Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Today the Catholic Church honors the Blessed Virgin under her title Our Lady of Prompt Succor. This is most appripos as, in my view, we could do with some prompt succor right about now. One line from the litany struck me particularly:
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the enemies of our country, pray for us.
Links
Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Wikipedia)
Our Lady of Prompt Succor (CatholicTradition.org)
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ReplyDeleteThe Immortality of Sherlock Holmes - Click
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the TV show "Sherlock", of course. But when you mention Holmes adaptations, the first thing that comes to my mind is Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald" -- also a homage to Lovecraft. I heard Gaiman read it at Torcon.
DeleteWhat a lovely idear is prompt succor--much needed just now to help us cope with the sick sucker!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is so interesting about the gene.
ReplyDelete"There's no great loss without some small gain." ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Yes, it is, isn't it? A trait that causes health problems after reproductive age would not be selected against, but one that prevents health problems through reproductive age would be selected for. And it sounds like it could well have evolved among our pre-human ancestors. One wonders about related genes in other primates today. I am reminded of the (far better studied) genetic abnormalities that confer resistance to malaria in heterozygotes, but some of which cause very serious diseases in homozygotes. If memory serves me well, the community optimum frequency of carriers for those is about 30%, just like this case.
ReplyDelete--Alan