#Cape st. Francis

[sohannabarberaesque]

On the beach of Cape St. Francis, South Africa (which, if you recall the classic surf documentary The Endless Summer, had "the perfect waves" surfing-wise):

[And we find no less than Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole getting ready to pull off some waveriding most pure and primivive] MOROCCO MOLE, in his accent redolent of the Kasbah: Uh, Secret Squirrel ... SECRET SQUIRREL: Yes, Morocco ... what have you in mind here? MOROCCO MOLE: Since when did we last watch The Endless Summer and recognise this place had the most perfect surfing waves, even if we're in the midst of a case investigating certain Weird and Unwholesome Associations Among Poor Whites Who Should Know Better with American "Patriot" and MAGA types? SECRET SQUIRREL, trying to feign indifference to the subject to hand: How should we know, to begin with? [At least we do find the two finding some stoke on South Africa's Wild Coast in perhaps Africa's most famous surf spot, though time and the rise of surfing globally may have changed things.]

[herpsandbirds]

Spotted Gecko (Pachydactylus maculatus), family Gekkonidae, St Francis Bay, Southern Cape, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais

[croziers-compass]

I am always deeply in love with a man that loves to run experiments.

"A year later, in September 1839, Ross took command of HMS Terror and Erebus and commenced a four-year expedition to the Antarctic. Ross and Terror's captain, Francis Crozier, performed magnetic experiments as they sailed down the Atlantic and across the Indian Ocean, setting up magnetic observatories at St Helena, Cape Town and Hobart. These would, initially, be sites of scientific activity quite distinct from existing colonial astronomical observatories but, within a few years, the Cape's magnetic and astronomical observatories would merge together into a single research institution. Although disappointed to find that the South Magnetic Pole was far inland, Ross went on to determine its approximate location in 1841 and returned to Britain in 1843 with a wealth of magnetic data."

[feddy-34]

a national park for every state (3/5)*

cape cod national seashore, massachusetts

isle royale national park, michigan

voyageurs national park, minnesota

natchez national historical park, mississippi

ozark-st. francis national forest, missouri

glacier national park, montana

scott's bluff national monument, nebraska

great basin national park, nevada

saint-gaudens national historical park, new hampshire

new jersey pinelands national preserve, new jersey

*DISCLAIMER: some states do not have national parks. instead they have national monuments, national seashores, national historical parks, etc.

[shipwreckedwithcaptainmarrow]

Are there any locations you would recommend I add to my travel bucket list if I’m interested in pirate history??

Hard to say when there's so many locations worldwide without narrowing it down. If we're talking the US, the east coast is really where most of that history occurred. From bottom to the top, I'd recommend - St. Augustine FL (for the Pirates and Treasure Musuem), - Savannah GA for The Pirates House, - Charleston SC for Charles Towne Landing, White Point Gardens, and the Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon - Southport NC for their Maritime Museum on the Cape Fear River - Bath NC for Blackbeard stuff and to visit Edward Salter's Grave (the only buried pirate in North America you can visit) - Beaufort NC, for their Maritime Museum on the QAR - Ocracoke NC, for a Blackbeard location - Cape Hatteras, NC, for the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum - Jamestown VA, some of the founding members sailed with Francis Drake - Hampton, VA for the Hampton History Museum - Colonial Williamsburg, VA for the Old Gaol were pirates were held - Newport RI for various pirate stuffs - Lynn, MA for Dungeon rock where according folklore a pirate was trapped inside and died. - Yarmouth, MA for the Whydah Shipwreck Museum for Sam Bellamy artifacts.

There are of course small tiny areas that are of interest for various reasons, but feel free to ask and enquire about any of them, happy to answer! :)

[thelonecalzone]

No one asked for it, but here's a chillin-by-a-waterfall soft vibes Pattison playlist based on that stupid ch22 tbscm waterfall scene 🤷

The Bi Books & Biting Playlist -

With Somebody - Public Library Commute

Burn the Witches - Husbands

Pools To Bathe In - The Japanese House

Saltwater for Strings - Geowulf, Pêter Aleksänder 

Back - Pool Cosby, Soren Bryce

Life Can Be Beautiful - Solace

Swim - St. South

Shallow Hot Springs - Boy Willows

I Should Probably Get Moving - Box Boys

Couch Party - Afternoon Bike Ride

Sleeping In - Kid City

Mess This Up - CHYLD, Tennyson

Besides You - Golden Vessel

Okay, Saint Laurent - October Tooth

Library Magic - The Head And The Heart

The Wind - Magic Hippies

TWYLM - Stradcopy

Strings Attached - Opia

Secret Garden (ft. Merival) - Soda Island, Izzard, Merival

Does Your Brain Ever Get This Loud - St. South

Don’t Think So Hard - On Planets

Pack a Day - Charlie Sztyk

Here With U - Appleby

Bugs - Lonesome Rhodes

Overwinter - Max Fry, Ali Fry

Buttons - Meija

Lover’s Ledge - Night Beds

Surface Tension - Genevieve Stokes

You - Tennyson

Red - Jaguar Sun

Blue Blue - iamamiwhoami, ionnalee

The Flood - Oliver Hazard

Colorado - Hailaker, Lowswimmer

In a Book (Back to Me) - Nick Leng

Just Because - Cape Francis

Next Year - Jaguar Sun

Wildflowers - Haiva Ru

Pink Honey - Houses

Melt - The Misters

Over Again - Holdwash, Baird

Woman - Baseball Game

Can’t Stop Cryin’ - Austin Manuel

I Love It When You Talk - Boy Willows

Universe - Teebs, daydream Masi

Missed Call - Flaws

Momentum - Blake Ruby

Caroline - Jadu Heart

Set it on Fire - Blood Cultures

Forever and More - Jaguar Sun

Still - Noah Kahan

[4x4community]

St Francis Bay to Colesburg

Forum: Eastern Cape Posted By: Aries Post Time: 2024/12/12 at 09:09 AM http://dlvr.it/TGkvQ8

[156km]

Cape St. Francis, South Africa

[dutchuncle]

Birth of The Endless Summer: Opening Credits from Dutch Uncle • Studio on Vimeo.

Opening credits for Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis.

The documentary follows the adventures of Dick Metz around the world and finding the iconic surf break.

Directed by Richard Yelland Animation by Pablo Delcan

[gook54-blog]

📣 *BREAK THE SILENCE‼️ UN POWERGRAB / WHO AGENDA = ONE HEALTH / ONE TYRANNY* ‼️

8th "One Health Congress"

Friday 20th - Monday 23rd Sept '24

🙉 *Not our Mon(k)ey, Not our Circus!*

🔥 *Join the Picket outside the so-called "One Health" Congress, brought to you by the WHO and The UN.*

🏃🏻 Cape Town:

Venue: CTICC

When: Friday 20th Sept - 1 - 5pm

🏃🏼‍♂️ Gauteng:

Venue: UN Office 351 Francis Baard St, Pretoria

When: Friday 20th Sept - 9 - 11am #911

🔥 *Bring Posters and Banners, make your voices heard!*

✊ *Resist UN-WHO Control! (Their Agenda has nothing to do with protecting our Health!)*

📣 Defend National Sovereignty and Personal Medical Freedom

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[spacetimewithstuartgary]

'Space junk' that fell in Eastern Cape was a car-size meteorite

The "space junk" that fell over the Eastern Cape on Sunday morning was a meteorite.

Scientists from Wits University and NMMU have closely monitored the event, including media and online reports of so-called "space debris" that entered the Earth's atmosphere between 8:30 and 9 am on Sunday morning.

Eyewitnesses saw, and some took videos of, a streak of bright light in the sky over St Francis Bay. What some speculated might be space junk from a satellite seems to have entered the atmosphere at a relatively low trajectory, breaking up as it burnt up. The captain of a whale-watching boat reported seeing objects splashing into the ocean off Cape St Francis.

However, says Professor Roger Gibson from the Wits School of Geosciences, "Based on scientific assessment, the incident is consistent with a rocky asteroid about the size of a car entering Earth's atmosphere at very high speed. Friction with the atmosphere created a spectacular fireball and caused it to break up in flight."

He added, "We have reports that someone has found several fragments of a meteorite near Kirkwood in the Eastern Cape, over 100 km from Cape St Francis. This may indicate an exceptional fall area."

Wits University is one of a few internationally-accredited repositories for meteorites in South Africa. Gibson and his colleagues keep a close watch on meteorite finds and falls in the country. The last meteor fall in South Africa occurred in Lichtenburg in 1973.

"Meteorites are rare and hold deep scientific value as they give us a glimpse of the make-up and birth of our solar system, so it is extremely important for us to track, trace and find possible meteorites that may have fallen in our country," says Gibson. "The way they interact with Earth's atmosphere is also important as they pose a potential threat."

Only 51 meteorites have been documented in South Africa, and only 22 meteorite falls have been recorded. Just like fossils, meteorites are items of national heritage and the sale and trade of meteorites are regulated by law through the South African Heritage Resources Act.

Gibson and Wits colleagues Professor Lew Ashwal and Dr. Leo Vonopartis, together with Dr. Carla Dodd from the Department of Geosciences at NMMU, are extremely interested to learn more about Sunday's meteorite fall, and invite anybody who has seen, heard or found anything that they may suspect of being related to the meteorite event to contact them.

"Some people heard its sonic boom as far away as Plettenberg bay—over 200 km from Gqberha; others felt ground tremors caused by the sonic boom, or actually saw the meteor. We would be extremely interested to hear from any witnesses of this event," says Gibson.

"This is a perfect opportunity for people to become involved in citizen science. We want to know what people saw or heard so that we can piece together the meteor's trajectory, and also if anyone thinks they have found any meteorite fragments. We would like people to record their perceptions and contact us to tell their stories."

To the untrained eye, meteorites can look like normal rocks. However, they should have a smooth, glassy black appearance—called the fusion crust—that is formed from the burning of the meteorite as it enters the atmosphere. Many attract a magnet. The inside of the meteorite will look like a normal rock.

Should pieces of meteorite be found, people should be careful not to destroy or damage them.

"Before you touch it, photograph it on the ground and take several photographs of its environment. Record a GPS pin of where you found it, wrap it in a piece of aluminum foil and place it securely in a zip-lock bag, then contact us to collect it. All of this provides vital scientific information," says Vonopartis.

IMAGE: Close-up of a meteorite fragment showing the fusion crust. Credit: Wits University

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Man Leaps From Glen Ridge Bridge to Avoid Arrest," St. Catharines Standard. June 27, 1941. Page 1 & 3. --- Melodramatic Chase in St. Catharines This Morning ---- POLICEMAN IS BEATEN ---- Two Men Found in Vacant Glen Ridge House ---- Police today investigated a melodramatic case in which a special police constable was attacked and beaten up by two house-breakers, one of whom later apparently ended his life by leaping from the Glen Ridge bridge into the old Welland Canal in an attempt to escape police.

Constable Beaten Special Constable Thomas Robertson, 37 Academy street, is confined to the General Hospital with a broken nose and extensive facial injuries.

The man who leaped from the bridge, and his companion who es caped and is still at large, have not been identified. It is thought that they were transients and police have certain information, it was revealed, which may lead to their identification.

Although police are not positive that the man drowned in the old canal dragging of the canal channel was commenced at nine o'clock today and a special check is being made of weirs and canal banks, to locate the body. City firemen, who joined earlier today with police in searching the canal banks in the vicinity of the bridge, are conducting dragging operations.

The opening chapter in the strange case was recorded at about 1:30 o'clock this morning when Constable Robertson, who was wearing civilian clothes, visited a Glen Ridge avenue home which is not occupied at present. It is the special constable's duty to inspect vacant houses to make sure that they are secure,

Constable Attacked When he arrived at the rear of the Glen Ridge avenue house, he found a window lifted and he entered the premises to investigate. He noticed a man and as he went to take charge of him a second man stepped out of another room and the two men piled on Robertson. In the scuffle they removed his "billy" and wallet.

The two men fled from the house leaving the officer practically exhausted. Some minutes later when Robertson was standing on the side-walk nearby the house where the scuffle had occurred, he saw the same two men approach on bicycles. He ran into the street and knocked one man from his wheel.

The brawl was renewed and this time, one of the men, presumably the one who leaped from the bridge, struck Robertson several times with the "billy", injuring his left eye and cheek. The fight caused such a disturbance that Al Corney, Glen Ridge avenue, telephoned police headquarters.

Constables Nat Armstrong and William Francis were dispatcher to the scene by Sergt. Thomas Howden. As the officers reached the Glen Ridge end of the bridge, they saw two men hiding bicycles being pursued by Constable Robertson. One man turned on to Ontario street south and he was followed by Robertson. The second man started across the bridge, and Constable

Armstrong swung the patrol car around and gave chase.

Officers Heard Splash As the police car overtook the escaping house breaker he suddenly applied the brake, fell from the bicycle on to the sidewalk, climbed over the railing and jumped. Constable Francis jumped from the police auto and was joined seconds later by Armstrong. Both men heard a splash and what sounded like groans and then silence prevailed.

The spot when the man jumped is on the "city" side of the canal and about 65 feet above the water. The fact that the man pulled off his coat indicated that he knew that there was water below the bridge and he may have planned to swim ashore to escape. However, the officers remained on the bridge for a short time but heard no sounds to indicate that the man was swimming. The water is eight feet in depth at the point where he presumably landed.

The officers telephoned the police headquarters and accompanied by other officers, Deputy Fire Chief John Cropper and firemen combed the canal banks but could find no trace of the man.

Meanwhile, the second house-breaker had outdistanced Constable Robertson and the latter was ordered removed to the hospital.

Inspector D. B. Brown and Detective James Anderson commenced an immediate investigation which is continuing today with Detective William Irwin assisting.

A shabby coat which had caught on the spiked rail of the bridge contained the officer's "billy."

[brookston]

Holidays 6.11

Holidays

American Evacuation Day (Libya)

Cousteau Day

Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Diceaplaooza Day

Dirty Book Day

Escape from Alcatraz Day

Evacuation Day (Libya)

Fandens Fodselsdag (Devil’s Birthday; Denmark)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Day

Folding Chair Day

Honeysuckle Day (French Republic)

International Balloon Artist Day

International Day of Play

International Day of Solidarity with Long Term Anarchist Prisoners

International KBG Syndrome Awareness Day

International Lynx Day

Jurassic Park Day

Just One Day

Kamehameha Day (a.k.a. King Kamehameha Day; Hawaii) [Unless a Weekend, then Friday before]

Kodak Black Day

Mojo Nixon Day (Ohio)

multiple Sclerosis Day (Russia)

National Feed the Ducks Day

National Hot Rod Day

National Hug Holiday

National Impressionists Day

National Making Life Beautiful Day

National Olivia Day

Navy Day (Brazil)

Peace of Chaco Day (Bolivia, Paraguay)

Polyamory Pride Day

Queen Fabiola Day (Belgium)

Say Hi Day

611 Day

Student Day (Honduras)

Umbrella Day (Japan)

William Davis Miners' Memorial Day (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Women Generals Day

World Agriculture Day

World Jaguar Day

World Prostate Cancer Day

Yarn Bombing Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Corn on the Cob Day

Cotton Candy Day

German Chocolate Cake Day

Pizza Margherita Day

Royal Hot Dog Day

Independence & Related Days

Mad Parliament Assembly Day (UK; 1258)

Rizal Province Day (Philippines)

2nd Tuesday in June

Broadcast Good Day [2nd Tuesday]

Call Your Doctor Day [2nd Tuesday]

Forklift Safety Day (UK) [2nd Tuesday]

National Forklift Safety Day [2nd Tuesday]

National Time Out Day [2nd Tuesday]

Ride to Work Day [2nd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Waldchestag (Forest Day) [Tuesday after Whit Sunday]

World Pet Memorial Day [2nd Tuesday; also 2nd Sunday]

Festivals Beginning June 11, 2024

Bocuse d’Or USA (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 6.13]

EuroSTAR Conference (Stockholm, Sweden) [thru 6.14]

Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival (Ljutomer, Slovenia) [thru 6.15]

Feast Days

Antonio Cifrondi (Artology)

Arrephoria (Ancient Greece)

Barnabas the Apostle (Christian; Saint) [Harvests]

Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)

Ben Jonson (Writerism)

Day of the One Hit Wonders (Church of the SubGenius)

Eric Fraser (Artology)

Felix and Fortunatus (Christian; Martyrs)

Festival of Goibnui (Provider of the Ale of Immortality; Celtic)

Festival of Mater Matuta (Goddess of the Dawn; Ancient Rome)

Fish Day (Pastafarian)

Fortuna Virgo (Ancient Rome)

St. Francis Xavier (Positivist; Saint)

Gimley’s Boss (Muppetism)

Holiday of the Happy Gnomes (Pagan)

Ignatius Maloyan, Blessed (Armenian Catholic Church)

Joachim Martin Falbe (Artology)

John Constable (Artology)

Loki’s Day (Pagan)

Make a Wand Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Matralia (Old Roman festival to goddess Mater Matuta)

Parisio (Christian; Saint)

Paula Frassinetti (Christian; Saint)

Riagail of Bangor (Christian; Saint)

Rites of Matralia (Honoring Mater Matua, Goddess of Dawn & Childbirth; Ancient Rome)

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Christian) [Sunday after Trinity Sunday]

Spiros Xenos (Artology)

Tochumra of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

William Baziotes (Artology)

William Styron (Writerism)

Yasunari Kawabata (Writerism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shavuot, Day 1 (Judaism) [5-6 Sivan] (a.k.a. …

Erev Shabuot

Feast of the Harvest

Feast of Weeks

Festival of Weeks

First-Fruit festival

Wheat Harvest

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 53]

Premieres

American Idol (Reality TV Show; 2002)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Film; 1999)

Belles on Their Toes, by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (Novel; 1950) [Cheaper by the Dozen #2]

The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk (Novel; 1952)

Callahan's Crosstime, by Saloon Spider Robinson (Novel; 1977)

Candy Cabaret (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film; 1982)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Film; 1986)

Garfield (Film; 2004)

Get a Horse! (Disney Mickey Mouse & Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 2013)

The Hood Maker, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1955)

The House of Tomorrow (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1949)

In the Heights (Film; 2021)

Jumpin’ Jive, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1981)

Jurassic Park (Film; 1993)

Kansas City Stomp, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1928)

Karate Kid (Film; 2010)

Katnip Kollege (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

King Zilch (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Kontakte (Contacts), by Karlheinz Stockhausen (Electronic Music Piece; 1960)

Libuše, by Bedřich Smetana (Opera; 1881)

Moonlight for Two (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Napoleon Dynamite (Film; 2004)

Nashville (Film; 1975)

The Negotiator, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1989)

Nova, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1968)

Pandora’s Box, featuring Super Mouse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Papa Don’t Preach, by Madonna (Song; 1986)

A Passion For Excellence, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin (Book; 1985)

Play Ball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Papa (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, by Erving Goffman (Science Book; 1956)

Primary Colors, by Anonymous (Novel; 1996)

Rabbit Rampage (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Sales Pitch, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1954)

The Secret of the Unicorn, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1943) [Tintin #11]

A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood (Novel; 1963)

The Stork Takes a Holiday (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Teddy Bear, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

True Grit (Film; 1969)

Winter’s Bone (Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Alice, Barnabas, Paula (Austria)

Barnaba, Bogumil, Borna, Roza (Croatia)

Bruno (Czech Republic)

Barnabas (Denmark)

Imbi, Imme (Estonia)

Immi, Impi (Finland)

Barnabé (France)

Alice, Barnabas, Paula, Udo (Germany)

Varnavas, Vartholomaios (Greece)

Barnabás (Hungary)

Barnaba (Italy)

Ingus, Mairis, Sigrida, Svens, Vidvuds (Latvia)

Aluona, Barnarbas, Flora, Tvirmantas (Lithuania)

Bjørg, Bjørge, Borgar (Norway)

Anastazy, Barnaba, Feliks, Radomił, Teodozja (Poland)

Luca, Pavel, Petru, Vartolomeu (România)

Dobroslava (Slovakia)

Bernabé (Spain)

Berthold, Bertil (Sweden)

Bartholomew (Ukraine)

Barnabas, Barnaby, Barnett, Barney, Barret (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 163 of 2024; 203 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 24 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 6 (Bing-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 5 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 13 Blue; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 May 2024

Moon: 27%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Francis Xavier]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 85 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 6.11

Holidays

American Evacuation Day (Libya)

Cousteau Day

Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Diceaplaooza Day

Dirty Book Day

Escape from Alcatraz Day

Evacuation Day (Libya)

Fandens Fodselsdag (Devil’s Birthday; Denmark)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Day

Folding Chair Day

Honeysuckle Day (French Republic)

International Balloon Artist Day

International Day of Play

International Day of Solidarity with Long Term Anarchist Prisoners

International KBG Syndrome Awareness Day

International Lynx Day

Jurassic Park Day

Just One Day

Kamehameha Day (a.k.a. King Kamehameha Day; Hawaii) [Unless a Weekend, then Friday before]

Kodak Black Day

Mojo Nixon Day (Ohio)

multiple Sclerosis Day (Russia)

National Feed the Ducks Day

National Hot Rod Day

National Hug Holiday

National Impressionists Day

National Making Life Beautiful Day

National Olivia Day

Navy Day (Brazil)

Peace of Chaco Day (Bolivia, Paraguay)

Polyamory Pride Day

Queen Fabiola Day (Belgium)

Say Hi Day

611 Day

Student Day (Honduras)

Umbrella Day (Japan)

William Davis Miners' Memorial Day (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Women Generals Day

World Agriculture Day

World Jaguar Day

World Prostate Cancer Day

Yarn Bombing Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Corn on the Cob Day

Cotton Candy Day

German Chocolate Cake Day

Pizza Margherita Day

Royal Hot Dog Day

Independence & Related Days

Mad Parliament Assembly Day (UK; 1258)

Rizal Province Day (Philippines)

2nd Tuesday in June

Broadcast Good Day [2nd Tuesday]

Call Your Doctor Day [2nd Tuesday]

Forklift Safety Day (UK) [2nd Tuesday]

National Forklift Safety Day [2nd Tuesday]

National Time Out Day [2nd Tuesday]

Ride to Work Day [2nd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Waldchestag (Forest Day) [Tuesday after Whit Sunday]

World Pet Memorial Day [2nd Tuesday; also 2nd Sunday]

Festivals Beginning June 11, 2024

Bocuse d’Or USA (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 6.13]

EuroSTAR Conference (Stockholm, Sweden) [thru 6.14]

Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival (Ljutomer, Slovenia) [thru 6.15]

Feast Days

Antonio Cifrondi (Artology)

Arrephoria (Ancient Greece)

Barnabas the Apostle (Christian; Saint) [Harvests]

Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)

Ben Jonson (Writerism)

Day of the One Hit Wonders (Church of the SubGenius)

Eric Fraser (Artology)

Felix and Fortunatus (Christian; Martyrs)

Festival of Goibnui (Provider of the Ale of Immortality; Celtic)

Festival of Mater Matuta (Goddess of the Dawn; Ancient Rome)

Fish Day (Pastafarian)

Fortuna Virgo (Ancient Rome)

St. Francis Xavier (Positivist; Saint)

Gimley’s Boss (Muppetism)

Holiday of the Happy Gnomes (Pagan)

Ignatius Maloyan, Blessed (Armenian Catholic Church)

Joachim Martin Falbe (Artology)

John Constable (Artology)

Loki’s Day (Pagan)

Make a Wand Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Matralia (Old Roman festival to goddess Mater Matuta)

Parisio (Christian; Saint)

Paula Frassinetti (Christian; Saint)

Riagail of Bangor (Christian; Saint)

Rites of Matralia (Honoring Mater Matua, Goddess of Dawn & Childbirth; Ancient Rome)

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Christian) [Sunday after Trinity Sunday]

Spiros Xenos (Artology)

Tochumra of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

William Baziotes (Artology)

William Styron (Writerism)

Yasunari Kawabata (Writerism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shavuot, Day 1 (Judaism) [5-6 Sivan] (a.k.a. …

Erev Shabuot

Feast of the Harvest

Feast of Weeks

Festival of Weeks

First-Fruit festival

Wheat Harvest

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 53]

Premieres

American Idol (Reality TV Show; 2002)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Film; 1999)

Belles on Their Toes, by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (Novel; 1950) [Cheaper by the Dozen #2]

The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk (Novel; 1952)

Callahan's Crosstime, by Saloon Spider Robinson (Novel; 1977)

Candy Cabaret (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film; 1982)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Film; 1986)

Garfield (Film; 2004)

Get a Horse! (Disney Mickey Mouse & Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 2013)

The Hood Maker, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1955)

The House of Tomorrow (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1949)

In the Heights (Film; 2021)

Jumpin’ Jive, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1981)

Jurassic Park (Film; 1993)

Kansas City Stomp, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1928)

Karate Kid (Film; 2010)

Katnip Kollege (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

King Zilch (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Kontakte (Contacts), by Karlheinz Stockhausen (Electronic Music Piece; 1960)

Libuše, by Bedřich Smetana (Opera; 1881)

Moonlight for Two (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Napoleon Dynamite (Film; 2004)

Nashville (Film; 1975)

The Negotiator, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1989)

Nova, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1968)

Pandora’s Box, featuring Super Mouse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Papa Don’t Preach, by Madonna (Song; 1986)

A Passion For Excellence, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin (Book; 1985)

Play Ball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Papa (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, by Erving Goffman (Science Book; 1956)

Primary Colors, by Anonymous (Novel; 1996)

Rabbit Rampage (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Sales Pitch, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1954)

The Secret of the Unicorn, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1943) [Tintin #11]

A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood (Novel; 1963)

The Stork Takes a Holiday (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Teddy Bear, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

True Grit (Film; 1969)

Winter’s Bone (Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Alice, Barnabas, Paula (Austria)

Barnaba, Bogumil, Borna, Roza (Croatia)

Bruno (Czech Republic)

Barnabas (Denmark)

Imbi, Imme (Estonia)

Immi, Impi (Finland)

Barnabé (France)

Alice, Barnabas, Paula, Udo (Germany)

Varnavas, Vartholomaios (Greece)

Barnabás (Hungary)

Barnaba (Italy)

Ingus, Mairis, Sigrida, Svens, Vidvuds (Latvia)

Aluona, Barnarbas, Flora, Tvirmantas (Lithuania)

Bjørg, Bjørge, Borgar (Norway)

Anastazy, Barnaba, Feliks, Radomił, Teodozja (Poland)

Luca, Pavel, Petru, Vartolomeu (România)

Dobroslava (Slovakia)

Bernabé (Spain)

Berthold, Bertil (Sweden)

Bartholomew (Ukraine)

Barnabas, Barnaby, Barnett, Barney, Barret (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 163 of 2024; 203 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 24 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 6 (Bing-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 5 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 13 Blue; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 May 2024

Moon: 27%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Francis Xavier]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 85 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 31)

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Some Catholic Bishops Rejects Great SATAN Pope’s Stance on Blessing For Same-Sex Couples. Others are Confused. In Violation of God’s Laws, Great SATAN Pope Francis Authorizes Blessings For Same-Sex Couples! WTF?

— By Gerald Imray | Associated Press | Friday December 22, 2023

Cape Town, South Africa (AP) — In an Extraordinary Pushback Against Pope Francis, Some Catholic Bishops in Africa, Poland 🇵🇱 and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples.

Others downplayed the policy approved this week by Francis as merely reaffirming the Vatican’s long-standing teaching about marriage being only a union between a man and a woman.

The reactions show how polarizing the issue remains and how Francis’ decade-long effort to make the church a more welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community continues to spark resistance among traditionalist and conservative Catholic leaders.

Some of the strongest responses came from bishops in Africa, home to 265 million Catholics, or nearly a quarter of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics. Many of those Catholics live and their churches operate in societies where homosexuality is condemned and outlawed.

Out of the Continent’s 54 Countries, 31 have Laws Criminalizing Homosexuality, more than any other continent, according to the Human Dignity Trust, which defends LGBTQ+ rights.

Zambia’s bishops conference said same-sex couple blessings were “not for implementation in Zambia.” The bishops conference of Malawi said “blessings of any kind” for “same-sex unions of any kind” would not be permitted.

In Zambia 🇿🇲, Gay Sex is Punishable by Between 15 years and life in prison and the law puts it in the same section as bestiality. Malawi’s Laws Call for up to 14 years in prison for homosexual sex, with the option of corporal punishment for those convicted

Zambian bishops said there should be “Further Reflection” on the blessings and cited the country’s laws against homosexuality and its “Cultural Heritage” that rejects same-sex relationships as reasons for its decision.

The Polish bishops conference — among the most conservative in Europe and a reference point beyond the continent given its ties to St. John Paul II — said it has no plans to give blessings to same-sex couples.

Marriage, the Conference Asserted, Remains only the Union Between a Man and a Woman, and sexual acts outside of that are “Always An Offense Against God’s Will,” according to a statement by spokesperson Rev. Leszek Gęsiak.

It is unusual for an entire national bishops conference to publicly voice dissent of a Vatican policy, though the declaration from the Vatican doctrine office did not instruct bishops to allow blessings of same-sex couples but merely provided guidance on how they could be done if people requested them.

Great Satan Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican on December 17.

The document, entitled “Fiducia Supplicans,” says that blessings can be offered to people in same-sex relationships if they are not confused with the ritual of marriage and reaffirmed that Marriage is a Lifelong Union Only Between a Man and a Woman.

The announcement Monday by the Vatican office reversed its 2021 statement that had ruled out blessings for same-sex couples because “God Cannot Bless Sin.”

The U.S. bishops conference, seeking to downplay any shift, stressed that the church’s teachings on marriage have not changed and that the announcement “Articulated a Distinction Between Liturgical (Sacramental) Blessings, and Pastoral Blessings, Which May Be Given to Persons Who Desire God’s zloving Grace in Their Lives,” according to a statement.

Some of the more piqued opposition came from Francis’ usual critics.

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who previously headed the Vatican doctrine office, said the declaration was “Self-Contradictory” as it still said same-sex relationships were contrary to God’s law while allowing same-sex couples to receive a blessing.

“The Church Cannot Celebrate One Thing and Teach Another,” Müller wrote in an essay published in religious media outlets.

Kazakh Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who has long opposed Francis’ progressive bent, called the new policy a “Great Deception.” Priests should be aware of “the evil that resides in the very permission to bless couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples,” he said.

He and Kazakh Archbishop Tomash Peta said in a statement on the Catholic Herald magazine’s website that they had Prohibited Priests in their archdiocese from performing “Any Form of Blessing Whatsoever” for same-sex couples.

Bishop conferences and church leaders from Nigeria 🇳🇬, Ghana 🇬🇭, Kenya 🇰🇪, Madagascar 🇲🇬 and South Africa 🇿🇦 also released public statements, most of them moving to clarify what they said was confusion among their flock over whether the new policy was an official recognition and acceptance of same-sex relationships.

The predominant sentiment among many was a fear that the move was a step toward the Catholic church accepting homosexuality.

Nigeria’s bishops said there had been various interpretations of the policy in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and home to 20-30 million Catholics, and they needed to make clear that the Vatican document does not allow for a blessing and a formal acceptance of same-sex relationships.

“The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria assures the entire People of God that the teaching of the Catholic Church on marriage remains the same,” it said. “There is, therefore, no possibility in the Church of blessing same-sex unions and activities.”

Abbé Jean-Marie Djibo, a Priest in the Archdiocese of Bamako in the Muslim-Majority West African Nation of Mali 🇲🇱, said the Catholic Church in His Country Would Not Be Following any New Policy and Wanted the Vatican to Explain Its Decision.

“The church in Mali does not agree with the Vatican’s decision concerning homosexual couples, and the bishops and priests here are calling the church faithful to reassure them that this decision will not be applied,” he said. “This decision concerns only the Vatican, not us.”

“In his message, the Pope used coded words that have been variously interpreted, so we want him to clarify this position for us,” Djibo added.

In the United Kingdom, an organization representing some 500 Catholic Priests in Britain 🇬🇧 released a signed letter reaffirming the Church’s teaching regarding marriage and same-sex unions after “Widespread Confusion.”

In Zimbabwe, which also has anti-gay laws, LGBTQ+ rights activist Chesterfield Samba said he did not think the declaration would change anything for Zimbabwean same-sex couples shunned by the church. He said he had expected the pushback from some church branches.

The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, which is based in South Africa where a liberal constitution allows same-sex marriages, appeared to welcome the prospect of blessings for gay couples as confirmation that “Nobody Is Outside God’s Grace 😂😂😂.” (This Idiot Doesn’t Know that Satans are Outside God’s Grace.)

But it added that its interpretation of the declaration was that “the blessing is done with the hope of conversion.”

— Associated Press reporters Noel Sichalwe in Lusaka, Zambia 🇿🇲; Baba Ahmed in Bamako, Mali 🇲🇱; Sello Motseta in Gaborone, Botswana 🇧🇼; Farai Mutsaka in Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼; and Nicole Winfield in Rome contributed to this story.

Gayness of “Two-Faced Great SATAN Pope Francis” in Christianity ✝️

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On this day in Wikipedia: Sunday, 10th September

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10th September 2017 🗓️ : Event - Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage. "Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered the most powerful..."

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10th September 2013 🗓️ : Death - Jack Vance (general) Jack Vance, Canadian general (b. 1933) "Lieutenant-General John Elwood "Jack" Vance, (July 28, 1933 – September 10, 2013) was a Canadian Forces officer who became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada...."

10th September 1973 🗓️ : Birth - Ferdinand Coly Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer "Ferdinand Alexandre Coly (born 10 September 1973) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a full-back...."

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10th September 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Glen P. Robinson Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (d. 2013) "Glen Parmelee Robinson, Jr. (September 10, 1923 – January 16, 2013), called the "father of high-tech industry in Georgia", was an American businessman and founder of Scientific Atlanta, now a subsidiary of Cisco Systems. Robinson was the first employee of Scientific Atlanta, where he remained CEO..."

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10th September 1821 🗓️ : Birth - William Jervois William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (d. 1897) "Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (10 September 1821 – 17 August 1897) was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 1858, as a major, he was appointed Secretary of a Royal..."

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10th September 🗓️ : Holiday - Children's Day (Honduras) "Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on June 1 in many countries...."

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