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While you may not be able to wash your gloves right after you leave the rink, you should at least dry them. Take the gloves out of your hockey bag and place them on a drying rack, clothesline, or equipment tree so air can circulate. Leave them for several hours or until they're completely dry. Airing the gloves can prevent bacteria from growing on the gloves and will reduce their odor. If you're using a front-loading machine, place the gloves and any other equipment you want to wash into the machine. If you're using a top-loading machine, put the gloves and equipment into the machine. Fill the machine with cold water and soak the gloves for 15 minutes before running the wash cycle.  Front-loading washing machines do a great job of tumbling the gloves and equipment. While top-loading machines can clean hockey equipment, gloves can float to the top of the drum. This is why it's important to soak them before running the wash cycle. Use your favorite laundry detergent to wash the gloves. Don't use any detergents that have bleaching agents that could damage the glove material. Add the standard amount of detergent as recommended by the manufacturer. You should also include 1/2 cup (120 ml) of a cleaning booster. For cleaning boosters, use borax, washing soda, oxygenated laundry booster, or vinegar. Instead of using fabric softeners on the gloves, add the same amount of vinegar to the machine's fabric softener compartment. Vinegar will remove unwanted smells from the gloves and will strip away any laundry detergent residue that could be left on the gloves. Close the lid of the machine and run a standard wash cycle using cold water. The cold water will agitate the gloves in detergent and booster solution so dirt and grime loosen. The vinegar added to the rinse cycle will also remove odors from the gloves. If you're washing a lot of other hockey equipment at the same time, you may want to divide it into 2 to 3 loads. Remove the gloves from the washing machine and hang them up on a clothesline. There's no need to pat them dry on a towel since the machine's spin cycle removed excess water from the gloves. Let them air dry for several hours or overnight. Wait to use them until they're completely dry.  To speed up drying time, consider drying the gloves on an electric drying rack or blowing the gloves with a hair dryer set to cool. You can also run a dehumidifier in the room with the gloves. Avoid drying the gloves in a clothes dryer. The heat from the dryer can cause the fabric on the gloves to split or crack.

summary: Air dry the gloves for several hours after games or practices. Put the gloves in the washing machine and soak them for 15 minutes, if needed. Add bleach-free detergent and a cleaning booster to the machine. Pour vinegar into the fabric softener compartment of the machine. Run a regular wash cycle. Hang dry the clean hockey gloves.


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Alchemically, conjunction involves assembling the saved elements from the separation stage into something new and different. In terms of personal transformation, conjunction requires you to combine the conscious and subconscious minds, as well as elements of the masculine and feminine components of your personality, into something new. That something can be a new system of personal beliefs, a new personality, or a new state of consciousness, but it is essential that that new vision of yourself emerges from the existing parts of you. In other words, don't try to become that which you are not - become the best parts of who you already are.  Try removing yourself from any distractions to a quiet place. Close your eyes and focus solely on the pattern of your breathing. Breathe slowly through your nostrils and into your abdomen, hold the breath for a few seconds (but not to the point of discomfort), and exhale slowly through the nostrils.  Any time your mind starts to wander while meditating, return your thoughts to your breath. Focus on the sensation of breathing in through your nostrils, the feeling of your abdomen rising and falling, and the sensation of the air escaping back out through your nostrils. Try visualizing the best version of yourself. Imagine everything going well in your life, and imagine yourself as being fully prepared and in control of everything in your life. Think about what is most important to you and what aspects of yourself you value the most. Fermentation traditionally involved using microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast, for example) to chemically alter a substance. Common applications of fermentation include the use of yeast to convert sugar into alcohol or the use of bacteria to turn milk into cheese. In terms of personal transformation, fermentation requires you to accept inspiration of some type that will energize or enlighten you. Fermentation is often achieved through various means of focus and transformation. These include (but are not limited to) deep and intense prayer, deep meditation, a conscious desire for some mystical or spiritual union with a higher power, transformative therapy, or altered states of consciousness. Distillation is the process of heating a substance until it turns to vapor, then collecting the condensed vapor as it cools into a liquid. Distillation is sometimes called purifying because it further removes impurities and nonessential components (for example, think about how brandy is distilled from wine by boiling off the water). When it comes to personal transformation, distillation is the "purification" of your personal psychic forces to ensure that nothing remains of the undesirable elements of your old self.  Objective personal introspection is the best way to practice distillation. Distance yourself from all emotions and sentimentality and evaluate what remains of your identity. Consider your life from the viewpoint of someone else - perhaps a friend or relative who knows you well and has given you valuable advice in the past. What aspects of yourself would that person consider to be the most vital elements of who you are? Coagulation occurs when a liquid or gas is permitted to return to a solid state. In transformative terms, coagulation is the final stage of alchemical change - it is marked by a profound sense of confidence and the ability to continue to exist in any aspect of reality. Upon achieving coagulation, you should experience a sense of rejuvenation and a sense of higher being. This will vary, of course, depending on who has experienced the transformation, but will be accompanied by a new sense of self, regardless of the particulars of your transformation.

summary: Practice conjunction. Begin fermentation. Proceed to distillation. Finalize change with coagulation.


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Again, place your front foot on the front of the deck and rest your back foot slightly behind your front foot. Make sure your stance is solid and you feel well balanced. Push off with your back foot and get moving at a comfortable pace. Stay relaxed and make sure that you're heading straight forward. The more speed you build up now, the faster and more impressive looking your tailwhip will be. Do the simple jump trick by crouching down, jumping up and pulling the scooter behind you. You'll need plenty of air time to perform the tail whip, so make sure you jump as high as you can. With your back foot, kick the tail of the scooter out, either right or left. The direction doesn't matter, choose what is most comfortable to you. Since the scooter deck is attached to a pivot point (the handlebars), it will move away from you on a circular path. Once you're airborne and you've kicked the tail to start the circle, you'll need to make sure the deck returns under your feet so that you can land. Momentum will do most of the work, and the deck will continue to rotate back to you, but you'll need to help it out by moving the handlebars. Push them in a circular motion, moving in the same direction that the board is moving in. The deck will continue turning, so you need to catch it with your feet. When the deck returns to its original position, catch it with your front and back foot. Return to your original stance, with front foot facing forward and back foot just behind it. Stay relaxed as you fall to the ground, and make sure your stance is solid. As you connect with the pavement, let your knees buckle a bit to absorb the shock. Straighten up your handlebars a bit if you need to, you may have changed course in midair on accident.
summary: Position your feet on the deck. Get some speed. Perform a jump. Kick the tail of the scooter. Move the handlebars. Regain your stance. Land.