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Can you draw a sailor who deserves to get some sleep finally getting to take a nap? (I am not specifying who, I believe 80% of the ship should use a good nap and I’m too indecisive)

Here ya go! In my opinion, the sailor in most dire need of a nap is our dear astronomer, Benedict Bage. Someone get this man to bed.

Reblogs appreciated :)

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The Vulture or Some mentally ill dudes on a boat.

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Drawing Request: Can we maybe see more of Winston drawing people/things?

Ben's talking about the stars

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Got Øyvind on my mind. Feat. Tristan!! (Return of the King.) 

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Manresa, Spain (No. 3)

The Old Bridge over the Cardener River at the southwest entrance to Manresa. The bridge has suffered several destructions. Of Roman origin, the current one is the faithful reconstruction of a medieval bridge also rebuilt in the twelfth century, of which only the bases of the central arch are preserved. The bridge, which was destroyed in 1939 and rebuilt between 1960 and 1962, draws eight semicircular arches with a maximum height of 25 m above the river flow.​

Together with the Seu and the Cave of San Ignacio,they form the most characteristic silhouette of the city.

Legend: Once the demons took over the city of Manresa and settled under the Old Bridge. The devils demonized all the people who passed by. The consuls of Manresa, desperate, thought that asking for the relics of a saint, the devils would leave. And so they did: they asked for the relics of St. Valentine from the monks of the monastery of San Benito de Bages. So much and so much they asked for them that they finally left them. Once under the Bridge, the relics of the saint frightened the devils, who fled forever.

The consuls of Manresa were amazed when they saw the effect that the relics of Saint Valentine made and decided that they would not return them. But one day they disappeared and never saw again. The relics ended up on a hill in the middle of a bramble between St. Benedict and St. Fructuosus of Bages. A shepherdess who used to graze there found them and took them to the ecclesiastical authorities. In memory of the meeting, a chapel was built there.

​ Source: Wikipedia

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Senate confirms 15 NDDC board nominees, rejects Nunieh

…confirms appointments of Tosho as Chief Judge, Kanyip as NIC President   …Holds a minute silence in honour of Jummai Tafawa Balewa, Mobolaji Johnson     The Senate on Tuesday confirmed fifteen out of the sixteen nominees forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for confirmation as board members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).   The nominees confirmed by the Senate are: Dr. Pius Odubu (Edo), Chairman; Bernard Okumagba (Delta), Managing Director; Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa-Ibom), Executive Director (Projects); Maxwell Oko (Bayelsa), Executive Director, Finance and Admin; Jones Erue (Delta), and Chief Victor Ekhator (Edo).   Others are: Nwogu N. Nwogu (Abia), Theordore Allison (Bayelsa), Victor Antai (Akwa-Ibom), Maurice Effiwatt (Cross River), Olugbenga Edema (Ondo), Hon. Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo), Aisha Murtala Muhammed (Kano), Shuaibu Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa), and Ambassador Abdullahi Bage (Nasarawa).   The upper chamber however rejected the nomination of Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh, as nominee representing Rivers State on the board.   Chairman, Senate Committee on NDDC, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, in his presentation of the committee’s report, explained that the committee sent an invitation to the nominee twice to attend the screening exercise last week.   The lawmaker, however, told his colleagues on the floor that the nominee on both occasions refused to appear before the panel for screening.   Nwaoboshi drew the attention of the upper chamber to the three-man Interim Management Committee to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).   According to him, the nominee, Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh is Acting Managing Director of the Interim Committee.   The committee has Dr. Cairo Ojougboh as Acting Executive Director, Projects and Chief Ibanga Bassey Etang as the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration.   The upper chamber, in a committee of the whole, thereafter unanimously rejected the nomination of Nunieh as nominee representing Rivers State over his refusal to appear before the NDDC panel for screening.   In his remarks, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, while speaking on the existence of the interim committee to oversee the NDDC said, “I think there’s no ambiguity in this matter. Mr. President sent to the Senate his request for us to confirm his nominees.   “As soon as they (nominees) are confirmed, I’m sure any other structure that exists now is vitiated.   “I don’t think we have anything to worry about, because this is something that is clearly established by the law.”   Lawan tasked the Senate Committee on NDDC on the need to properly oversight the commission as soon as the new board takes over the management of the agency.   “The NDDC is a special case. We recall that the President had cause to ask for a total probe of what happened with the finances of the NDDC.   “We are supposed to continually oversight wherever public funds are put out for the development of the country,” Lawan added.   Recall that the upper chamber had last week Tuesday received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of their appointments.   The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Honourable Justice J. T. Tosho as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria; and Hon. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip as the President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria.   The upper chamber also on Tuesday resolved to send a delegation to condole with the families of Tafawa Balewa and Mobolaji Johnson over the death of Hajiya Jummai Tafawa Balewa and Brigadier General Mobolaji Johnson, respectively.   The decision was reached after a one minute silence was held in honour of the deceased following two motions brought to the floor by Senators Muhammad Bulkchuwa (APC, Bauchi North) and Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central), respectively.   Hajiya Jummai Tafawa Balewa was the last surviving wife of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa; while Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson was the first Military Governor of Lagos State from May 1967 to July 1975.   The Senate, in a motion, also urged the Federal Government to immortalise Hajiya Jummai Tafawa Balewa.   Signed:   Ezrel Tabiowo   Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate   Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Read the full article

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MONTSERRAT IN BELLESGUARD

In one of the mosaics of Bellesguard we can see the silhouette of Montserrat. The relationship of this unmistakable Monte with the Tower is much narrower than it seems at first glance. There are several links that tell you:

The end of the royal lineage of the House of Barcelona

The death without an heir of Martin I poured the Crown of Aragon into a dynastic crisis of serious consequences for Catalonia. Four symbols represent this crisis on the mosaic of the west side of the tower: the silhouette of Montserrat, which incarnates Catalonia, the date of 1410 in roman numbers, the year in which died Martin I, the last monarch of the House of Barcelona, and some clouds, or fog, signs of “bad times”. Finally, the sun behind Montserrat in the west corner of the house corresponds to the sunset, which reinforces the theme of the end of the lineage of King Martin I.

The desire to have an heir

In order to prevent the defeat that led to the death of Martin I without an heir, the monarch married Margarita de Prades in a desperate attempt to have new offspring (his only son, Martin the Younger, had died in Sardinia shortly before, as well as his mother and first wife of the king). The ceremony of the second marriage took place at Bellesguard short after the pilgrimage of the young engaged to Montserrat to ask the Virgin an heir to the crown. Unfortunately, this visit did not get any results.

The abbot dignity of Montserrat

On March 10th 1409, the priory of Montserrat was elevated to the status of abbey, with the name of Santa Maria de Montserrat, thanks to a bull of Benedict XIII, better known as “Papa Luna”. At the end of June this year, King Martin began to reside at Bellesguard. Shortly after, Benedict XIII, advised by King Martin, appointed the first abbot to Marc de Vilalba, and then Margarita de Prades, as we have already said, went to the recently opened abbey to request a new heir. Shortly thereafter, already residing at the Bellesguard Palace, Benedict XIII attended the king’s marriage with Margarita de Prades, held on December 17th.

Sadly, on June 18, 1410, Benedict XIII had to return to Bellesguard for a very different reason: the burial of King Martin without an heir. After the funeral he visited Montserrat. Josep Miquel Bausset, the current monk of Montserrat, reminds us that: “Apart from the abacial dignity granted to Montserrat, Benedict XIII showed himself comprehensive and magnanimous with the sanctuary, enriched by him with a series of thanks and privileges, such as the grant of indulgences to the faithful who visited him or helped him with alms or the permission that he gave to the monks and predecessors to administer the sacraments, without any other requirement than the venia of the local superior. ”

The devotion of Gaudí and Jaume Figueras for the Virgin of Montserrat

Jaume Figueras, the client who commissioned Bellesguard Tower, his brother, the painter Francesc Figueras, and Gaudí himself, were members of the Spiritual League of the Virgin of Montserrat. This group was founded in 1899, one year before the beginning of the construction of the Bellesguard Tower, by the bishop Josep Torras i Bages, one of the great friends of Gaudí (among his last projects highlights the erection of a great monument for this bishop at the Sagrada Familia). The purpose of the League was to enrich the Christian life of the associates and promote the spiritual and temporal reconstruction of Catalonia. It is not surprising, then, that at Bellesguard’s main door we can read a clear allusion to the Virgin: “Ave María Puríssima concived without sin.”

It is also revealing that Gaudí wanted to participate in the restoration of Montserrat, although, unfortunately, his projects were frustrated for several reasons. Only the so-called First Mystery of Glory was made, one of the first initiatives of the Spiritual League of the Virgin of Montserrat. The architect was commissioned by this mystery in 1900, the same year that Jaume Figueras commissioned the construction of Torre Bellesguard. Unfortunately, like the projects of Gaudí in Montserrat, the realization of the Bellesguard Tower suffered a series of problems, leaving the work incomplete in 1909. In fact, the realization of the mosaic with the silhouette of Montserrat mountain was carried out in 1916 by Domènec Sugrañes i Gras, one of the most brilliant disciples of Gaudí.

La entrada MONTSERRAT IN BELLESGUARD se publicó primero en Torre Bellesguard | Exclusive Gaudí.

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"That's right! How did you guess..?"

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Preventive measures

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The girls are fightiiiinnnnggggg

Ben's rant under the cut if anyone is curious

"STARS ARE STATIONARY OBJECTS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY AND OLDER THAN THE PLANET WE STAND ON, THEY DON'T TELL ANYONE'S FUTURE AND THEY DON'T CONTROL ANYONE'S LIVES, THEY'RE GIANT BALLS OF BURNING HELIUM AND HYDROGEN AND HAVE ABOUT THE SAME INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE AS A ROCK LYING BY THE SIDE OF A ROAD, EVEN LESS THAN THE ROCK SINCE UNLIKE THE STAR YOU CAN TRIP ON THAT ROCK AND FALL AND CLAIMING CONSTELLATIONS HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON US IS AN INSULT TO GALILEO GALILEI AND NICOLAUS COPERNICUS AND AN INSULT TO THE STARS THEMSELVES AND I WILL NOT STAND THIS FOOLISHNESS"

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Please have a they

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Robert: you may notice that nights become longer here. Beyond a certain latitude there will be no sunlight for an entire month

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