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Claire Bennet vs Samantha LaRusso: Two Teenage Heroes, Two Completely Different Battles

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 Two teenage girls. Two hugely popular television franchises. Two very different ideas of what it means to survive. Claire Bennet from Heroes and Samantha LaRusso from Cobra Kai may come from completely different worlds, but their stories share more DNA than it first appears. Claire is the cheerleader who discovers that her body can regenerate from almost any injury. Sam is the daughter of Daniel LaRusso, raised in the shadow of one of cinema and television’s most recognizable martial-arts legacies. One possesses an extraordinary supernatural ability. The other has to survive with nothing more than training, determination, family support and her own ability to overcome fear. That difference makes their comparison fascinating. Claire Bennet: The Girl Who Was Never Allowed to Be Normal When Heroes introduced Claire Bennet, she initially looked like an ordinary American teenager. She was a cheerleader. She worried about school, relationships, popularity and her family. Then she dis...

The Health Benefits of Shared Laughter

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    There is a blessing in the joy of shared laughter. Try it: get cartoons or jokes that pop up on your computer every day, share a joke you got via e-mail or talk to friends and co-workers about the funny scene in the latest hit movie. Laughter will lower your blood pressure, calm your pulse, and generally help you and your friends and family to release a lot of stress. Experts on healing now say that laughter and humor, hope, and happiness are essential for any healing process. The benefits of laughter are numerous, and the existence of frequent, warm laughter in your relationships indicates that all is going well and gives you both confidence that problems can be overcome. If something frustrating is happening, try easing the tension with humor to change stress to silliness. Don't poke fun at your mate, but use shared humor as a way to say, "I know this is tough, but we'll get through it." Your mate will think of you as someone soothing and helpful to have around...