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"Nothing is so painful to the mind of a Toa as a great and sudden change."
Built for the Bionicle "What If...?" Contest
This was a ton of fun to build. My first concept was turning Krekka's archetype on its head, making him a smart villain rather than a dumb brute, but I'm so happy this build evolved past that first stage. When I was sure about what I was going to build, I started off with Nidhiki, I tried to make it look like he was in the middle of a horrifying transformation, with muscles and tissue mutating and bloating on the left side of his body, slowly turning into the insect-like Nidhiki we all know and love. I then put Krekka together (which was a bit of a pain not gonna lie) and then added some bits of scenery to make the two builds come together.
For those who own a Seestar I would encourage you to learn to post-process your images manually to get the best results.
The automatic Seestar processed version is on the right, and the manual version is on the left.
When working manually you get a better crop, better contrast, better colors, a better balance between the nebula and the stars. Note that a satellite trail (which looks like a scratch) is visible on the lower left hand edge of the Seestar post-processed version, but is not visible in the manually processed version.
Software that I used: Siril to combine all the separate images and do preliminary post-processing. Siril works with 32 bit images and can tease out data that 16 or 8 bit would miss. Then I exported it into Photoshop where I separated the Nebula from the Stars. This allowed me to bring out more detail in the nebula without bloating the stars. To separate the nebula from the stars I used a Photoshop plugin called "StarXterminator."
A side scan of Toomey's left side shows his squished heart at the bottom with his enlarged lung above it.
His esophagus also shows signs of a slight bloating. My knowledge of a cat's anatomy is rather poor and I just stared blankly at the computer monitor as the vet tried to explain what she had found from the X-ray scans.
It was just too much for me to process at that point as I thought Toomey just suffered from some kind of bacterial infection of his lungs. š
Le Bat Mite appears, having possessed Zodiac Masterās bodā¦
Bat-Mite: āUhā¦ no, this isnāt right. Too many Teeth, donāt these Third Dimensionals know that you only need two gigantic ones to get by! And the mouths are miniscule andā¦
Enter Le Wonder Woman (for comedy reasons read all lines like Pyrrha Nikos)ā¦
Wonder Woman (cheerily): āHello Ted, my morally outstanding boyfriend! I know Iām supposed to be in space and all, but I heard that Gotham was facing a nuclear threat over some monopoly card, so I came to visit you! I suppose I could deal with the threat myself, butā¦ nah! ā
Bat-Mite: āUm, rightā¦ do I know you?ā
Wonder Woman: āIām your Girlfriend?ā
Bat-Mite (through 4th wall): āHow the F*** did that happen?ā (Fourth Wall repaired) āIām kind of busy, have you got something better to do? What is it that Third Dimensional women like to do? Ummmmā¦ why donāt you goā¦ ovulate or something.ā
Wonder Woman (suspicious): āRiiiiiiiiightā¦ Iāll go save a warehouse full of kittens from a fire, we cant all save continents of them like you do!ā
Le Exit Wonder Woman
Bat-Mite: āOkay, clearly Zodiac has some sort of multi-faceted lie going on thereā¦ right, lets go after this card!ā
Le Bat-Mite attempts to teleport. Le Bat-Mite fails miserably.
Bat-Mite: āAh, it seems some of my powers have been stunted in this third dimensional frameā¦ Iāll hitchhike, its quick, and never goes wrong!ā
2 hours of hitchhiking later a man and a dog in a strange purple car pulls up in front of Bat-Mite
Bat-Mite: āThank god, someone has finally stopped! Excuse me sir, can you give me a lift to wherever this āGet out of Hell Free Cardā everyone is raving about is.
???: āWhy of course, hop inā¦ā
Bat-Mite: āThank you very much!ā
Dick Dastardly: āā¦we were about to head there ourselves!ā
Fade to black as iconic noise nostalgia-philes will lose their shit to playsā¦
Muttly: ā*snickers*ā
Our sweet daughter-in-law Lucy recently died of ovarian cancer at only 34 years old. Over 300 people turned up at her funeral to show respect to an ordinary loving, caring girl and over Ā£2000 was donated to the UK charity 'Ovarian Cancer Action' (update - around Ā£7000 has been raised in her memory at this time) Lucyās illness was consistently mis-diagnosed as constipation, bloating, or latterly as a water infection by her family doctorsā practice. This was despite Lucy pointing out on more than one occasion that her mother had died of ovarian cancer only twelve years previous to this. Lucyās condition was eventually detected after our son had taken her directly to the hospital accident and emergency department. Here they actually took the time to physically examine a young lady who was in pain and a simple blood test detected her condition. A similar degree of medical ignorance of text-book ovarian cancer symptoms, led to one of our friends being similarly mis-diagnosed too late for treatment, about a year previous to Lucy. I donāt mean to be alarmist, but I urge any of you who may have reason to suspect a genetic disposition to any cancer, not to be fobbed-off by a ātrust us, we doctors know better than you' attitude. If you have any doubts at all, then please check on ovarian cancer, or other cancer symptoms on the internet and seek further medical advice. www.everywomanshouldremember.co.uk/
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Photographed from about 2200m at Minas de San Jose, Tenerife.
Astro-modified Canon EOS 600D and Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 lens on a Vixen Polarie star tracker. 13 x 30-second exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 6400. Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software to reduce noise; further noise reduction, curves and colour balance adjusted in Cyberlink PhotoDirector.
April 2024 update: in a re-process, Starnet++ software was used to temporarily separate out the stars and prevent them bloating when contrast is stretched.
Durian Fruit Of Southeast Asia Durian Fruit is known through-out all of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other Southeast Asian Countries, as the “King of Fruits!” It is one of the most beneficial fruits there is in all of Asia. The Durian Fruit is believed to help relieve constipation, bloating, […]
Mister postman, can you tell me if there's a letter for me... This seems to be a popular shot at Gold Hill, complete with trampoline. Note that the Google street view has been up Main Street so you can poke up the street for yourself. Is this what the post office means when they talk about distribution to collective areas? I guess this is the down shot of the righties is legislating that the PO bank a massive number of years to bank pension money in an attempt to bust the union and the post office. No corp has ever been under such restraints; in fact most of those pensions have been stolen. Never mind that UPS and FedEx rely on the USPS to deliver a lot of their parcels. Idiots walk the land of our current America. Maybe they need bombs for a new war that can only have rotten consequences instead of a personal mail system even though it is written into the Constitution. I guess RFD and REA were leftie things. I suppose that all Gold Hill residents could all individually drive down to Boulder to get their mail thereby bloating the take by fossil fuel industries.
I walked across the street from the Inn to the dog speed limit sign and decided to get some snaps on the north side of Main. I recommend driving slowly up there, at least so you don't hit the end of the street too quickly (or any of the dogs). You don't suppose the dogs ARE the authorities up here? The people of Gold Hill love their dogs.
I was working my way up Main Street in Gold Hill and I was already running out of time and getting sprinkles on my third recent try. A "lode" of opportunities exist up and down Main but I have limited time until the next round of rain. I expect the historical designation is responsible for most of the ambiance. There is a mix of old log and milled lumber structure construction, and lumber milled to look like logs. That was a fad in the past. Often mills arrived at booming camps early. That and the mine timbers accounted for the lack of timber in photographs from early days.
I was just starting my third\ jet tour of Gold Hill, Colorado before the next imminent rain out. Gold Hill is a remnant of the oldest Colorado mining days and I caught sight of this shot of the intersection of Lickskillet Gulch Road and Horsfall Street at the main intersection. Horsfall becomes Main. To say Gold Hill tops a mountain ridge is accurate with the road east and west rise while Lickskillet, north, and Gold Run, south to Boulder, drop off the sides of the ridge. If I remember correctly, the Horsfall lode was perhaps the earliest strike in Gold Hill and was responsible for the earliest development. As Wiki puts it: Gold Hill is accessible from nearby Left Hand Canyon Road via Lick Skillet Road, the steepest county road in the United States. It IS safe in first gear IF you have good brakes. Phil [www.flickr.com/photos/boondocks/with/5371371329/] and I investigated what we thought was Gold Hill a few years back but it seems that we barely manage the project.
Gold Hill has lasted for decades through the original gold boom, the second gold boom, the silver boom and its 1893 demonetization and finally the return to reliance on gold and tungsten mining and processing. It has never completely died and is not accurately, a ghost town. It's history of transportation was a bit tortured considering one route was Lickskillet. I assume most transportation was to and from the Gold Hill Railway Station when the Switzerland Trail rails were laid west on its way to Ward. The steep sides of the canyon originally meant the road up from Boulder had to ascent the canyon. Old Gold Hill still lives on in this century-old mining camp. The narrow gauge route was never built from old Hill Station (see the map). It continued to cling to the foothills above Boulder.
"Nothing is so painful to the mind of a Toa as a great and sudden change."
Built for the Bionicle "What If...?" Contest
This was a ton of fun to build. My first concept was turning Krekka's archetype on its head, making him a smart villain rather than a dumb brute, but I'm so happy this build evolved past that first stage. When I was sure about what I was going to build, I started off with Nidhiki, I tried to make it look like he was in the middle of a horrifying transformation, with muscles and tissue mutating and bloating on the left side of his body, slowly turning into the insect-like Nidhiki we all know and love. I then put Krekka together (which was a bit of a pain not gonna lie) and then added some bits of scenery to make the two builds come together.
"No Man Loves a Tired Nervous Woman! Nor does a woman love a pepless man. How to get friends (page 9). How to hold your husband's love (page 12)."
Are you tired, nervous, or--ahem!--pepless? If so, then you would surely benefit from reading this small 1930s advertising booklet. It extols the virtues of Vinol, a patent medicine that contained ingredients such as cod liver oil and beef peptones, plus alcohol (as much as 15 percent).
Do you suffer from other unpleasant afflictions instead? Then you merely need to flip over this reversible booklet (similar to an upside-down book or a tĆŖte-bĆŖche binding) to read about the wonders of Adlerika (see the cover on the other side below).
In October 2008 we lost our beloved daughter-in-law Lucy, to ovarian cancer at the young age of 34. The symptoms that our son's wife had been suffering for a number of years, had been persistently mis-diagnosed by her doctors, even after Lucy pointed out to them that her mother had died of ovarian cancer just over 10 years previous to this. The doctor(s) said that she was too young to have ovarian cancer? Boy were they wrong, which ended in tragic consequences! Please check out the symptoms below and the Ovarian Cancer Research website. Thanks.
The Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer
Unlike many other cancers, 90% of ovarian cancers are not 'familial' - meaning that most women will not have any family history of this cancer. It is important to stress that a smear test does not detect ovarian cancer.
Recent research has shown that most women do experience symptoms, particularly very frequent, persistent and sudden onset ones, and these can occur in the early stages of ovarian cancer.
Learn the symptoms and know your body. Schedule a visit to your GP if you notice any of these symptoms, to rule out ovarian cancer.
Persistent stomach pain
Persistent bloating or increased stomach size
Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly
Needing to wee more frequently
Occasionally other symptoms such as extreme fatigue, changes in bowel habit, or back pain may also be experienced, on their own or at the same time as those listed above.
Again, it is most likely that these symptoms are not ovarian cancer, but may be present in some women with the disease.
Read more: www.ovarian.org.uk What every woman should know about ovarian cancer and download a useful symptoms diary from there.
Just one of the creepy stories that will be featured at the theatre event I am involved with this May. More info: www.legendtrips.com/new_england_legends_ghosts.shtml
October 15th, 2014
Chestnut Hill Cemetery behind the Baptist church on Victory Highway in Exeter, RI
There is a fantastic write-up on the legend by Jeff Belanger: www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2003/legends20_06142003.shtml
Some excerpts:
"'There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples,' said Dr. Seward's diary in Bram Stoker's Dracula. It was Bram Stoker who took the vampire of folklore and made him beautiful, powerful, and sexy. There were cases of vampires all over the world before, during, and even after Dracula both seduced and frightened us -- one of these cases was Mercy Brown, the Rhode Island vampire.
Mercy Brown has the distinction of being the last of the North American vampires -- at least in the traditional sense. Mercy Lena Brown was a farmer's daughter and an upstanding member of rural Exeter, Rhode Island. She was only 19 years old when she died of consumption on January 17, 1892. On March 17, 1892, Mercy's body would be exhumed from the cemetery because members of the community suspected the vampire Mercy Brown was attacking her dying brother, Edwin.
During the 1800s, consumption, or pulmonary tuberculosis, was credited with one out of four deaths. Consumption could kill you slowly over many years, or the disease could come quickly and end your life in a matter of weeks. The effects were devastating on families and communities. Dr. Bell explained that some of the symptoms of consumption are the gradual loss of strength and skin tone. The victim becomes pale, stops eating, and literally wastes away. At night, the condition worsens because the patient is lying on their back, and fluid and blood may collect in the lungs. During later stages, one might wake up to find blood on one's face, neck, and nightclothes, breathing is laborious, and the body is starved for oxygen.
Dr. Bell feels there is a direct connection between vampire cases and consumption. He said, 'The way you look personally is the way vampires have always been portrayed in folklore -- like walking corpses, which is what you are, at least in the later stages of consumption. Skin and bones, fingernails are long and curved, you look like the vampire from Nosferatu.'
Consumption took its first victim within the Brown family in December of 1883 when Mercy's mother, Mary Brown, died of the disease. Seven months later, the Browns' eldest daughter, Mary Olive, also died of consumption. The Browns' only son, Edwin, came down with consumption a few years after Mary Olive's death and was sent to live in the arid climate of Colorado to try and stop the disease. Late in 1891, Edwin returned home to Exeter because the disease was progressing -- he essentially came home to die. Mercy's battle with consumption was considerably shorter than her brother's. Mercy had the "galloping" variety of consumption -- her battle with the disease lasted only a few months. Mercy was laid to rest in Chestnut Hill Cemetery behind the Baptist church on Victory Highway.
After Mercy's funeral, her brother Edwin's condition worsened rapidly, and their father, George Brown, grew more frantic. Mr. Brown had lost his wife and two of his daughters, and now he was about to lose his only son. Science and medicine had no answers for George Brown, but folklore did. For centuries prior to Mercy Brown there have been vampires. The practice of slaying these "walking dead" began in Europe -- some of the ways people dealt with vampires was to exhume the body of the suspect, drive a stake through the heart, rearrange the skeletal remains, remove vital organs, or cremate the entire corpse. All of these rituals involve desecrating the mortal remains. The practice happened with enough regularity that the general population felt it could cure, or at the very least help, whatever evil was overwhelming them.
So much death had plagued the Brown family that poor George Brown probably felt he was cursed in some way. It wouldn't take too many chats with those empathizing with George's plight to come up with a radical idea to stop the death. Maybe the Brown family was under vampire attacks from beyond the grave. Was Mercy Brown the vampire, or was it Mercy's mother or sister? George Brown was willing to dig up the body of his recently deceased daughter, remove her heart, burn it, and feed the ashes to his son because he felt he had no other choice.
Mercy Brown died before embalming became a common practice. During decomposition, it is possible for bodies to sit up, jerk -- even sounds can emit from them because bloating can occur, and if wind escapes by passing over the vocal chords, there could be groans.
We don't know exactly what position her body was in on that day in March when George Brown, and some of his friends and family, came to examine Mercy's body. We do know that she looked "too well preserved."
'There's a suggestion in the newspaper that she wasn't actually interred in the ground," Dr. Bell said. "She was actually put in an above-ground crypt, because bodies were stored in the wintertime when the ground was frozen and they couldn't really dig. When the thaw came, they would bury them. So it's possible that she wasn't even really interred.'
Her visual condition prompted the group to cut open her chest cavity and examine her innards. Dr. Bell said, "They examined her organs. The newspaper said her heart and liver had blood in it. It was liquid blood, which they interpreted as fresh blood." Bell explained how forensics can clarify how blood can coagulate and become liquid again, but at the time, the liquid was taken as evidence that Mercy was indeed a vampire and the one draining the life from Edwin and possibly other consumption victims in the community.
Dr. Bell said, 'They cut her heart out, and as Everett said, they burned it on a nearby rock. Then according to the newspaper, they fed them [the ashes of the heart] to Edwin.' The folklore said that destroying the heart of a vampire would kill it, and by consuming the remains of the vampire's heart -- the spell would be broken and the victim would get well.
The community's vampire slaying had failed to save Edwin -- he died two months later, but maybe it helped others in the community? Dr. Bell's view on Mercy Brown is that she was the scapegoat author Paul Barber discussed. Dr. Bell said, 'She basically absorbs the ignorance, the fears, and in some cases the guilt that people have because their neighbors, friends, and family are dying, and they don't understand why and they can't stop it.'
Mercy Brown is arguably North America's most famous vampire because she is also the most recent. The event caused such a stir in 1892 because newspapers like the Providence Journal editorialized that the idea of exhuming a body to burn the heart is completely barbaric in those modern times.:
SOURCE: www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2003/legends20_06142003.shtml
The oil produced from star anise contains thymol, terpineol and anethole, which is used for treating coughs and flu. Anise also helps improve digestion, alleviate cramps and reduce nausea. Consuming star anise tea after meals helps treat digestive ailments such as bloating, gas, indigestion and constipation.
Drinking one glass of water infused with the crushed seeds of star anise at night can increase one's sex drive!
Major started bloating again on the way to the emergency vet hospital, and then again while there. I already knew that his heart could not withstand much more sedation, and definitely not surgery. He was very nervous there since he wasn't familiar with them (and they wouldn't let me go in the back with him - I also wasn't impressed with their handling skills, of animals or people - my poor baby was terrified). So I decided he wasn't spending his last hours in that cold hospital. I made them get him comfortable and I called my vet. She said she'd wait on me after the clinic closed and help me say goodbye to Major in a way that would give him the dignity he deserved, and allow him to go peacefully. We walked into the room they prepared for him and they had a soft bed made and dimmed the lights. He laid down on it, gave me a few kisses, and I hugged him for a while. Then the vet came in and we talked for a bit until the time was right. Major was already starting to bloat again. So she gave him a heavy sedative and he drifted off to sleep, and then I held him and kissed his head as he crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. Then I had a few minutes alone with him and I told him how much I loved him and how special he was to me. He was with me almost 2 years and I've never had a connection with one of my dogs quite like I had with Major. I will never forget him...
Thank you all for following his story, and for sharing his life over the past 2 years with me. Thank you Gloria for taking such great care of him before I adopted him and for being there for me at all hrs of the night. And thank you Kim from Wishaven Rescue, who watched "Major" (she called him "Justice," for what she hoped would be served upon his abusers) for 342 days before she could get him. A quote from Kim (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59664252@N00/) - "I will never forget the day I saw his predecessor dead where this dog would come to stand - day, after day, after day. He has taught me so much, about when to play by the rules and when not to, about how to stay out of jail and still do the things I need to do, about how the kindness and cruelty in our society knows no social or economic boundaries. Major was the 257th dog to come into my care, and is by far one of the finest examples the strength found in our animal companions. He is a lucky, lucky boy, and I am most fortunate for having the opportunity to have known him. He is one that simply gets stuck in the "top part" of your heart, and whose face never recedes in your memory."
I feel fortunate to have had the time I did with him and I am so happy I could give him the life he deserved even if it weren't nearly long enough.
Emelie is doing her best to nurse Myles back to 100%
We just got back from our vacation in North Carolina at the Barkwells resort, unfortunately it will be a trip to remember for all the wrong reasons. My male Standard Poodle, Myles,~ 52 weeks for dogs 2010~ suffered from GDV also known as BLOAT while we were away.
About 6 pm on Thursday, Myles refused his dinner.....as I was watching him, he retched 3 times in a row unproductively. Then layed down on the deck. I immediately thought GDV. We went to the nearest emergency Vet Clinic after we called ahead, only to find the x-ray machine was not working. After keeping my husband John from crawling over the counter and punching the girl (he was stressed) WHY didnt you tell us??? And listening to the Vet on call tell us why she doubted GDV beacuse he showed no signs of bloating~"I can do a needle aspiration, or you can go to anothe ER vet "and I won't charge you" GOOD cuz we are not PAYING YOU anyway", we headed to WESTERN CAROLINA VET HOSPITAL AND ER. we asked her to call ahead and tell them we were on our way. We had called them once, but they had guided us to the first clinic beacuse it was a bit closer.
This was 45 min away from the first clinic......we made it in about 24 minutes.On the way, Myles all of the sudden acted like he wanted to jump out of his skin and crawl down my throat.I believe this is when his stomach twisted. John called ahead and said, "no matter what the vet from ABC vet hospital said, this dog is in pain and we believe it is bloat. They were waiting outside for us, took him in and he was xrayed in about 3 minutes...he was torsioned to 270*, even without the telltale bloating.
So an emergency surgery, 24 hrs in ICU and 2 large swipes to a Credit Card, and he had torsion surgery and a gaxoplexy to attach his stomach to his abodimonal wall so it hopefully will not twist again.
The Vet said there was little to NO food in his stomach (I am careful about feeding and excercise too close together) and we got him there quickly (could have been quicker if it wasnt for the first vet) and his levels of Potassium and Lactate* were at the lower levels for a GDV patient which all worked in his favor.
He was released in 24 hours, the quickest he has ever released a bloat patient and he said this was the best outcome he has had in 2 years with this situation.
Needless to say, I am still a bit shell shocked and troubled. But he is home with us and that is a plus.......
*Kelly...Correct me
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Photographed outside Uluį¹u-Kata Tjuį¹Æa National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (440 km by road southwest of Alice Springs), long. 131.04Ā° E., lat. 25.22Ā° S., between 23.27 and 00.00 CAST (Central Australian Standard Time)
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: 25Ā°, declining to 19Ā°
* Temperature 15Ā° C.
* Total exposure time: 15 minutes
* 540 mm focal length telescope
* field of view: 3Ā° wide by 2Ā° high
* co-ordinates of centre of frame: R.A. 8 h 53 m, Dec. -42Ā° 12'
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Description:
The Gum catalog is an astronomical catalog of 84 emission nebulae in the southern sky. It was made by the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960) at Mount Stromlo Observatory using wide field photography.
Gum 15 (upper right) is an ionized hydrogen gas cloud located about 3,000 light years from our solar system.
The much larger Gum 17 (centre left), which domintaes the frame, has an uncertain distance. If the source of the excitation of the hydrogen gas (which makes it glow) is the Trumpler 10 star cluster (just to the right of and a little below centre), then the distance of the nebula is about 1,300 light years. If the source is SAO 220552 (the bright hot blue star dead centre in the nebula), then the nebula is much further away, at about 3,200 light years.
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This is the telescope and mount that I used for my astrophotography on this trip:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28602350028
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For a version of this photo WITH LABELS, click on your screen to the RIGHT of the photo, or click here:
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 101is 101 mm (4") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher HEQ5 equatorial mount
Fifteen stacked subframes - each frame:
ISO 6400; 1 minute exposure at f/5.4, 540 mm focal length, unguided (with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (curves, levels, brightness, contrast, colour balance, star bloating reduction)
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The name "Culver's root" derives from a certain Dr. Culver who was a pioneer physician of the 18th century
Veronicastrum virginicum
Culverās root contains essential oil, phenolic acids, some bitter substances, phytosterol, alkaloids, tannins, mannitol, dextrose, resins, and saponins
The Seneca Indians used the plant in tea form to induce vomiting as a part of purification rituals.
The use of the herb, mostly in moderate doses, as a laxative and detoxifying agent was adopted early on by the European settlers.
Later the herb was used as a remedy for liver diseases and to stimulate bile production. In addition, it was also used to treat malaria and typhoid fever.
Culverās root was once included in United States Pharmacopoeia but itās not commonly used today because its strong potency is difficult to control
Culverās root can affect the liver and gallbladder by increasing the production and secretion of bile, which lubricates the intestines which in turns enhances bowel movements.
The herb is therefore sometimes used as a treatment for chronic constipation, irritation of the intestines and ailments related to the liver and gallbladder such as hepatitis, cholecystitis, jaundice and other conditions which are believed to be caused by poor liver function (eg. some skin diseases).
The herb may also be of value as a remedy for diarrhea, bloating, chronic indigestion, hemorrhoids, and anal prolapse.
Culverās root is often combined with dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and barberry (Berberis vulgaris).
As a treatment for liver ailments and when used as a remedy for constipation it may be combined with the herb sweet flag (Acorus calamus) and goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
Culverās root usually works best in small doses that are administered repeatedly over an extended period of time.
As a decoction: 1 or 2 teaspoons of the dried rhizome and roots in a cup of cold water which is then brought to boiling point, then simmered for 10 minutes and then strained. 1 cup of the brew can be used three times daily.
As a tincture: 1-2 ml three times a day
High doses of the herb can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Furthermore, as the herb has powerful laxative (purgative) properties it can cause dizziness and bloody stools.
Ovarian Cancer Main Symptoms:
* Persistent pelvic and/or abdominal pain
* Increased abdominal size and/or persistent bloating
* Needing to urinate urgently or very often
* Difficulty eating and/or feeling full quickly
Sources and More Information:
* @KnockoutOC Jill Pall Fundraising Page.
* Ovarian cancer symptoms, @WHandFMagEd, health-advice.
* Download The Eve Appeal Ovarian Cancer Information Leaflet.
* Our posts tagged ovarian cancer.
28 x 4-minute ISO 1600 auto-guided exposures.
Modified EOS 600D & Revelation 12" f/4 Newtonian reflector telescope.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise, adjust overall colour balance and reduce colour gradients caused by light pollution. Also Starnet++ software used to temporarily separate the stars from the subject and prevent them bloating when galaxy contrast was stretched.
Candid street shot, Looe, Cornwall, Uk.
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Indigestion, is a condition of impaired digestion. It is a medical condition characterised by chronic or recurrent pain in the upper abdomen, upper abdominal fullness and feeling full earlier than expected when eating. It can be accompanied by bloating, belching, nausea, or heartburn. Dyspepsia is a common problem and is frequently caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease or gastritis. In a small minority it may be the first symptom of peptic ulcer disease (an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum) and occasionally cancer. Hence, unexplained newly onset dyspepsia in people over 55 or the presence of other alarming symptoms may require further investigations.
From The Low Fodmap App, The Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (put together by the research team in the Department of Gastroenterology).
Please ... no applause for me. Mr T is the one who rescued this tart! I followed the recipe to the nearest berry ... creamed, whisked, greased tin, oven cooked for the said amount of time. The tart looked very good - I dusted it with icing sugar. All was fine till I tried to remove it from the bottom of the tin ... it was not cooked underneath.
Ho hum ... I piled the sorry mess into a couple of bowls. Cooked some more berries - then handed it over to Mr T (who is a much better cook!) to rescue. The last photo is of our salvaged pudding - raspberry and blueberry crumble with a lovely frangipane and crumble topping - it was very tasty!
Here's the recipe in case you feel adventurous. I hope you have better luck than I did. The bits that were cooked tasted very nice!
Berry Frangipane Tart
75g softened butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup caster sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup ground almonds
1 tbsp. gluten free cornflour
150g fresh raspberries and blueberries
2 tbsp. pure icing sugar
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease 6 5.5cm x 10cm loose based fluted flan tins and place on oven tray.
2. Mix the butter, vanilla extract and caster sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until combined. Add the egg and mix through.
3. Gently mix in the ground almonds and cornflour and mix until smooth. Spoon mixture into tins; smooth surface and sprinkle with berries.
4. Bake tarts for about 30 mins or until golden brown and firm to touch. Stand in tins until cool to touch; turn carefully, topside up, onto the bench. Serve dusted with icing sugar.
"Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) affecting one in seven Australian adults and is also common in the USA, Europe and many Asian countries. This condition is characterised by chronic and relapsing symptoms; lower abdominal pain and discomfort, bloating, wind, distension and altered bowel habit (ranging from diarrhoea to constipation) but with no abnormal pathology. The diagnosis of IBS/FGID should be made by a medical practitioner.
The research team at Monash University have developed a diet to control gastrointestinal symptoms associated with IBS/FGID. The team has focused on a group of carbohydrates they have named FODMAPs (stands for Fermentable Oligo-saccharides, Disaccharides, Mono-saccharides and Polyols).
FODMAPs can be poorly absorbed in the small intestine. Mal-absorbed carbohydrates are fermented by gut bacteria to produce gas. Current research strongly suggests that this group of carbohydrates contributes to IBS/FGID symptoms. FODMAPs are found in a wide range of foods." www.med.monash.edu/cecs/gastro/fodmap/
I have to say a huge thank you to my hubby Mr T and also to the research team at Monash University ... I am on week three of this diet and, touch wood, it seems to be helping!
For my astrophotography during the workshop in Tenerife I concentrated on southern parts of the Milky Way that are difficult or impossible to image from home.
Astro-modified Canon EOS 600D and Tamron 90mm f/2.5 lens on a Vixen Polarie star tracker. 14 x 60-second exposures at f/4 and ISO 6400. Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software to reduce noise; further noise reduction, curves and colour balance adjusted in Cyberlink PhotoDirector.
April 2024 update: Starnet++ software was used to temporarily separate the stars and nebulae and prevent the stars bloating when contrast is stretched.
v had her first bad day since coming home from the hospital... here's how v put it:
As the day progressed I got more and more puffy on the sides of my torso @ boob height - where a bra goes around. Today was my worst day so far :(
Think easy-to-fix and healthy thoughts for me
last night v even had a slight fever... so we were a bit worried and scheduled an early morning appointment with her surgeon... that's when v described it to me and the doc as the feeling she had when she was engorged back when she was breast feeding the kids... she said she felt all bloated up like the stay puft marshmallow man... the doc was very reassuring... she said the feeling was typical... and that the puff of skin on her sides is caused by the surgery and the implants... nothing to worry about... and the puff will be greatly reduced when the permanent implants are inserted in a few months... she saw no signs of infection and felt that the wounds looked great... she'll even meet us at her office this weekend to remove the drain on the right side if we page her... she is a nice doc... no doubt...
well... poor v... she feels better about the bloating... and she switched from the bra to a camisole which is much more comfortable... but she still feels like a cross between the michelin man and the stay puft marshmallow man... so she does love the picture... :-)
Tom
"Gas on Stomach for 20 Years. Exercies to help constipation (page 8). What to eat (page 12)."
Constipated? Bloated? Nauseated by ads that discuss such topics? Then this small 1930s advertising booklet is for you! It discusses the benefits of Adlerika, a patent medicine that contained Epson salts and other ingredients with laxative properties.
Do you suffer from other afflictions that you'd rather not discuss in mixed company? Then you only have to flip this reversible booklet over to read about the vitality of Vinol (see the cover on the other side below).
Lotus, a latinization of Greek lÅtos (Ī»ĻĻĻĻ), is a genus of flowering plants that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed in the eastern hemisphere, including Africa, Europe, western, southern, and eastern Asia, and Australia and New Guinea. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legumes and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from coastal environments to high elevations.
The genus Lotus is currently undergoing extensive taxonomic revision. Species native to the Americas have been moved into other genera, such as Acmispon and Hosackia, as in the second edition of The Jepson Manual.
The aquatic plant commonly known as the Indian or sacred lotus is Nelumbo nucifera, a species not closely related to Lotus.
Most species have leaves with five leaflets; two of these are at the extreme base of the leaf, with the other three at the tip of a naked midrib. This gives the appearance of a pair of large stipules below a "petiole" bearing a trefoil of three leaflets ā in fact, the true stipules are minute, soon falling or withering. Some species have pinnate leaves with up to 15 leaflets. The flowers are in clusters of three to ten together at the apex of a stem with some basal leafy bracts; they are pea-flower shaped, usually vivid yellow, but occasionally orange or red. The seeds develop in three or four straight, strongly diverging pods, which together make a shape reminiscent of the diverging toes of a small bird, leading to the common name "bird's-foot".
The genus Lotus is taxonomically complex. It has at times been divided into subgenera and split into segregate genera, but with no consistent consensus. P.H. Raven in 1971 is said to have been the first to suggest that the "New World" (American) and "Old World" (African and Eurasian) species did not belong in the same genus. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2000 based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences confirmed this view. The New World species have been divided between the genera Hosackia s.str., Ottleya, Acmispon and Syrmatium. A 2006 study, primarily concerned with Old World Lotus species and hence with limited sampling of the American genera, found that they were all monophyletic. The study also supported the view that Dorycnium and Tetragonolobus are not distinct from Lotus at the generic level. More species were added to the 2006 results in 2008, but did not alter the broad conclusions reached before. Clades were identified within Lotus s.str., some of which were significantly different from the sections into which the genus had been divided. However, resolution was incomplete. The results of the analysis were presented in terms of clades and complexes.
Lotus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. Several species are cultivated for forage, including L. corniculatus, L. glaber, and L. pedunculatus. They can produce toxic cyanogenic glycosides which can be potentially toxic to livestock, but also produce tannins, which are a beneficial anti-bloating compound.
Species in this genus can fix nitrogen from the air courtesy of their root nodules, making them useful as a cover crop. The nodulating symbionts are Bradyrhizobium and Mesorhizobium bacteria. Scientific research for crop improvement and understanding the general biology of the genus is focused on L. japonicus, which is currently the subject of a full genome sequencing project, and is considered a model organism.
Some species, such as L. berthelotii from the Canary Islands, are grown as ornamental plants. L. corniculatus is an invasive species in some regions of North America and Australia.
Introduction To Your 6 Pack
Six pack abs are the holy grail of physical fitness when you ask anyone about the male or female physic. The opposite sex will like us more and people of the same sex will be envious of our perfect torso. The truth is, and many wonāt tell you this is that itās actually not that hard to get those killer abs that you crave so much. Unfortunately for men itās much easier if youāre female to get those perfect abs.
Although women are genetically wired to carry more fat than men, because there body is naturally preparing to nourish a baby, and obviously fat helps to achieve this. The healthy BMI of a women is between 18% and 20% where as it is 10% to 15% for men.
Women also store fat in different places to men. Women tend to store their fat in Hips, Buttocks and thighs. In fact gluteofemoral fat which is stored in the butt and tops of the legs is often thought to be a sign of strong metabolic health. This is why women find it easier to get to the end goal of an amazing six pack.
Unfortunately for men. The main place they store fat is around the abdomen area which is a bit of a bummer if your goal is killer abs. The dreaded beer belly has dashed many a dream of the glorious six pack, but not to worry. It may not be as easy to get abs if you are a man but itās certainly not that difficult if you follow the right plan of attack. Plan Your 6 Pack Here For FREE
Firstly for both men and women you need to get down to that healthy BMI we spoke about earlier. Men at 10% to 15% and women at 18% and 20%. You might be very surprised when you get here to see that your abs are already pronounced so you have already fought half the battle. The way to get to this point is to eat a healthy, well balanced diet. You need to be sure you keep your body well-nourished with the essential vitamins and minerals while lowering your BMI at the same time.
Phase 1
What Foods To Eat
Protein drinks for example are a great way to lower your BMI while still making sure you stay healthy and always feel full. This is because protein has a high thermic effect which basically means itās difficult for your body to digest. As a result of this you spend more energy breaking it down when digesting it. To work out how many grams of protein you would need each day, you need to multiply your weight in lbs by 0.8, so for a 170lb person thatās 136 grams of protein a day.
You should also try and opt for lean meats such as turkey and chicken breast without the skin. Tuna and salmon help to keep Omega3 up and also try and keep snacks to just nuts seeds and beans. To bulk out your diet you need to stick to healthy whole grain foods which help provide carbohydrates that keep you energised, fruit and vegetables provide you with vitamins, minerals and fibre, and plenty of dairy foods which give you calcium and natural protein.
Accelerate your weight lossā¦
To help speed up the weight loss and get to your BMI goal you need to carry out some aerobic activities. These help to speed up the burning of unwanted calories and together with eating healthily will speed up your advance towards your killer abs goal. If you are new to cardio you must start off gradually with something easy such as a brisk walk once per day.
As we are trying to target our abdominal muscles itās a good idea to try using what is called a sweat belt or Ab belt to help target the stomach area. The reason these are so successful is because of what they target. See how to get hold of a free sweat belt hereā¦
Sweat Belt/Ab Belt
The simple answer to this is yes. Let me explain how. Firstly let me dispel the myth that only overweight unhealthy people sweat. The actual truth is that the healthier you are the more likely you are to sweat. So if you are determined to get to your ideal BMI you better be prepared to sweatā¦a lot! The reason you sweat more as you get fitter is your body needs to work harder to keep you cool.
Another more direct reason that sweating helps you lose weight is detoxification, which is directly related to weight loss. As our bodies are overloaded with toxins from pollution, poor diet, pesticides, food additives, caffeine and alcohol. Any number of health problems can occur including headaches, bloating and fatigue, but the main problems are often weight gain and cellulite. Your body holds these toxins in your fat store so it keeps them away from the bodyās main organs. As sweating is the best way to release these toxins from the body then it stands to reason that excessively sweating in any given area will release massive amounts of unwanted toxins, therefore breaking down that targeted fat store while also ridding the area off access water which further helps to loose inches. As these sweat belts are designed to be inconspicuous they are really easy to wear when going about your normal daily chores. This has the added benefit that whether you are just starting on your road to fitness, or you are already an avid fitness nut you can still benefit from wearing a sweat belt as it just enhances the exercise you are already doing.
Tracking Your Progress
Itās often a great idea to keep a close track of your body measurements. Some people may go a bit too far while losing weight and this can be dangerous. To keep track of your vital statistics you can use something like a body tracking software, this allows you to measure any part of the body that you want to track and plot it in the program. As you regularly plot your measurements you see a graph developing, this allows you to easily see if youāre losing weight too fast or it gives you a massive boost as you can see in black and white how great you are progressing.
This is what we call stage one of operation killer abs. As we have already said, in order for you to see your abs developing you first need to be able to see your abs. Getting your free sweat belt/Ab belt is the ideal way to do this.
Phase 2
Now you are getting nearer to your ideal BMI you can move on to stage 2. In this section we need to start targeting our core fitness. There is no point just working on your abs without working the whole core as this can lead to a back injury. The way we make sure this does not happen is to use something designed specifically for this job.
The Ab Wheel/Ab Roller
At first glance this can look like a very simple piece of equipment. But donāt let that fool you. The Ab roller is actually an amazing piece of home gym equipment, which when used as directed can build muscle in not only your Abs but also your back which helps to build the solid core that we need.
Balancing Your Core
The Ab Roller actually works a number of muscle groups when used correctly. The major muscles worked with the Ab Roller are obviously the abdominal muscles, including the rectus abdominis (the so-called six-pack), the underlying transversus abdominis and the obliqueās which are situated down your sides. What many people donāt realise is that your latās, triceps, hip flexors, pectorals, trapezius muscles and glutes also will be worked with the exercise wheel, not to the extent that your core does but as your body tries to balance these muscles are used. Itās a great idea to use the sweat belt in conjuction with the ab roller to maximise results. Get them both for free here.
This is where the differences are between using the ab wheel and doing more regular exercises such as crunches and sit ups. Donāt be fooled into thinking that because the exercise wheel hits many more muscle groups, you get less of a work out on your abs. This isnāt the case. The ab wheel will target your abs and your back while also hitting other smaller muscle groups which get a work out trying to keep your weight distributed correctly.
Ab Wheel Exercises
The traditional way of using the ab wheel is to grasp it in both hands and while on your knees you roll out forward until you reach the plank position. You then reverse that and roll back to your start position without arching your spine. If you want to target a different muscle like your obliqueās then you can roll out at a slight angle. When you have been using it for a while you might want to up the intensity by starting from a standing position. You reach down and grab the ab roller and roll forward from there all the way out to the plank position. You then reverse this as before till you are back in your original pose. Again please regulate the amount of sets you do when you first get started. You will be amazed at how good this works and over doing it at the start may slow down your overall progress.
Phase 3
Ok so now you are at your ideal BMI and you have been ripping it up for a month or so with the ab wheel. You can now see some great definition in your abs and your body generally. Donāt forget the ab wheel hits lots of muscle groups so you WILL notice that lots of your body is getting much more defined. Hopefully you have remembered to keep a track of your progress using the body tracker software we spoke of earlier. Not only will this keep you going when you sometimes feel like you donāt want to work out. Also when people start noticing how good your new killer abs look they WILL be coming over asking how you got so ripped in such a short space of time. Having the data to show people how quickly you progressed might just give them the incentive they need to start and do the same. What better way to top of your new body than helping someone else also achieve theirs.
But were not quite done yetā¦
Electronic Muscle Toning Belts/Electronic Ab Belts (EAB)
Letās start by explaining what the electronic ab belt does. Many people think that the electronic ab belt does the same job as the normal sweat belt/ab belt we spoke of in phase1. This is definitely not the case. While the normal ab belt is designed to help you lose the fat around the waist by causing a sauna effect that is concentrated around your tummy while working out, and has the effect off stripping back the unwanted fat so you can actually see the abdominal muscle.
There are certain people that will tell you that the electronic ab belt will get you killer abs in no time by sitting on your backside while eating cakes and sweets. Unfortunately this is not the truth. In fact itās rubbish. I wonāt insult your intelligence by telling you there is a miracle way to acquire your killer abs without any hard work what so ever. There is however a free way to aquire an Electronic Ab Belt, see here.
What I can tell you is this, electronic ab belts do work for the purpose in which they were made. They were designed to target the muscles which other ab exercises find difficult to reach. Firstly the EAB will stimulate the rectus abdominis (6 pack) and the obliqueās on the side of the body which are notoriously hard to work and help shape your waist, it also hits your transversus abdominis which are deep within the abdomen. The EAB is is used to polish all the hard work that you have already put in when using your normal ab belt and working through the phases using your ab wheel as well.
The EAB is an entirely different piece of equipment. Although it is used to get to the same end goal as the normal ab belt, the EAB has been designed to reach certain muscles which are ordinarily really difficult to work and it does this by using electronic impulses. Although we can use the ab wheel to target the muscle groups in general the EAB can laser target the muscles what want to be most pronounced.
Benefits of Using Muscle Toning Belts
So what are the benefits of using the EAB? Firstly let me emphasize that the EAB is not a substitute for healthy eating and plenty of exercise. However in todayās modern world finding the time to fit everything in is very hard and unfortunately looking after our bodies often comes bottom of our to do lists. The EAB allows you to still work those abs while doing other more mundane tasks such as cooking or shopping. You can even wear it at work so you can still put some overtime in or wear it at home while watching television. So as you can see the EAB is a fantastic way for busy people to still commit to their health and fitness while keeping up with whatever today can throw at them.
I hope the above article has been of help to you in your quest for the perfect abs. Please remember that although using the equipment we have recommended will get you your perfect killer abs, it does require some hard work on your part too. Remember to keep track of your progress using the free body tracker software so you can remind yourself how well you are doing if you ever feel like giving up.
Most important: Please read and adhere to all the instructions that you receive with your ab equipment. Saving 5 minutes at the beginning and not reading instructions could end up with you getting hurt and having to postpone showing off your killer absā¦
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Spasmophilia, sometimes called hyperventilation syndrome is a syndrome involving a set of symptoms related to anxiety state. It is a reaction of fear and its manifestations, but occurs inappropriately or disproportionate to the environment. It is found rather in the new classifications described by the term panic attack. Recently, several studies rank spasmophilia under the term of autonomic amphotonique type (with individual predominance for one of two types of autonomic
This term has no existence in France, Quebec and Belgium it is not identified as such in medical classifications. Spasmophilia seems more common in women. Also known as tetany, although medically characterized tetany is extremely rare and has nothing to do with hyperventilation.
Clinical symptoms
Symptoms usually associated with spasmophilia are directly related to neuromuscular hyperexcitability caused by the anxious state of the person.
Muscle symptoms
Expression of muscle symptoms may be observed:
cramps, tingling in the legs, arms, hands and face;
contractures of masseter with difficulty opening the mouth;
twitching of the eyelids and various muscle groups;
tensions, contractures; at hand
Neuropsychological Expression
The term neuropsychological symptoms may be observed:
"Ball" in the throat, tight throat, choking, swallowing disorders vacuum, also called high dysphagia;
burns digestive, stomach cramps, nausea;
true rotational vertigo;
intestinal spasms, colitis and bloating;
uterine contractions, pain premenstrual important;
tingling in the fingers, lips, gums, eyes, face (paraesthesia);
feelings of loss of consciousness, without actual loss of consciousness, dizziness impressions;
inability to think, feel more or less constant to be in the "fog", memory problems;
sensation of heat or cold, chills, tremors;
chest tightness;
migraine headaches;
difficulty breathing, chest tightness;
visual and hearing impairments;
chest pain;
blood pressure variability;
difficulty or inability to walk;
sleep disorders;
increased fatigability;
tachycardia, extrasystoles, heart erethism;
mood disorders;
and all symptoms anxiodepressive
Olney & John Newton-William Cowper Museum & Garden
Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar or common medlar, is a large shrub or small tree, and the name of the fruit of this tree. The fruit has been cultivated since Roman times, and is unusual in being available in winter, and in being eaten when bletted. It is eaten raw and in a range of dishes. When the genus Mespilus is included in the genus Crataegus, the correct name for this species is Crataegus germanica Kuntze.
Origins and related species
Despite its Latin name, which means German or Germanic medlar, it is indigenous to southwest Asia and also southeastern Europe, especially the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and of modern Turkey. It may have been cultivated for as long as 3000 years.[1] The ancient Greek geographer Strabo refers to a Ī¼ĪĻĻĪ¹Ī»ĪæĪ½ (mespilon) in Geographica, book 16, Chapter 4.[2]
The flower has long sepals that remain on the fruit.
Flower bud showing petals and sepals
Flower bud
The sepals are behind the petals.
Open flower
Until recently, Mespilus germanica was the only known species of medlar. However, in 1990, a new species was discovered in North America, now named Mespilus canescens. The loquat, Eriobotrya japonica, is more distantly related than genera such as Crataegus, Amelanchier, Peraphyllum, and Malacomeles,[3] but was once thought to be closely related, and is still sometimes called the 'Japanese medlar'.
From an extensive study of literature and plant specimens, Kazimierz Browicz concluded that the[1]
true homeland [of Mespilus germanica] is only in the south-eastern part of the Balkan peninsula, in Asia Minor, on the Caucasus, Crimea, northern Iran and possibly also in Turkmenia.
Description and ecology[edit]
Mespilus germanica requires warm summers and mild winters and prefers sunny, dry locations and slightly acidic soil. Under ideal circumstances, the deciduous plant grows up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall. Generally, it is shorter and more shrub-like than tree-like. With a lifespan of 30ā50 years, the medlar tree is rather short-lived. Its bark is greyish brown with deep vertical cracks forming rectangular plates that tend to lift off. The leaves are dark green and elliptic, 8ā15 centimetres (3.1ā5.9 in) long and 3ā5 centimetres (1.2ā2.0 in) wide. The leaves are densely hairy (pubescent) below, and turn red in autumn before falling. It is found across Southern Europe where it is generally rare. It is reported to be naturalized in some woods in Southeast England, but is found in few gardens.[4]
The flowers have five broadly ovate white petals.[4] The flowers appear in late spring, are hermaphrodite, pollinated by bees, and self-fertile.[5] The flower is 6 centimetres (2.4 in) wide. The reddish-brown fruit is a pome, 2ā3 centimetres (0.79ā1.18 in) diameter, with wide-spreading persistent sepals around a central pit, giving a 'hollow' appearance to the fruit.[4]
Cultivation and uses[edit]
Fruit cut in half showing brown 'bletting' which makes it edible
Bletting begins on one side of the fruit. Bletted flesh is brown; ripe but unbletted flesh is white.
The medlar was already being cultivated about three thousand years ago in the Caspian Sea region of northern Iran and Azerbaijan. It was introduced to Greece around 700 BC, and to Rome about 200 BC. It was an important fruit plant during Roman and medieval times. By the 17th and 18th centuries, however, it had been superseded by other fruits, and is little cultivated today. M. germanica pomes are one of the few fruits that become edible in winter, making it an important tree for gardeners who wish to have fruit available all year round. M. germanica plants can be grafted on to the rootstock of another species, for example the pear, quince, or hawthorn, to improve their performance in different soils.[6]
Mespilus germanica fruits are hard and acidic, but become edible after being softened, 'bletted', by frost, or naturally in storage given sufficient time. Once softening begins, the skin rapidly takes on a wrinkled texture and turns dark brown, and the inside reduces to the consistency and flavour reminiscent of apple sauce. This process can confuse those new to medlars, as a softened fruit looks as if it has spoiled.[7][8]
Once bletted, the fruit can be eaten raw and is often eaten as a dessert,[9] or used to make medlar jelly.[10] They are used in "Medlar cheese", which is similar to lemon curd, being made with the fruit pulp, eggs, and butter.[9] So-called medlar tea is usually not made from M. germanica but from wolfberry or goji, which is sometimes called "red medlar".[11]
Cultivars of Mespilus germanica that are grown for their fruit include 'Hollandia', 'Nottingham', and 'Russian',[12] the large-fruited variety 'Dutch' (also known as 'Giant' or 'Monstrous'), 'Royal', 'Breda giant', and 'Large Russian'.[13]
In Iran, the fruits, leaves, bark and wood of the tree have been used as medicines for ailments including diarrhoea, bloating of the stomach, throat abscesses and fever.[14]
In literature[edit]
A basket of medlars
Chaucer[edit]
A fruit which is rotten before it is ripe, the medlar is used figuratively in literature as a symbol of prostitution or premature destitution. For example, in the Prologue to The Reeve's Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer's character laments his old age, comparing himself to the medlar, which he names using the slang term "open-arse":
This white top writeth myne olde yeris;
Myn herte is mowled also as myne heris ā
But if I fare as dooth an open-ers.
That ilke fruyt is ever lenger the wers,
Til it be roten in mullok or in stree.
We olde men, I drede, so fare we:
Til we be roten, kan we nat be rype;
Shakespeare[edit]
In William Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, Apemantus forces an apple upon Timon: "The middle of humanity thou never knewest, but the extremity of both ends. When thou wast in thy gilt and perfume, they mock'd thee for too much curiosity; in thy rags thou know'st none, but art despised for the contrary. There's a medlar for thee; eat it", perhaps including a pun on "meddler", one who meddles in affairs, as well as on rottenness. (IV.iii.300-305).
In Measure for Measure, Lucio excuses his denial of past fornication because "they would else have married me to the rotten medlar." (IV.iii.171).
In As You Like It, Rosalind makes a complicated pun involving grafting her interlocuter with the trees around her which bear love letters and with a medlar "I'll graff it with you, and then I shall graff it with a medlar. Then it will be the earliest fruit i' th' country; for you'll be rotten ere you be half ripe, and that's the right virtue of the medlar." (III.ii.116-119).
The most famous reference to medlars, often bowdlerized until modern editions accepted it, appears in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, when Mercutio laughs at Romeo's unrequited love for his mistress Rosaline (II, 1, 34-38):
Now will he sit under a medlar tree,
And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
As maids call medlars, when they laugh alone.
O Romeo, that she were, O that she were
An open-arse and thou a pop'rin pear!
In the 16th and 17th centuries, medlars were bawdily called "open-arses" because of the shape of the fruits, inspiring boisterous or humorously indecent puns in many Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.
Other 16th- and 17th-century authors[edit]
In Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote the eponymous hero and Sancho Panza "Stretch themselves out in the middle of a field and stuff themselves with acorns or medlars."
In FranƧois Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, medlars play a role in the origin of giants, including the eponymous characters. After Cain killed Abel, the blood of the just saturated the Earth, causing enormous medlars to grow. Humans who ate these medlars grew in great proportions. Those whose bodies grew longer became giants, and were the ancestors of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Thomas Dekker also draws a comparison in his play The Honest Whore: "I scarce know her, for the beauty of her cheek hath, like the moon, suffered strange eclipses since I beheld it: women are like medlars, no sooner ripe but rotten."
Another reference can be found in Thomas Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One in the character of Widow Medler, impersonated by a courtesan, hence the following pun: "Who? Widow Medler? She lies open to much rumour." (II, 2, 59).
In the Memoirs of GlĆ¼ckel of Hameln, GlĆ¼ckel recalls having had a craving for medlars when she was pregnant with her son Joseph, but ignoring the desire. When the baby was born, he was sickly and too weak to be breastfed. Remembering a superstition about the dangers of pregnant women not fulfilling their cravings, GlĆ¼ckel asked for someone to fetch her some medlars for the baby. As soon as the fruit touched the baby's lips, he ate all the pulp given to him, and was then able to be breastfed. (Book 4, Section 14)
Modern literature[edit]
In modern literature, some writers have mentioned this fruit:
Saki uses medlars in his short stories, which often play on the decay of Edwardian society. In "The Peace of Mowsle Barton", the outwardly quiet farmstead features a medlar tree and corrosive hatred. In "The Boar Pig", the titular animal, Tarquin Superbus, is the point of contact between society ladies cheating to get into the garden party of the season and a not entirely honest young schoolgirl who lures him away by strategically throwing well-bletted medlars: "Come, Tarquin, dear old boy; you know you can't resist medlars when they're rotten and squashy."
D. H. Lawrence: "Wineskins of brown morbidity, autumnal excrementa ... an exquisite odour of leave taking".
Vladimir Nabokov in Ada or Ardor briefly mentions a poet named Max Mispel, "another botanical name".
C.J. Sansom: in Dark Fire refers to "... medlar orchard. The white scentless blossoms of that strange fruit, which must be left to hang on the tree until it decays ..... "
Italian novelist Giovanni Verga's Naturalist narrative I Malavoglia is titled The House by the Medlar Tree in the English translation.
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Although it is well known that lemons are good for one's health, there are many benefits which are only now being recognized and taken advantage of. Because of its high level of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), for example, lemons have been known to help out against infections and skin diseases like scurvy; they may also be a potent weapon against cancer.
Among the less-well-known health benefits, however, are the following:
1. A remedy against heartburn?
Because of its high acidity, it may come as a surprise that lemons could possibly help out in the area of gastro-esophageal reflux disease. Lemons, however, appear to be good for the digestion, thus helping to relieve many of the symptoms that come with GERD, including indisgetion, bloating, and belching.
2. Relieving hiccups?
Drinking lemon juice may help to treat and help reduce the chances of succumbing to hiccups. The strong sourness of lemons is usually a strong medicine against the involuntary nerve spasms that constitute what we call "hiccups."
3. Dissolving gall, kidney, and pancreatic stones?
Some sources have suggested that lemons may be useful in the fight against stones that develop in the kidneys, gallbladder and the pancreas. Medicine may find this lithotripsy ability useful in the coming years, if this can be further confirmed through clinical studies. Because this remedy carries such low risk factors, however, it may be something people facing these problems may use on a trial basis, preferably by first contacting their physician.
4. Reduction of the phlegm your body produces?
Supposedly because of its natural antiseptic prowess, lemons (which contain, among other things, anti-microbial saponins) may help your body produce less phlegm, possibly by helping to strengthen your immune system.
5. Helping to fade burn scars?
Burns can greatly damage skin cells, often leaving ugly scars behind. By helping to cool and heal damaged skin, however, lemons may reduce the ugliness of said scars.
6. A weight reducer and diuretic?
Much of the weight gain some people experience comes in the form of water retention. Lemons (possibly consumed as lemon juice mixed with warm water and honey) may aid in the fight to keep water retention to a minimum, supposedly by helping the kidneys and the other fluid-management organs to work more efficiently.
7. Strengthening the heart?
Because of its high potassium content, lemons may help to keep the heart healthy and strong. Its cardiovascular benefits may also lie in its ability to keep high blood pressure low.
8. Used as a sedative?
Lemon juice is said to help against dizziness, stress, and depression, ostensibly by helping the body to stay calm and relaxed--especially when consumed in conjunction with other stress-reducing foods (e.g., green tea, honey, yogurt, etc.).
9. Remedy against respiratory problems?
Lemons may help (most probably because of their anti-inflammatory properties) people who suffer from breathing problems such as asthma.
10. An anti-aging supplement?
Lemons may help in the fight against premature aging, most probably because of their anti-oxidant capacity. They can help to prevent and remove wrinkles and blackheads, as well as to keep skin looking healthy, shiny and supple. Among other things, lemons are thought to be able to help the body restore pH balance.
Conclusion
Although for centuries lemons have been known to provide many health benefits, it's only relatively recently that we can to some extent understand why. Simply put, we did not have the technology to pinpoint some of the scientific reasons; what is more interesting, though, is the fact that there may be even more benefits we have yet to identify or discover.Source : Fred Fletcher To know more visit www.yogagurusuneelsingh.com Pic by Rohit Suri
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Typically, caraway occurs after the first mowing orchards, pastures grows on places gravel roadside.
Caraway reach heights of 80-100 cm.
Gathering the fruits (seeds) normally in June, July or August.
Caraway seeds contain essential oil in a ratio of 3 to 7%.
Caraway has a specific smell and taste, which makes the plant to be used in cookery as condiment for soups, sauces and confectionery.
Caraway tea has the ability to combat feelings of spasms or cramps in the stomach and intestines.
Tea helps in treating menstrual disorders.
Caraway is also used to treat cases of bloating, digestion difficult states after diarrhea (enterocolitis) especially for children.
Diarrhea and colitis may improve or even cure rapidly by administering powder caraway seeds mixed with powdered mint leaves in equal proportions.
Take a daily four six teaspoons of this mixture over a period of two weeks.
The result is amazing especially thanks antiseptic and anti-inflammatory qualities of the two herbs.
If you have problems with the stomach, bile secretion of gastric juice or excess of recommended daily administration of the combination of four teaspoons caraway powder and mint, both in equal proportions.
Plants should be freshly ground, to have a maximum content of volatile oils.
For breastfeeding mothers, the caraway stimulates lactation.
Due to its properties, caraway was recommended during Charlemagne's culture.
Nowadays, most of the necessary Caraway is obtained from crops.
The oil extracted from the seeds of caraway, fennel and coriander mixed uses, taken with sugar recovering dysentery and severe enterocolitis.
The volatile oil content of seeds of caraway, nerve tonic effects, favoring the cerebral circulation and reinstalling state of optimism and mental strength.
Halitosis or bad breath odor is removed using ... chewing after meals and between meals, a few caraway seeds. ā¦ read moreā¦
Drove up to Rockport Reservoir tonight to get out of the haze/fog caused by the inversion in SLC, was tired of waiting for it to clear so I could finally put my (new to me) Sirius EQ-G mount and Astrotech AT65EDQ scope to use. Only had about an hour after astro twilight and before the moon rose, of course setting everything up and getting it running was brand new to me so it took quite a bit of time. Not everything went well, I tried doing a 3-star alignment of the mount and the selected stars ended up being WAY off, I'm not sure if it's something to do with the "home" position of the mount or what. Really wish I could have done this from home for the first few times so I could look for answers on the internet while I worked on it. Stupid weather.
On top of that it was absolutely freezing cold, I left around 8:45pm and it was already below 10 degrees. Thought about continuing even with the bright moon up, but I was too cold and worn out from work today to bother with it. Guiding went well, though, I did a polar alignment using the nice sharpcap tool, then did my normal routine in PHD2 and was getting a total RMS error of ~0.5 arc-sec (~1.5"), not bad for my first go round with this mount.
The scope I bought, used, already had a known issue in that the stars aren't perfectly round, it might be a collimation issue and something I can work on (again, would be nice to do this at home in my driveway/backyard). There also appears to be some kind of artifact in the lower left hand corner of the image, not sure if that's related to my camera or the scope. It's not something I ever saw in my previous shots with lenses, though.
Only managed to get one 4-minute exposure at ISO 800 and one 10-minute exposure at ISO 400. Processed the 10 minute exposure because I was curious about my guiding accuracy, despite the star defect there doesn't appear to be any noticeable trailing. The star bloating is probably caused by the fog/haze that was rolling in while I was setting up, this winter has been unbelievable with the lousy weather, I think I've had 3-4 perfectly clear nights in the last 3 months.
A wider view of the Antares and Rho Ophiuchi area, to include Jupiter at left and the Blue Horsehead Nebula, IC 4592, faintly towards upper right.
Astro-modified Canon EOS 600D and Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 lens on a Vixen Polarie star tracker. 21 x 60-second exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 6400. Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software to reduce noise; further noise reduction, curves and colour balance adjusted in Cyberlink PhotoDirector.
April 2024 update: in a re-process, Starnet++ software was used to temporarily separate out the stars and prevent them bloating when contrast is stretched.
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This is a visual presentation of what the women are going through once a month. The primary sign of menstruation is bleeding from the vagina. Periods usually start between ages 11 and 14 and continue until menopause at about age 51.
After menstruation, a girl becomes a woman and is ready to give birth to a new life.
Additional symptoms include:
Abdominal or pelvic cramping
Lower back pain
Bloating and sore breasts
Food cravings
Mood swings and irritability
Headache and fatigue.
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I have wanted to commemorate the announcement of Windows #8, especially after them leaving Windows #7 with the idiotic jump and the dangerous coding errors. I don't expect much for the sad outfit that can't define what an operating system is. I'd like one that operates the computer well and stays the hell out of the way; neither of which 7 nor 8 can accomplish. I prefer to use my clocks myself. I don't use it to run ANY MickySoft software considering EVERYONE is better at coding that. Notice how both of these windows match MS product in that they both have enormous holes. What are the odds they fixed anything instead of bloating an OS that only Atlas would shoulder? Are they resolved to never fix their crap OSes? Does Google understand that they could have the world at their door if they write a competent OS?
I refused to completely give up on the autumn that already packed its bag and left for climates warmer than the St.Vrain Valley, taking with it our glorious season. The foliage is pretty crusty here.
Again, there was a blank sky that was less than inspiring on this day. This last autumn pass mostly consisted of keeping the foliage out of the frame but I liked dangling autumn clues in the small windows. So very like MS product, small in functionality but very leaky. I am still not willing to let this autumn slip away and I made another pass the other day. I got a couple of shots of the foliage that was still deteriorating.
I am out here Broley, the Boulder County greenbelt investments in mosquito breeding. The bold sky is gone, the rippling water gone, the bold clouds gone, my favorite foliage, gone or brown and most cattails seeding the next year's supply. I shot a few pictures and kept the sky out of the frame. The colorful autumn foliage remains in this sheltered location.
I have been asked to tell the story of Myles bloat/torsion event. Please know EVERY CASE CAN BE DIFFERENT!
We were vacationing at The Barkwells resort in NC. This was our second time there and both John and I, and the dogs love it! We arrived on Sunday and the event did not happen until Thursday evening. (most bloat episodes occur in late evening and manifest fully in the early hours middle of the night.)
First let me say, I have always been paranoid about bloat. John would get irritated with meā¦āItās NOT bloatā he would say. When I would think one of the dogs was āoffā
So it was always at the back of my mind.
We were vacationing with my niece and her golden Retriever puppy. She would want the dogs to go down to the 8 acres to run, and I would sayā¦..āno they just ate, we have to wait.ā One day, she said, āwow, this is labor intensive, timing everything, so they donāt exercise near mealtime!ā
On Thurday day morning I fed them at about 9-10 am. They are raw dogs completely since January 2013. Prior to that I rotated Honest Kitchen Meals, Zignature no grain, limited ingredient kibble, and raw. While on the trip, I brought freeze dried raw (which I would hydrate) and Zignature kibble for convenience sake. I would give them Ā½ cup of kibble with 4 rehydrated raw nuggets a wet soupy mixture. *Raw fed dogs bloat less often, than kibble fed, but they CAN still bloat/torsion!
We took the dogs downstairs to exercise at about 2:00. they were chasing a tennis ball, running with other dogs, and were down by the lake for a short bit. Once we caught Myles and Lexi for that matter, trying to drink out of the lake and we told them no, and they stopped. We were out standing with our dogs and chatting with other dog owners. We then brought the dogs in after about an hourā¦..we were not looking at our watches for any of this, we were on vacation.
I went to the grocery store with my niece to pick up some items for dinner. As I was preparing dinner. About 6 pm, I asked John to make up the poodles food. He called me about 6:20 and said Myles doesnāt want to eat. RED FLAG. Myles ALWAYS wants to eat! I tried to even give him a piece of dry Freeze dried rawā¦a major treat! Nothing. I was worried from this point. He was walking dejectedlyā¦..with his head kinda down. Then I saw him do something he did ONLY three times right in a row. He tried to vomit, unproductively. Lightbulb off in head=Bloat. We are going to the vet. Called the ER vet Barkwells had in their book. Nephew in law is looking on internet at same time. I am calling one vet, he is calling another, looking for closest one. Both vets said vet from Barkwells Book was closer. Told them we were on our way with possible bloat case.
After first Vet informed us their Xray machine was not working, (ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?) and the vet there tried to tell us, he wasnāt bloated and she was fairly certain it was not bloat. I asked her. āwhat is the one way you can tell me for sure he is NOT bloating?ā An Xray. I told her to call WESTERN CAROLINA VET HOSPITAL and tell them we were on our way. Honestly, on the way to the car, John did question whether or not we needed to do this. I said YES. I will not rest until I know. He is NOT right. So now we had a appx 45 minute ride to the next ER vet.
With our 19 year old son Logan watching for cops, we SPED to WCVH. Myles was in the back seat with me, with his head on my lap. On the way, he suddenly jumped up and tried to crawl down my mouth, it seemed trying to get away for whatever was happening. (we think that is when he torsioned) He was very distressed. No cry of pain, but he was obviously not right. He then began to drool profusely. John called ahead to WCVH and said, we are on our way, no matter WHAT the vet from ABC Vet ER told you, this dog is in trouble, and we think it is bloat.
They were waiting outside for us, took him in, did an xray in MINUTES and the vet came out and said, āhe did torsionā~ later we found out it was 270*. After signing all the papers, hearing all the potential outcomes and a LARGE swipe on our credit card, (make sure you let the C/C company know ahead of time you are out of town or they will block the transaction) he was in surgery.
Dr Owen come out later and said, he had just barely started a mild gastric distension at the start of surgery and because we got him at the start, it had a positive outcome with no organ damage. His pancreas had a start of some pink striping, (erythemia) but other than that, he looked good internally. (that is not usually not the case for torsion cases) His stomach was not discolored and is started moving right away when he untwisted it. Spleen. Kidneys and intestines all ok! Also unusual. A minute amount of food in his stomach when they rinsed it outā¦ā¦a very positive thing. (I donāt exercise near mealtime, ever) Looking at his labs, all stayed within the normal range, with a few at the very top of high normal. He also did a Gaxaplexy, tacking his stomach to the abdominal wall to hopefully prevent torsion (works well in most cases) although Bloat (Volvulus) can still occur.
Dr Owen said all in all he best Bloat/Torsion outcome in at least 2 years. And he has NEVER released a case in 24 hrs. EARLY DETECTION is the keyā¦..and trust me, the cost of an xray is a lot less than what we swiped!
1.Myles was off his normal feed of the last 6 months.
2.Myles, being a rehome that was unsocialized the first 2 years of his life is a nervousish dog. Nervous dogs bloat more than well adjusted ones.
3.Myles was traveling. Many bloat cases occur when traveling.
4.Myles did not exercise and eat in close proximity.
5.Myles did not exhibit all the typical signs of GDV. Ie no signs of bloat.
Love and Hug your dog everyday, Honestly, it is what they live for.
Vidago - Portugal
Although since Roman times that Vidago waters and their therapeutic qualities were known, fact which from nowadays Vidago owes its most important story, the fact is that throughout centuries the water has been ignored, forgotten even almost unknown until the late nineteenth century when it was rediscovered, it tells the tale that simply by chance in 1863 a farmer (Manuel de Sousa ) who used to work the the fields, on day full of thirst, leaned over a small fresh water spring, so small that was lost in the vast plowed fields. And that upon having tasted the water at first found it to be spicy, but still almost immediately afterwards felt relief in his stomach, from which he suffered from bloating, and which is also why that, in the following days he continued to drink from the same source to the relief of his stomach.
18 x 4-min ISO 3200 autoguided exposures; astro-modified Canon 600D and Sky-Watcher ED 80mm f/6.25 telescope.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise and remove background colour gradients caused by stray light.
Feb 2024 update: Starnet++ software used to temporarily separate the stars and nebula and prevent the stars bloating when nebula contrast is stretched.
Seeing this tractor festooned with as many stickers as an Indy race car, I got to thinking about lawyersā¦ When exactly did they take over?
How do you think the concentration of lawyers in the U.S. in 1970 compares to prior decades, back to 1900? I assumed a steady growth of lawyers, given the profound transition from a rural agrarian nation to a metropolitan nation with complex industries.
It reminded me of a fascinating talk by Robert Putnam on social capital and the breakdown of a culture of general reciprocity:
āAstonishingly, America had fewer lawyers per capita in 1970 than in 1900.
After 1970, however, the ratio of lawyers to the rest of us suddenly exploded, more than doubling in the next quarter century, and bloating this entry in our national ātransaction costā accounts.
No other major profession experienced this same post-1970 explosion. After 1970 the legal profession grew three times faster than the professions as a whole.
For the first seven decades of the 20th century the ratio of lawyers to engineers fell steadily, as our economy became more ātechnology intensive.ā By 1970 America had 1 lawyer for every 4.5 engineers. At that point, however, the centuryās trend was completely reversed. By 1995, despite all he talk of a high-tech economy, we had 1 lawyer for every 2.1 engineers.ā (Bowling Alone, pp.145-6.)
Last year, an IBM executive told me they have more lawyers working on ānanotechā than engineers.
(more lawyers: at the beach, strip club, and the prairie)
** NOTE: As with the image of the Veil Nebula, the bloating of the star images in this image was caused by some dew that was on the lens during the half hour required to make the exposures.
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Nikkor 80-400 mm lens on Nikon D800 camera body (modified, red blocking filter removed), at 400 mm; ISO 2500 at f/7.1.
Six 6-minute exposures (minus 3 dark frames), stacked in Registar and processed in Photoshop CS6
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Day 255 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Neil Diamond, Cherry Cherry
Few short notes on this one:
I'm stuck on photographing food and flowers. Which I am ok with.
I am so incredibly excited that I am going to see Neil Diamond in less than a month.
This is my favorite Neil Diamond song. I believe I subjected you to this video once before.
Other than that, I am feeling cranky and crampy and if you so desire you can read all about my swollen boobs at my blog, where such things are better left said.
abigvictory.blogspot.com/2008/07/lets-talk-about-bloating...
The awesome video for this awesome song by this awesome man: youtube.com/watch?v=vvXCYqd8AAs
Awesome.
Character Creation
Namor McKenzie, also known as the Sub-Mariner, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist Bill Everett for comic book packager Funnies Inc., the character first appeared in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (uncirculated).
Namor first appeared publicly in Marvel Comics #1 (cover-dated October 1939). It was the first comic book from Timely Comics, the 1930sā1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics.
During that period, known to historians and fans as the Golden Age of Comic Books, the Sub-Mariner was one of Timely's top three characters, along with Captain America and the original Human Torch. Moreover, Namor has also been described as the first comic book antihero.
The mutant son of a human sea captain and a princess of the mythical undersea kingdom of Atlantis, Namor possesses the superstrength and aquatic abilities of the Homo mermanus race, as well as the mutant ability of flight, along with other superhuman powers.
Throughout the years he has been portrayed as an antihero, alternating between a good-natured but short-fused superhero, and a hostile invader seeking vengeance for perceived wrongs that misguided surface-dwellers committed against his kingdom.
A historically important and relatively popular Marvel character, Namor has served directly with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Invaders, the Defenders, the X-Men and the Illuminati as well as serving as a foil to them on occasion.
Namor was created by writer-artist Bill Everett. The character first appeared in April 1939 in the prototype for a planned giveaway comic titled Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, which was produced by the comic book packager Funnies Inc.
The only eight known samples among those created to send to theater owners were discovered in the estate of the deceased publisher in 1974. Allegedly, Everett created Namor because he was informed that Carl Burgos had created the Human Torch, who can manipulate fire, and he wanted to play on the notion of "fire and water". His interest in "anything nautical, [and having] to do with the sea", also factored in Namor's creation and origin.
Everett stated that the inspiration for creating the character was Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), and came up with "Namor" by writing down noble-sounding names backwards and thought Roman / Namor looked the best.
He described the character as an "ultra-man of the deep [who] lives on land and in the sea, flies in the air, [and] has the strength of a thousand [surface] men".
When the giveaway idea with Motion Picture Funnies Weekly fell through, Everett used the character for Marvel Comics #1, the first comic book by Funnies, Inc. client Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics.
The final panel of the earlier, unpublished eight-page Sub-Mariner story had included a "Continued Next Week" box that reappeared, sans lettering, in an expanded 12-page story.
Origin
Captain Leonard McKenzie was on an expedition in 1920 to Antarctica, looking for the mystical Helmet of Power. His ship, The Oracle, was stuck in ice floes so McKenzie used explosive charges to break them up. Unknown to McKenzie, the ancient city of Atlantis was directly below. The city was severely damaged and the Atlantean ruler, Emperor Tha-Korr, commanded his daughter to send warriors to investigate the source of the deadly blasts. Not wanting to endanger anyone else, Princess Fen made the journey alone.
On reaching the ship, Fen was immediately captured by one of the crew but not speaking each other's languages, she was unable to communicate with anyone. Nonetheless having remained on board for a number of days, Princess Fen and Captain McKenzie fell in love and were married by the ship's Chaplain. Weeks later Tha-korr sent a war party in search of his missing daughter. Thinking they held Fen captive, the Atlanteans attacked and killed all the humans on the ship including Leonard McKenzie. Fen was brought back to Atlantis and from that tragic marriage was born the first hybrid between a human and an Atlantean- Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner.
Early Life
Namor grew up with hatred for the surface world. He met Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch when he finally visited the surface world. But when Nazis attacked Atlantis, he joined Captain America against them. Namor was also allied with his cousin Namora who was also half human half Atlantean and shared many of the same powers.
One fateful day after the war, a series of earthquakes rocked Atlantis, nearly destroying it. Thus destined to repeat his mother's feat, Namor is ordered by his grandfather Emperor Tha-Korr to investigate. Namor tracked down the source of the attack to a cave in Antarctica where he found a man called Destiny who told him he is the one who attacked Atlantis with his Helmet of Power. Destiny used his mental powers to hold the Sub-Mariner still and show him Atlantis crumbling and his mother and grandfather crushed to death beneath the debris. Destiny then used his mental powers to give Namor amnesia and send him away to New York, where he wandered around as a hobo for a number of years. During this absence, Namora was thought to have been killed.
Eventually Johnny Storm of The Fantastic Four found Namor in a homeless shelter and recognizing him, dropped him in New York harbour deciding water may cure the Atlanteans amnesia. Namor instantly recovered most of his memory and returned to where Atlantis had stood before his absence. However finding it abandoned and in ruins, assumed humans had destroyed it and went about warring with the surface world. He awakened the giant whale like monster Giganto and unleashed it on New York City.
Namor also tried to claim the Invisible Woman as his own despite her relationship with Mister Fantastic. Namor and Giganto were both defeated by the Fantastic Four and he eventually found the new Atlantis, becoming monarch of the sub-sea empire. However Namor is constantly drawn back into surface world affairs and often finds himself battling both Earth's super heroes and villains.
Character Evolution - Golden Age
Namor (or the Sub-Mariner as he was then known) debuted in the Golden Age of Comics and was the original anti-hero of comics. Interestingly, Namor was the first super-hero who was able to fly. His meeting and subsequent battle with the original Human Torch (the android called Jim Hammond) in Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (June 1940), made comic history as it was the first superhero meeting and team-up in comics history and it established for the first time the concept of a shared fictional universe inhabited by many various superheroes in comics.
Silver Age
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby brought Namor into the Silver Age in Fantastic Four #4 (May 1962) and thus appropriated Timely's Golden Age continuity. They also introduced the concept that the Sub-Mariner's more outrageous Golden Age exploits were simply tales from comic books. Stan Lee made the character more formal, with the same pseudo-Shakespearean speech and mannerism he would give to Thor.
He also coined the phrase "Imperius Rex!" - meaning of royal command - and depicted Namor's undersea city as being the mythical city of Atlantis. Lee's stories for Namor took a decided fantasy turn. After appearing as a protagonist in both Fantastic Four and The Avengers, Namor slowly turned into more of an antihero than an outright villain. He eventually appeared in his own on going feature stories alongside The Hulk in Tales To Astonish. The popularity of the series ultimately led to both antiheroes being given their own ongoing monthly titles and the acclaimed first issue of Sub-Mariner was released in May 1968.
Bronze Age
Namor's first wife, Lady Dorma was murdered and he abdicated.
Modern Age
Namor joined the Avengers, for a brief period the Fantastic Four and later the X-Men.
Major Story Arcs - Villain Team-Up
Namor teamed up with another Fantastic Four enemy, Doctor Doom. Together they planned to launch the Baxter Building into the Sun and kill the team. But Namor was betrayed by Doom and once he realized this, he helped his enemies to avoid their fate.
Namor's next approach to destroy the Four was to use their monetary problems against them. Amassing a fortune from the bottom of the sea, Namor offered them one million dollars to film a Fantastic Four movie with him as director. But the stages were not for actors, Namor planned various scenes that would result in the death of the members. They overcame their challenges and Namor leaves defeated, telling them to make the film anyway.
Namor however not only acted as an enemy to the Fantastic Four but also to the Mighty Avengers as well. When then teammate The Hulk abandoned the team and turned against his fellow Avengers Namor joined him in battle. Namor later accidentally freed his former ally Captain America after finding him trapped in ice and then throwing him into the ocean causing it to melt leading Rogers to join the Avengers.
Namor then began the search for his people, planning to reunite with them and take his rightful place as their leader and the leader of the planet. This was stalled when the Puppet Master gained control over him, using him to get his revenge on the Fantastic Four. After luring in the Invisible Woman, who had been secretly searching for him, Namor dared the rest of the team to come to his undersea lair and battle him.
With the use of strange ocean creatures he nearly succeeded. When the giant octopus Namor used to attack the Invisible Woman was thrown out of the lair it attacked the Puppet Master in his submarine. Busy with the threat, his control over Namor slipped away. Namor had no memory of the incident and began his search for his people once more.
After eventually finding his people and regaining his throne, Namor was soon overthrown by the traitorous Warlord Krang. In order to win back his thrown Namor had to undertake a perilous quest to find the fabled Trident of Neptune and prove himself worthy as the true ruler of Atlantis.
On completing his quest and returning to Atlantis Namor thought he had been betrayed by his beloved Lady Dorma when in fact Droma was tricked by Krang to escape with him in exchange for her Prince's safety. The Sub-Mariner eventually rescued Dorma after chasing Krang to New York, on the way once again falling victim to the mind control of the Puppet Master and battling with Iron Man. After rescuing Dorma, Namor faced many further challenges to his rule from enemies such as his cousin Byrrah and the barbarian Attuma, who successfully managed to enslave Atlantis while Namor was away in Antarctica battling Destiny.
The Man Called Destiny
While trying to piece together the missing fragments of his memory, Namor would face one of his greatest foes. Destiny, wearer of the Helmet of Power and the murderer of Namor's mother and grandfather, would draw Namor to him using his mental powers, While facing his foe, Namor would learn about his past and finally fully regain his memory. However Destiny defeated Namor and left him for dead in an Antarctic cavern, leaving to carry out his plan for world domination by running for President of the United States and hypnotising the public during his election campaign. But Namor would eventually catch up with Destiny who, thinking himself more powerful then the helmet of power, threw the headpiece away and stepped off a rooftop. Unable to levitate without the helmet, the mad villain essentially committed suicide.
The Spell of The Serpent
After Destiny's death, Namor took the Helmet of Power to Atlantis for safe keeping and ordered it to be placed in the Hall of Science for research. One night the helmet gave off an eerie glow and its outer casing shattered to reveal the Serpent Crown. When Namor left Atlantis to help cure Tiger Shark, Dorma convinces Ikthon to show her the Helmet of Power and as they gaze at its changed form, they were hypnotised. On Namor's return he was shot by a guard who told him the new ruler of Atlantis was Naga, the Serpent of Life and Death.
The Sub-Mariner was captured and placed on a sacrificial altar by order of the Priestess of Naga who was none other than Dorma. Realising all his subjects were under the Serpent's spell, Namor broke free of his chains and snatched the crown from Dorma. He then left Atlantis to figure out what powers the Serpent Crown contained.
While attempting to discover the Serpent Crown's secrets, the Sub-Mariner encountered Karthon the Quester who was on a mission to reclaim the crown for his master Naga. Namor defeated Karthon who told him the crown was stolen centuries ago from Naga by a rebel group of Lemurians that came to be known as The Ancients.
It was the Ancients who hid the Serpent Crown inside the Helmet of Power to stop it from falling into the wrong hands. A sudden attack by Captain Barracuda allowed Karthon to escape with the crown and head to Lemuria. Namor followed and came face to face with the maniacal Naga who on receiving the Serpent Crown killed a number of his own people to show Namor his power. Namor was then forced to participate in the deadly Tournament of Doom where he had to fight to the death against a number of opponents, eventually defeating them all. After his victoy the Sub-Mariner turned to face Naga but the overlord killed Karthon's sister Llyna in a fit of madness. In vengeance Karthon slayed Naga from behind and the Lemurians chose the man who freed them from Naga's tyranny as their new leader.
Defender
Despite his long time hostility to the surface Namor was convinced into helping Doctor Strange in a battle against forces known as the Undying Ones. Soon the duo became a trio after being joined by the Hulk. The trio soon became known as The Defenders. However the team had no real alliance and often didn't even like each other but various threats kept causing them to ban together. They soon began to take on new members such as the Silver Surfer. Soon other heroes Nighthawk, Hellcat and Valkyrie joined and others aided but were often called "Defenders for a day."
Namor worked with the team when they fought against demons from various Hells who attempted to merge them into one and even against his enemies and allies the Avengers when both teams where tricked by Loki and Dormammu. Yet he along with the main four members would soon finally depart the team as they always intended.
Once again becoming ruler of Atlantis and the Atlanteans also fighting against those who wished to harm his city of his reign such as Attuma who for years wanted to rule Atlantis even turning Lady Dorma against him for a short time. It was around this time that Tiger Shark appeared, a swimmer whose DNA was mixed with that of Namor's and a tiger shark, which made him almost as strong. He would go on to trouble Namor for years to come, and became one of his main enemies.
Namor finally married his great love and cousin Dorma or so he believed. It soon came to light that he had truly wed Llyra. Llyra was like Namor a human merman hybrid but ruled over Lemuria and its people. After discovering the truth, Namor searched for Dorma and discovered that Llyra had taken her to the surface. He hoped to free her from Llyra but she exposed Dorma to the surface by breaking her tank causing her death.
Abdication
After many years Namor was finally able to reunite himself with his father, however Llyra soon captured his father and along with Tiger Shark attempted to finish off Namor. In the end Tiger Shark killed Leonard as the villains made their escape from battle. Namor at a time also caused his people to become dormant by accidentally releasing a type of nerve gas that also damaged his ability to breathe air.
Using a suit made by Reed Richard he was able to continue his adventures on land and only after teaming with Doctor Doom to defeat the Red Skull did Doom revive the Atlanteans and give the Sub-Mariner his powers back. Namor would also finally meet Namorita and allowed her to be cared for by Betty Prentiss. He was often known for being over protective of her despite her own career as an adventurer and even later member of the New Warriors.
Avenger
After the death of his wife. Namor for a time thought of a romance with his teammate Valkryie but his feelings for Dorma made this impossible. Despite this Namor once again found love in the form of Marrina. Marrina was alien member of the Plodex species. Arriving on earth and growing into adulthood, she became part of the Canadian super hero team Alpha Flight. Marrina was troubled with the discovery of her true savage alien form but she was able to become normal once again.
She left her teammates at Alpha Flight to be with Namor even creating the new undersea kingdom of Deluvia. The Sub-Mariner even joined his long time ally Captain America in joining the Avengers with his wife. The alliance was pivotal in freeing Marrina from the clutches of Attuma. However their happiness soon came to an end when Marrina became aware of her pregnancy and her savage form the Leviathan was released. Namor had no choice but to euthanize his love with the Ebony Blade.
Atlantis Attacks and Death
The forces of the sea dwelling peoples soon joined forces against the surface. Led by Attuma, Llyra and Ghaur they made attacks against humans. Attempts at resurrecting the evil god Set were made using the Serpent Crown. Nearly all superheroes became involved in protecting the surface from the Atlanteans, Set and his followers. In the beginning it seemed as though the Sub-Mariner had fallen in battle. This was later revealed to be false when Namor, The Avengers, and the Fantastic Four fought against Set's forces but for a time he allowed the world to believe he had indeed been slain.
Oracle Inc.
Namor soon discovered the truth of why he would often act violent and uncontrolled. Carrier and Caleb Alexander explained to him his body required him to spend equal amounts of time in both the sea and above it. To allow him to counteract his anger issues he was given a monitoring device. He soon went on to establish Oracle Inc. dedicated to providing safety to sea life.
Namor soon suffered the loss of his wings in a battle with a filth being called Sluji. Later his mother Fen seemed to return but this later only proved to be a trick by Artys Gran and her husband Suma-Ket. Namor was killed by Suma-Ket but the great sea god Neptune gave him back his life and his wings again. With help from allies Namor defeated the evil couple and regained his city and company.
Love Again
The Sub-Mariner made another attempt at winning the love of Sue Storm Richards after Reed Richards vanished. Namor filled his spot on the team.
His attempts at making the Invisible Woman love him failed as Llyra impersonated her and tricked Namor into another relationship even giving birth to a child Namor for a time thought was his own. The evil witch Morgan Le Fey brought a terrible danger to the city of Atlantis when she raised it to the surface, killing the majority of its people and Namor took his leave of the Fantastic Four.
Onslaught
Namor was one of the heroes to stand against the evil mutant known as Onslaught. In a brutal final battle, he with many other heroes such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Fout, where thought to be killed. It was however revealed that they where all saved by Franklin Richards and lived in a pocket dimension for a short while. Eventually the heroes managed to return to their own proper dimension. It was then that Namor
Return of the Defenders
Later after his return Namor joined the four core members of the Defenders once again but not as they had done in the past. Doctor Strange's long time rival Yandroth had cursed the group. It caused them to unwilling respond the grand threats and soon twisted them into wanting to rule the world as The Order. The Order was soon opposed by many heroes including the Avengers and their fellow Defenders. Namor's cousin Namorita even took up arms against the cursed Namor till the Defenders freed the Order from the curse.
Illuminati
Namor was one of the Iluminati, a group of leaders and influential people, brought together by Tony Stark. Namor, Charles Xavier, Black Bolt, Iron Man, Dr Strange and Reed Richards comprise the group, with Black Panther invited as well, but he declined. While he agreed with T'challa's concerns about the Illuminati, Namor decided he could better safeguard Atlantean interests if he accepted Tony Stark's offer to join. But he insisted the Illuminati be a secret organization, and they would meet and exchange important information to prevent planet wide catastrophes.
Perhaps because they were both rulers, Namor's closest ally among the Illuminati was Black Bolt. When dealing with the mutant Inhuman Beyonder, Namor spoke for the Inhuman king. Otherwise, Namor was often the dissenting voice in the group, usually bluntly pointing out truths the other members wished to avoid. He was against Tony Stark's proposal to support the Super-Human Registration Act, as well as the plan to shoot the Hulk into space, a disagreement that caused Namor and Iron Man to come to blows. Namor delivered the killing stroke to the SkrullBolt when it revealed itself to the Illuminati. He was given the orange Time Gem to hide and keep safe, after the Illuminati recovered the Infinity Gems at the insistence of Reed Richards.
Civil War
His only care in Civil War is the murder of the Atlantean Princess Namorita, who was killed by Nitro in the Stamford explosion while she was trying to stop him. Namor ordered the capture of Nitro, at first in battle with Wolverine because he felt guilty and promised to stop Nitro. But soon the two saw eye to eye and with the help of Wolverine, Nitro became an "honorary guest" in an Atlantean prison. During the final battle of the Civil War, Namor helped Captain America by leading an attack with several Atlantean warriors because of his opposition to the Super-Human Registration Act.
World War Hulk
Prior to the events of the World War Hulk, Namor is the only one who opposed the idea of exiling the Hulk for reasons that he will just come back even angrier than before. It seemed as Namor made the right choice in doing so, but his prediction came true. The Hulk did return and took revenge on the members of the Illuminati, only Namor was left alone by The Hulk because he opposed to the idea of sending him away. His cousin Namora who had since been revealed as alive and well joined the forces allied with the Hulk, along with Hercules, Angel and Amadeus Cho.
The Initiative
Sub-Mariner Revolution starts with a large explosion which wipes out entire city of Stamford in Kansas. Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately go to the location to find out what happened. Not long after they find a corpse nearby of a normal human man, however gills had been carved into his neck and traces of Atlantean DNA had been found. All blame pointed to the Atlanteans.
In the meantime some of the Atlanteans question Namor's allegiance because of his continuous affairs with the world above the sea. Iron Man decided to contact Namor about the attack, but Namor had no knowledge about it and told Iron Man to stay out of it and that he would find the perpetrators himself. Of course Iron Man did not agree, after much deliberation Iron Man decided to send a military force to Atlantis until the situation was resolved. But Namor needed to go to the surface to find out what happened for himself, after giving command to his trusty general Argos Namor took off on his own. He managed to break through the lines after a short struggle with Iron Man and visited the blast site himself and there he found an Atlantean artifact.
He decided he needed help and went to the X-mansion to get it. He briefly fought with Wolverine, who thought Namor was a terrorist. But they were quickly interrupted by Professor X. He helped Namor locate the splinter cells in America, 12 of which Namor had sent, and one he knew nothing of. Namor asked Professor X to pin point their location, but appalled at foreign spies on American soil, Xavier decided not to help Namor further, and sent him away.
As he left the mansion two sentinels ambushed Namor, but he quickly disposed of them, without taking any damage. In the meantime some Atlanteans in Atlantis were plotting to take over when Namor was away. But Namor's trusty general held the city for Namor's return. Venom had received orders to engage Namor. As Namor flew by he was shot in the back by a weapon that weakened him and got into a fight with him.
It ended with Namor winning and ripping off Venom's tongue, but not without cost. Venom had ripped off two ankle wings, so now he had difficulty flying. He went to Sue Richards (Invisible Woman) for help. When she came to him for the Civil War, Namor answered. Now it was time for her to do the same thing for him, yet she refused which led Namor to believe he had no more allies on the surface world. However, she did give him the Fantasticar to help him in his travel.
In the meantime the rogue splinter cell had set up a sort of bomb in a building in Seattle which caused the building depleted the air inside, suffocating the humans inside. Namor raced towards it in an attempt to stop it, and for the first time he met the rogue splinter cell. In the meantime the coup in Atlantis was in full progress. But Argos, Namor's general, had found out about it and met them in battle.
Namor had already engaged in battle with the splinter cell and found out one of them was his son, Kamar, who was out for revenge. Namor tried to explain to him that he banished him for his own safety, but he wouldn't listen. After Namor had defeated the splinter cell he took them down to Atlantis and was just in time to stop the coup there and show who was responsible, his son Kamar. He had also found out that one of the Atlanteans from the splinter cell had siphoned Nitro's power, the man who killed Namorita in the Civil War. His city had been compromised and he had enough of the involvement with the humans, he decided to evacuate the city through old tunnels running through the ground, the civilians would live amongst the humans, not in one city anymore.
And his army would go with him to a remote location. He made the preparations for the destruction of Atlantis, he would use Nitro (whom was still in his jail) to blow up the entire city like a time bomb and chain his son to the crown to die with the Nitro and the city as punishment for his betrayal. The city was evacuated and then blown up and completely destroyed only leaving some wreckage behind, the dead skeleton was still on his thrown. At first Iron Man believed this to be Namor but after further research it appeared to be his son. No other bodies were found in the destroyed city and they could only guess where they had gone to as they found the large tunnels. Atlantis was no more. But Namor and his army found refuge in Latveria. Dr. Doom's country. With him he would join the Cabal.
The Cabal
After the events of the destruction of Atlantis it became clear that Namor had joined the Cabal. Their intentions were clear, to rule the world with each member having their own motives, Namor's being the world under the sea. The team consisted out of six members, Namor, Emma Frost, Dr. Doom, The Hood, Norman Osbourne and Loki. It has recently been shown that Namor had a relationship with Emma Frost.
Namor joined the Dark X-Men at Frost's request. However, this was a ploy in order to free all of the mutants that Osborn & his Dark Avengers had arrested. At the same time, Cyclops put into action his plan to relocate the X-Men to Utopia, an island floating in San Francisco Bay. After turning the tables on Osborn, Namor made good on his promised alliance with the mutants and helped them set up Utopia, as well as fought alongside the X-Men against the Dark Avengers, where Namor fought Sentry.
Osborn sent a monster Plodex, who in her humanoid state had been Namor's wife Marrina, to kill anything Atlantean. With the help of the X-Men, Namor was able to destroy her. He formed a partnership with Magneto, working towards an Atlantean/Mutant joint haven. New Atlantis is currently being constructed beneath the island, around a support column that keeps the island afloat.
X-Men and Second Coming
Hope Summers and Cable are finally detected back in the present timeline and Cyclops dispatches a number of X-Men to go find her but orders that Namor be left behind with Rogue to protect Utopia. However he does so by telling him that he is the most powerful one and that only he can protect them. Soon the X-Men, Cable and Hope come back just in time for Bastion to attack all of San Francisco, trapping it in a giant red sphere.
Inside the red sphere, on the Golden Gate Bridge, a smaller silver sphere appears. Several Nimrod like Sentinels erupt from the silver sphere and attack the X-Men. Once they are defeated, Dr. Hank McCoy asks Namor to 'stick his hand' into the sphere to gather information. For some reason, Namor does this, and is hurled away by an energy blast. Beast noted that had it been anyone else they no doubt would have been killed by the force.
Namor's efforts became more and more pivotal as he was one of the few mutants able to hold back the sheer number of Nimrods and was part of the first line of defense alongside Colossus, Rockslide and others, but they eventually adapted to him, and started draining moisture from the environment and his body in order to weaken him.
Curse of the Mutants and Rebuilding Atlantis
Namor's efforts at rebuilding his kingdom and reuniting his people suffered a setback when he agreed to help the vampire besieged X-Men. The Aqueos, the Atlantean sect of vampires, had taken the head of Dracula and hid it in the ocean depths. Namor discovered the whereabouts of the Aqueos, fought their leader, the Highlord, and retrieved Dracula's head. This conflict broke the Shallow Peace that had existed between the two water breathing groups, and instigated an Aqueos attack on New Atlantis.
After fending off the Aqueos, Namor consulted his Royal Logomancer who provided him with part of a spell to end the Aqueos forever, if the Prince was willing to pay the cost. Namor, the Tridents, and what Atlantean troops he can muster return to the hidden city of the Aqueos. Abira and Namor find the Tomb, where the oldest of the Aqueos rest, and the last part of the spell is hidden. Before Namor can complete the ritual, the Highlord arrived and revealed his Atlantean identity.
Outside, the Atlanteans battled the Aqueos to buy their Prince time, and are aided by the arrival of the Royal Logomancer and Loa, who have discovered a way to weaken the Aqueos -- and Loa learned she could breathe underwater. After a struggle, and with Abira's help, Namor defeated the Highlord and completed the spell. Most of the Aqueos are destroyed, and Namor restores the Shallow Peace with the few that remain.
Loa's ability to breath underwater comes from a locket she inherited from her grandmother, Alice Ryan -- Betty Dean's roommate during WWII. The locket is ancient Altantean and is turning Loa into a water breather. While the Logomancer and Dr. Nemesis are investigating this, apparitions of the old Kings of Atlantis appear from the locket and drag Namor to his own hell. Doctor Doom unexpectedly shows up and transports himself, Abira, and Loa to Namor's hell.
They find Namor trapped by the responsibilities of ruling, and make him angry enough to escape his self imposed prison. Doom abandons the trio at exit from hell, as the old Kings of Atlantis mount a final attack. While appearing catatonic, Abira is actually talking to an old Queen of Atlantis, who gives her the insight and power to help Namor. When Namor accepts Abira and Loa's help, they find the way out of hell. Back at New Atlantis, they are greeted by an angry Cyclops and Warlord Krang's coup attempt. Namor and Abira start a relationship.
Selach undermines Krang's challenge by killing the Royal Logomancer, forcing Krang and Namor into an alliance to save Atlantis. Abira choses to end her relationship with Namor by becoming his Royal Logomancer.
Regenesis
Namor is a member of Cyclops' Extinction team alongside Colossus (with the powers of Juggernaut), Magneto, Storm, Emma Frost, Magik, Hope Summers and Danger, and was called forth to deal with the Dreaming Celestial who Mr. Sinister has taken control of. When a ceasefire was ordered, the team went to Sinister's palace where he took control of the team telepathically, save for Emma who was in diamond form.
Due to a pre-programmed word, Emma set Hope free by making her transform into diamond form where Hope took off. Finding a vantage point, Hope shot Sinister through the head which freed Namor and the team,but Sinister predicted this and the team learns his copies are a giant hive mind. Namor continues to fight the Sinister species. He held Emma's arm when she released her diamond form as a tourniquet so she could telepathically assault the hive-mind. He was there with the team when they stared down the Celestials.
With a mysterious new habitat known called the Tabula Rasa appearing, Namor is deployed along with the extinction team where are split apart in pairs. Namor goes with Hope where they explore the aquatic portion of the habitat where the two are confronted by a monstrous creature. Namor and Hope fight off the creatures but Namor comes to explain that the creatures think Namor and Hope are enemies, which Namor wishes to change.
Namor and Hope enter the Queen's chambers of the sea creatures where Namor appeases to the Queen establishing a friendship with their species, hoping for an alliance somewhere along in the future. He talks with Hope and tells her she is invited to Atlantis anytime she wants.
Namor has a talk with Emma while she is training about how losing her arm could have been shocking to such a beautiful woman. She leaves him but thanks him for being concerned. He was deployed with the Extinction team and helped them defeat some Peak prison escapees. They leave the Avengers to go fight Unit who has Hope. Unit hits Emma Frost and Namor with a pheromone blast causing them to become intimate with each other on the battlefield. After Unit's defeat, the team heads home.
Avengers vs X-Men
The Phoenix Force is returning to Earth, slowly but surely. The X-Men believe this, and the Avengers know it to be true. Captain America visits Utopia to demand that Scott Summers allow him to take Hope Summers into protective custody, as she is the one they believe the Phoenix will bond with. Cyclops is unwavering in his intolerance for the Avengers supposed superiority, and refuses. Captain America says he isn't asking for permission, and he is sent careening backwards by an optic blast from Cyclops.
This begins the real fighting, as the helicarrier with the Avengers on board is uncloaked. Magneto sends Colossus hurling through the helicarrier, destroying a part of it, and sending the Avengers falling to the shore of Utopia. While Emma Frost whisks Hope away deeper into Utopia, Namor and the other X-Men join the fight against the Avengers. Namor says that he must side with the mutants not only because he is one, but also because he understands how difficult this is for Cyclops. As the leader of a people, Namor knows that Cyclops will and must do everything in his power to protect Hope and the others. During the battle on Utopia, Namor dives into the ocean and battles the Thing and Luke Cage.
After their brief engagement, the Thing uses two large pieces of rubble and stone to trap Namor on the ocean floor. When Namor finally frees himself, Hope has run off and Scott has ordered the X-Men to surrender. The surrender was false, and when Magik returned to the battlefield in the guise of Doctor Strange, she teleported Namor and the rest of the X-Men away to regroup. Both the Avengers and the X-Men are struggling to find the location of Hope. The X-Men operate out of an old Hellfire Club safe house made known to them by Emma.
X-Men are dispatched to different locations around the globe to search for Hope and battle the Avengers. Namor is sent to Tabula Rasa where old conflicts are renewed. After a brief scuffle, he knocks out Luke Cage and uses him to batter She-Hulk. He faces off against the Thing with what appears to be a stalemate until the Savage arrives and interrupts what he thinks is a mating ritual.
By peering into the minds of Avengers, Emma determines that Hope is heading towards the moon. Magik arrives and teleports Namor there with Emma, Colossus, and Cyclops. The Secret Avengers had been battling the Phoenix Force to slow it down, but it had gotten through them. The Extinction Team battled the Avengers on the Blue Area of the moon, and after a brief conflict, the Phoenix arrived. Iron Man, using a special suit, blasted the Phoenix Force, accidentally dispersing it into five portions. Namor along with Emma, Cyclops, Magik and Colossus were each imbued with a portion of the Phoenix Force and become the Phoenix Five.
They left the moon with Hope, and began their work. They attempted to remake the world into a better place. They ended world hunger, outlawed war and destroyed all weapons including tanks, missiles, submarines, and sentinels(Pax Utopia), and provided near-unlimited clean energy and water for all. Regardless of all the good they did, the Avengers did not trust them. A small invasion force entered Utopia to take Hope away. Before a battle could be fought, the Scarlet Witch intervened and teleported away with the Avengers and a voluntary Hope. This act against the X-Men prompted the Phoenix Five to hunt down the Avengers.
Further battles ensue, and soon mutant teenager Laurie Tromette is taken hostage by the Avengers. Emma meets with Namor, who is disgusted at Cyclops's passive leadership, and tells him where Transonic is imprisoned. Emma tells him she is in Wakanda ... and that she hasn't told Scott.
With this knowledge, Namor invades Wakanda in all his fiery Phoenix fury, declaring war. With his new powers, Namor creates giant tidal waves that swallow humans and buildings whole, drowning hundreds to thousands of Wakandans. Atlanteans invade the city and Namor assaults the Avengers. The combined forces of all the Avengers, including Thor, the Vision, the Red Hulk, the Thing and Doctor Strange cannot stop him. Namor breaks the Red Hulk's arm, exposing the bone, and swats away Thor, god of thunder.
He gives them all they can handle and seems nearly unstoppable. The Avengers call out the Scarlet Witch, the only one among them who seems to be able to do any damage to the Phoenix. She unleashes a large blast of chaos energy on Namor. The blast results in both of them being rendered unconscious. The rest of the Phoenix Five show up and in Namor's defeat his portion of the Phoenix Force leaves him and is then spread amongst the remaining avatars. After his defeat Namor slips away back to Atlantis, leaving the pitiful ruins of a once great city behind him.
New Avengers
When Black Panther calls for the Illuminati to come to Wakanda in order to stop an attack on the planet, Namor joins the other members and heads his call, with Captain America joining them and Beast taking the place of Charles Xavier. However, Black Panther assures him that when the threat is past, he won't hesitate in killing Namor. The Illuminati decide to form the Infinity Gauntlet in an attempt to divert the threat of the other planet colliding with theirs, but the gauntlet gems shatter.
Captain America is removed from the equation of helping the Illuminati as they deem him a hindrance. With the clock counting down on the colliding worlds, the members form their back up plans but the reveal is that each plan will have at least one sacrifice. Beast manages to convince the others that they find the infinity gems of the second world to buy themselves some more time. Namor is excited by all this and is the first to rush off into the alternate world.
They land and find Galactus attempting to eat the planet and thus the Illuminati engages in battle with his herald, an alternate reality Terrax the Tamer. The team manages to defeat Terrax and they build an anti-matter injection system meant to destroy the alternate world. The team heads to the incursion point in Latveria where the incursion is actually something much worse. A race of beings called the mapmakers come and try to harvest everything on Earth, but when the Illuminati realize they have no time left, they go to the dead Earth and destroy it.
Namor meets with T'Challa in secret from the others and offers to make peace with Wakanda. T'Challa informs him he will talk with his sister about it, but to no avail as Wakanda declares war. T'Challa meets with Namor in Necropolis and reveals to him that Namor was lied to by Shuri in her saying she was considering his offer. While Namor is with T'Challa, Wakanda makes its move and attacks Atlantis. Namor leaves and heads back to his kingdom to find it in ruins and his people slaughtered.
Namor takes part in the events of Infinity against Thanos' army. Namor and the other Illuminati go around stopping the incursion against their world.
Namor eventually decides that the Illuminati is far too weak and indecisive, and decides to speak instead with a different group of people... a new incarnation of the Cabal, consisting of Maximus, Black Swan, Terrax, Proxima Midnight, Corvus, and Thanos. Namor leads the Cabal into battle against other worlds, and they slaughter the heroes of those worlds, and afterwards destroy it in order to save their own.
At first, Namor is confident in taking such actions, but as time goes on, and the bloodthirstiness of the Cabal grows, Namor begins to question his decision. He goes to Doctor Doom to ask for help. He is refused. Doom is insulted that Namor did not turn to him first, and so asks Namor to leave. Alone and in despair, Namor leaves and is not sure what course of action is left for him to take. The other members of the Illuminati, which also at this point includes Amadeus Cho, Captain Britain and Doc Green, are being hunted down by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the S.H.I.E.L.D.-run Avengers group (which includes War Machine and his War Machine drones, Sam Wilson as Captain America, Captain Marvel, and Hawkeye). S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces engage the remaining members of the Illuminati in open battle. A third party - the New Avengers led by Roberto Da Costa aka Sunspot - arrives with a larger aircraft than the two helicarriers combined.
They order Steve Rogers and S.H.I.E.L.D. to cease their attack immediately. In response, Rogers unleashes the Bruce Banner of an alternate reality where the Avengers conquered the world. This Bruce Banner is remote controlled, and unleashed on the Illuminati while the S.H.I.E.L.D. forces battle Shang Chi's army of clones. Finally ready to reveal their final play, the Illuminati stands back as every participant in the conflict is encased in an individual force field. Susan Storm, who had been pretending to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., revealed her true allegiance. With her were Queen Medusa and King Blackbolt of the Inhumans, as well as Namor.
All-New Invaders
Namor is kidnapped by the Kree Tanalth the Pursuer so the Supreme Intelligence can find the whereabouts of the God Whisperer, a weapon Namor, Bucky and Jim Hammond found and broke in WWII. Tanalth is sent after the other two Invaders who recruit Captain America, and with some help from the Golden Age Vision, they head to Hala to rescue Namor, where he ends up fighting a mind-controlled Ikaris.
Time Runs Out
After coming clean to the Avengers and Illuminati about his actions with the Cabal, he pleads with the heroes to help him stop Thanos and the others before they get even more out of hand. A plan is proposed to destroy the Cabal during the next incursion by detonating the opposing world before the villains have a chance to flee. After making the preparations and preparing to return home, Namor is confronted by Black Panther and Black Bolt. Black Panther stabs Namor through the chest with a ceremonial Wakandan blade, after which Black Bolt finishes him off by using his sonic scream. Mortally wounded, Namor looks up in horror as the planet begins to explode, and lets out an outraged scream before apparently being consumed in the ensuing blast. However, he and the rest of the Cabal are later revealed to have survived by taking refuge on Earth-1610.
Death and return
After the restoration of Earth, the members of the new Squadron Supreme begin hunting down Namor, due to him having destroyed Doctor Spectrum's Earth and killed the rest of her teammates from the Great Society. The members of the Squadron launch an all-out assault on Atlantis, and eventually destroy the city (after allowing its citizens to flee). An enraged Namor lashes out, but is killed when Hyperion, a former member of the Avengers, uses his heat vision to decapitate the Atlantean. After killing Namor, the members of the Squadron Supreme broadcast a televised message to the world, telling them that they intend to save the Earth by eliminating similar threats.
Later, after being thrown back in time, Hyperion and Doctor Spectrum become regretful of their actions, realizing that their desire for vengeance has corrupted them. They undo Namor's death, allowing him to live again in the present. Hyperion later helps Namor repair the damage to Atlantis, where Namor urges him to abandon his dark path and be a better person.
During HYDRA's takeover of the United States, it is revealed that Namor is in possession of one of the Cosmic Cube shards that the villainous Steve Rogers is after. After HYDRA attacks Atlantis, Namor is forced to sign a peace treaty. However, it turns out that Namor has been hiding Bucky Barnes, who was thought to have been killed by Baron Zemo, in Atlantis. Bucky and Namor later join the final battle against HYDRA.
X-Men
After her resurrection, Jean Grey sets out to establish a mutant nation to put an end to discrimination and intolerance. She approaches Namor to provide his support, believing that her cause will seem more legitimate if a nation like Atlantis provides her with political backing. At the United Nations, Namor voices his support for Jean's plan, as does the ambassador from Wakanda. However, shortly after the U.N. meeting, Cassandra Nova frames Jean for the murder of a British ambassador who had previously expressed anti-mutant opinions. Namor shields Jean from a barrage of bullets, and subsequently offers her team political asylum in Atlantis. However, the heroes choose to relocate to Wakanda instead.
World War Below
A group of hired Roxxon guns were dumping waste at the South Pole and some Atlanteans decided to try and stop them. The Atlanteans were murdered and hung on the side of the boat, invoking the wrath of the King of Atlantis. Namor jumps aboard the ship with a large tentacled beast to attack the Roxxon goons.
Namor interrupts a fight between Tiger Shark and Stingray, telling them he is about to declare war on the world above the sea, and they either join him or perish. Stingray attempts to talk to him but Lord of Atlantis hears none of him and pummels him into submission, only for Namor to sic his sharks on his body to eat him alive. The Avengers go to Atlantis where they attempt to fight Namor. Namor, now appearing stronger than ever, nearly crushes Thor's golden hammer and virtually no sells any attacks made by the team. Only Captain America manages to get through and Namor explains that Atlantis is in ruin, children starving tried to seek refuge on the surface world and died, while the humans laughed.
A celestial's corpse fell to city's depths. Namor leaves and tries to tell the children he will feed them but they flee, thus Namor states the spirit of Atlanteans has been broken. Namor states his only option now is to declare war and forms a new team consisting of people like Tiger Shark and Orka, the Defenders of the Deep. Namor and his Defenders of the Deep battled with the Avengers once more, along with the Winter Guard before leaving.
Dead in the Water
Namor continued his war upon the surface world with the help of his advisor, Thomas Machan. After conquering more lost tribes to join Atlantis. Namor set a plot to turn the surface world into Atlanteans with chemical weapons and would then give them refuge in a twisted way of saving the planet, doing so to part of New York.
After bombing and turning part of New York's inhabitants into Atlanteans. Namor continues his war and threatens Roxxon, even going as far as getting the Serpent Crown to further his plight. It turns out this was all a plot by the Machan in his mind. Machan was a soldier back in World War II, and this is just a psychic parasite created by Charles Xavier, manifesting itself as such in an attempt to free himself. This also explains Namor's recent psychosis. By using the crown, Machan is freed and possesses Roman Peterson, who sets a coup on Namor. Namor is flanked by Roxxon soldiers where thet shoot him with a chemical compound, turning him into a human. Namor is stranded with Steve Rogers on an island. Cap and Namor stumble upon a Roxxon science base, where they are conducting genetic experiments.
Namor and Cap fight the guards there and Cap throws a vial of the mutagen compound at Namor, restoring his powers where he defeats the guards. Cap and Namor, along with the rest of the Invaders now together once more agree to team up to where they put an end to Roman's plan and Namor returns to the bottom of the sea, leaving the surface world to guess his next move.
Atlantis Attacks
The portal city of Pan is powered by a magical dragon that was stolen from Atlantis. Namor returns to the surface world to the statement of them returning the dragon before Amadeus Cho attacks him to get his attention to talk. The rest of the Agents of Atlas show up with Namor proclaiming he gives them one day before he attacks. Namora takes Wave and a couple other members down to Atlantis where Namor greets her and gives her credit for taking down the Sirenas queen and says that she has the admiration of Atlantis.
The dragon is returned to the city but it rampages through part of the city before dying. Namor attacks Amadeus Cho, blaming him for the assault. Namor turns his rage towards the city and starts fighting the soldiers before Cho returns and sends him to the sea. Namor fights him further, enraging Cho, but almost effortlessly killing him before Wave shows up to stop him. The Sirenas arrive and take Namor out. They lock him up using biodisruptors to dehydrate him. This only holds the king for so long as he eventually breaks out.
Namor attempts to return to Atlantis but the Agents of Atlantis and the Pan Guards continue to attack him. He fights back and defeat them with a tidal wave. Mike Ngyuen shows up as a hologram, bolstering his allies, the Sirenas, are on their way to Atlantis. In response, Namor flies to Pan and threatens to destroy the city Ngyuen built. He claims if Namor destroys the city, he will be responsible for their deaths to which he yells if he should put their lives over his people? Ngyuen attempts to form an alliance but more heroes attack Namor to protect the city. Namor continues to prove their efforts futile.
Cho shows up to cut out the fighting with Jimmy Woo showing up. They crack Nguyen's mainframe and Jimmy explains that Earth's true rulers are ancient dragons that if they attacked each other, they would destroy the planet. They use kings, queens, presidents and dictators to fight for them. Namor and some of the agents head back to Atlantis where Wave saved Atlantis once more.
Amadeus Cho gets taken over by Nguyen and is sent to attack Atlantis. Namor and company manage to intercept him before teleporting themselves away. Cho hits Namor with an attack so powerful, it results in a tsunami heading towards Pan. After a brief distraction, they free Amadeus and then proceed to deal with the tsunami. After, Namor meets back up with the Agents to congratulate them as they find Nguyen's corpse, before Namor presumably returns to Atlantis.
Powers
Atlantean/Mutant Physiology: Due to Namor's unique Atlantean and mutant physiology, he possesses all the powers of most Atlanteans such as breathing under water, enhanced physicals and extended life spans, as Namor is over 90 years old but still in his prime. Namor's abilities, however, are much greater than your standard Atlantean. It should be noted that all of Namor's abilities decrease the longer he is dehydrated, removed from water, and has shown things such as extreme heats can weaken him quicker.
Superhuman Strength: Namor is easily one of the strongest beings on the planet, and is considered to be one of the most powerful mutants, stronger than the likes of Colossus. He has thrown hundreds of thousands of tons such as seacraft carriers with ease, overloaded Sebastian Shaw's kinetic energy absorption with his punches, shaken entire islands with his blows, destroyed battle tanks and created shockwaves that have caused earthquakes and tsunamis while clashing with other powerhouses. When Champion came to Earth searching for a worthy opponent for a boxing match, he picked Namor, alongside Hulk, Thor, Wonder Man, Colossus, the Thing, Sasquatch and Doc Samson. He was also said to be one of the physically strongest Avengers, alongside Hulk, Thor, Hercules, Wonder Man and Gilgamesh. When fully hydrated, he has been strong to hold his own against the likes of Thor, Beta Ray Bill, Hulk, Juggernaut, Hercules, Wonder Man, Ares, the Thing, Sentry, Hyperion, Ikaris, Blue Marvel, Black Bolt, Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Apocalypse, Abomination, Dragon Man, Rhino, Orka, Tiger Shark, Attuma, Griffin, Chernobog, Perun, Skurge, Wrecker, Red Hulk, Doc Samson, Giant Man, Iron Man, War Machine, She-Hulk, Miss Marvel, Luke Cage and Nimrods, among others. As of late, his strength seems to have been further enhanced to an unknown degree after draining Hydroman, enabling him to simultaneously and single-handedly stop attacks from both Thor and Iron Man at the same time with no visible strain while underwater.
Superhuman Speed/Reflexes: Namor is capable of moving at superhuman speeds, being capable of dodging bullets, moving faster than the eye can follow in short bursts and has even dodged sonic attacks before. He is, however, faster in the sea and has shown he can create whirlpools by swimming in circles and has been clocked in at 300 knots.
Superhuman Durability: Namor's body is incredibly durable, being able to survive the pressures of even the greatest depths of the sea. He is completely bulletproof and fireproof to a degree. He has taken blows from Thor, Beta Ray Bill, Hulk, Juggernaut, Hercules, Wonder Man, Ares, the Thing, Sentry, Hyperion, Ikaris, Blue Marvel, Black Bolt, Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Apocalypse, Abomination, Dragon Man, Rhino, Orka, Tiger Shark, Attuma, Griffin, Chernobog, Perun, Skurge, Wrecker, Red Hulk, Doc Samson, Giant Man, Iron Man, War Machine, She-Hulk, Miss Marvel, Luke Cage and so on and has kept fighting. He has shown to be capable of tanking titanium cutting lasers with virtually no damage, and has withstood Cyclops' optic blasts at maximum power. Things such as adamantium, vibranium or the ebony blade have been shown to cut him, however. His body's durability has been further increased to an unknown degree after draining Hydroman as he has recently no-sold attacks from Carol Danvers and an amped up She-Hulk with no visible damage on his part while underwater.
Undersea Animal Mimicry: Namor possessed the ability to channel the powers of any aquatic fauna hailing from the sea. For example, from channeling the power of an electric eel to shoot out electric bolts from his hands or even penetrate Sue Storm's force barriers with it. To bloating up like a puffer fish increasing his mass and resilience to physical assault to increasing his attack power. He has also used radar powers like a blind fish to see the Invisible Woman whilst she was invisible.
Marine Telepathy: Namor also boasts a telepathic rapport with most forms of marine life; often using it to control sea life to a certain degree as well as relay psychic decree's to his atlantean people. Although he rarely uses it and when he does he does so sparingly still.
Magical Blood: All Atlantean magic flows from Namor, their king. His royal blood also is a magic ingredient that can be used in spells.
Atmokinesis: In a similar fashion as to how Ororo of the X-Men can manipulate weather phenomena to her liking. King Namor, even without his trident, showcased the ability to manipulate rain and storm clouds in order to facilitate heavy precipitation. One time promoting a powerful deluge intense enough to smother Johnny Storm's flames.
Hydrokinesis: Namor currently possesses hydrokinesis after Atlantis kidnapped Hydro-Man and siphoned off part of his powers. Namor is capable of casually flooding cities with his new power.
Mutant Power
Namor's mutant power are the wings on his ankles which appear to allow him to fly and his greater degree of strength and physical ability. Mr. McKenzie was actually the first comic book character with the power of flight, already flying in his second comic book appearance in Marvel Comics #1, while all other contemporary characters like Captain Marvel, Superman and Wonder Woman only could leap great distances and didn't fly canonically until several months later.
His skin is very resistant to any physical damage, he can resist bullet fire with ease and is fireproof.
Skills
Due to Namor's extended lifespan and fighting in many wars and battles, he is a seasoned hand-to-hand combatant and experienced diplomat and a fine king. These skills have earned him the respect of his colleagues, no matter which side he was on, and fear of his enemies. He is also a capable weapons user having wielded his trident, swords and spears efficiently. Namor's preferred method of combat is engaging his opponents in hand-to-hand combat.
Former Powers
Phoenix Force: When Namor gained possession of the Phoenix Force, he was granted new powers. He gained vast telepathic and telekinetic powers. He gained the ability to manipulate the Phoenix's cosmic energy for a few effects such as setting people on fire or projecting it as energy. He also acquired hydrokinesis, managing to drop a massive tidal wave on Wakanda. On top of these new powers, Namor's original stats were further enhanced. His strength increased to the point he could rip Red Hulk's arm off by the finger with utter ease and stomp Gladiator with help from Colossus. His durability increased substantially to where the Avenger's team (which included the likes of Thor, Vision and the Thing) couldn't seem to even slow him down despite hitting him with their best shots. Despite this upgrade, Namor did have his weaknesses. The main weakness of the Phoenix Five was the magic of the Scarlet Witch. Namor was only subdued in his fight with the Avengers due to Wanda using her chaos magic against him and when their powers clashed she was rendered unconscious meaning it took most, if not all, she had. The avatars were also shown to be weak against special Shi'ar tech, the energy properties of the Iron Fist and like all the avatars, Namor's mind was corrupted by the Phoenix Force.
Personality
Namor is the original "hotheaded" character in the Marvel cast of characters. He has been shown to act very impulsively with a short temper, and has a big ego, which makes him very easy to offend and provoke into fights, like the many times he has fought the likes of Hulk, Hercules and the Thing. Other times he can be quite civil. Under his arrogant and masculine mannerisms lies a compassionate heart of gold. Despite showing his detest for humans, he tends to value life. Caleb Alexander hypothesized in Namor, the Sub-Mariner that Namor's mood swings might be due to his hybrid nature, and more specifically an oxygen imbalance in his blood, that could be remedied by spending equal time above and below the waves. However, there is evidence to suggest Alexander's theory is not completely sound, and seems to ignore the Namor's upbringing and social status in Atlantis.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Namor McKenzie
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: Marvel Comics #1
(October 1939)
Created by: Bill Everett (Writer and Artist)
This is the Sub-Mariner's first appearance on the Planks, but he has been spotted sulking:
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And arguing with Aquaman at Lucy's Booth:
Despite the title, this is my quadzillionth (and last) reprocess of this thing. The problem I have with this is bringing out what detail there is in the galaxy without completely bloating the stars, particularly those stars overlaying the galaxy itself - they have similar tonal values. This is about as good as it's going to get. Taken with a 200mm zoom lens and heavily cropped, I shouldn't be expecting miracles! :)
Nikon D70 modded, 55-200 Nikkor at 200mm (cropped, a lot), f5.6, 800iso, Baader Neodymium filter.
30 x 4 min, unguided EQ5
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5, with a little help from Noel's tools.
Repocessed again! :)