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1981 Ford Capri 1.6 L.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"Chassis number: WF0GXXGAECBB82112. 1,593cc. Finished in yellow with brown vinyl roof. In long-term ownership from 1984 to 2020 when it became registered to the executors. The car has been subject to extensive restoration over the last few years including a full engine rebuild with many new parts fitted including clutch, radiator, water pump, bearings, brake discs and shock absorbers.. Described by the vendor as driving 'like a dream' with everything working as it should. Comes complete with current and older V5s dating from 1984, MoTs from 1999 to the present, original service book stamped in 1981, 1982 and 1983, a folder of receipts 2012 to 2020, owner's handbook and wallet. The mileage is recorded at 15,455. Four owners from new."
No reserve. Sold for £8208 including premium.
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Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist. Her writing was published in magazines like Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and she was a member of the Algonquin Round Table in New York. She also was nominated for two Academy Awards for her screenwriting. Eventually her left-wing politics got her on the Hollywood blacklist.
She died of heart disease at age 73, her remains were cremated but not claimed by her executor. The urn was then kept for years in her Manhattan attorney's office. Parker's estate was left to the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People) The NAACP claimed her cremains in 1988 and constructed a memorial garden at their Baltimore, Maryland headquarters. In 2020 the NAACP office relocated and Parker's family requested the urn be brought back to New York. On August 22, 2020, Parker's 127th birthday, her ashes were buried in her family's plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Parker's epitaph was chosen by her family from the last four lines of her 1925 poem "Epitaph for a Darling Lady"
Leave for her a red young rose,
Go your way, and save your pity;
She is happy, for she knows
That her dust is very pretty.
Parker’s name is encircled by carved evening primrose which is a reference to her 1929 poem “The Evening Primrose”:
Mespelbrunn Castle is a medieval moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg, built in a remote tributary valley of the Elsava valley, within the Spessart forest. One of the most visited water castles in Germany, it is frequently featured in tourist books.
The first precursor of Mespelbrunn Castle was a simple house. The owner was Hamann Echter, vizedom of Aschaffenburg, a title which means that he was the representative of the ruler the prince elector archbishop of Mainz Johann II of Nassau at the castle and town of Aschaffenburg. On May 1, 1412, Johann gave the site, a forest clearing next to a lake, to Echter, a knight, who constructed a house without fortifications. It was a reward for Echter's services against the Czechs. The Echter family originates from the Odenwald region. Their name presumably means "der die Acht vollstreckt", the executor of the ostracism. In the 15th century the Spessart was a wild and unexploited virgin forest, used for hideout by bandits and Hussites, who despoiled the regions nearby. Therefore in 1427 Hamann Echter, the son of the first owner, began to rebuild his father's house to a fortified castle with walls, towers, and a moat using the nearby lake.
Only the Bergfried, the round tower, remains from the 15th century. The following generations changed the defense structures to a typical manor-house, mainly built in the Renaissance style. Today's fundamental appearance is the result of reconstruction done between 1551 and 1569 by Peter Echter of Mespelbrunn and his wife, Gertrud of Adelsheim.
The most famous member of the family was Julius Echter, prince bishop of Würzburg, who founded the Juliusspital, a hospital, in Würzburg, in 1576, and re-founded the University of Würzburg in 1583.
In 1648, the last member of the family, Maria Ottilia, Echterin of Mespelbrunn, married Philipp Ludwig of Ingelheim, member of a family of barons, later made counts of Ingelheim. By permission of the emperor, the name of the Echter family was preserved, because they were allowed to merge their names to Counts of Ingelheim called Echter von und zu Mespelbrunn.
The southern side of the court
The castle is now missing fortifications, but its remote location saved Mespelbrunn Castle from destruction by warfare.
The main building of Mespelbrunn Castle is built on an almost square base on the eastern side of a lake. On the whole northern, western and southern side, the court is surrounded by two storied houses. On the northeastern and southwestern corner, towers of similar height are added to the houses. These are decorated with stepped gables on the western side. The main entrance is on the left side of the southern building. On the western side, the court is limited by two framed transits to the water and the main tower in center, which surmounts the castle.
In the 1930s, economic pressures forced the Ingelheim family to open the site to the public. Today Mespelbrunn Castle is owned by the family of the counts of Ingelheim, who live in the southern wing of the castle, having moved out of the main rooms.
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Got some more figs for y’all. They can all be seen on Vader‘s Executor.
Left to right.
Shuttle Pilot - There‘s just something about the old torso I really like.
Officer - I think he‘s a Captain, I‘m not sure.
TIE-Fighter Pilot - Mix of various pilots
That’s it for today! Hope you like it, please tell me your thoughts!
Also expect a DC-related post next week
I have been in Gloucester visiting my brother and clearing the family home which is an immense undertaking. Yesterday morning Peter and I went into the City for coffee, into the bank as part of my executor duties and then into the Cathedral so I could take some photos. Everyone, it seems, has their favourite cathedral and mine is most definitely Gloucester.
It was built as a Benedictine monastery, work commenced in 1089. It survived Henry VIII's abolition of monasteries as Edward II had been buried there . . . so it became a cathedral.
The cloisters remain my favourite part of the cathedral, I loved them as a child and still find magic in them today.
The archaeological dig continues at my parents' apartment. Having our son with us is a huge help as it lightens the mood and he has lots of energy. We continue to be astounded at the stuff we are finding, the old photos and negatives, YAY !, the very nice jewelry that my Mom never wore, the warning letters from B.C. Hydro, the parking tickets, (paid thank goodness), the old diaries with only a few days filled in which I read out loud - fascinating and hilarious, they were both real hoarders. So, everybody who has bothered to read this, start today with streamlining your stuff, it will make your executors VERY happy :)
The Cat and the Canary (Universal, 1927). Window Card (14" X 22"). One of the hardest Universal Horror films to find paper on, this film was based on a major stage play. This creepy horror story is set in a mansion where the potential heirs to an estate must spend the night. Things turn dangerous when the executor of the will is murdered and no one knows who the killer is. Laura La Plante starred and is featured on this window card with scary hands clawing at her.
Firle Place is a Manor house in Firle, East Sussex, United Kingdom and is the family seat of Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage, whose family the Viscounts Gage have owned the land at Firle since acquiring it from the Levett family in the 15th century. The manor house was first built in the late 15th century by Sir John Gage, who made Firle Place his principal home. He held many high offices, including Constable of the Tower and was an executor of Henry VIII's will.
The external cladding of the building is Georgian, using Caen Stone to make it look like a classical French Chateau. This work was completed by Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet who inherited the house in 1713 and the house is set in typically open parkland. The interior of the house however is Tudor in style and circulates around a central courtyard. The house has an extensive collection of paintings, porcelain and furniture, including works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Van Dyck, Raphael, Puligo, Zoffany and Teniers.
During World War I, students from the nearby Southover Manor School in Lewes were housed here, and during World War II, Canadian soldiers were quartered here.
Open to the public during the summer months, the house and grounds area also used as a film and television location, it has featured in shows, including the BBC's Jonathan Creek and the three-part miniseries The Line of Beauty. BBC's Bake Off Creme de la Creme Series 2 which aired in 2017.
Since the 15th century the Gages have lived at Firle, following the marriage of William Gage to Agnes Bolney whose family had previously owned the seat at Firle. (The Bolneys held the lordship of Firle briefly after acquiring it from the bankrupt lord of the manor Thomas Levett.) This holding was further expanded by their son Sir John Gage who inherited land belonging to his father-in-law, Sir Thomas St Clere. In 1479 a second John Gage was born and it was he who became the ward to the Duke of Buckingham when his father died in 1497.
Sir John became quite prominent at the court of King Henry VIII and even accompanied the king on an expedition to France. Following such campaigns and his competence in battle he was appointed Vice-Chamberlain to the King. Sir John also served as a key figure in the dissolution of the monasteries in Sussex, despite the fact that he remained a Catholic.
Sir John's son, Edward, later became a Knight of the Bath and the Sheriff of Sussex and in 1556 oversaw the execution of the 17 "Sussex Martyrs" during the Marian Persecutions of 1555–57.
The Gage Baronet was created by John Gage (d. 1633) in 1622. The 7th Baronet, Sir William Gage (1695–1744), was notable for his interest in cricket, particularly in Sussex. It is often thought that beginnings of what is now Firle Cricket Club started with Sir William. In 1754 this Baronet title was raised by Irish-born Thomas Gage to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gage and Viscount Gage.
Another notable Gage is General Thomas Gage who was made Commander in Chief of the British forces in North America. However, following the outbreak of the American War of Independence, he was relatively successful but after disastrous losses at Battle of Bunker Hill he was replaced. His son, also called Thomas Gage (1781–1820), following what was now a family tradition was a botanist and traveller and had the Gagea genus of flower named after him.
The current Viscount Gage, Henry Nicholas Gage, lives at Firle. For more information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firle_Place and firle.com/
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"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country." – Charles E. Weller
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* Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson: Battlestar Galactica Theme (1978)
* Prometheus of Videos: Empire Strikes Back: Intro to Imperial Fleet & Executor / Arrival At Hoth (1980)
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Boots: Atrophia - Storm Boots
The Kiss of Dead. Poblenou (Barcelona) Cemetery
The sculpture is located in the cemetery of the east, in the neighborhood of Poblenou of Barcelona. It is an order carried out around 1930 in the workshop of the executor Jaume Barba by the family Llaudet Soler on the occasion of the death of his son in full youth. The experts attribute the work to Joan Fontbernat, son-in-the-art of Barba and the best sculptor in the workshop. The back of the ribs is also attributed to Artemi Barba. In the foot there is an epitaph with some verses of Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer of his work "L'atlàntida":
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña - Escocia - Stirling - Cowane's Hospital
Cowane's Hospital is a 17th-century almshouse in the Old Town of Stirling, Scotland. It was established in 1637 with a bequest of 40,000 merks from the estate of the merchant John Cowane (1570–1633). Subsequently converted for use as a Guildhall the building is considered by Historic Scotland to be "a rare survival of 17th century burgh architecture and one of the finest buildings of its kind in Scotland." It was listed at category A in 1965. The gardens are also seen as a "rare survival" of an institutional garden of the 17th century, and were included in the national Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in 2012. The hospital is located on St John Street, between the medieval Church of the Holy Rude and the 19th-century Old Town Jail.
John Cowane was descended from a family of Stirling merchants who had been trading with the Dutch since the early 16th century. The Cowanes exported fish, coal and wool in exchange for luxuries such as prunes, saffron and spices which were supplied to the royal court of James V at Stirling Castle. John Cowane also ventured into money lending, invested in shipping, and was a substantial landlord in the burgh. He served on the town council, was elected Dean of Guild in 1624, and sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1625–1632. He never married, though in 1611 he was fined £6 for fathering a child out of wedlock: the mother was also fined and forced to do public penance. Cowane lived on St Mary's Wynd, in the building which still bears his name. John Cowane's house, though ruined, was purchased and preserved in 1924 by the trust he established.
On his death in 1633, Cowane was a wealthy man. He left sums of money to numerous charitable causes, including 500 merks to the Church of the Holy Rude. The largest bequest was the 40,000 merks which he left for the establishment of a hospital. This was intended to provide for "twelve decayed guild brethren", that is, elderly members of the Merchant Guildry of Stirling who could no longer support themselves. The establishment of a hospital, or almshouse, would allow them to live rent-free in their old age. In the 1630s a merk was worth two-thirds of a Scots pound, and was equivalent to one English shilling. The hospital was to be managed by a trust, overseen by Patrons who were drawn from the town council, the guilds, and kirk ministers.
John Cowane's brother, Alexander, acted as his executor and signed the hospital's Deed of Foundation on 13 February 1637. The land, sited adjacent to the Church of the Holy Rude in a prestigious part of the town, was transferred to the Town Council, and plans for the new building were commissioned from the royal master-mason John Mylne. As with Mylne's other architectural work, the design shows contemporary Dutch influences, notably the form of the bell tower and crow-step gables. In a niche on the tower is a statue of John Cowane, sculpted by Mylne and William Ayton. The statue, locally known as "Auld Staneybreeks" (old stone-trousers), is said to come to life and dance in the courtyard at Hogmanay (New Year).
The hospital was constructed by the master-mason John Rynd. Existing buildings on the site were demolished in early 1637, and the uneven ground was levelled by burning peat in order to shatter the hard underlying rock. At the rear of the site is the defensive town wall, which was constructed in the 16th century, and the hospital building may have been conceived as forming part of the town's defences. Building proceeded through the troubled period of the mid-17th-century, when a series of conflicts affected Scotland and Britain: the hospital was not completed until 1643, and may not have been fully complete until 1660. In any case the building appears to have been unoccupied until at least 1661 when repairs had to be made. In the 1660s the grounds of the hospital were levelled and laid out with ornamental gardens, as well as vegetable, fruit and herb gardens, and terraces overlooking the Carse of Forth to the east. An elaborate carved sundial was set up in 1673. William Stevenson, gardener at the hospital from 1667, is recorded as having ordered plants from Holland, including apricot, peach and almond trees.
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"There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations. "
My next Episode V Build, i'm particularly proud of this one as it's something i've wanted to do for a long long time. Feedback appreciated!
"There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations. "
My next Episode V Build, i'm particularly proud of this one as it's something i've wanted to do for a long long time. Feedback appreciated!
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I have been in Gloucester visiting my brother and clearing the family home which is an immense undertaking. Tuesday morning Peter and I went into the City for coffee, into the bank as part of my executor duties and then into the Cathedral so I could take some photos. Everyone, it seems, has their favourite cathedral and mine is most definitely Gloucester.
It was built as a Benedictine monastery, work commenced in 1089. It survived Henry VIII's abolition of monasteries as Edward II had been buried there . . . so it became a cathedral.
The Kiss of Dead. Poblenou (Barcelona) Cemetery
The sculpture is located in the cemetery of the east, in the neighborhood of Poblenou of Barcelona. It is an order carried out around 1930 in the workshop of the executor Jaume Barba by the family Llaudet Soler on the occasion of the death of his son in full youth. The experts attribute the work to Joan Fontbernat, son-in-the-art of Barba and the best sculptor in the workshop. The back of the ribs is also attributed to Artemi Barba. In the foot there is an epitaph with some verses of Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer of his work "L'atlàntida":
City of Night - Law Executor.
Category: Gashapons/Capsule Toys.
Name: Law Executor.
Series: City of Night.
Size - Height: 6 cm.
Origin: Japanese Fantasy Design by SkullPanda.
Brand: Pop Mart.
Material: PVC and ABS.
Release Date: 2021.
Status:
Cost: S$23.11
Condition: Unassembled/Mint in Box.
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*Note: These are Trading Figures/Gashapons/Capsule Toys collected by my BB or me.
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After my Keldabe cruiser was a complete fail, I thought I might try a diferent ship, so I have decided to make a flagship for my legion, but Venators are completely overdone, so I kind of combined several Star Destroyer designs to create my own kind of ship, it´s kind of a mix between the original ISD, the Executor, Acclamator and the Venator, wish me luck=D
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The Kiss of Dead. Poblenou (Barcelona) Cemetery
The sculpture is located in the cemetery of the east, in the neighborhood of Poblenou of Barcelona. It is an order carried out around 1930 in the workshop of the executor Jaume Barba by the family Llaudet Soler on the occasion of the death of his son in full youth. The experts attribute the work to Joan Fontbernat, son-in-the-art of Barba and the best sculptor in the workshop. The back of the ribs is also attributed to Artemi Barba. In the foot there is an epitaph with some verses of Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer of his work "L'atlàntida":
Nine roundels - two with the Cromwell badge of a purse enclosed by symetrically arranged gromwell leaves, two with rose 'en soleil', a winged and nimbed lion of St Mark, a white falcon perched on, and enclosed by, a yellow stain fetterlock (another Yorkist device), a white and yellow stain rose with a yellow stain edging, a yellow stain chalice and white host set on a white ground and half of a roundel of a yellow stain falcon on ground with white flowers (the left half of the lower right roundel is restoration).
It may seem strange to see Yorkist badges in an establishment whose purpose was to pray for the souls of Henry VI as well as Lord Cromwell, for long a loyal servant of that monarch. The explanation probably lies in the fact that one of the executors of Cromwell was William Wainfleet, Bishop of Winchester, who was involved in establishing the foundation at Tattershall - and he served the Yorkist King Edward IV.
The story of executor's rocks. Myth has it that on this point, which sits off of what was then Cow Neck New York (now Port Washington), the British, during the American Revolution, took control of the rocks. The rocks were submerged at high tide, but during low tide, they would row condemned prisioners whom they had captured to be chained on the rocks. When the tide rose, the prisioner would drown. When the tide went down, the British would row the next prisioner to the rocks, with a full view of the remains of the last prisioner.
This myth has been frequently true, but alas, is not true. It was a myth -- some propaganda before the term was popular. In reality, the rocks were named because they were a hazard to boaters.
Today, a lighthouse remains, one of the oldest working lighthouses on Long Island sound, to warn boaters of the rocks.
Besides being an interesting storey, it is also an excellent place to watch a sunset.
Which is what we did on October 1, 2006 to take this picture.
"Darkwater Executors have entered The Purge.
Flee while you still have the chance...."
An elite PMC allied with Darkwater, the Executors are a small collection of genetically upgraded soldiers who have no fear of pain or death.
First emerging as an ally to Darkwater after the bombing of Portland, the Executors are an unknown foe.
/0100, Seattle/
Recent footage taken from a low quality shows DarkWater Executor agents entering the outskirts of Seattle after the destruction of Portland.
A single EU is seen in the upper left corner, it is unknown if the EU is still at war with DarkWater and it's affiliate branches.
We will update this story as it progresses.
GRAH, this is what happens when I try to overstretch my collection. I end up with a large meh scene.
:c
"Designed by Nadiri Dockyards during the final days of the Galactic Empire, the Starhawk-Class Battleship was mainly used by the New Republic to pursue the remnants of the Empire. With a length standing slightly over 1800 m, it was built out of decommissioned Imperial Star Destroyers, and held a tractor beam strong enough to take down an Executor-class Star Destroyer."
This LEGO model was originally designed as a SHIPtember 2019, but unfortunately it wasn't finished until 3 1/2 months after the start. It's final length is 89 cm, so roughly 111 studs.
I hope you enjoyed this MOC, it certainly a lot of fun and a very big challenge from a LEGO design point of view!
Full showcase video: youtu.be/j9qXvzEGGPk
More close-ups coming soon!
This light cargo VTOL has been on the receiving end of many jabs and insults due to her chubby nature, the "Penguin" is the first in a line of specialized Darkwater Executor vehicles from Poseidon Industries.
The first in a line of DarkWater Executor vehicles.
Next up, MRAP.
No disintegrations! An iconic scene of the bounty hunters on the Executor bridge.
Trivia: If you can name all the characters in the picture off the top of your head, you're a proper Star Wars fan :)
Thanks for all the feedback and comments!
This is quick scene of Imperial officers containing Grand Moff Randine, (the guy on the far left).
This is the replacement for JastaBrick's version of the character: www.flickr.com/photos/187213881@N03/50599848558/in/pool-t...
"Moff Randine was on his Executor II-class Star Dreadnought Basilisk, planning a new mission to harvest all Kyber crystals on Christophsis. The thoughts of doing pointless work crossed his mind. Now it is over 10 years since Emperor Palpatine's death. Maybe his plan has failed, and the whole harvesting of Kyber crystals was pointless.
Suddenly the red light starts to blink. Incoming holo transmission from Exegol: Execute Order 256!
Immediately, he was torn out of his thoughts. "Finally...So long have I waited for this!" He opens his drawer and looks at the shiny rank insignia plaque of Grand Moff.
The mission was clear! As the new Grand Moff of the Outer Rim territory, he had to gather all the Warlords and introduce Emperor Palpatine's plan."
Story above was written by JastaBrick who is tagged in the photo.
I really enjoyed putting these figs together, so let me know what you think of them in the comments below!
The Kiss of Dead. Poblenou (Barcelona) Cemetery
The sculpture is located in the cemetery of the east, in the neighborhood of Poblenou of Barcelona. It is an order carried out around 1930 in the workshop of the executor Jaume Barba by the family Llaudet Soler on the occasion of the death of his son in full youth. The experts attribute the work to Joan Fontbernat, son-in-the-art of Barba and the best sculptor in the workshop. The back of the ribs is also attributed to Artemi Barba. In the foot there is an epitaph with some verses of Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer of his work "L'atlàntida":
“Ahem…seeing as you’re all here, let’s begin, the solicitor began. “The document reads as follows…” He was squinting. “Would someone find a light switch? I can’t see in this bloody darkness.”
“Ahem… now as I was saying…I, Patrick Paul Downes, residing in the city of Sligo, of the same county, Ireland, and being of sound mind, this, the twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, hear-by appoint Mr. Fred (Freddy Duh) Mavins, of Sligo executor of my estate on confirmation of my death.”
“Ah, shite,” Mary Quinn, sister of the deceased, whispered to her twin sister, Maggie. “The eejit went and done it. And Freddy Duh isn’t even here. If there was work in the bed, Freddy would sleep on the floor.”
“Hush, Mary. Shut up and listen to the man,” Maggie replied.
“The executor shall promptly pay any and all outstanding debts and assignments….”
The sisters and others had already quit listening to the legal boilerplate, and were eyeing the tea pot and biscuits that had been brought in and placed on a nearby table.
“I hate to admit it, but I’m glad Yuki left. I never liked having that foreign girl here. Pat Paul was better off without the woman,” Mary hissed.
Maggie put her hand on Mary’s leg. “Settle down. We said what was needed to be said. Today will be our reward.”
“Why did we have to be here so damn early in the morning?” Jimmy Joyce muttered under his breath. Seven AM? Christ almighty. He had cows to feed. Well, then again, maybe old Pat Paul would have though about that; hence the early hour.
“Ahem.” Declan O’Connor, the solicitor, tried to make eye contact with the group.
‘Now, the distribution of the estate is as follows…’’
That seemed to work, O’Connor noted. All eyes were upon him. You could hear the proverbial pin drop.
“To my lifelong fishing buddy, Jimmy Joyce, I leave my 17-foot lake boat, my Yamaha 5 horsepower engine, and all my fishing gear.“
Jimmy Joyce beamed. Pat Paul always went first class when it came to fishing. God bless ya, Jimmy thought.
“To my local parish, my church, Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows, and that lovely new priest, Father Akachukwu, recently arrived from Nigeria, I leave ten thousand Euro, to be used toward the recompense of people abused in their National School during the 1950s… the 1960s…the 1970s… the 1980s…
Father Akachukwu beamed.
Having little English, Father Akachukwu had no idea what had just been said, but he had heard his name, and knew what ten thousand Euro was.
Now we’re getting to the meat on the table, Maggie thought to herself.
“To my son, Patrick Paul Junior, who fecked off to America twenty years ago, and never sent so much as a postcard, I leave one Euro.”
Mary and Maggie gasped.
Patrick Paul Junior, who had at last returned to the auld sod for the reading of the will, spit on the rug and left the room; never, it was imagined by those in attendance, ever to be seen again.
“If I hurry, I maybe can catch the noon flight out of Shannon,” he thought to himself, as he fumbled for his mobile phone and the keys to the hire car. “The old gobshite…”
“To my sisters, Mary, and Mildred,” (who winced at hearing her given name) “Despite their constant bickering, and meddling in my affairs, I leave the remainder of my estate.”
Mary and Maggie beamed.
A month earlier, Patrick Paul Downes, knowing he was dying, had strolled into Mullaney’s in town and purchased a new suit, a couple of shirts, and a sharp looking necktie.
He’d then walked to the other side of the shop, to Mullaney’s travel agency, and had them arrange for airfare, a hotel, plus a car and driver, for a long-overdue holiday abroad. He wore the suit out of the shop, lacking a final tailoring, but suitable for his next task.
He stopped at the Bank of Ireland, whose manager knew him well, to arrange for a loan for the full market value of his property. The manager looked at Pat Paul; looked at the suit, and determined Pat Paul must of made a killing on the ponies at the local horse track. Loan approved.
Taking all the cash and life savings he’d gathered from beneath his mattress at home, he flew off to Monte Carlo a few days later. Pat Paul went to the grand casino, marched up to the first roulette table he saw, and bet it all on black. The wheel came up red.
Patrick Paul beamed.
(Photo taken at a grand Manor House now used as a luxury resort hotel, western Ireland.)
Excerpt from histoiresainteducanada.ca/en/le-sanctuaire-du-sacre-coeur...:
Father Joseph-Arthur Laporte was born in Saint-Paul de Joliette on August 15, 1857, the feast of the Assumption. He entered the community of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur on August 25, 1879. The members of this community have a great devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and it is through their contact that Father Laporte developed this devotion.
He left the community of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur on July 28, 1886 and requested his incardination to the Bishop of Sherbrooke. He was admitted to the number of priests of the diocese by Bishop Antoine Racine, and appointed pastor of the parish of Sainte-Praxède de Bromptonville (1891-1902) from where he discovered the “mountain” that he would later call “Beauvoir”.
Eight kilometers north of Sherbrooke, a small mountain of one hundred and fifteen meters, still unnamed, had long attracted the attention of this great lover of nature. After many approaches to Mr. Émile Lessard, a farmer, he bought two hectares of land from him in 1915. He gave the name “Beauvoir” (beautiful to see) to this corner of paradise whose panoramic view enchanted him. He decided to build a small cottage, a house of six meters on a side surrounded by a gallery. In 1916 and 1917, he bought more land to enlarge his small domain.
And in 1920, he founded the Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of Beauvoir.
For years, Father Laporte has been fascinated by the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He speaks of it tirelessly. So it is not surprising that the only decoration on the bare walls of his cottage is a lithograph, without much artistic pretension, of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre.
In 1916, Father Laporte still dreamed of making Beauvoir a place where people would come to pray and celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose devotion was spreading more and more throughout the country. He therefore decided to erect, not far from his cottage, a statue of the Sacred Heart. Measuring two meters in height, this statue, with its arms wide open, stands on a pedestal of field stones that farmers have faithfully transported on their carts.
The parish priest now invites his parishioners to come and taste the happiness that is his at the Sacred Heart…
As early as 1918, pilgrims began “the ascent of the Rosary”, a devotional practice that would have its heyday in the 1930s. On Sunday afternoons, pilgrims, starting from the main road, climbed to Beauvoir while reciting the rosary.
In 1933, at the request of the pilgrims, Father Pierre-Achille Bégin had a cross erected in front of the road leading to the Shrine. It is from this cross, still visible, that the pilgrimages to Beauvoir started. Along the way, wooden boards were set up on which were written the fifteen mysteries of the rosary. For Beauvoir, the erection of this cross gives all its meaning to the ascent of the rosary: it is the beginning of the ascent, it is the cross of the rosary that the lips kiss before murmuring the “Aves”, the first links of this long chain that leads the pilgrims to the very Love that awaits them at the Shrine.
In 1920, during a Holy Hour, he asked for a special favor from the Sacred Heart, with the promise of building a small chapel in Beauvoir if he was granted it. With the help of some local craftsmen, he had the promised little chapel built.
It is an architectural jewel that Abbé Laporte had built on the hill of Beauvoir.
But the Sacred Heart, never defeated in generosity, knows how to reward his servant by giving to vile materials a stamp of rustic elegance, to a humble and poor building, a beauty that escapes no one. And all those who come to pray in this rustic chapel find there a calm, a peace that penetrates deep into their souls and leaves them pacified. One can almost feel the loving presence of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which bends down with tenderness over those who come to visit it.
The exterior of this chapel is reminiscent in many ways of some of the country chapels of France. The rustic walls, the rudimentary furnishings and the few decorations are not likely to satisfy the connoisseur of expensive works of art. It is poverty, destitution. The only decoration is a statue, a frame, two statuettes, a few ex-votos testifying to the goodness of the Sacred Heart, lanterns and old images of the Way of the Cross. But, near the tabernacle, how one can taste with love and peace the divine presence of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus!
On October 24, 1920, Bishop Larocque came to bless the little chapel. The next day, Father Laporte celebrated the first mass on Mount Beauvoir.
In the spring of 1921, his health inexorably deteriorated. Even though he was ill, he was taken to Beauvoir four or five more times. Then he had to give up returning to Beauvoir. He was hospitalized at the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital at the beginning of August. And on August 20, Father Laporte was finally able to meet face to face with the one who was the great love of his life.
The body of Father Laporte now rests in the crypt of the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste of which he was parish priest. However, on the west wall of the little chapel in Beauvoir, a commemorative plaque recalls the man who founded the Shrine and who continues to watch over its work from above.
Father Laporte had bequeathed the Beauvoir property to the diocese on the condition that he pay the remaining $3,500 debt. The diocese refused this bequest. Beauvoir thus reverted to the universal legatee, Miss Euphémie Charest, Father Laporte’s former housekeeper. She sold Beauvoir in 1923 to the executor of Father Laporte’s will, the notary Gédéon Bégin, for the price of the debt. This wealthy businessman used Beauvoir Hill as a summer vacation spot for his family.
From 1923 to 1929, Beauvoir fell into almost complete abandonment. Only a few lovers of the Sacred Heart would go up there privately to pray at the foot of the Sacred Heart statue. But at the end of July 1929, Father Pierre Achille Bégin, a retired priest and brother of the owner, accompanied by a few members of the family, came to visit Beauvoir. Although the buildings had been quite damaged by thieves and the weeds had invaded the area, the group was charmed by the landscape and decided to settle there for two weeks.
From then on, the Bégin family would come to spend a few weeks in Beauvoir during the summer vacations.
Without looking for signs, the good abbot knows how to recognize an invitation. First of all, together with his family members, he decided to restore the place and to revive the project of Father Laporte. Every year in June, he invites the people of the area for the triduum in preparation for the feast of the Sacred Heart. This is the highlight of the year.
Throughout the summer months, Father Bégin, surrounded by nephews and nieces, ensures for the pilgrims the mass every morning and the prayer at the Sacred Heart every evening as well as a Holy Hour every Thursday evening. Father Bégin, after Father Laporte, sought to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart. It is in the small stone chapel that he spends most of his time in prayer and in welcoming the small groups of pilgrims who continue to climb the mountain. “All my desire is that in Beauvoir the Sacred Heart be particularly honored, praised and prayed to, and that He spread His greatest graces there.”
Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval/early-Renaissance moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg, built in a tributary valley of the Elsava valley, within the Spessart forest. It is a popular tourist attraction and has become a famous Spessart landmark.
The first precursor of Mespelbrunn Castle was a simple house. The owner was Hamann Echter, vizedom of Aschaffenburg, a title which means that he was the representative of the ruling prince, the Archbishop of Mainz Johann von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (de) at the castle and town of Aschaffenburg. On 1 May 1412, Johann gave the site, a forest clearing next to a pond, to Echter, a knight, who constructed a house without fortifications. It was a reward for Echter's services against the Czechs. The Echter family (de) originates from the Odenwald region. Their name presumably means "der die Acht vollstreckt", the executor of the ostracism. In the 15th century the Spessart was a wild and unexploited virgin forest, used as a hideout by bandits and Hussites, who despoiled the regions nearby. Therefore, in 1427 Hamann Echter, the son of the first owner, began to rebuild his father's house to a fortified castle with walls, towers, and a moat using the nearby lake.
In 1957, Mespelbrunn Castle was one of the locations of the German film Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (The Spessart Inn, 1958), based on the novella by Wilhelm Hauff.
Montefiore Windmill
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Montefiore Windmill
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Montefiore Windmill, 30 March 2016
Origin
Mill nameMontefiore Mill
Jaffa Gate Mill
Mill locationJerusalem, Israel
31°46′17.31″N 35°13′27.03″E
Year built1857
Information
PurposeFlour mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysFour storeys
Number of sailsFour sails
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
Auxiliary powerElectric motor
Number of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs
The Montefiore Windmill is a landmark windmill in Jerusalem, Israel. Designed as a flour mill, it was built in 1857 on a slope opposite the western city walls of Jerusalem, where three years later the new Jewish neighbourhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim was erected, both by the efforts of British Jewish banker and philanthropist Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem at the time was part of Ottoman-ruled Palestine. Today the windmill serves as a small museum honored and dedicated to the achievements of Montefiore. It was restored in 2012 with a new cap and sails in the style of the originals. The mill can turn in the wind.
Contents [hide]
1History
2Anecdotes
31948 War of Independence
4Montefiore carriage
5Restoration
6References
History[edit]
The mill in 1858
The windmill and the neighbourhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim were both funded by the British Jewish banker and philanthropist Moses Montefiore, who devoted his life to promoting industry, education and health in the Land of Israel.[1] Montefiore built the windmill with funding from the estate of an American Jew, Judah Touro, who appointed Montefiore executor of his will.[2] Montefiore mentions the windmill in his diaries (1875), noting that he had built it 18 years ago on the estate of Kerem-Moshe-ve-Yehoodit (lit. "the orchard of Moses and Judith"), and that it had since been joined by two other windmills nearby, owned by Greeks.[3] The project, bearing the hallmarks of nineteenth century artisan revival, aimed to promote productive enterprise in the Yishuv.
The mill was designed by Messrs Holman Brothers, the Canterbury, Kent millwrights. The stone for the tower was quarried locally. The tower walls were 3 feet (910 mm) thick at the base and almost 50 feet (15.24 m) high. Parts were shipped to Jaffa, where there were no suitable facilities for landing the heavy machinery. Transport of the machinery to Jerusalem had to be carried out by camel. In its original form, the mill had a Kentish-style cap and four Patent sails. It was turned to face into the wind by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of millstones, flour dressers, wheat cleaners and other machinery.[4]
The mill as it appeared with decorative, non-functional sails and bronze cap prior to the 2012 restoration
The construction of the mill was part of a broader program to enable the Jews of Palestine to become self-supporting. Montefiore also built a printing press and a textile factory, and helped to finance several agricultural colonies. He attempted to acquire land for Jewish cultivation, but was hampered by Ottoman restrictions on land sale to non-Muslims.
The mill was not a success due to a lack of wind.[5] Wind conditions in Jerusalem could not guarantee its continued operation. There were probably no more than 20 days a year with strong enough breezes. Another reason for the mill's failure was technological. The machinery was designed for soft European wheat, which required less wind power than the local wheat. Nevertheless, the mill operated for nearly two decades until the first steam-powered mill was completed in Jerusalem in 1878.[6][7]
In the late 19th century the mill became neglected and abandoned and it was not until the 1930s that it was comsetically restored by British Mandate authorities together with the Pro-Jerusalem Society. During this restoration decorative, non-functional fixed sails were placed at the top of the structure. Over the years the building's condition had deteriorated again and following the reunification of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War another cosmetic restoration was carried out, as part of which a decorative bronze cap was also added to the structure. In 2012 these decorative elements were removed and the mill was completely restored to full working order using the original 1850s plans (which were located in the British Library) as a guide.[7]
Anecdotes[edit]
Blowing up of the windmill by the British in 1948
Two anecdotes about the windmill appear in a 1933 book, which refers to it as the Jaffa Gate Mill. The first is that there was much opposition from among the local millers to the windmill, who looked upon it with the evil eye and sent their head man to curse it. Predictions were made that the mill would be washed away during the rainy season; after it survived intact, it was declared to be the work of Satan. The second is that the Arabs developed a taste for the lubricating oil on the bearings and would lick them, prompting fear the mill would burn down from the resulting friction. The solution was said to be placing a leg of pork in the oil barrel, whereafter the Arabs lost a taste for the oil.[4]
1948 War of Independence[edit]
During the 1948 blockade of Jerusalem the windmill served as an observation point for Jewish Haganah fighters. In an attempt to impede their activities, the British authorities blew up the top of the windmill in an operation mockingly dubbed by the population "Operation Don Quixote."[8][9]
Montefiore carriage[edit]
In a glassed-in room at the windmill is a replica of the famous carriage Sir Moses Montefiore used in his travels. The original carriage was brought to Palestine by Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel Academy of Art, but was destroyed in an arson fire at the site in 1986.[10]
Restoration[edit]
Cap under construction in Sloten
The mill was restored in 2012 as part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel. A Dutch organisation, "Christians for Israel" (Dutch: Stichting Christenen voor Israël), is behind the scheme. A model of Stelling Minnis windmill, built by Tom Holman, was temporarily taken to the Netherlands to help raise funds for the restoration. None of the original machinery survives.[11] Millwright Willem Dijkstra rebuilt the floors, sails, cap and machinery in his workshop in Sloten, the Netherlands in cooperation with Dutch construction company Lont and British millwright Vincent Pargeter. The windshaft was cast and machined at Sanders’ Ijzergieterij en Machinefabriek B.V. (Sanders foundry and machines factory) in Goor, the Netherlands.[12] The parts were then shipped to Israel and reassembled on site.[13] Dijkstra, his family and employee temporarily moved to Israel to help with the restoration.[12] The cap and sails were lifted into place on July 25, 2012,[14][15] and the mill was turning for the first time again on August 6.[16][17] The first bag of flour was ground in May 2013.[7]
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore: comprising their life and work as recorded in their diaries from 1812-1883, Volume 2. Adamant Media Corporation. 2001. p. 277. ISBN 9781402193149.
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Jump up ^ "The Windless Windmill". ohr.edu. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
Jump up ^ Palestine in the Late Ottoman Period , David Kushner
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Jump up ^ Eisenberg, Ronald L. (2006). The Streets of Jerusalem - Who, What, Why. Devora Publishing Company. p. 178. ISBN 1-932687-54-8.
Jump up ^ Dudman, Helga (1982). Street People. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Post/Carta. pp. 21–22.
Jump up ^ In the shadow of the walls
Jump up ^ Holman, Geoff (2010). "Kent mill moved to Holland". Cant Post (Kent Mills Society) (1): 9.
^ Jump up to: a b "Bertus Dijkstra, Bouw en Molenbouw" (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2012.
Jump up ^ Walinga, Cees (5 January 2012). "Willem Dijkstra herstelt Montefiore-molen in Jeruzalem". Balkster Courant (in Dutch). p. 7. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "Historic Jerusalem mill gets new wind in sails". Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Jump up ^ "Mûne yn Jeruzalem opknapt" (in Frisian). Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Jump up ^ "Jerusalem Mill turns after 140 years". The Mills Archive Trust. August 7, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ "De Montefioremolen draait weer". Alfred Muller via YouTube. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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