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Spotlight Week: Interview with Authors Pamela Jaye Smith & Reece Michaelson
I was a big fan of author Pamela Jaye Smith long before I met her in person. Her books Power of the Dark Side: Creating Great Villains, Dangerous Situations, & Dramatic Conflict, Inner Drives: How to Write and Create Characters Using the Eight Classic Centers of Motivation, and Symbols * Images * Codes: The Secret Language of Meaning in Film, TV, Games, and Visual Media, have all helped me improve my own craft of writing.
I was thrilled when I met Pamela in person during her Screenwriting 411 Workshop at Barnes & Noble.
Lena and myself with Author Pamela Jaye Smith
There I also met her friend and colleague Kathie Fong Yoneda. I invited them to be speakers for CBWLA, and to my great joy they accepted and presented two workshops with CBWLA in 2011 and 2012.
CBWLA Workshop with Pamela Jaye Smith and Kathie Fong Yoneda
I have yet to meet author Reece Michaelson in person, but I have no doubt she will be just as wonderful in person as she is in our various email correspondences.
I'll have the pleasure of finally meeting Reece and hearing both her and Pamela speak at our CBWLA Workshop this coming August 17th, 2013. These two authors will be discussing Potent World-Making: What's Myth Got to Do With It? And if you're in the Los Angeles area, you can register for Pamela and Reece's workshop by clicking on this link.
Without further delay, I present Pamela Jaye Smith and Reece Michaelson, authors of The Journals of Petra Volare – Scroll I: From the Shadows.
1. Tell us three random, unique, or weird facts about yourselves.
RM: -Taught myself to ride a unicycle at 12.
-Was a writing teacher at a 17th Century Dutch castle in the Netherlands for 2 semesters.
-Lived for a year with the widow of the metallurgist who helped invent the atom
bomb, gained interesting insights into some of the people responsible for one of the most profoundly impactful inventions of our time (she herself was a notable historian who wrote A Peril and A Hope, a scholarly treatment of the subject).
PJS: -Have driven an Army tank and an offshore oil rig.
-Walked on the Arctic Ocean [when there was still sea ice up there].
-Dove for my own sushi in the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.
2. Where did you get the idea to write THE JOURNALS OF PETRA VOLARE?
RM: A successful Hollywood writer told me in an interview that she felt if people didn't like where their life was, they should change their archetype. When I researched what an archetype was, none of the female ones felt applicable to me, they were somehow very restrictive. It reminded me of when I was a kid and I always had to "translate" my reading experiences of adventures. So I decided to create a new archetype. When I mentioned it to Pamela Jaye, her positive response told me I might be on a worthwhile track. At the time, I was living in the desert, with a relentless, searing sun…and within a month, I heard in my head "Icarus's Sister" and then Petra's final lines of Scroll I: "I was born to fly, and I am not afraid of the sun…Time To Fly…"
PJS: I've always liked the things that Reece writes and have worked with her as a consultant on a couple of her projects. So when she said she wanted to create a new archetype for young girls I was immediately on board. From my own studies in comparative mythology I have worked with archetypes in story consulting and in personal myth and image consulting. Having also taught actors how to use the archetypes in their performances and how to align with them in their real lives, I have seen the results of this transformation first hand. So Reece and I were on the same enthusiastic track about using myth to address modern situations.
3. What sets THE JOURNALS OF PETRA VOLARE apart from other middle grade fiction books? What did you hope to accomplish by writing Petra's story?
RM: Firstly, Petra is specifically designed to be a new archetype for girls (and women!), a kid who deliberately and courageously steps out from the shadows, in the way we see women today stepping forward to claim their most creative destinies. The hope is to assist that momentum. As such, we expect our readers will be smart, inquisitive, inventive people who enjoy being challenged, so we've maintained a level of complexity that requires a bit of stretching. One of our reviewers, a middle grade teacher from Virginia, spoke to this aspect: "I have read hundreds of young adult novels over the years and this one is so different from any that I have read.…There are many books out there for young adults that don't give the reader any credit to do some problem solving and make choices. This journey that Petra goes on allows the reader to be by her side the whole time. At times, I even felt the frustration she was going through and became impatient for her to resolve issues."
Another difference is that this is an inventor's sketchbook as well as a journal, so just as her historical male counterparts (e.g., Leonardo da Vinci) allowed us a window into their thought processes, Petra lets us participate in hers. Women and girls have been inventing tremendously valuable things since the beginning of time, but we don't tend to hear much about it or see their processes. This is our way of inciting the girls of the 21st Century to grab that torch and run—or fly—toward their most amazing, contributive selves.
PJS: The American education system is a wasteland, with a few oases here and there. I serve on a couple of think tanks [Boeing Workforce Development, Birth to Work, and the Entertainment Industries Council] that are dedicated to bringing science, technology, engineering and math to more young people. The STEM programs are working all across the country to address the need for kids of every age to learn critical thinking skills, to engage their curiosity, to encourage the scientific method, and to inspire them to careers in science. Reece's ideas for who Petra Volare is and what she does fit perfectly with the goals of STEM.
By creating a fictional character who actually does use her curiosity, her inventiveness and her adventurousness to solve important problems and actually save lives, I hope we inspire more young girls, and boys, to be daring, to think for themselves, and to be visionary.
4. In THE JOURNALS OF PETRA VOLARE SCROLL 1: FROM THE SHADOWS, you focus on the mythological story of Icarus and Daedalus. Why did you choose this particular mythology for Petra's story?
RM: It chose us! Myths operate at a level that intellect can only retroactively explain. That's why they're so powerful! But this myth—if you read it carefully and follow the breadcrumbs (like Ariadne's Thread!)—is actually a remarkably contemporary personal story, a story of quirky family dynamics and choices, flawed people, dreams and ambitions, and (as in the case of Pasiphae, for example) unjust besmirchment of one's character in the press. The stuff of 21st Century life, and therefore very relatable.
PJS: I think Reece says that well. When I was first exposed to the Iliad and the Odyssey in the 4th grade I thought it was just like what went on in my small Texas town: rigged beauty contests, unfaithful spouses, unruly children, pouting athletes, and a few brave acts. Besides the sociological significance Reece mentions, the whole Minotaur myth is also quite symbolic and mystical. The half-man half-bull Minotaur is symbolic of the constellation Taurus the bull. The warrior hero Theseus is symbolic of the constellation Aries. Theseus slaying the Minotaur symbolizes the precession of the equinoxes as we moved from the zodiacal sign of Taurus into that of Aries. So, too, we crafted Petra Volare to be an agent-of-change in that time and place. There are so many story threads in the complex fabric of Minoan Crete that it seemed a perfect setting from which to reach forward and backward in time.
5. What are some of your other favorite mythological stories?
RM: So many of them seem to be about women who either punish unfairly or come to a bad end after being uppity, I think we need some new ones. (Take note, Petra Volare readers!) But if pressed, I'd say the myth about Tiresias, the Theban seer who got blinded but was then given the gift of second sight, was turned into a woman for 7 years then got turned back to a man, was given 7 lifetimes, and after he died, he became a consultant to Odysseus. Sounds like a shaman/shamaness who ended up having some terrific insights after all that! Ovid's description of the Phoenix is also very cool.
PJS: My favourite myth is about the Teutonic warrior goddess Brunhilde, one of the Valkyries who rides her horse above the battlefield and picks up the dying warriors to carry them off to Valhalla, where they eat, drink, and tell war stories for eternity. The daughter of king god Wodin, she disobeys his orders to throw a battle in one direction because she knows his heart desires a different outcome. It is an example of being brave enough to do what you know is right, even in the face of power. She of course gets punished, but negotiates a version of punishment that reflects her self-determination, valour and integrity. It's good myth for women of our time, and has lots of high passion and drama, so it's fun as well.
6. If you could spend one day with any of the characters in your story, who would you pick? Why?
RM: Phoenicia, hands down – her knowledge is so broad and unabashedly profound as well as extremely practical, I'd love to follow her around and take notes. Also, since she transcends time via lucid dreaming, I'd ask her to teach me the basics of that and help me find out which myths and legends would be best for Petra to encounter for future Scrolls in the series!
PJS: I'd choose Petros the sailor. I like that he is strong and smart, yet soft-spoken. He makes time in his busy days to teach Petra about the sea, sea creatures, winds, and currents. He has a dog Gerlach who he seems to honour quite as much as some of the humans in the story. Petros is wise, perceptive, and kind. I think one would learn an awfully lot of interesting and valuable information spending a day with him. And you know it would be fun.
7. Written in first person, the story of PETRA VOLARE is told in the form of journal entries. How did you go about writing the story? Did you divide chapters or sections of the book, or did you have a different writing process?
RM: Prior to writing, we gathered images and phrases that we associated with the myth, then, with our visionary friend Laura (Petra's goddessmother) and a potential artist for the book, we had a creative brainstorming session on the sands of Laguna Beach—a mythical-feeling place! Pamela poured forth an abundance of spot-on story ideas and imagery, and by the end of the meeting we had this 2'x3' paper with all the ideas, phrases, snippets, and images needed to dive in. I wrote the first draft in about 5 weeks. Very intuitive, no planning, just a lot of listening. My Buddhist practice deeply influenced this part of the work, so the material came out of my life rather than out of my head or a plan/outline. I'd hear entries or "see" them—not necessarily in sequential order— and I wrote like crazy to catch what was unfolding almost literally in front of me. Better than TV! Brenda Ueland's book If You Want to Write was helpful for capturing the material and staying true to Petra's voice. After the first draft, Pamela Jaye (and subsequently also some fantastic readers) asked superb questions that allowed Petra's replies to zip completely around my predilection for analyzing things to death. It consistently felt as though this story was telling itself and my job was to capture the words and move from the ether to the page.
PJS: I totally enjoyed the brainstorming sessions we had, especially when they were on the beach. We certainly had a number of touch points in incidences and characters as well as what we wanted Petra Volare to learn from each. Reece did an amazing impressive job writing a very rich first draft. It did not need much structure shifting and just some adjustments here and there to keep the plot flowing and the voice consistent.
8. THE JOURNALS OF PETRA VOLARE SCROLL 1: FROM THE SHADOWS is the first in a seven book series. Have you plotted out the other books or the entire series? When is the next book coming out?
RM: So glad you noticed that it's a series, and thank you for mentioning it! We've been busy getting Scroll I into the world, so future books have had to take a back seat for the moment. That said, there are titles for all but the 7th (final) Scroll, and we have been collecting snippets of ideas and amassing tons of research. This summer we'll be sketching things out; we've had some contest winners on our website and at book signings who will be naming characters in future books, which is sure to take us in some interesting and exciting directions. We'll have to get back to you on when the next Scroll is coming out, although of course we're thrilled that many of our readers have asked the same question!
PJS: I'm so looking forward to pulling those visions for the next books down into more a solid sense of story. We have an abundance of ideas, concepts, locales, and characters so the real challenge will be how to select the best ones for each Scroll [book]. And how fun it will be to dig deeper into more myths and explore the stories behind them.
9. What are some of the perks and difficulties of having someone co-author a book with you?
RM: When the Someone who is co-authoring is Pamela Jaye, it's mostly just perks: exponentially increased creativity, insights that lead to outside-the-box approaches, depth of understanding about myths and potential possibilities and realities, wind beneath the wings, and honestly, SO much fun. Really, the only difficulty: it's way too much fun and we have to stop with the ideas at some point so the book gets written!
PJS: Thank you, Reece. My pleasure. I have written with other people for many years, but mostly on screenplays. This was only the second time I was a co-author on a fiction book. The perks were similar to those for scripts: someone to bounce ideas off of, another mind to fill in blanks, a different perspective on scenes and characters, and a check on the tendency to over-write initial drafts. The difficulty is that a fiction book really needs to have a core narrator with a strong identifiable voice. It was not a problem working with Reece because it was always the plan for her to write the actual words of the story. But I can see that if the relationship were different there might be conflicts over who writes what, what stays in, who decides, etc. Happily, it is an easy pleasure to collaborate with Reece.
10. Tell us about your individual paths to publication. What is the coolest thing about being a published author?
RM: This first book in the Petra Volare series was self-published, because friends were clamoring to see it in print, and there's no longer the major stigma surrounding self- publishing. In fact it's a great way to build an audience, especially if you take the time and energy to create a strong presence on the web (e.g., we have www.petravolare.com and a Facebook page as well, which has led to both a global audience and resultant sales). And that leads to the coolest thing: being able to meet and talk with people – especially young people – who share a love of storytelling and reading. It's the realization of a dream I've had since I was 6 years old and realized what "reading" was.
PJS: There are a couple of cool things to me. Seeing your ideas become a reality you can hold in your hands. Being able to hand your book to others as a means of passing on your vision. Hearing that others appreciate your story and the characters. Knowing we are helping young people see the possibilities open to them.
11. What's your typical day as a writer like? Do you have any writing-related rituals or quirks?
RM: When I'm in research mode, I visit used bookstores and see what jumps out at me, and spend hours on etymological treasure hunts on the internet when I should be sleeping. I'll also leaf through Pamela Jaye's books to get my creative thinking going because I always find some nugget, some aspect of applied myth that opens new doors. When it's time to write, I do my Buddhist chanting an extra hour or two to bring forth my best creative courage and ability to listen, then dive into the writing until I don't 'hear' anymore for that day. Don't know that this is quirky, but when stuck, I visit distant lands via YouTube or I go out for a walk and pay attention to what catches my eye/ear.
PJS: Don't we all wish that we had all the time in the world just to work on our stories? But most of us have other obligations of work, family, etc. When there is time to write my own fiction it is like stepping out of the busy marketplace and into a calming paradise. Ideally on those writing days I work from 7-ish until about 2pm and then check emails and see what else is going on that I need to take care of. Depending on what's happening, I go back to writing and do not check in on the outside world again until after 6pm. Incense, candles, and a sense of quiet really help me focus. And I like to play music that reflects the type of story. Once when writing some combat sequences I played Marine marching chants. Another time I used toy spaceships to choreograph a battle [Yep, I have toy space ships. That comes with being a Trekkie and a fan-girl-quasi-geek, doesn't it?]
My favourite writing situation – which I would love to be able to repeat again and again – is to spend months at a time doing nothing but working on a particular novel or short story every day. In one two month period I wrote a fairly rich first draft of a 400 page novel. Now…to edit it…. Would that we all had regular writers' retreats, but then I look at how many great stories were written by people working at banks, selling insurance, raising a large family – and am reminded that once the writing bug has bitten you, there seems to be no cure but to write, write, write.
12. What do you like to do when you're not writing? Any hobbies, sports, or crafts you like to spend time on?
RM: Oh, here's where the quirky thing kicks in. Doing research is my main hobby/sport/craft—that's where any non-dayjob time goes. I READ about hobbies, sports and crafts, and talk with people about their pursuits and passions. I'm fortunate to know a lot of fascinating people, so simply listening to them is a fun activity in itself! And I either do yard work or go for beach walks to integrate it all. I've never understood the need for being well-rounded; hyper focus really works for me. I'm a bit like Petra that way!
PJS: When not writing I am usually reading, keeping up with the media industry (since I'm a story and script consultant and speaker) and visiting with friends at dinner parties or soirees. I also enjoy walking or driving around the narrow winding streets of the Hollywood Hills right behind my apartment. World travel also appeals to me and my passport is always ready.
13. Are you currently working on any other projects?
RM: Always, although PV trumps. I'm developing a book series with a friend who is an amateur horologist (timekeeping) and am seeking a publisher for a non-fiction book co-written with the former CEO of Volvo, entitled "Your Success GPS," a how-to about getting great mentors who can help accelerate your career.
PJS: I've seen some of the preliminary work on Reece's "Your Success GPS" and I look forward to it being done as I know it will be very valuable. Currently I am co-writing a book for media-makers with a long-time colleague and friend, Monty Hayes McMillan. Our book is "Show me the Love!" and is about the many different kinds of love you can have in your stories: family, friends, romantic, pets, country, adventure, learning, and many more. It is great fun to do and the research is so interesting as we are including the anthropological and psychological backgrounds for each different category of "love". I'm also working on getting some of my short stories ready to e-publish, and finishing part four of a five-part novel, "Kurultai", about a group of people who reincarnate together over the centuries and millennia. That's really fun as it gives me such a variety of worlds to explore.
14. What advice would you like to give to writers on the road to publication?
RM: If you're considering self-publishing, it's worth investing both money and time in obtaining superb front cover art and ensuring that the back of the book looks equally inviting and professional. Thanks to our tremendously talented artist Gail Jorden, we've had tremendous positive feedback about this aspect of Petra Volare, even to the point where people find the cover art so gorgeous and intriguing that they're excited to get a copy for that alone. First impressions really do matter: the book is carried by a number of independent bookstores based on the owners' first impression— loving the "look and feel" of the book.
PJS: I totally agree with Reece about the covers. Too often it is too obvious that a book is self-published, but a professionally designed cover can make all the difference in how your book is perceived out in the marketplace.
Besides that – edit, edit, edit. Content edit, copy edit, and then copy edit again. Too many books these days have typos, misused words, incorrect grammar, homonyms, and other distracting mistakes. Too many errors can ruin the reading experience and call into question the professionalism of the writer as well as the value of the material itself.
RM: I'd second that! Pamela Jaye is, as always, spot-on – and I'd add that it's useful to edit your work with different questions in mind each time, so you have different eyes; and if you can afford it, have a professional editor go through it, then check it yourself before it goes out. [We had a prototype of the book made, which is not inexpensive, but it allowed us the chance to edit one last time before lots of copies got made. It was a very valuable investment, though, because there was something none of us caught.]
15. What would you like to say to your young readers? Is there any advice that you would like to give them?
RM: I learned a lot from Petra Volare about what it is to believe in yourself and your talents without being arrogant about it, even if your dreams are huge. Her motivation, almost always, is to use her creativity to contribute to the people in her world, and to be mindful of the long-term consequences of inventions. And she doesn't back away from hard work, even if it requires more patience than she wants to have. Good lessons for anyone, but especially useful if you are someone who wants to accomplish the best version of your own aspirations. Also be sure to express appreciation to those who help you along the way–it's not only good manners, it creates positive bridges and good fortune, both of which are critical to success.
PJS: Learn to look for the mysteries behind everything. And to see and seek out the science of everything. Read and watch shows about how stuff is made. Get out into nature and explore: the beach, hills, forests, desert, the city, small towns…where ever you live, find something new to investigate every day. Write about what you found, make drawings or photos, pass on your insights to others. Make your own mind your strongest and best computer. Make your own imagination your richest entertainment device. Stay curious, stay inventive, stay adventurous!
RM & PJS: Thank you so much, Nutschell, for inviting us to interview for your fabulous blog and allowing us to meet your readers. We wish you and all your readers great success in all your creative endeavors!!
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26 Responses to "Spotlight Week: Interview with Authors Pamela Jaye Smith & Reece Michaelson"
Great interview. I've been seeing this book around and it sounds good. I love books that help girls grow into strong women. We all so need to be that. Reece and Pamela make co-authoring a book sound so fun. Good luck with the book.
Sounds like a strong female character. We can always use more of those.
Wow! You snag some great interviews! I seriously don't know how you get it all done.
Great interview indeed, from a unicycle to teaching in a castle, plus writing away, sure keeps busy I'd say.
I enjoyed reading the interview, and I certainly agree about how important covers are. I'm sure your CBWLA Workshop in August will be fantastic with them there!
Great interview! It's wonderful to meet women who are doing things like this, and really working to make a difference! I will definitely have to pick up your book!
You are having just too much fun. I can't imagine what it would be like to meet one of my author heroes in person. *shivers*
Amazing interview! Great job on all sides. Nutschell, it's always a pleasure to visit here. And today getting to meet Pamela and Reece. I love the concept of Petra.
Fun stuff! Thanks so much for the great interview! I'm always glad I stop by to see you.
Fantastic interview. Good luck in August!
Fantastic interview!! Congrats, Pamela and Reece!
2 very interesting ladies! Such imagination and talent.
Thank for the interview!
It's fun to meet new authors!
And wow, those are some awesome 'weird' facts.
What cool authors you meet. No one comes down my neck of the woods…
Shell, you do such neat things and meet such cool people. I agree about needing new and better myths about women.
I have a couple of Pamela's screenwriting books, but I had no idea she wrote fiction, especially MG.
She looks so tall!
Great interview with two fascinating women. The processes involved in writing collaborations always intrigue me because I think of writing as such a solitary pursuit. The Journals of Petra Volare have my attention!
Wow, awesome to meet a writing hero. This was a great interview. Thanks Ladies.
What a great interview… I always get very excited when I meet a favorite author of mine:) And can't agree more on book covers. They make a huge difference.
I'm excited for you, Nutschell. These women are fascinating. I can't imagine getting along so well with someone as to co-author a book together. That's very impressive.
Those ladies have such interesting lives. What a great interview.
I loved the weird facts. We need to do more about STEM with our young people. Great interview.
Pamela has driven in an oil rig?? That's awesome. My closest experience would be riding in a Semi Truck.
These two ladies are very inspiring. And I'm glad to have the self-publishing advice
Great interview. I was excited just by reading these lovely ladies experiences.
Thanks for sharing!
What neat ladies!! Glad you got to meet them, Nutschell! 😀
Wonderful interview Nutschell! It was nice getting to know Pamela and Reece, as well as learning the perks of co-authors.


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The first work of the evening is Die Frau Ohne Schatten ("The Woman Without a Shadow"). Strauss began composition in 1911, working hand-in-hand with his frequent librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthall, who used a variety of sources, ranging from several works by Goethe to Grimm's fairy tales and portions of the Arabian Nights set of tales. But the composition became an extended effort, and was not completed until 1915. Then, as Europe was in the midst of war, the piece would not be produced until 1919. When this finally occurred, it met with mixed reaction. The libretto was complicated and highly symbolic (something that Hoffmansthal had fought to maintain in the face of attempted changes by Strauss), the score was written for a 164 piece orchestra, and the staging is complicated and difficult, even for modern opera companies (one scene calls for children singing out of a frying pan). Moreover, the opera calls for five top singers in the primary roles and first-rate singers in the secondary roles, something which is prohibitively expensive.
Yet, even with all these cons weighing against the work, the music itself ranks among Strauss' most compelling works. Strauss used a similar style of musical dreamscape to that which he achieved with Der Rosenkavalier (also written in 1911), replacing the waltzes and neo-classical staging with a sort of Wagnerian heft that few other composers could hope to achieve. Yet the music was distinctly that of Richard Strauss, carrying stylistic tags that one hears in many of his works, operatic and otherwise. So, while the opera is rarely staged, it is musically one of his best.
Tonight's recording is a 1988 edition that features Rene Kollo, Cheryl Studer, Hanna Schwarz, Andreas Schmidt, and Alfred Muff, with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.
Part of our interest here on Opera Overnight is to illustrate some of the interesting history behind the form of music that we call opera. Tonight we have one of the earliest surviving examples of opera, Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. L'Orfeo was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. It is not the first actual opera – the first composition that is considered to have been opera was Dafne by Jacopo Peri, a lost work that was written in 1597. It is not even the earliest surviving opera. But it is the earliest surviving opera that is still regularly performed.
Tonight's recording is a 2004 recording that features Ian Bostridge, Natalie Dessay, Oatruzua Ciofi, Alice Coote, Christopher Maltman, Veronique Gens, and Paul Agnew, leading a large cast. Emmanuelle Haïm directs Le Concert D'Astrée, Les Sacqueboutiers, European Voices

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Dementia is the general label for a group of symptoms caused by various conditions or illnesses that results in serious, often irreversible mental decline which affects a person's ability to function in everyday life. It typically afflicts people over the age of 60 and the risk of dementia increases as a person ages.
Over time, dementia gets progressively worse and can impact your loved one's memory, language, judgment, behavior and reasoning/thinking abilities. When caused by severe brain injury or disease, dementia is irreversible. However, when caused by vitamin deficiencies, minor brain injuries, tumors, normal pressure hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain), dehydration, hormone imbalances, alcohol, drugs or certain medications and caught in time, it may indeed be reversible.
The two main types of dementia are cortical and subcortical. Cortical dementia occurs when the outer layer of the brain, called the cerebral cortex, becomes damaged and the cells begin to wither away. This part of the brain is vital to mental processes including memory and language. If your loved one is experiencing this type of dementia, they will likely experience communication issues and memory loss. The second type is subcortical dementia which occurs when the inner part of the brain becomes damaged. Memory and language may not be affected, however, thinking, personality, attention span and behavior can be.
The most common forms of dementia are referred to as Alzheimer's Disease and vascular dementia. Vascular dementia can differ in its symptoms and causes, but it generally occurs as a result of damage to the brain caused by a stroke or several small strokes. Specific medical conditions can also contribute to general dementia, including multiple sclerosis (MS), frontotemporal lobar degenerations (FTLD), Lyme disease, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Dementia can make it harder and harder to perform daily living activities such as eating, bathing and dressing and as it progresses your loved one may need constant supervision. The following symptoms are typical of dementia, although not everyone experiencing them has dementia:
Moodiness - Everyone gets moody at times but when parts of the brain that control emotion become damaged, your loved one may become progressively moodier and begin to exhibit drastic mood swings. In addition, your loved one may be frightened and their mood may worsen as a result of fear and anxiety about what is happening to them. These changes can also cause feelings of isolation, despair, loss and lowered self-esteem which can lead to depression.
Memory loss – Although everyone can forget things on occasion, we usually remember them at a later time. With dementia, this information is often lost for good as the neurons in the brain that control memory are lost. In the early stages, your loved one may forget information they previously knew. For example, they may forget how to get home from the grocery store, what year it is, or the name of the city in which they live. They may also have difficulty performing familiar tasks or even remembering that they once knew how to do it. You loved one may also misplace things in odd ways like putting the phone in the cabinet and then forgetting where it went. Unfortunately, as dementia progresses, it can lead to your loved one not being able to recognize you or other family members.
Communication difficulties – As the cells in the brain decay, the language centers of the brain are also affected. One may find it difficult to talk, read or even write. It can often be frustrating when you cannot tell what someone wants or you cannot successfully communicate with them when they completely forget words or have trouble with understanding simple ones. Remember, as frustrating as it can be for you, it is just as frustrating to your loved one. Keep in mind that when dementia is severe, your loved one may completely lose the ability to understand language all together.
Behavioral issues – When more parts of the brain decay, brain centers that regulate behavior are affected. Your loved one may develop the inability to control their actions and experience severe personality changes. A normally likeable person could become angry and depressed. A person who is normally very careful may begin acting erratic and impulsive, or a once social person may become passive and refuse to leave the house.
Slowed reasoning and thinking abilities – You may notice that your loved one appears to have a hard time thinking and/or their attention span decreases. They may also have difficulty with language skills and may have forgotten how to use numbers or remember what they actually represent. You may also begin to notice that that they may exercise poor judgment, even losing the ability to recognize danger.
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Latics v Baggies Preview
DW Stadium
Wigan Athletic entertain West Brom today hoping to build on Wednesday nights performance against Liverpool when the Latics were unlucky not to have taken all three points.
Latics find themselves in the bottom three but just 6 points behind 5th placed side Newcastle, a couple of wins and you are flying up the table, showing how tight the league is this season.
In the Baggies ranks today is old favourite Paul Scharner who had an eventful four and a half years at the Latics, I am sure he will get a rousing reception and quite a bit of stick, good natured of course, from the home fans.
West Brom have started the season well and spent time challenging for a top four spot beating Arsenal 3-2 at the Emirates, so todays game will be a tough one, no doubt about that, but their form has dipped over the last three games and Latics need to get at them from the start.
What The Bosses Say:
Latics boss Roberto Martinez:
'West Brom have come up full of excitement, with no fear and they know what they are good at.
'They play the game the right way. They want to control games. They treat the ball well and have four or five outstanding young players.
'They have had a little blip but I expect them to have a great season.'
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'I like the way they play.
'There are a lot of similarities in what they are trying to do and what we are trying to do.
'It's going to be an interesting game because I think we have a similar philosophy in the way we want to play football.'
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Steve Gohouri returns from his one match ban and will be pushing for a start, Emmerson Boyce and James McCarthy are both injured.
Latics from:
Al Habsi, G Caldwell,. Stam, Figueroa, Alcaraz, N'Zogbia, Diame, Cleverley, Gomez, Moses, Thomas, Rodallega, Di Santo, Kirkland, Watson, Boselli, McArthur, S Caldwell, Gohouri.
Player to watch: Tom Cleverley
It will be interesting to see if the young midfield man keeps his place after a great performance against Liverpool, a run in the side will do him a world of good
West Bromwich Albion Team News:
West Brom from:
Carson, Ibanez, Cech, Tamas, Thomas, Barnes, Scharner, Morrison, Brunt, Dorrans, Cox, Reid, Odemwingie, Fortun�, Myhill, Zuiverloon, Tchoyi, Shorey
Player to watch: Paul Scharner
Just has to be Scharner, is he destined to score against us today?
Any Previous?
Latics and West Brom have met on 13 previous occasions.
Latics have 5 wins, West Brom 6, draws 2
Last Six Meeting
09/05/09 - Premier League - West Brom 3 Latics 1
29/11/08 - Premier League - Latics 2 West Brom 1
15/01/06 - Premier League - Latics 0 West Brom 1
10/09/05 - Premier League - West Brom 1 Latics 2
16/03/04 - Championship - West Brom 2 Latics 1
16/09/03 - Championship - Latics 1 West Brom 0
Selected odds from Coral:
Latics to win: 7/5
West Brom to win: 15/8
Draw: 23/10
Rodallega to score: 11/8
Odemwingie to score: 11/5
Ref Watch:
Anthony Taylor (Wythenshawe)
Card Watch: Games 13, yellows 50, reds 5
Why not take a look at our excellent `Meet The Ref` article
Match Prediction:
Head says 1-1 draw
Heart says 2-1 Latics win, as always going with the heart
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Judas of the apostles... the man that gave the identity of Christ to the Romans for exchange of silver and crucifixion. Was he evil or was it his destiny? There stood a dark shadow over the apostles. Christ identified that one amongst his deciples would betray him. It turned out to be Judas, Christ's favourite amongst his men. Jesus knew the last supper would be just that. He performed a symbolic representation as a seed sown to his life.. taking of the bread to mean his body and the drinking of the wine for his blood. Take me into yourself was the message here. Christ always taught through example and this was a way to teach us all. Even the death and re-birth of Christ in the resurrection might be seen as symbolic of reincarnation, perhaps? Christ knew what the example of his suffering would mean to people, even 2000 years hence. He bared the knowledge of his personal destiny and devine intervention made it happen - so did Judas, I believe. If it wasn't for Judas, the cycle may not have been completed. Judas was the catalyst to enable what was meant to be. Although tormented through the act of 'grassing' to the enemy, Judas gave Christ the opportunity to fulfill his destiny.... it had to be ... and through good intentions the crucifixion of one man was a lesson taught to many. Judas was so torchured by what he had to do, he committed suicide. He sacrificed the only man he truly loved! How tormented he must have felt! Sacrifice is the greatest gift a person can give to another and this is the lesson here - Judas knew this only too well! Only special people sacrifice their lives so as others can live, learn, develop and be free! He knew he would be the bad guy in the story. He knew he would be deemed as evil in his act, but his intention was good. We read of the accounts of the other deciples in their chapters and verse in the bible.... but is this not an account of how other's perceive the story? How can anyone know what was 'true' unless you are the person who commits the act and knows what lies in the heart? One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. The political and religious dynamics during that time put everyone, including the Roman's into a difficult position, there was no real choice but to crucify Christ. If it wasn't for Judas, Chris may not have fulfilled his destiny. The timing was as it should have been. He would never had shown the world that you suffer, learn, die and ressurect but for Judas. Judas made it possible. A much misunderstood scape-goat who copped the bad press because no one really 'got it' - the role of Judas in the grand scheme of things. It is with this hypothesis that I advocate Judas a Saint, a man who was torn apart at the destiny he had to follow. As the action, I believe, was with good intent, I suggest that if you believe in a Kingdom of Heaven, then you will find Judas at the right hand side of Christ!
You're so dramatic !
How would you know what Judas felt ? He was the scapegoat.
I should say he commited suicide when he realised Jesus treason.
Yes, it is nice to have a bit of drama, to pep up a debate, don't you think? Quite right, I don't know what Judas felt. I don't know how you feel, either. No one does, only you. We can only imagine by putting ourselves in his shoes, so to speak. He was, though, as stated by both of us... the scapegoat...
'A much misunderstood scape-goat who copped the bad press because no one really 'got it'
I don't know either. I'm just giving my opinion. Why you believers are so touchy when an atheist speaks his mind off ? I wonder ....
You will not be paid 30 pieces of silver by attempting to draw traffic from other hubbers to your hubs this way!
(They are not the greatest clickers - whether religious or not!)
Someone once stated; "Life is for living" - as such you create your own destiny and therefore fate. It has nothing to do with anything else beyond your own actions in the life that you live!
Sorry, you got the impression of this It is just a subject that I feel passionate about and would like a response, it isn't about money. I'm not here for the money. The intention of hubbing, for me, is about expressing myself and feeling helpful to others. I hope I might learn a few things x
Being Passionate about things is great.... Perhaps the villian in your post was also passionate about the part that he played? Did you consider that point?
So, who do you think was the villain in this story?
You could read my hub called Judas if you'd like another opinion like yours.
I am sorry, my friend, your page wont load. Perhaps you could copy and paste it here - would love to read it x
I love Judas. I bet he is the real "christ".
A true saint?
I highly doubt it.
He was an unintelligent, uneducated, human. Who didn't know anything of his own existence, until he met Jesus Christ.
And, even then, he never understood Jesus' message. And, that was because he was uneducated.
If you think you know what Jesus Christ's message was? Please feel free to weigh in.
I'm not wanting to change your belief, because that is not my intention.
My intention is to get you to see with your own eyes, the context of Jesus Christ's word and the time he lived, so you can have a better understanding. The time he lived, and what humankind was going through, changes Jesus Christ's message to be unbelievebly astounding.
Yes, I expect you to get defensive, but don't be.
You have your understanding, by what you've learned. I respect that, but it is also my understanding that what you've learned, because of where you learned it, not how you learned, has lead you to believe something that is untrue.
But Jesus loved him and favoured him. If he was soooo 'not' special, why was he one of the chosen followers? Why was he soooo adored? Surely, his story has taught many people?
When you start believing in predestination it's time to put out the lights.
Why? x
Because it reduces us to pawns in someone else's game. Fortunately, there are sound scientific reasons for rejecting predestination.
Predestination would turn our lives meaningless.
Like the story. P.S. I love Johnathon Livingstone's 'seagull'. Great to have a reminder there.
I get this.. but what if there is a path mapped out, even many, and we have the free will to choose. Therefore, each path chosen, leads to a different experience but the same outcome? What if, therefore, that outcome was to completed learning experience? Just a thought...
This is where Agnostics and most Christians see eye to eye. I wouldn't have replied to this thread other than your post Paraglider.
Thanks Mike. Calvin has a lot to answer for, especially in and around the Scottish Hebrides!
You got that right. Paraglider you've probably been to Glasgow eh? Do you ever remember a church called St. Mongo's there? I've read that it is the only Catholic church in Scotland that survived Knox's Calvinist torch.
St Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow. I know the church quite well and have been in it a couple of times, though not for years.
Cool. My brother used to be a scrapper. He was given the nickname of Mongo from that show Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks, you know with that big guy called Mongo that dropped the horse with one punch. I found the skit here.
Yeah right it's called St. Mungo's not Mongo's. Well anyway my brother got a laugh when I told him about St. Mungo and St. Mungo's church in Glasgow.
I have never considered Judas as being a saint any more or less than the other disciples. Judas has gotten a bum rap for doing what he did. It was destined that someone to do what he did. I think that Jesus instructed Judas to do it and he did. Jesus did say to Judas to go now and "do what you MUST do". Was that a command? Doesn't sound like he had much choice.
Too many believers consider the writings of the disciples as being "THE WORD OF GOD"! They were just people that wrote letters to each other and to different groups of believers. Sometimes they were jealous of each other. They wrote from their own perspectives concerning what they learned from Jesus.
Their understanding was not infallible.
We also must remember that the church, that the Roman Empire constructed, picked and chose which writings were accepted into the canon and which ones were not.
I am sure that there were a few that had they been accepted would have shed light on more than a few misconceptions. In Daniel 12:4, Daniel was told to put a seal on this prophesy, when Jesus opened this seal(Rev.6:12, 6th) prophesy was fulfilled. I would imagine that there were other prophets that were told to seal up a prophesy. They however were not included in the canon. I believe ?
Don't you think that all written accounts are only as good a the person that is writing them? We all live in our own reality, afterall. I think this rule can even be applied to historical perspectives - guess how things would look different if Hitler won the war! He intended to eradicate old writings and rewrite history!
Its a strange thought... but I cant help thinking that, maybe, we are all living a lie and nothing is really true at all!
Where there is smoke there is fire. Underneath all of these interpretations is a truth. If we are looking for truth then we MUST uninterpreted every interpretation that we have been taught. I have been doing that for over 10 years and am constantly amazed with what I thought I knew but didn't
You know, I have found that as well! I find myself being very 'non committal' in opinions... i find I am 'always waiting to see'. I am finding myself never taking anything for granted. As a result, I don't 'look forward'. I do 'plan' though, but always with the knowledge not to have an expectation. I am living my life, like a bamboo - swaying with the wind and making changes when the conditions dictate. What I can say on truth, my attitude is 'this is my truth, always subject to change, tell me yours'
My concept of the story of Judas, therefore, is a concept. I can not possibly know 'the truth', for this is his truth - that supposing this story happened at all. As you said, 'where there is smoke', there seems to be a grain of truth in every story/historical perceptive - the difficulties come in peeling back the layers.
When I was a child,My grandfather taught me to look for the simple answers before clouding the issue with complicated possibilities. CK the gas before taking the car to the shop etc. Shake the leaves off of it so you can see what the limb looks like. I think that the religious issue all comes down to creation? or evolution? and then what was before that? Why not a combination of both? God said "Let it be" ... bang there it was!!! and life evolved from there. The sons of God made babies with the daughters of man changing DNA (Missing link). because of my life experiences I choose to believe that a higher "life" form (God,spirit) did appear to Abraham.
And then man began trying to explain it all.
There's also scientific indications that predestination in some form IS true, like the way our brains start performing an action before we decide to do something - we "choose" after our brain already revved up and started it.
The account in the Bible sounds to me like Judas was the one given the job to do that nobody wanted to do. I don't think we have enough information to know.
That's not predestination. It's more like instinct.
Check out another one of my postings....
The question is how many combinations does it take to make 4. 4, therefore is the answer (or destination, or DESTINY), but there are many different ways to arrive there. All the people that contributed, found a path themselves. They used free will to arrive at the destiny.
Have I made a good point?
We know that DNA has major control over the physical body. We do not know exactly how much control our conscious mind actually has over our subconscious mind. Chemical balances in the brain makes us do things that we would never conciously decide to do. When it is all said and done
Ya just don't know what ya don't know
Ya know ???
I think that you are onto something about who wins the war writes history and gets to establish what the majority believes as TRUTH. It gets even crazier when we consider that after all is written everyone gets to interpret those facts (??)
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
For every view there is an equal and opposite view ?
This is the problem. ONE truth can have 1000 different perceived interpretations, none of which may be truth.
For Christians: http://hubpages.com/t/dd45e might provide some answers hopefully.
you`re answering all forums with this.how about real answers.not your hub mix of hodgepodge.
paraglider, that part i wrote about our brains starting an action before we decide to do something isn't about instinct. During experiments, researchers were able to see on their brain images which hand a person was going to move before the person decided which to move. That's nothing to do with instinct. It was an investigation into free will (Libet's experiments long ago and the latest by other researchers on Sept 29, 2009). People are still trying to interpret the findings because they indicate too much of a reliance on physical processes as opposed to making our own free will decisions.
I don't see that this indicates humans are totally prewired for every thought, move, and decision since paying specific attention to which choice we make can change the outcome. It's only when we don't specifically, mindfully live our lives that we run on automatic. That's why so many religions and philosophies encourage (not the right word) mindful living.
Some good research here, mate x
Check out another one of my postings....
The question is how many combinations does it take to make 4. 4, therefore is the answer (or destination, or DESTINY), but there are many different ways to arrive there. All the people that contributed, found a path themselves. They used free will to arrive at the destiny.
Have I made a good point?
Check out another one of my postings....
The question is how many combinations does it take to make 4. 4, therefore is the answer (or destination, or DESTINY), but there are many different ways to arrive there. All the people that contributed, found a path themselves. They used free will to arrive at the destiny.
Have I made a good point?
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KU formally dedicates the original Green Hall, home of the School of Law.
KU announces that its 1887 powerhouse building will be transformed into a new home for the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Bailey Hall, one of the University's oldest buildings, is entered on the National Register of Historic Places.
Strong Hall becomes the fourth KU building to merit a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Spooner Hall, the oldest continuously used academic building on the campus of the University of Kansas, marks its one-hundredth anniversary.
The Kansas Board of Regents votes funds to replace the original Fraser Hall, claiming it had "outlived its usefulness."
Dedication of KU's Allen Field House takes place on the night of the Jayhawks' only home conference victory of the 1954-55 season.
Danforth Chapel is officially dedicated.
After obtaining a federal priority rating by agreeing that Lindley Hall would "assume defense tasks" for the duration of World War II, KU begins work on the construction of its new mineral industries building.
The Summer Session Kansan announces that renovations are nearly complete on "The Outlook," the new official KU chancellor's residence – a willed gift from the recently deceased University benefactress Elizabeth Watkins.
After the state architect declares Dyche Hall structurally unsound, the Board of Regents closes KU's Natural History Museum for a period that will end up lasting nine years.


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I recently had an opportunity to meet an amazing author/chef/blogger/photographer at a recent book launch party at Candle 79, Michael Natkin. If you haven't checked out Michael's award-winning vegetarian blog, Herbivoracious, then you absolutely must. His creative vegetarian dishes are colorful, fresh and vibrant, and he recently published his first cookbook named after his blog. I had the opportunity to meet Michael at the party and get a signed copy of his cookbook which I absolutely adore (even though I am not a vegetarian) and loved the recipes so much that I wanted to share a few with you and offer a chance for you to enter to win a copy of the amazing cookbook yourself, giveaway courtesy of Harvard Common Press.
The cookbook is full of 150 recipes and global dishes that he has created based on inspiration from his travels around the world: Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia are some of the main areas of influence on his cooking, which has led to his unique dishes full of taste, texture, aroma and gorgeous presentation. Appetizers and Small Plates, Soups and Salads, Sandwiches and Tacos, Pasta and Noodle DIshes, Side Veggie Dishes and Desserts are all colorfully presented in this beautiful cookbook.
Whether you are an omnivore, herbivore, vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian (or just love fresh veggies, salads and healthy recipes) – I know you'll love this cookbook as much as I do! Michael has also graciously given me two recipes from his cookbook to share with you: Over The Top Eggplant Parmesan and a cool and refreshing Watermelon, Radish and Watercress Salad (see recipes following). Enjoy!
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I will randomly draw one lucky winner on Sunday, June 10 at 11 pm EST. Good Luck and enjoy the recipes from Michael's book below!
Over-the-Top Eggplant Parmigiana
For this no-holds-barred eggplant parmigiana, the eggplant is breaded with panko and pan-fried, layered with fresh mozzarella and homemade tomato sauce, finished in the oven, and then topped with a dice of fresh heirloom tomatoes. It makes a satisfying entrée, and you need only add a green salad to make a celebratory dinner.
I don't salt and drain eggplant for most uses, but it is worthwhile in this recipe. Extracting some of the liquid makes the eggplant fry up firm yet fork-tender. You don't want any mush factor in your parmigiana.
Here's a great tip for breading. Use one hand to put the eggplant in the flour, egg, and bread crumbs. Use the other hand to toss the eggplant in the bread crumbs and into the skillet. By keeping one hand for the wet stuff and the other for the dry, you avoid getting your hands breaded along with the eggplant!
The finest canned tomatoes for Italian dishes come from the area of San Marzano; look for that name on the can.
- 3 large or 5 smaller globe eggplants (about 4 pounds total)
- Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups canned crushed tomatoes (preferably San Marzano)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups panko bread crumbs
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- Vegetable oil, for pan-frying
- 12 ounces mozzarella, thinly sliced
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 2 handfuls fresh basil leaves, coarsely chopped
To Serve
- 1 1⁄2 cups diced vine-ripened tomatoes (only truly good, ripe tomatoes will do here; don't use those supermarket ones ripened with ethylene gas)
- 1 handful fresh basil leaves, coarsely chopped
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Peel the eggplants and slice lengthwise into planks a scant 1⁄2 inch thick. Layer in a colander with a heavy sprinkling of kosher salt between each layer, top with a plate, and weight with some cans. Set aside on a plate to drain for at least 30 minutes. Wipe off excess salt with a paper towel.
- Heat the olive oil in a medium-size saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the crushed tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, while you make the rest of the recipe. Don't add salt, because the eggplant will still have residual salt from the draining process.
- Set up a rack or baking sheet covered with paper towels for draining the fried eggplant. Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish and preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Set up for dredging, with plates for the flour and bread crumbs and a shallow bowl for the eggs. Heat a good 1⁄4 inch of vegetable oil in your biggest skillet over high heat. Working with two slices of eggplant at a time, pat them in the flour until they have a dry coating, then drag through the egg, and finally press both sides in the bread crumbs, covering thoroughly. Place them in the skillet, where they should start sizzling immediately. Don't pack them in too tightly in the skillet; leave yourself some room to work. Flip when brown, about 2 minutes, then brown on the other side. They should be fork-tender at this point (the oven time is just to melt the cheese, not cook the eggplant). Transfer the eggplant to the rack to drain. Repeat with the remaining eggplant, adding more vegetable oil as necessary.
- To assemble, set down your first layer of eggplant in the prepared baking dish, and top each slice with a couple tablespoons of tomato sauce, a piece of mozzarella, a bit of Parmigiano, and a bit of basil. Build up three layers, finishing with cheese.
- Bake until the cheese is thoroughly melted, about 20 minutes.
- To serve: Toss the diced tomatoes with the basil and a pinch of salt. Put an eggplant stack on each plate, and top with 1⁄4 cup of the tomato salad and a grind of fresh black pepper.
Watermelon Radish and Watercress Salad
This delicious salad is driven purely by its beautiful ingredients; all you have to do is take a little care to arrange them nicely.
Watermelon radishes are green on the outside, but when sliced you see that they are intensely red in the middle, looking much like tiny watermelons. If you have a mandoline, use it here: It is excellent for slicing them thinly and evenly.
If you have difficulty finding watercress, check the refrigerated produce section of upscale markets. They often carry hydroponic watercress, making this peppery green, once strictly seasonal, available year-round. Look for bright, fresh leaves with no signs of wilting. The tart cress makes a great foil for the sweet figs and pomegranate seeds (or more technically, arils).
- 1 large watermelon radish, very thinly sliced
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 handfuls watercress, rinsed and dried
- 1 lemon
- 4 ripe fresh figs, halved
- 1⁄4 cup pomegranate seeds
- 16 shavings Parmigiano-Reggiano or other hard aged cheese
- 12 toasted walnut halves
- Flaky sea salt (such as Maldon)
- Arrange a circle of watermelon radish slices on each of four chilled plates. Drizzle with a little olive oil.
- Toss the watercress with a bit of the olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice. Place a fluffy handful on each plate. This is the critical step to making the salad look nice—aim to make a tall, high mound in the center, and don't let it spread out.
- Add 2 fig halves, 1 tablespoon pomegranate seeds, 4 cheese shavings, and 3 toasted walnut halves to each plate. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and serve immediately.
Get more great recipes from Herbivoracious
Herbivoracious is also available in an enhanced e-book edition, with 25 videos featuring Natkin touring ethnic markets, introducing ingredients and showing how to choose them, and preparing recipes from the book. The e-book will also offer social media functionality for sharing recipes, photos, and video on Facebook, Twitter, and blogs.
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In a recent blog post here on OTV, I asked whether the decompression in recent comics, Justice League #1 in particular, are necessary. As an experiment, I re-edited the issue to "re-compress" it. This is the entire issue, as edited from 24 pages down to 16 pages.
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What is so special about green front furniture? This store serves customers with lots of various items which can be added to home and interior design. Quality it has is in high quality and in good design with affordable prices, compared to service it provides. In each room design, this store provides many selections people can choose. And for each of them, it has various styles got from famous designers and architects who have recommendation about it.
Let's see about luxury theme as one idea from green front furniture selections. The luxury side here comes from bedroom section. Take a look at example of classic look, in which it has bed stead made from furnished woods with beautiful carvings on it. There are white thin fabrics tangled in bed stead areas. Meanwhile, drawers and wardrobe also chosen from same materials, along with soft brown rug rolled out above marble stones in flooring surface.
Affordable luxury is one the taglines this store has. Let's check it out in dining room, which is arranged behind living room. Living room looks classy for it has white fireplace mantel design. How about dining furniture? Magnificent set is chosen with its beige chairs made of satin clothes. Rounded glass table is added with its supporting lower part made from silver metal with the mirror effect. Place black glass vase filled with white flowers on top of table. It makes the room looks more amazing.
There are still lots of decorations offered from this store. Choosing green front furniture selections also means to consider about rugs. It gets beautiful motifs and patterns on the surface of soft rugs. Furthermore, it also has ornaments and accessories. See this zebra print pattern which comes in certain product line. It even includes details, such as frames, storage boxes, and many more.


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Quadropus Rampage is a roguelike in real time that moves away from the genre's traditional dungeons and epic fantasy setting to offer a style similar to that of The Binding of Isaac, but in an underwater setting.
Players control an octopus (or squid, or creature with tentacles) armed with a sword and must try to eliminate all the unpleasant creatures populating the sea floor. Each time you kill one of these creatures, you'll earn experience so you can level up.
In addition, some of the enemies will drop new weapons for your character: anchors, fish bones, hammers, and many more crazy, powerful weapons to do even more damage.
To use the different weapons that fall into your many tentacles, you'll have three types of attacks: normal, ink propulsion, and a special one that destroys many enemies at a single blow. You can also activate shields at the most tense moments.
Quadropus Rampage is a roguelike that's fun to play and nice to look at. In addition, even though it's an Android version of a game that came out on Windows, it has a control system perfectly adapted to touch screens.
Editors Notes:In conclusion, the folks at Butterscotch Shenanigans took a classic game genre and gave it their own touch of originality, endowing it with both casual gameplay and fun scenery.
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(Critical Survey of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Michael Moorcock was a leader of the British "New Wave" of science fiction in the 1960's and 1970's, both as editor of New Worlds and as a writer. This movement emphasized an allusive style, irony, pessimistic plots, and a casual attitude toward sex, all of which the Dancers at the End of Time series exemplifies. Moorcock's "multiverse" (a word he coined in 1965) includes alternate realities for its worlds, which interconnect and adjust and shift in time. Jerry Cornelius is at the center of many of these worlds; Jherek Carnelian is a version of him, and other "Dancers" characters are found in other Moorcock works.
Also present is the British literary world of the late nineteenth century. Poetry by such authors as Ernest Dowson and Alfred Austin contributes titles or is recited by Mrs. Underwood. H. G. Wells and Frank Harris, both perfectly in character, aid the fugitive couple in flight from the police. More generally, twisted memories of the twentieth century and earlier times survive, especially for Jherek, who has specialized in the general period.
Despite their lightheartedness, the works in this series raise serious questions. The characters often seem parallel to real people (readers), enjoying luxuries through dissipating the remaining energy of the universe and not caring what, if anything, comes after themselves.
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Kidsafe 2012 National Playspace Design Awards
Winners Announced!
Once again Kidsafe (Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia) has found the most innovative best practice playspaces that inspire children and encourage them to join in healthy play. The Kidsafe 2012 National Playspace Design Awards, announced on National Kidsafe Day (23rdOctober), demonstrate what can be achieved in public places, schools and children's services. These Awards recognise excellence and innovation in providing safe, creative playspaces for children across Australia.
Those wondering what makes an award winning playspace would appreciate its attention to detail as well as safety standards that still let children take a few risks and enjoy exciting challenges. They offer a wide range of play activities such as climbing, balancing and pretend play so that kids of all ages and abilities feel included and comfortable to stay for a while. Many include natural features like native plantings to attract local wildlife, or boulders and timber structures to climb. People may be surprised to find that children themselves often direct the design of their play spaces by being consulted and engaged in the design and construction process, leading to genuine child friendly spaces.
The entries are judged by a multi-disciplinary panel of experts from Kidsafe, children's services, education, engineering, injury prevention, design and local government. The judges were looking for quality, safety, fun factor and evidence that playspace providers had consulted with children. Theycommented on the outstanding quality of this year's entries and reported that the high standard of playspaces developed right around the nation was very impressive.
The results are as follows:
Children's Services
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Bubup Wilam Centre for Early Learning, Thomastown Vic
Inaburra Preschool, Bangor NSW
St Linus' Anglican Kindergarten Playspace and Community Gathering Space, Merlynston Vic
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Parklands Grass Hill Playground, Albany WA
Burton Primary School and Preschool, SA
Jacaranda Hideaway, Hunters Hill Primary School, NSW
Innovative Design Elements
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Toxteth Kindergarten: Natural Enchanted Forest, Annandale NSW
Interactive Mural, Livvi's Place, Five Dock NSW
Playground Mulch Trial NSW
Public Playspaces – Up to $500 000
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Kookaburra Playground, Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside NSW
Wombat Waterhole, Hazelwood Park SA
Bald Hill Playspace, Clarinda Vic
Public Playspaces – $500 000 - $1M
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Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Playspace Vic
Yarra Glen Adventure Playground, Vic
Public Playspaces – Over $1M
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Darling Quarter, Darling Harbour NSW
Yokine Playground, Yokine WA
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Warning. This post contains serious spoilers pertaining to Star Wars Episode VII. Continue at your own risk.
Taken by surprise
I walked out of the theater tonight in disbelief. The excitement of Star Wars: The Force Awakens lost in a flash of red. A man close to my heart, perhaps closer than even my father, ceasing to exist. It was a run of the mill mission. Destroy the equipment and stop the super-weapon. Not all the heroes made it.
My hero didn't make it.
I choked on the lump in my throat for the rest of the film.
My hero is dead.
Just like that
I'm home now. My son, who attended the movie with me is in bed. Just another sci-fi movie to him. I'm shaking. Weak. Empty. Powerless. I'm holding my Han Solo action figure. Tears are in my eyes, the image of a once immortal character crippled and falling into a void. All of my memories of my hero, falling into a fucking hole.
Pilot, smuggler, war hero. A man who survived the impossible odds. A man I adored since I was old enough to differentiate between Episode IV and Spaceballs. A man who until two hours ago lived eternally as an unbeatable young rogue in my childhood memories, is gone.
Just like that.
Goodbye, my hero
My Han Solo action figure; cool plastic in my hand. I feel like it's broken. Looking into that hand painted face, I don't see a smooth talking fly boy anymore. I see an old man, beaten by the years and weathered by hardship. I see so much left unresolved. I see Leia, heavy-hearted, carrying on with the mission. I walk to the bathroom to dry my eyes and in the mirror, see a little boy who has grown up. I see a man who has to say good-bye to his childhood hero.
Goodbye Han Solo, my hero. I will miss you,
Abrams, you're breaking my heart.


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Jing Chuan Chinese Restaurant
4424 Secor Rd, Toledo, OH 43623
(419) 472-9612
4424 Secor Rd, Toledo, OH 43623
(419) 472-9612
Regular Hours
Cuisines: Asian, Caterers, Take Out, Chinese
Price Range : Average
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Can't go wrong here! The hot & sour soup is great on a cold fall day! Great service and clean environment. All things important to me when I am dining in. Keep up the great work!
Used to frequent Jing Chuan whenever we craved Chinese. The place is run down and in need of a massive upgrade, but the food was always good. Prices have increased, service is slower now, but worst of all the Health Department reviews have been very negative with numerous multiple and repeat violations listed. No more for me and my family...
not crazy about this place. food was just ok. service was horrible. restroom was nasty.
Hot and sour soup is excellent.
By far the best food in the Toledo area!
The food is really great there, I especially like general tso's chicken, and chicken fried rice. Me and my kid been there many times and the price is reasonable.
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I have long loved Jing Chuan, I go there every year for my birthday and I have always recommended it. Unfortunately, I don't know if I could ever go back. There was a mix up with our bill and we were shorted by 90 cents. No biggie...but we just wanted to clear it up and add it onto the tip. Let me give you a little advice...DO NOT QUESTION THE STAFF!!!!!! There language barrier didn't make it any easier. We tried to explain and even calculated it our several times....it was so frustrating and the women was getting so angry that we said we just wanted to forget it and let it go. It was then that the women completely yelled at us in a fully seated dining room. Everyone was looking at us as she totally lost it. As we were walking out it appeared the owner had been notified and was trying to explain to her that she did indeed make a mistake. It was the worst customer service I have EVER experienced. I felt belittled and embarrassed. I don't like to make a scene but she obviously doesn't like to be questioned. As I said, the food is great but I wouldn't recommend the customer service to anyone!!!
08/15/2008Provided by Citysearch -
This place has great service, friendly people, and exellent food. I have been a loyal coustomer here for over 10 years, and I reccomend this place to anyone who loves authentic Chinese food. Their prices are just right, and if you go for lunch (11-2:30) it is cheaper and 100% better than getting fast food.
08/09/2007Provided by Citysearch -
I took citysearch recommendations and took my wife to this place for her birthday. The outside is in poor repair, but there was ample parking and cars in the lot. Inside, the place looked ideally suited for families, but definitely not the romantic ambience I was hoping for. We were quickly seated and served with excellent service.
We ordered the sizzling platter appetizer which was delicious - tender meat and great egg rolls, rangoons were so-so. Moved on to sizzling rice soup for two, which was excellent. We split a main course of moo-shoo pork, beautifully prepared at the table, which left us full and with leftovers to take home. Total, including 1 Tsing Tao, tea for two, and >20% tip = $41.
Overall: I would return for the very good food and service, but not on a date/anniversary/special occasion.