Pelion
49036 Pelion, a member of the Centaur class of asteroids which orbits among the gas giants, was discovered on August 21, 1998. In Greek mythology, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the mythical king Peleus, father of Achilles) was the homeland of Chiron the Centaur, tutor of many ancient Greek heroes, such as Jason, Achilles, Theseus and Heracles.
Julian Assange awarded Konrad Wolf prize. Berlin
Julian Assange winner of this year's Konrad Wolf Prize prize awarded by the German Academy of Arts.
Sun (honor) quincunx Pelion (awards and accolades, merits, medals and certificates).
The Academy of Arts in Berlin, an academy founded 300 years ago, dedicated its Konrad-Wolf Prize (in memory of a film director from the former GDR who was president of the Academy for many years) to Julian Assange.
Nigerian 11-year-old's ballet dancing skills stun celebrities and viewers around the world.
A video of Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, spread across the internet as social media users praised the 11-year-old for breaking negative stereotypes around male dancers.
Sun (generosity (Daniel Ajala Owoseni founded the academy in 2017 and has been teaching ballet for free)) sextile Pelion (creative spirit, belief in urge of the soul, awards and accolades (Nigerian ballet dancer Anthony Mmesoma Madu gets scholarship following viral video)). Bienor (creative, inspired, talented, motivated, burning with creative vigor) conjunct G!kun||'homdima (nurturing, confidence-inspiring). Eros (the Will to Live, the "passion" for life (have unleashed passion, and love....)) quincunx Quaoar (inspiring, possibility oriented (praised the 11-year-old for breaking negative stereotypes around male dancers)).
Anthony told BBC News: "Where I live there are no male ballet dancers like me. When people see ballet they think it is only for girls, they don't know that it is not only for girls. How I want them to see me is that when I am dancing they know that there is a male ballet dancer."
Oscar award-winning actress Viola Davis said Anthony's dancing reminded her of the beauty of her people. "We create, soar, can imagine, have unleashed passion, and love... despite the brutal obstacles that have been put in front of us! Our people can fly!" she said on Twitter.
Hemp New Zealand and NZ Yarns have become partners in developing new yarn blends. STACY SQUIRES / STUFF
New Zealand's hemp industry is quickly evolving with the release of food products and pharmaceuticals - and now a hemp company is investing several million dollars in NZ Yarn to develop wool blends and other products.
Mercury (coordination, commerce) quincunx Albion (first oriented (first processing line of its type)) quincunx Pelion (self-confidence for effort and the climb to accomplishment in life, awards and accolades (allow Kiwi producers to add more value to exports, also: hemp seed protein bars have won a competition for startup food businesses)). Sun (ambition, leadership) trine Uranus (progressiveness, pioneer). Venus (creative, cooperative) trine Teharonhiawako (inspires innovative ideas (market-leading innovations in hemp fibre processing)).
Dave Jordan, chief executive of Hemp New Zealand said it would be the first processing line of its type and allow Kiwi producers to add more value to exports.
Under the deal, Hemp New Zealand will take a 15 per cent stake and invest "several million" installing a fibre processing facility within the NZ Yarn factory in Burnside, Christchurch.
Members of the Tribal Huk gang make sandwiches for hungry school children. Peter Drury / Fairfax NZ
The Tribal Huks have been delivering sandwiches for two and a half years and haven't missed one day. 'Take away the word gang and you get to the heart of what the matter is about and it's about caring for the community. I think any collective group whose idea is about helping others, whatever the organisation, is going to make a difference."
Mars (male archetype, enterprise, enthusiasm) conjunct Cupido (community, group unity or dynamics, can symbolize one's personal family as well as one's business or corporate family (or more generally any organization, agency, or other social collective) trine Pelion (giving, nurturing with an extraordinary generosity (they make between 450 and 500 sandwiches every school day and deliver them to 25 Waikato schools in Hamilton)). Mercury (connection, coordination) sextile Pholus (food and drink, nurturing, attentive). Sun (generosity, determination) sextile Amycus (determined, reliable (the Tribal Huks have been delivering sandwiches for two and a half years and haven't missed one day)).
Tribal Huk leases about 50 acres of farmland around Horotiu and Ngaruawahia. The gang owns about 50 beef, 70 sheep and over 100 pigs. Pink says some of the meat for the sandwiches comes from the farms and the rest of the cost is recovered from selling stock, plus a raffle every month "and whatever else, we all just put in". Every day they go through 40 loaves of bread (Coupland's Bakery sells it to them for 90 cents a loaf), three quarters of a tub of margarine ($13), tomatoes and lettuce they grow when they can, "but Pak'nSave do pretty good out of us," says Pink, and he laughs.
Discovery
1998 QM107/49036 Pelion, a member of the Centaur class of asteroids which orbits among the gas giants, was discovered on August 21, 1998 by Robert J. Whiteley and David J. Tholen at the observatory atop Mauna Kea, near Kamuela, Hawaii. It has a period of 89 years, 21 days.
In Greek mythology, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the mythical king Peleus, father of Achilles) was the homeland of Chiron the Centaur, tutor of many ancient Greek heroes, such as Jason, Achilles, Theseus and Heracles.
On Mount Pelion, near Chiron's cave, the marriage of Thetis and Peleus took place. The uninvited goddess Eris, to take revenge for having been kept outside the party, brought a golden apple with the inscription "To the Fairest". The dispute that then arose between the goddesses Hera, Aphrodite and Athena resulted in events leading to the Trojan War.
