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Myths, Manatees, and Mermaids in the Age of Exploration Here s an example of how folklore, myth, and legend can sometimes slow scientific understanding.
Claim Evidence exists that some early seafarers and colonial explorers may have mistaken manatees for the mythical half-fish, half-human creatures known as mermaids.
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And in 1493, the Italian explorer spotted what he believed to be mermaids.
While sailing to what would be eventually known as the New World, Columbus reportedly discovered what he thought were “mermaids” almost certainly manatees while off the coast of Africa and again while sailing near the Dominican Republic. According to historical records documented by the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Columbus described them as “not as beautiful as they are painted, since in some ways they have a face like a man.”
Dimitri James Stancioff
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CAMDEN Talented seaweed scientist, gardener, mentor to mushroomers, poet, artist, beloved older brother, father, father-in-law, grandfather and great-grandfather Dimitri James Stancioff, took his last breath at home in Camden on February 10 at the age of 94. He was by nature a gentleman, in the eyes of all who knew him.
He was born in London on April 18, 1926 to American-born artist and writer Carolyn Marion Mitchell Stancioff and Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Robert Stancioff. The first of seven children, he earned the lifelong admiration of his three sisters and three brothers with his unique blend of playful humor, wisdom, humility, practicality, eccentricity, and tranquility.
On Saturday, March 6th at 7 pm EST, timed in conjunction with International Women s Day, Neighbors for Refugees, a Larchmont, New York-based nonprofit, will premiere a virtual reading of In Her Words: Refugee Women s Stories on Stage. Playwright Beth Blatt devised the play from interviews conducted with six women from all around the globe. Zachary Moore, an accomplished theatre educator and director, directs.
The play s mission is to give voice to the issue of immigration in all its complexities. It tells the true stories of six women who fled Rwanda, Myanmar, Honduras, Syria, the Gambia, and Kazakhstan to come to the U.S. The character from Syria is played by the real woman Blatt interviewed, Amina Ahmad, bringing the play to life in a profound and meaningful way.
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The Games, people often say, must go on – a rather cliched phrase muttered when we want to keep doing something in a moment when it feels and looks like we shouldn’t.
In its original context, the Games quite specifically meant the Olympics. After the massacre of members of the Israeli team in Munich, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Chicago businessman Avery Brundage – a man whose track record as a racist and devout anti-Semite is well documented – announced the postponement of competition by one day to mourn the lost Olympians, but posited – and I quote – “The Games must go on and we must continue our efforts to keep them clear, pure and honest and try to extend sportsmanship of the athletic field to other areas.”