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Sunday 31 December Mixtape 409 “Falling Patterns”

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Trevlad Sounds-Welcome in you wonderful listener 00:00

Lo Five-Falling Awake 00.31

Francisco Nicosia-Atardecer en El Palmar 06:40

Dark Fidelity Hi Fi-12 Fracture Shades 10:53

Pabellón Sintético-Mother 01 15:06

Binaural Space-Brave New World 17:11

Listening Center-Seafront Process 21:32

Jesse-Astral Waters 26:20

Secret Circuit-Stillitude 31:45

Charles Uzzell Edwards-Project Pocono 32:40

Piero Umiliani-Penombra 35:49

Helado Negro-Sound and Vision 38:43

Edgar Froese-Panorphelia - 2012 Remaster 41:12

Golden Brown-Wide Ranging Rider II 49:50

Panabrite-Arcade 56:19

Keith Kenniff-There Was Loveliness 59:14

Thomas Bangalter-Mythologies- VII. Treize Nuits 1:01:52

Polypores-Until You Observe It, It Isn’t There 1:07:31

Louis Cole-Hawaii 1:11:41

Under Allt-Purpur 1:13:18

Luke Sanger-Monday Misfit 1:17:09

Rogg-Slapp Av 1:22:07

Uncle Fido-They Try Culpability 1:24:51

Bart Hawkins-Susanna at Sunset 1:26:53

Wave Temples, Justice A. Gonzalez-Key of Life 1:33:53

Ozbolt-Wilderness 1:35:44

Christ-Breathe Between Sleep - Remastered 1:37:46

Monsters At Work-Magic Morning 1:43:47

Deliquescent Crystals-The Pattern Stone 1:45:34

[cassianus]

Prayer of St. Basil

God, Lord of hosts and Maker of all creation, who in Your great compassion and mercy sent down Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for the redemption of mankind and by His precious Cross destroyed the record of our sins, triumphing over the source and power of darkness: O Lord and Lover of mankind, accept also the thanksgiving and fervent prayers of us sinners. Deliver us from every dark and harmful transgression and from all the visible and invisible enemies that seek to destroy us. Nail our flesh to the fear of You, and do not incline our hearts to deceitful words or thoughts, but wound our souls with love for You, that always looking to You, guided by Your light, and seeing You, the eternal and ineffable Light, we may give You unceasing praise and thanksgiving: to the Father without beginning, with Your Only-Begotten Son and Your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

[whencyclopedia]

Leo VI

Leo VI was emperor of the Byzantine empire from 886-912 CE. He was the second emperor of the Macedonian dynasty and is sometimes known as “Leo the Wise” in reference to his prolific literary output which ranged from orations to law codes. Leo's military campaigns abroad were not at all successful, and the empire witnessed defeats to the Bulgars in the Balkans and the Arabs in Sicily and the Aegean. At home, it was a different story, and the emperor's reign was a rare one of stability, peace, and prosperity for his people.

Parentage & Succession

Leo, although officially the son and heir of Basil I (r. 867-886 CE) was widely rumoured to actually have been the son of Michael III (r. 842-867 CE). This was because Basil's wife and Leo's mother was Eudokia Ingerina, who had formerly been the mistress of Michael. Basil had had another son - his eldest, favourite, and first-choice heir, Constantine - but he had died prematurely in 879 CE of unknown causes. Basil's relationship with his second-choice heir was a troubled one. Leo, forced to marry a young girl of his father's choosing - the pious Theophano - had acquired himself a mistress named Zoe Zautsina who, naturally, his father disapproved of. Basil tried, unsuccessfully, to break the relationship by banishing the girl and making his son a virtual prisoner in a wing of the royal palace. Beaten, imprisoned, and threatened with blinding, it is perhaps no wonder that Leo might have borne a grudge which would one day prove fatal for his father.

Basil I died in 886 CE. The cause, according to official records, was a hunting accident. The tale was a tall one involving the 74-year-old emperor being dragged an improbable distance through the woods by a stag and then rescued by a group led by Zoe's father. It seems much more likely that Leo arranged for his father to be helped off his throne. It is, perhaps, significant that one of the first acts of the new 19-year-old emperor, now Leo VI, was to exhume Michael III's body from his nondescript grave and entomb him with full imperial honours in a fine marble sarcophagus in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.

Continue reading...

[fox-bright]

Garden Notes, 1/31/2024

Today (yesterday as I write this) I released 21 dahlia seedlings and 50 viola seedlings from the 72-well starting tray and into somewhere that their roots can stretch a bit. Violas will come true from seed. Dahlias are a diceroll, which is why it's fun to grow them--you really don't know what you're going to get.

I took the cover off of the lupines and echinacea purpurea; it's good to get them into proper air as soon as possible so that they don't get damping off.

I started waking up the last of my wedding dahlia tubers; the weather is very unpredictable right now, and they only might winter over here, so I went outside and dug up my Cafe au Lait dahlia, cleaned the tuber and split it, and now have it sitting in soil where it will throw new shoots I can use to grow new plants before putting the tuber out in the spring.

I started a ton of herbs. Typically I wouldn't start my herb seeds for another month, but I want them to be large and robust by planting-out time, and as I am doing fewer tomatoes this year than last year, I should have more two-quart pots to bring them up in for a few weeks toward the end of their nursery time. In the process of reading about ideal germination conditions, I learned a couple of things:

the seeds you can get on the market for tarragon won't give you a good tarragon plant, but something bitterer and blander; much like ju hua, the preferred culinary herb doesn't set viable seed and is instead propagated through cutting or division. Pity, I'd bought a packet this year.

I knew this, but I always mix them up--spearmint seeds will give you spearmint, but peppermint seeds will not give you peppermint, which again is propagated by division and cutting. They'll give you *a* mentha, sure, and it might be okay, but it won't be peppermint. Anyone who tells you it is, is lying to you. Go with the spearmint.

I really am going to start a garden blog pretty soon, I think. I have a domain for it and everything.

(Pity the corresponding Tumblr username is a pornbot.)

Seeds I started:

Marjoram German Chamomile Roman Chamomile (what's the difference?) Common Sage Winter Savory Summer Savory (what's the difference?) Italian Oregano Greek Oregano (what's the difference?) Za'atar (specifically, Origanum syriacum) Mastic Thyme Orange Thyme, Thymus fragrantissimus (Couldn't find a link that wasn't to a shop, but it's a variety of common thyme; according to this enthusiast it was first recorded about 95 years ago and has since become rare) French Thyme Horehound Holy Basil/Tulsi Spearmint Bo He (I am not going to go down the rabbit hole of trying to find an English-language link about wild Chinese mint, but if you want to, it's Mentha haplocalyx)

Dahlia seedling!

Dahlias, milkweed, violas. Grow grow grow...

[orthodoxadventure]

Prayer of Saint Basil the Great

O God and Lord of the Powers, and Maker of all creation, Who, because of Thy clemency and incomparable mercy, didst send Thine Only-Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind, and with His Venerable Cross didst tear asunder the record of our sins, and thereby didst conquer the rulers and powers of darkness; receive from us sinful people, O Merciful Master, these prayers of gratitude and supplication, and deliver us from every destructive and gloomy transgression, and from all visible and invisible enemies who seek to injure us. Nail down our flesh with fear of Thee, and let not our hearts be inclined to words or thoughts of evil, but pierce our souls with Thy love, that ever contemplating Thee, being enlightened by Thee, and discerning Thee, the Unapproachable and Everlasting Light, we may unceasingly render confession and gratitude to Thee: The Eternal Father, with Thine Only-Begotten Son, and with Thine All-Holy, Gracious, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

[chiomakedu]

good things:

I got a giant soy candle from Ross the other day. At 9pm every evening I switch off the lights and light it up so that my body can start winding down. It’s a sweet thing to end a day with candle light.

I found out how to set a red light filter on my phone so this is gentler now too.

I’m creating a collective. The name comes first: “wild woman collective” or “still water collective”. We are getting together to reshape the world.

Holy basil is an extremely magical herb. It’s wild the calming effect it’s having on my psyche. We give thanks

I finished my first human design chart interpretation today. I was emotional and crying before I started it and I was going to use that as a reason not to record it, but I did it anyway. Sadness will visit, and my world must continue to move

[rabbitcruiser]

National Herb Day

It is National Herb Day on May 4! It is usually celebrated annually on the first Saturday of May. The HerbDay Coalition, an organization of five non-profit groups, started National Herb Day to raise awareness about the useful properties and importance of herbs in daily life. They also work towards encouraging people to learn more about the herbs and provide a better understanding of the extensive uses of herbs in daily life. Herbs are extensively used in food, medicines, and cosmetics. They also served as the first medicines ever used by humans to cure various ailments.

History of National Herb Day

Botanically, herbs are classified as the green parts of a plant used in food or medicine. Herbs are as old as human civilizations and have been used for cooking and medicine since time immemorial. There is well-preserved archaeological evidence pointing to the use of herbs 60,000 years ago. Neanderthals, ancestors of modern Homo sapiens, started using herbs for healing. In a way, we can say that herbs predate even that of recorded history and form the origin of much of modern medicine. Archeologists have discovered traces of pollen and other plant materials near burials, indicating the use of herbs.

There is hardly any civilization that didn’t take advantage of the use of herbs. The Sumerians, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese all used herbs independently of one another. They created clay tablets that date back 5,000 years and listed hundreds of medicinal plants on them. In Egypt, texts like Papyrus Ebers describe ailments, treatments, and around 850 medicinal plants. The Indian medicinal school of Ayurveda, which uses natural remedies and herbal medicine to cure health conditions, is still prevalent in this modern age. Ayurvedic medicine has used many herbs dating back to 4000 B.C.

The study and use of herbs thrived in the Middle Ages when most cultures attributed spiritual qualities to herbs. A prominent example is the holy status of basil leaves in India. There is also a resurgence in the use of herbs in the last 40 years due to the impact of chemical drugs and the investment in pharmaceutical research and development. To address the growing popularity of herbs and to spread their importance, the HerbDay Coalition started National Herb Day.

National Herb Day timeline

6,000 Years Ago

The Rise of Ayurveda

The “Rig Veda” and the “Atharva Veda,” the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism, mention the prevalence of medicinal plants and Ayurveda.

5,000 Years Ago

Sumerian Texts on Herbs

Sumerians write about hundreds of medicinal herbs on clay tablets.

1526 A.D.

The First English Herbal

Peter Treveris prints “Grete Herball,” the first English herbal.

1600 — 1700

The Era of Bubonic Plague

The popularity of herbal medicines declines because of their ineffectiveness against the Bubonic Plague.

National Herb Day FAQs

How many herbs are there in the United States?

There are approximately 75 to 100 herbs listed in the National Library of Medicine

What is the most popular herb in the world?

Cumin is generally considered the most popular herb in the world.

Is an herb a vegetable?

Herbs are a subset of vegetables, which are generally composed of flavorful leaves of plants such as cilantro and basil.

National Herb Day Activities

Buy herbal products: Herbal products are rich in medicinal properties and nutrient values. Purchase herbal products for your daily use.

Invite friends for an herbal-themed party: Invite friends for an herbal-themed party. Create food and decorations in the shape of various herbs available in your locality.

Create an herbal garden: Create an herbal garden in your backyard. Try herbs that are already available in your locality before expanding your horizons over time.

5 Facts About Herbs That You Should Know

Stronger flavor for dried herbs: Both dried and fresh herbs can be used, but dried herbs have a stronger flavor.

Herbalists and botanists: In the middle ages, botanists were known as herbalists.

Herbal: The book of plants: A book containing the names, legends, stories, and descriptions of plants is called a ‘herbal.’

Herbal medicine users: 80% of people worldwide use herbal medicines.

Herbal medicines in Germany: Around 600 to 700 plant-based medicines are available in Germany.

Why We Love National Herb Day

Low side effects: Herbal medicines have fewer side effects compared to modern medications. It may be slow compared to modern medicine, but certain herbal medicines are effective against many lifestyle diseases.

Good for health: Herbs are good for your health. They are rich in nutrients and have medicinal value.

A second option: Herbal medicines are a second option for various lifestyle diseases. Major diseases like diabetes can be controlled with herbal remedies.

Source

[troybeecham]

Today the Church remembers the Martyrs of Adrianople

Orate pro nobis.

The Martyrs of Bulgaria were three hundred and seventy seven Christian children, women, and men who were executed in AD 815 as part of border wars between the pagan Bulgars and the Byzantine Empire.

Emperor Nikephoros I invaded Bulgaria and sacked the capital of Pliska in AD 811, but was killed and his army annihilated at the Battle of Varbitsa Pass as he returned to Roman territory. Khan Krum's peace offer was rejected by Emperor Michael I Rangabe, and the Bulgarians invaded the Roman Empire in the spring of 812. Khan Krum conquered Develtos and transplanted its population to Bulgaria in June, and seized Adrianople in September AD 813. At Adrianople, Krum threw Manuel, Archbishop of Adrianople, to the ground and trampled on his neck.

According to the Menologion of Basil II, Khan Krum began the persecution of Christians prior to his death and was continued by a certain khan Čok (Tzok) who had all Christians who refused to renounce their faith executed. However, the Synaxarion of Constantinople states that the persecution began after Krum's death in April AD 814 on the orders of Khan Dičevg, the successor of Dukum, who had ruled briefly after Krum's death. Omurtag later became khan and ordered the execution of all Christians who refused to renounce their faith. Three hundred and seventy seven Christians were killed, and the following are known by name:

Manuel, Archbishop of Adrianople – The synaxarion records that Dičevg had Manuel cut in two, cut off his arms, and fed his remains to dogs; afterwards, Dičevg was afflicted with blindness and was killed by his own soldiers. The menologion states that Krum had Manuel killed, and subsequently became blind and was strangled by his soldiers.

George, Archbishop of Develtos – George had negotiated the surrender of Develtos to Krum in 812, and had been transplanted to Bulgaria with the city's population. He was clubbed to death and decapitated.

Leo, Bishop of Nicaea in Thrace – Leo had his stomach cut open.

Peter, bishop – He was clubbed to death and decapitated.

John, strategos – A renegade, John had served under Tuk with Bardanes on the Bulgarian right flank during the Battle of Versinikia,but was beheaded for his faith.

Leo, strategos – A renegade, Leo had served under Krum's brother at the centre of the Bulgarian army during the Battle of Versinikia, and was beheaded.

Parodos, priest – He was stoned to death.

Gabriel and Sionios – They were both beheaded.

Loubomiros and Chotomiros – Slavs, they are named in a canon composed by either Saint Joseph the Confessor or Saint Joseph the Hymnographer. Their martyrdom indicates the spread of Christianity amongst the Slavs of Bulgaria.

Koupergos and Asfir – They may have been Christian Bulgars given their names.

An original account of the martyrs was likely made based on the testimonies of prisoners of war released by Bulgaria after the Treaty of AD 816 in the first half of the 9th century AD at the Monastery of Stoudios at Constantinople which the menologion and synaxarion are based on.

Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy martyrs of Bulgaria triumphed over suffering and were faithful even to death: Grant us, who now remember them in thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to you in this world, that we may receive with them the crown of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

[brookston]

Holidays 1.30

Holidays

Bloody Sunday (a.k.a. Bogside Massacre Anniversary Day; Northern Ireland)

Cash Register Day

Change Your Voicemail Greeting Day

Congressional Brawl Day

CTE Awareness Day

Customs Officers Day (Azerbaijan)

Day of Azerbaijani Customs (Azerbaijan)

Day of Saudade (Brazil)

Day of Solidarity with Poland

Denise D’Ascenzo Day (Connecticut)

Draw A Dinosaur Day [ website ]

Escape Day

Felix IV, pope (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Peace

Franklin D. Roosevelt Day (Kentucky; Virgin Islands)

Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Hellebore Day (French Republic)

Help America Vote Day

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian Orthodox)

Hi-Yo, Silver Day

Inane Answering Message Day

Indonesian Primate Day (Indonesia)

International Day of Electronic Technicians

Jazz Record Day

Ka Moloka’i Makahiki (Hawaii)

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs' Day (India)

National Cleanliness Day (India)

National Comics Day (Brazil)

National Escape Day

National Flirt A Little Bit Day

National Maxwell Day

National Write to Congress Day

Primate Day (Indonesia)

Saudade Day (Brazil)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Season for Nonviolence begins [thru 4.4]

Social Media Day (UN)

Teacher’s Day (Spain)

Women’s Peerage Day (UK)

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Croissant Day

5th & Last Tuesday in January

A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day [Last Tuesday]

National Plan for Vacation Day [Last Tuesday]

Up Helly Aa Day (Scotland) [Last Tuesday]

Independence & Related Days

Republic of Westland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 30, 2024

Iowa AG Expo (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 2.1]

Key Western Fest (Key West, Florida) [thru 2.3]

Lerwick Up Helly Aa (Lerwick, Scotland)

Feast Days

Adelelmus of Burgos (Christian; Saint)

Aldegondes (Christian; Saint)

Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)

Armentarius of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Barbara Tuchman (Writerism)

Barsimaeus (Christian; Saint)

Balthildes (Christian; Saint)

Bernardo Bellotto (Artology)

Charles, King (Various Provinces of the Anglican Communion; Martyr)

Day of Pax (Pagan)

Dianic Wicca Day (Everyday Wicca)

Exercise Your Brain Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of Sr. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom (Roman Catholic)

Februalia begins (Purification Festival; Ancient Rome) [through 2.2]

Feriae Sementiva (Feast of Spring; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Fox, Chicken & Bear (Muppetism)

Gelett Burgess (Writerism)

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Hyacintha Mariscotti (Christian; Saint)

Imbolc Potato Chowder Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ice T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lloyd Alexander (Writerism)

Martina (Christian; Virgin, Martyr)

Matthias of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Christian; Saint)

Pax (Ancient Roman Festival of Peace)

Puce and Ochre Day (Shamanism)

Richard Brautigan (Writerism)

Sadeh Festival (Ancient Iranian Midwinter Festival; Tajikistan)

Saraswati Day (Goddess of Knowledge; Bali)

Savina (Christian; Martyr)

Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)

Tyrtæus (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Hitler was elected.)

Premieres

Ali Baba (Ub Iwerks Comicolor Cartoon; 1936)

The Americans (TV Series; 2013)

Ancient History (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)

The Animal Fair (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

Around the World in 80 Days (Novel; 1873)

The Bean and the Bean, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame, by Charles Bukowski (Poetry; 1974)

Cats and Bruises (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

City Lights (Film; 1931)

The Colossus of Maroussi, by Henry Miller (Travelogue; 1941)

The Darktown Strutters’ Ball, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

The Double: A Petersburg Poem, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1846)

Experience and Education, by John Dewey (Science Book; 1938)

A Florentine Tragedy, by Alexander Zemlinsky and Oscar Wilde (Opera; 1917)

Great Expectations (Film; 1998)

The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman (History Book; 1962)

Honey, recorded by Bobby Goldsboro (Song; 1968)

I Fall to Pieces, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1961)

I Gopher You (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

The Lone Ranger (Radio Show; 1933)

Music For Everybody (Disney Animated TV Special; 1966)

Olive Oil for President (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Outrageous Fortune (Film; 1987)

Pigs Is Pigs (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Plumber (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Posse Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Red Hot, recorded by Billy Lee Riley (Song; 1956)

Rooftop Concert, by The Beatles (Live Concert; 1969)

Taken (Film; 2009)

Underwater Eyeball or The Deep Blue See (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 147; 1962)

Underwater Moose or The Aqua-Lunk (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 148; 1962)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 34 & 36 1965)

The Yogi Bear Show (Animated TV Series; 1961)

Today’s Name Days

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef, Valerius (Austria)

Tvrtko, Valerije, Zdeslav, Zdravko (Croatia)

Zdislava (Czech Republic)

Valerius (Denmark)

Valmo, Valter (Estonia)

Valtteri (Finland)

Gildas (France)

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef (Germany)

Varsamia (Greece)

Adél (Hungary)

Aquilino, Costanzo, Valerio, Vitale (Italy)

Aivars, Valērijs (Latvia)

Aivaras, Girkantas, Valerijus, Žibutė (Lithuania)

Herdis, Hermann, Hermod (Norway)

Franciszek Salezy, Gilda, Hanna, Walerian, Waleriana, Waleriusz, Zdzisław (Poland)

Ignatie (Romania)

Gašpar (Slovakia)

Valerio, Valero (Spain)

Diana (Sweden)

Gilda, Goldie, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shelton, Ophrah, Oprah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 30 of 2024; 336 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 5 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 20 (Gui-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 19 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 30 White; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 17 January 2024

Moon: 79%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Homer (2nd Month) [Tyrtæus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 41 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 9 of 28)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.30

Holidays

Bloody Sunday (a.k.a. Bogside Massacre Anniversary Day; Northern Ireland)

Cash Register Day

Change Your Voicemail Greeting Day

Congressional Brawl Day

CTE Awareness Day

Customs Officers Day (Azerbaijan)

Day of Azerbaijani Customs (Azerbaijan)

Day of Saudade (Brazil)

Day of Solidarity with Poland

Denise D’Ascenzo Day (Connecticut)

Draw A Dinosaur Day [ website ]

Escape Day

Felix IV, pope (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Peace

Franklin D. Roosevelt Day (Kentucky; Virgin Islands)

Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Hellebore Day (French Republic)

Help America Vote Day

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian Orthodox)

Hi-Yo, Silver Day

Inane Answering Message Day

Indonesian Primate Day (Indonesia)

International Day of Electronic Technicians

Jazz Record Day

Ka Moloka’i Makahiki (Hawaii)

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs' Day (India)

National Cleanliness Day (India)

National Comics Day (Brazil)

National Escape Day

National Flirt A Little Bit Day

National Maxwell Day

National Write to Congress Day

Primate Day (Indonesia)

Saudade Day (Brazil)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Season for Nonviolence begins [thru 4.4]

Social Media Day (UN)

Teacher’s Day (Spain)

Women’s Peerage Day (UK)

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Croissant Day

5th & Last Tuesday in January

A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day [Last Tuesday]

National Plan for Vacation Day [Last Tuesday]

Up Helly Aa Day (Scotland) [Last Tuesday]

Independence & Related Days

Republic of Westland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 30, 2024

Iowa AG Expo (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 2.1]

Key Western Fest (Key West, Florida) [thru 2.3]

Lerwick Up Helly Aa (Lerwick, Scotland)

Feast Days

Adelelmus of Burgos (Christian; Saint)

Aldegondes (Christian; Saint)

Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)

Armentarius of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Barbara Tuchman (Writerism)

Barsimaeus (Christian; Saint)

Balthildes (Christian; Saint)

Bernardo Bellotto (Artology)

Charles, King (Various Provinces of the Anglican Communion; Martyr)

Day of Pax (Pagan)

Dianic Wicca Day (Everyday Wicca)

Exercise Your Brain Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of Sr. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom (Roman Catholic)

Februalia begins (Purification Festival; Ancient Rome) [through 2.2]

Feriae Sementiva (Feast of Spring; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Fox, Chicken & Bear (Muppetism)

Gelett Burgess (Writerism)

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Hyacintha Mariscotti (Christian; Saint)

Imbolc Potato Chowder Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ice T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lloyd Alexander (Writerism)

Martina (Christian; Virgin, Martyr)

Matthias of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Christian; Saint)

Pax (Ancient Roman Festival of Peace)

Puce and Ochre Day (Shamanism)

Richard Brautigan (Writerism)

Sadeh Festival (Ancient Iranian Midwinter Festival; Tajikistan)

Saraswati Day (Goddess of Knowledge; Bali)

Savina (Christian; Martyr)

Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)

Tyrtæus (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Hitler was elected.)

Premieres

Ali Baba (Ub Iwerks Comicolor Cartoon; 1936)

The Americans (TV Series; 2013)

Ancient History (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)

The Animal Fair (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

Around the World in 80 Days (Novel; 1873)

The Bean and the Bean, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame, by Charles Bukowski (Poetry; 1974)

Cats and Bruises (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

City Lights (Film; 1931)

The Colossus of Maroussi, by Henry Miller (Travelogue; 1941)

The Darktown Strutters’ Ball, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

The Double: A Petersburg Poem, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1846)

Experience and Education, by John Dewey (Science Book; 1938)

A Florentine Tragedy, by Alexander Zemlinsky and Oscar Wilde (Opera; 1917)

Great Expectations (Film; 1998)

The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman (History Book; 1962)

Honey, recorded by Bobby Goldsboro (Song; 1968)

I Fall to Pieces, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1961)

I Gopher You (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

The Lone Ranger (Radio Show; 1933)

Music For Everybody (Disney Animated TV Special; 1966)

Olive Oil for President (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Outrageous Fortune (Film; 1987)

Pigs Is Pigs (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Plumber (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Posse Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Red Hot, recorded by Billy Lee Riley (Song; 1956)

Rooftop Concert, by The Beatles (Live Concert; 1969)

Taken (Film; 2009)

Underwater Eyeball or The Deep Blue See (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 147; 1962)

Underwater Moose or The Aqua-Lunk (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 148; 1962)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 34 & 36 1965)

The Yogi Bear Show (Animated TV Series; 1961)

Today’s Name Days

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef, Valerius (Austria)

Tvrtko, Valerije, Zdeslav, Zdravko (Croatia)

Zdislava (Czech Republic)

Valerius (Denmark)

Valmo, Valter (Estonia)

Valtteri (Finland)

Gildas (France)

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef (Germany)

Varsamia (Greece)

Adél (Hungary)

Aquilino, Costanzo, Valerio, Vitale (Italy)

Aivars, Valērijs (Latvia)

Aivaras, Girkantas, Valerijus, Žibutė (Lithuania)

Herdis, Hermann, Hermod (Norway)

Franciszek Salezy, Gilda, Hanna, Walerian, Waleriana, Waleriusz, Zdzisław (Poland)

Ignatie (Romania)

Gašpar (Slovakia)

Valerio, Valero (Spain)

Diana (Sweden)

Gilda, Goldie, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shelton, Ophrah, Oprah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 30 of 2024; 336 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 5 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 20 (Gui-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 19 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 30 White; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 17 January 2024

Moon: 79%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Homer (2nd Month) [Tyrtæus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 41 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 9 of 28)

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Prayer of St. Basil:

God, Lord of hosts and Maker of all creation, who in Your great compassion and mercy sent down Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for the redemption of mankind and by His precious Cross destroyed the record of our sins, triumphing over the source and power of darkness: O Lord and Lover of mankind, accept also the thanksgiving and fervent prayers of us sinners. Deliver us from every dark and harmful transgression and from all the visible and invisible enemies that seek to destroy us. Nail our flesh to the fear of You, and do not incline our hearts to deceitful words or thoughts, but wound our souls with love for You, that always looking to You, guided by Your light, and seeing You, the eternal and ineffable Light, we may give You unceasing praise and thanksgiving: to the Father without beginning, with Your Only-Begotten Son and Your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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Delicious Tea Recipes To Impress Your Guests This Festive Season

There are so many varieties of tea that a true tea lover is often found searching for new tea recipes. If you are one of these tea lovers who is on the outlook of tea recipes indian then this blog is for you. 

Keep reading till the end and save this blog to boast your tea knowledge in front of your guests when they come to visit you this festive season. Oh! And also impress them by serving them these teas. 

Let’s get started on the new tea recipes now. 

Healthy Tea Recipes You Should Not Miss

A lot of these recipes fall into the never-heard-of category, but that is the exact point, right? You will definitely impress your guests with the teas that are not-so-common. Also, all of these are healthy tea recipes, so it's an added-on advantage. PS - BTW we have never heard of tea being unhealthy. 

High Tea Recipes You Will Definitely Try

Let us look at the tea recipes now.

1. WHITE TEA

Although many people do know about it, White tea lives in the shadow of Green and Black teas. 

The tea has less caffeine and has a lot of antioxidants. It looks extremely transparent, like water, and is a great way to impress your guests when you serve it in a transparent cup. They will think it is water unless you tell them that they are going to drink an exotic tea. 

HERE IS THE STEPS TO MAKE WHITE TEA - 

Boil the loose leaves of White Tea in water for around 6-7 minutes or till you see the colour of water turn pale yellowish. 

Strain the tea and enjoy.

2. ROOIBOS TEA

Rooibos is a herb that is grown in South Africa. This is an ayurvedic tea recipe as the tea is filled with iron, calcium, copper, and magnesium. 

The tea is caffeine-free and the flavour is itself somewhat sweet. How impressed would your guests be when they find out that they have been served tea which is grown from a herb found in South Africa? Oh! They will surely be impressed. 

STEPS TO MAKE ROOIBOS TEA -

Steep rooibos tea in water for around 5 minutes. 

Strain and enjoy.

3. PANDAN TEA

Talking about ayurvedic tea recipes, we have another find for you. Pandan tea is made from pandan plant leaves. The leaves of this plant are famous for relieving headaches and chest pain, and have been found to be efficient in improving liver functions. 

Regular drinkers of this tea have recorded a decrease in their blood pressure and blood sugar levels. 

How to make Pandan Tea -

Boil water and add pandan leaves. 

Turn off when you get the aroma of pandan leaves. 

Strain and enjoy.

4. TULSI TEA

Next on the list is this high tea recipe which you most surely would have tried at least once in your life is the Tulsi tea. 

This tea is made with The Holy Basil, which is known as the "Queen of Herbs". Besides being a great high tea option, it also serves multiple health benefits. 

Burst all of your guests' stress by serving them this tea. 

SHARE THIS TULSI TEA RECIPE WITH EVERYBODY -

Boil water and add tulsi leaves. 

Boil till water becomes light green or yellow in colour. 

Strain and enjoy.

Let’s Do The Tea Talk!

These were all the teas we wanted to let you know about so that you could impress your guests when they come to visit you this festive season. 

To continue this tea talk, go straight to www.samaaratea.com to find more such interesting topics in the blogs section. 

And when you are on the website, do check out the best quality tea for yourself. Samaara offers a variety of teas. 

 Different Types of Tea Recipes

We have revealed some of the amazing tea recipes for you, so give them a try ! 

Green tea recipes

Bubble tea recipes 

Black tea recipes 

Go and impress your guests with some known and some unknown tea recipes.

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What the Emperor Basil had in mind was another diplomatic marriage to strengthen the link between Byzantium and Venice.

The son of a Doge could not, of course, be offered the hand of a blue-blooded princess like Zoe, the disappointed bride of Otto III. But a suitably distinguished young lady was found in the person of Maria, daughter of the patrician Argyropoulos.

The marriage was celebrated in the imperial chapel in Constantinople. The blessing was given by the patriarch and the golden wedding crowns were placed on the heads of Giovanni and Maria by the two emperors. There followed three days of festivities in one of the palaces. Maria brought her husband a substantial dowry which included a house or 'palace' of her own in Constantinople where they stayed after the wedding.

The emperor had to hurry away to his war against the Bulgars. When he came back he invested Giovanni Orseolo as a patrician and, at Maria's request, gave her the holy relics of St Barbara to take with her to Venice.

Maria was loth to leave the civilised comforts of Constantinople and her parents were sad to see her go 'as if into exile in a foreign land'. By the time they boarded ship she was already some months pregnant.

The couple reached Venice safely. They were greeted by the Doge with a reception the like of which had not been seen before. 'In truth,' says John the Deacon, 'no one could recall such a show of rejoicing in Venice as there was over this wedding.' Maria gave birth to a son a few days later. The Doge assisted at the child's baptism and, since he had been conceived in Constantinople, gave him the name of Basil after the emperor.

But the emperor's plans were again doomed to failure. In 1006 a comet was seen in the sky, always a portent of disaster. It was followed by a famine and then a plague, among whose many victims were Maria, her husband Giovanni and their infant son.

They died within sixteen days of one another. They were buried in the monastery of St Zaccaria. The Doge Pietro was inconsolable. He made his younger son Otto Doge in place of Giovanni and retired into obscurity in a wing of his palace. He died in 1008. Nothing was left to remind him of his high hopes for his eldest son and his grandson conceived in Byzantium and born in Venice, except for the relics of St Barbara, the Emperor's gift to Maria Argyropoulaina. These he presented to the abbey of St John, his son's namesake, on the island of Torcello.

Long after Maria's death a cautionary tale was told about the Greek wife of a Venetian Doge which seems to refer to her. It was related by St Peter Damian, a fervent reformer of the evils of his time, who died in 1072.

The moral of it was that the Good Christians of the west should beware of the decadent and sybaritic ways of the east, lest the Orontes flow into the Tiber. Peter records with vindictive satisfaction how the Greek princess who came to Venice died a hideous death as a result of her self-indulgence.

Distrusting the water supply of Venice, she had her servants collect rain water for her ablutions. Too fastidious to eat with her fingers, she carried her food to her mouth with a two-pronged golden fork. Disliking the stink of the lagoons, she filled her rooms with incense and perfumes. For such depravity and vanity she was a victim of the wrath of God, who smote her with a vile disease.

Her body putrefied, her limbs withered, her bedchamber was permeated by such a stench that only one of her maids could bear it; and after a lingering illness of excruciating agony she passed away, to the great relief of her friends.

It is a nasty tale, but it is eloquent of the difference in living standards between Byzantium and the West in the eleventh century. Maria's parents had been right to sympathise with their poor daughter going off to exile in a foreign land. To a lady brought up to the refinements of aristocratic life in Constantinople, Venice must have seemed rather barbarous.

What Peter Damian and his like took to be signs of depravity were esteemed in Byzantium as marks of urbanity and civilised living. The princess Theophano who had married Otto II was believed to be burning in Hell because of all the baths she had taken during her lifetime.

If eating with a fork or taking baths were thought enough to bring down the wrath of God, western society had still some way to go to match the cultured habits of Byzantium.

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Remembering the Saints

Throughout the Liturgy we are asked to remember "all the saints" beginning with "the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary" and her "yes" to God's plan for her life (Luke 1:38); and then, like all of them, to commit "our whole life to Christ our God." Who are the saints that we are asked to remember in these petitions? The saints are those men and women who, throughout the centuries and in every culture, have loved God and borne witness to the Good News of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, and remained faithful to Him to the end, often at the cost of their own lives. They are people who have been transformed by their faith and truly are the "real deal" as Christians. They are men and women from every generation who have been canonized, i.e. set up as models of what it means to truly follow Christ and be faithful to Him, seeking and striving for His kingdom as their first priority in life (Matthew 6:33). When we speak of Sts. Peter and Paul and the apostles, Sts. Katherine, Irene and Barbara the martyrs, Sts. Basil, John Chrysostom and Nektarios the Bishops, we are speaking of people who have been canonized by the Church in an official manner to serve as models of faithfulness and holiness for us to emulate. Canonization does not "make" anybody a saint. Canonizations recognizes that someone already was, in his/her own lifetime, a saint.

The word canonization means that a Christian has been found worthy to have his/her name placed in the canon or official list of the saints of the Church. This canon is read during the various liturgical services of the Church, particularly Orthros or Matins. Every day of the year is dedicated to a number of saints whose names are remembered by the People of God. When a Christian's name has been included in the canon of saints, it is a sign that the Church encourages the faithful to ask that saint for his/her prayers before God.

Liturgical services may be specially composed in the saint's honor and celebrated by the Church. For the first thousand years of the history of the Church saints were recognized without any formal rite of canonization. Local congregations of the faithful simply began to remember certain well-known Christians in their liturgical gatherings, to ask them for help in prayer, to visit their relics, which frequently remained vehicles of the Holy Spirit, curing the sick in soul and body, as they had during earthly life. In the 10th century, in the west, the then-Orthodox Church of Rome began to insist that saints be formally and officially "registered" as such with the papal authorities. The first recorded canonization of this type was that of St. Ulrich of Augsburg, canonized in 993 AD by Pope John XV. For the next 600 years -- during which time the Roman Catholic Church split off from the Orthodox community -- the west developed a very precise (and some would say even legalistic) method of determining who were to be canonized as saints. The Orthodox Church never developed any comparable methods for canonizing saints. As in the early Church, the situation has remained very much determined by local practices and local traditions. Holy men and women continue to be recognized as such during their own lifetimes; they continue to be venerated and honored after their death; and Christian people continue to ask for their prayers and to visit their shrines.

[Source of text: The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom (with Commentary and Notes)]

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La playlist de l'émission de ce jeudi matin sur Radio Campus Bruxelles entre 6h30 et 9h : La Tène "Taillée" (Ecorcha​/​Taill​é​e/Les Disques Bongo Joe/2023) Ennio Morricone "Controfase" (Controfase/Holy Basil Records/1973-2023) Tape "A Spire" (Rideau/Morr Music/2005-2022) Higelin & Areski "Chope la soupape" (Higelin & Areski/Saravah/1969) Heather Leigh "Quicksand" (I Abused Animal/Ideologic Organ/2015) (Joshua) Josh Brr "Look Floating" (Gold Cosmos/Gold Cosmos/2001) Rex "New Son" (C/Numero Group/1996) Yo La Tengo "Apology Letter" (This Stupid World/Matador Records/2023) Kae Tempest "Nothing to Prove" (The Line is a Curve/American Recordings/2022) Domenique Dumont "L'esprit de l'escalier" (Comme ça/Antinote/2015) Gheneral Thi et les Fourmis "Prima Dona" (If Paul K.'s Life Was a Movie, This Would Be the Soundtrack of His Death/STROOM/13/03/2023) Mozart Estate "Pretty Boy" (Pop-Up! Ker-ching! and The Possibilities of Modern Shopping/West Midlands/2023) Liliput "Eisiger Wind" (7"/Rough Trade Records/1981) The King of Luxembourg "Valleri" (Amen - Last Sunshine Deserts of Él Records/Richmond Records/1986-1992) Bobbejaan Schoepen "Als het vriest in Madagaskar" (The World of Bobbejaan - Songbook/Bobbejaan Records/1966-2009) Léonore Boulanger & Jean-Daniel Botta "Der patient" (Un lièvre était un très cher baiser/Slouch Hat/2022) Wimple Winch "Save My Soul" (7"/Fontana/1966) Katerine & Anne "Les mensonges" (L'Education Anglaise/Rosebud/1994) MXTC "The Last Balloon" (Apple Venus Volume 1/Ape House/1999) Nick Drake "River Man" (7"/Island Records/1969) The Durutti Column "The Beggar" (Another Setting/Factory Records/1983) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpAOXDKNx1X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=