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What is Cryotherapy?

1) Who developed this technology?

Whole body cryotherapy was originally developed in Japan in 1978 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, and the benefits have been studied and refined in Europe since that time.

2) When was whole body cryotherapy developed?

Whole body cryotherapy has been used in Europe and Japan for more than three decades. Multiple research studies have been published in medical journals about the effects of whole body cryotherapy, and in many European countries the treatments are covered by medical insurance policies. In the United States, whole body cryotherapy is considered a non-medical wellness modality, and health insurances do not offer reimbursements for the service.

3) How does it work?

The Cryosauna uses gasiform nitrogen to lower the client’s skin surface temperature by 30-50 degrees Fahrenheit over a period of two-three minutes. The Cryochamber is cooled using liquid nitrogen but clients are not in direct contact with the gas. The skin reacts to the cold and sends messages to the brain that acts as a stimulant to the regulatory functions of the body. It produces the scanning of all areas that may not be working to their fullest potential. The skin exposure to the extreme temperatures also triggers the release of anti-inflammatory molecules and endorphins.

4) Is it safe?

Yes. Single person direct injection Cryosaunas and multi-person Walk-in Cryochambers have been used for the past 30+ years without any severe adverse reaction ever recorded. Problems have only arisen if a client steps into the machine with wet clothing, especially wet socks, as water will freeze immediately at these temperatures. The nitrogen being used to cool the single-person cryosauna is the same nitrogen that makes up the air we breathe (actually 78% of it). In either type of chamber, the client breathes room-air. In the single person chamber, the operator raises the platform the client stands on up so that the head is above the heavier nitrogen vapors. Here, the client breathes normal room-air. In a recent safety evaluation, we have used a pulse oximeter to record blood oxygen saturation in more than 30 clients using the single person chamber and found no drop in blood oxygen saturation throughout the treatment. For added safety, chambers are also equipped with an oxygen monitor at the level of the mouth, which will shut off the nitrogen supply should the oxygen concentration drop by 0.5%. In order to protect the more temperature sensitive tissues such as hands and feet, clients wear dry socks, slippers, and gloves, which we provide. In the walk-in chambers, clients also have to wear a face-mask (to protect the nose and prevent the inhalation of cold air), as well as earmuffs or a hat covering the ears.

5) Is it comfortable?

Before entering the Cryosauna, clients are required to dress in protective clothing composed of cotton socks, cotton underwear (for men), and gloves. If you are using the walk-in chamber, you will also be provided with a cotton band to cover your ears and a disposable mask to cover your mouth. A session is of short duration (2-3 minutes), and the cold is ‘dry’, so it is very tolerable. Towards the end of the session, you may get a ‘pins and needles’ sensation, which disappears immediately after the treatment.

6) How do I feel after the treatment?

During each session the body releases endorphins, which are hormones that make you feel good and energetic. The mood-enhancing effects from each session can last for days.

7) How many treatments should I do?

Depending on the condition of treatment, you should initially take 10 treatments in the first month to maximize your results. After that you can take fewer treatment spaced further apart to maintain and improve on your results (e.g. once or twice every week).

8) Can I catch a cold because of this procedure?

No. The immediate cold impact of the cryosession will raise the internal body temperature for a short period of time. The stimulation of the immune system can help decrease the severity and frequency of future colds.

9) I am claustrophobic. May I use WBC?

Yes, you may. The Cryosauna door is held by a magnet and never locked. You may step out at any time. The Cryosauna is open to the top and your head is raised above the level of the upper rim of the cabin.

10) Do I have to take a shower before or after?

No, you don’t. This procedure is absolutely dry and does not make your skin wet.

11) Who should not use whole body cryotherapy?

The following conditions are contraindications to whole body cryotherapy: Pregnancy, severe Hypertension (BP> 160/100), acute or recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, arrhythmia, symptomatic cardiovascular disease, cardiac pacemaker, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, venous thrombosis, acute or recent cerebrovascular accident, uncontrolled seizures, Raynaud’s Syndrome, fever, tumor disease, symptomatic lung disorders, bleeding disorders, severe anemia, infection, claustrophobia, cold allergy, age less than 18 years (parental consent to treatment needed), acute kidney and urinary tract diseases.

12) What are the risks of whole body cryotherapy?

Whole body Cryothherapy is very well tolerated and has minimal risks: Fluctuations in blood pressure during the procedure by up to 10 points systolically (this effect reverses after the end of the procedure, as peripheral circulation returns to normal), allergic reaction to extreme cold (rare), claustrophobia, redness, and skin burns (only if exposed to low temperatures longer than recommended).

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Enactus president earns Sam's Club internship

Enactus president earns Sam's Club internship
I admit to still having some nervousness about my future, so this should definitely help clear things up."
~ Sam Bogle

When Sam Bogle joined her fellow Pittsburg State University Enactus students for national competition in Kansas City, she had a lot on her mind.

Not only did she want her team to perform well, but as incoming president, she was already thinking about projects and ideas for this coming year. During the course of the event, however, one other subject quickly took hold of her mind.

“A person from management at Sam’s Club was there and asked us who would like an internship at Sam’s,” Bogle said. “So, I went over the booth and got an application. Hours later, I had an offer.”

Bogle, a senior with a double major in management and marketing, said she was not expecting to earn a summer internship that quickly, but she certainly wasn’t about to turn it down.

“It really did happen very fast, but it’s a great opportunity for me,” she said. “I was excited, but also a little surprised. I’ve needed an internship, so this worked out perfectly.”

Bogle’s internship began in early June and will last 10 weeks. She is one of three interns this summer at the Sam’s Club store in Joplin.

“I’m very much looking forward to gaining the experience and seeing if management and marketing is really what I want to do,” she said. “I admit to still having some nervousness about my future, so this should definitely help clear things up.”

Bogle was one of seven PSU Enactus students to secure an internship or a full-time job while at nationals.

“Our students are very attractive to employers because of their skills, intellect and drive,” Suzanne Hurt, Enactus student adviser, said. “I wasn’t at all surprised that they were getting offers from businesses that had a presence at nationals.”

As for the Enactus team, their collective star shined bright at nationals. The team finished as second runner-up in its league. During the opening ceremonies, the PSU team was recognized as the second-place winner in the Walmart Women’s Economic Empowerment Project Partnership contest and as the third-place winner in the Sam’s Club “Step Up For Small Business” competition.

The PSU team received the Women’s Economic Empowerment award for its community employment initiative. The second-place award included a $4,000 prize.

The team earned third-place in the “Step Up” competition for its work with the Grace House Event Center in Galena.  That award carried a $3,000 prize.

All told, they left Kansas City with $7,750 in grant money.

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This is Lokta paper. It is handmade. Aren't the colors beautiful? I love looking at these all spread out on the table. They remind me of my palette. I love color! Most of the time I use to much color or can't stop adding color until I have a muddy mess. Can you relate to that?You can't do that with this paper. I use this for the flyleaf of the inside cover of my books. Everyone is always so excited to choose there color. We gave a workshop last Thursday and Friday in my home studio on Lake Charlevoix, MI. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time painting in their new journals.


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WTF Do Corydoras Eat?

Posted 2009.08.05 9.04 in Aquaria, Photography by Stephanie

I have these two cute Peppered Corys (Corydoras paleatus) in my 23 gallon aquarium. Originally I got just the one, but I quickly saw how lonely he was getting. He would try and play with the zebra danios, but they would simply ignore him. So I added a second, and they have been best friends ever since. The original is slightly smaller and his name is Doctor Pepper, the second is a bit larger and is named Sergeant Pepper. Anyhow, I’ve been trying to figure out what to feed them, what they actually eat.

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According to Wikipedia, “Corys are mostly bottom feeders, so they should be offered sinking pellets as well as supplements of live and frozen foods.” Having read this, I’ve bought special sinking catfish food pellets for them, and I supplement with freeze-dried whole foods (blood worms, brine shrimp.) Yet I’ve never seen them eat these things. The pellets are utterly ignored, until the snails find them. The freeze-dried foods never seem to reach the bottom, everyone else goes nuts for them.

So my two corys spend all their time scrunging around for food, and they don’t seem to be starving, but I can’t tell what exactly they’re eating. Sometimes they scrunge the glass walls, but according to several sources, corydoras don’t eat algae! The only thing I have definately seen them eat, is Sergeant Pepper once ate a tiny squished planorbid snail. The aquarium is infested with some species of planorbidae and consequently they frequently meet with ‘accidents’ that result in them becoming fishfood. I already knew the zebra danios ate them and now I know that the corys eat them too.

But other than this one tiny snail, what the heck are my corys eating?

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It’s a mystery.

I Miss Diet Dr. Pepper

Posted 2009.07.19 12.00 in Pointless Blather by Stephanie

I was just sitting here watching my fish when it struck me that I rather miss drinking diet Dr. Pepper.

I always thought the diet one tasted way better than the regular one – maybe the regular one was too sickly sweet or something. Anyways, I used to go through like 4 or 5 cans a day of that stuff. A few years ago though, I stopped drinking soda pop and now I can’t drink it. The bubbles are too harsh and ouchie.

I probably sound like Grampa Simson – Ow! Ow! The bubbles are burning my tongue!

Still – I did enjoy the taste, it was my favorite thirst-quenching soft drink. Sure I could go out and buy some, but I know I wouldn’t enjoy it. I guess that’s what I miss – not the beverage itself, but being able to enjoy it. On the other hand, I’m glad I’m not ‘hooked’ on it like I used to be – the cost of going through that much pop every week can add up, and it can’t be too good for one’s health either.

Then they had the special flavours, like the Vanilla Cherry Diet Dr. Pepper – that was wierd. I mean, I liked it, but I think I liked the idea of it more than anything else. I couldn’t actually taste it. Literally – it was like all the different artificial flavours came together and cancelled each other out, so that all I had was the sensation, and maybe a faint hint of flavour that I couldn’t quite place. There was another one, chocolate rasberry diet dr. pepper maybe, or something like that. It… wasn’t so good.

Anyhow… so that’s where my head is at just now. Missing being able to enjoy something I no longer enjoy. If that makes any sense.


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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

THE ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER: A Curvy Cutie Invades The Earth!

By Steve D. Stones

What do you get when you combine all the poor qualities of filmmaking, such as bad dialogue, unconvincing special effects, amateur acting, boring long shots that seem to last forever, mismatched stock footage and frequent continuity errors? The result is a film like The Astounding She-Monster. Still, the film has many redeeming cult qualities to recommend it to any cult film fan.

For starters, She Monster was directed by a protégé of Ed Wood named Ronnie Ashcroft. Wood is unaccredited as a “creative consultant” for the film. Ashcroft made a film with all the markings of a Wood film. In fact, if the opening credits were left out, it would be easy to mistake She-Monster for an Ed Wood film. The opening credits even say: “Hollywood International Pictures Presents,” just like the opening of Plan 9 From Outer Space.

The music for the film is by Gunther Kauer. The same music was used for another cult film, The Beast of Yucca Flats. Actor Kenne Duncan, who appeared in Ed Wood’s Night of The Ghouls (AKA Revenge of The Dead), also appears in She Monster. Another Wood regular, William C. Thompson, served as director of photography. These qualities alone make The Astounding She-Monster an immediate cult item.

The film opens with a boring long shot of wealthy socialite Margaret Chaffee, played by Marilyn Harvey, leaving her mansion to drive away in a Cadillac. Chaffee is a wealthy Beverly Hills socialite. As she drives down the street in another boring long shot that lasts forever, she is stopped and kidnapped by Nat Burdell and Brad Conley, played by actors Kenne Duncan and Ewing Brown.

A meteor soon crashes high in the San Gabriel Mountains, bringing with it a sexy space alien in a tight spandex suit, played by Shirley Kilpatrick. Geologist Dick Cutler, played by Robert Clarke, and his dog Egan, witness the meteor crash near Cutler’s cabin.

Burdell and Conley are next seen driving the kidnapped Chaffee to the San Gabriel Mountains. A second woman named Esther Malone, played by actress Jeanne Tatum, appears in the car with them. Malone appears to be drunk. The group is forced off the road by the site of the sexy alien. Why she is called a “She-Monster” in the title of the film is anyone’s guess? She is any thing but frightful. In fact, she is very sexy and beautiful.

The group leaves their car on the road and walks to Cutler’s cabin. Duncan and the group force their way into the cabin and take Cutler as a second hostage.

Conley soon sees the She-Monster starring in the window of the cabin and leaves to investigate. He takes Cutler’s dog Egan with him. He and Egan are attacked and killed by the She-Monster. Burdell goes out looking for him and brings his corpse back to the cabin. The corpse is covered with radium poisoning. Cutler insists on going out to find his dog, but Burdell continues to hold him at gunpoint.

The group finally decides that they must get away from the She-Monster by leaving the mountain in Cutler’s jeep. While driving down the mountain road, the She-Monster blocks their path, forcing them out of the jeep. Burdell is attacked and killed by the She-Monster as he attempts to flee the jeep.

Cutler and Chaffee flee back into the cabin and are met once again by the She-Monster. Cutler throws a bottle of nitric acid on the She-Monster, and she immediately disintegrates. Chaffee notices the She-Monster’s necklace on the cabin floor. Cutler opens the locket to find an important message.

It turns out that the She Monster is an emissary sent by the Council of Planets with a message of peace for the earth. Cutler concludes that the She-Monster only attacked because she was forced to protect herself.

It’s interesting to note that The Astounding She-Monster follows in a long line of alien invasion-themed films that saturated the drive-ins of the 1950s. Hollywood produced many much better films earlier in the decade of a similar theme, such as The Day The Earth Stood Still and The Thing From Another World.

Robert Clarke also starred in The Man From Planet X in 1951, which has a similar theme to The Astounding She-Monster. In Man From Planet X, the alien also attempts to communicate with those who encounter it, but is misunderstood as being an enemy from outer space.

Cult film fans are greatly indebted to Wade Williams for rescuing and buying the copyright of a number of films that would have otherwise been lost or never released on DVD, such as The Astounding She-Monster, Ed Wood’s Night of The Ghouls, The Cosmic Man and Cat Women of The Moon, among many others.

I’m still waiting for a Robert Clarke film festival to come to my town so that I can see Man From Planet X, The Hideous Sun Demon, The Astounding She-Monster, The Incredible Petrified World, Beyond The Time Barrier, Terror of The Blood Hunters and Secret File Hollywood all in one day’s screening. In the meantime I will be satisfied seeing these films on DVD. Watch out for that curvy cutie in a tight spandex outfit!

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Randy Wilharm said...

Very good review.
When I first saw this movie on UHF in 1973 I did'nt see a damn thing wrong with it and I still don't.
You stepped right over the faultfinding trap that 4 out of 5 reviewers love to wallow in.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Iron Rose – Jean Rollin’s Most Poetic Title

By Steve D. Stones

French director Jean Rollin created fascinating and bizarre films which combined surrealism and erotic imagery. In recent years, his work has found a new generation of fans from DVD releases of his films by Redemption Entertainment.  The Iron Rose is Rollin’s fifth feature, and is often cited as a fan favorite. This blogger certainly points to The Iron Rose as his favorite Rollin film. However, the film was the least commercially successful of his career, and Rollin anticipated it would not do well even before it was released.

He gave the film a more personal touch to avoid compromises he made in previous films.
The Iron Rose concerns a young couple who meet at a party. The film begins with the girl finding an iron rose washed up in the sand by the ocean. The couple goes for a bike ride after the party and discovers an old gated gothic cemetery. The two explore the cemetery as the sun quickly sets. They discover an underground crypt and climb into it for some quick sex.

The cemetery appears to be deserted, but a strange clown appears to put flowers on a grave. The couple panics as they have a hard time finding a way out in the dark.  The two wander aimlessly through the cemetery, never finding an escape.

After a violent fight in the cemetery, both fall into a pit covered in dust and bones. Eventually they climb out of the pit after making out again. The young girl finds the iron rose and suggests it will help them find the way out. The boy climbs back into the crypt and the girl seals the top, trapping him inside. As dawn approaches, the girl dances throughout the cemetery like a ballerina. She joins her boyfriend in the crypt as dawn has fully approached.

Like many of Rollin’s films, The Iron Rose employs a scene of a nude girl walking on the shore of the beach with upright wood poles and an iron cross sticking in the sand. This scene gives the film a surreal and erotic poetry that is a Rollin trademark. In his 1975 film Lips of Blood, a similar scene finds a nude couple walking along the beach that crawls into a coffin which washes out to shore.

Another appeal of The Iron Rose is its theme of old world decay. At the opening, the film shows a number of old decaying buildings, and then contrasts the decay against a landscape of industry by showing trains and rail yards. The old cemetery also adds to the decay theme. In a number of scenes, the young couple, who represent the living, push, kick and topple over a number of tombstones while wandering through the cemetery. This adds to the contrast of life and death, a theme which threads through the entire film.

Redemption Entertainment has released most of Rollin's works, including The Nude Vampire, Lips of Blood, The Shiver of the Vampires, Fascination, and of course The Iron Rose. Happy viewing!

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Skullcap is a name that refers to any of the dozens of species (Scutellaria ) of the mint family Lamiaceae.Chinese skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis ) is a related species. The species Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is native to eastern Asia, and the skinless yellow root of this plant is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Its Chinese name is huang qin. Chinese skullcap is sometimes called baikal, baical skullcap root, scute, and scutellaria. In traditional Chinese medicine, skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis ) is prescribed for irritability, dysentery, diarrhea, infections accompanied by fever, hay fever , urinary tract infections, gout, jaundice , potential miscarriages, nosebleed, abdominal pain , and redness in the eyes or face. The herb is used for hepatitis and has been said to improve liver function. The root of baical skullcap is also given in formulas together with other herbs for vaginal bleeding, blood in the stool, and coughing or vomiting blood. Chinese skullcap is frequently among the ingredients in herbal compounds used for disorders involving high cholesterol and triglycerides levels, high blood pressure, allergic diseases, and inflammatory skin conditions.

 Skullcap is a member of the lamiaceae (mint) family and native to China. Its Chinese name is Huang Qin and it is sometimes referred to as Baical Skullcap, or Scute. It is very bitter and has a cold energetic nature. In traditional Chinese Medicine this plant was used (almost always in combination with other plants or foods), to clear heat, dry damp, drain fire, and resolve toxins (it is used to support normal immune function). The roots are the preferred part and are collected in the spring and autumn with the outer cork and rootlets removed. This plant is very chemically complex and is full of antioxidants known as flavones. The flavones of particular interest are Baicalin and Baicalein. These antioxidants appear to downregulate the effects of oxidative stress on various tissues in the body including the liver. It also supports the body in having a healthy inflammatory response and promotes normal cellular growth.

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CAS Number 21967-41-9
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It’s a great time to buy a new high-end Android handheld or iPhone and activate it on America’s second largest wireless service provider, despite the wave of spring launches needing a few more days to get started.

You have a couple of days to decide if it’s worth ditching your carrier for AT&T too, but it feels like a no-brainer when you’re offered up to $650 with eligible smartphone trade-ins, plus a free Samsung Galaxy S6 or iPhone 6s upon the purchase of an identical or pricier model.

Wait, so the two deals can be combined? You bet, and you’re not even required to plunk down the cash for one of the gadgets on sale upfront. In fact, the terms and conditions “obligate” you to pay $0 in advance, and sign up to a Next installment plan.

Activating a new line of “qualified postpaid” service, then porting an old Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile number, and discarding your current functional device valued at a minimum of $10 online or in physical stores should be enough to cover all early termination fees or any sort of balance owed on your final bill elsewhere.

You’ll probably get a little extra also on an AT&T Visa gift card, so Big Red’s dominant subscriber figures are in danger of falling second.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Whitewater Rafting with Beth

by Beth Groundwater

Everyone who leaves a comment for Beth will have a chance to win a copy of her March 8 release, Deadly Currents.

Mandy Tanner, the sleuth in my new mystery Deadly Currents, is a whitewater river ranger on the upper Arkansas River of Colorado, the most commercially rafted river in the U.S. The huge volume of commercial and private boaters keeps Mandy and her fellow river rangers busy performing rescues, checking licenses and safety procedures, clearing dangerous debris, etc. Mandy knows the rapids like the back of her hand because, like most of the seasonal river rangers who work for the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA), she used to be a rafting guide, taking tourists down the Arkansas on guided trips.

And I’m one of those tourists who love to ride the waves of Colorado’s whitewater rivers! Many people think the experience must be terrifying. But the risks can be managed so the danger is minimized and the fun is maximized. First, you must:
1. Be in good health (heart attacks are the most common cause of rafting deaths).
2. Know how to swim.

Additionally, you MUST share your medical conditions (such as diabetes or asthma) with your rafting guide and bring along any essential medications or equipment (such as an inhaler or epi-pen). One rafting guide I interviewed said his first customer death on the river was a man who suffered from emphysema, didn’t divulge that condition on his paperwork, then left his medications in his car. The man fell in the cold water, was pulled back into the raft, but couldn’t catch his breath. That guide is still haunted by the man’s death, even though he could do nothing to help him and it wasn’t his fault!

You should know your limits, based on physical condition and experience level. If you’re a first-time rafter, you should raft a river section that doesn’t have any rapids classified higher than Class III, Difficult. And if you do tackle Class III rapids, you should have a professional guide in your raft.

The International Scale of River Difficulty rates individual rapids and river sections on a six class scale. They range from Class I, Easy, with small waves with no obstacles, through Class II, Medium, up to Class V, Extremely Difficult, with long, violent rapids. The highest is Class VI, formerly classified as Unrunnable or Danger to Life or Limb, which are only attempted by expert kayakers after hours of scouting and with safety lines and rescuers standing by.

Family “float trips” usually stay in the Class I–III range, and the roller-coaster adventure trips that I and other whitewater adventurers take are usually in the Class III-V range. I have set my own upper limit at Class IV. You should always be prepared to swim any rapid your boat goes through, because the raft may flip or you may be tossed into the water. And I’ve decided that I don’t want to swim any rapid higher than IV, even though I’m a strong swimmer for my age.

The photo below was taken during a trip with my husband, my son and one of his friends, and our guide on the Blue River of Colorado last summer, which was a Class II-III run and lots of fun.

Everyone in the raft wore a helmet and a PFD (lifejacket). Even if you’re on an easy float trip, you should wear a helmet in case you end up in the water, to protect your head from hitting a rock or floating debris. If you take a commercial rafting trip, the guides will educate you on how to swim a rapid if you wind up in the water. You lie on your back with your feet pointed downstream, so you can use them to push yourself away from rocks. And, most importantly, you hold onto your paddle, for the same purpose, and so when someone pulls you back into the raft, you can still perform your paddling job.

Never, never, never stand up in whitewater higher than ankle deep! Why? Because the force of moving water is very powerful. If your foot gets trapped between a couple of rocks and you fall down, the moving water will flatten your body. You won’t be able to hold your head up or reach back and free your foot. People have drowned in a foot of whitewater this way. Instead, if you fall out of a raft, either try to stay with the raft and get back in, or swim to the side of the river into a quiet eddy where the current is still and stand up and climb to the river bank.

Commercial guides also train you in how to anchor yourself in a raft, how to pull yourself back in if you get thrown out, and how to pull a raftmate in. This instruction came in handy for me when I took a trip down the Royal Gorge section of the Arkansas River last summer. I was seated in the back next to the guide and behind my daughter with my feet wedged under the tubes of the raft, as directed. We hit a huge wave that bounced me up into the air and off my seat. I wound up with my upper body in the river, but my foot was still wedged in the raft. I reached up (while still holding onto my paddle), and my daughter and the guide were able to easily pull me back in.

Below are some photos from that Class III-IV trip. Most of us wore wetsuits on this trip because the water was mostly snowmelt and very cold, so the suits would protect us from hypothermia if we had to swim any length of time in the river. This trip was an absolute blast—better than any rollercoaster ride I’ve been on!

If you’re safety-conscious, whitewater rafting can be a fun, exciting adventure. The safest way to try this adrenaline-pumping sport is by taking a commercial trip, so that you have a trained guide in the raft with you. If you follow your guide’s directions, the only deaths on the river you should experience are those that you’ll read about in Deadly Currents and future books in the Rocky Mountain Outdoor Adventures mystery series.

Have you ever gone whitewater rafting? On what river? What was the experience like? If you haven’t gone, did this blog post make you more or less likely to want to go (I hope more!)? Remember, everyone who comments will be entered into a contest for a free copy of Deadly Currents.
Beth Groundwater writes the Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery series (A Real Basket Case, a 2007 Best First Novel Agatha Award finalist, and To Hell in a Handbasket, 2009) as well as the Rocky Mountain Outdoor Adventures mystery series starring whitewater river ranger Mandy Tanner. Beth lives in Colorado and enjoys its many outdoor activities. Please visit her blog and go to her website for a list of other stops are on her virtual book tour. You can order an autographed copy of Deadly Currents from Black Cat Books (

Elizabeth Zelvin said...

Less, Beth. :) It reminded me of those medication ads on TV that consist most of a lengthy and rapidly recited list of adverse effects. I'll be happy to get my thrills by reading the book. :)

Pauline Alldred said...

I chickened out when four of my workmates went white water rafting for a vacation. It sounds like fun once any fear has been overcome. I would definitely need a guide. And I'd guess ti takes at least ten years to become any kind of expert.

Beth Groundwater said...

Aw, Liz, sorry you aren't tempted to ride the waves yourself, but you'll get plenty of chances to do so vicariously in Deadly Currents. :)

Hi Pauline,
I hope you do try whitewater rafting sometime. It's definitely better to go with a commercial guide, which is what I always do. You don't need to be an expert then, just be in good health and know how to swim--and hoot and holler!

Patti Brooks said...

Sure sounds like your novels set in this country will ring with authenticity! I've only done one mild WWR in Montana and loved it. As a writer of mysteries set in the horse world, I always wonder just how much horse info to include and not sound "preachy." I imagine you face similar challenges.
Patti Brooks

Beth Groundwater said...

Hi Patti,
Thanks for your comment. I try to include only as much information about the Arkansas River, whitewater rafting, and ranger work as is needed to tell the story. I rely on my critique group, though to tell me when my "research slip is showing" and I've layered it on too thick. :)

lil Gluckstern said...

I feel like I just went for a ride with your blog. Just imagining these situations gave me a shiver-pleasurable to be sure. Sorry, age, and health means I get I get my thrills through your books. thank you

Beth Groundwater said...

Hi lil Gluckstern,
There's nothing wrong with living vicariously through books! I do it all the time. :) I hope you enjoy the whitewater thrill rides you get to take while reading Deadly Currents.

Dru said...

Hi Beth,

As I'm afraid of water, I won't be doing any whitewater rafting anytime soon, but other can enjoy the sport.

Beth Groundwater said...

Hi Dru,
Thanks for your comment! I used to be a swimming instructor and worked with both adults and children who had a fear of the water. It can be difficult to overcome, but it can be done. Personally, I feel it's essential to develop enough swimming skills that if you end up in the water after falling out of a boat or ferry or whatever, you can get yourself back to the boat or some other object in the water and keep yourself afloat until help arrives.

In the meantime, you can safely enjoy the thrills and spills of whitewater rafting by reading Deadly Currents while ensconced in your easy chair. :)

Jan Grape said...

I've rafted the Rio Grande in NM when water was low and it was a float trip. Then later in the summer with rangers and guides on the Chama River in NM which was quite exciting. Not sure of class but it was more the middle-type not the IV or V. But I loved it and would enjoy another trip for sure.

BBibel said...

I reviewed this for Booklist and had a great time reading it. The vicarious thrills are enough for me!

Beth Groundwater said...

Thanks for your comments, Jan and Barbara!

I enjoy a good float trip, too. Last summer my husband and I floated down the Guadaloupe River in the Texas hill country on 3 inner tubes--one each for us and one for the beer cooler. :)

I owe you a HUGE thank you for your good reviews of both DEADLY CURRENTS and A REAL BASKET CASE, the first book in my Claire Hanover gift basket designer series. I'm so pleased to hear from you and to know how much you enjoyed reading my book!

Marilynne said...

My grown daughter got a pretty good dunking when the raft she was in went vertical in the water. Yes, she can swim and she had to handle herself for a while until her boat could reach her.

Too much excitement for me, but she loves it.

Christinekling said...

I've sailed all my life, but I've never had a chance to go whitewater rafting. I would love to give it a try someday. It's on my bucket list. And your book is now on my TBR list since I have a special love for books with strong female protagonists on the water!

Kim said...

Hi Beth,
I went rafting on the Snake River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last year. It was a toss up which was more fun-the rafting or para gliding down from the top of the mountain!
Wishing you continued success on your tour!
Kim Piddington

Beth Groundwater said...

Hi Marylynne, Christine, and Kim,
Thanks for your comments!

I bet your daughter has fun retelling her story of that exciting dunking. :)

Thanks, Christine, for putting Deadly Currents on your TBR list, and I hope you get to that whitewater rafting item on your bucket list soon!

And Kim, paragliding is something that I'm not sure I want to try. You have quite an adventuresome spirit that should serve you well in your writing career. ;)

Shannon Lawrence said...

Definitely more interested! The pictures are great. Do you stay fairly warm in the raft from the work you're doing or is it cold?

Beth Groundwater said...

Hi Shannon,
Usually it's a warm, sunny summer day when you're rafting, and yes, you're paddling, so you're generating some of your own heat. The water is often very cold, though, except in the late summer, because it is snow melt. So, you often wear "farmer john" wetsuits when you go on the more exciting runs where you're bound to get wet. These are wetsuits with leggings that end at your ankle and a tank-style top, leaving your arms uncovered. You can't tell with all the waves surrounding us in the final picture, but most of us in the raft (except the guide in the back and my son in the front) are wearing farmer john wetsuits under our PFDs. Great question!

Beth Groundwater said...

Many thanks to all of the Poe's Deadly Daughters for having me as a guest on your blog! I'll still check for late comments, so readers don't be dismayed if I've moved on to another blog, you can still enter the free book contest by leaving one.

Beth said...

My kids and I rafted on the Nantahala a few years ago and LOVED it! The description of your trips have me revved up to try some of the rivers in my neck of the woods (California). By the way, I HATE rollercoasters, but find rafting and canoeing on swift rivers to be among the best thrills around. Can't wait to read the first of your series!

From one Beth to another...

Sheila Deeth said...

How can something look so fun and still leave me sure I'll never dare do it? (Ah, but I can read about it.)

Beth Groundwater said...

Beth and Sheila,
Thanks for your comments!

Maybe you should try a rafting water ride at an amusement park first. That should whet your appetite for the real thing "out in the wild." :)

I'd love to go back and run the Natahala River again sometime. It's in such a beautiful setting. And yes, don't we share the world's greatest first name? :)

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Even if I have so many experiences in white water rafting I will stay in the Class I – III range. I love extreme sports but I love my life too. I want that Deadly Currents book by Beth! I’m trying to gather some more knowledge in white water rafting because I want to experience being a guide but only to the float trips.

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Recently I wrote about what my daughter left behind. It should be no surprise that the stuff hasn't moved after a few weeks, and probably will be sitting there for a while, due to the peculiar storage configurations of our house. That made me start thinking about where people have put their stuff in the past and what that tells us about how they lived.

I live in a Victorian house built around 1870 that would probably be considered large by anyone's standards, especially if only two people (and three cats) are living in it (according to the 1910 census there were eight people living in the house, including several boarders). It has four rooms on the second floor that can be used as bedrooms (although one may have been an upstairs sitting room), plus an unheated but plastered room in the attic for the hired help.

Built-in storage on the first floor is more than adequate, even by the standards of the Victorian era. While the kitchen had few cabinets (mainly a sink with flanking counters), there were two full closets for food products and/or china and glassware. But wait! There's more!

I love this picture, taken when we were remodeling
the kitchen, because you can see three profiles
of past sink and cabinets, each one just a bit
bigger than the last

There is a full walk-through pantry, running from the kitchen to the dining room, with shelves lining one wall and an additional shelf above head height on the opposite wall. Plus, there is a short (5') but deep closet for more china, etc. And if that's not enough, there is a full-size glass-fronted closet in the dining room, no doubt to display the "good" china.

However, there is no coat closet. Instead, there are two rows of antique hooks near the back door. I guess you were supposed to shut the door to the dining room unless you wanted to look at hanging coats.

Upstairs there are four closets, total. The front bedroom has none. The master bedroom has one, plus a built-in set of drawers (underneath a mysterious concealed cistern), flanked by low cabinets that can be accessed by only one door (great place for a small child to hide). The bed/sitting room has one, somewhat larger closet. All these closets are less than a modern hanger's width deep; both are lined with Victorian hooks.

The back bedroom, which I think is a slightly later addition, has two closets, one of which is the linen closet.

In the basement there was what we guess was a walk-in pantry that could be locked, lest anyone make off with the preserves stored on shelves there. It was more or less falling apart when we arrived, and is now gone. And there is a full attic, although there's no heat or insulation up there, and it's possible to stand upright only in the middle.

Based on this evidence I infer:

--China was more important than clothing, and was allotted more space. You could wear the same dress all week, but heaven forbid you don't use the "good" china in the dining room.

--and a corollary: good china should be seen, while everyday china could be hidden.

--You shouldn't have too many clothes, and you shouldn't fuss over them—just throw them on a hook and be done with them.

You may have noticed I didn't mention a single bookshelf in the house (until we built our own). Maybe there were free-standing book cases, but we'll never know.

To broaden the observations, I think I can say:

--The builders here put their money where it showed. Moldings in the front of the house downstairs are deep and thickly carved; in the back, not so much.

--Upstairs only one of the bedrooms has a finished (in this case, oak) floor, probably a later addition; the other rooms have rough painted boards. No one (of importance) was expected to visit the upstairs rooms, so why waste the money?

Obviously the Victorians (at least in this small Massachusetts town) were a mass of contradictions, but the main message I get is: put your money where it shows, and skimp on the rest. (By the way, the person who first owned this house was a grocery clerk, which may explain the boarders in the early years.)

One last observation: whoever designed this place was obsessed with doors. The kitchen has five (plus three windows). The back parlor has a mere three, but one is a sliding double door. The dining room has five, if you include the china closet, plus three windows. Sometimes there are doors next to doors, going different places. And there are plenty of very large windows, which speaks of a time when either fuel was plentiful or people were used to being cold. Maybe all those doors were supposed to help regulate the flow of precious warm air?

I call this domestic archeology.  Have you made any interesting finds in your house?

Jerry House said...

"obsessed with doors"

The New England house I grow up in was built in the 1870s and had a lot of doors. One room had seven. It turns out that the person hired to build the house was paid extra for doors an so he put one any place he logically could. I suspect that practice may have been common.

(Later a separate garage/workshop was built and a mason hired to build a chimney. The ladies of the house left for an appointment one morning as the chimney work was begun. They returned in the afternoon to find the mason passed out on the roof of the garage, an empty bottle in his hands, with a completed chimney that actually hooked at about a twenty degree angle. That crooked chimney became sort of a landmark and stood for over sixty years.)

JJM said...

Closets (certainly in the U.S.) were more of a 20th-century phenomenon, starting say around WW II. Wardrobes for clothes that needed hanging, chests of drawers for folded clothing, and trunks for storage.--Mario

Gema said...

Wow, your kitchen is more fabulous than before. Where did you got those antique hooks? I think I'll love it in my own room.

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Hey! I'm finally back for Sunday Swatch :) I'm so sorry about the whole delay but I have swatched a color that was one of the favorites from after my last ombre mani. ;) Say hello to Age of Aquarius by Color Club! <3 This polish is another one of my favorites. ;)

I am wearing 3 coats and I topped it with Ricarda's Glossy Glam Topcoat which you can now purchase here if her topcoat is restocked. Without the topcoat, Age of Aquarius dries slightly matte because it's a neon turquoise. (Go figure!)
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4 hyperallergic by Benjamin Sutton on October 28, 2014

“My process when I get ready to paint? I definitely gotta have a blunt, because the blunt is inspiration to the creation,” so says Snoop Dogg during a new commercial for a Swedish sock company that placed the rap legend in a studio equipped with your typical art-making paraphernalia: blank walls, blank canvases, paint, brushes, spray paint cans, tennis balls, water guns, boxing gloves, water balloons, three skimpily clad assistants, and at least one blunt.

“For many years I’ve always felt like painting was something that I wanted to do, but I never had time to do,” Tha Doggfather explains. “Painting gives me an emotion like no other. I could cry while I’m painting. I can laugh while I’m painting. I can be serious while I’m painting. I don’t have no parameters. When I’m rapping there’s certain things I can’t do. When I’m acting there’s certain things I can’t do. There’s certain things I won’t do. But with the painting, there’s no limit.” Accompanying slow motion footage of Snoop (legal name Calvin Broadus) in the studio shows him laughing and being serious while painting, though any evidence of tears shed over the sublime beauty of his Willem de Kooning-lite compositions apparently wound up on the cutting room floor.

 The erstwhile Snoop Lion’s works appear to fall predominantly in an abstract vein, borrowing from the canonical Ab Ex painters like Jackson Pollock as well as more contemporary figures like Julian Schnabel. Despite their non-figurative imagery, Snoop’s paintings are informed by very real, lived experiences

“My mind is somewhere else where it was a colorful time,” he says, “where these colors and these patterns and these ideas really mean something to me and what I was going through as a kid or maybe what i was going through yesterday, or maybe right now.”
 Though this marks — as far as we know — Snoop’s debut as a painter, he appears to be just as confident in the work coming out of his painting studio as he is of the pieces he makes in the recording studio. Not surprising, considering that a painting he made earlier this year sold for $10,200 on eBay. In fact, Snoop seems so confident in his art, you might say he’s ego trippin’

“I know that I’m an artist, I know that my paintings mean something and people are going to be interested in them and they’re gonna want to buy them, and, you know, have them hanging up on their walls in their favorite spots because it’s an expression of somebody who has been giving the truth from day one,” he says. “They’ve been riding on this journey with me so it’s another piece of the puzzle, it’s like a piece of Snoop that we can take with us forever.”
In other words, be on the lookout for Snoop’s paintings in Miami in December

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

30 Day Movie Challenge - Day 16

Day 16 - A Documentary/Biopic

Today you get a two-for-one. Mostly this is because I'm anal and feel the need to show the difference between a documentary and a biopic, and how they are indeed, Andrew, very different beasts. My smug twatness aside, at the very least, it will show you the same story in two separate formats. Ladies and gentleman, I give you the story of the 70's all-girl rock band The Runaways.

Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways (2005)

First up, the documentary. In a very straight forward manner, the former band members--Cherie Curie, Sandy West, Lita Ford, Jackie Fox and Vicki Tischler-Blue--are interviewed, each giving their own personal history of their quick rise to stardom and brief stint as international superstars.

So basically, it's like a two hour episode of Behind the Music...only not as good. You might have noticed Joan Jett, founding member of The Runaways and later a superstar in her own write, was not a part of the project. Thus, all of the songs she wrote for the band were not allowed to be in the movie. This includes their signature song "Cherry Bomb". Yeah. Bummer.

There's something really unsettling about this documentary. Along with the petty squabbling between teenage bandmates, the band's producer Kim Fowley manipulated and verbally abused the girls, often pitting them against one another for his own amusement. And the bandmates each have their own version about which of the girls he slept with.

The Runaways were never that popular, at least not in the United States. The band--with several line ups--only lasted five years. Joan Jett, and to a lesser extent, Lita Ford went on to become famous musicians. Cherie Curie had brief career as a solo artist and actress. But as for Jackie Fox and Vicki Tischler-Blue (the band's second bassist and the director of Edgeplay) both went on to lead fairly normal lives in relative obscurity. Perhaps, saddest of all is drummer Sandy West who tearfully states "I don't think The Runaways should have ever broken up...It blows me away that we can't get back together and do a world tour" all while sporting the same hairdo she wore in 1976.

It's not the best musical documentary ever. It lacks a certain finesse, and more importantly, the band's most famous songs. Plus, it left me with bad taste in my mouth. The ending was complete downer. True, their story was quite corrupt and fucked up and it needs to be told. But as you will soon find out, there's a better way to do it.

The Runaways (2010)

Based on lead singer Cherie Curie's 1989 autobiography Neon Angel, a full-fledged biopic went into production twenty years later.

In 1975, rhythm guitarist Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) wants to form an all-girl rock band. In a stroke of luck, she meets the eccentric--to say the least--legendary record producer Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) who likes the idea of a band composed of jailbait. Quickly added are drummer Sandy West (Stella Maeve), lead guitarist Lita Ford (Scout Taylor-Compton) and bassist Robin Robbins (a composite of Jackie Fox and Vicki Tischler-Blue played by Alia Shawkat).

Still in need of a sexy lead singer, Joan and Kim go searching for a Brigitte Bardot look-a-like and find fifteen year old Cherie (Dakota Fanning) who is eager to escape her less than stellar home life and become a star! Sex, drugs and intra-band conflict ride The Runaways' backs on their meteoric rise to the top and crush them in their equally spectacular fall.

Being based on Cherie Curie's book and with Joan Jett as one of the film's producers, I have no doubt that the two girls were probably once lovers or friends with benefits or whatever they called experimental homosexual fuck buddies in the 70's. So yes, it's true. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning kiss. And no, it's not a big deal. At least it actually happened and wasn't put in for mere titillation...well, maybe some titillation.

My one complaint about this film is the unexplored stories of the other bandmates. Sandy is played as sort of light-hearted stoner. Lita is a bitch and nothing but. And poor Robin, I don't even think she had one damn line of dialogue. Jackie Fox, the original bassist, refused to have her "life rights" signed away, which is unfortunate, because according to Edgeplay, there was plenty more going on than Joan and Cherie's tonsil hockey.

So, all in all, neither film is the perfect story of The Runaways. The documentary is thorough, dark, and unfortunately morose. The biopic is flashy and glosses over many of the more sordid stories involving Kim Fowley, but still manages to satisfy. Both are essential viewing for fans of The Runaways or rock 'n' roll in general.

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Friday, 13 July 2012

"Night of the Long Knives": 50th Anniversary

Harold Macmillan
Today is the 50th anniversary of the "Night of the Long Knives", the day when Conservative Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, in the face of his party's increasing unpopularity, decided to sack seven Cabinet ministers (one third of the entire Cabinet), including his Chancellor of the Exchequeur, Selwyn Lloyd. The sackings caused a furore within Macmillan's party, damaging his own reputation in the process. Two years later, the Conservatives lost the next General Election.

The Liberal MP, Jeremy Thorpe, famously commented "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life." The term "Night of the Long Knives", mockingly applied to the  sacking of the seven Tory Cabinet Ministers, was a reference to the original "Night of the Long Knives" of 1934, in which Adolf Hitler brutally removed hundreds of political opponents in Germany through murder and mass arrest.

D.R. Thorpe writes: "The Night of the Long Knives was the moment when luck began to run out for Macmillan. His reputation for unflappability was gone for ever and the unprecedented events gave a focus for the discontent of the awkward squad on the backbenches. Lloyd was received with acclamation in the Commons the following Tuesday, Macmillan with silence." Read the rest of Thorpe's dramatic account here.

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Video: Retired Postal Mail Handler To Appear On ‘America’s Got Talent’

This week’s episode of “America’s Got Talent” will feature a Postal Service retiree who is part of a 1960s soul group on the comeback trail.

Harold “Sundance” Thomas is a member of the Masqueraders, a group that hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968 with “I Ain’t Got to Love Nobody Else.”

The Masqueraders eventually parted ways, and Thomas began a 15-year postal career as a mail handler in Memphis, TN.

“The Postal Service was a good experience for me,” Thomas said. “It settled me down after those years in the entertainment world.”

Thomas retired in 2000. He has now reunited with fellow Masqueraders Sam Hutchins and Robert “Tex” Wrightsil for a second shot at fame.

The trio recently completed an on-air audition for “America’s Got Talent,” NBC’s weekly talent competition, where they wore matching black cowboy hats and sang Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Going to Come.”

The performance received enthusiastic praise from the show’s celebrity judges — Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Mel B.

“All our lives, that’s the moment we wanted,” Thomas said. “It’s a dream come true, and it’s not over yet.”

The Masqueraders are scheduled to perform again in the “America’s Got Talent” installment airing Tuesday, July 18, at 8 p.m. EDT. The trio is a contender for the show’s $1 million prize, which will be awarded at the end of the season.

“We believed we had the talent to go places,” Thomas said. “This kind of exposure — it’s what we always dreamed of.”

The Masqueraders

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White Wine: Top 11 Shocking Health Benefits

White Wine: Top 11 Shocking Health Benefits

When it comes to the health benefits of drinking alcohol, red wine gets all the attention. However, white wine is not without its health benefits – in fact, there are quite a few that have gone unnoticed. Here, we present our list of the top 11 shocking health benefits of drinking white wine. So sit down, grab a glass of Chardonnay and check them out for yourself below!

Number Eleven: It Keeps Your Lungs Healthy

One study found that drinking white wine can help improve the health of a person’s lungs. The antioxidants in the wine are what help prevent lung deterioration and keep your lungs functioning at peak levels.

Number Ten: It Improves Cholesterol Levels

Though red wine has been touted as a cure for bad cholesterol for years, most people don’t realize that the white stuff is just as helpful. One study found no difference between white and red wines in terms of how much they improved cholesterol levels – both are equally beneficial.

Number Nine: It Helps With Glucose Control

Drinking white wine in moderation can help control glucose levels, especially in people who already have diabetes. One study examined 224 volunteers with Type 2 Diabetes who drank a glass of red wine, white wine, or mineral water with dinner every night. The researchers found that some patients saw improvements in glucose control as a result of drinking white wine.

Number Eight: It Prevents Artery Blockage

The white stuff contains two important compounds: tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol. These two components contribute to white wine’s ability to prevent your arteries from getting blocked up.

Number Seven: It Protects You From Alzheimer’s Disease

Again, we have tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol to thank for this magnificent benefit. One study found that the two compounds are “neuroprotective,” meaning that they protect your brain from Alzheimer’s Disease. Drink up!

Number Six: White Wine Has a Higher Capacity for Antioxidants

Though red wine has a reputation for being rich in antioxidants, the antioxidants in white wine are actually more beneficial. The phenols found in white wines have a higher capacity for antioxidants, meaning you can drink less wine to get the good stuff.

Number Five: It Won’t Give You a Hangover

When you get a hangover, you have congeners to thank. Congeners are byproducts of alcohol fermentation that contribute significantly to hangovers. While red wine is full of congeners, there are very few in white wine, meaning you can reap the benefits without suffering any consequences (as long as you’re drinking in moderation, of course).

Number Four: It Keeps Your Heart Healthy

Certain white wines can protect your heart from aging – it’s true! One study found that certain white wines can help improve ventricular recovery in the heart. This is most likely attributable to the antioxidant levels found in the wine.

Number Three: It Cures Insomnia

If you can’t sleep, just have a glass of white wine! In the study of 224 people mentioned above, people who drank white wine had an improved quality of sleep.

Number Two: It Prevents Cancer

The flavonoids found in white wines can actually prevent cancer in your body. Specifically, the most important flavonoids in the white stuff are tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol (mentioned above). These flavonoids, when consumed, have been shown to decrease the risk of developing certain cancers.

Number One: It Makes Losing Weight Easier

Finally, the number one shocking health benefit of drinking white vino is that it makes losing weight easier. One 2004 study found that people who went on a calorie-restricted diet and derived 10 percent of their energy from white wine lost as much weight as people on a calorie-restricted diet who derived 10 percent of their energy from juices. On top of this, the white stuff has significantly fewer calories than red wine, which makes it a better choice for dieters. Cheers!

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Rejoice Greatly

Focus verses: Zechariah 9:9-17

Zechariah's visions foreshadow the coming of the Messiah. These verses echo Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on what we now call Palm Sunday. He comes meekly, riding on the colt of a donkey. He comes in righteousness, bringing salvation.

That salvation, however, comes at the price of His human life. It is the blood of Christ that makes atonement for all our sins and covers our transgressions with the robe of His righteousness, His right standing with God the Father.

In this vision, the King (Jesus) will proclaim peace to the nations and His rule will extend from sea to sea, to the ends of the earth.

That is, indeed, a reason to rejoice.

But look again, there is still a battle between the sons of Zion and the sons of Greece. In my mind, it becomes a battle between the sons of faith and the sons of philosophy. Zion is the children of Israel. Greece is the philosophical world that seeks to rationalize everything.

It comes back to the Garden of Eden and the difference between being taught of God and seeking to be equal to God. I'm delighted to see that in Zechariah's vision, Zion defeats Greece with the appearance of the Lord, sounding the trumpet and marching in the storm. The Lord, appearing in all His majesty, will silence the tongues of the philosophers with His truth.

We can rejoice greatly in the truth that God is Sovereign over all.

Father, God,

As we draw closer to You, let us never forget Your awesome majesty. Your power causes us to tremble in Your presence. Reassure us that You are our strength and salvation.
In Jesus' most precious name.

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Rejoicing and trusting,


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Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Bible Challenge: Day 269

The scriptures read are Ezekiel 3-4, Psalm 71 and 1 John 1.

Ezekiel 3. The scroll tastes good. But Ezekiel's job telling his people God's prophetic words won't be easy because of their rebelliousness. Then Ezekiel is taken away by the Spirit to a Tel Abib which is a ruins where the flotsam of a flood is deposited. There he observes the human equivalent, fellow Jews caught in the flood that was the Babylonian assault on Judah.

God makes Ezekiel liable for the deaths of those he does not warn. So he is like a watchman on a city wall. If he warns people, then it is on their heads if they don't heed his warning. But if he refrains from warning them, then what happens to them is his fault.

But first God's going to make Ezekiel mute for a while.

Ezekiel 4. The first enacted parable. Using a brick and an iron skillet Ezekiel is to enact in miniature the siege of Jerusalem. He is also to lie first on his left side for 390 days, a day for each year Israel sinned, and on his right for 40 days, a day for each year Judah sinned. He is to live on a crude bread and limited water for the whole time. God does relent when Ezekiel objects to cooking his bread over human dung and lets him use cow dung for fuel instead. This symbolized the poor non-kosher food of the besieged people of Jerusalem, whatever they can scrape together and rationed to boot.

Psalm 71. Though only based on a few verses of the psalm, this is the best musical version I could find.

1 John 1. If not written by the same John who wrote the gospel, this was written by someone in the same school of theology. In this first chapter he uses many of the same words: Life, Light, Word.

We are reminded that we are sinners but also that if we confess our sins, God is gracious enough to forgive us. The first step is to admit your sins. The second is to accept God's forgiveness.

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