Ukraine's Forgotten Children

Ukraine's Forgotten Children: How to Help

Amalia Rodrigues

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130357207

Joss Stone - Security

Post-homicidal depression

The killer is simply acting out a ritualistic fantasy ... but, once sacrificed, the victims identity within the murderer's own fantasy is lost. The victim no longer represents what the killer thought he or she represented. The image of a fiancee who rejected the killer, the echo of the voice of the hated mother, or the taunting of the distant father; all remain vividly in the killer's mind after the crime. Murder has not erased or changed the past because the killer hates himself even more than he did before the climax of emotion ... it is only his own past that is acted out. He has failed again. ... Instead of reversing the roles of his childhood, the killer has just reinforced them, and by torturing and killing a defenseless victim, the killer has restated his most intimate tragedies --- Joel Norris

What Makes Serial Killers Tick?

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Vibram Fivefingers day one

there were some differences i felt running with the fingers
one is that i felt like i wasted less energy
usually near the end i'm more out of breath
this time i wasn't as 'gassed'
once i stopped, i recovered in seconds
usually i'd be gasping for air for a long time after i stop
and my guess is that
by having more feedback from my feet, my body ran more optimally
i'm not pounding my weight into the ground
being gentle with the landing
and more conscious overall
but the cool thing is it's all automatic
coz it's like all of a sudden my foot sensors got activated
but i didn't have to teach my body what to do with the feedback
because it already knows
i noticed my body making some subtle adjustments to my gait
based on what my feet were saying
and as a result i wasn't bouncing up or down as much
i was cruising more
i also wasn't relying on the cushion on my shoes to absorb the impact
so i was smoother and more gentle with the landings
activating more muscles
but surprisingly that gave me more energy
it's weird how the feet work
because you think that they can't handle the impact of running on a hard surface
but when you do, your feet feel the impact
but there is no pain
the only pain you feel is from various muscles in your leg working
muscles that never worked before to keep your feet stable and to absorb the shock
at one point i made a sudden change of pace to get into a sprint
tilted my body weight forward, weight moved over my toes
chambered the energy into quads and calves
but this time i felt something different
i actually felt the weight on my toes
and my toes spreading to balance
in a shoe, if i leaned forward to get ready to sprint, the stiff sole would not let me feel that
my toes would be useless nubs
and the stiff sole would transfer the weight to the rest of my foot
which is awkward
and then when i started sprinting, my toes flicked back like talons
yea that was unexpected, that i'd be less tired running barefoot

Related link:
http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/

Siu Lim Tau

Rossi-Stoner Laguna Seca battle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPM77TsGaA

Blacked out at Wing Chun yesterday

Weird that it has never happened before. Had a chat with TK about it and he pointed me to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasovagal_syncope

I saw the first 2 triggers and chuckled. Yup, sounds exactly like Wing Chun class.

Series of events:

• got into the "hourglass" stance (had been practicing for an hour or two before that)
• got stance tweaked to the 'correct' form, started hurting more
• toes pointed in, knees and achilles tense and locked
• quads near the knee start burning
• legs tremble
  
• achilles tendon is tight, strained and slowly stretching
• shoulders are stretched tight from having fists in the cocked back position
• I can feel body weight centered from head to somewhere between the balls of my feet
• breathing is a little labored as I try to maintain form
• legs burn, I take deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling to breathe through the pain
• legs start to fail now, I feel like they are struggling to support my weight
• I consciously keep breathing deeply, I hear my breath going in and out
• I feel a little light headed, and I force myself to keep breathing
• I decide to finally stand up to relieve the pain
• My vision starts blurring, I mention that I am light headed
• I remember lowering myself to the ground into a sitting position
• Memory is fuzzy in this period
• Next thing I remember is being pulled back to the wall
• People looking at me concerned
• I still feel light headed, but I am conscious
• My vision is blurry. Dark, I still see colors, but everything is like a watercolor painting, or large pixels. I can see shapes and movement, but lights are faint.
• I can hear people talking to me. Volume is lower, my ears feel a little stuffed
• I can process thoughts, and respond and converse with people, although my vision is still hazy
• My vision stays fuzzy for a few minutes. I'm surprised at how long it's taking for my vision to recover, considering that I feel fine now
• breathing is okay, control and feeling to my entire body has been restored
• I feel strong again, like I could just get up and run. But I stay seated just in case
• Eventually I feel tired of sitting down so I stand up. I don't feel light headed anymore. Only thing bad that I feel are my spent leg muscles, which are expected.
• My vision starts to clear up. The black fuzz dissipates, room brightens and image sharpens
  

I assess my condition:

• I have been well hydrated all throughout the day (went to pee 4 times at work, another time before leaving for class. Didn't pee at class, but drank water every half hour or so)
• I had a normal lunch and had a bagel before class. I did not feel weak or hungry. In fact I felt like I had the energy to run for a couple of miles

Dj Disciple ft Suzy "Yes"