Solomon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Solomon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Hebrew Bible credits Solomon as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem,[3] and portrays him as great in wisdom, wealth, and power, but ultimately as a king whose sin, including idolatry and turning away from Yahweh, leads to the kingdom being torn in two during the reign of his son Rehoboam.[4] Solomon is the subject of many other later references and legends.
In the Qur'an, he is a Prophet, known as Sulaiman.

Artful Dodger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OLIVER TWIST

minus

OLIVER!

equals

THE ARTFUL DODGER

Artful Dodger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Dodger chooses to consider himself a "victim of society," roaring in the courtroom "I am an Englishman; where are my rights?" The judge has little patience with the Dodger's posturing, and orders him out of the courtroom immediately after the jury convicts him of the theft.

Dickens describes him this way:

"With these last words, the Dodger suffered himself to be led off by the collar, threatening, till he got into the yard, to make a parliamentary business of it, and then grinning in the officer's face, with great glee and self-approval."
He was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough; and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see; but he had about him all the airs and manners of a man. He was short of his age: with rather bow-legs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes. His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly, that it threatened to fall off every moment--and would have done so, very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again. He wore a man's coat, which reached nearly to his heels. He had turned the cuffs back, half-way up his arm, to get his hands out of the sleeves: apparently with the ultimated view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers; for there he kept them. He was, altogether, as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four feet six, or something less, in the bluchers.

Ichthys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ichthys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Ichthys, from Koine Greek: ἰχθύς, (capitalized ΙΧΘΥΣ or ΙΧΘΥϹ) is the Greek word for "fish". (Alternative transliterations include Ichthus and Ikhthus. In English, this refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish, used by early Christians as a secret symbol[1] and now known colloquially as the "sign of the fish" or the "Jesus fish."

Tertullian, in his treatise On Baptism, makes a pun on the word, writing that "we, little fishes, after the example of our ΙΧΘΥΣ Jesus Christ, are born in water.

Theta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ; Ancient Greek θῆτα [tʰɛ̂ːta]; Modern Greek θήτα [ˈθita]; UK: /ˈθiːtə/, US: /ˈθeɪtə/) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 9.

Maya calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maya calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and in many modern communities in highland Guatemala and in Mexico. and in Chiapas.
The essentials of the Maya calendric system are based upon a system which had been in common use throughout the region, dating back to at least the 5th century BCE. It shares many aspects with calendars employed by other earlier Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Zapotec and Olmec, and contemporary or later ones such as the Mixtec and Aztec calendars. Although the Mesoamerican calendar did not originate with the Maya, their subsequent extensions and refinements of it were the most sophisticated. Along with those of the Aztecs, the Maya calendars are the best-documented and most completely understood.

A different calendar was used to track longer periods of time, and for the inscription of calendar dates (i.e., identifying when one event occurred in relation to others). This is the Long Count. It is a count of days since a mythological starting-point.[5] According to the correlation between the Long Count and Western calendars accepted by the great majority of Maya researchers (known as the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson, or GMT, correlation), this starting-point is equivalent to August 11, 3114 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar or 6 September in the Julian calendar (−3113 astronomical). The GMT correlation was chosen by John Eric Sydney Thompson in 1935 on the basis of earlier correlations by Joseph Goodman in 1905 (August 11), Juan Martínez Hernández in 1926 (August 12), and Thompson himself in 1927 (August 13).[6][7] By its linear nature, the Long Count was capable of being extended to refer to any date far into the past or future. This calendar involved the use of a positional notation system, in which each position signified an increasing multiple of the number of days. The Maya numeral system was essentially vigesimal (i.e., base-20), and each unit of a given position represented 20 times the unit of the position which preceded it. An important exception was made for the second-order place value, which instead represented 18 × 20, or 360 days, more closely approximating the solar year than would 20 × 20 = 400 days. It should be noted however that the cycles of the Long Count are independent of the solar year.

The exact origin of the Tzolk'in is not known, but there are several theories.

One theory is that the calendar came from mathematical operations based on the numbers thirteen and twenty, which were important numbers to the Maya. The numbers multiplied together equal 260.

Another theory is that the 260-day period came from the length of human pregnancy. This is close to the average number of days between the first missed menstrual period and birth, unlike Naegele's rule which is 40 weeks (280 days) between the last menstrual period and birth. It is postulated that midwives originally developed the calendar to predict babies' expected birth dates. The deity Ix Chel is thus of particular interest due to her mythic relation to the calendar.

A third theory comes from understanding of astronomy, geography and archaeology. The mesoamerican calendar probably originated with the Olmecs, and a settlement existed at Izapa, in southeast Chiapas Mexico, before 1200 BC. There, at a latitude of about 15° N, the Sun passes through zenith twice a year, and there are 260 days between zenithal passages, and gnomons (used generally for observing the path of the Sun and in particular zenithal passages), were found at this and other sites. The sacred almanac may well have been set in motion on August 13, 1359 BC, in Izapa. Vincent H. Malmström, a geographer who suggested this location and date, outlines his reasons (while offering strong arguments against both of the former explanations):

(1) Astronomically, it lay at the only latitude in North America where a 260-day interval (the length of the "strange" sacred almanac used throughout the region in pre-Columbian times) can be measured between vertical sun positions–an interval which happens to begin on the 13th of August–the day the peoples of the Mesoamerica believed that the present world was created;

(2) Historically, it was the only site at this latitude which was old enough to have been the cradle of the sacred almanac, which at that time (1973) was thought to date to the 4th or 5th centuries BCE; and

(3) Geographically, it was the only site along the required parallel of latitude that lay in a tropical lowland ecological niche where such creatures as alligators, monkeys, and iguanas were native–all of which were used as day-names in the sacred almanac.

A fourth theory is that the calendar is based on the crops. From planting to harvest is approximately 260 days.

Espoused | Define Espoused at Dictionary.com

Espoused Define Espoused at Dictionary.com: "Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off."

Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - WSJ.com

Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - WSJ.com: In 2010, while still at the University of Florida (where he won the Heisman Trophy and helped the Gators to win two national championships), Mr. Tebow filmed a Super Bowl commercial for Focus on the Family, the mega-ministry known for its conservative political advocacy. The ad is about how Mr. Tebow's mother was advised to abort her son following a placental abruption, but she refused and, well, now we have Tim Tebow.
The ad takes the softest possible approach to the subject and never uses the terms "abortion" or "pro-life," but its intent was clear, and it generated controversy. Since then, feelings about Mr. Tebow have been a litmus test of political and social identity. If you think he's destined to be a winner, you must be a naive evangelical. If you question his long-term chances as an NFL quarterback, you must hate people who love Jesus.

The salvation debate within the Presbyterian Church (USA)

The salvation debate within the Presbyterian Church (USA): History of the Presbyterian Church:
The "The Presbyterian Church (USA) was founded by the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1983. This healed a major split in the denomination which occurred at the start of the Civil War. In 1861 the denomination had split on north/south lines over the issue of the abolition and preservation of slavery.
In the mid 1920s, the church weathered a second serious crisis: the Fundamentalist - Modernist controversy. The denomination was divided whether to retain traditional, historical beliefs, or to accept modern beliefs concerning biblical inerrancy, inspiration of the authors of the Bible, the search for the historical Jesus, the existence and nature of Hell, etc. A commission, organized in 1925, successfully avoided a denominational schism. Some liberal ideas were accepted by the denomination at that time.

Grandpaw Henry Wolfe

"Once you can picture the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something...

wearing stripes with plaids comes easy.

Uncle Charles "Henry" Wolfe, Jr.-Uncle Jimmy "Franklin" Wolfe-Grandpa "Henry" Wolfe, Sr.-Uncle Robert "?" Wolfe 

(10-10)                (05-10)            (10)              (07-10)

Betty Jo Wolfe, R.N.

(08-10)

Through the power of the trinity with the help of a purple cow...

~(Einstein)~

Easter Sunday

James Edward Avery, D.V.M.

(03-03)

Robert Noyce, superstar of Silicon Valley, gets a Google Doodle - latimes.com

Robert Noyce, superstar of Silicon Valley, gets a Google Doodle - latimes.com:

 From Wolfe's "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley":

With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and moreover make you want to admire them for it. They make you see the halos over their heads.

Noyce, born Dec. 12, 1927, in Burlington, Iowa, had such a fast-moving brain that his friends were said to have called him "Rapid Robert." By the end of his life, he held 16 patents on semiconductor methods, devices and structures. He co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957, leaving it to co-found Intel in 1968.
His contribution to the integrated circuit is arguably his greatest work.

Google Doodle Honors Gumby Creator Art Clokey's 90th Birthday | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Told my mother recently:

"With everyone posting their opinions, thoughts, lifestyles, etc. on the Internet...;

cloud computing

 is the closest we are going to get to,

 'knowing the mind of... God!'"

~(Stephen Hawkins)~

Google Doodle Honors Gumby Creator Art Clokey's 90th Birthday News & Opinion PCMag.com: Clokey died on January 8, 2010 at the age of 88 at his home in California.

PALE BLUE DOT

Where there is water, there is life.

~(Carl Sagan)~

Defecting Syrian soldier tells of his marriage torn apart by brutal conflict in Homs - Telegraph

Defecting Syrian soldier tells of his marriage torn apart by brutal conflict in Homs - Telegraph: His wife - whose first name Major Emhammed declined to give for her own protection - believed what state television told her, as did her family and community. The major, although a privileged man because of his marriage and an officer in the army, saw a different reality each day in the streets.
"Every time I returned home I explained what was happening at the checkpoints. I said it was a sin that the Shabeha [regime thugs] killed protesters. But she doesn't understand what the Shabeha are. She wouldn't agree with me, she would become confused and say she is just against killing."

Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal and transcendent God, Ahura Mazda. He is said to be the one uncreated Creator to whom all worship is ultimately directed.[6] Ahura Mazda's creation—evident as asha, truth and order—is the antithesis of chaos, which is evident as druj, falsehood and disorder. The resulting conflict involves the entire universe, including humanity, which has an active role to play in the conflict

Freddie Mercury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Freddie Mercury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Mercury was an acknowledged bisexual. While some critics claimed he hid his sexual orientation from the public, others claimed he was "openly gay".[8][66] In December 1974, when asked directly "So how about being bent? " by the New Musical Express, Mercury replied "You're a crafty cow. Let's put it this way, there were times when I was young and green. It's a thing schoolboys go through. I've had my share of schoolboy pranks. I'm not going to elaborate further."

Mutual of Omaha: "Reflection" by Betsy Fowler

When you hear hoofbeats...

look for horses instead of zebras.

Zebra (medicine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Zebra is a medical slang term for a surprising diagnosis.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Jim Fowler (b. 1930): Fowler splits his time between his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, and his wildlife ranch in Albany, but he continues to travel around the country educating people about wildlife conservation. He is married to Betsey Fowler, a wildlife artist, and has two children, Carrie and Mark.

Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Book of Revelation (12:7-9) describes a war in heaven in which Michael, being stronger, defeats Satan: [10]
"...there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven."
After the conflict, Satan is thrown to earth along with the fallen angels, where he ("that ancient serpent called the devil") still tries to "leads the whole world astray".[10]

"Giants in the Sky" sung by John Cameron Michell

Tebow’s Religion, and Ours - Daniel Foster - National Review Online

Tebow’s Religion, and Ours - Daniel Foster - National Review Online: When the Detroit Lions’ Stephen Tulloch sacked Tim Tebow in the first quarter of their week eight matchup, the linebacker immediately kneeled next to the prone Denver quarterback, in a mockery of Tebow’s habit of praying on-field, most recently seen after his miraculous fourth-quarter comeback against the Dolphins the week before.

By contrast, Tebow is the last Boy Scout. A leader on the field and off who spent his college years not indulging in any of the worldly pleasures afforded to Heisman Trophy winners, but doing missionary work in Thailand; helping overworked doctors perform circumcisions in the Philippines (you read that right); and preaching at schools, churches, and even prisons. This is a young man with such a strong work ethic that, according to teammates, he can’t even be coaxed into hitting the town on a night after a Broncos win, because he is too busy preparing for the next week’s game. This is a young man who even turned the other cheek at Stephen Tulloch’s Tebowing, saying, “He was probably just having fun and was excited he made a good play and had a sack. And good for him.”




That’s way too much earnestness for the ironic. It’s way too much idealism for the cynical. And it’s way too much selflessness for the self-absorbed. In short, people aren’t upset at Tebow’s God talk. They’re upset that he might actually believe it.

Into the Woods: Agony

'Trolley Problem': Virtual-Reality Test for Moral Dilemma - - TIME Healthland

'Trolley Problem': Virtual-Reality Test for Moral Dilemma - - TIME Healthland: Imagine you are a train-yard operator who sees an out-of-control boxcar running down a track that five workers are repairing. The workers won't have time to get out of the way unless you flip a switch to change the car to another track. But another worker is on the second track. You have just seconds to make a decision: let the five workers die — or kill the one. What do you do?

Rev. William "Alexander" Avery

Rev. William "Alexander" Avery: From the back of a painting of Avery's Chapel by Helen Bittick that now hangs in a home in Newark, NJ: "Alexander Avery founded Avery's Chapel after coming down the Mississippi on a raft from Alamo, TN. He first came to Indian Territory as a missionary to Indians for 2 years, then came to the community now called Avery's Chapel and founded the Methodist Church that still bears his name. At the close of the war between the states, the Methodist Church split, one becoming Northern Methodist and the other M.E. Church, South. Reverend Avery became angry and left, settling in the community known as Midway.
Rev. William "Alexander" Avery

8-11-1809 to 12-19-1904

Siblings

1800-Eliza Warren

1803-BGHB Avery

1807-Winifred McEwen

1811-Drury Vinson Avery

1813-Troy

(prob same person as Reuben T)

1815-John Avery

1817-Reuben T. "Sidney" Avery

1820-HDC Avery

1822-James A. Avery

c.1825-Sarah Elizabeth Avery (McDouglad) (Hall)

William "Alexander" was born in NC, moved with his parents to Gibson Co, TN, and then converted to Methodist and served in Ark.

(see below for details)

1st marriage 5-8-1840

to

Rosanna Reed

she died in 1845

2nd marriage 7-6-1853

to

Lucy Jane May

both in Hempstead Co, ARK

Children

c.1843 Alen Olen

(died at 15 months)

c.1845 Jimmy (died 1846)

by Lucy Jane May

1856 Alexander Banks "Bee"

1859 Rosa

1864 Lettie

1866 Drury Vinson "Drew"

1868 Andrew Hunter

c.1870 William May

1872 Lucy Leona

1882 Sarah Elizabeth

the 1900 census shows granddaughter Lucy or Lessy or ? Wym living with Alexander Avery & Lucy

parents:

Alexander Averet Jr.

&

Elizabeth Vinson

Lucy May daughter of:

James May

&

Letsey Wallace

maternal grandparents:

Drury Vinson & ?

paternal grandparents:

Alexander Averet Sr.

&

Sarah

maternal aunts & uncles:

paternal aunts & uncles:

c.1764-Margaret "Peggy"; c.1766-female Avery (m. Seals); c.1768-female Avery (m. James); c.1772-Christian Keziah Duncan; c.1776-Sally Norris