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9/21/11 DESPITE PROTESTS, TROY DAVIS WILL BE EXECUTED TONIGHT ...is Troy an innocent man ? What really happened that night ? Was he in the vicinity of the shooting near Burger King ? No physical evidence? I haven't read all the details. Europeans are protesting as well. Pope Benedict attempted to help Troy previously. There seems to be MORE objections in this death case than others (albeit there are always protestors at every execution) . One thing I find interesting is how "conservatives" tend to be more in favor of death penalty albeit also more in favor of pro-life (protecting the unborn) on the other end, while "liberals" are often more in favor of pro-choice (allowing abortion) but get more upset with the death penalty. If Troy is an innocent man, may the executors beg for grace from God. If he is not innocent, they still need grace from God. We ALL need grace, & none of us are innocent, even if we may be innocent of actual murder. This case, however, seems to be more controversial b/c there apparently remain legitimate doubts about Troy's involvement in the shooting (again, I haven't read all the details), unlike other cases where guilt is not a question, only whether the death penalty is cruel & unusual punishment. I am praying for the powers-to-be to make the right decision, as well as the loved ones of the murdered man (an off-duty police officer by the name of Mark MacPhail)...they should not be overlooked or forgotten either (albeit I am troubled by the statement by one of the loved ones of MacPhail who said that it is time to get this over with so they can "start their lives.."...this happened in 1989, over 20 years ago, & they have been waiting all this time for Troy to be put to death so they can "start their lives" ? That's troubling to think that only the death of this man will allow them to start living again ...my friends, Jesus died for ALL of us...including the repentant murderers, including Troy Davis (if he is guilty)....forget about the man who murdered Mark, whether it was Troy or somebody else. Concentrate on Jesus Christ & the hope that Mark is in a better place today & that you can be with him again if you know Jesus (I myself got in an argument w/ a black man just today here in los angeles & was convinced he hated me as a white person..he even made a barely veiled death threat...I know anger...I know hurt...& I have to keep reminding myself to forgive, as hard as it may be & pray for those who have insulted, offended, & would even murder me, if necessary...I can't hang on to grudges against people who are not people...not truly human..such as the fellow who insulted me this morning...& whoever murdered Mark is non-human as well...its like hanging on to anger towards a rock for falling on top of your car... God will hold them accountable ...we don't have to hang on to the clipboard of justice...God has it in His Hands...His justice will prevail ) . Finally, I am also praying for Troy. I hope he already knows Jesus as Savior,...if so, & he has sincerely repented for any & all sins (not just this murder, guilty or not) he will be in a better place at midnight tonight. That's the best wisdom I can provide for the time being.
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This area was a bit eerie - as soon as I came near the place I had a heavy feeling, even before knowing what it was.
Saw a similar execution in an image the other day and wanted to try it out.
Brother was driving the car with me at the back in the middle (read: child seat) steadying the tripod.
Added black & white to focus the viewer's attention on the windscreen.
ift.tt/1rNGg4W Execution of the four people condemned as conspirators in Lincoln's assassination (7 july 1865) [6,902 × 5,425] (NSFW) #HistoryPorn #history #retro ift.tt/1YtKeu3 via Histolines
llustration from the Chronicle of the Council of Constance by Jörg Breu the elder (c1480-1537) (1536). Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin.
In the sixteenth-century Smithfield was an open area mainly used as a market for cattle and horses. Yet it was also the setting for executions, used so since the reign of Henry I.
A number of individuals accused of heresy were burnt at the stake here. During Henry VIII’s reign, both radical reformers and Catholics loyal to the Pope were sent to die in agonising ways at Smithfield. This included the Franciscan friar John Forest, who refused to recognise the royal supremacy, and was subsequently hanged by chains and had a fire light underneath him in May 1538. His execution was witnessed by thousands of people; the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, and the Henrician minister Thomas Cromwell, were amongst the crowd. Anne Askew was burnt here for heresy in 1546; she had been tortured on the rack so extensively that she could no longer stand unaided.
Two executions for heresy occurred during Edward VI’s reign though only one, George Van Parris, died at Smithfield.
The executions that occurred during the reign of Mary I at Smithfield tend to be the most remembered. The phrase the ‘fires of Smithfield’, popularly used, specifically referred to the Marian martyrs. Seven Protestants were burnt at the stake here, including John Rogers, John Cardmaker, John Bradford, John Philpot, Thomas Tompkins, John Warne and John Leafe. Rogers was the first protestant to be sent to the stake during Mary’s reign, and his courageous example was regarded as inspirational by supporters. Offered a pardon at the execution, Rogers refused, told the crowd to be unwavering in their faith, was tied to the stake and the fire lit. Whilst the flames consumed his body he allegedly ‘washed his hands in the flame’ (Foxe, Acts and Monuments) until it covered his whole body; a symbolic act of washing away the sins. A plaque commemorating the Marian martyrs can be found on the site.
Had this idea and it didnt go to plan but here it is anyways.please not that this is a toy gun, not a real one
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CCM presents Emily Mann's EXECUTION OF JUSTICE April 18 – 20 in UC's Cohen Family Studio Theater. This chilling examination of the trial of Dan White for the murder of Harvey Milk and George Moscone features (left to right) CCM Drama students Cait Penson, Carli Rhoades, Bailie Breaux, Sarah Vargo, Jaclyn Chantel and Mary Malloy. Michael Burnham directs.
Admission to EXECUTION OF JUSTICE is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 15 – visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. This production contains mature subject matter.
Photo by senior Lighting Designer major Nikolas Robalino
The Postcard
A Nelson Series postcard that was published by The London View Company. The artwork was by Edgar Holloway.
The card was posted in Folkestone on Wednesday the 13th. February 1907 to:
Master P. Harmer,
64, Providence Street,
South Ashford,
Kent.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Percy,
So sorry you had such
a miserable day on
Sunday not being able
to take your Y___ L___
out for a walk I am sure.
Never mind, better luck
next Sunday I hope as
I shall be at home.
M. H."
-- Percy Harmer
There are 20 cards on this photostream addressed to Percy Harmer. Percy must have been a stamp collector, because out of the 20 cards, 13 of them have unusually had their stamp removed.
-- The Death of Percy Harmer
Sadly Percy did not survive the Great War:
Frederick Percy Harmer was born in Ashford, Kent in 1896. He served in the British Army as a private in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Percy died of wounds in France at the age of 20 on the 19th. October 1916.
Percy's name is recorded along with sixty others on the Great War Memorial in Christ Church, South Ashford, Kent.
Percy's family obviously continued to keep the postcards that had been set to him before the Great War, and they are still all together, in my collection.
Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov (18th. May 1868 - 17th. July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of Russia. He was also King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland, ruling from the 1st. November 1894 until his abdication on the 15th. March 1917.
During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers. He advocated modernisation based upon foreign loans and close ties with France, but resisted giving the new parliament (the Duma) major roles.
Ultimately, progress was undermined by Nicholas's commitment to autocratic rule, along with defeats sustained by the Russian military in the Russo-Japanese War and the Great War.
The Decline in Nicholas's Popularity
By March 1917, public support for Nicholas had collapsed, and he was forced to abdicate the throne, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty's 304-year rule of Russia (1613–1917).
Domestically, Nicholas was criticised for his government's repression of political opponents and his perceived inaction during the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Jewish pogroms, Bloody Sunday and the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution.
His popularity was further damaged by the Russo-Japanese War, which saw the Russian Baltic Fleet annihilated at the Battle of Tsushima, together with the loss of Russian influence over Manchuria and Korea and the Japanese annexation of the south of Sakhalin Island.
During the July Crisis, Nicholas supported Serbia, and approved the mobilisation of the Russian Army on the 30th. July 1914. In response, Germany declared war on Russia on the 1st. August 1914 and its ally France on the 3rd. August 1914.
The ensuing severe military losses led to a collapse of morale at the Front and at home; a general strike and a mutiny of the garrison in Petrograd sparked the February Revolution and the disintegration of the monarchy's authority.
Nicholas's Abdication and Execution
After abdicating on the 15th. March 1917, Nicholas and his family were imprisoned by the Russian Provisional Government and exiled to Siberia.
After the Bolsheviks took power in the October Revolution, the family was held in Yekaterinburg, where they were executed on the 17th. July 1918.
In 1981, Nicholas, his wife, and their children were recognized as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, based in New York City. Their gravesite had been discovered in 1979, but this was not acknowledged until 1989.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the remains of the imperial family were exhumed, identified by DNA analysis, and re-interred with an elaborate state and church ceremony in St. Petersburg on the 17th. July 1998, exactly 80 years after their deaths.
They were canonized in 2000 by the Russian Orthodox Church as passion bearers.
Critical Appraisal of Nicholas II
In the years following his death, Nicholas was reviled by Soviet historians and state propaganda as:
"A callous tyrant who persecuted his
own people while sending countless
soldiers to their deaths in pointless
conflicts".
Despite being viewed more positively in recent years, the majority view among historians is that Nicholas was a well-intentioned yet poor ruler who proved incapable of handling the challenges facing his nation.
Sir Henry Raby
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 13th. February 1907 was not a good day for Sir Henry Raby, because he died at the age of 79 in Southsea on that day. He was laid to rest in Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth.
Rear-Admiral Henry James Raby, who was born on the 26th. September 1827 in Boulogne, was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Henry Raby - The Early Years
Henry James Raby was born the son of Mr A. T. Raby of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. He attended Sherborne School from 1841 to 1842, during which time he was a member of Abbey House.
After leaving Sherborne, he entered the Royal Navy in 1842 as a 1st. Class Volunteer on H.M.S. Monarch. He served for 11 months with the Naval Brigade in the Crimea, being promoted Commander for his services.
Henry Raby's VC Action
Raby was 27 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:
"On the 18th. June 1855 in the Crimea, immediately after the assault on Sebastopol, a soldier of the 57th. Regiment, who had been wounded in both legs, was observed sitting up and calling for help.
At once Lieutenant Raby and seamen Henry Curtis and John Taylor left the shelter of their battery and ran forward a distance of 70 yards, across open ground, through heavy gunfire and succeeded in carrying the wounded man to safety".
Raby was the first man to receive the VC from The Queen at the first investiture on the 26th. June 1857. The Queen pinned the crosses on the recipients in strict order of Service precedence and seniority.
Commander Raby therefore came first as the senior officer in the senior service on parade, although his V.C. deed had been performed after that of the midshipman, Lucas, who stands as the first winner of the cross.
Similarly in the army contingent, Sergeant-Major Grieve was the first soldier on the parade to receive the cross, because he belonged to the Cavalry, an arm senior to the Infantry, although his VC deed was later than those of the four infantry soldiers who earned it at the Alma.
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I did get the shot that I had been wanting in Comstock Park for a while. Next time, I need to take care of some of that brush.
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during my time as a tourguide in hungary i met this dude who was a clown for his dayjob. he kept on juggling random things, and, as you can see, setting things on fire (check the large size for all the details in that flame!)
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist and reformist. He was the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era, which made him one of the Philippines greatest national heroes. He was wrongly accused of being the leader of the Katipunan Revolution. This false charge led to his execution on December 30, 1896. December 30th is now celebrated as Rizal Day in the Philippines.
Isolated inside its own fenced courtyard, the small building is known simply enough as the execution chamber. Between the years of 1937 and 1989, 39 or 40 (depending on the source) inmates were put to death inside the structure. All of the executions, save one, were conducted in the state's gas chamber where the sealed unit was filled with cyanide gas. The sole exception was the prison's last execution on January 26, 1989.
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City Missouri
Cole County