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Your understanding of succession is very nuanced and I find reading your takes very enriching! All I wish is to have your literary analysis skills. If you could share where you started in understanding topics like psychoanalysis, bodily fluids as a symbol, using political lens to understand lit, or anything like that, that would be much appreciated! Sorry if this has been asked before, if you could direct me to that post I’d appreciate that

hi! i wouldn't consider myself any kind of expert in lit crit and i think it's something i continue to get better at just by doing more of it. so i'm not sure how helpful i can be here lol. but, some texts that have probably formed theoretical foundations for my reading of succession are:

history of shit, by dominique laporte, tr. rodolphe el-khoury

water and dreams: an essay on the imagination of matter, by gaston bachelard, tr. edith r. farrell

psychoanalysis of fire, by gaston bachelard, tr. alan c. m. ross

marx's 1844 manuscripts

anti-oedipus: capitalism and schizophrenia, by gilles deleuze & félix guattari, tr. robert hurley, mark seem, & helen r. lane

body fascism: salvation in the technology of physical fitness, by brian pronger

'malthus and the evolutionists', by robert m. young

the birth of biopolitics: lectures at the collège de france, 1978–79, by michel foucault, tr. graham burchell

discipline and punish: the birth of the prison, by michel foucault, tr. alan sheridan

faces of degeneration: a european disorder, 1848–1918, by daniel pick

capitalist realism, by mark fisher

three essays on the theory of sexuality, by sigmund freud, tr. james strachey

society of the spectacle, by guy debord, tr. donald nicholson-smith

le paris moderne: histoire des politiques d'hygiène, 1855–1898, by fabienne chevallier

we have never been modern, by bruno latour, tr. catherine porter

the arcades project, by walter benjamin, tr. howard eiland & kevin mclaughlin

french modern: norms and forms of the social environment, by paul rabinow

[lafcadiosadventures]

So, there's this scene in Cousin Bette, which has a pretty striking line:

– On a marché, dit le vieillard en se retirant, et les morts vont vite à Paris !

(Honoré de Balzac, La cousine Bette, 1846)

“The world moves on,” said the old man, as he withdrew, “and the dead move quickly in Paris!”

(tr. James Waring) (given the implications, I would translate the first half of Vautrin's reply as “We have made our move”)

and I was like, critique of capitalism, etc etc. My friend @madmerchant said she was pretty sure she'd read something very similar in Dracula. Was Stoker referencing Vautrin? Was it a coincidence? There's a persistent shroud of the Fantastic surrounding Vautrin, it would not be surprising if someone would have thought of him as a vampire, or an immortal creature of some kind... however:

“You are early to-night, my friend.” The man stammered in reply:—“The English Herr was in a hurry,” to which the stranger replied:—“That is why, I suppose, you wished him to go on to Bukovina. You cannot deceive me, my friend; I know too much, and my horses are swift.” As he spoke he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory. One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger’s “Lenore”:— “Denn die Todten reiten schnell”— (“For the dead travel fast.”)

oooh. this lead to discovering that Lenore, is one of the cornerstones of Romanticism. So it wasn't that Stoker was referencing Vautrin's last incarnation, but rather, the same originary poem Balzac hismelf was referencing. The influence of the poem was huge, and epsecially the french went crazy over it. The first translation was published in the Journal des Débats in 1811, translated from English. The newspaper published it, not without adding the poem put in display "the most odious vices of the German School".

It was not until Mme de Saël (she of the North vs South temperaments fame) wrote an article trully valuing the work as the poetic masterpiece it was, that the fever for Lenore started to root on the young minds of a Certain Group of Artists-and their readers- in 1820. Madame de Saël had thrown the gauntlet:

"No french translation, be it prose or verse, could express all the nuances and detaild of the German original."

and one Gérard de Nerval picked it up, offering FIVE translations of his own throuout the years...

The poem collects a German folk story, and as soon as you read the summery you *know* why the more edgy Romantics were crazy about it. Like other German folk tales (as Der Erlkönig) it features a frenzied ride through the forests, and a lover that is not what he seems to be (he is DEATH. The RIde is A TRAP) Embroildled in the poem are some anti nobility aspects:

"(in Lenore, we hear) The powrful and pained voice of a Titan, tormented until death by the aristocracy. (...) In German language, 'Bürger' (the poet's name) is synonimous to citoyen"

(Heinrich Heine)

and a desire to revindicate the autochthonous, popular poetry from the lower classes -the Lenore poem is recolected from a popular song Bürger heard a young peasant singing- as the true voice of a nation:

It will remain eternally true that if we have no Volk, we shall have no public, no nationality, no literature of our own which shall live and work in us. Unless our literature is founded on our Volk, we shall write eternally for closet sages and disgusting critics out of whose mouths and stomachs we shall get back what we have given.

(Johann Gottfried Herder)

So, what I'm saying is, I must read Lenore, and also, it is very likely that that Vautrin line is a direct reference to that icon of the dawn of French Romanticism, something the then elders (cousin bette was published in 1846) would have remembered and understood...

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Sindrome di Achard-Thiers, diabete delle donne con barba

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Sindrome di Achard-Thiers, diabete delle donne con barba

La sindrome di Achard-Thiers, conosciuta anche come diabete delle donne con barba, è una rara condizione che combina sintomi di diabete mellito con segni di iperandrogenismo nelle donne, come l’irsutismo (crescita eccessiva di peli). Ecco una panoramica dettagliata della sindrome:

Caratteristiche Cliniche

Diabete Mellito:

Può essere di tipo 2, caratterizzato da insulino-resistenza e livelli elevati di glucosio nel sangue.

Sintomi comuni includono poliuria (aumento della minzione), polidipsia (aumento della sete) e perdita di peso.

Iperandrogenismo:

Crescita eccessiva di peli in aree tipicamente maschili (viso, torace, schiena).

Può includere acne, alopecia androgenetica (perdita di capelli a pattern maschile) e voce più profonda.

Altre Manifestazioni:

Obesità addominale.

Irregolarità mestruali o amenorrea (assenza di mestruazioni).

Segni di sindrome metabolica come ipertensione, dislipidemia (livelli anomali di grassi nel sangue).

Eziologia e Patogenesi

La sindrome di Achard-Thiers è considerata una sindrome plurimetabolica, ma le cause esatte non sono ben comprese.

Si ritiene che l’insulino-resistenza giochi un ruolo cruciale, portando a un’eccessiva produzione di androgeni dalle ovaie e dalle ghiandole surrenali.

Diagnosi

La diagnosi si basa su:

Esame Clinico: Valutazione dei segni di iperandrogenismo e sintomi di diabete.

Test di Laboratorio:

Misurazione dei livelli di glucosio nel sangue e test di tolleranza al glucosio.

Valutazione dei livelli di androgeni (testosterone, DHEA-S).

Esami per altre caratteristiche della sindrome metabolica (colesterolo, trigliceridi).

Trattamento

Non esiste una cura definitiva per la sindrome di Achard-Thiers, ma i trattamenti mirano a gestire i sintomi:

Gestione del Diabete: Controllo glicemico tramite dieta, esercizio fisico, farmaci antidiabetici o insulina.

Trattamento dell’Iperandrogenismo:

Farmaci anti-androgeni come la spironolattone.

Contraccettivi orali per regolare i livelli ormonali.

Terapie estetiche per l’irsutismo (laser, depilazione).

Trattamento della Sindrome Metabolica: Interventi sullo stile di vita, farmaci per ipertensione e dislipidemia.

Prognosi

La prognosi varia in base alla gravità dei sintomi e all’efficacia della gestione del diabete e dell’iperandrogenismo. La sindrome richiede un monitoraggio continuo e una gestione integrata da parte di un team multidisciplinare di specialisti.

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Tristan constantly calling Miles a “manwhore”, shoving him into a wall, being a biphobic asshole to him 👎👎👎👎👎

Yet I’m supposed to believe HE the only one who treats Tristan like he’s “normal”? Literally fuck off.

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Our next profile for Writers in Horror Month is Erckmann-Chatrian

Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.

History

Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the département of Meurthe (now Moselle), in the Lorraine region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode Lifelong friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after which they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name.

Many of Erckmann-Chatrian's works were translated into English by Adrian Ross.

Tales of supernatural horror by the duo that are well known in English include "The Wild Huntsman" (tr. 1871), "The Man-Wolf" (tr. 1876) and "The Crab Spider." These stories received praise from the renowned English ghost story writer, M. R. James, as well as H. P. Lovecraft.

Erckmann-Chatrian wrote numerous historical novels, some of which attacked the Second Empire in anti-monarchist terms. Partly as a result of their republicanism, they were praised by Victor Hugo and Émile Zola, and fiercely attacked in the pages of Le Figaro. Gaining popularity from 1859 for their nationalistic, anti-militaristic and anti-German sentiments, they were well-selling authors but had trouble with political censorship throughout their careers. Generally the novels were written by Erckmann, and the plays mostly by Chatrian.

A festival in their honour is held every summer in the town of Erckmann's birth, Phalsbourg (German Pfalzburg), which also contains a military museum exhibiting editions of their works.

Works

First works

Many of these were not published until the 1860s.

• Malédiction; Vin rouge et vin blanc (1849)

• L’Alsace en 1814, play (1850)

• Science et génie, fantasy story (1850)

• Schinderhannes ou les Brigands des Vosges (1852)

• Le Bourgmestre en bouteille (by Erckmann, 1856)

• L’Illustre Docteur Mathéus (1856)

• Contes fantastiques: Le Requiem du corbeau, Rembrandt et L’Œil invisible (1857)

• Gretchen et La Pie (1858)

From 1859

• Les Lunettes de Hans Schnaps (1859)

• Le Rêve du cousin Elof (1859)

• La Montre du doyen (1859)

• Hans Storkus (1859)

• Les Trois âmes (1859)

• Hugues-le-loup (1859) – this notable tale of a werewolf has been translated into English as "The Man-Wolf" (1876)

• La Tresse Noire (1859)

• Contes de la montagne; Contes fantastiques (1860)

• Maître Daniel Rock (1861)

• Le Fou Yégof (1861)

• L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof (1862)

• Les Contes du bord du Rhin (1862)

• Confidences d’un joueur de clarinette (1862)

• Madame Thérèse (1863)

• La Taverne du jambon de Mayence (1863)

• Confidences d’un joueur de clarinette (1863)

• Les Amoureux de Catherine (1863)

• Histoire d’un conscrit de 1813 (1864)

• L’Ami Fritz (1864)

• Waterloo (sequel to Conscrit de 1813, 1865)

• Histoire d’un homme du peuple (1865)

• La Maison forestière (1866)

• La Guerre (1866)

• Le Blocus (1866)

• Contes et romans populaires (1867)

• Le Juif polonais, play (1867)

• Histoire d’un paysan (1867)

After the Franco-Prussian War

• Histoire du plébiscite racontée par un des 7 500 000 oui, essay (1871)

• Lettre d’un électeur à son député, pamphlet against reactionaries (1871)

• Les Deux Frères (1871)

• Histoire d’un sous-maître (1871)

• Une campagne en Kabylie (1873)

• Les Années de collège de Maître Nablot (1874)

• Le Brigadier Frédéric, histoire d’un Français chassé par les Allemands (1874)

• Maître Gaspard Fix, histoire d’un conservateur (1875)

• L’Education d’un féodal (1875)

• L’Intérêt des paysans, lettre d’un cultivateur aux paysans de France, essay (1876)

• Contes et romans alsaciens (1876)

• Souvenirs d’un ancien chef de chantier à l’isthme de Suez (1876)

• Les Amoureux de Catherine and L’Ami Fritz, plays (adapted by Chatrian, 1877)

• Contes vosgiens (1877)

• Alsace ou les fiancés d’Alsace, play (adapted by Chatrian from Histoire du plébiscite, 1880)

• Le Grand-père Lebigre (1880)

• Les Vieux de la vieille (1880)

• Quelques mots sur l’esprit humain, résumé de la philosophie d’Erckmann, essay (1880)

• Le Banni (sequel to Le Brigadier Frédéric, 1881)

• La Taverne des Trabans, play (adapted from La Taverne du jambon de Mayence, 1881)

• Les Rantzau, play (adapted from Deux Frères, 1882)

• Madame Thérèse, play (adapted by Chatrian, 1882)

• Le Banni (1882)

• Le Fou Chopine, play (adapted from Gretchen, 1883)

• Époques mémorables de l’Histoire de France: avant ’89 (1884)

• Myrtille, play (1885)

• L’Art et les grands idéalistes, essay (1885)

• Pour les enfants, essay (published 1888)

English translation

• The Man-Wolf and Other Tales (1876, rpt 1976)

• Strange Stories (1880)

• Best Tales of Terror (1980) edited by Hugh Lamb

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1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. 1903 – Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. 1907 – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal. 1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality. 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court. 1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. 1936 – A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors. 1940 – World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. 1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. 1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. 1949 – The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association. 1958 – The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole. 1959 – Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people. 1960 – Niger gains independence from France. 1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. 1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers. 1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi. 1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. 1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction. 2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. 2005 – President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. 2007 – Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping. 2010 – Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage. 2014 – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China. 2014 – The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins. 2018 – Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan. 2019 – Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia. 2019 – Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

[eyewearcatherine]

🏞️🎫Ná bí ag magadh le súile na bpáistí! Ní mór do thuismitheoirí an t-eolas seo a bheith ar eolas acu agus lionsaí defocus á gcaitheamh acu dá bpáistí

Tá daltaí bunscoile agus meánscoile ar tí deireadh a chur leo nó tá saoire an tsamhraidh críochnaithe acu cheana féin agus chuaigh siad isteach sa seimeastar nua.

Sa seimeastar nua agus san atmaisféar nua, tugann go leor tuismitheoirí a gcuid leanaí chuig an ospidéal súl roimh thús na scoile chun a bhfís a sheiceáil agus spéaclaí a fheistiú, ach tá deacrachtaí acu lionsaí a roghnú.

Ina measc, is iad na cinn is mó a iarrtar ná spéaclaí defocus ilphointe ar féidir leo moill a chur ar fhorbairt myopia.

"Cad é an difríocht idir spéaclaí defocus agus spéaclaí rialta?"

"Conas spéaclaí defocus a roghnú?"

Creidim go dtabharfar faoiseamh mór do thuismitheoirí tar éis dóibh an t-alt seo a léamh ag Catherine.

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Microblading treatment at Le Jeune Medspa

During microblading, a variety of shades are applied to the eyebrow region, to give the presence of hairs.

An esthetician utilizes a microblade instrument to apply shades that seem genuine hairs. The variety impact will blur over the long haul, so final details might be important to keep up with the ideal look.

Microblading is said to offer normal-looking and characterized eyebrows, however, the interaction commonly sets aside some margin to consummate.

The underlying methodology might require up to two or three hours, and the eyebrows will seem hazier following the underlying treatment.

It is conceivable that the variety will blur following half a month and a final detail might be required.

Semi-extremely durable

Microblading won’t be quickly concealed assuming that it is done erroneously. If this happens, an individual will probably get through extra expenses to oversee entanglements and right the system. The most effective way to guarantee the method is done accurately is by checking the esthetician and the foundation where an individual is thinking about finishing the micro blading.

Readiness

The groundwork for an eyebrow microblading treatment technique includes:

Keeping away from caffeine drinks or liquor upon the arrival of the methodology.

Colouring foreheads before the arrangement.

No tanning or sunbathing for 3 days before the arrangement.

No waxing or culling eyebrows in the span of 2 days in advance.

No substance strips and other extreme facial medicines for something like 2 to 3 weeks before the method.

Wash and style hair before the system, as the temples should not come into contact with water for something like 7 days.

Different spas and salons of will probably suggest a comparable arrangement of guidelines for readiness, which could include:

Ending vitamin A (Retinol) and Botox medicines for something like multi-month in advance.

Halting taking fish oil or other regular blood thinners, like vitamin E, no less than a week before the technique.

Staying away from anti-inflammatory medicine or ibuprofen for help with discomfort (as these kinds of drugs are blood thinners).

Not working out the day of the arrangement.

System

Upon the system’s arrival, it is vital to plunk down with the esthetician and voice any forms of feedback. The esthetician ought to likewise make sense of the method and the choices, including style and variety, and make proposals.

Before the methodology begins, the esthetician will likely utilize a skin desensitizing salve on the temple region, which decreases distress during the microblading technique, there are different choices for effective sedation accessible at the spa and salon of microblading in Bangalore.

When the client is agreeable, the professional start the technique. The cycle is extremely itemized and can require as long as 2 hours. The esthetician must take as much time as needed because the outcome will continue for a couple of years and should be gotten along admirably.

The client might feel a scratching kind of sensation in the forehead region, however, the cycle is generally just negligibly difficult and entirely mediocre.

Recuperation

Washing the eyebrows tenderly with antibacterial cleanser, while trying not to open them to excessive water for a long time, may assist with advancing recuperation.

After the microblading method, and for no less than multi-week a short time later, an individual’s eyebrows could seem hazier. They may likewise feel more honed due to scabbing and mending. Encountering a little redness and gentle swelling is likewise typical.

The esthetician will give their clients aftercare directions, which could include:

Tenderly washing over the eyebrows with a fingertip, involving antibacterial cleanser and water for around 10 seconds, flushing, and afterwards wiping off.

Utilizing an insignificant measure of saturating salve.

Getting the temples far from water for 7–10 days incorporates not washing up or swimming.

Trying not to put cosmetics on the forehead region while keeping the region as perfect as possible seems to be effectively mending.

Not picking at the scabs.

Staying away from direct daylight or tanning for something like a month after the method.

Not involving facial cleans or strips for somewhere around a month after the technique.

Not resting on the face for something like 10 days after the system

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Underwater Cycling: Un'Esperienza Unica di Fitness e Divertimento

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Underwater Cycling: Un'Esperienza Unica di Fitness e Divertimento

  Il ciclismo subacqueo, noto anche come underwater cycling, è una disciplina innovativa che combina i benefici del ciclismo con quelli dell’attività subacquea. Nato come una forma creativa di fitness, questo sport ha guadagnato popolarità per la sua capacità di offrire un allenamento a basso impatto, adatto a persone di tutte le età e livelli di abilità. Vediamo in dettaglio di cosa si tratta, quali sono i suoi benefici e come si pratica.

Origini e Sviluppo

Il concetto di ciclismo subacqueo è relativamente nuovo e si è sviluppato in risposta alla ricerca di modi più creativi e coinvolgenti per mantenersi in forma. Le prime forme di questa disciplina sono state introdotte come programmi di riabilitazione e fitness in alcune piscine e centri benessere, dove le biciclette stazionarie erano immerse in acqua. Con il tempo, il ciclismo subacqueo si è evoluto in una vera e propria attività sportiva, con competizioni e classi organizzate in tutto il mondo.

Attrezzatura e Ambientazione

Per praticare il ciclismo subacqueo sono necessari alcuni elementi chiave:

Biciclette Subacquee: Le biciclette utilizzate per questa disciplina sono appositamente progettate per essere resistenti all’acqua. Sono costruite con materiali anti-corrosione e dotate di basi stabili per mantenersi salde sul fondo della piscina.

Piscina: Il ciclismo subacqueo si pratica in piscine con una profondità adeguata, solitamente tra 1 e 1,5 metri. La temperatura dell’acqua è generalmente mantenuta a un livello confortevole per permettere un allenamento prolungato.

Abbigliamento: I partecipanti indossano costumi da bagno e, in alcuni casi, scarpe da acqua per proteggere i piedi e migliorare la presa sui pedali.

Benefici del Ciclismo Subacqueo

Il ciclismo subacqueo offre numerosi benefici per la salute, rendendolo una scelta eccellente per chi cerca un’attività fisica completa:

Basso Impatto: L’acqua riduce il peso corporeo percepito, diminuendo lo stress su articolazioni e muscoli. Questo rende il ciclismo subacqueo ideale per persone con problemi articolari, in fase di riabilitazione o con limitazioni fisiche.

Resistenza Naturale: L’acqua fornisce una resistenza uniforme contro i movimenti, permettendo un allenamento efficace per la muscolatura senza la necessità di carichi pesanti.

Cardio e Forza: Il ciclismo subacqueo combina esercizi cardiovascolari con allenamenti di resistenza, migliorando la salute del cuore e aumentando la forza muscolare.

Flessibilità e Mobilità: I movimenti in acqua aiutano a migliorare la flessibilità e la mobilità delle articolazioni, promuovendo un maggiore range di movimento.

Rilassamento e Riduzione dello Stress: L’ambiente acquatico ha effetti rilassanti sul corpo e sulla mente, contribuendo a ridurre lo stress e l’ansia.

Come Si Pratica

Le sessioni di ciclismo subacqueo possono variare da lezioni di gruppo a allenamenti individuali. Ecco una tipica sessione di ciclismo subacqueo:

Riscaldamento: La sessione inizia con esercizi di riscaldamento per preparare i muscoli e le articolazioni. Questo può includere movimenti leggeri e stretching in acqua.

Allenamento Principale: Durante l’allenamento principale, i partecipanti pedalano a diverse intensità, seguendo ritmi di musica o istruzioni dell’istruttore. Possono essere inclusi intervalli di alta intensità, pedalate in salita simulata e altri esercizi per variare l’allenamento.

Defaticamento: La sessione si conclude con un defaticamento, che può includere pedalate leggere e ulteriori esercizi di stretching per favorire il recupero muscolare.

Competizioni e Eventi

Oltre agli allenamenti di fitness, il ciclismo subacqueo ha dato origine a competizioni uniche. Questi eventi, che si tengono in piscine o in acque libere, vedono i partecipanti sfidarsi in percorsi di resistenza e velocità. Le competizioni di ciclismo subacqueo sono un’ottima opportunità per promuovere il divertimento e lo spirito sportivo tra i partecipanti.

In sintesi

Il ciclismo subacqueo rappresenta una modalità innovativa e salutare di fare esercizio fisico. Con i suoi numerosi benefici per la salute e la sua natura divertente, è destinato a crescere in popolarità. Che si tratti di riabilitazione, fitness o competizione, il ciclismo subacqueo offre un’esperienza unica che combina il meglio del ciclismo tradizionale con i vantaggi dell’attività subacquea.

Pro e Contro del Ciclismo Subacqueo

Pro

Basso Impatto sulle Articolazioni:

Beneficio: L’acqua riduce il peso corporeo percepito, diminuendo lo stress su articolazioni e muscoli. Questo rende il ciclismo subacqueo ideale per persone con problemi articolari, in fase di riabilitazione o con limitazioni fisiche.

Resistenza Naturale:

Beneficio: L’acqua fornisce una resistenza uniforme contro i movimenti, permettendo un allenamento efficace per la muscolatura senza la necessità di carichi pesanti.

Combina Cardio e Forza:

Beneficio: Il ciclismo subacqueo unisce esercizi cardiovascolari con allenamenti di resistenza, migliorando la salute del cuore e aumentando la forza muscolare.

Migliora Flessibilità e Mobilità:

Beneficio: I movimenti in acqua aiutano a migliorare la flessibilità e la mobilità delle articolazioni, promuovendo un maggiore range di movimento.

Rilassamento e Riduzione dello Stress:

Beneficio: L’ambiente acquatico ha effetti rilassanti sul corpo e sulla mente, contribuendo a ridurre lo stress e l’ansia.

Accessibile a Tutte le Età e Livelli di Abilità:

Beneficio: Il ciclismo subacqueo è adatto a persone di tutte le età e livelli di abilità, rendendolo un’opzione inclusiva per molti.

Varietà di Allenamenti:

Beneficio: Le sessioni possono includere intervalli di alta intensità, pedalate in salita simulata e altri esercizi per variare l’allenamento, mantenendo alta la motivazione.

Contro

Accesso Limitato:

Svantaggio: Non tutte le palestre o i centri benessere offrono strutture per il ciclismo subacqueo, limitando l’accesso a questa attività.

Costo Elevato:

Svantaggio: L’attrezzatura specializzata e la necessità di piscine adeguate possono rendere il ciclismo subacqueo più costoso rispetto ad altre forme di esercizio.

Logistica e Manutenzione:

Svantaggio: La manutenzione delle biciclette subacquee e delle piscine richiede tempo e risorse, il che può rappresentare un ostacolo per alcuni centri fitness.

Abbigliamento Specifico:

Svantaggio: I partecipanti devono indossare costumi da bagno e, in alcuni casi, scarpe da acqua, il che può non essere comodo per tutti.

Limitazioni di Stagione:

Svantaggio: In alcune regioni, il ciclismo subacqueo può essere limitato ai mesi più caldi, a meno che non si disponga di piscine coperte riscaldate.

Competenza dell’Istruttore:

Svantaggio: La qualità dell’esperienza può variare notevolmente a seconda della competenza e della preparazione dell’istruttore, influenzando l’efficacia dell’allenamento.

Potenziale di Infortuni:

Svantaggio: Anche se il rischio è ridotto rispetto ad altre attività, c’è sempre un potenziale di infortuni dovuti a scivolamenti o movimenti errati in acqua.

[patern29]

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“MYSTIC” est un ELAN 40, dessiné par un des architectes naval les plus référencé ROB HUMPHREYS. Il a réussit à combiner la technologie moderne, l’élégance et la beauté avec un respect de la tradition. Véritable course croisière performant, il est aménagé en 3 cabines doubles et 2 salles d’eau. Un suivi régulier du bateau et de ses équipements par ses propriétaires, jamais loué.. Visible à Port Maritima – Martigues. Moteur Yanmar diesel 3JH3E de 40cv (1080h) refroidissement par échangeur sur circuit fermé et liquide de refroidissement. Entretien annuel par professionnels (factures), Hiverné chaque année. En 2022 : échangeur, alternateur 12V/80A, remplacement la bague hydrolube + Joint Volvo, contrôle + tarage des injecteurs. En 2023: déshivernage + remise en route + nettoyage du réservoir gasoil anti bactéries. Version en ligne arbre avec hélice fixe tri pale, barre à roue + barre franche de secours. Capacité gasoil 140l (inox) – vitesse moyenne 6.5nds ( 2500 tr/mn)- conso 3l/h. Aménagements : 3 Cabines doubles (1 AV / 2 AR) avec équipets + penderies et matelas Bultex – Grand carré en cuir avec table pour 6 personnes. 2 Salle d’eau avec WC marin (1 manuel avant / 1 électrique arrière), lavabo, douches, eau chaude/froide sous pression ( cumulus 25l) – capacité eau 240l (inox). Cuisine à tribord de la descente comprenant une cuisinière 3 feux +four, alimentation 2 bouteilles Camping gaz, Réfrigérateur avec bloc moteur Danfoss changé en 2017, évier,rangements. Télévision et système de sonorisation Fusion avec haut parleurs dans le cockpit + carré. Dessalinisateur de marque Dessalator (60l/h) , osmoseurs et carte électronique de gestion et analyse de l’eau changé en 2019. Le Cumulus produit de l’eau chaude soit sur prise de quai, soit par le moteur. L’évier est alimenté aussi bien en eau douce/eau de mer. Voiles & Accastillage : Grand Voile Hood (48.11m2) lattée sur chariot à billes Fredericksen avec 3 prises de ris automatiques. Trois bandes de ris avec retour au cockpit. Lazy jack/lazy bag révisé en 2018. Génois Hood (46.53m2) sur enrouleur Profurl bon état, révision et remplacement de la bande UV (2018). Tourmentin en sac état neuf. Drisses + écoutes en Dyneema changées en 2016, chariot Selden (2019), 4 winch LEWMAR ST. Électronique : Complètement revue en 2017: GPSMAP Garmin avec traceur et cartes sur un écran positionné sur la barre à roue incluant l’affichage cartes, vent, speedomètre, sondeur…. Le système peut être couplé sur téléphone, tablette ou ordinateur par liaison Wifi pour usage à l’intérieur. Aérien GWIND (2017) et radar Garmin 18HD relié au lecteur de cartes par réseau NMEA au GPSMAP. Pilote automatique Raymarine ST 6001 sur secteur de barre, VHF fixe Standard Ocean (2017), VHF portable étanche Icom, AIS émetteur/récepteur, MMSI, compas de cloison (2017)… Divers : 5 batteries de servitude 95 ah(2017) +1 batterie moteur AGM 85ah, portique inox avec 2 panneaux solaires 100w, chargeur quai, répartiteur de charge, transformateur 12v/220v  2000w(2022), gestionnaire d’alimentation Mastervolt, éclairage du carré + des cabines et des feux navigation par LED. Survie Arimar 6 places, Annexe Uship gonflable 4 places(2018) + 6 CV Suzuki 4 temps, Guindeau électrique Lofrans Cayman 12v- 1000w (2018) + 60 m chaine calibre 10 (2018), ancre principale 18kg, ancre secondaire Fortress avec 15m de chaine 8 et câblot. Perche IOR, matériel de sécurité adapté à la navigation hauturière, Balise EPIRB(2017), Frein de bôme Walder modèle inox (2018), coussins de cockpit ….   Read the full article

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No I did, I'm sure because I wrote this meta.

It was the whole point of the meta to explain why it would have been much better to let things happen naturally between Buffy and Riley and how that ultimately wasn't the direction the show took.

A theory that I developed starting this quote

Why couldn't Riley be himself, a regular and normal guy in appearance but with a double life of demon hunter that matches Buffy's mission, someone that Buffy would have realized she wanted in her life just by living, fighting at his side and learning to love him daily instead of being a reversed image of her ex?

and later in the various observations i made about Riley's personality as well as Buffy's expectations about love, and the pace of their relationship.

I've pointed out that the writers focused - as suggested by the quote of Whedon that is at the center of this meta - first and foremost on introducing a new love interest and a male lead who would be the anti Angel, making secondary the conditions under which Buffy would fall in love with him. So secondary in fact that we learned she was in love with him because she said so (after he was hurt by Adam and restrained by the Initiative), but we didn't witness the steps she took to come to this conclusion

It's as if the writers decided to cut short the various stages of a romance's blossoming, as if that would have taken up too much of the season's arc and wouldn't have been interesting, exciting enough. They immediately introduced us to a good guy, a "firm, strong, trustworthy" guy, told us to approve him as Buffy's boyfriend and move on. We were pushed not to ask why and to believe that he was the best choice for Buffy, because the writers should have our trust at this point.

The writers' approach was the opposite of what would have made their relationship flow organically, which was to first establish the lovers' identities and their compatibility in terms of personality and center of interests through small and meaningful scenes where they should have been seen getting closer, and which is the approach that usually dominates in classic romantic novels or romantic comedy (movies).

Even when it comes to a case where opposites attract, there's always that moment when the hero and heroine got to know each other and became so comfortable together that the reader or the audience can see that they are made for each other. That they are complementary and unquestionably good for each other to the point of talking about marriage and children. It didn't happen in season 4. There's not a point of Buffy and Riley's romance in s4, let alone season 5, that screams they were the better match.

Instead, they seemed bored when they were together until the revelation of their secret identities set off a chain of events so intense that the little time they had left for themselves was for sex only, and very little for getting to know each other intimately, for talking and learning who they were before falling in love. Buffy remained very secret until the end, refused to explain her relationship with Angel, systematically placing a suffering Riley (constantly overwhelmed by the obstacles that Faith, Angel and Spike were) before "le fait accompli", denying him equal status in the relationship by not sharing the infos.

Indeed Buffy did not bump into all the guys she met asking them if they were the anti Angel as if it was her new quest, why would she do this 180° turnaround when Angel was still in her mind the perfect love partner, the inaccessible soulmate, the epic, star-crossed lover of her life? Despite all he (as Angelus) did to her family and friends, teachers and classmates, she never stopped romanticizing their relationship. Riley knew it and that's why his insecurities never faded away.

She claimed during the crossover on Ats (Sanctuary) that the big difference between the two relationships was that she trusted Riley in a way that she couldn't trust Angel. Not only does this statement not reflect her true feelings (she was still lovingly attached to Angel, and felt betrayed by his protective actions towards Faith, jealous of their intimate embrace in Angel's bedroom), it contradicts the canon:

the last time they were a couple, in season 3, Buffy let Angel drain her of blood and nearly died while trying to save his life,

at the start of season 4 she gave to Angel the Gem of Amarra which made him nearly impossible to beat,

during I Remember You on Ats, Angel temporarily became human and she started making again plans for the future with him, even though she was aware of Riley's feelings for her and even after she started flirting with him during Pangs,

she left behind Riley who was hunted by the Initiative after the very major betrayal that he committed to help her, to go to LA and protect Angel from Faith.

She would have never done any of those things for someone she wouldn't have trusted entirely.

There was never room for Buffy "to find out that Riley was better because of the things that made him the anti Angel". Angel was never written as a bad boy dangerous enough to make Riley a better option, not even after Buffy caught him helping and hugging Faith or beating up Riley.

Perhaps because of the massive rewriting of Season 4 after Seth Green's departure, it's really unclear why this arc took this path and it's even harder to make guesses. But in any case, Riley undoubtedly remained a default choice: for Buffy, he was desirable mostly because she could finally enjoy sex without shame, and he was devoted to her to the point of building his whole life around her, destroying his career in the process unlike all the guys who run away from her (Angel, Scott, Parker).

The transition, the journey from an immature love (with Angel) based solely on passion, pain and burning feelings to an adult love (with Riley) defined as a quietly strong love built to last was poorly written and hastily executed. Riley ended up being a puppet version of Angel (which made him more the anti-angel than anything else the writers said of him), so submissive to Buffy's needs that he felt trapped and decided to escape during Season 5, which is in my view a worse departure than the one given to Angel.

Buffy Rewatch: season 4

I'm not doing this rewatch in order, so i have a lot of thoughts who pop up and often contradict themselves. But i know that i'm not going to write real, full reviews, so it's better than nothing to share them under the form of "shorts" (as much short as i can do, which is not really short) comments.

I really wonder what made Whedon believe that the best way for Buffy to get over Angel, was to create a character (Riley) who was the opposite of Angel in every way, an anti Angel.

Whedon said indeed:

"The important thing for us was to find a character that was the anti-Angel and to have Buffy go through something very different, part of which was the question, 'How do I get over Angel?' That was the same thing the audience was going through. We knew it wasn't going to be easy and it was very hard trying to find somebody. But Marc [Blucas] has a quality that I love very much: he has sort of an un-David-like, firm, strong, trustworthy quality. I always think of him as Gary Cooper."

Source

I mean it seems obvious that to define someone as anti someone else means the influence and hold of the character that is seen negatively is more powerful than ever. An anti Angel means that Angel's shadow never left the show, that he is still haunting Buffy in every way, except she keeps the obsession that he represents at distance with a more positive boyfriend, who she uses like a talisman to keep her thoughts about him from becoming too intrusive.

Why couldn't Riley be himself, a regular and normal guy in appearance but with a double life of demon hunter that matches Buffy's mission, someone that Buffy would have realized she wanted in her life just by living, fighting at his side and learning to love him daily instead of being a reversed image of her ex?

In the anti Angel scenario, even if her relationship with Riley had worked, she still would have been trapped with an improved version of Angel, different but still too close. On the show, the writers didn't make as opposite as Whedon claimed to want them. Actually both men shared many common opinions and personality traits:

a sexist worldview,

the need of being needed as Angel's savior complex proved it on Ats especially with damsels in distress,

insecurities about virility developed during the crossover episode in Ats "I will remember you" where Angel gave up a possible human life at Buffy's side because he couldn't handle to be less strong than her to not be in capacity to protect her).

I don't see how creating with Riley an idealized version of Angel (one who can take her on a picnic, see her in the daylight, who would accept his strength inferiority because he can't do anything about it, one who can have as much sex as Buffy wants, who can marry and have children), someone that Angel could never be because of his personality souled or souless, would fix Buffy's problem of dependency and later of emotional distance/self centeredness?

It feels like the writers were rather presenting us of what Buffy would think to be her ideal man based on her unique romantic relationship with Angel. A Frankenstein version of the Prince Charming not in the sense that Riley is a monster, he's a good man, a brillant man and a hot man, but because he's also in some way closer to what would look like a puppet stitched based on Buffy's preferences and to who life would be given.

The problem is not only Riley's personality, but also the execution of their romance mostly the timing of it.

I think that the writers got it right when they made Buffy hook up, before making Riley her official boyfriend, with guys who are all about sex (Parker) or are bad boys at heart (Spike). In real life, any young/teen girl would have repeated the same mistake few times with other boys similar in looks or darkness/personality to the one she loved deeply and who hurt her, before growing enough to learn from the past. The solution to make her involved with Spike was more credible than to push her in Riley's arms immediately, especially when they had nothing in common in term of interests.

But the timing is all wrong: there is less than 7 episodes between her one night stand with Parker in The Harsh light of Day (4.03) and her picnic and first official date with Riley in Something Blue (4.09). The picnic happened in the same episode as 'the thing" with Spike (i don't know how to call it), and just after an entire episode on Ats where she spent a lot of time in bed with Angel. She almost ruined her relationship with Riley because of Spike (Something Blue), so by the time they had their first kiss, i didn't scream "finally the good guy she deserves" but rather " it's too much romance and disappointment in one season, and he will never make up for it because the show is already creating conflict over his identity."

Conflicts kept piling up indeed during the second half of the season: from the revelation of their secret identities to Buffy's refusal to give a chance to Riley, from her change of mind and full involvement in his life to the point she joined The Initiative for him to the shock of Maggie Walsh's attempt to kill her and Walsh's murder by Adam, from Riley's change in personality due to the effects of The Initiative's medicine on him to Faith's intrusion in their lives etc...

That's a lot to deal with in such a short period, especially when we consider too the fact that despite all those ordeals that they faced together as a couple, Riley never got passed this image that he was less than her ex vampire boyfriends. Diminished by his lesser fighting skills, the lesser danger he represented, his less cool attitude: Buffy called him a doof, Forrest said he's a mama's boy, Willow for his defense argued that "he didn't seem like he could tell a little white lie, let alone a whole bunch of big dirty ones"; though his cool potential changed depending on what the script needed him to be, and based too on his double identity.

Coming after such radical personalities (Angel and Spike) with extreme views and violent actions explain why so many fans see him as bland and boring (which he is not): they can't shake the feeling of being overwhelmed by Angel and Spike, not matter how wrong their values, their feelings, their actions were.

I read a lot that Riley was supposed to be her endgame but i don't see how it would have worked if it was planned to introduce Dawn and kill Joyce since season 2, as the rumor says. That meant Whedon knew very early that Buffy was going to die during season 5. After all that she went through to find the right guy, was Whedon going to pretend that she was leaving behind the love of her life in a grand gesture of sacrifice to save the world? Even though it looked and felt liker rather a suicide, in a season where the accumulation of misery was leading to her death anyway? What would have been the point of getting over Angel if she was not going to survive?

For me who perceives the show mostly from the angle of trauma, to get her past her relationship with Angel was in all cases a necessity because he literally stole her life: he made a mess of it, of her vision of love and she needed to heal.

But it would have required to not treat Riley as someone who was always going to suffer from the comparison, and also to make clear at one point that she chose him over Angel (during one of the crossovers with Ats preferably), and that her decision was definitive in her mind.

Riley really didn't need to be the anti Angel, and the writers shouldn't have taken the risk to fail at delivering this tale of happiness for Buffy (if they really wanted her to be happy) by trying to force on him this fake personality.

No more than they should have let Buffy trapped in the mindset "that real love and passion have to go hand in hand with lots of pain and fighting". that it's "where the fire comes from", questioning the possibility that "a nice safe relationship can be that intense".

Buffy and Riley didn't have nice and safe lives so their relationship couldn't be nice and safe and yet she still had doubts even after she started to date him.

A vision of love on which she was still clinging so strongly that she even blamed Angel for calling her his ex (during the crossover with Ats when Angel came back to Sunnydale after helping Faith, allegedly to apologize), which sent her back right to the regret that she couldn't be with him and which confirmed indirectly that Riley was a default choice.

Which begs the question: what kind of reactions did the writers expect from the fans when they didn't seem to even bother to establish Buffy and Riley's romance as a more desirable relationship for Buffy?