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New research suggests that the famous historical artefact, the Book of Kells, may in fact be the only surviving Pictish manuscript in the world.
"The Book of Kells was likely to have been created 1,200 years ago in Pictish eastern Scotland, rather than on the island of Iona, according to research that challenges long-held assumptions about one of the world’s most famous medieval manuscripts. The Book of Kells is an intricate, illuminated account of the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that was long thought to have been started in the late eighth century at the monastery on Iona before being taken in the 9th century to the monastery of Kells in County Meath, Ireland, after a Viking raid. It has been at Trinity College Dublin since the 17th century."
"The Book of Kells was likely to have been created 1,200 years ago in Pictish eastern Scotland, rather than on the island of Iona, according to research that challenges long-held assumptions about one of the world’s most famous medieval manuscripts. The Book of Kells is an intricate, illuminated account of the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that was long thought to have been started in the late eighth century at the monastery on Iona before being taken in the 9th century to the monastery of Kells in County Meath, Ireland, after a Viking raid. It has been at Trinity College Dublin since the 17th century."
Broken_Erika
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Meet Beef: a mega-sized Albertan steer with a record-breaking height
The massive steer is taller than a pickup truck and as heavy as a rhinoceros
It was love at first sight when Jasmine Entz locked eyes with Beef's scrawny, slimy body covered in straw that had emerged from the womb at the first slip of dawn in August 2017.
"He looked at me and I looked at him and I thought: that one's cute," said Entz, of Vulcan County, Alta.
She asked her boss at the dairy farm if she could take the calf home once he was weaned off milk. He said yes.
For reasons she didn't understand, Entz, 29, had always wanted a steer she could ride.
She had no intention of raising one that would become a global phenomenon, taller than a pickup truck, as heavy as a rhinoceros — her own bovine version of Clifford the Big Red Dog.
The Guinness Book of World Records announced Beef as the world's tallest living steer at 1.95 metres tall (six foot five), edging out by one centimetre the record held by an Oregon steer named Romeo.
Beef, now eight years old, last weighed in at 1,100 kilograms (2,400 pounds), when officials took his measurements two years ago as the first step in confirming the record.
He's grown since then, Entz said, which Beef confirmed when he could no longer fit inside his trailer earlier this year.
About 45 kilograms of hay is needed each day to power the hulking Holstein, Entz said, at a cost of about $400 a month.
"I was always told that steers never stopped growing. And I was like, 'That's got to be a lie,"' she said. "Except here we are, at eight years old, and he's still growing."
Beef is a breed of cattle often fed to eventually be slaughtered for meat. Despite his name, he was never meant to be anything more than a pet.
Entz started training him to pull a cart and later to saddle up and ride.
She was riding him by the time he turned two, and it was sheer joy, she said.
But that only lasted one season. That year, Entz gave Beef the winter off after he was injured. She hasn't saddled him up since, in part because she'd need to get a customized tack to fit his body.
In those intervening years, she said she realized through suggestions from friends that Beef's size likely put him in record territory.
Beef is now living out his days grazing across the farm with his "best buddy" Josie, a white cow covered in black speckles, a horse named Talent and more than 50 miniature goats.
"He literally lounges. That's the best way to put it — he doesn't do much of anything," Entz said.
Except eat.
And that makes fall a special time.
Last year, Beef needed just three hours to polish off an entire post-Halloween pickup full of pumpkins.
"He sees a pumpkin coming towards him," said Entz, "and he lights right up."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/beef-tallest-steer-alberta-1.7645648
Broken_Erika
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'He just kept growing': Life with a 13-stone Arctic dog
Fluffy ears, tiny paws and adorable eyes. Picking an Alaskan Malamute puppy was not hard for owner Amy Sharp. But as her four-legged friend grew tremendously in size, so did the responsibility.
"His collar is as big as someone's belt. We didn't think he'd get this big," says Amy, laughing.
Mal is five years old and now fully grown, weighing in at 13 stone (82 kg).
He is strikingly similar in size to a Shetland pony but large dogs have always been part of 27-year-old Amy's life.
When her family's 13-year-old husky passed away they decided to get an Alaskan Malamute puppy - a breed originally used as sled dogs and relied upon for endurance and strength.
Mal lives a much slower life than that. But Amy, from Bourne, says his strength can still be very much witnessed, often when she is walking him.
"I'm always being asked, who's walking who?" she says. "We get a lot of head turnings, if people are driving by, you can tell by their eyes they're just like, what?"
Alaskan Malamutes take their name from an Inuit tribe that settled along the shores of Kotzebue Sound in north-western Alaska, according to the American Kennel Club.
The PDSA says they typically grow to between five or six stone (34-39kg) and have a special "double coat" which helps keep them warm in Arctic temperatures.
Amy says she "didn't really notice" how big her dog had grown until he started to grow quickly out of harnesses and collars.
"He just got bigger and bigger," she says.
One of the challenges has been finding someone to groom Mal's coat.
She recently had to make an appeal on social media to ask for help brushing him because previous groomers were not able to do it anymore.
The post was met with hundreds of likes and comments with people marvelling at Mal's size and wanting to help.
Later, while waiting for an appointment in a salon, someone asked if she'd seen the post of "the big dog on Facebook".
"I said, he's mine!" she laughs.
Amy's plea was successful and she quickly found a groomer eager to work on Mal simply because of his breed.
It's considered the "four by four" version of the Arctic dog class because they're used to pulling heavy weights for long distances, according to Joan Sheehan from The Alaskan Malamute Club of the UK.
Though she described the breed as "stunning", she warned that owning one comes with challenges.
"You've got to have strength in mind and body [and] be mindful that if you go for a lovely looking fluffy one, then you've got to be prepared to work with the coat," she says.
"Because you will be living with it in your bed, in your food, on your clothes and everywhere else."
Amy has been on the receiving end of Mal's strength and accompanying stubbornness countless times - often he sits down at the end of his walks and refuses to come inside.
"You can't move him, so the neighbours come out and they'll try and get him to move," says Amy.
"He'll just lay there and be like, I'm not ready to go home yet."
Though he can also be "very loud" with his "back-chatting", Amy has no regrets about her choice of dog.
She would encourage people to do their research before buying a large breed but says her life has become entwined with her furry friend.
"He's a gentle giant. It's Mal's world and we're all just living in it."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20vr00plz4o
BBC brings us this certainly very weird bit of news: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvpx20le2o
It's about a surgeon in the UK, who wanted his legs to be amputated and fabricated a reason to have insurance pay for it.
But the (even more) ominous implication is that he may (not certain for the time being) have operated on patients (his very job was to amputate for medicinal reason) when it wasn't necessary, as he apparently has a fetish.
Reminds me of a dreadful short story: The Surgeon's Tale. Also reminds me of the only good line in the Hellraiser films: "The doctor recommends... amputation".
It's about a surgeon in the UK, who wanted his legs to be amputated and fabricated a reason to have insurance pay for it.
But the (even more) ominous implication is that he may (not certain for the time being) have operated on patients (his very job was to amputate for medicinal reason) when it wasn't necessary, as he apparently has a fetish.
Reminds me of a dreadful short story: The Surgeon's Tale. Also reminds me of the only good line in the Hellraiser films: "The doctor recommends... amputation".
In the highschool student parade at Athens, some female students wore a badge styled after a watermelon, which (til) represents support for Palestine (because the colors of the flag of Palestine are the same as that fruit's and so while the actual symbol isn't displayed, the meaning remains).
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Big Money Baller, Still Da Baddest and more: See Miami-Dade's new street names
Between Northwest 18th Avenue and Northwest 19th Avenue, the following names will be added to the existing designations:
What’s My Name Street on NW 62nd Street
City Girls Street on NW 63rd Street
Soul Ties Street on NW 64th Street
Post & Delete Street on NW 65th Street
Chase Dis Money Street on NW 66th Street
Born N Raised Street on NW 67th Street
Big Money Baller Street on NW 68th Street
We the Best Terrace on NW 68th Terrace
Still Da Baddest Street on NW 69th Street
Trick Love the Kids Street on NW 69th Terrace
It’s Your Birthday Street on NW 70th Street
Bad Boys Bad Boys Street on NW 71st Street
Between Northwest 18th Avenue and the jurisdictional boundary of the City of Miami:
Welcome to the MIA Terrace on NW 62nd Terrace
I Luv My Dawgs Street on NW 63rd Street
I Deserve It All Street on NW 64th Street
Closer to My Dreams Street on NW 65th Street
Tunnel Vision Street on NW 66th Street
Welcome to My House Street on NW 67th Street
You Go Girl Street on NW 68th Street
People Change on NW 68th Terrace
Lovers and Friends Street on NW 69th Street
Peace In Da Hood Street on NW 69th Terrace
Run Da Yard Street on NW 70th Street
Between NW 17th Avenue and NW 18th Avenue:
No Pain, No Gain Street on NW 71st Street
Between NW 62nd Terrace and NW 71st Street:
Memory Lane Avenue on NW 18th Avenue
Gardaí conclude roaming ‘lion’ spotted in Clare was actually a dog
Concerns over a “lion” roaming around Irish woodlands have been allayed by gardai, who have concluded the animal was actually a dog.
A video circulated on social media sites and the WhatsApp messaging platform last week showed an animal that looked like a lion entering a wooded area.
On Tuesday, members of the gardai said that the sighting of a lion-like animal was a dog.
Concerns over a “lion” roaming around Irish woodlands have been allayed by gardai, who have concluded the animal was actually a dog.
A video circulated on social media sites and the WhatsApp messaging platform last week showed an animal that looked like a lion entering a wooded area.
On Tuesday, members of the gardai said that the sighting of a lion-like animal was a dog.
Broken_Erika
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Australian teen charged over allegedly sticking googly eyes on 'Blue Blob' artwork
An Australian teenager has faced court for allegedly defacing a large blue sculpture of a mythical creature by sticking googly eyes on it.
Amelia Vanderhorst, 19, appeared via phone at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia on Tuesday charged with one count of property damage.
In a statement at the time of the September incident, the local council said CCTV footage showed a person putting artificial eyes on the artwork which locals have nicknamed the "Blue Blob".
Ms Vanderhorst did not enter a plea and told the court she was ill, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), with the magistrate advising her to find a lawyer before her next court date in December.
A day after the alleged incident, the local mayor said repairs to the much-loved public artwork would be costly as the stickers could not be removed without damaging the sculpture.
"This wilful damage to a valued public artwork is inappropriate and disrespectful," City of Mount Gambier mayor Lynette Martin said in mid-September.
"It is not harmless fun, it is costly - it is also frustrating to those members of our community who have embraced Cast in Blue."
She said the council would pursue the "significant" repair costs from those responsible for the damage.
When the sculpture was first proposed, it drew mixed reactions from the local community due to its price tag and design.
Costing A$136,000 ($89,000; £68,000), the artwork represents a mythical megafauna, with the sculpture's designers inspired by an ancient marsupial ant-eater found in local caves that was "massive, lumbering and fascinating".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wl5jp94eno
danjuno
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Looks like whoever a took them off botched it.
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