Encyclopedia: Magic

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The TARDIS in Monsters Inc! 

Ok, time to Encyclopedia something magical, but not quite M:TG.

• IF this were to indeed be the door to the TARDIS (or some legal homage thereof), it would have been a super underground reference, because Monsters Inc. was released in 2001, more than four years before Dr. Who rebooted - after having been off the air for over a decade.
  
• Under the two windows of the door in question is a white notice. That means it is the earliest version of the TARDIS as only the original TARDIS and most recent TARDIS have white notices (http://www.themindrobber.co.uk/tardis-police-box.html). If it is not in fact a coincidence, then it would be quite a tickling Easter Egg that almost no one would appreciate for the next 5 years.
• These unlikelinesses led me to rewatch the scene.
  
• Unfortunately, it is neither a coincidence nor intentional. It is Photoshopped.
• As blurry as the screenshot I took is, I know for certain that there are no white windows or signs on that door. Feel free to watch the scene again. You’ll see no evidence of the TARDIS.
• This is the door in front of Boo’s door from the previous shot:
• I too am dismayed. But that is definitely NOT the TARDIS door.

Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals, when used as a material: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). The latter is the alabaster of the present day; generally, the former is the alabaster of the ancients. Both are easy to work, with an attractive appearance, and have been used for making a variety of artworks and objects, especially small carvings.

Extra: 6 earlier Alabaster cards!

In medieval England and Scotland the Chief Justiciar (later known simply as the Justiciar) was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch’s chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. The term is the English form of the medieval Latin justiciarius or justitiarius (“man of justice”, i.e. judge).

Bone marrow (Latin: medulla ossium) is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in adults weighing 65 kg (143 lbs), bone marrow accounts for approximately 2.6 kg (5.7 lbs). The hematopoietic compartment of bone marrow produces approximately 500 billion blood cells per day, which use the bone marrow vasculature as a conduit to the body’s systemic circulation. Bone marrow is also a key component of the lymphatic system, producing the lymphocytes that support the body’s immune system.

If you have a bone marrow disease, there are problems with the stem cells or how they develop. Leukemia is a cancer in which the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. With aplastic anemia, the bone marrow doesn’t make red blood cells. Other diseases, such as lymphoma, can spread into the bone marrow and affect the production of blood cells. Other causes of bone marrow disorders include your genetic makeup and environmental factors. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonemarrowdiseases.html

Marrow is what helps us, like the Marrow Bats, regenerate. Unfortunately, some people’s marrow is unhealthy.

If there is a problem with your bone marrow, a transplant can give you healthy new marrow. You could need a transplant because of a disease, such as bone marrow diseases or cancers like leukemia or lymphoma. Or you might need one if a strong cancer treatment kills your healthy blood cells.

People with cancer sometimes donate bone marrow before treatment to be transplanted later. But often the new marrow comes from a donor, either a close family member or someone unrelated.

You can help. Learn about bone-marrow donation, and join the registry. Contact your community leaders and ask them if you can help run a bone-marrow drive. Organizations like Swab-a-Cheek can help you take action.

As the sages write, “Whosoever saves one life, it is as if he has saved an entire world.” Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5

ma·lign
[muh-lahyn]
verb (used with object)
1. to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
adjective
2. evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood.
3. having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious.

Extra: Malignant Growth.

e·man·ci·pate
[ih-man-suh-peyt]
verb (used with object)
1. to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
2. to free (a slave) from bondage.

History lesson:

The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion, thus applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at that time. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves, with nearly all the rest (of the 3.1 million) freed as Union armies advanced. The Proclamation did not compensate the owners, did not itself outlaw slavery, and did not make the ex-slaves (called freedmen) citizens.

Thalia (Θαλία / Thalía, “Abundance”) was one of the three Graces or Charites with her sisters Aglaea and Euphrosyne. They were the daughters of Zeus and either the Oceanid Eurynome or Eunomia, goddess of good order and lawful conduct. Thalia was the goddess of festivity and rich banquets. The Greek word thalia is an adjectival term used to describe banquets as rich, plentiful, luxuriant and abundant.

Also see use of Thalia as a given name.

“Good order and lawful conduct.” Classic white legend.