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9/21/16 • Madison, Wisconsin • Isthmus Montessori Academy, a private, tuition-based AMI Montessori school serving 75 children ages two months to fifteen years, is a week away from hearing whether its years-long charter application process will move to the next and final step. Founded in 2012 with the explicit goal of becoming Madison's first public Montessori school, Isthmus has been negotiating with Madison Public Schools since 2012, and submitted its latest formal proposal to the School Board on Monday, September 19th. The Board will vote next Monday, the 26th, on whether to move forward with the plan for a September, 2017 opening. More on this story as it develops.
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"Come, Encounter Christ!," a three-day Eucharistic mission featuring enhanced lighting, music and Eucharistic adoration, visited St. Ephrem Parish in Sterling Heights on May 2, 2016. Fr. Tim Birney, director of priestly vocations for the Archdiocese of Detroit, was the featured preacher. (Photos by Mike Stechschulte, The Michigan Catholic)Read More


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"Another member of the Corvidae family, the Blue Jay is not common to the Northwest and confusion arises with its comparison to the Steller's Jay. I was a little confused myself giving this piece the Blue Jay title, however for being such a handsome chap how could he be excluded. So to cover all possibilities, I carved interpretations of both jays for the exhibition."
The Blue Jay inhabits regions east of the Rockies, when in reality it is the Steller's Jay that resides in British Columbia. The Blue Jay occasionally is referenced in Northwest Coast imagery and many years ago we had an interpretation of a Blue Jay carved as a rattle. Stories mention that Blue Jay often ridiculed the black bear saying "you are so slow and clumsy" and kept following him from tree to tree. Black bear wanting to show the jay his special powers, stood up on his hind legs and two lightning snakes came from his mouth.
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Rex Homan was born 1940 in Thames, New Zealand of Māori, Irish and Scottish ancestry. He lived in Auckland in his early years before moving to the Bay of Plenty. Rex has earned international recognition as a wood sculptor in the 1960s and 1970s and began working in bronze in the 1980s. His current work is influenced by the culture of the Pacific and displays uniqueness in its diversity of form and dramatic flow of lines. Rex has exhibited in solo, group and jury shows. He has won several national awards for "National Wood Skills" and is represented in corporate and private collections worldwide.
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In this workshop you will be taken through all the steps to creating your own concrete planters, learning how to mix your concrete and pot your own succulent in a pre made planter
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Current version beta 0.29 is released as open source for further use and development. The source code, related files and brief documentation is downloadable from http://zignplayer.westreamu.se/zignplayerV0.29.zip.
ZignPlayer has been developed with support from The Swedish Post and Telecom agency (PTS). This project should be regarded as a source of inspiration rather than an ambition to create a fail proof player.
Any publisher can employ ZignPlayer by installing the player file (zignplayer.swf) and associated files on a web server. ZignPlayer can then be used in two modes:
- In "live mode" the player shows a foreground video (typically with the signer) on top of a background video (typically the main video). Both these videos must be streamed using Bambuser's live streaming services. ZignPlayer does not display any video until both pre-defined Bambuser channels become live. If one of the channels are interrupted, ZignPlayer waits until both streams are live again.
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"[Alice] was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent. She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in." In the novel Alice in Wonderland, the little girl eats a strange mushroom that allows her to grows taller in ways she never intended. Strange forms are intriguing. Nothing makes sense — yet it is exactly what is seems.
The stretch ring is the imaginative solution to creating a ring using only rabbits. The form was inspired by the sleek curves of contemporary architecture. Forms, however intriguing, do not always have meaning. So while explicit formalism and alien structures flood the market, I find that the rabbit justifies its strange form. The rabbit is relatable and creates an opportunity for meaning and expression. The rabbit was meticulously crafted using digital sculpting and handmade sketches. The ring is made using parametric computer algorithms, which allows the design to adapt across all ring sizes without the rabbit becoming bigger.
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Evidence on the content and emission of electronic cigarettes is limited. As nicotine is the addictive substance in tobacco cigarettes, nicotine delivery from electronic cigarettes is essential if these products are to be effective for smoking cessation or harm reduction. There are three key elements that influence nicotine delivery from e- cigarette vapour to human body: the nicotine content in the cartridge, which determines the amount of nicotine vapourised; the efficacy of vaporization, which affects levels of nicotine transferred from a cartridge into aerosol; and the bioavailability of nicotine, which determines the dose and speed of absorption of nicotine from the aerosol and subsequent transfer into the blood stream and hence to nicotine receptors in the brain. [21] All of these characteristics vary across brands, manufacturers, and product designs.
Smoking a cigarette delivers nicotine throughout the lung and leads to absorption into both the systemic venous circulation from the oropharynx and large airways, and the pulmonary circulation from the small airways and alveoli. The latter route of absorption generates a rapid peak in systemic arterial nicotine levels and hence rapid delivery to the brain.[22] No other nicotine product has yet been demonstrated to mimic the speed and high dose delivery characteristics of cigarettes. Since nicotine absorbed from the intestine is heavily metabolised on first pass through the liver, conventional nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products rely on venous absorption from skin, nose or mouth, which avoid this hepatic metabolism but produce relatively low plasma levels, relatively slowly.[23] It is not yet clear whether electronic cigarettes produce vapour that is sufficiently fine to reach the alveoli, but available pharmacokinetic data suggests that absorption is primarily from the upper airway, that is, slower than a cigarette, and achieving systemic venous blood levels of similar order of magnitude to a conventional NRT inhalator.[24] Data on the arterial nicotine levels achieved by electronic cigarettes is not available.
It is also evident however that different electronic cigarette products are highly variable in the amount of nicotine they deliver in vapour,[21, 25] and that the nicotine content indicated on a cartridge is not a reliable guide to likely nicotine delivery.[25] Although there have been concerns that use of electronic cigarettes could lead to an overdose of nicotine, a study carried out using electronic cigarette brands available in the UK suggests that there is low risk of overdose of nicotine or even inhaling toxic doses of nicotine using electronic cigarettes.[25] Newer generation PV devices may deliver higher doses of nicotine, but the absorption kinetics still indicate that absorption remains almost, if not completely, via the systemic rather than pulmonary vasculature.[26]
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Really loving the whole Pizza Tapes album, it's a little more...bluesy, than what you would first expect from a member of the Grateful Dead, and that's why I love it. It's the perfect soundtrack for working from home and doing things around the house.
I honestly didn't read much this week, but I'm really looking forward to checking out some of the recommendations left in the comments section of last week's post. And I want to check out all of these recommendations from the ModCloth blog. Not that it really counts as reading, but I picked up a copy of Women's Health last week, and that's honestly where my attention has been going. I like reading it every now and then for workout inspiration. It's a great way to add something new to a tired routine. Kettlebells are where it's at this week.
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PNC Bank, National Association v. Cedar Creek of East Alabama LLC et al
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|Cedar Creek of East Alabama LLC, Lee D Roberson and Scott D McNay
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|Filing 44 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING 40 MOTION for Reconsideration and Renewed Motion To Strike Jury Demand. The Jury demand made by Defendants in their 13 Answer is HEREBY STRICKEN. Signed by Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins on 6/13/2016. (JLC)
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|Filing 39 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PNC Bank's 35 Motion To Reconsider. Further, PNC Bank's Rule 56 Motion, upon reconsideration, is GRANTED as to Defendants' liability with the right of PNC to: (i) submit to chambers email a Co nsent Judgment, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 30, 2016, for the Court to enter that has been approved by Defendants counsel or (ii) separately prove its contractual damages to a jury. Signed by Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins on 4/7/2016. (JLC)
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|Filing 32 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE 20 MOTION for Summary Judgment and MOTION to Sever, DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE 31 MOTION to Strike or alternatively TERMED as MOOT. Normally the Court would, by separate Order, set this case for a Final Pretrial Conference. However, standing is a precondition for a trial. Therefore, the Court HEREBY ORDERS PNC to SHOW CAUSE within 14 days from the entry date of this Order, why this case should not be dismissed for lack of standing. Signed by Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins on 3/16/2016. (JLC)
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I got home from the Storymakers conference late last night. There were several experiences that stood out for me. The neatest thing happened at dinner on Friday. My daughter, Emalee and I shared a table with four ladies we'd never met before. As we ate, we went around the table and "pitched" our books to each other. It was so much fun to hear about everyone else's stories! I almost felt like we were cave-girls sitting around a campfire for the evening's entertainment. And I realized that this is what it's all about. This is why we write. This is why these published authors come back and share their time and talents to help others succeed. So cool.
Speaking of authors. Then there was Amber Argyle. I was in her Publication Primer group a couple of years ago, and she was incredibly encouraging about my manuscript pages. I mean, she raved. And then she raved again every single time she passed me at the conference. Talk about a confidence booster. I've never had anyone be so nice about my writing. Well, as I was walking down the hall on Friday, I saw her and decided not to stop, thinking she wouldn't remember me. But as I smiled and walked by, she stopped me. Amber said she has thought about my book and wondered how it was coming along. Wow. What a gal. And btw, her new book, Winter Queen looks awesome. Can't wait to read my signed copy.
And there was J. Scott Savage, too. A couple of weeks ago, after much deliberation and hesitation over the expense, I registered for his boot camp workshop at this year's WIFYR. So I went to his presentation on horror at Storymakers, and came away confident that I had chosen wisely. I'm stoked and ready to be "a lean, mean novel machine"! He not only knows his stuff, but knows how to teach it.
My pitch session with Heidi Taylor at Shadow Mountain went well. I think. It's not like they're going to be mean, right? Then again...some people can be. On his Skype Q&A with Jeff Savage, James Dashner talked about that issue a little. He said, "I don't understand all of the negativity. If I had listened to all the people saying 'you'll never make it' and all that garbage, I wouldn't be here." If his son came up to him and said he wanted to be a movie director, James couldn't imagine replying, "You stupid kid! You will never make it as a movie director!" He believes we should all keep writing. Jeff agrees: "A big part of success is knowing inside your head, 'I can do this.'" Great guys. Smart, too.
More quotes from the conference:
"Don't be too hard on yourself. Remember the reason you wanted to be a writer in the first place. Don't make it so much of a big deal that you stop creating. You're going to get better with each project. Keep hanging onto that. Go create!" —Laurie McLean, Foreword Literary
"If you're writing scary stuff and it doesn't scare you, something's wrong." —J. Scott Savage
"You cannot hide yourself from your own stories. Your choices reveal what you believe." —Orson Scott Card
"I tried to quit my day job, but the kids kept coming home from school." —Sarah Eden
"Give yourself permission to make mistakes. Write the book that you're afraid to write. The best thing you can do is write the book that you're not entirely sure you can write." —J. Scott Savage
"Formulas will fail because you can only write a story that you care about and you believe in. Your stories will never work until they feel true to you." —Orson Scott Card
On the writer's toolbox: "You can't do everything all the time in your writing. It would get overwhelming." —Brandon Sanderson
On revision: "I had to learn to take a good book and make it great." —Brandon Sanderson


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Ayesha Sultana, A Space Between Things, 2015-2016. Commissioned and produced by the Samdani Art Foundation for Dhaka Art Summit 2016. Courtesy of the artist, Dhaka Art Summit, Samdani Art Foundation and Experimenter, Kolkata. Photo credit: Jenni Carter
Ayesha Sultana's Solo Project, A Space Between Things, is an ongoing exploration referencing the theme of landscape that threads much of her practice. She playfully sculpts material culled from found and reclaimed objects, revealing the transitory and fragile nature of our natural and built surroundings, signifying and revealing distance, movement and space. She draws the viewer into the intrigue she has for the process of making and reconfiguring, and creates an enhanced sense of suspense relating to the possible changes the work could undergo over time through the hand of the artist or the hands of time. Key ideas of transience, contact, balance, weight, and collapse manifest in gestural arrangements that Sultana creates in this project with materials such as wood, metal, mylar, fabric, plaster, stone and glass.
Sultana is interested in the duality and coexistence of material and the immaterial. She strives to free her work from its very rooted and specific Bangladeshi context into a fluid and wide-ranging space, where the work can be set loose within its own parameters. For example, a vertical metal form could vaguely refer to early inspiration of looking at classical architectural structures such as columns and ancient obelisks. This is a project that needs to be navigated spatially, and experienced in relation to the scale of the body, a space where transformation and understanding happen not from the description, but rather from experience. It's a celebration of what is possible when you allow experience to draw your mind to conclusions, rather than relying the human tendency to come to a situation with preconceived definitions.


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How to make roasted whole pumpkin? Easy. Pre-soften the pumpkin in the microwave, cut it in half, and let the oven do all the work!
Making roasted whole pumpkin is easy. Despite its thick skin and hard-as-rock flesh when raw, all you need to do is microwave the pumpkin for 2 minutes to make cutting easier. After microwaving, cut the pumpkin in half (it does make roasting faster and more even), remove the seeds and pulp, then roast the pumpkin in a 400°F oven for 30 minutes.
Voila! Tender, fragrant roasted whole pumpkin that you can eat as is, or use in many recipes. And pumpkin is so healthy!
It's better to roast small sugar pumpkins
Make sure you use sugar pumpkin when making roasted whole pumpkin. Reserve large pumpkins for carving jack-o-lanterns – their flesh is watery, stringy and not very flavorful.
Small sugar pumpkins have a sweet, smooth and very flavorful flesh. As the pumpkin roasts, its skin and flesh soften. The flesh of a tender, well-roasted sugar pumpkin is extremely flavorful – in fact it's tasty just as it is, with no added seasonings whatsoever!
What can you do with roasted pumpkin?
I often just sprinkle tender, creamy roasted whole pumpkin with coarse salt and go for it. Yum.
But why should you roast a whole pumpkin, when canned pumpkin puree is readily available? Some like to make their own pumpkin puree to use in recipes and in baked goods. Personally, I don't. I mostly roast pumpkins when making stuffed pumpkin, pizza stuffed pumpkins, or mashed pumpkin.
Sometimes I brush pumpkin slices with olive oil, sprinkle them with salt, garlic powder and chili powder and roast them. These oven roasted pumpkin slices come out incredible, so if you don't want to make roasted whole pumpkin, give these a try.
Don't discard the pumpkin seeds
Whichever way you decide to cook pumpkin, don't forget to keep the pumpkin seeds! wash them and roast them – spicy roasted pumpkin seeds are wonderful.
Roasted Whole Pumpkin
- 2 small sugar pumpkins, about 2 lb. each
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Wipe the pumpkins clean with a wet paper towel.
- Microwave each pumpkin for 2 minutes (1 minute on each side), to make them just a little softer and easier to cut.
- Using a sharp chef's knife, cut the pumpkins in half. Scoop out the pulp and seeds, reserving the seeds for roasted pumpkin seeds.
- Place the pumpkins, cut side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until fork tender, about 30 minutes.


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5 Transactions with Beauty
This is the first in a series of "5 for Friday" – five transactions with beautiful things – art, music, poetry etc – that will make it easy for you to infuse your day with beauty. Suggestions? Send them my way.
1. The Art Work of Lee Price
The art work of Lee Price continues to fascinate me. She paints nude women eating snacks, usually from overhead. The women are in private spaces – beds, bathtubs, kitchens. There is a great interview with Price at The Other Journal, and you can also read about her work at The Huffington post in an article by Priscilla Frank. In it she says:
Binging on Doritos, Twinkies and jelly donuts, Price uses her body and habits to access a strange food-centric phenomenon that is hard to explain and harder to control. "The aerial view evokes the feeling of an out of body experience: the subject is watching herself engage in compulsive behavior but is unable to stop," she explains. "There is an absurdity to the repetition of this act of compulsion. At the same time it is an attempt to find real nourishment." Rather than label women's eating habits as good or bad, Price playfully explores the serious reasons women occasionally indulge in absurd eating rituals, asking what it is they're really looking for. Lucky for us, she does so in a rather gorgeous manner.
2. Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limón
A poem by Ada Limón which can be found on Poets.org. I think a lot of us need these instructions right now, at least I do.
Instructions on Not Giving Up
by Ada Limón
More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out
of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor's
almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving
their cotton candy-colored blossoms to the slate
sky of Spring rains, it's the greening of the trees
that really gets to me. When all the shock of white
and taffy, the world's baubles and trinkets, leave
the pavement strewn with the confetti of aftermath,
the leaves come. Patient, plodding, a green skin
growing over whatever winter did to us, a return
to the strange idea of continuous living despite
the mess of us, the hurt, the empty. Fine then,
I'll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf
unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I'll take it all.
3. Sheku Kanneh-Mason Playing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
This video has been getting a lot of attention which is lovely. You can read more about 17 year old Sheku Kanneh-Mason on CMuse.
4. Beautiful Inspiration by Brian Eno. "Everything Good Proceeds from Enthusiasm."
"Sometimes you listen to things and you think I've only really had one idea in my life and I've just been doing it in a hundred different ways ever since."
5. Dawn Chorus – Morning Birdsong on a Smartphone App
Audubon has given us the head's up to a free app. Most mornings this spring, I've awakened to the beautiful sound of real birds out my window which I love. I'm definitely getting this app though for the winter months, when the windows are closed and the birds are scarce. What's more beautiful than waking up to the sound of your favourite birdsong?


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About Me
Jeanette Bronée, CHHC, AADP
Nourishment Coach, Speaker, Author and Founder of Path for Life. Certified Integrative Nutrition & Meta-Medicine® Health Coach, Focusing Teacher & Hypnotherapist.
Jeanette Bronée founded Path for Life in 2004 to bring awareness to our own power for healing by learning how our choices affect us. After both her parents died of cancer just one year apart, and being told it was not a matter of if she would get cancer too, but rather when, she pulled the plug on her career as a fashion executive to help women take charge of their health and live more nourished, empowered lives.
She found that while we might know what to do, we still don't. Our habits get in the way and our mindset makes us struggle to actually make the changes we crave.
She is dedicated to help her clients overcome disease with food as medicine, and guide those who struggle with emotional eating, to food-freedom and eating in peace.
"We heal when we learn how to align our daily choices with our health goals in a nourishing and sustainable way." This has been her core focus in her work with clients over the past 15 years.
Working with her clients, she developed the 9-step Path For Life Self Nourishment Program, which gently guides and encourages her clients through the process of transforming their relationship with food, -and with themselves.
The program integrates the 3 key elements essential for lasting change: Food Knowledge, Mindfulness, and Habit Shifting.
Her integrative mind-body approach to nourishment is an integration of functional nutrition, (food is your medicine), Chinese medicine, emotional healing, and awareness of what drives our choices. It is educational, upbeat and non-dogmatic. She teaches how self-compassion and mindfulness are essential to learn how to shift and transform the daily self-care choices and habits that help us thrive.
Apart from working very personally one-on-one with her clients, she writes and is a motivational speaker. She wants everyone to know that change is possible and health is within our reach. The online Path for Life Self Nourishment Program is the first step in what she hopes will become a paradigm shift in how we learn to be truly nourished, healthy and happy rather than being stuck on diets.
More about Jeanette:
Jeanette is board certified with the AADP as an Integrative Nutrition and Health Coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition since 2004, a Certified Meta-Health Master Practitioner, Certified Focusing Oriented Professional and Trainer, Certified Ericksonian Hypnotherapist, and EFT practitioner. She is also certified in Connective Healing and Intuitive Counseling with Tom Monte, Trained in Macrobiotics and Energy Psychology and a certified professional Feng Shui Consultant.


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So after the sumptuous buffet at Bohol Bee Farm, I insisted RJ to drive us to Alona, the gateway to Balicasag and Virgin Island. Btw, RJ on the other hand was insisting to drive us to Danao and try the activities there. Hhmm, sounds interesting but deep inside I knew my heart was pounding for Balicasag. And I ain't leaving Bohol til I experience scuba diving! So being the hospitable host, RJ gave way and drove us to Alona! ^_^
Surprisingly, this beach is nice. All this time I thought it is mediocre. Isn't this good enough for you?
There are lots of resorts, budget accommodations, restaurants, and diving centers in Alona. We headed to SeaQuest Dive Center and inquired for the rates.
Who can dive?
Anyone at least 10 years old.
Swimmer or non-swimmer
Here are the published rates in their website.
For the Discover Scuba Diving course, the dive master quoted my friend and I P2,700 each - inclusive of the the boat, gears, and everything! It's P450 cheaper than the published rates. We also rented his underwater camera for P1,000. (ang mahal! but I need to document my 1st dive. pikit-mata sa presyo ng underwater camera rental)
One of the first things that the dive master asked was when is our next flight? Luckily, I had found out in advance that it's fatal to dive then fly. That's why I scheduled this diving activity on the 1st day. (note: our flight back to Manila is on the next day right away). Fly then dive on the same day, wont cause a problem. But dive then fly on the same day will cause serious injuries. An 18-hour interval is good enough. Perfect for our next day's flight schedule.
For explanations on the effect of diving then flying on the same day, read this.
Second is have we suffered from any of the following conditions.
As you all know, I suffered from a serious lung disease 3 years ago. Yare! I didn't know that I need to present a med certificate first before I can dive! Panic mode. What I did? I denied that I got sick. I know my lungs are treated and can perform better now. Bahala na, remember I've got 2 life insurance policies already! ^_^
After some theories and familiarization blah blahs, we were finally handed our dive suits, masks, and fins! Woot! Excited much! We're ready to do the actual exercises.
My friend and I were assigned with 1 dive master each and trust me, the exercises are not very easy at all. What I hate most was the removal of water in your mask. It's very easy when you're just snorkeling. Go up, remove the mask, and the water is gone. But in scuba diving, you need to remove the water from the mask, without going out of the water. Ang pula-pula na ng mata ko after 10x na paulit-ulit ito ipagawa sakin. =(
I know it's just the basics, so what more for the Open Water course. Now I know it's not enough that you want to dive. It's important that you're determined to learn it.
Finally, it's time to put all the lessons I learned that day. Scuba diving at last!
the instructor swims with me
○ these shots can't even justify how awesome the underwater world is ○
i never had the chance to hold the camera, the other dive master held it
The fact that the earth is composed of 70% water and 30% land, means that there is a really more awesome space to explore, and that can only be found below the sea level... and I cant agree more.
dear Coron,
You know I love you. I really do. But after I discovered scuba diving in Balicasag, Im in shocked and it left me breathless. It's the 1st time I actually thought Im inside that animated screen-saver in the desktop computer. It's surreal! (and you know very well that I hardly say that a place is "surreal")
Im sorry, I guessed I love Balicasag more now.
After 35 minutes with a max depth of 20 meters (?), I signaled my instructor that i wanted to go up. Im already chilling. I felt sick too. I thought Im going to vomit anytime! Nyahaha! My instructor said motion sickness is normal for beginners, specially me who moves a lot! Hihi


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|Artist: Kevin Kendle
Album: Light From the Pleiades
Released: 19 August 2008
U.K. synthesist Kevin Kendle has to his credit numerous releases of Contemporary Instrumental music. Fortunately for STAR'S END listeners every few years or so he puts out another album of pure Spacemusic through his wonderful Deep Skies series. Light From the Pleiades (62'11") is the third such work and features seven gorgeous sonic impressions of this much heralded grouping of stars. Drawing on his fascination with the cosmos, Kendle realizes music that is majestic, engaging and deep. Icy synth chords soar high above pulsing electronic bleeps while an ethereal choir sings in homage to the universe. Further into the experience a rumbling soundmass passes beneath lofty glissando guitar lines and grainy sweeping pads. This music is well conceived and executed, and proves to be a cosmic experience in and of itself - even without the aid of astronomical maps or visuals. In actuality, deep space is surely a vast forbidding void, as cold as it is dark - but Kevin Kendle sees not the emptiness, but the incandescent beauty of the celestial realm.
- Chuck van Zyl/STAR'S END 18 February 2009
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Allure of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's largest and most innovative ship, is sister ship of the cruise lines flagship, Oasis of the Seas. At a staggering 222,000 tonnes, and carrying 5,400 guests, she is more than just a cruise ship — Allure of the Seas offers the ultimate resort at sea.
The Oasis class ship offers an incredible experience, on a ship so large that she has neighbourhoods as opposed to decks. The ship boast over 12,000 plants, suites that spread across two decks and cafe's boasting surroundings more akin to New York's Central Park, then to those of a cruise ship. Only equalled by Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas has to be experienced to be believed.
Along with a range of mouth-watering restaurants and bars and so much more to explore, from the Atlantic City-esque Royal Promenade — complete with carousel — to the zip lines and rock climbing walls. The ship boasts more entertainment then you can imagine possible on a cruise ship.
150 Central Park combines cutting edge cuisine with innovative design. An observation window into the kitchen of this stylish restaurant will give Central Park passers- by the opportunity to watch the executive chef in action. Continuing the tradition, Royal Caribbean's popular signature steakhouse will offer premium cut, quality meats in an upscale, contemporary setting.
Giovanni's Table – Influenced by the Tuscan countryside, Giovanni's will be a casual new Italian restaurant concept offering toasted herbal breads, pizzas, salads, pastas, Italian sandwiches, braised meat dishes and stews. Rustic with a contemporary flair, dishes are served family style in an indoor and outdoor setting to provide an alfresco experience in Central Park.
Central Park Café is an indoor/outdoor gourmet market with walk-up counters, offering a casual dining choice and providing a high level of variety and flexibility. From freshly prepared salads and made-to-order sandwiches to paninis, crepes and hearty soups, guests order directly from the chefs behind the food stations. European pastries, sublime chocolates and decadent fudge round out the offerings. Open for breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner and late night treats.
Allure of the Seas has the most amazing level of entertainment at sea.
The AquaTheatre Pool largest and deepest freshwater pool at sea at 6.6 metres by 15.7 metres and 5.4 metres deep. The AquaTheatre pool isn't just a pool, it's also home to some of the ship's most impressive shows. Underwater cameras film performers and project images onto two giant LED screens that flank the stage.
Throughout the evenings, the AquaTheatre pool comes alive with beautiful choreographed fountain shows, amid hundreds of water nozzles — some with capabilities of shooting water 20 meters high — programmed to music and lights. There are also diving boars and a trapeze, offering a variety of spectacles throughout the week.
Allure of the seas also boasts a fantastic array of lounge bars to suit every need. Choices vary from the karaoke booths in the sports bar, to the elegant surroundings of the cocktail bar. Whether looking for the perfect Manhattan, a vanilla latte or a pint of cold beer, there is more choice onboard this ship then you can image.
Whatever your mood, you will never be bored onboard Allure of the Seas.
The Vitality at Sea Spa offers everything you would expect from a world class cruise line. There is a fantastic array of treatments to enjoy, fabulous facilities and tranquil, child-free surroundings. Enjoy the pool, hot tub and steam rooms, head to the fully functioning gym, or take one of the many classes available onboard.
The breathtaking space of the Boardwalk was inspired by both the seaside piers that dot the coast of England and the nostalgic boardwalks of yesteryear such as Atlantic City. The Boardwalk is a dynamic way to engage in classic fun with a colourful original carousel as well as eateries, retail outlets and carnival games.
A one-of-a-kind and first-ever at sea carousel, the centrepiece of Boardwalk, was especially hand-crafted for Royal Caribbean.
To compliment Royal Caribbean's well known climbing walls and WaveRider surf machine, the Oasis class ships boast a zip line suspended nine decks above Boardwalk. Adventurers take in a birds-eye view of the action below, as the rider speeds diagonally across the open air atrium — a distance of more than 82 feet (25 meters).
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A trio of decorative rings with dimensional fir tree centers.
Comes with the extra bits shown. Really nice addition to a shelf in a Christmas scene.
Can add some white paint on the fir trees for a snowy appearance or left plain green. Either way, it is some different.


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If you have been searching for a more effective remedy to relieve your chronic aches and pains, look no further than Moxa Pain Relief Essence. In just 30 seconds, you will feel the phenomenal relief that only Moxa can provide. The herbal oil works like a do-it-yourself acupuncture session without the pain of needles, as it heals your body based on the Kampō philosophy, the Japanese study and adaptation of Chinese Traditional Medicine, which believes that aches and pains are caused by a stagnation in the flow of "qi" (life energy). You will be singing Moxa's praises once you experience its exceptional ability to stimulate your body's own healing power as the herbal formula penetrates deep into your skin through the use of nanotechnology to bring you instant relief.
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|MS Short Title
MS palimpsest on vellum, Syria or Egypt. Text 1 (underlying text): in Syriac, 5th c., 4 ff. 15x23 cm, originally ca. 30x23 cm, 2 columns, 14 lines (originally ca. 28 lines), Syriac estrangela book script. Texts 2-5 (overlying text): In Arabic, Mt. Sinai, ca. 900, 23x15 cm, single column, (22x12 cm), 23-25 lines and 12 long lines in Arabic naskhi book script in old Sinaitic ductus.
Barking, Essex, 1990, green cloth gilt folding case by Aquarius.
Part of Codex Arabicus, MS. Sin. Ar. 514, the famous trilingual quintuple p alimpsest, still at Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai. After Codex Sinaiticus (4th c.) left the library in 1859, Codex Arabicus is, with Codex Syriacus Rescriptus (5th c.), the oldest and most important codex in the monastery.
1. Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai (6th - 19th c.); 2. Friedrich Grote, Germany (ca. 1900); 3. Walther Adam, Magdeburg and Goslar, S 5 (1918/30-1964); 4. Carl Wilhelm Adam, Goslar (1964-1987); 5. F. Dörling, Hamburg 1.6.1987:35; 6. Wolfgang Görigk, Germany (1989); 7. Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd., London.
Text 1 is with 4 other Syriac MSS of the 5th c., the earliest extant. The Greek original, sometimes erroneously ascribed to Melito of Sardes, is lost. Mary's departure from this world and assumption into Heaven was first mentioned by Epiphanius in the 370ies. It was condemned as a heretical work in the 6th c. Nevertheless this famous story has been venerated in the Catholic church ever since, and the theme, as coronation of the Virgin in Heaven, has been used over and over again by the world's greatest painters, particularly in the late medieval period and the renaissance. The doctrine was finally dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 Nov. 1950.
The text is quite specific about its origins and dissemination: " This was written concerning the six books, each book by two of the apostles. – These books were written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin, and the apostles deposited it with Mar John -. Because we apostles are twelve, it is fitting that twelve copies should be written of this book of my Lady Mary, and that a copy should go with each of us -." (Book 4), and "This volume was translated from Greek into Syriac at Ephesus; and was written out and sent to Mount Sinai; and from Mount Sinai it was transcribed and sent to Jerusalem" (Book 1). This 1st book also quotes a letter from Cyrus, bishop of Jerusalem, sent to the brethren at Mount Sinai "We have made inquiries in Jerusalem concerning the book of the departure of my Lady Mary, but we have not found it. We have found, however, an autograph note of James written thus: The six books which were written about the death of my Lady Mary in the year 345 (=33/34 AD), John the young used to carry them, and Paul and Peter and John the young know where they are, because they went along with them from Jerusalem –". The presence of this oldest witness of the text in Codex Arabicus, right from Mount Sinai, adds some credibility to the account in the text, and calls for some re-evaluations of its origins.
Texts 2-3 are all the earliest extant. Text 5 is unique. This part of the palimpsest contains the lowest layer of script (no. 1) and the uppermost (no. 5). The 5 layers are: 1. Syriac 5th c., 2. Syriac 6th c., 3. Greek ca. 600, 4. Arabic ca. 700, and 5. Arabic ca. 900.
There are 20 MSS from Mt. Sinai in The Schøyen Collection. Besides the monastery's own famous library (4300 MSS), only British Library (8 MSS) and The National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (60 MSS, mostly fragments), have comparable holdings. Assfalg: Syrische Handschriften, pp. 215-20, No. 114, S 5.
|See also
MS 2752, Bible: Jesus saying: Hail my most chosen Apa Chamoul, Egypt, ca. 550-650
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|Syria or Egypt
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Roza Sinaysky is a woman on a mission. She's not only a fashion features contributor to ELLE Russia and Buro24/7 but also a stylist, branding consultant and social media correspondent of Helga Design on Kikar Ha Medina. You can find her online documenting her many travels, tips and interviews on her blog, Moody Roza. Luckily we had the opportunity to chat with her about her hometown, Tel Aviv, where she gave us the low down on packing essentials, travel style, and places you should not miss.
What are some general tips you would share with women travelers to Tel Aviv?
My first piece of advice is to not over dress. People here are quite casual, so keep it cool and refrain from going too crazy. Keep your sky-high Louboutins at home! Second, bring sunscreen. If you are planning to spend time on the beach make sure you re-apply a few times. I've seen too many bikini shaped burns and red faces around here, which is not the most comfortable or attractive look to be sporting!
What styles would you recommend a lady wear to work meetings?
The most important rule is to feel like the outfit represents who you are. Which is a style rule you should apply to everyday life! The clothes you wear have to make you feel comfortable and most importantly confident. If not, you can get lost in the outfit and lose your focus.
Are there any specific pieces that you love right now for work wardrobe?
Yes, luckily for me I don't have to wear any "office" friendly outfits. I can wear what I feel like which allows me to have a little more fun when dressing. This season I started wearing short flowey oversized print dresses, skirts and top suits. For me, adding a hat is a must this season!
How would you describe the local street style?
The women of Tel Aviv are very casual, they don't really follow trends and love to be comfortable. This means a lot of oversized jersey dresses and flip flops.
Any evening outfits you'd recommend for a fun night out?
Yes, I'm really into extravaganza at the moment! Even though it's a little too fancy for the region, I like to wear long dresses with bold prints. This is after years where I've only worn little black dresses, I think that's the Russian in me kicking in!
When it comes to beauty products, what should a woman bring to take care of herself in Tel Aviv?
I am coming back to the sunscreen, very important! Also, a good bb cream and a hair serum is a must!
Are there exercise studios in the city that you would recommend to a traveller who wants to stay fit?
Yoga is pretty huge here, you can visit Ella Yoga at Tel Aviv Port. I'd recommend Gordon Beach Gym if you're looking for a gym workout. However, I think a private TRX suspension training lesson on the beach would be a pretty fun option.
What are your favorite local dishes ?
Tel Aviv is food heaven, everywhere you go there's amazing food to be eaten! Some of my favorite places would be Miznon, a local street food restaurant that you wouldn't ever forget, Tzfon Abraxas, an amazing dining experience, and Kalamata, a wonderful restaurant in the old city of Jaffa - the view of the sea is just spectacular.
Do you have favorite places to recommend for travelling health-conscious ladies?
Fortunately pretty much everywhere around here is healthy. There is a big variety of street food and vegan options. You can have a bowl of Humus, a freshly chopped salad or a classic Israeli breakfast. Basically everything is freshly made so there is no need to worry about your health while visiting here. For the ultimate local food experience I recommend going to Shuk Ha Carmel.
How about places where you could take a work colleague or client with great dishes that are women friendly?
I would say Hotel Montefure Restaurant, Cafe Europa and maybe even the Norman Restaurant.
Any places to stay with great facilities, a spa, great beauty products and the like that cater towards women?
The Norman Hotel would be the ultimate place for that. Hotel Indigo and Brown Beach House are good options too!


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2014: The Year I Turned Twenty-Five
In the year 2014, I hit the shmoney dance about 1,000 times. I hung out with normcore kids and health goths on numerous occasions. I was called "Lumbersexual" exactly two times. Most importantly, this year I turned twenty-five. Twenty-five is a strange age. People younger than me act like I'm older than shit, people older than me act like I'm still extremely young and totally naive.
I suppose it is right in the center, but aren't you always right in the center? I felt old, but still young when I turned eighteen and the same way when I turned twenty-one. I guess the only consistent aspect of aging is the progression of aging. You will always be older than you were, but younger than you are about to be. One positive aspect to this is that I can now rent a car without the young renter's fee, so that's exciting. The year I turned twenty-five a lot of different things happened. I met the woman of my dreams, and somehow convinced her I'm worthy of dating her (still not sure how I pulled that off). I went to Mexico for the first time and was able to brush up on some of my Spanish. I started writing a lot more for myself and for 1833. I biked probably thousands of miles in the city this year. I also got my first big boy pay raise and a bonus. Still, a lot of shit stayed the same. I still got too drunk for my own good on multiple occasions, still skated often, still made a fool of myself plenty of times and still did a lot of the same shit I've been doing for my whole life.
Some of the main things I learned about myself this year are the following:
1.) I cannot do everything myself.
I've been looking for a new job for a while and I have come to the realization that regardless of my qualifications I cannot get a new job completely on my own. I must meet new people and network. Getting a job without a reference or a connection in a company is much more difficult than if you have someone that can vouch for you. This goes for practically anything else in life, it does not have to be job-related. Too much of my life I have relied on solely myself, which can be good in some situations. However, sometimes it is nice to take a step back and possibly rely on your peers for suggestions and inspiration. Wanting to do everything on your own is a great quality, but I think a combination of these may generate the most success.
2.) Don't take things so personally.
This one is so fucking hard for me. I get the feels too easily. Not everyone out there has the best intentions and sometimes they may say things that are actually meant to hurt, but most of the time this is not the case. I think it's best to think of negative comments as constructive criticism. If someone says something critical it is probably best to consider their statement and whether or not you agree with it. If it makes sense do your best to improve in that area, but if not, fuck it and fuck them for saying mean shit to you. Not really, but it's impossible to please everyone and that must be taken into consideration as well.
3.) Anyone can do anything.
It is relatively sad it took me twenty-five years on this earth to figure this one out. I wish I had figured it out, like maybe in college, you know? Like, during a critical point in an individual's own professional development and determining the rest of their life... Oh well, better late than never. I have realized that with enough determination, blood, sweat and tears or whatever, and meeting the right people (read point number one), you can accomplish anything you want.
With these realizations I have set many goals for myself. Some are astronomical, others are easy as making sure to floss my teeth more often. Some are long-term, some I have already done and it is only three days into 2015. I am not even sure the reason why I decided to write this the way I did, but this is it. I guess at the end of the day I am going into 2015 with a very positive and optimistic outlook on life. I am looking forward to growing and learning more in 2015 and hopefully accomplishing at least some of the goals I have set for myself...


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GPs should be left to explain medical conditions to their patients, not be forced to justify their salaries
Sir, I struggle to see how disclosure of individual doctors' salaries ("GPs told to reveal their pay", report, Nov 15) will improve the health service. It will surely lead to resentment between GPs and some of their patients. Even the disclosure of average earnings of £103,000 per annum is simplistic as it's not clear if this is net of expenses or not.
Doctors should be left to explain to their patients their medical conditions, which in many cases is no doubt difficult enough, rather than having to account for their remuneration.
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Award-winning bartenders Ivy Mix and Julie Reiner are the owners of the Latin-American cocktail bar Leyenda in Cobble Hill. Find out why they love the neighborhood and where else they recommend you drink in the area.
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One of the wildest experiences I ever had was eating in the dark. And when I say dark, I mean dark. The restaurant is called O.Noir, and I guess you could call it a concept restaurant; not only do they feed you, but they give you the experience of a blind person – after ordering your food in a dimly lit bar area, you're guided into a completely lightless room and seated at your table by one of the restaurant's blind waiters. After struggling for minutes to see anything, you eventually give up. You're in darkness so deep that having your eyes open or closed makes absolutely no difference.
And then the food arrives. I should also add that for the more adventurous souls, the restaurant offers "surprise" dishes – that is, well, exactly what it sounds like. I distinctly remember the first bite of something with a slippery texture like a cooked mushroom, the smell of tomatoes and garlic. As I realized, it was pasta.
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Calling all busy bees! Come learn about the bee's natural habitat, the beehive, on Wednesday, May 25th at EverWonder Children's Museum. Through using bubble wrap, paint, and paper, our busy bee artists will learn about hive construction, honeycombs, and the busy life of bees.
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Sam Wickens is a powerful singer and songwriter, gifted with the talent to arouse the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics.
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Winter Squash Risotto/
Risotto is one of my favourite dishes to make AND eat. If it's on a restaurants menu I can guarantee that I will order it. Ever since I was first introduced to it and learned how to make it in chef school I've been making variations of it. One of the things I love about risotto is it's versatility. You can literally do anything, almost anyway, with it, even dessert. (stay tuned) It's a hearty and comforting dish that lends itself well to the Fall and Winter seasons.
Risotto is a creamy rice dish that originated in the northern regions of Italy. It uses a specific kind of rice called, Arborio Rice. It's unique in that it's a round large grain that is starchy. This is important as risotto's creaminess comes strictly from the starches in the rice that are released during the cooking process. If you see a recipe that calls for cream, and they are out there, don't be fouled, it isn't authentic!
A few weeks ago I went Pingle's Farm. Every year they have a huge variety of winter squash that I've been wanting to experiment with. This year I decided it was time and bought a few different varieties. They have squashes most people haven't heard of like Blue Hubbard, Cinderella, Buttercup as well as having traditional Butternut, Pumpkin, and Acorn. The thing is, all are really versatile and can be used in a variety of recipes/dishes. Breads, soups, and even simply mashing them are great ways to make them delicious. You're limited only by your imagination. In this specific recipe I used Blue Hubbard Squash, but of course you could use any of the aforementioned. So, next season get out to your local farms and see what they have to offer. You'll be pleasantly surprised with how delicious they are.
Winter Squash Rissotto
1/2 Small Onion, Small Diced
1 Large Garlic Clove, Minced
1/2 Tablespoon of Grainy Mustard
2 Generous Tablespoon of Butter
3/4 Cup Winter Squash, Small Diced
1/2 Cup White Wine
1 Litre of Chicken Stock
1 Cup of Arborio Rice
In a large frying pan sauté winter squash in 1 tablespoon of butter. Once the squash has a light brown colour and is tender, remove from frying pan into a bowl and reserve for later.
Put the pan back onto heat and sauté onions in the other tablespoon of butter. When the onions are translucent add in the garlic, mustard and rice and mix together, making sure the rice is evenly coated with butter. Deglaze with white wine and with a wooden spoon, stir. Once the rice has absorbed most of the wine add in 1/2 cup of the chicken stock and stir. Cook and stir until the rice has absorbed most of the liquid and add in another 1/2 cup of chicken stock. Repeat this process until the rice is cooked Al Dente (to the tooth). The texture should not be mushy. Add the squash back into the risotto and gently stir. If the rice becomes too thick add a little bit of water in to release it. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with blanched Kalettes or freshly chopped green onion.
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Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue visited Fukushima on Wednesday and apologized to local residents, following disclosures of sloppy decontamination work.
Inoue said the government will clamp down on contractors cleaning up radioactive material around the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant.
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During Marvel Comics' recent "Fear Itself" event a forgotten and malevolent being stepped forward from the shadows of time to menace the world. His name was the Serpent, the Fear God of the Asgardian pantheon. His power and capacity for evil led to his imprisonment and eradication from the records of the Asgardians by their King, Odin. Needless to say, when he emerged from his prison the Serpent was incensed and took his anger out on the entire world. His rampage decimated much of the planet and there was a good chance he could have taken over entirely if a coalition of mortals, gods and heroes did not find the strength to stand up to him and his forces. In the end, this coalition proved victorious and the bravest of their number, Thor, was able to kill the Serpent and end his reign of terror.
However, the world is not safe. The Serpent may be dead, but his legacy of evil lives on in the form of seven powerful, mystical hammers wielded by his avatars, the Worthy. In the twelve-issue maxiseries "Fear Itself: The Fearless" co-written by Cullen Bunn, Chris Yost and Matt Fraction with art by Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier, a global race is under way for control of these hammers. The participants are the Asgardian heroine Valkyrie and the Red Skull's villainous daughter, Sin. The series reaches its midpoint on January 4th with the release of "The Fearless" #6, and CBR News checked in with Bunn about the story so far and his plans for the second half of the the saga.
CBR News: So Cullen, since "Fear Itself: The Fearless" deals with the ramifications of "Fear Itself" it features a large cast of characters, but it looks like your main protagonist is Valkyrie. She seems to be experiencing a surge in popularity the past few years. Why do you think that is? What do you find most interesting about her as a writer and what made her the right protagonist for this story?
Cullen Bunn: The interesting thing about Valkyrie is that even though she's been around for so long, she's a little bit of a blank slate. There's a lot of history and personality for writers to explore, so we're able to show aspects of her character that are new to readers. It's that history, along with her Asgardian heritage, that made her the right choice for the heroic lead of "The Fearless." Her motivation for collecting the hammers is starting to surface: she's ready to call it quits, which may be a bit of a surprise for some. She's a character who is easy to dismiss and to underestimate, but she's more than capable of holding her own against some real heavy hitters. When the series is over, I don't think anyone will look at her the same.
Valkyrie's quest to retrieve the Hammers of the Worthy has made her unpopular among her fellow heroes, but her chief adversary is the Red Skull's daughter, Sin. What can you tell us about Sin's motivations to gather the hammers? In past appearances it seemed like Sin was just a nihilist who reveled in destruction, but at the end of issue #5, in stores now, it sounds like she actually wants something more than to just destroy for destruction's sake?
One of the things I really like about Sin is that she's always been this kind of deadly thrill seeker. In "The Fearless," she's just taking that to the next level. She's hurting after her defeat in "Fear Itself," and she's lashing out. She tasted godhood and the pain of having that ripped away is maddening. She's lost two fathers (the Red Skull and The Serpent) and she's on the verge of a breakdown. She's filling this emptiness that she feels by taking these incredible risks. She's still hellbent on chaos, fear, and entropy, and her plans are still deific in scale.
It also seems like Sin's motivations are partly tied to her lover Crossbones. How would you describe her feelings towards Brock Rumlow? Does she genuinely care about him? Given who her father is and her twisted upbringing, is it possible for her to care about him in a meaningful way?
A few days ago, I was talking to a friend about something non comics-related. (Sometimes I do that. Not often, but sometimes). He stopped in the middle of a sentence, looked at me gravely, and said, "You know what? Crossbones is a @#$%." That filled me with a moment of pride. I like writing Crossbones -- a lot -- but I don't like him. He's just a terrible person through and through. The only person who could care about him is Sin. I like to think that if there was some sort of online super villain matchmaking site, Sin and Crossbones would be flagged as perfect for one another. But with someone as messed up as her, you can never be sure what "love" really means.
They may be a match made in Hell, but Crossbones is starting to realize that he and Sin may not be on the same page on a few things. There are times in this series that I almost feel sorry for Crossbones -- but I still don't like him.
In "The Fearless" #5 you introduced what might be Sin's Doomsday weapon in the form of the Nazi's Sleeper Robots. It seems like you added a new twist to the Sleepers though. If I remember correctly, previously they were just giant mechanical monstrosities, but now it appears there's a magical techno-organic element to them as well? Was this something you came up with, and what made you want to add this to the Sleepers?
The connection to the Sleepers is something that Chris, Matt, and I discussed with editorial during some of the early brainstorming discussions. The idea spun out of the concept of the Red Skull and his Thule Society trying to control Asgardian weapons during WWII. The Serpent's hammer wasn't the only thing the Thule called down during the war, and the Sleepers may have been a product of their research. The Final Sleeper, revealed at the end of the fifth issue, is a pretty important piece of hardware, connected to the Red Skull, the Thule, the Serpent and Asgard.
The Sleepers are part of Sin's ultimate end game, but helping her achieve this end game is a relatively obscure group of characters you brought back, the Department of Occult Armaments, who I don't believe have been seen since their debut in the 1992 "Nightstalkers" series. Is that correct? What made you want to revive these characters? How have they changed since their last appearance?
As far as I know, the D.O.A. hasn't appeared since their "Nightstalkers" days, but I could be wrong about that. That's where I remember them, though. For a long while, I've had this urge to bring them back in a bigger, nastier way. I've always thought they could be a truly sinister and formidable group, and for all these years I've imagined they were just biding their time until they were ready to strike. With their connection to Hydra and their goal of collecting "occult armaments," they seemed like a natural fit for this story.
Now that they have thrown in with Sin, she has access to all of the occult weapons they've collected over the years. Where A.I.M., for example, uses technology to reach their goals, the D.O.A. is using occult power. As the series continues, you'll see that the D.O.A. has a strong connection to the Thule Society and they are growing -- in terms of power AND membership--and they are positioning themselves to be a contender in the realm of villainous organizations.
We're now almost half way through the "Fearless" and it seems like the first half of this series has been a race across the globe to retrieve artifacts of sinister power. Will that continue to be the story in upcoming issues? If so, what are some of the locales you're going to take readers to? If not, will story change directions soon?
Sin and Valkyrie will continue racing to collect the hammers, and their quests will take them to Project: Pegasus and Utopia. In upcoming issues, we'll see a lot more of Sin and her relationship to the D.O.A. As we move into the later issues of the series, Val and Sin are on a collision course. The battle that erupts between them will become our focus, and a number of Marvel heroes and villains will be swept up in the conflict.
Speaking of battles and action set pieces, you have an upcoming brawl between Wolverine and Crossbones that artist Mark Bagley told us was quite intense. What can you tell us about this conflict? Any other rumbles that you can tease?
The Wolverine/Crossbones battle is as violent and bloody as I could get away with making it. When those two lock horns, no one's getting away unscathed. It's like ultimate fighting -- only with machine guns and claws.
There are a few more big fights coming up in the series. The Avengers are gonna square off against Sin and a horde of hellspawn. Valkyrie will face a certain weather goddess and a nasty group of D.O.A. agents. And a ton of heroes and villains are set to clash in the final confrontation. The heroes of the Marvel Universe will sport one big collective bruise when this thing is all over.
It's interesting to see these conflicts and other scenes brought to life by your artists Paul Pelletier and Mark Bagley. It looks like Mark draws the beginning and end of each issue of "The Fearless" and Paul draws the middle portion. What's it like working with these two artists in this way?
Working with two artists has been interesting. Each issue breaks down a little differently. At one point, Mark was going to draw all the Valkyrie parts of the story and Paul was going to draw the Sin storyline. But as the two threads weave together, it doesn't always work out that way. My biggest goal with working with the two of them is to place the "switches" from one artist to the next at the most logical places possible. I really put a lot of thought into when to have one artist "tag out" for a moment. In most cases, that happens at scene breaks, but when the chaos really erupts in the final issues of the series, it took a lot of contemplation to make the interplay between the two of them work. Beyond that, I try to make sure each artist gets to draw some really dynamic scenes each issue.
You've given Mark and Paul a lot of different stuff to draw in terms of action and characters, but we couldn't help but notice the preponderance of horror and dark fantasy elements in the series so far. Your body of work features creator-owned books with strong horror elements such as "The Sixth Gun" and "The Damned," so it seems like "The Fearless" is a series that both plays to your strengths and allows you to have some fun. Would you have interest in further exploring some of Marvel's other horror concepts and characters when "The Fearless" is over?
I definitely love incorporating horror elements into my story. Lucky for me, a lot of those ideas seemed to work well with "The Fearless." It's no secret that I've always wanted to work with Marvel's horror characters -- Man-Thing, Werewolf By Night, and Morbius in particular. One of the first pitches I ever brought to Marvel was for a Morbius ongoing. It's a safe bet that there will be a few darker elements in anything I work on, but I like my horror with a healthy dose of action and fun.
The first half of "Fear Itself: The Fearless" certainly has been a lot of fun. What else can you tell us as the first half of your saga draws to a close and we prepare for the second?
I'm really excited to see what readers think of how this story ends. Both Valkyrie and Sin will be going through some significant changes, and their places in the Marvel Universe will be cemented when the story's over.
Also, at some point in the story, Valkyrie may punch Emma Frost out. If that's not a reason to read a book, I don't know what is!
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Given the above, I was amazed to discover a couple rammed earth buildings designed by Tadashi Saito and his firm atelier NAVE, which I came across at Japan-Architects. Descriptions at Japan-Architects and on the architect's own web page are all in Japanese, but I was able to cobble together the fact that Saito experimented with rammed earth for the 2013 Art Setouchi festival, creating the Zenkonyu x Tamping Earth building. The description at Art Setouchi says:
The Shiwaku islands were once famed for their skilled shipwrights, many of whom also branched out into shrine and house building in the 18th century. Today, however, these skills are almost forgotten. This crew of contemporary Shiwaku carpenters seeks to revive the island's legacy through various projects.Zenkonyu x Tamping Earth, 2013:
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One year later Saito took the learning from Art Setouchi and applied it to a single-story house in Japan's Kagawa Prefecture. The house is part wood, part earth, the latter used for its excellent thermal insulation performance but on a smaller scale than the predecessor. Nevertheless, like the Setouchi installation, the house's rammed earth walls are battered, making it appear fairly massive.
Hanchiku House, 2014:
[Photographs: atelier NAVE]