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ilmaveivi · 3 months

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The Etymology of Finnish NHL Players a.k.a What Do Their Names Mean?

ATLANTIC DIVISION 2023-2024

BUFFALO SABRES

HENRI JOKIHARJU

HENRI /ˈhen.ri/

Derived from the Old High German name Haimirich, meaning “ruler of the home”.

JOKIHARJU /ˈjo.ki.hɑr.ju/

A topographic Finnish surname, meaning “river esker”.

UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN

UKKO /ˈuk.ko/

The name of the Finnish and Karelian deity of weather, harvest and thunder. In modern Finnish, ukko means ”old man” and its diminutive form ukkonen means ”thunder”.

PEKKA /ˈpek.kɑ/

Derived from the Greek name Petros, meaning ”stone”.

LUUKKONEN /ˈluːk.ko.nen/

Based on a Savonian and Karelian given name derived from the Greek name Loukas, meaning ”from Lucania”.

DETROIT RED WINGS

OLLI MÄÄTTÄ

OLLI /ˈol.li/

Derived from the Old Norse name Áleifr, meaning “ancestor’s descendant”.

MÄÄTTÄ /ˈmæːt.tæ/

Possibly derived from the Late Latin name Clemens, meaning ”merciful”. Another possible origin is the ancient Finnish given name Lemmitty, meaning ”beloved”.

VILLE HUSSO

VILLE /ˈʋil.le/

Derived from the Old High German name Willihelm, meaning “will helmet”.

HUSSO /ˈhus.so/

Possibly derived from the Swedish word husse, meaning ”master”. Another possible origin is lake Huso in Northern Savonia, its meaning unknown.

FLORIDA PANTHERS

ALEKSANDER BARKOV

ALEKSANDER /ˈɑ.lek.sɑn.der/

Derived from the Greek name Alexandros, meaning ”defending men”.

BARKOV /ˈbɑr.koʋ/

A Russian surname possibly derived from the Russian word barka, meaning ”sloop”.

ANTON LUNDELL

ANTON /ˈɑn.ton/

Derived from the Roman family name Antonius, its meaning unknown.

LUNDELL /ˈlun.delː/

A Swedish surname derived from the Swedish word lund, meaning ”grove”.

EETU LUOSTARINEN

EETU /ˈeː.tu/

Derived from the Anglo-Saxon name Ēadweard, meaning ”wealth guard”.

LUOSTARINEN /ˈluo̯s.tɑ.ri.nen/

Derived from the Finnish word luostari, meaning ”cloister”.

NIKO MIKKOLA

NIKO /ˈni.ko/

Derived from the Greek name Nikolaos, meaning ”victory of the people”.

MIKKOLA /ˈmik.ko.lɑ/

Based on a Finnish given name derived from the Hebrew name Mikha’el, meaning ”who is like God?”.

MONTRÉAL CANADIENS

JOEL ARMIA

JOEL /ˈjo.el/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yo’el, meaning “Yahweh is God”.

ARMIA /ˈɑr.mi.ɑ/

Possibly derived from the Germanic name Herman, meaning ”army man”.

JESSE YLÖNEN

JESSE /ˈjes.se/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yishai, possibly meaning ”gift”.

YLÖNEN /ˈy.lø.nen/

A Savonian surname possibly derived from the Finnish word ylevä, meaning "noble". Another possible origin is the Finnish word yletön meaning ”excessive” or ” enormous”.

OTTAWA SENATORS

ROBY JÄRVENTIE

ROBY /ˈro.bi/

Derived from the German name Hrodebert, meaning ”bright fame”.

JÄRVENTIE /ˈjær.ʋen.tie̯/

A topographic Finnish surname meaning ”lake’s road.”

NIKOLAS MATINPALO

NIKOLAS /ˈni.ko.lɑs/

Derived from the Greek name Nikolaos, meaning ”victory of the people”.

MATINPALO /ˈmɑ.tin.pɑ.lo/

A topographic Finnish surname meaning ”Matti’s swidden”. The name Matti is derived from the Hebrew name ‘Mattityahu, meaning “gift of Yahweh”.

JOONAS KORPISALO

JOONAS /ˈjoː.nɑs/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yonah, meaning “dove”.

KORPISALO /ˈkor.pi.sɑ.lo/

A topographic Finnish surname, meaning ”deep forest”.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

WALTTERI MERELÄ

WALTTERI /ˈʋɑlt.te.ri/

Derived from the Germanic name Waltheri, meaning ”power of the army”.

MERELÄ /ˈme.re.læ/

Derived from the Finnish word meri, meaning ”sea”.

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During the 12th century, the tradition of Finnish given names was lost due to the Christianization of Finland under Sweden's rule. By the 16th century only Christian names were accepted, which is why Finnish forms of Christian names are still widely popular in Finland despite the society being fairly secular. The tradition of native Finnish given names wasn’t revived until the 19th century.

Most Finnish surnames end in suffixes -nen or -la/-lä. The collective suffix -nen, which is more common in Eastern Finnish surnames, indicates belonging to a certain family or clan. The suffix -la/-lä, which is more common in Western Finnish surnames, creates oikonyms from the names of places, farms or small villages.

Karelian can be used to refer to a geographical place, language, dialect or people. It is important to note that Karelian is its own language separate from Finnish. However, the Finnish language also has a Karelian dialect that is spoken in the Finnish Karelia. Finnish surnames originating from Karelia have likely been influenced by both Karelian and Finnish.

The IPA forms follow Finnish phonology even with foreign (Swedish, Russian etc.) names in approximation to how an average Finn pronounces them.

The source for most of the given names is Behind The Name. The topographic surnames are direct translations. The explanations for the rest of the surnames are either from Wiktionary or based on speculation by Finnish genealogy enthusiasts, hence the overuse of the word "possibly".

Feedback is welcome. If you have additions or notice any mistakes, please let me know!

#buffalo sabres #florida panthers #detroit red wings #montréal canadiens #ottawa senators #this is very self-indulgent but i just think names are neat #and i wanted to tell everyone how cool upi’s name is #also he was apparently named after the third president of finland pehr evind svinhufvud whose nickname was ukko-pekka. the more you know 💫#etymology

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sapphyreopal5 · 7 days

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Hello love. Anything new on Jensen?

Hello Anon thank you for the ask. I know that Jensen's been awful quiet about the stuff he's said to be working on with the "if things go as planned, it's gonna be a busy year" comments he's made in recent months. I know I speculated on another post when someone here on Tumblr posted about a photo where Jensen was spotted with Justin Hartley, his wife Sofia and a man named Jason Checcini that he may be on his way to go film The Boys, which reportedly started filming April 8 according to this site (although we all know that filming dates can be pushed back). This post was made April 7, 2024.

However, after seeing another post that posted today April 18, 2024, I do believe that he may not only possibly be filming The Boys season 5 but he may have also landed a role on Justin Hartley's show Tracker. Tracker reportedly films some in the Vancouver area, according to IMBD.

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Being who I am, I decided to look up the tour dates for the artist she mentioned seeing in her post where she says she met him in Vancouver. According to Ticketmaster.com, the tour dates for Noah Kahan are as follows:

What cities will Noah Kahan play on his upcoming tour? The We'll All Be Here Forever Tour will take Noah Kahan across North America in the following cities: 03/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 03/28 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome 03/29 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place 03/30 – Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre 04/02 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre 04/06 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 04/07 – London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens 04/09 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre 04/10 – Quebec, QC @ Centre Videotron 04/13 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell 04/14 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 04/16 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 05/20 – Asheville, NC @ Harrah’s Cherokee Center 05/22 – Asheville, NC @ Harrah’s Cherokee Center 05/24 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 05/25 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 05/28 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center 05/29 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake 06/04 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater – St. Louis, MO 06/05 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Azura Amphitheater 06/07 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 06/08 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 06/11 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion 06/13 – Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman 06/14 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center 06/18 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 06/21 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl 06/29 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre 07/01 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater 07/03 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre 07/05 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre - UC Berkeley 07/06 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley 07/09 – West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre 07/13 – East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre 07/15 �� New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 07/16 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 07/18 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park 07/19 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park

As you can see, the Vancouver concert took place on Tuesday March 26, 2024. The photo post with Justin Hartley, his wife and Jason was posted on Sunday April 7, 2024. Remember, this is just me speculating at this point along with everyone else but I do think it's possible Jensen has gotten a couple roles or is at the very least spending some time in Canada "networking". That's really all I have for you at the moment Anon but I hope this is at least somewhat useful or some interest to you otherwise.

#jensen speculations #tracker #the boys

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art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament · 9 months

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Stats 2: Electric Boogaloo

Our 256 works are comprised of.... 132 paintings, 36 drawings / digital artworks / comics, 26 installation pieces, 20 sculptures, 11 buildings, 11 public artworks, 10 photographs, 4 prints, 3 cave arts, 2 textile arts, and 1 thing I classified as a collage instead of anything else!

More stats below!

Most popular city: New York, with 13 pieces, followed by Paris with 8, and Chicago is third with 7! Washington DC has 6, Florence, Madrid, and London all have 5, Philadelphia has 4, Dublin, Edinburgh, Mexico City each have three, and all the following cities have two: Boston, Cairo, Calgary, Cordoba, Helsinki, Houston, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, Munich, Ottawa, Prague, Vienna, Warsaw

Most popular museum: somehow the Art Institute of Chicago has the most with 6 pieces! Followed by the Museum of Modern Art with 5 pieces! The Museo del Prado has 4, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has 3, and the Ateneum, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo Dolores Olmedo, National Gallery of Canada, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate Britain, Tretyakov Gallery, and the Uffizi Gallery each have 2! In addition, the single works are spread out amongst 16 city level galleries (ie the Phoenix Art Museum), 5 state/provincial (ie Queensland Art Gallery), 25 national (ie National Gallery Prague), 8 museums named after benefactors (ie the Hirshhorn Museum), 7 museums dedicated to a specific artist (ie the Van Gogh Museum) and numerous other institutions! Churches, palaces, increasingly specific museums, museums that are named after their location rather than their governmental level... and of course a whole lot of private collections and pieces we were unable to find the location of!

Countries! 50 pieces are in the US! 13 in France! 12 in Spain! 7 in England, 6 in Canada and Italy, 5 in Russia, 4 in Ireland, Mexico, and Australia, 3 each in Germany, Austria, and Scotland, and 2 each in China, the Netherlands, Israel, Finland, Wales, Poland, Japan, Egypt, and India, and 1 each in Portugal, Ecuador, Thailand, Singapore, Belgium, Argentina, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Norway, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, and the Vatican!

Demographics! I revoked John Singer Sargents American status for these because he was born in Europe, and spent most of his life travelling around Europe. I tried my best to track down the correct numbers but honestly some of these are likely to be slightly off. I went with easily publicly available information like Wikipedia and where that failed the author's website. I also tracked people's birth countries in addition to where they lived / worked for most of their lives. Anyway! We have 74 pieces by American artists! 27 French, 22 English, 14 Russian, 13 Spanish, 11 Canadian, 9 Italian, 8 Chinese, 8 German, 6 Irish, 6 Polish, 6 Mexican, 5 Greek (four of those are Ancient Greece), 5 Ukrainian, 5 Japanese, 4 Australian, 4 Belgian, 4 Indian, 3 Serbian, 3 Armenian, 3 Dutch, 3 Austria, 3 Latvian, 3 Swedish, 2 each from Finland, Scotland, Malaysia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, and Norway, and one each from Israel (specifically), Portugal, Ecuador, Thailand, Switzerland, Denmark, Iran, Colombia, Chile, Estonia, and Egypt (albeit Ancient Egypt)

Including the one Israeli artist, we have 7 Jewish artists represented, as well as 4 Black, 6 Indigenous (one is half Kichwa, one is Sami, one is Haida, one is Ojibwe, and two are Australian Aboriginals. One of those is Kokatha and Nukunu, and the other one was a group project with eight artists who did the majority of the work, and 6 of those are from Erub Island but the articles did not specify further except that at least one of the eight is non-Indigenous), 1 Chicana, and 1 Asian-American (which I am specifying because I felt very stupid adding tallies to an Asian column when I already said there are 8 Chinese artists and 5 Japanese and 2 Malaysians and....). We also do have 16 artists that publicly identify as queer in some fashion! I have listed 9 works by gay men, 2 works by lesbians, and 5 that have chosen to use "queer" instead of other labels.

And on that note.... we have 155 works by men, 51 by women, and 2 by nonbinary artists!

Most represented artists! Frida Kahlo and René Magritte tied with four works each! Félix González-Torres, Francisco Goya, John Singer Sargent each have three! And the artists that have 2 artworks each are... Claude Monet, Dragan Bibin, Edmund Blair Leighton, Francisco de Zurbarán, Gustav Klimt, Holly Warburton, Hugo Simberg, Ilya Repin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Jacques-Louis David, Jenny Holzer, Louis Wain, Pablo Picasso, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Victo Ngai, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Leonardo da Vinci (although the second is debated attribution)! That means that 205 of the works are not by any of the above! Some have unknown artists (we've got THREE CAVE ARTS) but most are just... really varied!

And lastly, years painted (as sorted by year finished and not year started). Who else loves when something is listed as "13th century"?? Not me, that's who. This is going to be a lot of numbers, and there's no real way to make it more readable. so..... feel free to skip!

The oldest two submissions are from circa 40,000 years before present, and 30 to 32 thousand years before present! Six more artworks came to exist before 0 (CE or AD depending on who you're talking to), and 7 before 1000! 2 from the 1200s, 6 from the 1400s, 8 from the 1500s, 3 from the 1600s, and 5 from the 1700s! Several of those already listed were started in a previous ....age category (for instance, one has no specified date other than 7300 BC to 700 AD) but once we hit 1600, everything is usually finished in a relatively short timespan. 6 are from 1800-1850, 9 from 1850-1880, and the 1880s are extremely busy. 1 from 1881, 3 from 1882, 1 from 1883-1885, 5 from 1886, and two each from the next four years (1887-1890)! 6 from 1891-1895, and 5 from 1896-1900!

We've got 3 from 1901 or 1902, 4 from 1903, two each from 1906 and 1907, and one each from 1908 and 1909! 3 from 1910-1915, 3 from 1917, 2 from 1918 and one from 1919! 6 are from the Roaring Twenties, three of them specifically from 1928! 4 from 1931-1935, and only 3 from the latter half of the 30s! There's 3 from WWII, and 4 from 1946-1949, 5 from 1951-1954 but only 3 from '55-'59. 5 from the sixties, 7 spread out through the 70s, and 10 from the 80s, two each from 81, 82 and 84. The 90s have a lot of duplicate and triplicate years, totaling 20 overall! 11 are from 90-95, the other 9 are 96-99. 7 from 2001-2005, and 8 from 2006-2009. 9 from 2010-2014, 3 from 2015, 6 from 2016, 5 from 2017, 1 from 2018, 3 from 2019, 5 from 2020, 1 from 2021, 4 from 2022, 11 from 2023, and 3 ongoing projects! Whew! If anyone wants it listed By Year instead of in groups like this, that'll be most readable in like... list form and that's way too long for a stats post.

Congrats on making it to the end! If you got this far, uh, let me know if you want to see the spreadsheet after the tournament, I guess. I'm very proud of it.

#art that fucks you up tournament #mod salix #stats for nerds

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blueiskewl · 1 year

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Rare Ancient Roman Odeon Discovered at Remote Archaeological Site in Crete

Archaeologists in Crete have discovered an ancient Roman odeon that might have been used for events such as lectures, musical contests and city council meetings.

Tucked into a mountain-ringed cove in southwest Crete are the ruins of Lissos, an ancient town whose archaeological remains are accessible only by sea or a long hike. Because of its isolation, Lissos had not been investigated by archaeologists for several decades. New work at Lissos, though, has uncovered an odeon, similar to a modern auditorium and indicative of the prosperity of the town.

Previous research showed that Lissos was inhabited long before its name made it into history books in the fourth century B.C. Its location across the Mediterranean Sea from Cyrene, a major ancient Greek city in present-day Libya, likely meant that Lissos was an important stop on Mediterranean trade routes. Structures from various time periods at Lissos are relatively well preserved, including a unique temple to Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine; a residential area; an impressive cemetery with two-story tombs; Roman baths; and Christian churches. Archaeologists have now added an odeon to this list of structures following the first excavation at Lissos in more than half a century.

Katerina Tzanakaki (opens in new tab), deputy head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and Museums at the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania, directed the new project and told in an email that odeons "were used for lectures, literary and musical contests or theatrical performances."

n the first phase of the odeon's excavation, Tzanakaki and her team found part of the stage, 14 rows of seats and two vaulted side chambers. The odeon dates to the Roman period, roughly the first to fourth centuries A.D., a time when the sanctuary to Asclepius at Lissos was transformed into a political center with a new mosaic floor and portraits of the Roman emperors Tiberius and Drusus.

Unfortunately, the odeon was heavily damaged in antiquity by large falling boulders, likely as the result of a powerful earthquake in A.D. 365. Jane Francis, a classical archaeologist at Concordia University in Montreal who was not involved in this project, explained in an email that "a tsunami with destructive force as far away as Alexandria, Egypt, was associated with the earthquake. The whole site of Lissos was uplifted by several meters, so the town would have been larger than today and the theatre thus closer to the coast."

As the odeon was adjacent to the city center, Tzanakaki thinks it also might have operated as a bouleuterion, a building for meetings of the city council. Francis and her husband, George W. Harrison (opens in new tab), a classical archaeologist at Carleton University in Ottawa, said by email that the size and date of the building mean that it was most likely an odeon, but the fact that "it was designed and used as a covered theatre does not preclude secondary use as a council house."

While the precise definition of the newly uncovered building may have to wait for future work, "the discovery of a public service building at a central point of the ancient city, near the temple to Asclepius, adds new information to the archaeological and historical horizon of the area," according to a translated statement (opens in new tab) from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. Francis and Harrison agree that the discovery is rare. "There aren't many well-preserved theatres on Crete and even fewer bouleuteria," they said.

Future work will help Tzanakaki determine whether there was an outside wall supporting the odeon, and that finding will influence the restoration work. In the meantime, the archaeological site of Lissos remains open to the public; it is accessible by a short boat trip or a two-hour hike from the nearby town of Sougia.

#Rare Ancient Roman Odeon Discovered at Remote Archaeological Site in Crete #archeology #archeolgst #ancient artifacts #ancient artifacts #roman emperor tiberius #roman emperor drusus #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire #greek history #long reads

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leam1983 · 1 year

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I don't get Succession's appeal.

We spend post after post on here reminding one another to be kind, to display empathy, to use discernment in our interactions with others - and what TV show do we obsess over as a collective?

A show where a bunch of Nepo Babies jockey for power in ways more noxious than any day in Ottawa's Parliament season, and in which breakdowns are orchestrated across entire seasons, to lead us to borderline-Greek Tragedy levels of pathos.

I have to field enough toxicity when I work client lists, I don't need forty-five minutes-plus of Brian Cox acting like a Patriarchal asshole on top of that.

#succession #thoughts

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gawayne · 2 years

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Re: Lancelot is Québécois, discuss.

Yes. But not a modern Québécois, worried about Language rights and threatening separation. He’s Upper Canadian, ostensibly independent(ish) but often working with Lower Canada (Arthur) to solve mutual problems. Possibly Métis.

The Orkney bros are all Newfies, though Lothian is in Nova Scotia. Tintagel is PEI, connected to the rest of the continent by a single bridge that must be shut down in overly windy weather. All things Welsh are in the western provinces (BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Manitoba acts as the border lands). The barrens around the Canadian Shield are the wasteland. The Green Chapel is somewhere in Nunavut. The Arctic Circle functions largely the same way as Hadrian’s Wall, except instead of keeping the northern people from moving south, it keeps the southern people from moving too far north.

Except while a lot of this echoes modern political geography, the whole story is actually about Arthur and his Knights, the indigenous people, and their efforts to keep the invading English and French from taking over, while having some delightfully magical adventures in a land that’s actually large enough to accommodate them. (Because that’s what Arthur does best).

the orkneys with eastern canadian accents PLS 😭 what's a better reaction to accidentally beheading a woman on your first quest than 'oop.' i also admire your dedication to straight up freezing gawain to death. tangentially there are actually quite a few church ruins around ottawa and gatineau, and those salvaged bits of greek-inspired architecture that mackenzie-king had placed on his estate they're pretty cool. if you wander too deep into algonquin you'll definitely find a green chapel or perhaps a bear

now that you mention it i wonder if anyone has already written a reinterpretation set in pre-colonial north america. i think there are themes that could translate well, but it would be a challenge given how deeply arthuriana, knighthood and chivalry are tied to christianity and british nationalism. i dunno!

(btw for anyone unfamiliar, "language rights" in this instance doesn't refer to the preservation of an endangered language it refers to the way certain quebecois political factions frequently push for the promotion of quebecois french and culture, often to the point of intentionally or unintentionally discriminating against minority language speakers, immigrants and non-christians)

#i'd be particularly interested in métis lancelot but that's not really a jokeyfunny lancelot #would be timely i think. the attitude of 'men powerful and bad women soft and meek and good' has risen so much in leftist spaces #and i think a lot of lancelots can be used 2 deconstruct that in a v interesting way #and there's not so much popular media that explores the unique ways white women can harm marginalized men #sorry 4 the tangent i just think he's neat ❤❤

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chorusfm · 2 months

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Norah Jones Announces Summer Tour

Norah Jones has announced some new tour dates and shared the new song “Staring at the Wall.” 05/06 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway 05/07 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ Bardavon 1869 Opera House 05/10 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre 05/13 – Washington, DC @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall 05/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia 05/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount 05/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount 05/19 – New York, NY @ Apollo Theater 05/26 – Napa, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley 06/27 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage 06/29 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Jazz Festival 06/30 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival 07/02 – Montreal, QC @ Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 07/05 – Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC 07/06 – Buffalo, NY @ Artpark Main Stage 07/08 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts 07/10 – Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights 07/11 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center 07/13 – Interlochen, MI @ Kresge Auditorium 07/14 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival 07/22 – Vail, CO @ Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater 07/23 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre 07/25 – Sandy, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater 07/26 – Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden 07/27 – Walla Walla, WA @ Wine Country Amphitheater 07/29 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheater 07/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre 08/01 – Eugene, OR @ The Cuthbert Amphitheater 08/03 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic 08/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre 08/06 – San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/news/norah-jones-announces-summer-tour/

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lestudio1-bernardbujold · 2 months

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DEMOCRACY IN 2024 -

By Bernard Bujold -

Democracy is a concept invented in Athens in 510 BC. The word "democracy" comes from the Greek "dêmos", meaning "the people".

Modern democracy, however, was rapidly and totally transformed when elected political leaders began to decide the rules of democracy. In English, we call this situation "to move the goalposts", or in other words: to change the rules to one's advantage!

Several people around me, who know how I feel about Donald Trump, ask me what I think about current politics and the November 2024 election?

In my opinion, modern politics has become a high-level game, like hockey or football, and the ultimate goal is to win! All scenarios are therefore possible because the game has also become entertainment for people. And with artificial intelligence, the rules become even more temporary and adjustable.

This is true at every level, whether in the U.S., Ottawa, Quebec, and even on the moon...

All the results are unpredictable, so stay tuned!

SEE THREE STORIES

The New York Times - Donald Trump's strategy

La Presse - Denis Coderre's strategy

La Presse - The government on the moon

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Events 2.16 (before 1950)

1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse. 1630 – Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil. 1646 – Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the First English Civil War. 1699 – First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania. 1742 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. 1796 – Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon. 1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia. 1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 1866 – Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War. 1881 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1). 1899 – Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded. 1900 – The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieved a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier. 1918 – The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state. 1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. 1930 – The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA. 1934 – The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund. 1936 – The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election. 1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon. 1940 – World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed. 1942 – World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established 1942 – World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas. 1943 – World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city. 1945 – World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines. 1945 – The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.

#Events

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blog8956 · 6 months

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Why You Procrastinate and How to Break the Habit

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If you've ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer, you know it wouldn't be fair to describe yourself as lazy.

After all, alphabetizing requires focus and effort -- and hey, maybe you even went the extra mile to wipe down each bottle before putting it back. And it's not like you're hanging out with friends or watching Netflix. You're cleaning -- something your parents would be proud of! This isn't laziness or bad time management. This is procrastination.

If procrastination isn't about laziness, then what is it about?

Etymologically, ''procrastination'' is derived from the Latin verb procrastinare -- to put off until tomorrow. But it's more than just voluntarily delaying. Procrastination is also derived from the ancient Greek word akrasia -- doing something against our better judgment.

''It's self-harm,'' said Dr. Piers Steel, a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Calgary and the author of ''The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done.''

That self-awareness is a key part of why procrastinating makes us feel so rotten. When we procrastinate, we're not only aware that we're avoiding the task in question, but also that doing so is probably a bad idea. And yet, we do it anyway.

''This is why we say that procrastination is essentially irrational,'' said Dr. Fuschia Sirois, professor of psychology at the University of Sheffield. ''It doesn't make sense to do something you know is going to have negative consequences.''

She added: ''People engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of an inability to manage negative moods around a task.''

Wait. We procrastinate because of bad moods?

In short: yes.

Procrastination isn't a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks -- boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond.

''Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem,'' said Dr. Tim Pychyl, professor of psychology and member of the Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University in Ottawa.

In a 2013 study, Dr. Pychyl and Dr. Sirois found that procrastination can be understood as ''the primacy of shortterm mood repair ... over the longer-term pursuit of intended actions.'' Put simply, procrastination is about being more focused on ''the immediate urgency of managing negative moods'' than getting on with the task, Dr. Sirois said.

The particular nature of our aversion depends on the given task or situation. It may be due to something inherently unpleasant about the task itself -- having to clean a dirty bathroom or organizing a long, boring spreadsheet for your boss. But it might also result from deeper feelings related to the task, such as self-doubt, low self-esteem, anxiety or insecurity. Staring at a blank document, you might be thinking, I'm not smart enough to write this. Even if I am, what will people think of it? Writing is so hard. What if I do a bad job?

All of this can lead us to think that putting the document aside and cleaning that spice drawer instead is a pretty good idea.

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But, of course, this only compounds the negative associations we have with the task, and those feelings will still be there whenever we come back to it, along with increased stress and anxiety, feelings of low self-esteem and selfblame.

In fact, there's an entire body of research dedicated to the ruminative, self-blaming thoughts many of us tend to have in the wake of procrastination, which are known as ''procrastinatory cognitions.'' The thoughts we have about procrastination typically exacerbate our distress and stress, which contribute to further procrastination, Dr. Sirois said.

But the momentary relief we feel when procrastinating is actually what makes the cycle especially vicious. In the immediate present, putting off a task provides relief -- ''you've been rewarded for procrastinating,'' Dr. Sirois said. And we know from basic behaviorism that when we're rewarded for something, we tend to do it again. This is precisely why procrastination tends not to be a one-off behavior, but a cycle, one that easily becomes a chronic habit.

Over time, chronic procrastination has not only productivity costs, but measurably destructive effects on our mental and physical health, including chronic stress, general psychological distress and low life satisfaction, symptoms of depression and anxiety, poor health behaviors, chronic illness and even hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

But I thought we procrastinate to feel better?

If it seems ironic that we procrastinate to avoid negative feelings, but end up feeling even worse, that's because it is. And once again, we have evolution to thank.

Procrastination is a perfect example of present bias, our hard-wired tendency to prioritize short-term needs ahead of long-term ones.

''We really weren't designed to think ahead into the further future because we needed to focus on providing for ourselves in the here and now,'' said psychologist Dr. Hal Hershfield, a professor of marketing at the U.C.L.A. Anderson School of Management.

Dr. Hershfield's research has shown that, on a neural level, we perceive our ''future selves'' more like strangers than as parts of ourselves. When we procrastinate, parts of our brains actually think that the tasks we're putting off -- and the accompanying negative feelings that await us on the other side -- are somebody else's problem.

To make things worse, we're even less able to make thoughtful, future-oriented decisions in the midst of stress. When faced with a task that makes us feel anxious or insecure, the amygdala -- the ''threat detector'' part of the brain -- perceives that task as a genuine threat, in this case to our self-esteem or well-being. Even if we

intellectually recognize that putting off the task will create more stress for ourselves in the future, our brains are still wired to be more concerned with removing the threat in the present. Researchers call this ''amygdala hijack.''

Unfortunately, we can't just tell ourselves to stop procrastinating. And despite the prevalence of ''productivity hacks,'' focusing on the question of how to get more work done doesn't address the root cause of procrastination. O.K. How do we get to the root cause of procrastination?

We must realize that, at its core, procrastination is about emotions, not productivity. The solution doesn't involve downloading a time management app or learning new strategies for self-control. It has to do with managing our emotions in a new way.

''Our brains are always looking for relative rewards. If we have a habit loop around procrastination but we haven't found a better reward, our brain is just going to keep doing it over and over until we give it something better to do,'' said psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center.

To rewire any habit, we have to give our brains what Dr. Brewer called the ''Bigger Better Offer'' or ''B.B.O.''

In the case of procrastination, we have to find a better reward than avoidance -- one that can relieve our challenging feelings in the present moment without causing harm to our future selves. The difficulty with breaking the addiction to procrastination in particular is that there is an infinite number of potential substitute actions that would still be forms of procrastination, Dr. Brewer said. That's why the solution must therefore be internal, and not dependent on anything but ourselves.

One option is to forgive yourself in the moments you procrastinate. In a 2010 study, researchers found that students who were able to forgive themselves for procrastinating when studying for a first exam ended up procrastinating less when studying for their next exam. They concluded that self-forgiveness supported productivity by allowing ''the individual to move past their maladaptive behavior and focus on the upcoming examination without the burden of past acts.''

Another tactic is the related practice of self-compassion, which is treating ourselves with kindness and understanding in the face of our mistakes and failures. In a 2012 study examining the relationship between stress, self-compassion and procrastination, Dr. Sirois found that procrastinators tend to have high stress and low selfcompassion, suggesting that self-compassion ''provide a buffer against negative reactions to self-relevant events.''

In fact, several studies show that self-compassion supports motivation and personal growth. Not only does it decrease psychological distress, which we now know is a primary culprit for procrastination, it also actively boosts motivation, enhances feelings of self-worth and fosters positive emotions like optimism, wisdom, curiosity and personal initiative. Best of all, self-compassion doesn't require anything external -- just a commitment to meeting your challenges with greater acceptance and kindness rather than rumination and regret.

That may be easier said than done, but try to reframe the task by considering a positive aspect of it. Perhaps you remind yourself of a time you did something similar and it turned out O.K. Or maybe you think about the beneficial outcome of completing the task. What might your boss or partner say when you show them your finished work? How will you feel about yourself?

What are some other, healthier ways to manage the feelings that typically trigger procrastination?

Cultivate curiosity: If you're feeling tempted to procrastinate, bring your attention to the sensations arising in your mind and body. What feelings are eliciting your temptation? Where do you feel them in your body? What do they remind you of? What happens to the thought of procrastinating as you observe it? Does it intensify? Dissipate? Cause other emotions to arise? How are the sensations in your body shifting as you continue to rest your awareness on them?

Consider the next action: This is different than the age-old advice to break up a task you're tempted to avoid into bite-sized chunks. According to Dr. Pychyl, focusing only on the ''next action'' helps calm our nerves, and it allows for what Dr. Pychyl called ''a layer of self-deception.'' At the start of a given task, you can consider the next action as a mere possibility, as if you were method acting: ''What's the next action I'd take on this if I were going to do it, even though I'm not?'' Maybe you would open your email. Or perhaps you would put the date at the top of your document. Don't wait to be in the mood to do a certain task. ''Motivation follows action. Get started, and you'll find your motivation follows,'' Dr. Pychyl said.

Make your temptations more inconvenient: It's still easier to change our circumstances than ourselves, said Gretchen Rubin, author of ''Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits.'' According to Ms. Rubin, we can take what we know about procrastination and ''use it to our advantage'' by placing obstacles between ourselves and our temptations to induce a certain degree of frustration or anxiety. If you compulsively check social media, delete those apps from your phone or ''give yourself a really complicated password with not just five digits, but 12,'' Ms. Rubin said. By doing this, you're adding friction to the procrastination cycle and making the reward value of your temptation less immediate.

On the other side of the coin, Ms. Rubin also suggested that we make the things we want to do as easy as possible for ourselves. If you want to go to the gym before work but you're not a morning person, sleep in your exercise clothes. ''Try to remove every, every, every roadblock,'' Ms. Rubin said.

Still, procrastination is deeply existential, as it raises questions about individual agency and how we want to spend our time as opposed to how we actually do. But it's also a reminder of our commonality -- we're all vulnerable to painful feelings, and most of us just want to be happy with the choices we make.

Now go finish up alphabetizing that spice drawer before it becomes your next procrastination albatross.

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vapehk1 · 7 months

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Common sense strategies that help smokers quit superior to WHO’s failed strategies

Strategies that provide smokers with less harmful alternatives to cigarettes are far more likely to reduce smoking than the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recommendations to prohibit them while cigarettes remain widely available, public health experts said in a global forum. “To remain at the forefront of adopting effective strategies to reduce smoking, countries that have experience regulating these new products, including the Philippines, must continue to advocate at the global stage for science to guide policy response, not vice versa,” Dr. Lorenzo Mata, president of Quit For Good, a non-profit organization promoting harm reduction in the Philippines, said. Dr. Mata was one of the panelists who joined the hybrid 6th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction: Novel Products, Research & Policy organized by SCOHRE (the International Association on Smoking Control & Harm Reduction) on September 25 and 26, 2023 with physical presence in Athens, Greece. The summit was held as member countries of the WHO FCTC prepare for the 10th Conference of the Parties (C0P10) in Panama in November 2023 to discuss WHO’s recommendations to ban “novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products” such as vapes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches or regulate them the same as cigarettes. Dr. Fernando Fernandez Bueno, a Spanish physician, agreed with Dr. Mata: “The debate on tobacco control must be based on scientific arguments and clinical data, moving away from mere opinions and emotional responses. This is the only way to make progress in the fight against tobacco.” In his keynote speech exploring the financial aspects of smoking, Professor Andrzej Fal, President, Polish Society of Public Health, Poland, warned that at an era when health expenditures keep growing, prevention is the most effective way of investing in future health: To stop the smoking pandemic and its financial and health effects, we need to raise funding for primordial prevention, as well as introduce a “less harm, less tax” regulation.” Prof. David Sweanor of the University of Ottawa said the FCTC and the WHO failed to acknowledge the merits of using less harmful tobacco and nicotine products to displace cigarettes: “Failure to do it is this continued carnage—unnecessary death and disease. We also see government bodies, UN bodies destroying their credibility. When we lose the trust of the public, it affects us on a far broader range of issues than just tobacco and nicotine.” “People are buying cigarettes every day, every day we have a chance to intervene by offering a product that is massively less hazardous, doesn’t harm the people around you, and is less addictive; and we can make sure that it is available more widely than cigarettes, at a lower price than cigarettes, with more accurate information about relative risk,” Prof. Sweanor added. Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos, a Greek physician and researcher, said countries that support less harmful products now have the lowest smoking rates in the world. “We can see data from places like Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Japan. Look at Japan, one of the largest cigarette markets in the world. Half of the market for cigarettes in Japan disappeared in the last seven years, with the rise of a single viable alternative,” he said, referring to heated tobacco products (HTP). Dr. Mata highlighted that the FCTC’s tobacco control strategies are failing as the number of smokers globally is not decreasing. In response, different countries have embraced policies to make less harmful products available to smokers to replace cigarettes. “Using safer nicotine products offers new choices to millions of people worldwide who want to move away from smoking or other dangerous forms of tobacco use,” he said. “The Philippine’s response has been to enact Republic Act 11900, known as the Vape Law. At the heart of the Vape Law is the objective to regulate vapor products and heated tobacco products in order to promote a healthy environment, protect its citizens and reduce the harm caused by smoking,” Dr. Mata said, adding that “by offering safer avenues, we have given smokers a chance to make better choices for themselves, which is exactly what the WHO and the FCTC should do.” Read the full article

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decapitatedtea · 7 months

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They agreed that they were homosexual abominations and that they weren't going to be received into HIS Kingdom and they do not have homosexual relations they have taboo relations and nothing of either or abominable.

They done made a fool of themselves:

Paul wrote letters called Epistles to a specific church leader in obviously they had 1 church in every area so he wrote the leader of each one. Let's say it's comparable to being in the Baptist Church a specific group who choose to open a building in each 48 continuous States. Write those of the group of churches information and no one who contested it acknowledge sentiments in objection was acknowledged. Only the letter she sent to each of the 48 continuous States was acknowledged. Gathered put in a book and sent abroad. This is what is happening in the United States church society.

These leaders have never researched to understand Greek mythology is a truth of actual fact of events. So while other area have fun and be dismissive in Asia Minor it's not a laughing matter. These folk in Cornith were upset that those deemed as Greek gods are having sex with mortals females in this, region having babies and they can't control them. To their way of life being what is a, system here they come fucking things up. He felt to agree with mortals spoke against the New Covenant that sex for these being is not abominable and no one opposed in recognition.

In the United States of America these religious leaders and readers of that book don't even address the contents o_ that letter as they were addressed. Somehow these folk have now added men who don't have sex and enjoy anal stimulation with men as the terminology of homosexual relations. There is not one Pastor Bishop Pope who felt to agree that sex couldn't be the same act as anal stimulation and agree that for immortal beings having sex with mortals however opposed especially when the female is in a relationship is still the New Covenant.

Y'all are a work of art that is soon discarded and when my step dad Allen F Butler Jr said good for nothing in my heart this is what good for nothing embodies. You don't work truth, you don't stand for the truth in other words like Malcolm X saying stand for truth or fall for beguile by way of stand for something or fall for everything.

Secret the immaculate child born to the virgin is the ultimate act of homosexual relations should you oppose homosexual relations.... baby it is said that you oppose the baby born immaculately how are you going to receive our Creator without HIS Son being received of you there is no return to HIM. Let's say like this you can't receive the resurrection your family can't have THY Kingdom Come babies and the odd thing is no deliverance of evil. I know why they are up here claiming themselves to be evil you didn't get delivered of him. He told someone... I'm listening like baby they through them horrid words but truthfully you are delivered of evil not people. The said thing is to think by deliverance of evil we are removed of people who oppose truth. When in truth just like they moved their asses from Columbia Warrensburgh Ottawa KCK to their version of South Side Chicago, ATL, LA area, NY, NJ, CT, Baltimore etc etc it wasn't called deliverance of evil so when is it called deliverance of evil in the same city but they are refusing to not do harm by 1st or 2nd degree murder.

Harm by 1st 2nd degree murder is not deliverance of evil. Even if the DA of Jackson County agrees and doesn't prosecute them. Even if the KC police departments don't arrest them detain and bring no or charges them in criminal code or securing penal codes. Deliverance of evil should been a phrase as a pastors, Bishop Pope etc you think they represent but again you think. So I'm going to take it all the way and say no they dont. And now we know why because they are homosexual opposed.

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brookston · 8 months

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Holidays 8.26

Holidays

Alice Doesn’t Day

Animal Farm Day

Battle of Manzikert Anniversary Day (Turkey)

Congressional Startup Day

826 Day

First Thnork of the Year (Fairy)

Herero Day (a.k.a. Red Flag Day; Namibia)

Heroes’ Day (Namibia)

Horseshoe Day

International Content Creators Day

International Cosplay Day

International Day Against Dengue

International Hausa Day

Jamaat-e-Islami Foundation Day

Jay Report Anniversary Day (UK)

Kantanka Day (Ghana)

Liquorice Day (French Republic)

Make Your Own Luck Day

Musical Yoga Day

National Black Family Business Day

Namibia Day (a.k.a. Heroes’ Day; UN)

National Dog Day

National Got Checked Day

National Honey Bee Awareness Day

National Kelly Day

National Logan Day

National Ranboo Day

National Toilet Paper Day

National WebMistress Day

Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland)

Paul Anka Day (Ottawa, Canada)

Kneel in Protest Day

Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea)

Spark the World Day

StartUp Day

Toilet Paper Day

Tvimanuor (Double Month; Iceland)

Typewriter Day

Women's Equality Day

World Painted Dog Day

WTF (Wave to Friends) Day (Mini USA)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cherry Popsicle Day

National McChicken Day

4th & Last Saturday in August

Bartletide (a.k.a. Burning Bartle; UK) [Saturday closest to 24th]

Giants of Ath Festival begins (a.k.a. De Ducasse; Belgium) [4th Saturday]

International Bat Night [Last Saturday]

International Play Music on the Porch [Last Saturday]

Iroquois Indian Festival (Albany, NY) [Begins on Last Saturday]

Pony Express Day [Last Saturday]

Schemitzun begins (Green Corn Pow Wow; Mashantucket Pequot, Connecticut) [Last Saturday]

Speak Kind Words Saturday [Saturday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]

Independence Days

Official Recognition Day (Abkhazia)

Feast Days

Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Adrian of Nicomedia (Greek Feast Day) [brewers]

Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church)

Ceferino Namuncurá (Christian; Saint)

David Lewis (Christian; Blessed)

Feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland)

Gelasinus (Christian; Saint)

Genesius of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Genesius the Comedian (Christian; Saint)

Ilmater (Finnish Goddess of the Water Mother)

Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages (Christian; Saint)

Kirby and Jeffy (Muppetism)

Lizzie Borden Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mariam Baouardy (Melkite Greek Catholic Church)

Melchizedek (Christian; Saint)

Ninian (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Częstochowa (Christian; Saint)

Rufino Tamayo (Artology)

Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus (Christian; Saints)

Teresa Jornet Ibars (Christian; Saint)

Teresa of Ávila (Christian; Saint)

Usuki Stone Buddhas Fire Festival (Japan)

Vancanson (Positivist; Saint)

Women’s Equality Day (Pastafarian)

Yoshida no Hi Matsuri (End of Mt. Fuji climbing season; Japan)

Zephyrinus (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [47 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

An American in Paris (Film; 1951)

Bodyguard (BBC TV Series; 2018)

Bosko’s Picture Show (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

Boy in Darkness, by Mervyn Peake (Novella; 1956) [Gormenghast #5]

Colombiana (Film; 2011)

Crossing Delancey (Film; 1988)

Cup of Gold, by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1929)

Detouring America (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Dog Gone South (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

Eragon, by Christopher Paolini (Novel; 2002)

Fire and Ice (Animated Film; 1983)

Hey Jude, by The Beatles (Song; 1968)

Lamb in His Bosom, by Caroline Miller (Novel; 1933)

Leisure, by Blur (Album; 1991)

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Film; 1983)

Natural Born Killers (Film; 1994)

The New Mutants (Film; 2020)

Our Idiot Brother (Film; 2011)

Strange Brew (Film; 1983)

Sunshine Superman, by Donovan (Album; 1966)

Tennis Racquet (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Those Were the Days, by Mary Hopkin (Song; 1968)

Three Thousand Years of Longing (Film; 2022)

We’re in the Money (WB MM Cartoon; 1933)

Your Name (Anime Film; 2016)

Today’s Name Days

Gregor, Margareta, Mirian, Teresa (Austria)

Adrian, Adriana, Adriyan, Adriyana, Natali, Nataliya (Bulgaria)

Aleksandar, Branimir, Melkisedek (Croatia)

Luděk (Czech Republic)

Ienæus (Denmark)

Hilma, Ilma, Ilmatar, Ilme, Ilmi (Estonia)

Ilma, Ilmatar, Ilmi (Finland)

Natacha (France)

Margarita, Miriam, Patricia, Teresa (Germany)

Adrianos, Natalia (Greece)

Izsó (Hungary)

Alessandro, Oronzo (Italy)

Broņislava, Broņislavs, Glauda, Natālija, Nate (Latvia)

Aleksandras, Algintė, Gailius, Zefirinas (Lithuania)

Eivind, Even, Øyvind (Norway)

Dobroniega, Joanna, Konstanty, Maksym, Maria, Wiktorian, Zefir, Zefiryn, Zefiryna (Poland)

Samuel (Slovakia)

Teresa (Spain)

Östen (Sweden)

Andrian, Andriana, Natalia (Ukraine)

Percival, Percy, Travis, Trevis, Trevon, Trevor (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 238 of 2024; 127 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 34 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 11 (Bing-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 9 Elul 5783

Islamic: 9 Safar 1445

J Cal: 28 Hasa; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 13 August 2023

Moon: 72%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 14 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Vaucanson]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 66 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 5 of 32)

#calendar #Holidays

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fleurcareil · 9 months

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West Quebec: La Ville de Montréal

It rained overnight so once more, I put everything wet in the car and drove to Montreal, thereby passing the 10,000km milestone... incredible how big this country is! 👀 Even though I was approaching the city in morning rush hour, until the very end there were hardly any cars on the road, and in any case people drive very politely In Quebec, moving to the right after having bypassed and hardly exceeding 110 kmh.... I guess a benefit of having lived in Toronto for so long is that I'll find all other roads a breeze to drive on 😁

First order of business; laundry in my first- ever visit to a laundromat, which was surprisingly modern and clean/inviting, whilst I dried the tent on the parking lot. I got a few sideways looks when I put everything on the tarmac and hung it off my car (which is perfect for drying stuff due to the metal absorbing the sun's heat), but I think I didn't look enough of a homeless person 😜 for people to start worrying.

I met vendor-turned-friend Nabil for lunch at an Italian restaurant in the neighbourhood of Lachine, which is a calm enclave on the shores of the river, seeming to be far away from the bustling city. Lunch and conversation with Nabil were great as always when I meet him 😘 after which I walked around the old and current Lachine canal, that astoundingly used to be the only route for shipping to reach the Great Lakes until the St Lawrence Seaway was opened in 1959.

Only 20 minutes away I'm smack downtown so after having quickly checked in & dropped my car at Travelodge ($41 parking!), I went on foot to Vieux Montreal, which despite it being over-touristy remains my favourite part of the city. In the beautiful cathedral there's a chapel dedicated to Marguerite d'Youville, who was the first Canadian-born saint, recognized for her work to help the poor. A bit later I walked by the cloister of the Grey Nuns where she died, where is explained that the name Grey is meant in French as "tipsy" instead of the colour, as a reference to her late husband's alcohol trafficking... the things you learn! 😄

I also walked by an outdoor museum exposition about the archaeological remains found underneath of the first stone market building in Canada that was used as temporary seat for the house of Parliament until it burnt to the ground after which the capital moved to Ottawa... I love it when exhibits are made easily accessible so that passers-by like me can pick up a few nuggets of local history!

Just next to the old city, I hadn't been before to the Grand Quay where the port has been rejuvenated to provide a place for tourists and locals alike to enjoy the river views with some interesting artwork and photo opps of the skyline. The metal wall-art on the right is meant to represent the sun as symbol of tourism and hospitality 😊

After all the walking, I was happy to sit down for a beer at rooftop patio Nellegan which has great views of the city, and then top it off with a glass of sangria & greek dips on another patio. On the walk home, I sat for a while on a square listening to a cello player... great city experience!

No wildlife, SUPs or hikes in Montreal ;)

distance driven this week: 740km

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