#anna vasa

[majowajutrzenka]

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, May 17th:

Albert, Duke of Prussia, 1490

Anna Vasa, Polish/Swedish Princess, 1568

Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, 1628

Caroline of Brunswick, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1768

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886

Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, 1891

Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands, 1971

[kejsarinna-sims]

Gustav plays with what used to be only Gunnel's friend group. He is the youngest kid, but soon finds his place in the group.

But he also still plays with his baby sister whnever she wants him to.

[ltwilliammowett]

Skeletons of the Vasa - update

In the 1960s, 17-19 skeletons were recovered from the Vasa. I had reported on this. But new research has shown that one of the individuals was not what was first believed. The skeleton that is on display in the museum as G-Gustav has now been renamed Gertrude, because new DNA analyses at the beginning of the year showed that Gustav was not a man but a woman. According to the new genetic analysis, "she was about 25-30 years old when she died, had blue eyes, blond hair and pale skin," told Oscar Nilsson, Live Science in an email, a forensic pathologist based in Sweden. He was the one who gave Gustav his face in 2006 and now had the opportunity to give Gertrude her true appearance. 

Gustav (x)

Nilsson also worked with Anna Silwerulv, a textile expert at the Vasa Museum, to dress the reconstruction in a dark grey jacket and hat, as parts of these garments were found with her remains.

Gertrude (x)

Microscopic analysis revealed that the hat was bright red. "And the original design was striking: a very high hat, reminiscent of the traditional festive clothing of the Swedish and also the Sami peasants," says Nilsson. You could also tell from her vest that she had been a hard-working woman, which made her seem quite harsh even though she was so young, which had also led to Gustav being estimated to be around 45 at the time. Gertrude's presence on the Vasa leads to the conclusion that she had been married to one of the sailors, because only wives were allowed to be present on the maiden voyage.

Gertrude without her hat (x)

The museum reacted immediately and named her skeleton correctly and her new facial reconstruction has been on display since the end of June.

[babblingstacey]

The next day Anna woke up to a raging thunderstorm and it seemed like it was a good day to get going. She packed up her tent and added a special shell and her yoga mat to her belongings as mementos of her time on the islands. She donated her remaining $3974 to the Preservation of Sulani nonprofit and jumped on the first plane out. Her destination was a place in the desert she heard some odd things about - Strangetown.

Vagabond/Globetrotter goals met

Aspirations completed: Beach Life/Angling Ace

Skills Mastered: Wellness (she also maxed Fitness, Charisma, Cooking, Entrepreneur, and Fitness, along with Fishing.)

Make at least 1 friend: Sri Mesa, Paka'a Uha, Bryson Perdue, Penina Vasa, Mana Ka'ana'ana, Reuben Fine (the terrible bartender), Ka'uhane Oania.

Have One Romantic Partner but break up before leaving: Sri Mesa (asked to be friends)

Off to Strangetown! (playing in @anotherplumbob save, which is what it is called there.) I know not many do, but I like the Strangerville/Strangetown gameplay. But it should be quick visit, and I'm adding a rule that she can visit her family home on Winterfest because in my mind, Ordinary [Oasis] Springs and Strangetown [Strangerville] are very close to each other.

[airlines-and-cruise-ocs]

ok last post b4 i go do smth else

hi! ok so i just wanted to jot down some of the ocs i most frequently talk about

airline ocs nicholas collett sykes - delta airlines aldrich lloyd cyrus smith - american airlines louis (no full name yet) - united airlines diedrich (no full name yet either) - boeing vincent willem plesman - KLM shin sook-ja - korean air yu ���freida” jinghua - cathay pacific dietmar pitcairn - eastern air lines henrietta clemence wendell - trans world airways alexandra quesada - federal aviation administration diana tripp - pan american world airways ashlyn (no full name yet) - virgin atlantic philippe (no full name yet) - air france

cruise ocs stefan wilhelmsen - royal caribbean international nomiki chandris - celebrity cruises astraea chandris - azamara club cruises casimir lichtenberg - serenade of the seas cordelia lichtenberg - jewel of the seas raelyn lichtenberg - radiance of the seas chen zhihao - quantum of the seas chen guiqing - ovation of the seas chen ming-hui - spectrum of the seas harmony bellamy - harmony of the seas fredrick (no full name yet) - oasis of the seas harald (no last name yet) - majesty of the seas (now majesty of the oceans) sarah (no last name yet) - empress of the seas (now empress) ingunn prima skaugen/strand - song of norway (rip) håkon wilhelmsen/strand - nordic prince (rip x2) kjerstin raphael vasa - logos hope (really neat ship u should check it out)

unrelated/human ocs willow “blue” mccarran - MH-60R and F/A-18E pilot for the US navy alexis sylvia stanton - blue’s cousin who’s in the army wilson moore - everyone calls him ceiling fan, don’t ask why andrew “andy” sullivan - commanding officer of the USCGC steadfast takahashi machiko - commanding officer of the USCGC polar sea annalise “anna” sullivan - andy’s twin sister and CO of the USCGC healy isaac “kabob” alonso - E-2D pilot and head of carrier air wing 11 (CVW-11) leslie hannaford - gunner’s mate on the USCGC steadfast caroline (no full name yet) - shooter onboard the USS theodore roosevelt holly janssen - head medic person on the USS theodore roosevelt viktorija “fountain” petrauskas - blue’s co-pilot and bff 4 lyfe cameron “cam” moore - wilson’s older sibling and USCG recruiter ioanna culianu - MH-65 dolphin pilot for the US coast guard liang “jackson” guiying - iykyk sanicas - mystical bird like creature that travels between worlds bhinnehawk - sanicas’s brother (literally that “i hope i dont have to fight my evil self” meme LMAO) emberly - dimension hopper (+ former pokemon trainer?? idk man) sadira - emberly’s sister chad - just chad. malcolm/mikhail/augustus - exists almost exclusively within my genshin au lore yes, i have quite a few military ocs. yes, i am very critical of the us military and i hate it as much as the next person with a lick of common sense. we exist.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 6.6

Holidays

Atheist Pride Day [also 3.20]

Bonza Bottler Day

Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)

Dark of the Moon Day (According to C.W. McCall’s song “Convoy”)

D-Day

Detergent Day

Drive-In Movie Day

Elfreth’s Alley Day (Fete Day; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Engineering Day (Argentina)

Engineer’s Day (Taiwan)

Flavor Massacre Day

Gardening Exercise Day

Helicopter Day

International Graphene Day

International Homebirth Day

International Slayer Day

Korean Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)

Memorial Day (South Korea)

National Caves & Karst Day

National Cow Day (Norway)

National Cynthia Day

National Day of Sweden (a.k.a. Nationaldagen)

National Eyewear Day

National Gardening Exercise Day

National Higher Education Day

National Hunger Awareness Day

National Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day

National Naloxone Awareness Day

National Neuro-Disabilities Day (UK)

National Roommate Appreciation Day

National Stick Your Hand in a Blender Day

NBA Day

Philatelic Writers Day

Poppy Plant Day (French Republic)

Procession of the Golden Chariot (Mons, Belgium)

Public Museum Day

Red Herring Day (Sweden)

Russian Language Day (UN)

Sacral Agenesis / Caudal Regression Syndrome Awareness Day

Satisfaction Day

Secure Your Load Day

Shriners International Awareness Day

Teachers’ Day (Bolivia)

Tetris Day

Visually Impaired People Day

Woodmen of the World Founder's Day

World Caribou Day

World Green Roof Day

World IPv6 Day

World Pest Day

World Teacher Day (Bolivia)

World Tetris Day

World Transplant

YMCA Day

Yo-Yo Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Applesauce Cake Day

National Churro Day

National Long Island Iced Tea Day

Roll Cake Day (Japan)

1st Tuesday in June

National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day [1st Tuesday]

Women’s Golf [1st Tuesday]

Independence Days

Abeldane Empire; (a.k.a. Imperial Day; Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Ardesoda (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Berin (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Great Welland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Sweden (Election of King Gustav Vasa & end of the Kalmar Union, 1523)

Pacem (f.k.a. Abies; Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Queensland Day (Australia)

Santos (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

United Snakes of America (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Adopt a New Phobia Day (Pastafarian)

Claude (Christian; Saint)

Claudius (Christian; Saint)

The Bendideia of Bendis (Festival to Moon Goddess of Thrace)

Day of the South Wind (Pagan)

Diego Velázquez (Artology)

Donald B. Tucker (Muppetism)

Festival of Chiu Hsien (Taoist Spirit of Alcohol)

Gudwall (Christian; Saint)

Ini Kopuria (Church of England, Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Melanesia)

Interpretive Dance Day (Pastafarian)

St. Isidore of Seville (Positivist; Saint)

John Tumbull (Artology)

Marcellin Champagnat (Christian; Saint)

Norbert of Gennep (a.k.a. of Xanten’; Christian; Saint) [Bohemia]

Pancho Contreas (Muppetism)

Philip the Deacon (Christian; Saint)

Santa Anna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 157 [37 of 72]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [25 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [32 of 57]

Premieres

Bourne Identity (Film; 2002)

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler (Humor Book; 2010)

Con Air (Film; 1997)

Edge of Tomorrow (Film; 2014)

The Fault in Our Stars (Film; 2014)

The Good Times, by Russell Baker (Novel; 1989)

Herbie Rides Again (Film; 1974)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)

Invisible Touch, by Genesis (Album; 1986)

I Will Always Love You, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1974)

Kung Fu Panda (Animated Film; 2008)

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), by Katy Perry (Song; 2011)

Love Me Do, recorded by The Beatles (Song; 1962)

Men at Work, by George F. Will (Sports Book; 1990)

November Rain, by Guns N’ Roses (Music Video; 1992)

Only the Lonely, by Roy Orbison (Song; 1960)

Ping Pong Summer (Film; 2014)

Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel; 2009)

The River in Reverse, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2006)

Sex and the City (TV Series; 1998)

Storms of Life, by Randy Travis (Album; 1986)

Tax: Quest for Burger (WB Animated Film; 2023)

There Auto Be a Law (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

20/20 (TV News Series; 1978)

2 Fast 2 Furious (Film; 2003) [F&F #2]

Up the Academy (Film; 1980)

Urban Cowboy (Film; 1980)

War and Pieces (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (Film; 2008)

Today’s Name Days

Bertrand, Kevin, Norbert (Austria)

Berta, Klaudije, Neda, Norbert (Croatia)

Norbert (Czech Republic)

Nobertus (Denmark)

Pärle, Piibe (Estonia)

Kustaa, Kustavi, Kyösti (Finland)

Norbert (France)

Alice, Bertrand, Kevin, Norbert (Germany)

Ilarion (Greece)

Cintia, Norbert (Hungary)

Norberto, Paola, Paula (Italy)

Adalberts, Ardis, Arnis, Ingrīda, Vairis (Latvia)

Mėta, Norbertas, Paulina, Tauras (Lithuania)

Gustav, Gyda (Norway)

Benignus, Dominika, Klaudiusz, Laurenty, Norbert, Norberta, Paulina, Symeon, Więcerad (Poland)

Ilarion (România)

Norbert (Slovakia)

Marcelino, Norberto (Spain)

Gösta, Gustav (Sweden)

Judith, Valerie (Ukraine)

Dante, Donte, Delaney, Norbert, Norberta, Norberto (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 157 of 2024; 208 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 23 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 19 (Yi-Wei)

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

Hebrew: 17 Sivan 5783

Islamic: 17 Dhu al-Qada 1444

J Cal: 7 Sol; Sevenday [7 of 30]

Julian: 24 May 2023

Moon: 92%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 17 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Isidore of Seville]

Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 78 of 90)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 16 of 32)

[hauntedsharkstrawberry]

Western European and Domestic Historiographical Contexts The anti-Jesuit literature in Poland–Lithuania was not born in a historical (or historiographical) vacuum. Indeed, the earliest Jesuit historiography outside the Society—what I call trans-Jesuit historiography as opposed to cis-Jesuit historiography that Jesuits themselves created from the early times—was born within the context of confessional and/or political controversy (just as in Poland–Lithuania, as we shall see below), starting probably with the German Lutheran theologian Martin Chemnitz (1522–86), who in his Theologiae jesuitarum praecipua capita (Main tenets of Jesuit theology, 1562) describes the Jesuits as a papal offspring that invaded Germany, spreading their nests throughout. As we shall see below, Chemnitz’s image of the Jesuits, sometimes tweaked and modified, was very popular among Polish anti-Jesuit writers. Similar anti-Jesuit propaganda also pervades the work of the French Catholic political writer Étienne Pasquier (1529–1615), who in his influential Le Catéchisme des jésuites (Ville-Franche, 1602)—whose first English modern annotated translation has been published recently in the Brill’s book series of 11 For further reference on the history of this period, see Józef A. Gierowski, The Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth in the XVIIIth Century: From the Anarchy to Well-Organized State (Cracow: pau, 1996); Robert I. Frost, “‘Obsequious Disrespect’: The Problem of Royal Power in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under Vasas, 1587–1668,” in The Polish–Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, c.1500–1795, ed. Richard Butterwick (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001), 150–71; Andrzej Sulima Kamiński, Republic vs. Autocracy: Poland–Lithuania and Russia 1686–1697 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993); Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Queen Liberty: The Concept of Freedom in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Leiden: Brill, 2012); Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, Polish Republican Discourse in the Sixteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020); Urszula Augustyniak, Informacja i propaganda w Polsce za Zygmunta iii (Warszawa: pwn, 1981); Augustyniak, Wazowie i “królowie rodacy”: Studium władzy królewskiej w Rzeczypospolitej xvii wieku (Warszawa: Semper, 1999); Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kubik, Rokosz sandomierski 1606–1609 (Toruń: Wyd. umk, 2020); Edward Opaliński, “Rokosz Zebrzydowskiego: Element antysystemu ustrojowego czy nieudana rewolucja?,” Przegląd sejmowy 25, no. 4 (2017): 53–69

[myfeeds]

One of Swedish warship Vasas crew was a woman

About thirty people died when Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in 1628. We cannot know who most of them were, only one person is named in the written sources. When the ship was raised in 1961 it was the scene of a comprehensive archaeological excavation, in which numerous human bones were found on board and examined. “Through osteological analysis it has been possible to discover a great deal about these people, such as their age, height and medical history. Osteologists recently suspected that G could be female, on the basis of the pelvis. DNA analysis can reveal even more”, says Dr Fred Hocker, director of research at the Vasa Museum, in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2004 the Vasa Museum has collaborated with the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University in Sweden to investigate all of the remains from Vasa and find out as much as possible about each individual. Initially the project focused on confirming if certain bones belonged to a specific person. Marie Allen, professor of forensic genetics, has led the work. “For us, it is both interesting and challenging to study the skeletons from Vasa. It is very difficult to extract DNA from bone which has been on the bottom of the sea for 333 years, but not impossible”, says Marie Allen. She continues: “Already some years ago we had indications that skeleton G was not a man but a woman. Simply put, we found no Y-chromosomes in G’s genetic material. But we could not be certain and wanted to confirm the result”. The result has now been confirmed thanks to an interlaboratory study with Dr Kimberly Andreaggi of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System’sArmed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFMES-AFDIL) in Delaware, USA. The AFMES-AFDIL is the American Department of Defense’s laboratory, specializing in human remains DNA testing from deceased military personnel. They have established a new testing method for the analysis of many different genetic variants. “We took new samples from bones for which we had specific questions. AFMES-AFDIL has now analysed the samples, and we have been able to confirm that G was a woman, thanks to the new test”, says Marie Allen. For Marie Allen and Kimberly Andreaggi, the analysis of the Vasa skeletons is a way to develop their forensic methods, which can then be used to analyse DNA in criminal investigations or to identify fallen soldiers. For the Vasa Museum the results of the DNA analysis are an important puzzle piece in the museum’s research into the people on the ship. Dr. Anna Maria Forssberg, historian and researcher at the museum, explains: “We want to come as close to these people as we can. We have known that there were women on board Vasa when it sank, and now we have received confirmation that they are among the remains. I am currently researching the wives of seamen, so for me this is especially exciting, since they are often forgotten even though they played an important role for the navy“. More results are expected shortly from the new samples. Marie Allen and Kimberly Andreaggi will be able to say something about how individuals looked, what colour their hair and eyes had, and possibly where their families came from. “Today we can extract much more information from historic DNA than we could earlier and methods are being continuously refined. We can say if a person was predisposed to certain illnesses, or even very small details, such as if they had freckles and wet or dry ear wax”, says Marie Allen. The Vasa Museum’s researchers are currently studying the skeletons from several perspectives, including the personal possessions found with them. Eventually the results will be presented in an exhibition at the museum and a book about the people who died on board Vasa.

[widvile-blog]

Anna Vasa of Sweden (17 May 1568 - 26 February 1625)

[kejserligt]

Winter in Glimmerbrook! And Vilhelm ages to child (apparently not picture here...)

[kejsarinna-sims]

Gunnel has breakfast with her family, and then heads out to hang with her gang!

Meet Jan Moon, Ingrid Hasegawa, Ann Venkataraman and Anna Moon - friends of Gunnel!

[venicepearl]

Portrait of Anna Maria Vasa (1593–1600), daughter of King Sigismund III of Poland - Martin Kober

[cappymightwrite]

House Targaryen of King's Landing & Dragonstone

Fire and Blood

First Row, from the Left:

Aerys Targaryen (Christopher Wise, Mayor of Totnes, Nicholas Hilliard)

Rhaella Targaryen (Portrait of a Woman, Rogier van der Weyden)

Rhaegar Targaryen (Portrait of a Young Man (presumably Louis Trip, Junior), Ferdinand Bol)

Second Row, from the Left:

Viserys Targaryen (Portrait of a boy, Piero della Francesca)

Dragon, M.C. Escher

Daenerys Targaryen (Portrait of Anna Maria Vasa, daughter of King Sigismund III of Poland, Martin Kober)

Third Row, from the Left:

Elia Martell (Fayum Mummy Portrait, Fayum portrait)

Aegon Targaryen (Portrait of Władysław Vasa, son of King Sigismund III of Poland, Martin Kober)

Rhaenys Targaryen (Mummy Portrait of a Girl, Fayum portrait)

[jeannepompadour]

Portrait of an unknown woman, also called Anna Vasa, Princess of Sweden, 1630s