Posts by betterdaze

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St. Patrick: A Covenant with Brotherhood of the Snake?

by cameo-d in

pious legend credits patrick with banishing snakes from the island, though all evidence suggests that post-glacial ireland never had snakes;[38] one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the druids of that time and place, as shown for instance on coins minted in gaul ...... .

could it be that this legend originates from a covenant agreement between the doctrinal control of religion and the brotherhood of the snake?.

the valley of armagh.

betterdaze

Happy Saint Pat's, cameo-d!

Not to go off-topic, but did you catch these recent articles?

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I reveals secret snake

The Queen's loyal serpent: 400 years on, a painted-over snake reappears on portrait of Elizabeth I

As an art history geek, this stuff just fascinates me to no end. :–)

~Sue

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Post your Kitty

by Yizuman in

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here's my cat chocolate keeping me company.....she's 8 mos old.. .

betterdaze

BorgHater, I just adopted a black cat named Bear! It was his shelter name; not only resembles one, but he makes distinct gurgly-growly sounds, too. Found that out on the ride home!

His Petfinder pic:

He reminds me of this famous poster:

Or this one:

Now, I'm a diehard Maine Coon lover, and found a young cinnamon beauty... but she was a hissing, snarling mess, attacking the shelter volunteers, other cats and visitors on three separate occasions. It's just pitiful that some miscreant maltreated her to the point where she's practically unadoptable. I wanted to be more than just a food dispenser and scratching post!

I also wanted a mature companion who had the capacity to love me back, where the "crazy old cat lady died" or the family moved, etc. After about 10 trips to as many shelters... I found him! Sugar Bear sauntered right up to me, extended his paw, and the second I looked into those peridot green eyes I knew: He is THE ONE.

Somebody showered a lot of love on my Bear before his incarceration, that much is obvious. We're so happy to share our lives with this older gent!

~Sue

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Weird New Jersey: Mystery Knitter

by betterdaze in

west cape may police ask 'mystery knitter' to apply for permit after local interest growsby maryann spoto/the star-ledger.

march 13, 2010, 7:30am.

katelyn mccormick (back), who recently moved across from the park, thinks the .

betterdaze

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Weird New Jersey: Mystery Knitter

by betterdaze in

west cape may police ask 'mystery knitter' to apply for permit after local interest growsby maryann spoto/the star-ledger.

march 13, 2010, 7:30am.

katelyn mccormick (back), who recently moved across from the park, thinks the .

betterdaze

West Cape May police ask 'Mystery Knitter' to apply for permit after local interest grows

By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger
March 13, 2010, 7:30AM

Katelyn Mccormick (back), who recently moved across from the park, thinks the
knitted art adds to the vibe of the community. Mysterious knitted cozies have been
appearing around trees and lamp posts at Wilbraham Park in West Cape May since
the end of February.

WEST CAPE MAY — In a town that holds annual festivals celebrating the lima bean and the tomato, West Cape May residents pride themselves on being part of a quirky, artsy community.

So when colorful knitted scarves mysteriously started popping up around trees in Wilbraham Park in January, folks there were more amused than surprised at this latest artistic expression.

They call it the case of the Mystery Knitter, and these homemade works have taken on a life of their own, attracting international attention to this tiny Jersey Shore community and brightening an otherwise long, drab winter.

"It’s just something nice, something fun, something light,’’ said Mayor Pam Kaithern. ‘‘It’s not war, political fights, health care discussion. It’s a nice diversion.’’

Kaithern said she’s talked to newspapers and radio stations as far as the United Kingdom about the scarves that come in all colors and widths, transforming the dull tree trunks into rainbows.

It started with a couple of scarves wrapped around a few tree trunks in the park. Then another. Then another. Soon residents looked forward to searching for the latest additions. And they weren’t disappointed.

Susan Longacre, a resident of Victorian Towers
in Cape May, thinks the knitted work around the
park is wonderful. The scarves recently started
appearing on the poles of traffic signs in downtown
West Cape May.

Diane Flanegan, a local artist who owns a framing shop and art gallery on Broadway, suspects the notoriety drove the Mystery Knitter out of the park to avoid being spotted. One of the scarves is on a pole about half a block from her shop, not far from the park.

Police Capt. Rob Sheehan showed up at Flanegan’s shop Thursday to ask her and her husband to reveal the identity of the Mystery Knitter if they know it.

"We don’t know the identity and we don’t want to know," she said. "We’ve had such a hard winter here. To me, it’s just delightful. I love it," Flanegan said.

Sheehan said he’s not looking to get the Mystery Knitter in trouble. He just wants the person (or people) to get the appropriate permits from borough officials to adorn public spaces.

"We’re not anti-art. We don’t want it getting out of hand where the park will get all junked up," he said. "We’re not going to be arresting anyone for knitting."

Some residents have taken to erecting signs in front of their homes urging the Mystery Knitter to "keep on knitting." But not everyone in this town of about 1,100 people embraces the scarves.

Kaithern said a few residents have expressed concern the wrappings could harm the trees and that they could become an eyesore as they become weather worn.

The mayor wondered whether scraps of the yarn might eventually be used by birds to line nests around town.

She mused, "Wouldn’t that be a cool kind of recycling?"

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If WT Had a Charity Project...What would it be?

by cameo-d in

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i envision something like a "great educational effort" where they would sponsor third world 'foreigners' in an esl class and would teach them to read using only awake!

magazines.

(*watchtower magazines for advanced students).

betterdaze

Literacy

For decades we have organized literacy programs throughout the world for people who have had little or no opportunity to receive formal schooling.

In Brazil, Sirley, a middle-aged teacher and one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, made it a weekly practice to convert her living room into a classroom. At about 2 o’clock, Amélia, an 82-year-old student arrives. Already she is reading better than many youngsters in high school.

Amélia is following in the steps of the more than 60 senior citizens who have graduated from the free literacy classes that Sirley is conducting in her hometown. Sirley’s volunteer work was featured in the Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Sudoeste. After noting that she has made “a huge contribution to community life,” the newspaper article said that Sirley’s method of teaching the elderly is so effective that “after just 120 hours of classes, they are writing letters, reading newspapers, and coping with numbers and other day-to-day tasks.” Literacy classes conducted in hundreds of Kingdom Halls throughout Brazil have already helped more than 22,000 adults in that country to learn to read and write.

Similar programs of Jehovah’s Witnesses have yielded success in other parts of the world. In the African country of Burundi, for example, the National Office for Adult Literacy (a department of the Ministry of Education) was so pleased with the results of the Witnesses’ literacy program that it gave an award to four of the program’s teachers for “the hard work put into teaching others to read.” Government officials are especially impressed that 75 percent of those who learned to read and write were adult women—a group that usually shies away from attending such programs.

On November 17, 2000, the Association of Congolese and African Journalists for the Development (AJOCAD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo presented the Certificate of Excellence to Jehovah’s Witnesses for “their contribution to the development of the Congolese individual [through] the education and the teaching contained in their publications.” In commenting on the award, the Kinshasa newspaper Le Phare said: “It is difficult to find a Congolese in whose hands the Watchtower and Awake! magazines or other publications published by Jehovah’s Witnesses have not passed.” As noted by AJOCAD, the publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses have proved beneficial to a large portion of the Congolese population.

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Want a laugh - Message from Facebook User

by cantleave in

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i received this in my fb messages today.. "what a sad,sad individual you are.

and all your apostate pals.

you really do need to open your eyes and see whats happening in the world.

betterdaze

you probably had 1 bad experience with a brother and decided to leave the truth.

Yes, starting with the one who baptized me. After that experience, it rapidly went downhill.

~Sue

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Want a laugh - Message from Facebook User

by cantleave in

jw
friends

i received this in my fb messages today.. "what a sad,sad individual you are.

and all your apostate pals.

you really do need to open your eyes and see whats happening in the world.

betterdaze

arent us TRUE WORSHIPPERS of JEHOVAH allowed at least ONE place where we can talk without the fear of an apostate lurking in the background?????

Yes, and it's called the Kingdom Hall. (Watch out for the child molesters.)

~Sue

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Family Bible

by PSacramento in

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my wife wants me to get a nice family bible for us.. i have interlinears and study bibles but she wants a "simple one", lol !.

i know which types she wants - harcover, with a lacth, beautiful old drawings, the kind that i h ave to sell a kidney to get !.

i think that i would like a nice hardcover, leather one, i don't know the difference between genuine and bonded leather.. i would like some nice illustrations, i always find those old time black and white drawings in some older bible so beautiful.. i think a niv verison is good for the whole family ( easy to read and understand) and those with a thumb index would be great too !.

betterdaze

I know which types she WANTS - harcover, with a lacth, beautiful old drawings, the kind that I h ave to sell a kidney to get !

Holy Bible: The Bible of Borso d'Este

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DESCRIPTION
The Museum is delighted to present our elegant edition of the Holy Bible. Profusely illustrated from the magnificent Italian Renaissance Bible of Borso d'Este, it uses the beautifully written prose from the King James English translation of the original Latin scripture. Borso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, commissioned his bible in 1455. With more than 1,000 illustrations, the border on each page is sumptuously decorated with lovely vermilion and blue rosettes, gold ornamentation, delicate butterflies, birds, deer, trumpet-blowing angels, fierce dragons, and charming miniature scenes in perfect harmony with the biblical stories. The masterful miniaturist work from the Borso Bible illustrates events from the Old and New Testaments, and was interpreted in the spirit of the Este court with the refined style and aristocratic depictions of the figures. This exclusive Museum edition is housed in a custom-contoured slipcase.

892 pages, over 1,000 full-color illustrations. 16 3/4'' x 12''. Hardcover, with slipcase and hand clothbound.

ART HISTORY
At least five different artists collaborated in the creation of the Borso Bible, which was made between 1455 and 1461. Discovered through documents which indicate that both principal illuminators, Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi, found it necessary to employ assistants and subcontractors, fellow craftsmen like Marco dell'Avogaro, Giorgio d'Alemagna, Malatesta Romano lent their hands in its production. The text was written in two columns in exquisite Renaissance calligraphic script by the Bolognese scribe Pietro Paolo Marone. The elaborate illuminations and rich decorative elements, along with the exquisite prose, combine to create a breathtaking collection of Renaissance art.