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👇  ♪  The Way We Were  ♪  👇

Song:    The Way We Were  *  Artist:   Barbra Streisand

Writers:  Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch

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The most fulfilling nursing position I ever had preparing for the opening Epiphany Convent) choosing the furniture, paint, sheets, curtains and bedspreads; hiring all the staff (Thank to the Zeolla family); writing all the policies and procedures and getting the place approved by the Department of Health.  - Peter Ungvarski

Barbra Streisand 💗 Memory

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Every street lamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The still cold smell of morning
A street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning
Touch me,
It is so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me,
You'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun

 

 

Memory 🎼  Barbra Streisand

Composer: T.S. Eliot

Composer: T. Nunn

Composer: A. Lloyd Webber

In Memoriam 🙏 Gary Angara

Gary Angara

A long time Nurse at Cabrini Medical Center has sadly passed away.

He was a frontliner and a victim of Covid 19

He used to work at 9th floor nights and PACU nights.

Thank you:
Flor Page & Russini Floresca

"Ave Maria" by Michał Lorenc

Voytek Soko

Photos and Videos from
Nimfa Del Moro & Jung Benitez Posts:

https://www.facebook.com/jung.benitez/videos/pcb.3502581799757930/3502577986424978/?type=3&theater

Celebrating Gary’s life...
May 6, 2020
A tribute poem for a colleague, a friend, my kumpare (Andre’s Ninong), 
a generous person and a dedicated nurse...

“ To Gary, our brave warrior... “

Today we will lay you to rest

A nurse who gave his best

Fighting the unknown enemy

Where there’s no remedy!

Through your death we are emboldened:

To continue the fight

With all our might!

You did not die in vain, our dearest friend

You are a hero, we make no amends.

Not all heroes wear capes as they say

You’re a hero with skills, love & compassion everyday.

You paid the ultimate sacrifice

The world’s respect your prize!

You will leave a vacuum in our hearts & minds

But you will meet our Lord & we don’t mind.

Our friend, you did not die in vain

And you no longer will have pain!

Farewell to an unselfish warrior

Rest in peace, we love your valor!

Thanks much MOG

Funeral Video
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https://www.facebook.com/watchparty/670629910402391/?entry_source=USER_TIMELINE



For our beloved friend Gary Angara
Russini Floresca is organizing this Fundraiser.
👇  CLICK  Below  👇
https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-our-beloved-friend-garry-angara?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0x-3K8qlYmX2UzbIdsdIjTHe_VA7Cu42uCiFLJnJboIh4Tdn20Ba6lQfk

Self-Isolation 🏥 Home Workout Tips

At-Home Workout Tips and Tricks
If you’re in Self-Isolation
By Melissa Malamut - March 16, 2020

No Peloton? No problem.

Although many boutique studios and gyms remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have suggested we practice “social distancing,” which means also avoiding group fitness classes.

But finding the motivation to break a sweat at home can be tough, especially in New York, where small spaces mean minimal equipment, and close quarters means any move that requires jumping makes you that neighbor.

And when you’re cooped up working from home, it’s particularly important to keep moving. “Working from home can create extra tension and stress, and even short bursts of exercise can help release energy, relieve stress and improve your mood,” Equinox trainer Colleen Conlon, 27, tells The Post.

Fortunately, we’ve reached the Golden Age of at-home fitness, with high-end (and high-quality) offerings like Peloton and Mirror getting new competition: SoulCycle’s new at-home bike ($2,500) just became available for preorder. Spin classes stream with the Variis app, which also includes other workouts by Equinox trainers, and will start rolling out this spring. And apps like Obé (starts at $27 a month or $199 a year) bring boutique studio-quality classes — from sculpting to dance cardio — right to your screen.

So don’t fret; working out at home doesn’t have to be a drag. Here, Equinox’s Conlon, who also teaches on the new Variis app, and Fithouse instructor Tiffani Robbins, 34, who’s featured in hundreds of Obé videos, share tips and moves to help you feel accomplished and strong in between work-from-home deadlines.

 Make space
Conlon recommends cleaning up — at least what’s in your eye (or camera) view. “I’m notorious for throwing clothes all over the place, but if I’m taking the time to work out in the apartment, I will clean the space first to clear my mind,” she says.

Open a window
“Fresh air helps to wake me up and get ready [to work out],” Conlon says. “If it’s cold out, I’ll put on a diffuser with eucalyptus or peppermint.”

Squeeze it in . . .
“Every little bit counts, so do what you can,” Robbins says. “You can do squats anywhere. Even a 10-minute express workout counts.” She recommends peppering in a few pushups throughout the day between deadlines — aim to do 25 to 50 in total.

. . . But give yourself a break!
“You don’t have to force it,” Robbins says. “If you don’t feel like working out, encourage yourself to start with five minutes, and, if you’re still not in the mood, give yourself permission to stop. Most likely, though, you’ll want to continue. Endorphins are magic.”
 

Try Tiffani Robbins’ 10-minute equipment-free arms workout

“You don’t need anything except a mat or a soft surface,” she says.

Equinox and Variis trainer Colleen Conlon’s top at-home move

To fight the home office hunch, try this row, which helps open shoulders and strengthen the back.

Bent-over row with dumbbells
Hinge forward at your hips keeping your shoulders slightly higher than your hips and your back flat. You should feel a slight stretch in your hamstrings. With one dumbbell in each hand (Conlon suggests anywhere from 5 to 10 pounds), let your arms hang loosely in front of you. Pull the weights up to your chest, bending your elbows toward one another behind your back. Squeeze at the top and lower the arms. Do 15 to 20 reps, and aim for three to five sets.

https://nypost.com home-workout-tips-and-tricks-if-youre-in-self-isolation

Cabrini Day to Replace Columbus Day - Colorado

Colorado will Replace Columbus Day with Cabrini Day

The first Paid State Holiday

Recognizing a Woman in the US

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, Wed March 11, 2020

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini founded schools, orphanages, and hospitals throughout the United States and South America, and became the first American saint, canonized in 1946

(CNN) Colorado passed legislation Tuesday to replace Columbus Day with Cabrini Day because bill sponsors say it doesn't represent their community members.

The first Monday of October will now honor Frances Xavier Cabrini, who according to the bill, is the woman responsible for creating 67 schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the United States and South and Central America throughout her lifetime.

Sen. Chris Hansen, one of the bill's sponsors, told CNN that Cabrini is a local Colorado hero because of the work that she did. Chicago and New York join Colorado in honoring Cabrini with a shrine dedicated to her, Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, another one of the bill's sponsors, told CNN.

"We need holidays to recognize the contributions of women across history"  

Hansen said.

Benavidez said Cabrini Day would be the first paid state holiday recognizing a woman in the US. There are some holidays dedicated to other prominent women throughout history like Rosa Parks and Susan B. Anthony, but those are days of recognition, not paid state holidays, according to Benavidez.
 

Columbus Day marks Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America, landing in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. It became a legal federal holiday in 1971. A year later, the first Columbus Day celebration was held marking the anniversary of Columbus' landing.

In recent years, several states and even cities have stopped observing the holiday altogether after a growing movement to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day to recognize the native populations who were displaced after Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent.

Historians largely agree that he did not "discover" the Americas because people were already there, nor was he the first European to reach the "New World."
The bill will take effect no later than the beginning of August after it is signed by the governor, Benavidez said. Legislation for this particular bill started in 2007.
 

"This truly is this decade's long effort by so many people," Benavidez said."There have been so many negotiations, groups of people over the years that never gave up, this is so important to the communities that are impacted by this."

The transition from commemorating Columbus to Cabrini is a step forward Benavidez said.

"The pain that they (indigenous people) endure and the historical trauma endured by indigenous people in this country as a result of what Columbus has put in place is real," she said. "And this is a step forward in erasing that pain."

CNN's AJ Willingham, Marilia Brocchetto and journalist Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/colorado-columbus-day-cabrini-day/index.html

Honoring Cabrini, an Italian American and patron saint of immigrants, was a compromise with Italian Americans, who take pride in the Italian explorer, lead bill sponsor Adrienne Benavidez said.

"Although Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) is recognized as a voyager who arrived in what is now known as the Caribbean Sea, he never traveled to or entered the territory that became the United States," the text of the bill states. "He had no knowledge or contact with the area now known as the state of Colorado, providing no rationale for a Colorado state holiday in his name. In 1492, he was welcomed by the indigenous Taino people to their homeland on the island of Quiqueya, which Columbus renamed Hispaniola. Fifty years later, the Taino people had been nearly exterminated by Columbus and his successors." 

Cabrini came to Colorado in 1902 and opened the Queen of Heaven Orphanage for girls in north Denver a few years later. In 1909, she was naturalized as a U.S. citizen and she negotiated the purchase of a rural property to be used as a summer camp for girls at the orphanage.

The property's land on the eastern slope of Lookout Mountain had no reliable source of water, so all of the water needed had to be brought up to the camp from a stream at the bottom of Mt. Vernon Canyon.
During her last visit to Colorado in 1912, she directed the girls to dig under a rock where they found a spring of fresh water that continues to provide water to the property.

"The land upon which Cabrini established her orphanage and camp is the traditional territory and homeland to the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Ute indigenous nations," the bill's text read. "Those indigenous peoples, and all indigenous peoples, have a special, sacred relationship with water, similar to that of Cabrini."

Throughout the United States and South and Central America, Cabrini founded 67 institutions, including schools, hospitals and orphanages, in her lifetime.

  https://www.upi.com/Colorado-bill-Cabrini-Day-to-replace-Columbus-Day