In the 1987 season three of The Golden Girls ("Letter to Gorbachev"), Rose Nylund dreams about, among other incidents, Blanche Devereaux singing a parody rendition titled "Happy Birthday, Mr. #1 Communist" to Mikhail Gorbachev, the then-leader of the Soviet Union.
When Bartholomew commanded the demon inhabiting the idol to reveal its deceptions, the spirit confessed that the supposed healings attributed to the idol were illusions meant to maintain idol worship among the populace.
Poetic extension. Calculus is a human tool for modeling change, not numbers that breathe. The heart's pacemaker cells create rhythmic beats via ion channels; each depends on the prior state and sets up the next through refractory periods. A pulse does indicate circulation and life. Closer: ECG traces and cellular electrophysiology show the biology math describes.
Stefan Israel
Nov 12, 2018
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Why burg, why berg?
Dave Berg June 12, 1920 – May 17, 2002
Neuman is the mascot of the humor magazine Mad.
The original New Boy image was published with a two-part phrase,
"What? Me worry?"
"What's the good of anything? – Nothing!"
@Outkick Eddie Valiant: A ladies' man, eh?
Baby Herman: The problem is I got a fifty year old lust and a three year old dinky.
Eddie Valiant: Yeah. Must be tough.
[cigar falls to floor as stroller hits woman]
Baby Herman: My stogie!
[sees ruined cigar]
Baby Herman: WAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAAAA!
BREAKING! A large wave of plasma launched from the Sun July 30th has begun sweeping past Earth. Thus far the magnetic connectivity has been strong (Bt ~16 nT, Bz -10 nT | peak Bt 21 nT, Bz -16.5 nT), and I suspect we'll soon be in a moderate to strong G2-G3 geomagnetic storm...
The Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom recently announced the birth of an anoa, the smallest species of wild cattle, which are native to Indonesia, according to the zoo.
16 May 1905. Henry Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. His films include: 12 Angry Men, The Ox-Bow Incident, Once Upon a Time in the West and The Grapes of Wrath. He won Best Actor Oscar for On Golden Pond. His son Peter and daughter Jane also became film stars.
🔸 July 29 - Saint Kallinikos of Cilicia 🔸
Today, we commemorate Saint Kallinikos, the Holy Martyr of Cilicia. He suffered for Christ in the 3rd century during the reign of Emperor Gallienus (253-268 AD). St Kallinikos, a native of the region of Cilicia in Asia Minor (today in Southern Turkey), was raised from childhood in the Christian faith, and had the fear of God planted in his heart, and became for others a teacher of salvation.
Grieving that many misguided people worshiped the soulless pagan idols, he went through the cities and villages to proclaim Jesus Christ and His teachings to the pagans, thus converting many to Christianity and introducing them to the Creator of all. In the Galatian city of Ancyra, St Kallinikos was arrested and brought to trial before a governor named Sacerdonus, a fierce persecutor of Christians. The governor, threatening tortures and death, ordered the Saint to offer sacrifice to the idols.
Kallinikos fearlessly declared that he was not afraid of martyrdom, since every believer in Christ inherits through death an eternal blessed life. The Saint was then cruelly beaten with ox sinew and his body was torn with iron hooks, but he endured everything with calmness. This aroused still greater fury in Sacerdonus, and he ordered that sandals with sharp nails be placed on the Saint’s feet, and to run in front of a horse while being whipped to the city of Gangra, which was ten miles from Cilicia.
The pathway was arduous, and the soldiers who accompanied the condemned man were weak from thirst at around the seventh mile. In despair they began to implore the Saint to pray the Lord for water. The Saint, taking pity on his tormentors, with the help of God caused a miraculous spring of water to gush forth from a stone, which could be seen for many centuries.
The astonished soldiers were filled with sympathy for their rescuer, and they wanted even to set him free. Fear of execution, however, compelled them to bring the Martyr further. In Gangra (near present-day Çankırı, Turkey), Kallinikos was cast into a blazing fire and delivered his soul to God. His body, remaining unharmed, was reverently buried by believers.
Khopesh sword with cartouche of Ramesses II
A bronze Khopesh sword inscribed with the cartouches of King Ramesses II. The Khopesh is an Egyptian sickle-sword that evolved from battle axes. The blunted edge of the weapon’s tip also served as an effective bludgeon, as well as a hook. This Khopesh sword is made of bronze with a typical length of 57.5 cm.
The Egyptian term “khopesh”, hinted at the resemblance to the foreleg of a cow or an ox, as well as it was its owner’s “mighty arm”. The khopesh first appeared in the Middle Bronze Age, in the centuries before 2000 BC, and went out of use after 1200 BC.
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC.
From Qantir. Now in the Louvre. E 25689
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Motherhood in the wild means zero hesitation. Watch this musk ox mother masterfully counterattack a wolf pack trying to target her young! 🐺❄️🛡️ #Wildlife#Nature#Survival
In the winter of 1683, the River Thames was iced over for two months, prompting a frost fair of epic proportions on the frozen river. This print shows an avenue of booths, skating, football and a roasting ox. #ChristmasCountdown
(Image: Maps https://t.co/KR6j8fIO0T.27.38.2.)
According to the Persian cosmographer Zakariya al-Qazwini, the Earth is shouldered by an angel, who stands on a slab of gemstone supported by the cosmic ox Kuyutha, who is carried on the back of the gigantic fish Bahamut, who floats in the cosmic waters.
#LegendaryWednesday
The Lord is Yoking the Oxen
For the ox is arising. The ox is arising in nations and being yoked for such a time to topple regimes I the Lord have judged. The ox says the Lord, the aleph says the Lord. The ox is rising out of Israel says the Lord; for that stubborn bull is being yoked says the Lord to topple regimes and plow the fields says the Lord. The ox is arising in America to be yoked. A yoked pair of oxen says the Lord to tread upon the fields of corruption that have become ripe for harvest.
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#DYK? The musk ox is among the oldest creatures on Earth! It used to graze in the highlands of Central Asia as early as 4 mln years ago.
Today you can see these furry giants in Wrangel Island Nature Reserve, the pearl of the Russian Arctic
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