Mad Ear and the Pingo’s TUSSH

 Since I was doing research on Pingo’s … and because of a research paper I read long ago questioning a layer of red peat sometimes found in peat bogs across Eurasia, I went to the Peat wiki page, and lo’n behold there’s a notable person mentioned: 

Authors Rydin and Jeglum in Biology of Habitats described the concept of peat archives, a phrase coined by influential peatland scientist Harry Godwin in 1981.

Note from Harry Godwin’s wiki page:  

Sir Harry Godwin (9 May 1901 – 12 August 1985)

August 12th surfaces again!!  If you go back to my recent blogs beginning with researching around Henry Fonda — he died on August 12th. I take this to mean that our investigation isn’t finished

• Antônio Delfim Netto (1 May 1928 – 12 August 2024)— ant ton elf dolphin net to 2 tou toe. 

My “tou sense worth”, Netto is our main man.  Notably because his birthday contains a cryptic “May won”— a heads up given that my name is May. So what is meant by “ant”, note the etymology:: 

ant (n.)1500 shortening of Middle English ampte (late 14c.), from Old English æmette "ant," from West Germanic *emaitjon (source also of Old High German ameiza, German Ameise) from a compound of Germanic *e-, *ai- "off, away" + *mai- "cut," from PIE root *mai- (1) "to cut" (see maim). Thus the insect's name is, etymologically, "the biter-off."

 Hmmm, mai is part of Toumai… and also another spelling of my name May. 

• *mei- (1) "to change, go, move"
• maim (v.)," related to mad (adj.)), or from PIE root *mai- (1) "to cut."
• mad (adj.)" from Proto-Germanic *gamaidjan,…"changed (for the worse), abnormal"
• miasma (n.) miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- (2) "to stain, soil, defile" (source of Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole
• mole (n.1)spot, mark, blemish, from PIE root *mai- (2) "to stain, soil, defile"
• mole (n.2)moldwarp, literally "earth-thrower," root of mold (n.3) "loose earth." 
• mole (n.3)"massive structure used as a breakwater," 1540s, from French môle "breakwater" (16c.), ultimately from Latin moles "mass, massive structure, barrier," perhaps from PIE root *mō- "to exert oneself" (source also of Greek molos "effort," molis "hardly, scarcely;" German mühen "to tire," müde "weary, tired;" Russian majat' "to fatigue, exhaust," maja "hard work").
• mold (n.2)Proto-Germanic *(s)muk-indicating "wetness, slipperiness," from PIE *meug- (see mucus). Old English molde "loose earth" (see mold (n.3))
• mold (n.3)"fine, soft, loose earth," PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind." "earth as the substance out of which God made man; the 'dust' to which human flesh returns."
• mill," from Latin mola "mill, millstone," related to molere "to grind," from PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind.
• melt (v.)from Proto-Germanic *gamaltijan (source also of Old Norse melta "to digest").

Each of these points to the TUSSH, and namely the part inside the tower— the “net”… or crusher— holds venison as it rots and the net is then twisted to crush it further into smaller moldy/goopy rot, that squeezes out through the mesh to a pile below that continues to rot further until it turns to “earth”. 

Interesting, there is a film called “Net 2”.  

The Net 2.0 is a 2006 direct-to-video mystery thriller film written and produced by Rob Cowan and directed by Charles Winkler.

His father, Irvin Winkler, produced “The Net”.   On Charles Winkler’s wiki page the following film is our next lead

• Rocky Marciano (1999) 

Note the “rock mar ci/yes sea a no”, … it is cryptic for sure.  Note that Marc is short for March … and Mars the god of war.  On investigating the films wiki page the following stands out:

• Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) 
• "Tiger" Ted Lowry (October 27, 1919 – June 14, 2010^[1])

Note the “bar row/burrow borrow” and the “Low lower why” in their names.  And note the cluster formed from the dates “April 12, May 13, June 14(x2)” Day, Month Sequence” pattern cluster/code. The other days needed to complete are January 9, February 10, March 11,…, July 15, August 16, September 17, October 18, November 19, December 20. The extra June 14 is Trump’s birthday.   

Others listed on the August 12 (Deaths in 2024 site):

• Timothy Dudley-Smith (26 December 1926 – 12 August 2024) — moth dud smite
• Zdeněk Pololáník (25 October 1935 – 12 August 2024) composer.— den 
• Zaid al-Rifai (27 November 1936 – 12 August 2024) 22nd PM of Jordan— aid rifle 

• Roy Greaves (4 April 1947 – 12 August 2024) graves grieves reave eaves
• Márcio Gonçalves Bentes de Souza (March 4, 1946 – August 12, 2024) mar gone calves bent sou 
• Heidi Urbahn de Jauregui (5 March 1940 – 12 August 2024) hide urban 

• Harold Meltzer (June 8, 1966 – August 12, 2024) old melt
• Ramiro Blacut Rodríguez (3 January 1944 – 12 August 2024)ram blackout black cut rod
• Marc Bourrier (21 September 1934 – 12 August 2024)mar mark arc our courier

• Cédric Daury (19 October 1969 – 12 August 2024) cedar rich dairy dowry 
• Jerzy Czerwiński (19 June 1960 – 12 August 2024) Jersey (cow) win ski 
• Wilfried Lemke (19 August 1946 – 12 August 2024) will fried he make
• Fritz Schmidt (19 March 1943 – 12 August 2024)
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So with all the clusters to be bridged, who’s our main man/woman?

• Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000)

I feel he’s our main man.  

Note the “earl cars bet best berg pert” in his name, note the etymology: 

earl (n.)

Old English eorl "brave man, warrior, leader, chief"

pert (adj.)

mid-13c., "evident, unconcealed, manifest, apparent to the eye;" early 14c., "attractive, comely, of good appearance," shortened form of Middle English apert "open, frank," from Old French apert, from Latin apertus, past participle of aperire "to open" (see overt). Sense of "saucy, impudent" is recorded from late 14c. Less pejorative meaning "lively, brisk, in good spirits" (c. 1500) survives in U.S. dialectal peart (with Middle English alternative spelling).

Do note the “ear” in earl and also in the US dialectal peart. 

Well, they have my ear, butt then again, I’m not the chief, just a lowly messenger… and not by choice!!