Here are some books which can inspire kids to think about nature and the environment.
How to Raise Monarch Butterflies—By Carol Pasternak
Have you ever watched a monarch transform from a caterpillar (毛虫)to a butterfly from up close? In this book, learn everything about the monarch life cycle and how to raise monarchs from eggs to adult butterflies. You will also get to know the efforts involved to protect the species.
A Kid's Guide to America's Parks—By Erin McHugh
This year, the US National Park Service's National Park Week is on April 21-29. During the week, all the national parks offer free admission. Enrich your knowledge with this book, as it introduces the national parks and some interesting places in the US, including their geography, specific animals as well as environmental challenges. The book's featured places include Yosemite National Park, Ellis Island (home of the Statue of Liberty) and the National Park of American Samoa, the only U. S. national park south of the equator (赤道).
Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? —By Sabbithry Persad
Tiana had been learning about recycling at school. But when her dog, Bubbles, gets lost running after a recycling truck, she ends up learning a lot more about recyclable materials than ever! Follow Tiana and her family as they search for Bubbles around town and at the Materials Recovery Facility. Along the way, readers will learn a lot about recycling and how they can do their part in protecting the environment.
Scrap Kins Build-It Book Volume 1—By Brian Yanish
Meet the Scrap Kins. They are creative, friendly monsters (怪物) who live in a recycling center, known as Scrap City. They'll show you how to turn junk into pretty cool things. Readers will learn how to create cute bags from old jeans, beautiful ships from milk boxes, and more. Remember that one person's trash is another person's treasure!
I must have always known reading was very important because the first memories I have as a child deal with books. There was not one night that I don't remember mom reading me a storybook by my bedside. I was extremely inspired by the wonderful way the words sounded.
I always wanted to know what my mom was reading. Hearing mom say," I can't believe what's printed in the newspaper this morning," made me want to grab it out of her hands and read it myself. I wanted to be like my mom and know all of the things she knew. So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading.
This is how everyone learned to read. We would start off with sentences, then paragraphs, and then stories. It seemed an unending journey, but even as a six-year-old girl I realized that knowing how to read could open many doors. When mom said," The C-A-N-D-Y is hidden on the top shelf," I knew where the candy was. My progress in reading raised my curiosity, and I wanted to know everything. I often found myself telling my mom to drive more slowly, so that I could read all of the road signs we passed.
Most of my reading through primary, middle and high school was factual reading. I read for knowledge, and to make A on my tests. Sometimes, I would read a novel that was assigned, but I didn't enjoy this type of reading. I liked facts, things that are concrete. I thought anything abstract left too much room for argument.
Now that I'm growing and the world I once knew as being so simple is becoming more complex, I find myself needing a way to escape. By opening a novel, I can leave behind my burdens and enter into a wonderful and mysterious world where I am now a new character. In these worlds I can become anyone. I don't have to write down what happened or what technique the author was using when he or she wrote this. I just read to relax.
We're taught to read because it's necessary for much of human understanding. Reading is an important part of my life. Reading satisfies my desire to keep learning. And I've found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless.
In 2004, when my daughter Becky was ten, she and my husband, Joe, were united in their desire for a dog. As for me, I shared none of their canine lust.
But why, they pleaded." Because I don't have time to take care of a dog." But we'll do it." Really? You're going to walk the dog? Feed the dog? Bathe the dog?" Yes, yes, and yes." I don't believe you." We will. We promise.
They didn't. From day two (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day), neither thought to walk the dog. While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her, Misty knew this on day one. As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small, medium, and large), she calculated," The medium one is the sucker in the pack."
Quickly, she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld (心灵融合). She'd look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers, beam her need, and then wait, trusting I would understand — which, strangely, I almost always did. In no time, she became my feet as I read, and splaying across my stomach as I watched television.
Even so, part of me continued to resent walking duty. Joe and Becky had promised. Not fair, I'd balk (不心甘情愿地做)silently as she and I walked." Not fair," I'd loudly remind anyone within earshot upon our return home.
Then one day — January 1, 2007, to be exact — my husband's doctor uttered an unthinkable word: leukemia (白血病). With that, I spent eight to ten hours a day with Joe in the hospital, doing anything and everything I could to ease his discomfort. During those six months of hospitalizations, Becky, 12 at the time, adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school. My work colleagues adjusted to my taking off at a moment's notice for medical emergencies. Every part of my life changed; no part of my old routine remained.
Save one: Misty still needed walking. At the beginning, when friends offered to take her through her paces, I declined because I knew they had their own households to deal with.
As the months went by, I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk Misty. The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet, peaceful time to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day's medical drama unfolded. The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.
When serious illness visits your household, it's not just your daily routine and your assumptions about the future that are no longer familiar. Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.
Not Misty. Take her for a walk, and she had no interest in Joe's blood counts or bone marrow test results. On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile. On a daily basis she reminded me that life goes on.
After Joe died in 2009, Misty slept on his pillow.
I'm grateful—to a point. The truth is, after years of balking, I've come to enjoy my walks with Misty. As I watch her chase after a squirrel, throwing her whole being into the here-and-now of an exercise that has never once ended in victory, she reminds me, too, that no matter how harsh the present or unpredictable the future, there's almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.
At the age of 19, I became a massage therapist (治疗师). For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Over the course of two months, I lost my spleen (脾), my kidneys, and both of my legs below the knees.
One day, I went home. I crawled into bed and this is what my life looked like for the next few months: me passed out, escaping from reality, with my legs resting by my side. I was completely physically and emotionally broken. But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy. And that is when I began to realize that I didn't have to be small any more. I could be as tall as I wanted or as short as I wanted depending on whom I was dating. And if I snowboard again, my feet aren't going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!
I started snowboarding. Then I went back to work. And then I co-founded a non-profit organization for physical disabilities so that they could get involved in action sports. And just this past February, I won two World Cup gold medals, making me the highest-ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.
Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no, because my legs haven't disabled me. They've forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that's why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything. It's belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.
Survival in the Andes
On October 13, 1972, a small plane flying to Chile accidentally crashed into a mountain in the Andes. How some of the passengers 1 to live is one of the greatest survival stories ever told.
The survivors2 inside the remains (残骸)of the plane, using seat covers for blankets, and waited for a 3that never came. Days turned into weeks. It was urgent to find a way to 4. Three of the passengers— Canessa, Parrado, and Vizintin—volunteered to journey through the mountains to search for help. The three men 5that they would survive and bring back help.
For part of the first day, they were glad to make some6. But as the land and weather changed, climbing became 7. After several days, they reached what they thought was the top. They had 8 this moment for days. On the other side of the top, they hoped, would be a valley leading down and out of the mountains. However, they saw the same snow-covered tops. All hope wasn't 9. Although they were still in the middle of the mountains, Parrado 10two low tops far away that didn't have snow. If they could get there, they would be out of the Andes.
Within the following days they walked toward the two low tops. Snow11 completely, and flowers were everywhere." This is the valley," Canessa said." This is the way12 ." Then things of humanity started to appear. By December 21, the extremely 13 men made it to the town of Los Maitenes, and a rescue team was sent immediately to 14 for the survivors who were still high in the Andes.
Finally all of the remaining survivors were15. Their terrible experience was over. They had made it out—alive.
Cameron Nelson walked into a fast-food restaurant for lunch and (amaze) at the state of the worker he saw behind the counter. The teenager, name was Hakeem Tyler, was wearing a neck support and had his arm in a bandage, he was dutifully serving customers at the checkout counter.
Out of (curious), Nelson asked the teenager what had happened." I was injured in a car accident. You see me working here because I need the money to feed homeless in the community and just to pay bills like a young teen does. I always have it in my heart (give) back to people." said the teenager.
(impress) with the young man's kindness and need, Nelson took a photo of the young man and shared it online. He even started GoFundMe for Tyler." For anyone, to work in those conditions is (admire), but it's amazing for someone in his generation to have sympathy for others." Nelson said.
In addition to (donate) money to the account for the teen, many people said that they would like to see him in person. So far, the donation for Tyler (add) up to more than $ 13, 500.
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Dear Jenny,
How are you doing?
……
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
I once complained to my friend Mike," I often cycle two miles from my house to the town center but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route." He replied," You mean fortunately." He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationary exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote," The character cannot be developed with ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. From time to time we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident. He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans. He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said," Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, and you'll never use crutches or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible."
The biographies of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common threat is that they did not become depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won. Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.
How to Discover Your Talent
Talent tends to refer to that inborn skill that everyone seems to be born with. . It's good to try and identify and practice that skill.
Revisit your childhood. A good way to figure out where your talents lie is to go back to your childhood. . This is often the time when you had plans that weren't limited by what people tend to think of as" reality".
Consider what it is that you do when you lose track of time. One of the chief things you can do is focus on what you love to do so much that you have a tendency to forget everything else for a while. . You might have to research a bit deeper into the things you enjoy to discover what makes you feel satisfied.
. Sometimes, when you're having difficulty seeing clearly, it's good to get an outside opinion. Your friends and family members know you well and they should be able to offer you some insights into the areas they think you're talented in.
Try new things. Especially if you're not sure what your talents might be, you should get out and try new things. This way you're more likely to hit on what it is that you're really good at and that really makes you happy. . In your quest for your own talent you should look into the talents of other people.
A. Consider what you loved to do as a child
B. Ask others for better advice
C. You can use your talents in the service of kindness
D. Focus on the areas that you're less talented in
E. Not all talents are going to be super obvious
F. Observe and enjoy the talents of other people
G. It's true that having a talent can help you in life
A (n) optimistic girl is proving that you can seek your dreams even in a wheelchair.
Since the age of four, Katie Hilton had dreamed of becoming a dancer." The1thing that I loved was dance." She told CNN news. That 2nearly ended one night in 2007. Hilton, then a 16-year-old high school senior in St. Maria, Texas, was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 56 days and left her 3from the 4down. For most people, that would have 5 any hope of a dancing career. For Hilton, it was the 6. 7 a barrier, her wheelchair 8 her." I wanted to 9 to my community and myself that I was still 10." She told the journalist.
So she11 dancing in her wheelchair along with her non-disabled classmates every day in her whole student age. After 12, she set up a website to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered similar injuries and shared her determination, and she 13 them to dance with her.
Hoping to reach more people in a14 city, Hilton moved to New York in 2017 and formed a team of disabled dancers, which is very famous in the US now." I just want to spread the belief that 'dance is dance, whether you are walking or 15'" She was in favor of any activities that were beneficial to them.
Hilton has achieved what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She is a real dancer.
Suppose you broke a cup or a bowl by accident, would you deal with the broken pieces? One day, Alice (wash) dishes when she broke a beautiful plate carelessly. (hear) the sound, her father ran out of the study at once to see if his daughter was hurt. To his (relieve), she was fine, so the father comforted her and told her just to throw the broken pieces directly into the dustbin.
However, Alice said nothing. She picked up the pieces on the floor one by one. She even looked everywhere to make sure there were no pieces (leave). Then Alice asked her father for some old newspapers and a plastic bag.
The father felt (confuse). He wondered what she was going to do. After Alice (wrap) the broken pieces with newspapers, she then put them into the plastic bag, together with a card (say)" Danger! Broken plate!" Finally, she placed the plastic bag into the dustbin. Not until then did the father realize how (consider) his daughter was. He learned a lesson from her. If everyone in the world (show) thoughtful concern for others, we could make a really big difference!
A city in Korea, which has the world's largest number of people using smartphones, has placed flashing lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn" smartphone zombies" to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.
The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phones will become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates among developed countries. State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) believes its system of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.
In addition to red, yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement," smombies" —smartphone zombies—will be warned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.
"Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings, so these zombie lights are essential to prevent these pedestrian accidents," said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon. Drivers are warned by the flashing lights, which have shown to be effective 83. 4 percent of the time in the institute's tests involving about 1, 000 vehicles.
In 2017, more than 1, 600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents, which is about 40 percent of total traffic deaths, according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System. For now, the smombie warning system is placed only in Ilsan, a suburban city about 30 km northwest of the capital, Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.
Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic." This flashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town," she said.
On any given day, many of us wrestle with our fears. We might be considering changing a job, telling someone we love them or wanting to speak up for what's right when we see injustice (不公正).Or it says that we don't have the ability to create the life or world we want to have. The cycle often plays out in the same way.
So, what should we do?Instead, we can choose to accept fear as part of the process of change and practice courage. Though courage is often thought of as an inborn character, it's actually a practice that can be learned for dealing with difficulty. Here are two useful tips for dealing with fear and moving closer to courage.
Listen without attachment. Many of us who are stuck in fear have an inner critic (批评家), constantly telling us we'll fail. Sometimes we adopt approaches to removing it.However, if we can take time to listen to our inner critic without attachment—without the need to ignore or accept what it is saying—we're in a better position to learn from it.
Creating courageous communities gives us the support to face challenges. Sometimes our stories get in our way, and we need people who are doing similar work to help us see where we're getting stuck or what we're truly good at.
A. Fear shows up in the body.
B. You'll be more likely to make the changes.
C. In other words, courage can become a habit.
D. Don't see fear as bad or try to remove it when it arises.
E. But a voice within us pipes up saying that there's no point.
F. While we can get temporary relief, they don't actually make the critic go away.
G. Surround yourself with like-minded people who also honor the values of courage.
A Love Note to My Mom
When I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role1played in your life. Little did I know you were saving every penny you earned to go to2 school.
I cannot thank you enough for what you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you were buried3piles of law books. I was4. Why were you doing5 I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for6? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn't know Moms could be lawyers too. You smiled and said, "In life, you can do anything you want to do."
As young as I was, that statement7 ringing in my ears. I watched as you faced the8 of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a model and a Mom of five kids. I was exhausted just watching you9. With your words of wisdom in my10 mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world11. I set out to live my life filled with12, seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.
Your words became my motto. I 13 found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland) or one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I14 strength every time I said, "Yes, I'll try that."
Encouraged by your15, I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life's journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and eagerly meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I'm doing it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.
The snow trapped Taylor, but taco sauce (卷饼酱) saved his life. It all began last Sunday when Taylor, along with his dog, went to get gas for his1, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Taylor told the police his car got2 in the snow. After some time, he then3and woke up on Monday finding4 more snow, unable to get out of the vehicle (车辆). He tried to5 out on Monday, but the snow was too deep and made it6 to go on foot so he and his dog7 to the vehicle.
By Wednesday, a8 person's announcement was put out for Taylor, according to a report. Over the next few days9 he was trapped in the snow, Taylor told the police he stayed10 by "starting his car from time to time. He11 some of the taco sauce he had as food".
On Friday, a skater called 911 saying they had12 Taylor. The office soon sent a construction truck to13 out Taylor and his dog. The officers said they were just "hungry after being stuck in the14 for five days". Taylor was15 to who helped him and determined to help others as possible as he could in future.
Dear daughters,
Most parents tell their children," You can be anything you want when you grow up." I feel the same and I say this often. But I also want you to understand that realizing your dreams comes from hard work, some good luck and good timing.
Girls, here are some words of wisdom as you make your way in the world, from an entrepreneur (企业家) and from your mama.
1. Be open-minded to changing your path (even several times) along the way. In high school, I wanted to be a politician. I left my hometown and went off to college in Washington, DC. There, I discovered that I loved to support women. It taught me that I'm creative, a strong leader and great at marketing. As a result, I moved on to be the head of a national health care nonprofit. Becoming a mother while in that job opened my mind to launching a breast pump bag (储奶袋) business. Now I run a highly successful company that I started up on my own.
Figure out what you are good at and what you are passionate about. Keep an open mind; the initial (最初的) path you choose may lead you into other areas.
Don't waste your money or time, but constantly change what you are doing professionally based on what you are learning about yourself.
2. Failure is critical to your success
I won't tell you to feel good about failure. Failure can be heartbreaking. But I will tell you that every failure I've had along the way has absolutely made me better.
Failing the big math exam in high school and going to summer school was embarrassing. I eventually passed, and I've never failed an exam again. I learned from that experience to ask for help. Now, I ask for help in business all the time.
Being passed over for a significant job opportunity that I was more than qualified for because of unfair assumptions (being too young for the role) hurt me. I had a three-month pity party. And then I went out and got a big job at a national organization at age 27. It's okay to get angry! Take that and turn it into positive action.
I'm proud to be a role model to you as a mom and an entrepreneur. I hope I inspire you to believe that you can be anything you want and you can have everything on your list. It will be my pleasure to watch your lives unfold before my eyes.
Love,
Your mom
University of Pennsylvania researchers say that for the first time they have linked social media use to increases in depression and loneliness. The idea that social media is anything but social when it comes to mental health has been talked about for years, but not many studies have managed to actually link the two. To do that, Penn researchers, led by psychologist Melissa Hunt, designed a study that focused on WeChat, SnapChat and Instagram.
The study was conducted with 143 participants, who before they began, completed a mood survey and sent along photos of their battery screens, showing how often they were using their phones to access social media." We set out to do a much more complete study which attempts to imitate real life." Hunt said.
The study divided the participants into two groups: The first group was allowed to maintain their normal social media habits. The other, the control group, was restricted to 10 minutes per day on social media. The restrictions were put in place for three weeks and then the participants returned and were tested for outcomes such as fear of missing out, anxiety, depression and loneliness.
The results showed a very clear link between social media use and increased levels of depression and loneliness." Using less social media than you normally do would lead to significant decreases in both depression and loneliness," Hunt said.
Social media invites what Hunt calls" downward social comparison"." When you're online, it can sometimes seem that everyone else is cooler and having more fun and included in more things and you're left out," Hunt said. And that's just generally discouraging." Every minute you spend online is a minute you are not doing your work or not meeting a friend for dinner or having a deep conversation with your roommate." And these real life activities are the ones that can encourage self-esteem and self-worth, Hunt added.
"People are on their devices, and that's not going to change," she said. But as in life, a bit of control goes a long way.
"Daily Star, sir," called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty papers left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was heavy. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers1money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a2for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He3as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.
"You don't know the4of selling papers. You must shout, 'Hot news! Bomb bursting! '" another newsboy Chad told Jason." But it's not in the paper at all," replied Jason." Just run away quickly5they have time to see, and you'll6out and get your money," Chad said.
It was a new7to Jason. He thought of his bird with no seeds and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was8that he would not tell a lie. Though he was just a poor newsboy, he had been9some good things.
The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers10. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a11smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason12money because he would not tell a lie. The boys13at Jason." You wouldn't tell a lie yesterday, my boy?" A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason's shoulder14," You're just the boy I am looking for." A week later Jason started his new15. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.
In 2007, Jamie Whitmore was considered as one of the most successful athletes in America.
However, everything changed during a competition that seemed like many others she had conquered. As a professional athlete, Whitmore was used to suffering, but she never imagined the pain in her leg could be a deadly cancer.
What doctors found during surgery shocked them all: Whitmore had Spindle Cell Sarcoma, a soft tissue tumor (肿瘤) that can start in the bone, and the tumor was wrapped around her nerve and touching several vital organs. They couldn't cut it out fearing to burst the tumor.
When she heard the diagnosis for the first time, Whitmore said," Time stood still, I couldn't breathe. They were talking about the treatment and I started crying as I didn't want to die." Finally, the doctors enlisted the help of several specialists to remove the tumor. Whitmore developed sepsis (败血症) from the surgery and endured a two-month recovery. When she began to feel sick again, Whitmore was sure her cancer was back. Instead, doctors gave her unexpected news: She was pregnant with twins." That was a whole other freak-out," Whitmore recalled.
She has never met a challenge she couldn't overcome. Today, Whitmore is a mother of two sons and cancer-free. She is competing again, and has won a gold medal in the Paralympics (残奥会), nine world titles, and has set two world records. She travels as a motivational speaker when she doesn't spend time with her sons. Whitmore has some words of advice for others with limitations:" Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do. Some doctors told me I would never ride anything. And yet I rode my mountain bike 104 miles climbing from 9, 000 feet to 14, 000 feet. People with two good legs have fallen short of that task! You just can't give up."
