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First I suggest straight leg raises to strengthen the muscles around the knee. To do them lie on the floor on your back, one knee bent, the other straight, hands palm down under the buttocks to support the low back. Contract the quadriceps on the straight leg first, then raise leg to the height of the other knee. Pause 1-2 second at the top, then lower leg but do not allow it to touch the floor. Repeat 10-15 reps, 3 sets. As you get stronger and can easily do 15 reps, use ankle weights. Start with one pound and work up. You should always be able to do 10-15 reps. As you get stronger, you may be able to progress to leg extensions, leg curls, leg presses, squats, and other exercises, but first you should get your leg stronger with the leg raises. Here is a slide presentation that will help.
http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/joint-injections-9/slideshow-knee-exercises (slide #3).
And then click to slide #4 which describes how to tighten the quadriceps before lifting as I instruct above.
And here's an exercise to strengthen the muscles in the back of the legs http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/fitness_programs_exercise_library_details.aspx?exerciseid=131
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A red face is common during a workout, particularly in people who have fair complexions, and is caused by dilation of the blood vessels in your face to help cool off your body. Muscles produce heat during exercise and the heat has to be removed from the body to prevent overheating (like a car that overheats). The body does this with sweat and dilation of blood vessels (vasoldilation). Some people sweat more to cool off while others cool off more by vasodilation and get a red face. There's nothing dangerous about it. You can try a cold wet towel on your face during exercise, and a fan, but you won't be able to entirely prevent it.
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Nocturnal cramping (and daytime cramping) is common but the precise cause is not always easy to determine. It can be due to medications, nutritional deficiencies, poor circulation, dehydration, and other factors. Your doctor can help rule out medical issues (and ask your doctor about quinine as treatment as this can sometimes help nocturnal cramping).
Here are some excellent WebMD resources.
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1. Pre-Hydration: Drink 17 to 20 fl oz of water or a sports drink 2 to 3 hours before exercise to enable fluid absorption and allow urine output to return toward normal levels. 7 to 10 ounces of water or a sports drink 10 to 20 minutes before exercise.
2. During exercise fluid replacement should approximate sweat and urine losses and at least maintain hydration at less than 2% body weight reduction. This generally requires 7 to 10 ounces every 10 to 20 minutes during exercise. More than 2% loss of body weight will affect performance, particularly endurance performance.
3. CHO concentrations greater than 8% increase the rate of CHO delivery to the body but compromise the rate of fluid emptying from the stomach and absorbed from the intestine. Fruit juices, CHO gels, sodas, and some sports drinks have CHO concentrations greater than 8% and are not recommended during an exercise session as the sole beverage. Excessive CHO can cause gas, upset stomach, and diarrhea. Carbohydrate consumption at a rate of app 30-60 grams per hour has been shown to maintain blood glucose levels and sustain exercise performance
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Under these conditions, adding modest amounts of salt (0.3 to 0.7 g/L) can offset salt loss in sweat and minimize medical events associated with electrolyte imbalances (eg, muscle cramps, hyponatremia). Adding a modest amount of salt
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As I blogged about a few weeks ago, mister husband and I spent a week in Cuba over Christmas for our holidays...we decided to top it off with a 'tradition', of sorts: the mister likes to see at least one sunrise on the beach of every tropical destination we head off to. At first, I was skeptical - like, 'you want me to get up when??', but we'd done it before in Mexico and Hawaii, and both were gorgeous, so it was a go!
We had sort of a late night before, packing...we decided the only day to have an alarm (or clock, even) on vacation should be the last day, and our bus to the airplane didn't leave until noon, so we got up at 5:30 am, headed to the bar (which was open - yeah!), got some yummy boozy Spanish Coffee and headed down to the sand. The beach chair guys were already there..and were quite surprised...lol.
So, we settled in and watched the sun come up...it was beautiful!
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I'm not sure if all beaches in Cuba have them, but this beach was covered in swarms of invisible painful biting little bugs! Like, a sharp pinching. All over you. At all times. It wasn't noticable during the day, but before the heat gets going, I guess these little dudes were in full swing...
These about sum up our realization of them:
Hah. Oh, man. We were confused, because they were so tiny...we didn't know where the bites were coming from at first, cuz they weren't leaving bite marks like mosquitos do. Anyhoo, the only way to ward them off was to either repeatedly slap every square inch of your exposed skin, or hop in the ocean, so I watched the rest of the surise from there...lol. And at least we didn't have bug bites, right?
Wrong. lol. About 20-some hours later - when we were picking up our luggage at the airport at home - the bites kicked in. Like, my-socks-are-itching-my-entire-itchy-feet, kicked in. For the next week and a half, our legs and arms were covered in little puffy, suuuuper un bearably itchy bug bites! lol. It was horrible.
Good thing they were balanced out by the lovely sunrise, that's for sure. But I highly suggest doing this sunrise-viewing in Hawaii, were they pride themselves on having no sand bugs...lol. :)


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i hope they had child.. no matter what, its different if you have someone/ something that's a piece of your precious person..
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Oh... part of my question about Sasuke has been answered now. Thank you for clearing that up :D Though I would still like to know what happened in that last encounter.
I know this was a very serious chapter, as it should be, and I think you've portrayed the pair very well. If they were to actually be a couple, I think he would bring out a more serious side of her, and she a more playful side of him, much like she and Naruto did for Sasuke when they were younger
I'm very glad you put in that little bit of crack at the end; it gives a bit of humour to the serious chapter and also shows that Itachi has made friends... even if it is Kakashi XD
I look forward to any future chapters you may post
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i loved this. I think it was the right amount of everything. And I definitely agree; it's very realistic. I mean, he wouldn't just INSTANTLY fall in love with her (though I must say, I'm very much a hypocrite in saying that, because that's exactly what I've done), and he would be sick beyond belief (seriously, i bawled my eyes out when he died... it was a very emotional part of the story). Plus, it's a good thing what he's doing, when he said about having kids. The child would want to know about him and, with only rumours and Itachi's dark past, I don't think that would make a very good impression, even if the child knew about the good side of Itachi. Though, I would like to know what happened to Sasuke... especially during his and Itachi's last encounter
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Book Review: The Cormorant by Chuck Wendig (Series, #3)
Miriam Black is on her own once again after sending her truck driver boyfriend to the curb. She's taken to periodically messing with fate by killing the killers she sees in her visions of the deaths of the people she touches. When she gets an offer on Craigslist to read someone's future death in Florida, it comes at a time when she can't pass it up, as a recently homeless person. She heads to Florida figuring she might also tackle the demon of her relationship with her mother. Two birds, one stone. But Florida ends up being much more than a quick job and a quick visit.
I snatch up a new Miriam Black book the first chance I get because I so love the prose style of the books (I'm uncertain if Wendig's other books read similarly, as I haven't read any), and I also love Miriam as a character very much (I would definitely run the other way if I spotted her on the street at night). This third entry in the series didn't disappoint, although I periodically wondered if Miriam's bad-assness would be sacrificed for character growth.
The urban fantasy world of Miriam Black continues to be slowly fleshed out in this book. We meet a couple more characters with supernatural abilities, not exactly Miriam's but similar in that they function in the mind. We also start to understand what might cause such a thing to happen. And how Wendig presents this information is beautifully crafted. It is a part of the story, a wonderful example of showing not telling.
Miriam doesn't just cause chaos and get away with it, and this book fairly clearly exists to show us that Miriam is not invincible, even if she may sometimes seem it in earlier books. She's a tough broad with a mental gift brutally acquired, and she's trying to figure out how to function and do the right thing in this incredibly fucked up situation where she is battling unknown forces, particularly fate.
The plot forces Miriam to confront two bad specters from her past: an ex lover and her mother. I was fine with confronting the ex lover, and how it went down made sense. I was incredibly wary of her confrontations with her mother. Her mother was established as a fundamentalist abusive ball of shit in the previous books, and I was deeply concerned that Wendig was going to try to either make it seem like it was all in Miriam's head or offer redemption for her. And the plot does sometimes dance on the edge of doing one or the other of these. But the way Miriam reacts to her mother in their confrontations help keep it grounded and realistic that not all mothers are great people. In one confrontation she tells her mother,
Don't act surprised that I have this cyanide cocktail in my heart. Like they say on that old dumb-ass drug commercial: I learned it by watching you. (loc 1824)
On the other hand, an awful lot of the plot revolves around Miriam saving her mother from her untimely death at the hands of a kidnapper. I just have a hard time believing, especially given the vitriol Miriam has felt for her mother this entire time, that she would actually care that much if her mother dies. I get it that Miriam might very much not want the kidnapper to get away with it, because she hates him and he's fucking with her, but I don't think Miriam would actually get misty-eyed at the thought of her mother's untimely demise. It felt forced instead of being Miriam. That said, the plot does manage to stick to its guns enough that Miriam comes out of the situation still seeming like her cyanide-filled self, so I can't fault it too much for veering that close to the edge.
I would be amiss not to mention the fact that his book establishes the fact that Miriam is bisexual. Of course, she refuses to use the term herself, and I'm fairly certain no one actually ever calls her bi. Normally a bi character refusing to call herself bi would drive me batty, but Miriam refusing labels fits 100% into her character. She doesn't see the need to label who she fucks and other characters' attempts to figure her out are met with disgust on her part but that's how she feels about everything about herself. Yes, I wish more functional non-cyanide cocktail hearted characters were bi, but I also am pretty darn happy that a character I enjoy so much is bi. Plus, scenes of Miriam banging a woman were an unexpected utter delight.
The plot does a great job of being both a single book conflict and something that ultimately propels the overarching plot forward, which is exactly what one hopes for from a series book.
The writing style maintains its gritty sharpness that the series has enjoyed from the beginning. Both the narration and the conversations are a pleasure to read. Passages like those listed below are peppered throughout the book, accosting the reader with the knowledge that we are in Miriam's world now.
Meetings are like black holes: they eat up the hours, they suck in the light, they gorge on his productivity. (loc 92)
I'm a certified bad-ass indestructible bitch. The sun tries to burn me, I'll kick him in his fiery balls. I don't need no stinking suntan lotion. (loc 2787)
Overall, this book brings most things readers have come to expect from a Miriam Black book. A gritty female main character with hard-hitting prose and a plot with a touch of the fantastic and grotesque. Some fans might be a bit disappointed by the direction Miriam's relationship with her mother goes, but all readers will be pumped by the ending and eagerly anticipating the next entry. Recommended that fans of the first two books pick this one asap.
4 out of 5 stars
Source: Gift
Previous Books in Series:
Blackbirds, review
Mockingbird, review
Book Review: Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride
A guidebook for adult women raised by a mother with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Dr. McBride is a therapist with many years of experience treating daughters of NPD mothers and also with treating people with NPD. Additionally, she herself is the daughter of a woman with NPD. The book is divided into three sections to help the daughters of mothers with NPD to heal and take charge of their lives. The first section "Recognizing the Problem," explains what maternal NPD looks like. The second section, "How Narcissistic Mothering Affects Your Entire Life," explains the impact NPD mothers have on their daughters, both as children and as adults. The third section, "Ending the Legacy" is all about healing from the NPD mothering and breaking the cycle of Narcissism. Dr. McBride offers clinical examples from her practice as well as detailed, clearly explained exercises to aid with healing.
It's not easy to find a book addressing healing from abuse that manages to walk the fine line of understanding for all involved and absolute condemnation of the abusive actions and that simultaneously encourages agency and healing without making the survivor become stuck in a victim's mentality. Dr. McBride strikes this balance eloquently.
The three sections of the book work perfectly for guiding the reader through understanding precisely what happened in her childhood, how it impacts her adulthood, and how to regain agency of herself and her life. NPD is not a mental illness that is well-understood or recognized. The first section thus must explain NPD and how NPD leads to abusive mothering without demonizing the mother suffering from NPD. It is incredibly difficult not to demonize people with NPD. People with NPD tend to be self-centered, manipulative, and resistant to treatment. McBride manages to simultaneously describe the person with NPD in a sympathetic light and condemn their behavior. This section also serves to provide an aha moment for the reader. It will immediately be clear if your mother has/had NPD or not, and if she does/did, it will shine a light on the daughter's childhood, proving she is not crazy or ungrateful. Some of the signs of a mother with NPD include: the mother demanding praise for everything she's ever done for the daughter, a lack of compassion or empathy for the daughter, approval for who the mother wants the daughter to be instead of who she is, the mother perceives of the daughter as a threat, the mother is jealous of the daughter for various reasons, the mother is overly critical or judgmental, the mother uses the daughter as a scapegoat for her bad feelings, the mother treats the daughter like a friend, no boundaries or privacy, the mother involves the daughter prematurely in the adult world, and more.
This section also explains why the book is only about daughters of mothers with NPD and not for her sons as well.
A mother, however, is her daughter's primary role model for developing as an individual, lover, wife, mother, and friend, and aspects of maternal narcissism tend to damage daughters in particularly insidious ways. Because the mother-daughter dynamic is distinctive, the daughter of a narcissistic mother faces unique struggles that her brothers don't share….A narcissistic mother sees her daughter, more than her son, as a reflection and extension of herself rather than as a separate person with her own identity. She puts pressure on her daughter to act and react to the world and her surroundings in the exact manner that Mom would, rather than in a way that feels right for the daughter. (6-7)
The next section looks at what impact being raised by a mother with NPD has on the daughter's adult life. McBride factually explains where some of the daughter's less healthy behaviors and thought processes may come from without falling into the trap many childhood healing books fall into of repeatedly directing negative energy toward the parent. Some of the issues that may be present in an adult daughter raised by a mother with NPD include: high-achieving or self-sabotaging or waffling between the two, difficulty understanding and processing feelings, inappropriate love relationships that are dependent or codependent or giving up on relationships entirely, fear of becoming a mother herself, unconsciously mimicking her mother's parenting with her own children or doing the exact opposite of what her mother did.
The final section is all about the daughter healing, overcoming, and taking agency for herself. McBride encourages therapy, but also offers at-home tips and exercises for those who cannot afford it. An example of one of these is the "internal mother" exercise. This exercise involves many steps, but it essentially seeks to replace the internal negative messages the daughter has from her own mother with more positive messages that are the type the daughter wanted from her real mother. The daughter grieves the mother she never got to have and learns to parent herself. Much of the work in this section involves grieving the mother and childhood the daughter never got to have, accepting it for what it is, giving herself the encouragement and mothering she needs, learning to set boundaries, and the daughter coming to be in charge of her own life. The exercises are not simple and may seem a bit overwhelming to the reader at first, but they do serve to mimic the real therapy process, encouraging introspection, journaling, grieving, and behavioral changes.
One thing I really appreciate about McBride's approach is how she handles the adult relationship between daughter and mother. She 100% encourages the daughter to make the choice that is right for her own emotional health and that simultaneously does not expect miracles from her mother. Since most people with NPD don't receive successful treatment, McBride carefully admonishes the daughter to base her decision based on her mother's proven behavior. She encourages setting clear boundaries, and individuating oneself from mother. But she also acknowledges that having a relationship at all with a mother with severe NPD might not be possible.
We have to acknowledge that a narcissistic mother may be too toxic to be around. In many situations, daughters have to make the choice to disconnect completely from their mothers because the toxicity damages their emotional well-being. While others around you may not understand it, this is a decision that you get to make for your own mental health. (184)
Refusing to give one-size-fits-all advice on the relationship between a narcissistic mother and her adult daughter is just one example of the many positives of this book. McBride offers insight, advice, and isn't afraid to say what might be painful to hear. She has done an excellent job putting the therapy process into book format, as much as possible.
Overall, this book tackles an incredibly difficult topic in an even-handed, clear manner. Its focus on just daughters of mothers with NPD allows Dr. McBride to give targeted examples and advice to the reader. It never excuses the mother's behavior, firmly condemning it, but still exhibits compassion for the mother suffering from NPD. Any woman who thinks she may have been raised by a woman with NPD should read this book and see if any of it rings true for her. Additionally recommended to anyone interested in how NPD impacts parenting and the next generation.
5 out of 5 stars
Source: Amazon
Book Review: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig (Series, #1)
Miriam Black is an early 20-something drifter with bleach blonde hair and a surprising ability to hold her own in a fight. She also knows when and precisely how you're going to die. Only if you touch her skin-on-skin though. And it's because of this skill that Miriam became a drifter. You try dealing with seeing that every time you touch someone. But when a kind trucker gives her a lift and in her vision of his death she hears him speak her name, her entire crazy life takes an even crazier turn.
This is one of those books that is very difficult to categorize. I want to call it urban fantasy, but it doesn't have much supernatural about it, except for the ability to see deaths. The world isn't swimming in vampires or werewolves of goblins. I also want to call it a thriller what with the whole try to stop the trucker from dying bit but it's so much more than chills and whodunit (or in this case, who will do it). Its dark, gritty style reminds me of Palahniuk, so I suppose what might come the closest would be a Palahniuk-esque urban fantasy lite thriller. What I think sums it up best, though, is a quote from Miriam herself:
It starts with my mother….Boys get fucked up by their fathers, right? That's why so many tales are really Daddy Issue stories at their core, because men run the world, and men get to tell their stories first. If women told most of the stories, though, then all the best stories would be about Mommy Problems. (location 1656)
So, yes, it is all of those things, but it's also a Mommy Problems story, and that is just a really nice change of pace. Mommy Problems wrapped in violence and questioning of fate.
The tone of the entire book is spot on for the type of story it's telling. Dark and raw with a definite dead-pan, tongue-in-cheek style sense of humor. For instance, each chapter has an actual title, and these give you a hint of what is to come within that chapter, yet you will still somehow manage to be surprised. The story is broken up by an interview with Miriam at some other point in time, and how this comes into play with the rest of the storyline is incredibly well-handled. It's some of the best story structuring I've seen in a while, and it's also a breath of fresh air.
Miriam is also delightful because she is unapologetically ribald and violent. This is so rare to find in heroines.
We're not talking zombie sex; he didn't come lurching out of the grave dirt to fill my living body with his undead baby batter. (location 2195)
As a female reader who loves this style, it was just delightful to read something featuring a character of this style who is also a woman. It's hard to find them, and I like that Wendig went there.
While I enjoyed the plot structure, tone, and characters, the extreme focus on fate was a bit iffy to me. There were passages discussing fate that just fell flat for me. I'm also not sure of how I feel about the resolution. However, I'm also well aware that this is the beginning of a series, so perhaps it's just that the overarching world rules are still a bit too unclear for me to really appreciate precisely what it is that Miriam is dealing with. This is definitely the first book in the series in that while some plot lines are resolved, the main one is not. If I'd had the second book to jump right into I would have. I certainly hope that the series ultimately addresses the fate question in a satisfactory way, but at this point it is still unclear if it will.
Overall, this is a dark, gritty tale that literally takes urban fantasy on a hitchhiking trip down the American highway. Readers who enjoy a ribald sense of humor and violence will quickly latch on to this new series. Particularly recommended to readers looking for strong, realistic female leads.
4 out of 5 stars
Source: Netgalley
Book Review: A Crack in the Line by Michael Lawrence (Series, #1) (Bottom of TBR Pile Challenge)
Alaric lives in the crumbling Withern Rise house with his widowed father. Nothing has been the same since his mother's death in a train accident two years ago. Now his dad is off helping his girlfriend get ready to move in with them, and his crazy Aunt Liney is there to keep an eye on him. Miserable, he touches a carving his mother made of the house from wood from the family tree years ago and finds himself transported to a parallel universe where a girl, Naia, is living his life–only with their mother still alive.
This may be one of those YA books that only someone in the midst of teen angst can truly appreciate, or perhaps an adult with a strong fear of losing their mother.
Alaric is an angsty teen, perhaps with good reason, but he's annoying nonetheless. Thankfully, his Aunt Liney is present, and she is a breath of fresh air. The long-suffering, quirky aunt who was almost aborted and does not exist in the alternate reality is clearly important, but we never find out why. Probably this is key later in the trilogy, but I doubt I'll struggle through simply to find out just how she's a key factor. I also must admit that I find the obvious pro-life slant in Aunt Liney's storyline annoying.
Although Alaric's motivation for coming to and continually returning to the Naia's parallel universe is clear, her motivations are not. Her world seems quite ideal, and Alaric is an unwelcome intrusion into it. She does not seem to possess a naturally curious or quizzical nature. This leaves half of the plot, Naia's part in it, unclear.
The parallel worlds are interesting, but not nearly as creative as, say, Stephen King's. The differences are all incredibly minor, based off of decisions and chances playing out in two different scenarios. A baby could be a boy or a girl. A mother could live or die. A sister could be aborted or kept. Yet how Lawrence draws the line on what counts as a chance or a decision is very unclear. Is every single choice and instance a decision? That would make the universes go on forever, which just seems highly illogical and improbable. I simply could not sustain my disbelief quite enough to get into it.
All of that said, I could see a teenager enjoying this story. Particularly one upset with his parents or wishing his life was minutely different in some way. I thus recommend it to a teen into fantasy and the concept of parallel universes.
3 out of 5 stars
Source: PaperBackSwap
In Response to Folks Who Didn't Like This Week's Episode of Lost
Spoiler Warning: If you have yet to see Lost Season 6 Episode 15 "Across the Sea" and wish to remain spoiler-free, skip this entire post!
I've had it. I'm fed-up with my fellow Losties whining about this week's episode, and I am frankly starting to doubt their mental capacities or ability to appreciate anything beyond "ooo Sawyer's got his shirt off" or "Hah! Hurley said 'dude' again!"
This week we got treated to entire episode revolving around the history of the island. We found out where Jacob and the MIB came from, as well as some other things we've encountered on the island previously, such as the donkey wheel and the skeletons in the cave. After watching this episode I engaged in a lengthy, intellectually-stimulating, philosophical discussion about various aspects of not just the Lost story and mythos but in life in general. I then awoke the next day to my fellow Losties whining on the internet and tv. I am going to now respond to their criticisms in turn.
- "Omg why are they focusing on minor characters this late in the game? wahhhhh"
If you think that Jacob and MIB are minor characters, you are a total idiot. The entire reason Flight 815 crashed on the island is because Jacob needed a replacement. The reason they're still battling it out is that MIB needs to kill all the candidates to get off the island. Let me repeat: THE ENTIRE REASON YOUR PRECIOUS FLIGHT 815 CHARACTERS ARE ON THE ISLAND IS BECAUSE OF JACOB AND MIB. They are not minor characters. They are the central characters that the entire plot revolves around! I'd be pretty pissed-off if we'd never found out anything further about them.
- "Fine, have a Jacob/MIB episode, but it should have been earlier in the season."
Think about how many things you got to speculate or were surprised about because you didn't totally understand the rivalry between Jacob/MIB or Smocke's motivations. The 815 folks weren't sure what the motivations behind everything were and neither were you. If this episode had come earlier, it would have removed all that suspense, and Lost is a show that is all about the suspense.
- "It should have switched between this flashback and the current storyline or at least the sidewaysflash."
Do you seriously think that, given where we left off last week, it would have made for a smooth episode or even an enjoyable one to switch between Jacob/MIB and the current story? We are clearly just about at epic battle in the present/sidewaysflash. It would have been just plain awkward storytelling to switch between the two, not to mention that I'm betting a bunch of the information we found out this week is critical to the next step in the current story, and we needed to know it before they could move on.
- "Why the hell doesn't MIB have a name?!"
Ok. Obviously Mother named him. It would be insanely impossible to raise a child without a name to be able to use to call them, etc… The writers obviously purposefully wrote hiding his name. Clearly we aren't supposed to know it yet. It's probably symbolic or at least super-important to something else, and we can't know it yet. Seriously, people, he has a name. The writers are using obvious writing techniques to work around having to say it for a reason.
- "Various whinings about typical myth elements such as the twins, sibling rivalry, and the glowing light in a particular place that needs to be protected and I signed up for a scifi show, dammit."
Actually, if you started in Season One Episode One, you signed up for a deserted island show, but anywho. Science versus faith has been a core theme in Lost from part-way through Season One. The appearance of the light doesn't mean science has been thrown out the window. Even the mythology that Jacob/MIB learned as kids doesn't throw science out the window. Humanity explains mysteries in the best way that they can with the materials that they have. That's why people used to explain thunder and lightning as gods fighting with each other instead of the rapid expansion of air and electrical discharge we now know caused them. Jacob/MIB were born in a far less scientific time, and it is quite possible that Mother was just working with what she had to explain things. While it's obvious that there's some super-natural stuff going on (hello, immortality), that doesn't mean that all science is going to go poof. It is entirely possible that the glowing light is actually some nuclear energy or some such. Additionally, I have the distinct feeling that we're going to be left to decide for ourselves in the end whether to believe a scientific or supernatural explanation for the island, so they need to put the backing in place for the supernatural end of it.
Really, fellow Losties, when you whine about these things, you're just showing that you understand next to nothing about the art of storytelling and that you really just tune in week to week to ogle Kate's boobs or Sawyer's chest (depending on your particular sexual preference) with the occasional garnish of something blowing up. Fine, whatever, you tuning in helped keep the show on the air for those of us who can appreciate the actual story. However, can you please keep your confused whinings to a low roar so the rest of us can enjoy the series finale?
Something I Learned Recently
I had a bad childhood. By that I mean bad in the sense that I'm having to deal with the repercussions of it today. It's given me challenges that I have to overcome in order to have a healthy life today. I know, I know, a lot of people have to do this, but that fact doesn't mean I shouldn't talk about it ever. In fact, I think if people talked about it more, the world would be a healthier place. But I digress. Since I first became aware that I needed to unlearn some thought processes and behaviors and learn new ones, I consider each lesson I learn a victory. This is one more way in which I won't repeat the mistakes of my elders. I will break the cycle. Of course I also always wish that I had learned it sooner, but one should focus on the positives. Something that it kind of astounds me it took this long for me to learn is how not to have a disagreement with people you care about.
People model how they fight primarily based on two things: how their parents fought with each other and how their parents responded when the child disagreed with or felt hurt by them. My mother was the model of the "I'm angry at you but I'm not going to tell you and simultaneously make your life miserable until you figure it out" woman with my father. My father, who I love dearly, has the classic Irish temper (although it's mellowed with age).
Here's a sample scenario that got played out over and over. My mother wanted my father to help her with the dishes, but she didn't ask him to, because he should just know that. (This is a mistake psychiatrists call "mind reading" and normal people call "ask for what you want, doofus, your husband can't read minds"). My father, being unable to read minds and working full-time while my mother stayed at home so probably figured her doing the dishes was probably part of the deal, didn't help with the dishes. My mother got angry and instead of calmly telling my father that she was hurt he didn't offer to help with the dishes, she went on full-on attack mode. One thing couples know, it's how to push each other's buttons, so my mom would set out to do exactly that. My dad would take it and take it and then suddenly, randomly explode. Then yelling and screaming occurred, and also sometimes throwing of things by my mother. (A long-running "funny" family tale was how she threw dishes at his head in their first year of marriage). This generally revolved around bringing up old wounds, yelling insults, and more until finally the actual original incident might possibly be brought up. This was followed by more yelling and screaming at which point my dad would vacate to the garage where he would "fix things" aka throw tools around. Eventually my mother, after ranting to us about our father for a while, would follow him to the garage where I'm assuming they made up as they came back in happy.
The above scenario wasn't a rare occurrence. This was how my parents fought, almost each and every time they had a disagreement. At least to my knowledge. Maybe they calmly worked some things out by talking to each other, but they certainly didn't do that in front of us.
Now, couple that with how my mother would react to me disagreeing with her. Kids don't always agree with their parents, and sometimes parents do make a mistake and the kid has every right to be upset, yes? Not in my mother's world. In my mother's mind she was the adult so she was always right and disagreeing was synonymous with disobeying. For instance, we'd be driving someplace and my brother would tell my mother he was pretty sure we got there by taking the left turn back there, and my mom would tell him she's the adult. She knows what she's doing, and is he implying that she's stupid?! Then there were the few times I dared to tell my mother, for instance, that it hurt me that she called me that name she called me. My mother's reaction was always "that never happened," followed by her entirely made up version of what happened and me being punished for lying.
Put these two things together, and it's not exactly in my nature to calmly say "hey, when you did this, it upset me." Why? Subconsciously I think my feelings won't be calmly listened to or validated. Also it's just instinctual at this point to get upset and just act upset until the other person asks what's wrong. For some reason, it's only recently that I realized healthy people don't interact this way! It's normal when relating with people to sometimes have a disagreement or feel irritated or hurt by something they did, but if they're a good person and you bring it up calmly and rationally, you can talk about it, forgive each other, and move on. Novel concept, eh?
Honestly though, I think that a lot of people had bad disagreements and fighting modeled for them as kids. Maybe they do realize it, not everyone is as slow as me to realize being mean to the people you care about is not the way to handle things. But maybe they don't. So, internet-world, there is such a thing as the good way to disagree versus the bad way to disagree. Talk to each other. Really listen to what the other person is saying. Try to see their perspective. Validate their feelings. Accept and give forgiveness gracefully. Your life will be better, and maybe the world will be a slightly better place.


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VIDEO> A Passion for Vintage Japanese Cars
HBTV: Depth of Speed – JDM Legends Restored from HBTV on Vimeo.
Our webmaster Brandon Campbell introduced me to this video, and I thought it was too good not to share. HBTV presents another episode of Depth of Speed. Josh Clason revisits Eric Bizek from JDM Legends in Utah. In this short video doc, Eric shares his passion and love of vintage Japanese cars. He takes an in-depth look into the quality and craftsmanship of the vintage cars along with his own personal restoration process. (more…)
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While some of the other members of the Motor Mavens Crew are busy putting together their photos from this weekend's Formula D Pro Am event, I thought I'd show post this scan of a car I've been admiring.
There are some blogs that I check out frequently, and I came across this scan from a 1999 Battle Magazine that Rob from Roadster:DRIFT posted up. The AE86 Levin has always been one of my favourite cars, so when I saw this, my jaw dropped. To some this might just be another Levin, but for me looks wise this is the PERFECT Levin! Just clean and simple with a Goodline front bumper and bonnet, TRD rear wing, and a few nice subtle touches like the kouki spec rear bumper, foglights minus the grill, and what looks like stock arches rolled and flared. It's also sitting on a set of gorgeous RS Watanabe Type R wheels in 14x8J -6.
Like I said before, for me personally, this is the perfect Levin. But AE86s are cars that can have so many different styles applied to them and I'm sure any fan of the AE86 has their favourite. We'd love to hear from our readers what your favourite style is or even a particular car e.g., Katsuhiro Ueo's famous D1GP Trueno.
Let us know!
:: Daniel Bridle
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VIP originated with Japanese Yakuza members modifying their cars with dish rims, clean body kits, and limo tint. Anytime a Yakuza boss rolled down the street you would know to get out of the way! Justin Wu, the owner of this particular 2003 M45 may not be a Yakuza boss, but he definitely is gangster, and here's why. Read more...
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WEBMINING> Was INXS the first group of JDM Insiders?
Don't try to front and say you're old-school JDM just because you saw an Option magazine way back in 1998. Just as the title says, kids: Australian band INXS was down with Japanese car culture before you were even born. Released in 1984, the video for INXS' Original Sin brought JDM staples like dekotora and bosozoku to Western TV screens long before anyone outside of Japan knew what either of those things were. Watching this video reminds us that we need to hit up a dekotora show the next time we're in Japan…
Only low-res rips of the video exist online, but you can catch the video on VH1 Classic from time to time. In the meantime, here's a low-res version for you to enjoy.
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate/ Emery Progress publisher
The Sun Advocate will team up with the Girls and Boys Club of Price on March 22 at 2 p.m. to raise funds for the organization which provides services and a place for kids to call their own right here in Castle Country.
The event is called the Newspaper Olympics.
The intention of the event is to make for a fun time for participants and for everyone who comes to learn more about the Girls and Boys Club.
Teams will consist of four members and a $40 entry fee will be collected for each team. All proceeds from the teams entries will go to support the club.
Three events will be held for teams to participate in.
The first is a Newspaper Boy Paper Throw. In this event teams will use rolled up newspapers that they will throw at a tire some feet away. They will get one point for every newspaper they place through the hole in the middle of the tire. Each team member will participate having a minute to throw as many as they can through the tire.
The second event will be the Newspaper Shuttle. This will be an event where the team members must carry a bundle of newspapers on their extended arms in a relay race through a course. The race will get increasingly harder as each new relay member gets another bundle of newspapers to carry through the course. The last member of the team will have to carry four bundles. The team with the best time in the course wins that event.
The final event will be what is termed the Tower of Babel. Team members will have two minutes to build the tallest tower they can out of bundled newspapers. The tower will be measured at the end of their time and the tallest tower will win the event.
Each events winners will get prizes awarded to them. There will also be an award for the team that wins two of the three events.
If separate teams win each event, then there will be a tie breaker event that will determine the winner of the grand prizes. The kind of event that will be used for this purpose will not be disclosed unless there is a tie.
Team members may be any age or gender. Preregistration is desired so the events committee can plan for the event, but they will accept registrations on the day of the event.
The public is encouraged to come and watch the proceedings. Refreshments will be served.
The event committee hopes to have many businesses participate, but individual teams can be entered as well. Payment for registration will be due the day of the event.
The event will take place at the Girls and Boys Club of Price at 200 East and 130 North.
Official rules for the event will be given to teams when they register.
For information on becoming part of the event call Richard Shaw at the Sun Advocate at 435 637 0732 Ext. 23 or email a request to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Conserving a silk hanging scroll painting: Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo
The texture and appearance of silk is affected by the density and type of weave. Early Japanese paintings tended to be painted on silk with a fairly open weave. There are many different types of silk so it is very important in the conservation of a silk painting to match the weave of the repair silk as accurately as possible to that of the original. The repair silk used in the conservation of this painting was woven to order. It was then exposed to a radio-active source: a recognized method of weakening newly woven silk so that the qualities of the new silk will be sympathetic to those of the original painting.
Each area of loss had to be carefully traced and a repair cut to exactly the same size before being placed into position on the painting. The silk repairs were attached using a mixture of Japanese gluten-free wheat starch paste and funori, an adhesive prepared from seaweed. This adhesive is used as it is not only readily reversible but also extremely flexible. Prior to any retouching the new repair is sized with a dilute soya milk solution. This enables the retouching to remain on the surface of the repair without spreading into the surrounding painting.


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Turner Moving & Storage, a Napa county Moving, Storage & Records Management Company, has just been awarded the prestigious Diamond Certified symbol after being rated highest in quality in a customer satisfaction rating performed by American Ratings Corporation.
Turner Moving & Storage has been serving the Napa Valley and surrounding areas for the past 65 years. Family owned and operated, our mission is to develop and maintain permanent relationships with our customers by providing outstanding service.
In order to earn Diamond Certified, a local service company must apply to be rated by American Ratings Corporation (ARC) and pass each step of its twelve-step rating and certification process. ARC actually pulls a random sample of past customers from the applicant company's files and surveys typically 100 customers by telephone. Not only do the customers rate the applicant company on a 1 to 10 scale for quality, but also they indicate their willingness to return or refer other consumers to the company. Most companies can't pass the rating because a customer satisfaction survey score of greater than 90 on a 100 scale is required. In addition, ARC verifies liability and workers' compensation insurance, state license status, complaint status, business practices, financial stability and legal judgment status. Additionally, ongoing customer satisfaction surveys are conducted to ensure the Diamond Certified Company is maintaining its high customer satisfaction.
"Our entire team at Turner Moving & Storage is pleased to earn this prestigious award. And, it is especially gratifying because it's based on our customers' perception of our quality," said Randy Turner, owner of Turner Moving & Storage.
"Personally, I've been focused on rating local service companies for the past 15 years and I'm always impressed at how certain organizations are so focused on satisfying their customers. Turner Moving & Storage is one of those special companies," said Jim Stein, founder and CEO of American Ratings Corporation.
About American Ratings Corporation
American Ratings Corporation's mission is to define excellence and to identify for consumers the highest quality local companies. It rates local service companies in Northern California and awards the Diamond Certified symbol to companies rated highest in quality. It backs these companies for consumers by providing, when necessary, Diamond Certified mediation services and a money-back guarantee. For more information, visit www.diamondcertified.org or call 800-738-1138.


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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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The following food service establishment inspection reports were provided by the Environmental Health Division of the Rockdale County Health Department and the Newton County Health Department. Restaurants that score from 90 to 100 get a letter grade A; those that rate 80-89 get a B; a tally of 70-79 is a C; and below 70 is a U, or unacceptable. A restaurant scoring 70 or above is allowed to operate if there are no critical violations. If a facility is rated U on consecutive inspections, it must close and the owner must prove that it can be operated safely before reopening is allowed.· Frontera Mex-Mex Grill, 64-U, 1820 Ga. Highway 20, Suite 256, Conyers. Date: Feb. 10 Violations: Employee not washing hands after touching dirty dishes then touching clean dishes. Person in charge could not inform or present information about health policy or awareness. Dish machine not operating properly. Stored pans unclean with food-like debris. Several items not cold holding at the proper temperature. Items on prep line/make line unit being held with time as a control, not properly documented with proper temperature log or procedure book. Sanitizing solution concentration too high. Butane lighters stored on top of prep line table. Food items not properly labeled with product identity. Pans stored stacked on one another wet. Fryer baskets in disrepair. Gaskets on reach-in prep cooler in disrepair. Prep cooler not maintaining proper holding temperature. Electrical wires by prep line dirty with debris. Clean wires and six-way power strip unit to remove debris. · Subway No. 13186, 76-C, 1105H West Ave., Conyers. Date: Feb. 10 Violations: Observed employees rinse hands without using soap then put on glove. Utensils (knives) stored in handwash sink. Multiple potentially hazardous foods requiring cold holding being held at an improper temperature. Damaged utensils (Lexan lids) still in use. Damaged/missing coved base. Damaged wall tiles. Observed not covered trash container in restroom. · Subway No. 13186- Recheck, 98-A. Date: Feb. 13 Violations: Damaged/missing coved base. Damaged wall tile in kitchen area. · China Star, 95-A, 13015 Brown Bridge Road, Covington. Date: Feb. 25 Violations: Employee drinks in food prep area. Wet mop stored in bucket. · Bangkok Grill, 100-A, 5135 U.S. Highway 278, Covington. Date: Feb. 26 · Dairy Queen, 99-A, 3125 U.S. Highway 278, Covington. Date: Feb. 27 Violations: Dirty floor and wall beside fryer need cleaning. Wet mop stored in bucket. · Occie's Tackle Box, 88-B, 7100 Washington St., Covington. Date: Feb. 27 Violations: Tarter sauce and canned milk sitting out at room temperature. No backflow prevention on three-compartment sink and vegetable sink. Paint peeling off wall and molding not sealed. Replace missing cove molding. Wet mop stored in bucket. Floors, walls and door jambs dirty going down hallway to bathrooms. Employee's purse and food stored next to food items.
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Shep wants inland rail
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Men still calling the shots
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Water sale bottler of an idea
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State council picks sites for traveling exhibit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Humanities Council has selected six sites to host a traveling exhibit on the role of sports in American culture.
The council says it is sponsoring a state tour of the new Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit "Hometown Teams'' beginning February 2014.
Officials selected museums and cultural and community organizations to hosting the exhibit and provide public programs about their local sports culture.
The sites selected are: the Parkersburg Art Center, the Buck Harless Community Center in Gilbert, the Preston County Sports Museum, the Randolph County Community Arts Center, the Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center and the Morgantown History Museum.


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DC Cancels HELLBLAZER To Start New Constantine Series
Constantine finally met a villain he can't beat- cancellation. Vertigo's Hellblazer is ending this February with issue #300. DC's imprint, Vertigo, will wrap up the longest running monthly series so a new series based in the DC 52 can kick off.
The new Constantine ongoing will be written by New York Times bestseller Robert Venditti with Renato Guides. While the mature take of the character at Vertigo will end, DC promises the Justice League Dark member will travel the DCU's magical roads, while retaining his smoking and drinking ways. Vendetti said "He's going to be the same age that he is in Justice League Dark and the same character people know and recognize. The drinking and smoking, the con man aspect of him- that's going to be very much part of the series."
Here's the official press release announcing Hellblazer's demise and Constantine's new book:
John Constantine has been a constant presence in the pages of DC Comics, having first appeared in SWAMP THING in the 1980s and up through his current adventures in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, ANIMAL MAN and SWORD OF SORCERY.
Now, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS announced this morning that the chain-smoking British occult detective will headline his own ongoing comic book series as part of DC Comics-The New 52.
Launching in March 2013, CONSTANTINE will be written by upcoming DEMON KNIGHTS writer and New York Times bestselling author of The Homeland Directive and the sci-fi graphic novel series The Surrogates, Robert Venditti, with incredible art by Renato Guedes (SUPERMAN).
"Few characters in comics are as complex and entertaining as John Constantine, and I'm finding him to be every bit as enjoyable to write as he is to read," says Venditti. "It's my goal to have the new CONSTANTINE series be equal parts familiarity and surprise. This will be the Constantine we all know and love, but facing new and unexpected challenges from both inside and out."
HELLBLAZER, Vertigo's longest-running series which currently headlines John Constantine, will end with issue #300 in February. John Constantine has escaped, cheated, narrowly avoided and even reversed death on multiple occasions. Now, in the conclusion of "Death and Cigarettes," longtime writer Peter Milligan and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini will test whether he's got one more second chance in him, giving him the bloody best sendoff he deserves.
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