July Twelfth Marches: The Battle of the Boyne was fought on July 1st and is recalled each July in the celebrations of the Orange Order not on the first day, but on "the Twelfth": eleven days were lost with the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752…the point of this post – ows’s opinion - is at the end in the last sentence but there’s interesting historical details before then if you care to read the whole post!
Originally Irish Protestants had commemorated the Battle of Aughrim on the 12 July - the battle was the bloodiest ever fought on Irish soil with more than 7,000 people killed; it meant the effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland. At Aughrim, the year after the Battle of the Boyne, nearly all of the old native Irish Catholic and Old English aristocracies were wiped out; what was actually celebrated on the Twelfth was not William's "victory over popery at the Battle of the Boyne" but the effective end of the elite of the native Irish at Aughrim; an elite backed by a parliament, largely Catholic and quickly summoned by James II 1689, that had proceeded to introduce repeals of legislation under which Protestant settlers had acquired land – James was supported with arms and men from Louis XIV of France who was using James and Ireland as a way to get at William (of Orange)…all very confusing.
After the Orange Order was founded in 1795 amid - and because of - sectarian violence in Armagh, the focus of parades on July 12th switched to the battle of the Boyne.
All good historical stuff and the aftermath of the Battles had repercussions far beyond The British Isles: “the papal alliance, which many Protestants prefer to gloss over, must also be seen in the context of the times, in which dynastic ambition often outweighed religious allegiance or scruple” explains Derek Brown (The Guardian 12 July 2000…a few years ago but a good, clear article)The flag above (obviously?) is the flag of the Orange Order, but it is the alternative version: the original was an all orange flag with a purple star which was the symbol of the Williamite forces.Today’s Orange Order continue to push what could be called the ‘Christain Fundamentalist’ attitude: read the Qualifications of an Orangeman (link through flag) and tell me if it isn't spookily similar to what the Muslim Fundalmentalist terrorists say
S.O.
July Twelfth Marches: The Battle of the Boyne was fought on July 1st and is recalled each July in the celebrations of the Orange Order not on the first day, but on "the Twelfth": eleven days were lost with the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752…the point of this post – ows’s opinion - is at the end in the last sentence but there’s interesting historical details before then if you care to read the whole post!
Originally Irish Protestants had commemorated the Battle of Aughrim on the 12 July - the battle was the bloodiest ever fought on Irish soil with more than 7,000 people killed; it meant the effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland. At Aughrim, the year after the Battle of the Boyne, nearly all of the old native Irish Catholic and Old English aristocracies were wiped out; what was actually celebrated on the Twelfth was not William's "victory over popery at the Battle of the Boyne" but the effective end of the elite of the native Irish at Aughrim; an elite backed by a parliament, largely Catholic and quickly summoned by James II 1689, that had proceeded to introduce repeals of legislation under which Protestant settlers had acquired land – James was supported with arms and men from Louis XIV of France who was using James and Ireland as a way to get at William (of Orange)…all very confusing.
After the Orange Order was founded in 1795 amid - and because of - sectarian violence in Armagh, the focus of parades on July 12th switched to the battle of the Boyne.
All good historical stuff and the aftermath of the Battles had repercussions far beyond The British Isles: “the papal alliance, which many Protestants prefer to gloss over, must also be seen in the context of the times, in which dynastic ambition often outweighed religious allegiance or scruple” explains Derek Brown (The Guardian 12 July 2000…a few years ago but a good, clear article)The flag above (obviously?) is the flag of the Orange Order, but it is the alternative version: the original was an all orange flag with a purple star which was the symbol of the Williamite forces.Today’s Orange Order continue to push what could be called the ‘Christain Fundamentalist’ attitude: read the Qualifications of an Orangeman (link through flag) and tell me if it isn't spookily similar to what the Muslim Fundalmentalist terrorists say.
S.O.
Outré, odd, outrageous...But, odds on to come out smelling of roses...OK, okay!... Gavin, Baldino (about the 3rd or 4th post down) and others have posted on this and hopefully I'm just beating the cut off before boredom sets in...but it’s not going away just yet: 0ver 80% 0f votes on this BBC page are either "ZZ is a hero" or it was Materazzi’s fault...[vote here youself] i.e. less than 1 in 5 blame Zizou...I do though; this despite the fact that I absolutely do not believe Luis Medina Cantalejo (the 4th oficial) when he claims "did not rely on video evidence after France's Zidane headbutted Italy's Marco Materazzi." Cantalejo told Spanish radio: "I saw it happen live, I didn't invent anything.
...also, I still blame him despite this from the Herald Sun (Aus), which I haven't seen in the UK press (yet)...Ows edit 21:00 (Chile time) ZZ talks Materazzi responds; who do you believe?...the quote from the Sun Herald: "ITALY defender Marco Materazzi acknowledged that he "insulted" French player Zinedine Zidane because he was "super arrogant" in the World Cup final, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported tonight.
"I held his shirt .. for only a few seconds, he turned toward me and scoffed at me, looking at me with super arrogance, up and down: 'if you really want my shirt, you can have it later.' (Zidane said) It's true, I shot back with an insult," the paper quoted Materazzi as saying. (Picture link)
but...ZZ is still a hero, especially amongst the immigrants in France
And as Abdelilah tells us “he can find his consolation in being elected as the best player in 2006 World Cup Tournament. In a way, he got credit. The incident of the headbutt- causes and consequences- should remain a bygone incident. Either way, he'll still benefit very nicely thank you.
S.O.
Outré, odd, outrageous...But, odds on to come out smelling of roses...OK, okay!... Gavin, Baldino (about the 3rd or 4th post down) and others have posted on this and hopefully I'm just beating the cut off before boredom sets in...but it’s not going away just yet: 0ver 80% 0f votes on this BBC page are either "ZZ is a hero" or it was Materazzi’s fault...[vote here youself] i.e. less than 1 in 5 blame Zizou...I do though; this despite the fact that I absolutely do not believe Luis Medina Cantalejo (the 4th oficial) when he claims "did not rely on video evidence after France's Zidane headbutted Italy's Marco Materazzi." Cantalejo told Spanish radio: "I saw it happen live, I didn't invent anything.
...also, I still blame him despite this from the Herald Sun (Aus), which I haven't seen in the UK press (yet)...Ows edit 21:00 (Chile time) ZZ talks Materazzi responds; who do you believe?...the quote from the Sun Herald: "ITALY defender Marco Materazzi acknowledged that he "insulted" French player Zinedine Zidane because he was "super arrogant" in the World Cup final, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported tonight.
"I held his shirt .. for only a few seconds, he turned toward me and scoffed at me, looking at me with super arrogance, up and down: 'if you really want my shirt, you can have it later.' (Zidane said) It's true, I shot back with an insult," the paper quoted Materazzi as saying. (Picture link)
but...ZZ is still a hero, especially amongst the immigrants in France
And as Abdelilah tells us “he can find his consolation in being elected as the best player in 2006 World Cup Tournament. In a way, he got credit. The incident of the headbutt- causes and consequences- should remain a bygone incident. Either way, he'll still benefit very nicely thank you.
S.O.
Its that OO thing again; this time From Russia With Love: ...from the BBC: "They travelled to the former Soviet Union to get fertility treatment from Italian doctor Severino Antinori." Britain’s Daily Mail's WORLD EXCLUSIVE: She controversially gave birth to the baby, known as JJ, after having IVF treatment abroad using a donated egg so she could fulfil her 60-year-old husband John's dream of becoming a father. Today, the couple tells their story exclusively to the Daily Mail. With her 'perfect' baby boy sleeping peacefully in her arms, Patricia Farrant told of her joy yesterday after becoming Britain's oldest mother at the age of 62. The Daily Mail's pictures are heart-warming.However, heartwarming or not, one comment that stood out for me was this... "Mr Farrant, a hugely proud first time father, said: "When I first held him I was simply awestruck. I thought 'Here he is after all this waiting and we'll be together forever because I'm his daddy'. "I feel a huge sense of responsibility and tremendous love for him."...Forever?...OK, but just how long is forever. Despite the fact that both parents look fit and well for their age, this baby will be a huge strain on that health.
Severino Antinori has a history with performing fertility treatment on older women but he also has a more worrying aim: he has said before that he wanted to be the first doctor to produce a cloned human baby. [Here's a good description of cloning with easy to follow diagrams from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP).]
Other comments from earlier this year when the Italian Doctor defended his fertility treatment of Patricia Farrant. "Critics said it was selfish to have a baby at their age, but they said they were confident of meeting his needs." However Severino believes that " When the couple love each other they naturally want to have a baby. Age isn't important in this decision - what's important is the physical condition of the mother." That is a fair point but that physical condition may deteriorate rapidly with the rearing of a new baby. There is no age limit for fertility treatment set down in UK law, and whether a particular person is treated is left to the clinical judgment of doctors; my opinion is that the fact that they went to Russia speaks volumes.
I refer back to an owsblog post last month (Optimising older ova) where I asked "All this seems overly concerned with women who can’t conceive, or women who want babies later in life when perhaps their body clock is starting to suggest they shouldn’t, is this right do you think?"
...Women who can't conceive is one thing; having a baby at 60+ is another...any thoughts you'd like to share?
As regards the title of the post: most double 'o' words were created from the prefix oo- (Greek oon, egg) + gonium (New Latin for cell) = the egg cell. Oogonium (la meiosis link) is a female ancestral germ cell that divides several times in the ovary to give rise to an oocyte that further splits into an ootid (and polar bodies), which in turn, differentiates into an ovum...ooooooooo
S.O.
Its that OO thing again; this time From Russia With Love: ...from the BBC: "They travelled to the former Soviet Union to get fertility treatment from Italian doctor Severino Antinori." Britain’s Daily Mail's WORLD EXCLUSIVE: She controversially gave birth to the baby, known as JJ, after having IVF treatment abroad using a donated egg so she could fulfil her 60-year-old husband John's dream of becoming a father. Today, the couple tells their story exclusively to the Daily Mail. With her 'perfect' baby boy sleeping peacefully in her arms, Patricia Farrant told of her joy yesterday after becoming Britain's oldest mother at the age of 62. The Daily Mail's pictures are heart-warming.However, heartwarming or not, one comment that stood out for me was this... "Mr Farrant, a hugely proud first time father, said: "When I first held him I was simply awestruck. I thought 'Here he is after all this waiting and we'll be together forever because I'm his daddy'. "I feel a huge sense of responsibility and tremendous love for him."...Forever?...OK, but just how long is forever. Despite the fact that both parents look fit and well for their age, this baby will be a huge strain on that health.
Severino Antinori has a history with performing fertility treatment on older women but he also has a more worrying aim: he has said before that he wanted to be the first doctor to produce a cloned human baby. [Here's a good description of cloning with easy to follow diagrams from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP).]
Other comments from earlier this year when the Italian Doctor defended his fertility treatment of Patricia Farrant. "Critics said it was selfish to have a baby at their age, but they said they were confident of meeting his needs." However Severino believes that " When the couple love each other they naturally want to have a baby. Age isn't important in this decision - what's important is the physical condition of the mother." That is a fair point but that physical condition may deteriorate rapidly with the rearing of a new baby. There is no age limit for fertility treatment set down in UK law, and whether a particular person is treated is left to the clinical judgment of doctors; my opinion is that the fact that they went to Russia speaks volumes.
I refer back to an owsblog post last month (Optimising older ova) where I asked "All this seems overly concerned with women who can’t conceive, or women who want babies later in life when perhaps their body clock is starting to suggest they shouldn’t, is this right do you think?"
...Women who can't conceive is one thing; having a baby at 60+ is another...any thoughts you'd like to share?
As regards the title of the post: most double 'o' words were created from the prefix oo- (Greek oon, egg) + gonium (New Latin for cell) = the egg cell. Oogonium is a female ancestral germ cell that divides several times in the ovary to give rise to an oocyte that further splits into an ootid (and polar bodies), which in turn, differentiates into an ovum...ooooooooo
S.O.
Double O oh, licensed to thrill. Yesterday a great love of mine (mainly a love of my eyes...and loins) turned 60 years old. It was 'born' shortly after the first post-war nuclear tests by the USA on Bikini atoll in the South Pacific. Words like 'atomic' weren't yet commonly used, either by the media or anyone else, but the atoll's name was used to describe something sensational...(Bikini Atoll is located in the central Pacific and is one of the 29 atolls and 5 single islands that form the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Bikini is perhaps best known for its role in a series of nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, now something of a diving/ holiday paradise)
...the bikini made its first proper introduction to the world of fashion design on July 5, 1946, as it is was worn and displayed at a Paris fashion show by French model Micheline Bernardini. Reaction to the bikini was immediate and explosive...so says The history of the bikini, and the history begins far before the official introduction of the bikini swimsuit in the summer of 1946...Brigitte Bardot made the wearing of less more acceptable and it soon became more popular as other famous beautiful stars in big films wore them (the BBC link in the first line of this post has one of the most famous: Ursula Andress in Dr. No; the bikini even became furry with the help of another bombshell Rachel Welch and of course it's birthday is news in whatever language you speak (French, Spanish, Portuguese) presumably because it is a good excuse for lucious 'eye candy' pictures for those males of the species who just love the sight (site) of scantily clad ladies ...hmmmmmm. The research was enjoyable...even Wiki articles like these: Evolution of the bikini and the Microkini
S.O.
Double O oh, licensed to thrill. Yesterday a great love of mine (mainly a love of my eyes...and loins) turned 60 years old. It was 'born' shortly after the first post-war nuclear tests by the USA on Bikini atoll in the South Pacific. Words like 'atomic' weren't yet commonly used, either by the media or anyone else, but the atoll's name was used to describe something sensational...(Bikini Atoll is located in the central Pacific and is one of the 29 atolls and 5 single islands that form the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Bikini is perhaps best known for its role in a series of nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, now something of a diving/ holiday paradise)
...the bikini made its first proper introduction to the world of fashion design on July 5, 1946, as it is was worn and displayed at a Paris fashion show by French model Micheline Bernardini. Reaction to the bikini was immediate and explosive...so says The history of the bikini, and the history begins far before the official introduction of the bikini swimsuit in the summer of 1946...Brigitte Bardot made the wearing of less more acceptable and it soon became more popular as other famous beautiful stars in big films wore them (the BBC link in the first line of this post has one of the most famous: Ursula Andress in Dr. No; the bikini even became furry with the help of another bombshell Rachel Welch and of course it's birthday is news in whatever language you speak (French, Spanish, Portuguese) presumably because it is a good excuse for lucious 'eye candy' pictures for those males of the species who just love the sight (site) of scantily clad ladies ...hmmmmmm. The research was enjoyable...even Wiki articles like these: Evolution of the bikini and the Microkini
S.O.
