#Agriculture Instructor

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New Jiri Technical School Job Vacancy 2023 for Agriculture Instructor, Assistant Lecturer

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[sri-lanka-government-jobs]

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[pappadu]

my brother and our uncle (only 4 years older than us not a weird old man) always find themselves caught up in these weird sidequests. one night when they were drunk they decided that they should have a licence for big tractors after they became obsessed with the farming simulator game for like all of winter. so they texted the local driving instructor who also does schooling for tractors and trucks and he straight away signed them up. when they were sober the next day, neither of them wanted to be the one to back out so they were now on track to have a completely useless, 800 euros costing licence. but due to the fact that my brother has always loved tractors and the power of autism, he was SO GOOD in the theory lessons that he will have his driving test next thursday where he will have to drive an enormous tractor + trailer through a village DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAS NEVER EVER EVEN DONE THIS BEFORE the driving instructor just assumed he has to have worked in the agricultural field with machines before because he has so much knowledge....

[sock-loves-you]

Van Der Linde gang high school teachers headcanons

Dutch: principal leader of the gang, leader of the school

Hosea: theatre it's mentioned in-game that he was in plays, so it would make sense for him to kind of go back to his roots and be a theatre teacher

Abigail: English I think she would be so excited that Jack taught her to read that she would want to teach it

Strauss: economics given his job in-game, I think it would make sense for him to study economics and teach it

Sadie: shop class she mentioned in-game that she and her husband shared all the work, so it makes sense that she would have a more kind of hands-on job I guess ????

John: agriculture he genuinely seems pretty passionate about ranching, I think he would be a good ag teacher :>

Pearson:culinary cook of the gang, cook of the school

Lenny: french he just seems like the kind of guy that would know french

Javier: Spanish he speaks Spanish... so... he would probably make a joke about how his last name is pretty close to the word for school...

Grimshaw: health I think she was the closest thing to a doctor that they had, I can definitely see her as being a nurse or something too

Charles: PE he's just a big guy... he can probably teach students how to work out certain muscles and stuff

Arthur: art he has nice little drawings :>

Mary-Beth: home ec I think it would be a nice, calm class for her to teach

Micah: JROTC assholeism be damned, my boy can work a gun. and be like- really stern and disciplined. and would actually probably be a really good JROTC instructor...

Williamson: history honestly ? i think with his military experience, I think he would pick up an interest in history

Swanson: like a religious history class you know what kind of class I mean, I just don't know what kind religious classes exist

Trelawny: science I think science and magic are pretty similar

Tilly: math idk, she just gives off math vibes

uncle: lunch staff/janitor I just cant see him as anything else tbh

Karen: lunch staff she kind of gives off the vibe of lunch staff

Sean: bus driver/lunch staff it would probably be a cute way for sean and Karen to meet, and he doesn't really give off the vibe of being a teacher

Kieran: psychology idk where to really put him, but maybe psychology would be good because I can definitely see him trying to kind of use phycology tricks to stay safe, idk

I think when jack is older he would teach creative writing because he likes writing, and in my headcanon, its cannon that he wrote the red dead book

[beardedmrbean]

Traditionally incoming Argentinian presidents give an inauguration speech inside of Congress to other politicians. Javier Milei, a former “tantric sex instructor” turned libertarian economist, symbolically gave his speech with his back to the Congress facing towards the people. 

“For more than 100 years, politicians have insisted on defending a model that only produces poverty, stagnation, and misery,” President Milei said. “A model that assumes that citizens exist to serve politics, not that politics exists to serve citizens.” He also promised an “end a long and sad history of decadence and decline” and promote a new era based on peace, prosperity, and freedom.

Since his headline-making election victory last month, media portrayal of Milei has ranged from dismissive to condescending, often depicting him as an eccentric “far-right populist.” Yet, since taking office, Milei has shelved many of his campaign’s more contentious proposals and begun implementing a radical but, by international standards, orthodox reform plan to revitalize Argentina’s faltering economy.

Milei inherited a challenging situation. Argentina’s economy has shrunk by 12 per cent over the last decade, annual inflation reached an extraordinary 160 per cent in November, while the poverty rate increased to 40 per cent in the first half of 2023.

Argentina has a fascinating economic history that led up to this point. In the 19th century post-independence Argentina adopted a liberal constitution that helped deliver an impressive economic expansion.

By the early 20th century, Argentina was one of the world’s richest countries, driven by agricultural exports. Real wages were comparable to Britain and only slightly below the United States. Millions fled destitution in southern Europe for a new life in Argentina. Buenos Aires has been labelled the “Paris of South America” because of spectacular neoclassical architecture built during this era.

This turned to disaster over the subsequent decades because of collectivist rule – from military dictatorships to avidly socialist leaders. Argentina nationalised industries, subsidised domestic production, limited external trade, and introduced an unaffordable welfare state. This has become known as the Peronism, named after 20th century president Juan Domingo Perón, a leftist populist leader who supressed opposition and controlled the press.

This agenda accelerated in recent decades under self-identifying Peronist leaders, turning Argentina into one of the world’s most closed and heavily regulated countries. The latest Human Freedom Index places Argentina at 163rd in the world for openness to trade and 143rd for regulatory burden. This has culminated in an economy on the precipice of economic disaster.

Not wasting any time, Milei has proposed a mega package of over 350 economic reforms to open the economy and remove regulatory barriers. This includes privatising inefficient state assets, eliminating rent controls and restrictive retail regulations, liberalising labour laws, lifting export prohibitions, and allowing contracts in foreign currencies.

There has been a notable absence of some of most radical ideas – such as legalising organ sales or banning abortion. He has also put on hold plans to dollarise the economy and abolish the central bank. Instead, at least by international standards, the agenda contains several orthodox economic reforms.

Many of the measures – such as cutting spending to get the deficit (currently at 15 per cent of GDP) under control, opening the country up to international trade, and liberalising the airline industry through ‘open skies’ policy – would be required to join the European Union. The government is eliminating capital and currency controls and allowing the peso to devalue – measures that the IMF’s managing director Kristina Georgieva said these are important to stabilise the economy.

There are undoubtedly significant challenges ahead and some darker elements to agenda.

Milei has been, uncharacteristically for a politician, honest that “in the short term the situation will get worse”. The removal of price controls, for example, will increase inflation until demand and supply can stabilise to end shortages. But, he says, “then we will see the fruits of our efforts, having created the foundations of a solid and sustainable growth over time.”

The government is facing significant opposition, with the union movement organising mass protests and threatening a general strike. The government has responded by proposing questionable new anti-protest laws, that include lengthy jail sentences for road-blocking and requirements to seek permission for gatherings of more than three people in a public place. Milei, who could struggle to get much of his agenda through Argentina’s Congress, is asking for sweeping emergency presidential powers until the end of 2025. This raises serious questions about democratic accountability.

Nevertheless, there are some positive early signs. Since Milei’s election Argentina’s flagship stock index has risen by almost one-third and the peso’s value has not collapsed. Argentina could soon benefit from a major new shale pipeline pumping one million barrels of crude a day (helped along by reforms that allow exports of oil and sales at market prices) and the mining of the second largest proven lithium reserves in the world.

Argentina has long served as a solemn reminder that prosperity is neither inevitable nor unassailable. Misguided policies can transform mere challenges into a profound crisis. Milei is offering a glimmer of hope: redemption may just be possible. Let’s also hope that Britain’s leaders can similarly take the path of reform, ideally before things get as bad as Argentina.

Matthew Lesh is the Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs

[mountainashfae]

once I've moved past my current plan for the week I should definitely draw a visual for that still-unnamed dating sim joke project. Since it's not a joke anymore. But until then I should probably write down a little blurb about each character in it.

Godfrey Ainsworth. The renowned professor of biology and the effects of the divine upon it, a priest of the goddess of knowledge and the moon and an accomplished mage. An elder naga(1) philim(2) who rarely sets aside time for things other than his research or teaching, because he's too engrossed in it.

Alec Faustus. A young philim priest of the goddess of life and agriculture, seemingly far from home at the Jadena(3) magic university. Alternating personalities and a pair of mismatched eyes, haunted by some recent past he chooses not to speak on.

Reid Thomel. A human mercenary and blacksmith from the Adventurer's Guild branch in Smaragden(4) and your traveling companion to the city. Still much of a stranger to you, but a very friendly and well-connected one.

Orion. A mysterious aleph(5) from the far north who claims to be a deity on earth. They are powerful, yes, but not enough to be a god. After all, they are more than just their hands. Their white hands blessed by the goddess of winter and death. Emotionless and uninterested in others, it's up to you to make yourself worth having interest in.

Chloe Sialia. A powerful philim vampire(6) mage sating some craving for knowledge at the university despite having the knowledge to be an instructor instead. His age and power is far from the usual of his kind, seeming even more inhuman than he already is, but that humanity in him is not completely buried just yet.

Celeste Parrya. A rabbitfolk philim mage who claims to be taught by one of the god candidates themselves. She excels at time magic and would be an exemplary healer, and yet she does not pursue that path. She is simply aimless in her goals, accompanied by a man who is her entire opposite.

Mab. An Eldest of the First World of Golarion, a Queen of.... hey wait a minute that's the wrong setting! The fey queen of ice has been isekai'd, and well, she's completely unfamiliar with the world and especially its dragons. I'm sure with time she'll find a way back. Better question is how would she react to meeting the alternate universe versions of her children..?

Setting Glossary/Footnotes under cut:

(1) Naga - a person with the lower body of a serpent. An offshoot of Philim that became their own race. Name not final.

(2) Philim - a person born with the influence of a Devil. There are few overlapping traits between philim, but if enough are born from a specific devil's influence they can become a standalone offshoot.

(3) Jadena - the holy city of the goddess of knowledge and the moon and home to the largest university on the continent. It is home to many powerful mages and priests, sometimes both at the same time, and is the largest source of enchanted items.

(4) Smaragden - a city in the mountains known for its endless rainy season, theorized to be caused by a dragon. Many adventurers flock here in hopes of seeing the dragon, and to meet the three god candidates that live here.

(5) Aleph - DID YOU THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE ELVES NORMAL? NO. Aleph are the longer lived of the pointed-ear folk. Their ears have a notable S curve and their hair and eyes shift with their emotions.

(6) Vampire - a philim offshoot that is the exception to the rule. Vampires are created either at the time of a mortal's death when the Devil of Undeath exerts his influence, or when another vampire kills a mortal with the intent to turn them. They are each defined by one of the seven deadly sins, which can be directed but the influence of that sin on each vampire cannot be ignored.

I'm not elaborating on rabbitfolk. You get it.

[talonabraxas]

Viracocha: The Great Creator God of the Incas by Talon Abraxas

Considered the supreme creator god of the Incas, Viracocha (also known as Huiracocha, Wiraqocha, and Wiro Qocha), was revered as the patriarch god in pre-Inca Peru and Incan pantheism. His name was so sacred that it was rarely spoken aloud; instead replaced with others, including Ilya (light), Ticci (beginning) and Wiraqocha Pacayacaciq (instructor).

THE LEGEND OF VIRACOCHA

Legend tells us that a primordial Viracocha emerged out Lake Titicaca, one of the most beautiful and spiritually bodies of water in the world and located next to Tiwanaku, the epicenter of ancient pre-Hispanic South American culture, believed location of spiritual secrets found in the Andes. Viracocha is intimately connected with the ocean and all water and with the creation of two races of people; a race of giants who were eventually destroyed by their creator, with some being turned into enormous stones believed to still be present at Tiwanaku.

He re-emerged from Lake Titicaca to create the race most associated with humans as we understand them today. Satisfied with his efforts, Viracocha embarked on an odyssey to spread his form of gospel — civilization, from the arts to agriculture, to language, the aspects of humanity that are shared across cultures and beliefs.

While written language was not part of the Incan culture, the rich oral and non-linguistic modes of record-keeping sustained the mythology surrounding Viracocha as the supreme creator of all things. Now much-visited ruins, the distinct structures, and monoliths, including the architecturally stunning Gateway of the Sun, are testimony to the powerful civilization that reached its peak between 500-900 AD, and which deeply influenced the Incan culture.

[princess-of-the-corner]

Based on that rewrite of Forgotten Friendship, does this mean Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy's human and pony counterparts did get to meet each other at some point?

AHahhahahahahahah

OKAY SO UH

I've written half of those? So uh

1.) Rarity got to do so in Forgotten Friendship since the pony version knew the spell needed. She is. Fascinated.

2.) Pinkie is a HOT MESS because like. I have a thing I mentioned on how the In Between of both the Dream Realm and Dimensions are close so some people can interact with Counterparts through dreams and add in Pinkie being a Lucid Dreamer so she- she- she met herself LONG before but just not physically until post-Friendship Games

3.) Rainbow! I had a fic regarding how since the CHS area was getting more Magic, Sunset was setting up lessons with people from Equestria on how to use said Magic. And Rainbow was their Pegasus/flight instructor. It actually went really well!

4.) Bonus! Lyra! Pony!Lyra maaaaaay have accidentally made her way through the portal for a few hours a good bit pre-canon(like when Sunset went through). Thankfully she made it home BUT

never got around to AJ or Shy though but I /did/ have plans for AJ to run an experiment re: differences in agriculture in their worlds.

[thefreelanceangel]

🖊 do a couple, so help me

C'kyho Nunh established a tradition for his tribe called 'a finishing tour' that involves sending the 'now of age' miqo'te out to travel through the main three city-states. He undertook this 'tour' himself as a very young man and met C'allie's mother, his first mate C'anmho, in Gridania.

The 'finishing tour' is considered something of a final coming of age for the young Kyhos as they're provided a small allowance to fund their trip, but must either rely on scattered relatives or their own wits if they overspend that allowance. It's also considered a first chance to meet a mate--one does need outside blood, after all--or to make a final decision on a profession. Quite a few young Kyhos initially settle away from the tribal territory, sowing their 'wild oats' away from the watchful eyes of the tribal elders.

And the majority of them inevitably drift back home, bringing new skills, ideas, technologies, and even mates back to enrich the tribe's culture.

Chance Brooks doesn't know what life is like outside of academia. Her parents, natives of Old Sharlayan, both worked in the Studium as instructors from long before her birth. (She is, in fact, something of a 'change of life' baby, surprising the hells out of her adventurous archeologist mother by being born on a dig near the ruins of Sil'dih.) And Chance grew up being babysat by grad students, running through the massive library under the watchful eye of a mammet or two, accompanying her parents on lecture tours and developing quite the taste for knowledge early on.

She disappointed both parents by opting for studies in botany and agriculture--her father is a professor of applied mathematics--rather than the fields they'd already established the Brooks name within. Chance not only wanted to establish herself under her own abilities, but also just... loves digging around in the dirt.

It turned out to be an especially significant field when she became a graduate student and learned of the Forum's collaboration with their "colleagues on the moon." Suddenly, Chance's field of study--specializing in altering acidity levels and nutrient content of soil to improve crop growth--had entirely new levels of importance.

She's not unhappy that the "Plan" isn't needed--who would be unhappy that the world isn't ending???--but... Well, she did get several grants when the situation was edging towards dire... And she did get an office all her own when some of her experiments in soil manipulation proved useful.

It does kind of suck that now she's relegated to testing soil samples from Garlemald to look for hearty bacteria in extreme temperatures.

[blessed1neha]

10 facts about Saturn in Astrology

Sometimes you wonder why your life is so difficult when you seem to be doing everything properly. This is what the planet Saturn is supposed to do for you. It deals with discipline, challenges, delays, obligations, dealings, and occasionally denials.

It wants you to put in a lot of effort, work hard, and learn from your mistakes so that when you do experience success, it can still keep you grounded and modest despite your abundance of knowledge. As a result, Saturn is a stern instructor who is austere but just for the sake of the pupil.

In terms of astrology, Saturn is associated with discipline, karma, hardwork, patience, time management, and meeting deadlines while keeping the constraints in mind. Saturn, however, couldn't be categorised as a bad planet because of the way it can turn rags into gold.

But, it requires you to be brave even under the most trying circumstances. In Vedic astrology, Saturn is also associated with the aged, with the grace of old age, with traditions, with established ways of doing things, and with authority. It rewards you for tenacity and penalises you for impatience and shortcuts.

Saturn Astronomical Information The Sun is the largest planet in the solar system, with Saturn coming in second. 1.35 billion kilometres separate this ringed planet from the sun (closest distance). It rotates once every 10 hours and 40 minutes and takes approximately 29.5 years to complete one revolution around the sun.

Saturn has 62 satellites, similar to how Earth has the Moon as its satellite. Moreover, it makes an annual appearance in retrograde for about 135 days.

Saturn travels through the zodiac in around 30 years and spends about 2.5 years in each sign.

Essential Details about Saturn  Transit in each sign  2.5 years  Direction    West  Metal    Iron  Gem    Blue Sapphire  Day    Saturday  Color    Blue  Temperament  Strict, Sorrowful  Gender    Male  Ruling Body Part  Legs, nervous system, chronic diseases  Status in Imperial Stars  Advisor  Friends    Mercury, Venus  Enemies    Sun, Moon, Mars  Neutral    Jupiter  Own Sign  Capricorn, Aquarius  Exalted in  Libra  Debilitated in  Aries  Mool Trikon  Aquarius  Mahadasha Period  19 Years  Relation  Servants and Elderly People  Professions  Mining, labor, oil, petroleum, agriculture, freezing, coal, leather goods, butchery, lead, blue sapphire.

Significance of Saturn in Vedic astrology

As a result of our past life karma, Saturn places restrictions and pain on us. By doing this, it enables us to identify our flaws and shortcomings, make adjustments, and finally accept responsibility.

According to Vedic astrology, the region of life where a person may struggle is determined by where Saturn is positioned in the horoscope. Yet, the strength of the sign in the horoscope indicates whether the individual will be resilient enough to face challenges or prone to breakdowns.

Strong Saturns in the horoscope are typically hard workers who may labour nonstop to achieve their objectives. Also, these people have a stronger feeling of duty and loyalty. They take a structured approach to life, are rather sombre, and are rigorous by nature.

When Saturn is afflicted, it indicates that person's inability to handle problems in life. Such people's escapist inclinations make matters worse because Saturn wants you to work hard.

In rare situations, a weak Saturn in the horoscope can result in mental anguish, aloofness in personality, addictions, and even chronic illnesses. If you give up and succumb to shortcuts to avoid suffering, problems could get worse.

The greatest solution is to lead a disciplined lifestyle and put in a lot of effort, which will eventually lead to purification and the pursuit of one's true self. The consequences of a Saturn affliction last for a very long time because Saturn is a sluggish planet. Once the moment of tenacity and laboriousness is over, there there will be rewards both in spiritual as well as other sense.

Top 10 Saturn Facts As well as being a beauty, the ringed wonder is also a fascinating world.

Saturn has 62 confirmed moons.

The planet is tilted on its axis by 26.7° and therefore has seasons. Each lasts just over seven years because Saturn takes 29.45 years to orbit the Sun.

Saturn is a gas giant planet; it is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium. It's thought that a rocky core exists at its centre.

On average, Saturn is 9.5 times farther from the Sun than Earth is.

Each day on Saturn is only 10.55 hours long. This means that there are 24,470 Saturnian days in one Saturnian year — that's a lot of sunrises and sunsets!

Saturn is slightly flattened: its equatorial diameter is 120,536km while its polar diameter is 108,728km. You could fit 9.5 Earths across its disc.

The ring system out to the A ring is 273,550km wide, but only 1km thick.

Saturn is a windy planet, with gusts measured by Voyager at 1,800km/h.

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has a nitrogen atmosphere and liquid lakes of methane on its surface.

Roughly every 30 years, a great white storm appears in Saturn's northern hemisphere.

[holocene-sims]

five oc facts

@sparkiekong tagged me a VERY veryyyyy long time ago and i'm just now getting to this tag months later (i'm so sorry 😭)

i'll tag: @thebramblewood @mangosimoothie @queeniecook @stargazer-sims @dandylion240 @jonquilyst 🤍

i just did a similar prompt for áine, who is this sim's niece, so how about facts for cathal? he's also a newbie to my sims universe, and i adore him and his personality tbh, but canon reasons make it hard for him to be included too much outside of random simblr posts like this

he is WILDLY younger than all his other siblings (like by 20 years) and was a total surprise baby. really, he's kind of a medical miracle because he was born after his mother went into menopause and was in her 40s, and no one knew he even existed until he randomly sprang into the world one august morning lmfao 💀

i think i mentioned it in one post but he's been a vegetarian for most of his life! actually, he declared himself a vegan when he was, like, six years old; he figured out what eggs and meat really were and then refused to eat animal products for decades. much to his dismay, he did have to introduce eggs and milk and whatnot back into his diet when he ran into a few nutritional deficiencies from veganism, but he's made his peace with being a vegetarian instead 🥦

he 100% does not remember his father outside of what he looked like. his dad (and aoife's younger brother) died very abruptly and super young of a heart attack when cathal was maybe three or so, and it's something that really nags at him. he's well aware there's nothing he can do about it, but he feels some strange mix of bad emotions that he never experienced a father-son bond, and that makes him 100x as serious about being a good father who'll be around a LONG time and just generally treating anyone younger than him well. he doesn't want anyone else feeling that type of loss 🥲

he actually writes an agricultural column in the local online newspaper and contributes to the county farmer's almanac lol. his big shtick is sustainability in agriculture and how new green technologies should be combined with traditional cultural approaches to the land so the earth doesn't die in, like, 10 years from excessive carbon emissions 🍃💚

he met his wife yvonne in a ballroom dance class! he was just bored one day in college and went to the class to do something new, and he immediately developed the biggest crush on the instructor. he just kept going back every week until he was brave enough to ask her out, and when he did, they hit it off. oh, and this is totally their thing - he has quite literally taken her dancing every weekend since they got together 😭😭😭

[thegrapeandthefig]

hey! i've been reading about the judges of the dead and i've seen triptolemos be mentioned as the judge presiding over the initiates of the mysteries but i'm having trouble finding sources. do you know if he was officially considered a judge or not? thanks!

Hi! As far as I know, the only mention of Triptolemus being a judge comes from Plato, in Apology 41a:

|41a If, when someone arrives in the world of Hādēs, he is freed from those who call themselves jurors [dikastai] here, and finds the true [alētheîs] judges [dikastai] who are said to give judgment [dikazein] over there [ekeî]—Minos and Rhadamanthus and Aiakos and Triptolemos, and other demigods [hēmi-theoi] who were righteous [dikaioi] in their own life—that would not be a bad journey [apo-dēmiā], now would it? To make contact with Orpheus and Musaeus and Hesiod and Homer—who of you would not welcome such a great opportunity? Why, if these things are true [alēthē], let me die again and again. 

Dr. Patrick Hunt has an article published here on the passage that might be relevant to your research as well.

More generally on the topic, Jan N. Bremmer says this in Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World (go grab it, it's in open access):

The connection of Eleusis with agriculture is also manifest in the equally prominent position in Eleusis of Triptolemos, the inventor of agriculture, who only in the fourth century becomes a judge in the underworld, and by the presence on a fourth-century Apulian vase of personified Eleusis sitting next to Eniautos, ‘(The products of the) Year’, holding a horn of plenty that sprouts ears of wheat.

Which is an interesting comment because it also lines up with a change in his cult in Athens at the same period, as indicated by Isabelle K. Raubitschek and Antony E. Raubitschek in The Mission of Triptolemos:

The transformation of Triptolemos from an instructor of the Athenian farmers in the art of agriculture into a hero, charged by Demeter to spread the knowledge of farming throughout the world, took place, according to the vases illustrating this mission, between 510 and 480 B.C., when renewed activity is attested both in Eleusis and in the Eleusinion in Athens. This propaganda effort with its emphasis on the Mission of Triptolemos beyond the borders of Attica may be connected with the claims of the newly founded Athenian democracy to be the mother city of all the Ionians.

Which leads to comment on the difficulty of officiality in ancient Greek religion. There is no direct mention of Triptolemus as a judge outside of Plato in the sources we know of that I could find, but his story otherwise predates the 5th century by far. Everything here seems to indicate a shift in worship that attributed this new role to him in Athenian context. And from that point on, it's possible that the idea of him as a judge spread across Greece through the cultural impact of Athens.

To add to uncertainty, we do not know enough of the specifics of his cult within the Eleusinian Mysteries to know if there was an evolution in his role during the mysteries themselves.

Before I wrap this up, just a headsup that the most important study (to date) on Triptolemus was written by Gerda Schwarz in 1987. It was never translated from German and I couldn't find a copy online but I noticed that the German Wikipedia page is more detailed as a result of that work being in the bibliography.

[kemetic-dreams]

Augustus Nathaniel Lushington was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), earning the doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. After practicing in Philadelphia for two years, he became an instructor in veterinary sanitation and hygiene at Bell Mead Industrial and Agricultural College at Rock Castle, West Virginia. He later resigned and returned to private practice in very segregated Lynchburg, Virginia, where he became known for the proficient and high-class service that he offered.

Augustus Nathaniel Lushington was born August 1, 1869 on the island of Trinidad. His paternal grandfather from DR Congo, was brought to Trinidad to work at the sugar plantation on the island, and his father, William, worked as a butcher, who raised produce for sale at market and did farm work. Young Lushington went to teacher-training school and worked as a teacher and principal for many years. He left for Venezuela, where he worked as a clerk in the town of La Guayra for a British-owned railroad. After three years, Lushington went back to Trinidad but found that opportunities were insufficient on the island.

In 1889, he went to the United States, meeting his wife Elizabeth Gavino Hubert (from Antigua), the following year. His wife’s West Indian friends helped Lushington enrolled in Cornell University to study Agriculture. He graduated with a degree in Agriculture in 1894. Since there was no work for him at the time he attended the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school finishing the program in three years. Lushington became the first Black man to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.). He earned his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. When students walk into the University of Pennsylvania the first thing they see is a portrait of Augustus Lushington in the main entrance of the main building.

Lushington began his career of being a veterinarian treating farm animals. He set up a veterinary practice in Philadelphia but remained there for only two years, before becoming an instructor in Veterinary Sanitation and Hygiene at Bell Mead Industrial and Agricultural College at Rock Castle, Virginia. Deciding to return to his veterinary practice he opened his practice in Lynchburg, Virginia, after learning that there was only one other veterinarian. Lushington treated cows, horses, and other livestock, often walking for miles through the woods from Lynchburg to reach the farms where his services were needed. His philosophy, according to Arthur Bunyan Caldwell’s History of the American Negro: Virginia Edition, was that “the first essential to progress is a better understanding between the best elements of the two races.” This, he believes, would lead to closer and more harmonious relationships; mutual confidence and both races would gain as all advanced toward better citizen-ship. In Virginia, however, Lushington experienced neither harmonious relationships nor good citizenship. Whyte farmers often availed themselves of his services but then refused to pay him—and in the repressive atmosphere of the South in the early 1900s, Lushington had neither the option of taking legal action nor even the practical right to refuse services to deadbeats.

Since the pay was little for a veterinarian and whyte people refused to pay him, he decided to take on other responsibilities. Lushington was a statistical reporter to the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Federal Department of Agriculture, and a member of the Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce.

Augustus Lushington died on February 12, 1939. He and his wife had three daughters. One daughter, Drucilla Moultrie, taught in Lynchburg schools for about fifty years. Another daughter, Bernetta Parks, worked for Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. The third daughter is not mentioned enough to find her records.

[kagejima]

I can just imagine Swordsman!Nanami being Bodyguard!Sukuna's dance partner as he teaches this brute how to ballroom dance before the birthday ball.

hhehehehe FHAJDFHJDALKS I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

if you want to know more about Bodyguard!Sukuna, you can find the first few posts here and here and here!

If you are interested in them, we also have Swordsman!Nanami and Blacksmith!Osamu that we will gladly direct you to the posts / tell you more about them if you wanna know!!!!

Also Wendy and I were NOT expecting this royalty!au to get as popular as it has, so bear with us bc some of these might be out of order (like this one, the birthday ball already happened in the above posts), we've been yelling about the whole plot for like hours over the last couple of days lmaoooo.

Also also Bodyguard!Sukuna is also true form Sukuna big as a reminder!

more thoughts under the cut (female reader)

Bodyguard!Sukuna who has watched you day in and day out with your princess lessons. There's so many things you have to learn - world history, agriculture, politics, proper etiquette... It makes the poor man's head spin.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who can't deny that one of his favorite lessons for you is watching you learn how to dance in order to be ready for your birthday ball. You practically float around the floor with your instructor as he counts out the rhythm for you and praises you for being a natural.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who wishes that it was him holding on to your waist. Him holding your hand. Him being able to gaze into your eyes as you move across the floor.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who has the smallest smile cross his face as he imagines it.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who pays close attention to what the instructor is saying. Who pays close attention to the counts. Who pays close attention to each spin and gesture.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who feels his heart hammering in his chest as his friend, trainer, and confidant Swordsman Nanami raises an eyebrow at him the next day after he hears his request.

"You want me to teach you... how to dance?" Nanami repeats, folding his arms across his broad chest.

"Yes." Sukuna nods.

Blacksmith Osamu, the man who owns the forge they're standing in right now, can't help but start laughing.

"That'd be a sight..." Osamu grins as he wipes his hands with his rag, "It wouldn't look right. She's so much smaller than you, ya brute."

Sukuna ignores Osamu's jab, his eyes never leaving Nanami.

Nanami almost feels bad for the much larger man because Osamu is right. It will look funny to have a man who's size resembles more of a beast's than a human's dancing with the princess, but he sees the sincerity and hope in Sukuna's eyes as he stands before him.

Nanami sighs and stands up from the post he's leaning against.

"Very well. Did you learn anything from watching the lessons?"

Sukuna rambles about counts, something about "a... waltz, he said? I think he said waltz..."

In the short time that Sukuna is answering, Nanami realizes he knows nothing at all.

"Let's start with the basics."

Sukuna tries not to be embarrassed as Nanami tells him to put his hand on his waist and hold on to his hand. It's such a simple thing to do, but it still is awkward.

"You need to be more gentle..." Nanami gently chastises him when he notices how Sukuna's grip on his waist tightens, "The princess and I are not the same. You must think of her as porcelain. You must treat her with care. Imagine that I am her."

Osamu snickers over off to the side, and Sukuna glares at him.

But poor Sukuna becomes frustrated all too quickly with the steps, trying to lead, trying to remember the count in his head and not saying it out loud. He drops his hands from Nanami's as if they've burned him when Nanami corrects him for the fourth time.

He's never done this before. Who did he think he was, trying to learn this? He was never going to be able to dance with you at the ball anyways, so why even bother?

He groans in frustration and steps away from Nanami and to the edge of the forge, looking out into the town.

He looks up towards the castle and he knows what awaits him when he returns a few short hours from now. Everyone will be busy preparing for your ball on the eve of your birthday and for the arrival of your suitor.

Even you. You're probably dancing with your instructor right now, gliding around on the floor like an angel.

Sukuna is brought back to reality when he feels Nanami's hand reach up and touch his shoulder.

"Do you want to dance with her?"

Sukuna sees it in his head. Sees the way you would smile up at him, sees the way his hand would hold yours so firmly but gently as he guided you around the floor. He sees it all so clearly.

"Yes." Sukuna answers softly.

"Then you have to learn. Now come back. Let's try again."

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SHEFAYIM KIBBUTZ, Israel − They exchanged text messages and emojis. Brief status updates with words of encouragement. A picture of the beloved family dog "Tutsi."

Until no more messages came.

And then, Cindy Flash, an American, and her Israeli husband, Igal, vanished into the violence, presumed kidnapped by Hamas.

Four days after Hamas attacked Israel, more than 100 Israelis and potentially dozens of foreign nationals are thought to be held captive in the Gaza Strip. At least 14 U.S. citizens have been killed and an unknown number are still unaccounted for.

Flash, 67, originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, is one of them. She lives in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz in southern Israel near Gaza, where some of the most harrowing and grisly stories have been emerging during the last few days.

"They are breaking down the safe room door," Flash said in one of her final messages to her daughter Keren, 34. "We need someone to come by the house right now." She had been communicating with her parents from a few houses away.

Keren described her mother, who worked as an administrator in a local college, as someone who had the "sweetest biggest heart," who everyone knew and loved, and who had spent a lifetime advocating for the rights of Palestinians, including those who live in Gaza where she may now be held.

She emigrated to Israel decades ago after a visit during college, when she fell in love with Israel's system of kibbutzim − collectives traditionally centered around agriculture, but which have evolved to accommodate myriad interests, tastes and even businesses.

"They didn't deserve this,'' her daughter said Tuesday on the grounds of a sprawling hotel and resort located on a coastal kibbutz northeast of Tel Aviv, where hundreds of people affected by the Hamas attack temporarily evacuated. "No one deserves this."

It was filled with volunteers bringing sandwiches and sweet cakes. Sobbing teenagers, reunited after several days of having their worst fears confirmed, hugged each other tightly. Small groups of people sat at tables hunched over laptops devising lists of the missing. A manager said that about 300 people from Kfar Aza were staying at the hotel.

Before the attack, Kfar Aza had a population of approximately 800. Nobody knows for sure how many survived.

An Israeli home next to the Gaza security fence

Cindy and Igal's home in Kfar Aza sits right next to the security fence Hamas broke through on Saturday morning as they attacked Israel by land, sea and air.

They had recently renovated it, requiring a move away from the kibbutz for a few months.

"They were so happy to be back," said Keren.

And their daughter said that despite their proximity to Gaza, everyone in the family had always felt secure and reveled in their area's lush vegetation, tranquility and sense of community.

In fact, the extended Flash family had expected a very different Saturday than the one they got. _________________

hope she's found safe

They had planned a family picnic. And later that afternoon they were going to make and fly kites in the local soccer field as part of an annual community event. Maybe, they thought, they'd eat a little ice cream. Try to relax after a hectic week of family life and work. A DJ was going to play.

Instead, Keren, a pilates instructor, and her husband Avidor Schwartzman, 37, a media consultant, woke abruptly around 6:30 a.m. to a blaring Kibbutz alarm system and heard what appeared to be the sound of bombs going off. They lept out of bed and dashed down the hall to grab their one-year-old baby, Saar − as well as her bottle, diapers, water, a little food. Then, they locked themselves in a room of concrete and reinforced steel.

Around the same time, Cynthia and Igal, 66, locked themselves in their own safe room and the sounds of bombs gradually turned into the sounds of automatic gun fire as Hamas encircled Kfar Aza and began going house to house to hunt down its residents.

"We started losing contact with so many people on various WhatsApp groups," said Keren, who along with Avidor and Saar, was eventually rescued by Israeli security services. ''We would hear that they were wounded and then they would just drop off completely."

Israel media reported Tuesday that the bodies of 40 children and babies were found in Kfar Aza, some of whom had been beheaded. An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said Kfar Aza was a "massacre." The bodies of civilians and militants were found scattered throughout the rural kibbutz. He declined to comment on the beheadings. One report, which USA TODAY could not independently verify, said there were multiple beheadings and that charred bodies were also found. The Israeli death toll from the Hamas attacks has passed 1,200.

Not giving up hope that her family will be found

Neither the U.S. nor Israeli authorities had been able to provide them with any information about where her parents might be, Keren said.

But she had not lost hope they would be found.

"Any time someone calls us, any authority from the kibbutz or anywhere, our hearts sink down and then they say 'we don't have any new information.'"

Shaylee Atary, 34, another Kfar Aza resident, spent several days coming to terms with this feeling as well.

She last saw her husband Yahav Winner, 37, on Saturday as he barricaded a window of their home to allow time for Shaylee and their one-month old daughter Shaya to flee their home.

'A signal that I should run'

"He kept saying to me this is not the day we are going to die," Atary said.

"We could hear the attackers walking on the grass outside the window," she remembered.

"There was a crunching sound because the leaves have started to fall down because of the season. We couldn't talk because we didn't want them to hear our voices, so we were signaling silently to each other. And then, as they were breaking through the window Yahav looked at me for a quarter-second, he didn't say goodbye, but I understood that it was like a kind of signal that I should run."

She fled first to some nearby bushes, and then to an empty garden shed.

And running, for Atary, is hard because of a car accident that has made it difficult for her to walk. She was also carrying Shaya, preventing her from moving quickly.

As she hid in the shed, Atary found a hammer and screwdriver, which she put in her pockets. She put some old pots on her and Shaya's head, who was − miraculously − asleep.

But then the baby woke up and began to cry, which attracted the attention of the attackers. She could hear them walking toward her. She feared they would just shoot into the shed indiscriminately.

"I knew I had to run again," she said. "But this time, it was a decision, not so much an instinct. So again I fled and when I reached a large grassy area that is in the middle of our kibbutz I thought 'well, maybe this is how I die despite what Yahav said.'"

'Don't be a hero'

Moments later, a family with small children sheltering in their home saw her and ushered her inside, risking their lives. She stayed in this safe room for the next 27 hours, without food or water, and as the oxygen in the sealed safe room dwindled, before they were rescued by Israel's military.

"Yahav is a very protective," she said of her husband. "He's also smart. I believe he probably surrendered to allow us to escape."

Late Tuesday the news finally came. Yahav's body had been located.

"In my head now, I tell myself that when he looked at me what he was saying was: 'Shaylee, you are with the child. I'm holding the door. Go'," she said.

"Then I think, why didn't I say: 'Don't be a hero. Come with me.'"