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EIRENE (or Irene) was the goddess of peace (eirênê) and of the season of spring (eiar, eiarinos). Late spring was the usual campaign season in Greece when peace was most at risk. Eirene was one of three Horai, goddesses of the seasons and the keepers of the gates of heaven. Her sisters were Eunomia (Order or Good-Pasture) and Dike (Justice).
She was probably identified with the Hora Thallo (Green Shoots), whose name Hesiod gives to Eirene as an epithet in the Theogony. Her opposite number was Polemos (War).
In classical art she usually appears in the company of her two sister Horai bearing the fruits of the seasons. Statues of the goddess represent her as a maiden holding the infant Ploutos (Wealth) in her arms. In this guise she was identified with Demeter and Tykhe.
PARENTS
[1.1] ZEUS & THEMIS (Hesiod Theogony 901, Apollodorus 1.13, Orphic Hymn 43, Hyginus Fab. 183)
[1.2] THEMIS (Pindar Olympian Ode 13)
ENCYCLOPEDIA
EIRE′NE (Eirênê). The goddess of peace. After the victory of Timotheus over the Lacedaemonians, altars were erected to her at Athens at the public expense. (Corn. Nep. Timoth. 2; Plut. Cim. 13.) Her statue at Athens stood by the side of that of Amphiaraus, carrying in its arms Plutus, the god of wealth (Paus. i. 8. § 3), and another stood near that of Hestia in the Prytaneion. (i. 18, § 3.) . At Rome too, where peace (Pax) was worshipped, she had a magnificent temple, which was built by the emperor Vespasian. (Suet. Vespas. 9 ; Paus. vi. 9. § 1.) The figure of Eirene or Pax occurs only on coins, and she is there represented as a youthful female, holding in her left arm a cornucopia and in her right hand an olive branch or the staff of Hermes. Sometimes also she appears in the act of burning a pile of arms, or carrying corn-ears in her hand or upon her head.
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
norton ash wrote:CNN's using that same damn shaky skeleton-dance coffin-knocking music they used for Katrina. Just hearing it made me nervous and kinda sick.
MSNBC gets my mainstream teevee cable network custom from this point onward. Why would CNN want us to flash back to an abomination? (EDIT-- Rhetorical. To rev up the fear factor, of course, because that's what they do.)
Locked Up and Left Behind: Hurricane Irene and the Prisoners on New York’s Rikers Island
AUGUST 26, 2011
tags: Bloomberg, evacuation, Hurricane Irene, Rikers Island
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
“We are not evacuating Rikers Island,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a news conference this afternoon. Bloomberg annouced a host of extreme measures being taken by New York City in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, including a shutdown of the public transit system and the unprecedented mandatory evacuation of some 250,000 people from low-lying areas. But in response to a reporter’s question, the mayor stated in no uncertain terms (and with more than a hint of annoyance) that one group of New Yorkers on vulnerable ground will be staying put.
New York City is surrounded by small islands and barrier beaches, and a glance at the city’s evacuation map reveals all of them to be in Zone A (already under a mandatory evacuation order) or Zone B–all, that is, save one. Rikers Island, which lies in the waters between Queens and the Bronx, is not highlighted at all, meaning it is not to be evacuated under any circumstances.
According to the New York City Department of Corrections’ own website, more than three-quarters of Rikers Island’s 400 acres are built on landfill–which is generally thought to be more vulnerable to natural disasters. Its ten jails have a capacity of close to 17,000 inmates, and normally house at least 12,000, including juveniles and large numbers of prisoners with mental illness–not to mention pre-trial detainees who have yet to be convicted of any crime. There are also hundreds of corrections officers at work on the island.
We were not able to reach anyone at the NYC DOC for comment–but the New York Times‘s City Room blog reported: “According to the city’s Department of Correction, no hypothetical evacuation plan for the roughly 12,000 inmates that the facility may house on a given day even exists. Contingencies do exist for smaller-scale relocations from one facility to another.”
For a warning of what can happen to prisoners in a hurricane we need only look back at Katrina, and the horrific conditions endured by inmates at Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans. According to a report produced by the ACLU:
[A] culture of neglect was evident in the days before Katrina, when the sheriff declared that the prisoners would remain “where they belong,” despite the mayor’s decision to declare the city’s first-ever mandatory evacuation. OPP even accepted prisoners, including juveniles as young as 10, from other facilities to ride out the storm.
As floodwaters rose in the OPP buildings, power was lost, and entire buildings were plunged into darkness. Deputies left their posts wholesale, leaving behind prisoners in locked cells, some standing in sewage-tainted water up to their chests …
Prisoners went days without food, water and ventilation, and deputies admit that they received no emergency training and were entirely unaware of any evacuation plan. Even some prison guards were left locked in at their posts to fend for themselves, unable to provide assistance to prisoners in need.
norton ash wrote:CNN's using that same damn shaky skeleton-dance coffin-knocking music they used for Katrina. Just hearing it made me nervous and kinda sick.
MSNBC gets my mainstream teevee cable network custom from this point onward. Why would CNN want us to flash back to an abomination? (EDIT-- Rhetorical. To rev up the fear factor, of course, because that's what they do.)
Luther Blissett wrote:Our mayor just told us that if the power goes out, prepare for it to be out for two weeks. I'm prepared...but probably not that prepared. It's probably too late to read up on RI's self-sufficiency subforum. Plus I only have like $60 in the bank, so I guess fuck me.
We've had two tornados in the area - one in Vineland NJ and the other in Lewes DE, but no watch or warning for the city for now. All of our local affiliate weathermen are hot messes right now...shirtsleeves rolled up, ties off, buttons undone, talkin' about getting some water and sitting down.
Luther Blissett wrote:
Our mayor just told us that if the power goes out, prepare for it to be out for two weeks. I'm prepared...but probably not that prepared. It's probably too late to read up on RI's self-sufficiency subforum. Plus I only have like $60 in the bank, so I guess fuck me.
We've had two tornados in the area - one in Vineland NJ and the other in Lewes DE, but no watch or warning for the city for now. All of our local affiliate weathermen are hot messes right now...shirtsleeves rolled up, ties off, buttons undone, talkin' about getting some water and sitting down.
bks wrote:Luther Blissett wrote:
Our mayor just told us that if the power goes out, prepare for it to be out for two weeks. I'm prepared...but probably not that prepared. It's probably too late to read up on RI's self-sufficiency subforum. Plus I only have like $60 in the bank, so I guess fuck me.
If our power is on, Luther [or if its not], you can come stay here with us in Mt. Airy for as long as you need.We've had two tornados in the area - one in Vineland NJ and the other in Lewes DE, but no watch or warning for the city for now. All of our local affiliate weathermen are hot messes right now...shirtsleeves rolled up, ties off, buttons undone, talkin' about getting some water and sitting down.
Wow. My great nephew and his mom evacuated TO Vineland from the Jersey shore, to escape storm surge.
Glad I don't have a TV. Rain and wind have really intensified in the last hour. Forecast says the heaviest wind and rain won't start for six more hours, and will continue for eight more after that. Batten down the hatches, and best wishes for safe passage to all in Irene's path.
Belligerent Savant wrote:Cearly a dry run for future Marshall Law.
nomo wrote:Belligerent Savant wrote:Cearly a dry run for future Marshall Law.
It's the perfect exercise. This is an exciting time for the local law enforcement.
nomo wrote:Belligerent Savant wrote:Cearly a dry run for future Marshall Law.
It's the perfect exercise. This is an exciting time for the local law enforcement.
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