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They opened the faucets Thursday for The New York City Waterfalls, the industrial-strength art project by Olafur Eliasson at four locations along the city's eastern waterfront (see pictures at the Looking Around blog here). Each of them consists of a steel scaffolding between 90 and 120 ft. high, about 27 to 37 meters. River water is pumped to the top and spills back down in a wide cascade that will flow daily...
...survival of the Communion and bad news for the resolution of its tensions. It may slow down the defection of conservative Episcopal parishes, but probably won't stop it. It is also an object lesson for anyone who believes predictions of rapid change in a Communion whose strength former Archbishop Desmond Tutu reportedly described thusly: "We meet...
...semiotic chaos in which the government and opposition groups use the same images to convey very different messages. The ruling party pays homage to national hero Rigoberto Lopez Perez, who assassinated former dictator Anastasio Somoza Garcia, but dissidents paint graffiti with the message "Rigoberto come back!" to underscore the strength of their disdain for the current president. While the government plasters the country with posters touting Ortega's fealty to Sandino, anti-government protesters wave signs proclaiming "Sandino would never have been a Danielista...
...protesters on the street, reclaiming Sandino is about debunking Ortega's myth, and revealing that the emperor has no clothes. "This is part of the struggle, to recover these symbols and give them democratic legitimacy once again," Ramirez said. "They have lots of power, lots of strength. They have the power to convoke others. Sandino, his name, his hat, the symbol...
...Canada by video hookup. Though he didn't specifically cite divorce, the Pope said: "We must do all in our power to receive it with a pure heart." Again he offered his empathy for "those who cannot have Communion due to their situation," and urged them to nonetheless "find strength" in attending Mass, even if they must stay in the pews when their fellow parishioners approach the pulpit for the sacrament...