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The existence of hundreds of political prisoners in the United States has been exposed by the National Jericho Movement. The organization has called for a general amnesty for all of those held for political reasons in the country. A national demonstration held on March 27, 1998 was the first step in re-building a political prisoner's suppport movement.
The Cincinnati Zoo may well owe its existence to an invasion of caterpillars. In 1872 "Cincinnati was taken possession of by caterpillars in such numbers as to destroy the foliage of all the trees," according to a later account. Andrew Erkenbrecher, miller, inventor, first president of the local telephone company, and a renowned citizen, knew just what to do about it.
Erkenbrecher had been from his youth a lover of animal life; in fact, as a hobby he had a private collection of exotic European song birds. Clearly insect-eating birds would be the salvation of Cincinnati, and Andrew called together a number of friends and public-spirited citizens. The Society for the Acclimatization of Birds was formed, five thousand dollars in cash quickly subscribed, and Armin Tenner sent to Europe "under instructions to purchase pairs of all the useful insect eating birds, as well as varieties of the best songsters. About a thousand birds were brought over and housed in an unoccupied building in Burnet Woods. "In the collection," the account continues, "were English larks, nightingales, German bullfinches, bobolinks, linnets, orioles, robins, starlings, and dozens of other varieties and a few wonderfully productive English sparrows."
" Notre existence n'est que la brève lumière d'une fente entre deux éternités de ténèbres "
Vladimir Nabokov.
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Wandering on the busy streets of Manila, I saw this compelling image of an old beggar woman. At first, I was hesitant to take a photo but the artist in me won, and so I took a shot despite the gnawing pain inside... Yes, we have to accept the fact that there are ghostly existence amid us that are personified by helplessness, poverty and abandonement... We may have seen them everyday in every corner of the street in our destitute society but dismiss them because we are too busy in our own existence. Like the old woman with her hand trying to reach out to other's existence, I asked myself, 'am I a beggar too trying to reach out toward others to affirm that I still exist?'
You'll make us wanna die
I'd cut your name in my heart
We'll destroy this world for you
And now you want me to feel your pain
SP 2252 is one of the oldest standard gauge SP locomotives in existence, constructed by Cooke in March 1897 as Southern Pacific No. 1838, one of 38 identical Class T1 Ten-Wheelers built that year. It was initially used in freight service on the Donner Pass line until it was bumped to secondary service by larger power.
In May 1929, after nearly three decades of service, No.2252 was one of four T's to be modified for "fire train" service in the northern California mountains. SP's fire trains (also called "water trains") were responsible for fighting lineside and snowshed fires along SP's transcontinental route over the Sierra Nevada, and were assigned to Truckee, Cisco, Summit and Blue Canyon. They consisted of a pump-equipped locomotive pulling two or three water cars and were extremely important for fighting the wildfires sparked by steam locomotives. Of particular importance was the protection of the wooden snowsheds at the higher elevations.
For fire train duty, No.2252 was outfitted with a Duplex pump capable of delivering 300 gallons of water per minute through a 1000-foot hose carried aboard the train. The pump was fed from the water cars, which held over 7000 gallons of water each. The trains were outfitted with plenty of axes, ladders and other fire fighting equipment, and No.2252 was fitted with a steam siren that was blown when the train was under way. During the summer, the fire train locomotives were kept hot at all times and a crew was always on duty in case the call came to more out to a fire.
No.2252 remained in fire train service until the early 1950s, long after most other members of the T1 class had been scrapped. It was retired only after modern firefighting methods and diesel locomotives made the fire trains obsolete. Its role as a firefighter ensured its preservation, because at its retirement in February 1956. SP 2252 now resides along the mainline in Roseville, CA.
Information from www.steamlocomotive.info/F32003.cfm
SPEAK YOUR DREAMS INTO EXISTENCE / WEALTHY MINDS Murals by Shawn Perkins in collaboration with Billionaire P.A at Union Market District along 5th Street between Florida Avenue and Morse Street, NE, Washington DC on Monday afternoon, 31 January 2022 by Elvert Barnes Photography
SHAWN PERKINS website at www.sptheplug.com/
Elvert Barnes GRAFFITI Writings On The Wall 2022 at elvertxbarnes.com/graffiti
Elvert Barnes Public Art 2022 at elvertxbarnes.com/public-art-2022
Trip to / from Union Market District, NE, and Columbia Heights, NW, Washington DC
Elvert Barnes January 2022 at elvertxbarnes.com/january-2022
The only contemporary stained glass (currently) in the catheral is located in the stairwell on the north side leading to the Treasury. The two panels depict Miriam and St Cecilia and are the work of Pippa Blackall from 2008.
Bury St Edmunds Cathedral for most of its existence was simply the parish church of St James until the foundation of the new diocese of St Edmundsbury in 1914 when it was raised to cathedral status, one of the many new dioceses formed in the early 20th century that elevated existing parish churches to diocesan rank rather than purpose building a new cathedral. Many of these 'parish church cathedrals' sit slightly awkwardly with their new status, lacking in the scale and grandeur that befits such a title, but of all of them Bury St Edmunds has been adapted to its new role the most successfully, with in my opinion the most beautiful results.
The medieval church consisted of the present nave, built in 1503-51 under master mason John Wastell, with an earlier chancel that was entirely rebuilt in 1711 and again in 1870. Originally it would have seemed a fairly minor building at the entrance to the monastic precinct, overshadowed by the enormous abbey church that once stood immediately behind it. The absence of this magnificent church since the Dissolution and the scant remains of this vast edifice always sully my visits here with a sense of grievous loss, had history been kinder it would have served as the cathedral here instead and likely be celebrated as one of the grandest in the country.
The church never had a tower of its own since the adjacent Norman tower of the Abbey gateway served the role of a detached campanile perfectly. It is an impressive piece of Romanesque architecture and one of the best preserved 12th century towers in the country.
Upon being raised to cathedral status in 1914 the building underwent no immediate structural changes but plans were made to consider how best to transform a fairly ordinary church into a worthy cathedral. This task was appointed to architect Stephen Dykes Bower and work began in 1959 to extend the building dramatically. Between 1963-1970 the entire Victorian chancel was demolished and replaced with a much grander vision of a lofty new choir and shallow transepts, remarkably all executed in traditional Gothic style in order to harmonize with the medieval nave. It is incredible to think that this was done in the 1960s, a period in which church and cathedral buildings were otherwise constructed in the most self consciously modern forms ever seen, with delicate neo-medieval masonry in place of brick and concrete.
The new crossing of transepts and choir however remained crowned by the stump of a tower for the remainder of the century as funds were not available to finish Dykes Bower's complete vision of a lantern tower over the crossing: this was only realised at the beginning of the 21st century, aided by a legacy left in the architect's will and some subtle design changes under his successor as architect Hugh Matthews. The transformation from church to cathedral was finally completed in 2005 with most satisfactory results. A stunning fan-vault was installed within the new tower in 2010, an exquisite finishing touch.
Whilst it isn't a large building by cathedral standards its newer parts do much to give it the shape and dignity of one. This is especially apparent within, where the cruciform eastern limb draws the eye. The interior is enlivened by much colour, with the ceilings of Dykes Bower's choir and transepts adorned with rich displays of stencilling, whilst the nave ceiling (a Victorian replacement for the medieval one) was redecorated in similarly lively colours in the 1980s which helps to unify the old and new parts of the church.
Few fittings or features remain from the medieval period, most of the furnishings being Victorian or more recent, but one window in the south aisle retains a rich display of early 16th century stained glass, very much Renaissance in style. The remaining glass is nearly all Victorian, some of the windows in the new choir having been transferred from the previous chancel.
St Edmundsbury Cathedral is not filled with the monuments and fittings that make other great churches so rewarding to linger in but it is a real architectural delight and cannot fail to uplift the spirit.
The parish came into existence following the decision of the Diocesan Council, in the fall of 1998, following the repeated insistence of the faithful from the Drumul Taberei neighborhood, who were disappointed by the lack of places of worship in this neighborhood.
Thus, at the initiative of the priest Nicolae Burlan, a disassembled wooden church was brought from the Vicovul de Jos commune in Suceava county and reassembled on a plot of land belonging to the Ministry of National Defense located in Brașov Street, no. 21C, sector 6.
Later, interventions were made at the City Hall of the Capital, which ceded a 3000 square meter plot of land for the purpose of building a church and which was given in exchange to the Ministry of National Defense for the equivalent area on which the wooden church is already located.
The wooden church was consecrated by His Holiness Teodosie Snagoveanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest at that time, on July 26, 1998.
The shrine of the church is Saint Pious Parascheva, (in Greek "paraschevi" means "Friday") whom Orthodox Christianity celebrates on October 14 and whose Holy Relics are in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iași.
Since the wooden church proved inadequate for the more than 1,000 believers from various neighborhoods who regularly participate in the Holy services, the decision was made to build a brick church, of larger dimensions absolutely necessary for a neighborhood like Drumul Taberei.
The plan of the new church belonging to the architect Florin Bucur Crăciun is in the form of an inscribed Greek cross.
From an architectural point of view, it fits into the style prefigured by the churches "Sfânta Sofia" in Constantinople and "Sfântul Nicolae Domnesc" in Curtea de Argeș.
A large central hemispherical dome dominates the spatial composition of the edifice.
A wide porch with six free and two engaged columns precedes the entrance.
Access to the church is through a portal with an arched frame, made of finely carved stone.
The vault is made up of 25 semi-arches, resting at the ends on two metal caisson rings, with other intermediate rings unfolding between them.
The covering of the altar, similar to the apses of the proscomidiary and the diaconicon, is made by a cone connected to a semi-cylinder.
On the opposite side, on the first floor, there is the cage which is accessed by stairs placed inside, in the northwest and southwest corners of the building, which also lead to the two balconies.
The holes of existence series explores the many unique holes that we find ourselves trapped in. The grey hole keeps us trapped in a mundane, flatline of existence. Embracing the grey will allow the ordinariness of the universe to be seen and all the colors that dance through it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbvdVCWtjI