“Earth is home to all known life in the universe — and all that life has been found in just 1% of the planet’s mass. That tiny fraction refers to Earth’s crust, which is just 25 miles deep and has been home to every life-form ever known.” - excerpt from interestingfacts.com, one of my two science tutors, the other being NASA
… Although many scientists, civilians, and science fiction writers want to believe that intelligent life exists out there beyond Earth, there is no evidence.
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Here is brief lesson about the Latin word ego, which means I. I got the explanation from Utah State University http://www.usu.edu. “But I bet you’re wondering ─ or at least I hope you are ─ why Latin would have a nominative singular for “I” and “you” at all. Aren’t those pronouns embedded in the verb? Why would you need to say ego, when amo [I love] and video [I see] by their very nature indicate first person singular? Good question! “The answer is these pronoun forms like ego and tu are emphatic. They’re used to emphasize the subject, not explain what the subject is in the way nominative personal pronouns function in English. In English we have to say “we” if we want to indicate that “we” is the subject. Yet, that same information is embedded in every Latin finite verb. So, the Romans didn’t use their nominative personal pronouns to explain what the subject is; rather, they used them to emphasize it. For instance, if we said in Latin tune amas? “Are you in love?”, in this case, the Latin speaker would be emphasizing the subject, “you”, by including the Latin nominative personal pronoun tu.” In the graphic below, replace noun with pronoun. Credit: imperium-romana.org
Josef Ketzer, Austrian tutor, alerted me to Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821), a Savoyard philosopher. [I once knew a waiter at the Savoy Tivoli in San Francisco.] Joseph de Maistre is fascinating, unreal. Here is a quote that caught my eye: “Émile Faguet described Maistre as ‘a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist, apostle of a monstrous trinity composed of pope, king, and hangman, always and everywhere the champion of the hardest, narrowest, and most inflexible dogmatism, a dark figure out of the Middle Ages, part learned doctor, part inquisitor, part executioner.’” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre Unreal. I agree with everything de Maistre said. I might be his clone. Portrait by Swiss painter Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) from La Revue blanche, 1895. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The author died in 1925, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or fewer.
artwork courtesy of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Northampton, MA A history lesson from Father Curtis, my parish priest: “This Thursday is the feast of Corpus Christi. It is a beautiful Mass composed by St. Thomas Aquinas in the wake of the heresy of Berengarius, who lived in the eleventh century. It is remarkable that the Holy Eucharist went a thousand years without a serious heresy threatening it directly, and no less so that the error of Berengarius, nearly alone among heresies, found almost no traction among the men of the age.” Curtis said, “The faithful reacted vigorously in defense of the Blessed Sacrament, which they loved; this era saw the advent not only of the feast of Corpus Christi, but also the major elevations at Mass at the consecration, Eucharistic processions, and other pious acts of devotion toward Our Lord present in the Most Holy Eucharist.” Wikipedia excerpt: Berengar of Tours, in Latin Berengarius Tuornensis, was an 11th-century French theologian and archdeacon of Angers, a scholar whose leadership of the cathedral school at Chartres set an example of intellectual inquiry through the revived tools of dialectic that was soon followed at the cathedral schools of Laon and Paris. He came into conflict with Church authorities over the doctrine of transubstantiation, instead arguing for a more spiritual presence. He confessed his error twice, in 1059 and 1079, and died in union with the Church.. My father, Joe, was the most incomparable man I have ever known. Many people told me that I walked and talked like he did, but that unconscious imitation is the closest I will ever get to his sanctity and purity of heart. He led me and took care of me the way St. Joseph cared for Jesus.
greatest saint of France put to death at 19 The best film is from 1962, The Trial of Joan of Arc, written and directed by Robert Bresson. It holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and contains the actual transcript of her trial, which began on January 13, 1431. The words of a simple girl are as learned as the most learned of men. A fierce warrior with a will as strong as any man, she sustained an arrow to the throat, but did she actually kill anyone? No.
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variable winds - government weather vane mirages - professional media standards prostitutes - ladies of equal distinction grenade pin - feather in your cap modern redaction - everything licensing bureau - rat catchers morals - flip flops What is the percentage decrease from 80% to 60% in decimal form?
The change (increase or decrease) from 80% to 60% is 20%. 80% - 60% = 20% Write the change over the original amount. 20%/80% Change to decimal form and simplify. .20/.80 = .10/.40 = 1/4 Write 1/4 as a percent. 1/4 = 25% Write 25% in decimal form. Answer .25 Franz Xaver Wolfgang 1791-1844 and Karl Thomas 1784-1858...Mozart and Constanze Weber had six children, four boys and two girls, but only Franz and Karl survived past infancy. If I had lived at that time, it is likely I would have died at age 12 as a result of blood poisoning (sepsis) from poison oak on the big toe of my left foot. On the hills behind the house in SF, we played.
Reposting Mozart and adding de Montfort to keep me and, perhaps, you, sequestered and protected from adults, all those obsessed with material goods and power, and those who think they are not, are most often the ones who are. One man told me I am opinionated. If I were not, I would be an empty shell and not a man. I am a self-centered, leonine faker without a band of followers. Am I disappointed? Not at all. My parents and The Man are waiting. However, while I wait, here is love from a singular, 18th-century Catholic teacher I cannot wait to meet. I had a long discussion today with a parent of one of my students. For different reasons, her son and I are outcasts, and that makes us right for each other. I learned how to be flexible with him. He has taught me as much as I have ever taught him. The Our Father as we all memorized it is not the best English translation: “And lead us not into temptation” should have been “And let us not fall into temptation”, but it’s intention is the same. The Hail Mary comes from Luke, Chapter 1: 26 And in the sixth month [of Elizabeth’s pregnancy], the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city in Galilee, called Nazareth. 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And the angel being come in, said unto to her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. … 39 And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda. 40 And she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant [John the Baptist] leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. DouayRheims What is the area of the tetrahedron with vertices (2,4) (2,0) (0,-4) (4,-4)? Answered by Gary Ward, Quora, MaEd Education & Mathematics, Austin Peay State University (1997) Label the vertices A (2,4), B (2,0), C (0,-4) and D (4,-4). Since only two dimensions are given for a 3D figure, this is a degenerate tetrahedron with four faces ACD and ADB, DCB and CAB going clockwise. Due to its unique geometry, the area of ACD = ADB + DCB + CAB, so the total area equals 2 · Area_ACD. A = 2(½ · b · h) = 2(½ · 4 · 8) = 32 units² Explanation of degenerate tetrahedron: Since a tetrahedron is a three-dimensional figure, count the area of all four faces, even though the volume is zero. If the question had just asked for the area of the figure meaning two-dimensional, it would be 16 units². The total area of the degenerate tetrahedron is 32 square units. There was one disagreeing voice on Quora. No matter. Gary taught me what a degenerate tetrahedron is. What is a tetrahedron? It is a solid having four plane triangular faces, which is a triangular pyramid, and Wikipedia has a nice gif of a rotating tetrahedron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedron
The episcopacy and the Vatican are corrupted. Expandi manus meas tota die ad populum incredulum qui graditur in via non bona cogitationes suas. I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts. Baroque
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) was the most renowned Spanish composer of the Renaissance. Anthony van Dyck (1559-1611) painted the last image in the video, “Lamentation of Christ” (Baroque style). He studied under Hendrick van Balen and Peter Paul Rubens, who referred to van Dyck as his best pupil. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish Baroque artist. He said, “My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings.” Note 1: Expand the van Dyck paining. If you struggle with faith, look at it dead center: mother, son, and angels in weeping wonder over the left hand. The angels could not have known what would happen. There are many classifications of art, music, and writing. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a novel, is deemed mannerpunk! What is the purpose of suffering?
Jeff Cavins: “He opens a room for you to participate with Him so that you will know Him…You can stare at the cross all day long…It’s like Christ is there asking you, ‘Do you want a taste of it?’” St. Paul: “I fill up in my body that which is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.” St. Augustine: “What’s lacking in the sufferings of Christ is what’s lacking in the mystical body of Christ.” St. John Paul II: “Nothing [is lacking], but that you might know the love of Christ, He made room for you to participate.” St. Thérèse of Lisieux: “You alone, God, know what I suffered.” Note: As to why he left the Church, Jeff Cavins said, “Catholicism felt more like a bunch of people who were at an eternal funeral. And I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. It wasn't theological. It was more social.” Funny comment. He returned. Word of the day from my vocabulary tutor, wordgenius.com. Spoor, Dutch origin, meaning the track or scent of an animal.
Example: We smelled the spoor of the ghost inside the unholy house. Outside we saw the spoor on the snow. One day several years ago, while I was sitting in church, and having reflected for weeks on my love affair with Mom and Dad, both dead at that point, something miraculous happened. The Holy Ghost was present.
How did this happen? I came to understand that love was in me, in my mother, and in my father, but that the love was also outside of us. I possessed love of mother and father, my father possessed love of me and my mother, and my mother possessed love of me and my father. We each owned our love separately. However, the love was also outside of us. It was right in the middle of us. It was in our midst, something invisible but almost touchable. That is the only way to explain it. Upon this realization came the realization that the same exists amidst the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity, and with that, the Holy Ghost became knowable, and my connection to all Three Persons was complete. God the Father had presented Himself to me when I was 10. I have written a little about that. God the Son had come in a very different way, over a long period of time. Unlike some patrol officers, I had worked well inside a chain of command and had completed every task given to me by my superior, often with almost no direction, trusting me to figure out what to do in delicate, complex situations. Only then had I come to know that my heavenly superior, extraterrestrial commander-in-chief, general and brother, had been in charge of me. If He knocked on the front door and said, “Come with me,” I would not hesitate. Another good friend at St. Stephen, age 24, told me that waiting for Him is a necessary part of suffering. Brief, very inadequate explanation of how the Three Persons entered my life. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Photo taken when he was 36, courtesy of Rachmaninoff a biography by Victor I. Seroff, published 1951, my most cherished book. When its pages were first opened, the smell of tobacco reached my nose, and it was good. Most beautiful face and voice of 1965 - Moffo! Rachmaninoff listened from heaven as she sang his melody without words. Next is the first record I bought with my own money, age 16, recorded 1930. The selection at Tower Records in SF was small, and I picked Solesmes (France) without knowing that they are the foremost singers in this genre still today. They are non-professionals, and that tells you something: practice daily and mean it. The truth I discovered a year later and hid from everyone but my parents was that I wanted to go directly to Solesmes. However, the love affair with Mom and Dad was so intense that I found it unbearable to leave them, a strong resistance to facing the fact that some day they would leave me. A friend years ago reminded me that they would die. He was quite gentle about my dependency, a handicap I love because it had one marvelous result. See the Holy Ghost. Never in my life have I met so many fine young men as at my parish. Almost all are or were altar boys. They are perfect gentlemen – straightforward, intelligent, respectful, and guileless. Here are their names, ages ranging from 8 to 26, and most have many siblings: Jacob, Jacob, Johnny, Elisha, Andrew, Gregory, Agustin, Josh, John Paul, Joseph, James, and Joseph. I know I’ve left out some, and I will fix that when my memory improves. I wanted to give them some small tribute in my blog and paint a brighter future. I would add two names: Altan and Alexander, the boys I tutored this semester.
Odious comes from the Latin adjective odiosus, meaning hateful, offensive, unpleasant, from the Latin noun odium, meaning hatred.
Odi – I hate, detest, dislike Today’s Introit (partial) Exsurgat Deus, et dissipentur inimici ejus: et fugiant, qui oderunt eum, a facie ejus. Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him fly before His face. Smell an odor? Your assignment: find the Latin verb in the Introit that is the source for, “Time flies.” baroque cloister of Andechs, Germany
gothic church restored in 1751 in Rococo style photo credit: atosan - 2011 Today is Pentecost. This is my second posting of a video from ✟ BasedKnight ✟. He pulls together both pre-modern and post-modern notables. He’s got his fingers on the pulse of youth today, and it’s very exciting, in contraposition to the people of my generation who are stodgy and dodgy. In his video I spotted St. Padre Pio, a true stigmatic, looking directly into the camera. Then came Tolkien, and that led me to Holly Ordway, an American scholar of English literature who has written a book about what books Tolkien read. I recommend this interview of Ordway by her publisher. First is the video, and that is followed by the Ordway interview. Tolkien attended the Latin Mass at the London Oratory, Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, better known as the Brompton Oratory. I was fortunate enough to visit the Brompton Oratory. Tolkien did not sign the petition to preserve the Latin Mass, which Paul VI accepted, but a writer-communist did, a man who proclaimed Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to be irrelevant. His name was Philip Toynbee. Fact is stranger than fiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie_indult Linked is an amazing video of a shoebill stork, a leftover from the dinosaur age.
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