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Hammam Rejuvenation
Istanbul's Booming Spa Culture Is Revisiting Old Turkish Bathhouse Rituals
For centuries, pleasure combined with practicality in the hammams, or bathhouses, of Istanbul, where everyone from the humblest worker to the sultan himself regularly kept clean by indulging in the local tradition of a steam bath and professional body scrub. With the rise of modern bathrooms during the past 50 years, the tradition threatened to die out. Private bathing facilities replaced public hammams, and private hammams in the city's great houses became too expensive to maintain. Many of the city's most treasured hammam buildings, often important works of Ottoman architecture, have been converted into everything from cafes to warehouses.
Today, the hammam tradition is coming back in a new form, as the old rituals of steaming and scrubbing take pride of place in Istanbul's booming spa culture. Five-star hotels and upmarket health clubs automatically include strikingly designed hammam facilities in their spa complexes, and a new generation of Istanbul residents are reinterpreting the tradition to suit contemporary needs.
Classic hammams -- often attached to mosques, and built out of traditional white marble from Turkey's Marmara region -- developed an elaborate regimen, with every phase of gradual warming leading up to an intensive body scrub and a final soap massage. The center of a typical bathhouse was a domed room with a large heated stone slab, usually surrounded by cisterns of flowing water. Visitors would lounge on the hot stone, while keeping cool by pouring water over themselves, in preparation for the scrub. Although strictly divided by gender, Istanbul's hammams were also an alternative public space, where the city's vast array of religions, classes, and ethnicities mingled.
The new designer hammams, in which the architect often playfully alludes to Ottoman decorative traditions, still offer the traditional scrub, but are refuges of privacy -- tiny by traditional standards, and usually reserved for one person or a couple. Some of the most popular of the new hammams are those in the four-year-old Hotel Les Ottomans, housed in a refurbished Bosphorus mansion; the Swissôtel The Bosphorus, which recently redesigned its hammam in a nontraditional style; and the Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus, arguably the most luxurious, which opened in 2008.
Today's hammams are seen as "detox treatments," says Viviana Quesada, spa manager at the Four Seasons, who notes that the hammam method of heating and scrubbing now serves as a consummate spa treatment. "It's a whole experience," more complete than a mere sauna and a massage, she says. Ms. Quesada is quick to point out the difference between the rather rough centuries-old massage method, still on offer in Istanbul's surviving public baths, and what the Four Seasons provides in its 2,100 square meter spa. "Outside, the traditional massage is very strong, almost like hitting. Here our concept is more about pampering: long -- not deep -- strokes."
Ms. Quesada says that the Four Seasons hammam caters to Istanbul natives, who make up to three-quarters of the spa's customers in the off-season, as well as to the city's visitors. Foreigners, she notices, "are not used to being in a hot treatment for 45 minutes," the usual time for a completed scrub on the elaborate heated stone, while "the locals request even more steam."
Another difference, she says, is the new mixing of genders. "Guests can choose male or female scrubbers," she says -- a dramatic contrast to traditional hammams, where the scrubbers and the scrubbed were always the same sex. Also, a man and a woman can now share a session. "We have a lot of couples requesting to be together," she says. "Even the local Turkish people."
The need to cater to both a Turkish and non-Turkish clientele led the spa's designer, Istanbul architect Sinan Kafadar, to combine a range of styles throughout the spa's spacious rooms. "There are Turkish figures and patterns, but they're hidden," he says, explaining that the spa's domed swimming pool contains a Byzantine-style mosaic. However, once you walk into the actual hammam room, he says, "it's completely Turkish."
Mr. Kafadar, who is the co-director of the Turkish-Italian firm Metex Design Group, also recently redesigned Istanbul's Swissotel spa by getting rid of recognizable Turkish elements in its hammam rooms. By dispensing with the space's traditional octagonal design and substituting a sleek modernist sink design, Mr. Kafadar, preserves the hammam's traditional functions but achieves a radically different, distinctly contemporary atmosphere.
Mr. Kafadar and his firm are responsible for many of the city's leading hammams, and are currently working on the spa and hammam for the spring re-opening of the Pera Palace, Istanbul's legendary belle-epoque hotel. However, he isn't an enthusiastic hammam-goer, limiting himself to a few visits a year. "I like it," he says, "but not regularly."
The same cannot be said of architect Zeynep Fadillioglu, another leading Istanbul hammam designer, who grew up in a yali, or Bosphorus mansion, on Istanbul's European shore, where her family maintained a private hammam. Now a regular customer at the spa and hammam at the Hotel Les Ottomans, which she designed, she describes the whole process as a "a body facial."
"In my childhood, hammams were part of daily life," she says, speaking in the office of her Istanbul firm, ZF Design. "It was the way we cleaned ourselves."
"The main idea is that the middle stone has to be hot," she says, noting that the private hammams often were heated with wood and required monitoring by a vigilant staff of servants. "The hot atmosphere makes you mildly relaxed, so you are ready for the scrub."
Ms. Fadillioglu, now 54 years old, says that good scrubbers are as sought after as good hairdressers, and that, in the Istanbul of her youth, an exfoliated look was a sign of prestige. "The ladies all used to have pink skin," she says.
Ms. Fadillioglu also designs new domestic hammams for a select group of private clients, in which she makes modifications that reflect the tremendous cost and bother of maintaining the heated room. The hammams she now designs, she says, are "mostly with a twist," describing one hammam that features heatable marble benches rather than a more traditional, more cumbersome central stone.
Ms. Fadillioglu, who helped revive the eclectic Ottoman style in the 1990s, also uses traditional hammam interiors as an inspiration for bathroom design, as well as design details elsewhere in the home. She uses hammam-style bathroom sinks, in both antique and newly produced versions, in many commissions, and is especially fond of pestemals, the traditional wraps used instead of bathrobes. "The old ones are fantastic," she says, and she regularly looks for antique hammam textiles, which can be made of either silk or cotton, in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. "I use them for cushions," she says.
A twist on traditional hammam culture is also behind the success of Jayda Uras, a Welsh-Turkish aroma therapist who opened her own apothecary shop, Vie en Rose, in Istanbul's hip Cihangir district two years ago. "We work like a bakery," she says, of her business, which features products like organic Turkish-coffee-and-rose facial scrub and custom-mixed herbal honeys, all made on site. Ms. Uras, a trained architect, currently works closely with hammams in Bursa, a three-hour drive from Istanbul and home to some of Turkey's best hot springs, and an eco-resort in Bodrum in southern Turkey. Both complexes use her products in conjunction with hammam treatments. "Because of the way essential oils work," she says, it's "important to use a heated environment" for the oils to penetrate the skin.
Istanbul's spa-like hammams have spread their influence to more traditional hammam settings, says Mary Senyuz, an American-born Istanbul resident and avid hammam-goer. Ms. Senyuz, an English teacher, regularly goes to a 300-year-old hammam, located on the city's Asian side, which is still connected to a mosque. Marked by an atmosphere that she calls "faded elegance" her local hammam costs her no more than 58 lira (€28), about a quarter of what visitors pay at the Four Seasons.
"It's set up very traditionally," she says, laughing out loud at the suggestion that there might be male scrubbers working on days when the bathhouse is reserved for women. But lately, she has noticed a change. Hammam-going, she says, has become "the healthy thing to do among a lot of the younger generation who have never been to a hammam before." She says that her local hammam began to offer oil massages about a year ago -- something she had never seen before in her decades of hammam-going; she chalks this up to the influence of the upscale hotel hammam-spas.
The cumulative effect of monthly exfoliation treatments has kept her skin remarkably soft, she says: "My skin is used to the hammam. Once you start going regularly, then you kind of need to go. You're trapped."
—J.S. Marcus is a writer based in Berlin.


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It happens every time a player of any prominence is released elsewhere. Fans from just about every corner of the NFC South start asking if that player will land with one of the division's teams.
It's been happening ever since Philadelphia released veteran defensive end Jason Babin on Tuesday. It's a logical question because Tampa Bay, Atlanta and New Orleans all could use some punch in their pass rush. Babin had 18 sacks last year.
It makes sense for the Falcons to make a play for Babin because he could be the player that puts them over the top, right?
No. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter, the Falcons have no interest in Babin. He was a free agent in 2011 and the Falcons didn't pursue him, instead choosing to sign Ray Edwards and look how that worked out. The Falcons are going to stick with what they have.
What about the Buccaneers, who lost starting defensive end Adrian Clayborn to injury and don't have much of a pass rush aside from Michael Bennett?
I feel pretty safe in saying Tampa Bay is not going after Babin. The indications I've received are that the Bucs don't have much interest in a guy in his 30s because that doesn't fit their style. It also doesn't make sense for a team that has spent a lot of time getting problems out of its locker room to go out and sign a guy that Philadelphia thought wasn't the best locker-room guy in the world.
What about the Saints? This is the one team I wouldn't completely rule out. It's painfully obvious the Saints could use help in the pass rush. New Orleans has a history of being willing to take on veterans that wore out their welcome elsewhere. I'm not saying the Saints will end up with Babin, but I think the situation is at least worth watching.
How about Carolina? Defensive end is one position where the Panthers really don't need help. Charles Johnson is set at one position and Greg Hardy finally has started to play up to his potential. Besides, with a new general manager, and possibly a new coach, expected to be hired after the season, I can't see the Panthers making any major personnel moves right now.

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I see my cooking as an edible artistic media,
and through visual aesthetic, recipes and
flavor profiles, I create food that serves
every sense, becoming an experience that evolves
into our brain as full moments.
Those moments that are archived in our memory,
smells and sights together emboldened by textures and tastes. Sensations and smells that lead us
to experiences that evolve overtime and become
a memory-object in our mental archive.
In conclusion:
if one sense matters,
then all senses matter.
Jojo Corväiá
My cooking videos are based on the concept of memory. The objective is to create images that become a composite of sensorial elements. This idea creates a mental map of places, noises, tastes, textures and emotions that become more natural and emotive to us than traditional instructional cooking videos.
lavender and lemon cake
sweet curry meringue
chocolate and crispy bacon bar
fig and maple syrup scones
cappuccino brûlée
carrot and cinnamon cake
ricotta and thyme cheese cake
chocolate ganache and almond tart
gâteau périgourdin
chocolate shortbread
cinnamon brioche
chocolate ganache and blueberries tart
ginger and black pepper cake
lemon pie
pasteis de nata / tart
almond and orange blossom cake
nuts and salted caramel tart
chocolate phyllo and orange florentine
pistachio cake
sesame seed loaf
grapefruit and vanilla on dark chocolate palachinken
tahini cookies
tahini and cinnamon cookies
chocolate and pistachio marshmallows
almond and lavender meringue
cucumber chapati salad
baked eggs with lemon and kale
roast beef with spicy pineapple and cilantro
pear and gorgonzola ravioli with walnuts and rucola
fennel and orange salad
salmon, pink grapefruit and boiled egg salad
crispy dried vegetables and bonito flakes salad
hand folded croissants
spinach, feta cheese and chili armadillo
matcha tea, rosemary and salt crackers
tomato brioche
ham and rum brioche
pecans, raisins and ham brioche
bacon, crêvre and maple syrup gallete
pearl onions with caraway and brown sugar
ham, cheese and jalapeño rolls
ham an gruyère crêpe
soft boiled eggs with crispy kale
boiled eggs with lotus roots and sesame seed
boiled eggs with asparagus and bacon
scrambled eggs with oyster mushrooms
croque madame with marcona almonds
egg solders with ptosciutto
scrambled eggs with endives and pecans
poached eggs with prosciutto
culinary art practice / visual art space
Founded in September of 2009 by the multimedia artist Jojo Corväiá, Arabica Lounge was designed to set a new standard for the stimulation of the senses through avant garde visual art, music and culinary experience, all with a strong language of Aesthetics and worldly flavors.
The space brought an incomparable ambiance to the city of Seattle, perhaps more familiar in places like Berlin, London, Paris or Buenos Aires.
The Menu offered a variety of egg dishes emerging from the French school; however, the dessert menu (including specialty cakes, tarts and baked goods) conformed a collection of recipes from at least twenty different countries.
In addition to the every day function, Jojo also utilized the kitchen as a laboratory for the development -and/or variation- of new recipes and menus, privet dinners, training, production of instructional videos, and catering.
The Arabica Lounge culinary standard program and recipe book is archived entirely in videos.
American born in Caracas, from european and venezuelan descendants. Studied Architecture and Antique Music in Caracas and developed a career as Graphic Designer and Art Director for over 18 years.
Parallel to his commercial work, Jojo Corväiá has a practice of visual arts and had shown and performed his work in galleries, museums and theaters.


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Wine Description
(From 2013 Vintage) This wine has pronounced flavors of black forest fruits, under layered by plums and tobacco. The Upper Galilee Merlot grapes provide the wine with a complexity which combines spicy aromas of Mediterranean herbs in a velvety, elegant body typical to the variety.
Winemaker's Notes
Deep mauve red color. On the nose fruity notes of raspberry and plums, but also spicy hints of coffee, liquorices and cinnamon. The complex structure, soft and round at the same time, makes this wine particularly elegant. Long finish.
not a big red- light to medium. tastes good after 15 minute breathing
got as a gift, would not buy, not a lot of taste.
had at maggianos. ok. opened up after a bit.
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Wine & SpiritsA succlent, chewy Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blend with a pretty ruby color and intense aromas of coffee, tar, leather and toasted wood. The tannins are still a bit raw and beg for hearty meat. Tightly packed cherry and blackberry linger over a long finish. Castello Banfi performs the extraordinary vintage after vintage: Itrsquo;s almost a one million case per year winery and it continues to offer excellent quality on its lowest priced products.


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This weekend I had the opportunity to scout for deer in NM. Activity has slowed down some. I believe it's due to the hunting season now being open up here.
I managed to get some deer footage in my trail cams. I replaced the card and left them up there until opening day. I also built a ground blind near the area of most deer activity.
On the way back home I spotted a herd of about 25 Pronghorn Antelope on the side of the road. I pulled of to the side, glassed for a while and took a picture to share with you all.
I'll be back up there in 3 weeks for the hunt.


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After months of grueling hockey, the stage is finally set. The Boston Bruins will play the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.
Both teams won their conferences in different fashions. Vancouver is well rested, while Boston has already had to play in two seven-game series so far.
Vancouver got to the finals because of timely goaltending and a great, versatile offense. Boston made the quest for Lord Stanley's Cup by having one of the best defensive teams in recent memory.
This year's finals will ultimately come down to who can put the puck in the back of the net.
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August 9, 2016
Hey Folks,
I apologize, but I was not able to get the remainder of the second shipment out by the end of July like I had hoped.
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The second shipment is now on the way to everyone who pledged extra shipping. It will go out to everyone in the $31 & $30 pledge levels next... Read more
June 4, 2016
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A family situation arose a few weeks ago that I had to personally take care of and I am behind on my current shipping schedule. With the situation... Read more
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Just a quick update today. I will have a more detailed one in a couple weeks.
I am currently sending out the second shipment to everyone who pledged... Read more
April 2, 2016
Hey folks,
I have started the second shipment which is print copies of "The Vile Worm." I am currently shipping to the $200, $100, $50 levels as well as everyone... Read more
March 8, 2016
The first shipment has gone out to every supporter of every level.
A second print copy is going out to folks in the US and Canada in the $30 pledge... Read more
February 16, 2016
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Quick update. There was problem with the last of my stock of Ruins of Ramat 0 level interiors and I had to remake them. I have them on... Read more
January 25, 2016
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It has taken me a few months longer than I expected to finish the first shipment. I was further behind in the shipping than I thought. But in... Read more
We've Lost Steve Zieser
I am so sorry to share that Steve Zieser, creator of a number of color and black and white pieces for this project, lost his long-running battle with cancer today. Please... Read more
December 19, 2015
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After the batches that went out this week, every pledge level should have their first shipment other than some folks in the $30/$31 pledge levels, but I working... Read more
December 8, 2015
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The Reaches
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Two quick items today.
First, as I stated in my last few updates, this project continues to move along they way it should have back in 2012-2013.... Read more
September 19, 2015
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Since my recent move, things have been moving on this project like they should have back in August-September of 2012.
The 1st print rewards shipment is almost complete.... Read more
August 1, 2015
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Sorry for the lack of communications and updates in July. At the beginning of month, I was offered and accepted a new job. However, the job is a full... Read more
July 1, 2015
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Quick update today. Since my last update, I have sent:
- 40 1st shipment bundles to folks in the $20 pledge levels
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June 10, 2015
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Here is where things stand with the project:
Since the beginning of 2015, I have been able to send out the first shipment out far faster, in larger... Read more
May 14, 2015
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Thanks for pm'ing me your address changes through Kickstarter. That really helps!
I wish I could post that everything is completed and shipped, but I am... Read more
April 27, 2015
Hey folks. A quick update today. I will have a full update soon.
Two things:
#1 If your shipping address has changed since the kickstarted funded (mine has changed 3 times),... Read more
March 1, 2015
My current day job ends this coming Friday and it will be at least two months until my next one starts up. I have left this time open so that... Read more
February 2, 2015
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Sorry for the delay in updating. January has been a hard month for me, but I will try to be much better at more frequent updates.
I... Read more
December 17, 2014
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I appreciate the folks who have PM'd me about not receiving their first print shipment yet. I have been able to determine who has been missed and why... Read more
Full Update Tuesday
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I did not mean to go dark for a while, but between my infected wisdom teeth, my bad reaction to the medication and an additional family issue that... Read more
October 18, 2014
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I will get right to the details. Here is exactly where the project is at:
- $500, $200 & $100 levels - 2 remaining going... Read more
August 31, 2014
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I almost have all of the first shipment out to everyone. Give me another ten days or so to get the remaining ones out and then I will... Read more
March 19, 2014
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I am working on a page for the BHP website where I can keep folks completely up-to-date on the kicstarter and shipping. I realize most folks no longer... Read more
February 27, 2014
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I have been very busy getting the last 200 orders of the first shipment ready to ship. Count stands at 401. I will begin sending out the remaining... Read more
January 29. 2014
Hey guys.
Not a lot to report this time. I will have a detailed update next week. Shipping slowed way down in the last ten days because of some online... Read more
January 17, 2014
Just a quick update today.
I apologize for not giving out the actual numbers in the last update. I was more worried/excited about giving you the next add-on adventure (and... Read more
December 26, 2013
Hey guys.
A quick update during the holidays.
It looks like we will have nearly 150 more shipments out by next Monday's update.
I wanted to give you the pdf... Read more
December 5, 2013
Sorry for the lateness in updating. I will start doing short, weekly updates on Mondays.
My main guy I hired to help me get these modules shipped out found a... Read more
Updated List of Products and Timeline to Finish!
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The first shipment is still going out.We are just a little over 1/3 of the way. We are taking our time, making sure we have correct addresses... Read more
October 25, 2013
Just a quick update today.
We are still sending out the first shipment. Everyone gets an email with a tracking number when it ships.
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October 8, 2013 - An Apology
I am so sorry that the so that retail versions of the first two Appendix N Adventures have made it to retail stores before all of you got your modules... Read more
July 12, 2013
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Here is a video update for the project. In it, you will get to see my packing and shipping area located in our laundry room.
The first... Read more
First Shipment Progesss
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I have been sending out the first two modules to the $500, $200, $100 & $101 pledge levels over the last week and all... Read more
Print Module Preview
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Here is a quick video of what the Appendix N Adventures look like in print. I am very pleased with the way they look and with the quality... Read more
May 10, 2013
Hey guys,
I will be at this kickstarter in full strength next week with a full update.
We made it through the stillbirth April 25, the funeral on April 29,... Read more
April 24, 2013
We lost the baby girl that was due this July today. I will be off of the internet and out-of-touch for a while.
So, my Apple charger tried to catch my house on fire today...
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February 2, 2013
Things are really moving with this project now!
I still do not have every piece of information I need to give you a full update, but I will pass it... Read more
January 17, 2013 - Quick Update
Just a quick update - I will have a more detailed one next week (I am waiting for a few bits of information).
I am very busy coordinating the next... Read more
Last One! 07/01/2012
What more can I say than, "THANK YOU!!!" We have broken all the goals and everyone will benefit from it! I may have offered some products, but you all made... Read more
Extra Bonus Goal Revealed!
With only 40 hours left and less than $1000 left to hit this Extra Bonus Goal, I am announcing what it is:
Extra Bonus Goal($17,000) DAGGER RPG: A Referee... Read more
Congratulations to everyone who has pledged!!! WE BROKE THE FINAL GOAL LAST NIGHT!!!
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lilrican21 4 years ago#1
Wait, you have Level 99 in all roles and you can't beat him?
That's not possible.
You should wipe the floor with him.
If my hunch is correct, you need to develop the other roles as well. Tghe stat boosts you receive are not locked to the role the boost was achieved. If the non-combat Role emdic gives you a strength boost, the Commander has that boost as well.
The same goes for HP. It flows into the character, not into the specific role.
Of course, skills are role exclusive. Only medics can cast cure.
Either way, what's your problem with the fight? I can'T help you if you don't tell us what's going on.
The best thing I can advise you to do is doing sidequests to collect fragments, so all the other roles can be improved.
And bring a Sentinel-Monster with you. I like the turtle-monster from Achylte Steppe, it's there during rainstorms at the swamp area. It's missing the healing sphere ability, however, so you might want to infuse another monster into it, to receive it.
Either way, Sentinels reduce the enemy's damage output.
And if you bought any DLC and requiem is one of it: I consider Commander Lightning to be a game breaker. (Five Stars on Final Boss on my first try, on normal. Without even trying. That's NOT funny.)
How do you know it's the last boss? Is it three bahamuts on a platform?
And where do you fail?
You made it past proto-behemoth, who is much stronger than the final boss. So you are strong enough, just need a better strategy. Here's a basic strategy based on my method that works for almost all non-DLC enemies and bosses
Take out the first two bahamuts one at a time. Many people suggest bringing the one down to low health, killing the other, then the first. Apparently they respawn after some time, but I've never seen it happen.
Then the black bahamut. He hits you with a lotta status ailments at the start. I just use 2 medics to quickly fix everyone up, but you can also use an item for it.
Get a sab to poison bahamut, and deshell&deprotect if you can (you can also wait for him to be staggered and more susceptible before the deshell/-protect if you dont mind losing a few seconds of smackdown time). If both Serah and Noel are sabs at the same time, it goes much faster. (most people also suggest imperil, and then en-spell yourself with a syn)
Tri-disaster (rav-rav-rav) till high-stagger, then cerberus (com-com-com) till he's dead.
Apparently he has some super-powerful attack that he uses if you take too long. So try focussing more on attack than defense.
So you need a rav, com and med monster.
com - rav - rav
rav - rav - rav
com - com - com-x
sab - sab - med/rav
med - sab/sent/com - med
rav - com - med
Preferably ones with good Feral Links that buff you. If you got the requiem DLC and dont mind major endgame spoilers, get Lightning (com). She'll make it easy. But you'll have to run through Academia 500 again.
lilrican21 (Topic Creator)4 years ago#4
Yep it's the last bahamut. I can get the other two down but it's the last one who is a killer.
I'd recommend RAV/COM/SYN for your monsters; at max Crystarium Noel and Serah should be plenty good enough for MEDs.
Taking out Amber and Garnet as close to each other as possible buys you more time against Jet before he brings them back. Since Jet is the part you're having trouble with, I'd recommend going to the trouble of doing this.
Even if you go elsewhere to recruit monsters, you don't need to go through all of Academia 500 again. If you exit to the Historia Crux from the point right before the final boss sequence, that's where you'll be when you come back.
Possibly the easiest highly effective pack of monsters to use here is Dragoon/Cloudburst/Yakshini. Dragoon is quite powerful with minimal effort (just max its level), and the other two have awesome buffing Links that will make your life easier.
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Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
Studying abroad at the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS) is an exciting opportunity and experience for CCU students who would like to deepen their knowledge of the language and the culture of Japan. In addition to the areas of study offered, NUFS fosters interaction between Japanese and international students on campus through social and cultural activities. International students have a chance to take classes together with Japanese students through Japanese Studies Courses and there are a wide range of university student club activities in which students are free to participate.
How long can I study abroad at NUFS? As a CCU student, you can study abroad for a full year or a semester.
About Nagoya: NUFS is located in Nisshin, a suburb of Nagoya. Nagoya is the center of the third largest metropolitan region of Japan and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. With a population of about 2.2 million, Nagoya plays a central role in industry, commerce, and transportation in the area. The city of Toyota, famous as the headquarters of the Toyota Automobile Corporation, is also in close proximity to the university. One of Nagoya's famous sightseeing spots includes the Atsuta Shrine which is known as the second-most revered shrine in Japan, after Ise Shrine.
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|Nagoya, Japan
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Japanese Language Institute of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS) offers two areas of study to international students – Japanese Language and Japanese Studies Program (JLJSP) and Contemporary Japan Program in Nagoya (CJPN). JLJSP is an intensive language study course designed to aid students in acquisition and mastery of the language, supplemented with Area Studies courses and opportunities to experience Japanese culture. CJPN offers a broader program of study examining contemporary Japan in the context of Asian Studies for students whose main objective is not primarily mastery of the Japanese language.
|Exchange Students Pay $4,895 (CCU In-State 2014 Rate)
Students have a few housing options available to them. Please visit the following website for more information: http://www-e.nufs.ac.jp/jli/jljsp/housing.htm
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You aren't fooling anyone. You might order tasting menus at a Michelin-starred restaurant, offer to split nachos at the cantina and stick to stone crabs when it's the right season in Florida, but there is another side to all food lovers.
A darker side. A secret-food side.
The side that piles canned mussels onto bagels loaded with cream cheese for a solo breakfast while watching reruns of Gilligan's Island
The side that secretly dunks breadsticks into icy Coca-Cola when your friend is late for dinner and you have a few precious moments alone.
The side that dips string cheese into a chocolate pudding cup and eats it at midnight in front of an open fridge.
This side is primal. It's messy. And it's not particularly appetizing to anyone else on the planet.
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Computing and Email Support for Students at Penn
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Students living in the College Houses receive computing support from Information Technology Advisors (ITA), fellow students who also live in their residence. See the College House Computing web site or call (215) 573-4052 for more information.
Students living off-campus, in Sansom Place East or West, or in a fraternity or sorority house will receive their computing support from the Computing Resource Center (CRC).
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Some hunting pictures and stories should come with a pound of salt rather than being taken with the customary grain.
Every so often, I am sent a photo of some prehistoric reptile or something else somebody just happened to get a snapshot of that could make for some great story-telling.
Whether it's the 97-pound, 9-foot rattlesnake that was caught and killed near Fritch or the 25-foot alligator some guy shot in his backyard in Louisiana, there's plenty of hoaxes that seem to pop up on a regular basis.
The most recent huge animal pic I received was of two men and a gigantic elk.
The cutline reads, "This elk was killed with a bow in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. He green-scored 575 inches and should net out at about 530 inches non-typical. He has an unbelievable outside spread of 79 inches. This is the biggest bull ever taken with any weapon."
At first, it seemed at least plausible the 12-by-9 beast could have been shot in the area that encompasses part of Idaho and Montana. But once again, this proved to be no more than a grand charade. An outdoor writer from the Northwest disspelled the truth of the story by calling around and finding the animal had not been taken where it was claimed to have been. The elk, actually of a Canadian strain, was raised with red deer on a 1,000-acre commercial hunting operation in Quebec.
By comparison, the Boone and Crockett world record non-typical American elk's antlers score 465 1/4 inches. The typical world record elk is 442 5/8 inches.
Anytime an animal would be that much larger than the current world's record, a red flag should instantly be sent up.
This incident only serves to make hunters look worse in some people's eyes than they already are. In the rush to proclaim themselves king, some hunters throw any ethics they might have had out the window and proceed to sour the image of the honest hunter.
The all-time greatest animal hoax was one that surfaced last year on the Internet.
A man is seen holding up what looks to be an enormous rattlesnake with a caption stating, "This snake was recently found at the old Turkey Creek gas plant located just south of the Alibates Turnoff on Highway 136 south of Fritch, Texas. A reminder that these creatures are actually out there and no matter what you believe, sometimes they should get not only prescriptive rights to be there but the full right of way!"
The snake, said to weigh nearly 100 pounds, dwarfs the man holding it.
If rattlesnakes really grew to those lengths, no other animal would be able to survive. However, the length seems the more plausible of the measurements. A rattlesnake reaching 7 or 8 pounds is a monster. So unless the serpent choked down a small Saint Bernard, it is quite preposterous.
The worst part about hoaxes, especially outdoors half-truths, is that many people believe without question that what they are seeing and hearing is spot-on.
So next time you're perusing photos on the Internet or the literature in the Wal-Mart checkout line, remember that though it might seem logical the human bat is hanging out in the New York subway system, he actually is living in his mom's basement.
The best outdoor headline came from an issue of the always hard-hitting Weekly World News.
It went: "Hunting dog trained to pick up women."
Man's best friend is right.
Will Leschper is a Globe-News copy editor. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Banking Services Procurement Guide for Local Government Treasurers
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Gender equality is achieved when people are able to access and enjoy the same rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of whether they are a woman or a man.
Many countries worldwide, including Australia, have made significant progress towards gender equality in recent decades, particularly in areas such as education. However, women continue to earn less than men, are less likely to advance their careers as far as men, and are more likely to spend their final years in poverty. At the same time, men often find it more difficult to access family-friendly policies or flexible working arrangements than women.
The aim of gender equality in the workplace is to achieve broadly equal outcomes for women and men, not exactly the same outcome for all individuals. To achieve this requires:
- workplaces to provide equal pay for women and men for work of equal or comparable value
- the removal of barriers to the full and equal participation of women in the workforce
- access to all occupations and industries, including leadership roles, for women and men
- elimination of discrimination on the basis of gender, particularly in relation to family and caring responsibilities for both women and men.
Achieving gender equality is important for workplaces not only because it is 'fair' and 'the right thing to do', it is also vitally important to the bottom line of a business and the productivity of our nation.
For more information on the Agency and the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, visit the About WGEA section of this website.
What are the benefits of workplace gender equality?
Gender equality attracts top talent
A workplace that is equally appealing for women and men will provide employers with access to the entire talent pool. As women are increasingly more highly educated than men, a workplace that is not attractive to women risks losing the best talent to competitors.
Gender equality can reduce expenses
Replacing a departing employee can cost 75% or more of their annual wage. As both women and men are more likely to remain with an organisation they view as fair, employee turnover for an organisation offering gender equality can be reduced, thereby decreasing the high expense of recruitment.
Companies with gender equality perform better
A considerable body of research suggests a link between gender equality and better organisational performance. While there are a range of reasons to explain this link, one factor is that diversity brings together varied perspectives, produces a more holistic analysis of the issues an organisation faces and spurs greater effort, leading to improved decision-making.
Gender equality improves national productivity and competitiveness
The World Economic Forum has found a strong correlation between a country's competitiveness and how it educates and uses its female talent. It states: "…empowering women means a more efficient use of a nation's human talent endowment and… reducing gender inequality enhances productivity and economic growth. Over time, therefore, a nation's competitiveness depends, among other things, on whether and how it educates and utilizes its female talent."
In the Australian context, the Grattan Institute has argued that removing disincentives for women to enter the workforce should be an economic reform priority. It has found that increasing female workforce participation by 6% has the potential to add $25 billion each year to the Australian economy.
Gender inequality wastes resources
While gender inequality exists, Australia is not only missing out on the important contributions women make to the economy, we are also wasting the years of investment in the higher education of young women. Around 58% of Australia's university graduates are women but only 67% of working aged women are currently in paid work, compared to 78% of men, indicating Australia is failing to capture the substantial economic contribution tertiary educated women offer.
By balancing the scales of equality, women and men will have an equal chance to contribute both at home and in the workplace, thereby enhancing their individual wellbeing, and that of society.


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Ellaville, FL [Madison County]
On the Western banks of the Suwannee River stands the collapsing skeleton of a community that used to be. The town records date to just before the Civil War period, with a Confederate Fort that once stood nearby to protect the railroad bridge. By the 1870's, this emerging dot on Florida's map was thriving with nearly 1,000 citizens. One of the most important being George Drew, who would become the first Governor of Florida (1877-1881) after Reconstruction. Drew built a mansion in the area in the 1860's and named the town after his long-time African American servant, Ella.
Drew opened a steam-operated sawmill with Louis Bucki of New York in 1865, which at one point was the largest of its kind in Florida, employing 500 people. The towns advantageous location at the mergence of the Suwannee and Withlacoochee Rivers provided an easy way to transport logs down the river early on, until the Florida Railway was constructed through town and opened special service to the mill. The town had a train station, steamboat dock, masonic lodge, two churches, two schools and a commissary. After his term as Governor was completed, Drew sold his shares in the mill to Bucki and pursued other lumber ventures near Jacksonville Florida.
Like the fate of most agricultural economies, the successes and defeats of next hundred years would depend heavily on environmental and economic factors. In 1898, the original mill burned and although it was rebuilt, the industry would quickly exhaust the yellow pine it harvested and would close for good. The early 1900's brought flooding and of course Wars and a depression.
Throughout these incredibly trying times, I suppose Ellaville held on to it's relevance because of its location on the Florida Railway Mainline between Jacksonville and Tallahassee. And in present day, the bridges into Ellaville are the only epitaphs of what once was. They hold faithfully to the past even though the rest of the town has burned or crumbled to the ground. The railroad bridge has seen many reincarnations and was once reportedly deconstructed during Governor Drew's election as carpetbaggers approached by train trying to derail his gubernatorial bid. The main traffic bridge in to town is known as the Hillman Bridge has known many forms as well.
The Hillman bridge which we can still see today is a through truss bridge and was built from a Federal Aid Project from 1925-26 and designed by RHH Blackwell Company of East Aurora, New York.
The trying period of the early 1900's dealt a big blow to the economy of Ellaville. By 1942, the Post Office would be closed. In 1970, the remaining owner of the abandoned Drew Mansion burned it to the ground after years of vandalism and scrapping had taken their toll. In 1986, the Hillman Bridge was bypassed by a new highway and is no longer in use.
Thanks to the State Archive of Florida for generous use of all original photos seen in this post.
11 responses to "Ellaville, FL [Madison County]"
Sanne Collins says :
Thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Ellaville. It's a fascinating story.
-Sanne Collins
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Saundra Dowling says :
My grandfather would take us to look for christmas trees near the Drew mansion and we got to sit on the steps. I remember the mansion was really scarey to me but then I was looking though it as a child in the 1960s. I also remember the graveyard in the woods on the land behind the mansion. Do you know if the State relocated it?
Linda Felts says :
I am related to the Drews and am interested in anyone who remembers the cemetery before it was vandalized. I'm looking for my ggggrandfather's grave. His name was John Melvin Drew. He was George Franklin Drew's brother, and helped build the mansion.
Sue Morton Somerville Simpson says :
In 1966, While attending NFCC in Madison fl, my boyfriend took me to see this mansion. It was old, rundown and vandalized, yet still much of its beauty intact. I remember the parquet floors. Sad that it was destroyed and not restored.
Faye Boyles says :
When I was in the 4th or 5th grade in Madison Elementary School, around the mid thirties, my class went to Ellaville to see the mansion. It was quite run- It'sdown but still had a cistern underneath part of the building. It's sad that it was no preserved
Tim Greene says :
My father, RA Greene and his mother Carrie Green lived in the governors mansion as caretakers in the late twenties and early thirties, I wish I could find pictures of the area around that time, Mrs Boyles you may have known my father and his siblings about that time.
Freeman Mast says :
What a wonderful history and a great way you presented it. I live just a few miles from Ellaville and never dreamed it'd been such a great city of a thousand people!
I knew a man, Aubrey Fowler, that had given me some history of the great yellow pine trees of the area, but never dreamed of such a historic jewel at nearly my doorstep. thank you so much for a fine project!
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• Shed Old Ideas About Lighting
• If It's Working, Fix It Anyway
• Converting to New T8 Lighting: The Maintenance Trap Door
• Lamps losing delivered light as they get old, as much as 25 to 40 percent (lumen depreciation).
• Fixtures getting dirty, resulting in as much as a 40- to 50-percent loss (luminaire dirt depreciation).
• Electrical problems (hard starting lamps, low ballast secondary voltage, socket and capacitor problems, etc.).
A regular maintenance program can substantially improve the quality of the light throughout the facility, cut down on unscheduled maintenance calls, and cut electricity costs by migrating to more efficient components.
If lighting is a significant part of your energy costs – and it generally is – then it makes sense to invest in a professional to oversee the entire system. This can drastically reduce your electricity, manpower, and inventory costs.
There have been specialists who have been providing comprehensive lighting services for over 50 years. These services include consultation, system design, installation, planned maintenance, group relamping, and lighting retrofits. By using these services, building managers can provide occupants with quality illumination and maximize the company's return on its lighting dollars.
Many of these specialists are members of the interNational Association of Lighting Maintenance Contractors (NALMCO) (www.nalmco.org). Many are also members of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), (www.iesna.org).
Outsourcing will enable you to:
• Get lighting expertise. You will save significant operating costs, because the professional lighting maintenance contractor knows what makes the system run optimally.
• Free up manpower to perform other important facilities tasks.
• Get all the light you are buying.
• Reduce your relamping costs through volume buying and more efficient inventory management.
• Prevent most unexpected surprises and reduce the high costs of rush or emergency service through a planned maintenance program.
• Avoid most lighting electrical problems by planning in advance and following through with proper inspections and maintenance.
In order to get the most from such a relationship, look for a lighting contractor that will provide turnkey, or soup-to-nuts, service. The relationship should start with a comprehensive lighting system analysis that results in specific written proposals that cover all aspects of lighting – indoor, area, outdoor, and signage. The plan should detail planned group relamping and fixture cleaning programs, as well as on-call or emergency services and response commitments. Beyond maintenance, the lighting contractor can become a partner by offering ongoing consultation and lighting advice to improve the overall lighting quality while driving down costs.
Lighting – design, electricity, relamping, maintenance, retrofitting – are costs that are not going to go away. However, there is plenty of opportunity, through effective management and the use of professional resources, to constantly improve not only the quality of light but also the cost of light. If you haven't done a thorough audit and developed a lighting plan, now is the time to do it. You'll quickly be able to see the difference.
Gary McGregor is based out of Toronto, Ontario and is national lighting manager for Newton, MA-based UNICCO Service Co. (www.unicco.com).
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