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"Ricky (January 28, 1977 – December 13, 1992), Robert D (January 27, 1978 – October 20, 2000) and Randy Ray (born June 3, 1979) were three hemophiliac brothers who were diagnosed with HIV in 1986 due to blood transfusions. Biography Ricky, Robert, and Randy were hemophiliacs who contracted HIV from blood transfusions when they were less than 8 years old. Born to Arcadia, Florida natives Louise and Clifford Ray, the family was exiled from Arcadia as community members feared contracting the disease. Memorial Elementary, in DeSoto County, would not allow them to attend school due to their diagnosis. They became the subject of a federal court battle against the DeSoto County School Board to allow the children to attend public school despite their diagnosis. The Rays were victorious in their legal battle, winning a $1.1 million settlement. They were allowed to go back to school, but the Ray home was burned down a week after the 1987 decision, forcing the family to leave Arcadia. After the arson of their home, the Ray Family settled in nearby Sarasota. The brothers attended Gocio Elementary School in spite of opposition from groups like Citizens Against AIDS.http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1987-09-23/news/0150050182_1_andy- ray-ray-family-varnadore Ricky Ray became an activist in the fight against AIDS. In 1992, he allowed camera crews to document his declining health and stated he wanted America to see what AIDS did to people. President Bill Clinton spoke to him and thanked him for his work raising awareness on AIDS. Ricky Ray died in 1992 at age 15. Prior to his death, he made headlines by planning to marry his 17-year-old girlfriend, but a judge blocked the wedding because of his age. Robert died of AIDS related causes in 2000 at the age of 22. Shortly thereafter, their father, Clifford Ray, attempted suicide but survived. Randy Ray married in 2001 and lives in Orlando, Florida. He manages his HIV through medication. See also *Contaminated haemophilia blood products *Ryan White Sources *Donnelly, John. "Ricky Ray loses AIDS battle". The Miami Herald. 1992/12/14: *Craig Basse and Mike Brassfield. "Robert Ray, 22, succumbs to longtime AIDS struggle". St. Petersburg Times. October 21, 2000 *Buckley, Stephen. "Slow change of heart". St. Petersburg Times. September 2, 2001 *Thomas, Mike "Arson Cause Of Fire At Rays -- Boys Start School Today". Orlando Sentinel September 23, 1987 References External links *The Ray Brothers * * And the Band Played On Category:Trios Category:HIV/AIDS activists Category:AIDS-related deaths in Florida Category:Recipients of contaminated haemophilia blood products Category:1987 in Florida Category:1987 crimes in the United States Category:People from Arcadia, Florida Category:People from Sarasota, Florida "
"Brother Marie-Victorin in 1928 The Prix Marie-Victorin is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers in the pure and applied sciences whose work lies in fields outside biomedicine. These fields include the natural and physical sciences, engineering, and technology, and the agricultural sciences". It is named in honour of Brother Marie-Victorin. Winners See also * List of general science and technology awards References * Award winners Category:Canadian science and technology awards Category:Prix du Québec "
"The Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc, Czech Republic, a World Heritage Site Marian columns are religious monuments depicting Virgin Mary on the top, often built in thanksgiving for the ending of a plague (plague columns) or for some other reason. The purpose of the Holy Trinity columns was usually simply to celebrate the church and the faith, though the plague motif could sometimes play its role in their erection as well. Erecting religious monuments in the form of a column surmounted by a figure or a Christian symbol was a gesture of public faith that flourished in the Catholic countries of Europe especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thus they became one of the most visible features of Baroque architecture. This usage also influenced some Eastern Orthodox Baroque architecture. Types Most common are Marian columns dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but other saints are also depicted on the plague columns. A typical one is St. Roch, who is said to have fallen ill when helping the sick during an epidemic of plague and who recovered through the strength of his faith. St. Sebastian, a martyr whose statue also often decorates these structures, was originally the patron of archers. In the Middle Ages Sebastian took the place of the plague-dealing archer Apollo, as people sometimes metaphorically compared the random nature of plague to random shots of archers, and thus he started being connected with the plague too. Other frequently depicted saints are St. Barbara, a patron of the dying, and two more recent and historical saints: St. Francis Xavier, who, according to the legend, raised people from the dead, and St. Charles Borromeo, known for working among the sick and the dying. The Marian column in front of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. History In Imperial Rome, it was the practice to erect a statue of the Emperor atop a column. The last such a column was the Column of Phocas, erected in the Roman Forum and dedicated or rededicated in 608. The Christian practice of erecting a column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary dates back at least to the 10th century (in Clermont-Ferrand in France), but it became common especially in the Counter- Reformation period following the Council of Trent (1545–1563). The column in Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome was one of the first. The column itself was ancient: it had supported the vault of the so-called Basilica of Constantine in Rome, destroyed by an earthquake in the 9th century. By the 17th century only this column survived; in 1614 it was transported to Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore and crowned with a bronze statue of the Virgin and Child. Within decades it served as a model for many columns in Italy and other European countries. Charles IV of Hungary, taking his Coronation Oath on 30 December 1916 at Holy Trinity Column in Budapest. The first column of this type north of the Alps was the Mariensäule built in Munich in 1638 to celebrate the sparing of the city from both the invading Swedish army and the plague. The Virgin Mary is standing on its top on a crescent moon as the Queen of Heaven. It inspired for example Marian columns in Prague and Vienna, but many others also followed very quickly. In the countries which used to belong to the Habsburg Monarchy (especially Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia) it is quite exceptional to find an old town square without such a column, usually located in the most prominent place. The Prague column was built in Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) shortly after the Thirty Years' War in thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary Immaculate for helping in the fight with the Swedes. At noon its shadow indicated the so-called Prague Meridian, which was used to check the exact solar time. Many Czechs connected its placement and erection with the hegemony of the Habsburgs in their country, and after declaring the independence of Czechoslovakia in 1918 a crowd of people pulled this old monument down and destroyed it in an excess of revolutionary fervor. Plague Column, Vienna, Austria The basic model which inspired building most Holy Trinity columns is the Pestsäule or Dreifaltigkeitssäule ("Plague" or "Holy Trinity column") in the Grabenplatz, Vienna, built after the 1679 plague; in this monument the column has entirely disappeared in marble clouds and colossal saints, angels and putti. The era of these religious structures culminated with the outstanding Holy Trinity Column in Upper Square (Horní náměstí) in Olomouc. This monument, built shortly after the plague which struck Moravia (nowadays in the Czech Republic) between 1714 and 1716, was exceptional because of its monumentality, rich decoration and unusual combination of sculptural material (stone and gilded copper). Its base was made so big that even a chapel was hidden inside. This column is the only one which has been individually inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of central European Baroque artistic expression". See also * Holy Trinity Column, Malá Strana * Plague cross * Solomonic column * Spires of Naples ReferencesExternal links *Our Lady and the Column *The Plague Column in Vienna A video of the column *The column at Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore *Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc — pictures *Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc — UNESCO World Heritage *Povídání o morových sloupech in Czech language Category:17th-century architecture Category:17th-century Catholicism Category:18th-century architecture Category:18th-century Catholicism Category:Baroque architectural features Category:Second plague pandemic Category:Epidemic monuments and memorials "