showing it was 70 years old, they contacted their local reverend and managed to get it lodged in the Church of Saint Bartholomew in Lostwithiel as a piece of holy local history.

Sarah Worne and her husband bought an acre of land last October near Lostwithiel in Southwest England.

The Cornwall site included the barn which the couple said was filled with 30 pieces of plywood sheets they needed to remove. Imagine their surprise, however, when behind one of the last sheets was a painting of Jesus.

Made in the shape of a cross and measuring 10 feet tall at its highest point, the work depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and possibly the Virgin Mary and his disciple John.

Mrs. Worne, who happens to be a former art teacher, told English media nothing could hold her back from exclaiming “Jesus!” when she first saw it.

“I was pushing the sheets back to my husband and I am passing them back to him and as I pull forward the last sheet to pass it to Mike he couldn’t see what was behind it and I just said ‘Jesus!'” she said.

“And he said ‘Why, what have you found?’ and I said ‘No, I mean it is Jesus.'”

Apart from a crack here and there or a growth of light mold, the painting is in remarkable condition given the exposure of the barn.

“There is very little damage but it would be lovely to see it cleaned so the colors can shine,” said Worne.

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The artwork shows Jesus on the cross beardless and wearing a plain white cloth. On the left side there is a woman all in blue, possibly depicting Mary, and on the right side a man dressed in dark blue and black.

Memory of a work in a similar style made in England from the 1920s and 30s leaped to the forefront of her mind, until she found a faint signature on the back of the painting which read ‘Teresa Fuller 1951 – 1952.’

Worne said very little was known about the artist and she had appealed for people’s help to find out more about who painted it.

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“I was also hoping that the people in the town of Lostwithiel will be able to see it and give me some history about it,” she said, after bringing it to the church under the blessings of Reverend Sheila Bawden. The previous owner of the barn hasn’t been reached as yet.

“I am intrigued with the story and with the journey that it is going to take me on and who I am going to meet along the way,” Worne said. “I studied history of arts at college and then I went on to paint and do ceramics in China and then I got into teaching.”

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10-year-old Deaf Girl Is ‘Blown Away’ with New Caption Glasses That Let Her ‘See” Spoken Words

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Kendyl Pool tries on new HearView caption glasses – SWNS
Kendyl Pool tries on new HearView caption glasses – SWNS

This is the moment a deaf girl tried on a pair of high-tech, $1,500 glasses, which allow her to “see” conversations in real time.

Kendyl Pool was born profoundly deaf due to malformations in her inner ears and has used American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate since she was six months old.

Her mother Bri first discovered these ‘caption glasses’ on TikTok and knew they could be life-changing for her daughter. The glasses transcribe speech into words in real time and display them on the lenses.

She gave the glasses to Kendyl as a surprise gift on her birthday.

“Kendyl had no idea these even existed so when she put them on and I started talking, she was completely shocked,” said Bri. “She was just blown away, she even cried a little bit because she couldn’t believe she could see what I was saying right in front of her.”

The caption glasses developed by HearView connect via Bluetooth to an app that uses voice recognition technology to transcribe spoken words onto a tiny screen embedded inside the lenses. Not only do they allow Kendyl to follow conversations more easily, but they also help her practice speaking by testing whether her own words appear correctly on the screen.

“She can’t hear herself speak so she uses the glasses to check if she’s pronouncing words right,” said Bri. “She’ll say ‘Mom, Mom, Mom’ and wait to see if it pops up. When it does, she gets so excited.”

The 10-year-old is the only deaf person in her family and has sometimes struggled to understand why she is different. The glasses have already given Kendyl a huge confidence boost, allowing her to take part in more social activities and communicate with people who don’t know ASL.

The glasses also store conversations in the app, meaning Kendyl can review important discussions later such as instructions from her teachers or doctors.

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“For so long, captions on TVs or devices have been inaccurate or lagging, making it hard for deaf people to fully experience what’s being said,” Bri told the English media outlet, SWNS. “But I tested these glasses myself speaking fast and tried different phrases and they are incredibly accurate.”

“This is a huge step for inclusion. These glasses provide full access to conversations in real time and that is life-changing.”

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Unused Train Stations Across US Are Being Revitalized into Hotels, Restaurants and Even Museums

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Michigan Central Station before its transformation - credit: Bartosz Brzezinski, CC 2.0. via Flickr.
Michigan Central Station before its transformation – credit: Bartosz Brzezinski, CC 2.0. via Flickr.

Across major American cities, old unused rail depots and train stations are seeing second lives as hotels.

Along with preserving relics of America’s past, these structures are often made of stone or brick and were built with the intention of welcoming tens of thousands of people per day, making them strong and long-lasting as well as aesthetically lovely.

Most of these have been in disuse since the 1980s. In Detroit, the Michigan Central Station is one such case. Shuttered, unloved, and picked over by scavengers, Central has now been resuscitated thanks to a $1 billion investment by Ford, turning it into a multi-use facility that includes 13 acres of parks, office space for startups, along with some for Ford itself, and a hotel that will occupy four of the 16 floors in the main tower.

For those who are interested in historic renovation, the Bloomberg exclusive on Central Station’s revival is a must-read.

Denver’s Union Station used to welcome 50,000 passengers per day, but since the very early 2000s it’s enjoyed only a small fraction of that. Though never abandoned, it was very much out of touch, until $54 million in renovations changed it into a hive of activity centered around a luxury hotel.

Denver’s Union Station from 2007 – credit: NPS, public domain.

Cafes, shops, and dining venues all enjoy the light from the massive arched windows in the central hall, all of which have contributed in no small part to the revival of Union Station as an actual train station, with rail traffic increasing back up to 10,000 per day by 2024.

In Salt Lake City, Union Pacific Depot saw a decline in rail traffic after Amtrak took over the lines from Rio Grande.

Union Pacific Depot in SLC – credit: CC 3.0. Eric Pancer

By 1986, even Amtrak departed: to a station three blocks south, leaving only small sections of long-distance trains to use Union Pacific. In 1997, both of these were discontinued, and the depot was made redundant.

In January 2006, three floors opened as a restaurant and music venue, known as The Depot, but in 2024 it became the walls and roof of the Asher Adams Hotel, named in homage to the two men who first depicted railroad routes.

Containing 225 rooms and 13 luxury suites, it is also the ‘gateway’ to The Gateway development, a large shopping and business space reached through the depot’s main hall.

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“The public had an emotional connection to it,” Emir Tursic, a partner with HKS Architects, which led the restoration, told the BBC, saying that demolishing it was simply out of the question. “It’s part of our cultural heritage.”

The BBC profiled all these stations and more, and spoke to one expert who believes that, far from being governed by decisions of the heart, these refurbishing projects actually make logical and financial sense as well.

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“Economically and environmentally, it makes a lot of sense to preserve what you have, instead of tearing something down and building up something new,” said Diana Melichar, president of Melichar Architects in Lake Forest, Illinois, and who has renovated several train stations in smaller communities.

“If they have good bones, these buildings built of stone or brick will last another century.”

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China Bestows Rare Honor on Minnesota Pawnbroker Who Returned Historic Photos of 1937 Massacre–Only 3rd Westerner to Get Award

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Evan Kail from MN honored by Chinese for returning historical photos – Government of China
Evan Kail from MN honored by Chinese for returning historical photos – Government of China

At a gala that seems like the Chinese equivalent of America’s ball drop in Times Square, a Minnesotan was honored with a prestigious award for his service to the Chinese people.

Evan Kail runs a pawn shop in Minnesota where in 2022 came into possession of a photo album containing dozens of stills that document Japanese war atrocities during the 1937 attack and occupation of Nanking, now Nanjing.

“One of my rules when handling artifacts related to WWII is that if an item has any direct connection to a war crime, or holds potential historical significance, it doesn’t belong in private hands. Instead, it belongs in a museum or a place where it can be studied and preserved for the public,” Kail told China Daily. “I also wondered if the photos, if previously unknown, could have historical value beyond my means to assess.”

After sufficient perusal, Kail contacted the Chinese consulate in Chicago explaining that the photographs belonged to the Chinese nation, and hoped to organize appropriately for their repatriation.

Kail enjoys a significant social media following on TikTok and Instagram. Following the discovery, other reports have quoted Kail saying that he began to get bizarre, threatening messages from people looking to get their hands on the photo album, or who accused him of being a spy for the Chinese.

The Nanjing massacre is still a hot political issue today, and there are some ultranationalistic Japanese who deny or downplay that it ever happened.

The consultant sent a letter of thanks to Kail that also contained an exquisite yellow porcelain tea jar—a rare honor bestowed to foreigners who have performed acts of remarkable service to the Chinese people. The porcelain is made by hand with one of the most ancient surviving methods.

Kail explained to China Daily that he had studied World War II in high school, but the topics rarely delved into the experience of the Chinese, who as a whole suffered the second-highest number of casualties during the worldwide conflict. The TikTok videos Kail made drew massive attention from Chinese viewers, and it got him interested in learning more about Chinese history.

Eventually, in December 2024, Kail embarked on a 1-month trip to China as a “global peace advocate,” a role Chinese media were more than happy to bestow on him.

Kail visited Nanjing, obviously, but also Shanghai, Tianjin, and Beijing, and he even received an invitation to attend the Chunwan, an annual variety show that’s part of the Lunar New Year’s Gala.

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“It’s great to see Evan, the American who donated a precious WWII photo album to China, at our national Spring Festival Gala this year!” the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, wrote on social media.

“Whoever shows kindness to the Chinese people will always be reciprocated with kindness. Evan, you now have 1.4 billion Chinese friends!”

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The porcelain Kail received represents an honor that has been given to only two other Westerners, South China Morning Post reports, both in connection to their efforts to save and protect civilians during the Nanjing massacre.

“China has made this the proudest thing that I have ever done in my life. This is my greatest achievement in my life,” Kail told the Global Times.

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“Everything is on fire–but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living.” – Nikita Gill

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Quote of the Day: “Everything is on fire–but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living.” – Nikita Gill

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Arizona Man Who Never Stopped Trying is Reunited with Dog Lost 8 Years Ago in Another State

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Paul and his dog Damian 2016 - credit: Paul Guilbeault
Paul and his dog Damian 2016 – credit: Paul Guilbeault

A man was recently reunited with his beloved pooch Damian after 8 years of separation.

He’s far from the puppy he was when he ran off at a rest stop in Oklahoma, with longer teeth, wobbly legs, and a grey snout, but he hadn’t forgotten his owner’s face even after so many years.

The story begins in 2017 when Paul Guilbeault and his family were moving from Massachusetts to Arizona. At the rest stop, miniature Pincher Damian got spooked, jumped off his leash, and disappeared. A week of searching yielded as much as the first minute of searching, and finally, Paul’s father told him and his family it was time to move on.

“It was devastating—that dog got me through a lot of emotional things, family issues and whatnot, just being there for me as a companion,” Guilbeault told ABC News. “I was his everything, as he was mine, and losing him was really, really tough.”

Years went by, and Guilbeault never gave up hope of seeing Damian again; routinely posting the dog’s face on social media pages for lost animals.

Then one day, a woman from Oklahoma City nearly ran over a small brown dog who darted across the road. Alighting to pick him up, she said the dog tried to bite her, but as luck would have it she was an animal lover, and wasn’t going to let their close call be replicated.

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Bringing Damian to her brother, who then took him to the vet, they scanned for a microchip. Minutes later, whilst Guilbeault and his husband were driving to LA to donate clothes to victims of the recent wildfires, he got the text of a lifetime.

“My Apple Watch gave me a little preview, and it said, ‘Your dog, Damian, has been found,'” he recalled. “And I was like, ‘What the …?!'”

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That spurred a detour of 16 hours that led to an unforgettable reunion.

Guilbeault and Damian have been making up for lost time, going to the park everyday, with the former keeping a close eye on his owner to make sure there are no more separations.

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Lacking Ninja Training, Trapped Turtle is Rescued from City Sewer by Police and Firefighters

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Officers lower fireman into shopping mall drain to rescue turtle –Sanibel Fire Department
Officers lower fireman into shopping mall drain to rescue turtle –Sanibel Fire Department

Fire department officers on Florida’s Sanibel Island were alerted to the plight of a local turtle who had fallen into the sewer.

What’s more, it seemed to the first responders that the terapin lacked certain mutations and ninja-like agility known to be common in sewer turtles, and therefore needed someone else to save it.

Captain Robert Wilkins and his team received the call from a local on a December day shortly before Christmas.

“The call came into the firehouse and the lady was obviously distraught,” Wilkins said. “She was telling us the turtle was in a drain and it had been there for three or four days. She’d called multiple people to help it and no one was coming.”

A sanctuary island for species of all stripes, the drain was located in a nearby strip mall. Down below, there was enough water to keep the turtle’s skin moist, but all around were piles of muck and debris.

Wilkins and his team told local news that the turtle was armed with neither samurai swords nor nunchucks, and despite the shortsighted decision not to bring any pizza, the turtle surprisingly didn’t ask for any.

Opening the grate, two of the fire department officers lowered a third down into the small shaft by his legs. Firefighter Allen Schelm volunteered for the job, and managed to get the turtle out single-handedly.

recovering the turtle – credit Sanibel Fire Rescue District

Fort Myers News-Press reports that the trio has earned new nicknames, including “Michelangelo.”

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“We may or may not have ordered some rubber duckies with that written on them,” Schelm joked. But for the turtle itself, locals on scene drew from a different inspiration than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

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“We held him up and asked them what he should be called,” and some children said, “Mr. Pickles, because he had gotten himself in a pickle.”

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Ominous and Helmeted, New Species of Giant Crustacean Named After Darth Vader of the Deep Seas

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Head of Bathymous vaderi – Credit: Nguyen Thanh Son
A pair of Bathynomus vaderi purchased from the fish market – credit: Rene Ong

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making headlines for another reason: it was never officially entered into the scientific record.

Now that it has, it happened to be through the work of Peter Ng, a “carcinologist” or crustacean researcher (i.e. cancer, in both definitions) who happened to note that the armored plates covering this creature looked like a certain Hollywood villain’s famous helmet.

Head of Bathynomus vaderi – credit: Nguyen Thanh Son

“I am the biggest Star Wars fan in the team, as it’s my vintage. The first movie was in 1977, in my youth, and it was cool,” study co-author Peter Ng, a carcinologist, or crustacean researcher, at the National University of Singapore, tells New Scientist’s James Woodford. “But we all agree that the face of Bathynomus looks so much like Darth Vader that it just had to be named after the Sith Lord.”

Bathynomus vaderi lives in the depths of the ocean around the contested Spratley Islands, and perhaps a much wider ecosystem in the South China Sea. Known in Vietnam where they’re eaten as a delicacy as bọ biển or “sea bug,” Bathynomus vaderi belongs to a genus of strange underwater crustaceans with seven pairs of legs.

They inhabit the Bathypelagic zone, or the region of the ocean where light cannot reach, easily grow over 1 foot in length, and can weigh 2 pounds.

In 2022, the researchers acquired four of these giant isopods from fishmongers in the Vietnamese city of Quy Nhơn, reports Margherita Bassi at Smithsonian Magazine. Through comparisons to other isopods and analysis of DNA, they realized they were dealing with a species that had never been officially described.

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According to a statement from the researchers, its discovery should act as a rallying cry to better explore the deeper areas of the sea.

“That a species as large as this could have stayed hidden for so long reminds us just how much work we still need to do to find out what lives in Southeast Asian waters,” the statement read.

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Asteroid ‘Bennu’ Found to Contain More Building Blocks for Life Than Any Sample Ever Found–An Ancient Brine of Multivitamins

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The capsule containing samples from Bennu - credit: NASA/Keegan Barber
The capsule containing samples from Bennu – credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

In 2018, a NASA mission arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect pristine samples to be analyzed on Earth.

It turns out, there have never been more ingredients for life identified in a single extraterrestrial material of any kind. Indeed, Bennu carried all five DNA and RNA nucleo-bases, and enough amino acids to look like a multivitamin supplement.

The mission was called OSIRIS-REx, and was the first in human history to land on an asteroid and bring a sample back from its surface. Inside, 14 of the 20 amino acids contained in life on Earth, including all 9 of the essential amino acids, blended in “interesting ways,” with another 19 non-protein amino acids that are rare or absent in known biology.

“We now know from Bennu that the raw ingredients of life were combining in really interesting and complex ways on Bennu’s parent body,” said Tim McCoy, the Smithsonian Museum’s curator of meteorites and the co-lead author of the new paper. “We have discovered that next step on a pathway to life.”

Bennu’s parent asteroid, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago, seems to have been home to pockets of liquid water. Bennu was also found to be rich in nitrogen and ammonia-bearing compounds and the new findings indicate that water evaporated and left behind brines that resemble the salty crusts of dry lakebeds on Earth.

The theory of how life emerged without the existence of a creator is known as prebiotic organic synthesis, which is believed to have most likely taken place in liquid water with this sort of elemental configuration to play with.

The Bennu samples were rich in sodium carbonate, which had never been found before in meteorites and asteroids. On Earth, sodium carbonates often resemble baking soda and naturally occur in evaporated lakes that were rich in sodium, such as Searles Lake in the Mojave Desert.

An illustration of all the material to create life as we know it found in the Bennu sample – credit: NASA

Bennu’s brine differs from terrestrial brines due to its mineral makeup. For example, the Bennu samples are rich in phosphorus, which is abundant in meteorites and relatively scarce on Earth. The samples also largely lack boron, which is a common element in hypersaline soda lakes on Earth but extremely rare in meteorites.

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The researchers posit that similar brines likely still exist on other extraterrestrial bodies, including the dwarf planet Ceres and Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus where spacecraft have detected sodium carbonate.

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While the Bennu brines contain an intriguing suite of minerals and elements, it remains unclear if the local environment was suitable for crafting these ingredients into highly complex organic structures.

“We now know we have the basic building blocks to move along this pathway towards life, but we don’t know how far along that pathway this environment could allow things to progress,” McCoy said.

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“What do you hang on the walls of your mind?” – Eve Arnold

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Quote of the Day: “What do you hang on the walls of your mind?” – Eve Arnold

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Classy Ravens Fans Return the Favor for Foes–After Bills Player Drops Ball in Heartbreaking Playoff Loss

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Bills player Dalton Kincaid supports kids with autism – The Summit Center
Bills player Dalton Kincaid supports kids with autism – The Summit Center

The quality among Baltimore Ravens fans have donated to a GoFundMe to raise money for an autism charity supported by Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid, who just dropped a key pass that could have taken the franchise to the Super Bowl and enraged some in the fan base.

In a bizarre reversal of circumstances, the fundraiser mirrors what happened last week: when Bills fans set up a GoFundMe to raise money for a diabetes charity supported by Ravens tight end, Mark Andrews, who also dropped a key pass that may have taken his franchise to the Super Bowl.

Two tight ends, two missed passes, two class fan bases, two good causes: it’s quite the story.

Kincaid allowed a pass to slip between his body and arms in the Bills’ 32-29 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in a game that decided who would play the Philidelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.

Ravens Flock, a Baltimore supporter group said that they would “return the favor.”

“As many of you know, Bills TE Dalton Kincaid made a phenomenal attempt to catch Josh Allen’s last pass of the season but couldn’t haul it in, upsetting a lot of Bills fans,” the Flock organizers wrote in their GoFundMe.

“We want Ravens Flock to donate to Summit Center for Autism, the charity Dalton works with, and try and return the favor Bills Mafia did for us and Mark Andrews. Let’s raise what we can, please repost!”

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Bills Mafia is known for cheekily donating to charitable causes held dear by players on opposing teams that the Bills defeat, and managed to raise $147,000 for a charity supported by Ravens tight end Andrews, whose failed catch in the End Zone allowed the Bills to advance to play the Chiefs.

Andrews is a type-1 diabetic and regularly works with a charity working to find a cure called Breakthrough TD1, which was recently given this massive haul by the generous fan base from Buffalo.

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At the time of writing, the Ravens Flock have put together $17,000 for Autism work, just $3,000 shy of the $20k goal.

It’s a lovely demonstration of how Buffalo might triumph over Baltimore, and Kansas City might triumph over Buffalo, but at the end of the day, though we come from different cities and wear different colored toques, scarves, and jerseys, we all live in the same society and face the same challenges.

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After 5 Year Ban on Direct Flights Between China and India, Border Relations Thaw as Planes Resume

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An Air China Airbus A330 - credit: Can Pac Swire, CC 2.0. Flickr
An Air China Airbus A330 – credit: Can Pac Swire, CC 2.0. Flickr

There are few things as important for global human flourishing as keeping the two most populous nations, which happen to be two of the 5 largest national manufacturers, at peace.

That’s exactly what foreign ministry delegations from India and China have worked towards for a number of months, culminating in a recent agreement to resume the commercial flight traffic that once totaled 500 direct trips per month.

Relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors have remained frosty since a 2020 clash high in the Himalayas.

Along a disputed border over 12,000 feet above sea level in a Himalayan region called Ladakh, both sides claim territory the other considers theirs. This dispute hasn’t boiled over into conflict since the 1960s. However, in 2020, squadrons of troops clashed while running into each other on patrol. No shots were fired, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement from the ’70s, but the forces opted to engage in something like a street brawl, leaving over 20 dead.

Direct flights between India and China were suspended, Indian Buddhist pilgrims were prevented from visiting Tibet, numerous Chinese apps, products, and investments were banned in India, and security presences along the disputed “Line of Actual Control” in Ladakh grew menacingly dense.

But the Asian giants are set for a defrost after high-level meetings led by foreign ministers Wang Yi and S. Jaishankar.

A map from the CIA World Factbook annotated with border disputes between India and China.

“The improvement and development of China-India relations is fully in line with the fundamental interests of the two countries,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

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Flights were interrupted by COVID-19 restrictions, and though service between India and Hong Kong resumed, those of the mainland did not.

Other restrictions, including controls on the grazing rights of the Himalayan cultures in Ladakh, and Chinese-imposed restrictions on access to Tibet, have also been lifted recently.

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On the Hindu holiday of Diwali, Chinese military units visited the Indian border checkpoints loaded with presents to offer their counterparts as a preview of these warming relations on the very brow of the world

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