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Annual to tree
Leaves simple to pinnately to palmately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused, persistent to deciduous
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, often with bractlets alternate with sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0)5many, pistils (0)1many, simple or compound; ovary superior to inferior, styles 15
Fruit: achene, follicle, drupe, pome, or blackberry- to raspberry-like
Seeds generally 15
Genera in family: 110 genera, ± 3000 species: worldwide, especially temp. Many cultivated for ornamental and fruit, especially Cotoneaster , Fragaria , Malus , Prunus , Pyracantha, Rosa , and Rubus
Reference: [Robertson 1974 J Arnold Arbor 55:303332,344401,611662]
Family description, key to genera by Barbara Ertter and Dieter H. Wilken.
Perennial to shrub, often bramble-forming, often prickly, prostrate or clambering to erect
Leaves generally palmately lobed to compound; leaflets often stalked, toothed
Inflorescence various
Flower: hypanthium shallow; bractlets 0; sepals 5, generally reflexed, tips generally linear; petals 5; stamens generally > 20; pistils fewmany, ovaries superior, jointed to slender to club-shaped styles
Fruit: aggregate of sweet, fleshy-coated achenes (drupelets) that generally separate jointly from receptacle (raspberry-like) or separate jointly with part of fleshy receptacle (blackberry-like)
Species in genus: 200700 species: worldwide, especially n temp, Andes
Etymology: (Latin: ancient name for bramble)
Coastal forms often have smaller, hairier, rounder leaves; hybrids and other escapes from cultivated expected.
Arched bramble
Stem 515 mm diam, 5-angled; prickles many, ± wide-based, generally ± curved
Leaf compound; stipules linear; petiole ± 39 cm; leaflets 35, generally widest above middle, sharply toothed, white below; longest leaflet stalk ± 1040 mm; longest leaflet blade ± 511 cm
Inflorescence: panicle, many-flowered, nonglandular
Flower: sepal tips generally ± 1 mm; petals 1015 mm, obovate, white to pinkish; pistils > 15
Fruit blackberry-like, ± oblong, black, ± glabrous
Chromosomes: 2n=28
Ecology: Common. Disturbed moist areas, roadsides, fencerows
Elevation: < 1600 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia; native to Eurasia
Synonyms: R. procerus Mueller
Favored by rats for food, shelter.
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Air is the element of freedom.[1] The Air Nomads detached themselves from worldly problems and concerns; finding peace and freedom was the key to solving their difficulties in life. Airbenders continually sought spiritual enlightenment, and, as a result, all children born into the Air Nomads were benders. The first airbenders learned their art from the flying bison.[2]
The key to airbending is flexibility and finding and following the path of least resistance. Airbending is notable for being almost purely defensive, as well as the most dynamic of the four bending arts. Airbenders can overwhelm many opponents at once with large and powerful attacks that could prove fatal; however, due to the pacifist nature of the Air Nomads, such attacks are rarely used. Due to their aforementioned spirituality, they often adapt to the situation surrounding them and prefer evasive maneuvers as opposed to direct confrontation.
During the era of Raava, the power of airbending was temporarily bestowed on the inhabitants who lived on a giant lion turtle while they left the village to stock up on food. After the inhabitants permanently left the care of the lion turtle, airbenders learned to reconnect and refine their bending from the flying bison, a sacred creature in the Air Nomad culture.[2] The bison typically use their massive beaver-like tail to create gusts of wind and, as the name suggests, can fly without any visible means of propulsion.[3] It is also said that the airbenders had borrowed the arrow mark from the flying bison for their traditional tattoos. These tattoos symbolize one's mastery of the airbending art and are given to a practitioner once their training is complete. Unlike other nations, all Air Nomads are born airbenders, due to the high amount of spirituality infused within the culture.
Airbending abilities
Air ball: An airbender can create a compressed ball of air by moving their hands together in a circular motion. This technique has many applications such as levitating small objects or tripping opponents.[4]
Air blast: A more offensive move involving a direct pulse or jet of strong wind from the hands, feet, or mouth. The force of the attack is generated more from the bender's own power, rather than assisted by momentum. The blast can reach further distances with greater accuracy and is used to inflict greater damage; Aang once used an air blast to completely shatter one of the Fire Navy's projectile rocks in mid-air with a single powerful kick,[5] and was also able to use two air blasts at once to defend against Combustion Man's unique firebending ability.[6]
Air bomb: A technique which creates a powerful, outward-moving air current in all directions around the bender. Usually performed after landing on the ground from above, this airbending form has great concussive force, and the capacity to completely blow away anything within its radius.[7]
Air bullets: A technique used by Aang. He caused two or more marbles to spin in a circle between his hands. It could be used to shoot small objects, like marbles, at very high speeds, similar to bullets, but Aang used the move to impress rather than to attack.[8]
Air funnel: Similar to an air vortex but on a smaller scale, Aang inventively used this technique as a cannon by creating a small air funnel through which small rock projectiles could be loaded and fired out of the opposite end.[9]
Air manipulation: By using circular, evasive movements, airbenders build up massive momentum; this build up of energy is released as massive power. It also allows for wind-based counter-attacks that knock opponents off-balance, mimicking the sudden directional shifts of air currents. Attacks vary from simple gusts of wind to miniature tornadoes and cyclones, maintaining the circular theme. Even a simple movement can create an air gust, and airbenders increase the power of their moves by performing larger sweeps and spins, using the momentum of their movement to simulate larger gusts. This is also demonstrated with their use of staffs or fans to increase or create precision within the air currents.[4]
Air punch/kick: Another more offensive move than is typical of airbending discipline, air punches or air kicks are small, compressed formations of air that can be fired off the fists or feet of an airbender. This is similar to many firebending abilities and the air blast, in the sense that it involves the firing of compressed or solidified air at an enemy in a disjunct fashion i.e. the bender does not create a single great stream of air. This move was seen when Aang produced several air punches in rapid succession toward a practice-Fire Lord dummy.[10] Avatar Korra was able to use two pairs of air punches in rapid succession and an air kick to knock Amon off his feet.[11] Korra used the air punch technique on the ground, spewing the bent air within a radius.
Air shield: The most common defensive tactic, though less powerful than the air barrier, it involves circling enemies, suddenly changing direction when attacked and evading by physical movement rather than bending. However, an airbender can still deflect as needed by throwing up gusts of air close to their bodies as a shield. This is rarely to stop attacks directly and more often pushes the attack aside and away, conserving energy and allowing them to turn the movement into an attack at the same moment. Since air can affect almost all physical objects, it can also be used to enforce the momentum of thrown objects or manipulate other objects (though requiring a higher degree of precision).[4]
Air suction: A technique used to bring people or things toward the airbender. It was used by Aang many times, such as when he pulled Professor Zei out of harm's way in Wan Shi Tong's Library, and when he took up the fans dropped on the ground to fight Zuko on Kyoshi Island.[8][12] Appa used this technique to steal cabbages from an animal trainer while his back was turned.[13]
Air swipe: The air swipe is both a defensive and offensive technique in which an airbender conjures a crescent-shaped structure of compressed air capable of deflecting colossal projectiles, such as the catapulted flaming rocks often used by the Fire Navy, and sending them off course. In some instances, such as when Aang and his group were traveling on the Serpent's Pass together, these projectiles can be redirected back at the attacker.[14] Aang also fired smaller versions of the air swipe as a weapon, shown for example as he chased Azula during the Day of Black Sun.[15]
Air wheel: This is a modified version of the air ball. Air is rapidly spun around the airbender and carries the person as inside a wheel. It was shown to be able to cut through solid objects. This ability was used by Tenzin during the battle at the Equalist factory.[16]
Breath of wind: Very similar to the standard air jet, but created from the mouth and lungs. It requires extremely good breath control to employ effectively. Size and focus is more easily controlled, from narrow jets that can strike targets as small as insects, to large gale force gusts capable of cooling magma into solidified rock. This has been exhibited by both Aang and Roku.[17][18] By using this technique, the airbender can also magnify the sound waves generated by a whistle or another instrument. Aang demonstrated this technique while he was trying to lead a number of animals to the Agrarian Zone of Ba Sing Se, as he used airbending to blow his bison whistle, sending massive sound waves throughout the city to call all the animals.[19]
Enhanced agility: Air movements can also be used as a levitation aid. Airbenders jump high and far by riding on strong gusts of wind and can slow or deflect falls by creating cushions of air. The constant movement required by this art makes airbenders naturally flexible and agile. Even without bending they can easily maneuver around an opponent by ducking, jumping, and side stepping, appearing to flow around their opponents without expending any energy at all, letting the opponent tire themselves out and thus creating exploitable openings. This conservation of energy combined with high stamina gives them an advantage in prolonged combat.[4] Toph Beifong, a blind earthbender, who used her bending to tell where people were walking or running in relation to her, once told Aang that she could easily identify his walk by the fact that he had a very light step.
Enhanced speed: Airbenders enhance their movement in battle; they can run swiftly by decreasing air resistance around them and even sprint across or run up vertical surfaces by generating a wind current behind themselves to propel them forward. Aang has been shown using this to run many times faster than an average human and maintain this for very long periods, allowing him to travel long distances without gliding or jumping. When used by a skilled airbender, this technique can enable the airbender using it to travel at a speed almost too swift for the naked eye to be able to see properly.[4] A master airbender can use this technique to briefly run across water.[8]
Multiple target attacks: An airbender can send large, wide-spanning waves of air toward multiple enemies with one long, sweeping motion from an airbending staff or from the bender's limbs. Aang used the move extensively, often completely blowing opponents away.[4]
Airbending master level
Air blades: A more offensive move than its typical of airbending principle, this involves a focus; slicing air current that can cut through stone or timber with relative ease. This is frequently conjured with a staff rather than the body, using the narrow profile of the object to create a more focused and precise air movement. This move could prove fatal if used on an individual.[4]
Air grapple: Air is used to pull an object or a person to the bender's direction. This was demonstrated by Tenzin when he tried save Saikhan from a mecha tank outfitted with a magnet.[20]
Air spout: Similar to the waterspout, master airbenders are able to rotate and control the direction of an air spout enough to levitate themselves off the ground and remain in the air for as long as they wish to or can maintain it. The first known use of this technique was by Avatar Wan during the battle in the Spirit Wilds, when he generated an air spout shortly after fusing with Raava in an attempt to mediate the escalating conflict. Avatar Wan would later use the technique to mediate the warring human factions after Harmonic Convergence by rising himself into the air while bending the other three elements.[21] Avatar Roku used this technique in order to speak face-to-face with Fire Lord Sozin, who was suspended in the air by an earth column.[18] In 100 AG, an enraged Aang used the air spout while in the Avatar State, destroying General Fong's fortress in the process.[22] An air spout was later performed by Tenzin when he fought several Equalists who tried to abduct him at City Hall during the battle for Republic City.[20] Avatar Korra later used this technique while in the Avatar State at the South Pole.[11]
Air vortex: A spinning funnel of air of various sizes. This can be used to trap and disorient opponents or as a potent defense, since it will deflect and repel any objects and can even throw them back at an opponent, as demonstrated by Aang in his duel with Bumi; the air column easily throwing aside a boulder the size of a bus.[23] In Avatar State, an air vortex can reach winds up to 125 miles per hour.[source?]
Air wake: By running in a circle and instantly building massive momentum, a master airbender can shoot a blast of highly compressed air shaped like the user's body at a target. This move seems to have extremely high concussive force. It was first used by Aang in the Crystal Catacombs against Zuko.[24]
Flight: In the same way flying bison can fly and stay aloft for extended periods of time, a master airbender can achieve this same feat by generating and controlling air currents to form a 'cloud' like board under their feet and surfing through the air, thereby emulating flight.[4]
Mini-tornado: This is a smaller scaled version of the air vortex which airbending masters can use as a means of both combat and transport. By encircling themselves in a spiraling air current, masters can travel at high speeds and even ascend near-vertical drops as shown by Aang during the battle of Wulong Forest, where he narrowly avoided a lightning blast from Fire Lord Ozai by creating a mini-tornado and moving to the top of a rock column.[25] Aang was also seen wielding this maneuver on the offensive against Combustion Man at the Western Air Temple, where he summoned the tornado with a kick in mid-air to conjure a powerful ranged attack.[26]
Avatar level airbending
Air sphere: Aang was initially able only to hover for extended periods of time while in the Avatar State, but while fighting Fire Lord Ozai, Aang utilized this technique for flight. The Avatar flies at high-speeds while inside the air sphere, which also acts as a barrier to protect the bender during impacts, strong enough to withstand a high velocity impact with rock. Roku used a variation of this technique when defending his island from the volcano, and Wan and Korra both used it to restrain Vaatu in their respective battles against him.[21][27]
Augmented airbending moves: While in the Avatar State, all of the previously discussed airbending moves are generally augmented making them far more powerful in an Avatar than even a bending master. This ability of the Avatar State to increase the power of an Avatar's bending technique is not restricted, of course, to airbending; in fact an Avatar's power increases with all the bending styles once they have entered the Avatar State.[4]
Strong wind: It is possible for the Avatar to unleash extremely powerful winds. During the battle at Wulong Forest, while extinguishing three enormous fire whips, Aang unleashed a straightforward wind attack at Ozai. Ozai was shaken, but he apparently did not take much damage from the hit. However, the same attack did great damage to a nearby rock pillar, causing the thick pillar to crumble in a matter of seconds and causing it to collapse.[28]
Tornadoes/hurricanes: In addition to very large and powerful air movements, an Avatar level airbender can create massive tornadoes and hurricanes at will. Yangchen demonstrated this as part of showing the power the Avatar State had.[22]
Special techniques
Air scooter: The air scooter, a form of ground transportation invented by Aang, is a spherical "ball" of air that can be ridden balancing on it like a top. He used the technique in many episodes, usually to provide quick bursts of speed as well as to overcome vertical surfaces, including during the battle on the Fire Nation drill in order to scale the wall of Ba Sing Se.[7] The air scooter was also shown to be capable of levitating in the air for short periods, about five to ten seconds in a stationary position.[29] The air scooter was seen in the opening credits of every episode except the first,[4] and it first appeared in an actual episode when Aang used it to escape Zuko's ship.[3] It was Aang's invention of this technique that subsequently earned him his tattoos and title of a master at such a young age. In a flashback, it was shown that Aang tried to teach this move to his airbending friends. They all initially failed, but they eventually mastered the art well enough to develop a game that requires the use of the air scooter.[30] While he and Katara attempted to invite King Kuei to a meeting with Zuko, Aang met his fan club. There, he showed an enhanced air scooter, where the air scooter multiplied and grew from little balls. He was shown to use this technique much later in his life while chasing an escaped Yakone. The version Aang used was markedly larger than the one he used as a child, and it was revealed that it could also be used while standing upright.[31]
Cloud manipulation: During Aang, Katara, and Sokka's stay at Makapu Village, it was shown that, because they are made with air and water, a skilled airbender or waterbender can manipulate clouds easily to create various shapes, used in that instance to provide a message to nearby villagers.[32] It was later used as a defense by Aang and his friends to disguise their flights on Appa while moving about the Fire Nation.[33] It has not been revealed if an airbender can perform this technique without a waterbender, though a waterbender does not need the assistance of an airbender to perform it, as waterbenders on their own hid the invasion force under a cloud.[34] This skill has also been used to propel an airbender off the ground to emulate "cloud surfing" as a form of flight.[21]
Gliding: Although all airbenders can levitate or extend jumps via airbending, most if not all airbenders possess a glider for mid range flight. These hand-crafted portable wood and canvas structures can collapse into a staff for storage and as an aid when bending. In glider form, it is used in conjunction with bending to fly as long as the bender has the strength to maintain the air currents. With stronger winds, multiple people can be carried for short distances. As a normal staff, it can be used as a weapon in battle, to aid in bending, and even as a levitation aid when spun above the head like a helicopter propeller.[35]
Aang used his glider for windsurfing, but later destroyed his damaged glider, though it was replaced at the beginning of the invasion of the Fire Nation by a more advanced version created by the mechanist and his son Teo, which can also dispense snacks when the handle is twisted.[34]
When visiting Roku's past during the summer solstice, Aang saw a younger version of his old mentor, Monk Gyatso, using a variation of the usual flying, utilizing the glider as a makeshift board to surf on air.[18]
Airbending is the only bending art that has no specific sub-skill or specialized form that has as of yet been revealed.
Opposing bending art
Airbending is the most passive of the four arts, as many of its techniques center around mobility, evading and eluding the opponent. Along with this, the Air Nomads also taught pacifism.[23] Earthbending is the direct opposite of this. While the airbenders avoid or deflect oncoming attacks, earthbenders absorb them or overwhelm them with superior force. Airbenders are constantly moving in circles, while earthbenders require a firm root in one place to effectively bend.[1] However, firebending is the spiritual opposite of airbending. Airbenders are passive and peaceful, while firebenders are aggressive and passionate.
Like all of the bending arts, airbending is balanced out as to not be more or less powerful than the other arts, though it is easily the most dynamic and agile of the four. It is the skill and power of the user that determines victory.
Training tools
- Main article: Airbending training
In the process of mastering airbending, several instruments are used to help mastering this element.
The airball court doubles as a field for playing airball, as well as training several skills involved with airbending. Balance and dexterity are especially trained by this game. Accuracy is also trained, because the ball is mostly controlled by airbending as well.[36]
Spinning gates are designed so that one has to trust on one's evasive airbending maneuvers to successfully make one's way through the spinning gates. Those wishing to master the spinning gates have to be like a leaf, flowing with the wind instead of forcing one's way through.[37]
Unlike benders of other nations, who rarely use weapons with their bending, airbenders commonly use their signature staffs to augment their powers in battle. This is usually done by enhancing the air movements created by sweeps or thrusts of the staff. With the staff's narrow profile, the currents created can be more accurately controlled and even shaped into cutting blades. Metal fans can also be used in combination with airbending as seen by Avatar Kyoshi and Avatar Aang.[38]
While the group shopped in a weapons shop in the Fire Nation, Aang proposed the idea of the wind sword; he stated that an airbender could channel air from a sword hilt and swing it about like a blade, similar to a contained air slice.[39]
Airbender principles regarding fatal moves: Though deemed the most dynamic of the bending arts, the most controversial aspect of airbending is its supposed lack of fatal moves, being a more defense-inclined art. This aspect in itself is a reflection of the principles held by the Air Nomads, which preaches the preciousness of all life and avoidance of violence whenever possible. But on the issue of principles, there are instances where an airbender has resorted to lethal force during a conflict; for example, Aang used an air slice to cleave a buzzard wasp, which had captured Momo, in half, though it is vital to note he was attacking it out of anger, something which airbenders are told to avoid.[40] Even Avatar Yangchen herself confessed to deeds that were in direct violation of her Air Nomad teachings, even though for the greater good.[41] Nevertheless, when applied correctly, airbending can be as lethal as any other bending art. Airbending moves such as the air blade and air blast could prove particularly fatal against living creatures seeing as they can cut through stone/timber and break entire rock-columns in half respectively. Another example of airbending lethality is Monk Gyatso's off-screen battle with the Fire Nation's invasion of the Southern Air Temple. Although an elderly and gentle person, when confronted with a life-threatening assault on his people, Gyatso's powerful airbending enabled him to eliminate many Fire Nation invaders before succumbing to fatigue or injury and ultimately death.[36] Yet another example of how dangerous and lethal airbending can be was in Roku's battle with Fire Lord Sozin, when Roku used it to destroy a good portion of the palace, though he was in the Avatar State when he unleashed the attack.[18]
Elemental symbol
The symbol of airbending is a closed, counter-clockwise, inverted triple spiral triskele. This symbol was seen on the pendant on Monk Gyatso's prayer beads[36] and also appeared on Aang's prayer beads.[28]
Spirituality and airbending
Young airbenders were raised in one of the four air temples at each corner of the globe, hidden away atop mountain ranges on remote islands, where the strong breeze helped their airbending. The Northern and Southern Air Temples were exclusively male and staffed by airbender monks, who instructed young benders in their art, while the Eastern and Western Air Temples were exclusively female.[42] However, the Council of Elders had decided that Aang would finish his training at the Eastern Air Temple,[30] and it was at the same temple where he and several other young boys, were first introduced to their animal companions, the flying bison.[13]
An airbender is declared a master once he or she has fully mastered the thirty-six tiers of airbending and/or when he or she creates a new airbending technique;[43] Aang was the exception in this case, since he mastered only thirty-five tiers and made a new move. Airbenders who have mastered the element are marked as such by blue tattoos striping along the head and limbs, terminating in an arrow on the forehead, backs of the hands, and the tops of the feet. Male monks sport completely shaven heads, and female airbenders shave their foreheads, but they leave the back of their hair uncut. Avatar Yangchen was seen sporting this hairstyle while Aang learned about the Avatar State.[22] An airbender nun, Sister Iio, was shown to be in charge of the female airbenders of the Eastern Air Temple in a shared memory between Aang and Appa.[13]
Air Nomads generally espouse a philosophy of conflict avoidance and respect for all forms of life; an airbender will never seek a fight, and they will never seek to strike an opponent directly. This accounts for airbending's stress on defensive maneuvers and its apparent lack of fatal finishing attacks. Due to the spirituality of the Air Nomads in accordance to the size of its population, every Air Nomad retains bending abilities. The Air Nomads have the smallest population but the most increased spirituality, while benders in general make up only a small percentage of the larger, more populous nations.
Airbenders emphasize intuition and imagination; to an airbender, there is always another path to take, as air flows wherever it can. This makes airbending the most dynamic of all the bending arts,[23] and air itself is considered to be the element of freedom.[1][44]
The Air Nomad Genocide
- Main article: Air Nomad Genocide
In 0 AG, the airbenders were the victims of genocide at the hands of the Fire Nation. The temples were invaded, and all the airbender monks slaughtered in an effort to break the Avatar's cycle of reincarnation and ensure the Fire Nation's victory in their imperialist war.[5] Although some airbenders did survive, they were later lured into mountainous areas with relics from home and were killed, as later revealed by Admiral Zhao.[45]
Ironically, the only known survivor of the massacre is the very person the Fire Nation sought to kill in its quest for supremacy: The twelve-year-old airbender and Avatar, Aang, had run away from home shortly before the war began in earnest and became trapped in suspended animation, frozen in an iceberg near the South Pole.[35]
The last known vestiges of airbender culture included one surviving flying bison, Appa, and a winged lemur, Momo, both of whom were Aang's companions. The abandoned Northern Air Temple was colonized by displaced Earth Kingdom citizens, led by the mechanist.[46] The Eastern Air Temple was inhabited by Guru Pathik, who claimed to be an old friend of Monk Gyatso.[13] The Southern Air Temple is the only temple in which bodies of countless Fire Nation soldiers and Monk Gyatso's corpse are present.[36] Years later, Aang found an island filled with healthy flying bison and ring-tailed winged lemurs, which indicated that Appa was not the last surviving flying bison.[42]
Even 170 years after the Air Nomad Genocide, airbending culture survived through Aang's youngest son, Tenzin, and Tenzin's children, of whom three are also airbenders. The Air Acolytes were formed to carry on the traditions of Air Nomad culture. Both Tenzin's family and the Air Acolytes reside at Air Temple Island in Republic City. Since Tenzin's family are the last airbenders, they were Amon's target in an effort to truly remove airbending from the world permanently, as a show of his power to the public.
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- "We airbenders learn to feel the energy behind the wind, not just the breeze on our skin. It's all about controlling energy."
- ―Aang to Sokka in The Last Airbender Movie Novelization.
In the film, airbending was portrayed much like it was in the cartoons. Its implementation also required sweeping, circular movements from Aang in order to create variable airbending techniques. He was also seen using rapid movements and kicks when creating the mini-tornado in front of the Northern Water Tribe council.
Aang was a master of airbending, shown by his tattoos. He was able to create an invisible wall of air in front or around him with one gesture, enough to repel two Fire Nation soldiers. He was able to jostle a Fire Nation soldier around without hitting the innocent bystander the soldier was holding hostage. He was also able to throw several Fire Nation soldiers into the air while Water Tribe Warriors standing in front of them were unaffected.
He also used airbending to augment his agility, as seen when he escaped from Zuko's ship near the beginning of the film, as well as for attacking in the Northern Air Temple. He could create a wind strong enough and wide enough to temporarily stun and keep apart two battling armies. Aang was able to manipulate fog while in the Northern Air Temple.
Airbending is based on the Baguazhang style of martial arts, also known as "circle walking" or "Eight Trigram Palm", along with a small hint of Xingyiquan, also known as "mind heart boxing". Baguazhang involves "smooth coiling and uncoiling actions". Such moves employ dynamic footwork, throws, and hand techniques.[47] These martial arts feature swift, evasive maneuvers that evoke the intangibility and explosive power of wind; drawing energy from the center of the abdomen.
Ba Gua, which utilizes circle walking of the Eight Trigrams, is known for its constant circular movement, which makes it difficult for opponents to attack directly or land a blow, a philosophy that is prevalent within airbending as well. Maneuvers employ the entire body with smooth coiling and uncoiling movements, utilizing dynamic footwork, open-hand techniques, punches, and throws. A common tactic is to maneuver behind an opponent and mirror their movements, preventing them from turning to face the practitioner, similar to the technique Aang used during his fight with Hide.[33]
Notable airbenders
- † indicates deceased during the series.
- ↓ indicates an airbender who has received his or her mastery tattoos.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Legend of Korra
- Avatar Extras for "The Northern Air Temple" stated that all Air Nomads are airbenders. This would make the Nomads the only group with every individual being a bender. The creators also explain this is due to bending coming from spirituality.
- According to Aang's wanted poster, the Chinese word for airbending is 截氣神功, meaning "the divine art of halting air".[17]
- In the Greek dub, the word airbending has been translated as windbending, Ανεμοδάμασμα (Anemodamasma), instead of the pure Greek translation of airbending, Αεροδάμασμα (Aerodamasma). In The Legend of Korra, it is instead translated as Καμψη αέρα (Kampsi aera), meaning "bending of air".
- The concept of having thirty six tiers of airbending and Aang not mastering one is similar to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
- Airbending is the only bending art that does not have a known specialized bending technique.
- Due to the Air Nomad Genocide, all future native airbenders will be descendants of Aang and Katara, and as such will have a Water Tribe heritage as well.
- An airbender's sneeze can create more propulsion than a modern day jet engine.[48]
- Airbenders are the second loudest snorers in the world, with flying bison being the first.[49]
- The carving on Gyatso's and several Air Nomad pendants is a close match to the airbending symbol.
See also
External links
- Baguazhang, the martial art upon which airbending is primarily based.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
What a way to go
Step two: be thankful for this being the way he will go.
Henry is comfortable, thanks to some morphine for headaches. His personality, intellect, and sense of humor is intact. He's sleepier and sleepier, almost noticably changing daily. The kid who barely slept 8 hours a day on the chemo that everyone assured us would snow him is up to about 15 hours of sleep with night and naps. He's loving food, he's enjoying rituals like cartoons, reading books, doing puzzles. He enjoys family, visitors, new experiences.
Our hope is that he'll just continue to get sleepier and sleepier, until he passes. We've seen some other kids with Henry's tumor not be so lucky. We've seen some other kids with other cancers really not be so lucky. And of course, children die all of the time from other causes, traumatically, in the hospital, unpredictably. What a luxury to be able to have this time with him, to tell wrap him in love and comfort.
There's so much to be thankful for. I just have to keep reworking step one.
30 comments:
- ...tom... said...
As always, many offer their thoughts and prayers and support. Even as we realize how truly inadequate they are.
Praying for a peaceful journey for both of you; for you and all your loved ones.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Rach said...
Everytime I click my blog reader I hope for another post like this - something telling us how you guys are faring. I hope that you, your husband and your children are enjoying every minute you have, and that you are creating memories that will last a lifetime.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM
- FrankandMary said...
I have dealt with this in the past, but not with my own child. I quite frankly have read the blog before but can never think of the "right" thing to say. I do not know how to offer true support over the internet...without it sounding so distant & trite.
I wish your whole family as much comfort and peace as possible.
- February 17, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- Indigo said...
This dear one brings all new meaning to appreciating the moments of our lives. When all one has left are mere moments. I can't imagine losing a child to this disease. I have lost friends and been there for yet more who are battling just to live. I will be keeping Henry in my prayers on the smoke, may Creator gently carry him toward what awaits. (Hugs)Indigo
- February 17, 2009 at 6:25 PM
- rlbates said...
Nothing I can add to your post or the other commentors. You and your family remain in my thoughts.
- February 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Mary sent me to your blog. My little sister is 17 and she is in remission/NHL. Our family worries for her every day but we try to keep our feelings in check and have as normal a family life as possible.
I will be praying for Henry every day.
- February 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM
- pelican said...
Thank you so much for sharing some of your journey with Henry's illness. It is very generous of you and your family to let others see how you all are walking this path. I very much hope that Henry stays comfortable and that this is as easy for him as possible. You and your family are in my thoughts.
- February 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM
I too pray for a peaceful journey for my hero Henry, and peace for his family and friends.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- a corgi said...
hi; a friend directed me to your journal; I'm so sorry about your son, Henry; such an honorable name, the name of my brother and the name of my little grand-nephew of a month old.
I will pray for you all; I will pray that Henry's passing will be a peaceful one that he basically falls asleep here on earth and wakes up in heaven.
I'm so sorry.....hugs to you all.
- February 17, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- ADB said...
I can only wish you strength in dealing with this very challenging situation - only words and most inadequate. I hope that Henry can be made as comfortable as possible in the short timespan he has left with you.
- February 18, 2009 at 7:50 AM
- Sugar said...
i pray that henry will cont to be comfortable during his remaining time, & that his passing be peaceful & calm.
Also, praying for you, family, & good friends.
may God send an angel, to hold henri tightly in her arms, & bring him safely to Heaven, when the time is right.
- February 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- Robyn said...
Hi I am coming by way of Call for Support. I cannot imagine what your feeling right now! I have lost friends to cancer, and family but not a child. I will pray that his time left is peaceful and painful! I will be praying for your sweet son, and your entire family!
- February 18, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM) said...
I hope you and your family can continue to enjoy this time together, and that Henry's journey is a peaceful one for him.
- February 18, 2009 at 5:33 PM
- net said...
(((Doc, Henry & family)))
- February 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Joann said...
Hi... Mary sent me to your blog. I'm so sorry for all your having to deal with, and so sorry for Henry. I have a son, and just can't imagine the pain you are feeling as a parent. I'm glad that you have some comfort in the TIME that you have with him, you'll have some good memories. My heart crys for you, know that I'll being praying for peace for Henry and for your family.
- February 18, 2009 at 9:56 PM
- Julie said...
I am so sorry about Henry. I am praying for a peaceful journey.
- February 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM
We think about you so often.
Your ability to be thankful is inspiring.
- February 19, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- THAT GIRL said...
As always, I am amazed at how you so eloquently communicate your life in this blog.. you write so little, but say so much.
Praying for you and your family.
- February 19, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Beth said...
I too, wanted to just let you know how grateful I am that you continue to share your stories. You have a way of saying so much so simply, it is beautiful. There is nothing I can say that hasn't been said but I wanted you to know that your writing is being read and it is appreciated on many levels.
- February 19, 2009 at 9:31 PM
- Dragonfly said...
So glad he is comfortable. Praying for and thinking of you.
- February 20, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I just spent the better part of the afternoon and evening going through your past year and a half of writings. I don't know anything I say can make anything better, but I wish you all the strength as you continue to deal with this. Even in his youth, Henry seems to be a very inspiring fellow.
- February 21, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- A Doc 2 Be said...
My prayers for you, your family, and little Henry. I will hope that he continues to smile and giggle and laugh when awake, and sleep easily when the he requires rest. I will pray for a peaceful passing.
As the parent of a son who died some 22+ years ago of SIDS, there is nothing anyone can say to help alleviate the enveloping sadness yet it does fade and is replaced with the many memories left behind.
Your courage to remain thankful while getting to spend quality time with your little man is a testament to you. Not many are capable of that -
In hope and faith,
- February 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Bianca Castafiore said...
You took my breath away; Your writing, your situation, is absolutely elemental and trenchant.
Thank you for sharing the love, hope, and understanding, the pain and fear -- mostly, thanks for the glimpses of Henry.
There are so many people "out here" who want to hold your hands... I wish we could.
- February 22, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Poppy Q said...
Me and my mum send you warm hugs from across the ocean in New Zealand.
Poppy and Mum Q
- February 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- yamiblue990 said...
i hope your son dies peacefully in his sleep. you shouldn't have to lose him so soon but at least he'll be in a better place hopefully.
- February 22, 2009 at 8:09 PM
I am so sorry that your heart is breaking. You are an incredible wife and mother, and physician. As I read your posts I find myself wondering how many of us could walk this road with such grace. I think of your family often, and wish you all peace, comfort and love.
- February 23, 2009 at 2:51 AM
- Laura in L.A. said...
I am praying for Henry and for your family every day.
Love, Laura
- February 23, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- KC said...
Thank God your child is feeling your love, of peace, of comfort every day. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
- February 23, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- Joann said...
I know that you are spending precious time with your son, I hope that he is comfortable and that you are able to enjoy this time with him.
- February 24, 2009 at 7:10 AM
Hang on to each other and don't let go.
miss susan
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Citysearch Editorial Review – In 2006, hotel mogul Ian Schrager revamped this 80-year-old New York landmark, collaborating with artist friends such as Julian Schnabel. The result is a luxury boutique hotel that mixes modern amenities with old world opulence. While the hotel's Aerospa offers treatments du jour, the lobby retains its rich Haute Bohemian roots (a 10-foot wood burning fireplace, a modern art collection that includes paintings by Warhol, Basquiat and Hirst, a stunning Venetian chandelier, Moroccan tiled floors and red velvet curtains). Guests lucky enough to spend the night in one of the 184 rooms will sleep soundly, snuggling under 400-thread-count linens, featherbeds and velvet throws.
Luxury! – Everything about this place was fantastic. We were so hungry when we arrived off our flight from London and the team at Wakiya made room for us when the place was completely packed! You really do feel like royalty here. From the decor to the comfy rooms and attentive staff, its a great pick if you want to stay at an upscale hotel. I loved it!
Nothing Special, Horrible Service – Who wants my membership card? Seriously. I've been coming here for over 6 months and the place has gone absolutely downhill. The staff is horrible to those who don't have cards, drinks are way too expensive and it may be the most pretentious place in the city. I do like a pretentious place, it can be sexxy, sometimes fun, but Rosebar/Grammercy takes it to a whole new level. it takes about 40 minutes (on average) to get a drink and the coked up Asian "host" is appalling. The space is really lame once they close the roof. This place will implode with b&t sooner rather than latter.
Reservations? um, no. – Great bar, interesting drinks, but in many ways just a typical high-end hotel bar like the Gansevoort, W, Royalton, or Hudson (hmm, some coincidence). Some very interesting Warhols and Schnabels on the wall, big plush chairs, and a warm fire. The B&T don't quite get the modern art stuff, hence a few bad reviews here.
Don't worry about "reservations" on a quiet weekday night. Tonight (Monday) they closed Rose Bar at 10PM and told my late-arriving friends it was a "private party." No, in fact, the place was pretty well emptied out and they closed it. Also I don't understand the comments on the wait staff's attire. It was perfectly acceptable to me and they were very friendly.
Best Ian Schrager Hotel – I've been a Schrager fan for a long time, and although time has caught up with the older NY properties and the one here in LA, the Gramercy is the best Ian Schrager hotel yet. While the scene is as always very happening, this Schrager version has great rooms with lots of space. I was also pleasantly surprised by the intimacy of it, excpeting it to be more along the lines of the huge Hudson. Didn't eat at the restaurant but it was packed. Coming back for more in Dec!
Sweet escape – Hubby and I decided to indulge for our anniversary and booked a long weekend at the new Gramercy Park Hotel. It was cozier than I expected with lots of deep colors, velvety chairs and hardwood floors (and a fireplace in the lobby!), and the room was bigger than what I saw on the site, so that was a nice surprise. The Rose bar really is crowded, but we found a nice corner and had a fun time people-watching (we saw Uma Thurman which made Hubby's weekend). All in all, a great escape and definitely worth the price.
Best View in Town – Though there are some great views in New York Ciy (empire state building, etc), the award has to go to the Gramercy Park Hotel's new roof terrace as it isn't slammed with tourist busses or annoying shutterbugs but rather is a calm respite from the rest of new york city where my husband and i enjoyed champagne to celebrate our anniversary. Though New York City has certainly changed from when we met, it was very special to get away high above the honking horns and enjoy the views and a celebratory drink at this hotel. I would recommend to anyone but especially for a romantic weekend trip!
Highest end Dive bar – The Rose Bar is one of those rare places where everyone inside is goregous, rich, yet not pretentious. Well, once inside, there's no pretention. Even on so-called "bad nights" the people are 8s or better. Sick artwork frames the space and there's rarely a line to engage in a free game of pool. DJ spins eclectic tunes ranging from classic hip-hop to the newest euro house. Celeb sightings are so regular there that they never make Page Six, unlike the meatpacking cluster f's that regularly pump out Page Six mentions. The only negative: Price. Ian Schrager is clearly keeping out certain tax brackets from indulging. Even rich people complain about the drink prices. I guess Rose Bar is not for the rich, but the wealthy. Beg, borrow, and steal to check it out at least once. You won't be disappointed.
Great New York City hotel – Recent stayed at Gramercy Park hotel and it was a great experience. Bars and new restaurant, Wakiya, run by the owners of Nobu, were amazing and once again Ian Schrager, super hotel guy, created the place to be. I highly recommend this hotel and would definitely go back again. Lobby smells great, too!
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We only stayed for a drink, but we were treated nicely, drinks were decent and such a beautiful room! Cute and courteous doorman!
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"I'm gay...Me not rooting for San Francisco is like booing Africa."
Comedienne Wanda Sykes is having a problem deciding which football team to support on Super Bowl Sunday because she grew up in Maryland. She spoke to Tonight Show host Jay Leno.
"I am not going to keep cutting the discretionary budget, which by the way is not out of control, despite what you hear on Fox News."
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., suggested on the Senate floor that the non-entitlement spending problem is a creation of Fox News.
"Legal gun buyers are not causing murders in Newark and Chicago and other places."
Newark Mayor Cory Booker made that statement on HBO's Real Time, despite being for tougher gun laws.
"If he is a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos? Why has he not referenced it at any point in time as we have had this gun debate that is ongoing? I think he should invite me to Camp David, and I'll go skeet shooting with him. I bet I'll beat him."
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on CNN, challenging President Obama to a skeet shooting contest.
"A childish proposal. It is maybe based on how hard (state Representative Leon Young) works, but it doesn't reflect the effort that I think most lawmakers, full or part-time, do."
State Senator Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) reacting to Leon Young's suggestion that full-time WI lawmakers be made part-time.
"Sometimes when you want to change government, streamline it, make it more efficient, you're not always going to make people happy."
Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) brushing off Jauch's criticism.
"Underneath every skirt, every dress, I'm wearing shorts. So that everyone in the world knows, if I ever fell down, nobody would get a peek at anything."
Carrie Underwood
Media lies about gun activists heckling father of murdered Newtown boy.
Does Obama shoot a lot or not?
Understandably, the Super Bowl.
He made it all up.
That's it for Week-ends.
We close with the latest from NewsBusted.
Recommended Reading (02/02/13)
Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read).
Photos of the Week (02/03/13)
1) People throw San Francisco 49ers towels and beads to fans from a balcony in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, February 2, 2013, in advance of Super Bowl XLVII between the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. Fans try to grab the towels. Photos: George Bridges/MCT
2) Diamond Miles, of New Orleans, walks through the French Quarter selling Super Bowl themed parasols which she and her cousin made for football fans, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in New Orleans. The city will host NFL football's Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
3) Super Bowl fans and locals party in the French Quarter in New Orleans Febuary 2, 2013 on the eve of Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
4) Super Bowl fan Caley Baldez visits a display at The NFL Experience in New Orleans Febuary 2, 2013 on the eve of Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
5) Baltimore Ravens fan Rick Polk of Baltimore, Md., stops to take a picture of the Super Bowl XLVII sculpture on a barge along the Riverwalk , Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in New Orleans. The Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers in NFL football's Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
6) San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh participate in a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
7) Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot and left handicapped after a gunman opened fire at an event in Tucson, Ariz., and her husband retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly prepare to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 2013. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
8) Mason Vranish, left, pays $100 cash for a used missile launcher outside of a Seattle Police Department gun buyback program in Seattle, Wash., on Jan. 26. Participants received up to a $100 gift card in exchange for working handguns, shotguns and rifles, and up to a $200 gift card for assault weapons. The event lasted from 9 a.m. until shortly after noon, after the event ran out of $80,000 worth of gift cards. Here's another look at Vranish and that missile launcher. Photos: Nick Adams / Reuters
9) A Free Syrian Army fighter looks at his comrade as he gets shot by sniper fire during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus, on Jan 30. The Free Syrian Army fighter on the left was wounded moments later. The fighter on the right died soon after being shot. Photos: Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
10) A riot police officer uses his baton on an anti-government protester during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 28. Photo: Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
11) Hundreds of men and women in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero have armed themselves with rifles, pistols and machetes to defend their villages against drug gangs that local police are unable or unwilling, to stop. Hooded men stand guard outside the Justice palace, in Ayutla de los Libres, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, on Jan. 24. Photo: Pedro Pardo / AFP - Getty Images
12) President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., on Aug. 4, 2012, in this official White House photo released on Feb. 1, 2013. Photo: Pete Souza / The White House
13) A mural, aimed to promote the sale of defense bonds and designed by the Farm Security Administration, is seen in the concourse of Grand Central Terminal in 1941. Photo: Arthur Rothstein / Library of Congress. Friday marked 100 years since the first set of keys was handed to the terminal's station master, with the first train leaving just after midnight on the following day. Shuttling millions of commuters since, the terminal – with its vast spaces and lovely architecture – has become a destination in itself.
14) Four-year-old Melody Kerley plays on the swings with her sister Madalynn, 3, and mother Michelle, at North School Park in Arlington Heights, Ill. on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Illinois residents who have been whiplashed by weather extremes are enjoying the temperatures that soared into the mid-60s Tuesday, exactly one week after they bundled in parkas and wool hats against subzero temperatures and brutal wind chills. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, George LeClaire)
15) Groundhog co-handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil as the Groundhog Club's Bob Roberts reads the famous groundhog's annual weather prediction. Phil did not see his shadow signaling an early end to winter. Photo: Jason Cohn / Reuters.
16) A reporter attempts an interview with Phil. Photo: David Maxwell / EPA
17) Turbo, a Russell terrier, attends a press conference for the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Jan. 28 in New York. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images
18) A squirrel scurries around a park in Kyrgyzstan, Russia. Photo: Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP - Getty Images
19) Macaque monkeys huddle together in a group to protect themselves against the cold weather at Awajishima Monkey Center on Jan. 26 in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images
20) Dogs perform with the Ukrainian National Circus in Kiev, Russia, on Jan. 24. Photo: Sergei Supinsky / AFP - Getty Images
Only in America...
Could a man be involved in a double murder and win the Super Bowl.
As we celebrate Ray Lewis, don't forget murder victims
"Amid this week-long celebration and commemoration of Ray Lewis' brilliant, Hall of Fame career, let us not forget that he was once charged with killing Richard Lollar and Jacinth Baker — two men whose murders were never solved. Two men whose families are, no doubt, still haunted by the fact that brutal, bloody killers are still out there somewhere running free."
Reminds me of:
I am not celebrating Baltimore's victory.
Culinary no-no #314
It was a very special car trip for me with my parents when I was a youngster. The McDonald's at 27th and Morgan was one of the few around where we lived. We'd park, mom would take the orders and head to the window. No indoor seating back then so the burgers, fries, and shakes would be consumed in the car.
For the longest time, going out for burgers meant the Golden Arches, Big Boy, or George Webb's. Then came a new kid on the block.
Franklin eats Oak Creek's dust
When it comes to luring new businesses and entrepreneurs and creating jobs, the city of Franklin gets a big fat "F". In perpetual denial, our so-called leaders know as much about economic development as my wife knows about changing a tire.
Contrast our miserable Flintstones-like mentality with the hustling, bustling whirlwind of activity that's occurring in neighboring Oak Creek. If this was a prize fight, Oak Creek would be Mike Tyson and Franklin would be Pee Wee Herman. In the 53132 zip code, we laugh off and rationalize one failure after another with lame reassurances that while we lost jobs and more consumer choices, at least we saved a wetland. Everyone in Franklin should be embarrassed by our inertia and complete lack of not only job creation expertise but any interest or sense of urgency or passion about boosting our local economy.
Across the border, Oak Creek is cleaning our clock while we just sit back, relax, yawn and refer the few that might by some fluke be interested in opening a Popsicle stand to a glossy brochure with fingers crossed and prayers those few don't talk to anyone at Meijer's.
The Small Business Times has a brand new cover story:
"…like many post-World War II communities, Oak Creek lacks an important aspect common in older cities and villages: a downtown, a place that is the unique identity, historic heart and gathering place for a community.
"But now a partnership of city officials and an all-star development team is working to literally change the identity of Oak Creek and create a new mixed-use downtown for the city that also will be a unique destination on the south side of Milwaukee County.
"In sum, Oak Creek is on the cusp of an historic and catalytic, game-changing reinvention.
"City officials have committed to build a new city hall and library in the development, called Drexel Town Square. The city has committed to providing up to $19.9 million in tax incremental financing for the project, mostly for infrastructure and public amenities. The city also is lending $2 million to Wispark, which will be paid back under an agreement to share the proceeds from land sales in the project with the city.
"Drexel Town Square will be a unique development that few, if any, other communities in the United States have tried."
In Franklin where our priorities are royally screwed up (heavier regulation of LED signs), we do nothing, absolutely nothing while Oak Creek utilizes innovation and actually possesses vision.
Congrats, Oak Creek. Shame on us in Franklin.
Piers Morgan takes on Ted Nugent...not a good move
This is the kind of ridiculous junk we worry about in Franklin
I do believe my jaw dropped to the floor when I read the FranklinNOW story posted on January 28. It began like this:
"The Architectural Review Board is poised to consider how LED signs should be regulated within the city.
"The board discussed concerns related to the signs Jan. 24, particularly those capable of displaying high-quality moving images.
"Member Ted Juerisson brought the issue to the board, noting that the brightness of the signs, such as the one located at the car wash on Rawson Avenue, can be overwhelming, especially at night." The LED signs, we were informed in the article, can be a "distraction," in other words, dangerous.
What's next?
Franklin's Architectural Review Board will discuss setting regulations for LED signs at its next meeting on February 14.
Seriously? Really?
This goofy group isn't doing this because of some epidemic or crisis. No way. They're doing it for two reasons:
1) They want to LOOK important.
2) They want to FEEL important.
Now mind you, this article appeared on the FranklinNOW website the very same day the bat phone was ringing in Mayor Tom Taylor's office at City Hall. On the other end was a Meijer's representative telling the mayor that Franklin could get bent, they ain't buildin' here.
Nope. They ain't buildin' here.
No job creation.
No economic spinoff.
No establishment of another consumer option in the business desert known as Franklin.
The reaction from City Hall?
No big deal.
And this classic: Hey, we might still have a chance at getting them to come. Oh, wait. That was NML. Sorry. They ain't expanding here either.
Waking city leaders out of their perpetual snooze was the worry that some poor sap in his/her car would see a brightly lit LED sign and recreate the Hindenburg disaster. I kid you not, their undies were in that bundle.
Reminds me of the time in the early 80's when the dinosaur known as Milwaukee County Stadium decided to put electronic messages on a board facing the expressway. The sheriff at the time predicted mass destruction on the freeway. Of course, it never happened.
I've built two homes in the city of Franklin. Each time, before I could proceed, I had to take blueprints in hand and attend a meeting for their approval. It could have been the not-at-all impressive Architectural Review Board, I can't recall because quite frankly, I wasn't impressed. I had to wait patiently for what seemed forever for this pompous group of buffoons to call on me to kiss their rings and hope they would ok the exterior of my future house. All the while I thought the approval for my home's design depended on a bunch of dolts who were dressed at the meeting like homeless bums.
Earth to the knuckle-draggers on this useless board: We are in the 21st Century. Every single stinkin' motorist can look over to the side of the road and see a digital sign that reads Dunkin Donuts has a special on donot holes and a large latte and not end up causing a 12-car pile-up.
This is the kind of garbage we sweat in Franklin. Over-regulation. It's the kind of garbage that prevents us from really, really, moving into the modern age and truly advancing.
Franklin obliterates weather record
The news was broken on this very web site and as of this posting is still there.
I wish.
Now for reality.
Mark Belling rips Franklin's county supervisors
Milwaukee County Supervisors Steve Taylor and Mark Borkowksi are suggesting the Milwaukee County Board be reduced in size from 18 members to 13 and that the board's budget be cut by 40%.
However, and this is a major however, Taylor and Borkowski (both of whom represent parts of Franklin) are not endorsing a cut in salary for board members. Under their proposal, supervisors would keep their present full-time salaries. The idea is essentially worthless and doesn't constitute anything near genuine reform.
At the end of his program today, WISN's Mark Belling called Taylor and Borkowski, "weasels."
I expect such a worthless plan from the likes of Taylor. I'm a bit surprised Borkowski would go along. Yet another sign practically everyone on the board doesn't want themselves or anyone else to kill the golden goose.
Tell me again how Scott Walker destroyed MPS
Last May, the Journal Sentinel's not-so-reliable PolitiFact reported:
"Gov. Scott Walker and his recall critics may as well be on different planets when it comes to describing how local schools fared under his budget.
"Walker tells audiences that most schools got far more saving from his controversial collective bargaining limits - money-saving 'tools' in Walker's phrasing - than they suffered in cuts from his budget.
"Democratic Party officials and their allies say schools all over the state suffered 'devastating' aid cuts, and Walker recall opponent Tom Barrett says education was 'gutted.'
"Milwaukee Public Schools wound up cutting 7% of its staff, including 300-plus teachers - though declining enrollment also factored in."
Education Spending in Wisconsin
By guest bloggers
Bob and Jean Dohnal
Wis. Conservative Digest
If Hillary Clinton Is The Most Powerful Woman Ever Then Why Did One Simple Task Always Elude Her?
Obama, Clinton AWOL the night of Benghazi attack.
The Franklin site of the proposed Meijer store has "challenges"
That's what Sean Ryan of the Milwaukee Business Journal is reporting today in a podcast. I don't have permission to link to the podcast, but you can easily find it on the newspaper's website.
Goodnight everyone, and have an artistic weekend
"I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys."
Toby Keith
It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In.
The weekend has finally arrived.
The sun has set.
The evening sky has erupted.
Goodnight everyone, and have an artistic weekend
"I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys."
Toby Keith
It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In.
The weekend has finally arrived.
The sun has set.
The evening sky has erupted.
The Barking Lot-America's Finest Dog Blog (02/09/13)
The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of this just in…Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me. It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it's DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy!
THE WEEKEND DOG-WALKING FORECAST: We grade the weather outlook for taking your pet outdoors.
TODAY: Partly cloudy. High of 32. It will feel nicer, but we have all that snow and ice to contend with. "F"
SUNDAY: Wake up to freezing drizzle followed by rain showers by noon. Showers will end before 6 pm. High of 39. "F"
Here's my lovely wife, Jennifer with this week's main blog:
Week-ends (02/09/13)
A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...
Chris Kyle
Louise Howard
Coach in Detroit
Clint Romesha
Narayanan Krishnan
4 military chaplains
Jason LeBlanc
Gayle Trotter
Pizza 4 Patriots
Once again, Michael Garcia
Donald Driver
Ron Paul
Florida cops
The University of Illinois
Again, the fumblin', stumblin', bumblin' TSA
Nicolas Olson
Chicago Bears fan(s)
"We don't think that people are going to be that inconvenienced."
NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg referring to Friday's blizzard.
"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."
A White House memo referring to a photo of President Obama with a rifle.
"It's almost like they don't give a damn. If they don't give a damn, why did they expect anybody else to?"
Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood told CNBC that Washington gridlock is sending the nation racing towards another contentious debt deadline.
"We will not cease from our effort to assure that healthcare for all does not mean freedom for few."
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a statement indicating its rejection of the latest HHS mandate proposal by the Obama administration. The new HHS proposal provides a narrow definition of a "religious employer" and does not permit for individual for-profit businesses that claim a conscientious objection to the mandate. In short, the mandate continues to undermine the First Amendment right to religious freedom.
"America is one big pothole right now. At one time... we were the leader in infrastructure. We built the interstate system. It's the best road system in the world, and we're proud of it. But we're falling way behind other countries, because we have not made the investments."
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who is leaving his post, is confessing that the roads of America are crumbling because there simply isn't enough money in the government's coffers to fix them.
"I don't want to linger on this, but last night's Super Bowl half-time show was ridiculous — and gratuitously so. Watching Twitter, it was really no surprise that men made comments about stripper poles and putting dollar bills through their TV sets, was it? Why can't we have a national entertainment moment that does not include a mother gyrating in a black teddy?"
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez
"Fat butt Michelle Obama. Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She's overweight."
Bob Grisham, a high school football coach who was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students. Grisham was suspended Monday.
US government, led by Obama, makes case for killing American civilians.
Sandy Hook father: my child is safer at home where I am armed.
Beyonce's half-time show at the Super Bowl was the most incredible, phenomenal, stupendous, fantastic, tremendous, outstanding, death defying, greatest exhibit of talent anyone in the history of mankind has ever displayed.
You just don't get this at our Franklin library.
That's it for Week-ends.
We close with the latest from NewsBusted.
February 2, 2014
That's the date of next year's Super Bowl. The place: The New Jersey Meadowlands. The stadium does not have a roof.
Could be a nightmare.
Nice work, Greendale
The welcoming archway pictured above now stands at the intersection of Northway and Grange Avenue in Greendale and looks great. Photo: David Cotey, GreendalePatch.com
Meanwhile, here in Franklin....
Well, you know.
Recommended Reading (02/09/13)
Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read).
Dereliction of Duty
"Nothing. That is what President Barack Obama did on the night of September 11, 2012, as terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and killed four Americans, among them Ambassador Christopher Stevens. President Obama's inaction was revealed in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday by outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey."
Remember, there is no voter fraud
Photos of the Week (02/10/13)
1) Snow covers cars along Third Street in South Boston Saturday, Feb. 9. A storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. Photo: Gene J. Puskar / AP
2) Mary Leahy shovels out her sidewalk during a blizzard in Medford, Mass., Feb. 9. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi, Reuters.
3) The ocean overflows the sea wall on Winthrop Shore Drive, Feb. 9, in Winthrop, Mass. Photo: Darren Mccollester / Getty Images
4) People shovel snow as floodwaters flow down Coral Street, Feb. 9, in Winthrop, Mass. Photo: Darren Mccollester/Getty Images
5) Abandoned cars are parked along the Long Island Expressway. NBC News reports, "The blizzard that swept through the Northeast on Friday and Saturday turned parts of New York's Long Island into a moonscape. Roads normally thick with traffic were pristine and white, snow piled up around entrances to buildings, and some cars were stranded." Photo: Anthony Quintano / NBC News
6) The Long Island Expressway is impassable at Exit 61. Photo: Anthony Quintano / NBC News
7) Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Mass. reaches into depleted shelves for milk at a supermarket in Somerville, Mass., Feb. 8. Photo: Elise Amendola/AP
8) LEFT: One of the most iconic images of Hurricane Sandy, the lemon yellow home in Union Beach split in half, but remained standing. RIGHT: The same property 100 days later. Photos: Andrew Mills / The Star-Ledger
9) Damaged photos belonging to Florence Catania, of Deer Park, N.Y., are evaluated during restoration by Operation Photo Rescue-Hurricane Sandy at New York's School of Visual Arts on Feb. 2. Photo: Richard Drew/ AP
10) A group of New York postmen set off on foot from the General Post Office to deliver mail in New York City at Christmas, circa 1955. The United States Postal Service announced on Wednesday that they will stop Saturday mail deliveries. Email and other forms of electronic communication have made a big dent in the Postal Service's bottom line. Photo: Vecchio / Three Lions via Getty Images
11) Athens residents reach out to take fruit and vegetables distributed for free by farmers on Feb. 6, 2013. Photo: John Kolesidis / Reuters
12) Josie Asaton, walking behind a police car and dressed in a wedding dress, leads a group of students in protest walk against domestic violence in Miami, Feb. 8, 2013. Barry University hosted its third annual "Brides Walk," an event to raise awareness about domestic and dating violence among college and high school students, Women in wedding gowns made the six-mile walk. The walk is in memory of Gladys Ricart, who was murdered in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend while preparing for her wedding. Photo: J Pat Carter / AP
13) Mark and Mary Gundrum sit with son Dominic in their Town of Delafield home. An ultrasound showed Dominic had encephalocele, a rare disorder in which part of the brain was exposed, covered in skin, outside the head. It's an amazing story of faith, hope, love, and yes, a miracle. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
14) Newly-recruited female marines take their lunch with fellow Filipino soldiers after undergoing drills inside the marine headquarters in the town of Ternate, south of Manila on Tuesday. Photo: Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
15) Half-naked South Korean marines and their U.S. counterparts from 3-Marine Expeditionary Force 1st Battalion from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, run on a snow field in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. More than 400 Marines from the two countries participated in the joint winter exercise held for the first time in South Korea. Photo: Lee Jin-Man / AP
16) Women's invitational runners at the start of the 36th Empire State Building Run-Up running race in New York on Feb. 6, 2013. Competitors run up 1,576 steps and 1,050 feet in a stairwell from the ground floor to the 86th floor observation deck. Photo: Adam Hunger/Reuters
17) Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after learning that her competitor Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. did not complete the race, during the women's Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming on Feb. 5. Vonn was flown to a hospital after suffering a serious crash on the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Schladming, Austria during the super-G event. Vonn lost her balance on a tough landing, lost her ski, and slid off course into a gate before finally coming to a stop. She was checked out by a doctor on the hill for more than ten minutes, and then taken to the hospital for further evaluation. An FIS official said the doctor reported her injury as cruciate and lateral tears in her right knee. Photo: Leonhard Foeger / Reuters
18) A Sri Lankan prisoner who tried to hide his cellphone during a search of his cell was caught out when guards heard a ring tone emanating from his rear end, according to a hospital official. The mobile phone and a hands-free kit are seen in a 58 year old Sri Lankan prisoner's rectum in an X-ray image received by AFP on Feb. 8, 2013.
19) The face of England's King Richard III was revealed for the first time in more than 500 years on Tuesday following a reconstruction based on a skull unearthed from a parking lot in the city of Leicester. After carrying out a series of scientific investigations on bones exhumed from the site last year, the University of Leicester announced on Monday that the remains belonged to Richard III, who died in battle in 1485. Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
20) A man uses the cover of a hot tub to move a TV set through floodwaters at Cornubia, Queensland. Massive summer floods have killed four people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes across the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales, according to local authorities. Photo: Reuters
21) Ben Brust is mobbed by teammates after hitting a long three-pointer as time expired in regulation to send Wisconsin's game against Michigan into overtime Saturday. The Badgers upset 3rd-ranked Michigan in overtime, 65-62, and the celebration at the Kohl Center was on. Photos: AP
22) Fans filled the Lambeau Field Atrium on Wednesday to say goodbye to Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver. Journal Sentinel photos: Mark Hoffman
23) Fans and members of the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers wait for power to return in the Superdome during an outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game. Photo: Gerald Herbert / AP
24) Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones (12) returns the second-half kickoff 109 yards for a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. Photo: Charlie Riedel / AP
25) Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy following their 34-31 win against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Feb. 3, 2013 in New Orleans, La. Photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images
26) The reunion rumors proved true: Beyonce performs with Kelly Rowland, left, and Michelle Williams, right, of Destiny's Child, during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Photo: Gerald Herbert / AP
27) The true highlight of the Super Bowl: Jennifer Hudson sings 'America the Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus before the Super Bowl. Hudson and the choir all wore green ribbons, a sign of their support for the school, which lost 20 students and 6 staff members in a horrific December shooting. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP
28) Two hundred and eighty-eight dancers of the opening committee dance the opening waltz at the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna February 7, 2013. Some 5,000 visitors enjoy one of Austria's most glittering social events, paying 250 euros ($335) for entry tickets and up to 18,500 euros ($24,800) for compartments. Photo: Herwig Prammer / Reuters
29) Samba dancer Diana Prado, right, adjusts her costume as she prepares for a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 2. Photo: Felipe Dana/AP
30) Popular model Kate Upton has landed once again on the cover of the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Culinary no-no #315
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The latest pro-life news (02/11/13)
From Pro-Life Wisconsin (Make sure you check out their link to the Daily Mail's story on the Gundrums).
Also from Wisconsin Right to Life:
Wisconsin law on WebCam abortions intact
Planned Parenthood sues at the drop of a hat, indeed they'd sue, if they could, while the hat is being made. Take Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, for example.
My Most Popular Blogs (02/11/13)
It's back. I'm once again receiving data showing my most popular blogs the past week, in this case, February 4-10:
1. Franklin eats Oak Creek's dust
2. This is the kind of ridiculous junk we worry about in Franklin
Is Sheriff David Clarke onto something?
9-1-1. In Chicago, they might respond, and maybe not.
MacIver Update - It's Still Working Wisconsin!