Is it as simple as asking a monumental mason to add the names?
As it's a municipal cemetery, you first need to ask the Council on their rules on changes to existing monuments. There may* be a charge. There may also be restrictions in the original agreement for interment and the election of a monument.
New question: why is Red for conervative / right in the States, and Blue for similar in the UK and Australia? Is it anything to do with "blue ribbon"?
I don't know when the colours originated but red is the colour of socialism in most of the world. The use of it by the GOP in the US is pretty strange by international standards.
New question: why is Red for conervative / right in the States, and Blue for similar in the UK and Australia? Is it anything to do with "blue ribbon"?
Oops just realised I tried to give an opinion on this in the wrong thread. My thought, not got from anywhere but association of ideas, is to do with metaphorical blood. You have your red-blooded American, who is the one who embodies the spirit of the pioneers, which the GOP soul d like to think was them. And then you have your blue blooded aristocrat, whose natural home would be the Tory party. Just a thought.
I was due to lead a heritage walk this month, but it has been cancelled due to covid. Instead I'm going to be filmed doing the walk without an audience, and the film posted online.
I have A4 laminated illustrations, which would normally be handed round. Instead, the illustrations are going to be edited into the film.
My understanding was that copyright wasn't an issue when illustrations were just being handed round. Is there a copyright issue if they are included in a film which is posted online?
New question: why is Red for conervative / right in the States, and Blue for similar in the UK and Australia? Is it anything to do with "blue ribbon"?
Red for Republican and blue for Democrat is a fairly recent thing in the US, though it’s now firmly entrenched. It came from the news media, not from the parties themselves. The Wiki explains how it came to be here.
The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the red flag or red star) are associated with left-wing politics and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color,
it seems that the USA is indeed anomaly in this regard. Despite the relative recency of the current colour assignment, it does seem well-entrenched now and unlikely to be reversed, and those of us in the rest of the world will just have to accept it.
I was due to lead a heritage walk this month, but it has been cancelled due to covid. Instead I'm going to be filmed doing the walk without an audience, and the film posted online.
I have A4 laminated illustrations, which would normally be handed round. Instead, the illustrations are going to be edited into the film.
My understanding was that copyright wasn't an issue when illustrations were just being handed round. Is there a copyright issue if they are included in a film which is posted online?
Do you have illustrator details? They could be credited at the end of the film. If the film is not being sold for profit, and credit is given, I would think you'd be OK.
I'm not so sure. In fact, I'd be inclined to either a) write to the copyright owner for permission, b) recreate the illustrations my own self in a somewhat different manner, or c) (riskiest of the three, but not so bad) hold up the illustrations to the camera as you speak, so you aren't actually editing them into the film. Do the latter and you can't argue that it was spur of the moment free and reasonable use; the obvious premeditation leads people (like judges?) to ask why you didn't request permission. The added fact that you are publishing the video online (rather than just showing it privately) adds to the burden of your need to be careful. The only riskier thing you could do is to charge for it.
IANAL, but I err on the side of caution, and I've had to deal with similar situations in two media companies. Note that copyright law doubtless varies from place to place.
The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the red flag or red star) are associated with left-wing politics and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color,
it seems that the USA is indeed anomaly in this regard. Despite the relative recency of the current colour assignment, it does seem well-entrenched now and unlikely to be reversed, and those of us in the rest of the world will just have to accept it.
@North East Quine IANAL, but I was a historical/technical consultant on a documentary a few years ago. One of the interviews took place in a pub that has a mural that was painted decades ago by a company in a different city. The production team was having great difficulty contacting the successor firm, and decided to shoot the interview such that less than 20%(?) of the mural was visible in the shot. Why there was a threshold percentage, if in fact there is one, I don't know. That said, one of the producers told me that they were being cautious. (And it was quite a fun gig.)
The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the red flag or red star) are associated with left-wing politics and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color,
it seems that the USA is indeed anomaly in this regard.
As with Fahrenheit and date formats. But we can hardly talk; we have Walkers who perversely use blue for cheese and onion and green for salt and vinegar which is just wrong.
I had a quick search but couldn't find anywhere else to post this so I hope it's OK here.
My daughters bought me an Ancestry testing kit a couple of years ago which confirmed what I already knew, part of which was that my highest percentage of DNA was Irish.
Ancestry have just updated my profile and half of my Irish and some of my English (which is via America) have now become Scottish which I am happy about but I'm also a bit confused!
I can't figure out from what they say on their site how this works as I am unaware of any Scottish heritage over the last 200 plus years in my family history so I assume this goes back to when the Irish and Scottish were interlinked.
Re copyright - the BBC has just published an article here about an artist who sued Netflix because they used one of his photographs as a still in Stranger Things. Key takeaways:
1. Yes, it is a breach of copyright;
2. It's still a breach of copyright if the usage is non-commercial, although artists are more likely to let it slide.
When I was doing research on Irish dialects, I read some old books about Irish history. The author of one of these books said that the populations of northerrn Ireland and western Scotland moved back and forth like the tides for thousands of years.
When I was doing research on Irish dialects, I read some old books about Irish history. The author of one of these books said that the populations of northerrn Ireland and western Scotland moved back and forth like the tides for thousands of years.
That's interesting, thank you.
My family in Ireland all hailed from Munster and especially Cork. None from Northern Ireland that I know of but they might have been earlier on and possibly then moved further south perhaps?
Is there anyone here who could glance at some Classical Greek, of the sort used by Theophrastus the pupil of Aristotle? I'm chasing up some references which seem to me to be wrong to a particular plant, where the translator of the Loeb version has inserted into the text a name which would not, I think, have been in the Greek, but I can't make out from the only online version anything but the name Theophrastus uses. There's something funny going on with the botanical history.
Is there anyone here who could glance at some Classical Greek, of the sort used by Theophrastus the pupil of Aristotle?
The Greek I have is NT rather than Classical, but I might be able to make something of it. Can you post a link to the text or an image of it, or do you want to PM me about sending something direct?
I’ve had a quick look and can absolutely assure you that there are no words in the Greek at that point to give rise to the inclusion in English of the words ‘thorn apple’. I think it’s a translator’s gloss.
I’ll have a further look on something easier than my phone, and see if I can give you a better idea of what is being said.
Thank you. I do get the impression that translators working on texts which relate to other areas of study do not run their results by experts in the field that the original writer was studying. And, from conversation with classicists, then get very defensive about their interpretation. This is based on a few examples, but when each of the few has the same situation, it is - interesting.
This particular subject also brings in a less academic group who are primarily interested in the effects that can be experienced from the plant, and like to think of ancient peoples sitting around stoned. Or, more nicely and religiously, self medicating to approach experience of the divine.
The translation dates from 1906, and the translator has evidently attempted to get some flowing English from the material. This improves readability, but in some places , at least, sacrifices strict accuracy. I'm not sure that he would have been aware that 'thorn apple', which had certainly been around for two or three centuries by then was not a native plant, and might not have been extant in Europe in the time of Theophrastus,
Here is a rough transliteration of the Greek (using 'y' for upsilon)
Synonymoi de kai ‘oi strychnoi kai ‘oi tithymalloi.
The sentence has no verb. synonymoi (from which we get the English word 'synonymous' appears here to mean things having the same name and the same nature and definition.
Roughly speaking, the actual Greek words, on a word for word basis, can be rendered as follows
'Synonymous'*, further, [are†] both strychnos and tithymallos. Since [or 'for'] of the strychnos [plants] the one gives sleep the other causing madness
*however we interpret that word
†my best guess at the verb we should understand at this point
It is clear that synonymous doesn't mean the same as in English. Nor does it mean having the same name since he goes on to give two names. Nor does the same nature fit since he goes on to give two different effects. The following paragraphs go on to describe differences between the two plants.
All I can say is that 'elliptical to the point of obscurity' is pretty accurate. Possibly someone with better Greek than mine (not a high threshold) and more familiar with classical Greek might get more out of it. I think they probably need to read a bit to get a flavour of it.
t is clear that synonymous doesn't mean the same as in English. Nor does it mean having the same name since he goes on to give two names. Nor does the same nature fit since he goes on to give two different effects
Thank you very much. When I looked at the other Loeb volume I was seriously impressed by Theophrastus' approach to botany, observational. Which one would expect from a pupil of Aristotle. I wonder why I couldn't find another translation. He didn't feature, I think, in my OU course on the history of science. Since he was so foundational to later Classical naturalists, he should have been part of it.
Can you give me a name of one or two, please? Thx.
Penny--
Have you read any of Terry Pratchett's books, specifically ones that take place in Ankh-Morpork.? (This is relevant --just give me a moment to explain!)
There's a very special library at the Unseen University for wizards. IIRC, it uses a method called "L-Space", which brings in books from all over in space and time, including ones not written yet. And then there's the Librarian. He's a wizard who was accidentally turned into an orangutan--and he likes it so much, he won't let anyone change him back! He's great. Just stay away from his rather fetid nest up at the desk.
You might try "Moving Pictures" and "Unseen Academicals".
A while ago I came across a research project, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, to translate Medieval Latin medical texts, in order to investigate the herbs used and how they work (i.e., what active ingredients they contain that could be used in modern medicine). One of the main challenges is/was the wide variety of names that a single herb could have in Latin ...
I have a full set of Pratchett - bar the Carpet ones. Oh for that library. I have a list. The Ogham records Patrick burned. The Thomas church books the Catholic Missionaries got rid of. The Early Chinese books the first Emperor got rid of. And, of course, Alexandria. Timbuktu, with its dedicated librarians needs digitising now. And all the monasteries Cromwell gutted. Stuffing for beer barrels stoppers - Aargh.
I did once try to find out Bede's scientific writings, which I was assured in the preface to an overview of his work were available. Unfortunately, not to me. No Latin.
I've got a book on the way on medieval science, which is going to be interesting.
As is the work Ricardus mentions. The authors I have mentioned themselves use a number of names for each plant, but some of them have very detailed descriptions of the appearance, and of the supposed effects, which should help with the research.
Though having to draw round the root three times with a sword probably won't. (Theophrastus - mandrake.) My friend suggests this may have been to sever any distal roots. Hmm. At least it wasn't tying it to a dog and retreating out of earshot.
Having school children investigate some plant remedies - that's a tricky one. (The work suggestions under Ricardus' piece.) When we took over Greek days in school from the external company, I baggsied the medicine table (actually, I made sure I got it when the company came in as well). Nobody took anything, but we made little muslin bags of things. But I was very, very careful about the things I had available, because of the side effects of quite easily available and commonly used culinary herbs, as I didn't want the little dears going off and overdosing on parsley and sage, for example.
Researching the materials and their effects needs to be done with caution, and by staff before pupils.
Golden Key: I read about saving the books from the Library of Alexandria most recently in the first Chronicles of St Mary's book, Just One Damned Thing After Another, by Jodi Taylor, and thought "Oh, yes, this again." When I actually went searching, though, I could only find one other book, which was a Doctor Who novel by Simon Guerrier called Library of Alexandria, so maybe I was just thinking of a meme.
So what were July and August known as before the Emperors got involved?
(Saw Brian Blessed being Augustus the other night on a programme with Mary Beard.)
The adjectival suffix? I think, like the ‘th’ in seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth, it just means the word is being used as an adjective. I think the French ‘ième’ ending (for numbers) is a parallel example.
When I was at school I remember being told that the 8th month was originally meant to have 30 days. When it was named in honour of Emperor Augustus, he insisted on 31. He didn't want it to be in any way inferior to July, named after Julius Caesar.
Scenario: a middle management interview panel is split over two closely balanced but very different candidates. Does good practice indicate that the hiring manager has the casting vote, since they will have the day-to-day responsibility for ensuring the successful candidate delivers the goods? Alternatively, does the most senior manager carry the vote, as having some wider/ 'helicopter' perspective. (UK-land context applies if relevant).
[Q. is the hiring manager, raising a bullying/undermining grievance over the imposition of the un-preferred candidate, so references would be helpful.]
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As it's a municipal cemetery, you first need to ask the Council on their rules on changes to existing monuments. There may* be a charge. There may also be restrictions in the original agreement for interment and the election of a monument.
* WILL charge, I expect.
I don't know when the colours originated but red is the colour of socialism in most of the world. The use of it by the GOP in the US is pretty strange by international standards.
Oops just realised I tried to give an opinion on this in the wrong thread. My thought, not got from anywhere but association of ideas, is to do with metaphorical blood. You have your red-blooded American, who is the one who embodies the spirit of the pioneers, which the GOP soul d like to think was them. And then you have your blue blooded aristocrat, whose natural home would be the Tory party. Just a thought.
I was due to lead a heritage walk this month, but it has been cancelled due to covid. Instead I'm going to be filmed doing the walk without an audience, and the film posted online.
I have A4 laminated illustrations, which would normally be handed round. Instead, the illustrations are going to be edited into the film.
My understanding was that copyright wasn't an issue when illustrations were just being handed round. Is there a copyright issue if they are included in a film which is posted online?
Do you have illustrator details? They could be credited at the end of the film. If the film is not being sold for profit, and credit is given, I would think you'd be OK.
IANAL, but I err on the side of caution, and I've had to deal with similar situations in two media companies. Note that copyright law doubtless varies from place to place.
the Republican Party now using red in their logo and the Democratic Party using blue in theirs.
Personally, I’m fine with the arrangement, as I prefer blue to red.
As for the rest of the world, you’re welcome in this, as in all things, to shrug your shoulders and say “Americans.”
As with Fahrenheit and date formats. But we can hardly talk; we have Walkers who perversely use blue for cheese and onion and green for salt and vinegar which is just wrong.
My daughters bought me an Ancestry testing kit a couple of years ago which confirmed what I already knew, part of which was that my highest percentage of DNA was Irish.
Ancestry have just updated my profile and half of my Irish and some of my English (which is via America) have now become Scottish which I am happy about but I'm also a bit confused!
I can't figure out from what they say on their site how this works as I am unaware of any Scottish heritage over the last 200 plus years in my family history so I assume this goes back to when the Irish and Scottish were interlinked.
Any ideas, Shipmates?
1. Yes, it is a breach of copyright;
2. It's still a breach of copyright if the usage is non-commercial, although artists are more likely to let it slide.
When I was doing research on Irish dialects, I read some old books about Irish history. The author of one of these books said that the populations of northerrn Ireland and western Scotland moved back and forth like the tides for thousands of years.
That's interesting, thank you.
My family in Ireland all hailed from Munster and especially Cork. None from Northern Ireland that I know of but they might have been earlier on and possibly then moved further south perhaps?
The Greek I have is NT rather than Classical, but I might be able to make something of it. Can you post a link to the text or an image of it, or do you want to PM me about sending something direct?
Thank you, I'll take a look
I’ll have a further look on something easier than my phone, and see if I can give you a better idea of what is being said.
This particular subject also brings in a less academic group who are primarily interested in the effects that can be experienced from the plant, and like to think of ancient peoples sitting around stoned. Or, more nicely and religiously, self medicating to approach experience of the divine.
The translation dates from 1906, and the translator has evidently attempted to get some flowing English from the material. This improves readability, but in some places , at least, sacrifices strict accuracy. I'm not sure that he would have been aware that 'thorn apple', which had certainly been around for two or three centuries by then was not a native plant, and might not have been extant in Europe in the time of Theophrastus,
Here is a rough transliteration of the Greek (using 'y' for upsilon) The sentence has no verb. synonymoi (from which we get the English word 'synonymous' appears here to mean things having the same name and the same nature and definition.
Roughly speaking, the actual Greek words, on a word for word basis, can be rendered as follows It is clear that synonymous doesn't mean the same as in English. Nor does it mean having the same name since he goes on to give two names. Nor does the same nature fit since he goes on to give two different effects. The following paragraphs go on to describe differences between the two plants.
All I can say is that 'elliptical to the point of obscurity' is pretty accurate. Possibly someone with better Greek than mine (not a high threshold) and more familiar with classical Greek might get more out of it. I think they probably need to read a bit to get a flavour of it.
"Named together" might be a better rendering.
Can you give me a name of one or two, please? Thx.
Penny--
Have you read any of Terry Pratchett's books, specifically ones that take place in Ankh-Morpork.? (This is relevant --just give me a moment to explain!)
There's a very special library at the Unseen University for wizards. IIRC, it uses a method called "L-Space", which brings in books from all over in space and time, including ones not written yet. And then there's the Librarian. He's a wizard who was accidentally turned into an orangutan--and he likes it so much, he won't let anyone change him back! He's great. Just stay away from his rather fetid nest up at the desk.
You might try "Moving Pictures" and "Unseen Academicals".
Have fun!
(Full story here.)
I did once try to find out Bede's scientific writings, which I was assured in the preface to an overview of his work were available. Unfortunately, not to me. No Latin.
I've got a book on the way on medieval science, which is going to be interesting.
As is the work Ricardus mentions. The authors I have mentioned themselves use a number of names for each plant, but some of them have very detailed descriptions of the appearance, and of the supposed effects, which should help with the research.
Though having to draw round the root three times with a sword probably won't. (Theophrastus - mandrake.) My friend suggests this may have been to sever any distal roots. Hmm. At least it wasn't tying it to a dog and retreating out of earshot.
Researching the materials and their effects needs to be done with caution, and by staff before pupils.
(Saw Brian Blessed being Augustus the other night on a programme with Mary Beard.)
And what does it mean?
When I was at school I remember being told that the 8th month was originally meant to have 30 days. When it was named in honour of Emperor Augustus, he insisted on 31. He didn't want it to be in any way inferior to July, named after Julius Caesar.
Scenario: a middle management interview panel is split over two closely balanced but very different candidates. Does good practice indicate that the hiring manager has the casting vote, since they will have the day-to-day responsibility for ensuring the successful candidate delivers the goods? Alternatively, does the most senior manager carry the vote, as having some wider/ 'helicopter' perspective. (UK-land context applies if relevant).
[Q. is the hiring manager, raising a bullying/undermining grievance over the imposition of the un-preferred candidate, so references would be helpful.]
I don't wish to cut off the discussion, but perhaps the possible connection with Jewish tradition might have been confusing?