News & Opinion About Huletts Landing, N.Y.
Crucifix on the side of the exterior of the Chapel on the Paulist Father’s Harbor Islands opposite the south end of Huletts Landing.
Today we observe Good Friday, the day of the death of Jesus. Many Christian Churches have different ways of observation, to prepare us for the coming resurrection of the Lord on Easter Sunday.
“Row out into the deep. When the storms come, try to remember that He who calms the storm is always in the boat with you.”
“Kiss of Judas” attributed to Lippo Memmi circa 1340
Collegiata of San Gimignano, Italy
The kiss of Judas (known in art) as the Betrayal of Christ, is how Judas Iscariot identified Jesus to the multitude with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests and elders of the people to arrest him, according to the Synoptic Gospels. It happens in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper and leads directly to the arrest of Jesus.
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
– Zechariah 9:9
In the video below from Thursday March 26th, Dr. Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, makes some very important points.
1.) She specifically notes that a recent report, which had predicted 500,000 deaths in the UK and estimated 2.2 million deaths in the United States, just scaled back its estimate from 500,000 UK deaths to 20,000. That’s a big change.
2.) Models or simulations predicting very high mortality rates, Birx said, don’t match the reality of what they’ve seen on the ground in China, South Korea or Italy. Birx said if you did the divisions according to the models, Italy should have 400,000 deaths. But she says, they’re not even close to that. Indeed, they are at 8,215 deaths and they appear to have started flattening their curve, with five successive days down below their peak on March 21.
3.) Dr. Birx also corrected another concern, saying there were enough ICU beds and “significant” ventilators available (even in NY state). She says that while the cases may be concentrated now in urban areas, there were other areas where it was not, and they can adjust to get equipment or patients to where they need to be.
4.) There is “no reality on the ground” where 60% to 70% of Americans will be infected in the next 8 – 12 weeks.
While everyone needs to be careful and be on guard, panic does no good. Please consider what Dr. Birx is saying.
The Fund for Lake George posts an update regarding the Jefferson Project here.
IFLScience.com investigates the UFO seen near Huletts.
William Shatner recently visited the bridge of the Star Trek Enterprise in Ticonderoga, NY. The Times of Ti has the story.
Mikaela Shiffrin moved into a tie for second on the women’s World Cup career wins list, taking No. 62 and her fourth straight Killington slalom title on Sunday. See her final two runs below.
St. John and St. Peter at the empty Tomb
Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
ca. 1640
Oil on silvered copper
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
I hope all of our readers will have a happy and blessed Easter celebration today! I would also like to wish our Jewish readers a belated Passover greeting, as this year both events take place very close to each other.
Burial of Christ – Carl Bloch circa 1865 – 1879. Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. (Click image to see larger view.)
The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the Winter Solstice lasts an instant in time, the term is also used colloquially to refer to the day on which it occurs. For most people in the high latitudes this is commonly known as the shortest day and the sun’s daily maximum position in the sky is the lowest. The seasonal significance of the Winter Solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days.
In other words, while it is sometimes known as the first day of winter, it only gets lighter (and hopefully warmer) from this point forward. AND 6 months from now, it will be the start of summer!
Her final run seals the win at Killington this afternoon.
Noli me tangere (Do not touch me) c. 1630 Jan Brueghel the Younger (Jan Brueghel the Younger [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) (Click image to see larger view.)
This scene by Jan Brueghel the Younger, depicts Christ and Mary Magdalene on Easter Sunday. This Latin expression means “don’t touch me” or “don’t hold me back”. Lamenting over Christ’s death, Mary Magdalene sees him before her without knowing it’s him: she thinks he’s the gardener. Jesus says to her: “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him: “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” In this episode, Jesus prevents Mary Magdalene from touching him: he must first ascend to Heaven. Then Mary Magdalene says to the disciples: “I have seen the Lord and this is what he said.”
Wishing you much much happiness and joy as the world celebrates Easter today.
The Champlain Power Express is a project you will hear about over the next few months as the developers hope to run an underground electricity transmission line 333 miles from a substation in Canada to a substation in Queens New York, with the goal of supplying additional power to New York City.
The project has been years in the works, starting in 2009. The proposed route would take the line underground through Dresden along state Route 22. It would only carry electricity that would be generated almost exclusively in hydroelectric plants in Canada. It would not carry gas, fuel oil or other hazardous materials.
The proposed route would take the planned transmission line underground through Dresden to Whitehall near the South Bay bridge.
The project would bring additional tax revenue to the Town of Dresden, Washington county and the Whitehall school district because the transmission line becomes a taxable asset when it is placed in the ground. More details coming soon.
Congratulations to Codie Bascue, who piloted the top American sled to a ninth-place finish in the 4-man bobsled.
From NBC’s coverage:
Bascue led the top American sled with two solid runs on the second day of competition. Top U.S. pilot Steve Holcomb, who won gold in 2010 and double bronze in 2014, passed away in 2017, and Bascue filled in valiantly. He couldn’t put together a medal run, but still piloted his sled to a top-10 finish.
To see a highlight clip – scroll down the page here.
USA wins first Olympic hockey gold medal in 20 years in overtime thriller vs. Canadahttps://t.co/xsB8HpCAr7
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 22, 2018