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I want to teach our dachshund, Ernie, Latin commands so he can rival William Shakespeare. That is, with "small Latine and lesse Greeke."

Corruptionland, is an investigation into the staggering scale of Trump's corruption. The 35-minute film is streaming free here. It shows Trump's heaving pile of deceit, double-dealing, & self-enrichment. The public has noticed: Voters say “corruption” is their number one concern.

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Elephant Iran, probably Nishapur, c. 10th century CE. Medium: Stone. Similar carved figures were made in the early Islamic period as chess pieces, serving as the equivalent of the bishop. This example, however, may have instead been made as a child’s toy & was possibly attached to a larger object,

Detail of a seated granodiorite sculpture of the deity Sekhmet in her manifestation as a lioness. Her head is topped with a sun disk with a uraeus above the forehead. Dated to the reign of King Amenhotep III, circa 1390-1352 BCE, during the 18th Dynasty.

Detail of a plastered and painted wooden shabti-box of an anonymous man.His 'ba' (a human-headed bird) drinks from a stream of purifying water coming down from a 'hes' vase held by the sycamore tree goddess.Dated to circa 1150 BCE during the early 20th Dynasty of the New Kingdom.

Cette miniature très élaborée, intitulée Incipit prefatio in libro Hester, ouvre le Livre d'Esther, l'un des livres historiques de l'Ancien Testament La composition se lit de haut en bas : Assuérus, roi de Perse, tend à Esther, son épouse juive, le sceptre d'or qu'il tient à la main

The Codex Manesse is the most important collection of courtly poems and songs from the 12th & 13th centuries. Its name comes from the character who probably compiled the songs, a man of high social status who lived in Zurich called Roger Manesse.

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Rebecca Nelsen is at Volksoper Wien. Delibes: The Flower Duet (From "Lakmé") · Katherine Jenkins, Kiri Te Kanawa, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Inglis Happy World Opera Day! I’m so incredibly grateful to this wonderful art form that has given so many people so much, myself very much included!

Four Sacred Baboons Worshipping the Rising Sun: Spell 15 from the Book of the Dead of Userhat New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c 1450 BCE This vignette from the Book of the Dead of Userhat, a royal scribe and official of Thebes, shows 4 sacred baboons raising their arms in adoration of the rising sun.

The Holy Trinity (Trinità Trifronte) Fresco detail, 14thC Atrium of the Basilica of San Pietro, Perugia This late-medieval fresco depicts the Vultus trifrons), a visual metaphor for the Christian dogma of the Trinity. Such anthropomorphic images were banned by Pope Urban VIII in 1628.

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Alone in a lush, dreamlike landscape, she waits for the one who hasn’t arrived. This exquisite Pahari miniature transforms viraha,the ache of separation from a beloved into poetry on paper. Utka Nayika, Chamba region, Himachal Pradesh, c. 1760–1765.