#SLA-8

[lonestarflight]

"Dramatic view of the launch of Apollo 4, the first full-up test of the awesome Saturn V, 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center."

Date: November 9, 1967

NAR-Rocketdyne photo no. VEH690

[ennn]

3D Printing Rio's Death Crown - Attempt #1 FDM Print

[uh--huh--yeah--sure]

Okay so I finished the first mistborn (spoilers for that and stormlight archives) and like.

Kelsier is just dead then? What the fuck. I figured it would be a Jasnah type thing where he shows up in the epilogue to hint that he's still alive but he didn't. Ik he has to be alive bc of Thaikadar (spelling idk) but his bones got fucking monched on so idk.

[sophia-romantica]

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[thecreaturecodex]

Div, Apaush

Image © @chimeride

[Sponsored by @crazytrain48, based on the "sun demon" from Arduin. Why these are sun demons is somewhat obscure to me; their scales and boluses suggest they should be iron demons, right? The art does an excellent job making it more sunny, with the solar disk head, which I love. I leaned into it by giving them the name of one of the Zoroastrian daevas of drought, and some of their spell-like abilities.]

Div, Apaush CR 9 NE Outsider (extraplanar) This creature is a vaguely avian humanoid, with a beaked head ringed by a structure halfway between a sunburst and an owl’s facial disc. It has fan-like wings, metal talons on its hands and feet and a long whip-like tail. Its body and wings are covered with overlapping metal scales that screech horribly as the creature moves.

The apaush are sometimes known as “sun divs” or “sun fiends”, as they are devotees of drought. They are native to the hottest, driest parts of Abaddon. An apaush on the Material Plane makes sure to use its weather controlling abilities to keep things sunny and hot, and the droughts they provoke lead to widespread starvation and thirst. The head of an apaush resembles a solar disk and some apaush work with clerics of evil sun gods and archfiends. An apaush constantly emits a rasping, screeching noise from the metal scales on its body and wings. Like all divs, the apaush have a psychological weakness; in their case, apaush hate silence. They make noise almost compulsively in quiet places, and in the area of a silence spell are edgy and uncomfortable.

Apaush are incredibly fast fliers, and prefer to attack from the sky. They make hit and run attacks while airborne, spitting boluses of molten iron that entangle and scorch enemies, casting destructive spells, or merely tearing into foes with their claws. An apaush’s metal scales provide it with supernaturally powerful protection against ranged attacks, and the screeching of its metal body is so loud as to be painfully distracting up close.  If forced to land, they usually cast defensive spells like fire shield and wall of fire, to punish melee combatants as much as possible.

An apaush is tall for a Medium creature, being taller than seven feet tall on average. Their whip-like tails are often that length again, but too weak to be used in combat.

Apaush               CR 9 XP 6,400 NE Medium outsider (div, evil, extraplanar) Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +15, see in darkness Aura screeching (30 ft., Will DC 19)

Defense AC 23, touch 12, flat-footed 21 (+2 Dex, +11 natural) hp 114 (12d10+48) Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +8 DR 10/good and melee; Immune fire, petrifaction, poison, sonic; Resist acid 10, electricity 10; SR 20 Defensive Abilities fiery body,healing petrifaction

Offense Speed 30 ft., fly 120 ft. (average) Melee 2 claws +15 (1d10+3 plus 1d6 fire), bite +15 (1d6+3 plus 1d6 fire), 2 wings +13 (1d6+1 plus 1d6 fire) Ranged molten bolus +14 touch (3d10 fire) Spell-like Abilities CL 12th, concentration +15 At will—detect good, dimension door, heat metal (DC 15) 3/day—cup of dust (DC 16), empowered searing light, stinking cloud (DC 16) 1/day—control weather (cannot cause precipitation), fire snake (DC 18), wall of fire

Statistics Str 16, Dex 15, Con 18, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 17 Base Atk +12; CMB +16; CMD 28 Feats Empower SLA (searing light),Flyby Attack, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power Attack Skills Bluff +18,Fly +17, Intimidate +18, Knowledge (geography, planes) +16, Perception +15, Stealth +9; Racial Modifiers -8 Stealth Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Ignan, Infernal, telepathy 100 ft.

Ecology Environment any land and underground (Abaddon) Organization solitary or flock (2-6) Treasure incidental

Special Abilities Fiery Body (Ex) An apaush is so hot that it deals 1d6 points of fire damage to any creature touching it or striking it with a melee touch attack, natural weapon or unarmed strike. It deals an extra 1d6 points of fire damage with all of its natural weapons. Healing Petrifaction (Ex) Any attempt to petrify an apaush heals it of 1d10 points of damage, plus 1 per HD of the creature for supernatural petrifaction effects, or caster level of the effect for spells and spell-like abilities. Molten Bolus (Su) As a standard action, an apaush can vomit up a blob of molten metal. Treat this as a ranged touch attack made with a thrown weapon with a range increment of 15 feet. A creature struck is entangled for three rounds, takes 3d10 points of fire damage, then takes 2d10 points of fire damage the next round and 1d10 fire damage on the third round. The blob can be scraped off by dealing 10 points of damage to it with a slashing weapon, or cooled down with a chill metal or quench effect (but the entangling still lasts the full duration). An apaush can use this ability once every 1d4 rounds. Screeching Aura (Su) Whenever an apaush moves more than 5 feet in a round, it produces an awful noise. All creatures within 30 feet of the apaush must succeed a DC 19 Will save or take a -4 penalty to attack rolls for 1 round from distraction. This is a sonic mind-influencing effect, and the save DC is Charisma based. Wings (Su) The wings of an apaush are lined with razor sharp scales and deal slashing and bludgeoning damage on a successful hit.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, August 17

GILES: Let's not jump to any conclusions. BUFFY: I didn't jump. I took a tiny step, and there conclusions were.

~~BtVS 2x15 “Phases”~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Buffy/Faith + cold, scar, kiss (not rated) by explosionshark

Fuffy (Faith/Buffy) + scrape, rain, dame (maybe a noir vibe?) (not rated) by explosionshark

When It Rains It Pours (Buffy/Spike, T) by loverswalk89

[Chaptered Fiction]

[Russian language] Свидание, Chapters 1-3/3 (Buffy/Angel, E) COMPLETE! translation by B_E_S

[Ukrainian language] Forward to Time Past//Вперед у час минулий, Chapter 56/67 (Buffy/Spike, E) translation by Uraniya

Further From Home, Chapter 3/8 (Buffy/Giles, E) by zombiesam

In the Company of Witches and Slayers:, Chapter 134/200 (Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)

Greener Pastures, Chapter 6/? (Buffy, SG xover, G) by Mirrored_Illusions

It's a Wonderful-ish Life, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Giles, E) by The_Night_Cat

[French language] Bloody Love, Chapter 5/? (Spike/Drusilla, M) by Petite_Laitue

Pick Me Up, Chapter 23/30 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Dusty87

Love will Light the Day, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Angel, M) by Buffys.playground

Stupid Thing, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Misti

East of Nevada, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Blissymbolics

Little Light, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Against All Odds, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten

Mirror, Mirror, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout

Mirror, Mirror, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout

Risque Roommates, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Faith/Spike, Adults Only) by shithappens

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: I don’t need to breathe (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by isevery0nehereverystoned

Artwork: [Buffy & Spike kiss] (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by isevery0nehereverystoned

Collage: Collage #50 (Spike, worksafe) by thedecadentraven

Gifset: Every Tara look: S4E13 The I in Team (worksafe) by lovebvffys

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Gifset: Buffy Meme: [¾ Villains] Drusilla (worksafe) by lovebvffys

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[Reviews & Recaps]

So I finally finished the Buffy the Vampire Slayer [...] The finale was impressive and I like one special thing about it by redhatmeg

Angel 1x1 & 1x2 REACTION | L.A has a Guardian & One Chest Burster of a Villain! by The Horror Bandwagon

Witch by Slayin It with Juliet Landau

Finished Watching Angel Season 5 For The First Time by Any-Instruction6273

PODCAST: Cause It's Wrong (S4E16) by It Stakes Two

[Recs & In Search Of]

ISO: [input on S3 'epic' recap video] requested by bigbadllama

ISO: Can’t find a scene that I remember as a kid [Spike standing up from wheelchair] requested by yeahthatsaname

[Fandom Discussions]

Buffy would put on turtleneck sweater because she’s cold and Spike would be like -Are we in a fight? by aphony-cree

I think that Buffy’s mistake was that she demanded to go back to vineyard almost right away by redhatmeg

I’m starting to think the scooby gang is more so bonded by trauma than actual friendship by there-are-many-ways-to-smile

spike vampire of all time. he goes out at night to kill vampires because he’s bored by airheadsbites

do you ever randomly think of a potential AU concept and can’t decide whether it’s good or stupid? by ohrevienssoleil

Did Angel leave for Buffy or himself? continued by multiple posters

Was Darla Jealous of Drusilla? by Priceless, multiple posters

The comment about a little sister coming in Buffy and Faith's shared dream by LightBlueSky55

Which Buffyverse death hurt you the most (or pissed you off the most) by nota-banana

Are they just real quick with autopsies and investigations? (Spoilers for Angel) by Ok-Koala-5240

Do we ever learn how and why Buffy was chosen as a slayer? by spectacleskeptic

Best Singer in the Buffyverse by Competitive_Bank8725

Just watched the first episode of S7 by rebelee_69

[Would’ve liked more of a backstory for Tara] by mistajc

Did anyone else expect Buffy’s father to show up in a season/episode? by -The-Observer-

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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[cherryblogss]

meu gato chama Ceverino, o personagem do Pipe chama Ceferino, altomaticamente somos almas gemeas (arrumo qqlr minima desculpa p dizer q somos almas gemeas

tá repreendido esse gato então👁👁 se for igual nosso amado cefe

mds imaginei seu gato igual um velhinho ou ele é laranja?😭 esse nome me passou essa vibe sla. nós mamães de gato que ficamos loucas pra ver o filho das outras (tenho 8 hihi)

eu tbm sou exatamente assim! qualquer coisa as desilusões ja falam mais alto. quando vejo no letterboxd que nós dois não gostamos de um filme ou gostamos ja fico😭 vamo casar (eu não tenho vontade de me casar) vms ter 5 pipinhos😭 (não quero ser mãe)

[mezzopieno-news]

ARRIVA LA PRIMA TERAPIA PER LA SLA CHE SI SCIOGLIE IN BOCCA

È stata approvata ed è ora disponibile in Italia la prima formulazione orodispersibile dell’unica molecola finora approvata per rallentare la progressione della Sclerosi Laterale Amiotrofica, il riluzolo.

Prodotta dall’azienda italiana Zambon, è una sottile pellicola da sciogliere sopra la lingua senza necessità di acqua né di sforzo muscolare, che favorisce il mantenimento dell’autonomia di chi vive con Sclerosi Laterale Amiotrofica e migliora l’aderenza terapeutica anche in caso di disfagia, la difficoltà a deglutire cibi solidi e liquidi che colpisce 8 pazienti di SLA su 10. “La disfagia condiziona la vita delle persone con la SLA: alle ripercussioni psicologiche e sociali del non poter più mangiare come un tempo, si aggiungono anche quelle sull’aderenza al trattamento. I dati di un’indagine europea mostrano che la difficoltà di deglutire abbia portato a rinunciare o a ritardare l’assunzione della terapia quotidiana. È quindi chiara la portata della formulazione orodispersibile di riluzolo potrà favorire l’assunzione della terapia – evitando di dover frantumare le compresse e rischiando quindi una perdita di principio attivo – con effetti positivi sia sull’aderenza al trattamento, sia sull’autonomia dei pazienti” commenta il Professore Adriano Chiò, Direttore della Neurologia della Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino.

In Europa e in Italia il riluzolo è oggi l’unico farmaco approvato per la SLA. Agisce sul glutammato, un messaggero chimico del cervello e del midollo spinale che causa la distruzione delle cellule nervose se presente in quantità eccessiva. ___________________

Fonte: Zambon; Adnkronos; foto di Fernanda Latronico

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[fetchmearum420]

Okay so these are my favorite 1776 Characters in ORDER. And there are 10:

1. John Hancock

2. Charles Thomson

3. James Wilson

4. Lyman Hall

5. Benjamin Franklin

6. John Adams

7. John Dickinson

8. George Read

9. Thomas McKean/Stephen Hopkins (it’s a tie for me)

10. Richard Henry Lee

I know y’all are gonna be like WHY ISN’T JEFFERSON ON THERE?! Listen, i just have a lot of beef with that man especially cuz he’s a hypocrite about sla*es so don’t come at me

[wrestlingwiththoughts]

Anarchy in the SLA: Austin "Mad Dog" Connelly vs. 1 Called Manders

Sometimes, you just need to see a couple of unwashed, rugged dudes kick the starch out of each other for a good long while to feel alive. We got a taste of that unadulterated violence in the running El Hijo del Fishman vs. Mascara Sagrada feud that took American/English-speaking lucha libre discourse by the throat last year. Let's give that a chaser with its non-union American equivalent, the Austin "Mad Dog" Connelly vs. 1 Called Manders feud was the highlight of Saint Louis Anarchy and American independent wrestling in 2023 and 2024.

This feud's reputation was the primary reason I was so excited that Luke Jacobs vs. 1 Called Manders took place (unannounced) at GCW You Wouldn't Understand 2024 (even though I hadn't seen any of Connelly vs. Manders matches). Manders impressed me with his physicality and energy in that match, so my reaction created a feedback loop to feed my interest in finally digging into this feud.

I. Austin Connelly vs. 1 Called Manders, Saint Louis Anarchy (SLA) As Seen on Anarchy, April 14, 2023

Connelly and Manders set the tone for the feud with their first match at SLA As Seen on Anarchy. After a staredown, Manders and Connelly pummel each other; Manders and Connelly work hard to make the height disparity mean nothing in the staredown and in the exchange of blows. I really liked the moment where Manders tried to throw Connelly by the back of the head and failed, lending verisimilitude to the match. The action spills to the Spaulding Hall floor; the venue's warehouse vibe works in the match's favor. Manders starts one of his leitmotifs throughout the feud by biting Connelly's forehead, and Connelly answers with the gutwrench suplexes that would be his main weapon going forward. Connelly wrestles barefoot, so Manders does the logical thing: he stomps on Connelly's feet to stop his momentum. Later, Manders takes it further here, as he will in future matches, by biting the man's gross foot.

Manders and Connelly also run the sequence where they run the ropes perpendicular to each other to set up Connelly's powerslam on Manders. After trading more punches and suplexes (gutwrench for Connelly and exploder for Manders), they collapse in exhaustion. They've been going at a fast and hard-hitting pace from the start, so this is no surprise.

Alluding to future matches, Manders grabs Connelly's chain and Connelly Manders's rope, but Manders settles for a meaty lariat instead. Both men are tired and desperate now, so they're taking bigger risks. Connelly seizes the advantage with a short dive from the ring to the floor and presses on with a disgusting powerbomb on Manders.

Manders survives and hits his Iowa Stampede running powerslam. Connelly answers with a simple but effective punch to Manders's face and a fancy (for a guy going for the caveman aesthetic) running dropkick in the corner. Manders is stuck to the mat as Connelly stomps away, and though Manders raises a middle finger in defiance, he has no choice but to submit to Connelly's brutal hanging choke submission. This was a lot of fun, and the escalation felt well-paced. This also felt like just an appetizer for the carnage to come. This match is free to view on SLA's YouTube.

II. Mad Dog Connelly vs. 1 Called Manders, SLA Circus Maximus X-8, July 28, 2023

The first match established some of the running bits at play in this feud:

Manders will attack Connelly's bare feet for this advantage

Connelly favors the gutwrench suplex, while Manders prefers the exploder

Manders likes to stand and fight, while Connelly is willing to fly a little off to the floor

Connelly and Manders will run the ropes against each other, and Connelly will get the better of Manders by hitting him with a powerslam

The first match was in the middle of As Seen on Anarchy, and given the hatred Manders and Connelly exhibited, it made sense to schedule this rematch as the opener for Circus Maximus X-8. Connelly and Manders get right into it as Connelly ambushes Manders during his entrance, and they brawl a little aimlessly around the ring. Manders escalates by once again trying to bite Connelly's gross foot.

Connelly responds by teasing a gutwrench suplex from the apron, but it's not time for that level of violence...yet. We start to see variations on the established themes when Connelly hits a gutwrench...powerbomb (!) on Manders on the apron. The two men brandished the other's accoutrement at each other in the first match, and they follow it up by choking the other with parts of Manders's ring entrance gear here.

Whereas Manders and Connelly were on fairly even footing in the first match, Connelly has the upper hand consistently here since Manders is hampered with a bad back from the gutwrench powerbomb. Manders is able to force Connelly back with a knee to the stomach and a struggle gutwrench suplex, but Connelly comes right back with a series of gutwrench suplexes of his own. Only a desperate lariat from the corner gives Manders some much needed recovery time.

Back on their feet, they engage in a short chop battle before Connelly escapes an Iowa Stampede attempt with a criss-cross powerslam. Again, they're remixing some of the highlights from the first match very effectively. We go back to headbutts and strikes as I'm starting to fear that we've run out of ideas, but Manders lures Connelly into chop and reverses him into a front suplex and a distressing bottom turnbuckle Iowa Stampede. Manders is still slowed by his hurt back, so he can't make the immediate cover.

Manders takes a risk and climbs the turnbuckles, but Connelly is able to counter him for an avalanche gutwrench suplex and a running dropkick in the corner. In the first match, Manders could only give Connelly a middle finger in defiance after the running dropkick, but Manders opts for the smarter play here by grabbing the ropes when Connelly went for a pin after the dropkick. Frustrated, Connelly goes back to the stomps to set up the hanging choke, but Manders slips out and hits Connelly with two big lariats to finish Connelly and even the score.

Again, this was a lot of fun, and it played with the running bits from the first match while adding some new notes. It felt like the two had pushed it as far as they could without bringing some outside gimmicks in, and since they teased us with a rope and a chain, we seem to have a pretty obvious way to escalate the violence for their third match. This match is free to view on SLA's YouTube.

III. Dog Collar Match: Mad Dog Connelly vs. 1 Called Manders, SLA Gateway to Anarchy 2024, January 26, 2024

One quick note about the production: the commentary and camerawork feel pretty amateur, with the commentators blowing out their microphones in the first two matches. However, given SLA's size and overall vibes, I'm willing to give the production quality a pass. It fits the mood of two gritty, meaty men pounding each other in what looks like a warehouse.

Indeed, the commentators are "horny for violence" as the match starts. Connelly has a cleaner haircut for this one, and there is a fun contrast to start. Manders is smiling and confident, while Connelly might be feeling the pressure of the need to win his signature match against someone who's met him blow for blow. They yank the chain at each other to start before Manders takes the fight to the floor. From here, no more jerking around as Connelly whips Manders's back and ribs with the chain, once again targeting Manders's back. Manders baits Connelly into punching the ringpost with his chain-wrapped fist, and it's notable that both men have gone from traditional strike battles to simply choking each other and gouging at each other's eyes, nostrils, and whatever else their fingers can find purchase. It's a subtle escalation in savagery by the third match.

Manders and Connelly remix Manders's defiance in the face of Connelly's stomps from the first match here, where Manders can only try to protect himself and protest his treatment with curses and middle fingers as Connelly repeatedly pulls Manders by the chain into a ringpost. We go back to the hits as Connelly hits Manders with a gutwrench suplex on the floor, and both men are bleeding. Back inside the ring, and Manders echoes his front suplex in the second match with a whip of the chain at Connelly's stomach and a suplex onto the top rope.

I see what I think is a bruise above Manders's right ear, and I am disgusted. Manders goes after Connelly's bare feet, as you do, because Connelly has a chain and he shows feet for free. Turnabout is fair play for these two as Manders whips Connelly in the stomach and on the back with the chain, but Manders's attempt at hitting Connelly with the gutwrench suplex backfires, as usually. To escape, Manders punches Connelly's bare feet, but that doesn't save him from the disgusting gutwrench powerbomb right onto Manders's neck on the chain.

After pummeling a sitting a Manders in the face with a chain-wrapped fist, Connelly tries the running dropkick, but, as the commentators astutely observe, the chain prevents Connelly from getting the distance for it. Manders tries something on the top turnbuckle, but Connelly slips to the floor, which tugs Manders by the neck down too. It's probably an unintentional slip by Connelly, but it's compelling to see them work around the mistake and for Manders's (probably) real (enough) reaction to having his body pulled neck first by the chain.

Manders drags Connelly back inside the ring, and they escalate the way they used Manders's ring gear in the second match. Manders uses a spur from his boot to cut at Connelly's face, and Manders shows no fear by licking the spur after. I don't think it's really that much worse than biting Connelly's feet. Connelly counters the lariat that had worked so well for Manders with a chain whip to the bicep and hits a lariat of his own.

I can't believe the man in the neon yellow Harley-Davidson can sit ringside with no reaction while Manders and Connelly punch each other with fists in chains. On the other hand, Manders is talking a little too much in this match for my liking. Manders eats a bunch of Connelly's punches, which inspires him to try to eat Connelly's face. Connelly's headbutt has been his secret weapon in this feud, and he catches Manders again, launching him to the corner so Connelly can hit a jogging dropkick. Manders hasn't learned that trying to hit Connelly with one of his own moves simply doesn't work. He tries a chain-assisted hanging choke, but Connelly is able to escape and hang Manders over the top rope. Manders has no choice but to tap out.

Obviously, this is a huge escalation in violence from the previous match. Between the blood, the sickening use of the chain, and the incredible ending, this is the high point of the feud...so far. This match is free to view on SLA's YouTube.

IV. Texas Bull Rope Match: Mad Dog Connelly vs. 1 Called Manders, SLA Circus Maximus X-9, July 26, 2024

We're more than a year into this feud now, and my concern going into this match is that Manders and Connelly will have reached the end of their creativity. Let's see what they have in store.

Since Connelly has claimed the dog collar match as his specialty and their last match was in Connelly's wheelhouse, it's only fair that they have match that's more in Manders's zone too. This seems like the appropriate reaction to Connelly:

Once again, Manders is happy to see Connelly, or more likely, happy at the prospect of inflicting tremendous pain on Connelly. We see some of the familiar beats: the clothesline that takes both men to the outside, the tug of war across the corner of the ring, and Connelly whipping Manders with the cowbell and rope across the back. We get our first variation with Connelly hitting a running dropkick, a move that's served him well in this feud, from the apron to a seated Manders in the first row.

The suffering must continue until morale improves as Connelly grabs his aching tailbone after the dropkick. This gives the bloodied Manders the window to go on the offense, first with a lariat, then with the dinged up cowbell, and finally with the rope itself across Connelly's mouth. Manders follows up with punches to Connelly's head and stomps to Connelly's bare feet as the match slows down so Manders can gloat.

It's a good thing there are blue plastic mats of dubious quality around the ring as both men are now bleeding from their foreheads. Manders paints his chest in Connelly's blood. All this does is give Connelly time to catch his breath, and he rises to start a big chop battle with Manders. Chops become straights to the jaw, and once again Manders takes the shortcut by stomping on Connelly's foot. We get an escalation here as Manders tries to cut Connelly's bare foot with the sharp edge of the cowbell that had already drawn blood from Connelly's forehead. This reminds me of Marty Scurll's old papercut in the webbing between fingers bit but with the key differences that 1. it doesn't involve the disgraced Marty Scurll and 2. seem like it would linger longer than a papercut in the webbing.

Manders finally gets his comeuppance for going after Connelly's feet when Connelly trips him, strips him of his boot, and bites his foot. That opens Manders up for Connelly to scoop Manders up and slam him in the corner, where Manders gets stuck because his toes are caught in the turnbuckles. Connelly goes to the floor and chokes Manders from behind with the rope, and Manders can only throw up a defiant middle finger once again. Also, once again, I can't believe there's a gentleman dressed in neon clothing placidly staring down at something (a phone) while this battery is occurring so near.

Somehow, Mander survives the choking and a wild swing and a running dropkick from Connelly. Back on their feet, each man reaches back to reliable standbys (Connelly the gutwrench suplex, Manders the Iowa Stampede) unsuccessfully. So, there's nothing left to do except get on the mat and bite each other's exposed feet. That's not enough, so they move to punches, then lariats, but Manders is slightly quicker on the draw. Connelly exposes his neck, so Manders wraps the rope around it and chokes the life from him, forcing the referee to call for stoppage. Manders has tied the series with Connelly.

This match was of excess and climatic. Like the last film in a blockbuster series, we got callbacks to previous highlights, reversals of situation, and other variations on what came before. It felt like they cannot raise the stakes or the violence further in SLA; they'd have to move outside of Spaulding Hall. And, as it turns out, Connelly and Manders did carry this feud to wXw in Germany for one more match, another dog collar match for the ACTION Championship.

While the fourth match is pretty satisfying on its own, I highly recommend watching the entire series so that you can see the progression over time. The drawback is that you don't see much character change from either Connelly or Manders; you don't sense that they've learned much about themselves or each other after all of these matches. Still, you come to these for the violence, and they deliver that by the bucketful of blood.

This match, like the others, is free to view on SLA's YouTube.

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 4 Command Module (CM-017) shortly after its splashdown at the conclusion of its highly successful mission.

Date: November 9, 1967

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[fransopdefiets]

17-8 Allsta

Gisteren werd het weer eens een pizza Hawaii. Ik had nog steeds een etentje tegoed van mezelf, helaas was de keus beperkt tot één pizzeria in het souterrain van de enige (lage) woonflat in het dorp. Na het eten fietste ik langs de kerk van Stöde om alvast een stempel te halen. Die kerk ligt er trouwens prachtig, in een soort park aan een meertje.

Als ik opsta is het koud en alles is kletsnat van de dauw. Ik laat de boel zoveel mogelijk drogen, maar uiteindelijk gaat er toch een natte tent de tas in. Het is dat of nog een uur wachten.

Het laatste traject naar Sundsvall is trouwens behoorlijk pittig, veel steile klimmetjes over gravelwegen vol met potholes. Onderweg kan ik een eerste stempel scoren bij een herberg, waar verder geen mens te bekennen is.

In Matfors is een grote supermarkt met een cafeteria er in, waar ik een kop koffie uit de automaat kan halen.

Na Matfors is het nog een klim door het bos naar Selanger, de weg gaat over van asfalt in gravel in gras. Uiteindelijk fiets ik over een slingerend bospaadje totdat ik bij een goed ingerichte rustplaats kom. Een afdak, een paardenstalling, een vuurplaats en een vuilnisbak. Dat is een goed moment voor een lunch. Daarna moet ik nog beekje oversteken en kom ik weer op een verharde weg.

Bij een van de woonhuizen staat ook een meniekleurige bus met stempel, dus ik denk, wat een buitenkansje! Voorwaarde is wel dat je je naam en land in het gastenboekje schrijft, dat ook in de bus zit. Terwijl ik dat doe, komt er een vrouw op me af met een jongetje, haar kleinzoon, schat ik zo in. Of ik een kopje koffie wil. Nou graag, zeg ik. Komt u maar mee en even later zit ik op de veranda aan de koffie met een cracker met kaas. Haar man komt er ook bij, die is al acht keer naar Trondheim op en neer gefietst, hij wil graag al mijn foto’s zien en komt daarna met zijn eigen foto’s. Hij was ook ooit met de auto naar de Noordkaap gereden, in zijn herinnering was die befaamde tunnel nauw en slecht verlicht en hij kijkt verrast naar de filmpjes die ik er gemaakt heb. Hij heeft ook nog een goed verhaal over het pelgrimshotel in Trondheim. Dat ligt tegenover de kathedraal en hij heeft er een keer geslapen. Je betaalt er 200 euro voor een piepklein kamertje. Dan betaalde ik in mijn hotel in het centrum maar de helft!

In Selanger is er een pelgrimscentrum, maar de stempel kan ik niet vinden en de balie is onbemand. Dan maar door naar Sundsvall en als ik me daar sta te oriënteren op die route naar de kathedraal, zie ik dat ik precies op de kruising sta met de route richting Linköping die ik uitgestippeld had. Dat is een teken van de heilige Olav besluit ik, die zegt, laat die laatste stempel maar zitten, de mooiste van vandaag heb je al binnen. Trouwens de stempels van Trondheim tot Stiklestad heb je ook niet.

En ik sla welgemoed de weg naar Allsta in, waar een camping moet zijn. Die is niet makkelijk te vinden, hij ligt verstopt in een rivierdal aan het eind van een lange dalende gravelweg. Als ik het terreintje op fiets, word ik stomverbaasd aangekeken, hier heeft zich nog nooit een fietser vertoond.

Gefietste afstand: 70 km

Gefietste tijd: 6,5 uur

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Dinsdag | 21-05-2024 | 23°C | Salerno | Dag 8

Vitrine bij Bar Rosa

Helaas voel ik me niet helemaal lekker. Ik heb keelpijn en ben verkouden. Omdat ik me niet al te best voelde, ben ik tijdens de pauze naar huis gegaan en heb ik geslapen. Onderweg naar huis heb ik bij de markt nog wat fruit gekocht en zag ik de Italiaanse marktjongen. Hij zag mij echter gelukkig niet, dus kon ik hem ontlopen. We hadden eigenlijk afgelopen zondag afgesproken, maar daar is het uiteindelijk niet van gekomen. Ik zag het niet zo zitten. Thuis heb ik een dutje gedaan (zeg maar gerust anderhalf uur lang) en nog voelde ik me moe. Ik wilde eerst nog naar de lezing over de Italiaanse handgebaren gaan, die op school werd gegeven, maar daarvoor voelde ik me te beroerd. Ik ben thuisgebleven en heb zojuist mijn huiswerk gemaakt en nog een paracetamol genomen. Bij de apotheek had ik vanochtend heel dure keelpastilles gehaald (dan is het maar te hopen dat deze ook enigszins werken). Hopelijk voel ik me morgen beter.

Op school hebben we il condizionale semplice/presente geleerd: de voorwaardelijke wijs: zowel lastig als gemakkelijk tegelijk. Eigenlijk is de vervoeging van deze werkwoordstijd niet lastig, maar je moet wel goed opletten. Bij werkwoorden die op –are eindigen, verandert de ‘a’ in een ‘e’. Daarnaast heb je nog de onregelmatige werkwoorden, maar die zijn niet bijzonder lastig.

Het uitspreken van sommige woorden is best wel een uitdaging... di-men-ti-che-reb-be-ro... of zo...

Wist je dat ze in Italië ook Expeditie Robinson hebben? Het staat nu aan op tv, maar in het Italiaans heet het programma L’isola dei famosi. Het is nu dag drieënveertig. Verder is er niks op televisie. Ik ga zo pizza bestellen, misschien om mee te nemen om thuis op te eten; ik weet niet of ik zin heb om daar te eten.

Over pizza gesproken: gisteren ben ik met twee nieuwe Nederlandse meiden (van tweeëntwintig en bijna-negentien) en een Franse naar Nettuno (gelateria) geweest, waar je voor €2,20 een goede vegetarische pizza kon scoren. Dat was gelijk mijn avondeten. Daarvóór waren we met een groep een ijsje gaan eten bij een andere gelateria, vlakbij het strand. Helaas heb ik geen foto gemaakt van alle ijssmaken, maar het waren er veel. Veel aparte smaken, vooral, zoals fuori di latte (karnemelk) en andere smaken waarvan ik niet wist wat het was. Ook hadden ze een ijssmaak met baba’s! Ik nam, heel saai, munt met chocolade en stracciatella. Het was een zeer smaakvol ijsje.

Voor ons ijsje hebben we gezamenlijk geluncht bij Nonna Maria, waar ik met Valeria al eens eerder na school heb geluncht. Voor €8 heb je een heerlijke vegetarische pasta (dikke pasta die op udon noodles lijkt). Deze keer hadden ze dit type pasta niet, dus kreeg ik gnocchi (ook erg lekker) met dezelfde pastasaus.

Ons groepje dat uit een handjevol jongeren bestond is sinds de komst van nieuwe studenten gegroeid. Ons groepje bestaat nu uit: Valeria (Brazilië), Julien (Franstalig Zwitserland), Yves (Duits-Zwitsers), Illaria (Duits-Zwitsers), Thijs (Harderwijk), Nadine (Ede), Laura (vergeten welke Nederlandse stad, ergens bij Wageningen in de buurt?), Louise (Parijs, maar half Zwitsers), Carol (Braziliaanse die ik maar twee keer heb gezien) en nog een paar anderen.

Na ons ijsje ben ik met Louise, Laura en Nadine naar het strand gegaan. Het was gisteren 28°C. Die temperatuursveranderingen doen me denk ik ook geen goed. Vanochtend was het fris. Ik had spijt dat ik mijn trui niet had aangedaan. Toen ik terug naar huis liep miezerde het zelfs. Nu is het weer zonnig en aangenaam genoeg. Nu ik wel trek begin te krijgen, denk ik dat ik me zo omkleed en dan naar Addor i pizza, het pizzarestaurantje vlak naast de groente- en fruitmarkt, loop.

Bij Addor i pizza kun je ook een pizza met frietjes krijgen. Ik vraag me af of de Italianen daadwerkelijk zo'n pizza zouden eten, maar misschien wel. Ik sla deze even over...

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• podtudo de hoje com @h4nagaki !

bom dia, boa tarde ou boa noite tudinhos do perfil! no podtudo de hoje, trouxemos a ilustre presença do ekki, @h4nagaki ! sentem-se que lá vem tudo e mais um pouco!

1. Nos conte um pouco sobre você, tudinho da vez! Faça uma pequena biografia sua para nós.

R: olá!! eu me chamo ekki mas vc pode me chamar de rae ou reese, eu tenho 16 anos e meus pronomes são ele/dele, eu sou isfj, tenho tdah e sou aroace awoo, meus animais favoritos são gatos e águas-vivas!! eu sou um pouco (médio muito) obcecado com X a marca da morte, livros, pearl, skz, enhypen, my chemical romance, deftones, hyperpop e mistski (preciso de terapia)

2. O que ou quem te incentivou a postar esses posts maravilhosos do seu blog? Adoro!

R: onwtt obrigado por achar isso **risos 😈😈** brincadeiras a parte, começou qnd eu decidi entrar pro anitwt (pior fase da minha vida depois dessa recwente), eu via algumas layouts de anime e decidi fazer, e depois conheci os mb's da xi4ngling e da bajizitos que me inspiraram a começar aqui!!

3. O fav também tem favs fora do tumblr? Se sim, nos conte tudo sobre eles!

R: acho q essa lista poderia ter uma escada pq meu coração é igual de mae, PORÉM os meus principais são (no mundo do kpop): leeknow, soobin, jungwon, mark, jeongin, yeonjun, wonjun, mingyu, chaewon e soyeon,, fora do mundo do kpop são: beabadoobee, jenna ortega, mia goth e andrew garfield

4. E sobre músicas, curte? Adoraria saber sobre as suas preferidas.

R: as que eu provavelmente mais escuto são: kill bill (sza), oui oui marie (chelsea wolf), goodbye, my danish sweetheart (mitski), helena (my chemical romance), i don’t love you (my chemical romance), not for sale (enhypen), any (stray kids), dark dream (e'last) e pra variar  hang 'em high (my chemical romance)

5. Tem inspirações aqui ou fora do aplicativo? Nos conte sobre também!

R: aqui no mini queride tumblr sao @sachly @fshione @tiansmo @oikawazitos @emocatts xi4ngling e bajizitos!! (que nao usam mais)

6. E vamos de um top 5, seus maiores favs da edição icônica do tumblr!

R: hmmmmmm todos sao euuu 💋💋 mentira nao sou narcisista psicose assim

1° @fshione meu amor

2° @m-jng

3° @oikawazitos

4° @emocatts

5° @v6mpcat

7. Poderia explicar mais sobre seu estilo de post? É tudo muito lindo e a curiosa que me habita quer saber tudo sobre essas maravilhas.

R: olha, eu nao mantenho um estilo eu acho? eu acho q seria focado em "grunge"? na vdd eu sempre gosto de mudar meu estilo de post e explorar coisas novas :D

8. E na sua vida pessoal, tem hobbies? Uma lenda como você com certeza deve curtir fazer algo.

R: meus hobbies principais sao, ler, jogar (enstars principalmente), assistir filmes, me arrumar e brincar com os meus cachorros

9. Indique alguns blogs fenômenais para os telespectadores!

R: todos os citados anteriormente sao os que eu mais gosto!! mas óbvio q tem uns q eu particularmente acho q mereciam UM grande reconhecimento, como

@soulmateszedits @luffyttaro @yongblock @gojy @waterrr meu lindinho e so

10. Tem alguma pauta para os seus haters sem senso? Nos diga algo sobre esses sem noção aqui!

R: nunca sofri hate ate pq eu sou tao desocupado q nem briga eu causo gracas a Deus 🙏🏻🙏🏻, minha mensagem pra eles são, vão cuidar da vida de vcs pqp bando de desocupado inuteis lixosos a valeria almeida simplesmente existindo faz mais coisas q vcs q nao tem outra coisa pra fazer q nao ser xingar os outros por puro prazer, vao trabalhar assistir jogar transr sla porra so cuidem da vida de vcs, acho q vcs nao gostariam de ouvir coisas ruins direcionadas a vcs por puro entretenimento próprio pq entretenimento alheio e ver vcs sendo xingados até o talo 💋

11. E por último, alguma situação constrangedora que já passou, todo mito de verdade já passou por uma dessas, não é? Vai ser incrível escutar alguma história de sua vida.

R: foi ano passado mas eu deito a cabeça do travesseiro e lembro disso até hj, eu fui no cinema ver o show do nct com minha amiga, e no site nao tinha absolutamente nenhum ser humano na sala, provavelmente so nos dois, eu falo muito muito baixo, só q nesse dia o cao diabo 666 satanas me atiçou e mandou eu falar alto, ai eu lindamente falei "nossa tem ngm aqui acho q so a gente q é esquisito", e tinham 2 meninas e 1 menino na sala e eu quase caí da escada indo sentar 👎🏻 valeu a pena ter passado vergonha mas eu sinto q aquelas pessoas vao fzr uma macumba pra mim

Agradeço sua presença ilustre aqui no podtudo!!! Volte sempre lenda, a Nayara a qualquer momento estará de braços abertos a você!

dep: eu que agradeço!!! foi bem divertido participar e escrever minhas doidices maluquices kahsksmsksks obrigado ano por ter me recomendado, e obrigado a vc nayara por ter sido doce e gentil comigo 1 bjo pra qm quiser nao queiram nao gosto de contato humano /j /srs

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Valpyr

Image by MJ Allen, © Emperors Choice Games

[Sponsored by @crazytrain48. The valpyr is Arduin's answer to the question, "I want to use this balor miniature, but how do I do that without murdering my entire party"? Later, in the Emperors Choice era, the question was "how do I sell that balor miniature". The valpyr is clearly a balor clone, with an undead type and a lower HD. So how do I justify it existing in a setting where balors are a thing? Read on.]

Valpyr CR 11 NE Undead This creature is a demonic humanoid, with a forked tail, a pair of horns, and inky black eyes. Enormous bat-like wings grow from its back, and its body is wreathed in silvery flames. It carries a shortspear in one hand and a barbed whip in the other.

A valpyr is an undead mimic, a creature born of evil hoaxers and disguise artists. Their targets of mimicry are powerful fiends, most commonly balors. Valpyrs masquerade as balors in order to intimidate mortals and immortals alike, scaring off psychopomps and necromancers while browbeating lesser monsters into serving them. Valpyrs have to temper their bluster with caution. Even though they are powerful by the standards of mortals, they are nowhere as strong as a balor, and anything that can genuinely challenge one of the lords of the Abyss would have little difficulty destroying a valpyr.

Most valpyrs maintain savage fiefdoms of other creatures to serve them, and usually initiate combat from behind waves of loyal undead or monstrous hounds. Against weaker foes, they prefer to fight with manufactured weapons, the better to maintain the illusion that they are a balor. If they feel genuinely pressed, they instead fight with teeth and claws in order to drain the life from their enemies. Valpyrs will attempt to bluff or intimidate stronger enemies, but flee rapidly if their threats fail.

Although most valpyrs are balor mimics, some instead resemble other types of demons. This is usually due to the sins committed by the valpyr in life, but rumor has it that some valpyrs can intentionally change their form through sinister rituals. These variant valpyrs use the same base statistics, but replace fiery body and whip mastery with two appropriate abilities of the demon in question (like constrict and multiweapon mastery for a valpyr mimicking a marilith, or Huge size and an unholy nimbus for a valpyr mimicking a nalfeshnee).

Valpyr CR 11 XP 12,800 CE Large undead Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +20, see invisibility

Defense AC 25, touch 14, flat-footed 20 (-1 size, +5 Dex, +11 natural) hp 147 (14d8+84) Fort +10, Ref +9, Will +14 DR 10/good; Immune fire, undead traits; SR 22 (26 vs. divination) Defensive Abilities fiery body, nondetection

Offense Speed 40 ft., fly 120 ft. (good) Melee adamantine shortspear +13/+8 (1d8+5), masterwork whip +13/+8 (1d4+2), bite +12 (1d10+2 plus 1d6 fire plus ability drain), 2 wings +12 (1d6+2 plus 1d6 fire) or 2 claws +14 (1d8+5 plus 1d6 fire plus ability drain), bite +14 (1d10+5 plus 1d6 fire plus ability drain), 2 wings +12 (1d6+2 plus 1d6 fire) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (20 ft. with whip) Special Attacks burn quintessence

Spell-like Abilities CL 11th, concentration +17 Constant—nondetection, see invisibility At will—command undead (DC 18), detect magic, magic missile 3/day—bull’s strength, scorching ray, quickened true seeing 1/day—animate dead, fireball (DC 19), glibness, plane shift (DC 21)

Statistics Str 20, Dex 20, Con -, Int 22, Wis 17, Cha 23 Base Atk +10; CMB +16; CMD 31 Feats Flyby Attack, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Intimidating Prowess, Iron Will, Multiattack, Quicken SLA (true strike), Two-Weapon Fighting Skills Bluff +20, Disguise +27, Fly +24, Intimidate +32, Knowledge (arcana, religion) +23, Knowledge (planes) +20, Perception +20, Sense Motive +20, Spellcraft +23; Racial Modifiers +4 Disguise, +4 Intimidate Languages Abyssal, Common, Daemonic, Infernal, Necril SQ whip mastery

Ecology Environment any land or underground Organization solitary or army (1 plus 2-20 galleytrots, skeletons and zombies) Treasure standard (Large masterwork whip, Large adamantine shortspear, other treasure)

Special Abilities Ability Drain (Su) A creature struck by a valpyr’s claw attack must succeed a DC 23 Fortitude save or take 1 point of Constitution drain. A creature struck by a valpyr’s bite attack must succeed a DC 23 Fortitude save or take 2 points of Constitution drain. A valpyr gains 5 temporary hit points every time it deals ability damage. The save DC is Charisma based. Burn Quintessence (Su) Any fire damage dealt by a valpyr’s supernatural or spell-like abilities deals full damage to incorporeal creatures and ignores the energy immunities and resistances of extraplanar outsiders. Fiery Body (Su) A valpyr burns with silvery fire. It deals 1d6 points of fire damage with its natural weapons, and any creature that touches it takes 1d6 points of fire damage (no save). Whip Mastery (Ex) A valpyr treats a whip as a light weapon for the purposes of two-weapon fighting, and can inflict lethal damage on a foe regardless of the foe's armor.

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Ci sono molte storie ispiratrici di persone che hanno affrontato la paralisi o il dolore cronico per compiere grandi imprese.

Un esempio notevole è quello di Stephen Hawking, il celebre cosmologo e fisico teorico, che ha continuato a fare importanti contributi alla scienza nonostante la sua battaglia contro la sclerosi laterale amiotrofica (SLA) che lo ha reso paralizzato. Hawking è stato un esempio straordinario di determinazione e intelligenza, dimostrando che la mente può superare molte limitazioni fisiche.

Un'altra storia ispiratrice è quella di Frida Kahlo, l'artista messicana famosa per i suoi autoritratti. Kahlo ha vissuto con dolore costante a causa di un incidente d'auto che ha subito da giovane, che ha lasciato il suo corpo gravemente ferito. Nonostante il dolore e le disabilità fisiche, ha continuato a dipingere opere iconiche che hanno influenzato profondamente l'arte contemporanea.

Inoltre, Rick Hansen, un atleta canadese, ha attraversato il mondo in una sedia a rotelle per sensibilizzare sulle disabilità e raccogliere fondi per la ricerca sulle lesioni del midollo spinale. La sua "Man in Motion World Tour" è stata un'impresa straordinaria che ha ispirato milioni di persone e ha contribuito a migliorare la consapevolezza sulla disabilità.

1. **Nick Vujicic**: Nato senza braccia e gambe a causa della tetra-amelia, Nick Vujicic ha superato le sue sfide fisiche per diventare un motivatore e oratore di fama mondiale. Viaggia in tutto il mondo con il suo messaggio di speranza e incoraggiamento, ispirando milioni di persone a superare le proprie difficoltà.

2. **Wilma Rudolph**: Nonostante fosse stata colpita dalla poliomielite da bambina e avesse perso l'uso di una gamba, Wilma Rudolph è diventata una delle più grandi velociste della storia. Ha vinto tre medaglie d'oro olimpiche nelle Olimpiadi del 1960 e ha infranto numerosi record mondiali, dimostrando che la determinazione può superare qualsiasi ostacolo.

3. **Kyle Maynard**: Nato senza arti inferiori e superiori a causa di una rara condizione chiamata amputazione congenita bilaterale delle estremità superiori e inferiori, Kyle Maynard ha sfidato le aspettative diventando un atleta e un alpinista di successo. Ha scalato il Kilimangiaro e il Monte Aconcagua, dimostrando che la forza interiore può superare qualsiasi ostacolo fisico.

4. **Helen Keller**: Nonostante fosse sorda e cieca fin dall'infanzia a causa di una malattia, Helen Keller è diventata un'icona del coraggio e dell'ottimismo. Ha imparato a comunicare attraverso il linguaggio dei segni e ha ottenuto una laurea, diventando una nota autrice e attivista per i diritti delle persone con disabilità.

5. **Jessica Cox**: È diventata la prima pilota senza braccia al mondo a ottenere la licenza per pilotare un aereo. Nonostante sia nata senza braccia a causa di una rara condizione congenita, Jessica ha imparato a gestire la sua vita quotidiana con i piedi e ha dimostrato che le limitazioni fisiche non devono impedire il raggiungimento dei propri obiettivi.

6. **Bethany Hamilton**: Surfista professionista statunitense che ha perso un braccio in un attacco di squalo all'età di 13 anni. Nonostante la sua disabilità, Bethany è tornata sulle onde e ha continuato a competere con successo nel surf professionale. La sua storia è diventata fonte di ispirazione per molte persone in tutto il mondo.

7. **Arjun Vajpai**: Diventato il più giovane scalatore indiano ad aver raggiunto la cima dell'Everest all'età di 16 anni. Arjun ha affrontato sfide fisiche e mentali durante la sua ascensione, dimostrando che la determinazione e il coraggio possono superare anche le più grandi montagne.

8. **Marlee Matlin**: È diventata la prima e unica persona sorda ad aver vinto un premio Oscar come miglior attrice per il suo ruolo in "Children of a Lesser God". Nonostante sia sorda dalla giovane età, Marlee ha superato le barriere linguistiche e ha avuto successo nel settore cinematografico, diventando un'icona per la comunità sorda.

10. **Jillian Mercado**: È una modella e attivista che ha una forma di distrofia muscolare congenita che la costringe su una sedia a rotelle. Tuttavia, questo non le ha impedito di avere una carriera di successo nel mondo della moda. Ha lavorato con marchi famosi come Diesel e Nordstrom, contribuendo a promuovere la diversità e l'inclusione nell'industria della moda.

11. **Chris Norton**: Dopo un incidente durante una partita di football americano al college che lo ha reso paralizzato dalla vita in giù, Chris Norton ha dimostrato una straordinaria resilienza. Ha fatto grandi progressi nella riabilitazione e ha compiuto il suo primo passo alla laurea, in piedi con l'assistenza, il giorno della sua cerimonia. Inoltre, ha fondato la Chris Norton Foundation per sostenere gli altri con lesioni del midollo spinale.

12. **Zahra Nemati**: È una arciera iraniana che ha subito un grave incidente stradale all'età di 18 anni, che l'ha resa paraplegica. Tuttavia, ciò non ha fermato la sua passione per lo sport. Zahra ha continuato ad allenarsi duramente e ha partecipato con successo alle Olimpiadi, vincendo medaglie d'oro e ispirando milioni di persone in tutto il mondo.

13. **Nicky Abdinor**: È una psicologa e motivatrice sudafricana nata senza braccia. Nonostante la sua disabilità, ha ottenuto una laurea in psicologia e ha fondato la propria azienda di consulenza. Viaggia in tutto il mondo per ispirare gli altri con il suo messaggio di speranza e autostima, dimostrando che non ci sono ostacoli più grandi della tua mente.