These children's faces and actions reflect well-being and self-confidence, but the beginnings a few months ago were different. Headstart teachers see many children come to school apathetic or fearful or hesitant, speechless, frustrated to the point of rage or despair, or just too unsure of themselves to be able to speak or even look up. Without pre-school programs like Headstart, children who feel this way at four may enter first grade with only a blurred sense of who they are and what they can do. They may well decide that they can never succeed. That school is not for them. How to Headstart teachers reach out to these children? How do they convince them that they are worthwhile and capable? Here is a group on the first day. The teacher's first job is to make every child feel safe and welcome. It is vital for children to feel at home here. Mothers can always stay to help or observe. Hi, Wita. It's kind of hard to go to a new place sometimes, isn't it? But you're going to be all right. I'm going to take care of you until you feel better. And look what I see over here. I see this in the mirror, look. I see Jane and Wita, the pair of them and the teacher. On the very first day, the teacher lets the children know she likes them and wants them to feel comfortable in school. The teacher's aid is just as important in helping each child feel welcome and in helping them learn the ropes. On the first few days, children wear their names. Nothing helps a child and his teacher establish a true relationship more than being able to use each other's names without hesitation. At home or in the neighborhood, many of these children have felt lost in the shuffle. Children learn at once that they are free to handle things, that the teacher expects them to use these materials, expects them to find out the school's possibilities and their own. The teachers start early to know each child, not only his name, but also his special needs and interests. Every day, teachers extend their warm, personal welcome. Every day, teachers work through with each child his choice of activity. They avoid seeming aloof and uninvolved. They support children's early efforts. Putting the child's name on his painting makes it obvious to the children that teachers value them and their work. Every day, teachers see to it that children go home with some clarity about what they have been doing. The children feel the worth of their accomplishments. Teachers find many ways to make each child feel like a distinct person, significant to himself, to the other children and to the adult. In this school, one teacher took the trouble to take pictures and make an album that included each child. In every school, teachers can use songs which name the children. In every school, teachers can help children's awareness of themselves, hands, their noses, their knees, their shoulders. All teachers can use mirrors to help children learn about themselves and their differences and learn to respect the differences. As children learn who they are, they can play at being somebody else. Would you like a hat? Shall I put it on you? How beautiful you are. You better do it because I don't know how to tie a man's tie. Can you tie it? Like that. Let's see how it looks. There you have your daddy's tie on. That looks pretty good, doesn't it? The teacher encourages children to work effectively. She helps this boy stick to a job and learn how to succeed. Turn it so that the toast is up here on the top of the toaster. Got it again. Well now look at it. Really look at it and feel it. It has a spoon sticking out. Now see if you can find the place for the spoon. With similar experiences behind her, this girl approaches a hard job with confidence in her ability. The teacher helps where help is essential. She uses every occasion to lead children to the conviction that they can accomplish things. In the same way the assistant helps children succeed. She helps. Not too much, but enough. Sometimes children arrive loaded with troubles. The teacher comforts this girl and leads her to a favorite activity. She stays with her until trust and the challenge of the activity eases the child's pain. For another child or another teacher, the way of handling distress might be different. In one way or another, children discover that their teachers really like them and help them learn. Children come to feel that school is their school and that they share responsibility for it. They take pride in remembering what comes next and in putting the room to rights after free play. And getting the tables ready for the mid-morning snack. The snack provides a natural occasion for communicating. Children's confidence and self-esteem are enhanced when teachers talk to them and even more when teachers listen to them. Didn't you come in a book? Did you see any other books? Teachers seize every occasion for genuine conversation. There isn't any card in there. You know, if you ever go to the library, you'll see that library books have those envelopes too. And cards that you put in. I got all the things. You did? I'm going to college. You're going where? You're going to college? You're much older? When you're about 18? I bet you are. Confidence comes from adults who have lots of time for you. Time to comfort you. Time to take you seriously. Confidence comes when grown-ups provide you with plenty of time to play. Confidence comes with a place for your own belongings. It comes when teachers respect what children do on their own. Alone or together. And when they discuss things with children seriously. Confidence comes too when children see that their families are welcomed as visitors. Or perhaps to read a story. To summarize this film, here is how one boy, Mark, acquires self-esteem in a few months of school.  He seems to arrive each day silent, passive, and apathetic. All his gestures seem to say, I can't. He seems unsure and alone. But teachers give him a pet guinea pig to hold. And some small responsibility in caring for it. And with the responsibility, some sense of importance. They read to him, giving him their time and interest and respect. And with these he gets some self-assurance. It's snow. That's right. They help him follow through when he starts to do things. So that success can be his. We move this thing to the end because it's stable there. Could you push it in a little bit? Move a little bit. His teachers see to it that he becomes involved in interesting projects. Now he seems to be learning to say, I can. He begins to be part of the group who even celebrates his birthday. Experiences for the first time in his life being important to everyone. This new feeling of significance seems almost unbearable. But he is beginning to respect himself. For the first time, he knows the glow of self-confidence. He and other Head Start children are learning that they can succeed. Acquiring confidence.


Ahead of the 2023 population and housing census, the National Population Commission MPC has engaged bloggers and social media influencers in order to get the buy-in of 900 youths to participate in the exercise. The chairman of MPC, Nasir Quara, while delivering his speech at the Interactive Workshop with bloggers and social media influencers in preparation for the 2023 population and housing census, which was organized by the MPC and the National Orientation Agency, said the estimation that over 60% of Nigerian's population is under 30 has not been captured in census exercise. Quara, who was represented by his special assistant Hoseini Ishakou, said a strategy should, of necessity, mainstream and robustly engage the social media and its influences towards achieving youth inclusiveness in the census figures. It has become an important tool for disseminating information. Most young Nigerians maintain social media accounts and receive information from the social media and we want to use this opportunity to talk to those who have wider reach within the social media to disseminate information about the census. Beyond that, we also expect that they use their medium to correct some of the negative information being perpetrated about the census. So we are calling them today for them to have more information about the census processes and methodology because we believe that they cannot perform this task effectively without adequate knowledge of what the commission is doing. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


The National Executive Council of the PDP has passed a vote of confidence on Senator Iota Aiu, suggesting that the party chairman will not be stepping down anytime soon. Emotion for the vote of confidence was moved by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Ndudie Ilumelu. The vote was supported by a NEC member from Quaristate and presided over by the acting chairman of the BOT, Adolfo Zvabara. They have been several calls by the southern caucus of the PDP for Aiu to step down for Southerner. In reaction to the development, the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atikawabaka, said the party was determined to resolve its disagreements. I want to suggest to us or advisers that we should always deprive ourselves in-house. Deprive ourselves in-house. No matter what the anger is, let us deprive ourselves in-house rather than playing to the gallery. We should watch and control our transits because by and large we don't know, it's only God that knows tomorrow. So I want to beg all of us. We should emulate our leader. We have our constitution. We have our rules. We have our regulations. I want to urge that no matter the level of disagreements, our disagreements should be resolved within our constitution, within our rules, within our regulations, and within the precedents we have already set up for conflict resolution. What it takes to guide us to continue to nurture this political party, to provide a platform for all Nigerians to realize their collective and individual aspirations. Therefore I wish to appeal to all members of our party to make sure that all our agreements are resolved internally. We have rules, we have regulations, we have precedents, and supreme we have the constitution of our party to guide us. Sometimes you have family disagreement, we say to. And this party is famous for certainly all disagreements and going on to win elections in the past. This time it's not an exception. I'm happy that the Nigerian people are interested in our party and are interested not because we disagree among ourselves but in our capacity to deliver when we take over power.


This study aimed to map and assess published studies on participatory health technologies intended to support partnerships among patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals in chronic care, focusing specifically on identifying the main features of these technologies. The results showed that 32 studies were included, with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases being the most common conditions addressed. Six common features of participatory health technologies were identified, patient professional communication, self-monitoring, tailored self-care support, self-care education, care planning, and community forums for peer-to-peer interactions. The study emphasizes the importance of clarifying mutual expectations and carefully considering the implications that the introduction of participatory health technologies may have on the work of patients and healthcare professionals, both individually and in collaboration. This article was authored by Carolina One-Hedden, Matilda Aberguenner-Holme, Marie Dahlberg, and others.


Hola! Wait, what was that? Hi guys, how's your life? How's everything going? I gotta tweet out this link LOL Uh oh, quickening So yeah, how are you guys? How are you doing? Hello everybody! I'm doing good Are you guys excited? Are you guys excited? Like, beep beep Hello everybody We live Come hang out Sorry, I'm trying to find a picture What is live stream? Okay So what's up guys? You guys can't hear? Can you guys hear? Let me know if y'all can hear Hello everybody! Hi Will we be able to see the show as you're reacting or no? Not for this one, this one I'm just gonna fill my reaction or live stream my reaction right here so that if you guys want to watch the reaction right after the show like right after it airs then you can instead of waiting until tomorrow but I will also be filming on my camera so I can edit it like my normal reactions and upload it tomorrow like always and have that like always but this is just for the people that can't wait and I like doing live streams for the finales I did this once I did this for the last finale for 2A Okay, some of you can say you can hear and some of you saying you can't Wait, when does the episode air? The episode airs in 30 minutes through 28 if we're being specific Usually what I did last time was I said that I will react right here you guys can mute me while you actually watch the show and then we can talk during commercial breaks because that's what I like doing Yeah What are your hopes for Malik by the end of this episode? I mean I'm not taking my hopes up too far because I feel like if I do then I'm just going to be disappointed so I'm just kind of just seeing what's going to happen I'm not going to make any head-cannons or hopes to happen You know what I'm saying Your shirt is A1 Thank you It's from Greenbox Shop where I get all my shirts from I just want to say that I love you and your reactions I'm going to have to leave because I don't want to get spoilers Here airs like 2 hours after it airs where you are I will watch it upload though Cool Have you watched The New Teaser? I think I have Been with Malik, yeah I watched that one Are you excited for the episode? Yes I'm excited for the episode I just got jump-scared by the silhouette of my giant teddy bear Oh yeah if you guys wondering where I am I'm in my parents room because I'm in here and I didn't want to bother people in the living room I told you your makeup is always on point Thank you, eyebrows are 100 Oh thank you Thank you I feel like I'm going to be super triggered by this finale Yeah? What do you do? I closed the curtains because it was messing up the lighting Do you want to say hi? It was just because it was like uneven because like with that light and then that it was like weird If there was like another light on that side like another window it would have been fine But instead of trying to work with that I just decided to close the curtains Are you going to show the movie or not what movie You mean I'm not going to show the screen now Why would I show the screen That's too much to show the screen too What did you get to share from green box shop Twilight is on right now Hell yeah Actually okay you know what I actually thought Twilight was funny It was an entertaining movie That's what I'll say Is your dog with you?  Alright I have watched Riverdale Waste of my time Do you watch anime which If so which anime show is your favorite I don't really watch anime I'm not a full on weeb No offense to weaves out there I love y'all Um But I don't watch anime on the regular Like gone into and watched was Or on high school and that was probably like My favorite one just because it was really cute And I just like the storyline of it Do you watch Supernatural Know How long is it until the episode airs 14 minutes Everyone's asking if I like Supernatural I don't watch it Do you watch this show 100 actually I just Recently like maybe like Last month I Finally caught up on everything Because I wanted to start doing reactions when it airs And like I think it's 2018 that it's coming back So I want to React to that so I caught up on all of it Have you watched Shameless and Or The Vampire Dies I've watched both Have you watched Pretty Lies I watched the first maybe three seasons And then stopped Uh Do you play any instruments or sing No and no What will you do if Magnus or Alec died Um let's not talk about that You should watch Riverdale know thank you It is I have watched it And I regret it It was It was a very bad experience I don't want to watch it again It's just It's not what I want to do with my life Do you miss cheer and are you going to start again Um I mean maybe I'll start again I mean probably not But I sometimes I miss it Yeah How are you spending the hiatus Spending the hiatus I'm going to be I guess Just relaxing and just doing Team Wolf reactions with Team Wolf reactions take like Like Team Wolf reactions and Shadow Winter reactions are very Different in like editing And time that it takes like Team Wolf reactions Probably take like Two hours To edit and then upload Shadow Winter reactions take Four plus hours to edit and then Like An hour or more to export and then Upload and just like it's a lot So I'll probably just be taking a break And just doing Team Wolf and then sporadically Doing some Shadow Winter videos Doing some random videos that I've been wanting to do A long time but couldn't because of Shadow Winter's And I don't want it to seem like Shadow Winter's is like the reason why I'm like I can't do other things but It does take a lot of time and I want to Make sure those are the best videos that I do And I really want to Make them nice so it takes a lot of effort But Once the hiatus comes I'll be doing videos on other things that I want to talk about Like I've already started doing That started doing videos on other things that I want to talk about Back to Shadow Winter's With Call Me By Your Name and I'll be doing Like more stuff about movies And TV shows and even books I've read Harry Potter If so, how are you I haven't read it but I watch the movies And I like to say that I'm kind of Hufflepuff Because Hufflepuff is kind of like the whack House, you know what I'm saying That's unabusive Cole Sprouse, not worth my breath To talk about that when You know, he's just the worst Okay, Cole Sprouse He abused his girlfriend He was racist, oh my god the Shadow Winter's Just came on, I thought it actually started I was about to shit my pants He was racist towards Tyler the Creator And he's a Trump supporter And he's not good at acting So, yeah Dude You should watch Once Upon a Time I did watch it like Like a year Two years ago and then I stopped Have you read all the books To Shadow Winter's Yeah, the Mortal Instruments Yeah Any movie suggestions Any movie suggestions Kill Your Darlings is a Kill Your Darlings Kill Your Darlings is a very artsy film that I actually Do like, I just watched it That's why I'm talking about it, but I watched it like A year ago and I liked it back then It's pretty good It's kind of weird It's good I'll be doing a full Video on movies and book suggestions Instead of doing this Because I have so many movies and Books that I enjoy Watch scam, I already have It's not for me It's not Not for me, when does the episode start Ten minutes Have you watched the movie Pride if not You should, it's amazing That was such a light response Book suggestions Really quickly The Foxhole Court Aristotle and Dante Discovered the Secrets of the Universe Call me by your name What else Love interest And Lady Midnight Lady Midnight is a good one I like the Mortal Instruments I kind of liked Lady Midnight better Than the Mortal Instruments I stand you so hard, you're littered the best friend Like I never had, oh that's so sweet So I don't want your show or book Show Watch Eyewitness It only has ten episodes but it's good Oh my god, you fake fan I have watched Eyewitness and I've done ten Videos on Eyewitness I recapped that whole Thing when it aired I'm a real fan to that show Ooh Opinion on Cassandra Clare Oh casserole can go away I'm just kidding No slander, no I will not slander Cass Cassandra Clare on This live stream Have you watched any Korean dramas Yes Have you watched Queer as Folk I have But it just wasn't that good Like yeah it was really great That show aired in a time Where gay wasn't Accepted so it was really brave Of them to actually make a whole show about it But storyline wise it wasn't It wasn't for me Have you read Lord of the Shadows If so did you like it I have not Read it Yeah I read the first page and then I have not watched it Um Have you seen Have you seen Noah's Ark on logo No I'm Muslim do you accept me of course Is that even a question Why would you even ask that Can you mess your hair up So there's one thing that isn't perfect No I like my hair I really didn't like Eyewitness It was very love hate Because they had such a good storyline With Lucas and Phillip and such a Horrible storyline with the crime and murder Investigation and mystery side Because it wasn't necessarily A mystery you know and it was just Ugh But Lucas and Phillip were a good couple And I love seeing the development through the show Do you think McTutor is True ah probably I mean I don't really know A little bit crazy See the Queen or Camille Camille I know I sound crazy But Camille Has different sides Of to her than we think Like even Magnus said so himself And he's been her partner like the worst And you know there are different sides Of her Strong woman don't Don't bone soon Don't bone I watched it strong woman Don't bone soon Was really good I liked it My school starts on Wednesday Help me I start Not school but I start like weekly Classes Next week Do you Should make tutor I mean If they're together Cool if they're not Cool That's fine I think I have to burp Love you so much Love you too Ay yo Camille tried to destroy Malik But she also saved Magnus From killing himself so I'm just saying Have you read the Raven Boys I read the first one You mean the Raven Cycle I read the first one Um There's one person that keeps commenting The same thing over and over again Time to roast carrot head like usual By the way I love you I mean I love you too Just why are you commenting that over and over again I love you bye Okay bye to all the people that are going to watch the show I'm going to go turn on my camera Ay yo Have you seen Matt's raw shoe Of course I have What you said before a fake friend Fake fan Sorry I have a second phone The comments are going so fast I can't read them all Who is your favorite character And Lady Midnight I liked Ty I thought he was really cute and I really I don't know like Like his character I'm going to put my thing on mute So I can See how the volume is for you guys So let me know if You can hear The CB And you can also hear me My pants Cutting off my circulation I'm shaking You should Stop by all Rizzy No one trips Rizzy Get that shit out of my face When you record we'll be able to see the screen Not on this live stream What's a bit quiet the TV or me What am I eating I'm eating fruit snacks Bye people that are going to watch it I can hear the TV Just a little bit so turn it up Turn it up What are you saying TV for Babikis Oh wait I turned it up It's at 19 I've been turning it up I've been turning it up I've been turning it up Oh bitch Yeah you do Sorry I'm watching it now Okay y'all can hear it now After y'all been yelling at me We all knew there was something off about Sebastian It's a business meeting It's been stabbed Okay it's starting Everybody quiet Y'all didn't die but y'all were like No he's going to die there The fucking Lilith is going to bring him back Not yet bitches He looks gross What's he doing What is Oh is he going to die right there What the hell is that That's nasty Oh bitch Backhole Are you kidding me Oh wait what Oh bitch Oh bitch Oh bitch You gotta be kidding me You gots to be kidding me Why does she disappear from Hunter's mood And I think you're bestie to see the queen responsible What would the queen want with Maya She has this crazy obsession with me Because of the whole thing like She invited me to live in her court I said thanks but no thanks She threatened to hurt the people I care about I thought if it comes to the prince Loyalty to the queen Maya wouldn't go for that And she wouldn't deserve it back Maybe she found the lead on Valentine And it's all hunting him down Without telling you what that is We're not making this up she's got Maya I'm gonna move holding the wards up to keep Valentine in the city I have to go help him But the next time I see the queen See y'all greedy with this help And then when you actually need it You don't got it You don't have to You don't have to You don't have to Yes you are him And how do you know that My eyes that he is on it But there are certain things on me And your friend wouldn't I really shouldn't Valentine get to that link As much as I would love to talk to you About Simon I really need to get back You tell her I'm not talking about me Bitch Patience isn't really my thing I'm not a riot I'm a fucking tear shit up Oh no she got those vibe chicken control Wonder Woods O-B-O We tried to have King together To do Jonathan, but there's some reason it didn't work Nice words about Valentine That's the main city Thank the angel for that Yeah, thank the angel for that Thank the angel for that And they believed in Jonathan Was kind of dead But actually I have no words Oh look at that hand touching Interrupted by Ehh I'm gonna be some kind of way to do that It's fucking dragon It's fucking donkey's wife Coming Tear shit up Oh bitch, oh look at them Look at Squat, Squat, Squat This is a beautiful shot love the way they filmed it. I think it's so nice. It's kind of cheesy but I also really like it. Back to back, we have a tie. Almost. Let's go. Let's go. Yeah you do. Hey yo! Hey yo! Nice one, pal.  Gremlin. How could they didn't move at all to try and get you there? Hey yo! Alex crazy. Alex salty already. What do you mean Alex salty already? Where was the salt in that whole clip? In that whole thing. Where was the salt? I see none. Don't cry. Archer Alec. Alec looking good as always. What's happening with Malik? Well I know as much as you do so I wish I knew more but I don't. Did you see Matt tweet about 50 breakups? No, I've been here so I have not been on Twitter.  I actually have a pretty good grasp on what's going on.  Okay I do not tolerate Magnus Slander in here so you're just gonna slander Magnus? You can leave because Magnus was very much in the right with that because y'all do realize how many times they've used him.  No he's not. I will not tolerate that slander in my comment section.  I'm not doing that. I love Magnus but come on no you don't love Magnus because if you love Magnus you would know Magnus and you would know what he's up to because I know Magnus and I know what it's up to. You do not. So if you're just gonna slander him even if you say you love him you can leave. You know. I apologize. Well thank you. Thank you. I understand why he doesn't want to help the shadow ones who's in Simon but Maya has never asked for a damn thing. Well the thing is is that he doesn't owe Maya anything. He does not owe anyone anything. I'm just saying he doesn't okay I'm gonna go turn on my hair again but I'll continue talk. He doesn't deserve. He doesn't need to do anything.  He doesn't need to do anything or help anyone if he doesn't want to. He doesn't owe anyone anything. So I'm just saying you guys act like he needs to do something for them when he he doesn't have anything. Huh. Okay it's about to start. Okay I got to continue this rant later.   Unless you've already found it.  You're going to deal with it on time. You want to get past the world. So you gave your classes to interests. I wanted to protect my people even though it was outside the safety of my realm. We see leads and was down the power of negotiation. Your idea of negotiations putting the rest of the down wall at risk you should just find like you was in it. That way you know it all by yourself. You've got an eliction. I'm not just telling my books. I'm going to tell the entire town.  You're ahead. I have nothing to hide. In the meantime, I would like to have a conversation with the daylighter. I need to find Maya. Yeah you tell him Luke. I love Luke. Oh look at that walk. I like what's good. I don't know. Those Luke. Valentine's on stage. How? You're going to deal with seaweed. It's more than all the other down the road leaders. Damn Valentine. If Valentine gets to that week. You won't. Valentine's on stage. On to and waiting for. We need to go on down. We need to make circle members together. If you know where the voice is, you must set it out. It's right beyond the city. Maybe we don't need to lower them. Okay. Slay the beast. Okay.  What was that? Little power rangers. Okay. Where's the army?  Yeah it is. We need to hurry. We can't let Valentine reach the lake.  Yeah it's not.  If I was Alec, I'd let Izzy do it. But Alec wants to talk to Magnus. Like he wants him. I've seen this. What do you want to show Hunter? That one stings.  I don't know. The point is he's located at the rift the demons are coming from. Oh and you want me to seal it. Oh yeah. What a surprise.  We need them to seal on this severe. The demons don't discriminate between downworlders, shadowrunners, and mundane.  I'll seal the rift but not because of you with the Shadowhunters. Because it'll save lives. Yeah.  I love it.  He's looking camping. He's from Alcatra. Jay Saraneu from New York City. Click your chance. I know who you are. Valentine is not a bad guy. Everyone says that to her. She's like, I'm playing fair child. They're like, I know who you are. Like, damn. Come down. When he tears the water. Yeah. I'm afraid that's not going to happen.  Do not go. Oh. Y'all. That shit's wild. That's very wild. So wild. Please let us see it. See what? The TV. Oh my god. That is way too much to do. Y'all want to see the TV but this is not. If you guys wanted to watch the show, you should have gone and found another live stream. This is not a live stream to live stream the show. This is a live stream for my reaction. That's why it says live stream reaction. I thought you read the title. Fine.  I'm leaving. Yeah. You don't have to stay. No one forcing you.   Leave me alone. Holly. I wonder in the end is this going to bring Malak back even though I could not be the same like I once was. Wait, what?   Holly.  Thank you. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba. I don't know what I'm just saying. Are you going to rant about Malak because I love your rants? I don't know who's going to rant about Malak because there's something to rant about. If there's something to rant about then I would. JK, I love you. I'm not leaving. Ah, Holly, you're messing with my heart. Tugging at my emotional. You're tugging at my heartstrings, fam. It's back on in my canvas. Not recording. Bitch. Okay. That was... Okay. You guys distracted me.  Oh, Meliorn. Oh, yeah.   Oh, yeah. Yes. He can lie though.  He knocked it out. He said, good night. Good night.  Isn't that what everyone is trying to do? Just say you're racist and go. I don't...  Oh, well, chop, chop. Look at the way they walk. Oh my god. If Simon was there, it'd be team good. Look at his hair. Look at his hair, goddammit. I can't make no explanation.   Who knows how many circle members can know military support? We need to go help them. I can't make any cities in their soul. And it's as a rare subspecies, though, that am I. Edumar, another rhythm. They're from Eda, tenacious little devils. So, if not the same... They're remarkably intelligent, capable of creating carnage in any number of ways, if they have an attempt once. And what are they waiting for? They work in cold weather. Perhaps they're increasing their numbers to which they can go in. All in all, we need to get this version closed as soon as possible. There is a good point of use to be here. We have a broken point. How long will this take? Jason Clare, you're alone in enemy territory.  Oh, look at them go. All my three babies together and it done. Badass. Badass.  The energy required to seal a breath from Eum is substantial. It's not just a flick of the wrist. Look at the flick of the wrist. The wrist. Yeah, bitches! Up the high, why not the book? Ooh, dragon's coming. She got knocked out.  Is she okay? Go, bitch, go! It's almost time. He's calling for Magnus. Oh, my God! That's my man. That is my damn man. My man. Z. I love two men. Ooh, and I love one woman.  Very much. I'm crying. They care so much about each other. That was amazing. That was the best scene so far. And I'm gonna cry. Y'all got me back down. Oh, my God. What the? That was the best scene I've ever seen in my entire life. Now, like, fighting together, you guys? Oh, my God. I'm gonna cry. I'm gonna cry. Bitches.  My entire life is complete. Another one of my head cannons. Complete.  Like, spit, like, fireballs at him. And he was just, like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And Magnus was sealing up the rift. And he was going. Oh, and he was sealing it all up. And then, last, the last second, he seals it up. He goes, bang, and he fucking, he makes that dragon go poof. And the dragon turns into little gremlins, little, little, little. And then Alec shoots them all. Then Magnus falls down.  And he was like, are you okay? And I was like, I'm gonna cry. I'm not okay. I'll never be okay. What do you mean, are you okay? I don't even, I've never felt that. I think I got a burp. I don't, I don't think I'm ever gonna recover from that because those, Holly, I thought you said you were leaving. When Magnus was like, of course I can. I'm the High Warlock of Brooklyn. I was like, yes, bitch, you better tell them. I am the High Warlock of Brooklyn bit up, boom. I'm just saying, like, that's like amazing. And I want to cry because he is the High Warlock of Brooklyn.  Oh my God, that was amazing. I'm never gonna, y'all better aren't following me because that's the only thing I'm gonna be talking about for like the rest of my life. Like that was amazing. That was incredible. That was perfect. That was perfect in every single way. I love it when couples are fighting, like in TV shows and something. And then like something happens when one of them is in a fight or like in danger and then even though they're still mad at each other, like they still save each other. I just really like that. Oh. I think this is gonna take a longer turn. Maya, if Maya gets hurt, I don't think, no, I don't think I can ever forgive this show for hurting Maya. Well, I'm gonna get you to get a night show.  Well, free to leave. Oh, why you're flying? Because you're the silly queen. Oh, I'm running. I got a blast. I don't know. Nope, you said it. I'm, we're free. I'm leaving. We'll be heading. This reminds me of that scene in the Lady Midnight when they whipped them. Your father won't approve. But he'll understand your deaths for unnecessary sacrifice. Oh, that's genocide. You're the cause of what the plague. How can you let this happen? Cleanse the world of demons. How can I not? There's me, you know.  Of course, he's the one that has to drop off for it. This shit's dramatic. Aw, should I go die? They're gonna have a girl do your own thing. Jay's activate a rune. This shit's sad. I don't even like Clay's, but this is sad. Oh, I knew it. Bam. I knew it. I didn't know it. That, that was pretty cool. That's what I'm talking about. Bitches, motherfuckers. No. No mercy. Yes. Slit his throat. That was actually not a cringy Clay's moment. Good job. Excuse me. The aerial sensor's showing all demonic activity. That was nothing on the ground, but it means like they had a lot to do with this pair. I think you've heard of that. Once they pass through the roof, the demons are here to stay until they're properly banished.  Oh, look at them go. Track stars. Why are we too late? You know, if you raise the angel, we know it. We beat him here. We can stop him. It's calling you that, Xander.  I'm not actually going to cry. Pain. I feel it. Pain. Oh my God. I called. Everyone knew this was happening, but it doesn't make it any less painful. I don't even like Chase that much, but this is emotional. Oh, he said I love you. This is hurting me. Oh. Faded. Oh my God. And the song in the background. Too excited. I'm sorry.  Would you like to get in the heart? You're dangerous.  You missed out the wrong carrot. Oh, no. Sorry.  I don't even like Chase that much, but that scene got me. Like it actually got me with going with not just it affecting Clary, but also it affecting Alec. Was the, I thought they did that great. I don't, I just thought that it was great that they didn't just focus it on what Clary was feeling and what was happening right there. I like that it was actually being shown what was going on over with Alec and how it really did, it does affect your parapatite bond. It is very, it is such like a draining thing to happen. Just like, I can't feel it. I'm like, you don't feel pain. You just can't feel your parapatite anymore. And that's awful. Like we read it when it happened in Infernal Devices and we read it when it happened in the Immortal Instruments.  And it literally, okay. Like Jace is not my favorite character, like at all, like in any way. But like the way that it was affecting everyone else, it got me. You got me. What you just spoiled it for me. Why are you watching this if you don't want to get spoiled? So Holly, you said you were leaving. If you don't want to ask, this is a live reaction to when it is actually airing. You think you know that there are spoilers.  You got me actually hooked up. No, the guy said he comes back. But not coming back in this episode, obviously. If you haven't read the books, you don't know how it comes back. Wait, he might come back this episode. Depends on how they do it. Because the angel, they might bring him back. Actually, yeah, maybe. Props to Kat and Dom on that one. Acting was A1 and Matthew because he had a very big part in it as well. But Kat, her growth and her development and acting from season one is phenomenal. And I think she's grown so much. And she's just improved so much. And I love her. And I thought that scene was done beautifully. I really hate this episode. What do you even mean? I really love this episode. This episode is amazing. Are we still got 20 minutes? So yeah, he could come back this episode. I think he is... I think I was thinking about Jonathan. If Jonathan was coming back this episode, but it's not, he doesn't come back this episode. I think Jayce does. Um, because they still haven't... The angel hasn't risen yet. So obviously it's going to come back. That was really dead. Or find that Stella. If I hadn't, of course I would have loved that boy. Like I love Jonathan. See, their deaths were necessary sacrifices. If I'm going to save humanity. It's not a lie.  Oh. You think I've kept you alive. Oh, come on, Karen. Think of something. You can deal with it. You're about to cry. Oh, here we are. Bitches. Look at my man. He is so selfless. I can read it since I was lost in so much of this place. Why did you say that? I see you are impatient. What is it you ask of me? Come on, Karen. The destruction of the soul of creatures of the down... Daddy, daughter, fight.  You had that element of surprise, girly. That was pretty good. She lasted a good minute. Oh, yeah. Killed your own dad. Yes, again, again. That was satisfying.  You might like slime compilations, but I like that. That is my satisfactory right there. This is wild. There's a fantastic finale. I'll tell you that. I'll tell you that. He's just watching. It's a nice TV show for him. I wish we could see his face. He left you on red, girl. We went through all that to get you back. Come on. Wakey, wakey.  You should have asked for a million dollars. No.  Do not believe.  That was a nice kiss. The other one was like...  That was their kiss last time. That was a nice punch. Okay. Good for them. They finally learned how to kiss. It was like you were just imagining things. So, yeah, but a glitch. It was a glitch. All right, age.  Reptile. Hug.  We still got... We still got 12 minutes left. 12 minutes left. Why didn't she ask for her mom back? Well, probably because... I don't know who wants Jocelyn back. Nobody in Coobie Clary. Probably because she's already had time to grieve Jocelyn and she's already let her go. Um... Yeah. I feel like they're not telling how Jace came back is going to bite them in the butt. I guess... Well, it bites them in the butt when they need help. Trin, where's the popcorn? I don't have it because I'm eating fruit snacks. So, yeah. I feel like y'all are all asking about Jocelyn, but like, let me tell you this. What does Jocelyn bring to the storyline? What does she bring back to the storyline to progress it any further? Nothing other than giving Luca love interest. Which we can find elsewhere. It doesn't have to be Jocelyn, even though I did love Jocelyn and Luke. Like, there are other things that can do that. But other than that, Jocelyn didn't really have that big of an influence on the story to progress it. She did do the whole thing with the story and about Jonathan, but that story has already... It's already been done. You know what I'm saying? It's already... We've already done that. So, I don't know why you guys keep asking about Jocelyn when it's like... If... Like, obviously, Clare loves her mother, but if we're talking about storyline purposes, she doesn't bring anything to the storyline at all. Yeah, Jocelyn was the most relevant in City of Glass and that this is... This episode is the end of City of Glass. This is where City of Glass... Off beach! Okay, I thought it almost started and my computer... My camera wasn't recording. Yeah, I mean... Oh, it's about to start again. I was going to say something and start talking again, but I took too long, so...   Can I switch now? I'm trying to save her, or I do nothing and watch her die. What choice do I have? Get your son from me next on the three floor for one tiny time on demand. Ay-oh! Yo, yo, yo, yo! Cheers, bitches! No, I'm not to shout about hunters. Maya looks beautiful.  I was going to be a man. He has an amazing and little help for me. And so am I. You know, I grew up surrounded by hunters. So I love this one. This is true. That's so cute! That's beautiful. I love them. You do realize that this party would have been a cute moment for you? I'm just glad to hear that. We're friends again. B.E.F.L. They're friends for life. Trust me. Do you see me? He's looking for you. Maya! Beautiful, Maya. She looks beautiful.  Yes, please. This is for a devil. I'm celebrating. A devil of death for the gentleman. A gentleman. They both wear red. They're matching. You have to tell me. I'll tell you what. I want to see if you can let us all go. Oh, yeah. I think you. Because I'm extremely persuasive. I don't want to speak. I'm serious. So am I. I think I'm picking up the story of the girl and I'm... Cuties! They're the cuties! I think I want to do a little dance like I'm doing now. What are you calling for? I love them so much. They're such a beautiful hug. I'm super happy. I love them. I see Alex's little head right there. Yeah. Are you in there? Are you in there too? Why is Jason alone? He got his mouth teetied. Come here. Come here. There you go. Welcome to home in the after a major gratification. Ordering hot baths. Eight-on-stay meeting there. A lot of these. Any sign of demons? No. Sends a message with a clear break-ins. Just for just saying it's my thing. Disappeared in the familiar. Come on. Maybe we can take this one? Just a sec. Is a beer okay? Please. Thank God. I mean... Oh. Down the hatchet he goes. They're having a talk. I should have told you what this song is about. It's in the past. Thought they changed the song. I'm excited to start fights. Like... I can't think straight. I can't think. I guess I should just take a heart attack. Oh. Private party. Now time and place. We just escaped death. Okay. Stop it. Uh-oh. What have you made? What? It's so much fun to have.  What do you mean wait? Better for words. Wait, what? You got some side effects. That's what will coming back from the death will do to you, buddy. There's Lilith. That's what I'm now. Yup. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. She done brought Sebastian there.  Oh my God. This might be the biggest situation I've ever seen. That shit's crazy. Literally crazy.  Oh my God. That's crazy. I'm so excited for season three. Like... It actually has me hype. Like hype. That has to be Claire's mom. What do you mean that has to be Claire's mom? That is definitely not Claire's mom. Oh no, that is not Claire's mom. No, that is Lilith. It's like a greater demon. That is not Jocelyn. No, it's not Jocelyn. No, what are y'all talking about? No, just because she said that is her son that does not. No, what are you guys talking about? Sebastian, Jocelyn gave birth to Jonathan. Yes, that is her son. Valentine injected Jonathan with demon blood. That is why he was like that.  She did not give birth to Jonathan. Lordy. I wonder what's wrong with Jace. I definitely know what's coming back from the death.  Who do you think is going to play Lilith? I don't know. I don't know. This next season is going to be amazing. I can already feel it.   We got to see Trunk Luke. We got to see Malak getting back together. It was nice. Yeah, Lilith was basically the donor for the blood that was injected into Sebastian. But that doesn't make... She didn't give birth. Her imbalance. I didn't hook up to make Sebastian. No. I want to drag Queen to play. Okay. All y'all are saying the same thing that you want to drag Queen to play Lilith. I mean, that's cool and whatever. I don't care who plays Lilith. I just... You're sure it's 10 out of 10. Thank you. I don't think I'm going to stay on too long. Maybe until like 8.15. Because I do have to film the review part of my reactions. So I'll have to do that. Malak question mark. What about Malak? I swear. Y'all will give them all random questions and just put... Not even questions. Just sentences or words that you put a question mark on. Now it's a question. Wait. Was the pregnant woman into an episode 5 of reference to Lilith? I don't think so. I don't know what y'all are connecting. The ending... Okay. Although this ending wasn't shocking, like it was... Okay. It was shocking, but it was also something that I predicted. It was just like... I didn't have any expectations for this episode. So I went in with very, you know, not like low standards, but just like no expectations. And then it really exceeded my expectations on how they did the whole story. I knew it was going to end exactly how City of Glass ended. And I just wanted to see how they would do it. And I think that was amazing. What are you most excited about for season 3? Well, I'm really excited to see the Jonathan and Jace whole thing go on. And I'm excited to see Maya and Simon. And I'm also excited to see where they're going to take Malak. You know? I didn't finish the book, so how close did it stay to the books in this? I think that it actually stayed pretty well to the books. Like, the whole season did not stick to the books at all. This last episode was exactly how City of Glass ended, with like a few different things going on. But I think the different things made it way better. So, yeah. I mean, singing of the books was not the main priority. And it wasn't something that I was like, oh my god, they have to stick to the books. But I think the way that they did it and the way that they brought those scenes that we read in the books was good. Yeah, I thought it was like, y'all need to get your life. Lilith's blood is the puriting blood. Valentine injected into Jonathan before he was born. Yes, y'all should just learn some stuff before you go claiming some facts down in these comments after you just watched that episode. Because Lilith, that's what Lilith is. Her blood is what was injected into Jonathan. What happened with Malak? You can go watch the episode. I didn't hate Kara in this. Like, wow. I thought she was fine, actually. Okay. So the whole clays thing, like, I don't like clays. It's just not my ship. I don't really care. But out of all the clays scenes, these were the least cringy. And I thought they were actually done well. Even like last episode, I thought they were kind of cringy, kind of weird. But in this one, I thought they were actually done pretty well. And then, yeah. Will you do season three, head cannons? Yes, I'll be doing that once I get all my head cannons in. I didn't want to start making head cannons until I saw the finale. Kara's hair looks like a wig all the time. Is that just me? No, her hair. Not even just her hair looks like a wig. It just looks bad. Like, the thing is, like, Kat's hair in real life looks beautiful. Like, it literally, like, is beautiful.  And it looks like, it looks like egg noodles. Like, it looks weird. If you want to know what I'm talking about, look up egg noodles. That's what it looks like. It looks like egg noodles. Did you want a different outcome from Alec? Did you want them to get back together so soon? Or did you want them to wait a bit? Hey. I don't know. Because I feel like it was right that they got back together because, like, all the problems that they had weren't problems anymore. Like, Magnus didn't have to choose between Alec or his people. He could have both because they weren't going to die. So I feel like we'll have to deal with other season issues next week. I mean, not next week. We'll have to deal with other Malek issues next season. There has to be a season three. There has to be a season three. It's going to be a season three, buddy.  Chill. Like, it's been announced that there's been a, there's going to be a season three. Okay. I think they started writing it or maybe even filming it. Okay. So that is it for my live stream. I would live stream longer, but it's, it's been, I started streaming at 6.30 and it's like 8.10. So I'm going to, I'm going to go, I'm going to film my review part of this episode because I'm filming my stuff. I will, I don't know if I'll live stream again. Maybe I'll live stream again like next week or something if I have time. I will, any question that you guys are having, I will probably be answering it in my review part. So if you want to know any part of that, I will be answering it and I'll be talking about all that stuff and all that stuff in detail. In my review part. So yes, thank you guys for joining me on live stream. I really enjoyed watching Shadowhunters with you. We had to wait until like 2018 to see season three. So it's going to be a long wait, but we'll get through this together. I will be doing Shadowhunter videos during the hiatus. So make sure you go, make sure you go leave me some video requests, tweet them at me because yeah, or yeah, whatever. Thank you guys. I love you. And I will see you basically tomorrow. I will be posting the actual official reaction tomorrow. So bye.


Oh, wow, that's great. How many of you eat three meals or more every day? Please raise your hand. Thank you. That's great. And how many of you have time to cook three meals a day? Please raise your hand. Okay.  Yeah, time is a real problem, isn't it? Absolutely. Or maybe you're like me, and you have a really tiny Japanese kitchen. All right, well, actually, I was a terrible cook, always burning pots and pans and piles of dishes, but now this is what cooking looks like to me. Yeah, it's pretty fun. It's so much fun to cook like this, or like this, or like this.  Not for fast food either, but my food is fast. In fact, while I'm getting dressed and ready in the morning, by the time I'm finished, my breakfast is waiting for me. Thank you, darling. No, really, it's actually just thanks to ... I'm an independent woman. It's all thanks to this piece of Japanese technology. Thank you. Yeah, it's so simple and so easy. It takes just three minutes to prepare this beautiful Spanish omelet. Oh, it's just a couple of eggs, some soy milk, a bunch of spinach, and onion, and some salt, and Parmesan cheese. Put it in, and that's my breakfast. And I make the best lunch. I make a really tender beef stew. It's so good. You just put it all in, and then while I'm sleeping, I wake up in the morning to a healthy tender beef stew, ready to take with me to work. And after work, this is where I cook dinner. Yeah, but I know that when I get home, I'll have a hot Thai green curry welcoming me at the door.  And it's all thanks to this piece of Japanese technology. Three meals a day, healthy, oh, and dessert. There's nothing like mom's apple crumble, except this one. Just cut up a couple apples, a couple tablespoons of brown sugar, some cinnamon, put it in this piece of Japanese technology, and for the perfect gluten free topping, some crushed walnuts and brown sugar. So delicious. Three meals a day, and you might be thinking, what is this piece of Japanese technology that saves me all this time, and all of this, this time to do what I want to do? This is a Japanese robot. It's a rice cooker. Thank you. It's a rice cooker. I should have availed that a second ago. But you know, it's so easy to use this, a rice cooker. Its name says it has one purpose, but in life, go against the grain. Thank you. It's a rice cooker. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


Couple decides to make a change and 18 months later, they look completely different. Do you have what it takes to stick to a goal and turn your life around? Lexie and Danny Reed did. It all started when Lexie decided it was time to make a change in her life and 18 months later, something amazing has happened. They've transformed into role models for people around the world who want to make serious changes in their lives. The couple have plenty of great advice on how to get started on the path to making dreams come true. What did they do exactly to make such a drastic change? Get ready to get inspired by Lexie and Danny's incredible journey. Lexie Reed always had issues with her weight, ever since childhood. She was a happy and outgoing person and didn't let her weight get to her. Even though she tried multiple times to lose weight through different regimens, it always came back. By the young age of 25, Lexie weighed in at 392 pounds and the extra weight was impacting her quality of life. She tried her best to live the best life possible, one of joy and happiness, but it was definitely getting in the way of accomplishing her dreams. Lexie continued on her life's journey and eventually met the love of her life, Danny Reed. Lexie would describe him as her best friend of 10 years. Danny loved Lexie for the person she was, no matter what size or shape. While Danny loved and supported Lexie at every turn, there was one issue. He also had unhealthy eating habits and lived an unhealthy, sedentary lifestyle. It turns out he was a bit too supportive in those ways. Both Danny and Lexie were overweight. Danny, who was just a couple years older than Lexie, weighed in at around 280 pounds. Together, the couple spiraled into an even more sedentary lifestyle and ate unhealthy food to their heart's content. Their self-indulgence was mutual. Together, they ate out at restaurants for all of their meals, even spending hours at all you can eat buffets. At the times when they ate at home, they ordered food. In the meantime, all the extra pounds were beginning to take a toll on their health. Lexie admitted that the cycle of unhealthy habits started in her childhood. Growing up, we never had a lot of money and my parents never cooked. Processed foods were always easier to purchase than healthy foods, Lexie told PopSugar. That trend continued even when she started dating Danny. Lexie confessed that the two would frequently binge watch TV while eating. I was always an emotional eater, also, and no matter what the mood, food was always there for me, Lexie added. Danny finally asked Lexie for her hand in marriage, and she accepted. He never saw me as my size, asked me to change, or made me feel as anything other than beautiful, Lexie wrote on Instagram. But finding a wedding dress in her size would prove to be challenging because by this point, she weighed 485 pounds. Lexie posted on Instagram that there was nothing glamorous about shopping for a wedding dress at 485 pounds. Nobody knew how to make me feel like a bride and not my size. Thank God I was strong enough to know my worth and kept searching for my 34W dress, even though I questioned if I would ever find one, she added. While the possibility that Lexie might not be able to have children was probably the biggest thing that worried the couple, even accomplishing smaller goals in life seemed out of reach. Some of them are things that other people take for granted, such as traveling. Lexie had a dream that one day she would be able to visit the wizarding world of Harry Potter at Universal Studios' Thien Park in Orlando. However, not only was she too big to go on the rides there, she was also too big to fit in a plane seat. Florida is a long way from her home state of Indiana, and she had to get there somehow. The idea that they needed to start living a better lifestyle, for their own sake, became ever present in Lexie's mind. That's why on New Year's Day in 2016, Lexie resolved to start making some changes in her life, changes that would benefit her health as well. As in any marriage, Lexie wasn't in it alone. Fortunately, she had her husband at her side to support her. But initially, he wasn't into the idea at all. It would take some convincing to get him to join his wife's healthy New Year's resolution. At first the idea didn't sound great, because it was always good going home, sitting down, eating and not having to worry about anything, Danny said. But being the loving husband he was, he wouldn't let Lexie take on the resolution alone. It's a New Year and something to work toward while helping Lexie out as well, Danny exclaimed after having a slight change of heart. He knew deep down that, health-wise, it was best for both of them, Lexie and himself. Upon hearing of the couple's New Year's resolution, some of Lexie and Danny's friends wanted to make a bet with them. The couple made a deal that they would go a month following a few rules, no eating out, no soda, no alcohol, no cheat meals, and working out for 30 minutes five times a week. Lexie and Danny were up for the challenge and determined to prove to themselves that they could do it that they had the self-control needed to change their habits. This was just the beginning of their long journey to a happy, healthy life. We were fed up with the life that we were living and all the things that we weren't able to do together as a couple, Lexie said, resolving herself to make sure that things changed. She was tired of not being able to fly on an airplane or go on simple romantic walks with her husband. We also feared if we didn't get our health under control, we would never be able to start a family, Lexie added. Tired of the lifestyle that they had both gotten so used to, she decided to make a major decision in her life. Lexie and Danny joined a local gym in their home city of Terry Hote, Indiana. As promised, Lexie went to the gym for 30 minutes a day, every day. But it was far from easy for a number of reasons. Neither one of the couple had a personal trainer, but they were both strong-willed people who wanted to fulfill their promise to their friends. Lexie, however, had issues at first finding the right training regimen as she suffered from severe joint pain due to her weight. Finding the right gym was not as easy as it sounded. Lexie was self-conscious of what other people would think when they saw her in the gym. The couple eventually found the right gym for them that wasn't too crowded, and Lexie even found the right exercise machine. I started going there when I got a free trial, and since it was never really crowded, my machine faced the wall, so I didn't feel like everyone was watching me, and I found a machine called the CrossRamp that didn't hurt my joints at 485 pounds I fell in love with it. Going to the gym once a day was only the first part of Lexie and Danny's struggle toward a healthy lifestyle. They also had to stop going out to eat at restaurants, which meant that they would need to prepare meals themselves. They discovered the best way to cook, together. With the support of one another, Lexie and Danny started to cook their own food at home. But this time, instead of frozen pizzas, they opted for healthier foods that would help them in their weight loss goals. But as we all know, dieting isn't easy. To Lexie and Danny, their new healthy eating habits weren't just a diet, they were choices in a new way of life. To Lexie, dieting is something temporary, and she needed something long-term, something she could stick to. Lexie stopped looking at eating healthier as a diet and found her own way to make the transition easier for both of them. I started taking the foods I loved and making healthier versions, so I no longer felt like I had to give up something or deprive, Lexie stated. Going to the gym and eating healthy aren't easy, especially if you're going at it alone. But Lexie had the support of her loving husband, Danny and vice versa. Together the couple was strong and continued to keep their promise. The best way to keep up going to the gym and eating healthy is to have someone there to support you in your journey. Danny and Lexie used each other as a support system. Together they stayed motivated and pretty soon a month had passed. But what happened next was amazing. As the time went on, Lexie and Danny continued going to the gym and eating right. Soon the results started to show. Lexie even started taking classes at the gym and meeting new people. These new friends would also turn into her support system and hold her accountable. I love my pulse class. I love dancing to my favorite music and not feeling like it's a workout.  Slowly, Lexie's hard work started paying off. She quickly got over her fears of going to the gym, declaring that if people were going to stare at me because of my weight, I was going to give them a reason to stare by being the hardest worker in the room. At first, Lexie was losing around 20 pounds a month. Then the weight loss got more difficult. She kept going to the gym and eating healthy, counting her daily calorie intake. Pretty soon, her new habits turned into a lifestyle. Lexie wasn't the only one making significant progress in the journey towards being healthy. So was Danny. He was beside Lexie every step of the way and pretty soon he was able to see a difference in his health as well. The couple kept up their healthy lifestyle and within just 24 months, Danny had lost almost 100 pounds. When he started his journey, he weighed in at 280 pounds, but managed to get down to a mere 190 pounds by the end of year one. After 18 months had gone by, Lexie's entire life looked completely different. The difference was astounding and she was so proud of her newfound lifestyle and determination, which she did naturally by going to the gym regularly and eating healthier. By May 2018, she was down an incredible 312 pounds. Lexie says that the first big difference she noticed in her size occurred when she went back to a restaurant that the couple frequented before they started their journey. Her stomach used to rest on the table and now she had lots of wiggle room. She says that was a true moment of pride. Looking for more support and wanting to share her journey, Lexie created an Instagram account in the fall of 2016 to log her incredible journey. She called the account fat girl fed up and began posting daily pictures of herself going to the gym, along with motivational quotes. Pretty soon she had a huge following. Today, Lexie's Instagram account has over 750,000 followers. She also posts before and after pictures that are absolutely stunning. In just two short years she transformed herself, through hard work and determination, into a completely different, healthy person. Lexie and Danny's story spread across the internet like wildfire and started being picked up by news and TV stations nationwide. Lexie and Danny even appeared on TV shows to be interviewed about their amazing journey and were featured on an episode of Rachel Ray about healthy cooking and eating. The couple doesn't let their newfound stardom get to their heads though. The opposite, in fact. They are more humble now than ever and thank the media attention for helping motivate them further on their journey to living healthier. Now that Lexie can fit more than comfortably on an airplane, the couple finally took a trip. They took a trip to somewhere that Lexie had always dreamed of going, Harry Potterworld at Universal Studios Theme Park. Now, both Danny and Lexie can fit on the rides, with room to spare. The already happy couple is now happier. Having gone through their weight loss journey together, Lexie says that she and her husband have never felt closer, and that their relationship has never been stronger. Turns out, the buddy system really does work. Now that Lexie has undergone such a dramatic and amazing weight loss journey, not that it's over, she is giving others advice and inspiration. On her Instagram she also posts pictures of other people's journeys to inspire others. Lexie's advice is to start small small changes add up to big results and focus on each day, not how far you have to go. She also advises against believing in any magic pill or surgery to get healthy, advising that it's better to do it naturally. There are no words to explain the feeling of saving your own life, said Lexie. Going into 2018 I have nothing but a new found happiness for this life I am living. I no longer am a prisoner in my own body, and instead of just existing in my own life, I'm finally alive. Every day I wake up is a blessing. I'm so proud of how far I've come and this new life that I'm living. I saved my own life, and for that there are no words only gratitude, Lexie explained. The couple has had some exciting things happen to them recently. One of Lexie's tips for losing weight is prepping the ingredients for healthy meals at the beginning of the week and finding delicious and healthy meals.  On Memorial Day 2018 she wrote gave some inspiring advice. I know holidays are hard guys, but practice portion control, healthier swaps, balance, planning, she wrote. Anyone who browsers the meals she posts will notice that her meals are full of simple but delicious components. Everything is homemade and made with whole foods, not processed or packaged foods. Lexie and Danny reads life transformation has been brought about because they always find time to go to the gym and work it into social activities. Recently, she shared a picture of what they did before their latest Friday date night. Making the time before date night to work on our goals, she wrote in a post on May 19th. Some days we don't know how we're gonna do it, but every day we get it done. Lexie noted that before they embarked on their date night fun, they first hit the gym for 30 minutes of lighter cardio. Another huge factor that helped Lexie read make her astounding transformation was finding friends who also lived a healthy lifestyle. It's extremely important to surround oneself with friends who have good habits and Lexie is living proof of this with her best friend and gym buddy. When I started my journey, I normally was more of a loner and lost people I was close to due to my new lifestyle and hobbies, she wrote in a Facebook post. However, over time I found others along the way who helped make me who I am today and helped to make my journey more enjoyable. From 765 pounds to riding dirt bikes, Lexie Reed wrote in a beautiful post on April 19th. Life with you is an adventure and I'm enjoying the ride. We definitely have to agree and have noticed a striking pattern. One of Lexie and Danny's tips for staying in great shape is making sure to find fun, active activites and looking for new challenges all the time. Way to go. One can only imagine how good life must feel for them. Danny and Lexie Reed not only post pictures, but they have a series of videos on YouTube as well. In one video, they documented their amazing experience when Lexie was honored by L'Oreal Paris and TNT drama at the SAG Awards. The video of what they did while they were in Hollywood is incredible and provides a glimpse into their lifestyle. It showed how excited Lexie was to be able to meet tons of celebrities, experience a luxury hotel and most importantly, still maintain their healthy lifestyle even while on vacation. After gaining a huge following online, it was only a matter of time until they started gaining attention by TV news stations as well. In January, Lexie and Danny were invited to speak on the Today show to share their story. The pair flew to New York and were interviewed by Megan Kelly about how they managed to lose 400 pounds together and the changes they have made in their life to do it all without the help of gastric bypass surgery. Their incredible message was definitely getting heard. Lexie and Danny aren't the only couples who were inspired to make a huge lifestyle change together. Another great example is with Lauren and Justin Shelton. Each had serious medical issues, but the biggest wake-up call was when Justin, who weighed 592 pounds, was too heavy to go on the imaging machinery while he was suffering a kidney infection. His wife, at her heaviest, weighed 341 pounds. They began to turn their lifestyle around in 2012 when they signed up for a program at a medical school in the area. Their workout routine began with simple things like going for walks. As things improved, they signed up for a gym together and began working out five to six times a week. They also tracked their food consumption with an app. By October 2013, they had lost a combined 538 pounds. This couple from Stoke-on-Trent, England had been together for years and even were blessed with a beautiful baby. However, they had let their lifestyles go with a sedentary lifestyle and tons of junk food. She weighed 281 pounds while her partner Dave weighed 207 pounds. To force her to walk, Joe took an extreme measure and sold her car. In addition, she started to cook healthier food, which had a ripple effect on Dave, who began losing weight as well. She also started doing Zumba classes. After losing, Jonathan Van Buskirk and Lisa Berg of Michigan were both quite heavy for most of their lives. At the age of only 24, John weighed 420 pounds, but had was already down 75 pounds when he met Lisa. This inspired her too. Lisa had thought she would always be heavy, since that was what the rest of her family was like. They started making small changes like picking healthier options and going for bike rides together. It paid off and the two lost a combined 330 pounds. Now the challenge left is raising money for surgery to remove the excess skin. What a difference two years can make. Angela and Willie Gillis of Beaumont, Texas are a perfect example of what it takes to make a change their journey started in 2011 when Angela realized that she was happy about everything in her life except her weight. Meanwhile, her husband simply felt tired of being big. Willie had been reading up for years about how to lose weight and decided to finally see if it would work for him too. They started going to the gym six times a week, starting off walking on the treadmill. When they started, Willie weighed 492 pounds, while Angela weighed 338 pounds. He ended up losing 300 pounds. Angela lost 200, went from a size 28 to size 0 and teaches classes at the gym.


Hi, and welcome to the Service Design Show. In this episode, you're going to learn about a tool called the Crisis Campus, or maybe more appropriate in these times, a Corona Campus, and the person who's going to explain how the tool works is Russell Clark. Russell runs a studio in Sweden called Humble Bee, and he approached me some time ago with the fact that he created a tool which might be useful for the rest of the Service Design Show community as well. He used this tool with some of his clients to help them understand the implications and the opportunities of the challenging times we live in these days. What I like about this Crisis Campus or Corona Campus is that it takes existing Service Design methods that you're probably already familiar with, and it puts them in an order that helps you to ask the right questions at the right time. So it's probably really easy for you to grasp and easy to use for your clients. Now, if you have a tool, method or framework that you're excited about and want to share with the Service Design community here on this channel, just send me a message that's exactly what Russell did and now we're here. So let's jump into the Crisis Campus. Russell, take it away. Hi everybody, nice to meet your acquaintance. My name is Russell Clark. I'm going to talk about something called the Survival Equation today, which is a simple framework in five stages which helps you, helps your companies navigate the COVID and Corona crisis and hopefully come out the other side and flourish for the better. So when you've went through this framework, you'll be able to help them analyze their biggest concerns, hopefully filter down to something that they can focus on that's going to help them come out the other side of Corona in better financial condition than expected, basically. So let's fire into the Survival Equation. Very, very simple mathematics here that the equation to help you navigate your new normal as a company involves understanding your situation and reacting as quickly as possible and the size of the pivots or the choices that you have to make and the speed of your time to make those changes. So that's the Survival Equation in a nutshell. Slightly cheesier title here but we call it From Crisis to Come Back because it is a canvas that's going to help you for hopefully navigate this completely unprecedented situation that we find ourselves in. So if we jump, we can jump right into the framework, I think. The first step when we sat down with our clients is to unpack and understand these effects of Corona just now. I think to give you some context, I can say that we started this process with maybe five or six clients, we've gone through this workshop with them. Why did we do that? Because we saw in our local community here in Gothenburg in Sweden, we began to see the effects of Corona. We began to see things slowing down and orders being pushed forward to next year and manufacturing starting to close and people being sent home from work, et cetera, et cetera. So we thought how can we help as service designers, as design thinkers, how can we help these companies navigate?  And it's really important to bear in mind these people are not service designers, they're not design thinkers. So the whole of this framework had to be very accessible for anybody. But the first step in the five-step framework is to unpack and understand the effects of Corona. Let me use that with a sort of simple post-it note exercise. Could you map out the expected effects short-term and long-term for your company? Let's jump into the canvas here. So say you're with your client, you want to map out with them in a holistic way. What are the expected effects of Corona? Short-term and long-term. Now, short-term for a restaurant, for example, might only be a few weeks, but for another kind of company, it might be six months. So you have to have this dialogue with your client, obviously. But you want to map out the short-term effects on your company, on your customers, and on the citizens at large, basically. Similar process for the long-term. What will the long-term effects be on this company, on its customers, and for the citizens at large? To give you some idea of our situation, we went through this with a company who sells carpets, quite big-ticket items, i.e., very, very expensive carpets, sometimes with a lifetime, with a guarantee of 20-plus years. And they're very expensive. So it's almost like buying a car. It's in that bracket. They have a long lifespan, and they cost a lot of money. That was one of the companies that we went through this process with. So we talked to them, well, what will the short-term effects be on your company? Well, they started to post that they were starting to furlough staff, and they saw that their manufacturing suppliers, et cetera, were slowing down, and orders were drying up. And on their customers, their sales had slowed down as well. So we mapped out a whole macro situation for this carpet company on post-it notes here. And just the unpacking of this, I think, was quite therapeutic, because nobody wants to talk about what might happen, worst-case scenarios, but just unpacking that, having that dialogue, seemed like quite a therapeutic process to go through. So that was the first part of the framework. The second part of the framework was mapping out the resources and the assets. Try and break this up into the skills that your client have, the unique assets, hard and soft. And they have machines and trucks or data, any intellectual property at all that might be unique. And then the partners, who do they have in the partner network? Who are their primary business connections? Is there anybody there they can utilise and create new value together with? Again, simply mapping them out in this any kind of post-it note exercise that you choose to adopt, map out skills and the assets and the partners available. Now, going back to our case study with the carpet company, they had so many skills internally. They were incredibly proficient when it comes to installation of these carpets and maximising their lifetime value. Again, they have this 20-plus year product lifespan that they have. So their skills and their assets were this incredible knowledge bank that they had and their staff had. Again, once we'd finished, we'd managed to map up a whole range of skills and assets and partners in their near vicinity of this carpet company. The next stage in the five-step framework is to ideate opportunities. Now, I'm presuming that you are watching this because you work with service design or you work with user experience or empathy-based design in some capacity. So ideation is nothing new to you. So the next stage is to ideate using the inspiration that you've just mapped up from your challenges in the first stage, your partners and your assets in the second stage, and there's plenty of ideation and exercises that you can go into. So you want to, if you can, cluster these ideas that come forward from the group into ideas that could have incremental, shorter changes in the short-term future and more fundamental changes that might be more radical in the new normal, so to speak. Again, to go into the example with the carpet company, we started to map out, there's the idea of starting to bubble up around more niche e-commerce, maybe taking one product or one product range and making a niche e-commerce offering around that and testing it. They came up with ideas about digital tools that would help their relationship with designers of these carpets. That was seen as critical from the group for some reason. There was an idea that popped up around a potential leasing model. There was an idea that popped up around a potential second-hand trading area because, again, these carpets have such a long lifespan they're almost like buying a second-hand car in theory. You cluster up these ideas that come from the group and divide them up into incremental ideas that might be doable in the near future and in the longer-term future. Next stage is to try and assess these ideas and make sure you have something that is credible and that you can actually make happen. We use this extra layer for clustering and finding the funding fundamentals for the ideas that the group has just created, basically. The canvas you're about to see helps you map things out on a business category, and whether the idea is more fundamental or whether it's more incremental. I'll just pop right into the canvas here. As you can see, three rows, if the idea is more about people change or tech change or infrastructural change. Lots of little matrices here, many matrices because you hopefully will have a lot of post-it notes. You want to look at the columns, whether they're incremental, substantial or fundamental. Really, this is almost like theater because in this situation I was only interested in the ideas that would be placed in the fundamental column. That's where I wanted to get with the group. Once you get there, hopefully you've got the, say, three or four ideas left in the fundamental idea column. You want to check the criteria again. Just again for context, the carpet company idea that we focused in on the most, I think we had three, four ideas with the carpet company. The one that kind of ticked all the boxes here in this final idea matrix was a potential second-hand carpet digital service, basically. The group thought that this was feasible. They thought it was an idea that could be of its time because the sustainability is obviously absolutely critical going forward for any company. It was an idea of its time. It was the products that we're talking about had the potential to go into a second-hand venture or system. When we went through the criteria on this matrix on front of you, could the MVP be built within six months? They had a budget. They didn't want to go beyond. Did they have resources or partners to help them, et cetera, et cetera? You want to get your top ideas and you want to see as many why for yeses in the idea elimination matrix as possible. Again, you'll have to find your own parameters according to your particular business and industry and situation that you're dealing with, obviously. But you get the idea. This is an idea elimination matrix, basically. That's it, really. That's the five-step framework for this survival equation, this corona crisis comeback, if you will. I'd say that the obstacles to using this. First, you have to get the right people in the room. Their focus is not on ideation exercises right now. If they're having problems with corona, then they're having existential problems. They really have bigger things on their mind. It's important that you have the right people in the room and you convince them that this three hours is something that they have to go through because not talking about major new services or not talking about major changes is not an option just now. Of course, they have to go through all the terrible, terrible process of letting people go and making cutbacks, but they should also be going through this process as well, which is a little bit more positive. It's good for morale as well. That's an obstacle. Getting people in the room, getting the right people in the room, but then the second obstacle is hopefully you're going to come to a situation when you go through this framework that you'll land on something concrete. You'll land on some ideas that you can actually build or take forward or poke the market with. That in itself takes some kind of investment. If you're lucky enough, like my company Humble Bee, we are a digital service design studio, so we are able to build the digital services and we can create a risk and reward payment condition basically for the client if they maybe don't want to, that maybe they can't invest in a new digital second hand service app, let's say, but we can suggest to them that we come in as a joint venture together with them and with some kind of shared risk and some kind of shared reward. That in itself is a model that I believe is the future for everybody here, certainly listening to this. How do you move away from being paid per hour to the added value? It's inevitable. I think agencies that don't do it are going to be in sticky waters quite soon. That's one way of doing it. How do you make sure your services happen? How do you take them to the next stage? How do you take them onto the market and poke the market a little bit with the absolute least risk and potentially largest reward? That's where business design comes in and how do you get to 50 interested people? How do you get to 10 paying customers? What happens when you get past this growth gate, the next growth gate? That's something you have to work out with your client and hopefully you meet the people at the client who have shared values as you do and are open to this kind of setup basically because that's a major risk. If you go through this process and then they can't act on anything that's came out of the process, that's a shame when that happens. That's it. Hopefully the five-step framework might help you. I'm sure it's nothing new if you're a service designer. We've found it as a nice talking point, a nice series of accessible, simple exercises to help people navigate and hopefully come out of COVID on the other side, a better company. If you want to download the Canvas, check out the links down below in the show notes. And if you have a tool, method or framework that you'd like to share with the service design community, just send me a message and let's have a chat. In this playlist, there are more useful tools for you to use. So check it out and I'll see you in the next video.


Welcome back to the Sports Mac Zone. We continue now by talking football and the UEFA Champions League. Matchday 4 of the group stage ended a short while ago. In Group C after Santiago Bonobo in Madrid, 14-time champions Real Madrid hosted Portuguese outfit Braga. Let's look at the highlights. The visitors from Portugal kicking from right to left in the first 45 minutes against Real Madrid. Braga have had plenty of possession actually in these early moments. Three and a half played. Christian Borgia cutting inside. Bruma's little back heel and it's been given I think. Lucas Vasquez has conceded a penalty. Jalo facing Kepa Aretha Balaga. Who saves it? Swung back in and too high and his foot is on the line. It's a great save by Lunin near Cate. That's a poor ball cut out Valverde. Real danger here and Brahim Diaz tucks it in but the referee has said no goal. Brahim Diaz doesn't know it yet but there's been a foul on near Cate. That's a really good ball. This is dangerous and it's into the roof of the net from Brahim Diaz and this time it'll count. Real Madrid threatening here. It's Vinicius Junior. It's 2-0. Brilliant finish by Vinicius Junior. Outstanding goal and they are so quick. Here goes Rodrigo. Vinicius Junior to his left hand side. Brahim Diaz is getting forward. This is Rodrigo. Brilliant ball.  Banzas hoping it might come his way. It's swept into the penalty area and a great save from Lunin to deny Abel Ruiz with a close range header. Braga almost had the last word in this game. Almost but not quite and the referee from Turkey blows his whistle and Real Madrid are into the knockout stages of the Champions League once again. Real Madrid making a light work of Braga even without Jude Bellingham and of course Lans. They have advanced to the last 16 and will be hoping that they can go on to win the Champions League. What a performance from them today. Yeah four from four in the Champions League so far Real Madrid and they're a results team. Braga tried their best today. They tried to manage the game Braga. They had more ball possession in fact and they actually had more passes and more total passes and more completed passes so those statistics tell you that they were trying to manage the game but Real Madrid is a results team and they are the best in Europe. Their record suggests they are and it was just difficult for Braga to hold them off and Rodrigo was outstanding today for Real Madrid and they got they got the win they deserved and the win that their fans expected. Yeah Lans speaks about Rodrigo being brilliant today but I think a lot of credit also goes to Vinicius Jr whenever he steps up and he takes the leadership role he takes responsibility. I think Real Madrid is a stronger team. Well in group A at the parking stadium in Denmark Danish champions FC Copenhagen welcomed a three-time champions Manchester United here are the highlights. Copenhagen will start with positive intent that's just what they're doing supporting run from Wambesaka Rashford is available once more. It's a good break into the box from MacTominay Copenhagen opened up and it's 1-0. Rasmus Hoiland has scored. It's a great start for Eriksen Hargadies team one that he would have dreamt of last night the way that they've been playing an early goal and a great start from Manchester United. Elian Nussi swings the cross in and Manana gets to it nearly collided with Wambesaka who was sliding in at base. Can Manchester United break? Hoiland is going through the middle it's Garnaccio into the box and it's Hoiland for two. You think they're look up have some awareness square he doesn't he takes a shot on Gravara makes a decent save and there's Hoiland with the simplest attacks at the far post to give his side a two-goal lead a chowding two to beat couldn't do it. Rashford trying to shield the ball has managed to do that. Wambesaka clears this is very quickly after the incident this is the incident here a cheery loser's possession and Rashford there stands on yellow he just goes over the top of the ball now is that a red card or is it a natural movement to try and shield the ball he's in trouble here we go here we go we know what's coming Rashford he's trying to smile but it's a grimace really he's sent off and that is a game changer look at Eric Tenhar look at the Manchester United players and it comes from Gonzalez and it's off the frame of the goal with Manana they're only able to wave at it look how deep the whole 10 of Manchester United are chance here and it's taken and it's Elianouzi who's scored it hasn't taken long at all played in by Ankers and helped on came off Baran and it's a penalty the referee points to the spot celebrations behind the goal Maguire saying he's hit my arm or maybe he's saying he didn't hit my arm there's two course for a penalty there's one on Baran but I think it's given for the Maguire one it's there Gonzalez Maguire's arm out from his body and it strikes him below where the shirt sleeve is cut off there we go and Gonzalez levels it Copenhagen to Manchester United to Bruno Fernandez to lift the ball forward can Manchester United steal an advantage again it's Maguire and it's Falco clears Maguire says handball Hoylund is adamant Garnaccio is appealing as well well he's adamant here Maguire isn't he eyes on the ball all the way it does hit the arm of Lucas Lerea here we go over to Donatas Rumches penalty match at the United Bruno Fernandez and he scores and he made it look like it was the easiest thing in the world Sorensen wants more, Falco lifts it in and it's a goal it's Lerea who scores the matches once more Boilersen with time to deliver Oscarson didn't get it really Bargsy does that should do it the referees had a look that does do it and it's a famous win the Jakub Neistrup and his Copenhagen team of battles what a time it is to be a Manchester United supporter well Lance we had Bruno Fernandez restoring Manchester United's lead after Marcus Rashford was sent off but it was not enough because Copenhagen had a lot more in their tank they got over the line yeah Red Devils bottom of the table in in the group at the moment and Copenhagen moved to second ahead of Gareth Tassarai a tough loss for man united today I thought though because the Marcus Rashford red card for me is contentious I know that as long as that goes to var and you look and relook and the still picture shows Rashford's boot jarring into the player's ankle it's hard not to send him off but I don't think it was deliberate I think he was positioning himself to to keep position of the ball and it was Rashford is not a player that gets red cards I think this is only second red card in competitive football yeah one five years ago against Burnley but I think that was unfortunate that happened late in the first half and there were 13 minutes added on at stoppage for the for the halftime break so a tough loss for Manu today but I think it's just reflective of Manu's woes for years now and at the moment things looking pretty dismal for Manu but I thought it was unfortunate for them because I think that Rashford was unfortunate to get the red card but as soon as it went to var you know that the red card is gonna go because yeah when you look back at it the more you look at it and when you freeze the picture and so on it looks reckless and savage which I don't think Rashford intended so unfortunate but that's that's how the cookie crumbles for sure and you know a lot of calls for Eric Tenhag to go but there's a question that's trending if Eric Tenhag goes then who's going to occupy that position so maybe it would be wise to keep him well the fact is I don't think given what we've seen from Manu United over the past seven or eight years and the transition of coaches throughout the system I think people should recognize that it isn't a coaching problem that Manu United has and I don't think it makes sense to fire Tenhag based on where they are now and they just have to fix all the problems in the club yeah bigger problems than that well the other results on the day so what do we have for us all right we had Napoli a 1-0 draw against Union Berlin Real Sociedad getting the win against Benfica Arsenal overcoming Sevilla a win for Bayern Munich thanks to those two goals from Harry Kane a win for Copenhagen PSV Real Madrid and Inter all right let's take a quick break we'll be right back


Visit Togo in West Africa and see the world's hidden wonders for yourself. While the world may overlook Togo, those who venture here are rewarded with the warmth of Togo Lee's hospitality, the diversity of landscapes, and the richness of its culture. Situated in West Africa, this pint-sized country packs a punch, offering travelers experiences that defy its modest size. Pack your curiosity, leave behind preconceptions, and step into Togo, a journey that promises to redefine how you perceive West Africa. Explore Lomé, Togo's largest city. First things first, let's talk about the capital Lomé. Think again if you expect a bustling metropolis with skyscrapers and traffic jams. Lomé has laid back vibes and vibrant street markets. The Grand Marché, a labyrinth of stalls selling everything from colorful fabrics to curious talismans, will satisfy shopaholics and culture enthusiasts equally. You haven't truly experienced Lomé until you've tried street food from a vendor who swears by their secret spice. Once you've had your fill of city life, it's time to venture into Togo's natural wonders. The Togo Lee's landscape, though small, is as diverse as it gets. Head north, and you'll find yourself amid the rolling hills and terracotta-hued landscapes of Kutamaku. Head to Kutamaku, the land of the Batamariba. Kutamaku, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to the Batamariba people and their iconic mud tower houses. It's an open-air museum and a cultural sanctuary. The landscape, dominated by terracotta-hued hills and lush greenery, serves as the canvas upon which the Batamariba have painted their rich heritage. The mud tower houses, known locally as Takienta, with conical roofs and intricate patterns, are living symbols of Batamariba's identity. The Batamariba people, also known as the Tamari, have inhabited this region for centuries. Their distinctive architectural style reflects both practicality and spirituality, unwind along Togo's coastline. For the beach bums among us, Togo's coastline offers a sun-soaked paradise that will make your trip worthwhile. The beaches are pristine, the water is crystal clear, and you won't find yourself elbow-to-elbow with other visitors fighting for a spot in the sand. To achieve a state of deep relaxation, all you need is a coconut, a hammock, and the soothing sound of the waves. All you have to do is take a dip in the water, or place another order for fresh sea food from the Sisi Dishak. Witness the Biyuti of the Fazao Malfakassa National Park. Togo's crown jewel is the Fazao Malfakassa National Park. This national park is a haven for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. The park is home to various species, including elephants, buffalo, and many primates. Strap on your hiking boots and prepare for a trek through one of West Africa's best-kept secrets.